the bottoms of the creek changes, the walls of the creek can change, there's erosion upcreek, and yout the more times you go up there. you can see, every time it seemed a little bit different. >> reporter: and the defense attacked the state's expert for what it said was another flaw with the mannequin test. >> you did not start that test with the mannequin falling from the ledge, right? >> absolutely not. >> and therefore your testing did not account for any kinetic energy that would have been initiated from the fall, correct? >> that's correct. >> reporter: and what about fred's story? a jumpy dog distracted by a blue jay and a swan dive toward the rocky water? the defense said it was the truth, and not at all far-fetched. >> it is steep and angular and there's ice on the rocks. it's slippery. so it seemed perfectly plausible that she had fallen and floated. >> reporter: the defense brought in a canine behavior expert who analyzed that last photo of leslie and said the young border collie looked spooked and ready to bolt. >> the dog is under stress. the dog is pushing back. he's push

creek plan. could you go into how mead formulated this idea and how he disseminated this to the rest of his corps command? >> that's a great question, john, and it's also one after the battle that is used by mead maligners or mead critics to argue that mead did not want to fight at gettysburg. but its actual use, the pipe creek circular is written sometime late on june 30 or very early on july the 1st. it's in the official records if you want to look at the gettysbu gettysburg o.r.s, it's in there. it's a contingency plan. mead is given orders to stay between the invading confederate forces, which, don't forget, they're at the foothill of harrisburg. mead knows very little about the position of any other corps except for the fifth corps, which he came from. but the pike creek circular is a contingency plan, it's conditional. it would allow the army of the potomac to fight a defensive battle at pike creek. pike creek is in maryland and it's about eight miles from westminster. westminster is import

a lot of people have never heard of the pipe creek plan, or don't know the issue with the pipe creek plan. could you go into how meade formulated this idea and how he disseminated this to the rest of his core command? >> that is a great question, john and it is also one after the battle that is used by meade what critics to argue that mead did not want to fight at gettysburg. but, it's actual use, the circular is written sometime late on june 30 or very early on july 1st. it is in the official records if y'all want to look at the gettysburg ours, it's in their. the pipe creek circular simply simply is a contingency plan. that meade is given orders when he takes command of the army of the potomac to stay between the invading confederate forces, which don't forget, there at the foothill of harrisburg. they are at this desk was on a river in washington, d.c.. back meade knows very little about the position of any other corps, except for the fifth corps, which he came from, but the pipe creek circular is a contingency plan, it is conditional that would allow the army of the potomac to fi

pipe creek is in maryland. it is about eight miles from westminster and westminster is important, of course, because it is the union army supply base. meade writes the pipe creek circular that provides his issuance for each of his corps at pipe creek should they fight a defensive battle there, and lure the army of north virginia there to fight. if any of your listeners are interested, you can visit pipe creek. go south of gettysburg. just as you cross into maryland, there is a pull off there, and they have some of the maryland interpretive trail markers there. it would have been a great defensive position. the creek itself is not important, but there is a ridge called parr ridge, p-a-r-r, that would have provided a good position for the army of northern virginia, should that position need to be employed. meade gets criticized for this, because it suggests he wants to fight defensively, but as soon as the battle begins july 1, reynolds does not give the pipe creek circular. but it is a conditional plan, and, rem

a lot of people have never heard of the pipe creek plan or the issue with the pipe creek plan. can you go into how meade formulated this idea and how he disseminated it to the rest of corp command? jennifer: that is a great question, john, and it is also ers ored by meade malign critics that meade did not want to fight at gettysburg. written sometimes late on june 30 or very early on july 1, in the official records if you all want to look at the gettysburg or's in there. the gettysburg circular is simply a contingency plan. meade is given orders when he takes over the army of the potomac to stay the confederate forces which, don't forget, there is harrisburg. they are at the susquehanna river, and washington, d.c. little aboutery ps, position of any other cor corps, fromhe v which she came, about defining a defensive battle at pipe creek. pipe creek is in maryland. it is about eight miles from westminster. and westminster is important, of course, because it is the union army supply base. so he writes the pipe creek circular that provides his issuance for each of his corps at pi

