bay area counties are gearing up to receive thousands of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. we will tell you how the plan there is depending on the county. it may seem like it, but not everything is cancelled this holiday season. we will take you down to fremont where hundreds of people are coming out to see this long-time light display. and i'm tracking another round of rain moving in for your sunday. we will have timing in the re "abc 7 news" at 11:00 starts right now. building a better bay area. for a safe and secure future. this is "abc 7 news". a monumental step this weekend in the fight to contain the coronavirus. the first vaccines will be shipped out tomorrow morning as the u.s. begins one of its most urgent vaccination campaigns ever. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. the first doses of pfizer's cove

19 vaccine soon will be on the way to california and the bay area. an army of medical personnel is ready to take delivery. as "abc 7 news" reporter cornell barnard shows us, the vaccine countdown is on. >> so just a really bright, shining time, even though the weather is not so great today. >> reporter: you see the chief pharmacy executive excited for a special delivery, about 1,000 doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. she's leading the distribution. >> we hope to receive vaccine at ucsf monday, tuesday at the latest, and we'll start vaccinating on wednesday. >> reporter: frontline health care workers will be first in line to get the first of two doses of the vaccine. ucsf, one of seven medical facilities in the state to take delivery first. she says the vaccine won't be mandatory for ucsf employees. >> folks can decline, folks can pause and then maybe in a few

weeks or a month later decide they want to become vaccinated. we are not making it mandatory. >> reporter: u.p.s. and fedex will be transporting the first doses from pfizer's plant in cal au ma zoo, michigan. governor newsom tweeted california has spent the last few months preparing for the arrival of the covid-19 vaccine. we expect our initial 327,600 doses as early as this weekend. hope is on the horizon. >> you know, it is game on. >> reporter: marin county health officer dr. matt willis expects his first doses of by monday. first p stop, the county's emergency operation center where ultra-cold storage units will be standing by to keep it stable at 97 below farenheit. local hospitals will be the next stop. >> we are prioritizing those most at risk right now and most essential for our response. they're our essential frontline workers on emergency departments, icu as well as staff at skilled nursing facilities so hard-hit by the

pandemic. >> reporter: mark schwartz warns the rollout may not be perfect. >> we will have problems here and there, but for the most part i think we've had time to plan. i think it will come off reasonably smoothly. >> reporter: experts say the challenge will be getting enough doses for everyone who wants one. that will take time. ucsf and marin county say they expect to receive more doses late next week. in the newsroom, cornell barnard, "abc 7 news". as the wait for the pfizer vaccine continues, bay area counties are all on joining us now with details, it looks like some may get more doses than others. >> that's right. california is expected to receive over 327,000 doses of the vaccine. the state will divide the doses between counties. first doses will go to medical workers on the front line of this pandemic. counties across the bay area are on stand by as they wait to

receive the first batch of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine. >> the county doesn't have any real say in the priorities, but we are given a tier system and then we help toal elect those doses that we get to the hospitals to make sure they receive what they need. >> reporter: some counties will receive more vaccines than others. santa clara county is expecting more than 17,000 doses, as their covid numbers increase over 1,000 cases a day. >> the health department is going to take it upon itself in our county to provide vaccine for the staff at the skilled nursing facilities, the nursing homes. >> reporter: also among the first to get the vaccine are veterans in long-term health facilities. the palo alto va was selected as one of 37 va sites to receive first doses of the covid-19 vaccine. >> this is just the first allocation, so people should realize it is just a very small amount of vaccine, and we will see vaccine shipments hopefully

each week for the next hopefully months. >> reporter: the hospitals across contra costa county have freezers available for the vaccine, one in concord and another in walnut creek. >> we are setting up time slots for frontline workers to come through and be vaccinated first. we are getting that in place and making sure we have the logistics down. >> reporter: how many doses of the pfizer vaccine is your hospital projected to receive? >> we did put in a request for 4,875 doses, so nearly 5,000. we don't know if we're going to receive that many. >> reporter: contra costa county will receive roughly 10,000 doses. hope is on the horizon. today governor newsom announced california is expecting distribution as early as sunday. in the newsroom, luz pena, "abc 7 news." >> and the horizon is here, luz, many thanks to you. a vaccine can't arrive soon enough because califonia

