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is the christmas covid surge here? an emergency doctor at san francisco general hospital says he has seen the first cases come in. >> you're supposed to get two dose of the coronavirus vaccine, but what if you only got one? we talk to public health experts about what it would mean to vaccinate more people faster even if it was less effective. and i'm track ago storm arriving monday morning. abc news at 11 starts now. building a better bay area, this is abc 7 news. >> this is just not working. there's no state that's got it right. >> vaccine rollout hurdles have health officials considering a new strategy. could a single dose be enough so

more people can get the shot? discussions are under way just as the christmas case surge hits hard, and dozens of employees at one bay area hospital are infected. and with that we say good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm dion lim. with frontline workers stretch thin, dozens are off the job hit hard by the pandemic. 43 of its staff in the san jose emergency department have been infected with covid-19. the positive tests came back between december 27th and january 1st. they're investigating whether an air-powered christmas costume, worn by a staff member on christmas day may have been to blame for the outbreak. kaiser says the emergency department is undergoing deep cleaning in addition to the cleaning that are regularly done. contact tracing is ongoing for people who may have been exposed. santa clara count reported 1800 new cases in the last 24 hours. all of that comes as california

has hit a new state record for the number of covid patients in the icu. with more than 4500 people admitted yesterday. here in the bay area, icu capacity has dropped to a record low, thousand just 5.1%. in southern california, funeral homes are turning away bereaved families, because they're running out of space. but there is a glimmer of hope. california's vaccination rate is on pace with the most states at more than 1,000 per every 100,000 people, according to cdc numbers. now keeping you informed on the covid surge and its impact on your health is one of the key pillars of abc 7's efforts to build a better bay area. with the holidays behind us, bay area doctors are now reporting the first coronavirus cases from christmas gatherings. as abc 7 news reporter luz pena found out, that's prompted one hospital to activate its surge

plan. >> reporter: the surge has spilled over into 2021 and now medical doctors are holding their breath to see a week after christmas what another surge could potentially look like. >> that's really why it's so frightening. we haven't seen christmas numbers yet, and we haven't seen new year's, for sure. >> reporter: an increase of cases of three holiday the all at once could mean extreme stress to the medical system. they are still waiting on more data. >> that's because a lot of people are closed for the holidays in terms of labs, so they're not reporting these numbers until people open back up next week. >> reporter: at san francisco general hospital, dr. caldwell says this week they've experienced the highest number of covid-19 cases in the last ten months, with 52 cases at the peak. >> so, it's a predictable pattern of two weeks to ten days of people getting sick. >> reporter: dr. caldwell noted

the first cases from christmas this week and implemented their surge plan. >> we opened up a new floor that was just for covid patients. it meant we are more limited in terms of elective procedures and surgeries are more limited. >> reporter: the chief of the er, dr. caldwell has another concern as a possible surge approaches. what's your message to your staff who at this point are still tired and there could be a potential surge. >> probably as much of my time now is trying to address that issue with all of our staff that have been doing this for ten months, honestly, we are, we're all exhausted. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> as the new coronavirus variant spreads in california, health officials are looking to the uk where it was first confirmed for a treatment plan. doctors there have decided to extend the time between doses to

vaccinate more people more quickly. american doctors are discussing the idea, but not everyone agrees. matt boone looked into the strategy. he joins us live now in the newsroom. certainly an interesting concept here. >> yeah, as we've been reporting, millions of vaccines have been allocated but are sitting unused. part of that could be related to staffing and logistics, but half those doses need to be saved in order to be given as a second dose in that three to four-week time frame. the question is, if we just use all those doses as first doses now, would it be worth it to help slow the spread? as the first phase of the vaccine rollout continues with health care workers and nursing homes that question was answered by dr. bob walkter. he writes, far better to have 100 million people 80% protected than 50 million people 95% protected.

