building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. but the big fear is that the public is not going to want to come out because of the curfew. as covid cases are spiking san francisco is on the verge of entering the purple tier, that would require the city to impose a curfew and reverse many reopenings. business owners are frustrated about the potential rollbacks. good morning, thank you for joining us, we'll have much more on the potential curfew in san francisco and the bay area counties under a curfew starting tonight. but first, let's start with a quick look at the weather with lisa argen. it is nippy out there with

temperatures near freezing in many locations and they will continue to drop off for another hour or so as we reach our lowest temperatures, clear sky with numbers that don't look too bad right here except for that foster city 39, 55 in half moon bay, not representative of most of you, i know, because we are in the 30s from napa to santa rosa, 35 san rafael. 36 in san ramon. strong north winds above our heads here, six degrees colder than yesterday morning, so as we go through the morning hours we'll have plenty of sunshine, high clouds increase throughout the day, numbers climbing through the mid and upper 60s around the bay and inland valleys and a few more clouds tonight could help keep us a little bit warmer. liz? >> lisa, thank you. california's new curfew takes effect tonight. it applies to counties in the purple tier where the virus is widespread. right now here in the bay area that includes the counties of sonoma, napa, solano, contra

costa, alameda, santa clara and santa cruz. nonessential work travel and gatherings between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. are panned, the cure few goes into effect at 10:00 tonight and lasts until 5:00 a.m. on december 21st. now, san francisco could enter the purple tier as soon as tomorrow if covid-19 cases keep rising, and that means the city would join the statewide curfew. abc 7 news reporter luz pena spoke to several business owners who are frustrated, and really hope that they can survive. >> reporter: on a typical day this view can take any worry away but it's not doing the trick for pete as he goes into the weekend knowing that san francisco could soon enter the purple tier. >> from a business owner standpoint it's like we're getting punched in the gut every single day. >> reporter: the city's health director dr. grant colfax says covid-19 cases are rapidly increasing, the 14-day average of new cases has gone up to 152% since november 1st.

placing us on the trajectory to be in the purple tier. potentially as early as sunday. an epic stake, putting a plan in place, knowing that a statewide curfew may be next. >> we're going to basically take reservations up to 8:30. >> reporter: in the purple tier san francisco would close indoor movie theaters, indoor places of worship, and museums, the conservatory of flowers is gearing up for this potential. >> we have people who have purchased tickets in advance. we've obviously reached out to those people to work with them. >> reporter: gyms would only be allowed to open outdoors, an option danielle says is not feasible for them. >> i have a 4,700 square foot facility, just the ground floor, to tell me that i can't do one on one training so that i can continue to make a living seems criminal. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. in the north bay solano county sheriff says his department will not respond to calls just about violations of

the governor's covid curfew. the sheriff's office issued this statement that says in part we encourage every individual who conducts their business in public to do so in a lawful manner and celebrate the upcoming holidays, mindful of the collective need to adhere to public health guidelines. remember, tier changes could now happen any day of the week, it could happen more than once a week, keep track of where your county stands on reopening with our interactive tracker that's there on abc7news.com. and also new this morning, one of governor newsom's children is quarantining after possibly being exposed to covid at their private school. newsom's communication director tells politico the child and the rest of the family have tested negative. the governor received a rapid test this week and will get a nasal swab this weekend. the spokesperson adds that in compliance with state guidelines only the potentially exposed child needs to quarantine. and california set an unfortunate record with more than 13,000 diagnosed coronavirus cases yesterday. the previous high was in july.

this surge is reflected in the positivity rate, which is a good indicator of the spread of the virus. the 14-day rate has jumped to 5.2% and the number of newly admitted patients to hospitals has far exceeded the two-week hospitalization average of about 4,300. the state reported an additional 178 patients hospitalized with covid-19 for a total right now of nearly 5,500. in the south bay it's one of the most dire warnings that we've heard yet from local public health officials, if the surge cases continues santa clara county could reach capacity at hospitals in a matter of weeks. abc 7 news reporter chris reyes got reaction. >> i am concerned of the well-being of our community. >> reporter: she's been advocating for her latino community since the pandemic began. it's a demographic that's gotten hit hard by the virus in santa clara county and now she's even more worried.

