to look different than thanksgiving last year. >> now at 5:00, reopening roll backs right before the holidays. a surge in covid-19 cases means we'll be seeing changes in three counties in the coming days. a doctor explains the high-risk situations. the supreme court likely to uphold the affordable care act. what even conservative justices are saying about the case. i just think it's an embarrassment. >> turmoil over the next steps at the white house. secretary of state mike pompeo's reaction when asked about a smooth transition. good morning, it's wednesday, november 11th. it's veterans day. we say thank you to all who served our country. >> we certainly do. let's serve them up a good forecast. >> we'll try to. we have a little bit of mist out there this morning and some cloudiness, but it's not cold as it has been. temperatures running in the 40s and 50s. here's a look at live doppler 7, a bit of green along the coast

there, especially the peninsula coast and up into the east bay hills. i had a bit out at my house, about an hour later i went to take some video of it, it was gone. that gives you an idea of how light and random it is. some fog is forming around petaluma. highs today not quite as mild as they were yesterday because of the clouds being thicker. we'll call it mostly cloudy to partly sunny up in the north bay. you may see more sunshine. temperatures in the near 50s to 60 along the coast. 59 to 61 degrees for the rest of us. with he have a slight chance of rain tonight and a storm friday. >> thank you. it's not the news any of us wanted heading into the holidays. covid-19 cases are rising across the state. that means we'll see more closures. the state moved nearly a dozen counties back into the more restrictive red tier that lists includes contra costa and santa cruz counties. a doctor said most of the

transition is coming from high-risk transmissions where people are not wearing masks the whole time. >> so imagine multiple people at a small table playing a board game or having and sharing a meal. >> across the state, the 14-day positivity rate is 3.7% up from 2.5% three weeks ago. you can see on this graph showing bay area covid cases going back to march. you can see a significant increase since mid-october. in contra costa county the roll backs need to happen by friday. amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with the changes we'll be seeing. amy? >> here we go again. this is mostly going to limit the number of people inside a place. at the movie theater here they can only have 25% of their capacity inside before they were at 50%. restaurants will also have to use that same formula. they will also have to limit their capacity to 25% instead of 50%. many restaurant owners tell us

they have installed heaters outside for the diners who can't fit inside. religious services must scale down to 25% capacity. health officials say they have been watching the number of cases and they're doing this for the public's safety, but those who have to respond to that say it's tough. >> yeah. it's wearying. it's super wearying. but we're pressing on because we want to make sure we serve our people. >> in the last two weeks, you know, numbers have increased dramatically. we've seen hospital cases double in our county. so we need to act quickly. >> indoor pools, swimming pools and bowling alleys will need to close again. this county was in the orange tier for two weeks, but now they are being pulled back. they're going back to red. officials are worrying about many factors right now. cold weather is pushing people indoors, holiday celebrations, and college kids planning to travel home. they're worried about this trend

and say we all need to be more careful. live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. san francisco is also tightening restrictions even though it's still in the state's least restritive yellow tier. the mayor says there's been a 250% increase in cases since early october. so that means on first thing saturday there will be no more indoor dining and gyms and movie theaters will have to reduce capacity. the city is pausing plans to reopen more high schools. in the north bay, marin county health officials are pleading with local restaurants to immediately cut back on indoor service. restaurants there are currently allowed to operate indoors at 50% capacity. a plan to bring middle and high school students back to the classrooms has been approved by the palo alto school board over the objection of teachers and parents. students will be placed in cohorts of 30 to 60 people. english and history would be taught in person with a class size of 15 students.

