What hes preaching was not a positive, it was not a positive, i hear that from a lot of people coming through. A weekly average of 9900 cases per day, double the average from two weeks ago. A National Community woman. Where is the math showing abruptly credit changing criteria from 4 tiers, forcing counties to jump 2 tiers abruptly, it seems forced and not scientific. Reporter gatherings a restaurant seven order to stop at 10 pm starting saturday, takeout and delivery will still be allowed. It has been a really tough year, yes, we are in the same boat, but i guess the Restaurant Business is getting more affected than any other businesses. Reporter people can go Grocery Shopping and walks without other households, but not to do nonessential work or gathering from 10 pm until 5 am until the morning of december 21. To be clear, there are some bay area counties that are not under the restriction, but that could change this weekend . Reporter thats right, there are 41 out of 58 counties, and the state of california, the most restrictive tier, it could change this weekend, hearing from several Health Officials today, including dr. Grant colfax, expecting it to move into the most restrictive tier by sunday at the earliest, and by the way the only other bay area counties that are in the restrictive tier right now are san mateo and marin county. Santa clara county is not reporting it says number questions since march, you can see the steep surge on the right, 407 cases reported today, and Health Officials warned hospitals could be at capacity in three weeks. The actions that we are asking and urging everyone to take, is number 1, cancel your holiday plans, do not travel. Celebrate the holiday at home. With your loved ones from your household. Meanwhile, San Francisco could slide into the purple tier as early as sunday, as kenny mentioned, according to the county health officer, the curfew would then be implemented in 48 hours. A sign of the times, long lines for covid19 testing ahead of thanksgiving, nearly 180,000 californians were tested yesterday, Health Officials expect the demand to be even higher next week. In the meantime, the first Covid Vaccine is heading towards the finish line with other vaccine candidates close behind. Alan martin joins us, and now it is in the hands of the fda. Indeed, pfizer applied for the emergency use of the covid 19 vaccine, california will be ready to first review it and then receive the first ration of doses. Reporter with covid cases surging, a nighttime curfew and california mostly purple, all eyes now turn to the fda. If it happens on thanksgiving day it will, but we will be ready to go. Reporter early friday, pfizer applied for emergency approval for the covid19 vaccine, a large team of medical officers is pouring over over piles of data not yet made public. Details on the safety and effectiveness. Experts in california soon get to dig in. Committee is charged with reviewing the safety of the vaccine. Reporter at stanford, on a committee taking vaccine recommendations to the cdc, and also on the team entrusted with advising california on any Covid Vaccine. Once the cdc gets a, i will see it, we will have an emergency meeting, within hours, i would imagine that we would be able to have that Information Available to the state. The state has a plan in place, it is complicated. Reporter uc berkeleys dr. Art reingold heads up the safety team. An and independent group that will review this, and to do it absolutely with no delay, as soon as the data becomes available. Reporter as of now, the federal government will distribute distribute based on a formula. California will be ready to distributed. Initially california mike it 1 million2 million complete doses to vaccinate those at highest risk. People who work at icus in emergency departments, and that is totally understandable. Reporter they will be packed in containers and shipped directly to where they will be administered, including clinics and pharmacies in Public Health departments. Bay area medical centers are reviewing their plans, investing in ultracold freezers, some of them portable, they might use the same model as the temporary flu clinics. Most americans wont have access to the first round of vaccines, they will have to wait until possibly springtime. Developing tonight, the sign of a San Francisco building on fire, a pretty good looked at the burnedout balconies, it broke out just before 1 30 am, gateway on davis court. The building does not have an important safety fissure feature, right . Reporter yes, it was finished in 1967, same time as the fontana towers at aquatic park, that generation gave us the battles we have over height limits and views of the waterfront, but that generation of buildings was largely not required to have system. The gateway could becoming the poster child to fix that. It was like a movie, you could not see down the hallway, the smoke was so thick. This is a electrical fire. An