the stay-at-home order will go into effect on sunday, in santa clara, contra costa, and san francisco counties. monday in alameda county, and tuesday in marin county. before other counties including san mateo are not shutting down. >>> we have live team coverage on what this all means for you starting with andria borba who is live in san francisco. >> reporter: take a look at all these outdoor dining options behind me here in north beach. this is the scene played out in many neighborhoods here in san francisco, and across the bay area tonight, this will end this weekend. say goodbye to outdoor dining, haircut and even the drive-in as several bay area counties are now moving ahead of the states 15% icu capacity threshold for a second stay-at- home order. >> i don't want to do any of this. i know this means people's jobs, their businesses, their livelihoods are at stake. this is going to be painful. >> reporter: health officers a marin, alameda, san francisco in santa clara county's along with the city of berkeley made the call this afternoon. >> we have reached a point where more drastic action

similar measure already on the books in san francisco and alameda counties. jose this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> san francisco adjusted to the new health order last night. abc7 news was in north beach where people were enjoying their last chance to do some outdoor dining. al's barbershop was buzzing with customers trying to get in that last-minute hair cut. business owners say they will have to lay off employees. >> you would think there could be less of a feeling of uncertainty since there's an end date to it, i'm not confident that january 4th is the day to return. >> i'm worried about the barbers who work at the shop. worried about my colleagues. >> the stay-at-home order in san francisco is expected to remain in place for the next four weeks. >>> we are tracking the latest updates with these orders as they happen. you can find out what's closed, what's open now right on our website. this interactive map is up for you at abc7news.com. >>> the panic shopping we saw earlier this year when the first stay at home order was issued this

county. you have to quarantine ten days upon returning to san francisco. you can't leave the house for medical reasons. exemptions include first responders, official government business, infrastructure work, medical care, court ordered travel. this comes as bed capacity in san francisco county is hovering 28%. that's better than other parts of the bay area. the daily case count is up to a record 242 per day. that is up 50% since thanksgiving. >>> nice to know that there's going to be rules in place to where i'm going to be at home and kind of laying low for a bit. >> there's nothing in the constitution that gives them the rights to do what they're doing. >> the mayor did not provide details on enforcement. it looks like the focus is on education for now. in theory, if you're caught violating this order, you can be charged with a misdemeanor, fine, jail time. the quarantine remains in effect in the city of san francisco until january 4th. we're live at sfo, kpix 5. >>> a new study presents an intriguing strategy on how to keep businesses open while significa

action is that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district approve the san francisco unified school district and san francisco county office 2020-2021 final school plans for student achievement. >> all right. any public comment, please raise your hand. >> clerk: not seeing any, president sanchez? >> comments or questions? all right. madam secretary, roll call. >> clerk: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: there are six ayes. >> thank you. number 3 under section h, 2012-8-so-3, qualified fiscal certification for the san francisco unified school district and the san francisco county office of education at first interim, fiscal year 2020-2021. i need a motion and a second, please. >> so moved. >> second. >> superintendent matthews? >> presenting this item will be our chief financial officer, megan wallace. >> [inaudible] i do have a short deck, so i'll try to quickly run through [inaudible]. so this evening, i'm going to give a brief update on our first interim report for the current fiscal year of 2020-2021. [inaudible] to the state, so this is the first of those two, and at the budget and business services committee meeting o

costa county both moran and napa counties will likely be given just under 2000 doses of peace san francisco county expecting its first allocation to be 12,000 doses while san mateo county figures to get nearly 6,000. >>santa clara county is expected to get just over 17,000 nearly a 1000 doses for solano county and sonoma county is expecting nearly 5,000 while the vaccine does require 2 doses probation officials are being told not to hold back an a 4 second-round shots the vaccine's approval could not have come at a more critical time for the bay area. here is where each of the 9 counties stands tonight in terms of the available icu beds alameda county has a. >>highest number available with 70. then comes contra costa county with 38. there are 35 in san francisco and santa clara counties, 29 in san mateo county solano county has only 15 9 in marin and sonoma counties and napa county has 4. these numbers were provided by the state's website and says the vaccine will not be widely available for several moms its approval will not provide any immediate relief for local hospitals more and more cases of