with dr. sarah cody sounding this alarm. hospitals in the county could reach its capacity in three weeks in the current surge continues. >> cancel your holiday plans, don't travel. >> reporter: newly elected state assembly member from the south bay alex lee tweeted this plea soon after dr. cody's announcement. >> it becomes incredibly scary to hear that we might run out of capacity for hospitals where my mom works directly. if that becomes the case i do get increasingly worried. >> we have liaison calls talking about an what contingency plans are with hospitals, bringing in staffing from outside entities, bringing in their own staffing from non-critical areas and redeploying them to inpatient care. >> reporter: to meet demand starting next week the santa clara county fairgrounds will expand testing to 3,000 appointments a day, 5,000 by mid-december. in san jose, chris rayes, for abc 7 news. johnson & johnson has begun the final stage of clinical trials for its vaccine, with researchers in the bay area

taking a key role, it's enrolling 60,000 people globally for their trial. researchers expect efficacy data by march. the fda says a committee will meet on december 10th to discuss the pfizer vaccine. pfizer filed for emergency authorization yesterday and the company says its shot is 95% effective. millions of doses could begin shipping next month. and pfizer is partnering with kaiser's vaccine study center in the south bay to expand trials to younger teenagers. abc 7 news line core dion lim speak to a teen who participated in the trial about why she wanted to be a part of the pandemic solution. >> reporter: on the heels of news covid trials are 95% effective in adults the study is expanding, already one of the first manufacturers to test those 18 and under, 12 to 15-year-olds will soon participate in the coming weeks. >> teenagers and younger children are not thought to get as much disease, especially younger children, in terms of disease severity, but they do get disease and they do transmit it. >> reporter: researchers at

kaiser permanente in santa clara and sacramento hope to enroll 2,000 young people in the double blind study where two doses are administered 21 days apart. a student at brandon high school in san jose participated in the trial for 16 and 17-year-olds. there's always been talk of young people gathering, and you see news stories about people gathering and transmitting the virus, superspreader events, did any of this news coverage influence you in your decision to want to participate in this trial? >> especially halloween, i knew of a lot of parties going on with a lot of people not social distancing and not wearing masks and that -- it's -- i don't know, i know that's like probably the worst possible thing you could do right now, it's so selfish. >> reporter: allison's mother is a nurse at kaiser who participated along with her father jeff. in the adult portion of the trial. >> i felt poor. felt lethargic, didn't change my routine or whatever but i did feel lethargic. >> reporter: allison didn't

experience any symptoms but continues to check in. with kaiser daily. >> it's an app on my phone. it takes like 30 seconds. i take my temperature to make sure i don't have a fever every week. >> reporter: dion lim, abc 7 news. >> the study will continue for two years. if you'd like to participate you have to be part of the kaiser system, more information on our website at abc7news.com. and of course the big question is who is going to get the vaccine once it's available? according to the national academy of medicine priority goes to frontline health care workers, and first responders, and people with high risk health conditions. phase 2 would go to people over 65. critical workers like teachers. and people who are in prisons or detention centers. phase 3 would include young adults and people who work in industries like hotels, banks and factories. and then after that everyone else can get the vaccine. and i know lisa, so many of us are so excited for that day, when it's finally here. >> god, can't imagine it, and it

sure is getting close. it's also getting close to that time of year where you're going to expect more precipitation. it feels like winter, with temperatures this morning right around the freezing mark in the north bay or east bay valleys, pretty shot here, numbers soaring to near 70 today, the warmest day of the week, that's today, come back for the details next. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, saving endangered sea otters off our coastline, the one thing that could be done to triple their population. it's the first weekend of the ski season up in tahoe, here locally businesses are also benefiting, coming up it's made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and it's made for her she's serving now

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a discovery bay neighborhood is planning a march this afternoon to support a family that was victim of a racist incident this week. i know a lot of you watched this video on abc7news.com this week,

it shows garrett jones and that white neighbor coming over holding a stun gun. she said she was upset about the jones' dog and told the jones family to stop, quote, acting black. jones joined us on abc 7's getting answers and said the neighborhood response has been largely positive. >> we received outpour from, you know, the country club community here in discovery bay, from our neighbors, even from people outside of discovery bay who have been showing their support, love and, you know, just, you know, unfortunately incidents like this are all too common across this country. and so for some it even resonated with them. >> jones says another neighbor this week reached out to him on behalf of the neighbor in the video but he says he did not feel that it was genuine. the woman also declined to speak to us. new developments after a month of debate a panel has voted to change the name of sir

