an abrupt about face by the city of san francisco is rolling back reopening efforts due to slight increases in covid cases, hospitalizations and positivity rates and with that, good afternoon and thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen sze. the announcement came as a surprise. san francisco entered the least restricted yellow tier last week and set to open further in the coming days but the plans are on hold. >> the last thing we want to do is go backwards. the last thing we want to do is tell a business or a school or someplace they can open and then tell them they have to close. >> indoor pools, bowling alleys, locker rooms and showers at

fitness centers can't open tuesday after all. restaurants, indoor places of worship, museums, zoos and movie theaters must stay at 25% capacity, not 50% as planned. >> we have a look how this will impact businesses, anser. >> reporter: many san francisco restaurants have been open for outdoor dining for the past few weeks. many were gearing up for 50% indoor capacity next tuesday. that's not going to happen. many business hearleaders say t are not disappointed by the announcement but not surprised. this chef is heading into the weekend with a change of plans. >> it's pretty brutal having this come up again especially now. >> reporter: the chef and owner at the san francisco ferry building says they've been lucky during the pandemic. they've increased online catering and have outdoor dining but some businesses haven't been

able to open due to structural or financial issues such as no space for outdoor dining. those businesses that are getting ready to open next week will have to stay closed. >> my heart goes out to everybody that needs to be open and have their doors open paying rent and for all the employees that are counting on work. >> reporter: businesses that are currently open won't face any roll backs. many san francisco restaurants are operating at 25% indoor seating but we're getting ready to move to 50% next week. >> we understand why we're doing this and we feel this is the right move from a conservative perspective. >> reporter: laurie thomas is the director of the golden gate restaurant association. she owns two restaurants in the city. she admits this new pause in opening is tough but says it's important to play it safe. >> so there is a hardship in dealing with that but there will be more of a hardship if we have to shut everybody down that's open right now. >> reporter: the chef says everyone will likely take a hit but adds it's important for the

city to work as a community. >> i think it's a smart thing for the city. rough for our businesses, smart for us as a community. >> reporter: the golden gate restaurant association wants to remind customers if you made a rest serration for the coming weeks, check with the restaurant to make sure they're not impacted. reporting live, anser. since covid-19 came along, we've done stories about the struggles of restaurants and how they are trying to survive. the rainy season is coming. so now more adaptations. here is abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman. >> i need a little time. >> reporter: this morning the progress consumed much of kim's attention. that is life in the restaurant business where success depends on advanced planning and not only about food. >> winter is coming. rain is coming. cold is coming. so we knew we'd have to --

>> reporter: covid. >> covid is not going away. >> reporter: here at bistro v, marin county limits inside dining to 50% capacity. her partner confessed he's not comfortable about having people inside at all. >> we're in our 50s. we don't want to be inside and we'll be there for four hours at a time breathing the air that 40 other people are exhaling. >> reporter: and so this construction job above their outside patio, a tent. the latest covid-19 adaptation and certainly a boom for people like nguyen haun who owns an awning company. >> have you been busy? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: what is the difference between having a tent over your head and a roof inside? well, according to the state of california, it has to do with the number of walls. on one is allowed from floor to ceiling and the air has to be able to blow through.

this place qualifies. >> what do you do when it rains in the winder and you have a busy saturday night with people that want to dine outside? >> reporter: with one more awning going up over the sidewalk, the restaurant figures it can seat and serve 24 people at one sitting, half the capacity. best plans for proverbial and literal roof over their business. >> i think with everything else in the situation, i'm operating on a what happens will happen presumption. >> reporter: wayne freedman, abc 7 news. in all the bay area and santa cruz county recorded more than 120,000 confirmed cases of covid-19. in california, there are 4,014 new cases today. that's a half a percent increase from the day before and across the country, the u.s. is reaching alarming new records every day. the nation averaging nearly 78,000 new cases per day.

