the san joaquin and southern california regions remain at 0% and greater sacramento at 6.9% and northern california is at 32.6%. we are joined live on how doctors are preparing for yet another surge. greg ? >> reporter: christina these already exhausted front-line workers have to prepare both mentally and physically for what is expected. right now the bay area is hanging on by a thread in southern california, that threat is already unraveling. one local doctor is concerned that the bay area could be next. these graphs depict the disturbing trend. california hitting a record with more than 4600 patients in icu. while the graph on the right shows the capacity to care for such patients is dwindling fast. in southern california the state's most dire zone, patients flowing into icus is already spilling over the top. taking a toll on personnel and methodist hospital in southern california. >> it really is so difficult to hear the words that there are 13 icu patients waiting at er, nine icu patients waiting at er, and they need icu beds. >> reporter: in the bay area regions icu availability is

>>and we're taking you back to breaking news out of southern california at this hour. these are live pictures from our sister station in los angeles where a brush fire is burning in 1000 oaks california. it is up to 250 acres the ventura county sheriff is that tweeting out that they having evacuations in progress right now there are number of road closures and they're asking people of course to avoid that area the dry conditions and the winds are driving the problem there. yeah we have winds approaching 30 miles an hour you can see just by the way the smoke is kind of laying low toward the ground is it is pushed by the winds across the fire area. the good news is at this point we don't have any reports of structures on fire, however. >>with the winds blowing like that and the embers going across that roadway. there of course there's great concern that perhaps those embers could drop of blow into some structures that are nearby this is a a big right off highway 23 on the north side of 1000 oaks right inside the ventura county line from the. says los angeles county side.

we've seen the seafood industry in southern california wane quite a bit from when i was a kid, and at the same time, as i mentioned earlier, the world population has tripled, so we're bringing in less seafood, even though the demand is going up and up, so we have this opportunity to grow fish in the waters off the coast in clean, clear water that's not polluted. it's not within a bay. it doesn't interfere with water skiers or kayakers or anybody else, but it'll be out in 200 feet of water in a quarter- to a half-knot current going by, which means that the water stays clean and the biomass of the fish has no impact on the environment, and yet we're still in very close proximity to the market, so the product when it's brought in is harvested and on the dock within a couple of hours after it's taken out of the cage, which means it's very fresh and ready to go to market. [film advance clicks] david: it's a hard thing because, as a commercial fisherman, first thing you say is, not a good thing because, you know, it's competition for us. but i try to look at, you know, the whole picture. go

the san joaquin valley, southern california, greater sacramento and the bay area. all remained shut down for now. that's because they're icu bed capacities do not meet necessary criteria to reopen. northern california is the only region currently not under a lock down the bay area's four week icu projections will be a son. just in the coming days to determine if it can reopen. twitter release a statement about a possible protest, saying, in part, the safety of our employees is our top priority. while we respect people's rights to express their views, we've been transparent about the factors leading up to our decision last week. oh, excuse me. the house says it will take steps to impeach president trump in the week of this week or last week's deadly riots of the capital. he could be the first president in u. s history to be impeached twice. boxing is krista mayo takes a look now at how the process could play out. president trump may face a second impeachment soon and letters sunday night. house speaker nancy pelosi said the house will move forward with impeachment, c

they are watching southern california closely. from sonoma to month rain at 5.9%. the number is not great, but optimistic. >> based on the forecast model the county shared with us we won't approach anything as dire as los angeles. of course i don't have a crystal ball. i'm crossing my fingers and we're constantly reviewing our resources. >> reporter: back to governor newsom's request for help from the federal government, normally the us mercy ship would be called in. that ship is under mandatory maintenance and unavailable. reporting live on concord bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> a second south bay hospital is reporting a surge in coronavirus cases in its emergency department. st. louise confirming 8 of its 80 emergency department staff have tested positive for coronavirus over the past week. a spokeswoman for the health and hospital system says, quote, personnel are being tested more frequently at least every three days as a result of the recent cases. implementing emergency department personnel. nbc bay area learned of an outbreak at kaiser's emergency depar

