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reporting at sfo sarah stinson kron 4 news. >>a lot of essential workers season, bart and that agency plans to run trains on regular schedules on christmas eve and new year's eve. but on christmas day and new year's day the trains will be running on a holiday weekend schedule. with the annual new year's eve fireworks show canceled this year in san francisco bart will not be running additional trains are extending hours that night parking will be free at all bart stations on christmas day and new year's day except sat then they'll pitas and various stations. >>coming up covid-19 relief confusion we're going to talk to a local politician. on know what could happen next to president trump refused to sign the bipartisan package plus a new blood test could change the way patients are diagnosed with cancer, how it is different from the current medical standards. plus san jose state football headed to the postseason but their travel plans might be in jeopardy. thanks to covid kate ♪ no, no no. let's show 'em how it's done, becky g. ♪

kron 4 sarah stinson is joining us live this morning in san bruno excuse me not sarah stinson will trend pardon me live in san bruno this morning with more details will will. >>you can clearly see it's right behind me it's about 30 minutes from start to have the cones this is a drive-thru location. so you don't have to get out of your car. keep your mask on at all times of course other than getting swabbed in your nostrils. then you put it back on you can clearly see they've used this whole parking lot so they expect hundreds people to be at this location will begin in about 25 minutes from now. let me draw your attention to the you know where to go you already established them in san bruno but more specifically and that 9, 7, 5, snead lane if you need a landmark it's that latter day saints church. right up the road from the golden gate cemetery and off at 2.80. so they've used a big parking lot because they expect a lot of people to come down here. this is nothing new for the mobile covid-19 lab they've actually been doing this for several months now on the goal is to reach as many peop

let's check in with kron 4 sarah stinson who is live in san francisco with more details era. >>rob and arya it's almost a guarantee that today we'll hear from governor newsome about southern california and san joaquin areas having to stay in that stay at home order because they still have 0 icu bed capacity left over so. >>here in the bay area though in hospitals like ucsf we're seeing overall in the bay. 9.5% of icu beds left in that's compared to 11.1% on sunday, so things are only getting worse here and they expect to only getting they're expected to only get worse because of the holiday surge. we expect to see the next 3 weeks now in the last 14 days or state has seen a 37% increase in coronavirus cases, currently we're seeing a little bit of a plot tone hospitalizations but that's something we shouldn't expect to see sticking around because again of that post-holiday surge. doctor mark mark galli california secretary uh to health and human services says the state we'll make a definitive ruling on the orders for southern california areas by today. but the bay area in nort

kron 4 sarah stinson live in durham county with more on what folks there we'll expect good morning sara. >>james good morning. i'm live here in sausalito and for this barbershop here you can see. they are its stores like this restaurants, barber shops hair salons and businesses that are going to be sort of scrambling getting ready for these closures that will be happening starting today at noon marine county moving forward with the state home order despite being the only county in the red tier member of the other counties are in the purple tier. now many residents yesterday rush to stock up on supplies of places like costco and other grocery stores. most indoor activities are banned movie theaters museums bars hair salons barber shops all will be shut down indoor and outdoor playgrounds will be closed shopping centers will be limited to just 20% capacity. indoors and restaurants will only be able to offer takeout or delivery no more outdoor dining. we caught up with the hair so lawn stylus in dinos lawn she was taking as many last minute hair points as she could but she tells us this co

kron 4 sarah stinson is live at ucsf with the details good morning sara. >>yeah isn't that nice to see more vaccinations coming in to vaccinations in total that we have in our arsenal now and what here live at ucsf where they're waiting for 7900 early doses, they're excited to get it and of course they'll be going to more health care workers. those who work in long-term care facilities this is definitely another positive way we're still in the thick of it in this pandemic we have seen the repercussions from giving an hour heading into another holiday and into a new year now the very first doses are expected to be administered this morning with 672,000 doses coming to california. this comes at a dire time in the pandemic where the bay area continues to have less than 15% of icu beds left the moderna vaccine is like the pfizer vaccine meaning it requires 2 injections but the moderna one that doesn't have to be stored at ultra freezing temperatures and is 95% affective we know that they are very similar, but different in some ways to because it doesn't have t

