in napa the rising numbers surprise no one. they have been watching them. those numbers are two weeks behind reality but to go from orange tier to the purple in a day. >> people will lose their jobs this week. businesses are going to consider whether they keep the doors open. >> from supervisor alfredo, that is the hard abstract. >> so it has a hint of sweetness on sister wine. >> for adam housley, it's a

tough reality. purple means no service inside and limited tasting outside. he's frustrated by the state sending mixed messages how to keep people safe in his business. >> it's a dangerous thing we're facing. at the same time, with e kne kn we're facing. let us live and figure this out. >> reporter: napa county is particularly vulnerable because it relies so heavily on tourism. good for business but not so much for health. >> we're doing turkey breast. >> reporter: toe knny owns a ba. she can't count how many times she's had to tell customers to wear masks. >> everybody is tired of it. i get it. we're tired of it. everyone was getting a little complacent, i think. >> reporter: and now they're purple and winter is coming. in napa, wayne freedman, ab k b news. with that, panic buying is back. store shelves are running out of things like toilet paper. are you stocking up, buying what

you need or just ordering online? go to abc7news.com slash vo/voth in. we'll check the answers of chris nguyen's story looking into the problem. with covid-19 cases on the rise, the phenomenon of panic buying is back to some stores. >> we have to try to remind ourselves to push back on fear and to be logical and not overly psychological. >> reporter: santa clara university psychology professor dr. thomas plant says when people are under stress, they might be more likely to buy basic goods like toilet paper or non-perishable foods. >> when they are scared, they circle the wagons and find coping stratd gegies that may b more psychologically consolinco >> reporter: not all stores are seeing the kachaos which is a relief for shoppers. >> we're all in it together. >> reporter: at zanotto's

market, carter king stopped to shop ahead of going into quarantine. >> i think about what you would want other people to do for you. >> reporter: company executive says they've had no problem keeping items in stock. >> very careful how many people are in our stores. we kept six feet markers this whole time. we're eliminating displays to allow people to spread out. >> reporter: they extended the operating hours to make it easier for folks to shop and encouraging customers to buy shelf stable items like boxed stuffing or canned vegetables this week rather than next. >> that way when we come into thanksgiving week, we have a little bit smaller basket sizes and maybe missing miscellaneous dry goods so people can move faster through the lines. >> reporter: a reminder to take a deep breath, simple steps to take now to make your holiday a little more pleasant. >> afollow public health gree guidelines and if we do, there

will be enough toilet paper and supplies for everybody. >> just try to remember that, all right? checking back in on the poll right now. you can see most people are saying i just buy what i need at 88%. very few of you, only 4% saying i'm stocking up. south bay hospital is making an urgent plea to address its shortage of ppe. that is personal protection equipment. officials at the santa clara valley medical center say the current spike in covid cases is causing staff to burn through supplies like gloves and surgical masks and short on funds to buy more. that's prompted the non-profit community fundraising of the hospital to ask for donations. >> if somebody is sitting on a stockpile of ppe and have not given it by now, they probably won't. the most important thing to give is dollars because we can source the things we need. >> the numbers here are astou astoundi astounding. according to officials, the staff at valley med is going through an average of 7,000

surgical masks and 30,000 gloves per day and that's just one location. well, we're all having those tough conversations with family members and relatives right now that we won't be there passing the sides at the thanksgiving dinner table this year. oakland mayor libby shaft broke the news to her family right here on our air air today on "midday live". >> i'm sorry i'm doing this over tv, hanna, but husbacousin hann we're not coming. >> oh. >> we had narrowed it down to my cousin and her daughter, beautiful bionca from your aunt libby, my family, my sister, but we're cancelling that. >> yeah, speaking with us as she always does each wednesday on "midday live" at 11:00 a.m. she also always spends every christmas at her mother-in-laws at pennsylvania but she's cancelling that, as well. san francisco mayor london breed has a new campaign to keep people healthy at home while

