. >> sonoma county, about 48 hours away from a stay-at-home order. why health officials couldn't hold out any longer. >>> and looking live, some locals say not now. >> plus when some much needed rain will return to the bay area. good evening, i'm ken bastida. and i'm elizabeth cook. preparing for the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine. according to current plans, california will get 327,000 doses to start. about 68,000 or 1 in 5 of those are designated for the bay area. we're waiting for numbers from sola in a and santa cruz counties, kpix 5's katie neilson is live in alameda to explain what approval would mean for the bay area. katie? >> reporter: liz, we're here at the alameda coast guard station. this is one of the first sites where the department of defense could actually start vaccinating active duty and reservist personnel. once the covid-19 vaccine is approved, the viles could be here in a matter of days, the fda could grant emergency authorization in a matter of hours paving the way for the first doses to ship out later friday. >> i know how

officials are being told not to hold back any for second round shots in just a few short hours sonoma county will be joining most of the bay area in enacting a stay at home order county leaders of the health department say this is necessary to curb surging covid cases and shrinking icu bed capacity at hospital dan thorn talked with frustrated business owners who will have to close up for at least the next few weeks. >>he joins us now live from petaluma with more than >>well ken and pam just about a week ago sonoma county was one of the holdouts when it came to an acting a stay at home order. but as the number of covid-19 cases continue to go in the wrong direction. health officials say that there needs to be a halt to some businesses. we spoke with some small business owners who say they were anticipating this move but others say they were caught off guard and this is terrible timing. >>that's sonoma county barbershops and hair salons snipping away at the final hours before closing up once again. the county's new stay at home orders are cutting back on business been really frustrating

but sonoma county says not so fast.ma health officials are watching the number of icu beds available in the county. they have 25% capacity still available. 10% more than state minimums. five counties in berklee have already closed down before they reached that trigger. but not sonoma. >> the numbers, while they are escalating right now, to some degree, and we are watching very carefully, they are not to the point yet where we think we need to voluntarily go into the position like the other five counties in the city of berklee have already done. >> folks here in petaluma are serious about staying safe. outdoor dining will continue and masks are encouraged. the owner and chef is relieved. >> this is the way we are making it right now. >> diners stayed even more than six feet away from other folks. >> i support the county's decision. i think linda numbers get to where we need to shut down, we should shut down. but in the meantime the small businesses need to survive.>> sara owns boulevard barbers and says she maintain stri

today is the last day that sonoma residents or anyone in sonoma county can eat at one of these.y will be shutting down. the order starts at midnight, so 12:01 tomorrow morning. this is the same order other bay area counties already have in place. it shuts down hair and nail salons, indoor and outdoor dining, wineries and bars and family entertainment centers. restaurant owners are worried. one told us that he had already let go of eight workers and this will mean more layoffs. >> i think it's kind of sad because they let us open here on the street, they will close us again. i don't know what we'll do. we lost thousands of dollars already. with the new orders, i don't know what will happen. >> health officials say the number of covid cases have doubled in recent days in sonoma county and they are seeing an alarming rate of hospitalizations. so they say they have to take this action. starting tomorrow, residents of sonoma county are ordered to stay home unless essential workers or need to get out to grocery shops or have a medical apoipointment. i'm amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> t

and sonoma county, they have no number there. they've temporarily stopped reporting icu availability. >> tonight, sonoma county is officially under a stay-at-home order. it joins five others in the bay area in implementing strict new rules aimed at slowing bt spread of the virus. other businesses say they're feeling the effect, too. here's christy smith with that story. >> so we're surrounded by wineries and restaurants. it's a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. >> reporter: at jack w, the store is open for business, but there's a big difference this saturday. >> our foot traffic is much smaller and lighter than it would be on a typical saturday. it's really impacting the general visibility, especially around the holidays. it should be our busiest time. >> the outside would be our alfresco tasting patio, as it were. >> reporter: cathy harsh burger is with just cone sellers. they were allowed to have tasting in the breezeway, but that's changed. >> we are no longer able to serve customers outside. so there's no more wine ta

this means no wine tasting trips to sonoma. last weekend wineries in napa and sonoma were still seeing a steady number of visitors. so now at this point, they'll be having to go to napa until that is shut off as well. the stay-at-home order in sonoma will be in effect until january 9. i am anne makovec. back to you. >>> a lawsuit aimed at the biden transition. supreme court could decide as soon as today whether to hear claims aimed at overturning the election. president-elect biden is set to make more cabinet picks. >> reporter: tom vilsack as secretary of agriculture, the same job he held in the obama administration. mr. biden has collected ohio congress woman marcia fudge as hud secretary. dennis -- katherine tai as u.s. trade representative. president-elect and vice president-elect kamala harris have a new title. they are "time magazine"'s person of the year beating several finalists including president trump. president trump is calling on the supreme court to intervene as he continues to try and overturn election results. i

