for you. >> the bottom line is if we don't act now, our hospital system will be overwhelmed. we don't act now, we'll continue to see a death rate climb more lives lost. >> with that governor newsom said he's pulling the emergency brake issuing a stay at ho-at-h order for three weeks with any icu cassgas capacity falling be >> it's defined within the hospital and health care delivery system. we've defined these five regions, northern california, greater sacramento, san joaquin valley. >> reporter: for the bay area, the stay at home corder could come as soon as mid to late december. bars, wineries, person services and hair salons have to shut down again. the governor is asking all californians no the to gather with anyone outside of their household. one slide after another the governor made his case with california's surging covid-19 numbers with spikes in the

seven-day positivity rates, hospital sailizations and death >> in the last 14 days, close to 1,000 californians have lost their lives due to covid-19. >> reporter: what can stay open, critical infrastructure, retail at 20% capacity, restaurants will have to move to takeout and delivery only. some schools can also stay open. >> schools opened that have received waivers with the appropriate oversight and safety protocols. >> reporter: after close to an hour explaining his stay-at-home order, the governor begged for people to be patient with what he hopes will be his final lockdown. >> there is light at the end of the tunnel. we are a few months away from truly seeing real progress with the vaccine. >> reporter: the first shipment of 327,000 doses is expected between december 12th to 15th, health care workers are first in line but this large group has been broken down to tiers. >> acute care, psychiatric and correctional facility hospitals, skilled nursing facilities,

assisted living, similar settings, paramedics, emts. >> reporter: tier two is community health care workers, public health field staff, tier three includes lab workers and dental clinics. >> this went through the drafting work group. this went through our community advisor advisory, these are their recommendations based upon an equity and fairness lens looking at this wholistically bottom up, not top down. >> reporter: it's worth repeating this press conference ended on a positive note but after two hours long, it left us with more questions than answers and some confusion on enforcement and vaccine distribution and now a new system of tiers and regions to remember. we do have a closer breakdown of details on our website abc7news.com and we will continue to report on the impact of this new lockdown order. kris reyes, for abc 7 news. >> thank you. governor newsom today said there are 11 facilities statewide ready to become active

field hospitals for overflow covid-19 patients. three are in the bay area spread out in san francisco, san mateo and contra costa county. in san mateo, it's the county event center where some covid testing is happening now. it's set up to provide care for up to 250 people. in richmond, it's the crane way pavilion that also has 250 beds. another facility is in san francisco. that facility intended for those who need short term observation and care can serve up to 93 patients. now, let's get a little more clarity on what the governor said today. dr. patel is part of the abc 7 vaccine team keeping you informed about developments with the kevin cove vaccine. he joins us live now to talk about today's developments. before we get to the vaccine, what do you think about the elements of new stay-at-home order? will they be effective? >> kristen, i agree with and understand to the underlying message and the urgency is reaching hospital capacity, which we're targeted to hit

would be a disaster not only for taking care of covid-19 patients but for everyone else who needs health care and we need to do something to curb the spread now. regarding the methodology, there is questions i have regarding what do these regions represent before with the tiered colors we were looking at counties. in addition to that, it really hard for people out there to go and look and see what icu capacity is in their county. i recommend everyone goes to covid-19.ca.gov to learn what is happening and i hope there is more transparency with what things look like regionally for everyone out there through transparency will increase adherence and trust, which is what we need now. >> yeah, there are two issues here, one, we need to understand how they track regional icu capacity, if you look at the countries, i'm not sure how you figure it out because you don't do a simple average and then the issue of do you think using the icu capacity as the marker makes sense, do you?