in the uk, that theory has already been made into policy, especially as the country just approved the oxford astrazeneca vaccine which has a 73% efficacy. >> we want to get the vaccine to more people. >> the united states, that recommendation to lengthen the time between the doses has not been made. even as more cases of the new variant appear amid fears of another post-holiday surge. >> the problem with just vabting as many people as possible you might not ever get to that second dose in a reej time frame. >> reporter: deef jating from the prescribed regimen would be risky. with lower efficacy, more people who get the vaccine may still contract the disease, which he says could undermine trust. >> that's the most important issue, is really, having the

trust of the community. so that they'll come back for their second dose. >> now that oxford astrazeneca trial had been paused in the u.s., causing a delay in results here. a vote for approval isn't expected until later this spring. matt boone, abc 7 news. >> who knows what will happen by then. nationally, the u.s. is falling way behind its vaccination goals. more than 4 million have received doses of the covid-19 vaccine. a majority are living in long-term care facilities. the vaccination count has fallen 79% short of the trump administration's goal of 20 million by the new year. now if you want to know when it will be your turn to be vaccinated, we have a calculator at abc 7 news.com. by answering a few questions, you can see where you may fall in the line. well, check it out.

a soggy start to the first weekend of 2021 in the bay area. and pretty much, no matter where you were today it probably looked like this. right away, let's get our first look at weather with meteorologist drew tuma, and nor more rain on the way. >> i want to zoom in to where we find that drizzle. we'll go in a little tighter on live doppler seven, from novato valley, we're still tracking low-level moisture. that's having an effect on our visibility. fog has certainly developed. it's thick in spots. novato is down to less than two miles. in concord and livermore, two and a half-miles visibility. the fog is going to linger for the first part of our day tomorrow. we also have a high surf advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow for breakers up to 25 feet. this storm is on its way out and a stronger storm is about to arrive. we'll have those details in the

full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> sounds good, thanks. still ahead at 11:00, from saving lives to saving futures. a doctor with decades of service is now helping patients dig out of debt. what inspired him to give a life-changing gift. and speaking of gifts, a 4-year-old art prodigy has made dozens of paintings all for jack hired me to tell you about his bagel breakfast sandwiches with bacon or sausage. jack i thought you hired me to be the spokesperson! why choose one when you can have two? my 2 for $5 bagel breakfast sandwiches.

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place charges against the officer involved. the kenosha city council worries that the da's decision will result in protests. they are voting tomorrow on an emergency declaration to address civil unrest. the da has not given specifics as to when he'll make the announcement. an arkansas oncologist is drawing attention. he was growing increasingly worried about covid-19 and how it would impact his former patients. >> for them to worry about anything else other than getting back to health is just not fair. >> dr. atiq decided to give them a helping hand. so for his 200 former patients, he wiped out their medical debt, that's a total of $650,000. he sent them a holiday card letting them know in writing, quote, the clinic has decided to

forego all balances owed by its patients. >> there's no greater honor than to be a physician. if i have been able to help a little i'm glad for it. >> what a big heart. the father of four has been a physician for 30 years. feeling all warm and fuzzy. something we need when the weather is so rainy out there, drew, and will be for the next few days. >> yeah, dion, we are tracking several storms. the next one we're tracking will be one of the stronger ones we've seen so far this winter season. tonight it's all about the cloud cover, the drizzle and pockets of fog. you can see there's some green on the screen. it's all very light in nature and just some fine mist if not drizzle out there. and we will keep the drizzle in the forecast at least over the next couple hours. i think any wet weather we have

right now will be out of here before sun rise tomorrow morning. temperatures have been very gradual to fall underneath this cloud cover. the cloud cover kind of acts like a blanket, so we're not as cel chilly as we were this teime lat night. upper 40s in the north bay and inland east bay. overnight tonight, numbers will continue to just gradually fall into the 40s for the most part. the bigger issue we're tracking, that fog that is certainly dense in spots right now in the north bay and east bay. it will stay that way first thing in the morning. and, again, we'll keep drizzle in the forecast before the sun gets up here. during the daylight hours tomorrow, it's a dry day, but it's also a very cloudy day, not as bright asq we could possibly be. temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s, then we'll track more rain returning monday morning. monday morning will be a level two system we are tracking

