dealt another blow during the busy holiday season. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. during a joint news conference today, health officers from santa clara, marin, alameda and contra costa are enacting a stay-at-home order. the order goes into effect 10:00 p.m. sunday for san francisco, santa clara and contra costa counties two. hours later, alameda county, marin county will be the last to implement the order. it will take effect at noon on tuesday. now let's get you caught up on what is in this order. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodro joins us with the list. >> the state guidance for a regional stay-at-home order is when less than 15% of icu beds would be available. health officers for five counties say if they were to wait until then, it would be too late. in a move of solidarity, alam a alameda, contra costa, marin, san francisco and santa clara

announced a new stay home order to take effect sunday night. >> the dark covid winter we feared would come has arrived. >> reporter: indoor businesses must reduce capacity to 20% and plans outlining how to enforce the stay-at-home order. this includes grocery stores. those stores must come up with a system that tracks people coming in and out. haircutting and nail salons must close. outdoor restaurants and dining indoor gyms, outdoor playgrounds all must close as well. >> just suffering like everybody else. it's been tough. you know, hoping for the best. >> reporter: cardrooms also must close. san francisco's health officer says the virus is moving quickly. >> for every positive person that's infected, we know that that person is infecting at least one and a half other persons. >> reporter: santa clara county says it's seeing unprecedented numbers of icu beds with patients. >> unfortunately, we are shattering records every day. >> reporter: health officers are encouraging everyone to stay

home and only interact with people they live with. that includes not socializing outdoors 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 covid-19 cases until california can get its share of vaccine doses. san francisco announced it expects to receive just over 12,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine in the next two weeks. >> california is making sure that these first supplies are provided to those in direct risk of exposure due to their jobs in health care, in long-term facilities including -- >> the new stay-at-home order is expected to remain in effect until january 4th. health officers say it takes about three weeks for our actions to impact the trends. in the newsroom, melanie woodro, abc 7 news. >> and mel, we heard what is closing down. what's allowed to stay open? >> not have a very long list.

here is what you can do in san francisco, this is what they're saying, outdoor gyms and fitness activities limited to 12 people with face coverings. youth sports are allowed to continue with social distancing but no competitions and some low contacted a adult sports, things like gul golf and tennis can ha with members of the same household. melanie woodro, abc 7 news. >> melanie, thank you. >> thanks. in the east bay, it's not just businesses closing down, jury trials have been suspended in contra costa county. many businesses were just stunned by this news. some hoped they would have a week or two before shutting down again. yet, here we are. now the only option is to shut down for good after following the necessary safety guidelines. some restaurants, as you well know, invested in canapes and plexiglass and outdoor heaters and got permits to expand into parking lots and on the street. they say it's been a real lifeline. >> it's going to be -- it will be a closure blow for a lot of

places. we can't just hibernate until this is over. >> it's a lot. it's very hard. it's hard -- we worked hard to everyone safe. >> in the south bay, businesses are scrambling to deal with the fallout of the regional health officers to implement the stay-at-home order sooner rather than later. chris nguyen has that story. >> reporter: as residents in santa clara county brace for the implantation of the stay-at-home order sunday evening, business owners are speeding up plans to pivot. >> going to be a skeleton crew for awhile to get by. >> reporter: sales at bar are down 80% compared to this time of year. despite the struggle, they will adapt once again to offer craft cocktails for takeout. >> we don't know how much time we have to operate. we don't know how much revenue will be brought in. so our runway is pretty limited. >> reporter: in campbell, sushi

confidential spent $15,000 building out this patio for outdoor dining. >> we're hoping to get a couple more weeks out of this with all the projections. >> reporter: now the owner says he'll have to lay off the majority of his staff, something he desperately wanted to avoid during the holidays but to keep some folks on the payroll, he'll launch a happy hour menu as part of a ramped uptakeout program and created a new sushi making kit to encourage customers to try something different while sheltering in place. >> whether this lasts for three weeks or three months, this could be the nail in the coffin for a lot of restaurants. >> reporter: this outdoor dining tent at flights restaurant is being disassembled this weekend but will soon be replaced with a winter wonderland retail experience to include groceries, meal kits and drive by visits with santa. >> one day you're feeling excited because you have a new idea to try to do something, and then the next day you just feel empty and broken and broke. >> reporter: the entrepreneur

