Stores with reduced capacity could mean a 40minute wait. The National Retail federation on its website predicts online sales will be capturing 20 to 30 of the holiday market, up from last year. There are no corporate parties and reduced inventory and fewer employees are in many stores according to consumer expert and San FranciscoState University marketing professor. The projections are that because the consumer demand has been suppressed so far, starting with today, which is black friday and the start of the Holiday Shopping season, there is some kind of penalty up demand that people, you know, they want to give gifts to family and friends to uplift their spirits in a very challenging year. Reporter walnut creek downtown there is a 20 vacancy rate right now but Property Owners say they are getting inquiries about renting the vacant sites according to the walnut creek Downtown Business association. Whats missing is probably, you know, the ice rink. Were unable to host the ice rink this year in civic park. Thats the first time in 15 years. Broadway plaza cancelled the holiday of lights parade. Reporter in the end, what is helping out is the magnificent weather. Merchants feel gifuilty they kn there is a drought but hope sustained mild temperatures and sunshine could help the bottom line in december. Im leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. Now, Los Angeles County just put out a new stayathome order banning people from gathering with anyone not in their household in public or private. L. A. Has more than 378,000 coronavirus cases, more than any county in california. Today we topped 150,000 cases. Remember, totals include recover patients and bear in mind, not all county Public Health departments are reporting data because of the holiday so the numbers may be higher. The food and Drug Administration may be just weeks away from approving the first covid19 vaccine. On december 10th, the fda will meet to discuss an emergency use authorization of pfizers vaccine. Rushing it to market may not be a good thing. The single biggest risk of rushing an approval would be the American People do not trust the vaccine and its essential people feel this is a safe and effective vaccine. A different potential vaccine is being delayed. The drug by astrazeneca will undergo another trial to ensure effectiveness. Public Health Departments across the state are bracing for a post thanksgiving covid19 surge that will likely come with a wave of people wanting to take tests and as matt boon found out, its best to wait awhile. Reporter in San Francisco, the constant stream of cars flowed through for drive by testing. One of three city run test sites open today. It was in the neighborhood so its convenient to get tested. Reporter jason came without an appointment unsure if hed come into contact with the virus. It was important because we have to be safe and ive been, i dont know who im exposed to so i think its safe to get tested today. Reporter he was able to walk in all told. He says it only took him about five minutes. Now hell have to selfquarantine as he awaits results. I dont want to transmit it and i dont want to spread it. Reporter Infectious Disease doctors say if you are worried you may have been exposed on thanksgiving day, now is not the time to get a test. It takes some time for the virus to start replicating. A process which we call incubation. Reporter the director of the Infectious Disease program at ucsf says it takes three to four days after exposure for the virus to be detected in a test. Though, if possible, he recommends waiting longer. The most certainty you actually quarantine yourself seven days and get tested on day seven. Reporter for people traveling this weekend, he says a negative test wont mean much for people that may have been exposed on thanksgiving day and any thanksgiving related surges wont be known until mid december. Were starting at a high start point. Well likely have startling two weeks after thanksgiving ic increase in numbers. Reporter in San Francisco, matt boon, abc 7 news. Santa clara county says its focussing closely on businesses this weekend to ensure they compile with rules to protect employees and customers from covid19. We also want to ensure that our businesses are following our social distancing guidelines such as adhering to the social distancing, enforcing face coverings while inside the business and also following our purple tier guidelines for retail. Reporter so far county inspectors issued notices and the county ended the grace period for penalties. Businesses cannot escape fines for correcting violations. Owners of Small Businesses say they are struggling to survive. Not just the pandemic but fierce competition from online sales. Online spending for thanksgiving day hit a new record 5. 1 billion up more than 20 from last yearaadobeobeobeobeobeobeoe analytics. Th today black friday is projected to generate 10 billion in online sales up 20 from a year ago. David louie visited with two local shopkeepers who have taken out loans to stay in business but the outlook is still uncertain. We are right there, david. Were at the edge. Reporter he and his wife have owned Peninsula Party rentals for 15 years. After that many years they find it difficult to be in survival mode. This weekend with the Small Business saturday push will be crucial. There is only so long we can stay in business at a loss. Weve been at a loss since march. If this keeps going, i dont know. Reporter they had to take out a loan from Opportunity Fund after traditional lenders turned them down. The nonprofit micro lender specializes in Small Businesses. Some will survive while others may not. We have to come to the realization there will be unfortunately Small Businesses that will not survive, but we need to do as much as we can. Reporter