in walnut creek, j.r.tone, abc7 news. >> the show must go on even in the middle of a pandemic. ♪ the san francisco girls chorus put on a virtual holiday performance thanks to current and past members. usually they would perform live at davie's symphony hall. this year's show featured music from the caribbean and the philippines. the work started on this performance in september. members recorded their individual videos. >> we're talking about more than 400 videos that we put together in one piece. it's amazing to see that. it's very impressive. again, a way to gather the community. >> some of the performers as young as 4 years old. can you imagine being the editor? >> right? how? perfect pitch. that's what it's called. this is my part. i'm singing it. >> right. >> it's going to go. >> now edit it. that person deserves a big christmas present. >> yes. >> we all deserve something like that to listen to. that was nice. i enjoyed that. all right. yeah. everybody, thank you for that. let's look at the fog. that

they worked to restore the creek so the salmon can lay their eggs as they have done possibly for 100 these fish are hearty and they will adapt. if we can make areas that they will come in and successfully spawn, we'll see the numbers kraes and that's our go increase. this is the south where you have chinook come into a major run. it's super exciting. >> a similar situation is in marin county where they've worked for ten years with federal and local agencies to remove a dam. it should allow that to happen in this area soon. >> they want to go up as far as possible because that's where their eggs, and historically where the juveniles had the best chance of survival. >> in the south bay, however, trash, especially discarded plastic, is getting worse along the creeks. >> it gets into the mainstream of the gaudalupe, it goes into the bay, and subsequently it's reaching the pacific ocean. we have an environmental disaster that was ahead with all this trash. >> reporter: unless addressed, it could reverse these signs of progress. david louie, nbc 7 news. >>> two different rain makers are ac

something like $60000.00 asked nick to a strip of creek citizenship. get economy you noticed the number of possible looking for months old options all of the columns who use the last lot on that up and saw. the link shows what a highly things on the door was on his speech looked a little. before 9000 monkeys because don't get driving license. so what we said just. actually. almost all turkish community talk to people here. had horses. in fact many turkish villages were sealed off by military checkpoints well into. the 1990 s. . places like the village of at you know us. ox a haka was a boy at the time but remembers it while. this and in the mid ninety's until than or somebody who was from other parts of greece it was not possible for him to come in this area without any specific permission. why you how to how and a special identity in order to come to your area because it was minority because it is a minority and. it was a policy. minorities to become isolated in the villages isolated in debt. at the time as dick turks went just having a difficult time

live in walnut creek. kpix5. >>> it's 656 deliberate.top stories. >> the uk has approved the oxford vaccine for emergency use. the shot is cheaper to make and doesn't require ultra cold temperatures. the dosing schedule is also a little different. the second dose will be 12 weeks after. the shot does have a lower effectiveness rate though than both the others and average of 70%. >>> paper stimulus checks will start going out today. some of the first $600 checks started hitting bank accounts overnight. payments will continue into next week. >>> and today small businesses, statewide can apply for grants from $5,000 to $25,000 under a state coronavirus relief program. the first round of grants will open at eight this morning and close on january 8th. >>> and a new more transmissible coronavirus strain that was first reported in the uk has been found in colorado. it's the first confirmed case in the united states. authorities say that the patient has no travel history and is now isolated. >>> china is urging migra nt workers no ers not to tr

creek and contra costa county, elmhurst creek near oakland, and to locations around coyote creek near san jose. >>> for the first time in 125 years come the fine arts museums of san francisco has hired a black curator for their african arts collection. the tosha becker is a south african native who focus is on african-american artist, and the african >>> and a quick programming note for you, today's episodes of bold and the beautiful was preempted by the governor's big announcement. the episode will air overnight ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, the pandemic's darkest day as the u.s. reaches uncharted territory-- more than 14 million cases and the new records for hospitalizations and deaths. the covid crisis on full display at american hospitals as emergency rooms around the country try to recruit more nurses. tonight, california's tough new stay-at-home order, and a protest in new york as a bar owner is arrested for violating restrictions. and dr. anthony fauci in a cbs news interview on the consequences of thanksgiving gatherings. plus, president-elect joe bide

the creek war or some creek resistance, the seminal and 1836 in the in the middle of the decade and some people did stay. paula has a question. please elaborate on the experience of the eastern band of the cherokee indians -- i'm not sure if i'm pronouncing that right and why they're able to remit of the historic lands in western north carolina. >> right. there are some very small groups of people who are able to stay in the south, despite the best efforts of the federal government. probably the seminoles in florida but also the eastern band of charities in north carolina. the federal government recognized early on the on the recognized early on that if the cherokee resists it's going to be the people who live in the mountains of north carolina who are going to be the most difficult for us to move. they sent in an engineer to scout the region and rights back and says one, these people are determined not to move, and the second thing he says is there is no way any of these mountains are so precipitous, the foliage is so dense that if we have to send troops here it is going to be a disaste