because of pockets of heavy rain that will cause ponding on roadways and gusty winds in the morning hours. future weather, we'll stop the clock sunday evening, dry, a lot of cloud cover in place. then early monday morning the light rain arrives. 5:00 a.m. monday morning. then we'll see showers intensify, and by 10:00 a.m. monday you can see pockets of yellow and orange, showing you the downpours that are scattered in nature. we will track heavier rain moving through first thing in the morning. the windis will also pecick up. we expect gusts of 25-30 miles per hour. that could bring down tree branches and cause problems on area bridges. we'll see a pretty good soaking across the region. we'll track down importanpours

north bay that could push totals to an inch. the best estimate is a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain with that wet weather. a winter storm above 5500 feet, 8-18 inches possible. and at the highest peaks, we could see two feet of fresh powder. all about the clouds tomorrow. morning rain and wind monday. more rain wednesday into thursday and more wet weather friday into saturday. it's a pretty progressive pattern over the next seven days. >> what a difference a week makes. drew, thanks. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00. feeling frustrated? how one

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her new business is helping folks get the therapy they need after a tough year. check it out. this is called rage therapy. ashley finney is behind the idea, allowing customers to take a baseball bat to things to release all that pent-up frustration. the concept came to be after a local glass recycler stopped taking glass because it's too heavy, so she turned glass bottles into targets of destruction. tv sets as well. looks like fun. chris alvarez has a preview of sports. chris? >> coming up in sports, plenty of college basketball on the first saturday of january. we have all your highlights. then after another blowout loss,

atmosphe warriors center james wiseman tweaked his ankle in the home opener. he had no issues with the ankle and was a full go on practice on saturday. he expects the top pick to play tomorrow tomorrow. it was the lowest margin of defeat. the other losses were by 26 and 39 points. damian lillard and cj mccollum combined for 62. with the warriors off to a slow start, there's a lot to work. >> i think every time at this point is a work in progress. if you are a team that don't think you're a work in progress you'll be looking back in july trying to figure out where did you miss the work. if you're not a work in progress in section or seven games, good

luck. >> this team is just starting to figure out and grow together and i'm very confident with our leadership we have internally and the competitive level of the guys, we're going to come out and bring plenty of energy tomorrow. >> usf taking on gonzaga. and watch jamary booyay. cory kisspert from steph curry range. they never got into double digits. san jose state basketball playing their home games in the greater phoenix area, calling grand canyon university home. they lost by 50 to boise on thursday. it was a different story in this game. richard washington on fire, sparti takes a lead. 40 seconds now, washington, the step-back triple.

you bet, spartans up one. boise state took the lead in the layup. final chance for san jose state. washington got to get some space. rising fire, it's off the mark. he had 26, needed 29. the spartans lose a tough one. jared has and the cardinal. spencer jones the steal and the showtime. two of his 12, second half, stanford up two. lj figaro knows it's off the mark. what a play, 13 points for him. four of five oregon starters in double figures. the cardinal only scored five points in the final seven minutes, while chris duarte had seven himself. bradley turned his ankle in the first half. early second, up double digits, joel brown cuts the hoop. the beavers battle back.

a scoop to the hoop with six minutes to go. we go straight to crunch time. bears still down two. brown going to get a look at three, no. andre kelly the tip, also no. beavers grab the rebound, the bears fall 73-64. cal still winless in conference play. abc 7 sports sponsored by your local toyota dealers. much more to come at 11:00. 2020 brought major changes for bay area renters, and more changes could be on the way for 2021. up next, what real estate experts are expecting. and another last-ditch effort by some senate republicans to

