our capacity will be 25% greater sacramento 27.3 northern california, 18.9% san joaquin valley, 22.3% and southern california will go from zero today to 33.3% what's happening with positivity rates, case rates community spread really is the forecast. it gives us confidence on where we will land in a number of weeks. the governor appointed to improving trend lines after the holiday surge, including vaccine distribution, he said. the state has tripled its pace of administering the vaccine. california remains ranked 45th out of 50 states in that metric, most of the county's statewide, including all of the bay area will move back to the most restrictive purple tear. but again, local officials can impose stricter regulations. we're not out of the woods were seen a flattening of the curve. everything it should be up is up. everything that should be down is down, moving through reopening tears, is based on number of daily average cases and test positivity rate. for his covid-19 restrictions. the governor continues to face criticism, litigation from restaurant owners and a renewed recall effo

that is the legacy of this portion of san joaquin valley.: arvin making a bit of history today, becoming one of the smallest cities to make their own local regulatis for the oil and gas industry. woman: oil and gas has kept kern county moving for decades. now arvin residents are fed up and those in the industry feel unwelcomed. wednesday night, arvin city council unanimously voted in favor of restrictions on the oil and gas industry. those in support applauded. [cheering and applause] man: yeah, so, it's a monumentous thing that we did. we passed the oil and gas ordinance, and hopefully other cities with that type of industry will follow, so, we're gonna be talking today with some neighbors on nelson courtand then tomorrow i'm nna have a nversatn with e mayor o taft about our two cities. see if we can find any common ground. my name is jose gurrola and i am the mayor of the city of arvin. we can't deny the fact that living and being next to an oil and gas operations, that it emits emissions, and that those emissions can cause harm to health,

san joaquin valley, a little bit below. bay area, a little bit below. northern sacramento, northern california. the goal of this announcement is to socialize our projections as well as illuminate and further advance and foster a deeper understanding of what today means and what it doesn't mean. it is in that respect that we are not out of the woods. we are seeing a flattening of the curve. everything that is up is up and everything that is down should be down. case rates, hospitalization, icus. testing is going backup but we are not out of the woods. i will remind people that blueprint was established with purple, red, orange, and yellow tiers. we simply find that a number of months ago. many of you recall that blueprint on the basis, the most restrictive tier being the purple tier and the least restrictive tier being the yellow tier. here is our current tier status. by the way, tomorrow, this status will be updated when dr. ghaly gives his tuesday presentation. you can see the current status and all the commensurate requirements, modifications, and res

we have 160 units that have been deployed. [ indiscernible ] particularly in these areas, san joaquin valley and los angeles, the larger southern california region that are in particular need and are under particular stress. we also are looking to order 400 of these oxygen concentrator units and that has been done. we are looking forward to adding to the 200 or rather 423 units that are already in our cash. we hope to get to 823. that is the stated new goal at least for the state. again maybe too much information. i thought -- again purpose always to share with you. trying to do it in realtime. just update you on some of these efforts. talk about updates, we have 90 people now in these alternative care sites. very familiar with the sites. that now has in the san diego region just taken in ten patients but 90 total that are part of this alternative care system. i will remind you we have substantially more sites that have -- been put into what we call warm status. other sites being stood up which means they will start to get operationalized. the outside time to operationalize these sites is ab

southern california and the san joaquin valley, they're out of standard icu beds. they're at 0%. sacramento area, 11%. the bay area dropping down to 6% available capacity overnight. questi we were at 10% earlier this week. right now only northern california is above that 15% threshold with 33%. as for the stay-at-home orders, the sacramento area shutdown is actually set to end tomorrow. the governor's office said that's not going to happen. they'll likely be extending that. here in the bay area, our stay-at-home order set to expire on january 8th. that likely will also be extended. southern california and the san joaquin valley, they are shut down as well. >>> the pandemic has pushed hospitals to their limits, especially in southern california where some have scrambled to provide oxygen for the critically ill. so the state will be teaming up with the u.s. army corps of engineers to try to fix that. teams will be deployed to six los angeles area hospitals to help upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems. they are expected to begin assessments as soon as tomorrow. >>> here locally,

