holiday season rolls out. when we can expect the first doses of coronavirus vaccines to arrive in the bay area. san francisco modifies its stay-at-home order with new social rules. the cheeky reply from one supervisor about what this means for dating. and we all know what happens in vegas doesn't always stay in vegas. but this video of a man walking on the wing of a plane is going viral as the woman who captured it shares her story. good morning. we made it to monday. it's december 14th. >> yes. >> what happened? >> i saw a cartoon over the weekend that showed the mask and no mask on a plane and the no-mask session was the guy sitting on the wing. so that -- it just struck humor in me. that's why i was laughing. i apologize. i'm sure there's a good story behind that. should we talk about what

happened over the weekend and moving forward? >> yes. >> my goodness. wasn't that so nice? so excited to have that rain and now i can't wait for our hills to start turning from brown to green over the next couple of weeks. you can put the umbrella away for the next couple of days. keep it handy for wednesday and thursday. we'll talk about that later. you can see it's dry on live doppler 7. a bit of fog as you would expect in the central valley, along the coast and in the north bay. that will become more of a main stay now that the ground is saturated. highs today, back closer to average. 60s in fairfield. most of us 54 to about 58 degrees. it is finally here, the rain season, at least for another day or so. we'll look at that seven-day forecast coming up. let's get over to reggie for the first story of the day. it's a historic day. the ongoing and devastating coronavirus pandemic, the first americans will be vaccinated today, nearly a year since the virus was confirmed in the u.s. jobina fortson is at the live

desk with details on this massive distribution process going on right now. >> thank you. good morning. 145 hospitals nationwide this morning are preparing to receive the first doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. in total 2.9 million doses will be shipped to all 50 states this week. the initial supply will go to front line health care workers, those in long-term care facilities and staff. u.s. marshals are traveling with each shipment and the fda has given priority -- or the faa has given priority to flights carrying the vaccines. u.p.s. says they're working fast and diligently. >> this morning they will be offloading those jets and those docks, they'll be delivering with our traditional brown trucks this morning to their vaccine locations. i think there's a race out there right now. as soon as the trucks pull out from their hubs around the country, they'll try to get to those locations as fast as they can. >> the covid tracking project reports the u.s. is averaging

300 more deaths per day than at the peak in the spring. a record more 108,000 americans are currently hospitalized with covid-19. in a few weeks another 2.9 million doses will be shipped to the same location for peoples second vaccination. the vaccine comes as several california counties are seeing troubling statistics. in san francisco, on saturday health officials reported 323 new cases. that's the highest number of new cases in a single day so far. in los angeles, numbers from the weekend indicate more than 4,000 people are hospitalized with covid-19. and in the san joaquin valley the number of icu beds is dangerously low. icu capacity is at 1.5%. working to build a better bay area. this morning that means tracking the race to get the vaccine to hospitals in our area. we've learned that the first doses could be delivered later today. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at ucsf

medical center in san francisco where it's all hands on deck. amy? >> yeah. they are expecting to receive the vaccine today or tomorrow and to start vaccinating some of their front line workers on wednesday. hospital employees say they are so excited about this, calling it the beginning of the end. hospitals have done a lot of work to prepare for the vaccine. they're not just going to open their doors and receive it, they have teams dedicated to the planning of receiving and distributing it. they have run practice drills. so they are ready to administer the shots. >> our preparation is pretty detailed because the pfizer vaccine is quite complicated. it needs to be stored at very cold levels, then you distribute it. and we're even doing simulation exercises to make sure we can vaccinate as many people as quickly and safely as possible. >> hospitals will be asking staff members to declare today whether they want the vaccine.

they say they cannot require people to take it. they will start with high-risk employees, then they hope high-risk patients can start receiving it sometime in january. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. all this week we're bringing you in-depth coverage on the vaccine with our team of reporters and medical experts. if you have any questions we'll try our best to answer them. go to abc7news.com/vaccine and submit your question there. also tonight at 10:00, there's a special edition of "20/20" it's called "the shot: race for the vaccine." 10 san francisco community organizations will receive more than $5 million in grants to reduce the spread of covid-19 in the city's most impacted neighborhoods. this is part of the health department's equity strategy which focuses on disparities in coronavirus case rates. currently latinos make up 15% of the city's population, but they account for 45% of cases.