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,

that they had these really amazing flowers and citrus growing in the winter months here in southern californiae the sun was out and the temperatures were all very temperate, while the rest of the country in the midwest was under snow. so over the years many people only know pasadena because they've seen the rose parade or the rose bowl game. >> welcome to tournament house. it's actually directly mention, owned by the regulars purchased in 1914. but for now let's talk about where it all began. we just had our 130th rose parade. the first rate was in january 1st of 1890, and it started with the valley high club, which is literally three blocks down the street, and it is the oldest unit and our equestrians, because it is been an everyone quite literally. one of the interesting things about the pray as we never do it on sunday, because in 1893 it fell on a sunday and we decided to hold the prayed on a the second. the story is is that we don't march on the good lore is, day the good lord will not rain on our parade. but it was in the day when he would take your horses to church on colorado boulevar

department's up here in northern california that we need to be prepared because what's happening in southern california could potentially happen in northern california. the fire chief of hayward is also headed to southern california. he is the operational coordinator for alameda county and will be acting as a liaison and supervisor for some of the bay area firefighters who have volunteered to help. greg liggins ktvu fox two news still to come this noontime a change of plan with little notice for some students at stanford university how an outbreak of cases of coronavirus has led to some students looking for alternative plans after they were told they can't move on the campus. great day on the lake! it is. lunch is cookin'! and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. fellas, can it get any better than this? whoa! my old hairstyle grew back. so did mine. [80's music] what? i was an 80's kid. it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. passenger plane off the coast of indonesia. the plane's engine has been recovered, as well as pieces of clothing and scraps of metal 62 peopl

and so, now we havthem established at two nurseries here in southern california. currently have 15 people out helping us search for these coqui frogs, and that includes biologist with the california department of fish and wildlife as well as biologist with the natural history museum. but there's these real implications of these coqui frogs showing up and having these impacts and it's just all because they're doing what a lot of other species are doing, which is hitchhiking a ride into the nursery plant trade. as a biologist,y interest is understanding how species are dealing with urbanization, whether those are native species that are trying to adapt to these urban settings, or whether these are non-native species that have been introduced as a result of human activity and are also trying to find a way to me it here in the los angeles area. we were here specifically to look for slender salamanders. give me a hand grabbing these. and we were able to find 7 slender salamanders, and on top of that we found two other native species--a western fence lizard and a southe

southern california eighties for los angeles and into the san diego area. now of course, this morning we had some a dense areas of fog things beginning to a mix out soon as result, more sunshine this afternoon temperatures. in fact, i'll show you some of the visibility's all beginning to will go up all beginning to improve around 8 to 10 miles, so. fog beginning to a mix on out and as a result, temperatures allowing the election responded by warming up right now, it's in fact, looking at half moon bay site 70 degrees, while the creek 64 santa rose up in the upper fifties, the north baptist sonoma napa counties. those temperatures bit cooler because the fog was hanging on a little bit longer this morning. here's a live camera looking out toward sfo in the clear this afternoon, and i suspect some patchy areas of fog first thing tomorrow morning. start out your friday so not completely in the clear, but this will be the biggest deal kind of setting up least over the next couple days. this area of high pressure and as this builds in, we are talking about that w

you can see in southern california, it will exceed even that state rate. 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 wan

. >> reporter: as the covid crisis hits a boiling point in southern california, medical experts here in the bay area are watching and holding their breath. >> so what goes on badly in southern california will eventually get here, and we may need their help one day. >> reporter: the california governor's office of emergency service asking for help. for nurses to be deployed into nursing homes and hospitals where a third is taking place down south. the usns mercy hospital would be called into service in a situation like this to create beds for patients sick with the deadly coronavirus. but right now it's under mandatory maintenance and unavailable. ucsf professor of epidemiology dr. george rutherford says help is coming from all over the state. >> the national guard which has help from northern california as well as southern california is an obvious thing to be deployed that's already happened. there are active duty service personnel we could put in place as well. >> reporter: the medical officer at marin health medical center is watching southern california closely. >> based on the fo