parents have the choice to continue distance learning for the rest of the school year. keep track of where your county stands at abc7news.com. you can see which tier your county is in and what that means for local businesses. the nationwide surge of infections shows no signs of slowing down. hospitalizations in the u.s. hit a record of 62,000. hospitals all over the country are feeling the strain. close to 1 in 4 have more than 80% of their icu beds filled. the united states has averaged 118,000 cases a day over the last seven days. and deaths are also rising with more than 1,300 reported just yesterday. that's the highest since the middle of august. it appears the affordable care act could survive the latest supreme court challenge. the trump adminisration and several republican-led states argue that the mandate requiring all americans to have health insurance should be struck down as unconstitutional. they want the whole law thrown out with it, but conservative

justices say even if they strike down the mandate the rest of the law could stand. >> it's hard for you to argue that congress intended the entire act to fall if the mandate were struck down when the same congress did not even try to repeal the rest of the act. >> the supreme court has upheld the act twice already in 2012 and again in 2015. a decision on this latest challenge is expected by june. president trump could make his first public appearance in nearly a week today at a veterans day event. the appearance coming as the president continues to deny that he lost last week's election to joe biden. jobina is tracking that from the live desk. >> president trump has been active on twitter continuing to insist the election was stolen without providing evidence. the president's legal team has been filing challenges contesting the election results. attorney general bill barr instructed the justice department to pursue allegations

of voting and vote tabulation irregularities. even barr has said no evidence of fraud emerged. when asked about a smooth transition, secretary of state mike pompeo said this. >> there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. >> the general services administration is withholding services from the biden camp but the president-elect said that won't hold them back. he will meet with transition advisers today. president trump will make a public appearance at arlington national cemetery today in honor of veterans day. today is veterans day. there's several events planned around the bay area. brisbane will hold a virtual flag raising event at 11:00 a.m. -we mare island will have a rededication ceremony at 11:00 this morning. petaluma's parade has been replaced with a small procession

to honor local veterans at 11:11 a.m. tonight san francisco's city hall will be lit up in red, white and blue lights at dusk. many restaurants are saluting veterans and active duty military personnel with freebies today. vets can get free coffee at starbucks and 7-eleven. bunken doughnuts and krispy kreme are giving away free doughnuts. several restaurants including california pizza kitchen and b.j.'s are offering a free meal from a special menu. let's talk about how much different this morning is than yesterday morning and the morning before. we talked about the cloud cover would keep the temperatures up. look at this, we're up to 22 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. let's go up to the north bay. we had the coldest temperatures the last couple of mornings. you're looking at 40s and 50s in most neighborhoods under a cloudy sky, a little bit of fog

starting to form there. pretty much mid 40s to mid 50s, 46 to 5 4 f4 for the rest of us. you don't need that heavy coat this morning or to scrape any ice. there's a bit of mist out there this morning. so watch out for that. as you head through your activity planner, my heater hasn't kicked on yet, hopefully yours won't either. so we have a little drizzle. you can see on future radar, just a few blips of green under the low cloud cover. high clouds is what you see in the left side of your screen. that's going to come in as we head through the day. we'll switch out the cloud cover so mostly cloudy today. but the high cloud signifies that it could bring us drizzle after the sun sets tonight and while a lot of us sleep there's the possibility. because it is coming out of high level clouds, a lot of it will evaporate before it reaches the ground. on friday we have a better chance of wet weather reaching

the ground. we'll talk about the storm impact scale coming up. let's talk about the traffic this morning. hi, jobina, how is it going? >> good news on the traffic front for everybody. just taking an overall look at the map, the slowdowns have not started. we have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge. checking in on live cameras here, starting in walnut creek, live look showing off 680. those brake lights making their way south. a live look showing you the san mateo bridge, beginning to fill in as people make their way westbound. everything is moving smoothly so far. there are new signs of progress for san francisco's massive project to improve transit along van nuys avenue. crews are paving the new bus lanes with red concrete. once its complete muni will run its first bus rapid transit system along the center median. the 309 milli$309 million projed in 2016. it was supposed to be done last year. the date has been pushed back to 2021. >> all right. coming up, the proposition that we know californians have

said no to. >> he's going to be the very first woman vice president. >> a little girl's adorable reaction when her mom explains kamala harris's new job. and a preview of the 54th annual cma awards on abc7. the big things to watch for tonight. and at 5:11, we'll take you outside right now to see what downtown san francisco looks like from our