frances drake high school. the school will remove any reference to the 16th century english explorer with ties to slave trading. in the meantime it will be known as high school 1327, and a new name will be considered on december 10th. more than 300 suggestions have been submitted. and in the east bay the big people statues on either end of the pedestrian bridge crossing interstate 80 in berkeley, are coming down. according to berkeley's side contractors hired by the city started to prepare the statues for removal. they should be gone by tuesday. the civic arts commission voted last year to remove the statues because upkeep was too expensive they'll be returned to their creator. there is hope for the endangered sea otter population, a new study finds that in order to save the fuzzy creatures they may have to be relocated into the san francisco bay. the otters have been stuck in monterey bay for years. they can't swim north because the area is filled with sharks. research suggests that moving the population under to

the golden gate bridge area where it may be safer could allow for them to thrive. the concept is in early stages but has been backed by the monterey bay aquarium. >> being hungry as they are and eating lots of food they impact the rest of the ecosystem and improve the health and the growth of the sea grass beds. >> the relocation would need the approval of the u.s. fish and wildlife service. happening today, a chance to do some good for the needy during the holidays and thank a frontline worker at the same time. the santa rosa rec and parks department are putting together the thank a hero, be a hero food drive. starting at 11:00 a.m. nurses, teachers, police and other essential workers will be at the finley community park's back parking lot in santa rosa, they'll collect any food dropoffs to keep families fed for the holidays. a similar food event in the south bay today, handing out food to families in need, the second harvest of silicon valley hopes to distribute enough food

for 1,200 households, starting at 9:00 a.m. at the cathedral of faith in san jose. spanish speakers will be there starting at 10:00 and by the way second harvest is asking for volunteers. the group provides food to almost 500,000 people every month but they only have half the volunteers right now, no food donations are being accepted. and second harvest is asking for money donations to its fund raising campaign instead. ski resorts are back open around lake tahoe. for the first time this season. the resorts have implemented many covid precautions, but as abc 7 news reporter matt boone shows us from berkeley, that hasn't stopped bay area residents from gearing up to hit the slopes. >> these also have all mountain shape to them. >> reporter: for the past month sports assistant manager says their ski and board business has been brisk. >> it's pretty good. it's definitely not down from past years. >> reporter: on a friday night the rental line was the most crowded place in the store.

>> it's a way of getting a little bit of fun and going out. >> reporter: adriana came with her son edgar to rent some gear though originally holiday plans were looking a little warmer, visiting family in brazil. >> because of the pandemic and things are hard, we said what are we going to do? >> reporter: with covid-19 cases surging and many new restrictions at the ski resorts, skiing seems safer than flying. >> grateful i'm able to travel with them and do a sport and do something family. >> reporter: with a storm that brought a foot of snow this week, northstar opened friday, requiring reservations to limit capacity and don't expect to sit inside a warm lodge. as for statewide regulations there is still a bit of a gray area for ski resorts. >> when it comes to the actual specific guidance for ski areas there's nothing that specifically talks about ski areas. >> reporter: michael is the president of ski california, which represents dozens of ski resort, he says the industry has worked together to create their own safety protocols with

guidance from county health departments. >> we feel confident skiing is one of the most low-risk activities people can do. >> reporter: matt boone, abc 7 news. do you know what the risk is holiday activities are? test your knowledge and weigh the risk with abc 7's exclusive holiday risk calculator. you can find it on the abc 7 news app. all right, lisa, looks good to get out there and hit the slopes and it's pretty socially distanced, you know. >> that is true. i have to wait a little bit before you enjoy the day today, a little nippy out there right now. numbers have dropped into the 20s in novato, 50s in half moon bay due to a strong northerly wind, the dry air and breeze overhead working to either really chill you out this morning or bring some milder conditions. it's a really running rampant, the range of the -- about 20 to 25 degree spread this morning. looking at live doppler 7 we will have high clouds visiting us today, more so tomorrow, but the big picture here shows the

