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yesterday. the governor's coronavirus briefing looked a little different today because he's in quarantine himself. and it's thanksgiving week. the experts say don't travel, so just how many people are actually doing the opposite? building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. abc 7 is committed to keeping you fully informed about every development with the covid-19 vaccine. when one is approved by the fda, it will be the most reliable way to beat this virus. and it will help build a better bay area. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. astrazeneca today says its late stage trials showed its vaccine is 90% effective when a small dose is followed by a full dose.
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the vaccine developed by oxford university doesn't have to be stored at ultra cold temperatures as some others, which makes is easier to distribute. the subfreeze by pfizer and partner biontech is one downside. the fda says a committee will meet december 10th to discuss an emergency use authorization which could start the distribution process immediately. >> moderna is expected to file for an emergency use authorization by the end of the month. its vaccine is 95% effective and can be stored at regular refrigeration temperatures, developed thanks in part to funding from dolly parton. while the u.s. military is gearing up for what it calls operation warp speed to distribute one or more vaccines once approved, others are scrambling at the local level to give the series of shots. abc 7 david louie spoke with a logisti
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logisti logistics sker logistics expert. >> it was pretty amazing to see how fast the testing ramped up, but vaccinating millions of americans once supplies become available will be an unprecedented challenge. it makes logistic critical at the local level which has been dubbed the last mile. >> reporter: with our population of 330 million people, it's going to put planning and execution to the test. >> every single testing center needs to convert into vaccination center to be able to support the volume we're looking at right now. >> reporter: the logistics will be mind-boggling because of the vaccine's ultra low temperature storage requirements. for companies like san francisco's ix -- the last mile includes the military, government and first responders, hospitals, public health clinics, pharmacies, mobile sites and large employers that will give the vaccinations to priority groups still to be determined.
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each site has to comply with patient confidentiality, record keeping, scheduling employments for the second required dose and post-vaccination monitoring. the most critical could be handling the vaccine itself. >> scan the vaccine to be able to see how long the vaccine's been outside of the storage, how long has it been in the cooler, what are the the criteria for the specific vaccine. how long does it take to expire? >> reporter: each prospective vaccine has differential storage requirements and intervals for the second dose. all of this is far more complex than doing covid testing. training will also be needed. >> if i went back in january and asked you, would you be confident in offering covid-19 testing in the parking lot? the answer would be no. >> reporter: a number of companies plan to offer logistical support for the last mile. the ceo at ix says to set aside competition and just execute. the mission is to curb the pandemic. david louie, abc 7 news.
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>> david, i have about a million questions for you, but let me ask you this, if more than one vaccine is approved, who will keep track which vaccine the patient receives so they receive the correct second dose? >> that's a really critical question, dan, and you know, in the electronics world we hope that everyone's connected, at least we should be, but we don't know that everyone will be on the system, especially smaller pharmacies or smaller communities where the health centers may not be as sophisticated as large cities. it may be a paper trail. that paper would then say what vaccine they took the first time and when they have to return for that second one. >> interesting. all right. as we've said, developing the vaccine this quickly was remarkable, but the scramble to distribute it now is another major challenge. david, thank you so much. to stay on top of all the latest vaccine news, we've assembled the abc 7 vaccine team, dr. patel, reporters kate larsen, luz pena, plus 7 on your
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side's michael finney. they'll bring you complete coverage and answer questions about when the vaccine will be available and who will get it first. you can catch up on all of the news and share it with your friends. go to abc7news.com/coronavirus. governor newsom held a live briefing to update us on coronavirus in the state. this time the update included news about the governor's own quarantine. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live with that story. wayne? >> reporter: hi, ama. california governor gavin newsom has held dozens of covid-19 press conferences this year, but today there was that twist, as a governor in quarantine with his family from sacramento in his house after being exposed to the virus through a chp officer whose job is to protect them. >> feel perfectly healthy. i tested negative yesterday. >> reporter: to summarize the governor's message today, it is darkest before dawn and then comes the light. that light will come in the form of vaccine distributions beginning as early as next month for medical professionals. the rest of us will need to wait