>>reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news, thanks. a lot sarah. cases spiking and that's home order in effect as sarah was just talking about parents in berkeley are actually demanding that schools reopen and begin in person learning more than 300 parents signed a petition calling on the berkeley unified school district to reopen schools. parents are not demanding everyone they work hard to go to class but they think it should be an option at least they stress the emotional and educational told that distance learning is having on their children. >>we decided that it was time to hit the streets. we needed to show publicly to everybody out there to all of our community we're here we're here for you and if you guys all want to ban together with us and try to fight to get our kids. backed his campus safely. let's do this. >>well berkeley public schools are working right now on a plan for hybrid learning. but it depends on when the county starts getting a handle on cases again. a similar rally was held saturday in san francisco. >>this isn't the first

>>kron on sarah stinson has that story. >>dublin police say they're still investigating what caused the to janitors to collapse and what eventually ended up killing jayme's covington bulls of the janitors they were engaged to be married they worked at this middle school for years. james covington died at the school and his fiance shamika wilbon is recovering at the hospital his mother tamra covington white another family members dropped off balloons and stuffed animals at the school you if you around and you can see their love for each other family members are distraught about what happened and angry about how the police investigated, i don't believe nothing they say the same way they thought it was not a >>someone living in their diet. tim reported the couple missing around 2 in the morning wednesday after they didn't come home from work a babysitter was watching their 2 kids the responding officer looked around the school which is all gated up. >>their car was in the back of school not see any evidence of the time that th

reporting in dublin sarah stinson kron 4 news. >>still to come the stimulus debate continues in washington what will happen next week if president trump refuses to sign the bill as it is and the san francisco christmas eve tradition looked a little bit different this year, the changes that drive the memorial church had to make for their annual brunch to happen in 2020. >>welcome back this christmas eve. many more people in the bay area are struggling with hunger because of the pandemic indeed despite the unprecedented challenges that everyone has dealt with this year glide memorial church in san francisco and the house of prime rib we're able to carry on with their beloved holiday brunch tradition and joining us now is jean copper, she is the chief of staff and strategy for clyde thank you so much for being with us tonight jeanne glide house of prime rib really to legendary institutions in san francisco and i know you guys help folks year round, especially the holidays. what was different about this year for you guys. and just abo

and hospitals are bracing for another surge or surge upon surge, let's check in with kron 4 sarah stinson who is live in san francisco this morning with an update for us sara. >>that's right don southern california and the san joaquin regions they're seeing still 0% icu bed capacity and that means that their stay at home order could very well extend today, we're expecting the governor to announce something along those lines. but here in the bay area our situation includes having 9.5% of icu beds left hospitals like ucsf still seeing critically low icu bed capacity and that is causing concern we have a couple more days to really understand the numbers of it's going up or down and that will determine if we go into a stay at home or that extends past january 8th now in the last 14 days or state has seen a 37% increase in coronavirus cases now we are seeing in some parts of the state. >>a plateau a small of hospitalizations but that does not mean we should get comfortable, it means that we're still expecting. >>yet another post-holiday surge doctor mark galli californias secretary health and

they want to discourage you from getting together outside of your immediate family members sarah stinson is live at ocean beach this morning with the details sarah. >>there daria and will that's right. i'm live here at ocean between can see there he have the gates all up to block people from driving into the parking lot here in ocean beach you want to make sure drive in here and gather, i mean all pandemic long i've seen people gather in this lot. many of them surfers heading out to i know it's going to be impacted the surfers. but as we know people like to come out here have a bonfire enjoy the day and if you have a picnic with the family but we're in a pandemic so we bring they really want to discourage people from gathering especially on this holiday, new year's eve today heading into new year's day and so starting just 5 minutes ago they blocked off the parking lot here at ocean beach and they're doing this all across the city. the san francisco recreation and parks department decided that they're going to shut down many different exhibits and parking lots just make sure that they ca

i'm live in sausalito sarah stinson kron 4 news. >>all right, thank you very much sara. >>in the east bay limita county businesses and restaurants are adjusting to the stay at home orders basically adjusting to being shut down look at alameda. >>the streets are empty businesses had to close restaurants. the roped off because it's take out only now the stay at home order still allows retailers. but they have to limit their capacity now more schools that were already open continue with their classes and any sort of outdoor gathering or gathering at all with people that are outside of your family is not advised. >>he has not yet said in congregate group with other people, the main thing is really to limit mixing with other household. if you look at our hospital numbers, the amount of severe disease. it's just simply more now and we're seeing even younger chaos pit allies stand and experience severe disease. >>under the new health orders church is still ok as our demonstrations and protests but they have to be outdoors that's the only way they're allowed. >>well despite bein

