the vaccine is in limited supply. >> just as san francisco gets its vaccination website on line, another warning. it's running very low on doses. see you in court, governor. north bay wineries and businesses are taking action to open up again. >> how about a covid-19 vaccination pass? a look at what's being developed by tech companies. also, the warning of fires came to fruition in parts of the bay area. find out when things will finally calm down. >> the race to vaccinate kicks into high gear in san francisco but the city is running into more hiccups. good evening. >> thanks for joining us. one issue we focus on in our commitment to build a better bay area is your hell.

that includes the vaccine rollout. as we've been reporting it's been anything but smooth sailing when it comes to getting shots in arm. san francisco says it's going to run out of doses in just a couple of days. leann has more from the newsroom. the city got its notification system launched today, at least. >> oh, sure. making it easier for people to sign up. but it was down for a while. this is what we know in terms of the numbers. section as a city, the mayor said, again, not sut oar or kaiser, the city has received more than 3100 vaccines and has administered half of them. the remaining doses will be given out, but here's the concern. if the city doesn't reef more soon, they'll run out by this thursday. when it's your turn to get notified for the covid vaccine

you'll get a text mechanical or an e-mail. vaccine notify.com was up but as accessibility problems. it will ask your aiming, the sector you work in and if you have any health companies. today's rollout came with a warning -- >> the vaccine is in limited supply. every single dose in our possession is accounted for and earmarked for an individual. >> the city has received little more than 30,000 vaccines for those in tear 1 a, which include health care workers at san francisco general, front line workers and 65 and over underneath the city's plan. >> we received 8,000 doses and those are now -- we paused on

those out of an abundance of caution. >> those 8,000 have not been replaced. the city has been criticized for not having a proper distribution plan in place. once the first doses to have vaccine became available. that's why even if the health department runs out,s the city announced today it will be ready to open up the site at city college at the end of the week. officials are reminding critics that it's the state that determines how many advantage seeps each county gets based on population and need. the director of health announced today the number of cases is slowly going down. so is the hospitalization rate. >> believe me, i hope that more vaccine comes as quickly as possible so we can get it into arms. >> we don't want to confuse anyone. we're talking only about the city health network.

not sauter, not kaiser. you sign up with one of the many providers. when you put all of those together, the entire system, right, san francisco, has received more than 102,000 doses. now, also new today, there will be a new vaccine dashboard you can access on the city's covid website that number one tells you how many vaccines they've received and number two, how many doses are given daily. san francisco is ordering that every provider share their data with them. leanne melendez. >> thank you. abc news.com, as you can see on this graphic, you can compare our state's progress to the rest of the country and see where you fall in line to get vaccinated yourself. >> we have an update on regional

icu availability. it's improving. it went up from 7.4% from 3.h. another is at 8.9%. it was based off a four-week projection. more than 23,000 new diagnosed cases today pushing the state shy of the number. the seven-day positivity rate has dropped below 10%. it's been several weeks since we've been able to say that. the number of people hospitalized or in icu, the numbers have been dropping. >> in the north bay, enough is enough, for some owners of restaurants and wineries. wayne friedman has more on the countermeasure they filed today in napa county superior court.

>> the tasting room does not mesh with the normal mold. it's one among seldom wipies in the industrial park. except for the absence of vines it has the same dputs as any other winery. owner matt duffy is suffering just the same, if not more. >> i can't continue to do business like this. >> along with 50 other wineries and restaurants in napa and sonoma counties, he's filed suit against governor newsom for his outdoor dining and tasting ban. >> it's just to be able to reopen. >> together we can reduce the spread of covid-19. >> it's designed to help people like jim goth who has a restaurant at sonoma county airport. >> business here is down 90%. >> they're basically restricting