helping the city recover during the holidays. it's broken down into three tools. holidays at home gives pham will -- families ideas for recipes and arts and crafts. shop and dine in the 49.com has a map of all outdoor businesses and restaurants and the holiday decorated neighborhoods that closed off to traffic. sf.gov/help your neighbors has easy and safe ways to volunteer around the city. nancy pelosi today signalled she'll likely serve one more term as speaker of the house if reelected to that post. >> i consider this a gift and i can't wait to be working with joe biden and preparing us for our transition into the future. so i don't want to undermine any leverage i may have but i made the statement. >> pelosi made the comment today after house democrats nominated her to retain the job she's held since 2019, the now 80-year-old pelosi had been dodging

questions in recent months about her future role but today she said she'll stick by a pledge she made to step down at the end of the next term, the house will vote on leadership positions for the 117th congress january 3rd. pacific gas and electric has a new chief executive officers, patricia poppy will take over for interim ceo on january 4th. poppe earned a masters in management and the president and ceo of cms energy. she is honored and looking forward to work alongside pg&e's employees. >> tourism trouble, hotels facing an uphill battle to get past the pandemic. a mom's story, a 25-year-old got to meet her newborn for the first time after battling covid-19 for months. saving santa, obviously, this year no more sitting on santa's lap but that doesn't mean santa can't pay a visit this year. i'm spencer christian. today's storm is winding down so what's coming next? i'll have the answer to that in my accuweather forecas

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it will be the first u.s. airlines to return the max by next month. 7 on your side michael finney joins us with tips on how to boost your wi-fi, michael? >> hey, kristen. let's start with apple because we just learned today that apple will spend $113 million to settle claims over battery issues dealing with its old iphone. now, this may sound familiar to you, let me explain what is going on today. more than 30 states had filed a lawsuit including california, the states accuse the iphone maker of hiding issues with batteries by slowing down phone performance. now earlier this year, apple settled or agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a private class action suit over the exact same issue. i see what i'm doing wrong here, you guys. i'm so sorry. i got ahead of myself.

let's move into the tape. rich oversees electronics testing at consumer reports and has been working with routers and wi-fi for decades but rich had issues with wi-fi at his home. >> we had a dead zone on the deck in my backyard where we would hang out and barbecue. >> he wasn't sure if a wi-fi extender would fix the problem. not long after the coronavirus pandemic began, consumer reports started testing some products at employee's homes making sure to maintain strict testing proto l protocols so when it came time for consumer reports to test wi-fi extenders, rich realized it was a perfect opportunity to use his home as a test lab. >> after i put the extender half way between the router and deck, i had a really good signal out there. >> two that did well in all of consumer reports test, the night hawk and a less expensive option, this model from tp-link.

one thing to keep in mind, cr says internet speeds from the extender may be slower than you are used to because the extenders cut speeds in half. >> getting the most from your wi-fi extender is the speed of your internet service provider's connection. the distance from your router to where you're putting your wi-fi extender and the areas of your home you're trying to cover. >> for rich, an extender brought wi-fi to the dead spot but if you're having issues all over your home, to see a significant improvement in your wi-fi, you may need a mesh network. that's a system of two or more units that work together to blanket your home with a strong wi-fi signal. but many good mesh networks cost anywhere from $2-500. a less expensive network recommended by consumer reports is a tp-link deco whole home.

now, all of this is a built complicated because we don't deal with the wi-fi every day so i got a bunch of information. goabc7news.com. >> great information. thanks, michael. got a lot of warriors' news to get to. this past year was not very worwa warriors months of losing steph and clay. espn reported clay suffered a leg injury in southern california. severity unclear. espn is reporting it's the other leg, not the left leg where he tore his acl back in 2019. so does this change the warriors' strategy going into tonight'snba draft? we'll see. kr the chronicle reports they will allow fans back in chase center at half capacity was just rejected by san francisco health officials. earlier in the day the team

owner was espn's first take pushing his proposal. >> i and george rutherford from ucsf believe we can do 100%. that sounds crazy, i'm sure to the public health officials but it's not what the level of what's going outside in the community that's important but what will happen inside the arena. >> he says the team is ready to spend upwards of $30 million to test every fan, employee and player at each home game. meanwhile, the nfl is stepping up their own covid-19 safety protoc protocol. starting on saturday, masks will be mandatory at all times including during team's practices and in their weight rooms, meetings must be held virtually or in the largest indoor space the team has. time spent in the locker room also has to be limited and meals have to be made available for grab and go to keep people from congregating in cafeterias. the nfl getting serious, as they

