devin fehely is in san jose for us tonight. >> reporter: i want to make something clear, there is no evidence right now that this worrisome strain of the virus in the uk has reached california, that it is circulating here but we do know that there are different strains of this virus out to the community and out in the wider world. on the genetic level, scientists are able to identify the so-called genetic fingerprint of these different strains. and importantly, that tells them when the virus has mutated. think of it as an early warning system. an effort to monitor how the virus is changing or mutating overtime. >> we test anywhere from 5 to 10,000 samples every single day for mutations. >> reporter: those tests can tell us if new strains of the virus like a highly infectious variant, has popped up in london, and are also circulating here in california. >> we have not in anything related to a new strain yet, and that is constant monitoring. >> reporter: this new strain in the uk has raised alarm bells because research suggests it is significantly more infectious. >> the way i like to

have live team coverage tonight starting with devin fehely in san jose. >> reporter: i'm outside the emergency operations center where they are planning their response to the pandemic. now the governor says by the end of the month, essentially by the middle of this week they will have nearly 2 million doses of the vaccine here in the state of california, each one of those doses represent hope, but we are also left with the grim reality of right now which is too many people getting sick and not nearly enough beds or people to care for them. >> this partnership is so important. >> the two pharmacy chains will be in charge of administering the vaccine to some of the states most vulnerable populations. in particular, seniors living in nursing homes and care facilities. >> we went into this partnership with cvs and walgreens, it is the scarcity of staff, we did not want to use that for key supplies. >> reporter: he says california is scheduled to receive just under 1.8 million doses of the vaccine in total by the end of the year. that is less than a 2.1 million the state was hoping to get

we have team coverage, starting with devin fehely in san jose with how health officials are preparing for a post-christmas search. >>> the strain on the healthcare system is really beginning to show up especially in southern california. according to the governor, virtually all the hospitals in la county this weekend at some point turned people away, diverted them to another facility because they simply did not have space and he says that should be a cautionary tale for the rest of the state. >> the san joaquin valley, the i see capacity is effectively zero. >> reporter: but the bay area may not be far behind. >> the bay area is not yet into the search phase. >> reporter: santa clara county, once the epicenter for the entire state, i see capacity has dropped to 9%. the governor says those worsening numbers have taken a toll on the infected, on those caring for them, and done anyone else who might need the healthcare system. >> impact of this virus, this pandemic, is being felt on the entire hospital system, and that impact obvious he could impact each and every one of us. god forbid, t

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. >>> good evening, i am devin fehely. >> it is so cool and clear morning. whenever it is cool normally it is clear. take a look at that current temperatures. santa rosa is 30 degrees. in the inland areas, the north bay and some spots in the south bay, you may wake up to patchy frost. especially at the higher elevations. there will be chilly, cold temperatures. it will warm up. that is not until the afternoon hours. a few patchy spots. there will be a few issues. visibility is good. the clear skies are making things chilly. like i said, it will start to warm up. the afternoon forecast, look at that sunset at 4: 53. you will be in the mid 50s along the coast and to the mid 60s in the inland areas. that will be the story for the rest of the week. i will have the remainder of your forecast ahead. >>> there is a huge effort forward to control the pandemic. moderna will rollout the new vaccine. starting tomorrow 6 million initial doses will be shipped across the country. 20 million expected by the end of the year. the moderna vaccine is 94.1% effective overall. >

devin fehely is live and san jose with the details.>> reporter: here is how it is supposed to work. if you travel more than 150 miles, and san jose to las vegas is definitely more than 150 miles, you are supposed to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival. the football team is not doing that here they are leaving this coming sunday and officials say we don't care how great your season has been, it does not give you a free pass to ignore the rules. undefeated season or not, they say the football team should not be allowed to be in violation of the health orders. >> they are trying to get what they can out of it, however it just brings it back down to the whole situation of we need to be taking precautionary measures. >> they defeated boise state to when the conference championship. the team was given a week off and players were allowed to head home to spend holidays with family. they plan to fly to arizona this coming sunday to prepare for the bowl game on new year's eve. shaving a few days off that counties require ten-day quarantine after travel. >> we are in the midst of the largest s