spirit of the south bay being tested in more ways than one. >> i'm losing hope for what's going to happen if we don't get help. >> reporter: in santa clara county, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> he's not alone. a number of businesses losing hope tonight. joining me now to talk about the new order is abc 7 news contributor and san francisco chronical writer phil. some people will applaud the decision by some counties to act earlier than the state, others will condemn it. take about why the counties did this and the criteria. >> well, the counties that jumped into this did it for a couple reasons. san francisco did it because they felt that the rate of people going into the icu units was on the rise and that they were going to have to do it anyway and every minute they did it earlier, they could save lives. santa clara is having the explosion. they had to move up much. other counties are going on with san francisco and santa clara

mind set. na napa, san mateo, and others aren't. they are going to wait to the threshold that the governor laid out in part because businesses are also affected by this and they're trying to maintain a balance but also going to follow the state guidelines and it's been the case like this since the beginning of these shutdown orders by the state and such. the locals, counties, regional, statewide or other have the final say if they want to be more stringent and that's what these six counties are doing. >> let's talk about what the six counties are doing, phil, and where that puts the governor. obviously, they could have waited and gone with the state orders or perhaps the governor could have done this earlier. what's your take on where that leaves governor newsom? >> he's entering one of the toughest parts of his governorship. there is no question about this, dan. first of all, we have the virus and his job is to get out there and get things under control and

he has three big challenges facing him. getting the vaccine distributed and getting kids in school and getting economic relief for the businesses we just saw that we're close but for all the workers, all of the workers whose employment benefits are running out. the stimulus package is down to fumes now and he's got a couple months to do that and got to do it now and this tunnel in the last lap of this, this could be the toughest part of it. >> yeah, talk about terrible timing, though. we have no choice of usually to save lives but this is the time of year when so many businesses make a significant portion of their money. the holiday shopping season, even restaurants benefit everyone out and about. this is a killer for them. >> hotels. hotels. florists, caterers, just like you said, retail, all these different things out there, yes. but let's look at the other side

of it, as well. remember in march when we had a shutdown, it was much more severe. this is the most severe cut we've seen since then but not on the scale. you can go to a doctor and get to a dentist and do a number of those things. that wasn't the case then. also, the trucks are still going to roll and farms produce, manufacturing jobs will continue on. construction is going to continue on. some of these rules are being questioned as a matter of fact. the outdoor dining and dining in los angeles a group of restaurants filed suit saying where is the proof that this is actually a health hazard and the judges asked health officials to come in with the studies of proof and they might not have it. but underlying message of all of this and, you know, because we hear of hyped up and such like that because officials are trying to get our attention is if you stay at home, stay at home. if you go out, wear a mask. don't go inside and if you go inside, don't stay there for long. it pretty simple just try to get people to do that. >> yeah, we have much more

control over this as individuals than we think. we can turn the tide individually, as well. before i let you go, phil, one more thing to talk about. san francisco mayor london breed and the french laundry, she addressed the controversy over her dinner today for the first time. >> i know that as mayor, i should hold myself to a higher standard. i understand that. my job just isn't to lead by the letter of the law but to lead in the spirit of it. i understand that and i'm committed to doing better. >> she looked a little emotional today. >> yes, dan, you know, the saying one picture is a thousand words? well, the mayor just gave us her picture, her thousand words and her emotions. and if another picture shows up of her at the french laundry, we can play that again but this is her sort of taking the moment and saying what she's already said issued in a release and saying it to the public to the citizens of san francisco straight on. that's the message she's delivering. >> and with any luck, she won't

have to continue to do that. governor newsom had to do the same thing, as well. the optics are just bad when they ask the rest of us to sacrifice, of course. >> you answer bad optics with trying to come up with a good one and saying i'm sorry is the first step. >> absolutely. no question. phil, thanks so much. as always, we remind you to read fillest terrific columns on sundays and wednesdays. thanks, phil. all right. if you want to read a complete breakdown of what is open and closed where you live and when these restrictions go into effect, we have all of that for you on our website clearly explained at abc7news.com. we have much more to come on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> great news for customers who can't get their deposits out of a san francisco based fin tech. i'm michael finney. it's a story you'll only see on abc 7 news. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel tracking poor air quality and rising fire danger.