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today. keeping an eye on the early snow because we had such a dismal snow season last year. we have a chance friday and saturday and again tuesday, but snow levels will be rising with each one of those storms. we'll have more on our chance of wet weather coming up next. california voters have said no to our proposition that would have raised the property taxes for a lot of businesses. since 1978 the state has limited tax increases to 2% a year until a property is sold. prop 15 would have changed that lifting the cap allowing properties to be reassessed every three years. it's estimated that change would have brought in more than $12 billion of revenue every year. a 4-year-old girl in ohio had the best reaction when her mom showed her a photo of kamala harris and explained who she was. >> that's joe biden, and that's kamala harris. and if they win, which it's looking like they're going to, she's going to be the very first

woman vice president. like the boss. >> that looks like me. >> yeah. that looks like you. can you believe that? yeah. >> sonia parcel recorded this video of her daughter and she said it goes to show how much representation matters. unlike past vice presidents, vice president-elect kamala harris didn't go to harvard or yale. she went to howard university which is an hcbu or historically black college or university. jobi jobina fortson is also a howard university alum. >> howard university is in washington, d.c. but gained a wealth of new attention recently. thurgood marshal, chadwick boseman, anthony anderson and vice president-elect kamala harris have one place in

common -- ♪ howard university. >> okay. so i have a disclaimer. i am also a howard university alum. so this story is being told to you through the lens of experience as a proud bison. >> vice president-elect kamala harris graduated from howard in 1986. her recent success is shining a bright light on the black university that we refer to as the mecca. >> i want kids to open their minds up to going to historically black college. >> howard university is the leading university of black students going into the medical field in the u.s. it is said to be the greatest opportunity for minority students. >> hcbus have done a find job of educating people. >> you do not have to be black to go to an hcbu but that he were created for us at a time when blacks were not allowed in

white institutions. >> being surrounded by black mentors, seeing that diaspora being represented, having friends who had grandparents who had graduate degrees blew my mind. >> it built up my overall confidence being a dark-skinned woman. i dealt with a lot of colorism growing up in the bay area. it gave me a great sense of pride. >> reporter: vice president-elect harris said she gained her confidence at howard. it's also where she announced her run for president. as a student not uncommon of howard students, she was involved in activism, student governor and her sorority, alpha kappa alpha, the oldest sorority on campus. harris has broke a glass ceiling. >> she smashed it with a hammer, it's a hammer that a lot of lum have lifted.

>> reporter: howard's president, dr. wayne frederick knows the hu family doesn't always agree on politics and policies. but when you go to you what ward or really any hcbu, you find family. >> so when you try to explain what that experience is that black college experience especially coming from the bay area or coming from a predominantly white school, you feel like you're home. >> so, at the end there, i added some pictures of my friends and my sisters, a family there. but i think what we did not -- or i want to make sure we got across to people is you get to experience diversity within black people. we have students from 47 states, over 50 countries, and kumasi aaron is also an hcbu alum hailing from florida a&m university. though this is a big win for howard, it's also a big win for the hcbu family. >> it definitely is. there's so much pride.

we have our little competition between the hcbu families, but it is all love. when one hcbu grad rises, we all rise. it's good to see everything that hcbu grads love about the hcbu experience being shared with the world this way. > yes. >> yes. >> we made such a good point earlier that these white men who have been in these positions from the same time all came from the same couple of schools. it's nice to see diversity in a multitude of ways. >> yes. exactly. >> it's about time. all right, mike. what do you have for us this morning? >> i tell you what, i watched the show blackish, anthony edwards slips that in every episode that he went to school there. he's proud of it. that's awesome. congratulations. let's look at what's going on, from sutro tower, you can see cloudiness hanging around. these are low clouds, that's why they're giving up mist and drizzle this morning. they'll be replaced by high clouds as we head through the afternoon hours.