storm track. deflected way to the north, and a ridge of high pressure building in to the eastern pacific and that brings the bay area underneath it allowing for some warming today. beautiful view here of our east bay, where it is nice and clear, 47 in san francisco. as well as oakland, 40 in mountain view, 39 san jose, 41 in gilroy, with that mild 57 half moon bay, due to that north wind in the upper elevations, it's another nice day at the coast with 65 yesterday at half moon bay, about the same today. this is san rafael where we are looking at numbers in the 20s in some protected valleys, 34 right now in santa rosa, novato and napa with 30 by the delta. livermore chilly at 39 degrees and mt. tam looks pretty clear here, visibility is good but we will have some of those high clouds but a lot of sunshine. and with that ridge building in it's going to be mild today. but the cold mornings will be with us again tomorrow, maybe not as cold due to some

increasing clouds tonight. but looking at bright and sunny conditions for thanksgiving, a few systems riding over this ridge throughout the week ahead. the first one tomorrow, so that brings us some clouds here for your sunday, and temperatures still mild, maybe not as mild as today's readings. as we get into your monday, notice really hard to discern any differences here, this is the wind flow out of the north. that's why we're mild, mid and upper 60s for your monday, check out tuesday, really still once again, a little change out there. so as we look at the storm track here, here's that system tomorrow cooling us off a few degrees, dry does, wednesday, next system into thanksgiving but we still are looking sunny, and even into next friday, it is dry out there. so for today once again in the mid-60s here in the south bay, look for 70 in gilroy. 63 menlo park. low 60s in the north bay. mid-60s for you in napa with

upper 60s calistoga, 64 in san leandro. few high clouds with numbers 67 in concord to the mid-60s in the san ramon valley. the accuweather seven-day forecast cold mornings, mild afternoons, slightly milder for tonight, perhaps, because of the clouds increasing, but cooler for your sunday afternoon. and as we go through the next several days, liz, it's a string of sunny and mild afternoons, cold starts and thanksgiving looks just as nice. >> sounds good. lovely. thanks, lisa. just ahead, the deadline to file for your stimulus check is today at noon. michael finney has more on

the irs is closing its registration with a deadline to receive stimulus checks today. that e.d.d. fraud investigation has caused californians to lose out on their employment boost.

and concern that some may miss out on the $1,200 stimulus check. "7 on your side," michael finney, has the details. >> reporter: our report that has found plenty of workers who still haven't received their e.d.d. payments like these two. >> betrayed by the e.d.d. >> beyond frustrated right now, not even funny. >> reporter: new concerns are surfacing, the federal unemployment payments of $600 a week have ended. does that mean that e.d.d. has caused some workers to miss out on that money. good question but there is nothing to worry about. michelle evermore is with the national employment law project. >> if you are due an unemployment insurance benefit you should get it. >> reporter: what if the money runs out? again, no problem. >> but it doesn't matter if the state of california runs out of its ui trust fund, which it did early on in the recession, they are required to borrow money from the federal government to pay all due benefits. so whenever they sort out your benefit you will get it.

>> reporter: if you have an issue with these payments, let me know and i'll sort things out. now, what about that $1,200 stimulus check? most who qualify have been paid, but some like susan hawkins have not, that's why she reached out to me. >> i was worried that the deadline would pass and i'd lose the opportunity to receive it. >> reporter: most americans were automatically sent payments but some have to let the irs know they qualify. raphael talino is a spokesperson for the irs. >> reporter: if you're eligible for one of these payments and you don't file a tax return the irs needs the information by november 21st to get you a payment this calendar year. >> reporter: if you missed this saturday's noon deadline you can still apply for the payment by filing a 2020 tax return. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." with smaller turkeys harder

to find this year, as we talk about thanksgiving a few days away, many people scaling down are searching for alternatives. one option, a compact boneless plant based turkey. prime roots is seeing last-minute orders from those who are alone or only serving a small group due to the pandemic. the co-founder of prime roots says they hope customers will be surprised by the good flavor and the ease of cooking. >> it takes less time to cook, you don't have to worry about undercooking or overcooking it. and it is -- our turkey even has the skin on it so it has a nice crispy texture that you know and love. >> home delivered kits come with side dishes, it will run you $90 to feed two to three people. and traffic was beyond double-double for the opening of a new in and out in a denver, colorado suburb. the restaurant is the first one in the state and police said the wait to get served reached 14 hours. you can see this line of cars that stretched around the mall where the in and out is located and it got to the point where

they told people to go home. the last car was served around 2:00 a.m. this morning denver time. got to get your in and out. still to come, president-elect joe biden moves forward with transition plans, what he did that president trump hasn't done in more than a year. plus, transgender day of remembrance. a moment to honor the lives lost, as we speak to one local artist who created a mural for the community as part of the black lives matter movement. humira patients,... ...this one's for you. you inspired us to make your humira experience even better... with humira citrate-free. it has the same effectiveness you know and trust, but we removed the citrate buffers, there's less liquid, and a thinner needle... with less pain immediately following injection. ask your doctor about humira citrate-free. and you can use your co-pay card to pay as little as $5 a month. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections,... ...including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened,... ...as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems,...