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a fire sent a thick plume of smoke in san jose into the air that was visible for miles. sky 7 was over a building belonging to a roofing company that just went up in flames near seventh street. the fire got so intense firefighters went into a defense sieve position to keep it from spreading to other buildings. that became the main concern. seventh street was closed for awhile as the fire grew to four alarms. needed more response.

no would one was injured and cre there keeping an eye out for hot spots that might flair up. in san francisco, police are looking for tips to find the person that shot and wounded a man inside a building. officers raced to a building on harrison street moments after a man ran outside and called for help after 9:00 this morning. the 49-year-old victim is expected to survive. a swat team sealed off the area but officers did not find the suspect. a financial technology company is facing a federal lawsuit so it says it is returning all the deposits to its thousands of customers. the ceo of beam talked exclusively with 7 on your side and michael finney is live with a story on abc 7 news tonight. michael? >> dan, in 2017, beam began offering interest rates for saving deposits in the 4% range or higher. then in october of this year, the roof seemingly collapsed. here is what the company and

customers say happened. >> it's almost been two months that i've been trying to get my money back from them. >> reporter: christopher says he has $15,000 deposited through a san francisco company known as beam. attempts to withdraw his money has failed. christopher says he had a similar experience. >> it's been very frustrating and deceptive. >> reporter: he tells us he finally got his money after threatening beam with legal action speaking exclusively to 7 on your side, beam ceo aaron do says all of the customers have now had their money refunded. >> we think it's the most responsible thing to make sure the customer have access to their fund first and have all their funds return. >> reporter: it took months to get to this point. last month, the federal trade commission sued beam alleging fraud. >> we allege when consumers try to withdraw their funds, not only does beam not let them

withdraw the money but they stop earning interest once they make the request. >> reporter: it seen hundreds of complaints so has the better business bureau. >> they pretty much seem to get the runaround. either, they weren't responded to at all and had to make several attempts. >> reporter: beam says it only has a hand full of employees and cannot get back to everyone in a timely manner and says beam is not a bank and can't legally handle any funds. funds from customers are processed by a payment processing system dwolla to third party banks such as huntington. in october, beam says dwolla terminated its relationship with beam leaving it with no way to legally handle any withdraws by customers. beam says this is not a ponzi scheme. >> i think that's the most significant anti truth we like to clear up in the public. frankly, if we're a ponzi scheme i wouldn't be here. >> reporter: malini says none of

that matters. >> beam is the one that's denying access to the customer's funds regardless of whether it's trying to blame other parties. >> reporter: beam reached an agreement with the payment processer after all the funds are returned, it will work to reorganize. >> i mean, frankly, we're very indebted to our customers and we're very disappointed in ourselves in not being able to meet their expectations. >> do says about 70 customers still need to be refunded. to the extent some people are getting their money back, that's good. we have gone to court to make sure everyone gets their money back. dan, as you would probably suspect, we'll be keeping track of this and report back. >> nice job, as always, michael. thank you. all right. >> sorry. >> that's right, sandhya patel. that's okay.

sand ya pat sandhya patel is here with the latest. >> we're ready for the weekend. let's look at live doppler 7. looks very impressive on satellite and radar. storm systems in the pacific. unfortunately, they are going right over the top of a ridge of high pressure so we're not expecting any rainy weather any time soon. maybe a few sprinkles tomorrow night. live doppler 7 showing you pretty clear skies right now as we look, there is a beach hazard statement extended until 9:00 p.m. tonight. risk of sneaker waves and rip currents remaining high due to a long period of swells so be careful out there. air quality is suffering. moderate for parts of the bay area now because wood burning pollution getting trapped near the surface along with offshore winds driving some pollution in from the central valley so spare the air alert in effect for saturday, moderate to poor air quality as we look at sunday through tuesday, we will see some improvement. live look from the kgo roof camera as we look down the embarcadero in san francisco.