explosion, and flames started shooting out, it was dramatic. Reporter it took firefighters now are to contain the flames on the 11th floor, limiting the spread to just three floors and 2 dozen units, no one was seriously injured. Staff was obviously first and what to do, clearcut indication of how to evacuate and get out. Reporter the second serious fire at the gateway conflicts in recent memory, it was october 2018, when fire broke out on the 12th floor, of a different building, and that fire raise alarms of the gateways lack of a sprinkler system, and that conversation was renewed today. Obviously a good idea, im not prepared to say the landlord should install them, i dont know how that works. It is a bunch of research after the 2018 fire, we are preparing legislation for introduction in the new session, january, and the supervisor says there are 135 million the highrise residential buildings without sprinkler systems, he and the fire marshal working towards a is all retrofitted. The second fire, we are pushed through, and getting this thing past. Reporter in the loophole, is a missing part of the citys larger earthquake strategy, as they are most effective at stopping small fires from gaining momentum. We have fire showing in two different apartments from the outside. And we have seen before, coming out of 89, addressing unreinforced masonry, giving people agrees. The sensitive retrofit for those problems with the expect that very soon. Kpix 5. Still ahead. When i did walk in, it was kicked over and you start to get nervous. Have you started shopping for thanksgiving . Get ready to join the crowd. No big celebration this year but San Francisco still is getting in the holiday spirit tonight with a longheld tradition. Straightahead in sports, the warriors made some noise today, but so did the pac 12, and as a result, the stanford and Washington StateFootball Game paid the price. Great weather out there on this friday evening, just the last hint of daylight on the western horizon, the sun one down an hour ago, plenty Grocery Outlet jingle do you have cheese . Of course. More cheese for less chedar do you have kale . Absolutly. More kale for less cabbage in our produce section. How about pizza . yep. More pizza for less dough in the freezer section. Now youre getting the hang of it. Grocrey outlet jingle try natures bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster and stay a sleep longer. Great sleep comes naturally with sleep 3 only from natures bounty major developments in a scandal that is brewing at the Santa Clara County sheriffs department, under the undersheriff, he has been indicted, in a gun bribery investigation, the eighth first to be indicted in the legend conspiracy to trade Campaign Contributions for very difficult to obtain concealed carry permits. A former sheriff spokesperson, captain james jensen, previously indicted, sheriff lori smith has not been charged with any crime in connection with the scandal. New at 6 00, throughout the pandemic, it has been is seeing the users start of the clean, present scores if Grocery Stores are ready to go, andrea . Reporter depending on what you want, some of them will have everything you need and summer little bit more picked over. Particularly some of those products, Paper Products that have been flying off the shelves since the start of the pandemic. Reporter one glance at this paper ill at the safeway on el camino riel, and you might think it is march all over again. I wasnt in a panic when i walked in and im still not in, but when i did walk in, it is picked over, and you start to get nervous. Reporter with shelter in place orders tightened from much of the bay area, folks are once again making big trips to the Grocery Store this time with a of thanksgiving flavor added in. Is it a smaller thanksgiving . Bigger yes, only 4, usually 15 20. Reporter the jumbo turkeys abounded, as larger celebrations are put on a pandemic pause. About one of the packages that the Grocery Store puts together for you. Reporter tommy obrien was stocking up so that he and his family could avoid the stores in the virus until the wave passes. Pasta, peanut butter, frozen foods, mostly things that will keep for more than a week or two the traditional family all day look smaller, but perspective is something to look forward to. Having a roll of toilet paper, dont take it for granted, or having a meal out safely, enjoying the company of your family and friends, you start to realize how much you value those things. Reporter while the big turkeys are still in stock, was hard to find at this point are the smaller turkey breast, it seems not everyone is putting the giant bird in the oven, because not as many people are coming over. Kpix 5. Paul, have you got the bird yet . We dont do turkey that much, we are doing him. A wide open aisle, full of him. Is, market inefficiency, to get him on thanksgiving, dont have to worry about running out. Quiet weather, the