building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> taking a live look outside right now where things appear to be pretty calm. but those winds will start picking up this evening. tonight, parts of the bay area are under a very rare december red flag warning. with that we say good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. we'll get to that weather warning in just a moment. but first the new covid lockdown happening tonight in san francisco. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard joins us live now from north beach where diners are enjoying a last outdoor meal for a while. lots of these restaurants seemed pretty busy today, but employees are worried about paying their bills. >> reporter: yeah, dion, it is a tough time. so much worry and uncertainty. the countdown is on. our stay-at-home ordre starts in just a few hours. outdoor diners enjoying a last meal here on grant avenue.

but many restaurant workers tell me tonight that they're not show when they'll be back at work. a last hurrah for soccer fans to cheer on their team outside their favorite north beach bar. >> it's spiged eggnog and she's having a spiced hot chocolate. >> reporter: they were toasting the holidays with one last outdoor brunch. >> we're just trying to enjoy the last couple of minutes and moments that we have to enjoy eating outside before we all have to lock down. >> reporter: san francisco's new stay-at-home order starts at 10:00 p.m. it's happening due to a new surge of covid cases that's expected to get worse. >> i think it's inevitable until a vaccine comes. >> reporter: this server was setting up tables. he's being laid off until january. >> my only job. i don't have another one. so i'm going home and staying home. no parties, no family times.

>> reporter: this owner was looking festive. her mood was far from it. >> but trying to stay spirited and cheerful for the patriots since it is our last day. >> reporter: she's closing her pub during the lockdown and laying off ten employees. >> we are focused on supporting black women, women of color. >> reporter: this is a new venue for artists and business owners. >> reporter: in the east bay diners were enjoying a last bite outdoors on webster street in alameda. >> kind of a very overwhelming feeling of heaviness. >> reporter: customers are getting a last-minute haircut before the doors koez at 6:00 p.m. >> you would think there would be less of a feeling of uncertainty, but i'm not confident that january 4th is going to be the day that we return. i'm worried about the barbers that work at the shop, worried about my colleagues.

>> reporter: joe is hoping that his barbers can apply for unemployment benefits. as for an end to the stay-at-home order, a lot of people telling me tonight that they believe it could last a lot longer than january 4th. they know it's all about health and safety, but tonight it's really tough to say good-bye. live in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> you really feel for all of those employees. cornell, we appreciate that report. san francisco's small business owners protested the city's new stay-at-home orders, calling them detrimental to their livelihoods. they held a passionate rally in front of city hall today. protesters had a lot to say about the new orders which will force a number of nonessential businesses to close tonight. proprietors we spoke to said the orders are unfair. >> unemployment isn't enough to pay rent in san francisco. so if you're going to force people to be out of work, you need to make sure they can pay their rent and feed their families. deferring rent, deferring bills

isn't enough. they're never going to make that money up. >> reporter: she says the economic effect will be catastrophic for many working-class people across the bay area. here's a breakdown of exactly when the stay-at-home order goes into effect for five bay area counties. it starts at 10:00 tonight in san francisco, santa clara, and contra costa countys. then two hours later for alameda county just after midnight, noon on tuesday for marin county. the restrictions will stay in effect until at least january 4th. napa, sonoma, solano, and san mateo counties are choosing not to proactively enact the stay-at-home order. this is how the lockdown order will affect you. restaurants can now only do takeout. capacity at grocery stores will be cut from 50 to 20%. wineries, entertainment centers and playgrounds must close while hiking trails will remain open, park museums, compounampgrounds

visitor centers will close. now to the latest numbers and major headlines in the pandemic. the latest state numbers show california recorded just more than 30,000 new cases yesterday, a new record. that brings the total to 1.3 million cases in the state. another daily record for the state, the number of covid-19 victims in the hospital, more than 9,700. the san joaquin southern california must implement the order before midnight attorney. rudy giuliani has been infected with covid-19. that news came by tweet from president trump earlier today. giuliani has been leading the president's long-shot effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. he has been crisscrossing the country arguing the president's case in battleground states.

