let's begin with chris reyes in the south bay with business owners who are incredibly frustrated. >>orter: 60 small businesses in total. so many stories, each one heartbreaking. >> i could lose everything. >> reporter: the governor's announcement dashed the little hope she had left. >> this was the time we were hopefully going to bounce back. >> reporter: this plaza is a perfect example. this insurance broker, those are his clients. are you going to survive this new lockdown? >> well, wore're hoping so. >> reporter: only 30% of the tenants could pay rent. some have been getting funding and loans but they say this time around that won't be enough. silicon valley small business development center gave us this sta statement. we believe more businesses will be shuttered indefinitely. >> it's just an absolute tragedy. >> reporter: from the governor, a promise. >> my top priority is to support our small businesses. >> reporter: in san jose, chris reyes. >>> bay area school administrators are trying to figure out how the restrictions will affect reopening plans. >> our elementary schools wi

let's begin with chris reyes in the south bay with business owners who are incredibly frustrated. >> reporter: 60 small businesses in total. so many stories, each one heartbreaking. >> i could lose everything. >> reporter: the governor's announcement dashed the little hope she had left. >> this was the time we were hopefully going to bounce back. >> reporter: this plaza is a perfect example. this insurance broker, those are his clients. are you going to survive this new lockdown? >> well, wore're hoping so. >> reporter: only 30% of the tenants could pay rent. some have been getting funding and loans but they say this time around that won't be enough. silicon valley small business development center gave us this sta statement. we believe more businesses will be shuttered indefinitely. >> it's just an absolute tragedy. >> reporter: from the governor, a promise. >> my top priority is to support our small businesses. >> reporter: in san jose, chris reyes. >>> bay area school administrators are trying to figure out how the restrictions will affect reopening plans. >> our elementary school

in san jose, chris reyes for abc7 news. >>> in the north bay, sonoma county is putting school reopening waiver applications on hold because of the surge in cases. the county has been stuck in the purple tier. schools need a waiver from health officials to open their campuses. so far, only a few schools in ve been able to resume in-person learning. >>> a brentwood man is speaking for the first time. >>> president-elect biden revealing more of his cabinet picks. his history-making choices. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures are dropping tonight. they're going to rise tomorrow. i'll let you know what the holiday forecast is looking like coming up. >>> first a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> in case you were wondering, we made a show. how many pounds is the little baby turkey that you're eating? >> oh, no, you called it a baby. ah-oh. >>> new at 11:00. tonight, for the first time, we're hearing from a brentwood a man who hung a joe biden dummy from his roof with a noose. we are in brentwood with how the homeowner is explaining his actions. >> i want to make

chris reyes for abc 7 news. >> or anywhere really. >>> a toy program needs your help. nearly 200 tricycles were stolen from their storage unit. the loss is devastating. >> reporter: you're looking at a storage unit half emptied out by thieves who took an electric fire truck and trikes, similar to ones that look like this. >> i think my only question would be why? i'm disappointed, why did you do at that to the kids that we're trying to help. >> reporter: sally from the toy program says she arrived tuesday, days before thanksgiving and weeks before christmas to find nearly 200 strikes worth over $100 each gone. >> i can see somebody maybe taking one item, but taking the whole thing? there goes all the stuff we had for the younger children as far as tricycles go. >> reporter: firefighters would have given the strikes to those in need for christmas. san francisco police sergeant rich jones who runs hunter's chest says his storage unit full of toys was hit by thieves six months ago. a suspect was caught but the toys never recovered. >> it's for the kids. it's christmas. br

in san jose, chris reyes for abc7 news. >>> in the north bay, sonoma county is putting school reopening waiver applications on hold because of the surge in cases. the county has been stuck in the purple tier. schools need a waiver from health officials to open their campuses. so far, only a few schools in sonoma county have been able to resume in-person learning. >>> a brentwood man is speaking for the first time. >>> president-elect biden revealing more of his cabinet picks. his history-making choices. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures are dropping tonight. they're going to rise tomorrow. i'll let you know what the holiday forecast is looking like coming up. >>> first a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> in case you were wondering, we made a show. how many pounds is the little baby turkey that you're eating? >> oh, no, you called it a baby. ah-oh. did i miss it? but you can't sleep through my breakfast. because it's served all day, every day! thanks, jack. try my $4.99 french toast sticks jumbo breakfast platter. part of my all day, everyday breakfast. we