kron 4 sarah stinson live for us in san mateo county now with the story good morning sara. >>and that's right i'm live here at sih medical center in daly city where hospitals like here running very low as you said in the bay area we're less than one percent away from having. 15% of icu beds left available of that is definitely of concern and if and when that happens counties like as you said solano san mateo not but they're going to have to go under that stay at home order and the state will force them to do so but as we know many other in the bay area they decided to do this without being told to do so by the state they want to get ahead of the curve, let's take a look now at the numbers across our state and regions you can see right some of the other areas are looking like the bay area in total 16.7% icu beds left available northern california region is at 43.6% but down in southern california. they're seeing less than 5% of icu beds available. state health officials are reporting 30,000 new cases yesterday and 120 or sorry, not yet 3330,000 new cases yesterday 122 new de

yeah that's what we have kron 4 sarah stinson out sfo this morning with more on the story and reaction from travelers, hey sarah. >>james aren nationwide more people are traveling right now than they have the entire pandemic but here locally an as you can see there are some people traveling but not as many as thanksgiving, but think about it since then there's been a stay at home order that went into place has been 10 day quarantine that went into place for san francisco. i've seen a lot of flights going to and from los angeles which is concerning because they're under a stay at home or 2 and things are looking really bad down there with 0% icu bed capacity in here in the bay area were under 50% but nowhere near where a liaison so. >>to have people going back and forth is of concern triple a expects. >>that people will be traveling a lot this holiday heading to their destination for christmas in fact expect nearly 85 million people to be traveling this holiday season. we saw hints of that last weekend when airlines reported 1 million travelers per day for 3 days in a row that was a rec

reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson back to you yeah well, i hope these restaurants get word from the mayor's office before. >>midnight tomorrow morning i would get much time to prepare so yeah, we'll see thank you very much for the update sarah. well breaking news from overnight. a car crashes into a pediatrician's office in san francisco. this was at the gets well personalized pediatrics right there on the corner of octavia and union streets it was actually kron 4 sarah stinson who was out there earlier this morning collecting this video for us in which you can see that the window to the doctor's office was shattered. the accident also destroyed the octavia street sign a city bench was torn up as well, we know one person was injured. and that's as much information as we've been able to collect so far but stay tuned to kron 4 will update you as we learn more. >>well the thanksgiving holidays over in that one school district here in marion county. it's taking extra steps to make sure that students returning to school and point to be safe. we'll tell you what's happening right

reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news all right, thank you very much sara. >>and for right now and with the surge of cases are icu beds throughout the state and the bay area are also filling up let's take a look at exactly how many beds are currently left alameda county has 32.7 percent of their icu beds available. there's less than 9% in contra costa county marine county is all out no icu beds are open right now napa county has 18% remaining san francisco county 31% available. sonoma county 29% santa clara, 11%. solano and san mateo county are down to just 10% of their icu beds left on the peninsula leaders in san mateo county announced a 4 and a half million dollar deal to add 10 icu beds at dignity ys. sequoia hospital in redwood city. more than 3 dozen workers are going to be providing the staffing for those extra 10 beds, louise rogers was say county health says that these additional beds will make a difference. >>my hope is what it means is that in the bay area we can really keep people close to home not have to transfer people. our away from where the

and we'll keep you updated along the way reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news all right. thank you sarah. >>7.12 is a time and and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news at dire warning from nurses treating covid patients why they say the health care system could break. >>plus the push from bay area leaders to make public school education a priority when it comes to being the first in line to get vaccines. >>for the first time in months lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say a covid relief deal could be in breach michael martin washington all have the latest as lawmakers rush to get a deal passed before deadline strikes at the end of the month. >>welcome back, it is 7.15 right now before you head out the want to help you decide what to wear. yes. not shorts and you know not that that that with a more accurate. >>account of what it's like a job unless you guys are hitting the ground running and just getting out there that cardio in right away definitely no shorts and t-shirts this morning. >>it is pretty chilly again 30's for inland spots 40's right along the bay