still 0 though in the san joaquin valley, the central valley and in the southern california region, and we're following up with the california department of public health and governor newsome after both stopped providing regional icu capacity percentages to the public yet the administration has been using the number to decide whether regions will remain. >>under stay at home orders or capital bureau. a reporter ashley zavala explains. >>before friday it had been a week since california health leaders last provided specific icu capacity percentages. the key data point governor gavin newsom's administration has said would help determine which regions remain under his mandated stay at home order state leaders have said regions with projected icu capacity greater than 15% would be eligible to get out of the order. but all week the state would not provide the numbers only writing an e-mail updates vaguely saying 3 regions the bay area, southern california and san joaquin valley remain under the order therefore week icu capacity projections do not meet criteria to exit after the order was sud

continue to trend in the right direction now more than 32% capacity and still bad down south san joaquin valley valley and southern california still 0 percent icu availability but what are these models that they're keeping secret from the and what exactly went into making that decision lot of people asking that question tonight kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the story. >>before friday it had been a week since california health leaders last provided specific icu capacity percentages. the key data point governor gavin newsom's administration has said would help determine which regions remain under his mandated stay at home order state leaders have said regions with projected icu capacity greater than 15% would be eligible to get out of the order. but all week the state would not provide the numbers only writing an e-mail updates vaguely saying 3 regions the bay area, southern california and san joaquin valley remain under the order therefore week icu capacity projections do not meet criteria to exit after the order was suddenly lifted from the greater sacramento region last

let's take a look at new year's eve capacity statewide, 7% in san joaquin valley. again representing the fact that there are no icu beds, just representing the fact that we are now in our surge phase. in our surge strategy for icu. we have identified additional icu capacity of 7.9%, around 8.9% for the bay area, we could see the greater sacramento region. a little above 15%, now at 12.1% in northern california. the one region of the state that has been imposed upon as it relates to the stay-at-home order remains above that 15% threshold that we have identified at 30%. the deaths again, these numbers can be misleading from the weekend and then you stack on top of that the weekend collection of data over the holiday. we can take a look at that seven day average in lives lost and families torn apart because of this pandemic, just to put it in perspective, close to 4000 californians have lost their lives in the last 14 days. this is a deadly disease, this is a deadly pandemic. it remains deadly today, more deadly than any point in the history of this pandemic. i want t

the same for the the san joaquin valley. only northern california is above the 15% threshold. in la county the army corps of engineering struggling to keep up with oxygen needs, an issue that could spread. >> looking everyone up and down for what has occur and what is a preview of thing that is may come. >> reporter: 454,000 of the 1.29 million have been administered. ed the governor says that has not been good enough. >> it's gone too slowly for many of us, all of us we want to see 100% administered in people's arms, so that's a challenge. >> reporter: the governor also said six more cases of the new covid strain in california, 4 in san diego. ktvu fox 2news. >>> governor newsom also said the tier system will be updated on wednesday. >> here is the system, 1 b and tier 1, you see who we are prioritizing, rather 2 and 1b move from 65 to 65 and over, not just 75 and over and you can see the other sectors in terms of individuals and industries logistics, industrial, residential, commercial facilities that will be prioritized. >>> right now california is in phase 1, which include

southern california and the san joaquin valley are still shut down as well. >>> across the country it's the same scenario. a record number of americans remain in the hospital. and there is troubling news that the new variant is spreading quickly. this as hospitals brace for a post holiday rise in patients. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd reports. >> my husband and i had had dinner together and then did a zoom celebration with some friends. >> reporter: friends and family avoiding big gatherings is what medical personnel was hoping for on this holiday. now that those two events are over, doctors and nurses are bracing themselves for another surge. >> unfortunately the full effects of the christmas and the new year's holiday won't be known until at least two weeks from now. because that's how long it takes for people to become sick. >> reporter: in the case of santa clara county there's very little room to deal with an uptick in covid cases. only 26 beds county wide are available. and there's another concern. the variant strain that experts say is very contagious is showing up in souther

for me, the san joaquin valley and coming to this area, i actually did get a chance to become a friendhim. we did things together, last year in san jose. >> all right. we're going to go to gina next. carlos, you might want to switch your earphones. that's the one with the microphone on. >>> but, gina, talk about the condition of the artwork now and what needs to be done or what needed to be done. >> well, the mural, the last supper of chicano heroes, exists in a dining hall, which a lot of student activity and life takes place. so while it's interior, which is good for a mural, as carlos knows, it's a dining hall, an active dining hall, students eating [ inaudible ] for the longevity of the mural. so it was exciting to have someone of carlos' caliber, a rich legacy both with jose antonio's work and carlos' work a added and his team. it was important to do those touch-ups and what the students remnants might be in that dining hall, and also leave it for them to appreciate and acknowledge for the future. >> so, gina, in no way was stanford going to say, well, it's time. the elements have