>> well, i think it has to be taken into context. just telling people hey, s15% iu capacity, some people may understand what that means and why a filled icu could be a really bad sign of what is happening near them whereas others might say what about the rest of the hospital? are people just hanging out in the icu and the hospital is empty or vice versa. are there icu beds? is the hospital ward really full and what about staffing? you know, if you could have free hospital beds but what if there is an outbreak amongst your staff and nurses and doctors aren't there to work? that doesn't solve the issue. i think there needs to be just some more transparency overall about the factors that went into 15% icu capacity and where people can go to look at the numbers. >> uh-huh. all right. governor newsom today laid out a three tier vaccine distribution plan. he talked about the three tiers, which we went over but i want to ask you about the numbers. california getting less than 400,000 initial doses.

texas getting 1.4 million. can you talk about how it's decided who gets how much? >> i don't actually know. i noticed the exact same thing about which states are getting different numbers of vaccines, and i hope that's something that kind of unrolls as we learn about distribution. distribution right now is going to be a bottleneck in erm thter getting vaccines out to every state. the state put out guidelines and it doesn't mean the states will follow the same protocol. there might be differences in terms of purchasing and getting the supply. regardless, it's important for people to understand the first three tiers are going to be related to health care workers and essential workers getting the vaccine. with the first tier being geared toward people most likely to run into covid-19 or treat someone directly who has covid-19 such as nursing care or acute care workers with the second and third tier being in health care but many people less at risk and you're right, the first wave son-in-law 330,000 doses so i'm hoping the second and third waves will hit those texas

numbers, which we need in california. >> all right. fingers crossed dr. patel. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. now, we've been talking about hospitalizations but here is a look where some of the other key met trirics stand in california. more than 18,500 new cases were reported today bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to above 1.2 million. 19,437 californians have now died sadly from the virus. the 14-day positivity rate is also climbing. it's now at 7%. this met triric is a good indicn of the spread of the virus. in the south bay, officials in santa clara county are reporting a significant increase in covid-19 cases. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen explains many of the cases are in homeless 14eshelters and long-term care facilities. >> reporter: as the bay area inches closer to mandatory restrictions under a regional stay-at-home order, santa clara county officials are urging us

to do our part to reduced and the spread of covid-19. >> it's more dangerous right now in our community than at any other point in the pandemic. >> reporter: with the focus on the number of available icu beds throughout the region as well as that all important 15% met trick, county leaders are raising concerns about an uptick in covid-19 cases in settings such as long-term care facilities, homeless shelters and detention centers. >> each of us has a part to play in helping our neighbors, helping our families and loved ones each other. >> reporter: over the past two weeks, at least 53 people at the reception center in san jose have tested positive for the virus. this is the first outbreak to hit a local shelter since the early stages of the pandemic. >> we've increased air flow at all of our facilities. >> reporter: it is operated by home first, an organization that's implemented a wide range of safety measures to help protect its clients, an effort made more challenging with the rising number of cases in the community. >> the county has been a huge

support in allowing us to access the hotels and motels to keep people safe and get them quarantined. >> reporter: the county is also investigating an outbreak at amberwood gardens a skilled nursing facility in san jose that reported 151 positive cases. health care providers say the numbers are alarming and are reminding the public surge planning is already underway at local hospitals. >> limiting travel, you know, masking, keeping appropriate social distance because these are the things that do make a difference in reducing the transmission. >> reporter: a message that will continue to be shared throughout the course of this already difficult holiday season. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. all right. more on vaccines, everyone who gets the covid-19 vaccine will be issued a card to keep with them. the department of defense released the first images of vaccination kits. the cards will be used as a record of who had the vaccine and when their next dose is due. clinics will also report the information to the state

immunization registries and every dose administered will be reported to the cdc. napa county authorities filed domestic violence charges today against political centr strategists nathan ball lardard trying to suffocate a child with a pillow by laying on top of that child with a pillow after he charged and pushed an unidentified woman against a glass door. the incident allegedly happened at a napa resort in october and ballard consumed a large amount of alcohol and marijuana. the 51-year-old long-term advisor to governor newsom said i will be exonerated and i love my children more than earth. starting today, gusts with no history of positive reviews on airbnb will be prohibited from making one night reservations on new year's eve. this applies to entire home

listing not individual rooms. the san francisco based company took similar action at halloween. that comes one year after a deadly shooting at a home where five people were killed during a halloween party. a lot more to come here, transit trouble, bart facing cut backs because of coronavirus but critics say a decision today could actually make things worse. big demand, new game consoles selling out but if you're looking for a career this could be the key, actually. and movie moves, a movie studio announcing a plan that is really shaking up the industry. all of that and more as abc 7 news a but you can work out anything wowith comcast business.w. get fast, reliable, and secure internet on the nation's largest gig speed network. flexible tools - like wi-fi you control.