a slight chance of a thunderstorm sunday in mendocino and northern sonoma counties.ring healthy snow to the sierra. up to a foot is possible. right now the sierra snow pack 35% of average for this time of year. this evening through tomorrow morning, tomorrow late tonight through midmorning tomorrow are the best times for light to moderate steady rain with the 1s on the storm impact scale. temperatures could be a degree or two warmer. monday, tuesday, wednesday, looking dry with temperatures close to average. mid 50s to low 60s. our next chance of rain after this weekend will be thursday. right now we don't have a storm impact scale on it. be careful out there. first rain after a while, jobina knows this, probably going to tell you about it, it will be slippery when that rain first hits. let's get back to reggie. >>> all this week on abc7 we've been looking at the state of the arts in the bay area. every one of our cherished arts and science institutions has been forced to find new ways to keep people engaged from a distance. the lesher center for the arts in walnut c

>>initially pg e said nearly 3,000 customers in napa and sonoma counties were part of the possible shops. but now they say the counties will not be impacted. instead the shut offs will include counties in the central valley, including fresno because of the high winds in the area. let's check in now with meteorologist john travel for a look at the forecast hey john. >>yeah, rebecca that is definitely a bit of good news that we're not affected by those power shut-offs this morning, the kick off the new week we are still in the midst of some breezy conditions though despite the fact that we are going to remain in power all across the bay area. so as you're venturing outside you'll notice, those trees blowing around we've got her palm trees at the embarcadero camera right there also noticeably swaying that steady breeze that's working its way across the bay at the moment. souter tower view is nice and clear we certainly do not have any fog that's part of the reason that we are seeing such a low humidity is because of the strong winds that are pushing across the region and you can see that th

sonoma is seeing 25 new cases per 100,000 per day. the 14 day case rate is 343 per 100,000, highest number sonoma has seen sore far in the pandemic. >> after eight months now, your emotions are up and down. now you just kind of roll with it. you've really just got to roll with it. >> sonoma is expected to get nearly 5,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine in the first shipment. >>> in solano county which is still open, people turned out for outdoor dining. businesses believe a shut down is imminent. many are shopping for ingredients every day, say it is too risky to stock up. >> i said i am still holding on. >> it's about supporting your local businesses and doing it in a safe way. >> solano county might not have a choice to stay open longer. available icu capacity in the bay area continues to slide toward the 15% mark which would make stay-at-home orders mandatory. a look at the san juaquin valley. >>> if you were thinking of hitting the slopes in tahoe, think again. available icu capacity is 15% and tahoe is off limits to outside visitors

stone is in sonoma where business owners admit the next few weeks would be tough. many learned thursday evening the stay at home order will be coming to sonoma county 12:01 saturday morning. these outdoor locations will be closed come saturday. their icu capacity is now below 15% as cases surge. >> most recent data sonoma county is at 11.6%. >> reporter: restaurant owners say they already have laid off eight people. >> the reaction is kind of sad. i don't know what we are going to do. >> at wineries they have avoided layoffs by shifting more of their business online. they will make it through this safely as well. >> this is the most challenging time that my generation, our generation faces. we will are your vive. we will continue to make great wine. >> j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> new details on a story we first brought you last night. now, in a statement tonight, officials with the city's covid command center say no food or drink may be consumed on restaurant premises. certainly it can be confusing trying to figure out what the rules are where we live. time magazin

and early stay at home order is going to affect in sonoma county.ed to know straight ahead. two medical societies have strongly recommended to doctors to treat acute, non-low back muscle and joint pain with topical nsaids first. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. salonpas. it's good medicine. hisamitsu. >>this morning on the kron 4 morning news authorization for the first covid-19 vaccine could come any moment, we'll tell you what this means for people here in the bay area. >>sonoma county is the latest bay area county to put a stay at home order in place we'll have a live interview with the barbershop owner in petaluma how they're bracing for the shutdown. >>and we are possibly 2 hours away from the state telling the bay area to stay in your house because they're running out of icu beds coming up we'll explain all about that. in a live report. >>is a good weekend to stay home regardless because we have a rainfall on the way talking about when to expect it still to come. news

