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restaurant patrons disregarding san francisco's stay-at-home order. things get tense when we ask them about it. >> santa clara county says in addition to pfizer, they're now going to get more vaccines. who's getting them first, and when we can see them coming. >> rain in the forecast for the weekend. i'll have the time line coming up. abc news at 11:00 starts now. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. 20 million people should get vaccinated in just the next several weeks. >> tonight we are hours away from a crucial public hearing. the fda is on the verge of granting emergency approval for pfizer's covid vaccine. it can't come soon enough. the u.s. saw more than 3,000 deaths in the last 24 hours. that's a new record. >> over 8,000 people beloved members of their families are not coming back.

>> california saw more than cases for a third straight day. and in the bay area, several icus are out of space. >> this is truly a matter of life and death. >> good evening. tonight we are learning how many doses of vaccine california and bay area counties will receive. >> the state says it expects its first batch from pfizer of about 327,000 doses next week. governor newsom tweeted today the state can then expect another 672,000 doses of moderna's vaccine by the end of the year. >> here's a look at how many of the initial batch of the pfizer vaccine will be going to each bay area county. you see the breakdown. santa clara county is expected to get the most with about 17,550 doses. as abc 7 news reporter matt boone explains how the doses will then be distributed. >> reporter: santa clara county will be allocated 7,550 vaccines. canada and the you can have approved it. the fda is scheduled to vote

tomorrow. if approved, it could arrive in santa clara by next tuesday. on its heels, the county announced they're slated to receive moderna vaccines, which approved on schedule, could arrive the week of christmas. >> it's going to take us quite some time, quite some time, to reach herd immunity. >> during a virtual presentation, the good news was tempered by public health officer dr. sara cody who urged people to remain vigilant on masking and social distancing. so, who gets it first? this is the breakdown for phase 1a which has been determined by state and federal regulators. in the first tier, people in acute care, psychiatric and correctional facility hospitals as well as skilled nursing facilityings. paramedics and frontline first responders and those in dialysis centers will also be first in line. medical settings make upmost of the remaining tiers though they likely won't get one in the first batch. >> we cannot do all health care

personnel at one time. >> distribution of the pfizer vaccine remains a challenge due to the extremely cold temperatures needed. but the county has designated the santa clara fairgrounds z as well as nine valley county health clinks as distribution sites. tomorrow morning an fda advisory committee will vote to recommend the vaccine. as abc news reporter explains americans could be getting immunized in just days. >> we are now just hours away from learning whether pfizer's covid-19 vaccine will be the first in the u.s. to get emergency use authorization. if the fda does give the green light during thursday's meeting, the first 2.9 million doses will start being sent across the country within 24 hours, and the first americans could begin being immunized as soon as friday. >> we should feel good about where we are right now. >> reporter: thousands of people in the uk have already received the first dose. among them, two health care workers who had allergic

reactions. they were treated and officials say they're okay. both had a history of severe allergies and carry epipens with them. and now american vaccine officials say the fda could make recommendations here based on those cases. >> the expectations would be that subjects with known severe allergic reaction should not take the vaccine. and to understand exactly what happened here. >> reporter: the vaccine anticipation comes as the u.s. marks its deadliest day since the pandemic began, more than 3,000 people have died from covid-19 in this country in just the past 24 hours. >> people still don't think this is a big deal. they think it's kind of fake news or a little bit of a hoax or what have you. it's not. it's real. the numbers are absolutely real. >> marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. abc 7 news is going to devote next week to bringing you all the major updates right now in vaccine development. our team of reporters and medical experts will answer the bug questions from safety to

distribution to side effects and more. today, the greater sacramento region fell under the 15% icu capacity threshold. now, that triggers the state's new strict stay-at-home order. it joins the southern california and san joaquin valley regions. here in the bay area, even though we're above the threshold, half of the counties have voluntarily adopted the stay-at-home order, and monterey will begin on sunday. outdoor dining is banned in much of the bay area, but that didn't stop people from eating outside one san francisco restaurant tonight. >> it didn't. and abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone got an in your face perspective of people's growing perspective. >> you come up and criticize the public right. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> a restaurant patient at san francisco's joe's reacted to his decision to eat outside with others at a table and in a city parklet during the stay-at-home order. we came to this location where around a dozen people were

dining after other restaurant employees reached out to us saying it isn't fair some people are still eating outside some restaurants when outdoor dining technically isn't allowed in san francisco. >> is this considered outdoor dining? i guess. it could be considered outdoor dining. >> there is no outdoor dining. >> reporter: the manager at original joe's wouldn't talk to us on camera but says this is not outdoor dining. these are to go meals and patrons have gotten their food and chosen to sit where restaurant tables are being stored which happens to be outside in their parklets where heat lamps are turned on in full blast. some say there should not be restrictions in place. >> is our lives going to be controlled? when do we have our freedom back? >> reporter: most patrons didn't want to talk to us on camera. then there was the man who came back, yelled at us, and hit our