continues to set the wrong kind of records with the coronavirus. there were 35,729 newly diagnosed cases, a single-day record. more than 12,400 people are hospitalized with more than 2,700 of them in icu, also single-day records. the bay area's capacity edged back up to 17.6%. the state's threshold is 15%. the 14-day positivity rate is at 10.2%, and we can't remember the last time it was that high. now, we are dedicating next week to bringing you in-depth coverage with our team of reporters and medical experts. if you have questions about the vaccine, we'll try to answer them. just head to abc7news.com/vaccine to submit your question. and monday night at 10:00, a special edition of "20/20: the shot, race for the vaccine." it will cover the safety, access and timing tv vaccine. to the east bay where two were wounded after a freeway shooting in oakland.

shots were fired on eastbound interstate 580 near the highway 24 interchange at 9:30 tonight. all lanes on the freeway are now closed so chp can look for evidence. the victims drove themselves to a hospital in berkley. officers are working to determine a motive and identify the suspect. well, taking a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. it is not raining yet, but it will soon. "abc 7 news" meteorologist drew tuma joining us with a look at the timeline. drew. >> yes, dion. we are expecting another round of rain to arrive over the next several hours as a cold front swings through california. so on the storm impact scale, it will be a level one light system we are tracking sunday. the heaviest rain will fall in the morning, the first half of your day, and then into the afternoon those showers become more scattered in nature. but there is a chance we could hear a rumble of thunder, especially in the afternoon. as we fast forward the clock, we will get you into the early

morning hours on sunday. this is 4:30 a.m., and here is the cold front making a trek through the bay area. we will show you the rest of the forecast tomorrow and the next 24 hours, how much rain you can expect where you live and another storm on the seven-day forecast. we'll have that in a few minutes. dion. >> sounds good, drew. thanks. we have been asked to stay at home this month and not gather with anyone outside our household, but as "abc 7 news" reporter matt boon shows us, there are still some ways to enjoy the holiday season. you just have to stay inside your car. >> reporter: the lights just as bright this year in fremont but some changes. no walking around. instead you have to come in your car, causing a bit of a traffic jam as hundreds of people came out just to get out of the house. >> paw patrol, kalvin and hobbs. >> we saw the house. i'm going to go on saturday, you know, with the whole shelter in place, we're supposed to stay home, so it is nice to get out. >> reporter: cruising slowly through the brightly lit streets

she admits it seems surreal right now. >> it is the safest place to go right now. you get in the christmas spirit and it is nice for families. >> reporter: it is not just the lights and cartoon cutouts drawing families in. >> because we get some fresh air. >> reporter: and there's a sense of community. >> yes! >> reporter: the fun designs, custom for each family on the block. >> and just representing, you know, all of the joy we have here. >> reporter: francine helps transform cripps place into christmas place each year which has been going on since the '60s. this time they had to adapt but it would have been more disappointing to do nothing, she says. >> it is kind of emotional, just the situation we are all in. we thought it was really important to still bring the spirit to everybody and just to see the true enjoyment and excitement that, you know, kids get, it is just heartwarming. >> reporter: what does she want for christmas? >> just for all of this to end soon. ♪ >> reporter: the line of cars was long over at our lady of guadalupe church in san jose as well for a modified day of the

virgin of guadalupe drive-through celebration. >> our message for the people was to stay at home. >> reporter: father bernard offered prayers and holy water as pa issuoners drove by. he knew some would show up but not this many. >> i was expected less people. >> reporter: he did not ask the vendors to sell lights and masks. >> i know this will pass. we know that, but i think we need to become more aware. >> reporter: reporting from the south bay, mat boone, "abc 7 news". still ahead on "abc 7 news" at 11:00, groundbreaking musician charlie pride has died. a look back at his storied career in country music and the tributes tonight from artists he paved the way for. plus, a rare wine worth thousands of dollars stolen from a southbound shop. the owner now speaking out in hopes someone will bring it back. and nine months after their last game, the warriors were back on the chase center court