58, oakland 60. 59 in san jose. it is cooling off along the coast from the golden gate bridge camera, visibility is good. it is currently 56 in santa rosa, 48 fairfield and 56 in concord. if you're stepping out tonight, grab that jacket from the explorery camera. increasing clouds saturday, the possibility of sprinkles tomorrow night and dry, gusty offshore winds sunday night into monday and fire danger will be elevated. i know it's december but we're talking about december. here is a look at the forecast for tomorrow. weak front scrapes the far northern end of the viewing area tomorrow night and brings a pfe sho showers but we may see a quick sprinkle or shower in the north bay tomorrow night into early sunday and then the clouds will clear away for sunday afternoon. tomorrow morning patches of fog, otherwise clear and chilly. look at these temperatures. low 30s to the mid 40s so tonight you will definitely need

to grab that extra blanket. tomorrow afternoon, more clouds, cooler weather, we're going to be out of the low 70s for the warmest spots like today. 64 santa clara and 65 san jose, 66 gilroy. on the peninsula, low 60s from mountain view to san mateo and 58 half moon bay and 57 around daly city. the sunset district, north bay 63 san rafael and 65 santa rosa and more sun in the north bay and the early part of the day in the east bay 63 oakland, fremont, 65 castro valley inland and temperatures will be coming down compared to today. 64 walnut creek and 65 livermore. what is not coming down is the wind. it's going to be ramping up so monday morning you will notice those gusts over 30 miles an hour in the north bay hills. 4:00 p.m. monday, gusty winds across other parts of the bay area, not just over the higher elevations. higher elevations could see wind gusts as high as 50 miles an hour. fire danger will be high as the

down sloping wind developments continue into monday evening. thing the accuweather forecast, cooler tomorrow. sunnier skies for the second half of the weekend and get ready for the winds late sunday night into monday. that will bring the increase in the fire danger. certainly will increase temperatures, as well. you'll notice low 70s inland and low to mid 60s coast side and p thes dropping closer to average a week from today. in the accuweather seven-day forecast. one thing missing, dan and ama, i'm sure you noticed no rain. maybe december 13th. it's still days away. anything can change. >> we don't need the wind. we need the rain, sandhya, thanks very much. >> that's right. a sustainable way,

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one south bay offering christmas trees for rent. >> our city forests wants customers to stay hole for the holidays with these unique trees. each living tree will be planted in santa clara county. one employee puts it it's a beautiful way to reinvent the tree. >> we buy a tree and throw it out. i feel like that's a waste of money and resources to grow it and throw it away.

>> we have some traditional, not so much spruces but evergreens we love to see around the holidays and then of course, we have the non-pra digstraditiona well. >> five gallon trees are worth a $40 tax deductible donation. all goes to a good cause. >> such a great idea. the cdc is calling for universal mask wearing. we break out the complete set of updated recommendations that they put out today. >> with the constantly changing guidance and

we feel that in fact, we have little choice but to act and to act now and to act as a region. >> today five bay area counties announced new restrictions forcing the closure of several business sectors. they say the region's hospital icus are filling up fast and they don't want to wait for the state's order. >> the states order. >> i'm sorry, ama. >> would have kicked in once icu

capacity fell below 15%. >> my apologies. i was estimated the bay area would reach that threshold later this month. today was by far one of the worst days california has seen during the pandemic as states set three records. the number of diagnosed cases came in at 22,000, that's a single day high. more than 9,000 people are hospitalized with covid-19, that's also a record. of those hospitalized, more than 2100 are in icu, the highest count since the pandemic started nine months ago. sonoma county is not part of today's stay-at-home order but growing concern over the shortage of icu beds there, as well.rn bernard explains that intensive care means a lot more than a bed, right? it means a team of skilled staff, some who are absolutely reaching their limits. >> nurses have been in this pandemic fight 100% for 11 months now. >> reporter: debra burger has been part of the covid fight as