. >>> right now, a new stay-at- home order start sunday in santa clara, contra costa, and san francisco counties. monday in alameda county and toews a in marin county. four of the bay area counties are not impacted at least for now. good evening. >> the numbers say at all. california shattered another daily case record, more than 22,000. tonight to more than 9000 covid patients are in the hospital and about 2000 of them are in the icu. the new health order has everyone talking tonight, we have team coverage. >>> the scene you see behind me right here in north beach, people out and about, having dinner at restaurants out died, that all and sunday at 10:00. as of tonight, i see capacity in the bay area stands at 25%. 10% above what the state mandated yesterday for a new stay-at-home order. five bay area counties in berkeley are issuing one anyway. calling this moment of the pandemic critical. >> if we wait one or two more weeks to have these restrictions placed on us, it will just mean our numbers will be higher, and harder to bring down. >> health officers of marin, alameda, san francisco and san

san mateo, santa clara, contra costa, marin county all in the red. less than 15% of the standard i.c.u. beds available. solano doing a bit better, they're in the orange. napa, san francisco, alameda county doing much better. they have more than 30% of i.c.u. beds available. >>> more than 1600 new covid cases reported today in santa clara county, putting a strain on already overwhelmed hospitals. nbc bay area's marianne favro at a covid testing site in san jose with a look at why health leaders say the situation may soon get even worse. >> reporter: santa cla couray public health leaders say we are still dealing with the thanksgiving surge of covid cases. now we're bracing for a christmas and new year's surge. tonight there are just 25 i.c.u. beds in all of santa clara county where nearly 2 million people live. hospitals are now strategizing daily on how to care for patients and what looms ahead. >> given that people have been traveling, people have -- given

announcing today they will enact the governor's regional stay at home order early those counties are in san franciscoontra costa alameda and santa clara. this announcement comes as the 11 county region in

you have to quarantine for 10 days outside of san francisco county. exemption includes medical workers, first responders, official medical business or court travel. >> this is another sacrifice. we are almost 10 months into it. but, we are at the stage that was unthinkable a year ago. >> reporter: if caught violating an order you can be charged with a misdemeanor or fine or jail time. city officials provided no detail on enforcement. it we will be coming back home to san francisco in a week. >> i have to get to work. my other question would be, who is going to choose that for me on 10 days. >> reporter: you will not quarantine when you come back next week? >> honestly, i'm not going to. >>> taking a live look at chase center, the home of the warriors. so far, how the new order will impact the team. they are on the road for the next four games. the next home game the quarantine will still be in effect. we reach out for a statement and are waiting to hear back. >>> all of california is under the governor shutdown order, including three counties in the b

this is because san mateo county did not follow suit with murder in contra costa santa clara alameda and san francisco counties. >>and that the state's regional stay at home order early the bay area regions icu capacity has still not dip below 15% which would mandate a shutdown. >>and san mateo county's public health officer came out with a statement defending his position which says in part basing such extreme decisions on non standardized and poorly understood metrics seems brought to me any says he's not aware of data showing that activities that would be temporarily banned under the order like getting a haircut, driving cases up. >>one san mateo county supervisors concern that everybody else in the surrounding shutdown counties are going to want to come here because it is open it's not like we're in solano county and there's other counties we are. in the curse. a 5.5 million people. around has been shut down. we're the only one. in this island. i don't think in terms of public health that's where we want to be want to get out ahead of it want to join them. in this case and put pump the brakes and

. >>> several bay area counties are now in a pandemic shut down ahead of the state icu capacity based order. last night at 10:00, a state order began for san francisco, contra costa, and santa clara counties. alameda county mentalist at midnight and marin county joins them at noon tomorrow. kpix 5's emily turner is in the san francisco with more. >> reporter: all of these little parks all lit down the street all over the city. major investments these restaurants made just to stay in business but now they sit idle. >> it is the beginning of december but it feels like the middle of march. >> san francisco finds itself under a stay-at-home order. >> reporter: this time, it is during the most hustling and busiest time of the year. >> we would like to see the country come together and make one decision together whether it is shut down or open up. >> this is when everyone is going out and having halloween parties and going out for steak dinners and they are doing their company parties and i feel for those servers who would be making two months rent in a week and now are staying home. >> reporter: many restaurants are crippled from the last eight months. f

at stemming the tide of rising cases will go into effect in santa clara, contra costa, and san francisco counties on sunday. then on monday at alameda county, and on tuesday in marin county. other counties including san mateo are not shutting down at least for now. our biggest fear all along, that we won't have a bad for you, for your mother, for your grandmother, or grandfather, who when they get sick is the reality will be facing unless we slow the spread. >>> euros of that means. outdoor and indoor dining is prohibited, and restaurants are only allowed to do takeout and delivery. indoor retail shopping is allowed at 20% capacity for places of worship must operate outside. at the same time, these places and businesses are being forced to close. personal care services including hair salons and barbershops come a wineries, breweries and bars, movie theaters, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, museums, zoos, and aquariums, and card rooms. good evening. let's take a live look at san jose right now, only 14% of the intensive care unit capacity remains, in the entire county right now. just yesterday 67