that sonoma county could stay the course. but overnight covid conditions worsened for local hospitals. >> reporter: only one more night for table dining-in sugnome opcounty. starting saturday it joined five bay area counties with stay at home orders, curtailing businesses. familyonalfamily owned mi pueblo getting their hours slashled and using take outs. >> >> although we have faired better until now. >> reporter: the sonoma county officer called it a wait and see but changed coursed. bay area comment is just below 18%. >> meaning the region will likely lit the 15% capacity level anyway. >> it's horrible timing and it will always be horrible timing. >> reporter: conditions at santa rosa's memorial hospital are especially dire. >> the icu bed availability is really dropping. >> reporter: more patients but not enough medical staff to care for them. >> wal always said if your hospitals, especially felt they were getting pressure on their capacity that we would join those other counties and that's what we did. >> we have been thr

yes, sonoma county now the 6th bay area county to put the stay at home order in place early and that as you said goes into effect at midnight by then you know all of this outdoor dining downtown petaluma is going to have to be taken away or not use it all shut down. peoples must stay at home except for work shopping or other central activities medical appointments. the county is now averaging nearly 25 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people this is higher than any point of the pandemic since it began the positivity rate is now up 6.6%. sonoma county health officer doctor mace notes the surge of cases is due to large gatherings that occurred over halloween and thanksgiving now as we know and or this or that means retail has to stay at 20% capacity 35% grocery stores schools with waivers can continue operating places of worship and gyms will moved outdoors again restaurants will have to go back to takeout and delivery only hair salons barber, sure shops personal care services all have to shut this comes a week after governor gavin newsome announced the stay at home order say if you have

a better place in the sonoma county right now. does not mean that next week we will not be somewhat worse. >>> whether it has arrived or it is exactly what we thought it would be. >>reporter: the owner of this jim is having to boot members back outdoors for the month. >> we have had 18,000 check in since we were allowed to open indoors. we have not had one covid case linked back here. >>reporter: business owners complain since private gatherings are hard to root out, they become the easy targets . >> this is not the time to punish us more. events alone. stroke trying to look beyond a quiet holiday season. it is about to get quieter. smacked three more weeks we will get better. the vaccine is about out. let's get to 2021 asap. >> reporter: counties that passed on the lockdown may consider sonoma, for example, they will discuss it again on tuesday. a big difference this time around compared to the spring. no federal aid is on the way . >> there's a 900 dollar believe package being proposed right now in congress. that is a long way o

the new restrictions will remain in place until january 9th sonoma county health officer doctor mace notes the surge of cases is due to large gatherings that occurred over halloween and thanksgiving now under this order retail will continue at 20% capacity grocery stores, 35% capacity, schools with waivers will continue operating places of worship in gyms will have to go back outdoors restaurants as i said no more outdoor dining so have to do take out and delivery only hair salons barber shops, personal care services all have to shut down. this order this early order comes a week after the governor said hey if you have 15% left of your icu beds. you're going to have to go into a stay at home order as we know many counties decided to jump the gun and do it early per preemptively and that is now what sonoma county is doing counties in the purple tier. >>and that is bad but they've decided to just go ahead and do it before things get out of hand as we've seen in other counties, reporting live in sonoma county sarah stinson back to you all right, thank you very much sara. >>and the pale

sonoma county now seeing 25 new cases per 100,000 people each day. the 14 day case rate is 343 per 100,000 people. the highest number sonoma county has seen so far in this pandemic. >> the longer it takes us to reach cases to isolate and contact identified in quarantine, the more likely we will have more spread in our communities. >> one north bay restaurant owner tells us his business will survive the latest shut down but he is worried about having enough hours for employees while indoor and outdoor dining is shut down. >> after eight months now, your emotions are up and down. now you just kind of roll with it. you've really just got to roll with it. >> sonoma wineries will have to close to visitors starting tomorrow. last weekend wineries in napa and sonoma were still seeing a steady number of visitors. sonoma is expected to get 5,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine in the first shipment. >>> if you were thinking about hilting the slopes in tahoe, it's not going to happen. with available icu capacity under 15% in the greater sacramento region tahoe is

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 tasting. grocery stores can hold 35% capacity. all other retail shops, 20% capacity. hotels are only allowed to take reservations from essential workers. >> i'm concern