should. >> absolutely. we have more spray showers, stray showers as spencer predicted. how much longer will these kris like spray showers, too, because they are getting lighter and lighter. you can see that the weather is quiet right now. a little isolated thunder and lightning in the sierra foothills and some stray showers across the higher elevations of the south bay including santa cruz mountains and the mount hamilton area. basically, our storm is winding down. it's pretty much over. it's breezy outside but not terribly windy and the strongest breezes are generally up in the north bay and over in the inland east bay. let's move along and take a look what is happening in the sierra where it's more than just a stray shower. it's getting heavy wet snow. so the winter storm warning that's been in effect since yesterday is still in effect until 6:00 p.m. this evening in the sierra for about another eight to 12 inches of snow before that system winds down.

looking across the embark decad 59 in san francisco, oakland 63. mountain view 61. 63 also san jose and 59 gilroy and 55 at half moon bay. the setting sun is in our picture as we look westward from emeryville. temperature readings 60 in santa rosa and napa 63, 64 fairfield, 61 concord and 59 degrees at livermore and here is the view of the golden gate looking northward, the skies are getting brighter up north. the forecast features are these, isolated showers are possible this evening. they muchmemuch. areas of fog dense and we'll have a drier pattern into the weekend. here is the forecast animation at 7:00 this evening. notice how we don't expect any more measurable precipitation but fog will press up against the coastline overnight and will linger there in some spots and across the bay during the

morning commute but it will pull back to the coastline during the daytime hours tomorrow and we'll see some high clouds passing over but it should be a mainly bright day tomorrow, certainly a dry one. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid 50s around the bay shoreline, mid 40s, rather, mid 40s around the bay shoreline and also mid 40s on the coast. upper 30s to low 40s in the inland valleys. tomorrow's highs will be in the mid to upper 50s on the coast and low 60s around the bay shoreline and low to mid 60s inland. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have a couple cold or chilly mornings coming our way on friday and saturday but skies will be mainly sunny friday, saturday and right on through the weekend. may see a few extra clouds come into the picture on monday and then brighter skies with milder conditions on tuesday and wednesday. no rain in sight but a couple of chilly mornings at the end of the week so bundle up if you're going out early, larry and kristen? >> thank you. san francisco hotels

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against covid-19. [ applause ] >> reporter: this is the day 25-year-old gabriella has been dreaming of for the last two months. and after fighting a fierce battle against the coronavirus, she's finally going home. >> i felt like we've talked about this for like forever and it's finally here. >> reporter: but she's leaving with more than just a story of survival. inside community regional medical center, she found unconditional love when she laid ore e her eyes on her baby girl. madeleine rose. >> my love and motivation for her. i'm focus on her. >> reporter: this moment was never guaranteed for her but the bought of it helped her push through the darkest of times. she was about 30 weeks pregnant and diabetic when covid-19 rav vehicl took her body and life. >> the doctor sat me down and said i want to prepare you for this before you go in there. i'm thinking what is going on? he says there is nothing i can

do for your daughter. >> reporter: they refused to give up. doctors said they would keep fighting for her as long as they could but as her condition worsened, doctors had to deliver her baby with an emergency c section. >> i was more scared for my baby than myself because i was like what if this happens and something happens to her? at that moment, i didn't know what was going to happen. >> reporter: her chances of survival dropped to 10%. at one point she was unresponsive for 45 minutes. to keep her alive, they started a treatment called echmo. >> a huge tube that divert 80% of your blood out of the body to load it with oxygen and inject it back. >> reporter: slowly, she started ill provi improving and her lungs started to recover. she couldn't talk or write but needed to name her baby girl. he family started coming up with names and manos would shake her head yes or no. >> i said madeleine. are you sure? the first name. i can't remember what the first

name was. i said madeleine again. >> i love the name now. at first, i was like so like oh, i'll wait until she's born to name her. but it goes with her now. >> reporter: nearly a month later, she was taken off echmo and met her little madeleine for the first time. >> it took a month for me to finally get to see her and when i seen her, i was like i can't believe she's here. >> reporter: after overcoming to much, she's ready to move forward and embrace her next challenge of mother hood. >> gabby says she and madeleine