walnut creek by 3:00 it starts to rain, and then for san francisco 60 degrees for tomorrow. it's going to be a beautiful night. san jose also expecting a fantastic day with, you know, rain and wind, but we need the rain. it's definitely going to help us out as far as rain totals as i mentioned. the hilar totals will be for the north bay mountains and of course the santa cruz mountains. one thing we're watching out for as always is going to be those burn scars, but it's looking like this is going to be a pretty quick moving storm, which is good. 15 to 20 plus miles per hour especially for san francisco. and if you're going to be traveling to lake tahoe for essential reasons, check those travel conditions because we are talking about see era snow and a second storm making its arrival sunday night. and looking ahead to new year's eve, we could be seeing the arrival of a third storm. ending 2020 with pretty active weather. terry, have a lovely night. i'll see you tomorrow. >> yeah, have a very merry chris m chrismous eve and i will see you tomorrow. >>> getting ready for the red

walnut creek created a community task force called the rebound committee helping restaurants pivot todining. and reopened his chicken pie shop three years ago and it was just beginning to make money when the pandemic hit. so, he invested in an outdoor space and said his clientele was beginning to grow. >> i felt kind of happy, like it looks good. but then we had the shutdown again for outdoor and indoor. i don't know what to say. >> the mayor says he feels henry's, and every other restaurant owners pain. here we get to a point where restaurants are just starting to make some headway and then everything shuts down on them and now they can do business other than take-out or delivery. the city has up to half $1 million in unspent sales tax money in the council will consider setting up a grant program to help keep businesses afloat. the mayor says they will be looking for the most effective way to spend the money, which could involve the restaurants. and the chamber of commerce says there is not a lot of time to spare.>> it's tough, and everybody has an end point where they can't go any f

"today in the bay's" bob redell is live in walnut creek. some of the hospitals and the state may have to ration care because of what we're seeing, these rising numbers. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. yes, we know at least one health care system in los angeles is considering that possibility of rationing health care. we don't know how it is in the bay area with hospitals in our area. we do know that the icu bed capacity here in the bay area is at dangerous levels. you can take a look at your tv screen. only 8% remain available here in contra costa county. we're talking about icu beds. san mateo, santa clara, solano counties also in the red with fewer than 15% available. some in the san joaquin valley and southern california have hit zero percent capacity. our sister station in los angeles has been told this last line of defense is being crushed by this recent surge in covid-19 cases. you have to remember it's not just covid. there are a lot of emergencies not related, competing for the health care attention. it could get worse whi

that's our camera in walnut creek. we are dealing with this dense fog this morning, but it will gradually clear out today. and we'll talk about a rare sight in the sky you'll be able to see tonight coming up in a few minutes. >>> a lot of fog, low visibility and a major injury crash over in the east bay. that's going on while we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, overall that shows the volume of traffic we're seeing around most of the bay, much lighter than the rest of the month. this is mid-december. we'll talk about the view as it builds coming up. >>> the president-elect will get the first coronavirus shot today. >> scott mcgrew, do we know which one he's going to get? the fda just cleared the moderna vaccine. >>> that's a really good question and, no, we have not seen any information on that. we do know pence got the pfizer vaccine because at the time that was the only vaccine available. all we really know is biden will get the shot today. we do expect it will be televised as the president-elect tries to show peopl

critics also accuse the creek state of attempting to impose religious status on the turkish minority. the region has traditionally elected its mathieson like abraham sarah he represents come a teeny the region's capital. and surprisingly the majority of turks refuse to recognize those directly appointed by the government. when come a teen he's appointed mufti was invited to speak as a minority school the students made it very trade he wasn't welcomed and bought his entrance. so you can be your me. but i in and moved to the other they must give it because the stadium is doing good if you see any care is about i do most of them call the original sin and evidently the jhana that all of them are synonyms stehman and then we did byzantine it. himself was elected mufti of comma teenie with a resigning 90 percent of the vote he's less popular with the greek authorities he has just been sentenced to an 80 day prison term for use a thing authority by taking part in friday prayers are to nearby village in 2016. or the woman the other. there surely is living better. than that there are mood mess

