that means more restrictions for some countries including san mateo, napa and solona. in the bay area, only two counties are above 30% availability. that's san francisco and alameda counties. in the red, santa clara, san mateo and solano counties. all have less than 15% availability and the worst of all, marin is at zero percent. >>> and plan in place to deal with maxed out hospital icus. emergency response ambulances are being diverted to specific hospitals to stay out of the way of medical centers overrun with covid patients. the plan launched over the weekend. no patients will be turned away if they have life-threatening issues. >>> the next round in the fight between south bay church and santa clara county is set for today. mike mcclure continues to hold in-door services on sundays. that church faces more than $700,000 in fines from the county. this is for defying health orders. the attorneys will try to get the case moved to federal court because they call health restrictions unconditional. unconstitutional, i should say. >>> happening this morning, teachers in sa

fog in the central valley and eastern contra costa and alameda and spilling from the north bay from solona and napa right now. temperatures all over the place from the mid 30s to mid 50 in san francisco. here's a look at san jose mostly cloudy and 45 degrees and less haze for your ferry ride today. mass transit. it's milder this morning but the temperature will be the same this afternoon. and fewer areas of fog to contend with so a little bit of caution out on the roads and still that spare the air day. wood burning is banned. so for christmas, we get our first storm and what could be many as the storm door opens. the bulk of the wet weather still going to be mainly in oregon and possibly washington and going to get more out of these storms as they dip a little bit farther to the south. so, here we are at 7:00 thursday night. a silent christmas eve night. and in the morning, depending on what time your kids wake up if it's 8:00 and they're still asleep and mother nature is starting to get aggressive. increasing rain as we head throughout the day and into saturday morning and then we'll hav

this news means now the remaining counties, napa, solona counties will join the stay-at-home order shortlyreminder, this means several businesses are now required to close or modify their operations. that means no more indoor or outdoor dining. indoor recreation and hair salons and services. according to the state's website updated just a few hours ago, just under a few million or 98% of the state's population is now under some sort of a regional stay-at-home order with many local counties joining that order. business owners are now required to close up for at least three weeks until the beginning of january, a move both financially and physically stressful and some say it simply needs to be done. take a listen. >> i'm so nervous about that. you know, it's not good because it is a small business. if it's shut down taking more than three to four weeks, it's not good for the small business. >> but, yes, we only have nine left. we're doing the right thing. >> and, again, the new restrictions go into effect shortly before midnight tonight. and it is important to note as we get closer to the ch

those counties include napa, solona and san mateo counties.yone. i'm scott mcgrew. 885,000 americans applied for first-time unemployment benefits last week. that is more than expected. in fact, the most since september as we see the new shutdown begin to affect the economy. >>> a lot of people need relief and we need the rain. we sure got it last night, kari. >> yeah, now we're seeing it clearing out. we are getting some sunshine, too. back behind the rain that moved through early this morning we can now see it passing to the south and no more on the way for today as you reach to the upper 50s and low 60s and the rest of the forecast issic looi ilookin. more weather like this and you'll notice how cold it will be for the next several mornings. our inland valleys having frosty conditions. laura. >> all right. keep cool out there. thanks so much for joining us. "today" show coming up next. the usual l gifts are e just nonot going toto cut it. we have e to find something g else. good lucuck! what d does that m mean? we arere doomed. [laughghter]