not quite as sunny or warm as yesterday. we have a chance of rain tonight and a better chance of rain friday. here's the cloud cover. you can see there off the coast, that's coming in. it's going to be above about 20,000 feet. so the likelihood of some of that rain making it to the ground is going to be really difficult during the overnight hours. here's the afternoon hours, you can see the thicker clouds to the south, maybe a little more sunshine to the north. everybody around 59 to 62 degrees. even a little bit cooler along the coast. here's tonight. you can see the cloud cover across the southern half and milder temperatures, 40s across the north bay, a little clearer and no chance of sprinkles. temperatures will be in the mid 30s. so definitely cooler than this morning. here's a look at friday. as we head through, you can see the morning hours will be quieter into the evening hours and overnight. that's when we have our best chance. we're getting a little bit smaller window on when that rain will fall. you can see it's going to be the

greatest amounts in th a bay. once we get past that, a warming trend for sunday, monday, tuesday. some 70s. tuesday, possibly wednesday, thursday next week a couple storms on the way. >> thank you. coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. and new details from inside the murder hor there's no bad time to start at amazon... ♪ i like the flexibility. it also allows for picking up shifts. safety comes first, speed comes second. safety. safety. safety. we're making sure that somebody is getting their very important items.

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if you're just joining us, here's 7 things to know this morning. number one, health officials in contra costa county have moved back into the red tier. indoor dining will be restricted to 25% of capacity. movie theet theaters and gyms h operate at 10%. san francisco rolls back reopening plans as covid-19 cases surge. starting friday there will be no more indoor dining, indoor gym use will be more limited. any high schools looking to reopen will have to wait. number three, president-elect joe biden will meet with transition advisers today. president trump continues to

allege voter fraud despite having no evidence. number four, petaluma's veterans day parade is dialing it down today paw of the pandemic. a few veterans will drive around with a police escort. and number five. a little mist and drizzle for our morning, fog forming up around petaluma. a couple chances of wet weather coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. number six, a live look showing you our 880 at the coliseum camera in oakland. we have overall pretty much just clear conditions around the bay area. and number seven, 350,000 ring doorbells are being recalled because they could catch on fire. the recall is for the second generation video doorbells. in today's "gma" first look, there's new concerns about the murder hornets found in washington state. this morning we're learning how many they found. in this morning's "gma" first look, any details from inside the murder hornets nest.

experts making soe ine ing someg discove discoveries. splitting open this tree and finding the nest to be 14 inches long. inside more than 500 of the so-called murder hornets, some of them still alive. they survived the scientists' initial efforts to kill them with caron dioxide. perhaps most chilling of all they found as many as 200 queens in various stages of development. >> it really seems like we got there just in the nick of time. if any queens had already left the nest, it was just a few and very early. >> reporter: so what exactly does that many queens mean? we'll tell you what the experts are saying coming up at 7:00 a.m. let's move on. happening tonight, it is the 54th annual cma awards on abc7.

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now at 5:30, a spike in covid-19 cases and now reopenings going in reverse. contra costa county's new restrictions starting friday. the numbers have san francisco taking voluntary action. the activity you will not be able to do in the city anymore. and a new guideline about masks. the cdc now says they may be doing more than just protecting others. good morning. welcome to wednesday, november 11th. >> we'll check in with mike nicco for a look at our forecast. good morning. >> hi, everybody. thanks for joining us this morning on this veterans day. thank you for your service. let's look at what's going on weather-wise. a lot of low clouds. a little mist out there also. so don't be surprised if you see