devin fehely joins us now. this comes at a time when the u.s. supreme court is considering the right of churches during the pandemic.>> reporter: that is exactly right . the church was handed a defeat in court today but if you listen to the press conference, it really didn't feel that way. he felt more like a victory rally with the pastor and his legal team defiantly vowing to fight on. several hundred supporters, most without masks, gave the pastor applause as he emerged from court promising the court's decision to not stop the ministry. >> you either follow god or follow man. i have to follow what god's word says. >> cavalry was fined for repeatedly violating the state order. claims that the legal team claims are unconstitutional. >> this covid crisis are not what they are making it out to be. it is intrusion upon everyone. >> the judge find the church $2500 for each violation. the church plans to appeal the decision to the federal courts. the recent supreme court ruling may rain in the ability to place restrictions on religious services. >> j

.>> kpix 5's devin fehely is in san jose tonight .>> reporter: here is how it is supposed to work, if you travel more than 150 miles, you're supposed to quarantine for 10 days. that team just is not doing that and county officials say even if you are having an unbelievable season, it does not give you a free pass to violate the rules. undefeated season or not, fellow students a that the football team should not be allowed to spike the ball in violation of health orders. >> they are trying to get what they can out of it, it boils down to the whole situation that we need to take cautionary measures. >> the spartans defeat in boise saturday gave them them when in the conference championship. players were then allowed to head home to spend holidays with family. they plan to fly to arizona this coming sunday to prepare for the bowl game on new year's eve, shaving a few days off the county's required ten-day quarantine after travel. >> we are in the midst of the largest surge of covid cases and hospitalizations and sadly deaths, that we have yet faced during this entire pandemic. >> the uni

devin fehely joins us now. this comes at a time when the u.s.eme court is considering the right of churches during the pandemic.>> reporter: that is exactly right . the church was handed a defeat in court today but if you listen to the press conference, it really didn't feel that way. he felt more like a victory rally with the pastor and his legal team defiantly vowing to fight on. several hundred supporters, most without masks, gave the pastor applause as he emerged from court promising the court's decision to not stop the ministry. >> you either follow god or follow man. i have to follow what god's word says. >> cavalry was fined for

have live team coverage tonight starting with devin fehely in san jose. >> reporter: i'm outside the emergency operations center where they are planning their response to the pandemic. now the governor says by the end of the month, essentially by the middle of this week they will have nearly 2 million doses of the vaccine here in the state of california, each one of those doses represent hope, but we are also left with the grim reality of right now which is too many people getting sick and not nearly enough beds or people to care for them. >> this partnership is so important. >> the two pharmacy chains will be in charge of administering the vaccine to some of the states most vulnerable populations. in particular, seniors living in nursing homes and care facilities. >> we went into this partnership with cvs and walgreens, it is the scarcity of staff, we di

we have team coverage tonight, let's get right to devin fehely with the system already in place to identifythese kind of mutations. >> reporter: they want to be unmistakably clear that there is no evidence right now that is worrisome strain of the virus in the uk has reached california, that it is circulating here. we do know that there are different strains of this virus out in the community, and out in the wider world. on the genetic level, scientists are able to do by the so-called genetic print of these different strains, and importantly, that tells them on the virus has mutated. think of it as an early warning system, an effort to monitor how the viruses are changing or mutating overtime. >> we just anywhere from 5 to 10,000 samples every single day. for mutations. >> reporter: they can tell us if strains of the virus like the highly infectious variant has popped up in london. and of their security. on you. >> we have not seen anything related to a new strain yet and that is constant monitoring. >> reporter: this new case has raised alarm bells because research just it is si

devin fehely is live in san jose with the concerns that this year's celebration could turn into a super spreader event. >> reporter: yeah, this is a hard time to hold the celebration and people are getting sick and cases are skyrocketing and hospitals are filling up or are full and the leader of the catholic church in san jose had a blunt and plainspoken message for parishioners. just a home. >> celebrate from home this year. >> a simple the potentially life-saving message from community and faith leaders in san jose. they are fearful this year's celebration that it could celebrate the spread of coronavirus in the latino community. >> because we are actually maritime of the pandemic. the cause for dictionary measures. the people coming to offer prayers and leaving flowers and tribute to the virgin mary. >> it is very spiritual. >> reporter: the latino community has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic despite picking up a little over 25% of the population. latinas account for more than 55% of diagnosed cases, and a massive in person celebration would only make the troubling