the bay area is expanding its role in testing for potential covid-19 vaccines. abc 7 news anchor dion lim is live with the details. >> kristen, this is a big deal. today stanford launched a clinical trial into one promising candidate. this is video of the first volunteer that received their initial dose a few hours ago. with the nation's attention focused on the race to develop a covid vaccine, researchers at stanford are joining the effort to produce reliable and accurate data to move the most prom facing candidates forward. first up a trial vaccine from johnson & johnson. dr. phil grant says the formula relies on a disabled virus to carry instructions for create y ing an ty covid proteins into the body like a trojan horse and he says it could have another important advantage. >> you get the body to produce a fair amount of spike protein on its own and the early studies show you only need one shot as

opposed to initial shot and booster. >> reporter: johnson & johnson used the virus technique during a recent ebola outbreak in africa delivering a successful vaccine. the company believes early safety data on the version is promising. >> the same trojan horse as you describe has been given for thousands of people and over a couple thousand are already in the phase one, two. >> reporter: this doctor helped organize a number of covid drug trials. she says the stanford team will boric to recruit a diverse pool of volunteers using their website and strong community out reach to neighborhood clinics and beyond. >> we may be going, for example, to nursing homes and other areas. we will be trying to partner with our lower income clinics to see if we can recruit there. we want everybody to have access. >> reporter: nearby ucsf and the san francisco health department are participate income a vaccine

trial with astrazeneca and she says stanford has been engaged in on going talks to become a trial site for other vaccine candidates, as well. potentially putting researchers and the bay area in the thick of the hunt for a vaccine agains covid-19. the johnson & johnson vaccine has the advantage of not requiring specialized deep cold refrigeration for storage making it easier to ship and distribute. >> thank you. if you care about life, open up our churches. >> covid-19 and churches coming up at 5:00, the plea from church leaders today. in person voting, open up today across contra costa county in martinez and 16ther scattered across the country. leslie brinkley checked out the lines. >> traditionally i've always voted in person. it's what i like to do.

>> it feels right to me. >> reporter: starting at 11:00 a.m. voters lined up outside this hotel for a chance to vote in person on brand-new electronic poll pads. >> we can see if someone already voted or returned their vote by mail ballot and we've counted it. it going to prevent fraud and going to allow us to reduce the number of proversion l ballball >> anybody can go to any location because of the real-time connection. someone in richmond can from alamo and have the correct ballot for local races. here in walnut creek, the line wound around a parking lot. >> i expected a lot longer line. i'm surprised it's such a small area you can vote in person. >> reporter: of 17 early vote locations, 12 are outdoors like this one inside a tent from 11:0 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. another location of key interest, this sports court.

this is where 140 workers and volunteers are ex track opening eloquent veopen envo envelop envelopes, there was another reason to come out. >> you feel comfortable with seeing everyone else that's voting, also. you know everyone is at least coming to vote. >> reporter: turnout so far is air above 54%. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. the oakland coliseum will become alameda county's largest voting center starting tomorrow. county residents can cast ballots inside the arena and they can also drop off their mail in ballots. in addition to the coliseum, santa cla ra can vote or drop of and san jose home of the sharks and chase center in san francisco new home of the warriors will serve as ballot dropoff locations. still, a few more days to vote as we countdown to tuesday, go

to abc7news.com. we posted an interactive map and that shows you early voting and ballot dropoff locations across the entire bay area. new way to halladay, the changing halloween celebrations. buy black friday, the initiative helping black businesses. blue moon, you heard the term once in a blue moon. it's happening this weekend. and that's happening tomorrow. just in time for halloween, no

asof being stretched too thinar to do my job right. and it's not just health care workers. our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. how can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money? prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. help us do our jobs. vote yes on 15.

ev . actress lori loughlin is spending her first day in prison in dublin. she'll serve four months for her role. she had until november 19th to turn herself in but opted to start serving early. she and her husband pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into usc. tomorrow is halloween but in the middle of a pandemic, what does that look like? amy hollyfield has been on a mission to find out. even during a pandemic, people still want to be scared on halloween. and they want to dress up. the costume store in walnut creek says business has still been good despite the unusual