some drops on your car or you run into some, especially driving through higher elevations. the low clouds will give away to what you see on the left side coming in, high clouds. it's not going to be quite as bright nor as mild as yesterday. still not too bad this time of the year. about 59 to 62 for the bay and inland neighborhoods. mid 50s to near 60 along the coast. these high clouds, they'll try to drop some sprinkles on us tonight. i'll show you that and a better chance of rain friday coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. here's reggie with the news. with the surge in coronavirus cases here and across the country you can expect reopenings to roll back in three local counties in a few days. one of them is contra costa county. the state just moved it from the orange tier to the more restrictive red tier. that means starting friday indoor dining will be restricted to 25% of capacity once again. movie theaters and gyms can only operate at 10%. and offices can only open for essential workers. >> in the last two weeks, you

know, numbers have increased dramatically. we've seen hospital cases double in our county. we need to act quickly in response to those things. >> with the upcoming holidays and students coming back home from college, the county says there's a chance it could move further back into the more restrictive purple tier. in santa cruz county, also back in the red tier. that means the santa cruz beach boardwalk which they just reopened has to close again. health officials there blame halloween activities for their spike in cases. while san francisco is not moving back in tier status, the city is still rolling back reopenings in response to this increase you're seeing here in cases. the city says it has seen a 250% jump since early october. abc7 news reporter julian glover is live with the changes that we can start to see first thing saturday. >> yeah. here we go again. good morning. san francisco is the first urban county to hit the least

restrictive yellow tier. now the city is self-imposing a reversal following an increase in cases. the headline here, indoor dining of any type must stop at 11:59 friday night. this will no doubt be a blow to businesses as the temperatures cool down while indoor dining is nixed altogether for the foreseeable future. other businesses like gyms and movie theaters get to stay open but capacity drops to 25% capacity or a max of 50 people. high schools that have not yet opened in san francisco will remain closed as well. the reason, the city reports a 250% jump in cases since october 2nd. and businesses like the house of prime rib are preparing to close down once again. >> devastating for us. however it is also devastating for the employees. i have to let them go. that's not fair. now it is christmas coming up. the holidays are coming up.

they have no jobs. i mean, they have to think this through. >> if this restaurant goes down, we all go down with it. that's the scariest thing. just all the work that we've put in to staying open during these hard times. >> if the current pace holds, health officials say there could be 300 new cases a day by the end of december for sf. city will be dedicating $4 million in smafunding for small businesses. so businesses operating like outdoors, outdoor dining, elementary and middle schools, offices, retail shopping, personal services, churches and museums, they will all be allowed to stay open. the department of health will determine when numbers stabilize enough to resume reopening. reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. a second marin high school has to suspend in-person classes

over students spreading covid-19. the head of branson campus made the decision after she said there were gatherings on halloween weekend and they had a large number of students. in a letter to parents she said sudents were unmasked, not socially distanced. the school already dealt with two asymptomatic covid infect n infections before halloween. >> our job is to teach them we're not in normal times and we all have to make sacrifices if we want to be in school. >> just two miles away, marin catholic paused classroom learning for the same reason about three weeks ago. the centers for disease control is releasing new information about the effectiveness of wearing a mask. this comes after a number of studies prove masks reduce the transmission of coronavirus by more than 70%. jobina is tracking that information. >> the cdc says masks protect the wearers and those around them from inhaling any virus particles. if you're thinking haven't we already said this? it was previously believed that

mask wearing prevented infected people from exhaling the droplets. stanford says they created a computer model that predicts how the virus spreads. the university studied 98 million americans in ten cities using demographics, epidemiology and cell phone locations. most infections occurred at restaurants, fitness centers and cafes where people were in close quarters for a period of time. >> and the study found that grocery stores actually had the lowest rate of spread in comparison to these other businesses, so those should stay at the same capacity, but that doesn't underscore the fact that it's still really frustrating that we are still stuck right now. >> researchers say this could serve as a tool for officials to help minimize the spread of covid-19. they recommend we all consider three risk factors when venturing out, where we're going, how long we stay there and how many people could be there. >> thanks. with this increase in cases,