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with ridership down 90%, bart is facing tremendous deficits. still, today, the transit systems bored of directors approved new labor agreements as abc 7 news reporter laura anthony found out, not everyone thinks the time is right. in a move most bart directors called prudent, the board voted to approve labor contracts with the three major unions for the next three years. the package is a wage freeze for next year but modest raises in years two and three if riddership returns to at least 60% of prepandemic levels. >> we're doing the financially responsible things. this is a difficult time but i think that the employees are proud that they're coming to work and offering a service and

i think people appreciate it. >> we shouldn't be budgeting to hopeful or aspiration. >> reporter: critics say a system facing a projected 200 million dollar deficit by the end of the next fiscal year shouldn't lock itself into any labor agreements. >> if this were your household budget, you want to decide clothing before food and shelter. it's out of balance. they don't know how much they have to save on labor cost. >> reporter: last month the bart board approved a plan to offer early retirement to thousands of employees. at the same time lawmakers in washington are battling over a covid relief package that could include more than $300 million in federal money for bart. >> public transportation is the life blood of so many people, so many essential workers and health care workers, so many low income people, so many black and brown people so we cannot let our public transit systems not

be funded. >> reporter: bart expects it could take years to build back ridership to prepandemic levels. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> long road to recovery. >> let's move to consumer news and michael finney is here with a look at today's consumer headlines. michael? >> dan, this first story is absolutely amazing. we'll go in depth at 6:00. let me start by telling you five people are in custody in santa clara county accused of stealing $1 million in employment development department fraud scheme, we've been telling you about these for quite sometime. the sunnyvale department of public safety arrested the five after seeing evidence during a burglary investigation. there are pictures of evidence collect collected from personal checks, social security and credit cards stolen from mailboxes to create fake accounts with the edd. the phony profiles were used for

and to apply for and collect unemployment benefits. facebook said today it will start removing false claims about the covid-19 vaccine. the social network will take down posts on facebook or instagram in the coming weeks that have been debunked by public health experts. this comes as the first covid-19 vaccines are set to be rolled out. twitter and zoom top the list as the worst password offenders of 2020. password managers said they fell victim to cyber attacks by using weak passwords. in july, more than 130 verified twitter accounting including barack obama and elon musk posted bit coin scams after a few twitter employees fell victim to a phishing attack. last april, zoom credentials were posted for sale on the dark web. a reminder we'll be going in depth at 6:00 on the edd scam, the latest one this one at least

a million dollars stolen. >> wow, you've been on this from the beginning of the pandemic. thanks. look forward to the report at 6:00. thank you. people were feeling genius on giving tuesday this week according to the nonprofit behind the campaign. donations up 25% from last year. nearly $2.5 billion was donated in the u.s. alone on tuesday. the campaign to get people to give money to charities was started eight years ago and clearly, it is, kristen, a fabulous success, which is nice to see. >> absolutely. and a lot of people say it's fabulous to see the sunshine we had again today, spencer. >> indeed, we did, kristen and dan. we got a few clouds beginning move in right now but the skies are bright all around the bay area. here is a look at the view from sutro tower looking down on san francisco. you can see the cloud shadows beginning to appear over the city. it's currently 61 in san francisco, 60 in oakland and mountain view 62 and san jose gilroy 59.

excuse me, half moon bay 55. on we go to a lovely view looking westward from emeryville. you can see the refrlection of the setting sun and relatively uniform temperature readings at these locations. 61 degrees santa rosa and nova the, o and fairfield and livermore and napa 63 and on we go to the view from the golden gate bridge looking northward and these are forecast features. the dry mild pattern will continue into next week. over the weekend, we expect wind to be gusty on sunday, late sunday into monday. that will produce increased fire danger. keeping an eye on sight for the seven days. we have rough surf and elevated waves so the beach warning extended. there is a possibility of sneaker waves and rip currents so be cautious and alert. overnight, look for mainly clear