circumstances of this year. >> there's been a lot of people getting costumes. most people are still going to do something for halloween. >> reporter: what is there to do? health officials advised against the usual halloween traditions. >> it's not cancelled, it's reimagined. >> reporter: jonas says history is usually closed down to accommodate the trick-or-tre trick-or-treati trick-or-treating. his pirates of the caribbean theme home is one of the main attractions on halloween night. this is what it looked like at night last year when he counted more than 1,000 visitors. >> it's like a huge street party everyone looks forward to every year. >> reporter: the city of lafayette wanted that spirit to live on somehow so the parks and recreation department created a dress up drive. >> families will go to the website and dress up in their costumes and cars and drive around town and see decorated houses. >> reporter: he signed his house up. he says it won't be the same but he's determined to make sure it is memorable. >> i'm going to be fully decked

out sitting out here waving to the folks giving them a show because they desearch that and all of this, at least we can do that. >> reporter: his home is one of 40 that signed up to be a stop on the tour. in fact, the parks and rec department says other cities like the idea so much, they created their own dress up drives like in oakley, brentwood and walnut creek. >> now you can weigh the risks of various holiday activities with abc 7's holiday risk calculator. see a common holiday scenario and guess the risk and see what our medical experts have to say about it. find it on abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. a rare halloween blue moon will provide a spooky treat for us. actually, there is nothing blue about it. it refers to the phenomenon of two full moons showing up in the same month.

the last was october 1st. it's rarer for a full moon to appear on the spookiest night of the year, the last time a blue moon showed up on halloween was in 1944. so it's been a minute as we bring in sandhya patel. sandhya is trying to explain to me kristen, waxing and waning so when it comes to the moon, i leave everything. >> sandhya, you know larry only understands wax on, wax off. >> that's right. that's right. [ laughter ] >> so true. he gives me such a hard time about waxing and waning. we have a full moon so we don't have to talk about waxing and waning tomorrow as you both just mentioned, larry and kristen. here is a look at that halloween forecast with that blue moon. 6:11 is when the sunsets tomorrow. temperatures in the low 60s to mid 70s. all treats in the evening. we're looking at it being a little cooler around 8:00 p.m. mid 50s to the mid 60s and

spooky cool by 9:00 p.m. low 50s to the low 60s. so the weather couldn't be better. as we take a look at live doppler 7, we have fog sitting right near the coastline right now and the air quality is still being impacted by the fires around the state of california. so some parts reporting moderate air quality as you will notice. san francisco, santa rosa and santa cruz mountains seeing good air quality. here is a look at the forecast. no spare the air alerts over the next four days but expect pockets of haze at times, moderate air quality the next three days and good on tuesday. here is a live look from the mount tam cam. low 70s from oakland to san jose, certainly cooler than yesterday thanks to the sea breeze and the fog returning. the tower cam showing you a lovely view but you can see the haze in the distance. upper 70s santa rosa, that votto and one last view from the emeryville camera. nothing but sunshine there. no tricks, all treats for

halloweens. sunny and warmer this weekend. reminder change your clocks back one hour sunday morning daylight saving time ends. so first thing tomorrow morning, you'll see the fog around the coast and locally inland. temperatures anywhere from the low 40s to low 50s. it will be cool. i don't think it will be quite as chilly as it has been. tomorrow afternoon a mild sunny day. 72 in san francisco. warmer than today. 77 in oakland, 78 san rafael and low 80s san jose and 84 in fairfield. if you are going to the coast this weekend on sunday and on monday, watch out. there is a beach hazard statement from sunday afternoon through monday evening. they are expecting a risk of rip currents and sneaker waves especially for those west, northwest facing beaches this upcoming weekend. accuweather seven-day forecast, halloween is looking boo-tiful. can't ask for better weather. set your clocks back one hour on sunday or saturday night before going to bed. we have warm weather to start off november. dry for voters on tuesday with

above average temperatures. on friday, i am looking for rain but i will say, one model is aggressive with the wet weather, the other one is scaling back a bit. i'll keep you posted. kristen and larry? >> all right. sandhya, thanks so much. since we're talking trick-or-treat, this is a real treat because we had something special to do. the family lost their home recently in the creek fire in l. among the belongings lost, the 9-year-old's baseball cards. she's a huge giants' fan. her favorite player is catcher buster posey. we put in a call to the giants and arranged this really special surprise moment. >> so many people are coming to try to help and to see everybody at the fire station with those baseball cards, what kind of emotions are you going through now? >> reese, reese, i'll hop in. i was wondering, who is your favorite baseball player?

