♪ finally tonight, firefighters pay tribute to the littlest new member of their team. 3-year-old cameron pied getting a hero's welcome outside cleveland, returning home from his final cancer treatment in and a 10-month hospital stay. a parade of fire trucks and one just for him. that's wonderful. that's "nightline" for this evening. catch our full episodes on hulu. see you right back here same you're constantly on the go, on the clock, and on your way. hang on a second. what's the rush? know the speed limit, go the speed limit, and slow the fast down. go safely, california.

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not to worry, details next. >> not just masks but new regulations for the workplace. we will tell you how osha's new rules and free tests for workers that may have been exposed on the job. >> a disproportionate number of black and hispanics are dying from covid. what it says about hospitals and the importance of a vaccine for everyone. >> i will let you know how much longer you need the umbrellas comes up. >> building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> here we go again. tonight we are seeing empty shelves as stores run out of items like toilet paper and paper towels. >> similar to what we saw when the pandemic first hit. good evening. j.r. stone spoke with the head of california's grocer's grocers

association who said no need to panic. >> reporter: empty shelves, emptying out at this safeway, the only paper product available at costco was napkins. >> i get worried when the aisles are empty. that is when i get worried. >> reporter: the head of the california grocer's association said you need not worry about the empty shelves, even as covid numbers rise and we head into the holiday. >> if you are out one day it does not mean that is the way forever. you just have to wait for the next load to come in, typically the next day. >> they said they do get toilet paper every day. you have to come earlier in the day to get some. >> reporter: i was walking inside costco and a employee couldn't believe i was looking for toilet paper at night saying you can only find it in the

morning. at safeway they are shopping less frequently but buy more. >> people are starting to worry a little bit and overbuying really is a result of people worrying. that is simply all it is. >> reporter: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> strong language from the medical community for those thinking of traveling for the holiday. don't. we know california has an advisory, which is not a ban. but the message from health professionals is clear. it is not worth the risk with covid cases surging. >> this holiday season has to suck so that future ones don't. >> i just implore people to make prudent decisions, responsible decisions about their travel and their get togethers. we all want to see our family and friends right now. this is not the year to do it. >> if people decide to leave the

state they are asked to self quarantine for two weeks when they return. you can weigh the risks with abc 7's exclusive holiday risk calculator. gathering or sharing a meal. find the tool now on abc 7 news.com and the abc 7 news app. >> a first of the kind covid-19 home test approved by the fda. lucira test kit is the first that can be fully self administered and provide results at home. results are available in 30 minutes. people need a prescription however to get the lucira test. initially tests are available only in california and florida. >> new developments, los angeles laid the ground rules for a mandatory curfew starting on friday. hours of many businesses are being reduced. if there are 4,500 cases in a day the curfew kicks in,

requiring everyone but essential workers to stay home from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. >> you don't like to be descriptive, but sometimes when you are dealing with the seriousness of the situation right now, i leave it up to the good judgment of the leaders of the states and the cities to make that. if they make the decision, i certainly think the basis i would back them. >> governor newsom has said he is studying the possibility of enacting the state-wide curfew. >> the pandemic forced us to change the way we think of workplace safety, probably, forever. that is why it is one of the focuses in building a better bay area. as matt boone explains, this week california could adopt strict new standards to protect employees. >> reporter: there are many official and unofficial regulations as people come back in the workplace, this creates a

clear legal framework that all employers across the state must follow. >> we were encouraging them, waiting for them to do that. >> worksafe, an employee rights organization. she said businesses had to comply with some protocol but not all had teeth. >> this is a legally enforceable standard and not just a guideline. guidelines are just suggestions. >> reporter: on thursday cal osha will vote on the new emergency regulations and if passed require employers to identify and notify all workers exposed to covid-19 positive cases within one business day, mandate and enforce the wearing of face coverings in the workplace, and provide free testing to employees in the event of covid-19 positive cases in the workplace. the rules would require companies to have a record-keeping system of all cases to easily trace exposures.

>> if an employ ear fier >> if an employ ear fie finds o worker contracts covid. >> reporter: if approved the standards go into effect as soon as november 30th. >> turning our attention to storm watch. much-needed rain swept through the bay area today. let's check in with sandhya patel who is tracking more wet weather for tomorrow. sandhya. >> yeah, ama, we are going to have more showers moving through the bay area. we have them now on live doppler 7. the focus is on san francisco and across the east and the north bay. around richmond district, sunset district, mission, post street, you are seeing light rain and moderate pockets there. as we head into the east bay from richmond, kensington, getting wet and it is slippery roads around mill valley, also

the paradise drive area. as we head into the south bay, going into gilroy, monterey road, you need the wipers. take a look at the wider picture. we have this system passing through. rainfall so far anywhere from almost two inches, mountains, kent field 1.62 to san francisco, livermoore. the next thing we will be concerned about is the fog. i will be back with a closer look at that coming right up. tonight president trump fired chris krebs, the administration's top election security official. krebs disputed the president's claims of widespread voting fraud. it comes as the president still refuses to cooperate with president-elect joe biden's transition team. >> reporter: president-elect biden briefed today on national

security by outside advisors. >> i have been unable to get the briefings that normally would have come by now. >> reporter: that is because the president is denying access and blocking biden's team from briefings on the pandemic. a move biden warned could cost more lives. it is also frustrating for dr. anthony fauci who is eager to bring the biden team up to speed on the pandemic. fauci telling cnn. >> it is important at every level to have a smooth transition. >> reporter: president trump refuses to concede and is waging unsuccessful legal battles. another unsuccessful one in pennsylvania and in georgia the republican secretary of state says he is getting death threats after coming under attack from trump and his allies. >> surprising some of the vitriol and outright lies.