skies farther inland but low clouds at the coast and high clouds moving overall areas, overnight low temperatures will be in the mainly low to mid 40s and tomorrow sunny skies and south bay look for highs of 67 san jose and 70 morgan hill and peninsula 66 redwood city and mountain view on the coast, low to mid 60s tomorrow and it will be pretty mild downtown san francisco will top out at 65 degrees up in the north bay we expect highs of 65 at san rafael, 69 at santa rosa and 68 in sonoma and 67 napa and over in the east bay, 66 at hayward, 67 oakland and the inland east bay will be mild, as well with highs there in the upper 60s to near 70s. now as you look ahead a bit with the forecast animation, you can see that we've been talking all week about this active weather pattern in the pacific northwest and missing the bay area, which is not entirely good news because we need rain but looks like the systems that develop over the next several days will basically produce precipitation for the pacific northwest, maybe

push a few clouds through the bay area and contribute to the increasing wind gust on sunday but no rain is coming our way. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. look how mild it will be. sunday will be the coolest day and monday with strong gusty wind we'll see high temperatures near 70 inland. that pattern will last through the first part of next week and then we start to get a little cooldown late next week. the skies remain mostly sunny dan and kristen. >> let's hope we get rain soon. thank you. an attempt to do good stolen right before christmas. but today, there is some good news. the people stepping up and

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as we reported, the san francisco tire drive suffered a blow when somebody broke into the storage unit and stole 200 tricycles if you can believe it. there is good news to tell you. amy hollyfield has the update. >> reporter: they proudly lined up their purchases in front of their fire trucks this morning. 21 tricycles firefighters bought with their own money and assembled themselves. a beautiful sight with a sad back story. they bought them to replace the nearly 200 strikes stolen from this storage unit where they were holding items for their toy drive. >> you know, i work with very unselfish people fortunately and they love giving back and this is the time of year to do it. >> reporter: captain matthew hutchinson was feeling proud of

his team at station 13 for springing into action but wasn't surprised saying this is what firefighters do, serve their community. they still don't know trikes buk know this community will do what it takes to bring joy this holiday season. >> the employees dig into their own pockets to provide tricycles for our community for one purpose to bring that smile back and to let everybody know that when the grinch steals the tricycles, that's not the ebl of the day. >> reporter: there is even more good news. the fire department said an anonymous donor pledged $43,000 to the toy drive because this happened. so not only will they end upcoming out on top but get a little head start for next year. in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> san francisco'fr the kind floating fire station is in the spot it will be calling home.

overnight crews moved the station across the bay from treasure island to pier 22.5 along the embarembarcader it sits along the station that's too small to meet the city's needs. >> i can't believe the fire station floated over to us today. it shows how san francisco is innovative and trend setters. this station is going to bring so many positive services to our community for decades if not centuries to come. >> the fire department decided to put the station on the water because of the effects of climate change. it will also be better able to with stand either quakarthquake. it will be fully operational in the innovative. >> new stay-at-home order, distance learning, the holidays, so much to stress us

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this is the most challenging moment since the beginning of that this pan d this pandemic. this is the time there was every any doubt to put aside doubt, st skepticism, any consideration except this, lives are in the balance. lives will be lost unless we do more than we've ever done. >> governor newsom announcing a new regional stay-at-home order tied to intensive care unit capacity. once the region is below 15% capacity, businesses like salons will shut down and restaurants would only be allowed to

takeout ordeal li delivery. the on one that's not is the bay area. but we're forecast for reaching that point by mid to late december. >> that's right. you know, washing our hands, masks, social distancing, stay-at-home orders have been difficult on us for the past nine months and for children dealing with distance learning it's as daunting and joining me is the director of behavioral beth with blue shield of california. david, thanks for coming on. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much for the invitation. nice to be back. >> great to have you, as always. blue shield released a survey about parents and kids. one focus is kids and stress. give us some ideas about what that survey found. >> sure. well, this newer survey is about for parents and it was specifically made as a collaborative partner from the youth survey that happened earlier in the year. what we really found has been

amazing, at least two thirds of the parents we surveyed said they talk with their children about monental health issues at least one time per month. this is absolutely the right time to start that if it's not part of the family conservative to date. >> the kids are facing unprecedented stress because of covid-19 and distance learning. you mention the the survey finds parents talk to their kids once a month, do you have a handle or sense what that conversation is like and what parents watching this might try to accomplish in that conversation? >> yeah, so there are two things that come to mind first of all. the initial one for youth, high school aged youth in the beginning of the year around the time shelter in place started being a requirement, their initial concerns were about school and the challenges associated with distance learning. at the time, we didn't know how long shelter in place would last. we're now seeing parents and