>> you. >> me? i heard you got this huge collection of cards coming your way, like 25,000 or something? wow. i think what's cool about that is it seems like you're going to be able to share the game with so many different people now, right? >> yeah. >> that's -- >> speechless? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> her parents were laughing because they never seen reese this shy but it was because of buster. she was so overcome with emot n emotions as soon as we hung up on the zoom call. buster and the giants sent her a nice big gift package including an autographed baseball and she also got another surprise, we're all going to start tearing up watching the video but we'll have more tonight at 6:00. >> oh my god, there is more? larry, that was the nicest thing you did. that was awesome.

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give james a big round of applause. [ applause ] >> huge applause for a little guy.ames tren at the san francisco zoo today. james was the alert youngster

who spotted maki. the zoo honored james with a lifetime membership for his good dead. today is a day of celebration for maki, t t t t tail tail tailed lemur. he's back in his habitat after being stolen. >> i didn't know it was a little boy that found him. very alert. 400 workers at a factory in utah are making electric trains that caltrain plans to have rolling down the peninsula. we got a look inside and virtual reality look inside. david louie is our tour guide. >> reporter: the shells of seven next generation electric cars have been produced at this facility in salt lake city. over the next two years, the european rail car manufacturer will make 19 of them for caltrain. >> if you like the sound of the electric sound of a tesla, you'll like the sound of our

electric train. >> reporter: here is a virtual reality look what lies inside. 1,000 caltrain riders picked color schemes in the seats. power outlets and wi-fi are planned. each train will have two cars for bikes and security. restrooms are spacious and include an infant changing table. >> the great benefit of the trains right now is that they'll be able to stop quickly and start more quickly. >> reporter: what kind of speed? initially the same 79 miles an hour with diesel engines but the new trains will have a top speed of 110. before the pandemic, caltrain was carrying 65,000 passengers per day. >> we're going to be able to triple that number over the next 20 years with electricity. >> reporter: the conversion is the result of $1 billion in federal funnelinding. that should help to ease peninsula freeway congestion. >> today caltrain carries the equivalent of four freeway lanes

of 101 traffic. and in the future, we would be carrying additional 5.5 lanes of freeway traffic on our train. >> reporter: the first electfied train will be sent to colorado in january for a yearlong track test. caltrain will receive the first delivery next summer with phased in service expected in 2022. if you'd like to check out more video of the new cars in virtual reality, caltrain is offering a limited number of cardboard viewers at the website. david louie, abc 7 news. leaning into success during these difficult times. how businesses are pivoting to get ahead. plus, forget the usual black friday. now it's buy

this week we've been looking at the way to holiday and exploring related to race and social justice. one of the pillars sector and adding to black owned businesses are twice as likely to fail during this pandemic. but as we head into the holiday season, some are getting creative. leary here is chris nguyen. >> reporter: on this friday afternoon. >> should be ready to change and pivot. >> reporter: san francisco event planner nicole burke aims for brightness during these challenging times. >> we're connected so small restaurants or small businesses fail, we're not really left with much. >> reporter: as the coronavirus

crisis began to unfold, orders s dried up overnight and with celebrations brought to a halt, there was no demand for the beautiful grazing tables for which they were known but after taking a few months off to focus on family, burke is back and building her business ahead of the holidays but offering individual and group size boxes. >> virtual galas, virtual meetings, virtual happy hours. we'll take special orders and deliver. >> reporter: a firsthand lesson adapting on the fly. >> going from doing large events where it's one event, it has all your focus and then there is a big pay off at the end where now it's a lot of volume but we still want to keep that attention to detail. >> reporter: and that commitment is seen by many including jason, owner of the wine kitchen restaurant where burke operates a part of her business. >> a good reminder that even in hard times, you know, even if business isn't going that great