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we are going to have much more on the economic impact of the pandemic coming up but first as always let's start this half hour with another look at the weather with lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> liz, good morning to you. frosty starts for you out there in the north and east bay valleys with plenty of temperatures dropping into the low 30s, in fact, i saw 28 out there up in novato. right now live look outside there, beautiful view here, our tower camera, 47 in the city as well as oakland, 57 half moon bay. why the extreme? the northerly winds at about a thousand feet, bringing in the dry air and a little bit of circulation there allowing for the milder start along the coast, 43 in santa cruz. 30 in novato, fairfield, upper 30s, concord and livermore, looking at the colder start, anywhere from a degree to about six degrees cooler except right there at half moon bay, and allowing for those northerly winds. that offshore flow to warm us up today with the warmer day of the weekend being today, mid and

upper 60s out there, a few high clouds and we'll change it up a bit for the second half of your weekend, bringing the temperatures down, look at the week ahead including thanksgiving in a few minutes. liz? >> lisa, thank you, developing news this morning as we learn more about that mass shooting inside a wisconsin mall. police say it may have been the result of an altercation, investigators searching into the night at the evidence left at the may fair mall friday afternoon. this morning the gunman is still on the loose. seven adults and one teenager are in the hospital with gunshot wounds. police do not think it is a random act, they believe the shooter is a white male, in his 20s or 30s. the fbi is now joining in to determine motive and to find the gunman. this morning president trump's oldest son donald trump jr. has tested positive for covid-19. president trump tweeting an update just minutes ago saying that his son is doing very well. meanwhile, secretary ben carson says he's out of the woods after being extremely sick.

this as the virus is surging across the nation, draining medical workers. >> a major step in the race for a vaccine, friday afternoon pfizer officially requesting emergency use authorization from the fda for its vaccine. the federal agency says the vaccine advisory board will meet to discuss the drug on december 10th, which pfizer and its german partner biointech say is 95% effective. the government stockpiling 40 million doses for both pfizer and moderna, officials say they're ready to go within hours of approval. >> we've developed a very extensive plan. we're going to get it down to the states, the states are going to tell us exactly where they want it to be. >> reporter: this as the demand for testing skyrockets coast-to-coast, many waiting hours at dodger stadium in l.a. the cdc recommending against travel for thanksgiving, urging americans to spend the holiday only with those in their immediate household. >> i really do think people need to stay home. things are very bad across the country. and the main reason to do it is you want to be able to see your family in 2021.

>> reporter: hospitals buckling under the strain with 82,000 americans hospitalized, half of all states reporting massive staffing shortages, tiffany hughes, a registered nurse in southern california has been working in the covid icu since march. >> i have never seen people so sick in all my time. >> reporter: hughes pleading with others to take the virus seriously. >> we have to come together as a community. as a world, as humans, to think about others. and not just ourselves. and i just beg them to please -- to carry -- to help be a part of that team, and to carry us through this pandemic and do what they can and it's such a small thing. >> reporter: and in an effort to stop the spread multiple states like california and big cities like newark, new jersey cracking down on virus-related restrictions as we head into the holiday season. >> and the pandemic is hitting millions of families hard this holiday season as we mentioned

many are waiting hours at food banks just to be able to feed their children. abc news reporter marcus moore explains why long lines won't be going away anytime soon. >> reporter: americans waiting for food, from new jersey to colorado, and here in arlington, texas, hundreds of cars lined up before dawn. >> i think it's a blessing in this day and time, you know, when times are tough. >> reporter: and like so many here he is enduring those difficult days, and grateful for food drives like this one. the need for food right now across the country is enormous and all you have to do is look at the line of cars here, at cowboys stadium, families waiting to get meals for thanksgiving and organizers say these long lines won't disappear anytime soon. with federal stimulus benefits set to expire the day after christmas one study says 12 million families will have their only safety net pulled from under them. >> when the economy recovers and jobs come back people are going to need help at this rate. >> reporter: in arizona, rebecca kennedy and her two sons barely getting by.