>>need to act now before things get worse for us in sonoma county. >>right now bay area capacity is that just 16.7% along with northern california. we are the only 2 regions to remain above the 15% icu bed threshold that would require that stay at home order the greater sacramento region is now under the new restrictions and that includes the lake tahoe area meantime the san joaquin valley and southern california regions are almost completely out of beds this all comes as california set another single-day record for covid infections. 35,468 today marks the 8th consecutive day of more than 22,000 new cases. >>and the 3rd day over that span of more than 30,000 cases statewide the virus killed another 159 people and put 37 more people in icu beds, more than 20,000 people have died in california since the pandemic began in just a couple of hours sonoma county will be joining most of the rest of the bay area in an acting a stay at home order. county leaders and health department say it's necessary to curb surging covid cases and shrinking icu bed capacity

stone is in sonoma where business owners admit the next few weeks would be tough. many learned thursday evening the stay at home order will be coming to sonoma county 12:01 saturday morning. these outdoor locations will be closed come saturday. their icu capacity is now below 15% as cases surge. >> most recent data sonoma county is at 11.6%. >> reporter: restaurant owners say they already have laid off eight people. >> the reaction is kind of sad. i don't know what we are going to do. >> at wineries they have avoided layoffs by shifting more of their business online. they will make it through this safely as well. >> this is the most challenging time that my generation, our generation faces. we will are your vive. we will continue to make great wine. >> j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> new details on a story we first brought you last night. now, in a statement tonight, officials with the city's covid command center say no food or drink may be consumed on restaurant premises. certainly it can be confusing trying to figure out what the rules are where we live. time magazin

sonoma and napa each at 56 pittsburgh antioch at 58. well, in petaluma 56 degrees let's get a look ahead at your next 7 days tomorrow sunday, these are your better chances of rainfall in the near future again we do have that chance of rain later today, but it will mostly be evening hours tonight. temperatures remain cooler than we had been very close to seas nal averages in the upper 50's to low 60's and more rainfall looking likely into wednesday and thursday reyna all right john thanks for that look i know we need the rain especially for the air quality. >>and the plants and the trees but not far commute if we could just hold off a little bit. this morning we're not going to worry about any of that look at this 80 west here from the east bay and to san francisco, you drive is looking great more people on the road still drive time under 10 minutes for you this morning. and the san mateo bridge to get this 92 west mount more people starting to head outdoors that commute under 15 minutes for you the 8 a new one on one and looking on the

. >>> sonoma county is less than 24 hours away from a new stay- at-home order.the county has been in the purple tier since the governor released the color coded system in late august. now it is joining five other bay area counties voluntarily enacting the stay-at-home order before things get worse. while as a region icu bed capacity sits around 18%, it has fallen under 12% in sonoma, county seeing 25 new cases per 100,000 people per day. the 14 day case rate is 343 per 100,000. the highest number sonoma has seen so far in the pandemic. >> the longer it takes us to reach cases to isolate and contact identified in quarantine, the more likely we will have more spread in communities. >> on north bay restaurant owner tells us his business will survive but he is worried about having enough hours for employees while indoor and outdoor dining is shut down. >> after eight months now, your emotions are up and down. now you've just got to roll with it. >> sonoma wineries will have to close to visitors starting tomorrow. last weekend wineries in napa and sonoma were still s

most of our widespread of rainfall remains in solano county along 80 sonoma county and marine counties as well some of our heaviest of rain is just north of fairfield right now long 5 '05 in 80 so some wet spots out that direction by the time we work our way into the later part of the morning skies really drying out nicely some snow showers hang on in the sierra into early afternoon, but as for the bexar skies only grow clear in clear and drier and drier as that low pressure area exits the region setting us up for what will be a nice day today, ample sunshine tomorrow for your tuesday and return to more sunshine on wednesday wednesday night is our next chance of rainfall and it should be much like what we just got done with last night which is a brief stints of rain right in the middle of your evening as for temperatures today, you'll notice a bit of a cooler feel to it today than what we saw last week when we were in the 60's for so many of our highs well find in the 60's and your 4 zone forecast today we're close in areas like burlingame as well saying carlos each up to 59, but tempe

maybe northern sonoma county. temperatures are dropping rapidly. have 40s for santa rosa. 43 in san jose. here is live camera out towards san francisco. we still have mostly clear skies. will start off tomorrow morning with the cool spots in the 30s and 40s with patchy fog. we will have partly cloudy skies through the afternoon. coming up, we will talk more about this. using offshore winds that will boost the fire danger. we will have this and your full update in a few minutes. >>> the mother of a man who was arrested by hayward police is upset because those officers were not wearing masks. as henry lee tells us, she is disappointed by the lack of safety from those officers. >> reporter: this is cell phone video showing hayward police arresting a parolee result burglary. >> note mask. there are three with no masks. they have to wear masks. >> reporter: a happened outside a liquor store on a thursday afternoon. >> this is ridiculous. >> reporter: heather swett says that was a 25-year-old son being arrested on this video. she says she does not unders

sonoma county's icus have 11% of capacity left. that's why after midnight, they are tightening the restrictions. joining marin and contra costa counties, in enacting the state's stay at home orders. it means hair salons, wineries and family entertainment counties must close. they can only stay open for essential work. restaurants will be limited to take-out only, which means outdoor dining, like you saw on a chilly december morning is done for the rest of the year. >> we take it one minute at a time, one customer at a time. that's really all you can do at this point. just don't know what is going to happen. >> sonoma county's order will last longer. it is in effect tomorrow through at least january 9th. >> we'll do it for the right reason. because it's what we should do, i guess. but i don't like it. that's all i'm saying. >> sarah sass is the owner of boulevard barbers in petaluma, over the past tenth 10 months, she's known people who have gotten sick and even died from the virus. but she said shutting down again is devastating fo