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♪ pain dripping off the brim of my hat ♪ ♪ sure is cold today >> ground-breaking country musician charlie pride has died from the coronavirus. he was 86 years old. tributes have been pouring in. dolly parton calling pride one of her dearest and oldest friends. darius rucker writing, "pride destroyed barriers and was one of the greatest people he knew." more on his journey from the son of sharecroppers to musician ♪ the snakes crawl at night >> reporter: charley pride was

one of the first african american country music stars. he fell in love with music in his youth. >> i always loved entertainment. i loved to listen to not only just singing but the radio shows. >> reporter: he first found success in a different field. >> that was where i wanted to make my mark, baseball. i saw jackie robinson and i was down there picking that cotton in mississippi and i said, hey, here is my way out. >> reporter: pride entered the negro leagues at the age of 16 and eventually became an all-star player. he sang in local music clubs in his spare time and after a failed tryout with the new york mets made music his focus. pride's race proved to be a hurdle for country labels at the time, but legendary country guitarist and record executive chet atkins took a chance on him. ♪ >> reporter: pride's first singles were released without any mention of his race or even a picture of him. but in due course, country music fans discovered who he was. ♪ just between you and me

>> reporter: his 1967 break through single "just between you and me" was a top ten country hit and earned him his first grammy nomination. in the decades that followed, pride would score more than 50 top ten country hits and sell tens of millions of records. ♪ kiss an angel good morning >> reporter: his 1971 grammy-winning number one crossover hit "kiss an angel good morning" was his most successful song, selling more than a million copies. in his later years, pride picked up lifetime cma and grammy achievement awards and was inducted into the grand ole opry and the country music hall of fame. ♪ new at 11:00, the owner of a high-end wine shop in san jose believes a professional wine thief is behind an overnight break-in where his most valuable bottles were stolen.

the break-in at the joseph george wine shop happened at about 2:30 this morning. according to the owner, the thief passed up many good bottles and went straight for the, quote, unquote, mona lisa of his collection, several magnums of harland estate cabernet, a vintage from each year from 1992 to 1997. the prized collection is so rare and so valuable it could be worth as much as $45,000. owner burt george says whoever did this knew what they were going after. >> this was a professional wine thief, and it is a professional thief, number one, because they're not going to enjoy it. they're just going to -- i think they did it for somebody else, for some reason, i have this feeling. >> san jose police are investigating the wine heist. harlem estate in oakville called george today asking what they could do to help. for those of you hoping to have dungeoness crab on the

table for christmas your wish could come true. the fish and wildlife department says the season will start on december 23rd. the official opening date was november 15th, but that was delayed twice to protect migrating whales from getting trapped in fishing nets. last year commercial season was also put on hold due to the whal whales. in the northern part of the state it has been delayed because of the quality of the crab meat. let's kick it over to drew toome tuma joining us with more on the weather we are expecting and the rain. >> a lot of us will wake up tomorrow morning to rain moving through your neighborhood. this is one of two storms we are tracking for the week ahead. let's show you live doppler 7 along with satellite tonight. we have a fair amount of cloud coverover head, but we will widen the picture and show you the cold front we are tracking. live doppler 7, along with satellite, the wider picture showing you that rain beginning to move into portions of northern california, and that front will move from north to

south. the north bay, we will see the rain first thing tomorrow morning and the rain will slowly slide south throughout the morning hours. ahead of the cold front temperatures have not only budged over the past couple of hours, you can see most spots in the mid 40s if not lower 50s right now. in fact, these numbers are not going to move very much at all overnight tonight. so essentially these are your overnight lows you see on your screen. as we get into sunday, it is a level one light storm we are tracking. again, it looks like the steadiest of the rain will fall in the morning, and then that rain will taper to more scattered showers in the afternoon. in the afternoon there is the chance, a little bit of instability in the atmosphere that we could hear a rumble of thunder. let's go hour-by-hour. future weather showing you 4:30 tomorrow morning. there you can see the rain in the north bay first, the pops of yellow and orange indicating some more moderate to in fact scattered downpours within that line. as we go throughout the morning, by 9:00, 10:00 a.m., the rain is moving south. we do expect the rain to be in

