several bay area counties will see a new stay at home winter. >> the dark covid winter we feerped would come has arrived in the bay area. >> berkeley says we should not mean with anyone from outside of hos hold house hold. >> if you have a social bubble, it is now popped. >> blunt talk today. good evening. >> absolutely. thank you for joining us. the new stay at home order is need because hospitaling are already overcrowded and the time to act is now. the order affects five bay area counties and berkeley. san francisco, santa clara, and contra costos cohn tin. marin, it takes effect noon on tuesday. melanie has more on the order.

>> reporter: the state guidance was that when less than 15% of the icu beds are in order, it will go in effect. if they wait, it will be too late. restaurants say the stay at home order will impact small businesses. >> we are suffering like everybody else. it's been tough. >> in a move of solidarity, thee new stay home order will take effect sunday night. >> the dark covid winter we feared would come has arrived in the bay area. >> reporter: indoor businesses must reduce capacity to 20% and they enforce the new stay at home order. this includes grocery stores. they must come up with a system that tracks people coming in and out. hair cutting and nail salons must close. gyms, playgrounds must close as

well. card rooms also must close. san francisco's health officer says the virus is moving quickly. >> every positive person that is infected, we know that person is infecting al least 1 1/2 other persons. >> reporter: they are seeing unprecedented number of icu beds. >> we are shattering records every day. >> reporter: they are asking people to stay home and only interact with those you live with. that means even with precautions like a mask. >> if you have a social bubble, it is now popped. >> reporter: the stay at home order is expected to reduce cases until they can get doses. san francisco expecting to see 12,000 bodoses of the pfizer vaccine. >> california is it making sure the first supplies are provided to those those in direct risk of

exposure due to jobs, health care, and long term facilities. including nursing homes. >> reporter: allocation will depend on state and federal guidelines. the new stay at home order will remain in exfekt until january 4th. it takes about three weeks for our actions to impact the trends. in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, nbc 6 news. >> melanie, we know it takes time before we see what is done and see the results of it. we have heard what is closing down. what is allowed to stay open? >> here is a list from san francisco. outdoor gyms and fitness activities. as long as it's limited to 12 people. youth sports are allowed to continue with social distancing and no competition. and golf and tennis, as long as you where playing with smemembe

of the same household. >> thank you so much for the update. many businesses hoped to have a week or two before shutting down again. they were stunned to hear they have until sunday. abc 7 spoke with devastated small business owners. >> reporter: the decorations are festive but the mood is anything but that at the nail salon. >> the only option is just to cease business. i don't know what else to do. >> reporter: you seem really upset. i am upset. it's really hard. we work so married to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: they just reopened five weeks pay go. >> we wear shields. we take temperatures so everyone is safe, including the staff, our team. so i don't understand why it's not enough. and i'm terribly sad and afraid. >> reporter: other small businesses like this waxing studio on college avenue are reeling from the news of having

to shutdown in two days. >> to know that things like retail and things like that are going to be open when we have actually been following the guidelines forever. it's really disappointing to see, and it makes us feel it's an attack against our industry. >> reporter: restaurants, they had to get permits to expand to pa parking lots and city industries. they invested in space heaters and plexiglas. now what. >> >> we spent a lot of money just to get this po point. >> reporter: kevin is co-ownercr of the yacht club. outdoor dining, he said, has been a lifeline. >> take it away and it's a blow to a lot of places. we can't just hibernate until it's over. >> reporter: how many restaurants will go under? >> a lot. >> i fear for any friends and

family in the industries and watching them lose their businesses left and right, it's devastating. >> reporter: 2020 isn't over yet. i'm lesley brinkley, abc 7 news. sonoma county is not part of the stay at home order but there is growing concern on the shortage of icu beds. intensive care means more than a bed. it means staff, some who are reaching their limits. >> nurses have been in this pandemic fight 100% for 11 months now. >> reporter: debra has been a part of the fight as a nurse since 1985. she is president of national nurses united. new cases surging lately, she is worried about those who will need hospitalization. >> current lily, there is a shortage of beds in sonoma