while at the coast a few 50's make stand in stinson beach and point rays. here's a look ahead at your next 7 days temperatures remain in the 60's all the way through the weekend into next week sunshine stays with us as well in the lows remain chilly in the 30's while bayside in coastal lows continue to fall into the 40's. robin all right, thank you john checking back in on the traffic out there and we're taking a look at the bridges we have 92 look at all the traffic, it's filling and quickly. >>westbound leaving hayward off to the peninsula. already getting a very sluggish west of the toll plaza so that trip along the flat section. it's going to stay like that slowing go to the high rise, but only 14 minutes off to the peninsula that's good that's normal here at the richmond sandra fell no problems traffic is picking up a little bit but still looking good into the north bay at 7 minutes and hot spot checking in on the e sure that's a part of your drive, it's looking good at 16 minutes from crockett to oakland, 6.80 south dublin to fremont that's not going

reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news right. thank you very much sara. >>6.12 right now and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a dire warning from nurses who are treating covid patients. they say the health care system could break. we'll tell you why plus the push from bay area leaders to make public school educators a priority when it comes to getting a covid vaccine. and after the break a win for churches but it might only be temporary. we'll tell you what the supreme court's latest ruling means on the impact on houses of worship. >>and another day in the 60's we're back to it mid 60's and san francisco oakland and san jose ample sunshine up about than a clear start already your forecast ahead. >>and i'm rebecca strom in for robin on friday morning with a light commute coming into san francisco a 10 minute drive into downtown your complete traffic check coming up after the break stay with us. when i found out . . . . . . i had hiv, it was difficult for . . . . . . me to accept. i decided . . . . . . hiv doesn't define me.

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>>for now, i'm reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson back to you. >>all right, thank you for the update sarah we'll check back with you throughout the morning 73 is the time and the newest covid stimulus package is closer to get done the house of representatives has voted to increase the stimulus checks from 602 $2000 in today. the senate is expected to consider it, but it's not clear if the republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is going to put it up for a vote. minority leader chuck schumer says he will push for the democrats to support the $2000 checks. asking. >>what's called unanimous consent request and of republicans go along it will happen. we need that money. people are desperate. they need the help. >>now even if the $2000 check version doesn't get passed you will still get 600 bucks for those who qualify the checks will begin going out within the next week. meanwhile californians employment california's employment development department is waiting for guidance from the u.s. labor department on exactly how to implement the new c

>>maybe even as early as this week kron 4 sarah stinson is live at ucsf with the details. hi sarah. >>darya james, this is a second round of hope today as we head into christmas week if you will for days till christmas and i'm live here at ucsf where hospital staff is waiting to receive 7900 doses of the newly approved moderna vaccine this is going to help get more and more health care workers vaccinated as we know amount of doses that we got with the pfizer vaccine isn't enough to is better than one this is going to be very helpful, we know that the moderna vaccine will be distributed. today they're all waiting for their shipment of it we know 672,000 doses are coming to california. this comes at a dire time in the pandemic where the bay area continues to have less than 15% of icu beds left the moderna vaccine is like the pfizer one because it requires 2 injections but the moderna vaccine doesn't have to be stored at ultra freezing temperatures. it's also 95% effective. let's hear more about how the 2 vaccines compare from an infectious disease specialist and ucsf professor. >>agen

to happen now after christmas we're going to see this bear out in the weeks to come kron 4 sarah stinson is live in san francisco. >>he's not extending for the bay area yet but we could be after southern california. >>the area that's exactly right and we have a few more days in the bay area to basically prove ourselves and the numbers will speak volumes. right now as it stands we're at 9.5% of icu beds left in the bay area hospitals like ucsf with critically low numbers of beds left but if that gets worse or doesn't improve then we will also have the stay at home order be extended. now again we want to be at 15% or higher that is definitely the goal as we know though southern california san joaquin regions they're already still at 0% icu beds left and that is why the governor is most likely going to extend their stay at home order today is probably going to announce that we're expecting to hear from him. but as i said we're waiting on the bay area. we're also expecting to see a post-holiday surge. so that's not going to do us any favors because as we know people do gather on the holidays

winds been kicking up those still 26 miles an hour mill valley 23 at stinson beach in 24 in overnight tonight. it kind of blustery until about midnight or so and then those winds begin to calm down as we head toward tomorrow morning. yeah, they really start to diminish and looks like kind of a calm day around the bay area we've got some changes on the way be prepared we're talking about the prospects for some rain watch of the models here begin to pick up in the clouds begin to move in by tomorrow morning but staying mostly dry. then as we head toward the afternoon watches that really begins to roll into the bay area again that's going to be very light when it comes through, but certainly chance of showers developing late tomorrow afternoon and then continuing tomorrow night few scattered light showers possibly as we head in towards saturday. and then as we get to sunday, you can see what's developing off the coastline. that's the main cold front that is going to be moving on shore bringing a better chance of rain for the entire bay area on sunday right lori forecast we're looking at