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in san francisco, kpix5. >> in less than five hours, san mateo, napa and solano counties will have no choice but to join the rest of the bay area and imposing the governor's stay-at- home orders. that is because our icu capacity is now hovering around 13%. andria borba is live in redwood city tonight, where people are eating out, may be the last time in the foreseeable future. >> reporter: well, supervisor here in san mateo county says he wishes the county had moved into the rest of the bay area region into that stay-at-home order two weeks ago but he says now is the exact right time to do it. the heat lamps and tables are up on broadway in redwood city for the last time this year, as san mateo county moved into the now bay area wide stay-at-home order. >> we are in life-saving mode and the numbers don't lie. >> reporter: with i see capacity dropping below 15% in the region, people were rushing to get last-minute haircut, stylist ashley is preparing to work until 11:50 9 pm. >> with had a lot of people contacting us asking to get in today before we are able to close down so i have ext

counties in the region alameda county has 73 beds available 66 in santa clara county, 63 in san francisco county. contra costa county has 3836 in san mateo county 20 in sonoma, 16 monterey, half that amount in solano 6 in napa county and both were in and santa cruz counties have 4 icu beds that are available for shipment of vaccines has arrived in santa clara county there are nearly 6,000 doses in more than 11,000 more than expected to be forwarded on to hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, san jose's hard-hit regional medical center could soon begin vaccinating soon as tomorrow. another 39,000 doses of moderna's vaccine. that is set to arrive here next week. >>we're not out of the woods but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that's what i'm excited about. >>san francisco mayor london breed offering some hope today as the very first person here in san francisco, received the vaccine. this morning. doctor antonio gomez who serves as the medical director of critical care services and zuckerberg general hospital was the very first person to roll up a sleeve to receive the vaccine. k

>>san francisco county has 75 icu beds available 68 in alameda county about half that in contra costa county santa clara county has 25 19 in sonoma county 18 in solano county. monterey county has 15 beds marin and napa counties have 11 each and there are 4 beds available in both san mateo and santa cruz counties. health officials in santa clara county sounding a serious and emotional alarm to cancel all holiday gatherings as a hospital system there nears its breaking point kron four's haaziq madyun has the story. >>santa clara county officials came to this pre christmas covid-19 update press conference to deliver urgent message if you're thinking about traveling over the holidays. don't do it. >>celebrate with just those in your household. if you have plans to travel go home and cancel them. cancel your travel plans pick up your phones right now. cancel any gathering. >>that you were anticipating with anyone who does not live review. we now have. 630 2 deaths from covid-19 here in santa clara county county officials are warning more deaths are likely judging by the surge in people suf

santa clara and san francisco counties require court at the moment, while other bay area counties do ot. if you have questions, check out that website, it will cut through. >> let's hope it makes a difference in some way. thank you. >> a live look at san francisco tonight, the mayor says that she's pretty frustrated after learning some public schools will not be reopening for in person learning next month. the reason? the district failed to strike an agreement with the teachers union to start in late january for second-grade and younger, and for those with disabilities, the union does not think in person learning is safe until san francisco can get back into the states orange tear. but the school board and the city are both saying the school's can safely reopen now. in the purple tear. >> i am really honestly personally hurt for our children. and what they are experiencing. it is bad enough that adults are of course struggling, you know, with this pandemic, mentally, emotionally, just imagine what our children are dealing with. >> the superintendent issued a statement saying in part w

just moments away, we will be hearing from san francisco county but in the meantime, we are waiting to hear back from alameda, san mateo, marin county and cost oconto county about what their specific plans are. reporting live in oakland, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> california now has more than 21,000 deaths from covid- 19 including 77 on sunday. another 33,000 cases were recorded yesterday for a statewide total of more than 1.5 million since the pandemic began. right now, the national death toll is on the brink of passing the 300,000 mark. meanwhile, london will be under lockdown again starting wednesday. pubs and restaurants forced to close. new rules, so government identified a new variant of coronavirus which could be behind its latest surge. the health secretary says there is nothing that suggests the vaccines will no longer work. >>> a petition filed against amazon today, requesting that to try and comply with an investigation into the company 's health and safety practices relating to the pandemic. california's attorney general announced it within the last hour. >> if amazon connec