>> we're not sure if we're going to make next month's rent. it's a lot of unsure. >> reporter: that uncertainty widespread, school districts like this one in laredo, texas stepping up to provide meals, more than 2.2 million since march but with school buildings closed a cruel reality for so many during the pandemic, more than half of all parents skipping meals to feed their children, more than a third for going bills to pay for food. shanna gray in washington, d.c. now makes a three-hour round trip to get free lunch for her children. when restaurants closed in the spring gray and her husband both lost their jobs, now often skipping meals to feed their three kids. >> and me and dad have kind of gotten to the point of now we only eat maybe once a day. >> reporter: back to the long lines, food bank operators say until the economy improves they expect heightened demand for food for almost the next two years. marcus moore, abc news, dallas. and president trump will be spending the weekend taking part

in the virtual g-20 summit starting today, it's while some of the world leaders have also congratulated his opponent president-elect joe biden for winning the 2020 election. after days of silence the white house finally confirmed late yesterday that president trump would participate in the summit. in the midst of the worsening global pandemic g-20 leaders are only expected to finalize granting debt relief for poor nations. meantime, business leaders and prominent democrats want president-elect joe biden to lead coordination on a global distribution of a coronavirus vaccine. today biden will meet with transition advisers as he prepares to announce key cabinet positions, it's as president trump refuses to concede the election. >> the campaign, which i won by the way but, you know, we'll find that out. >> trump lost the election by nearly 6 million votes nationally, and by a decisive margin in the electoral college. his team is now considering more legal options. president-elect biden did something the president hasn't

done in more than a year and that is meet with house speaker nancy pelosi to discuss a covid relief bill. >> we're discussing a lame duck session, the urgency of crushing the virus and easing the pain of this economic crisis. >> reporter: biden's team tells "the new york times" biden also met with other elected officials from both sides of the aisle about the crisis. spacex is launching to the skies once again today, less than a week after putting a team of astronaughts at the international space station. this morning the rocket is taking off from vandenberg air force base on the central coast in santa barbara county. it will send a satellite into space to help scientists track sea levels. it's being live streamed on nasa's youtube at 9:17 this morning and it's expected to bring a triple sonic boom that could be heard across the central coast. a crucial part of building a

better bay area means making sure it's a bay area welcome to anyone. this weekend you'll likely see more transgender flags flying around. abc news reporter wayne freedman shows us the reason why and that it's not exactly a holiday. >> reporter: it is not every day that supervisors raise a transgender flag above san mateo county hall, just one day a year, november 20th, a day with a name, and a purpose. >> oh, this is not just the day of transremembrance, but the day of transresistance. >> reporter: we're in oakland now with transactivist and teacher kim folks, that's not the name they were given. >> i was born ken folks, i was named monica anderson. >> reporter: ken spent the day editing clips for nine films that will show this weekend at the observatory as part of the transgender day of remembrance, that word remembrance most important. >> looks like the best thing in the neighborhood. >> reporter: when bubbles was shot and killed in san francisco's tenderloin three

years ago, it marked another murder of a transgender person in the bay area. that death part of a much longer list, from 2020 there are 33 names. >> early 30s. that's the life expectancy. >> why? >> then we should be asking ourselves why, and it's because we have a society that, for whatever reasons, has created the us and them mentality. >> reporter: last summer ken took the us pronoun in a different direction in oakland, you might notice big blocks of color on bellevue avenue, the letters take on new meaning from a distance, all, black, trans, queer, binary, women, disabled, imprisoned. lives matter. >> these are lives, identities that don't always make the news media when our lives are in danger. >> reporter: the transgender day of remembrance, 30 years and running now, though really it's every day for them. in oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. all right, still ahead on abc 7 mornings, a new way to holiday this year because of the

pandemic, see how one of san jose's biggest christmas traditions is making adjustments to make it safe to celebrate. as we head to break let's take a live look outside right now as the sun comes up, the last saturday before than ♪ with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. try my sauced and loaded fries. it's pretty delicious.

seasoned curly fries, with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. try my sauced and loaded fries. it's pretty delicious. we know the pandemic is pushing our holidays to be virtual like so many other things this year that now includes one small treasure in san francisco tradition, the adoptable puppies and kittens won't be in the macy's holiday windows in union square, it's an expected move to limit any crowds. but instead the scpca will have digital screens of the cute animals up for adoption. the macy's christmas tree went up earlier this week and the windows will be up starting tuesday until january 3rd. there is a pet food giveaway happening in san jose today. it will be at the animal care center. the need is really big right now. 300 people showed up at a previous giveaway.