a registered nurse since 1985. she's president of national nurse s united. with new covid cases surging locally and around the country, she's worried about those who may need hospitalization. >> currently, there are a shortage of beds in sonoma county and we are concerned. >> reporter: the state's health department says there are currently 173 hospital beds available county wide. 76 ventilators and with the total of 82 icu beds, only four are available. >> you need to understand what icu beds are. >> reporter: berger says it's not a special bed at aull. it highly trained staff constantly observing and moni r monitoring highly ill patients. >> the labor alone is a reason you need to be in an icu setting. >> we're currently have a census of nine covid patients at m

memorial hospital. >> reporter: it has room to accommodate more patients if needed. >> we do anticipate given the natural course of what happened over the course of covid to be prepared for potential increase. >> reporter: county health officials now disputing icu numbers from the state. they believe the situation is actually better than what's being reported. >> currently, the numbers show we have less than 3% capacity, but we do not believe this represents the true situation within our local hospitals right now or the capacity of our hospitals to meet an increase in covid-19 cases. >> reporter: nurses and doctors will keep it up on the front lines, in the meantime, they urge everyone to do their part and help flatten the curve. in santa rosa, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. and it's not just sonoma county that's sticking to the current stay-at-home orders. there are also no changes to current restrictions in napa, salon nae aolano and san mateo.

that's generating lots of confusion for people around the bay area no matter where they live or work. kris reyes has more. >> reporter: it feels like a pop quiz inpossible to study for. in april, we had phases of reopening broken down by stages and the state could put your county on a watch list and then in august, it was a color code, purple was the worst, yellow best decided by positivity rates and case counts and most recently a lockdown by region based on icu capacity and now you got five out of nine counties setting their own schedule. we couldn't find one person who could keep track of it all. >> i don't know where i landed. i don't know what tier i'm in. it's all confusing to me. >> so many informations out there and everybody is just kind of don't know what to follow. >> reporter: can you name the different regions in california? >> no. i really can't. i read them yesterday. right now they are gone. >> reporter: we asked the communication expert and front line doctor to rate on a scale from one to ten the pandemic

communication strategy of our local leaders. >> six out of ten. >> six and a half to seven, so it's not where it should be and it's certainly isn't where it needs to be. >> reporter: one example, the governor's latest press briefing was almost two hours long full of details, numbers and new guidelines. >> people don't need a lit kntw watching the governor deliver something. what they need is the top three take aways, how is this going to affect my life and what's my next option? >> use a lot more graphics and if you can't understand something in a few seconds, it not going to work. >> reporter: that's why the residents we talked to say they're forgetting the rules and just using their common sense. >> it's getting to be too much. so i've learned, you know, how to adapt and stay safe and that's pretty much it. >> reporter: ucsf dr. peter chin hong is seeing something more troubling. people giving up on the rules

all together. >> i'm seeing it from the grocery store to the gas station, people come into the hospital and family members of patients, confusion and what can we do? what can't we do? the new order in five bay area counties impacts public playgrounds. they must close. today several state lawmakers including a few from the bay area sent a letter to governor newsom urging him to reconsider the local playground closures. that may be the only opportunity for families to get outdoors. what is happening here in california is happening around the country hit so hard by the surge. a record number of deaths have been reported this week with johns hopkins tracker putting today's count at more than 2800. the centers for disease control actually put out guidance today urging the universal use of face coverings. that's new. it sited research suggesting asymptomatic people are responsible for about half the covid-19 transmissions.

health officials warning things could get a lot worse. >> the numbers in and of themselves are alarming and then you realize that it is likely we'll see more of a surge as we get two to three weeks past the thanksgiving holiday. >> dr. fauci is going to advice president elect joe biden. the two talked yesterday and fauci said when biden asked him to serve at chief medical officer and advisor, he said yes there on the spot. more to come, a new documentary series shining a light on homeless californians. we talked with a film maker about the change he hopes this film creates. taking a live look outside, sandhya patel has a twto treat acute, non-low back stmuscle and joint pain doctors

