let's go to kpix 5's andria borba. andria, despite the shutdowns, despite the pandemic, businesses are still hopeful? >> reporter: businesses are still open. of course, on friday here in san francisco, indoor restaurant dining will come to a halt per the mayor's orders, but brick and mortar retailers and the large stores and small stores supported by them say they need this holiday season to be good in order to survive. >> it's kind of make or break. >> reporter: union square retailers say they need a big holiday season to survive after months of nearly empty streets and few shoppers. some large chains have already filed for bankruptcy protection and the small businesses who feed on foot traffic from bigger stores say they are fighting to stay alive. >> we would really need them to be in union square, not only at our shop but all the shops welcome them, because we are all struggling to. >> reporter: plywood put up over worries about post-presidential election civil unrest are beginning to come down, and people are begi

kpix 5's andria borba is live at ucsf with the late breaking developments, andria? >> reporter: well, ken and elizabeth, we are talking about doses getting to the bay area as soon as december 14th, but here at ucsf they think it's more likely to be the third week of december somewhere around the 20th when they can start vaccinating these health care workers. ucsf and zuckerberg san francisco general will be among the seven california hospitals to get an early allocation of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. but first, the food and drug administration must grant an emergency use authorization. the next meeting is december 10th. >> until the fda officially acts, no one will be getting the vaccine from that stockpile. >> reporter: ucsf says it is ready and believes it could have the vaccine three to seven days after emergency use is granted. the vaccine would arrive from pfizer michigan on a truck. >> it's under very low freezer storage, so it would be very hard to put this on a plane. >> reporter: those vaccines will be packed in 80 pounds of dry ice palettes and be put

andria borba is at the church on e. fernando st. near the san jose state campus. >> reporter: the stabbing spree happened last night inside the building on the grace baptist campus that you see behind me here. san jose police officers say one suspect stabbed five people, killing a man and a woman. and seriously injuring three others. because the scene was so chaotic firefighters and paramedics are typically wait until a scene is cleared and secured by police officers were escorted in amidst the chaos to begin life-saving first aid right away. >> we had some brave men and women here last night that went along with paramedics, our san jose fire personnel and more than likely probably saved the other three people. >> reporter: the suspect, a man, is in custody. his name has not yet been released. police officer say all five people stabbed and the suspect were affiliated with the homeless shelter that grace baptist runs here near san jose state. now the three remaining victims are in serious but stable condition tonight, they are expect

live in san jose, andria borba, kpix5. >>> right now, the fremont unified school board is expected to vote on whether to keep police officers at the district 6 high schoolbut the city want some input and is asking the district to pause the vote. >> that would importt place different ore measures to ensure that particular students, specialist into tend to be black or brown are not essentially moving through that school to prison pipeline. >> this just in, the city was not provided the opportunity to be involved to dissipate in the task force study pick of the mayor is now asking to the board to reconsider the vote and to meet with the city before any action is taken. we have an update on the story tonight at 11:00. >>> the bay area airport that could become a new site for a big housing development. stomach and yet another big delay tonight for one of san francisco's biggest infrastructure projects. >>> plus cash for trash. how is one bay area city able to pay homeless people to clean up their own garbage. >> about four hours per back of trash. >>> the first, tiger woods breaks the pers

live in san francisco tonight, andria borba, kpix 5. >> just bad timing right now. andria, thank you for that. >> despite a spike in covid cases, one north bay school district says in-person learning can be done safely. san rafael city schools have been separating students into morning and afternoon groups to minimize mixing. so far there have been 48 in-person school days with close to 7,200 students attending each day. tonight marin county's health department says there are zero suspected cases of in-school transmission. >> that's a pretty powerful statistic. when people say to me, how can you open with the country, you know, having this revisiting these super high cases, but at least in schools, so far, things have been going really, really well. and i think that's because we have safety procedures. >> we feel like schools are, in many cases, the safest place to be. >> about 300 students are bussed from around san rafael into different schools which have more space. the district says buses are disinfected after kids are dropped off. stay with kpix 5 for all the l