chris reyes for abc 7 news. >> or anywhere really. >>> a toy program needs your help. nearly 200 tricycles were stolen from their storage unit. the loss is devastating. >> reporter: you're looking at a storage unit half emptied out by thieves who took an electric fire truck and trikes, similar to ones that look like this. >> i think my only question would be why? i'm disappointed, why did you do at that to the kids that we're trying to help. >> reporter: sally from the toy program says she arrived tuesday, days before thanksgiving and weeks before christmas to find nearly 200 strikes worth over $100 each gone. >> i can see somebody maybe taking one item, but taking the whole thing? there goes all the stuff we had for the younger children as far as tricycles go. >> reporter: firefighters would have given the strikes to those in need for christmas. san francisco police sergeant rich jones who runs hunter's chest says his storage unit full of toys was hit by thieves six months ago. a suspect was caught but the toys never recovered. >> it's for the kids. it's christmas. br

abc 7 news reporter chris reyes got their reaction to the president's speech last night. >> today is a non-partisan act. it is an act of democracy. it's an act we are seeing as a community. every vote must count. >> reporter: rabbis, reverends, priests, community organizers stood side by side at san jose's city hall to voice their concern about the state of election results and the anxiety over civil unrest. >> when the president came to the lectern and when he said the words "stop all voting," thevot" voting had stopped. what he meant was stop all counting. >> there is a very real attempt by our current president to stop every vote from being counted. we have already heard the attempt to call the election before all legally cast ballots have been counted. >> to think that every single vote might not potentially be counted, that is completely unacceptable. and that is why we must stand up for democracy. >> reporter: faith leaders wore yellow vests to indicate they're trained in deescalation and ready to step in should there be violence on the streets because of election results. thei

oobs 7 news reporter chris reyes paid a visit to some local shops to find out why they need extra support and understanding from customers this year. >> reporter: it may look like the holidays inside these stores but there's a kind of quiet that's a little eerie, especially at this time of the year. inside joey ray boutique in san carlos only five customers are allowed inside at a time. at gump's in downtown san francisco ten customers. >> we're just trying to encourage everyone to shop early this year because of social distancing protocols and different things like that. it's not going to be your normal holiday season. >> being a san francisco icon for over 150-plus years, we survived because of our local support from our customer base here in san francisco and across the country. >> normally snaul businesses would rely on foot traffic, word of mouth. but this year that's just not as effective. so we reached out to a strategist for some tips on how small businesses can pivot. >> go digital if you haven't already. share some stories on social media about your customers that you have. have

abc 7 news reporter chris reyes got reaction. >> i am concerned of the well-being of our community. >> reporter: she's been advocating for her latino community since the pandemic began. it's a demographic that's gotten hit hard by the virus in santa clara county and now she's even more worried. with dr. sarah cody sounding this alarm. hospitals in the county could reach its capacity in three weeks in the current surge continues. >> cancel your holiday plans, don't travel. >> reporter: newly elected state assembly member from the south bay alex lee tweeted this plea soon after dr. cody's announcement. >> it becomes incredibly scary to hear that we might run out of capacity for hospitals where my mom works directly. if that becomes the case i do get increasingly worried. >> we have liaison calls talking about an what contingency plans are with hospitals, bringing in staffing from outside entities, bringing in their own staffing from non-critical areas and redeploying them to inpatient care. >> reporter: to meet demand starting next week the santa clara county fairgrounds will expand tes

abc 7 news reporter chris reyes got a firsthand look how the process works and why it's an important part of making sure the public knows their vote is counted. >> reporter: using three ten sided dice this team is randomly picking precincts to include in a manual tally, one of a number of ways san mateo county elections ensures accuracy of the vote. >> and we get to 1% of the total votes cast, those ballots and those batches that contain those ballots will then be pulled and they will be manually reviewed by the human eye. >> just picking the precincts took at least two hours with a team of four on hand. observers were welcome. yoyo choi is a candidate for city council in millbrae. he wanted to see the process himself because he's only ahead by four votes. it's not lost on him this race mirrors the one acros counts. >> reporter: every worker goes through a rigorous background check. the technology is a closed system. every single ballot is verified manually, and there's more. >> in our operation here we have a two-person integrity process. and that is that wherever there is a live ba

abc 7 news reporter chris reyes got reaction. >> i am concerned of the well-being of our community. >> reporter: she's been advocating for her latino community since the pandemic began. it's a demographic that's gotten hit hard. she's now even more worried. hospitals in the county could reach its capacity in three weeks in the current surge continues. >> cancel your holiday plans, don't travel. >> reporter: newly elected state assembly member from the south bay alex lee tweeted this plea soon after dr. cody's announcement. >> it becomes incredibly scary to hear that we might run out of capacity for hospitals where my mom works directly. if that becomes the case i do get increasingly worried. >> what contingency plans are with hospitals, bringing in staffing from outside entities, bringing in their own staffing from non-critical areas and redeploying them to inpatient care. >> reporter: to meet demand starting next week the santa clara county fairgrounds will expand testing to 3,000 %-p. in san jose, chris ray es, for abc news. >>> johnson & johnson has begun clinical trial, enrolling