the south bay through the heart of the bay area as well. then into the afternoon, behind that cold front you can see the showers are scattered in nature, but we will be watching for pop-ups between 5:00 and, say, 6:00 p.m. in the evening before the entire storm system gets out of here early in the morning on monday. so in terms of total rainfall, we'll see anywhere from about a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rain out of this quick-moving front. so it is a very fast storm system, but nonetheless it is beneficial to us because we need rain, especially this time of the year. highs on your sunday, it is going to feel like december out there, numbers only in the mid to upper 50s as the rain moves through here. not only rain, we'll get some snow as well. a winter storm warning in the sierra from this system. 4 to 12 inches of snow above 4,500 feet, the highest peaks could see almost a foot and a half of fresh powder. we also have a coastal flood advisory because we have the king tides. it is our highest high tides we

have all year, so there could be some localized flooding during times of high tide. not only that, a high surf advisory as well starting at noon tomorrow where we could see large breakers, anywhere from 6 to 20 feet. so the ocean is very active, the current once again. here is the accuweather received. tomorrow morning, early morning rain to showers. brighter skies prevail on monday, but then we are watching another storm system, dion, wednesday night into thursday. thursday right now looks like a pretty rainy day, and potentially more rain coming one week from tonight, next saturday. nonetheless, we will wake up to some wet weather first thing tomorrow morning. >> wow, what a big difference from last week's 70-degree temperatures, drew. >> isn't it? totally different. >> drew, thanks. still ahead on "abc 7 news" at 11:00, paid at last. a bay area library finally gets its money for an overdue book checked out in 1972. but the price of the fine might come

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a good samaritan paid a cordero man's library fine this week, and the book was overdue by 48 years. in 1972, you see here a boy named tony goodman borrowed a book about pirates from the marin county library, but he never returned it and has been feeling the guilt ever since. that is until his employee, kenny newell, decided to pay his $58 fine all as a joke and as a unique christmas present. newell hopes it won't count against him on his next quarterly review. wouldn't you think it was more than $48 after all of these years? >> how about $58 a day. >> yeah. it has been more than nine months since the warriors were at chase center playing a game, but who is counting? that's a lot of time. we have a

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sports on abc 7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. nine months and two days after their last game, the warriors finally played in a game that counted tonight. sure, it was only the preseason, but, hey, the warriors are finally back. we got a new steph curry pregame tunnel shot. how cool would it be when the fans are back at chase center? of course, nothing but net from steph. the warriors came out firing from distance. how about andrew wig ins? expect a big year from him. calmly hits that. here is curry off the screen. that is good. that's a welcome sight for warriors' fans. the new guy, the lefty, this is smooth from the corner. he had ten in his debut. warriors' defense turns to offense, and the new guy brad

wanamaker, back again. curry played 21 minutes. here is some vintage steph in transition. pull-up and splash. the bunch loved that. curry scored ten. they led by as much as 20. they held on for a win over the nuggets. next preseason game in sacramento. for steph the biggest adjustment is playing with no fans. >> definitely a weird environment, you know, chuling -- pulling up to chase center with no fans in the building. once the ball tipped it was the good feeling you have playing basketball. >> i'm excited. i think we will get better as the season goes on. it was a good start for us, a good week and a first exhibition game. well, about an hour before scheduled kickoff at cal bears game in pullman against washington state was cancelled. the golden bears were short the nu required players because of a cal player testing positive for covid-19. that player and his entire