>>or in the icu and this comes after california set records for numbers of new cases kron 4 sarah stinson has a closer look for us she's joining us live from san francisco sarah. >>james darya every day looks a little bit more grim with this pandemic in full force of the second wave. california and the bay area suffering. yesterday 20,000 new cases reported in california and that is shattering the one-day record that we have seen before. so big concerns and this is all as governor newsome possibly announcing is shelter-in-place order that is looming as we speak we know 8500 people are in the hospital right now 2000 in the icu in the state. governor newsome says projections show the state could run out of icu beds by christmas eve. that is a very awful thing to think about in the bay area things aren't looking good either with all but marin county in the purple tier, san mateo county's case rate has shot up 85% from october to november santa clara county still leading in the number of cases in deaths. governor, newsome is considering that tough stay at home order for all 40 million residen

order will be monitoring the numbers all day and into the week reporting live in daly city sarah stinson kron 4 news all right, thank you very much sara. >>and there you hear the applause this happened 5 minutes ago the first american to receive the coronavirus vaccine. the video from earlier this morning showing you on the right hand side there. an icu nurse in new york receiving the shot again she's the first american to receive one who wasn't part of the clinical trial. she said she wanted to encourage people to get the vaccine and ensure people that it is safe and again we brought that to you live as it happened. earlier this hour pretty exciting news and the idea that the vaccine is also coming to the bay area shortly is also giving a lot of folks some hope now as we round out 2020 and and in the 2021 robin absolutely and just a reminder we still have to do our part right maintain social distancing. >>don't forget to wear your mask and although we have the vaccine arriving in the united states we still have to be smart. well and iconic san francisco restaurant is closing permanently

people hospitalized right now they had 78 new cases added yesterday alone kron 4 sarah stinson live in marin county now as we're hearing the news sarah that icu beds now no longer available. >>can you believe that james this is the reality that health officials here marine county have been actively trying to avoid for weeks and now hospitals like more in health medical center overwhelmed as we head into another holiday as we head into the new year. the county last reported 30 covid patients being hospitalized and 12 patients in the icu and guess what that means is 0% icu beds left as you were in was the last bay area county to go into the state's purple tier. they were doing the best out of anyone more in health officials even put a stay at home order in place without being required to by the state. then hospitalizations slowly increase along with cases and the county then moved into the purple tier that something started to dip down words and now the worst case scenario has happened. there are 78 new covid cases 5 new hospital supplies asians and 2 new deaths, but let's compare this t

and until then we're kind of on the edge of our seats waiting reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news all right, thank you very much sara. >>more restrictions which is what you're talking about would mean more struggles in trouble for restaurants in san francisco and they're already struggling with the covid rules as they are a ban on outdoor dining. could really hurt them crawford's taylor sackey has more. >>i don't think any of us thought we would be back facing potentially another more drastic shelter-in-place now again maybe that's not going to be the decision but i don't have a and i have a good got feel about it laurie thomas is the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association that represents the large restaurant community in san francisco. well there's been no official word about changes to outdoor dining yet. >>thomas says she and many other restaurant owners are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best personally we didn't order any wind this week. all right. >>multiple $1000 order just pulled or straight back not going to do it. right reall

>>if they run out of bats, let's check in with kron 4 sarah stinson who is live in san mateo county this morning with more detail, sarah. >>that's right icu beds are becoming more and more scarce not only across the state but also right here in the bay area at hospitals like seton medical center in daly city or running at a 16.7% of icu beds left across the bay area. and if we get to the 15% or less as you recall counties like san mateo county where i'm at right now they will be forced to go into the state's mandatory stay at home order take a look at the numbers that we're seeing across the state as i said right here in the bay area we're seeing 16.7% left of icu beds and across the area and in all of california we're seeing a 43.6% in the northern california region down in southern california. you're seeing less than 5% of icu beds available that is very very consistent concerning see health officials are reporting 30,000 new cases yesterday and 122 new deaths with only 7.4% of icu beds left across our state now back out here in san mateo county we're still seeing outdoor dining allowe