Small Business owners rely on support from local customers. Thats true for a womens boutique. When you own a Small Business, you never sleep at night. You always worry about the future because you need every single sale you can at the end of the day. Reporter she also has taken loans from the and Opportunity Fund to stock for winter. She wants to buy next seasons clothing and pay the loans. Her customers dont have to dress for parties or work. Still, the door is open and she remains optimistic. The sa va be in this situation. They dont know what to do if they do close. They get up and go to work every day and count on a turning point. What will happen tomorrow . It puts me on a very, very tough situation. Sometimes to be honest, we dont know, i dont know what im going to do. Reporter david louie, abc 7 news. There was no shortage of shoppers at the San Francisco premium outlets early today. Sky 7 was overhead as black friday bargain hunters waited for the doors to open at 6 00 a. M. They stood in line for Designer Stores to open including michael kors, tory birch and gucci. We spoke to some black Business Owners who explained the extra significance of doing so during this Holiday Season. Here are just stamps some edges. This is a traditional arm band. Reporter if you stop by amber washingtons store, free bird of california, you can buy some customized Leather Goods that are locally sourced and hand made right here in oakland. With shopping local, youre getting a lot more custo that you dont get elsewhere. Reporter the price point . The price point is fair for what youre getting but its pricey. Do you want me to pull it and get it shipped today . Reporter the store has been open a year but like many, shes relied on online sales due to the pandemic. Washington worked and lived around the world but set up shop in east oakland where she grew up. Focussing on small local businesses and black owned businesses is to build generational wealth within your community. Those are small bracelets, tote bags, passport cases. Reporter shes a vendor participating in the twoday Virtual Event for the culture market. Its going well. We want to hit 100,000 in sales. Well blow that number out of the water. Half of the businesses shutting down means black wealth is disappearing and being demolished and some communities, its an extinction. Reporter hope is an organizer. The goal is to showcase various black women owned businesses here in oakland. She says buying from them this Holiday Season is crucial because she estimates about half of black owned businesses have closed due to the pandemic. Now you can put your money where your values are. Reporter oakland mayor libby schaaf says there is an awakening following this summers black lives matter protests. One way to heal is to shop at one of the citys black owned businesses, which theyre promoting through the website visit oakland. You dont have to go to amazon to get your gifts delivered. You can shop local and get the convenience of online shopping. Reporter in oakland, ansar. The pandemic changed black friday but hard to tell from sites like these. Hear why shop shoppers still camped out if line this year. He was the hot toy of 1996. We dug into the abc 7 news arkooa archives to see why shoppers had to have a tickle me elmo. This late dry november pattern will continue into december. Ill have the still the big move. Just more moving. Still singing. Just more in tune. Still the gangs all here. Just less are we there yet . The chevy family of suvs. Making lifes journey just better. Now during the chevy cyber sales event, use 500 cyber cash on most suv models. To get 5,250 total cash allowance on most 2020 equinox models. Visit chevycybersalesevent. Com today. Fell to the pan dell d pandemic. It is people that dress up as santa and make their way to local drinking establishments. It bricks money to charities and toys that can be donated. It was a black friday like no other this year with fewer people than usual heading to the malls amid the pandemic. But some people did brave the cold some for as long as 36 hours to snatch up some of the most popular items. Abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz was in dublin early this morning when the store doors opened. Reporter when the doors of the best buy in dublin opened at 5 00 a. M. , no running, no pushing, no shoving. I was happy it was peaceful. There wasnt any rushing. There wasnt any craziness. Reporter like so much else this year, this black friday felt different, much calmer and more subdued. Still, some people did brave the cold to wait in line. Sky 7 got this video from the livermore outlets and here is the doors opening at the target in dublin. Friends jaden and mossy got to best buy at 4 00 a. M. On the hunt for a tv. 287 for a 50inch. Great deal. Reporter initially wanted a playstation 5 and werent the only ones. The game stop was only selling two ps 5s and the line was down the block. Tyler lopez was first to get one. First in line, what time did you get here . Wednesday night at 8 00. Reporter wait, what . Yeah. Reporter he waited 36 hours to get the game. Dedication recognized by dublin p. D. Officers that overnight brought muffins and hot chocolate to those waiting outside. Was it worth the 46hour wait in the cold . I would believe so. The console itself is good enough and now i get to be on the news. Reporter the other hot item, the xbox. This game stop had four. Two people in front of me, their cards declined. Reporter mason snatched up the last one. Just got the xbox. Not planning on playing it but selling it. Making a quick 300. Reporter youre not ashamed to say that . No, i dont care. Reporter for those who got here at 7 00 a. M. When the doors opened, they were out of luck but many stuck around anyway. Im grieving right now, im