children are much more significantly concerned about covid-19 as a health condition and the risk of infection and what it means for them and their families and schools and the rest of the country. what we're really seeing, though, too is the reduction in stigma within the family unit for talking about mental health issues. it's actually similar to seat belt safety. along time ago nobody wore seat belts and we trained second graders to put on seat belts and tell their parents to do it and we have behavioral changes around adults. younger people are more and more likely to say man, i'm struggling and talk about what the challenges are they face and it's really opened up a conversation within family and households where even the boomer generation seems to be more comfortable now in talking about openly talking about mental health issues. >> which is extremely healthy for young people and adults alike obviously david. do you have any guidance on how candid you should be with your children at what age, when is

too young to tell them too much information about what is going on? >> well, there is no such thing as too young to engage with children and listen to what they are going through. even small children, so for teenagers you're sitting down one on one, 2020 is a really complicated year even for me and i just want to check in to see how things are going for you and then the trick is stop talking after you give the young person the prompt. don't give them options for what their responses might be to coach them on what you want to hear. stop talking and just listen. and for small children it's not about the conversation because they don't have that language yet anyway. for small children, get on the floor and engage in creative play. play games with rules and play video games with your kids, too, but really focus on that creative play with toys, where there is a story line because children will tell you everything they are thinking about or observed or things they're worried about through the way they play.

>> excellent, excellent advice. what resources are available for parents, someone watching here who wants to try to better engage with their children, what can they -- who can they turn to for help? >> sure, my first recommendation is certainly going to be relevant to the recent survey that we have. we partnered with an organization called blue sky and now we have tips for parenting, tips for educators and also tips for young people all in the same website and that's that blue sky.blue shield ca.com and that's flooded with great resources. >> david bond, thank you very muh. he is the director of behavioral health with blue shield of california. thanks, david. you're always kind to come on. >> thank you very much. >> great information, as always. this is such a challenging time and if you have a kid, call them up, if they're not living wth you, reach out and let's all make sure we're in touch with our children. we have links to bay area resources on suicide and other issues like dealing with covid-19 and stress.

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none of california's five regions are there. four of the five are expected to reach that in the coming days. not long. the bay area is proejected to reach the threshold by mid to late december. salons would close, restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery once again and schools that received waivers will stay open. that's the guidance at the moment. there are multiple tiers to keep track of and it's getting very confusing. dion, we wrestle with this every day. how do we keep people informed and sort through what they need to know because it's changing day by day. >> yeah, you know what? that's a great point. we need to first remember a little compassion. we all are going through the same thing trying to sort through all the facts but i do like the color code system because it's like the storm impact scale, spencer and that you can kind of just see purple. you know that's bad. so it gives us a little bit of a visual of how things really are. >> that's a good point. spencer, we've seen so much change over the past nine

months. tremendous stress on everyone and clearly, we're going back into a very challenging time. >> we certainly are and at a difficult time it is all difficult. certainly this time of the year when it's the holidays are here and you want to be with family and you want to get people together and we just can't, we can't socialize the way we have in the past around this time of the year if we expect to stay safe and healthy. it's tough and challenging for all of us but we just need to, you know, try to tough it out for a little while and hope things get better. >> yeah, the problem is getting people to adhere to something when the rules are so confusing and not laid out in a clear way. that's difficult, too. the pandemic has already changed how we watch movies. now it's changing even more. warner brothers today announced its entire 2021 film slate including the matrix movie fi filmed here in the bay area and done and adaptation in the heights will stream on hbo max at the same time they play in

theaters. the move amounts to an acknowledgement any full rebound for theaters is still a year or more away. perhaps also acknowledgement you can make money from streaming, as well. spencer, what do you think? >> well, as long as they can make money from streaming as well and we have access to these movies, i think it's great. i feel bad for the theater industry that we can't go back to the theaters yet but i can make my own popcorn here and the restroom here is cleaner than the public ones so i'll watch my movies at home. >> is that your choice, dion. >> yeah, there is something to be said about being able to wear pajamas and at home clothes and lounge horizontally watching the movie or being in bed and being able to scream from your screen on your phone, how things have changed. >> this is a talk that terrifies the theater owners, of course,

