kpix5's susie steimle explains how you can take part. >> reporter: small businesses like tone lay onlement street in san francisco's richmond district will charge full price on black friday. they're encouraging you to think bigger this black friday. 2020 has been a year unlike any other defined largely by discomfort. so as we settle into the comfortable familiarity of holiday traditions, a group of local shop owners wants to make sure we keep difficult conversations on the table. >> if we really want to make systemic change, that requires us to first deconstruct. it requires us to rethink and it requires us to rebuild in order to create more just systems. >> reporter: it's a campaign to reclaim black friday. participating small businesses will not offer any discounts. instead they'll be -- >> redistributing a minimum of 10% of all sales from that weekend to black and indigenous land-based organizations. >> reporter: chloe jackman a photographer in san francisco. she said during the protests this spring following george floyd's death black-owned businesses like hers saw a surge. >> th

in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix5. >>> california reported more than 12,000 new cases yesterday. the seven-day positivity rate is hovering just above 6%. the death toll is now topping 19,000. down in the southland people in los angeles county are getting ready for another stay-at-home order that takes effect monday. it will be less strict than the one in march. everybody is asked to stay at home as much as they can and wear a face covering outside. the county is also banning outside gatherings of households and putting more limits on businesses. the order will last until at least december 20th. >>> tonight the cdc has announced it plans to hold an emergency meeting in the coming days to determine who should get the coronavirus vaccine first once it's approved. the agency plans to meet next tuesday after the advisory committee will vote on a distribution plan. experts have proposed giving the vaccine to healthcare workers first and also prioritizing seniors. two companies, pfizer and moderna, are seeking emergency use authorization for their vaccines. the fda will rule on pfizer's

health officials couldn't stop everyone from gathering over thanksgiving as kpix5's susie steimle reports. they're now turning to their next tactic. >> reporter: if you did go to a large group gathering this week, public health officials want you to get tested and millions of californians did see friends and family this week. so now public health officials want to track the impact through increased testing and your cell phone. with the thanksgiving holiday in their rear view, drivers rolled into the santa clara county fairgrounds to get tested. >> i think it's important to try and stay socially distant as much as you can, but at some point you do need to be with your family. >> reporter: it's what the county is asking people to do. >> we are asking people to stay at home and not gather as much as possible, but if you did, please go out and get tested. >> reporter: in san francisco they're hoping cell phones hold the key to contact tracing. >> the more people that answer the call or text, the better our chances of getting control of the spread of covid-19 in san francisco and speeding up t

kpix 5 susie steimle has the latest. >> reporter: drivers rolling into the santa clara found grounds to get tested. >> at some point you need to be with your family. >> reporter: this is what the county is asking people to do. >> we are asking people to stayed home and not gather as much as possible, but if you did, please get out and get tested. >> reporter: they hope that cell phones will hold the key to the contact tracing. >> the more people that answered the phone calls and text messages the better we can handle the spread of covid-19 in san francisco and reopening our city. >> reporter: you will get a test text asking you to fill in the blank for the contact tracers. they have more than 900 a week. >> we have large surge of infections widespread across the city. the numbers have been increasing sharply. >> reporter: the search started before the holiday season with contact tracing, and they expect the surge will continue through the summer. >> we solved the spike in the summer and the quicker we get it under control the better off we are in the long run. >> reporter: susie stei

here is what kpix 5 susie steimle found out . >> it is a safety issue.it is not judgment. >> i'm starting to think more about being aware of my surroundings. >> reporter: people living in the san francisco marina district are on edge after experiencing an increase of criminal activity in the light on their blog. >> we got two alerts of active shootings . >> my building had three intruders. >> reporter: during one break in some got into donna's car . >> i felt violated. >> reporter: the next time they broke into individual apartments. >> there was someone going up and up the stairs and trying doors and he stuck his head into an open door. >> there was a citizen report that said someone was throwing knives at a tree. >> reporter: michael has been watching all of this unfold via alert on his cell phone. >> i cannot remember a time of seeing two reports of active shootings in broad daylight. ever, in my time here. >> reporter: neighbors say, the changes to criminal activity coincide with sweeping changes that both the city and the state have made during the