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once again, good evening, i'm dion lim. in tonight's headlines now, california hit a new state record for the number of covid patients in the icu. more than 4500 people were admitted yesterday. among those hospitalized with covid-19, former cnn talk show host larry king. the bay area is seeing the very beginning of a post-holiday surge. doctors at francisco hospital are already seeing the cases. and doctors are debating whether the amount of time between the first and second covid vaccine doses should be lengthen. this would allow more people to receive their first dose, providing some immunity, even if

it's less effective. others say it's more important to focus on maximum effectiveness right away fien it's in a smaller population. the faster we can flatten the curve the faster we can abc news has a preview in our efforts to build a better area. >> reporter: real estate agents say right now might be the best time to buy in san francisco. this one bedroom apartment with a remodelled kitchen and bathroom rents 25% less than last year and the first month is free. >> 600, 650 square fight. nice, classic san francisco apartments in any other time would have been rented immediately. >> reporter: crystal chen is an analyst at zumper and says 2020 was an unprecedented time of

decline. san francisco had the biggest drop for a one bedroom apartment in the entire country, down 23% from last year, oakland was down 19%, 15% in san jose. >> the priorities of renters have really shifted away from big city amenities like nightlife and going out and stuff like that toward really space and affordability. >> reporter: but many predict people will start to return to the bay area in 2021. lower rents means people who were priced out before will start to move back. > i spent the last ten years, you know, having people move from here to oakland. and just in the last eight months people moving from oakland to san francisco. >> reporter: chen expects a bigger shift come this summer. >> i don't think it will be nearly, you know, as expensive and crazy as it was before the pandemic. >> reporter: on the flip side of the current landlords, this group held a rally through san francisco's chinatown to protest california's eviction

moratorium. jen jenny zhou owns a few properties. >> we have to pay mortgage and to maintain repairs for the building. so how do we survive? >> reporter: despite the difficulties on both sides, micekins remains optimistic. >> i think the city is going to be better in the long run after all this. it needed a recalibration. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >> san francisco's main library has stopped its to-go service this weekend because of concerns over covid-19. abc 7 news was at the location on larkin and grove earlier today. one of the staff members may have the virus, so the library is being thoroughly cleaned. and contact tracing is under way. temporary closure also affects the library's tip line service. other san francisco public library locations that offer to-go service are open this weekend. the first weekend of 2021 brought some rain to the bay area. as we take a live look at the golden gate bridge, i promise,

there is a bridge behind all of that fog and that haze. you can see it is still so thick there tonight. meteorologist drew tuma, tracking the accuweather forecast, and yeah, that murky soupiness kind of what we're seeing. >> yeah, and we're going to see more of that, especially monday morning as we track another storm on its way. live doppler 7 right now, we have light rain out there especially in the north bay. i want to zoom in to marin county where we have light showers from penngrove, san rafael. any wet weather will be out of here before the sun gets up here tomorrow. what will stay, though, some dense fog, especially in the north bay, novato down to less than half a mile. it's a foggy start to the day tomorrow. and then rain quickly returns. we'll have that in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. developing news now on the count down to inauguration day. a group of republican senators plan to reject the electoral college results that declare joe biden the winner.

the group is demanding that a commission be appointed to do an emergency ten-day audit in so-called disputed states. congress will count the electoral college votes on wednesday. this last-ditch challenge is being led by troouted cruz. they say they're trying to reinstate the faith in the electoral process. it won't change the outcome of the election. the first month of the new year is an important one. control of the senate hinges on georgia's runoff lex whielectio happens tuesday. >> reporter: in a rare new year's day significance, the senate handed president trump the first veto override of his presidency. >> the bill on reconsideration is passed. >> reporter: passing a defense spending bill with a super majority. >> we passed this legislation 59 years in a row. now it's time for us to deliver this bill. >> reporter: the $740 billion

national defense authorization act includes a 3% pay raise for troops and a boost in hazard duty pay. it provides billions in upgrades to military systems and requires the renaming of military bases that honor confederate generals, one of the points the president opposed. friday's override comes just before the january 6 meeting to affirm the electoral college, generally considered a formality. mcconnell said the january 6 vote will be the most consequential vote of his life. but mcconnell urged senators to vote their conscience. senator josh hawley are joining 140 conservatives in the house in objecting to the state tallies. republican senator ben sasse warning that the president and his allies are playing with fire. meanwhile, the 117th congress will be sworn in on sunday. republicans will begin the session with a 51-seat majority in the senate. but control of the upper chamber is still undecided.