microphone. supervisor aaron pes kin says a complaint has been received by the city and inspectors are looking into this to see if any rules have been broken. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> frustration. playgrounds can hope again much to the relief of parents and children. california today lifted the statewide ban. playgrounds reopened today in several bay area counties and will be open tomorrow in san francisco. a dozen lawmakers wrote to the governor pushing for the reopening. an update on a major iteam investigation. millions in covid relief loans given to companies linked to governor newsom. next, small businesses share frustration. >> vallejo police are inge investigating their own union. the email some say is threatening. and st. nick needs to sit this one out some say. the plea to would be santas in san francisco. tracking winds for tomorrow and wet weather for the weekend. i'll have the hourly timeline

coming up. >> we need the wet weather. thanks sandhya. all that's ahead. but first a look at what's coming up on "jimmy kimmel live." >> thanks dan and ama. watch this for your life. >> what are you doing mr. sanford? good to see you. we're going to party down. you want to come with us? good job here.

more reaction tonight to the abc 7 news iteam report revealing nine companies, part of the plump jack group founded by governor gavin newsom received millions of dollars in funding through the paycheck protection program. >> the intent of the program was to keep small businesses afloat and over the past 24 hours we've heard from hundreds of you, many of whom are small business owner who is struggled to get access to the ppp money. plump jack businesses, including wineries, bars and restaurants, eight of which are partially owned by newsom, received nearly $3 million in ppp loans. newsom placed his ownership interest into a blind trust in 2018 but is still profiting from the businesses. >> according to the statement of economic interest, he received more than $100,000 from villa partners. this company which is traced back to the plump jack winery in

napa received more than $918,000 to retain 14 employees. the winery owner received about $1.3 million but retained 141 employees. she says what plump jack got isn't fair. >> it doesn't balance out, and i think the point of the loans were to retain as much -- as many as possible and really help businesses get through this tough time. >> now the plump jack management group says the funds have been critical in keeping their staff employed and continuing their operations. for a closer look at our analysis and other discrepancies with another company, check out the full report on our website. just click the iteam. tonight an attorney for the vallejo police officers association is commenting on an email the group sent to a local journalist. the police chief is investigating and says he was deeply disturbed by that email. melanie woodrow was on the

story. >> reporter: east bay columnist has been writing for the paper since 2016 and covering vallejo since 2017. >> i wouldn't say vallejo was my sole focus as a columnist but it was something i took great interest in. >> reporter: he characterizing his coverage as critical of the police department and shining a light. he announced he was moving to georgia to work for the atlanta journal "constitution." he received this email from the police officers association. quote, looks like 2020 will be a little bit better not having your bias and articles printed in the newspaper that only inflame the public. we will warn our georgia colleagues of your impending arrival. taylor believes whoever wrote the email misspelled uninformed. >> the email that they sent to me was a reply to an email that they ignored in september. so, while they're saying that,

hey, you never look for the truth, they're replying to an email when i was asking for comment. this threat of i am going to call the cops on you, police know exactly what that means. >> a little more than 24 hour afs taylor received the email, vallejo police chief issued response to media inquiries related to the matter. chief williams says he was deeply disturbed by the statement and the department intended to investigate the matter. we do not condone any form of disrespect, discourteous behavior or act of intimidation toward our media partners. the chief said the views do not represent those of the police department. taylor would not speculate on who from the vpoa emailed him. as he leaves the bay area, he says he feels inspired. >> to do more research, more digging, more questioning of police narratives. >> an attorney for the vallejo police officers association issued an emailed statement

saying the language of this communication, although not intended to convey anything inappropriate or unprofessional was unfortunately subject to differing interpretations and has thus led to accusations by some of intimidation. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. the world's biggest social media network may have to down size as part of a lawsuit that accuses facebook of abusing its market power. it was announced today that 48 states including california and the ftc filed antitrust lawsuits. the federal trade commission accuses facebook of using a systemic strategy to eliminate its competition. that includes buying up smaller rivals. facebook could be forced to spin off those services, including instagram and whatsapp. facebook has 2.7 billion users around the world. an adults only holiday tradition in san francisco is cancelled this year and its organizers urging people to resist trying to revive it. revellers dress up in santa gear

for the santa pub crawl. this is video from last year. tom debell organizes it. he thinks people will still gatherer in union square this saturday, but he's begging them not to. >> anyone that goes into a large group is literally taking their life in their own hands. save up all of your debauchery until december 11th, 2021, and we'll do whole thing all over again. >> santa says 17,000 people took part in last year's santa con in san francisco and it sounds like he knows that we need to, you know, take a backseat this year and just be good and keep everybody safe for the next year. >> yeah, it's just not the year for that, ama, radio right? don't get on the naughty list. sandhya patel is here with the forecast. hi sandhya. >> hi there. yeah, no one wants to be on the naughty list. dan and ama, definitely good

idea to stay safe. we'll get through this. here's a look at the current winds. they've been picking up out of the north. gusting to 44-miles-per-hour mount deyab low. wind advisory issued just a short time ago for the north bay coastal regions and the mountains, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. winds gusting to 45. could take down tree limbs and cause power outages. if you have decorations up, secure them before the winds get going. as you take a look here, tomorrow afternoon between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m., winds pick up about 36-miles-an-hour there near mendocino county. lakeport 24. so, getting windy. uts a dry front that's going to kick up the winds. look at the pacific. there's a couple systems out there. we need the active weather. not all of this is going to hit the ground here in the bay area but we certainly can use the rain. look at how far behind we are. 4% san jose and oakland. only 7% at sfo. santa rosa is the only one doing