the center gave away 6,000 pounds of food. and the giveaway is set to run from 10:00 this morning to 1:00 p.m. the san jose animal care center is located at 2750 monterey road, the center will happily take donations and staff say they are especially in need of dry cat food. those little animals so cute, lisa. >> they need a little coat or something this morning, live look outside. 47 right now here in the city but at earlier time we were almost 30 degrees spread from the north bay valleys to the coast where it was in the upper 20s and still upper 50s along the shoreline. wind making a difference, the dry atmosphere making a difference, high pressure, is it going anywhere? i'll have the answers coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also next, a setback for the stanford football team because of covid. tonight's scheduled game against washington state has been cancelled.

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let's talk sports. cal is the only bay area college football team in action, the golden bears battle the oregon state beavers, kickoff at 12:30. on thursday the mountain west conference cancelled san jose's game against fresno state because of covid-19 protocols for contact tracing at fresno state and the pac-12 has cancelled tonight's game against washington state. larry beil has the details in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody, stanford didn't have their starting quarterback davis mills in the opener because of a false positive covid test and then mills wasn't allowed to practice for game two and the cardinals, with mills ready, learned their game has been cancelled with washington state. the cougars had an outbreak this year and they do not have the required minimum number of players, 53 scholarship players in order to compete. stanford, looked around, trying to find another opponent. couldn't get it done. that's not happening.

stanford will move on. next game will be the big game, versus cal. mls cup playoffs this weekend, the quakes have to wait until sunday for their playoff game. against sporting kc. this year the mls postseason is bracket style like the ncaa tournament. you win or go home. quakes clicking at just the right time, having won six of their last ten matches. >> we love all the support, all the honking, make it super loud. yeah, it really, really puts a big smile on our face when we can hear them and see them. and, you know, we're playing our best for them. hope we can make it as far as we can and keep the dream going. the warriors work to finalo acquire kelly ubre jr., they made another move, waiving ky bowman. the bright spots from last season, coming up from the g league, averaging seven points per game. but when they drafted nico mannion, it made bowman expendable. the warriors introduced their

new big man james wiseman on thursday, have to wait a while to see him in an actual game but which i say center -- chase center twitter shared his first bucket ever with the dubs, dunking pretty easy, 7'0", and you can't teach that. sacramento kings they open the vault to keep guard de'aaron fox, they gave him the max deal, five years, $163 million. fox averaged a career best 21 points, to go along with seven assists per game last season for sacramento. memphis grizzly star ja morant has an animal named for him at the zoo, ja raff, a baby at the memphis zoo, the two met for the first time, this is fantastic. ja raff, he's a guard now, he'll grow to be a center. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. all right, lisa, let's get a check of the weather, it's

pretty out there as the sun starts to come up. coming up in about five minutes officially, under ten hours of daylight out there. live look outside from our east bay hills camera, another gorgeous day out there, really mild in the afternoon, a bit above average as high pressure continues to build on in. but, boy, the mornings have been frosty. in fact, we're talking about temperatures in the 20s in some protected valleys over the north bay, now rebounding into the 30s, santa rosa, how about 32 for novato, you are 28 earlier with the upper 30s in livermore as well as san jose, so not only is it cold out there, it's colder than it has been, anywhere from about a degree to five degrees colder out by the delta, and six degrees colder for our friends in san jose. so beautiful view here, from santa cruz, where we're looking at numbers well into the upper 60s, 65 yesterday, how about 67 today, right now in the upper 40s, there's live doppler 7, high pressure ridge building in, that's going to deflect the storm track to the north, allow

temperatures to come up to above seasonal readings today, tomorrow we dip down a little bit due to a system that will ride to the north of us, so no wind here, you can see. from our roof camera, where we are looking at the sea breeze returning tomorrow and that's going to be an element that brings the temperatures down. looking at the cold numbers, and a little bit of frost this morning, tomorrow also, but not as widespread as some clouds will help to insulate us tonight. mild throughout the afternoon, and also into next week, bright and sunny, a little cooler for thanksgiving, as another system will move to the north of us. here's a look at sunday, where you'll see more clouds and temperatures not quite as mild as today so we could be flirting with 70 in some of these locations today. about five degrees cooler for your sunday, monday we rebound, behind that system, as well as tuesday, a little change, wind flow out of the north so slightly offshore, by thanksgiving, another weak system. here's another way to look at it as we look at much of the west