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until mid-january or perhaps later as those who need the vaccine most will go to the front of the line. as for the dark part, that's our daily case rate. >> 12,000 cases. we've simply not seen this since the beginning of the pandemic. >> reporter: hospitalizations have increased by 77% in 14 days. percentage of cases in icus are now up to 17%. and who has the most cases? >> 18 to 49 age cohort, that's now representing 60% of all of our new cases. >> reporter: inevitable governor newsom fielded more questions about his infamous birthday lunch for a friend at the french laundry. again, he admitted the mistake and based on the tone of this response, it would appear he wants to move on from that subject. >> i haven't made that mistake before, i haven't made it since and won't again. period. full stop. >> warned of more counties moving into the purple as early
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as tomorrow. some may elevate to red. he defended the 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. restrictions. quote, we're at a point of surge, he says, where we need to take the tools from out of our toolbox and use them. dan? ama? >> wayne, i have a question for you, though, what about vaccine logistics? how can the state get it to 40 million people efficiently? >> it seems daunting. the governor said there were three committees working on it. he also says it's not like we haven't done this before. they do it every year with the flu vaccine. he said we should be up to scale, those were his words, by april or may or june. >> all right. good point. thank you so much, wayne. here in the bay area, santa clara is the first county to top 30,000 cases of coronavirus, although alameda county isn't far behind. we have more than 143,000 total cases in the bay area. that number includes patients who have recovered. for context, the state has more than 1.1 million total cases. the bay area accounts for about 13% of the state's total.
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most bay area counties are in the state's purple tier now. with the most restrictive rules because coronavirus activity is classified as widespread. tiers can change at any time, since case counts are rising so rapidly. san francisco has been warning for days, in fact, that it may change from red to purple, which would mean the shutdown of some businesses. today on our 3:00 p.m. newscast called "getting answers" we spoke with san francisco carmen chu about it. >> so i think for businesses that are struggling, we know that you have been struggling. we know a lot of our workers have as well. we want to hope that we can all do our part to try to limit the spread of covid so that hopefully we don't get put into a purple tier and have to roll back those activities. >> and for a broader perspective, listen to abc 7 news contributor and chronicle insider phil matier. he says you can start by looking at san francisco's hotels which normally would be bustling this time of year. >> it's a cave-in. it's affecting about 100,000 people in the bay area, and it's
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a drop-off in income, not just in the hotels, but in their surrounding stores, in the restaurants, in the convention business, in the retail market that they come into. this is a tough, tough season. usually this would be, you know, a time for getting out there, big time. we would be having office parties and stuff. this time you're lucky if you're going to get, you know, a snack dip at the far end of the room with -- >> and you can read phil matier's columns in "the san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. we're taking a live look at san francisco international airport for you, as we froech think. sfo says 75% fewer people came through this weekend than this time last year. this traveller wore a protective jumpsuit along with mask and gloves. protective measures like this gave most travellers abc 7 news spoke with a sense of safety and security as they headed toward their flights. >> i think that the airlines have started to do a pretty good job of trying to make sure that, you know, they refilter the air. to try to stay socially distant. getting tested before and after my flights to make sure i didn't
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contract anything along the way. >> however, tests can give you a false sense of security, keep in mind. san francisco mayor london breed explained it well in a tweet. quote, a negative covid-19 test does not mean that it's safe to gather with others for thanksgiving. it could be a false negative. you could just not yet have enough virus in your system to be detected yet. you can catch it after your test. please stay home. our abc 7 news special correspondent dr. patel brought up another concern. >> you have to think about the fact that there are so many points of potential exposure to one another, whether it be getting to the airport, the airport itself, the gate, and one thing that we can't miss is that contact tracing in this situation would be exceedingly difficult. you just think about how much intersection there is when you travel across the country. >> more than 3 million americans passed through airport security over the past weekend. that's about half the number from last year. sunday saw the highest number of tsa screenings since the pandemic hit. do you know what the
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riskiest holiday activities are? test your knowledge with abc 7's exclusive holiday risk calculator. medical experts weigh in on each common scenario like taking a flight or sharing a meal. find this tool now on the abc 7 news app. lot more to come here. americans have picked the next president and vice president, which now leaves governor newsom the task of picking a new california senator. kamala harris is going to make history in her new role and her senate replacement could as well. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. tracking a clear night tonight. we'll look at what's ahead for thanksgiving in the accuweather forecast. thanks, drew. plus it's been almost three years since this deadly police shooting and now the officer who fired his gun faces homicide charges after an unprecedented move by the san francisco