in the san joaquin valley and southern california not getting any better there is still 0% availability there. >>because hospitals in san joaquin county are so overrun the department of defense has now sent again military personnel to help out other coming into. >>help with not only the overflow of patients in emergency rooms and icy use but also the dwindling number of health care workers available to treat people kristi gross has more. >>yeah >>a u.s. military is gearing up for a fight against the coronavirus. help has arrived for sale a king county hospital workers in the form of the department of defense medical assistance team is a big morale booster for everybody everybody. >>and excited to have them here help mask by a spot all operations executive for event is held for memorial and ameren hospital in stockton, brooke mccullough says the county is lucky to have them there's many counties about >>startling and for stamping out and so see this type of aid. >>twice is amazing hospital icu santa county are operating at a 155% capacity. >>more than 55% of the patients in icu are covid

san joaquin valley, a little bit below. the bay area, a little bit below. the greater sacramento, northern california, so the goal of this announcement is to socialize our projections as well as illuminate and further advance the understanding, a deeper understanding, about what the data means and what it does not mean, and it is in that respect that i want to remind folks that we are seeing flattening of the curve. it is down. case rates, positivity rates, hospitalizations, icu's, testing starting to go back up, but we are not out of the woods. i will remind people that the blueprint was established with the tears, -- tiers, that blueprint on the basis of the most restrictive, the purple tear, and the least restricted tear being the yellow tear. -- the purple tier, and the least restrictive tier being the yellow tier. this will be updated when dr. ghaly gives his tuesday presentation. these are all of the restrictions that are part of each tier. i want to remind everyone, if they want to learn more about the tiering or dust off your understanding of what r

. >>> now taking a look at our icu bed availability statewide, southern california and san joaquin valley continue to be at zero%, using surge beds for new patients. the bay area is a little high irbut not by much, 3.4%. sacramento at 6.2%. the northern california region is at 24% availability. remember, the bay area needs to be at 15% availability, so we can open back up again. >>> in the east bay, we found a doctor who rolled up her sleeves this weekend, not to receive the covid vaccination but to give doses to others. dr. rebecca parish runs comprehensive wellness, an independent practice in walnut creek. she was seeing anxiety and frustration from many of our senior patients trying to get the covid vaccine, trying to get an appointment. so she decided to just organize her own clinic. >> i had a patient call me absolutely in tears, my 83-year-old patient, and after trying to navigate online and she just wasn't able to do it. >> she worked to make that drive-through site a reality. she acquired the doses with help from the county. health care volunteers and local organizations gathered

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the southern california san joaquin valley continues to be the hotspots for the state -- particularly southern california in the san bernardino riverside, and notably in various bay area -- expressing deeper concern around icu capacity again with the flex plans will establish. you can see those numbers beginning to decline in the bay area. that will likely lead -- there is no formal adjudication of the data that is happening over the weekend -- friday being the last day in the bay area. on the stay-at-home. those numbers are being crunched. we should expect this update tomorrow for the determination. based upon icu capacity currently unless the projections are radically different we can expect that stay at home to continue. as a relates to death we continue to see a substantial number of people losing their lives to this pandemic. everton reported 76 individuals over the last seven days. 264 individuals over the last reporting period. just a sober reminder of the deadliness of this disease. we have roughly 1900 state and federal staff that have been deployed. you can see the support w

the sacramento region is just above 9% and the san joaquin valley and southern california regions continue to have no available icu beds right now. there's the bay area stay at home order will also be extended the region's icu bed capacity needs to be above 15%. threshold before it will be lifted and so far well below that before then the deadline was yesterday in order to make that decision san francisco has already extended both its traveled and its stay at home orders in definitely it will be some time before the numbers get to a point where they can reverse that decision east bay congresswoman barbara lee host its telephone town hall with doctors to try and answer questions about the virus. and the covid-19 vaccine, representative lee received her first dose of the vaccine back on december 19th and she hopes that everyone will receive it once it's available to the general public the pfizer and moderna vaccine requires 2 doses and doctors say takes about 10 days for the immune system to be protected after the second shot. >>those antibody responses are boosted in a way that they but you