stinson beach and point raise here's a look ahead at your next 7 days. your typical stubborn ridge of high pressure set up right here, there's very little change 60's remain all the way into next week could have a couple of days early next week that actually rise into the low 70's too inland evening lows will continue to fall into the 30's while bayside in coastal lows remain in the 40's and conditions remain dry. >>rob all right, let's check in on the dry roads around the bay area this morning, looking good here on 1, 1, across the golden gate. we're checking in on the drive into and out of san francisco, northbound and southbound traffic looks fantastic. so we're at 19 minutes and that's your average to connect between highway 37 in the bottle and the toll plaza on the san francisco side we're checking in on the bay bridge a little bit of a backup see some cars stacking up right down the middle, but that's not bad right an easy trip across the upper deck quiet on the skyway and through downtown still under 15 minutes for your drive and we're taking a l

real way to enforce this so they're begging you to do it for the safety of everyone kron 4 sarah stinsono. the details good morning, sir. >>the travel order that begins today requiring you to do a 10 day quarantine well it goes into effect in they are asking you to follow the honor system now live here at sfo, i've got few questions from viewers and they said was a flying to san jose or oakland, it doesn't matter where you fly into the point is when you're traveling and you're heading in you're going to stay in san francisco. that is where it is mandatory to do the 10 day quarantine however doesn't seem like they're going to be finding anyone or tracking you down like some parts of the country. they will be asking you and begging us star has been saying to do the honor system now some travelers kron 4 has told kron 4 that they're not surprised by this new travel order they actually plan to stay in san francisco for at least 10 days anyways you know we're one week out from christmas. so some people plan on saying through the holiday through new year's, san francisco health director doctor

brace for a surge surge upon surge kron 4 sarah stinson joins us live from san francisco this morning with the latest sarah morning, sarah. >>and daria robin that's exactly right right here in the bay area we have 9.5% of icu beds left remember looking to get 15% or higher. we have until january 8th to really get those numbers up but as you said we are expecting to see another. holiday surge down in southern california though in the san joaquin area. they're looking like it could be as soon as today and when they hear from the governor that their stay at home order gets extended so things are looking really dire down there we're just hoping we don't get like that appear in the northern california region, it's almost a guarantee though at this point that down in southern california. they're going to see they're stay at home order continue in the last 14 days or state has seen a 37% increase in coronavirus cases. >>and we're still expecting see that post holiday surge again member. so doctor mark galli california's secretary of health and human services says the state will make a defini

competitors moderna their vaccine is expected to arrive later this month and we have kron 4 sarah stinson live there at the health department in san jose to tell us more about this good morning sara. >>attending approval santa clara county health officials expect to get 39,300 early doses of that moderna vaccine and that could be by the end of this month. now that's also in addition to the 17,000 plus early doses of the pfizer vaccine if approved today and those would be issued by next tuesday now who would be the first to get a shot in the arm that would be those working in high-risk categories through working in the health departments, long-term care settings and residents of long-term care facilities, the county health department has a 3 tier system set up to divvy out these early vaccines between pfizer and moderna there's a total of 56,000 plus early doses which will be given to the county the public health officer doctor sara cody says that won't be enough to cover even the first tier, but it is a start this is a crucial time to be receiving a vaccine a santa clara county saw 1700 n

>>and monday reporting live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news all right very good sarah, let's talk a little more about l a. >>sarah the situation there also dire in fact all people within the city of los angeles are being told to remain in their homes and follow the city's stay at home order. the new public order from the mayor of l a includes a number of restrictions, including a ban on some travel. the new order comes after los angeles county reported more than 2400 people hospitalized for the virus on wednesday alone that's more than any other day during the pandemic in la county. >>vaccines may be coming to santa clara county in the next few weeks county officials say they have a plan in place for distribution kron four's rob fladeboe has more. >>santa clara county health officials offering very few specific but said that they now have submitted their required plan for vaccination protocols once the vaccine arrives. meantime they say they are focused now on the rising tide of hospitalizations and getting people to cooperate with new stricter health the answer i have for yo

out by mere beach which is near stinson beach if you know the area marine county money could be felt as far away as daly city mission district here at lot of people felt it. >>so we've got that is part of our big story that we're covering this morning and john has been following it from the weather center. sara john good to feel it and hear sarah has been covering we'll she was covering new year's eve until she felt the quake and she was in her car, let's go out to sarah i've been out there reporting as well on the field and you start to look around right. did somebody push my car. >>i know you have to be on your toes when you're out here reporting. i did think someone may be pushed by car from behind it felt like a side to side rattle and ahead myself second guessing my own instinct which was that was an earthquake in fact it was a 3.6 and as you said it was near beach. it was felt all across the bay area and of course they felt it right here on the coast because it happened just a couple miles down the coast. >>and there's people out here in the dark running they're out walking rig