. >>> here in the bay area sonoma county announced today that they are issuing a stay-at-home order. they join marin, alameda and contra costa counties. monterey county is set to join this weekend. we'll see the about face made by the health officer. ddeb. >> reporter: julie, the cases troubling enough. but in the last 24 hours a major hospital railed the flag. it filling up and it's short stamped. >> reporter: only one more night for table dining-in sonoma county starting saturday it joins five bay area counties with stay at home orders. family owned, mi pueblo has 7 north bay locations and employees getting their hours slashed. the question here, why restaurants? >> everybody is going out so it's going to spread regardless. >> reporter: sonoma's county health officer said it's way and see situation. but said the numbers are surging and hospitals are filling up. bay area comment is just below 18%. >> meaning, the region will likely hit the 50% comment level anyway. it's horrible timing and it will always be horrible timing. >> reporter: david rabbit gives businesses one more day. >>

sonoma napa solano and san mateo county.not in on this early stay at home order that is taking effect before the state even makes us lockdown so let's take a look at what you can no longer do. no more going to get your hair cut that out know bore going to restaurants to dine in or outside you have to only get take out there. the gyms are closed drive and gatherings are no more you can't go to outdoor playgrounds for the kids. a lot of family entertainment is no more anything outdoors that includes a. >>outdoor zoos museums are indoors. but you can't go to those open air bus and boat operators are off limits as well they all have to close today. and in the east bay. >>restaurants and hair salons also taking last rush of customers yesterday before they were forced to shut down in walnut creek for instance, restaurants, have transition away from outdoor like mentioned. take out delivery that will be your only option of the 4 barbershops and hair salons they're going to have to stay shut down potentially for the rest of the mont

also near sonoma or actually in sonoma county, looking at green valley, we also had an inch of rain therethree-quarters of an inch. for oakland, over half an inch of rain there in san francisco, nearing a half inch. rainfalls for east bay. it was less for antioch as well as san martin and san jose, a little over a tenth of an inch of rain. now it has moved on. and it's just going to be cool. we're looking at highs that will stay in the mid 50s. just a few peeks of sunshine going into the rest of the evening and a cold night ahead. that's something we'll have to get used to as we go toward the end of the week. our drought monitor was updated this morning. i'm show you the view across the whole state. we're seeing worsening drought conditions for southern california. for us, we've been in an extreme drought. we didn't get a lot of the heavy rainfall toward the end of the last water year. so we're starting out this water year with extremely dry conditions, especially for the north bay. for parts of sonoma, napa, down to san francisco, over toward the east bay, we are in a severe drought righ

meanwhile, the 4 counties not pictured on this map that includes sonoma napa solano in san mateo counties say as of now they are not planning to go into an early stay at home order like the rest of the bay area. >>well today, restaurants and hair salons in the east bay took advantage of the last minute rush of customers before they're forced to shut down until next year kron four's dan thorn talked with some business owners and customers in walnut creek. he joins us now live with more good evening. >>just seen well people out here in the east bay are anticipating scenes much like seeing right now pretty much quiet downtown areas as these businesses are being forced to close up and also get rid of outdoor dining. we talked with some business owners who say that they are concerned about what this is going to do to their livelihoods but health officials say that this is necessary in order to get the control on the rather the surge under control, but some residents that we also talked to here today say that this is a pretty smart move. the time is up for outdoor dining at restaurants or getti

. >> reporter: it's the first full day of the changes here in sonoma county. we've been speaking with businesses. some say they do notice fewer people out and about. others say it was already pretty quiet before this. >> so we're surrounded by wineries and restaurants. it's a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. >> the shop is open and ready for business, but they do notice a difference this saturday. >> our foot traffic is much smaller and much lighter than it would be on a typical saturday. so it's really impacting just the general kind of visibility especially around the holidays. it should be our busiest time. >> the outside would be our alfresco tasting patio as it were. >> reporter: they were allowed to have visitors enjoy wine tasting out in the breezeway but that's changed. >> so the big shift for us is we are no longer able to serve customers outside. so there's no more wine tasting. normally you'd see high top tables out here and people enjoying wine. >> reporter: sonoma county issued a stay at home order after a recent spike in cases. no wine t