two senate seats are up for grabs in georgia's runoff election this tuesday. more than 3 million georgians have already voted, a record turnout for a runoff. president-elect joe biden and vice president elect kamala harris hidieading to georgia to campaign for democrats. alex ber shea, abc news, washington. you can see more on the georgia runoff election tomorrow on this week with george stephanopoulos. martha raddatz goes one on one with stacey abrams. for a break down of the races that could decide control of the senate. you can watch the full interview right here on abc 7. vandals hit a second congress member's home with graffiti. the words "where's my money" were sprayed on mitch mcconnell's door.

"mitch kills poor" and other expletives were written on his house in kentucky. the graffiti is presumably a reference to mcconnell locking against $2,000 stimulus checks. and this comes on the heels of what happened yesterday. somebody targeted nancy pelosi's san francisco home. graffiti included phrases like "we want everything", apparently referencing failed efforts to increase coronavirus relief checks. fake blood and a pig's head were found outside the door. a special investigation unit is trying to determine who did it. backers of a petition to recall governor gavin newsom held a signature drive today. they are more than halfway to the 1.5 million signatures needed to trigger a recall vote.

today's signature collection drive took place outside the dublin hobby lobby store. volunteers had many complaints about the governor and his handling of the covid-19 crisis. >> kids should be in school, and they're not, except for his kids, because they go to a private school. he's doing things that he says we can't do, like going to the french laundry. we can't go to a restaurant. he can. >> a spokesperson for the governor says newsom was the first u.s. governor to act boldly on the pandemic. he added, quote, californians appreciate his decisive action and support his current focus on distributing vaccines. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, a 4 year old girl from the east bay is helping cancer patients with her art. i got a chance to meet and compete and even get a few lessons from the art prodigy herself. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. it is a foggy night out there tonight, and we're

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ah, now to a young girl who's really going places. at 4 years old, she's already an impressive painter and donates works of art to help raise money to help others. i had the privilege of getting an art lesson from her. from the moment you meet juliette, it's apparent she's not your average 4 1/2-year-old. >> i'm never going to stop painting. >> the mini member of mensa has many hobbies like telling jokes. >> why did the dinosaur cross the road? >> i don't know, why? >> because a chicken wasn't born yet. >> but it's her paintins that tt are the most impressive. >> i don't know how she did it. >> juliette has created more than 100 works of art with

nearly a dozen fetching over $4,000 for the asian donor program. >> it's a painting to help people find a match. >> this kid prodigy makes painting tutorials on youtube. >> dandelion. >> as we wait for each layer to dry. she asks to serenade us with her v violin, then later challenges me to a math competition. and beats me. >> those are easy. >> when we're all done. juliette, how do you think i did? >> good. >> you think good? she has these words of advice to me and anybody else watching who wants to make a difference in the new year. >> you can do it if you ♪ >> she's so wise beyond her years, drew, i'm willing to bet you are kind of like her when you were 4. >> you got to focus. she was so right on the money with that. we're going to expect big things

from her in the years ahead. that was such a great story, i loved it! tonight the fog. i don't think a lot of you will like this. we're having visibility issues. a live look and you can see the buildings are shrouded in fog. dense fog will greet us first thng in the morning tomorrow. tonight we'll see temperatures in the 40s, drizzle as well. any drizzle will be out of here before the sun gets up here tomorrow. so tomorrow it's a dry day, just a really cloudy day. we'll see temperatures a little bit warmer tomorrow than we were today. upper 50s to lower 60s. then more rain returns here on monday. the storm impact scale is a level two, moderate storm we have here on monday morning with pockets of heavy rain and gusty winds. the heavy rain could lead to issues of flooding on our roadway. cloudy tomorrow. morning rain and wind on monday. we'll track more rain deon more wet weather coming friday