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

i'm norah o'do >>> right now is 7:00, a late- season wildfire is growing in southern california. challenging conditions, and how it got started? >>> showers are moving into mendocino county. we have sprinkles in sonoma county. i am tracking the rain going across the bay area, coming up in your forecast. >>> breaking news, in the past hour, education secretary betsy devos is the second trump cabinet member to quit over the riots. she joins a transportation secretary, and other lower ranking administration officials, including the former white house checkups chief of staff mick mulvaney. i am

. >>> bringing in the reinforcements to help southern california hospitals are getting from the state today. >>> a san francisco company working to help solve a staffing shortage. how it's connecting nurses and hospitals during the pandemic. the news at 5:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us. >> it appears the first signs of a post holiday covid surge are here. california reporting a near record number of new cases. >> that's right. take a look at this. yesterday, more than 53,000 californians tested positive for the virus. that number is just shy of the record set in mid december. the positivity rate stands at 12.6%, the highest since the start of the pandemic. the surge is pushing hospitals to the limit. today, members oh it have army corps of engineers deployed to six southern california hospitals. they're tasked with helping upgrade outdated oxygen delivery systems to make sure patients can get the oxygen they need. >> let's take a closer look how we got here. this shows the surge over the past 2 1/2 weeks. on december 15th, 53,711 cases. you see the numbers dropping off the

there are six confirmed cases in the state, all in southern california. despite the disappointing rollout of the vaccine, he says a plan is under way to use dentists, pharmacies and even the national guard to give shots. >> i hear that from folks calling me directly, people that are expressing themselves very forthrightly and understandably around their anxiety of when do i get these doses. >> this friday we'll learn whether the stay-at-home order will be extended for the bay area. san francisco officials announced last week that the city will keep the order in place indefinitely. >>> we've didn't stories of businesses struggling. we spoke to owners who hope they can inspire others. >> we haven't been able to use it. we'll finally get to use it. >> reporter: grand opening, isn't the kind of sign you see a lot these days, but by next week, jamie whitmire is planning to fly the banner loud and proud. >> it's to get the word out that we're here, and we are open. >> reporter: opening a business is a rare move in the time of pandemic, but a move that some have

after more than six weeks, the bay area san joaquin valley in southern california regions are now eligible to loosen restrictions like allowing outdoor dining and reopening of salons. we are anticipating declined still more decline in hospitalizations and more declines in icus, and that's why we're lifting that stay at home order, health officials said four week icu capacity projections for the three impacted regions are above 15% after the state initially would not release its formula and decision making data, saying it's complex and could confuse the public. they reversed course we will make these data points the model if you will, what goes in the inputs into the projection available on the cd ph website. after several weeks in the single digits, the bay area's current icu capacity shot up to 23.4 per sent the state projects in four weeks. 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.

southern california, still, with some wet weather and advisories as.s what will bring us the possibility of some wet weather for parts of the weekend. four parts of the bay area better details on that your temperatures and in the extended forecast more wet weather on the way more on this coming up, and as rosemary mentioned rain definitely coming down there in southern california firefighters in santa barbara county had to rescue a woman who became trapped on a flooded roadway. the woman was driving down. road just about a half mile away from one of one yesterday when floodwaters suddenly surrounded her vehicle. she immediately dialed 111 the moment she realized she was stuck. it was more so like the sticking into the mud. that was hard because you would think that your feet is going to get stuff under something and you're gonna be able to pull yourself out six inches of water can take a car off of its wheels and be swaying sweep that car down river on even less water. if it's moving at a good pace can take a human trying to walk across it. yeah, and t

southern california however is a different story, 20,000 new cases in los angeles just yesterday. where the positivity rate was over 21%. >> well come you know, there's an interesting thing that has been kicked around, which is this british variant strain that has been found in san diego. and the question that sort of now kind of is circulating is whether this might be strain differences that are causing more disease in southern california. i think that is an awful fast explanation base of 20,000. but it is come you know, something to be looked into. >> improving numbers will be just that, an improvement from early december. real progress would still be a ways off. >> at some point we will be able to extract ourselves because a lot of people have been vaccinated. and i think we have to be come you know, kind of on our game still for another several months until we get the vaccines firmly in place. >> reporter: back to testing. weekends are the tricky, if you follow the numbers come you know everything dips down saturday and sunday, if you were testing sites -- fewer tester sites.