18%. everyone else single digits. san francisco 9% of average for this time of year. live look, pretty quiet at lower elevations. temperatures to 40s to 50s unless you're in ukiah, it is 38 degree. temperatures by morning fall. coldest spots in the north bay valleys. most areas in 40s and 50s with combination of fog and higher clouds. tomorrow afternoon the cooling that started today is going to continue. mid 50s to mid 60s. you will see plenty of sun tomorrow afternoon, this weekend we bring in the storm impact scale. level one, scattered showers saturday. wet and breezy for all areas on sunday. and the good thing is this is not going to be heavy rain. so, no flooding is expected in the burn scar areas. hour by hour we go. friday night could be the earliest drops at 11:00 p.m. in the north bay. rest of you have to wait until saturday morning. it turns to a mix of rain and snow in the sierra. sunday this is where most of you will be needing umbrellas as we

head into sunday evening. the system winds down. rainfall totals are expected to be higher in the north bay. could see over an inch in the wettest locations. in the south bay you're looking at a quarter in san jose. the accuweather seven day forecast breezy to windy tomorrow. cooling continues. late night chance of showers friday. level one system for saturday and sunday. and that rain is welcome here in the bay area. next week, another opportunity the middle of the week. ama and dan. >> all right. at least we have some chances. thanks sandhya. all right. you've got to check this out. coming up, the san jose house that could have the best that could have the best christmas light make your holidays happen... at ross! surprise! ahhh! yes! i love it! you don't have to spend a lot to give a lot to the ones who mean the most. you've got the holidays, and we've got you, with the best bargains ever... ...at ross. yes for less!

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san jose family is getting national attention for their christmas light display. >> they're being featured on the "great christmas light fight." the maddows family has decorated their orchard for 35 years. this year is biggest yet. everything from the lights to the circuit boards custom made. >> my husband has gone bigger and bigger every year. he would go with his grandpa or dad or all of us and buy out everything the hardware stores have left. >> yeah, he did. husband j.r. is also an exhibit engineer for san jose's christmas in the park. you can check out their lights every night 5:00 to 10:00. >> incredible. i was kind of proud of my lites at the house until i saw that. >> until you saw that. >> they'll be features on "the great christmas light fight."

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good evening. with playoff hopes literally hanging by a thread, the 49ers just got flexed out of their prime time match up with the cowboys next sunday night. browns versus giants is taking that slot, if you can believe it. meanwhile, the 49ers begin week two in their home away from home in arizona, getting ready for their contest with washington, not wallowing in their weird circumstances. knowing the key is to focus on the job that is right in front of them. >> it's not like we're stuck in this situation. it's something you have to put up with for a few weeks. and theic requester th quicker adapt and accept it is the quicker you're able to improve as i player. >> the set up is great. like i was saying last week. i think the set up is as good as we could hope for.

>> listen up. listen up. things are not changed. we are still in the eye of the hurricane. >> san jose state hoping to bring that hurricane to nevada on friday. the spartans 5 #-0 for the first time since 1939 and a win over nevada puts them in the mountain west championship game for the first time ever. college hoops tonight. mark fox and cal at pepperdine. the waves turned into a tsunami of threes in the first half. 10 of 19, pepperdine built a 19-point cushion, just bombing away. matt bradley would try to lead the come back for cali at 16 in the second half. cal cuts the deficit to 10. too many waves. bears will host usf sunday. a change in the nba. for the first time coaches will not have to wear fancy suits on the sideline this season.

steve kerr naturally distraught. >> first of all, devastated at the news. i had my brand-new line of suits that's coming out actually this fall. so, my marketing team is going to be disappointed that we're not going to be able to put those on display during games. it's a shame. >> he's the best. that was a joke by the way. abc

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all right. that is going to do it for tonight. thank you so much for watching. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for larry beil, sandhya patel, all of us, we appreciate your

time. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, keegan-michael key. isla fisherand music from ingrid andress. and now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: hi, everyone. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you very much. thank you for watching, thank you for joining us. you know, the holidays can be a lonely time without being confined to your home. so it's important to know that you are not alone. and we are not alone in the universe. at least that's according to israel's former head of space security, who's claiming in a new book that alien beings from outer space have been in contact with the u.s. and israeli governments for years. haim eshed is a retired general and a well-respected professor in israel. or at least he was before he said this. [ laughter ]