sonoma county just under 5,000 in solano. estimates it will get nearly 8,000 doses it is a two-dose vaccine. but you know officials are being told not to hold back for any second round shots but rather to give them all to the first time recipient spread of covid-19 virus remains disproportionately high in san francisco's latin x community as kron four's haaziq madyun reports for us tonight, a representative of the latino task force says. now it's time for the city to take action to mitigate the spread. >>the results are in from united health healthy holidays covid-19 testing campaign the primary focus, san francisco's let next community nearly 7,000 people were tested during the 3 days before and after the thanksgiving holiday 79% of those who tested positive were from the city's latin x community, however, only have of the test participants were let next. >>we know that is going to 50% of the city but have been 50% of the caseload and 24% the dax the testing campaign is a collaboration between ucsf united health, san francis

>>nearly 8,000 doses for solano county and sonoma county is expecting nearly 5,000. while the vaccine does require 2 doses per patient officials are being told not to hold back any for those second-round shops as for the distribution order. it is pretty broken down into 3 tiers. >>the first includes health care workers long-term care facility, residents and staff paramedics emts and others providing emergency medical services in tier 2 intermediate care facilities home health care and support of services community health workers and public health field staff and then tier 3 specialty clinic lab workers dental and oral health clinics and pharmacy staff not working in settings that higher tiers vaccine arriving possibly in just days, many are wondering how long it will take to kick in once you get it reporter dina bair tells us exactly how the covid-19 shot works. >>like all these vaccines under development that targets the spike protein of the virus in the uk people lined up for pfizer's vaccine, the first to get the nod from health regulators there. the inoculation s

moran santa clara and san francisco for now solano sonoma, san mateo and napa counties are not issuing this new order ahead of schedule. we'll have more on that in just a few minutes, today's announcement meanwhile means personal services like hair salons and barbershops have to close. >>again when it goes into effect in a couple days as well as outdoor dining indoor gyms drive-in gatherings outdoor playgrounds and entertainment centers zoos museums. and open air bus and boat operators. >>these changes limit situations where people from different households come in contact with each other particularly indoors. >>this virus is relentless and unforgiving. we have no choice if we want to be able to take care of our communities. and our loved ones in our hospitals. >>san francisco santa clara in contra costa counties will be the first implement these new rules that will be sunday night at 10 o'clock in alameda county will take effect just after midnight monday. and marine county will start this stay at home order on tuesday at noon. now here's what can continue to operate with modification

that includes sonoma, napa, solano and san mateo counties.hose counties are taking a wait and see approach before going along with the rest of the bay area. business owners there are relieved, but one county leader says it is time to shutdown again. >> but i'm glad they're going to let us be working around. >> my big concern is we should probably shelter in place now as opposed to later. >> in a statement the san mateo county public health office said it appreciates and understands the measures taken by other counties. it'll continue to work with businesses and community leaders to follow existing guidelines. so we mentioned sonoma county is not going to implement the new stay at home order just yet. county health officials say they'll be watching the data, and they may change things in the coming weeks. >> at this point we're just going to monitor the data and see where we go. if we're further concerned then we along with our partners make that decision. >> okay, the reality is we know there's a lot of moving parts here to this new stay at h

specifically, the coast of sonoma and marin.starts in the late morning and goes until the afternoon. i'm going to advance this through the rest of today. see how this streamlines? it did a big shift and now we have strong northerly wind. watch the wind pick up those are gusts to near 44 miles an hour along the coast. novato mayfield this as well with gusts close to about 30 miles an hour. fremont, nothing. san jose, nothing. you won't really feel this in the south bay. perfect example have the strong north wind coming down the coast really does interact with the microclimates here. windy in the north bay mountains as well. no fire weather concerns. by the afternoon it's done. let's get to the rain. let's time this out. first chance of rain right here . that's friday night right around 10:00. perhaps a few light showers in the north bay. it's really overnight saturday. this is the predawn hours of saturday morning. that's what we will see the more widespread rain move across the bay area. it's mainly for the north bay. it's not a

sonoma stay at home order began this morning. that leaves napa and solana as the only counties not taking part. >>> residents in san francisco are allowed to interact outdoors with one person, to go on a walk. spend time at a park or play golf orphanis. >> former house speaker newt against grich and huckaby are supporting removing him from office. this recall drive is a long shot in a state where joe biden won 63% of the vote. >>> the united states reported a record number of coronavirus deaths. six period higher. 298,000 people have tied from covid-19 and the u.s. recorded a record number on friday. that moved the u.s. to 16 million cases. more than 1 million people tested positive within tuesday and today. >>> coming up, protest break out cost to the coast in support of president trump. >>> six teenagers lucky to be alive after a crash in the north pay. how a 16-year-old walked away. >> a look at the wet weather, the rain could cause problems affected by the wildfires. . >>> at least one person was arrested in downtown sacramen