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take a look. the white house christmas tree arrived today. a horse-drawn carriage delivered it. this year's tree is an 18-foot-tall frazier fir from virginia. we are 58 days away from the inauguration of joe biden as the country's next president. that also means kamala harris will become the first black woman to hold the office of vice president. she'll vacate her u.s. senate seat, representing california, and it's now up to governor newsom to name a successor. abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz joins us from the newsroom with a look at the pressure newsom is facing to make a pick here. liz, he is under all kinds of pressure. >> oh, boy, dan, yes, he is. there are so many different forces at play here as well. people saying newsom should appoint a black woman since harris is the only black woman
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in the senate. then you have people saying he should appoint a latino given our state's demographics. whatever happens, www.someoe kn someone is going to be unhappy. inside "the san francisco chronicle" today, a full-page ad addressed to governor newsom urging him to appoint a woman of color to kamala harris' u.s. senate seat. the open letter signed by nearly 150 of california's biggest women donors. with the departure of harris, there will only be three women of color in the entire senate and representation matters. >> proceed to indicate how much women of color contributed to the success of the biden/harris ticket. >> reporter: this open letter simply adds to the public pressure newsom is already facing as he makes his senate pick. former san francisco mayor willie brown is openly urging his former me former mentee to o
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woman of color. >> we've only had two black women in the senate, carol mosley brown and kamala harris. to fill that with someone other than a black woman i think would be inconsistent with really good judgement. >> reporter: of course not everyone agrees. this morning latino leaders from across the state came together to urge newsom to appoint california's first-ever latino senator. they say it's time the state's 40 million latinos are better represented. >> since california joined the union in 1850, we have had 44 u.s. senators. not one of them, not one has been latino. >> our hardworking agricultural and service workers have helped keep this country afloat. they deserve a leader who can speak directly to their needs. >> why would you replace the only black woman with somebody other than a black person? racial minorities should be wise enough to know they should not try to fill each other's vacancies. >> reporter: secretary of state
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alex padilla, a latino, is rumored to be a front-runner, but at newsom's press briefing today, he gave few hints on his choice or timeline. >> that determination has not yet been made, but progress has been made in terms of getting closer to that determination. there's no timeline that we have advanced or considered. >> reporter: until then, the lobbying continues. >> it's like a three-level game of chess. you have gavin newsom and his personal political interests, then you have the state's various groups moving in, but in this case, and this is rather unique, you have national attention as well. everybody has a little chip in those mosaic and it's up to gavin to figure out how he wants to play it. >> and something else to consider about someone like alex padilla, is that if he chooses someone from a statewide position, newsom will then get to appoint their replacement as well. it's sort of a twofer then which might be appealing. but, again, we'll see. in the newsroom, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >> we'll see. almost no matter who he picks,
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some will not be happy, looks like he's in a no-win position. liz, besides alex padilla, who are some of the other names being considered? >> overall the lobbying groups have been, it's interesting, less focused on advocate for a specific person and really more the representation as a whole, but some of the numbers we are hearing include congresswoman karen bass and barbara lee, san francisco mayor london breed is on many people's lists and then there is attorney general alex padilla. we also have congressman adam schiff who made a name for himself during the trump impeachment trial. so long list of possibilities, certainly no shortage of options here in california. dan? >> going to be interesting. liz, thank you. president trump is finally showing an openness to allowing a transition to the biden presidency to begin. the president sent out a tweet recommending the general service administration do what thedes to be done to assist the biden transition, adding that he's instructing his team to do the same. reports say the gsa's administrator has now sent a letter to mr. biden saying the trump administration is ready to
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begin the process. the move came after michigan's board of canvassers voted to senioritify the state's election results it there. all but erasing president trump's pathway to try to overturn the results. meanwhile, reports are filtering in about potential members of a biden cabinet. reports say longtime district tony blinken will be nominated as secretary of state. janet yellen as treasury secretary and avril haines as national security adviser. if confirmed, haines and yellen would be the first women to hold those posts. biden is expected to announce his nominees as early as tomorrow. stay here with us. we should have nice weather for thanksgiving, making it easier to get if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me.