it starts on sunday, and in santa clara, contra costa and san francisco counties p. on monday alameda and tuesday marin county, the rest of the bay area is not shutting down. as of now, napa, sonoma, solano and san mateo counties are not issuing a local stay at home order. county leaders in san mateo say they are following the state's guidelines. outdoor and indoor dining will not be allowed in the affected counties. restaurants can only do take out and delivery. and indoor retail shopping is allowed, but only at 20% capacity. places of worship must operate outside. the stay at home order means a tough year for many local businesses is going to get even tougher. kpix5 andrea nacano went to downtown where residents have to change how they do business once again. >> reporter: a busy friday night in downtown pleasantton but may not look like this for the rest of the month. >> it's really shock. >> reporter: estabon says he will now have to lay off several of his employees once again. >> i can't explain. it is frustrating and hard and everything. >> reporter: governor new

here's a county breakdown of just how many icu beds are currently available in our region, san francisco county is 79 beds available 73 in alameda county 40 in santa clara county, 25 in contra costa, 23 in sonoma county 15 in monterrey 9 in solano county san mateo has just 7 beds free napa county has 6 to icu beds are available in santa cruz county and marin county is out of beds all of those numbers were provided by state and county official websites there's a significant disparity between californians getting infected with covid-19 and those who have died from this virus. >>the majority of positive cases are coming from people between the ages of 1849. they comprise nearly 60% of the cases while those 65 and older make up about 10% of total cases, but there is a disproportionate number of deaths with that older age group 74% compared to 7% for the 18 to 49 age range and with that large number of deaths striking the older population, particularly long-term care facilities. the cdc and governor's covid-19 vaccine task force. staffing at these places should be first in line to get the new vaccin

another 3 weeks currently 6 bay area counties are under a voluntary stay at home order including san francisco county happening today, san mateo county will be receiving freezers to store a covid-19 vaccines. this comes as the county is expecting to get nearly 5900 doses of the visor vaccine. it also expects to receive more than 5 to 6 times the amount from both pfizer and moderna by the end of this month. solano county is expecting 7900 doses from pfizer of this week. restaurant owners in the east bay are suing contra costa county for shutting down outdoor dining they say there's no data or evidence proving that outdoor dining contributes to the spread of covid-19 kron four's taylor but sackey spoke to several restaurants on that lawsuit as well as their attorneys. >>mark of the wine whiskey and eatery here in martinez is one of several restaurants suing the city like others they're operating on a takeout delivery only basis and the owner says it's not enough to pay the bills or keep his business running through this lawsuit. he says that the restaurants are simply fighting for their right to surviv

santa clara and san francisco counties, on monday, alameda county, tuesday, marin county.he rest of the area is not shutting down at this point. restaurants can only do take- out or delivery. indoor retail shopping at 20% capacity is allowed. pieces of worship must operate outside. betty looks at how some counties decided not to shut down. in downtown pleasanton, businesses were caught off guard by the announcement. >> outdoor dining no longer allowed, that means all the time and money that restaurants have spent creating outdoor dining areas will go to waste, just as they were counting on holiday dollars coming in. it may not look like this for the rest of the month. estevan says he will now have to lay off several employees again . >> it is sad and frustrating. it is a little bit everything. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom announced a stay at home order for anywhere under 15% icu capacity. they didn't expect local counties to issue the order today. >> i understand the rationale behind it. but i feel like we had the rug pulled out from under us a little bit. >> reporte

one, what is the latest on vaccine distribution for san francisco county? and whether are the first doses of vaccines expected to arrive in the city? >> so i think that i covered those in my remarks. we have -- we are planning on 12,000 doses of vaccines to come and they may arrive by december 15th. >> a third question from multiple reporters -- does the county have a centralized cold storage repository? or is that not necessary because dispensers get direct shipments? >> we have several cold repositories for vaccine storage and don't anticipate that to be an issue. >> thank you, doctor. the next from the "san francisco chronicle." what are the realistic expectations for residents going into the holiday season? how can we help to mitigate the risks around christmas? >> well, again, i think that we have been emphasizing that the need for people to practice the masking, the social distancing. i think that really key here is please don't gather outside of your home with others. this virus is raging through the city. i know that we are tired. i know that some,

be vigilant when outside. >>> alameda, contra costa, santa clara and san francisco counties under thatome order this morning. marin county joins us tomorrow. one of the biggest changes, no indoor or outdoor dining. >>> napa, sonoma, solano and san mateo counties will be required to enact the same stay-at-home order. that's based on state guidelines. right now the icu capacity is at about 24%. >>> governor newsom is expected to give an update on the state's response to covid-19. it's at a different time than usual. we expect it to start at 9:30 this morning. you'll see it right here on abc7and on our nur news app and abc7news.com. >>> joe biden picked california attorney general xavier becerra as health and human services secretary. if confirmed he would be the first latino to lead the department. >>> number six, we'll take a live look outside showing off the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a high wind advisory issued from the chp for the bay bridge. >>> and number seven. we are on vaccine watch all this week. the fda could approve pfizer's covid-19 vaccine this thursday. tomorrow vaccin