guidelines seem to be changing constantly and this tool helps break down where your county stands right now. you can find it at abc7news.com. we are expecting to get an update today on the election results in georgia. the secretary of state has planned a press conference for 7:30 this morning to talk about the progress that georgia's election officials are making. this is coming as president trump still has not conceded the election to joe biden. attorney general william barr instructed the justice department to pursue allegations of voting irregularities, even though no evidence of that has emerged. the general services administration is withholding transition resources from the biden camp, but the president-elect is moving forward and is planning to meet with advisers today. as the biden/harris transition unfolds, they are hopeful that president-elect joe biden will focus on privacy, immigration policy which impacts the ability to attract top

talent from overseas. the silicon valley leadership group looks at vice president-elect kamala harris as an ally. she could tackle the lack of black people and women in leadership roles. >> it's about innovation and market share that is lost when our leadership teams don't reflect the communities that we serve. i know she gets it. i know she leads from a place of authentici authenticity. >> the group hopes that biden's belief in science will lead to a shift of climate change policy. san jose state university will honor one of the nation's top scientists. the university sent out this tweet saying this year's william randolph hersearst award goes t dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci is being recognized as the most trusted voice during the covid-19 pandemic. coming up, a coyote crisis in the south bay. the bad things neighbors say are

happening. plus this plastic contraption. what is it? well, this family describes it as a hugging state. we'll show you how it works. first to traffic with jobina fortson. >> good morning. so, things are awfully quiet out there. looking live showing you the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge. that's important to know. as we move over to a live look showing you 87 in san jose, very light here as well. we have no major blocking issues. crashes or even roadwork causing slowdowns to report. even our usual spot out of tracy is very light. i see a little red piece in oakland, but i'll check on that for you. might be roadwork there. no crashes. that's all we have going for traffic. let's check in with mike. hi, mike. >> hi, jobina. thank you. let's look at some temperatures. some areas where we dealt with frost the last couple of mornings, it's significantly milder. look at the low to mid 50s for the east bay valleys. 48 one of the cool spots,

antioch. it's usually one of our warmer spots. even the north bay is dealing with 40s and 50s. it's milder thanks to the cloud cover. look at these double digits everywhere except for ukiah where it's 3 degrees warmer. let's talk about your commute war weather-wise. increasing clouds across the south bay, not dealing with frost but i put caution on the roads because there's been reports of mist. i saw a bit out this morning where i live. that's about it. let's talk about what's going to happen as we head through the day. here's future radar. those morning clouds will give way to high clouds as you can see as we head towards noon and the afternoon hours. once the sun sets there's a slight chance of sprinkles across the southern half of the bay area this evening and overnight. more than likely ray lot of that will evaporate. if you look at the rain totals, there aren't any. while you could see some sprinkles it won't add up to much. what we do have for sure friday

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all right. welcome back. about 5:42 on this wednesday morning. here's a look from our roof camera. it's pretty quiet conditions as we look southbound towards the

bay bridge. definitely smiledemilder. 47 to 51. with the cloud cover it won't be quite as mild as yesterday. mid to upper 50s at noon, again at 4:00, a milder evening with temperatures around 50 to 53 degrees. quiet across the entire state as most of the wet weather will stay out over the ocean. looking at tahoe, we want to improve upon last year's snow. we have a chance friday, saturday and tuesday, each time the snow rises from lake level to nearly 7,500 feet by tuesday. >> thank you. the san francisco fire credit union launched a fund-raiser for a firefighter critically hurt on the job. we told you last week about matthew vann. he was hit by a hose when a muni bus drove through a fire scene on spear street. the force caused vann to fall to the ground and he hit his head. he has been through two successful surgeries and is showing sign of improvement.