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it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. check out the tree that's up at san francisco's union square but this year things are already looking different. you'll see there is no ice skating rink there and very few tourists but with san francisco's tourism suffering, that could mean cuts to programs or taxes as abc 7 news reporter melanie woodro found out, the hotel industry in particular has taken a big hit. >> reporter: suns around san francisco say welcome, we're open but visitors are few and far between. >> one of the campaigns is our gate is open. while that gate just got closed two days ago. >> reporter: steve rizzo is general manager out hotel g. the hotel has been closed for eight months. he estimates they lost 8 to $12 million in that time. >> i imagine a lot of places are in the same boat as we are, that, you know, your cash flow runs out when you don't have a

revenue source. >> reporter: according to the quarterly san francisco budget status report released this month by the controller's office, the hotel tax is expected to drop $43.4 million below the expected $126.2 million. >> one of the things that visitors really do is help to pay our cost of living in san francisco and without them, it's going to be noticeable for all of us, frankly. >> reporter: joe is president and ceo of san francisco travel association. he says it's not just hotel tax, visitors pay sales tax and car rental tax that all go into the city's general fund. >> that pays for everything from parks and police to education and roads. >> reporter: without that money. >> programs will have to be cut or new taxes will have to be generated. >> reporter: the budget status report predicts the hotel tax will not recover to its prior peak until mass gatherings for conferences or attractions are safe and attended at prepandemic levels by visitors traveling by air.

rizzo says hotel g will reopen eventually. >> our investors and owners see the bigger picture and despite what we may see now in union square, we have every intention of reopening as soon as we see that there is signal or some sort of trending for travel demand coming back to the city. >> reporter: in san francisco, melanie woodro, abc 7 news. >> san francisco chronicle insider and abc 7 news phil joining us for more on this story. read your column today. tax short fall in revenues because of the pandemic. the math in your column indicated over $160 million? >> that's just part of it, larry. in addition to the hotel tax we were talking about, we're taking a deep dive downward in parking tax, sales tax, business taxes, over $90 million short fall. the bottom line is san francisco is resembling a factory town in the rust belt or town up in the

north where the lumbering stopped and business stopped and the inside is just empty. that's what we're seeing in san francisco because here the business isn't lumber or making sheets. it's tourism. it's gatherings and it's businesses downtown attracting people into that core, spending money whether on restaurants or hotels and that's just not happening and the dominos of that are already being felt and they're going to be felt even more severely as this shutdown continues. >> well, let's get to that. where will the loss of the tax revenue be felt the most? >> it will be felt the most in the terms of the delivery of the services in terms of like recreation and parks, police. this money is the money that goes into the general fund that's used for the operating expenses. what they're hoping for is some kind of federal bailout will come down the line after christmas and get the cities for the bay area and state back standing back on their feet, that's the big if these days because one, the republicans

still control the senate and not big about handing out big packages to cities for their workers and the other is this thing is lasting longer than people originally anticipated. one of the reports that we saw was a three-month update. they used to do it once or twice a year. they will do them much more often and unfortunately, the picture isn't looking rosier but grimmer. >> right. i want to move on to another topic. every day we get more information about the dinner govern governor newsom attended at french laundry. what's the long-term political fallout for gavin newsom, if any? >> there is. it's the classic do as i say, not do as i do at one of the most expensive restaurants in the bay area. put that together, not a good look. he was gathered there for a

birthday party for his friend, advisor jason kenny who has some very big clients including petroleum industry and other industries that do business or have contact with the state. you have lobbyists get together in this three-sided tent on the patio of the laundry. the bill was just through the roof and it was picked up by kenny and associates but it wasn't just gavin newsom that will get fallouts. the latest revelations show the head of the california med kaic association was there with the chief lobbyists. not only the governor, some of the top doctor representatives there, as well. and not necessarily, they say they were following protocols of the city and county as far as the restaurant goes but the overall thing was the spirit of this, we're not supposed to be mixing like this. >> it sounds worse and worse as more details come out. phil, thank you, you can read phil's column every wednesday