us from making a living. >> about a hundred yards away, will owns a bakery. since the pandemic and closures he's had to lay off 60 employees. the suit is for them as much as for himself. >> we've done outdoor distancing and it's been working. >> even with the vaccine they say the situation has been dire. >> we can't sit by idly and wait for our color to change. the tier that we're in to change. >> sometimes actions speak louder. in santa rosa wayne friedman abc7news. >> now to developing news in santa cruz county where windy weather has sparked multiple wildfires. they aren't big but some are tough to reach because of trees. >> anxiety filled the air as

some residents in santa cruz coun county. >> they start falling down. >> the early morning winds wreaking havoc especially for those who call the mountains home. >> i'm really scared of what's happening right now. >> he owns casa nostra restaurant. after having to flee last year, he never thought fires could be a problem in the middle of winter. >> we had the big fires and, well, everything still until our mind. >> cal-fire says they've responded to at least ten vegetation fires along the region. most are relatively small. four to five acres has burned. >> i called 911. >> and with the lack of rain playing a role, officials with the sjsu fire research lab says

it's a cause for concern. >> winds like we experienced last night, fires can really take off. >> they're our heroes. they're save us last time and they're doing it right now, too. >> all hoping to avoid a repeat of the prior devastation. in the san lorenzo valley, chris nywn. >> high winds are the h last thing they need to deal with. let's go to sandhya patel. sandhya. >> yeah, unfortunately the winds have not relaxed completely. we're seeing wind gusts around 21, 22 miles per hour. when we look at the wider perspective, the higher elevation, 36 oakland hills. in the last 24 hours, wind gusts over the higher terrain reached

over 70 to 95 miles an hour in sonoma county. we look at the overall numbers. it is still gusty. 35 in half moon bay. the wind advisory remains up until 6:00 p.m. tonight, still a possibility of some downed trees. don't be surprised if there are isolated power outages until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. i have rain in the forecast which should help. as we come back, i'll tell you all about that. dan. >> thank you. the wind has left its mark all over the bay area. lots of trees and branches have come down, knocking out power. roads are a mess and cars couldn't get through because they were blocked. several east bay parks are closed right now because of high winds. the road was blocked off.

tillman and lake shah beau are mopping the parks where people cannot get in. they are supposed to reopen tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. >> you might soon have to carry a covid-19 is vaccination report. how would it work and how secure is your information? social distancing, masks are required to stop the virus. what about contact with pets?

in the east bay there's a new flag flying over city hall today to commemorate the presidential inauguration. it's a unity flag representing the home counties of joe biden and kamala harris. it was created by artists in both cities. abc news will have life coverage of joe biden's up august race

beginning at 6:00 tomorrow morning right here on abc 7. >> oscar grant's family today met with tal media district attorney urging her to charge a second officer in grant's killing. the da decided not to charge the officer tony paroni. he struck grant in the head and kneed him. the d.a.'s office said there was no injury to his head or neck. o'malley agreed to review information he presented to her today. grant's family said they are komtded to justice. >> we'll continue to stay in this race and endure until the end. we will continue to fight until our vick is won. >> former yaufs johannest messerly fired the shot that killed grant and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.

>> a passport is being used by airlines. luce pena has more. >> along with your passport, now many airlines are requiring this, a covid-19 digital pass. >> upload the results of the covid pass and use those to demonstrate that you meet the requirements of the company you're going to. >> tech giants joined forces and created the vaccine credential initiative, taking that digital pass idea further and creating a vaccination passport. >> this is a way to get back to the new normal many a safe place. >> safes force and microsoft are part of it. . >> you get your test, you're

negative. you get a smartphone. you download it on to your apple wallet or your google pay. >> the ceo is one of the coordinators. when do you think the general public will be required to hold a vaccination passport with them before they can enter a school or a workplace? >> i think that's a big important question. i think communities and communications will make these questions. >> they believe the closer we get, the more imperative a vaccine passport will become. >> some people won't be allowed to go back to work without a vaccination passport. >> some employers are making the provision to have the vaccination and they've ruled it's up to employees to make that decision. >> as to when it will be available for the general public. >> we'll be back on that to you.