to like do your best and make the product or the dish that you're proud of. >> reporter: in the south bay. >> i'll get that to you by sunday, is that okay? >> reporter: a similar story. >> it not about money but helping people and families. >> reporter: sandra daily is famous for her southern style soul food at levi stadium in santa clara but with no in person attendance, daily is focussing on her meal delivery service featuring some of her favorite recipes and a special thanksgiving menu for people to order from. >> it's a feeling i get when i see people enjoying my food. i don't have to hear it. i just like to see it. not having the face-to-face with folks is tough. i'm not going to lie. it been tough. >> reporter: as difficult as things may seem, daily says it's important to focus on the good. >> once you start understanding that gift of giving, you'll

start understanding the gift to help you through this terrible time because it will help you learn about yourself. >> reporter: these business owners serving up some inspiration for all to see. >> we're still going and moving forward, i'm really proud of myself for not giving up. >> reporter: piece by piece they're building a better bay area one at a time. >> i love what i do. i'll still provide meals and continue cooking. >> reporter: chris nguyen, ab krc 7 news. facebook is doing what it can with the buy black friday. we spoke with one of the black business owners part of the guide and erica woods. >> reporter: erica woods of facebook, thank you for joining us to talk about buy black friday. i'm really interested in this. can you explain first off, what it is and why you-all are doing this on facebook? >> sure, i'm happy to talk to

you. this friday, the 30th, we're starting the buy black friday campaign. over the next month leading up into black friday on the 27th, we will have live shows on our platform to help support small black owned businesses across the docountry. >> black businesses closing at twice the rate of other businesses. so why and how are you seeing facebook as a tool to be helpful? >> when covid really hit, we saw most impact to small businesses but you hit it on the head. black owned businesses, one in five closed during this pandemic. double the rate of any other owned biasusinesses that are sm. we wanted to step up and help and support these folks. >> i hear you have a gift guide and i'm particularly interested in this maybe for a gift, maybe for myself, i don't know. what does that look like and how can people find it? >> sure, the gift guide is in

partnership with the u.s. black chamber of commerce and we selected over 60 different businesses. those are completely diverse in what they're offering, fashion, food, clothes. i mean, you name it. there is something represented there. you can find that as well on our hub and we'll be able to support those businesses when you're looking those up. >> i must tell you, i have been on your website schooling through the collection for dr blue, your company, your brand and you have this great partnership with facebook. i'd love for you to tell us more. >> i was very chill because facebook and yeah, so basically, they're including us in the buy black gift guide. you choose the high team you want to feature. i want to see your audience better. they picked our convertible dress, a sustainable 100% sustainable dress and hand made

in the circle of passion process and environmentally friendly. that dress is everything about sustainability. it's also convertible. it can be worn over 19 different ways. >> millions of people are going to see this. what does this mean for you as a business owner especially during the pandemic it has been hard for so many people. >> it's amazing. i think as a business owner, what you need is visibility. i think as a company as a designer, as an artist, i had faith in my products and what i'm celebrating in erm thterms e that's something i knew was good. this is amplifying us to the whole country and facebook and when we signed that agreement, i was like we need to ramp up production. they're like make sure you have enough of that dress. i don't but i'll work on it. >> how has it been the past seven months? >> it been crazy roller coaster. it was my commitment to pay

everyone full salary and keep them away from just being exposed. for two months, nobody went to work. everybody got paid full salary and there was nothing happening. i was freaking out. i decided sometimes at some point to double down on the website and focus on marketing, digital marketing, facebook and instagram, redeveloping the website infrastructure and that was it. the goal is to feel like you're wearing pajamas, this is a shirt but see how comfortable? >> oh, yes. i wish you nothing but the best going into this holiday season as a business owner, with just moving forward and navigating this wild time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. and today is the final day of our new way to holiday series. but all of the stories we've covered this week are available on our multiple platforms, that includes our website and our new tv app along with apple tv, android

asof being stretched too thinar to do my job right. and it's not just health care workers. our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. how can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money? prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. help us do our jobs. vote yes on 15.