county. >>involved san francisco santa clara. contra costa counties will begin implementing the rule starting sunday night at 10 in alameda county it's going to take effect just after midnight monday and marin county that will start tuesday at noon and when the order does go into effect the following activities are going to be allowed to continue retail at 20% capacity that includes grocery stores, small outdoor gatherings limited to a dozen people outdoor gyms and youth sport restrictions and low contact sports like golf and tennis for a complete list head to our website at kron 4 dot com. >>4 bay area counties plus 2 other counties that are part of the bay area's reason regional designation have decided not to adopt the state's new stay at home order earlier than what is required. those are san mateo solano sonoma napa as well as santa cruz and monterey counties. solano county's public health office released the following statement that reads in part, although we've seen an increase in hospitalizations in solano county currently

grant colfax here in the city and county of san francisco saying that the order here may align with the states sooner rather than later. >>> all right, andria borba reporting live. thank you. >>> juliette goodrich continues our live team coverage from one of the hardest hit spots here in the bay area. santa clara county. where do things stand right now? >> that's right, all eyes are on santa clara county, they have a daily dashboard which kind of gives you a sense of what is happening in each hospital and here is what we tracked down just moments ago. hospital beds right now, 18% available, as far as icu beds, 17% available, non-icu, 19% available. right now, it comes down to icu capacity and staffing levels. today's diagnosis, not good. >> it is more dangerous right now in our community than at any other point. >> the stay-at-home order is based on icu capacity per region. >> i definitely feel very concerned that the direction we are heading, we will be at less than 50% capacity in the very near future. >> the neighbors -- the numbers change daily if not hourly. yesterday it was 44 bed

california will initially receive more than 327,000 of these pfizer covid vaccine doses, san francisco county will be given 12,000 next week. but there is hesitation to take the vaccine for many. >> some nurses are concerned about the vaccines having adverse side effects that we just haven't heard about, that could happen. some people actually concerned that they could get the covid virus infection. >> i believe that the evidence so far looks promising and reasonable but i cannot promise you that surprises will not happen. >> reporter: health officials told us that it is strongly encouraging all of its workers to get covid vaccinations but will not mandated. but if an employee declines, that person must wear personal protective equipment. >> i don't think it is certainly the best to try to push something down. it is much better to say we have science, we look at the data and we have the data, they seem to be perfectly fine. >> there are three tiers of healthcare workers. at the top of tier 1 is hospital workers and staff, at skilled nursing facilities. initial shipments won't even be enough t

county. right now, marin, san mateo, and santa clara counties have less than 15% each. contra costa and san francisco counties just over 20% still available. >> right now five bay area counties are under a stay-at-home order. but sonoma county begins its stay-at-home order at midnight. nbc bay area's melissa colorado is in sonoma where businesses are getting ready to lock down. >> our family four generations ago founded one of the first wineries in california. >> reporter: christopher's roots run deep in the sonoma valley, but it's likely his ancestors never had to deal with a year like 2020, marred by wildfires and a pandemic. >> we haven't had any covid cases associated with us. it seems like kind of that fact has been ignored by policymakers unfortunately. >> reporter: tomorrow he will have to close off his wide-open outdoor dining area at his winery. >> which is a major bummer because as you can see, we've got the beautiful view. >> reporter: after sonoma county issued a new stay-at-home order citing an alarming spike in covid-19 cases in the last ten days. after today, no outdoor dining, no wine

this is because san mateo county did not follow suit with murder in contra costa santa clara alameda and san franciscoounties. >>and that the state's regional stay at home order early the bay area regions icu capacity has still not dip below 15 which would mandate a shutdown. >>and san mateo county's public health officer came out with a statement defending his position which says in part basing such extreme decisions on non standardized and poorly understood metrics seems brought to me any says he's not aware of data showing that activities that would be temporarily banned under the order like getting a haircut, driving cases up. one mateo county supervisor is pushing back on this decision and things would be better all the central bay area counties were in sync what i'm afraid of is that. >>we become this island. we become an island. we're now everyone wants to come to from the bay area because we're open that's a serious concern one pacifica resident getting her hair cut today in daly city supports the idea of san mateo county staying open. >>why business desk of the when businesess follow all the