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new episodes of "jeopardy" will start production in one week with guest hosts until a personal nebt replacement is found for alex trebek. "jeopardy" champ ken jennings will be the first host. trebek died earlier this month at the age of 80. the game show said it will air his final week of shows starting in january, extending them from earlier plans. you can watch "jeopardy" here on abc 7 every week night at 7:00 p.m. alex trebek missed. he will never be replaced, but i do think ken jennings is a good choice to start with. >> i do too. i'm pulling for ken jennings. i think he'd be fun. >> yeah, me too.
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>> or drew tuma if ken jennings' not available. >> oh, that's right. absolutely. sorry, drew. >> why not? you guys. exactly, i'm not turning that down, you guys. we're certainly not going to turn down this forecast for the week ahead. it is nothing but mild temperatures. a lot of sunshine. if we can't have rain this time of the year, we might as well have a nice holiday on thursday. let's show you live dopplar 7 along with satellite. it's a really clear picture. earlier this morning we had a little bit of drizzle, especially along the coastline and in parts of the south bay. that has all moved out tonight and it's nothing but stars out there. so a live look from our emeryville camera showing you those really quiet conditions. clear skies overhead. and we take a look at the satellite from today and you notice betsy devos we've been lacking rainfall so far this storm season, we're almost two months into storm season, you can see our landscape is still pretty parched and brown. and, in fact, you look at the rainfall deficit across the bay area, anywhere from oakland to san jose, san francisco to santa
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rosa, we're anywhere from about 2 inches to nearly 4 inches below where we should be by this time in our storm season. so we desperately need rain. it's not in the forecast the next seven days, unfortunately. 54 right now in the city. it's 58 in oakland. down to 55 in san jose. 54 in napa. 56 that current temperature in brentwood. here is live dopplar 7. any cloud cover we had earlier today, it has all but vanished, leaving northern california under clear skies. so overnight tonight, it's going to be chilly in the north bay. 35 in santa rosa, 38 in napa. 46 in the city. 45, that low in oakland. so we have that cool start first thing. then tomorrow it's nothing but sunshine from start to finish. temperatures a few degrees warmer than we were today. 61 in the city for a high. 64 in oakland. the same in san jose. 67 in santa rosa. 65 the high in antioch. as we head into wednesday, though, we will find some
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changes. another front weak in nature is going to move through, and what it will do, again, bring a chance of some coastal drizzle, and that's about it. not a beneficial rain maker. once again, just dealing with increasing cloud cover throughout the day, and then by the afternoon and evening, we'll see those clouds depart just in time for thanksgiving on thursday. so, if you're trying to plan maybe having your meal outside on thursday, the best time is between noon and 3:00 p.m. we're talking a lot of sunshine. your sun's up here at 7:02. as you put the bird in the oven. remember, take your bird out of the freezer and put it in the fridge so it thaws in time. as the sun goes down, 4:52 in the evening, temperatures are really going to drop rapidly. we're already into the 40s and 50s by 7:00 p.m. all right. here is the accuweather forecast for the next seven days. sunny and mild on our tuesday. we'll track that coastal morning drizzle on wednesday. otherwise, clouds get out of
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here by thursday. the holiday looking nice. then, dan and ama, talking 30s and 40s as we go into the weekend, but temperatures rebound in the afternoon, heading back into the 60s. >> nice days. okay, draw, thank you. coming up, how some ipads have led to a new round of charges in a scandal that's rocked the santa clara county sheriff's office. on the subject of charges, next a first for san francisco's district attorney, homicide charges filed against an officer while on duty. we'll take you back
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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. today the san francisco district attorney's office filed homicide charges against a former rookie cop for shooting and killing a carjacking suspect in 2017. and this is the first time the d.a.'s office has filed homicide charges against an officer while on duty. >> abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra has the latest on the investigation. >> there has been a long history of officer-involved shootings leading to no accountability whatsoever.