the money will be used for testing, contact tracing and other covid related health services. san francisco has updated its stay-at-home order. now you're allowed to see one other person from another household outdoors only. this means you can take a walk, hang out in a park and even play low-contact sports as long as you don't share equipment. san francisco supervisor matt haney pointed out something else you can do, date. he tweeted kind of jokingly this means dating is again allowed in san francisco, but you can only date outdoors and no double dates. okay. um mum. hi, mike. >> that's another conversation. we'll get back to that. >> yeah. >> we'll circle back to that one? >> maybe. >> i really feel you have something powerful to say there. >> we'll let it go. >> i'll give you 15 seconds of my time, i guess we're moving

on. all right. let's take a look at what's going on temperature-wise. it is definitely cooler this morning and it's damp outside. so it finally feels like winter. look at these temperatures. we've got right around 40 degrees through the tri valley and mid to upper 40s highway 4 and northern contra costa county. 36 in santa rosa, it was 34, which was close to that black ice territory. we like to see that temperature climb up the scale. we have 45 in oakland, 48 in san francisco. 44 in hayward and mountain view. and also san jose. now, notice by 9:00, temperatures don't change much. mid to upper 40s. as we head into the -- or late morning hours, we start to get around 50 to 52 at 11:00. if you're heading outside for lunch you'll warm up to 53 to 58 by 1:00. and by 3:00, we're still around 55 to 58. if you're heading out this evening, by 7:00, temperatures already starting to dip below 50

degrees into the upper 40s. as far as your activity planner, man, what a great weekend to hopefully have planted some winter vegetation. it's pretty sloppy out there, but the ground is wet. mostly sunny if you're exercising. if you're working at home or learning, remote learning, it will be damp out in the yard. try to keep the kids on the pavement if you can when they take a break. we'll look at wednesday's rain coming up. right now i want to look at the morning commute and say hi, jobina. nice to see you. >> thank you. good morning. we have a high wind advisory issued for the benicia bridge. outside of that no other advisories to report. let's show off the san mateo bridge. smooth traffic there. we have no crashes or blocking issues to report right now. and then lastly here the bay bridge. i just have a great traffic report. i will have an update on caltrain. they are suspending services, expanding other things. that will be in my next report

around 5:30. passengers on board a flight from las vegas to portland were delayed because a man got on to the wing of the plane. yes. and there is video. so, apparently this man hopped over a perimeter fence. you can see him crawling and then at one point he was walking on the wing. i want to see if we can show you that. yeah. there he goes. so, at one point he's trying to get up the wing's end. officers eventually made their way on to the wing. they tried to apprehend him. he fell over. the passenger who captured this video described what she saw. >> he had taken off his shoes, thrown them down. he was definitely very animated in his gestures and motions. he was raising his hands up. he was down on his knees. >> the man was taken into custody and then to a medical facility. the flight took off about four hours later. coming up at 7:00 on "gma,"

we'll hear more from the woman who took the video. >> is he trying to find a date in san francisco? he is outside. >> he is outside. all he needs is one person. >> one other person. good luck. coming up, the electoral college is voting today to finalize the election results. already there's some turmoil in a battleground state. dr. jill biden responds to a controversial op-ed attacking her title. the power player stepping up to defend the soon to be first lady. and christmas is two weeks away. the pandemic impacting everything from christmas trees to tamales. >> first we take you outsid