andria borba is live in san francisco, with the hope behind this new plan. >> it takes advantage of the fact that people are used to doing things via text message. perhaps the readiness to answer a phone call but they can still get the contact tracing done to help spread the -- help control the spread of this disease. the fight to trace the spread of covid-19 is moving to text message. >> 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 beating up the reopening of our city. >> reporter: it is called a virtual assistant and after a positive test you could get a text message to your cell phone, where you fill in the blanks for contact tracers, without ever hearing their voice. >> now we are in a large surge with infections that are more widespread across the city, and reaching different populations and our numbers have been increasing sharply. >> reporter: the city of san francisco is averaging 130 new cases of covid-19 a day, more than 900 a week. dr. george rutherford, an epidemiologist, says this takes

kpix 5's andria borba live in san francisco with what it means for the future of the gig economy, andria? >> reporter: prop 22 was a grand deal, uber, lyft, doordash got to keep drivers as independent contractors and did not have to give them the full benefits of an employee. the voters agreed with uber and lyft and passed prop 22. disappointment today among some rideshare drivers over the passage of proposition 22. >> i feel completely like people were bamboozled. >> reporter: the prop, which lets rideshare and delivery companies treat their workers as independent contractors rather than full-time employees, was the most expensive in california history. uber, lyft and doordash spent more than $205 million to win the approval of voters. >> it's actually incredible how much money was spent on this campaign. and it worked. >> reporter: drivers told kpix that voters were fed lies about the law. >> i feel like it was made with a lot of lies and people did not really understand on top of not a lot of people knowing that mostly the driver that is are out there are drivers who are doing it full

. >> we have live team coverage tonight beginning with andria borba on the new emergency restrictions that you need to know about. >> reporter: multiple counties move multiple tiers back in the tier system today, causing shockwaves throughout communities that had gotten used to a certain way of life. that is getting rolled back across the state and across the bay area. a nearly full state -- as coronavirus cases search. in alameda county, that means moving from orange tear to the purple or widespread transmission tier. dr. mark kelly says that the moves about making sure the healthcare system does not get overwhelmed with patients. >> cases today one of in our hospital beds in 2 to 3 weeks. consistently at a rate of about 12%. so we can, with today's data, looking at today's case numbers, yesterday's and tomorrow's, we can begin to understand what's coming in our healthcare delivery system. >> the owner of this jim has to move furniture outside, with winter weather closing in. >> it's a little bit of anger and fear rolling in. we struggle mightily to understand how, how exercise and n

in san jose, andria borba, kpix5. >>> still ahead, a big change, the capitol hill after a surprising announcement for sen. dianne feinstein. and the alleged role in the south bay bribery scandal involving campaign donations, for concealed weapons permits. >> offering bribes and asking for bribes are crimes for which an individual can be sent to prison. >>> the high-speed chase across to east bay cities, what the suspect was wanted for. >>> and ambitious moon mission underway right now, what china is trying to accomplish, that has only been done by the u.s. and russia. >>> coming up the tonight at 11:00, sidewalks in one san francisco neighborhood are sinking. property owner say the problem is just too expensive to keep up with. >> the fix and the amount of money that we have available to make the fix is just probably not going to add up. >> we will show you have a solution is making the problem even worse. that is tonight on the kpix5 news at 11:00. we will be right give you my world. ♪ ♪ how can i, when you won't take it from me. ♪ ♪ you can go your own way. xfinity mobile's

andria borba tells us the sharks are worried about getting squeezed out. >> reporter: all this powerfully to take the message to the fans comes as the environmental impact report public comment period will come to a close sometime in mid- december on this project and all of these projects here in the deer done area. for a long while the san jose sharks and sap center with the only game in the deer done era better with the google campus, bart and high-speed rail all moving in, the team is concerned about getting squeezed out. >> there is no master plan about how the all those things come together and if we are not careful it will be situation where the average gas that comes to the center for a concert or for a hockey game won't be able to get there. >> reporter: they sent an open letter to fans warning that things don't go well, they may have to move. of concern, access, parking spaces for long-distance fans, and narrowing roads around the shark tank. >> that is 2030 years of construction where multiple roads could be shut down, all simultaneously. literally blocking off all four sides of