this firefighter aims to raise money for his 8-year-old son. the city of oakland agreed to a settlement for ghostship tenants following the 2016 fire disaster. $400,000 will be awarded to a dozen former residents at the artist collaborative. this comes nearly four months after the city agreed to pay almost $33 million to 32 of the 36 families who lost loved ones in the fire. more than 100 people were inside the warehouse during an electronic music event when the fire broke out. in the south bay, neighbors in one san jose 55 plus community are warning of a coyote crisis. so look at this. residents of the villages say that coyotes are attacking cats and dogs and in some instances it's deadly. one coyote recently took a 9-year-old chihuahua poodle mix named marlee by the neck. his owners say if they had not charged at the animal, marlee

could have been killed. >> it was frightening looking at that. that coyote looked like it wasn't going to back off. >> we've got sightings every single day of coyotes just walking down the street, laying in peoples driveways. just kind of walking around like they own the place. >> the community's general manager says since may sightings have been reported to the county's vector control district and the department of fish and wildlife. an alert if you have a ring doorbell. 350,000 are being recalled because they could catch fire. the recall is for the second generation video doorbells. the company says the devices can overheat if an incorrect installation screw is used. nearly two dozen incidents have already been reported. health officials are recommending that we stay home this holiday season. but if you are intent on traveling, coronavirus test appointments right before thanksgiving may be pretty hard to come by. the san francisco covid command center tells abc7 news that city tests sf limits the number of

appointments available in advance to make sure essential workers with symptoms and those who have been exposed are prioritized for testing. the company color is working to provide more than 1,700 tests per day at the embarcadero site. until testing can expand experts say it's best to scale back your celebration. >> just have thanksgiving within your own family group. you know, this is not the time to be flying around. >> dr. rutherford says if you choose to fly, get tested before you leave and again after you arrive, ideally with 3 to 5 days in between the tests. young families in marin county got a big boost. an organization called performing stars started handing out more than 30,000 diapers, pull-ups and wipes to some 100 families living in southern marin. these diapers were donated out of a diaper bank in oakland called help a mother out. they are just generous, tremendous. they actually donated 21,000

diapers back in july. and we were serving 60 families at the time. >> organizers say the need is especially critical during the pandemic because diapers are really expensive. a nebraska family came up with a solution to hugless visits by grandma and grandpa by using a hugging station. >> put yours through. >> oh! >> so as you can see grandma got her hug in. then it was grandpa's turn. do not forget about me. the family says that grandpa has cancer and ever since covid hit they have really been trying to limit contact. so they built this hugging station using plastic sheets and

some really long gloves. this makes me happy. do you realize, like, how you haven't hugged people? how much you miss something that simple? >> i'm about to have a complete emotional break through right now. >> don't have one. but you don't realize how much you miss hugging someone. >> it's true. that was very sweet what they did. >> yeah. that's such a big part of the culture where we kind of grew up as the hugging of when you meet somebody, even a stranger. you hug them because they're like family. you know, when you hug your parents, you just kind of relax. everything is kind of good. your mom's holding you. your dad is giving you that big firm it will be okay hug. >> reggie, don't start. >> there's not enough kleenex in here. we have to stop talking about

this. >> i can feel it coming on. mike, please, talk about something else. >> i can't. back to you guys. i can't do this. >> oh. >> all right. note to self, call mom and dad as soon as show is over. here's what's going on from our roof camera. a little mist this morning. mostly cloudy. cooler this afternoon. chance of sprinkles across the southern half of our neighborhoods. bay area neighborhoods tonight and a better chance of rain for all of us heading into friday night through saturday morning. you can see that system just off the coast. you don't see much of a curl in the atmosphere. not much energy with it. it's mainly above 20,000 feet. that's why i think we'll get some sprinkles tonight after you can see increasing high clouds during the day as the low clouds try to melt away. temperature, 56 in half moon bay to 60 in santa cruz. 59 in san francisco and richmond to fairfield at about 63. tonight, it will be cooler up north. we have less cloud cover.

