Thanksgiving

The Santos family says that despite taking all possible precautions to not get coronavirus, such as social distancing and the use of a mask, the entire family contracted COVID-19 in June and the disease almost took away one of its dearest members, Geoffrey, a 28-year-old man with Down syndrome.

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Maybe people have COVID fatigue, maybe people just miss seeing other people. The reasons aren’t clear. But nearly half of Americans surveyed say they feel that it’s safe enough to travel more now than they did three months ago.  In fact, 28% of Americans will hit the road on Sunday, which is the busiest departure day of the year....

Data from a flight tracking service shows thousands of flights traveled between airports in areas with high virus rates.

Americans were warned that the nation’s explosive rise in coronavirus cases this fall made traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday unsafe. But they traveled anyway, and new data suggests they might not have practiced social distancing while doing so. According to an NBC News analysis of cellphone location data provided by the analytics and marketing company Cuebiq, Americans in more than 1,900 counties...

Americans couldn’t resist the urge to gather for Thanksgiving

The bar and restaurant OB Bear in Koreatown was engulfed in flames Saturday morning forcing the owners to shut down on their busiest day of the year. Christine Kim reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Nov. 27, 2020.

The yearly Hollywood tradition of the Laugh Factory providing Thanksgiving dinner for those in need almost didn’t happen this year because of the pandemic.

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Even as the number of COVID-19 cases soar, more people in the United States traveled by plane on the day before Thanksgiving than any day since March. On Wednesday 1,070,967 people went through TSA checkpoints, according to figures from the Transportation Security Administration. In all 6.8 million people headed to airports across the country in the week leading up to...

Southern California Edison (SCE) began shutting down power to thousands of customers on Thanksgiving Day to guard against possible wildfires as strong Santa Ana winds whipped through the region.

Turkey and pies will still come out of ovens, football will still be on TV, families will still give thanks and have lively conversations about politics. But this holiday has been utterly altered after months filled with sorrows and hardships: Many feasts are weighed down by the loss of loved ones; others have been canceled or scaled back with the...

Every Thanksgiving, they are the ones who take the “giving” part to heart. These volunteers show up by the hundreds to help organizations feed those in need. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 26, 2020.

Jimmy Fallon addresses how the challenges of 2020 impacted the traditional Thanksgiving celebration.

Seth, Hilary, Larry and Josh Meyers fire sick burns at some deserving subjects, like cranberries and turkey.

A live comedy show with an audience is rare these days, but this Thanksgiving, the Laugh Factory wanted to make sure they could do this safely. Ted Chen reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 26, 2020.

Southern California Edison began shutting down power to thousands of customers on Thanksgiving Day to guard against possible wildfires as strong Santa Ana winds whipped through the region. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on Nov. 26, 2020.

The restaurant industry has been struggling to stay afloat and it’s been especially difficult for a popular Koreatown restaurant and bar. Not only did it transition to outdoor dining and prepare for the limited curfew, but now it’s forced to close its doors indefinitely after a fire destroyed their business.

Al Roker and his Thanksgiving nemesis are much butter friends a year later.

A San Francisco-based local grocery delivery service failed to drop off Bay Area families’ Thanksgiving dinners.