at 76 years old, he is considered to be high risk for covid-19 complications. a longtime trainer at golden gate fields has died from covid-19. bob hess sr. on the far right in this picture came to the track in 1971. he tested positive and was hospitalized during the outbreak at the track last month. that's when about half the people who work at golden gate fields became infected. hess is survived by his wife of 56 years and their four children. first shipments of the coronavirus vaccine arrived in the uk today two days before immunizations are set to begin. they arrived in super cold containers shipped from pfizer's manufacturing plant in belgium. a medical company will inspect the shipment to ensure it wasn't damaged. vaccines will begin to be administered on tuesday. >> it's just incredible actually. i can't hold them in my hands because they're minus 70 degrees. but we are amongst the first in

the country to receive the vaccine and the first in the world is just amazing. >> the uk expects to have around 800,000 doses available. and abc7 is committed to keeping you informed about developments with the covid-19 vaccine. to stay on top of all of the latest vaccine news, we've assembled the abc7 news vaccine team. developing news, pg&e has canceled its plan for possible public safety power shutoffs in northern california. that is due to a change in the wind direction. at one point the outages for tomorrow morning were expected in 15 counties including parts of the north bay. there are now five counties in the central valley where 12,000 customers could lose power. no longer at risk of a power outage but a large portion of the bay area will be under a red flag warning starting at 11:00 tonight. winds are expected to pick up especially in the hills.

firefighters are getting ready. >> i don't think any of us thought we'd be upstaffing and moving into a wind flag and wind advisory in december. it's not typical for us here in the bay area. the concern for winds is that they will likely bring trees down. >> firefighters can ask for the power to be turned off in the event of a wildfire. red flag warnings in december are rare. the last one happened in 2017. meteorologist drew tuma will have more on this coming up later in our newscast. well, a big revelation in the expanding corruption case at san francisco city hall. up next, a former mayor's close ties to the accused in the case. the code name and private text messages that are raising suspicions. also, this baby rescued from the middle of a highway. highway 101 in the north bay. her mother now

president-elect joe biden is turning to california in selecting his health and human services secretary. biden plans to pick attorney general xavier becerra who would lead the administration's response to the pandemic. he was also considered a candidate to replace kamala harris in the senate. governor gavin newsom will have to appoint someone to take over as attorney general as well. and we are hearing for the first time today about a connection between former san francisco mayor ed lee and three people charged in a corruption scandal at san francisco city hall. lee appointed former public works director mohamed nuru and former public utilities commission general manager harlan. both now facing federal charges. chronicle insider and abc7 news

contributor fi contributor phil matier says a criminal complaint uses the code name 35 for lee. lee was a longtime friend of wong, an influential character who has plead guilty to fraud charges in the case lee died of a heart attack in december of 2017, and you can read phil's articles in "the chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. one juvenile is dead and three others badly hurt after the stolen sedan they were in crashed in east san jose overnight. an ambulance took one of the victim as way from the collision along story and king's road. police say a honda accord was traveling fast down story road when it slammed into a tree and a light pole. there were two young males and two young females inside. one of the young females died from the impact. the other suffered major injuries. investigators say the accord was stolen from mountain view. and a baby is safe today

after she was rescued by mill valley police and the california highway patrol. according to the chp, the 4-month-old was being carried by her mother as the two walked into lanes of traffic along northbound highway 101 in mill valley saturday afternoon. horrified drivers swerved around the two to avoid an accident. many of them calling 9-1-1. a mill valley police officer nearby rescued the two off the freeway. that mother was arrested on charges of child endangerment and being under the influence of a drug. fresh fruits and vegetables home grown in san francisco were handed out for free today. the giveaway is ordered by a group that calls itself free farmstand. they say they grow as much food as they can and then show up on sundays in the mission district to give it away. and it doesn't take long before it's all gone. they also offer bread and other pantry items like beans and lentils. free farmstand is currently limiting volunteers as a way of keeping everyone six feet apart.

a trio of mountain lion cubs is having a ball before they head to their new home. we have an update on these wildfire survivors now at the oakland zoo about to start the next chapter of their lives. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we are tracking a red flag warning going into effect later tonight. those winds get gusty tomorrow morning. we'll have

mountain lion cubs made the trip to their new home in ohio. the zoo dropped in a ball with some bison fur on it to see if they were mentally prepared. they seemed to be very active. the cubs went to it and were clearly amused by their new toy. captain cal was found in

september badly burned in a wildfire near redding. the female cubs were found orphaned a couple of weeks later. in the east bay shoppers had a chance to support black-owned businesses before mandatory shutdowns and restrictions take effect. this is the third year for the black holiday expo in oakland. but this year many of the businesses have been hit hard because of the pandemic. some don't have storefronts and rely on pop-up locations like this one. abc7 meteorologist drew tuma with a look at the wind in the areas with that red flag warning. >> dion, we have yet to see a significant storm to kind of end our fire season. our ground is extremely parched. so when you combine that with another off-shore wind event again overnight tonight, we are looking at our 13th red flag warning this year. right now temperatures today we made it not low and mid-60s. tonight we're slowly falling