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further cementing the idea that police are above the law. that stops today. >> reporter: in an historic first move, the san francisco district attorney's office filed homicide charges against former san francisco police officer. he was fired three months after fatally shooting a 43-year-old black man in december of 2017. o'neal allegedly assaulted a state lottery worker then stole her minivan before leading police on a chase through the city's bay view neighborhood. >> body camera footage from other officers shows that not a single other officer pulled out their service weapon or pointed it at mr. o'neal. >> reporter: that body camera footage shows the officer drawing his pistol from the passenger seat, opens the side door, then fires a single shot through the window as o'neal, who was unarmed, runs by in the opposite direction. >> this morning we filed the
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following challenges, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, assault by an executive officer, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and negligent discharge of a firearm. >> reporter: criminal defense attorney john burress who represented o'neal's family said it's about time. >> i was quite pleased to see it. i was a little surprised that it was not murder, but i understand that manslaughter was the charge that the d.a. probably think is easier to prove than murder. >> reporter: the president of the san francisco police officers association, tony montoya, released the following statement saying the criminal justice system will allow for the facts surrounding this case to be disclosed. we are committed to ensuring that christopher and his family are supported during this difficult time and he is afforded his due process rights and provided a vigorous defense against these charges. >> we expect that the former officer will surrender on those charges later this week. >> reporter: meantime no charges
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have been filed against the supervising officer in the car with him during the shooting. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. a suspect is now in custody for last night's deadly stabbing spree at a san jose church that left two people dead and three others wounded. police say the attack took place around 8:00 at grace baptist church on east san fernando street a block away from san jose state. it happened in a section of the facility that serves as the church's winter homeless shelter. one of those injured was a church staff member who tried to intervene. >> stunning to us. you know, we recognize that there are risks in this kind of -- this kind of program. >> police have yet to release the suspect's name or indicate whether he was staying at the shelter. about 40 to 50 people were inside at the time of the incident. in the south bay, the head of global security for cupertino-based apple has been formally charged with bribe pri in connection with the district attorney's corruption probe into
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the handling of concealed weapons permits at the santa clara county sheriff's office. this comes after it was revealed that the undersheriff was indicted last week. chris nguyen is on the story. >> reporter: a possible pay to play scheme is widening as the district attorney builds his case. >> it's a very sad day when law enforcement officers commit a crime. >> reporter: undersheriff rick sung, second in command at the sheriff's office is the latest person to be charged in the corruption probe with highly coveted ccw permits issued at the sole discretion of sheriff lori smith. he's now been placed on administrative leave. >> when those who are sworn to uphold the law violate the law, it tarnishes the badge, the reputations and the effectiveness of all law enforcement agencies. >> reporter: sung as well as captain james jensen are accused of brokering a deal with apple's head of global security, thomas
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moyer for a sheriff's office training program in exchange for four ccw permits. apple says their internal investigation found no wrongdoing and moyer's attorney says the proposed ipad donation was unrelated to the application. >> tom moyer has nothing to do with any improprieties in the sheriff's department. he knows nothing about a bribery scheme because he wasn't asked to make a bribe and he didn't offer one. >> reporter: last week an insurance broker was also indicted by a grand jury. to get a ccw permit, the d.a. says he provided $6,000 worth of box tickets to a sharks game which were allegedly used by the sheriff's family and some of her biggest political supporters. >> she has nothing to do with it, she should be doing something about it. >> the former undersheriff ran against smith in the 2018 election. he says the sheriff should consider stepping down for the sake of the men and women who serve in the department. >> they need to feel that they're free to speak up and point out things.