there are six confirmed cases in the state, all in southern california. despite the disappointing rollout of the vaccine, he says a plan is under way to use dentists, pharmacies and even the national guard to give shots. >> i hear that from folks calling me directly, people that are expressing themselves very forthrightly and understandably around their anxiety of when do i get these doses. >> this friday we'll learn whether the stay-at-home order will be extended for the bay area. san francisco officials announced last week that the city will keep the order in place indefinitely. >>> we've didn't stories of businesses struggling. we spoke to owners who hope they can inspire others. >> we haven't been able to use it. we'll finally get to use it. >> reporter: grand opening, isn't the kind of sign you see a lot these days, but by next week, jamie whitmire is planning to fly the banner loud and proud. >> it's to get the word out that we're here, and we are open. >> reporter: opening a business is a rare move in the time of pandemic, but a move that some have

the surge that we're seeing in southern california.loyed into skilled nursing homes and hospitals where the surge is taking place down south. icu capacity in the san joaquin valley in the southern california area right now at zero percent capacity. normally the federal government would send in the "uss mercy" ship to create extra bed space but right now that is under mandatory maintenance and is unavailable. >>> based on the forecast model the county has shared with us we won't approach anything as dire as los angeles. of course, i don't have a crystal ball so i'm crossing my fingers. we're constantly reviewing our resources. >> reporter: that was the chief medical officer who has been watching the situation in southern california closely. she points out the bay area hospitals from sonoma to monthry are at 5.9% capacity. and that number, of course, is not great. again, reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> thanks so much, bob. take a peek outside from the south bay on this wednesday morning. the sun's arrival overlooking

. >> so far southern california, possibly here in northern california, we just don't know. how long do you think it's probably been here? >> it has to have been here for weeks. we haven't been looking very hard. now that we are looking, i think we're going to find more of it. we've found four or five cases in the united states. fun of them traveled in the curreuk. >> a lot of people are worried. recent information shows although it is more contagious, health officials say it doesn't seem to be more potent, if you will, and that the vaccine is still likely to work for it. is that still the case? any info we need to know. >> the only up foe is the fact that it is more contagious makes it even more deadly even if on a per case basis, it's not going to make it worse. so it is scary and it does mean that we've got to ramp up the vaccination as fast as we can to try to have fewer people exposed to it. >> new york city's mayor is calling for a travel ban to and from the uk. is it a good idea or is it too late for something like this or is it here? >> it's hard to know whether it's

red flag fire warnings posted, as you can see for a southern california as becoming closer. the bay area you heard about the fire is burning. as we check out a couple stations near the fire zones to give you an idea of what to the crews are dealing with temperatures in the sixties winds around 5 to 18 miles an hour and relative humidity run 16 to 25% i just kind of had to remind myself that these air the graphics we use typically in august, september and october. it just feels strange to be a talk about fire weather today. and of course, that is a reality show you. some of the stronger wind gusts up toward the higher elevations upwards of 86 miles an hour for a mount st. halina manama, nama 81 miles an hour, even the oakland hills 64 miles an hour closer to the surface sauce, lido 61 miles an hour conquered about 41 miles an hour in san jose 36 miles an hour. now the wind advisory is still in place for the entire berry until six o'clock. that means the winds should be decreasing, and we'll have more on that forecast coming up in just a littl all right, mark. thank you. well