position group are in quarantine. that is the third cancelled game for cal this year. stanford playing up in the northwest against oregon state. the team practiced in corvallis all week because of santa clara restriction. flee flicker in third quarter. a 48-yard catch originally ruled a touchdown but he was down. mills is sneaking in to give the cardinals the lead. early fourth quarter, cardinal down five. rolling right is mills, in the end zone. they win for two going up by three. 30 seconds ago, cardinals still up. the quarterback scrambling. you have to hold on to the football. it is a fumble! cardinal win, 27-24. they now are 2 and 2 this season. insane, insane, wild finish wacky, western michigan down three to ball state with three seconds to go. they will try the old cal fan forward lateral play. western michigan tried 13 laterals on the play. we had to speed the play up

because literally it took forever. i mean lat raf after lateral and they keep going backwards. like what is happening on this play. then it actually is going to get really weird as the ball hits the tush. looks like ball state recovers so they rush the field and it is still lose. the refs let the play go. the western players are confused but they say no whistle and take it into the end zone for the touchdown. after all of that one of those 13 laterals was a forward pass so the play did not count and western michigan lost the game. abc 7 sports sponsored by your local toyota dealers. i'm tired after watching that, dion. >> my head is spinning. i don't know if i can continue the newscast. >> good luck. >> thank you. much more to come on "abc 7 news" at 11:00 with covid-19 vaccine shipments going out this weekend, many eyes on the uk where people have already received shots. why dr. fauci said americans should not be concerned about reports of allergic reactions. and even in the pandemic

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is "abc 7 news". the distribution effort for pfizer's covid-19 vaccine is underway in the u.s. health care workers nationwide and here in the bay area will be among the first to be vaccinated as soon as this week. health and human services secretary alex azar and army general gus perma are monitoring the critical shipments from the operation warp speed vaccine

center. fedex and u.p.s. will do the heavy lifting across the country and trucks will take the vaccine the rest of the way. the federal government will monitor closely the delivery. >> my guidance was to ensure the precious commodity is received by trained professionals at each state. i expect first shipments to arrive monday morning. >> serious allergic reactions from two vaccinated health care workers in the uk should not deter americans from getting vaccinated. that is coming from dr. anthony fauci. >> you stay alert for it and you keep a situation so that if it happens again the people are in a facility that can take care of them. >> california anticipates getting 327,000 doses as soon as monday. it cannot come soon enough. the state saw more than 35,000 new cases yesterday, another daily record. bay area counties are preparing for the

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a few of santa's proudest helpers received a boost today to brighten the holidays for thousands of children. macy's donated $3,000 to the marine corps reserve's toys for tots programs in san francisco's union square. the marines will use the money to buy items for children. they also accepted donations of new toys. one marine shared what giving to others means to him. >> it means a lot to me coming from a background that, you know, was raised not having so much. so i can feel for the needy children that, you know, it is

something to look forward on christmas day. >> the marines partner with several nonprofits to deliver toys to children across marin county, san francisco and san mateo county. more than 200 kids got some extra presents under their tree this year thanks to san jose police. the fund is part of the 13 annual shop-with-a-cop heroes holiday shopping spree. usually kids go shopping with a bay area police officer, but this year looked a little different because of the pandemic. third graders got to pick their presents out online with a gift card and then pick them up at the elks lodge today. the parents get a gift card also to buy groceries. the holiday spirit in full swing for the first christmas in chinatown as well. the nonprofit be chinatown delivered 600 toys mostly to new immigrant kids in single-resident occupant housing. many received gift certificates to local restaurants which help keep them afloat during the holidays as well. san francisco community business resources helped sponsor the

event along with chocolates resumed with a discount sales in san leandro. the chocolate maker hosted the one-day blowout for 15 years now. many customers bought items for holiday baking while others enjoyed discounts on kara mel squares. they adapted this year's event to comply with socially distancing. the company began in san francisco in 1852. drew, this always happens. we have a story about food right before weather and i'm starving. >> always. you know, i need a christmas gift, dion, so you got about a minute to figure out what i can get from there because we're talking about winter-like weather. finally, we love to hear rain in the forecast, and we've got it the next 24 hours. so the storm impact scale is a level one light system for our sunday. the steadiest rayno curiin occug

the morning. sk scattered showers occurring in the afternoon with a chance to hear a clap of thunder. by about 9:00, 10:00 in the morning the front is sliding south, so that's when we expect the rain to move into the south bay. behind that front you can see more in the way of scattered showers as we round out the day on sunday. highs tomorrow with that rain moving through, expect temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. total rainfall, about a quarter to three-quarters of an inch over the next 24 hours. accuweather seven day, morning rain to showers on your sunday. brighter skies moving back in on monday, but they are short lived because we will track our next chance of rain