i've heard san francisco county alone using about 56% of its hospital beds. we see hospitalizations go up and take that in addition to what we're expecting right now in coronavirus surges, we could very easily see an overflow on our hospital system. that's what government worries about, that's what all of us in the public health department are worried about as well. i don't think it's a scare tactic. it's realistic. we saw it happen in other parts of the city. we enjoyed it but now it's going backward. every county in california now purple. >> hanging on. they're hanging on because they're not hanging out. >> they're hanging out. >> we want to get into what we should do in a little bit. right now i want to get into vaccine news. britain gave approval to the vaccine. the first to do so. why did they move faster than us? >> it's a great question. now, if pfizer vaccine submitted their data, only about two or three days before the uk's similar body got the data and there's speculation right now about why it's possibly moving faster and they're looking at the exa

warren county and napa county just under 2000 doses each san francisco getting 12,000 doses, san mateo just under 6,000 doses. santa clara county is expecting to get just over 17,000 doses of this pfizer vaccine. solano county just under 8,000 doses and sonoma county just under 5,000 doses. so we know how many shots but who is going to be getting them to start it's broken down into 3 tiers after health care workers long-term care facility residents and staff will be next in line paramedics emts and others providing emergency medical services are next. then there's tier 2 that's community health workers and public health field staff, then in tier 3 lab workers dental and oral health clinics also pharmacy staff not working. in those settings are at higher risk ok, but what about the rest of us in a best case scenario. the federal government says the vaccines will be widely available by spring of 2021. live right now in the studio, i'm justine waldman kron 4 news justine thank you well with only a limited supply in this first round of vaccines heading our way scores giving rise to a growi

this is because san mateo county did not follow suit with murder in contra costa santa clara alameda and san francisco counties. >>and that the state's regional stay at home order early the bay area regions icu capacity has still not dip below 15% which would mandate a shutdown. >>and san mateo county's public health officer came out with a statement defending his position which says in part basing such extreme decisions on non standardized and poorly understood metrics seems brought to me any says he's not aware of data showing that activities that would be temporarily banned under the order like getting a haircut, driving cases up. one san mateo county supervisor is pushing back on this decision and things would be better all the central bay area counties were in sync what i'm afraid of is that. >>we become this island. we become an island. we're now everyone wants to come to from the bay area because we're open that's a serious concern one pacifica resident getting her hair cut today in daly city supports the idea of san mateo county staying open. >>why business desk of the when businesess follow a

. >>> right now, a new stay-at- home order start sunday in santa clara, contra costa, and san francisco counties in alameda county and toews a in marin county. four of the bay area counties are not impacted at least for now. good evening. >> the numbers say at all. california

alameda county and san francisco county. but look at the red. five counties in the red. that's not good. contra costa, napa, marin county, and then on the peninsula, san mateo county. and look at santa clara county, 5% availability for icu beds. now, we mentioned santa clara county. where are the hot spots specifically? this is the bay area's biggest county. gilroy and morgan hill are your hot spots. health leaders say the high rate is linked to housing density. also the county has more essential workers who face a higher risk of getting infected. there are so many new covid patients that all the icu beds at saint louise hospital in gilroy are now full. on average, one or two patients each day are being rerouted to other hospitals up north in san jose. >> we do transfer them out to other county hospitals, and if they do not have any beds available, then we transfer them out of our system. >> community leaders urging people in gilroy and morgan hill to wear those masks and stick to within their own household during the new year's holiday. also they continue to urge everyon

and marin and alameda and san francisco counties will enact the order on tuesday. bars and restaurants at this point are limited to carryout and delivery only. museums, zoos, theaters, family entertainment centers all closed. retailers are allowed to operate indoor but must operate at a 20% capacity. hair, nail and personal services also another industry that is now required to close their doors, and the owners of two oakland salons, we've been following them since the end of the summer when they were allowed to open their salons outdoors. they're now once again being told they need to close their doors. we're speaking with corrina, the owner of two salons here in oakland. i guess initially, how does it feel to have another round of restrictions? >> it's really hard on us small businesses, so it's something i'm trying to remain positive through and hoping that it's only the four weeks that we're closed this time, and really just, you know, doing our duty and hoping that the government will also do their duty and take care of us and make sure that we're going to be

this is all across the bay area, san francisco county has 79 that's available alameda county 7340 in santa clara 25 in contra costa county, 23 up north in sonoma county 15 in monterey county solano county has 9 san mateo county has 7 vets free napa county has 6 to icu beds are available in santa cruz and marine county is just completely out of beds. all of those numbers were provided by state and county official websites. along the way to covid-19 vaccine is finally in marine county and the first to get the shot or staff members at an assisted living facility. more than 130 health care workers at the redwood senior living facility in mill valley were vaccinated nursing homes or assisted living facilities in the first tier for vaccination distribution, public health experts explaining that senior it's infected with the virus 10 to hospitalization and often those valuable icu beds. >>this is a historic moment from rain county and for the nation and for the world honestly we have seen this community be or most all we have more than 80% of the death marine county are among residents who l