within a week's time we could see more and more restrictions come to the city by the bay kron 4 sarah stinson live for us in san francisco with more of sarah. >>the mayor is saying that case rates are looking dangerous so they're very worried and that's why they're considering more restrictions on top of the restrictions that are already in place because we are in the state's purple tier now we're expecting to get this update sometime today. but they're considering this because we've seen a rise in cases here even already moved into the most restrictive tier over the weekend that's forced indoor dining gyms and churches to close indoor operations but things are still looking not good, i mean currently averaging 16 new cases per day per 100,000 residents hospitalizations have doubled over the last 10 days so the mayor saying they're now considering a stricter 14 day mandatory quarantine for people entering san francisco and reducing capacities for some outdoor activities as well doctor grant colfax the director of the city's department of public health is worried hospitals become overwhelmed b

that's also equally as effective in kron 4 sarah stinson joins us live from the health department in san jose with more on plans for the description distribution of that good morning sara. >>james once approved santa clara county health officials expect to get 39,300 early doses of the moderna coronavirus vaccine and they hope that it gets approved next week and then it gets distributed by the end of this month's now this is in addition to the 17,000 plus early doses of the pfizer vaccine. the one was just talking about and again they hope to prove that today so big progress but who will get the shot in the arm first santa clara county health officials say they have a 3 tier system and how they distribute the vaccine early doses of both vaccines will be first given to people in high-risk categories through their work in health care or long-term care settings and residents of long-term care facilities, the county health department says that between pfizer and moderna there's a total of 56,000 plus early doses being given to the county public health officer doctor sara cody says that w

shipment from one of pfizer's competitors moderna that should arrive later this month kron 4 sarah stinson joining us live from the health department in san jose. that's a good position to be in sara when you can have 2 different companies giving you too equally effective vaccines. >>yeah james in right in the nick of time this is a crucial time for the bay area and the entire country to get a vaccine as we're seeing surges across our region now if approved santa clara county health department officials believe they'll get 37,039 1300 early doses of the moderna vaccine and that could be by the end of this month and it's in addition to the pfizer vaccine where we're seeing 17,000 plus early doses that could be approved today as we just heard from now who could get a shot in the arm first that's what santa clara county officials have been talking about their early doses of both vaccines will be first given to people in high-risk categories through their work in health care or long-term care settings and residents of long-term care facilities, the county health department has a 3 tier system

>>reporting live in petaluma sara stinson kron 4 news. >>all right, thank you very much sara. >>the tail and solano counties could soon be forced to fall in line with the rest of the bay area and move into those mandatory state shut down and today the bay area's on the verge of falling below that threshold of icu beds available which is at 15% and that could trigger a mandatory lockdown kron four's will trade in san mateo county this morning with more on what may be coming their way will. >>san mateo county did not voluntarily going to shelter in place like some of the other bay area counties because they were above 15% icu beds, but they are in danger of getting to that threshold just like some of the other bay area counties and that is why more than likely they will have the same fate as some of the other counties in california with the worst possibly being in southern california. so we have some numbers for you i want to draw your attention to the screen. seton medical center we did this story from this location last week they have the beds, but they don't have the staffing

for now i'm live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news all right, we'll wait to see when those 4 become their get distributed. thank you very much sara. >>well as the covid vaccine becomes more readily available a federal advisory panel has announced now who should be next in line to get it. >>so the panel recommended that people 75 and older and essential workers should be the ones who get vaccinated next and buy essential workers. they pretty much include firefighters in that along with teachers and grocery store workers. not clear how long it will take to vaccinate those groups but experts project the general public could start getting vaccinated by spring time. >>7 '06 meantime, the governor is having to quarantine again one of his staffers tested positive for covid. hasn't tested negative. but there have to say self isolate for 10 days the governor and the rest of the staff that may have been exposed will be tested again in the coming days. and today for the late joe biden is going to get his covid shot live on tv. we saw vice president mike pence do that last week in front