all right. time for the four at 4:00. sandhya and larry joining us. post american adults can feel it, anxiety, stress, not halloween but the presidential election. nearly 70% of us are feeling it. democrats, more so than republicans. but it's not just about what wins. voters are anxious about filling in absentee ballots,

intimidation of the polls and what comes after the votes are counted. the american association survey found that many believe the outcome will have a serious effect on their lives on that last point, i think we agree. dion, what do you think? how do you feel? >> there is a lot on the line but i got to tell you, this entire year is full after anxiety. i remember when this broke out, i said buy as much as you can at costco because so much was unknown. in someways i feel more conditioned to be anxious about things and can handle it a little better. >> all right. that's why i count get toilet paper, now i know. [ laughter ] >> uh-huh. >> i didn't do it. >> just kidding. >> sandhya? what do you think? how are you feeling? >> yeah, i'm doing fine. i just think this year has just been so crazy. the pandemic adding to people's anxiety perhaps and now with the election, obviously, people are watching all eyes on what's going to happen. so i don't -- i think i feel

fine. i mean, i think other people may feel differently. >> yeah, just hope we have a result november 3rd or 4th. >> i wouldn't put a lot of money on that, larry. >> i know, i know, i know. daylight saving time this weekend. turn your clock back an hour before you go to bed tomorrow night. some enjoy the time change in the fall. you get an extra hour of sleep. but the folks at the american academy of sleep medicine wanted to abolish it siting sleep disruption, mood disturbances, an increased risk of fatal crashes. you might remember californians voted to end daylight savings time a couple years ago, such a move requires approval from two-thirds of the state legislature and a change in federal law. sandhya, we have gone back and forth on this for years because you want the extra hour of sleep. that doesn't do anything for you after one day and i want it to be light and bright out past

5:00. >> you know what? that extra hour of sleep really is something i look forward to. i thought you have a position you don't need the daylight hour or extra hour if you will. i honestly have to say i love my sleep and i think others can repeat. i can see how the darkness coming sooner can get people sort of feeling a little more down as we head towards winter. i get it. i'm not arguing that you want tt see more daylight but i love the extra hour of sleep. >> always so diplomatic. i love it. i can't believe i'm saying this for today, one time only, i'll be on team larry but only for this topic. >> wow. >> okay. he'll take the one time only. larry, during break, we'll have to talk more about this because i know hawaii keeps its time the same. you can tell me how that goes for them. tinder is trying out a tool

called ghosting graveyard for halloween that may help you rekindle an old flame. if you ever ghosted somebody and regretted it, now is your time to correct it. it's your boo, you can type in the first name of the person you ghosted and select the reason and get a personalized ice breaker and hope you ghost doesn't want revenge. we got four married people here talking about this. [ laughter ] >> no opinion from here anyway. what do you think? >> i'll -- [ laughter ] >> i think it's a clever promotion by tinder but i'm not sure that people are going to, you know, try to unghost themselves or whatever. you ghosted them for a reason, right? so i'm not sure you'd want to change. anyway. we're moving on. if you're looking for a movie to scare you out of your whits this halloween, a scientific study claims to have

found the answer. they tracked heart rates of 50 people as they viewed 120 hours of scary movies. the film that caused hearts to race the fastest, the thriller sinister followed by insidious, the conjuring third, h her red tarry and old school like "halloween" and "the kperer cyst" didn't make the list. "the exorcist" i find real life so scary, i don't need horror movies to make it any worse. >> thank you. >> but dion, do you like horror movies? >> you know, eric thomas used to make fun of me all the time because i've seen none of those movies. to me, watching a movie is about having fun or being on the edge of your seat because it's thrilling not because you're scared and crying and paranoid

someone is going to come beat you up in the middle of the night. not my cup of tea. >> if you have to constantly look away, why watch the movie? >> yeah, i just want to note dion is on team larry for two stories, twice, which has never happened. sandhya, do you want to jump in? >> that's -- >> yeah, i like horror movies but i haven't seen any of those to be honest with you. once in awhile, i think it's all good if your heart rate goes up a bit, there is nothing. i mean, it's once in a great while. i don't watch them all the time. i don't know, i kind of like them occasionally. >> okay. all right. that's it. that's it for the four at 4:00. good job deon. >> larry is taking it. >> bringing it strong. a hundred-year comet... did i miss it? but you can't sleep through my breakfast. because it's served all day, every day! thanks, jack. try my $4.99 french toast sticks jumbo breakfast platter. part of my all day, everyday breakfast.