implement restrictions kron four's dan kerman is live at san francisco city hall with more on that part of the story dan. >>and san francisco countylth officials are reviewing their options right now they say if they wait it will be too late they refer to this covid surge as a wildfire back in early november. we saw about 30 cases a day in san francisco now we're seeing a 150 cases a day hospitalizations are up to about a 100 right now this doesn't even include the activity over thanksgiving. that's still to come in a couple of weeks and that's why they are looking at look putting in restrictions now and not waiting until we drop below that 15% icu capacity. >>in san francisco. we're scheduled to run out of those all important intensive care unit hospital beds. by december 26 if things stay the way they are with covid cases and hospitalizations surging in the prospect of running out of icu beds in just 23 days, san francisco health officials are considering implementing additional restrictions even before. >>bay area icu capacity drops below 15%. our hope is that by taking aggressive. >>early that that that time tree will be short

county sheriff claimant gov. newsom is being a hypocrite by ordering parts of the state to shut down. >>> now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look at san francisco where in just 24 hours, the city will shut down for weeks. good evening. san francisco county joined santa clara, and contra costa counties, as the first to shut down followed by alameda on monday and marin on tuesday. it comes as california sees more than 25,000 new cases reported today, pushing the states total to more than 1.3 million. nearly 10,000 patients are being treated and hospitals right now. almost a quarter of those are in intensive care. that he was in san francisco where businesses are bracing for the next round of shutdowns and restrictions hitting in less than 24 hours. >> reporter: restaurants, for example, have to shut down outdoor dining and they can only rely on takeout and delivery services. many businesses say that they were just getting by so this next shutdown will be especially tough for them. it was a full house at in the financial district on its last night of dinner service come up before sunday's shut down. owner says this time around, he feels a sense of

the situation is better in alameda county and san francisco county. when taken as a whole, fewer than 15% of the icu beds are currently available. seton medical center is the latest in the bay area to say its icu is full. three hospitals in marin county also reached capacity. a statement from seton that says, in part, quote our hospitals are now overwhelmed as covid cases have surged dramatically in the past two weeks and more people have died. they do say its hopeful about vaccination efforts. >>> storm ranger, on top of san bruno mountain, has been tracking the rain all morning around the bay area. light showers here in san jose and the peninsula, creating slick roads for drivers. meteorologist kari hall has been watching this much-needed rain. how are the totals, kari? >> we had really good rainfall totals, especially with this quick-moving system. we can now see it has moved off to the south and east and also brought in some sierra snow. that snow is winding down. they're reopening some of the roadways and dropping chain controls. for us, we mostl

a committee of san francisco county supervisors today advanced a resolution urging the state to prioritizeublic school staff members. supervisor hillary ronan says state officials have failed to provide resources to allow our schools to reopen. >> it is time for governor newsom to prioritize public education in a real, substantial way for the first time during this public health crisis. >> city officials say it's still unclear where teachers actually will fall on the state's ranking of essential workers for vaccinations. that is expected to be decided in the coming weeks. >>> new details now from the state on youth sports and adult recreational sports during the pandemic. the department of public health says competition will not be allowed in california until at least january 25th. they say competitions have been associated with multiple outbreaks. that date will be reassessed by january 4th based on disease transmission trends. be sure to download our abc7 app and enable push alerts so the latest vaccine news gets to you whenever it breaks sent directly to your phone. >>> we have more cov

but remember, if you want to travel to the sierra from santa clara or san francisco counties, you will need to quarantine for ten days upon your return back home. . >> it is beautiful up there. but you got to weigh the options right now in the time of covid. but it's neat to look at the pictures any way. >> beautiful pictures, if you're planning to go up there. plan ahead. you have to have a lift ticket before you get there. i think that's the case just across the board in the sierra. and all of the ski resores in the western u.s. that same system that brought three to six inches of fresh powder. brought us a half inch or so of additional rainfall to the bay area, a quarter inch. more than an old st. nick's church of total rainfall with that quick hitting storm system. very welcome. but it doesn't erase the rainfall deficit. and now dry weather settles in for a while. tomorrow passing high clouds. but any rain will be aimed at the pacific northwest for the next several days. including over the weekend. they're going to be wet. we're going to stay dry with mild afternoon temperatures. v