but we're having to adapt. the owners of an automobile scrap yard in the uk are offering the perfect prescription to deal with the car wreck of get this, welcome to the rage yard. it offers people the chance to shoot, blowup and destroy cars destined for the scrap yard and if those options weren't enough there is a tank for those really just fed up. you can call it a car crunching for a very chaotic year. to accommodate them, a lottery system has been set up. winners will be drawn and offered a chance to send this horrible year out with a bang and a little bit of destruction. that's in the u.k. i think spencer, this would go pretty big here in the united states. >> it just might. i think as a matter of fact, globally that idea might go over well because many of us are

eager to get 2020 and all that reminds us of 2020 behind us. >> dion, your hands ochoenn a sledgehamm? >> i may have already participated in this. my husband plays poker professionally and they have known about this in las vegas, there are special rooms you can go to to get your frustration out with mugs and glass lamps and just smash everything. >> really? >> yes, all of your stress e vbn rn rate -- evaporates into thin air. >> kristen, are you ready to try that? >> i've been taking my little clay pots as i made as a kid and i've been breaking those for fun. >> don't break those. those are heirlooms. >> not impressive. i'm pretty sure i got not satisfactory. >> e lolon musk wants to put pee

on mars by receiving an award for invasion in berlin. musk says his goal is to spend the spacex craft to mars by 2022 with humans following in the next four to six years. according the tech crunch, musk thinks it's important to have a self-sustaining city saying it will be necessary for human survival and ex presspressed hi desire to be buried on the red planet. they had to do a good job. the gravity is so low if they have any you can kind of float up. >> float up. >> right, dan? >> wow. that's interesting. being buried on the red planet. i know a few people i'd like to send to the red planet. not you. >> i hope i'm not one of them. >> no, no, no, just kidding. we're heading to mars. there is no question. it's going to happen sooner than we think. it remarkable advances they're making. >> yeah, here is the deal. people can scoff at elon musk all they want for being coo coo or whatever they want to call

him but i think that these big dreams, someone has to have them because that's how you make it a reality. >> absolutely. spencer, years ago going to the moon seemed ludicrous and we did that 50 years ago. >> indeed. yeah, it certainly did. i'm curious to see as musk realizes his dream and we populate this other planet whose atmosphere is not like ours, i'm curious to see how this could work out. >> i have a ten-point plan ready to go. i'll share that with elon any time. >> if i know you, kristen, it's perfect. you've done a great job

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have you been trying to land maybe a ps 5 or xbox for christmas? good luck. the demand is a boom for the video game industry whether you're a player or behind the scenes developer. abc 7 david louie gives you an inside look what is happening out there. >> just keep charging. >> reporter: it's a good time to be into gaming. demand is growing for video game designers, developers, artists and programmers. video game systems are in high demand for holiday gifts. game playing also provides pandemic stress relief. >> it creates an imagination world to immerse in and forget about all the troubles and i think that's the fun in it. >> reporter: the $26 billion video game market keeps growing. california is home to 213 video

game companies. >> we have an industry that not only creates jobs and economic outputs for the industry but adjacent industries that means 143,000 jobs with 218,000 of those in the state of california. >> reporter: that gives hope to sean who is working on her masters degree in game design at academy of art university in san francisco. she's a lifelong video game player and story telling is a big focus. >> a lot of my inspirations came from games that talk about deeper meanings like depression or grief or even like the state of the world. >> reporter: artificial intelligence and virtual reality make video games more immerse sieve, too. that's blurring the line for games and movie industry. >> we have students right now that have gone through the program and some of them are working at ilm and working on films. >> reporter: analysts project gaming is half way through the ten-year growth spurt expected to create 31,000 jobs for game