that 0% in southern california. 0% in san joaquin rally. again representing not the fact there are no icu beds. just represents the fact we are in our surge phase for icu. 7.9%, around 8% in the bay area. could see the greater sacramento region hovering 12.1%. a little above 15%. a little below 15%. 12.1 in northern california. the one region in the state that has not -- been [ indiscernible ] remains above two times 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 weekend collection and data with holiday and so take a look, more than closely at that 7-day average. 336 lives lost, families torn apart because of this pandemic. just put it in perspective last 14 days close to 4,000 californians have lost their lives. this is a deadly disease. this is a deadly pandemic. it remains more deadly today than at any point in the history of this pandemic. i want to put that in perspective. that 97 is deadly and devastating as that may be. th

under partly cloudy conditions >> we do have a big wind event for southern california, we'll talk abouthat coming up. >> all right janessa, sounds good talk to you in a bit, thanks >>> caught on camera, a wild police chase in los angeles. drivers took police on a 100-mile long pursuit and officers used a pit maneuver to hit the back of the suspect's van forcing it to spin into a wall the driver settled down in the middle of the highway and was taken in custody police say the man tossed the gun out of the window. no word on why the chase began >>> still to come, how college students showed class honoring their professor. >>> and two grizzled sun slingers faced off for maybe the last time. the tom brady and drew brees showdown, next ew right? that's why febreze created small spaces. press firmly and watch it get to work. unlike the leading cone, small spaces continuously eliminates odors in the air and on surfaces. so they don't come back for 45 days. just imagine what it can do with other odors. ♪ ♪ some people carefully... unravel their cinnamon rolls, maximizing every inch of cream-che

riley has not been arrested for charged so far. >>> authorities in southern california talking about the latest edd fraud involving prison inmates. nine inmates have been charged. they received at least $160,000 from bogus claims over three months during the summer. the group apparently did not use stolen identities, but instead took advantage of a halfway house program they were a part of, which was illegal, because they were still technically incarcerated. it's also a drop in the bucket compared to what some believe may have been a $4 billion doled out to people that were filing false claims. >>> attorneys for people in jails and prisons in california are pushing for some prisoners to get the vaccine early. they're asking the governor and a judge to move 10% of prisoners to the front of the line. their request comes following a series of deadly outbreaks at several jails across the state. some cases skyrocketing in recent weeks. they're advocating on behalf of prisoners who have not yet become infected and say the action would help ease the burden on hospitals. governor newsom said

there is also concerned, i think about southern california. and a little bit about the central valley as well because again. although the projected um. view looks great for the next four weeks. the current situation is still guarded, according to the california department of public health for week. icu capacity projections are above the 15% threshold needed to exit the order. now in the blueprint for a safer economy, each county is assigned a tear based on covid cases and positivity rate. tear assignments are usually announced on tuesdays. as of last week, the bay area was still in purple. that means widespread and that still means. lot of restrictions. i'm elissa harrington ktvu, fox two news, all right, sunshine for some of us this noontime, but it is going to be a busy whether week ahead. it's a good thing we have meteorologist mary rose. go online here to tell us what we're looking ahead to. rosemary. yes gasia mikaelian big changes coming our way by tuesday afternoon tuesday evening, and a few days of rain coming our way, perhaps the bigge

for comment but have not heard wack. >>> rough start to the new year in southern california. three people hurt when a stage collapsed at a new year's eve warehouse party. witnesses say 200 people were at the party. san diego firefighters say the balcony was built illegally, too many people were on it, it couldn't support them. the party also violated county health restrictions. >>> it's one of the oldest gay bars in san francisco's castro district and it could be forced to close for good. twin peaks has been in business for 48 years. the owners say being forced to close because of the stay at home order is putting the bar in danger of shutting down completely. they started a gofundme to keep that business afloat. the money raised will go towards paying rent and other poperating costs. >>> first day of the year traditionally brings lots of resolutions along with new laws. nbc bay area's joe rozoto, jr. takes a look at some of the things you should be aware of in 2021 2021 2021. >> reporter: we start every year with a clean slate, a wish list for the future and often new laws.