timeline for me would be in the next few weeks. >> in san francisco, luce pena, abc7news. >> a new study is suggesting that expanding precautions against the spread of covid-19 may be in order. it's not so much about masks and social distancing, but our relationship to animals. since the beginning of the pandemic researchers has been working to understand how the virus may have jumped from animals like bats to humans and what other animals could be carriers. they hemmed amortize genetics of more than 400 animals, zeroing in on a cell receptor called ace 2. >> we generate a score that reflected the similarity of the ace 2. >> the researcher said the

results are somewhat like you might expect. one popular pet, cats, ranked in the medium risk category, while dogs ranked lower, but what do they do with that data? >> it is in our best interest to identify them. but the longer it circumstance late, the more animals with infected. >> they've compiled risk data from various sources, including the >> possible to survey. >> their formula not only takes into account the animal's ace 2 risk but also their potential contact with humans, among ideas, testing vets and animal handlers at the san diego zoo. also workers on farms have been

heavily infected and possibly asking veternarians to routinely test cats under their care. banerjy says the possibility of the virus being passed back and forth between animals and humans -- >> make something that may escape yiem immunity. >> glad stone's kathleen keough said it's important to understand that the risk will always be a part of the human/animal relationship. >> this has been happening as long as humans have been around. >> just inevitable. if you want to learn more, we have links on our wind b abc7news.com. >> the skies are clear but that wind is still going in some parts of the bay ar

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all right. as you well know, awfully gusty out there and i'd causing some damning, limbs and that sort of thing down, there's some fires burning. sandhya patel is here to let us know more. >> just a few more hours for the winds. they've been ferocious during the last 24 hours. i want to show you the changes that are under way. sure, we still have a shaky camera from mount tam. winds will subside through the late night hours. by tomorrow morning it will be a different day. still out of the north-northeast, a dry downsloping wind keeping that fire danger elevated. peak wind gust from the last 24 hours, 47 in napa, 48 in san jose, 53 oakland. as i mentioned earlier in the

broadcast, the higher elevations saw wind gusts of 95 miles an hour, so definitely intense and powerful winds. live doppler 7 shows a stanley cupping sunset. 64 in san francisco, 67 in oakland. mild in half moon bay and morgan hill. a lovely view from the golden gate bridge camera. fairfield at 62. one other live picture showing you sunny view from our exploratory yum camera. winds relax overnight. we'll have periods of rain between friday through early next week, which is going to be a welcome change. kw6 tonight you'll see gusty winds around 29 miles an hour. calistoga at 9:00 p.m. look what happens tomorrow morning in the commute. it's going to be a different story. light winds are expected.

that will alou the temperatures to drop to the 30s, 40s tomorrow morning. out the door, bummedle up before heading out. enjoy the sunshine with calmer conditions. 68 in san francisco. 68 oakland, 65 san rafael. 66 in very lay hoe. the up august race for washington, d.c., 8:00 p.m., flurries possible. the wind chill, 3 degrees by 10:00 a.m. temperature in the low 40s. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. mild and calm tomorrow. cool afternoon thursday. 50s friday through tuesday through highs. level one system. light showers friday. a system coming in and early next week turning wet and possibly the strongest wind on sunday. >> look at all those ones.

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. tonight a we come on the air in the west, president-elect joe biden on the eve of his inauguration and the powerful moment that play out a short time ago. the president-elect joe biden and the vice president-elect kamala harris now in washington, pausing to reflect and to honor the american families forever changed, the more than 400,000 american lives now lost to the coronavirus. lights along the national mall honoring the victims in this worsening pandemic. president-elect biden saying, "let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection and remember who we lost." he is just hours away from the presidency, with the nation in crisis like no other president in modern history has faced. the pandemic, the cratering economy, the long overdue reckoning on race and the deadly siege at the capitol. tonight, his farewell in delaware, growing emio