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in dublin leaving early bird shoppers frustrated. >> there is nothing in there. again? >> as i was told, there were things on the shelves yesterday morning but today, there is nothing this morning and it's absolutely insane. >> reporter: it is an evening problem, too. it is non-exclusive to target. we found empty shelves last night at safe way, walmart, and costco. the california grocers association is putting out a message of calm telling shoppers not to worry that stores aren't going to close and they get daily shipments of supplies. but anxiety is leading to empty shelves at all hours of the day. >> we've been to costco last week and they're limiting water and toilet paper again to one per person. >> reporter: shoppers are bummed this is an issue again but the real frustration is the big picture, we're still trying to control this virus. >> i feel if people really want to make things better about this covid situation, they could do what is required of us. we would social distance, wear our masks, not have gatherings

that we're still doing these things and just not making sense to me. >> reporter: an employee at this target doesn't know when they will get toilet paper next. they used to get steady shipments but not anymore. >> all right. who seen hoarding going on in their local store? drew, you? >> no, you know what? i did go grocery shopping late last night at safeway, one in the city and to be honest, the paper towel aisle and the toilet paper, they were both in stock. i'm kind of shocked we're triggered again to be hoarding these items. nothing has really changed since we begun in march, which is annoying to see that people are out there again trying to horde all these basic things we all need. i don't understand at this time of the year. >> i know. spencer, what do you think? >> yeah. they are hoarding again. i have seen evidence of it over here in the east bay where i live.

i've been to safeway, target and costco and the shelves where you normally find paper toilwels an toilet paper, empty, empty, empty. >> i don't want to go back to the days we were buying toilet paper rolls one by one, you know? >> yeah, that was annoying. >> onto the next topic, it is going dark in alaska today. the sunset at 1:29 p.m. in the town formally known as barrow. it will not rise again until january 22nd. northern most town in the u.s. with a population of about 4,000 very hardy souls. it experiences what's called a polar night every year. the sun does not rise above the horizon from mid november to mid january. average high temperature remains below zero from december through march. drew, how much would i have to pay you to relocate to alaska?

>> there would definitely be at least a comma in that paycheck, i'm talking multiple commas. i never understood why anybody, i get depressed when the sun goes down at 5:00 p.m. this time of the year. i could never understand why anyone would want to live somewhere where there is two months of total darkness. that is the most depressing thing i can think of. >> drew, think about how many times you might see the northern lights, though. come on, spencer, isn't that worth it? >> not worth it. not worth it at all. [ laughter ] >> why do 4,000 people live there? [ laughter ] i can see maybe four dozen. >> i don't know. so none of us is moving there. we've established that. michael b. jordan now "people magazine" sexiest man alive in 2020. the fruit vail station and

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>> the wrong people are doing the voting here. the wrong people are voting. [ laughter ] >> somewhere, somebody will vote for you guys, i'm sure of it. you just got to find that place. >> some town. some remote town that is in darkness for months for sure. yeah. all right. if you ever wanted a christmas song to share with your dog, the wait is over. ♪ good girl, would you like to go on walkies ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a british dog food company has come up with this tune happen by named "raise the woof." they came up with a tune after playing some 500 different sounds to a fido focus group. i mean, just imagine the dogs sitting there. the final reggae version was at the famed abby road studios.

personally, i would have gone for the woof, the woof, the woof is on fire but -- >> oh, gosh. >> they wouldn't go for that. >> drew? >> you weren't in the focus group. >> i know. i was not allowed in for obvious reasons. what do you think of the tune? >> it doesn't have the same popularity as baby shark but i think i can get on board with a song about dogs. i don't think my dog didn't hear it, he's sleeping right now but i'll have to see if it passes the test with him later on tonight with that song, guys. >> all right. spencer? any thoughts? >> all of those clever brits, all of those clever brits have done it again. >> abby wrote studios, is that where the beetles recorded? >> yeah. >> i bet the beetles are like oh my goodness, can't believe it. okay. all right. a hundred-year comet...