last year the creek education ministry shutdown 5 turkish minority schools bringing the total number of schools closed to $65.00 in just 8 years. mayor his forties says a reserve went to this turkish speaking school in the village of color mccaw struck as did his parents and their parents. its sudden closure has dealt a heavy blow to the community if i call them. mr. mayor. the addition of. our much. formal muster. was a pleasant day let. mrs burrage year i was in the church of lebanon candy who died in any chance and yet the millionaire and get all my. body there. are stimulate me. the government closed the turkish schools citing lack of demand but according to the community actually too many students for the number of places available. in fact the situation has become so acute in traces 2nd city zanti that's a policy of splitting up the school day into 2 shifts was introduced resulting in substantially fewer hours of schooling per day for ethnically turkish children. hundreds poured into the streets to protest the news. that is why the scene is part of a broader policy to phase out

up this little creek.with some rain, when the creek swells up this thing becomes a river. >> this is only phase 1. phase 2 starts next summer further upstream. >>> now at six, a live look outside, as we track the first rainfall in weeks. what is in store for your weekend. >>> the warning tonight from faith leaders in the south bay ahead of a religious celebration this weekend. >> we are actually concerned for the health and well-being of the general public. and also, of our own congregants. >> the recall effort against gov. newsom gains thousands of signatures. tonight we ask if that really could happen. >> but more and more people are going to feel the pain and they're going to start wondering why. this is not a medical crisis, this is a political crisis. >>> good evening. our top stories, much-needed rain. finally. but we are still well below where we usually get this time of year. this chart shows how many inches of rain we got last year compared to this year in san francisco, san jose and oakland. we a

.>> reporter: walnut creek city council meeting finish 30 minutes ago with the decision to ask the staff to consider the cost of creating a grant program. small businesses need help. with no federal relief aid coming anytime soon, cities are trying to fill the gap.>> reporter: bounty hunter restaurant has been starved for cash, struggling to survive on takeout orders. >> we had to furlough about 30 people out of our restaurant. that is really unfortunate and heartbreaking, especially since this is the second time we've had to do so.>> reporter: they and other small businesses say some type of financial relief aid could be the difference between surviving or sinking. funding to cover costs of switching to outdoor dining, and other pandemic modifications. on tuesday, the walnut creek city council considered a recommendation by the economic development office to create a grant program to keep small businesses in the city afloat. >> it would be a huge help to small businesses. many of them have already gone down the road of seeking loans. some of them have multiple loans. >> reporter: kathy

for the east bay, a few showers for walnut creek down from 680 into danville.an see that wet mark hopkins hotel camera. there are raindrops on our live camera. 47 in the city. 47 as well in san jose. concord coming in at 48. livermore, 45 as well as for santa rosa. it is all because of this cut off low pressure system bringing that beneficial rainfall for the bay area. it will exit the region later on today. let's take you hour by hour on futurecast. you can see a few more showers through our morning. as we look to our afternoon, stopping the clock at noon. you can see that clearing as we go through our afternoon. for tomorrow, it will be a cold start first thing in the morning . then, sunshine by tuesday afternoon. tracking our next weather system, that will bring return of the rain wednesday night into thursday and snow up in the sierra as we look to the middle part of the week, picking up a half a foot of snow in the sierra. this afternoon, mid-50s along the coast. around the bay, mid to upper 50s. 56 in san francisco this afternoon. d8 in oakland. for our i

live in walnut creek. slamming the president for his roll out of the vaccine and he is preparing for action once he is sworn in, promising to ramp up the vaccination effort to a million shots a day. >> trump administration's plan is to vaccines is falling behind. i have directed my team to prepare as much more aggressive -- a much mora aggressive effort. >> only about two million americans have received the vaccine so far though the trump administration promised 20 million would get the shot by the end of the month. the president responding on twitter saying it's up to the states to distribute the vaccines once brought to the areas by the federal government. >>> new this morning a second coronavirus vaccine has been given the green light for use in britain. emergency authorization has been granted for the oxford based vaccine. the company's chief executive said that the shot is simple to give and will be supplied at no profit. >>> the rapid spread of coronavirus in southern california leading to a crush of

i wanted to take the rock creek parkway. no traffic was moving, tear gas in the air, random gunshots. i decided to jump the curb and drive on the sidewalks and eventually on the mall itself. i was in a little volkswagen. the police told me the parkway was closed. when they focused on the next drivers i jumped the curb and took off on the parkway. as bad as that period of time was it was not as bad as the military march with thousands of world war i veterans demonstrating on the mall and setting up camp. president hoover ordered them removed by the military, led by none other than douglas macarthur complete with a tank, horse calvary with swords and armed troops. fast forward, the 1968 chicago riots, kent state, the horrible shooting of students by untrained guardsmen. senator bobby kennedy running for president only to suffer the same fate as his brother. and then came watergate. those days were tough. it was almost impossible not to face the bitter splits over our political parties and even families. so today we are in the