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time for consumer news. when the rules of an extended warranty are changed, it's bad news for consumers. >> michael finney is here to say the apple care plan has a nice perk for us. is that right? >> the amount of times an extended warranty got better for consumers, i could probably count it out on one hand. apple is actually done it. if you pay for apple care plus when purchasing an iphone, you get coverage for accidental damage. so for instance, if your screen breaks, rather than pay the entire cost of a repair, you pay $29 and that's a $250 savings if

you have an l do it. until now, it allowed accidental coverage twice per phone. now it pays twice per year. apple care plus starts at $149 and includes tech support. grocery store deals are going to make a comeback. they already are. when the pandemic hit, we started hoarding so there is no need to offer deals to get us to buy stuff. then the government started sending out checks again no big sales were needed to get us to buy items in stores because we were already there with government money. well, the pandemic is dragging on and the checks are drying up. now companies like proctor and gamble are again offering deals. look for coupons and 2 for 1 to make a big comeback. we're going to see a lot of deals from name brands and store brands that's going to be worth reading the flyers now and watching what you're buying going down the aisles.

the deals will be much better, you guys. >> okay. good to hear. thank you, michael. the mcrib is coming back. it will be back on monday and for the first time in a decade, it will be available nationwide usually it's just sold regionally in the fall. they're calling itself care in a cup. up next, the coffee shop that opened during the pandemic and how they're rising to the challenge. dan is here with what is coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> a south bay church is facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. >> i'll keep doing what i was called to do. >> the leaders are not about to back down. you'll find out why. you go to vote and find yourself getting harassed. we'll tell you the steps you need to take should this happen. and all this week, we're looking at a new way to holiday. see how the pandemic is changing day of the dead celebrations. those stories and a l

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coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00. it's shark tank followed by 2020 at 9:00. then, don't miss abc 7 news at 11:00. >> and they are serving up plenty self-care in a cup. >> we wanted to make sure that coffee was more accessible to as

many people as possible. this shop is superinclusive. it's built on that. it's bright. it's fun. we want everyone to feel welcomed, as soon as they walk through the door. we want to bring people together. it's always been superspecial to us. it's a time that we got to spend together growing up was over coffee. and so, we know what that means to people. gets to see people physically come in and see their emotion and their excitement around being here. and then, i experience that online where people are writing in, and just telling us how excited they are. how proud they are. so, it's been, all around, just important, we can tell, to this community.

and we're just grateful we can provide a space like this. >> just seeing people come in and like they've never seen people of color do something like this so it's been amazing. >> it's so much bigger than us. even for coffee. we've had people write that in. like, this is more than a coffee shop. people, i think, are happy that san jose has something like this, and san jose has a black-owned coffee shop. i think there's something about that, that makes people feel like our city is capable of doing great things. and there's a lot of great things that have been happening here, already. and the fact that we get to contribute in this way, i think, makes people really, really happy. what was important to us is to be in this artist community, fully immersed. so we reached out to local artists, all of these were people of color. they donated their work for us to hang in our shop. all of their work is available

for purchase, with 100% going to the artist. >> we turned the corner and, honestly, the line was already to the california theater, if not further. and we were in shock. we started crying. >> we started crying. i didn't even get to give bianca a hug. >> we are so happy that people would do that and show up. and it's, again, this community. like, they were ready. they wanted something like this, and they wanted to be here for us. we have this space, we're from this city, and we know the city needs more stuff to do as one of the biggest cities in the country. and so, we're just happy to provide another something to do, in this community.

>> and that's going to do it, asof being stretched too thinar to do my job right. and it's not just health care workers. our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. how can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money? prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. help us do our jobs. vote yes on 15. it's rising. the pain is coming.

and i cannot imagine what is happening. unkpree hencible. >> a san jose church facing thousands of dollars in fines for holding services during the pandemic. now, it's pushing back. hitting pause. the businesses affected by san francisco's decision to put another round of reopenings on hold. and what you need to know about your rights when you head to the polls to cast your ballot in the election. we have been looking, this week, at the new way to holiday, during the pandemic. see how things have changed, day of the dead celebrations. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> i'm willing to go to jail for christ and for our community. and so, we're taking a stand. we will be op.