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reaction of concern or revuls n revulsion. a team lead by a film maker set out on a mission to address this chronic issue by putting a human face to those living encampments on our doorsteps. >> it's an epidemic and crisis and senior citizens are the most vulnerable. >> reporter: the result is a documentary series. 76-year-old vernon is among dozens who share how they lost their housing and had no place to go. gathering the stories wasn't as simple as showing up with a camera and microphone. >> many times we would leave after a full day without filming a bit of footage, but we made some relationships that day. >> reporter: stories of bad luck alone don't solve homelessness. the series hopes to spark discussion and support for organizations committed to creating housing. that's why kizaiser permanente helped to fund the project as the pandemic threatens to make more people homeless. >> we have a twindemic that

we're dealing with and unless we step up and work together to be able to solve for this problems, it's going to be a tough road to recovery. >> reporter: homelessness is also a social justice issue. the documentary points out blacks make up 40% in encampments and 12% of the state's population. the way home is streaming on multiple online sites. david louie, abc 7 news. coming up next, operation santa now underway. the impressive response this year to the postal service program strangers sending gifts to families in need. back in a moment. no one sees you need help. no one knows you're not okay. so when someone recognizes the importance of mental health and offers a hand, it means everything. my illness may be invisible. but thanks to covered california, i'm not.

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>> chocolate. he wants chocolate. >> santa, i would like some magnets. >> reporter: that i think is a magnate toy but we asked kids to read letters from across the country sent to the north pole and collected by the usps as part of operation santa. >> i would like ten, 20 feet above ground pool with a four-seater bat mobile. >> reporter: for 108 years, the usps has been gathering these letters and friday is the first day of the season the letters are available for adoption. meaning anybody can volunteer to make the child and their families wish come true and send it through the mail. this year, as the program goes nationwide and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic and we saw many letters like this one reading things have not been great and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me things.

>> certainly, this year i expect families are really going to be impacted and could probably really use the extra attention. >> reporter: that christmas wish came true by midday, the operation santa website showed all the letters had been adopted. more will be added each day until december 15th. in the meantime, here are our favorite requests for the man in red. >> if we work together, we can make the world a better place so let's put our masks over our mouth and nose. >> i didn't really make my list yet but i'd like a gaming head set but most of all, i'd like for this pandemic to end. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> wouldn't we all? well, the calendar says december but the conditions are more like late october. pg&e warning tonight it could turn off power early monday morning because of dangerous wildfire conditions. 15 counties including sonoma and napa could see public safety power shut offs due to dry

conditions and high winds. 130,000 customers could be affected so the question ama once again is what will it be like, exactly how windy and dry will it be? >> absolutely. let's get to meet roll gist sandhya patel for the latest. sandhya? >> yeah, dan and ama, the winds will be ramping up and higher peaks could be as high as 50 miles an hour. monday morning the winds begin to increase. they get stronger as we head into monday afternoon. 30, 35 miles an hour at the lower elevations. you will notice even monday night it's still that dry northeasterly wind. it's a down sloping wind. dries out the atmosphere more when you combine it with all that record dry vegetation. fire danger is elevated. we have seen very little rain obviously. we're way behind. live doppler 7, no rain right now as we take a look at the high temperatures for tomorro, they're coming down. clouds will be coming up in terms of increasing upper 50s to mid 60s. as you check out the forecast for sunday, it is going to be sunnier.

temperatures will be very similar to saturday, maybe a little warmer. monday is really a lot warmer as the offshore winds develop, low to mid 70s and tuesday, the 70s hold inland, 60s coast side. the accuweather seven-day forecast, the weekend other than a sprinkle or two perhaps tomorrow night is going to be dry and we're looking at that high fire danger late sunday night into monday with the potential for red flag warnings or fire weather watches coming up very soon. so just keep that in mind as you make your outdoor plans this upcoming weekend. ama and dan. >> read flag warnings two weeks before santa comes around. amazing. >> i know. unbelievable. all right. let's get to chris alvarez for the latest from the sports department. chris? >> hi, ama, why are michigan state legislators trying to hire a 49ers coach? the nba releases the season and we'll highligh

the nba released the first half of the regular season schedule. the second half will come at a later date. the warriors will be prominently featured in big national games including several here. some of the high lights in the first half including start first christmas day in milwaukee. abc 7 has that game. the dubs will visit lebron james and the lakers on january 18th.