into saturday. here's chris now with a look at sports. >> coming up in sports, we've got plenty of football on the way, including some huge bowl games, plus, finish strong. why the 49ers are motivated

a year removed from a super bowl run it has been a challenging season for the 49ers. tomorrow wraps up a more than month-long stay in arizona. if the 49ers win tomorrow they'll be the only team in the west with a winning record inside the division. they could play spoiler to irning a don't tell these guys it's a meaning lusz game.

>> people don't think they were playing for that much, but i always think you're playing for everything. i would love to have the best record in the division at least. be the only team with a winning record if we can win this weekend. that's a lot to play for. >> there's always something to improve. every time i go out there, might signed a little aggressive, but i'm trying to bury somebody. >> one of my biggest take aways from this, because of the injuries that we had, we had guys that were allowed to step up. our team definitely took a step forward when it comes to young guys getting reps on the field. >> and there are reports that alex smith will start for the washington football team tomorrow night. smith has not played since hurting his ankles against the niners in december. there was some speculation that former niners and stanford head coach jim harbaugh would be out at michigan one way or another, but today several reports say harbaugh will not only stay at his alma mater by sign a contract extension that will

keep hem there through 2026. he's been at michigan six years but has never beaten his biggest rival, ohio state. the national title game in miami a week from monday. saturday night hosting the orange bowl, texas a&m and north carolina. a wide open josh downs. 75 yards and the tar heaels tak the lead. but the aggies score. and 76 yards to the house as he breaks away for the touchdown. and this might be the best part coming up right here. head coach jimbo fisher looking around. he wants no part of the gatorade bath, look at him sprint away. texas a&m wins the orange bowl. the niners finale tomorrow in arizona. saturday they play host to the fiesta bowl. it's iowa state's brock purdy from arizona, that phoenix area. that's got to feel good. his family loves it in the

stands. ensuing kickoff, iowa state recovers, oregon turned it over four times. ensuing possession, hall from a yard out, make it a 14--point game. 136 yards and two scores on the ground. his family also pumped up. and matt campbell actually gets the bath. that looks cold and the cyclones win. the san jose sharks have relocated to arizona due to those santa clara county covid restrictions. the sharks opening training camp at the coyotes training camp. sharks' last game way back on march 11th. they weren't invited to the nhl's bubble. san jose finished last in the western conference and there are a lot of things to figure out. patrick marleau played in the bubble with pittsburg before re-signing with san jose and has a few tips for getting through the year. >> it is going to be a different

situation than what we're used to. so we have to embrace it, know that that's going to happen and prepare ourselves. if we're the best-prepared team and ready to go and have all our, everybody going at the same time, you're going to have an advantage. so that's the biggest thing that i can pass on to our club here. >> and how cool is this? the nhl plans to have two outdoor games in february, a made-for-tv event at tahoe. reports say the league is planning to build special outdoor rings right where the annual celebrity golf takes place at edge water resort. the plan for them to be around 16, 17 and 18 with a beautiful view of the lake. unfortunately, no fans will be allowed to attend. you could technically anchor out, but much different than in july. it will be colorado and vegas and boston and philly in the other. abc 7 sports sponsored by your local toyota dealers. finally tonight, something utterly adorable.

a koala was seen taking a stroll along a beach in australia. look at the little guy. the creature checked out the surf and tested out surfboards before heading toward the crowd. koalas are usually pretty shy, so it must have really needed that day at the beach. i can't look, can't stop looking at this little guy. oh, look at him just crawl on all four legs. that's it for tonight, everybody. stwith the xfinity hello 2021 sales event. get powerful internet you can count on... ...and $250 back when you... ...add xfinity mobile with nationwide 5g

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