back into the 50s this evening. so we're in store for a cool night tonight. numbers you can see mainly settling in the 40s under clear skies. so tonight thanks to those offshore winds developing kind of dragging in some warmer air relatively speaking will not be as chilly as last night was. so, let's take a look at that red flag warning that will start at 11:00 p.m. tonight. it does encompass the entire north bay. the east bay hills along with the inland east bay and the santa cruz mountains. it is a fairly large area of the bay that we are looking at. now, those winds will be right around 15 to 25 miles per hour, but we do expect stronger gusts especially in our ridgetops over 45 miles per hour. so we're looking at again those critical fire conditions thanks to these offshore winds. if we had a soaking rainstorm already this year, we wouldn't have to worry about the fire danger. however, our land is so dry that as winds increase early tomorrow

morning by 8:00 a.m., you can see we're tracking high if not very high fire danger in parts of the bay area and really we're going to hone in on the north bay. because that's where it looks to find the highest fire danger with this offshore wind event. so we'll zoom into the north bay for you. by 8:00 a.m. monday, you can see from napa over to eastern parts of sonoma county, very high if not extreme fire danger. thankfully as those winds enter quickly, they're going to exit quickly. so that fire danger really lessens as you go through the early afternoon hours. but you look at those winds again. we're watching that time frame 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. in the morning for those winds to be really gusty in the north bay, 25 to 30 miles per hour. now if we make it to about 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning without any new fires, we'll be in the clear because those winds really back off by lunchtime. so we're watching the morning hours very closely. here's the accuweather forecast

seven-day forecast. it's also a warm day in the 60s and 70s. the winds get out of here monday afternoon. the warm weather stays on tuesday. but it looks like for much of the seven-day forecast we will remain dry. a chance coming next sunday. we'll keep you posted. >> drew, thanks. now with a preview of football sunday, let's kick it over to chris. >> coming up in sports the niners in action tomorrow. but plenty of games on this nfl sunday including a miracle in the meadowlands. how the raiders ♪ with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. try my sauced and loaded fries. it's pretty delicious.

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now abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> at times the raiders looked like a playoff team. you had wins against the saints and the chiefs. but a terrible loss to the falcons last week put the raiders on the outside of the playoffs looking in. no way they'd lose to the winless jets, right? 40 degrees at kickoff in new jersey. the raiders led 24-13 at one point. the jets recover. uh-oh. 5:30 to go. jets are going to take the lead. give it to ty johnson. jets spelling their first win of the year. derek carrson says we got to go win this thing. pass to nelson agholor. the raiders were going to lose and the jets were going to win this game. but the jets, well, they're winless for a reason. they went 3-0 so the raiders

have one last chance. carr is going to wind up, air is out. and finds the rookie behind the defense and touchdown, raiders win 31-28. they're 7-5. jets still winless. >> my dad was not going to be happy. i came into this game knowing that his birthday is tomorrow. so of course he's watching and i had to make some plays. just happened that coach called my number at the end of the game. >> pops would be proud. arizona hosting the rams. cards down 10, kyler murray, deandre hopkins. it is a three-point football game. marin county's own jared goff sneaks it in. rams back up ten. and let your lineman spike the ball. murray picked off by troy hill. hill had that fumbled return for a score against the niners. he ices this one.

rams win by ten. they take the nfc lead. if the niners win tomorrow, they'd be tied for the seventh playoff spot in the nfc. stanford women basketball calling las vegas home for the time being and taking on washington in their pac-12 opener. haley jones a double-double by half time. that was easy there. 42-18 stanford at the break. jones finished with a career high 29 points and 13 rebounds. again easy right there. cardinal win 83-50. tara now just two win as way from becoming the winningless coach in women's hoops history. a big game tomorrow night based on what happened in the nfc west today. >> chris, thanks. just ahead, confirmed tonight, our first santa sighting. how santa clause is adjusting

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a visit with santa at the mall this year will be very different. jolly old st. nick paid a visit to the city center bishop ranch in san ramon today to meet with local kiddos ahead of christmas. social visits here are socially distanced. santa will pay visits in the coming weekends with these very same safety protocols in place. maybe this will prevent all those crying kids when they sit on the laps of santa. you know what i'm talking about. well, that's it for abc7 news at 5:00, everybody. i'm dion lim. thank you so much for joining us, and we'll see you in just about 30 minutes for abc7 news

at 6:00. tonight, the covid crisis enters a critical week. with new lockdowns, a vaccine possibly days away. and this just in, rudy giuliani in the hospital. the lawyer spearheading president trump's failed challenges to the 2020 election, testing positive for covid-19. receiving treatment in the nation's capital. also tonight, the new emergency lockdowns as the virus races through several states. the order taking effect just hours from now for more than 33 million residents across california, 84% of the state. business owners pushing back. from los angeles to right here in new york city, outrage over these new restrictions. states facing new record infections. massachusetts opening a field hospital to help overwhelmed doctors and nurses. also developing tonight, a