the san joaquin valley and southern california region still have no available icu bets. >>with the state extending the bay area stay at home order restaurants will only be allowed to do take out or deliver food. but despite that one east bay restaurant owner bucking the trend and is allowing outdoor dining but the restaurant owner is saying that they're being safe and feels it's time to reopen the kron four's dan thorn live for us now in pleasanton with more on this story after talking to the restaurant owner good evening. dan. >>people's of sidetracked bar and grill in pleasant 10 under the extended stay at home order the restaurant should only be open for takeout but owner todd you tickle says it's time to reopen this arbitrary shutdown of patio dining it makes no sense at all it's doing is hurting good people before saturday's extension the bay area's stay at home order was slated to end on friday you tickle in his staff stocked up to invite customers back to the restaurant and despite the order decided to remain open. diners like joshua mont as we're happy to eat out

with capacity at 32.6% in the san joaquin valley and southern california it is still 0% icu availability so what are these models that the state officials are keeping from the public and what exactly went that decision our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>before friday it had been a week since california health leaders last provided specific icu capacity percentages. the key data point governor gavin newsom's administration has said would help determine which regions remain under his mandated stay at home order state leaders have said regions with projected icu capacity greater than 15% would be eligible to get out of the order. but all week the state would not provide the numbers only writing an e-mail updates vaguely saying 3 regions the bay area, southern california and san joaquin valley remain under the order therefore week icu capacity projections do not meet criteria to exit after the order was suddenly lifted from the greater sacramento region last week i asked the recently appointed director of california's department of public health why the state stopped updat

right now that includes 14 counties in the san joaquin valley and southern california regions. the bay area is finding itself walking a fine line in the fight against covid-19. >> we do not know the full impact of the december holidays. it's plausible we could see a sharp increase in cases followed by hospitalizations. >> the race to get california vaccinated continues to be far short of the target. nearly 900,000 doses are stuck in transit across the state. >>> now to lottery fever. tonight 4$410 million is on the line in the powerball drawing and the mega millions jackpot has grown to 490 million because nobody matched all the numbers last night. but somebody got pretty close. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in brentwood with more on this. >> we're having so much fun here in brentwood getting to tell customers good news. this store in brentwood sold a 2$2.3 million ticket for this mega millions jackpot. this is the reserve ron on lone tree way in brentwood. the mega millions drawing was last night. no one won the jackpot which was about 4$432 million. since there was n

sacramento region is now at 9% while northern california seeing 28.5% availability but still san joaquin valley and southern california remain at 0%. so we haven't gone above 15% of the stay at home order will remain in place. we're also following up with the california department of public health and the governor gavin newsom after both of them stop providing regional icu capacity percentages to the public. the administration has been using the number decide whether or not the region's remain under the stay at home orders. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala joins us now live from sacramento to explain we just got the latest numbers there only being released. twice a week now, but these numbers are critical into reopening so many businesses. >>justine that you're reading off those numbers is the first time this week that we've even seen a specific percentage governor gavin newsome since the start of this pandemic has said that his decisions would be driven by data and shared with the public. but now for the majority of the week the public is not being provided with the very data that's d

san joaquin valley and southern california remained at 0%. angeles mayor with a stark warning as l.a. county saw its deadliest day since the pandemic began. >> we are still going to have our toughest and darkest days. our hospitals are doing miraculous work. our health care workers are stretched to the limit, taking shift after shift after shift. >> l.a. county's public health department posted a tweet every ten minutes today to mark a new death from covid. >>> and two pedestrians are dead tonight after they were hit by a stolen car in san francisco, south of market area this afternoon. the collision happened at 4:00 at second and mission streets. one pedestrian died at the scene. the other was rushed to the hospital but passed away there. police say the suspected driver tried to run away from the scene but was eventually apprehended by officers. >>> pg&e customers can expect an increase in monthly bills in the new year. a bill for someone receiving electricity and gas is rising by an average of $5.15 a month. electricity bills will rise on a

right now that includes 14 counties in the san joaquin valley and southern california regions. it comes as the bay area finds itself walking a fine line in the fight against covid-19. here's dan ashley. >> we do not know the full impact of the december holidays. it's plausible we could see a sharp increase in cases followed by hospitalizations. >> reporter: san francisco is currently in a position to help accommodate patients from other counties at its hospitals, but public health director dr. grant colfax warns covid-19 in san francisco continue to increase. >> meantime, there are serious concerns about vaccine distribution across the state. nearly 900,000 doses are stuck in transit across california, but bay area health experts are urging the public to have patience. >> i will say that the size and scale of this effort is unlike any we have ever seen. >> that was dan ashley reporting. the san francisco department of health says they received about 30,000 vaccines, but only 6,000 have actually been delivered to front line health care workers. >> that is so tough to hear. >>> l