kron four's reyna harvey joining us now live in walnut creek with a little bit more on those details heartbreaking we're looking at the numbers but each of those numbers represent a family who has lost a loved one during this time nearly 19 million coronavirus cases across the united states and the icu capacity here in the bay area continues to fall we're at 11% capacity right now for a lot of these hospitals in the bay area we hear from the governor talking about how they anticipate seeing a surge on top of the surge on top of us served in the new year and this all depends on how people decide to spend the holidays. if they decide to travel over the next few days for the new year, you know hospitals have been pushed to the brink. you have a lot of in caring for patients in the hallways at different hospitals but look at these numbers right here in california. the state recorded about more than 20,000 new cases of coronavirus overnight. the total number of people in the hospitals close to 20,000 in the bay area like i mentioned the icu rates continue to drop they were at 13 a few day

san jose, palo alto, walnut creek and san francisco. chances for rain in store during the holiday weekend. kari hall is tracking that for us. >> we are seeing the fog over the central valley. it's been right over that area, very thick there. notice it's not making it into much of the area except for parts of the delta. elsewhere we are enjoying some sunshine and clear skies throughout much of the day. cool temperatures in some of those spots as we take a live look outside in walnut creek, nice and sunny now and our temperatures are gradually warming up. notice how cool it is. in ukiah, a cool start to the morning. it is starting to rebound and we'll see the temperatures continuing to head sboup tup in low 60s. if you're looking for the warmest time of the day, 2:00 to 3:00 will be the best of the time for going out for a walk or heading out to the park. and then it cools down quickly as we go into this evening. we are going to see once again dry weather for today, as well as tomorrow. but we are awaiting that storm system that will be h

.>>> today some seniors in walnut creek got their vaccines. katie nielsen reports from one of the first northern california retirement communities to offer it.>> reporter: here at deamonte in walnut creek, if you take a peek inside you can see residents and staff are getting their first dose of the pfizer vaccine. the goal today is to get 160 people vaccinated, 90 of those are residents. the priority was to get frontline healthcare workers vaccinated first and then seniors that are living in these types of community situations. they are particularly at risk due to the fact that they could have severe convocations from covid. some that we talked to today the just received their vaccines as it gives them hope going into 2021. >> it was a real gift and i feel really blessed and grateful to have this opportunity. >> i'm very hopeful about 2021. host importantly being able to hug family and friends and socialize once again. >> deamonte partnered with john beer health to provide the first vaccines to residents and staff here. this is one of the firs

in other people push back couldn't get this message out, there's turkeys and creeks writing to congress and to the president and saying you keep repeating over and over again that we are diminishing and we are not we may be small in number but we are growing population and we want to stay where we are. >> it is the voice of the native, towards a diplomat printing pamphlets by the thousands against indian removal and its well-known the indian removal as genteel he calls with his signature policy the world was new to me and these arguments for and against expulsion into was making them, there was vigorous opposition to indian removal, who was aligned in the opposition and how organized was it. >> obviously the most opposition was indigenous communities and that's not to say native people were unanimous there were numbers of people who simply wanted to cut their losses, they did not think this was a just policy necessarily but they felt that given the term in this pressure that they were on and the squatters who were moving in and the government were not protecting them in any way, they we

you see some of the city lights there. 54 currently in walnut creek. and in san jose -- or actually livermore there 53 degrees with the temperatures around san jose also in the 50s. here's the better part of the forecast tomorrow improving if the wind picks up. fortunately the weather system bringing up the wind isn't bringing us any chance of rain. you can see it falling apart as it crosses the bay area, so we'll start the day tomorrow with some clouds, but those clouds start to clear as we head through the afternoon. clear start mostly in the 40s and a few upper 30s in santa rosa and sonoma for the morning. highs tomorrow in the low to mid-60s and starting off in the north bay things relatively quilqu quiet. you see those areas in purple, those will be the top wind gusts over 30 miles per hour at times for elevation above 1,000 feet. wind speeds start to ramp back down heading into monday evening. so unfortunately, no real signs of any rain in the forecast at least for the next several days. and temperatures start to trend a bit warmer. if you're kee