county. and we are concerned. >> reporter: 76 ventilators and 82 icu beds. only four are available. >> you need to know what icu beds are. >> reporter: it's not a special bed at all. it's highly trained staff who are constantly observing and monitori monitoring patients who need care. >> just the labor alone is reason you need be in an icu setting. >> we currently have a census of nine covid patients, one of which is in the icu. >> santa rosa says it has room to accommodate parents if needed. >> we do anticipate given the course of what happened, to be prepared for a potential increase. >> county health officials disputing icu numbers from the state. they believe the situation is actually better than what is reported. >> currently, the numbers show

we have less than 3% capacity. we do believe it's true to the hospitals right now or the hospitals to meet an increase in covid-19 cases. >> reporter: nurses and doctors will keep it up on the front lines. meantime, they urge even to do their part and flatten the curve. >> all right, you're looking at a map shows the counties that are not issuing updated stay at home orders. are no changes to current restrictions in sonoma, napa, and san mateo counties in. that is generating a lot of confusion for people in the bay area, no matter where they live or work. here is that story. >> reporter: it feels like some pop quiz that is impossible to study for. in april, we had phases of reopening, and the state could put your county on a watch list, in august, it was a color code. purple was the worst, yellow the best, decided by positivity

rates and case counts, and most recently, a lockdown on region, based on icu capacity. and now you have the counties seing their own schedule. >> i don't know what tier i'm in. it's confusing to me. >> everybody don't know what to follow. >> can you name the different regions in california? >> no. i really can't. i read them yesterday right now and they're gone. >> reporter: we asked the communications expert to give a review. >> 6 out of 10. >> 6 1/2 to 7. so it's not where it should be. and it's certainly not where it needs to be. >> when example, the governor's later press briefing was almost two hours long full of details, guidelines. >> people don't neat two hours watching the governor deliver something. they need the top three take a

ways, how is it going to affect my life and what is my next option? >> use a lot more graphics, and if you can't understand something in a few seconds, it's not going to work. >> that is why the residents we talked to said they are forgetting the rules and using their common sense. >> it's getting to be too much. so i learned how to adapt and stay safe and that is pretty much it. >> reporter: ucf's dr. peter hong says he is seeing people give up on the rules. >> i'm seeing it in the grocery store to the gas station and people who come in the hospital and family members of patients, confusion, what can we do, what can't we do? san francisco's initial a lotment of the pfizer savaccine will have enough doses for about 6,000 people.

>> we knew we were going to be working under to begin with a little bit of a vaccine c constraint and that is going to decrease over time. we believe it will be additional manufacturers and we are all going to be able to get the vaccine that we want and need. >> dr. philip sas says it's not known when it will arrive and uber has asked the cdc to get the drivers to register as drivers. the cdc's push to wear masks at home. and new concerns about wearing face coverings in the winter. what you need to know about masking up as temperatures fall. and one man's best friend. a california pet owner

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some dwopg news tonight with a prom that protects some immigrants from children being deported. a federal judge is ordering the trump administration to accept new applicants for deferred child arrivals. they signed a order limiting applications in renewals but a judge ruled that wolf was not legally certaining in his time and the same judge ordered that the rules be vacated. for the first time, the cdc has issued guidance for universal mask use. until today, it asked people to wear them all times outside the home. now, they saying at home if someone at home was in con stakt with someone who was infected. asymptomatic people are responsible for 50% of covid

transmissions. and masks, there is concern about welling them correctly in the winter. >> reporter: with a tidal wave of covid-19 cases, health experts are asking for proper mask wearing. >> there is really a difference to wearing a mask to prevent the spread and the catching of covid-19 versus keeping the air warm and eeping our air and mouth warm. you cannot simply use a skarp. >> while wearing a face covering in colder weather may sound convenient, they say using a scarf or sweater material will not keep you case. in a test of 14 commonly used face coverings, the anyone net gator actually created more tiny droplets than speaking without a mask. >> this mask, breaking down big droplets into multiple little

droplets and the little droplets can be problematic because they have an easy time being carried away by air. >> dr. jen ferp sa jen ferp sa a masks are year round. >> the mask is fitting snugly around the nose and the side of your face and you need to make sure your mask is at looegs two layers. >> also crucial, keeping your mask dry. >> as we have the paper surgical masks, when though masks get wet, they need to be thrown away. the clothe masks, they need to be laundered right away. when it's wet, it's no longer effective. >> in the east bay, warned to be on the look out for