you see tlihere. back to back at dallas and hosting, here comes kevin durant in february. the warriors missed the bubble this year so these games are a long time come sglg i'm suping. >> i'm super hungry to play. it makes us mad watching everyone compete and having fun. it looked fun to get out there and play while we're sitting at home but i'm thankful the season is starting and i'm thankful it's a new start for everyone. >> we just love playing basketball. all the athletes in the league. so i think it's just something that is necessary in the world to keep this place a happy place although we're in a pandemic, i think basketball brings a smile to some people's faces. i'm blessed to be part of this great league. >> the 49ers host the buffalo bills from arizona on monday night. you'll see it here on abc 7. defensive coordinator robert will be one of the top head coaching candidates this off season and already got a vote from a group of michigan state regular slay -- legislators, the

team fired matt patricia. a group of legislators from the state sent a letter to lion's owner urging her to hire sala. he says he's focused on his team and preparing for buffalo. >> we have a team in the middle of the playoffs. it's really a non-issue for me. i don't talk about it. i don't really even see it. i don't have social media. i don't look into the news. it's probably more for family and friends to enjoy and kick ever get a kick out of it we're completely locked into buffalo. >> robert salas defense is starting to get healthy over sunday's win over the rams. he was called one of the best safeties in the nfl. sherman had a pick in the first game action since week one. forced two fumbles in the game and the niners need to win the game. the defense fairs for a buffalo offense led by josh allen, just listening to sherman, you can tell the niners were ready to play yesterday. >> and that's how i play, too, like if you can't tell, i play

how i play, i play how i talk. it all starts in practice and i don't know. even just thinking about football right now, i'm starting to feel that fire inside of me. other than that, get to the next question. it's feeling like game day now. >> energizing the defense. you got guys playing hard on the edge. it's all coming together well. we have great chemistry and a great feel out there now. did you see this, the nhl is aiming for a 52 or 56-game regular season schedule that would start in mid january. now there is several hurdles they need to passover including a potential schedule protocols, formats and the margining agreements. that's a money situation there is likely to be a temporary realignment including an all canadian division to deal with traveling restrictions in canada. we'll wait and see about hockey. the nbc is coming and back to deon's story, some of the santa wishes, i wish to get back into a full arena or stadium with fans to watch a game and get that energy.

i miss it so much. it's game day like jimmy ward said, i can't wait for that. that's my wish for santa and everybody to be healthy. >> that's a great wish. thanks for sharing it, chris. it seems like such a long time but we'll get back there soon, thanks. >> yeah. not all counties in the bay area are going to enact that preemptive lockdown like here in san mateo county. coming up at 11:00, we'll talk to business owners and local politicians who have differing ideas of what should be done here. and bay area zoos forced to close down again. hear how they plan to survive another closure. well, finally tonight, a few thoughts what really matters. sad to say but the dark winter has begun. covid cases are spiking wildly and our leaders are trying to keep hospitals from being over run with intensive care patients. the new stay-at-home order going into effect sunday in several bay area counties we can only hope help control the spread at this very critical time, but what it will surely do is put a

final nail in the coffin of a lot of businesses, especially restaurants that have been barely hanging on for nine long months bleeding money and racking up debt. perhaps we could have done things differentli lly earlier but at this point there is no other choice other than to clamp down again. retail businesses make a third of their money during the holiday season, another shutdown this one just weeks before christmas is devastating for them. vaccines are coming but not yet. and as tough as this is and it is very, very tough, what really matters are the lives we can save and the days and the weeks to come. stay safe. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook >> you can look for the news any time on the abc 7 news app. thank you for being here. >> for sandhya patel, chris

alvar alvarez, we appreciate your time as we hope you always know, hope to see you again tonight at 11:00 but we'll take you outside for a nice shot here as we head off for the evening, enjoy your evening. look at the embarcadero lit up for the holidays. see you later.

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