greater sacramento, 27.3, northern california, 18.9% san joaquin valley, 22.3% and southern california will go from zero today to 33.3% what's happening with positivity rates. case rates community spread really is the forecast that gives us confidence on where we will land. in a number of weeks, the governor appointed to improving trend lines after the holiday surge, including vaccine distribution, he said. the state has tripled its pace of administering the vaccine. california remains ranked 45th out of 50 states in that metric, most of the county's statewide, including all of the bay area will move back to the most restrictive purple tear. but again, local officials can impose stricter regulations. we're not out of the woods were seen a flattening of the curve. everything it should be up is up. everything that should be down is down. moving through. reopening tears is based on number of daily average cases and test positivity rate. for his covid-19 restrictions. the governor continues to face criticism. litigation from restaurant owners and a renewed recall effort when we see rules a

that's at 9.2% san joaquin valley and southern california region still have no available icu beds.nd it appears the bay area stay at home order will be extended. the region's icu capacity needed to get above the 15% threshold before today for the health order to expire, san francisco has already extended both its travel and stay at home orders. indefinitely and the bay area icu capacity today is the lowest it has been since the pandemic. our coverage of the violence on capitol hill continues coming up on kron 4 news at 5 with growing calls the president's removal, we'll talk with a bay area constitutional law professor about the process that could be. >>and we have reaction tonight from both democrats and republicans to yesterday's riots at the capitol. >>and coronavirus news the south bay hospitals are overwhelmed with a live report from san jose about that after the break. i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow the sun setting on the bay area and now we're getting ready for a little rain we will talk >>the president has committed unspeakable assault. on our nation. and our people. i j

right now that includes the san joaquin valley and southern california regions. it comes as the bay area continues to find itself walking a fine line in the fight against covid-19. >> did you not know the full impact of the december holidays? and it is plausible that we could see a sharp increase in cases followed by hospitalizations. >> san francisco is currently in a position to help accommodate patients from other counties at its hospitals, but public health director dr. grant colfax warns that could change quickly. >> our cases of covid-19 and unfortunately our deaths due to covid-19 in san francisco continue to increase. >> meantime, there are serious concerns about vaccine distribution across the state. nearly 900,000 doses are stuck in transit across california, but bay area health experts are urging the public to have patience. >> i will say that the size and scale of this effort is unlike any we have ever seen. >> the san francisco department of public health has received go 30,000 vaccines, but only 6000 have actually been delivered to front line health

. >> the san joaquin valley and southern california regions continue to have no i.c.u. availability. a zero percent capacity doesn't mean there are beds. they have acvindicated plans. they have dropped to its lowest vabltd at 3.5%. that will likely keep the region under the state's stay-at-home order beyond tomorrow. >>> the new coronavirus variant first detected in the u.k. has now been found in three more states bringing the total to eight states. abc7 news reporter matt boon explains there are likely many more cases out there and a peninsula company is now working to find them. >> bottle sequencing of the virus is one of the tools we have not used as much as we should have during the pandemic. >> reporter: james lu is the president of san mateo based he's liks, a testing and genomics company. they ramp up testing of coronavirus cases already noticing a troubling trend. >> most people, though, in the contact tracing do not have international travel or exposure, which means that they're catching it from the community. >> reporter: since the pandemic began, less than 1%

the sacramento area is seeing just over 10% capacity, and both the san joaquin valley and southern california regions are struggling as a 0% available beds in icu units. despite having the strictest covered guidelines, california leads the nation in covid cases. don lemon talked to doctors and people on the street on what is working and what is not. >> reporter: doctors say inconsistencies in the message have allowed people to form their own guidelines, one woman said she points to the governor's laundry gathering as to why people are tuning out. is >> it was new and everyone was afraid. right now it is very difficult, it is like saying don't smoke. >> reporter: while most people trust the signs, they say the restrictions don't always make sense. >> you can't come to the restaurant and eat outside but yet you can still shop in the malls? the messaging could be better. >> for example, people were banned from gathering from anyone outside their household, but most people say they ignored that and still maintained a small bubble. >> i do still see my mom and there is a level of trust in there. i

and still no icu beds are available in the san joaquin valley and the southern california regents and in santa clara county. this new year's eve. the health care system there is really being stretched to the limit. >>at last count there were fewer than 30 available icu beds and on any given day there says many of 60 patients were waiting in the emergency rooms in the hopes of getting a bad but as kron four's has it meant june reports there's some good news on this new year's eve. >>i wanted to give you an update on what i think is somewhat of a light at the end of the tunnel for us some hope in the coming year last covid-19 update of 2020 from the county of santa clara health department has a heavy focus on vaccinations to date the county has received from pfizer and will donate a combined 95,000 doses health officials say the distribution plan will go according to cdc phased guidelines santa clara county is currently in phase. one a which includes health care personnel and residents in long-term care facilities. >>people or certainly asking when is it my turn phase one b again after