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and for me, over the last several years, those things were being discouraged because you had to be loyal to the sheriff. >> reporter: a case that could end up at the doorstep of the sheriff herself. >> this is generally how the indictment process works. you go after the low-level players. then you go after the mid-level players. and nbcthen ultimately your tar is the highest person who you can criminally charge. >> reporter: the d.a.'s office would not specify if the sheriff would be charged, but said the investigation was far from over. >> there's more witnesses for us to interview in the case, and there's certainly more evidence for us to uncover. and we'll see where that evidence takes us. >> reporter: the defendants will be arraigned in mid-january. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. the pandemic has been tough on all of us, but some artists are trying to make it a little easier for the patients and workers at a hospital in san francisco. you'll meet them next. and despite the pandemic, oakland is in the midst of
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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. tonight, a story about the healing power of art. while thousands of doctors,
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nurses and first responders have jumped in so nobly in the battle on the covid front lines, one bay area facility is benefitting from the creativity of another group. they're more likely to be holding a sketch pad than a stethoscope, but these bay area artists are hoping their hope will have healing power nonetheless. >> you know, as artists, we can do a lot of things with our work. >> reporter: their canvas in broad strokes is an emergency field hospital set up in san francisco to handle a potential overflow of patients from the covid pandemic. the single-story structure was converted to handle 90-plus non-covid patients should hospitals become overwhelmed. during the process dr. andrea tenor from the san francisco department of health had an idea of adding color and perhaps healing inspiration from art. >> calming pictures or pictures of paintings and images of a better time. >> reporter: after meeting with dr. tenor, organizer and painter laura began working with fellow
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artists to transform the space. she says the priority was creating scenes that would capture a patient's imagination. she drew from memories of a visit to tahiti. >> the ocean, the warmth and just the healing sea. >> reporter: other inspirations for the space were as varied as the artists themselves. >> the first thing i put on the wall was some monarch butterflies. i feel like butterflies are a symbol of hope. >> the pieces i put up are about growth and movement and it's our connection between healing with water and growth and movement. >> and i thought, what could i bring to the field hospital would be that sense of rejuvenation and love and spirit. i mean, spirit, really. >> even if you're in just a room, you're exploring the world through art. >> reporter: so far the city's luck has held, thank goodness, and health officials haven't had to use the overflow space, but should the crisis require it, there is now added space in a struggling city for patients to heal both physically and spiritually.
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such a warm and kind idea. i love the use of the this imagery. all the colors and images of rebirth and growth. very encouraging. >> yeah, it is. lovely indeed. well, the weather is also looking lovely for thanksgiving. drew has the details for thur still hard to find a spot. just easier to park. still the big move. just more moving. still singing. just more in tune. still the gangs all here. just less "are we there yet?" the chevy family of suvs. making life's journey just better. now during the chevy cyber sales event, use $500 cyber cash on most suv models... to get $5,250 total cash allowance on most 2020 equinox models. visit chevycybersalesevent.com today. 2020 equinox models. abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden.
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. solutions are part of building a better bay area. and oakland seems to have found some. city is repaving more roads than ever before despite the challenges of a pandemic. abc 7 news reporter lizl lizly brinkley explains. >> reporter: oakland were consistently rated as having some of the worst road conditions in the country. this changed this past year. >> our workers have broken an all-time record this last fiscal year for the most number of miles of roads repaved. and, boy, did oakland need it. >> reporter: last year the city launched what was dubbed "the great oakland pave," using money from voter-approved measure kk. >> nearly 40 miles of roads have been not just pothole patched,
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but completely reconstructed and repaved. >> reporter: selecting which neighborhoods got the road improvements was a groundbreaking choice. >> a nation's first equity-driven paving plan, where we equally weight how bad a condition the road is with the historic disadvantages that exist in a community. >> this is just one of many ways that we are continuing to invest in those areas of east oakland that have been marginalized. investing in the people of east oakland that have been disenfranchised. >> reporter: sidewalks were also repaired at a record-setting clip. this map shows the master plan to work on major roads as well as small neighborhood streets from berkeley to san leandro. the great pave in oakland has 90 miles to go in the next two years. city officials took the time to thank the essential workers on the front lines who are making it happen. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. all right.