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the electoral college is voting today to finalize results of the presidential election. overnight state lawmakers in michigan closed their offices because of threats of violence. jobina has more on the vote. >> the 538 members of the

electoral college will cast their votes in state legislators today. in michigan the state house will be closed during that due to what officials describe as credible threats of violence. it comes as a pro-trump rally in washington, d.c. on saturday turned violent. president trump and his allies lost nearly 50 cases since election day and the supreme court refused to hear a texas lawsuit that challenged votes in four battleground states. >> there's still these hail mary theories of how this could still be swung away from biden but it seems almost impossible that would happen. >> biden is expected to reach 270 electoral votes during california's meeting today. his transition team says he will give a speech tonight. after the vote today the next big date is january 6th when congress officially counts the electoral votes. kumasi? >> thank you. soon to be first lady jill biden is responding to a controversial op-ed arguing that she should drop the title of

doctor. author joseph epstein wrote in the "wall street journal" that the use of the title doctor feels fraudulent because she's not a medical doctor. at one point even called her kiddo. many people have called this op-ed sexist and responded online including jill biden herself. she tweeted together we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated rather than diminished. hillary clinton tweeted her name is dr. jill biden. get used to it. and the second gentleman elect tweeted the story would have never been written about a man. the editor of the "wall street journal" opinion section has defended epstein's piece calling the negative response to it a political strategy. nasa is celebrating its 30th anniversary of the hubble space telescope and they're sharing 30 never before seen images captured by hubble. you're looking at close-ups that

hubble captured of sctar galaxy. the telescope was built at lockheed martin's facility in sunnyva sunnyvale. hum. wasn't supposed to last this long, correct? sorry, didn't mean to put you on the spot. >> i was about to say, mike, you are the space one. you know before we know. >> look at me. not knowing and then pushing it off on you guys. i'm so sorry. what a terrible way to start the day. gosh. i hijacked the first shot of the show and then i do that. must be the coffee i'm drinking. it's a new brand. >> okay. >> thanks. you know all that rain we got? >> mm-hmm. >> i remember. >> before we got that rain the snow pack in the sierra was 32% of average. our weekend store also brought snow to parts of the sierra.

you're looking at several views from caltrans traffic cameras showing the impact on the major highways. we told you not to travel. that's a good look at why you shouldn't have. drivers must use chains on center state 80 between kingvale and truckee. and they told us not to go up there any way. let's look at more snow coming their way. that rain that is coming our way wednesday and thursday could bring another foot or two of snow to the sierra. hopefully we can add on to that snow pack. after that, it's trending dry through the weekend. back here at home, beautiful shot from sutro tower. we have rain-cleaned air over top of us. no need to worry about poor air quality days this week. dry today. cooler this morning. becoming mostly sunny this afternoon. a seasonal chill tonight. look for more patches of fog. partly cloudy and trending drier and cool for the weekend. highs today from about 56 to 60 degrees this afternoon. you'll feel better out in the sun, cooler in the shade.

tonight around 32 in the north bay to 35 in san francisco. so we could have some frost out there. here's a look at wednesday at midnight. you can see that storm heading more for the north bay as we head through wednesday morning. could be a truckee morning for travel. heading through thursday afternoon the storm is gone. it's out of here. it will be wednesday morning through about thursday morning. we'll have a chance of some rain possibly nearing what we had over the weekend. that's impressive from back-to-back storms considering we're in the middle of a drought. here's my accuweather 7-day forecast. because it's one storm coming in in two sections like the last one did, we have a 1 for wednesday. a 1 for thursday, and then saturday and sunday because it's trending drier we'll keep a chance of rain in there. no storm impact scale. that's your forecast for now. let's get back to kumasi. >> thank you. as part of our effort to build a better bay area, abc7 has been tracking the new way to holiday during the pandemic.

as luz pena found out, it's changed many christmas items. >> reporter: they come in all sizes and picking the perfect christmas tree is a tough jop. 1 1/2-year-old mira would agree. >> last year we did it, one of those. >> last year she was seven months old. >> for the anderson family there's one professional christmas tree picker and she's humble. >> all of us. >> she did. >> you did. we approved. >> reporter: but this year they almost didn't get to choose their favorite tree. more people staying at home means more demand for trees. christmas tree farms are reporting a tree shortage. at the guardsman tree lot in san francisco's fort mason, they are running out fast. >> normally we go through about 7,500 trees. this year we're down to about 6,000.

