Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. The group of employees works at Healdsburg District Hospital in several different departments. New at 10 00, ktvus Debora Villalon is live with the investigation underway. Reporter this showed up in routine screening and triggered an immediate response. 12 positive staffers sent home to isolate in the hospital on alert for more. I work night shift here. I have been here for 30 years and ive never seen anything like this. Reporter this housekeeper is frustrated to hear 12 of her colleagues at healdsburg hospital contracted covid. Apparently outside of work. I dont understand why people are not following the rules. Like wearing their masks when they should on the outside, or what they are doing. We have been using them for various reasons. Reporter now the hospital tent is running full tilt to get almost 300 staffers through. One round monday turned up one infected employee, but now positive patients. Everyone goes through it again thursday. We start at 4 00 in the morning and are testing until 8 00 in the evening just to try to capture everyone on all shifts. Reporter the Administration SaysContact Tracing showed the virus did not come from inside. The employees dont all Work Together and it appears they got infected separately. These kinds of situations are going to occur and we need to rapidly respond. Reporter Sonoma Countys Public Health officer says its akin to what happened at the norths largest medical center, santa rosas memorial hospital. An outbreak in august spread to several patients and infected almost 30 workers. Many claiming the facility failed to protect them. The strategy then, as now, tests every other day for two weeks. We have been testing them again at the end of all of that to make sure they found every Single Person and got them isolated. It is a challenge. I dont think its something new to the county or the bay area. Reporter healdsburg hopes it doesnt lismore and pleased isolation. The hospital has more than 40 beds spread among skilled nursing, medical, surgical and emergency. Managers say staff is pulling together. Trying times are hard, scary intimidating times and it is rising to the top. Im doing a bunch of isolation rooms. Remake having coveted in the workplace as immeasurable stress. You dont know if youre bringing it home to your family or not because some will test positive in someone. So you dont know. Reporter a few tested positive at healdsburg hospital also works shifts that other healthcare facilities. Thats even more Contact Tracing. With Sonoma County mired in the most restrictive purple tier, more Community Spread is the last thing he needs. Federal officials are warning u. S. Hospitals to prepare for a possible cyber attack. The fbi says russian gangs are targeting hospitals with ransom or. The hack takes over a Computer System and turns its data into gibberish that can only be unlocked when the victim pays up. At least four u. S. Hospitals have already been affected. Experts are urging facilities to make sure their backups are ready to disconnect from the internet, where possible, and not to use personal email. Asian stock markets are trading lower tonight after todays selloff in the united states. Investors are worried the coronavirus pandemic in the u. S. And europe will mean more restrictions and drag on the economy. Today the dow dropped 943 points, about 3 1 2 . The nasdaq lost 426 points. The s p 500 was down 119. In san jose the School District is making plans to bring students back to the classroom in january. Families will have an option, in person or distancelearning, but not both. Our southbay reporter is here now with the districts plans and concerns from both parents and teachers. Reporter san jose unified says it is the logical next step with covid case rates trending in the right direction. Students cant choose both options because the district wants consistency. Now one of the main concerns, teachers are expected to do remote in classroom instruction simultaneously. Trust me, as a senior i want to be back as much as the next guy. Reporter Willow Glen High School senior kyle booker says while he wants to go back to school, he likely wont. Because we arent completely under control yet. I would say we should stay virtual until we can guarantee everything is clear and safe. We have every intention of opening up for inperson instruction on january 5th. Reporter san jose unified laying out plans for 2021 after 28,000 students have spent the school year so far distance learning. Its definitely going to be different. Masks will be required. Six foot distancing at all times. To make other changes, staggered break times, plexiglas barriers for adult staff and students must fill out a symptom questionnaire at the start of the school day. Another change, teachers instructing students in class and online at the same time. I think its definitely going to be a transition for teachers and a transition for students as well. Reporter the district says this model gives all students access to a teacher for a full school day and flexibility should a teacher or student test positive for covid and need to isolate. Its challenging to take what would have normally been a world that is this large and try to translate it to a world that is this large. Reporter this preschool teacher questions, how can she be present online and in person . She wants students to return only if Safety Measures are in