stanford workers walk out in a protest, over who is getting the vaccine first. vaccine makers turn their attention to children. you will hear from a young, vaccine volunteer about her experience. >> new car for her acts of kindness early in the pandemic. now, from abc 7. live, breaking news. the fda has just authorized a second, covid-19 vaccine for emergency use. the new, moderna vaccine is similar to pfizer's, which was authorized for use, last week. it also requires two doses but it does not need to be kept as cold as pfizer's. fda commissioner, steven hahn, says delivery could begin, nationwide, by monday. unlike the pfizer vaccine, moderna's is approved for use in only adults. good evening. i'm ama dates. >> i'm larry beal.

thanks for joining us. our other top story. exactly a week after the pfizer vaccine received that emergency-use authorization, already signs of discontent in the way it's being distributed. stanford employees say hospital administrators, not the frontline workers, they are the ones receiving the initial doses. stanford management, already, responding. abc 7 news reporter, chris wynn, with more on why they are speaking out, despite the fear of retaliation. >> reporter: at stanford hospital, friday morning, more than 100 medical residents and fellows banded together to make their voices heard. some of them work 80-hour weeks, and are often the first in line to treat patients with covid-19, including, in the emergency department, as well as the icu. but, ahead of the hospital's plan to begin vaccinating its workforce, this week, many were surprised to learn that they wouldn't be in the first wave. >> to not be offered a vaccine, when i am at the hospital, face

timing from home, so they can see their patients and i am in the covid-positive room. and then, those attendings are offered the vaccine. it's very hurtful. >> reporter: so far, stanford has received at least 3,900 doses of the pfizer vaccine but demonstrators say only 7 out of more than 1,300 were given the chance to be vaccinated. their frustration stems from being told priority was given to some faculty who are working from home and have no inpatient responsibilities. >> there were human beings who looked at the output of that algorithm and said, yes, this is okay. go forward. that, to me, feels unacceptable. >> reporter: in a statement, stanford healthcare said we take responsibility for the errors in the execution of our vaccine distribution plan. our intent was to develop an ethical and equitable process for distribution of the vaccine-let vaccine. we apologize to our entire community, including residents,

fellows, and other frontline care providers, who have performed heroically during our pandemic response. we are immediately revising our plan to better the vaccine. they are proud to be doing training at stanford, but felt they had no other chance but to speak up. at stanford, chris wynn, abc 7 news. california reported more than 41,000 newly diagnosed coronavirus cases, today. the number of people hospitalized due to covid-19 topped 16,000. the state has set a record every single day, dating back to december 9th. and every day, since december 3rd, we have had a daily record for people in the icu. today, it's at more than 3,400. the bay area saw its icu capacity dip slightly. at 12.8%. >> san francisco schools won't be opening in late january, as

planned. negotiations between the unified school district and the union have broken down over conditions. the timeline would have had stun students back in school january 25th. >> the pandemic has created an overwhelming demand for mental health care. it's come as nearly half the psychiatrists in california are nearing retirement age. health is an important aspect of building a better bay area. abc 7 news reporter, david louie, discovered how online platforms and artificial intelligence are keeping up with demand. >> reporter: some of us mask it well. others carry pandemic stress in their everyday lives but the toll on mental health can build. >> the average employee is actually absent five to six days a year due to behavioral-health conditions. >> reporter: russell glass is ceo of ginger, a growing, online platform for mental and behavioral healthcare, used by 250 companies. ginger says six out of ten

employees complain that such services were not adequate at many companies. >> 20% of them are saying, you know, that it's -- it's a crisis situation. that -- that they -- they direly need support. but can't get access to it. >> reporter: san francisco's task rabbit started offering ginger and another similar service, called head space, to its 230 employees just as the pandemic started. >> about a third of our employees have -- have signed up to use ginger. and we've heard from many, who rely on the app as a way to keep themselves accountable, and handle the -- the stresses of everyday life, especially during the pandemic. >> reporter: unlike telemedicine calls with physicians, the mental-health sessions could last 10, 30, or even 60, minutes, depending on need. and the online format addresses a critical shortage of psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors. stanford professor has been studying the problem. >> 61% of the counties in the united states have not one psychiatrist. >> reporter: ginger helps to