>> last year, two weeks from christmas, they had close to 1,000 trees in this lot. this year they have 300 christmas trees left. and as some businesses reap the benefits of more families staying at home during the holidays, others who used to thrive during this season are experiencing the opposite. >> this is what we use to make the tamales. >> reporter: every year at least two weeks before christmas, sergio gomez would sell over 5,000 tamales for family gatherings and parties. this year he's seen an 86% decrease. >> this year i have only like 20 orders. >> reporter: many counting down the days to 2021, searching for normalcy during the holidays. this family found it at union square. >> we have to get out, get a breather, get a break, get some fresh air, enjoy the holidays. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> it turns out everyone is getting in the holiday spirit. scuba drivers in brazil are

dressing up for christmas. the staff at the aqua rio aquarium in rio de janeiro are dressing up as santa and mrs. claus feeding shanks and sting ways. they will be doing this every day until the 25th to bring extra christmas cheer to visitors. >> i'm wondering why i can't go to the aquarium. >> kumasi -- >> i know that's rude. >> i'm glad you said it first. >> good for them. >> imagine going somewhere. >> right? great. coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. and paying it forward during the pandemic. how a coffee shot mission in minneapolis attracted donors from all over the country to create an unbreakable streak. now more than ever, it's important to keep yourself and your community safe. stay at home, and if you must go out, wear a mask. we'll get through

if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. the first americans will be injected today with pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. 145 hospitals nationwide are preparing to receive shipments

today. 2.9 million doses will be shipped this week. number two, the bay area is on the verge of receiving its first doses of the shot. local hospitals say they're ready. st san francisco's iconic cliff house restaurant is closing permanently. the owners are blaming the pandemic and a delay in getting new operating contracts with the national park service. number four, the electoral college is voting today to finalize results of the presidential election. overnight michigan closed their capitol because of threats of violence. california's electoral set to meet at 2:00 p.m. biden will give a speech later tonight. storm door remains open. that's number five in your seven things. it's going to bring us more rain and showers wednesday into thursday. probably not the soaking we just had because it will be a shorter duration storm. number six, aside from the high wind advisory issued for the benicia bridge, we don't

have any issues on the roads. live picture showing off 101 in san jose. and number seven, if you tried to access your g-mail account and you got this message, you're not alone. google appears to have suffered an outage this morning. people online reported that it impacted several services including g-mail, youtube and drive. basketball legend karim abdul-jabbar is making headlines off the court this morning. he's going public with his news about his battle with prostate cancer and hoping to raise awareness. in this morning's "gma first look," kareem abdul dul jdul j receiving his only battle with prostate cancer first diagnosed 11 years ago. >> so far so good. >> why did you choose now to speak about it? >> we're at a cross roads here. and people are either going to take health care seriously or people will be struggling.

>> reporter: he ophopes his sto will bring more awareness to health disparities in the u.s. >> the fact that people of color have more face-to-face jobs with people. more likely to be involved in health care health care and they have to use public transportation makes them more susceptible to a pandemic. >> coming up at 7:00, what he wants young men to know. >> i'm glad he's sharing that and doing okay. a mom and pop coffee shop outside of minneapolis is serving up free drinks and it's all thanks to the kindness of generous donors. >> your drink is free. >> okay. the palm family owns the daily grind and they've been working hard to keep their business afloat. the one thing that put a smile on their faces, someone put down

$100 a day since the pandemic began in march and more amazing it comes from a different person every time. the donations come from as far away as california and florida. they say it means a lot to them and their customers. >> a $2 coffee will make someone dry rig cry right in front of me. >> the palms say they don't have an end date in mind for the free coffee. they will keep giving it out as long as donors want to pay it forward. >> this is a trend in minnesota. a couple days ago at a dairy queen they had 900 cars in a row pay for the person behind them. it lasted 2 1/2 days. here's my thing, what is the point >> kindness. >> okay. but if everyone is paying for the person behind them -- >> you feel good. you get your blessing later. your blessing will come out of the woodwork. >> got it. i knew you would have the answer. >> that's how it happens.

>> okay. we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including vaccine delivery day. >> we're tracking the shipments country as it makes its way here to the bay area. and google's new work week. the method the tech giant is testing out that could shape our new normal when workers get back to the office. and san francisco's beloved cliff house restaurant is closing. why they say it's due to more than just the pandemic. and taking a live look outside right now. people making their way over the golden gate bridge. it is 5:27. we'll be right back.