devin fehely joins us live in san jose with the story about how some folks are falling through the cracks of this is him. >> reporter: it is called breaking the change of transmission. it is just common sense and good public health that if somebody is. has been exposed, you want to separate them, so they can people but we have learned of an unfortunate case of a home man who was recently diagnosed with this disease and discharged by the hospital and initially was sent right back into his homeless encampment. his wife messaged will was advocate early friday morning. her husband was feverish and sick and had recently tested positive for covid-19. and she was desperate for help. >> he got discharged back to the encampment which i think is crazy. >> reporter: it been treated at the hospital and discharged. he returned to the only place he had left to go. attend along coyote creek. the county eventually put him up in a hotel to recover and quarantine. the public health officials acknowledged that he should have gotten help sooner. >> we also have systems in place to identify people when they a

i'm devin fehely and coming up the message from public health officials and leaders of the faith immunity. >>> another major achievement for a talented teenager. he made the cover of time magazine. tyler gordon painted this image of lebron james for a the athlete of the year cover. the san jose teenager says he has always looked up to lebron, and that painting his portrait was a dream come true. well, the brunt tweeted him back saying you can do anything you put your mind to. love you, too, kid. last month he made headlines for his paintings of president- elect biden, vice president- elect kamala harris. he said he was inspired to paint them because he, too, stutters. he also says he admires harris for breaking barriers as the first woman and first person of color to serve as vice president. after his work went viral, tyler got a special call. >> i overwhelmed with you are, just the magnificence of your artistry. you really have a gift, my goodness. such a gift. and i was, i was so touched to see it. >> very talented. earlier today we caught up with him and asked him what inspired his pas

devin fehely is in san jose tonight and reports bay area health officials are now preparing for a post holiday search. >> reporter: that is exactly right. the strain on the healthcare system is beginning to show, especially down in southern california. according to the governor, la county, all the hospitals there at some point this weekend turn someone away, diverted them to another facility because they just did not have room and the governor says that should be a cautionary tale for the rest of the state. >> in san joaquin valley, the i see capacity is effectively zero. >> reporter: but the bay area may not be far behind. >> the bay area not get into the space. >> reporter: santa clara county, once the epicenter, i see capacity has dropped to 9%, with just 29 beds available countywide. the county says they have taken a toll on the infected, on those caring for them, and on anyone else who might need the healthcare system. >> impact of these, this virus, this pandemic, is being felt on the entire hospital system and that impact obviously could impact each and every one of us, god forb

. >> but one south bay church has taken a different approach as kpix 5 devin fehely shows us they'reup with ever more creative ways to connect with their community. >> reporter: when stay-at home orders made in-person services impossible, the church in san jose was left with a challenge and a question. without camera equipment, without any real technical no how, they wondered how in the world are we going to connect with our parishioners? now ultimately they will use the tools at hand to pair the cell phones, literally a ladder repurposed as a tripod. they used that basic setup to broadcast their morning mass and to their surprise, they would deck it into the audience for thousands of the bay area and beyond. fresh off the unlikely success, tackling the even bigger challenge as they took the show on the road. a live broadcast with multiple cameras, chronicling, sharing one of their holiest religious traditions. if it is the beating heart of their community, then the close- knit neighborhoods that surround it are the arteries, through which that life blood, faith, family, and traditio

i am emily turner devin knee fehely has day off. let's start with weather are darren peak. >>> we have pretty gray skies and you can see the clouds above the skyline. this is how it locks bay area wide and somehow it will stay for pretty much the entire morning. it's not until we get into the early afternoon we will burn off the clouds. that's the view from above the tri-valy. the temperatures are a little better this morning because of this. we have got lot of mid-40s on the map. concord is 45. san jose is 45. the numbers will feel warm. oakland is 49 and livermore at 38 and santa rosa at 37. we will feel chilly and there's fog in the north bay. we will spotlight santa rosa, petaluma, napa all of the areas here in the doper gray, there is patchy fog up there. and it's going to get windy later tonight. two items to discuss before i hand you back over to emily. a wind advisory that goes into effect bay area wide. it starts tonight at 11:00 and goes until 11:00 tomorrow morning. we could see gusts at 45 miles per hour and in the mont