allow specialists to see more patients by using artificial intelligence to transcribe their notes. david louie, abc 7 news. >> a woman was found dead, inside an apartment in san francisco's north beach neighborhood, this morning. police are investigating this as a homicide. abc 7 news, at the scene on powell and filbert streets. officers were responding to a report of a domestic incident just after 11:00 a.m. at the building on powell when they found the woman's body. the victim's name has not been released. no word, yet, on a suspect. late this afternoon, oakland police released dramatic and intense video that shows a man running over police officers. this was a chaotic scene. it unfolded election night, november 3rd. it ended with officers shooting and killing the driver. >> we have one down. >> i got ran over. >> this happened at 92nd avenue, near holly street. police were investigating multiple robberies of marijuana dispensaries. several videos captured what

looked like some sort of a struggle between officers and at least one suspect. and then, a white car comes into the video, hitting multiple officers. then, it backs up. you could hear multiple gunshots, moments later, killing the man inside. a total of four officers were injured but they are expected to recover. oakland police say this incident is under investigation. california wildlife officials have now confirmed, through dna testing, that a single coyote is responsible for three, separate attacks on people in two east-bay communities. lafayette and moraga. one of the attacks sent a moraga man to the hospital with a serious leg wound. laura anthony talked to him and found out what's being done to track down the animal. >> from the push-up position, i looked back and on my left calf was a coyote. >> reporter: early in the morning, exactly two weeks ago, kenji felt a sharp pain in his leg as he was working out at the high school. now, dna testing shows the same, rogue coyote is to blame for

three, separate attacks. >> it's crazy. i think it's a good thing that you've got just one coyote out there that's not well. and being overly aggressive. versus, many. >> reporter: on july 9th, a 2-year-old child suffered a bite wound at moraga commons park. then, nearly five months later, on december 4th, sykes was attacked. and eight days later, a third assault on a grocery store employee in lafayette. five miles from the initial attack in moraga. >> this third attack that has occurred was right in the heart of lafayette. and it's a grocery store, surrounded by a cvs pharmacy. with an apartment complex in the back. a freeway in the front. and nothing but strip malls and people all around. >> reporter: fish and wildlife tells us so far, in the past two weeks, they have actually

captured four coyotes but so far, none has been a dna match. local police and personnel are conducting extra patrols in the area, especially at night. >> he looked healthy. and a few people walked by and he didn't really pay much attention. so -- but we didn't walk anymore. >> reporter: in moraga, laura anthony, abc 7 news. from the white house to capitol hill, politicians are lining up to get vaccinated. you will see who is getting it. >> and vaccine week continues here on abc 7 news. up next. how vaccine makers are beginning to focus on children. you will hear one of the youngest vaccine trial participants in the world talking

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pfizer vaccine at walter reed medical center, as did second lady, karen pence, and surgeon general, jerome adams. house speaker, nancy pelosi, and senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, also, received the vaccine today. pelosi posted this photo on her twitter feed, today. president-elect joe biden and dr. jill biden are scheduled to receive the vaccine, next week. vice president-elect kamala harris and her husband are expected to take it, the week after that. with pfizer's vaccine already being distributed and building a better bay area, we are at a crucial point in the covid-19 pandemic. abc 7 news is dedicating this entire week to what you need to know right now about the vaccines. vaccine manufacturers are now starting to turn their focus to a key sector of the population, children. abc 7 news reporter, kate larson, spoke with one of the youngest vaccine trial participants in the world about her experience, as well as pediatric vaccine experts about what to expect when it comes to covid vaccines and your kids. >> reporter: babies.