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now at 5:30. they might be the most important packages fedex and u.p.s. have ever delivered. the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine being shipped across the country and bay area hospitals are on stand by. a closer look at the vaccine timeline. we take you month by month to explain who gets vaccinated when. and a legendary san francisco restaurant prepares to serve its final meals. why the cliff house's closure is much more than the pandemic. and a king tide could bring us dangerous surf today. welcome to monday, december 14th. >> we'll check in with mike for more on that and for our forecast today. good morning. >> good morning. hi, everybody.

hope you had a great weekend. up with with much-needed rain. it's over now. there's more coming wednesday and thursday. i'll get to that after we talk about the king tide at 10:19 in san francisco. and about 7.1 feet. the highest king tide this cycle is today. that's why we have a closal flood advisory. and also you can see parts of the san pablo bay all the way through 1:00 tomorrow. we'll have another king tide tomorrow around 11:00. fog is a little bit of an issue around santa rosa and down into the monterey bay. looking from sutro tower, a little bit of a light north to south flow of winds. some of that may slip down towards petaluma. for the most part a mostly sunny afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s where we should be for this time of year. here is kumasi. >> thank you. this morning more than a half million doses of pfizer's covid-19 have been shipped out. more will be leaving today. the first americans are expected to be vaccinated within just a

few hours. jopz jobina is at the live desk. >> thank you. surgeon general jerome adams is reassuring americans that the vaccine is safe. on "gma" this morning he said he will get the vaccine when it's available to him. new video overnight from fedex shows workers making their first delivery of the vaccine, 2.9 million doses will be shipped nationwide this week. the initial supply will go to front line health care workers, those in long-term care facilities and staff. adams stressed that in order to end the pandemic enough people need to get vaccinated. >> we're getting the people who are most likely to be impacted vaccinated first. we also recognize there's a symbolic part of someone like me getting vaccinated, giving people confidence that they can get vaccinated as well. when they tell me i can, i will. 95% effectiveness means we can put this pandemic away if we get enough people vaccinated. >> president trump says he is now delays a plan for white house staff to receive the vaccine in the coming days.

pfizer officials say that even though the delivery is under way right now, production of the actual vaccine has been nonstop. they expect to work 24/7 for at least the next year. >> thank you. the vaccine rollout is coming as california continues to set records with the number of people in the hospital with covid-19. the state topped 13,000 hospitalizations yesterday. more than 2,800 people are in the icu. both of those numbers are single day highs. the bay area's icu capacity dipped to 16.7%, even closer to the state's threshold of 15%. there were more than 30,000 newly diagnosed cases of coronavirus statewide over the weekend. we are working to build a better bay area. every local county is on stand by waiting for the first doses of the pfizer vaccine to get delived. amy hollyfield is live at ucsf in san francisco.

that delivery could come later today? >> today or tomorrow. and then hoping to start giving it to people on wednesday. ucsf is saying they're one of seven hospitals in the state that will be receiving the vaccine this week. they are thinking they will receive about 1,000 doses in this first shipment. hospital workers say they are very excited, calling this the beginning of the end. one doctor called this a miracle of modern molecular biology. they worked hard to prepare for the vaccine. they have a team that has even conducted drills to practice receiving it, storing it, and administering the vaccine. >> they get people together and go to the stores where the vaccine will be distributed, you bring it to the place where you will vaccinate people. you simulate how to put it in the refrigerator, time everything. time the people moving through the vaccination line and they have to sit for about 15 minutes after being vaccinated.

>> so it's quite an operation. this vaccine is from pfizer. doctors are hoping the moderna vaccine will be approved and start shipping next week. so they believe they have a lot coming their way. they will start vaccinating their front line workers, that includes those who clean the rooms, serve the food, hospital police officers. and then they hope they can start vaccinating high-risk patients in january. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. contra costa county says it's ready for the arrival of the pfizer vaccine. the health department shared a couple photos of the ultra cold freezer that can hold up to 30,000 doses. it expects to receive its first shipment in the coming days and will start by immunizing health care workers. all this week we'll bring you in-depth coverage on the vaccine with our team of reporters and medical experts. if you have questions we'll try to answer them. head to abc7news.com/vaccine and submit that question. and tonight at 10:00, a special edition of "20/20."