past couple of days in the next several days, through this thanksgiving holiday in the weekend, all we will see over this weekend is passing clouds, mostly high up in the atmosphere, over the south bay in santa clara to start the day. They will be with us intermittently, but temperatures might be a degree or two warmer than where we talked out today. Mostly clear skies tomorrow, some frost in the valleys of the north bay, tomorrow morning and sunday morning, little bit work is over but they had the voice euros clouds is wednesday will do if we looked out for the it, attempters in the 50s, 59 in san jose, a pleasant late november evening in pretty nice is we head through the rest of the night, a nice evening for a walk, guenther and summer, i love those names, cool in mill valley, recreating that picture, to just low 50s, dipping into the 40s pretty quickly, thank you to penny to showing a picture, they can go for a walk, they will be nice, we will warm up quickly, it makes of 30s and 40s to start the day tomorrow morning, but with the sunshine, filtered as though it may be, still warming up to the upper 50s and low 60s by noon, and mostly 60s for the high temperature, of to 70 along the coast, temperatures running anywhere from 145 degrees, back off a couple of degrees, still pleasant for the second half of the weekend, nice weather continues, minor ups and downs to temperatures and a nice thanksgiving in store. Mid 60s in linden low 60s by the bay for thanksgiving day. Thank you paul. 14 division i college Football Games will not be played this weekend, two of them are in the area, hello vern. College football, here we go, the stanford cardinal, trying to get on the board with the first win of the season, but saturday they can even get on the field they were supposed to host these guys, Washington State tomorrow night, but covid19 so many members of the team, including the quarterback, the game was canceled by the pac12. To many positive tests, and contact tracing, they could not fill the number of scholarship players, so the game officially as a no contest. San diego state had their game canceled and speculation they could play stanford was rejected by the school. Heres the statement, Stanford Athletics has explored alternative options to replace Washington State, and at this time, does not expect to be able to fill the opening. The program will turn its attention to cal and the 123rd game next friday. Nba, over three hours into free agency, so for the warriors, nothing, they did say goodbye to bowman, the guard who is one of the bright spots in the 50 law season, starting 12 games, but a roster cassidy, they had to make room for wednesdays draft pick, manion. The Toronto Raptors have decided to call tampa, florida home, emily arena, where the lightning play, the canadian government would not allowed nonessential travel across the border, forcing the raptors to start the season at the south florida site. Nfl and the raiders, the team, still has nine players on the covid reserve list, and the host the Kansas City Chiefs on sunday. A factor in vegas being a 8 point home underdog. The running game is got to work. If josh jacobs carries the rock a lot, that means ball control, that is a way to be the cheese. And now back up, deponte booker has been turning heads, 81 yards last week, and what you know, he is a sacramento product. The raiders got from the broncos. Sometimes a change of scenery can be the right thing, and these are the raiders, we have rejuvenated teams players from other teams before and we would like to take pride in doing that good to see this, the season in San Francisco, 17,000 lights glowing at the embarcadero center, chopper 5 flew over the four buildings, all lit up, no big celebration this year due to the pandemic of course, but a sign that it is the official start of the holiday season. A festive scene at union square of course, check out the birdseye view, of the macys christmas tree, its gorgeous. Get ready for a lantern good evening, after kpix 5 news at 6 00, pfizer becomes the First Company to as the fda to approve the covid19 vaccine for emergency use authorization, but who will have access to it first . An inside look at the distribution process, tonight on the cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs brennan tonight, the first Coronavirus Vaccine submitted to the f. D. A. For emergency use as the virus spreads rapidly. Nearly 190,000 cases in just one day. Less than a week until thanksgiving, the scramble to get tested before the holiday. Why a negative covid test could give a false sense of security. Plus, the recordbreaking 80,000 americans in the hospital with the virus, hardhit north dakota now getting 60 air force nurses to help relieve overwhelmed workers. Breaking news in racing to a cure. Pfizer seeks approval for its vaccine. So, what happens next, and who gets it first . Well introduce you to the cool box, designed to transfer the