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. >> i'm don ford at sonoma county. the number of families needing help has doubled, and they think it is only the beginning. >> a series of coyote attacks in the east bay now comes word they all traced back to the same animal. >> and stars aligning, literally, next week. well, more like planets. the event that you won't see again for hundreds of years. >> i'm dennis o'donnell, coming up the a warrior accused steve kerr of stealing his material. >> probably heard that. >> they would give new meaning to bring your son to work day. >> it is so cool for me to see him enjoying the sport. >> drier weather quickly taking over once again. it will last for a while. into last weekend before christmas, >> as california expand shelter in place orders, in business restrictions, unemployment claims have hit their worst level in three months. last week unappointed claims in california topped 200,000 for the first time since september. that includes but 24,000 cases in the last week alone. you consider those numbers, it is no wonder f

are no changes to current restrictions in sonoma, napa, and san mateo counties in. that is generating a lot of confusion for people in the bay area, no matter where they live or work. here is that story. >> reporter: it feels like some pop quiz that is impossible to study for. in april, we had phases of reopening, and the state could put your county on a watch list, in august, it was a color code. purple was the worst, yellow the best, decided by positivity rates and case counts, and most recently, a lockdown on region, based on icu capacity. and now you have the counties seing their own schedule. >> i don't know what tier i'm in. it's confusing to me. >> everybody don't know what to follow. >> can you name the different regions in california? >> no. i really can't. i read them yesterday right now and they're gone. >> reporter: we asked the communications expert to give a review. >> 6 out of 10. >> 6 1/2 to 7. so it's not where it should be. and it's certainly not where it needs to be. >> when example, the governor's later press briefing was almost two hours long fu

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north bay coastal mountains and sonoma and marin counties until 4:00 p.m.e are talking about gusts upwards of 45 miles plus per hour and that could mean possible power outages. an update on the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. let's check in with mike. >> starting in the trivalley. in the east bay we may have picked up that traffic break. let's look at the map for southbound 680 going down through dublin and reports of a disabled big rig blocking one lane as you're passing the 580, 680 interchange. a lot more red sensor read a couple minutes ago. things may have cleared up in the last few and a smooth, easy drive continues into the area and also mild slowing out of the altamont, no big deal. the bay bridge toll plaza also green, no backup, no metering lights yet. we'll watch this as it develops. kris. >> it is a very exciting day. we know that the fda is going to consider all of that data and determine whether we can use that covid-19 vaccine from pfizer for emergency use. we'll tell you all the preparations that are going on behind the scenes at the co

keeping any sort of marine layer fog pushed out of the region where we at with winds right now will sonoma calistoga napa some of our notably more breezy areas well into a 20 mile per hour range for your wind speeds currently sandra fell petaluma santa rosa also notably windy and will remain fairly windy throughout the morning too we ease off wind speeds gradually through the rest of the day and by the evening tonight we're done with the stronger winds but we are definitely in the midst of him right now and paired with dry conditions we do have heightened fire danger does red flag warnings for all of the north bay the inland east bay and then coastal san mateo county through 05:00pm this evening as i mentioned winds calm down after that point as for temperatures right now we're in the 50's and 60's even for some areas alameda and hayward at 6061 degrees billy how in santa rosa each at 60 degrees. you can blame the wind for those warm temperatures keeping things mixed in keeping things warm at the surface. so it's warm it's windy. it's clear that's what you need to know as you're getting ou

contra costa alameda and santa clara counties will be impacted by this new order and for now solano sonoma san mateo and napa counties are safe from shutting down. >>and this is a list of when the new order will take place for each county involved they're different in some cases, san francisco santa clara and contra costa counties will begin implementing the rule starting. this sunday night at 10 o'clock in alameda county it will take effect just a few hours later right after midnight. and in moraine county they will start on tuesday at noon. >>the operations that will be suspended or things like hair salons and barbershops most outdoor activities like playgrounds, dining and zoos. i museums and gyms will also shut down along with open air bus and boat operators when the order does take effect the following activities will still be allowed to continue. >>retail at 20% capacity. that includes grocery stores and the like small outdoor gatherings limited to a dozen people outdoor gyms and youth sports with restrictions and low contact sports things like golf and tennis for a complete list you