toddlers. kids. and teens have largely been left out of the conversation about covid vaccines. as a result, parents have a lot of questions. >> my concern is they haven't done a lot of testing with children his age. >> the foremost concern is about the side effects. >> we are not sure, you know, if it's going to be like fever or like, you know, pain and whatnot. >> i would wait at least till she turns 3. >> this is my first child. so, of course, i'm going to be, you know, a little nervous about putting anything into him. >> reporter: for answers, we went to the pediatric experts in the bay area and beyond. dr. patel, abc 7 news special correspondent and pediatric hospitalist. stanford epidemiologist and chair of the committee on infectious diseases for the american academy of pediatrics. and dr. offit, co-inventor of the vaccine which is recommended for universal use in infants. he is also voting member of the

fda vaccine advisory committee, which recommended pfizer's and moderna's vaccine for emergency use. >> i think the reason children were not a priority here is, if you look at people less than 21 years of age, they account for 26% of the united states population. only 0.08% of the deaths and that's why they haven't been a priority. i mean, nursing homes, which account for 40% of the deaths. >> so, is it even worth vaccinating children? dr. offit says absolutely. abso >> the fact is, children can get sick, they can suffer, and they can occasionally die from this virus. and children can suffer longer-term effects, so-called multisystem inflammatory disease of children, so-called misc. hopefully, early next year, we will start to generate the kind of studies that make us feel comfortable vaccinating children. >> reporter: pfizer and moderna have started testing their covid vaccines on teens in the u.s. it's likely, as ttrazeneca and

johnson & johnson will follow suit. >> i suspect, over 2021, we'll see more and more trials in younger and younger children, and our hope is that, by the end of 2021, there would be vaccines available for children as young as six months of age, if that's possible. >> reporter: which would be on time for the new school year. dr. moldanado is on california's vaccine-safety review committee and says trials will likely involve different dosing regimens. >> in conducting and assessing vaccines in kids is always, no matter what the vaccine is, is always safety. safety comes first because you're vaccinating healthy people. i do think that a lot more needs to be done, to shore up confidence among families. and we need to see the data so that we can feel comfortable to recommend, one way or the other, what parents should do. >> so, dr. patel, what do you expect to happen with children and side effects since, in the pfizer trial, up to half the adults had some sort of symptom. and nobody likes to see their kid sick. >> children may react

differently to these vaccines and the adults in these trials did as well. they may have a stronger response. those responses may last longer. and don't be alarmed. don't be scared. because this is proof that the vaccine is working. and if we're not really transparent about these responses, and if people get freaked out because their child has muscle aches or a fever, we may lose some of those parents for the second shot. and we know that we need both of them to get that full effect. that 94 to 95% efficiency. >> this is a covid-19 vaccine trial. >> reporter: katelyn evans is one of the first teenagers in the world to get injected in a covid vaccine trial. she doesn't know if she got the vaccine or a placebo. >> i've been monitoring my temperature and everything, and i've been really fortunate that i haven't had any symptoms at all. >> reporter: she is 16 and her family supported her as she volunteered for phase two pfizer trial. pfizer's vaccine is now authorized for anyone, 16 and older. >> i am anxious to go back to school, and just try to get parts of my life that i'm never

going to have another shot at. so, the more we listen to scientists and the more we do the right thing and try and keep our neighbors safe, the sooner we can get back to some kind of normal. >> reporter: kate larson, abc 7 news. and we have had so much great reporting on this, all week. you will find all of the stories, all of the special, in-depth stories we've done online at abc7news.com/vaccine. >> pretty chilly around the bay areawis area as we head to the final couple days of autumn. don't seem to mind that much. chilling out there, our new house is amazing. great street, huge yard. there is a bit of an issue with our neighbors fencing. neighbor 1: allez! (sound from wind chimes) neighbor 2: (laughing) at least geico makes bundling our home and car insurance easy. which helps us save even more. neighbor 2: hey, sarah, hey, peter! neighbor 1: touché.

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larry and ama, we are looking at sunshine right now, as the sun just went down. look at this gorgeous view from santa cruz. this is what you are going to be seeing, all weekend long. but not in the mornings. we will have some patches of dense fog. right now, live doppler 7, we have clear skies. waiting for many mosome more ram don't see anything till maybe a week from today. it is 58 in oakland, san jose, morgan hill, in the mid-50s. so getting chilly outside. and look at this lovely shot from our san jose camera right now. clear skies. 53 in santa rosa. livermore, 53 degrees. in case you want to get out of town, here is a look at the forecast. bay-area airport, sunny and mild tomorrow, light wind. upper 50s, low 60s. not quite that mild in other parts. honolulu, some showers, windy, 83. and it's going to be snowing in chicago. 39 degrees. los angeles, basking in 72-degree weather. as you look at this live picture