masks and i think mask wearing is has gone up and at least in northern california maybe not southern california northern california is probably a pretty much of an all-time high so i think we have kind of a confluence of events between nationally part of unity vaccine, a part of unity. avoiding transmission. that can keep us pretty safe this time around. >>so doctor rather talk about these various we keep hearing about the uk want is now said to be a possibly more deadly than first thought there's now the the the washington post is reporting on today also for south africa, one there's a travel ban, what is your feeling about all of this with a variance and the travel ban. >>viruses mutate that's what they do it just like we reproduce as a species. this is what happens when viruses reproduce they mutate. where his lies we look for these things are going to find them. some may maybe make a bad virus a better pathogen a lot will make it a worse pathogen and they'll be fatal mutations. i think you know it's awfully early to start rearranging everything over the appearance of of a bit of a very unde

just look at what's happening in southern california. los angeles is really struggling and overwhelming -- they have an overwhelming case load. field hospitals are being set up in laces like imperial county to deal with the overflow. nothing scares me more than if we get to a point where we have to turn someone away from the hospital because it's not just about the number of beds. it's also about the people who work in these hospitals specifically with covid patients. i don't even want to look someone in the eye and say to their mom or dad that their mom or dad died because we didn't have space in our hospitals for them. that we couldn't give them a fighting chance, so as you make your choice this is holiday, please think about that. think about what you can do to get us through these next few weeks. now, there are bright spots. we are vaccinating people every day. yes, we started vaccinating our paramedics, the people who are going to be out on the streets saving lives. this week we are receiving more shipments of the pfizer vaccine and

san joaquin, southern california has zero availability and it's been that way for weeks. >>> house lawmakers went into hiding during the riots at the capitol on wednesday. as rioters breached the capitol, house members and staff were taken to a secure location. in a letter to members of congress today, the attempting physician says those people may have been exposed to a person with the coronavirus infection. dr. brian monohan encouraged social distancing and symptom checks and advised members to get tested next week as a precaution. we'll have more on this story including reaction from local lawmakers tonight after sunday night football. >>> an officer who defended the u.s. capitol against rioters last week has died. the 51-year-old officer died off duty this weekend but capitol police are not releasing other d details. it's not clear if there was a connection to the violence at the capitol. capitol police say he was a long-time officer and he was quote selfless. >>> nbc news learned warnings of possible violence was sent to the u.s. capitol police before the january 6th riot. senior law en

while many new murals are popping up this week in southern california. this large one surfaced recently in tampa florida. and just this week kobe bryant featured in a tribute wall in birmingham, alabama. >>it gave me a sense park is it made me feel like when i'm gone, i'm doing something for the because my i believe that a person's job in life is to inspire the kobe inspiration includes his work ethic just planning the mural. >>and i'm literally out here for about 16 hours, sometimes 23 hours, you know. so just. this being going back and for its like him gone back to the jail all the welcome back. just basically doing what i love. >>to so some of the murals take days or even months and many are not commissioned. most convey love joy and strength. >>it really doesn't matter where you're from what you do what your upbringing was there is something that you can apply from what he taught us. lives year live right to see possibly push through adversity get through these challenging times that we all face lights when you look at the mural. >>we just want them

four southern california firefighters injured after a fire in san diego county.our employees escaped the flames uninjured just before the roof collapsed. one firefighter suffered second-degree burns. the other injuries were considered minor. the cause is not yet known. >>> the governor's announcement restrictions said restaurants can recover outdoor dining friday for the first time since thanksgiving. the occur few will be lifted as well. hair and nail salons can owe reopen immediately. southern california has been an epicenter for the covid-19 virus with more than three million cases and 37,000 deaths. >>> the state is implementing more changes aimed at helping businesses survive the pandemic. california is extending its income tax deadline by three months for small businesses filing less than a million dollars in sales tax. companies filing up to $5 million will have access to existing interest and penalty-free payment agreements. the governor says the move will save small businesses billions of dollars. small businesses that qualify can also get up to $25,000