. >> the san joaquin valley and southern california regions continue to have no i.c.u. availability. a zero percent capacity doesn't mean there are beds. they have acvindicated plans. they have dropped to its lowest vabltd at 3.5%. that will likely keep the region under the state's stay-at-home order beyond tomorrow. >>> the new coronavirus variant first detected in the u.k. has now been found in three more states bringing the total to eight states. abc7 news reporter matt boon explains there are likely many more cases out there and a peninsula company is now working to find them. >> bottle sequencing of the virus is one of the tools we have not used as much as we should have during the pandemic. >> reporter: james lu is the president of san mateo based he's liks, a testing and genomics company. they ramp up testing of coronavirus cases already noticing a troubling trend. >> most people, though, in the contact tracing do not have international travel or exposure, which means that they're catching it from the community. >> reporter: since the pandemic began, less than 1%

meanwhile, there are still no icu beds available in the san joaquin valley and southern california regions. state health leaders say they have surpassed their goal of vaccinating 1 million californians within 10 days. it comes as california continues to struggle with its supply of more than 3 million vaccine doses. health and human services secretary doctor mark ghaly says they have successfully picked up the pace in recent days. and they're also studying whether the new variants of covid-19 will have any effect on the vaccine. >>working to determine if variance similar to the uk marion has any increase in infectious mask, what its impact might be on vaccinations and in other areas of concerns. >>when coliseum it's been approved to be cut become a mass vaccination site alameda county supervisor nate miley tweeted tweeted the announcement yesterday but the alameda county public health department still must approve using the coliseum site as a vaccination center before it can begin giving out shots. the serving news out of san francisco city leaders say they could run out of vaccines by tomo

the sacramento region is just under 12% the san joaquin valley and southern california region still have no available icu bets. >>and it appears the bay area stay at home order will be extended the region's icu capacity needed to reach above the 15% threshold before today for the health order to expire, san francisco has already extended both its travel and stay at home order. indefinitely now. coming up after the break, we'll take a look at how different the police responded yesterday compared to during a black lives matter protest. >>and we look at images like these on the left the capitol and the dc metro police respond a black lives matter protest over the summer. in the nation's capital and then on the right their response to the attempted insurrection by the president's most ardent supporters yesterday, it's clear that authorities approach these groups in very different ways that the visuals are not the same, but the question is why is that some people say it's because. >>they didn't want to be criticized the same way after those protests father people say it's just another example

right now that applies to about 14 counties in the san joaquin valley and southern california. and we are seeing a record breaking number of cases statewide. possibly signaling the beginning of a postholiday surge. nearly 75,000 new cases reported today. in the bay area, less than 6% of icu beds are now available. >>> take a live look at san francisco where there is substantial progress in the vaccination effort. tonight about 80,000 healthcare workers received their first dose and santa clara county has already used up much of its available supply with reportedly about 75,000 shots administered. last week many first responders got their first shots. the county is trying to get the first dose to as many people as possible right now and will worry about the second shot later. marin county will soon be taking the next steps in hopes of reopening all their schools. andrea nakano is in san rafael where vaccinations could be given out to teachers later on this month.>> reporter: the goal is to start phase 1b which includes teachers, at the end of january according to the marin count

working from home, they are fleeing to cheaper housing, mostly in sacramento and the northern san joaquin valley. that's increasing calls for a second tlans transbay rail crossing. built in the 1960s, it's a series of tunnel pieces linked under the san francisco bay. a new report by the bay area council economic institute predigts a second rail crossing would decrease car traffic, increase travel times and shrink greenhouse gases. no word where it would be located. >>> our microclimate weather alert tonight. parts of 101 of closed in mendocino county because cars and big rigs were left stranded. trees were uprooted and powerlines snapped. you can see it hear. falling right on to trucks and cars on the road. caltrans says 101 is now closed just north of willits. there is no estimated time of reopening. so far, thankfully, no reports of any injuries. and it's not just california getting snow. look at this. this is arizona. flagstaff gets snow. also snow in scottsdale. that's where baseball spring training is. up to two feet of snow. the city is asking people to stay home there in flagstaff. four h