susie steimle is there.>> reporter: it is pretty quiet curbside at sfo, not the usual line of cars we see at departure but we did see a steady stream of people headed through security. as many as 50 million americans were predicted to travel today despite warnings to stay home. >> i think it is okay.>> 2020 has been a year of canceled plans but for many at sfo tonight covid-19 will not stop them from heading home for the holidays. >> we are adding to salt lake city.>> this is despite the >> even more troubling, there are few than 70 beds available for icu patients, 512 new cases were reported yesterday alone. officials are urging residents back together with people outside of their immediate household. >> we are asking people to call family members, enjoy them via the telephone, enjoy people in 12 feet distance wearing masks. >> we are urging all residents, do not have gatherings. and do not travel.>> in the north bay, reporting 61 hospitalized covid patients, that is for more than the county's peak in the summer surge. >>> tonight president trump is issuing a high profile pardon whil

susie steimle, kpix 5 . but keep sending your ideas to kpix.com and see all of susie seidel reports. >>> body worn camera video and cellphone video for the night of this incident. it all unfolded less tuesday just before 4:00. there was a report of a fire at an apartment building on ellis street. witnesses told police the suspect identified as antonio estrada opened the door of his apartment and ran into the hallway with a frying pan in his hand. he poured gas on the floor, set it on fire and ran out. firefighters arrived and were able to put the fire out. about an hour later, police received another report of a fight involving a man wielding a knife and a frying pan near the mall. >> he swung the frying pan and the knife. he repeatedly raised the knife above his head and made stabbing motions towards the man with the umbrella. at one point, the unknown male with the umbrella is seen running away who was chased while he makes multiple downward stabbing attempts from behind. >> officers ordered estrada to drop

here is what susie steimle found out in tonight's project home.>> it is just a safety issue, it's not it's about safety. >> i'm starting to think a little bit more about being aware of my surroundings. >> people living in san francisco's marina district are on edge after exenan increase of criminal go activity and blight. during one break in someone got into donna's car, the next time the intruder broke into individual apartments. >> there was someone going up and down the back stairs, trying the back doors and stuck his head in and opened it up on top. >> there was a report yesterday that someone was throwing knives at a tree. >> michael has been watching all of this and fold the alerts on his cell phone. >> i cannot remember a time seeing reports of active shootings in broad daylight, ever in my time here. >> neighbor say the changes to critical criminal activity coincided with the changes the city and state have made. hotels that used to be reserved for tourists on lombard street have been given to people experiencing homelessness who didn't have anywhere to shelter in place safely

. >> susie steimle has a look at statistics from the price tag to the 911 calls. watch project home tomorrow at 11. >>> checking in with paul heggen right now to find out where we sit with this rain coming in at some point this week. >> friday looks like the best chance, and even if that fizzles out, we will check it out and futurecast. we will stay in this generally unsettled pattern, right now it's a fog that has been spreading in, and that low- lying cloud cover has kept temperatures from bottoming out as much as they have leslie. at this point last night we were already in the 40s, some spots in the 30s. instead right now we are in the low to mid 50s. even santa rosa has only dropped to 50 degrees. downtown it is still 50 and 55 in san jose and concord. we will see reduced visibility making its way pretty far inland for wednesday. the fog will thin out but will still be affected by late morning and then should retreat tomorrow afternoon. temperatures will start off a bit on the chilly side, upper 30s to around 40 degrees. maybe a little too aggressive as far a

. >> kpix 5's susie steimle is live in mission bay tonight, suzie? >> reporter: well, ken and liz, they have a nickname for this neighborhood. they call it little venice because so much of the sidewalk here is sinking. and the sinking sidewalks, you can see a couple inches at this cafe, it's a problem we've known about for a while now. but during a tough year, business owners say it's getting too expensive for them to maintain. in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood, there is a place where the sidewalk ends. >> definitely looks like there's something wrong, obviously, with the settling. >> reporter: and ends again. >> somebody needs to fix it. >> reporter: and again. >> either the sidewalks are sinking or the buildings are going up. >> reporter: the sidewalks here are sinking. you can see the gaps at just about every single street corner. >> these can be a little more complex than putting some cement on the sidewalk. >> reporter: rachel gordon is with san francisco's public works department. she says this problem was predicted when the neighborh