i mean, we would be packed. >> reporter: in walnut creek, abc7 news. >>> new developments now. police released body camera video tonight of a beating involving a san francisco officer at pier 39. hard to watch and to listen to. that video shows an officer using his baton to hit the man several times. he suffered a broken leg and wrist during the incident that happened in october of last year. yesterday the district attorney filed felony charges goechbser terrance stengel. the police chief william scott released a statement saying the officers weren't responding to a call about a man apparently assaulting a woman and a struggle ensued between spears and an officer. abc7 news is committed to racial and social justice as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. to join the fight and find your ally, head to abc7 news.com/take action. >>> moving on, we are learning that a uc berkeley professor will be nominated by president-elect joe biden to one of the highest positions in the country. sources say oakland resident and former michigan governor jennifer granholm has been selec

a marsh that will look like this eventually, connecting a natural creek and watershed to chrissy fielday and now you'll be able to see it up close for yourself. >> there's going to be an amazing walk that will enable people to look at this newly restored salt marsh from a bridge and trail that will extend all the way up through the watershed to the top of where the springs form that come down into the bay. >> reporter: the restoration is decades in the making. not far away from the site of a native american village. >> ilama village called petlanook. they were here, a shell midden in the vicinity and we named the creek that runs through this watershed after that village, the petlanook creek. >> reporter: the presidio team recently opened a newly constructed spillway to allow bay waters to flow in. a few weeks they designed to let oysters anchor and thrive in the marsh. when reeds and other plants flourish the area will give visitors a sense of walking back into history. >> we're digging right into the old bay muds that formed the salt marsh so we have a good sense of this connection to

i mean, we would be packed. >> reporter: in walnut creek, abc7 news. >>> new developments now. police released body camera video tonight of a beating involving a san francisco officer at pier 39. hard to watch and to listen to. that video shows an officer using his baton to hit the man several times. he suffered a broken leg and wrist during the incident that happened in october of last year. yesterday the district attorney filed felony charges goechbser terrance stengel. the police chief william scott released a statement saying the officers weren't responding to a call about a man apparently assaulting a woman and a struggle ensued between spears and an officer. abc7 news is committed to racial and social justice as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. to join the fight and find your ally, head to abc7 news.com/take action. >>> moving on, we are learning that a uc berkeley professor will be nominated by president-elect joe biden to one of the highest positions in the country. sources say oakland resident and former michigan governor jennifer granholm has been selec

i will also bring in that live camera of walnut creek showing off 680. the chp issued a fog advisory for the carquinez bridge and for state route 4 from willow pass to the sand creek area. you can see those headlights slowing down. it's hard for people to see out there. moving over to the second live picture showing off oakland,al 80 at t8 80 880 and looking there. also an overall look at the map. i'm following a sigalert in oakland. this is not a great situation. we have a deadly crash on eastbound 580 at 35th avenue. there are investigators still out there on the scene. at least two lanes are blocked. >>> covid crowd control at local malls. how they are helping to keep last-minute shoppers safe this holiday season. >>> as we head to break, a live >>> the kilauea volcano erupted again. marvin garcia shared this video on social media. you can see that bright orange glow with thick smoke rising into the sky. the us xwsh usgs says a magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit about an hour after a volcano starting erupting. the national weather service issued an advisory

there were waiting lines of 10 to 15 minutes outside in walnut creek hoping to take advantage of the canadian company's boxing sale. even that's too dangerous for the silvers who want to get vaccinated before waiting in any line or walking shoulder to shoulder with others inside or outside. >> as soon as the doctors get the shots, we're done. >> reporter: hoping things will be back to normal for the 2020 holiday shopping experience. in walnut creek, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> san francisco is remind s its residents for the annual christmas tree collection program. this year collection takes place between january 4th and 15th. trees need to be stripped of all decorations including that clinging tinsel before being picked up. the trees ends up at a composting facility which turns them into earth friendly mulch. >>> the way the cookie crumbled. the festive surprise in san francisco no longer standing, but plenty of people still trying to visit. we're going to show you. >>> and tonight many people are celebrating another holiday. the message from vice president-elect kamala harris

to shut down kron four's dan thorn talk with some of those business owners and customers in walnut creek today, he joins us now live with more on how they're feeling. >>just hours before the shutdown begins good evening. dan. >>well justin and jonathan this shutdown is the reality for these businesses and customers out here through at least the end of this year. it's going to be a difficult next couple of weeks as we've been told health officials tell us that this is a necessary in order to get this surge under control, but business owners are telling us tonight. they are concerned about what this is going to do to their livelihood however some residents tell us they believe that this is a smart move. >>tea salon chairs empty outdoor dining parklets this is the reality for walnut creek's small businesses until 2021, it's devastating really there are bills to be paid to keep the business afloat and there are no customers to make the bills paid actually flowers manager of insignia hair salon is puzzled as to why businesses like hair salons and restaurants strictly following covid protocols