as we have been reporting in southern california, some hospitals are having trouble providing oxygen for the critically ill. beginning today, engineering teams will be deployed to six los angeles area hospitals to help upgrade their outdated oxygen delivery systems. >>> earlier this week, an nbc news analysis showed operation warp speed is at a crawl. and that at this rate, adequately vaccinating americans will take ten years at the current pace. president trump acknowledging the slow rollout on twitter saying, some states are very slow to inoculate recipients despite large-scale distribution of the vaccines by the federal government. they will get it done. more than 335,000 doses have been administered throughout our state, but at the beginning of the week the state had delivered more than 1.7 million doses to local health departments. so the good news is there is still a lot of vaccine to be distributed, just not yet. >>> just shy of 7:09. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." a renewed plea on the new year's day. the action taken by oscar grant's family, 12 years after he

later than tuesday about the stay at home order for the bay area, the san joaquin valley and southern california, julie and the gods reporting live for us tonight, emma. thank you. the number of new cases in california reported on saturday reached just over 24,000. the death toll yesterday was 429. down significantly over the past few days in the bay area, the case count has risen to almost 355,000 with more than 3700 deaths. the bay area is making a major vaccination push by opening up massive action, a cinch mass vaccination sites. ktvu elissa harrington has more now from the first sight that was launched in san francisco and how city officials hope to expand the program. the parking lot of city college of san francisco has been transformed into the city's first mass vaccination site. there's row of kiosks under white tents where people can drive up stay in their vehicles while they get poked and received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. so these folks are some of the most vulnerable to covid. and so obviously we're thrilled to be able tol acute, this first operation in the city organiz

and a half percent availability reported by the state on friday, the san joaquin valley and southern california ranges are also expecting a significant jump and their icu bed availability of course they've had 0% availability so they are looking forward to some changes there you may remember san francisco is one of the cities and chose to institute the most recent stay at home order even before. >>the state required it and now the city along with other counties in the region are set to begin a gradual reopening starting on thursday but exactly what will that look like kron four's dan kerman is live at city hall tonight, he has the latest on that part of the story dan. well you know the state sets guidelines and then it's up to each county to decide what is going to open and what's not going to open we can tell you for example here in san francisco, even though the state has allowed that curfew to go away that will remain in place here in san francisco. it's all part of this gradual reopening. >>today is of course a day of celebration in san francisco mayor london breed says on thursday the city

beds in southern california or the central valley for weeks now. the transfers help as part of the state office of emergency services effort to shore up laughing at medical centers. tonight, officials are saying they will crackdown on a rental in los angeles that has hosted massive parties. one reporter found out that frustrated neighbors say the complaints about the home have gone unheard for months. >> i don't know anything about the party. it does not surprise me with how everything is going on in this neighborhood. it is a pretty lively neighborhood. >> this rental has had large gatherings throughout the pandemic. >> reporter: they had one last night. the city says an lapd report was filed about the latest gathering. >> when it started happening, sometimes there were busloads. >> reporter: people we spoke to did not want to be identified out of fear of retaliation. later, it became more subtle. >> the groups were smaller. they still were 50 to 100. sometimes there was filming involved. >>> the city dated september 12 got a letter shows a violat

>>and even in southern california where they have.umbers of deaths and something approaching a 100% infection. laguna honda hospital residents will be getting their second doses of the coronavirus vaccine. >>starting next week. >>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>today, the master tenant of the ghost ship warehouse avoided a second trial by accepting a plea deal from prosecutors and attorneys representing some of the families tells or kron four's haaziq madyun that this plea deal deprives her there last chance of justice for their loved ones. >>the families are very upset that. he is getting off they feel. >>too easy. their ago be the has accepted a plea deal but the 36 lives lost in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. the city of oakland, this means there will be no re trial after prosecutors failed to get a conviction back in 2019 with the first trial ended in a hung jury he will never spend any more time. i'm bars. a team area alexander represents 11 families of the season's families listen to. >>the hearing was plead guilty to each n