. >>5 times that amount in the sacramento area it is on now down to 11.1% and the san joaquin valley,ern california regions they are still at full capacity no icu beds available. concerns back to back covid surges from christmas and new year's. >>this has prompted san francisco officials to indefinitely extend the stay at home order and the travel quarantine a local health expert explains why that was the right thing to do probably save lives kron four's gayle ong reports. >>despite some public frustration being expressed a ucsf biologist says the stay at home orders work empty streets in downtown san francisco indicate people are heeding stay at home orders. but city officials are watching what's happening across the state and country as covid cases surge, given no choice but to extend health orders cases are coming down. >>and i think you can say that's know that's the direct result of these public health actions, doctor george rutherford epidemiology professor and you see san francisco saved at least 330 lives as a result of implementing orders are really at the end of the day. if

those five regions northern to southern california, san joaquin valley, the bay area and the greater sacramento regions, the regional state home order when in effect after a region fell below 15% icu capacity. in order to come out of the state home order as greater sacramento region did. just recently, we over a four wd and we determined icu capacity either meets or exceeds 15% and i want to talk more and dr galleys here as well to talk more about our projections. and our confidence level as it relates to the decision that we are announcing here today. here is the projection of capacity on february 24th 4th 1st. this is four weeks from today we look again at capacity, looking through the lens of a number of variables clearly estimated icu capacity. that's foundational 15% being that baseline, but we also look. at community transmission rates. remember i see you as a lagging indicators. what's happening with positivity rates, case rates comm really is the forecast that gives us confidence on where we will land in a number of weeks. we look a case rates more broadly defined on a region

the san joaquin valley and southern california region still have no available icu beds and it does not appear that the bay area's going to get above 15% available icu capacity by january 7th when the stay at home order was expected to expire, but as a result san francisco is extending both its travel advisory and stay at home orders. both orders will remain in effect until california lifts the stay at home order for the entire bay area region. today, los angeles county surpassed 11,000 total covid related deaths as county hospitals their reach critical levels health care providers say they are running low on equipment and ambulance crews are now being told not to transport patients who have little chance of survival talking largely about car accident gunshot victims. they're saying don't even bring them in if you don't think you can save them hospitals. there are also trying to discharge patients as quickly as possible to free up space for people who are in need of urgent care quickly. coming up the kenosha police officer who opened fire on a 29 year-old not be facing any charges but t

4.7% the sacramento region is at 9.4% the most northern part of the state is at 17.6% and the san joaquin valleyions remain at 0.e impact of the coronavirus surge and are literally running out of room to store bodies. ktvu is amber lee tells us some mortuaries are now regularly turning family's away. at baker prada mortuary in oakland. workers tell me they've had to turn away more than two dozen families since monday because they have no more room to store. deceased loved ones freezes. what about it was that funeral director todd walker says the mortuary has the capacity to store 30 bodies. i've been doing a 16 years and i've never seen this many deaths at one time each day, this worker tells me he was called away new year's eve to help the cup. and he's mortuaries in los angeles, and that he returned to oakland recently because of the surgeon covid-19 deaths here since march. this has just been over and over and over. and the human soul will kill me take so much here at the alameda county coroner's bureau spokesman sergeant ray kelly says a new portable cold storage trailer arrived tuesday brin

right now that includes the san joaquin valley and southern california regions.t comes as the bay area continues to find itself walking a fine line in the fight against covid-19. >> did you not know the full impact of the december holidays? and it is plausible that we could see a sharp increase in cases followed by hospitalizations. >> san francisco is currently in a position to help accommodate patients from other counties at its hospitals, but public health director dr. grant colfax warns that could change quickly. >> our cases of covid-19 and unfortunately our deaths due to covid-19 in san francisco continue to increase. >> meantime, there are serious concerns about vaccine distribution across the state. nearly 900,000 doses are stuck in transit across california, but bay area health experts are urging the public to have patience. >> i will say that the size and scale of this effort is unlike any we have ever seen. >> the san francisco department of public health has received go 30,000 vaccines, but only 6000 have actually been delivered to front line health c