. >> reporter: george drove from walnut creek specifically after hearing the owner was being fined by remaining open. >> i'd go an hour to help someone trying to feed their family. >> reporter: after this much time in pandemic mode, outdoor dining leaves few choices forget togethers which are ultimately going to happen. >> outdoor dining, you're pushing people into people's homes, making people sick. >> reporter: appreciating the sentiment from his walnut creek neighbor. >> if someone opens up in walnut creek, i'll be there tomorrow. >> reporter: a ban on outdoor dining makes no sense, he says because people are going to get together, why not allow them that outlet outdoors. >> at the end of the day, it's a meal. people going to the malls. they go into costco. they go to safe way. >> reporter: it's a sentiment shared by people on the other side of the bay, too. in peacifica, a group of breweries and bar owners protested against the closure. 75 people showed up demanding the state allow them to reopen outdoors. >> we're merely asking to resume outdoor service. >> reporter: the show of

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we're taking a live look out for you now at walnut creek.ey, i'm going to leave that up to meteorologist kari hall. doesn't look too bad. saw some cars on the road. kari, how are we faring today weatherwise? >>> we're still seeing some fog but it's not as thick as it was yesterday. that tule fog right now staying confined to the central valley. i know in brentwood yesterday it really didn't even clear out and you were socked in with the fog all day. right now as we start out with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, it is a cold start, but as you make your plans for the day, going out for a walk, going to the park and parts of the east bay, we are going to see the clouds to start out but it will clear out for this afternoon. as we reach into the 50s it's still going to be cool reaching 57 degrees at 2:00 today. a look at all of our microclimates, upper 50s and low 60s, up to 58 in napa and palo alto expect a high of 59 degrees and 58 today in morgan hill with some low 60s in a few spots. we're dry for the next few days, but we are so excited to

some moving into concord and walnut creek. we do have a weather system coming down the coast tonight. if you look very closely tomorrow morning, you see those little patches of green, maybe a slight chance of a sprinkle, but i think a bigger issue once again will be the fog as we head through the morning. morning temperatures in the 40s. for the afternoon, clearing skies, highs in the mid-50s. closer to 60 around san jose and los gatos. our better chance for rain, we're watching two chances coming in as we get into the beginning of the weekend, and that is christmas day. so notice friday morning we've got a lot of clouds. no rain just yet. then as we head into the afternoon, north bay pushing into the south bay by the evening hours there on friday. so the main event with this storm system for christmas day into saturday should be mostly friday night into saturday morning and some places in the north bay could see about a half inch or more of rainfall. so sonoma county, marin county probably picking up the most out of that part

. >>> we continue our team coverage life in downtown walnut creek with da lin where some business owners say this could be the final blow for them. >> very tough news for business owners, a lot of parks out here, if you take away the option of in person dining, you are basically shutting them down. they say that takeout and delivery just will not be financially sustainable for them. now i spoke to the owner of lakota, popular mediterranean restaurant here in walnut creek, and the owner says takeout orders right now amounts to about 10% of his business. he says he cannot survive with that number. right now a lot of restaurants are debating whether or not they should just close for a month, since doing takeouts only just is not financially make sense for them, they say. i spoke with the hair salon manager this afternoon, she is frustrated and she worries how her workers will be able to stay and pay their rents if they can't work. >> we are 100% ready to work outside, but it is completely devastating when they shut us down completely and say sorry, no work at all. if you cannot have outdoor

fact, one of the first area hospitals that is set to receive it is john or medical center in walnut creek pass are very excited about this. let's check in with kron four's will tran who is joining us live from the hospital this morning will. >>robin not exactly sure why they're getting in but we do know that they have the equipment to handle perhaps that's one of the reasons why they're among the first hospitals in california to get it the vaccines to for an adage boots are on the ground it's actually in california as we speak it arrived over the weekend in fact it started its long journey from michigan from the pfizer facility it was box and then shipped all across the country. california being one of the destinations and it finally arrived here over the weekend to the tune of 5,000 doses at least for john muir medical center of course a lot more as it needs to go all over our state. the reason why john myhre is ready to go as far as the vaccines are concerned because they have freezers they can go to at least negative 70 degrees celsius. it's going to be cryogenically held until it's be