coast, that system riding to the north, for your sunday, then we get mild conditions for tuesday, wednesday, here comes the other system but notice no rain at all looks like for much of california and this takes us right on through friday. the week is dry, temperatures will be mild and today, adding in a few high clouds, nice afternoon out there with 63 in the city. almost as nice as yesterday. in fact, even a little warmer in spots with about 69, santa rosa, 67 in concord, mid-60s for you in san jose. as we look at the lows tonight, still some 30s out there, the clouds will increase, allowing for a little bit of a milder reading. so hopefully no 20s for you in novato. tomorrow morning, the accuweather seven-day forecast 50s at the coast, that's really not going to change, mid-60s around the bay with about 70 inland and then we have that cooler day tomorrow, but still, mild throughout the rest of the workweek. and bright and sunny as we get closer to thanksgiving, still dry into the end of the week. so we have that one little brief

rain, i should say two systems, but it's certainly starting out, once again, dry for this rainy season, liz? >> sure is, lisa, thank you. despite the worsening pandemic a beloved holiday tradition in the south bay is coming back, but with a different look than what we've come to expect. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen shows how christmas in the park is changing it up this year with the same festive spirit. >> for the first time in 41 years san jose's christmas in the park will make its home at history park for the holiday season. a silicon valley hallmark reimagined as a drive-through experience. >> there's so much to see. it's almost like sensory overload. >> jason minske is executive director of the nonprofit, but with covid-19 his team knew they'd have to get creative to keep the tradition alive. >> i think people are going to still really be happy that they get a chance to get out of the house and experience something with their friends and family. >> reporter: in addition to the usual displays the nonprofit is embarking on its largest

expansion in decades, at night, tens of thousands of pixels on display along with a choreographed light show set to music. and nearly 300 christmas trees decorated by community groups, including staff at piedmont middle school who say their display is a tribute to the student body. >> we don't have sports or activities so this is a way to keep something that the kids do know that we do a live even though times are different. >> reporter: there will be a section to honor essential workers. among the elements incorporated into the park's yester year setting. san jose native and christmas lights extraordinare j.r.mattos is the event's new exhibit engineer. >> it's cool for me to be a part of christmas in the park, something i've been going to since i was a child. >> reporter: reservations will require an entry fee. >> there's never been a display like this, this size in the bay area at all. >> reporter: an attempt at bringing some joy and normalcy

when the community needs it most. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. a free live stream today for california's state parks, just ahead we'll tell you why this special quarantine concert is a special quarantine concert is a little bit different. 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. it makes me very happy. ♪

about the covid-19 virus. it's real. and it's dangerous. so, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. and while we don't yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. wear a mask. wash your hands. stay six feet apart. do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. and get a flu shot, it's even more important this year. we can do this. if we do it together.

we can do this. after the year we just had, what if less gives us more? time with loved ones. or simply a chance to kick back and relax, recharge, and refill. happening today, a live stream concert to enjoy your weekend, but not just any concert. this one benefits the state parks impacted by this year's historic wildfires. tickets are on a pay what you can scale, all going to the parks wildfire relief fund. it will help places like big basin and the armstrong redwoods, caught in the czu lightning complex fire in august. several groups will get the party started on the stage it platform at 4:00 p.m. final check of the weather with lisa. >> frosty morning, beautiful view, upper 60s on the way.

today, going to be frosty to get going but the next several days, cold mornings, mild afternoons, and a lot of sunshine throughout the week ahead, and even thanksgiving is looking dry and comfortable. today, 63 in san francisco. 65 in oakland. if you liked yesterday, even a little bit warmer today, in fact the warmest day of the week should be today, your saturday, we'll cool it off a bit with increasing clouds for your sunday. and then notice, very little change throughout the week, with the frosty starts and the mild sunny afternoons. liz? >> lisa, thank you. and thank you all for joining us here on abc 7 mornings. i'm liz kreutz. along with lisa argen, we are back at 8:00 a.m. hope to see you then. "good morning america" is next, here's a beautiful view from san rafael. have a great morning.

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