>>the san francisco county leaders echo the state's holiday messaging just encouraging residents to enjoy the stay at home order and just reminding everyone of the dire consequences of ignoring this holiday season. >>we are in a very dangerous place if we get a holidays search or changes in the here are starting to show an impact. 2 weeks ago. when we started the limited stay home order are cases where increasing on average of 8% every day. today our cases are increasing on average at 2% per day. this is because of the changes that we have me in our 8 year. >>san francisco has recorded more than 20,000 infections with a 173 people in the hospital and a 176 people who died from the virus. well happening now airports may be seeing an uptick in travel despite the pandemic but officials at sfo say. >>it pretty much seems like more people are at a hearing to the new stay at home orders this month compared to last month. >>let's suppose forks pope's perks person to jake ul says the airport saw its busiest days is thanksgiving and this week. they haven't gotten too close to that. >>yesterday we

say at home order earlier today it involves contra costa alameda more and santa clara and san francisco counties most will be under the new stay at home order starting this sunday local health officials say they do not want to wait for hospitals become even more overwhelmed with patients we want to go now to kron four's dan kerman who is live for us tonight in the city with the latest details dan. >>well the original idea was when a region, those 11 counties in the bay area drop below 15%. icu capacity that's when this stay at home order would kick in but 5 county say that will be too late hospitals will be overwhelmed and

back in march, san francisco county received an a. this time they got a d. and had the best grade. they are now and a-. >>> owned businesses are having to get creative in order to survive the pandemic and the shut downs that have followed. amber lee shows us that a theater in oakland has found a new way to survive and make ends meet. they are now offering livery and take out services for food? >> reporter: that is right. the new parkway theater has started what it calls the food great. the manager tells me it is keeping the theaters doors open. >> this should be a landmark. >> reporter: of the new berkeley theater in oakland's uptown district, the seats have been empty since the shelter in place order in march. the kitchen is open. food once played a supporting role. now, it is the star of the show during the pandemic. >> we have been lucky that we have real chefs. we can go out and buy fresh ingredients. stroke in april, started the food great program, selling mills workers prepare. >> it is a thing that keeps the lights on. it is the lifeblood. >> reporter: food creates can be pu

san francisco 798 is concerned about 1700 firefighters. according to the san francisco firefighters union this year, they responded to 145,000 emergency calls. alameda county is one of the first vac nate the firefighters. the san francisco covid command center confirmed they began sending vaccination invitations to emts and paramedics and added we have more than 80,000 health care workers in san francisco. we are doing our best to ensure that the health care workers who are most at risk of contacting covid-19 are prioritized. today, marin county, santa cruz and contra costas county said they received the vax seen and will begin covering first responders. marin county's public health officer says receiving the first batch of the vaccine made it faster and the moderna vaccine doesn't need a special freezer. >> we are able to take advantage of and it use it for vaccinating the first responders. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >>> if you have questions go to abc 7 news.com/vaccine to get them answered. you will find this form on most of your stories to send questions to us at abc 7 news. >>> 2020 is a year of historic experiences and there is one more tonight. someth

in contra costa and san francisco counties looking up around santa rosa there, some heavier shower activity in the hills right above the city to the east and also looking at some widespread moderate rainfall long 80 just north and east a fairfield so still some wet roads still some active rain falling. but the radar just gets quieter and quieter as we work our way through the morning showers continue to taper off throughout your morning commute and by the time we work our way towards noon. we're actually sitting under some nice sunny skies skies remain sunny and dry into tomorrow as well and will be the same case into wednesday before a chance of rainfall returns wednesday night into early thursday morning. again right in the middle of your evening, a lot like our showers last night were as far as temperatures go we'll be back into the 50's across the bay area. no 60's in your 4 zone forecast today we're going to be starting off this week a little cooler than we did last week and you'll notice that cooler feel as you venture outside. fortunately for us we've got abundant sunshine into the a

county says 8.6% brand health officials say they have no icu beds left napa county has 18% san francisco county 31% san mateo county 8% santa clara county, 11%. solano county 9% and sonoma county has 29% of its icu beds available. today leaders in san mateo county announced a new plan to add even more beds for the most critically ill patients. >>kron four's jonathan mccall is live in redwood city with details on that jonathan. >>ken and pam san mateo county health leaders say there are only 7 available icu beds left for everyone here in san mateo county and because of the dire need there now actually treating people from outside of the county here as well as part of this new agreement 10 icu beds will now become available officials say these beds now critical for every hospital in the bay area region. >>no more than 17,000 californians are being treated for covid-19 in hospitals across the golden state. as covid cases continue to climb icu beds across california are in demand to treat the most critically ill patients on monday san mateo county leaders announced plans to add 10 more icu beds we