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tonight's the night. the season finale of "dancing with the stars," which you can watch right here on abc 7. george from our sister station in los angeles has a look at why you don't want to miss it. >> we have our work cut out for us. >> the final four couples on season 29 of "dancing with the stars" promise to pull out all the stops for this week's final round. it's all about entertaining the audience and being proud of how far they've come. >> being a finalist, it's like a celebration. you do the dance of celebration of the journey. >> oh, i like that. o cf1 o >> that's should be the mentality of this dance. it should not be competition, like, it's not -- audience will vote for the people they want to vote, right? >> it's hard for me to say how i deserve to win this. i just feel like i love doing this, and i'm so happy that people can see that, feel that. and if they feel like i then deserve it then i'm totally on
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board, but i'm already -- i've won as far as i'm concerned. >> what does it mean to the two of you if you could take home that trophy? >> it is called "dancing with the stars." it's not called "dancing with the dancer," you know what i mean? and, you know, i don't think that celebrities should be afraid because they start out a little rocky. if they -- if they work it out, you know what i mean? ad keep working at it, you know, i feel like it's very possible. >> how does it feel to be in the finals of the most competitive season of "dancing with the stars" ever? >> it's amazing. really, it truly, truly is. when you put it that way. when you put it that way, i feel really, really proud. because sasha said it earlier, we started with 15 couples and now we're four couples in the most competitive season they've ever had on "dancing with the stars." i'm very proud. >> each couple will dance twice tonight, including the always fun fan favorite freestyle routine. in los angeles for abc 7 news.
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>> now the season finale of "dancing with the stars" airs at 8:00 right here on abc 7. followed by "the good doctor" at 10:00. then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. looks like it should be a good showdown, ama. there really are some good dancers this season. >> absolutely. we'll have to see what happens. all right. waiting to see what happens with the weather, although it looks pretty good, right, drew? >> yeah, ama and dan, it does look nice out there. we have clear skies, but that means temperatures are going to cool off pretty quickly. you look at numbers right now, mainly in the 50s across the board, but tonight the numbers will quickly fall into the 30s in places like cloverdale, napa. 46 in the city. 42 overnight in san jose. so cool start again, but tomorrow is total sunshine from sunrise to sunset. so enjoy the beautiful weather. a little warmer tomorrow. 61 in the city. 67 in santa rosa. same in concord. 64 for both oakland and san jose. now, as we fast forward into thanksgiving on thursday, maybe
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you'll be video chatting with your family members from afar outside with your thanksgiving meal. you look at the dining outside forecast, the mildest part of your day, 2:00 p.m. lots of sunshine. so here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. wednesday we'll find some morning drizzle. otherwise, it's nothing but sunshine, some cool mornings starting on friday but all in all the next seven days, it's pretty quiet. >> looks good. all right. thank you, drew. on to abc 7 news sports director larry beil with some warriors news tonight, larry. >> yes, absolutely. i got to say, drew has the coolest graphics. where does he come up with the turkey and the table and the monitors? looks like my house working from home. meet the new estuary who has some huge shoes to fill.