"the shot: race for the vaccine." new this morning, google employees will be working from home longer than expected. the mountain view-based company pushed back the planned return to the office to september of next year. originally it was january, then july. the ceo says that google is testing a flexible work week. employees would work at least three days a week in the office and then work from home on the other days. san francisco's historic cliff house restaurant, which has been serving customers for 157 years will be shutting down. the restaurant is so iconic that the announcement was the number two trend on google overnight. the announcement was posted on the restaurant's website. while the pandemic definitely has not helped, the owners say the closure is coming as a result of delays by the national park service to reach an operating contract. cliff house has been running on short-term contracts since the last long-term contract expired back in 2018. we reached out to the national

park service for comment. we have not heard back yet. the cliff house will be closing permanently on december 31st. only on abc7 news, a group of surfers being credited for saving another surfer' life and rescuing him from a beach. it happened sunday afternoon. the surfer was riding a 6 to 8-foot wave when he gained too much speed and crashed head first into a rock. a surfer at the scene who is also an emt rushed to perform cpr on him after another group pulled him from the water. >> it looks like he had a gash on his head as well. he probably hit the rock and became unconscious. someone was pumping on him, trying to get his compressions in, and the airway. >> the san francisco fire department says that the quick action of these surfers may have changed the outcome of the rescue. >> the cpr being administered right away is really a positive

thing. under incredibly adverse conditions, substantial swell out there whitewater, rocks. like i said, these gentle member all did a great thing tonight. >> the victim is in critical condition. a witness says he was wearing a helmet when he crashed. coming up, a north bay high school that dumped sir francis drake as its name is getting creatie iive with its rebrandin. and it is the photo that had bay area social media buzzing over the weekend. it looks like a proposal at sutro baths, but it's not quite what it appears. do not ruin my dreams by telling me the truth. let's get a check of the weather with meteorologist mike nicco. >> that's gorgeous. i can't wait to hear the story now. hi, everybody. we're up to 14 degrees cooler this morning. it's damp outside. so of course that means a bit of

fog out there. but not in the south bay. mainly up in the north bay. down in the south bay, lingering clouds from yesterday's rain. that's keeping us in the low to mid 40s. 45 in alum rock. los altos hills and the santa teresa neighborhood. unnorth it up north, mid to upper 30s. the thickest fog is around santa rosa and sebastopol. that will be around through the morning commute. here's a look from sutro tower, 39 degrees in san francisco. 53 to 55 at noon with mostly sunny conditions. pretty much the same temperature at 4:00. we won't warm much today. back to the mid to upper 40s with increasing high clouds at 7:00. as far as your commute, dry all day on the water. mass transit is cooler this morning. dress appropriately. we have that fog to contend with during the morning commute, otherwise it will be easy, at least weather wise during the evening. at midnight wednesday, the next storm, the bulk of this rain

will head north of us. the north bay will see significantly more rain than the rest of us, especially in the south bay. here it comes in as light rain through the morning hours. as we head into the evening, first we have the warm front like we had over the weekend. then we've got the cold front. the cold front is offering yellow and deeper green there as it comes through during the evening hours and overnight into thursday morning. so that's when we would get the heavier of the rain. notice by thursday afternoon, it's gone. that might be the last chance of rain for a while. we'll look at the accuweather 7-day forecast coming up. let's get over to jobina and talk about that morning commute. >> thank you. good morning. so here is a live look right now showing you our 880 at the coliseum camera in oakland. those headlights are making their way south. it's been a pretty smooth ride so far this morning. live picture here showing you emeryville and 80. things are picking up as people make their way westbound which is where you're seeing those headlights. no metering lights to report.