from our sutra tower camera, skies are clear. chilly, inland, tonight. patchy, dense fog in the morning. mainly, sunny and mild this weekend and winter begins on monday at 2:02 in the morning. and we just may see some rain by the end of the work week, next week. some fog will be forming around the solano county area central valley, 7:00 a.m., tomorrow morning. watch out. it is going to be dense and it will clear out for the afternoon. but a little bit may hang around. so, a dense-fog advisory, 2:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., tomorrow. visibility, a quarter of a mile or less with hazardous driving conditions. you know it's that time of year when we see the fog. so, give yourself plenty of time if you do have to drive out. tomorrow morning, at or below freezing for our coldest, inland valleys, in the 30s. 40s, around the bay. some 30s around the bay as well. and we will see some patches aloof fog along the coast as well. santa rosa, 64 degrees.

59 in san francisco. 61, concord and san jose. i want to fast forward to sunday night, into monday. we will see increase in cloud cover. some rain to our north on monday but we are not expecting any rain here, until perhaps christmas night into saturday, sunday time period, following christmas. so right now, the computer model. this is one model bringing the possibility next friday night, going into the following weekend. accuweather seven-day forecast. morning chill, crisp and cool with sunshine for the afternoons. winter begins on monday, and we have a dry pattern until christmas night. we may see some showers but santa's going to have no problems with those deliveries because it will happen later on, at night. ama and larry. >> that's a relief. thanks, sandhya. >> up next. the woman who went above and beyond to help essential workers. this is such a great story. what she did to receive this amazing thank you.

hey, friends. i want to take a minute to share with you what you should be watching this weekend on the abc 7 bay-area app. turning blank walls into works of art, and it's all for the benefit of the community. that is the mission of oakland's dragon school. so, we are taking a deeper look at these extremely talented people in our latest episode. >> dragon school's like, okay, you want to paint that. like, for sure. do your thing. >> we know the biggest news this week was the coronavirus vaccine. and we were able to talk with the very first nurse in california to get the shot. and she actually didn't want to get the shot, at first. so, we talked with her about what changed her mind. >> i -- i went from absolutely not, to, sure, here is my arm. let's do it. >> three, two, one! we know san jose is not playing around when it comes to christmas, lights, and decorations.

but there is one family that takes it to a whole, new level. we are talking about the mattos family. they have over 100,000 lights, and they were actually featured on abc's the great christmas light fight. seriously, this will get you in the holiday mood. all of those stories and more, featured on the abc 7 bay-area app in the featured section. so, once you open up the app, you will see all the stories i just told you about, right there. and if you don't have the app, make sure you get it. it's available pretty much everywhere. you can get it on roku. you can get it on android tv, amazon fire, and also apple tv. have a wonderful weekend, and

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that's all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. but finally, tonight, a san jose woman who helped get essential items to farm workers in the south bay just received a really big thank you. >> yeah. a huge one. darlene. oh, i love that reaction. she was nominated by a friend to be a mazda hero for her work in creating the farm workers caravan, which helps get ppe to farm workers. and here she is, with her new, mazda mx-5. she is one of 50 good samaritans across the country to get a free car. we asked darlene about where she'll go first, and really, to no one's surprise, she's off to help the community. isn't that awesome, larry? >> it's fan ttastic. you know, the old saying a picture tells a thousand words, is worth a thousand words. when she hugs that car, that's all you need to see right there. >> absolutely. wonderful. that is it for us. world news with david muir is

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tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. in the west, the breaking news tonight, the final green light just given for a second vaccine here in the u.s. this time from moderna. nearly 6 million doses ready to be shipped. the first shots could be given by monday. tonight, what you need to know about this second vaccine. how effective is it at blocking severe covid? how effective is it at blocking asymptomatic spread? when you don't even know you might have the virus. can it stop the spread completely? what the early numbers show. and what's the difference between the two vaccines? dr. jha is here to answer your questions. tonight, the vice president getting the shot on camera. speaker pelosi, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell getting shots too. and of course, the other major question for those leaders on capitol hill. where is the covid relief for millions, the stimulus checks?