coyo coyote. a man was bitten on the leg and another runner was able to chase it away. they have been investigating, and they are warning you never to approach a coyote. how far would you go to save your dog? one man says he has fought off a bear who was attacking his pet. here is the story. some of the images may be disturbing to you. >> the only thing i could think of is save my baby. >> reporter: caleb says bud buddy was outside playing and something just didn't sond right. >> i heard a growl and looked over the hillside, and the bear was drag him by his head. and i just ran down there. flowed into the bear, tackled it and hitting it in the face, and let it go. >> reporter: the bear ran off and then came the desperate dash to find evette.

>> i thought i was going to lose him. >> reporter: he had needed staples and tubes inside his head. now buddy is making a speedy recovery. baa the bear is out there and it's been back to the house several times since the attack. >>ed it made an attack and had its food and the food was taken from it and it wants it back. >> caleb rescued buddy from a shelter and didn't he hsitate rescue him again. >> that is my kid. i would die for my dog. >> wow. caleb sa caleb says he helps state wild life officials trap the bear soon. amazing story. spare the air alert is returning to the bay

>> the bay area will have the first spare the air event

tomorrow. the current situation is different from the extremely unhealthy conditions we faced a few months ago. >> unfortunately, this summer we had a stretch of poor air quality because of the wildfires. what we're looking an in the weekend is not that dire. we're seeing a bit of a buildup of fine particle pollution, we do tend to get this time of year, it's largely from resident shl wood burning. >> let's talk to meteorologist s sandy patel who can tell us more. >> yeah, you with expemtexpemtet through sunday before we see the atmosphere turn over. the high pressure is keeping a lid on things and the wood burning pollution, the wood smoke is getting trapped right now near the surp face. here is a live look right now, looking back at san francisco. the air quality,

fr freemont, palo alto. we have seen improvement but the santa clara valley and the north bay. and spare the air alert, and sunday, monday, tuesday, good to mod raj across the region, and clear skies and the beach hazard statement extended until 9:00 p.m. tonight. the long period swell will continue. live look right now from the emeriville camera. it's clear at this hour. it's going to be a capitol hilly night. 61 in san francisco. 62 in oakland right now. temperatures from the mid 60s to low 70s, warmer than yesterday. and a lovely view of the shark tank in the sky above. and if you're getting out of town, here is your travel

forecast. partly cloudy at the bay area airports, light winds. low to mid 60s. if you're going to honolulu, sunshine, 83 degrees, 40 degrees in new york city, and chicago. and east bay hills camera, the haze is evident. the bad air quality, increasing clouds saturday, and sprinkles, dry, gusty winds sunday, monday, and that is when the fire danger will be elevated. this is a weak front coming through. it's going to start to fall apart so the only thingky tell you is maybe an isolated shower or a sprinkle tomorrow night. clouds and fog and clearing trend. temperatures first thing in the morning, low 30s to the mid 40s. it's going to be colder, bundle up tonight. the extra blanket on the bed, and a cooler day. upper 60s to sud clouds mix, and

a sprinkle or two. and once it comes, winds pick up. the winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. higher elevations, up to 50 miles per hour. and monday afternoon, gusty in the north-northeast that will dry it out more. be aware of your surroundings. and cooler, cloudier tomorrow. sundayier sunday. wind picks up, the fire danger as well. monday, we are going to be seeing 70s, the danger will be there. warm by december standards as we head to next week. dan and alma. >> all right, thank you sandhya. >> all right, call it a covid

we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, london breed addressed her dinner at the french laundry. in the face of a lawsuit, a san francisco firm is returning

deposits to thousands of customers. the ceo speaks exclusively with your side. and santa, the postal serp visit program. strangers sending gifts to families in need. it's really nice. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. hope you can join us then. finally here tonight, the pandemic has not dampened the spirit of christmas in the south bay. >> it has. not. abc 7 news, and families visited with santa six feet apart and wearing masks. >> we felt safe. we came and see him every year, and after looking at all the restrictions and information about it, we felt comfortable coming. >> last year, we tried to get photos and he cried the whole time. so we are grateful he was able to keep it together for a minute and a half. >> just keep it together.

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