cooler this morning. mid 30s to low 40s. low to mid 40s for the rest of us. here's friday. you can see at midnight, not much going on. through the morning commute, quiet other than some clouds across the north bay. during the evening and overnight, it's a quick mover as you can see. it's not going to leave much rain behind. a third of an inch possible in the north bay to a couple hundredths of an inch in the south bay. that's why it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. warmer temperatures nearing 70 away from the coast sunday, monday, tuesday, chances of storms next week after that. >> the tears go back up, friend? >> we're good again. >> good. coming up, a south florida family making the most of the flooding following tropical storm eta. and a former giant now suing the owner and operator of oracle park. the case stemming from what he calls a career ending injury. and it's usually packed like this, however the annual

veterans day parade in petaluma will look different because [what's this?] oh, are we kicking karly out? we live with at&t. it was a lapse in judgment. at&t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gig-speed internet, but we can't sign up for that here. yeah, but i'm just like warming up to those speeds. you've lived here two years. the personal attacks aren't helping, karly. don't you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something? [ muffled scream ] stop living with at&t. xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes.

tropical storm eta continues to affect cuba. the storm dumped almost two feet of rain on the western tobacco growing region. it caused rivers to burst their banks and 9,000 people were evacuated from vulnerable flood areas. >> oh. >> my goodness. okay. so this is what happened when tomorrow tropical storm eta hit south florida. this family is in

used a truck to pull an inflatable tube over the water. my broesh lither lives in south florida, he said the streets were flooded. i seen people on jet skis going down the road too. florida, now. florida. >> i'll let you say it because you're from there. >> i'll say it. i know your brother is not out on the streets in this tube. what is she wearing also? is that a full top to bottom fluorescent pink outfit? >> you have to have the shoes to match. >> is that a pink flamingo? >> it's a pink flamingo, you guys. >> it is. i'm telling you. kumasi, i love you. your state. >> stay here. >> entertaining. stay with us. stay safe. we'll pass the threshold tomorrow night. tonight the sun sets at 5:00. december 1st, it's the earliest it sets. for a week and a half it will

set at 4:50. on the 21st it will set at 4:54. our sunrises will be coming up even later because of that. we have king tides coming at us starting friday. the highest tides will be saturday, monday, tuesday. so flooding in mill valley. you have been warned. don't park around there. >> always does. former giants outfielder mac williamson is suing the owner and operator of oracle park. this case stems from the concussion related injuries williams suffered when he stumbled over the bullpen mound. he slammed into the padded wall. he said life has not been the same since. the giants moved the bullpens from foul territory to behind the center field wall. happening today, petaluma's famous veterans day parade will look a little bit different because of the pandemic.

instead of thousands of people cramming the sidewalks, the parade will be more subdued. a few veterans will be driving around town with a police escort and organizers are hoping that somebody will stream it on social media. they're calling it a virtual veterans day. he says the spirit of the new format is the same as the old and hopefully this will be just for this year. the parade will kick off at 11:00 this morning. hopefully we can find somebody to help them stream this. >> yes. >> we are here in san francisco, in the bay area. we can figure it out. >> it is 2020 a.d., let's do this. coming up new at 6:00, the voting polls from the 2020 election are teaching us a lot of things about ourselves. why in-person polling sites may be a thing of the past. and those reopening reversals hitting the bay area. san francisco not the only place closing up shop. going from orange to red in the east bay. that will impact your movie

theaters, your restaurants, your bowling alleys. i'm amy hollyfield, i'll have the details coming up. plus transition turmoil. now becoming a major battle in washington. what president-elect joe biden is doing today to try to put things in motion. and a health alert on sesame

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in the last two weeks numbers have increased dramatically. >> it's wearying. super wearying, but we're pressing on because we want to make sure we serve our people. right now at 6:00, those reopening rollbacks. spikes in cases means some bay area counties have no choice but to close up again. first we take you to the vietnam met vans memorial in washington. we'll show you how the bay area is thanking vets who sacrificed so much. before we share those stories with you, we want to check in with mike for a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us this morning. let's look at live doppler 7, i will overlay the clouds on it.