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welcome back. the race for a vaccine affects all of us. being vac natur vaccinated willo build a better bay area. when will you be able to get a shot? here's my report on the likely timeline. >> reporter: since the coronavirus started spreading across the globe in late 2019, scientists have been looking for a vaccine. now that vaccines are proven, when will you be able to get the vaccine? it will ultimately be up to each state to determine who will get the vaccine and when. but federal guidance from the centers for disease control gives us an idea of the timeline. who goes first?

the first doses of a vaccine were made available in december 2020. those first shots are earmarked for those who are at highest risk of infection, health care workers and nursing home residents. because the vaccines require two separate shots 21 days apart, the second batch of vaccines delivered in january of 2021 will likely go to those same people. by february, the next round of vaccinations are expected. the cdc recommends these shots be given to the next highest risk people. that includes people over the age of 65, people with medical conditions that put them at risk of death if infected, essential workers like those employed in education, food, transportation and law enforcement. again, because it will take two doses, it will likely take two months to vaccinate that round of people. one thing to keep in mind, if you have been infected with the coronavirus you'll likely need to wait until the next round of vaccinations. that's because people who

already had the virus likely already have by april the vaccines will be able to earn else earn else at that rate, most americans could be vaccinated by early summer. but that doesn't mean life will immediately go back to normal or that the virus will go away. but we will be one step closer. until then, keep your distance, keep washing your hands, and keep safe. >> our vaccine coverage continues all week here on abc7. this afternoon on abc7 news at 4:00, we're drugging into the progress other companies are making with vaccines. at 5:00, we're looking closer at the rollout logistics and if we will have to stand in line to get the vaccine. on friday, we have a special hour-long town hall with a

national panel of medical leaders. get prepared to be disappointed. not all things are what they seem. san francisco photographer denise kotong thought she captured an intimate moment, stunning photo at sutro baths on saturday. it shows a man on bended knee, it looks like he's proposing and then you have the sunset and the heart inside that little keyhole of the rock. so, all of it is amazing. denise was hoping to find the lucky couple to share the photo with them. after the image was share d thousands of times online she learned another photographer staged the scene with a couple of friends. there is no love. there is no proposal. 2020 strikes again. >> it is still beautiful. it gives us something to aspire to. >> yep, it is beautiful. can't deny that.

>> yes. now if you're trying to drop some hints to somebody, look how beautiful this proposal picture is. >> mm-hmm. >> isn't it lovely? >> just be really careful up there. >> yeah, that's true. >> right. >> yes, high surf advisory. >> see? >> thank you for the segue. >> right. >> we'll move on from reggie's and my cynicism about the whole thing and talk about the high surf advisory. all right. here you go. here's a look at our temperatures for today. you can see they're pretty cool. we're around 56 to about 60 degrees. here's a look at our temperatures tonight. what you're going to see is they'll be cooler than this morning's with some frost possible up in the north bay to the likelihood of fog out there once again. in fact, we have a chance of being dry and a little bit cooler this morning. becoming mostly sunny this

afternoon. a seasonal chill tonight with patchy clouds and fog. tonight, drier. i want to look at what's going on right now. it's quiet over us. there's hardly any cloud cover outside of the south bay. and look at that northwesterly flow thanks to that area of high pressure off to the west. that's where you see the clockwise flow. that's always going to be calmer weather. it has a few clouds with it. high clouds which we'll see increase tomorrow as that front draws near. this is the front that will bring us the chance of rain wednesday into thursday. here's the storm impact scale. it's coming in in two parts, but coming in much faster. this is more of a 24-hour event instead of like 48 to 72-hour event we had friday, saturday and sunday. it's a 1 with less rainfall than over the weekend. so here's a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. mostly sunny today. increasing clouds tomorrow. maybe a degree or two cooler or warmer i should say. warm front comes through wednesday. brings us a chance of steady rain. it turns over to showers through thursday morning and then

friday, saturday, sunday are trending much drier. we'll keep a slight chance of rain in for the weekend but not putting a storm impact scale on it right now. reggie? >> thank you. san francisco has seen a spike in car thefts this year according to the "san francisco chronicle" insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier. they're up 33%. in many cases the steal is just the beginning of the story. san francisco police tell phil that the thieves will commit robberies and shootings. with more people staying at home, crooks have a wider variety of cars to choose from to blend in when they commit another crime. you can read phil matier's columns in the "san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. the new name for sir francis drake high school could be decided in a march madness style tournament. the 16th century explorer's name has been removed from the school because of his ties to slavery. the marin independent journal is reporting students and the community will vote on the top eight names in a sudden death