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now 57 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. one man's misery is another man's opportunity, and that is the situation for kelly oubre jr. the warriors acquired him after clklay thompson suffered that season endlessiing achilles tea. this guy is super athletic. in his five years in the league, oubre played for the wizards and sons, losing teams with no title hopes at all. now he joins a warriors squad coming off a bad season plagued
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by injuries but with championship pedigree. >> i'm optimistic, so i definitely see myself being able to fit in and make this place a home, but at the end of the day, it's a business, and i can't control anything but going out there and showing, you know, the organization and the fans and the team and the nba that, you know, i'm a solidified player in this league. so this is a great opportunity for me to come in with the guys who are already established and just fit right along with them. >> be fun to watch him. 49ers host the rams on sunday. it is unclear at this point whether they will have left tackle trent williams. he's been placed on the reserve covid list. espn reporting that williams actually has tested positive. that's unclear when he actually did test. so timing will be key here. williams is a cancer survivor, so he's at a higher risk than most but is reportedly feeling okay right now. this is really bad. terrible news for joe burrow, the first overall pick in the nfl draft last year. starting quarterback for the cincinnati bengals.
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injured his knee yesterday against washington and it's bad. the team announcing he has both a torn acl and mcl and other structural problems within the knee. burrow's going to be out for the rest of this season and then some. he was on pace to break andrew luck's rookie record for most passing yards. now, here is a quarterback who has super bowl experience that is available. yes, colin kaepernick posted this video with another former niner eric reid with a tracker showing it has been 1,363 days since kap has played in the nfl. still looks like he's in incredible shape, but fairly obvious nfl owners do not want to give him another opportunity. the san jose earthquakes were eliminated from the playoffs last night. it looks like the mls all-time leading scorer may stick around for a while. implied that this might be his last season, but i'll tell you what, wando can still score. in fact, he scored a huge goal late in the quakes match with kc
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before they ultimately lost on penalty kicks. later he let they do't want he isn't quite ready to call it a career. that's kind of what he indicated with us on our "with authority" podcast. the 37-year-old danville native's name is synonymous with soccer. he would enter next season with a record mls 166 goals. >> i don't think i'm done. you know, i love it. you know, i can't get enough of it. it's in me. it's in my blood. and so i want to continue to play. i don't have anything in line yet. you don't -- i haven't discussed any numbers. >> he's coming back. come on. it is called simply the match and it is on friday this week. warriors star steph curry and peyton manning taking on phil mickelson and charles barkley in golf. the smack talk already on par. callaway golf tweeted some golf of curry hitting a flop shot
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over a cardboard mickelson cutout. impressive here, by the way, as he lofted that thing up quickly. the war of words took off over the weekend. mickelson responded, i wasn't worried about next week's match, but i kind of am now. curry responded, your biggest worry should be your partner's swing, a dig at barkley that has a terrible hitch. that match played in arizona. it will raise money for charity. i'm not sure how much time they have allotted for this round, but with barkley, you know, they need a shot clock on his swing because it's, like, filled with double clutches and all that. so it will be entertaining if nothing else, and lastly, "monday night football" tonight with bay area flavor on both sides. it's tom brady against jared goff. bay area natives. goff with two touchdown passes. as the rams lead the bucs 17-14 at the half. we'll have highlights coming up tonight at 11:00. >> good stuff. larry, thank you. >> all right. >> all right. join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. stricter enforcement of
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covid-19 rules in santa clara county. what businesses can expect ahead of a busy shopping weekend. that story coming up at 11:00. and with astrazeneca saying its vaccine is up to 90% effective, tonight hear from bay area volunteers who are participating in trials. that is it for this edition of abc 7 news. look for the news on the abc 7 news app. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan
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this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants-- a software engineer from lafayette, california... an undergraduate advisor from santa francisco, california... and our returning champion-- a producer originally from wichita falls, texas... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi, everyone. so happy to have you with us again today. charlie, a great debut on our last program last week. amanda and henry, welcome aboard. pick up those signaling devices. we go to work right now
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in the "jeopardy!" round, and today we feature these categories. we start off with... sounds strange. hey... we'll deal with... and finally... - charlie, start. - let's do tv for $200. - charlie. - what is boston? - yeah. - tv for $400. answer... just like that. [ applause ] finding it way too early to do you a world of good, [ applause ] but you can risk up to $1,000. i'll do a true daily-- or $1,000, excuse me. okay... - what is chicago? - you're right. [ applause ] and you're at $1,200. tv for $600, please.
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