. >> reporter: andria borba joins us now with today's statewide setback. andria. >> well, liz, the new rapidly moving restrictions now cover about 97% of all californians. counties are moving multiple tiers at a time in this new system with this new drop of information and test results today. alameda county, where i am standing flipped reports to purple, meaning the virus is now in widespread transmission here. many businesses will have to end indoor services, including restaurants and gyms. of course, all these restrictions, as the weather is changing it again. the owner of omni fight clubs in the tri-valley has an outdoor setting already. >> it is blatantly on phil from one business in the next to be able to survive in the past, it was a three day warning, but using what he called the emergency brake, governor newsom says the closures will happen in 24, not 72 hours. if you are wondering about school, here in alameda county, schools that have not already reopened for in person loaning cannot reopen. as the county moves these states to the most restrictiv

we have andria borba reporting on the mood of the people at home. >> reporter: with tuesday still not ending because election anxiety has continued. in the financial district protesters channeling their energy outside of law firm jones day which represents the trump campaign in some of the election lawsuits. >> they need to stand down and let democracy function. when he to make sure every vote is counted. they need to respect that. >> reporter: the flat screen is not outside but the cell phones go anywhere and the doomscrolling went mobile. >> it's patty. i don't spend much time on it, i have to admit. that is why we are doing a picnic, and hopefully stay off the phones to enjoy everything else. >> reporter: gail was trying to avoid her tv and phone, meditating on the pacific ocean that was pounding the shoreline. >> i try not to do it too much but i am wondering what's going on with the presidency, what is going to happen. seeing what is happening and wondering what trump will be doing. >> reporter: with the constant drip of the ballot results, the hopes of building that the anxiety

. >> kpix 5's andria borba joins us now with those details, andria? >> reporter: well, ken and elizabeth, that vaccine could come to the bay area to health care workers here as soon as december 14th. the folks here at ucsf think it's more likely to be the third week of december somewhere around the 20th. ucsf and zuckerberg san francisco general will be among the seven california hospitals to get an early allocation of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. but first, the food and drug administration must grant an emergency use authorization. the next meeting is december 10th. >> until the fda officially acts, no one will be getting the vaccine from that stockpile. >> reporter: ucsf says it is ready and believes it could have the vaccine three to seven days after emergency use is granted. the vaccine would arrive from pfizer michigan on a truck. >> it's under very low freezer storage, so it would be very hard to put this on a plane. >> reporter: those vaccines will be packed in 80 pounds of dry ice palettes and be put immediately into ultra cold storage free

andria borba is live at the airport for us now. >> reporter: san francisco international airport has put in a number of safety protocols with the covid-19 pandemic. workers say it is not enough. they would like to see more to make a safer workplace you at the airport for them and passengers. can passengers stay safe in an airport during a pandemic? sfo says yes. between mask requirements, social distancing, hand sanitizer, and plexiglas, you can feel confident, even down to the air you breathe. >> we actually used uv alteration in the air handling systems of this airport. >> reporter: escalator handrails are getting the uv treatment. employees save more needs to be done to protect not only passengers, but the workers. >> things are better than they were in march. are they safe enough to fly? no. >> reporter: skycap operator say outdoor check-in should also come back. will and i'll tour operator say they need more ppe specifically facials and gowns. >> we had the function. one is handling the foot of the passenger and one embraces the body. that is why it is very political. we need so

kpix 5 reporter andria borba joins us. ondrea. >> reporter: elizabeth and alan, this is the backside that nobody wanted to see happen. most berry counties have slipped and 90% of californians find themselves in that backsliding into a more restrictive tear. and they are happening more suddenly as well. it's no 24 hours to close businesses. it's the news no one wanted to hear. the rapidly rising caseloads sent to 28 counties back to the purple tear. >> we have a long way to go to get to a vaccine that is widely distributed. >> cases today will end up in a hospital beds in 2 to 3 weeks. consistently at a rate of about 12%. so we can with today's later -- today's data begin to understand what's coming in our healthcare delivery system. >> reporter: underwood is being called the emergency brake, counties are falling back multiple tiers at a time with 24 hours notice to close nonessential businesses. an alameda county moved to widespread covid-19, donovan nightclub has to move all fitness outside just as the weather is changing