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the holidays can be really hard on so many families especially this year with everything brought on by the pandemic. the city of santa clara started foods for family. every monday families can pick up food and plenty of people were showing up today for the first go around to join in santa clara residents just have to prevpr

preregister once on the city's website. volunteers braved the soggy weather today and assembled hundreds of hygiene kits for the homeless. you're seeing folks from the jesge jesus christ of laider day saints. the group has a total of 1,000 kits to handout to the homeless of contra costa county. all right. i said spray showers because sometimes they spray but we are seeing some stray showers. yesterday was dristy, drizzling and misty. i don't know what i'll come up with tomorrow. you'll have to watch. >> drizzly and misty. i like your weather words there, kristen. you got good ones. tonight the storm is essentially over. we'll have really grelow cloudl. overnight lows in the low to mid 40s. tomorrow look for fairly bright skies but lingering clouds. highs will range from upper 50s at the costa low 60s to low and

mid 60s inland. here is the forecast friday and saturday sunny days but really chilly mornings those two days followed by milder mornings for the remainder of the seven-day period. basically a dry pattern with mainly sunny days all the way into the middle of next week. kristen and larry? >> thank you, spencer. >> all right. if you're a fan of the "home alone" movies, you can celebrate christmas kevin style. check out this airbnb in dallas. the owner tried to replicate everything in "home alone" mannequins and a spider in the rooms and the rent erers get che pizza delivered. it can be rented for $149 a night. >> the santa visits aren't going to be the usual sitting on santa's lap but they can still happen. santa goes virtual next and dan is here with what is coming up

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catch "the goldbergs" followed by "american housewife." "the conners" and "black-ish." at 10:00 catch "for life." then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. you know, santa's going have to make some creative adjustments this year. the pandemic is forcing kris kringle to go virtual. abc 7 reporter rachel brown spoke to santa and one of his elves about how they're adamting. ? well, hello there. i know, it's so good to see you. wow, you are getting so much bigger now. >> reporter: today santa claus flew south to northridge. he's getting a much-needed break from a bitterly cold week in the north pole. the christmas bells are ringing in his workshop. >> there's something special that we've been working on all year. >> reporter: the pandemic has forced a few changes to his jam-packed schedule, but santa's mission remains the same. to spread christmas cheer to every little girl and boy. and this year through the red sled santa foundation kids can talk to santa claus virtually and even take virtual pictures. >> we can ask them what they'd like for christmas. and really what's wonderful

about that portal is that they'll be able to zoom in and see santa's north pole. >> reporter: yep, it is 2020 and even santa claus is using zoom. he says the christmas lists this year are a sign of the times. the most popular requests are board games, new computers and -- >> some of them have asked me for can they have a little bit more speedier wi-fi. >> reporter: santa is also accepting limited in-person visits by appointment only at his workshop. families will notice this large plexiglass barrier to keep everyone healthy this holiday. >> now i think there's a stronger need for more love and sharing and santa is here to offer that. but i've also noticed that people are a lot more giving this year too. >> are you ready for something top secret? come on in. >> reporter: as he loads his sleigh with donated presents and prepares to make the long journey, santa is reminding children everywhere that christmas is not and will never be canceled.

so make sure you're on his nice list. >> listen to your adults, clean up after yourself, brush your teeth, go to bed when you're asked, wash your hands, and be very kind to your siblings. >> reporter: to chat with santa go to redsledsanta.com or go to hiresanta.com. >> you'll still be able to tell santa your christmas hopes and dreams, but generally it will be either in a social distancing standpoint or having a physical barrier between santa and the children. >> ho, ho, ho! merry christmas to you all! >> reporter: reporting at santa's workshop, rachel brown, abc 7 news. the coronavirus pan dem i can won't stop kids from tracking santa claus's progress on christmas eve. the north american aerospace defense command says norad will track santa on december 24th just as it has done for 65 years. do you know what the riskiest holiday tradition is? test your knowledge now and weigh the risks of different holiday activities you're considering with abc 7's exclusive holiday risk calculator. you can find this on abc7news.com and the abc 7 news

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next at 5:00, a surge in covid-19 in two bay area counties is getting new attention tonight. a new look at how facilities are prepared to deal with the onslaught. plus students under stress. the sobering reality of a teen mental health crisis in the middle of a pandemic. also ahead the emeryville company getting the green light for the first at-home covid test with same-day results. how it works and what you have to do to get one. and cleaning it forward in oakland. an uplifting story about putting people to work and making a city safer. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. and we'll begin this wednesday with covid cases continuing to surge across the state and here at home as hospitalizations hit a new record across the bay area. >> we unfortunately are seeing this daily average of over 1,000 deaths per day. this should not be