live in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> a situation we will continue to follow.aura, thanks to you. >>> well, as vaccinations get under way, so do lobbying efforts for those who want to give a higher priority to workers in certain jobs. one such group is the state's 800,000 farm workers. abc7 news reporter david louie asked advocates to explain their reasoning. >> the covid-19 infection rate among farm workers is staggering. in the salinas valley a a a a by uc berkeley found they have three times more infection than general population. >> they have been impacted significantly and certainly in ensuring we protect them through vaccination is incredibly important. >> as chair of the assembly agriculture committee, he and other state lawmakers have made an appeal to governor newsom. national groups have written to president trump and president-elect biden over concerns of a disruption in the food supply chain. with individual states setting their vaccine priorities, one of them, michigan, has given agriculture workers the same priority as teachers, police and firefig

nbc bay area's melissa colorado spent the day at a retirement community in walnut creek, where some of the first seniors in northern california got the covid-19 vaccine. >> reporter: it is vaccine day here at this senior living facility in walnut creek. while it wasn't required for these seniors to get the vaccine, it was heavily encouraged. the executive director tells me she did not have a hard time convincing these seniors to get the covid-19 vaccine. most of them signed up. >> we got the best christmas present ever. we got to get our covid vaccine. >> reporter: it's the gift that comes in a vial, and gloria cabral was one of the first residents at the via monte senior living community to receive it. 160 vaccines to be split between staff and residents. executive director melody mitchell says in the beginning, there were some bumps in the road. >> it was mixed information. first, you know, we were hearing that it would be before christmas, and then we were working with walgreens, and it was just -- we weren't quite clear when it was going to happen. >> reporter: then came the call o

>>reporting in walnut creek dan thorn kron 4 news. >>roughly 2 million people living in santa clara county are also now under this new stay at home order the county has been one of the hardest hit by covid-19 since the pandemic began. and right now the available icu capacity there is just hovering around 15%. in the next half hour we'll take a closer look at how the looming lockdown triggered a frenzy of customers getting in some last minute appointments before businesses shut down. well all these new restrictions come as california once again set a new record for new covid-19 cases in a single day over the weekend. more than 30,000 new covid-19 cases were reported on saturday. that is the most recorded cases in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic and more than 300 new patients have been admitted to hospitals across the state bringing the total to more than 10,000 patients, currently hospitalized due to the virus. and here are the numbers across the u.s. more than 14.7 million confirmed cases in more than 282,000 people h

depends on how strong the actual rain is falling debris, flow, danger signs are set up in boulder creek an area hit hard by the czu fire that burned more than 85,000 acres in santa cruz and san mateo counties in pescadero calfire czu crews are wasting no time. >>crushing wildfire fuel before it gets burned preparing 5 to 7 acres for a vegetation management project burn in the spring back a boulder creek michael connell spent the day selling rain protection supplies. he also lives in the santa cruz mountains, he was evacuated for a month during the czu fire. he says his home was built on the side of the hill making preparations for rained debris flow or mudslides challenging tar as preparations go for us. >>in terms of debris flow, it's packing a go back. that's just being relief. >>and santa cruz county officials say they want to remind residents to be alert for any changes in 2 was set up those text alerts for emergencies as we get into this rainy season. here in scotts valley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>also the south bay tonight, san jose police are on the scene of a deadly hit and run

moving over to walnut creek, check out what's going on there. it's been light this morning. no major crashes to report, which is good. things are flowing on 680. and as we bring in the map, just want to point out that it is mostly green, even out of tracy, hardly a big slowdon there. we have some roadwork in sausalito that is causing a slowdown if you're heading on to the golden gate bridge and making your way northbound. that's traffic. reggie and kumasi? >> thank you. >>> coming up, relief for restaurants. one east bay city's plan to hand out $10,000 to struggling businesses. >>> travel is down because of the pandemic and that's actually a good thing when it comes to getting the vaccine distributed. a look at how united is making use of the empty space in its flight schedules. >>> and celebrating our health care heroes. how the adopt a nurse facebook group inspired a movement that is now spreading joy this holiday season. before we get to those stories, let's take a live look outside as we star abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. us