>> reporter: tonight the president fired chris krebs two vouched for the 020 election. >> a racist rant caught on camera. >> a disproportionate number of black and hispanic people across the country are ending up at hospitals and dying from covid. what a new stanford study says about hospitals and the importance of a vaccine for everyone. >> also here, we know not to hug or shake hands during the pandemic. the new warning about this, fist bumps. >> first a look at what is coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live." >> hi, tonight alison bree, g easy and people's sexiest man alive for 2020. his identity will be revealed t

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quitting smoking is hard. like, quitting every monday hard. quitting feels so big. so try making it smaller, and you'll be surprised at how easily starting small can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette. >> breaking news out of fairfield where nine people have been arrested. people became angry when the council moved an item regarding a police officer to the end. the city said people were so disruptive the meeting was stopped and the council members left the room. >> a fight in market street in san francisco ended with police

shooting a man who they say had a night. right near the west field shopping center. witnesses say a suspect was being belligerent. not clear what happened next but the suspect was shot and is now in the hospital. police say one officer used a less lethal weapon and a sheriff's deputy used a taser and they did recover a knife on the -- >> a black person in a white neighborhood and you are acting like one. why don't you act like a white person in a white neighborhood. >> the woman in the neighborhood is adonna dean. dean was upset about the jones' family 2-year-old pit bull being outside. while uncomfortable the jones say keeping calm was the most important thing. >> she had a stun gun.

had my sister or any of them got physical with her the story would have been this black family is assaulting this white lady in the streets. >> dean's husband acknowledged the incident but called it minor and the jones say they hope it is a lesson that racism can't be tolerated. part of building a better bay area. >> a stanford researcher published a study today finding half of hospital deaths from covid-19 were black or hispanic patients. kate larson spoke about what it means for the health care system and the hope for an effective vaccine. >> reporter: researchers at stanford say more than half of hospitalizations across the united states are black or hispanic. dr. rodriguez, a stanford cardiologist is the lead author of a new study examining 8,000

patients at 88 hospitals between january and july. >> once you are in the hospital, the fact that you are black or hispanic or asian or white does not increase your chance of dying. but by here is number black and hispanic patients die more. >> reporter: the average mortality rate for all patients was 18.4% but varied greatly by hospital. stanford's rate is much lower at 6%. it puts a brighter spotlight on the racial and ethnic disparities in the health care system why doctors running covid vaccine trials are so focussed on diverse volunteer groups. >> you are a white caucasian. i am latino. my genes are different than yours. >> reporter: because of trust issues the doctor says that

recruiting diverse participants has been difficult. now the stanford arm of the johnson and johnson covid vaccine trial is still enrolling and in need of volunteers. all of that information is available on the website. remember, tier changes could happen any day of the week and more than once per week. keep track of where your county stands on reopening with our interactive tracker. while we are talking about covid, you think a fist bump is a safe alternative to the handshake? >> the safest option is to keep hands to the ourselves. we have seen kamala harris use the greeting. now they are advising against it, research by the veterans administration found a fist bump can still transmit viruses. >> if a tap can do it any other contact could do it as well.

>> they found viral particles on fingers and hands could be transferred faster than previously thought. rain for the bay area. chains are required from eastbound 80 at kingvale to the interchange. cal trance is reporting a numb of spin-outs. sandhya. >> yeah. ama and dan, we are expecting more snow in the mountains which is a welcome sight. doppler 7. you will see where it is raining right now. we are going to get you to street level here locally. there is light to moderate rain. san pablo. also right around san francisco, the sunset district. bayview district. you are seeing the wet roadways.

donahue street. and around the santa cruz mountains, light rain is falling right now. so far they picked up over 3 1/2 inches of rain. that is one of the wettest spots. the moisture is heading towards oakland. as you look at the storm impact scale, a level 1. tomorrow, scattered showers, slick areas for the morning commute. gusty winds in the hills. they have been gusting but not as strong. 40 to 50 miles per hour wind gusts, right now 29 at mt. diablo. 28 miles per hour out of the south. 50s, 60s, pretty mild. visibility is dropping santa rosa reporting four-mile visibility. we have showers scattered around and fog developing. this is what your morning commute will look like. gray skies and we are also going to see the showers.

mountains are seeing snow, a welcomed sight. a rain/snow mix for a while. winter storm warning until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. highest peaks expecting up to three feet of snow but gusty winds makes for really tough travel and it is not recommended. 4:00 a.m., you will see the scattered showers but you get a breather. here is more rain around 10:00 a.m., light to moderate in intensity. the showers are mainly in the south and the east behaay and t system is winding down. these may not be precise. looking at a few hundredth. temperatures first thing in the morning, 40s, 50s, you need a jacket and umbrellas. afternoon highs come up 50s to 60s. keep the umbrellas handy, you will need them. you will need the shades too, a mix of sun, fog, showers.

level 1 for tomorrow. drying out on thursday. friday and saturday mornings will be very cold. we are looking at sunshine. now it is looking like nice fall weather for the weekend going into early next week.

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