tournament. the school board will likely make the final decision. new signs of the way we're shopping could change forever. the one shift we're seeing for the holidays giving us a window into the new world of retail. with the countdown to christmas in full swing, an important shipping deadline around the corner. when those gifts need to go out to make it in time for the holiday. as the fall semester comes to a close for college students, some are getting creative to say thank you to their teachers. the videos going viral. abc7 launched a new streaming app. wherever you are, you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more. it's available on apple tv, android tv, f

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it was a rainy weekend but shoppers in pacifica still got out there for a chance to check out different christmas goodies. look at that santa. wow. the long board margarita bar put on a holiday market in eureka square. stores put out shopping booths for people to check out while they walked by. while music played, santa drove by on a motorcycle spreading a little holiday cheer. if you are sending gifts to loved ones and want to get them there in time for christmas, tomorrow is the deadline for the u.s. postal service. that's the last day to ensure delivery for christmas for retail ground shipping. that's for large packages too heavy for priority mail. shipping takes between 2 and 8 days. get on it. virtual classes have been hard for teachers and students this year. some students created a way to say thanks to their educators. during their final classes

durifor the semester during zoom. they started the class with their cameras off. then as they each turned the cameras on they held up a sign. >> is it my fault your cameras are off? >> is that a thing or was that for you? >> that's for you. >> no final, everybody gets off. we're done. >> the teachers say they were so surprised by the students kindness and they will definitely remember this very special moment. that is so sweet. >> that is nice. i love how the teacher wants to make sure it was just for him. >> just >> right? you don't get a 100 on the final unless it's for you only. >> right. >> that's nice. my son just finished up his first year at graduate school, he did his entire semester on

zoom. that was pretty intense. i must say. congratulations to all those folks at st. mary's. semester is over. let's look at what's going on with the rainfall potential. midnight wednesday, absolutely nothing. let's look at the morning commute. it looks like there will be drizzle out there. some sprinkles, especially in the higher elevations and along the coast. keep our fingers crossed we can get through the morning commute drive. the evening commute is looking more wet. it's only a couple hundredths. that's enough to make it slick. the heaviest of the rains will come in 7:00 wednesday night through 7:00 thursday morning. thursday's morning commute will be more dicey. heavier rainfall and slicker streets then. back to you guys. >> thank you. so here's something that you have probably never seen before. a unique customer spotted near a vegas bath and body works store. >> okay, y'all. for whatever reason there's a

whole actual camel at bath and body works. >> i like how the lady said a whole actual camel. june hilliard took this video in henderson, nevada. she said she was shopping at a store next door when the camera walked in. she said she could share the video because her best friend said that it was hilarious and that everybody in the world needed to see this. i think she was right. why? i want to see who the person is bringing the camel in the store? >> i think i -- who is this person? >> i know this is las vegas, but she must stream abc7 mornings. isn't bath and body works where our lotion is from? >> listen -- >> she must have seen it and said i have to get some of that. >> my camel has requested that it wants to be a part of lotion nation. >> hooves are a little ashy. must get winter candy apple.

>> there they go. new at 6:00, the bay area could be providing new relief for its small businesses that are struggling during this pandemic. and a day so many of us have been waiting for for months. the very first vaccines from pfizer being distributed across the country. we're live at one of the bay area locations sta

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we're prepared as of today to receive just in case it comes early. >> this moment of hope and change that everybody has been longing for. making news at 6:00, vaccine delivery day. what the country has been waiting for for months. the u.p.s. vice president piloting one of the first historic flights. now america's major mission under way. this morning the bay area is at the ready for its first distribution of doses. good morning. welcome to monday, december 14th. we will get to the vaccine news in just a second. first we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. hi, mike. >> hi, everybody. i was just updating the king tide. it will be 7.1 feet. the tallest in this cyclone. that's why there will be flooding along the coast. there will be flooding around san francisco and up around san pablo bay, manzanita park, the