place. Since july 1st, when teachers returned to school, a handful of district personnel contracted covid outside the work environments, with no Community Spread. One parent eager for his highschooler to return to school understands it wont be easy. I think we just have to adjust our expectations and be happy that we are Going Forward and there is some sense of normalcy returning. Reporter the district could postpone reopening if the county goes back to the red or purple tears. Officials wont know that until december 30th. The district is also working with the county to secure a contract to provide testing for teachers at school sites. Tonight pg e says all of its bay area customers who had power turned off now have their electricity back. Homes and businesses in Sonoma County were the last to have her power restored following this latest round of ps ps. Utility crews had been out checking Electrical Equipment for wind damage and preparing it before turning powerback on. Crews ban at least one dozen instances of damaged equipment. And dangelo crews are sprucing up the iron horse trail for safety and fire prevention. Today and tomorrow theyve been cleaning brush and trimming trees are part of the recreational trail on laurel drive. The work is happening between 8 00 a. M. And 3 00 p. M. Trail users may experience delays and should consider alternate routes. A family that lost everything during a class fire in santa rosa last month is getting free temporary housing to get back on their feet. New at 10 00, they talked to ktvus amber lee and she is here now to explain how this program will work to help them. Reporter the program is called home bridge and provides housing here in San Francisco and in the south bay. The family tells me this is helping them get through a difficult time. Okay, go i experience life to the kids, because they have no worries. Reporter Jennifer Davis and her children are adjusting to life in San Francisco. They lost their home in santa rosa a month ago when the glass fire destroyed almost everything they own. Chaos and fear as they were forced to evacuate. I didnt know what to grab or what to do. Reporter davis shows me photos of whats left of the trailer and house they lived in, a property belonging to relatives. She and her husband rob smith stayed in hotels with their four Young Children until they heard about a program called home bridge founded by apartment list, an Online Rental company. Heres the living room. Reporter this a cell phone video of the apartment the program provided for the family. They moved in less than two weeks ago. The program is a partnership with Property Management companies, nonprofits and others to provide free temporary housing for fire survivors and others in need of help. The family will be able to stay here until the end of the year. We literally dont have anything else that has given us two months of peace of mind. Reporter the Program Manager says there are more than a dozen units currently available for fire survivors in San Francisco and the south bay. There is no income criteria, but it is designed for those in need of help. Families are forced to make challenging decisions about potentially putting their safety at risk by staying in relief centers. We are hoping to help with one less giant burden on their shoulders. Reporter the family tells me they are grateful for the help, a bridge to the future. When you lose everything like that and there is a place to go that can help you it still hasnt fully had us, you know, because the repercussions are going on and on. It is still affecting us pretty deeply. Reporter dad works as a house painter and hopes to save up enough money to start over in santa rosa. The Program Manager tells me so far home bridge has provided 10 families with housing displaced by the recent wildfires. Four kids are so adorable and just the idea that they have two months now where they dont have to worry and they can hopefully plan and figure out what theyre going to do next just great stuff. Coming up, tuesdays election and your social media feeds. How bay area tech giants are going to moderate content. Also ahead, hurricane zeta now a deadly storm. Details on the first death as pelting rain, violent winds and a nine foot storm surge swamped the gulf coast. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. The way it handled an unverified New York Post story about Hunter Bidens form business ties. Who the hell elected you and put you in charge about what the media are allowed to report in with the American People are allowed to hear . And why do you persist in behaving as a democratic super pack, silencing used . We are not doing that. Is why open this hearing with calls for transparency. Twitter senio said he supports a plan for users to get information about algorithms that determine what content people are likely to see. New at 10 00 tonight, with election day approaching, the role of social Media Companies has taken on new urgency. Reporter they have. Many people next week will likely be turning to social media platforms to try and find out about the election. Even though those Companies Say they will try to take steps to avoid misleading concent being sent out, experts say users need to be wary. As election day approaches, many social media feeds are lining up. Now that is getting closer to the election, constantly posting between people reposting or other articles coming up. Reporter raising questions