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sports on abc 7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. well, the last time the warriors played a game march 10th. the last time stephan curry played a game was march 5

it has been more than nine months but tonight we saw steph and the warriors take the court at chase center. golden state has a lot of new pieces and at the core you still have steph leading the way. draymond will be back in the fold soon. curry finished with ten points, three assists, two steals in 21 minutes. afterwards curry talked about the long lay-off and the team working with no flow. >> you know, tonight was a step in the right direction in terms of we just got to -- you notice, wh something like 270-something days we haven't played a basketball game. you know, that's different and we have never been through that before. we just have to be really aware of what is happening and be able to call it out quickly and learn on the fly. >> well, it is always just great to see them out on the floor. he looks really good physically. you know, that's the main thing. he's in great shape, and now it is just a matter of getting his timing and his rhythm down, but he's definitely a sight for sore eyes. >> the 49ers host the washington

football team tomorrow afternoon in arizona. now, in a normal year with alex smith as the quarterback it would feel like a reunion for the fans. you would see number 11 jerseys in the crowd at levis and get a nice section from the faithful, but this is 2020. nothing that is going to happen. if the 49ers have a hope of making the playoff they need a win and get some help. smith is a show-in after the horrible injury and lengthy rehab. in the horrible nfc east washington is in a tie for first place at the month. smith has attention of 49ers' defense. >> you know, he has the veteran presence that you see, and, i mean, if you haven't seen the documentary of how, you know, his adversity he had to overcome, it is truly amazing. >> i do feel like i'm still progressing in that sense, but i think i'm feeling really good and comfortable right now on the field. i don't feel limited at all. the challenge changes week to week. >> for him to come back and show the confidence, so many people were like, he didn't need to

come back, he didn't need to. sometimes it is about proving something to yourself more than anybody else, proving something to your family, proving, you know, that you can do it. i think that's what really special about this. he has proven that it can happen, you know. i think it is really inspirational at 6-0 san jose football is off to the best start since 1939 when they went 13-0. spartans clench a spot in the mountain west championship game with a win over nevada at the photography home in las vegas, and the best moment came after the game. how great is that? the coach also got a gatorade bath, and why not? this team has steadily improved in the four seasons under his leadership. spartans play boise state this coming saturday with location and game time to be determined by the conference tomorrow. safe to say the victory was really sweet. >> and i think having been through the struggle of our first three years, it makes it even that much more special.

you know, now all of the freshmen and sophomore we were playing two and three years ago, those guys are juniors and seniors. locker room celebration was outstanding. >> it is an amazing feeling, especially being one of the guys who was on the team when we were 1-11, and being here now. i'm so grateful and soy pro pro everyone on the team and thankful for the entire program. it has been an amazing ride and we don't want it to be over. we want it to be normal for the program, that's the goal. vanderbilt's sarah fuller made a history kicking off. on saturday she became the first woman to score a point in a power five college football game when she kicked this extra point in the first quarter against tennessee. her family was in the stands cheering her on and officials made sure to get her the ball and give it back to her. the number one team in college women's basketball plays at cal tomorrow. stanford added a game this tuesday at pacific, a 6:00 p.m. tip-off on espn

vanderveer is a few games away from winningest coach in women's basketball. abc 7 sports is sponsored by local toyota deemers. with that, that's all we have tonight ma. i'm dion lim. continuing tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. for drew tuma and all of us here at "abc 7 news", thank you for joining us.

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