andria borba now. it is another evening of waiting, and watching the vote count. >> reporter: absolutely, it seems like it is the election day that will never quite and without any results at this point. people are feeling that they are definitely feeling the hours of sitting in front of the tv scrolling on their phones, we caught up with some folks to talk about how they are trying to cope with all of the id and uncertainty. the past four days have turned into one very long to day, with votes still being counted, and eyes glazing over from nonstop doom scrolling on smart phones. protesters with demand think that every vote be counted, outside of law firm jones day. which is are presenting the tromp campaign in some election lawsuits. >> they need to stand down and let our democracy function. they need to make sure that every vote is counted, and, yeah, they need to respect that. >> reporter: gillis taken the opposite approach, unplugging from the tv and the phone to have a moment of zen amidst electio

andria borba joins us live at sfo with just how that is going to work. >> we expect to hear from bay area public health officials, it en masse, in the next day or so, kind of laying out the guidelines of what to expect, what you should be doing if you plan on traveling for the holidays. if you plan on trying to get away and deal some sense of normalcy with family, we did get a statement today, though, from san francisco's of department of public health on just that subject. with [ howling ] in the rearview mirror and thanksgiving and christmas coming down the pike, san francisco's department of public health has this recommendation, if you plan on going to an indoor party, or traveling during this pandemic holiday season. dph recommends you quarantine for 14 days, upon return to san francisco. stanford dr. says for safer celebrations, precautions should be taken one step further. >> i think it would be reasonable to actually request that they be tested, for covid- 19, but let's say within 72 hours of coming to visit. mickey is not worried as much about touching common surfaces, but t

live at sfo, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> recognitions emphasis go, reports of a shooting at the market. joe vazquez is there. we have a live look at the scene. you can see climbed tape stretched out not far from the entrance of house street. joe, what do you see there? >> reporter: right now, we are still trying to put this together. let me just describe the scene here. this is market street. there you see the westfield mall behind. there is a bus stop here that runs east and west along market street. according to some witnesses, a man was shot right here next to the bus stop. who shot him and why? that is still under investigation right now. still waiting for official word from the police department to try and figure out what is going on. i will tell you, when i walked up, there were some folks who were standing in front of the line of police officers, sort of shouting at them. so, there was a little bit of tension here. just within the last few minutes, that line and dissipated, the crowd was gathering has gone away. we are still trying to put it together, but you know, just within th

andria borba joins us on how people around the bay area happen celebrating safe amid the rising cases. >> reporter: the world feels a little smaller, a little more spread out, this thanksgiving, as a surgeon case rates force people to rethink plans around the big table. >> we went holidays to be a fun family time, most of us are having our families, just our nuclear families at home. >> reporter: in berkeley, they stayed home and handed out dinner to the unhoused neighbors. a new tradition to fill the hole left by the physical distance from loved ones. >> i think it is the contact with family, my dad is 85, her parents are approaching their 80s and we have his family so we won't go home or back east for christmas for her family, and this thanksgiving with my family, so. >> reporter: as at planet fitness, cars full of families in need came through for thanksgiving meals. >> we have chicken, turkey, plantations, mashed potatoes. >> reporter: and ppe. councilmember elect says today was about service, before heading home to her own quiet house. >> i normally several things getting but i'm

kpix 5 andria borba has details of the court ruling and the response from the church. >> reporter: santa clara countysays large services here posed a judge issued a new order in this case. in the latest battle between church services. >> good news is something the world needs now more than ever today. >> reporter: and pandemic protocols in san jose, the county has won. the chapel has been having services since april, having hundreds, hosted with many people indoors. today the county won a restraining order. calling the election disappointing. >> the county makes it seem like these church services are crowded. they're not crowded. they can fit 1, 900 people, 600 people attend. there's plenty of room for the 600 people to attend and stay an adequate distance apart. >> reporter: in a statement james williams says the county fully supports the right to worship and the health orders create a pathway for religious manner, protecting the community's well being during a pandemic. an attorney for calgary says the well being of the community is exactly what pastor mike mclure is doing. >> you know