designers. david louie, abc 7 news. time magazine revealed the first ever kid of the year. the 15-year-old was selected from thousands of nominees. s she's a brilliant young scientist and inventor from colorado. she is helping solve issues like opioid addiction and cyber bullying. she's on the cover of "time." meteorologist spencer christian is man of the year to us anyway. >> always. [ laughter ] >> if i can produce some rainfall somewhere, i'm sure i will be. we're still searching for it. i can tell you what will happen overnight. a few clouds will gather in the sky and overnight lows will be mainly in the low to mid 40s. tomorrow will be another sunny and mild day with hires in the low 60s in the coast. mid 60s around the bay shoreline and 70 inland. there is the accuweather seve seven-day forecast. it will cool down on saturday

and sunday as wind gusts kick in elevating the concern for fire through the day on monday as a matter of fact. then on tuesday, the winds calm down and it will just continue to be sunny and mild and dry all the way through next thursday. no rain in sight yet but some lovely days ahead. >> for sure. thank you, spencer, very much. an iconic band teamed up with an iconic board game. monopoly is releasing a metallica world tour edition. it's the second collaboration between the game and band. the player tokens are metallica inspired game places like lady justice and the master of puppets cross. beautiful cakes with a celebrity following but these are more than just tasty treats. they're raising money for social justice. the story behind them up next. coming up at 5:00, you heard about the governor's limits on hair salons. reaction from sonoma county and the department of justice now suing facebook, the government says it discriminated against

americans by reserving jobs for foreign workers. how facebook is responding to these allegations. and abc 7 news is there for two deserving brothers who just got a big dose of holiday hope. those stories and a lot more when

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then, stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. just when you think enjoying a piece of cake couldn't get any better, it can. natty cakes has created do-better cakes and 100% of the proceeds is donated to organizations dedicated to endi ending -- >> so, a couple months back, i posted a photo of a cake with a black lives matter fisting gold and it blew up. it went viral. we have got over $400 for lives matter organization. it was pretty wild to see it take off like that, and that's kind of where the do-better cakes started. it feels amazing to be able to take something that i'm so passionate about and try and make a difference. and step up and be a voice, where voices are needed.

we love to make cakes for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, kind of, any, milestone event. we are located in berkeley, california. we've been in business, since 2012. >> it's about midmorning, and i'm heading into natty cakes. once we're in the kitchen, our masks stay on the entire time during >> so while we're in the middle of coronavirus, we are also in the -- i also found out i was pregnant, as well. and it really put things in perspective for me, bringing a child into this world, and wanting to make sure he was raised with the morals that i believe in and, of course, black lives matter. so, i was thinking, how in the world is a baker supposed to jump in here, especially, a white woman, that has a lot of privilege, and really hasn't dealt with those kind of things,

head on. then, i started realizing where i could help was giving money to activist groups and people kind of on the front lines. so, we started do-better cakes. you are able to order a smaller cake, kind of, in the flavor that you would like. we have a couple design options. and 100% of the proceeds go towards an organization of your choice. some of the organizations that you can choose from to donate your proceeds to include anti-police terror project, color of change, black visions collective, transgender law center, as well as the national ba bailout. we have three-available designs for the do-better cakes. it all started with the black lives matter fist. so, we have a live edge with a gold-painted black lives matter fist in the center. we have a end racism design. we write end racism on the front of the cake, and we paint that in gold as well.

and then, our final design is a finish with a gold-painted heart. ever since we launched the do-better cakes, i have received countless messages on instagram. people are so excited to see a way to support a small business, as well as support the black lives matter movement. it's opened so many doors, and it's really created a lot of conversations. and made it so much easier to speak out. it's not just a trend. it's not just a blip. this is people's lives on the line, and big change needs to be made. you have a talent or a skill set that you want to show the world, and want to make change and kind of do better. then, just jump in.

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may increase low blood sugar risk. common side effects are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, that's why, today, we are pulling that emergency brake. >> pulling the emergency brake. governor newsom announces the state's most aggressive move to fight covid-19 since march. the new stay-at-home orders triggered by hospital capacity. from hair salons, to travel, how this new order could affect our day-to-day lives. reaction, now, coming in from sonoma county. also, ahead. a new surge in cases in nursing homes in santa clara county. healthcare officials say the numbers are alarming. and the department of justice now suing facebook over charges of discrimination against americans. what facebook is now saying. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> governor newsom announcing sweeping, new restrictions in a new attempt to reign in this unrelenting