about what role social Media Companies such as facebook, twitter and google will play. I think its very difficult to filter. I think, by nature, we dont like to be filtered, but there is a consequence. Reporter the ceos of facebook, twitter and alphabet, googles parent company, told members of the Senate Committee wednesday that they will take steps to prevent people from using their platforms to prevent the spread of misinformation. In some cases they said they will take down content that is unverified or incites violence. There are things people send me on messenger and then nothing will be removed because i cant open it. Reporter facebook will be pushing out political ads on election day and twitter is slowing down content. It is inevitable people use social media to whip up sentiment on both sides. Whether republicans, democrats, nothing gets engagement Political Polarization right now. Reporter stephen weber, uc berkeley professor and assistant dean at the school of public information, said it will be difficult for companies to moderate content and they have come under fire from conservatives and liberals for doing too much or too little. These companies are the best Artificial Intelligence systems in the world, trying to observe and filter whats going on. From this technologist standpoint there is no way we can keep up with that flow. One thing for users to keep in mind, its very, very difficult for platforms of this size to do content moderation well at that scale. Reporter experts say despite social Media Companies promising to be fair and vigilant for use of their platforms, users looking for news about the election need to positively see content. The odds of making mistakes are pretty high. Be careful when you are jumping to conclusions about what you see online, or dont see online. Reporter experts say this years election could be a Tipping Point that has lasting impacts on the law and social media. The president and ceo of the Silicon Valley organization has been placed on administrative leave over a political ad on its website that the group calls, blatantly racist. The mercury news captured this screenshot showing black mentoring a scene of unrest. The caption reads, do you really want to sign onto this . The ad was aimed at district 6 city counted it jake toggle. Spo called the image inappropriate and unacceptable. President matt mahone is on leave and a Third Party Investigation will determine how and why the image was posted. Firefighters in Southern California are making progress against two large firefighters fires in orange county. The silverado fire has burned more than 13,000 acres near irvine and it is 30 contained in many evacuation orders have been lifted. Meanwhile, Southern California edison is investigating whether there powerlines sparked the blue ridge fire. That fire is threatening homes in chino hills. It has burned 14,000 acres and as of tonight is about 25 contained. At least one person has died from hurricane zeta, which made landfall as a category two hurricane this afternoon. A 55 yearold man was electrocuted by downed power lines, torrential rain and sustained winds of up to 110 miles an hour pounding the coast up to nine feet of storm surge, as well as extensive flooding and possible tornadoes in the southeastern part of the state. Obviously we are concerned about any Power Outages that might not be easily and quickly rectified. Louisiana is bearing the brunt of this years hurricane season. This is the fifth named storm to hit the state in recent months, including hurricane delta less than three weeks ago. After louisiana zeta is forecast to make its way to mississippi and alabama. Zeta is now a category one hurricane, downgraded quickly to a category one after he came onshore as a category two. In its 1click it is one mile perhour short. Once agosta 74 Miles Per Hour itll be a Tropical Storm at 75 miles an hour and falling apart. I guess the upshot would zeta is is not going slowly, is moving quickly at about 25 miles an hour or so. It is not depositing a ton of rain. Im thinking a half foot of rain, which is a lot, but they could see 18 inches from earlier this year. Here it is, zeta at 75 miles an hour and moving to 31 miles an hour. As they get further north they get caught up in the jet stream flow and thats why its pick up speed as well. It gets pulled into the jet stream which is further north. There you go, thats the latest. I would say probably now it is a Tropical Storm, but it will continue to rain on the eastern seaboard, as you might imagine. We got a little but a patchy fog trying to show up at the coast. We have temperatures outside tonight getting chilly, just like last night with numbers into the 30s in some places. We are expecting daytime highs tomorrow just like today, 70s with some low 80s. And the next chance of rain is way out there. This ridge of High Pressure is doing its job. We are not going to see rain, at least through this next five day period. When we get back we will look at the forecast highs and what you can expect to the weekend and then we will look for some rain. Coming up here, a heroin rescue offshore, how deputies helped a man stranded in the ocean entangled in fishing line. , a curfew imposed in philadelphia after several nights of vandalism and violence. A 9 00 p. M. Curfew is in effect in philadelphia tonight after widespread vandalism following the Police Killing of walter wallace. Today the Police C