live in redwood city, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> san francisco seeing pretty good weather. chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us with whether or not you can dine outdoors with your family. i asked you how warm it was outside and you said 70s. spike up to 70 degrees for inland parts of the east bay, not quite that warm on thanksgiving because we get a cold front that sneaks through the bay area tomorrow. it won't give us any showers but it will produce cooler temperatures, windy conditions and it's still going to be breezy on this coming. so, if you're going to have a small socially distance outdoor safe gather, i want to emphasize all of this point, make sure you wait the table coughed out to keep all the food from blowing away or the cloth itself. otherwise it is looking pleasant, temperature slightly above average for this time of year, mid 60s were highs inland, low 60s around the bay with upper 50s along the coast. plenty of sunshine overhead throughout the day, just breezy, especially during the afternoon hours on thanksgiving that is when everybody wants to be ou

new at 5:00, kpix 5's andria borba live in the city to tell us why city leaders stopped the team's fast break attempt to return to near normal basketball, andria? >> reporter: well, allen, at this point it doesn't look like this plaza is going to be full with fans at any time, even with that season starting right before christmas this year. in fact, the warriors have not played a full season here at chase center. it got shut down in mid-march when the pandemic kicked off. they had revealed some plans to bring up to 9,000 fans inside during this upcoming basketball season. here's how warriors' president rick described the plan for testing just last week. >> everyone from our employees to all the part-time workers to every fan will be tested for the coronavirus and the tests will be within 48 hours of the event itself. >> reporter: the health department rejected that idea, saying this in a letter, in the present circumstances, bringing thousands of individuals and households together, many of whom would travel and return from other counties, creates too much risk of widespread transmissio

andria borba is following that investigation. >> reporter: we have the people who have survived this staffing. they are in serious but stable condition. and the suspect is in custody. chaotic is of the san jose police department describes the scene at grace baptist sunday night. after a stabbing spree that left a man and woman dead and three others injured. >> we had a very motivated individual that was able to stab five people. this is not like he shooting. to stab someone you have to get up close and personal. >> reporter: the suspect is in custody and detectives essay there is no risk to the community. grace baptist serves as a 65 that shelter near san jose state. during the pandemic that number has been cut to 50 to allow for social distancing. the stabbing happened around 7:45. not long after dinner for the unhoused is served. >> they offer dinner at 7:30, bread and macaroni and cheese and every morning donuts and coffee, seven and eight. >> reporter: officers have not released the suspects name, only saying this. >> everyone involved including the victims and suspects, are some

live in union square tonight, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> now to the latest on the coronavirus. a tracking group now puts california among those states where the virus is seeing, quote, uncontrolled spread. in fact, the only states not falling under that category are hawaii, maine and vermont. that's according to covid exit strategy, a project tracking state data. the u.s. surpassing 10 million cases on monday and hospitalization rates are on the rise. and in just 24 hours, california saw more than 7,400 new cases and 69 more deaths. the positivity rate is up 3.8% from two weeks ago. in sonoma county, health officials are asking the state to recalculate its covid cases, taking into account thousands of unreported negative test results. it's in an effort for the county to move up on the state's re-opening tier. right now sonoma county is the only bay area county still in the purple category. meanwhile, in santa clara county, health officials are asking businesses to follow health guidelines so they don't have to roll back re-openings. a business compliance team has been following

andria borba joins us now to explain a shift in strategy tonight. >> reporter: we can tell you this much, san francisco has always had a very robust contact tracing program but they've introduced something called a virtual assistant. for this to contact tracers in the city, it is the power of contact tracing to your cell phone and your thumbs for text messaging. know. the city is now averaging 130 new cases of covid-19 a day. more than 900 a week. it because of that the 200 contact tracers at the department of public health are adjusting their strategy from phone calls and visits to text messages. >> that's a much easier way to get a hold of people and get responses, definitely. >> i agree, i would respond to that, for sure. we make and who you might have been in close contact with while you were infectious. the program even back dates to when you might have begun spreading the disease. this takes advantage of the cell phone permanently attached to most people's hands, and freeze up contact tracers to deal with those who are not so tech proficient. >> it is been quite successful at the u