and another big story that we're following for you this morning, sonoma county will become the latest perry county to issue an early stay at home order and it goes into effect right now at midnight across 4 sarah stinson joining us live from sonoma county with the latest. >>on that story, good morning sara. >>good morning, yes, downtown petaluma live here and it's got another county joining the 6 others in the stay at home order where they're going to have to shut down outdoor dining like you see here a big set up in the downtown petaluma area restaurants will have to shut all that down yet again as you said that stay at home order begins. 12 oh one in the morning on saturday here in sonoma county health officials decided to join those 6 other bay area counties after 6 care after cases doubled in recent days and hospitalizations increased as well higher than they've ever seen people must stay at home except for work, shopping or other essential activities or medical appointments the county is now averaging nearly 25 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people this is higher than any point in

and sonoma county they've temporarily stopped reporting their icu availability. >> sonoma county began its stay at home order earlier this morning joining five bay area counties under tight new restrictions. the rules are impacting the areas wineries and restaurants at the busiest time of the year. wineries were allowed to hold wine tastings outside but not anymore. businesses, they're scrambling once again to get creative and make money. >> the biggest thing for us was to really lean into ecommerce and reach out to our fans that live all over the country and let them know what's going on. >> sonoma county restrictions are expected through early january. everyone is hoping that 2021 will be brighter. >> our coverage continues online from the latest on the vaccine to new cases in the bay area just head to nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. >> as covid-19 cases and deaths continue to surge the enrollment period for covered california is being extended. there are now more than 1.2 million californians who are uninsured but could be eligible for financial help. covered california wants to give pe

we're looking at widespread light rain into sonoma county.ake and mendocino seeing the late showers. as we watch this system arrive it will bring in the heaviest showers into the north bay. as we get you out the door with a look at the commute in the tri-valley, a live look at dublin and you can count the cars there. two of them within view. mostly dry here. once again the rain arriving later on. if you're driving into san francisco, thank you for being an essential worker and working on this christmas. we'll take a look at the weather and traffic coming up in a few minutes, marcus and kira. >>> coming up next, marcus, i'm going to put you on the spot. do you remember this interview, oprah famously at michael jackson's neverland ranch almost 30 years ago. that made the sprawling over the top mansion iconic. the late pop star's home. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> it's 6:15 and serious question about a program at san francisco public utilities commission designed to give back to the community. some say the well intentioned program is

that includes roughly 6,800 in napa county and 1,800 in sonoma county. cal fire tells us it's pre-positioned a fire engine strike teem on the border of santa clara and alameda counties just in case. but of course that fire danger is so dry, lisa. >>> and it's a little unusual, a lot unusual for december to have the offshore winds and the continued above average temperatures. but active weather in the pacific, here's a live look over our east bay hills camera. so wondering if that activity can move into the bay area. well, we'll talk about a weak system tonight, and the look ahead as we talk about this chilly morning coming up next. >> thanks, lisa. >>> also ahead a new warning from the cdc about the pandemic, why it says the u.s. has entered a high-level transmission phase. >>> plus parents are calling for san francisco public schools to reopen. the problems they say remote learning are causing for their >>> all right, the cdc is out with a warning that the u.s. has now entered a new phase of high level transmission. as abc news reporter whit johnson rep

. >>> sonoma county stay-at-home order is about to go into effect. you'll see how the county is responding. >> oracle is moving headquarters but will the company's bay area employees be moving out, too? >>> the bay area's 11 counties saw the icu capacity drop to 6.7% today. if it hits 15%, that would trigger a stay-at-home order. california set more records today. the number of people hospitalized topped 12,000 with 2700 in icu. both are single day highs. more than 35,000 people were diagnosed with covid-19 also a record. los angeles county alone had nearly 14,000 cases. in sonoma county intensive care capacity remains above 15% at it three hospitals but still a shelter in place order begins there tonight at midnight. as abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman tells us, the order is similar to other co-untunties a the predictable mix of reactions. >> reporter: the sign reads you belong here but in these covid times what we read and believe don't always match. with sonoma county closing down again, exasperation rings. >> it like an evolving door. >> report

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sharon katsuda is live for us in sonoma county. many say they are ready to do their part, sharon. >> i'm seeing some residents out here talking it me and shopping out here. i saw a cute candle store down the street that has a sign on it is a th that say only three customers allowed at a time. they are turning some customers away. over here we have a business owner, at first, i thought they were dismantling the outdoor dining area. instead he is just now building this outdoor dining area in hopes for getting better next month. we found business owners today making adjustments for the upcoming holidays anticipating more online orders and curbside pickup. they say it's a bit confusing because only supposed to be local travel but residents are trying to support them and make purchases online. one hopes this outdoor dining space will be put in use in january. shoppers open the vaccines will be given out fairly and help bring the numbers down. >> we will get through this. but i think it's going to be a while. june is very optimistic. >>