within the first stage of grief, which is denial and im convincing myself there is something inside the store i want so it doesnt feel like a waste of time. Reporter why is it so hard to get the ps 5 . Waiting, he had lots of time to perfect his theory. They give each store two. There is a huge craze. People are fighting and murdering each other. Everyone is going crazy. All of a sudden, media, press, free advertise mtd fment for th console, right . Reporter im part of the problem, right . Youre a symptom of the problem that will be solved with time. Reporter in dublin, liz kreu kreutz, abc 7 news. Those are robust responses. One challenge of Holiday Shopping is picking just the right toy. Chris burn known as the toy guy gave us advice for choosing the right gift for your kid as well as a look at some of this years popular toys. One of the things we always say is the hot toys is only hot if its hot for your kid. You want to compete but not nasty compete. They want fun. So this is called pizza party throw down from hog wild. We have the spinning pizza and then we got this little character and were going to fling pieces on, try to fling pieces onto the pizza. I think that looks like a lot of fun. Another option is this present pet. Its a gift that unwraps itself and reveals a cute interactive pet or a go go bird thats been popular in asia. The radio controlled bird will fly up to 200 feet and it allows it to avoid walls when used inside. Those look pretty cool. Speaking of hot toys. Remember this one . Tickle me elmo . Right . We actually had no problem getting him last year. The furry vibrating laughing sesame street character that was the hottest thing in 1996. In honor of black friday, we went back into the kgo archive and found this piece. Reporter in real life, its tickle me elmo. Perhaps youre wondering what does elmo do . [ laughter ] oh, boy, that tickles. Reporter this may very well be the last tickle me elmo to be found in the bay area but hes old sold and when we brought him out into the store, we caused a near riot. Ive been looking everywhere for this. Reporter you cant have this. Its the last one. Let go. Let go. Well fight over elmo. Reporter we placed this elmo on this toy shelf as bait. Within 30 seconds, someone would notice and try to snatch him up. My wife is due in three weeks and i have to find a tickle me elmo and its not everyone born yet. Reporter hard to find . You cant mind it find it in or San Francisco. Reporter what are your odds of finding a tickle me elmo in the bay air right you . Im not sure i would have waited a long time in line for this guy. I mean, hes cool. He laughs. But baby girl is a little scared of him at first. It took her awhile to warm up. We had to hug him and squeeze him until she thought hes safe. The laugh, if you arent familiar with it, its a little high pitched. I can see that. I can see the apprehension. Now hes going to laugh at me while i do the news here. Hes going to sit. Youre funny, tickle me, elmo. Thank you. Ill turn him off. I have to say, i thought this was a vintage one. I was like why does ama have this from 1996. No, no, no, vintage 2019. [ laughter ] even better. All right. Well, if you want to watch the whole piece and more from the archive content on demand, download the abc 7 news bay area connected tv app on roku, apple android tv and go to the from the Archives Section to find it there. Sunny and seasonal weather this inflammation in your eye might be to blame. Ck, looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes overthecounter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. Ha these drops probably wont touch me. Xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. What is that . Xiidra, noooo it can provide lasting relief. Xiidra is the only fda approved treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. One drop in each eye, twice a day. Dont use if youre allergic to xiidra. Common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sensation. Dont touch container tip to your eye or any surface. After using xiidra, wait 15 minutes before reinserting contacts. Got any room in your eye . Talk to an eye doctor about twicedaily xiidra. I prefer you didnt xiidra. Not today, dry eye. San francisco took on a festive there today. 16 Christmas Trees decorated by students from academy of Art University are part of the competition. The winning entry came from the photography department. The students were judged on the creative take on the classic holiday tradition. It will be part of a special Christmas Tree stroll until december 31st. Then its always nice to go and see the Christmas Trees. I saw somebody walking home with a Christmas Tree today. It was a tiny one. They werent like pulling it on the ground dragging it . No, just a guy holding it. Definitely not feeling like christmas, spencer. I saw 70s in the forecast at some point. Youre right. At some point in my switchday forecast, temperatures will approach 70 degrees in early december, which is where well be when we get to that point in my forecast. Right now looking at a very calm and light wind around the bay area under clear skies. This is the view from the camera looking back at a portion of the San Francisco skyline. Current temperatures 56 in city, a cool 49 in mountain view. 54 san jose and 50 at Half Moon Bay and the view looking back towards San Francisco from emeryville. More temperature readings santa rosa and 52 concord and 50 livermore and the view from the east bay hills camera looking across the bay on this beautiful clear evening, cold mornings next weekend next weekend, cold mornings this weekend. That will be tomorrow and sunday. Mild in the afternoon, however and this dry mild pattern will continue for the week ahead. For tonight, clear skies will be with us all night overnight exc