but the san joaquin valley and southern california region still have no available icu beds. governor gavin newsom says as hospitalization rates slow and positivity rate stabilize. >>regions in california can start to come out of their stay at home orders. >>that today effective immediately were pulling the sacramento region out of the stay at home order. they will now be into the old blueprint in the purple tier tomorrow we'll make some additional announcements around our efforts on mass vaccinations up and down the state, there is light at the end of this tunnel. >>but the bay area is still under that stay at home order our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has more on the promising news as the state works to slow covid surges at hospitals. >>california's top health official says the rate of hospitalizations for covid-19 is beginning to decline across the state biggest signal to me. >>that things are beginning to flatten and potentially improve. as that around the 5th in 6 of january we're seeing on average 3500 new admissions for covid across the state. over the past c

the san joaquin valley and southern california region still have no icu beds available while the region's icu bed capacity reaches the all-time low still does not show the entire picture for each individual county kron four's dan kerman live for us in the city with more on that dan. >>well it's a complicated calculation looking at county by county the icu beds available than those that have more covid patients get that percentage reduced even more still. >>as you look county by county the amount of beds available really ranges from 0 to quite a few. >>the state's regional stay at home order groups 11 bay area counties icu capacity together and while that might seem arbitrary medical experts say because patients are often transferred it's not lot of patients get referred from santa cruz and monterey up to stanford just has a lot of patients from the north bay get referred to ucsf. >>so it really does function as a as an integral whole well, the 11 county bay area region's icu capacity has dropped to less than one percent. the actual percentage of available beds ranges dramatically by count

warning introduced link 21 today ah plan that aims to connect the bay area with sacramento, the san joaquin valley to the link 21 website. the plan includes a second to between san francisco and the east bay. the tube alone could cost up to $29 billion and take until 2040. wait. the city of berkeley is tackling the city's housing shortage and climate goals at the same time, ktvu is andre senior tells us new plants just approved focus on parking. idea that's been years in the making. berkeley city council this week voting to eliminate parking minimums citywide and, in an ironic twist, they're also capping the number designed to t climate change and affordable housing. we've been working on this for five years. yeah, five of around 5.5 years. how's it feel to finally get to this point? feels like i birthed the five year old babies. what if it was like that hard work paying off for berkeley vice mayor laurie dressy has been pushing for an end to the ordinance. for years, developers were required to provide one parking space for every residential unit, darnell grizz, be with the nonprofit transform, w

and the san joaquin valley in the southern california region still have no available icu beds at this time. now cases in california skyrocket as the state's icu bed capacity continues to dwindle and we have nurses on the frontlines of this pandemic saying that they're struggling to cope with the daily death toll seen in their units. >>last week has been probably the hardest week for me. physically and emotionally is on our side here 21 years. >>and right now hospitalizations are nearing 22,000 and state models project the number could reach 30,000 by february 1st frontline nurses say because the general public doesn't see the deaths day in and day out. there's a lack of understanding of just how bad things really are. >>and i see more people passed away last week. last couple weeks really the night almost a combined in all of my career as a nurse, it's been really hard today we had 2 deaths on this unit. and that's pretty the norm. i usually see one to 2 every shift. super site. the fight every day and struggled to breathe every day even rest tons of oxygen and then we just see them d

the sacramento region is roughly 11% just north of that number and then the san joaquin valley and the southern california regions still remain at 0% availability when it comes to icu beds. and the south bay health care workers in santa clara county are also expressing concern about a post holiday surge in covid cases. doctors and nurses are worried that their health care facilities will be pushed to the breaking point right now more than a 100 people with covid are admitted to hospitals in the south bay each and every day. emergency rooms are full and santa clara county residents are even being told not to call 911 except in the most dire of emergencies. more people are hospitalized at ucsf with covid-19 this week than ever before. >>and while there are still available beds. ucsf director of medicine doctor robert wachter says the extent and length of the nationwide surge makes it far more concerning than initially thought. he says that coupled with 2 other factors are creating what he calls the trifecta of trouble. >>you have the combination of this is really big surge and 2003 1000

capacity just under 12% is what's available at sacramento in the sacramento region and then the san joaquin valley in the southern california regions still remain at 0% availability for icu beds the situation there is desperate. for your money this morning, a bipartisan bill that would buy more time for california and small businesses to stay afloat during this pandemic is gaining more moment, a momentum. so the keep california working act is a small business relief package that would provide 2.6 billion dollars in grants. well now one 3rd of california legislature is backing that measure and if passed it would be the largest grant program that the state has come up with since the start of the pandemic. >>this grant program is a big step in the right direction is the right way to deal with it is to start supporting those it's it's late in the process. italy for a reason because there just hasn't been resources fill it. so she at the state and local level to do this kind of thing. >>state senators who spearheaded the bill will hold a virtual press conference at 10 o'clock this morning to discuss it