goes into effect at midnight and will stay there until january 9th reporting live in petaluma sara stinson kron 4 news. >>all right, thank you very much sara. >>well some detail in seminole counties could soon be forced to move into a shutdown yeah, most of the bay areas under a self-imposed shut down at the moment, but that could change as early as. well this the bay area's getting closer to falling below 50% capacity for icu beds are availability i should say and that would trigger a mandatory lockdown kron four's will tran is live in san mateo county this morning with the details that 15% teams and robin that's the jumping off point right now the bay area's above its some places in the bay area did a self-imposed shelter in place but if the state comes back at 11 o'clock this morning and the number is below 15%. it's not even up to the individual counties to decide at point it's state ordered. and that is why we are closely monitoring the situation as far as what's going to happen in about 4 hours from now in the meantime i want to pay i want to draw your attention to the screen. so pay

are ready to go for that noon deadline to begin staying at home reporting live in sausalito sarah stinson kron 4 news all right, thank you very much sara. >>in the east bay alameda county businesses and restaurants are adjusting to the stay at home orders, the streets of alameda or empty yesterday that's because he can't dine outside anymore. parks are off limits. you can see that the order affects a lot of businesses retail still gets to do business but at less capacity and schools that were already open can continue to have in person classes. there is the warning though about ban on outdoor gatherings with anybody who is outside your immediate household, you're supposed to stay in your bubble. >>he has not yet said in congregate group with other people, the main thing is really to limit mixing with other household. if you look at our hospital numbers, the amount of severe disease. it's just simply more now and we're seeing even younger get hospitalized and and experience severe disease. >>under the new orders you can still go to church but it has to be outside demonstrations and protest

perhaps in just a handful of days to come cropper sarah stinson actually monitoring the situation. >>in san francisco sarah. >>and we're on the brink of a lot more restrictions than what we've seen with the purple tier where you sue outdoor dining like here on fillmore street that could be banned or they could go as far issuing a stay at home order like we saw earlier this year, but as we know the governor's also considering that mayor london breed's calling our case rate dangerous and she saying that something needs to be done because clearly whatever we're doing now is not working and the department of public health director he agrees the city's k street has surpassed the peak we saw during summer in the bay area currently averaging 16 new cases per day per 100,000 residents and the city's hospitalizations have doubled over the last 10 days moving into the most restrictive tier over the weekend forced indoor dining gyms and churches to close indoor operations. but the mayor says they're now considering a stricter 14 day mandatory quarantine for people entering san francisco and r

expect millions of americans to hit the road and the air and travel for the holidays, kron 4 sarah stinson following the story for she's live at sfo. >>with more good morning sara. >>james darya nationwide aaa saying that more people are traveling now than they have the entire pandemic but here at we're seeing less people traveling then the thanksgiving holiday less people flying out but keep in mind since then the state home order went into effect and hopefully this means that less people are traveling and they're following that order. >>however, as you can see behind me people are still driving in catching those flights around the thanksgiving time they saw 21,000 people traveling in the day right now they're not seeing anything close to that more in the 14,000 a day type of range so we're hoping that you know people are following the stay at home order and doing what they need just staying home staying safe now as i said there's a stay at home or in effect right now we just because we saw a surge after the thanksgiving holiday after people traveled saw their family triple a expects to s

benefiting from this program still waiting to hear back for now, i'm live in san francisco sarah stinson kron 4 news sarah. thank you for that update. >>time now is 8 '07 and the cdc has some new guidance about covid vaccines. if you have an underlying health condition. they say that you can receive a vaccine. as long as you're not severely allergic to any of the ingredients in the vaccine is you're going to need to check that talk to your doctor. also the cdc says that people with auto immune conditions can get a vaccine. but there's no data on the safety for the vaccine in that population, so you 2 are going to want to check with your doctor. and there could soon be a new coronavirus treatment available if you're exposed to covid side to see university college london hospitals are doing trials right now and they're seeing if people who were recently exposed to covid could get some protection by receiving a direct antibody injection. this is not an alternative to being vaccinated it's just if you are exposed you know too late for a vaccination this could be a treatment the results of th

long both and i so make sure to stay tuned live in san jose sarah stinson kron 4 news okay. thank you very much sir. >>what about bay area nursing homes, their vaccines are taking a big step forward to sonoma county is supposed to get about 5,000 doses in its first shipment 75% of covid deaths or linked to nursing homes and assisted living facilities in that county. >>it may even be just their staff first. it is we know the. virus is getting into the facilities. >>through that care providers. >>it's going to take several more months to get enough doses for everyone in all nursing facilities, advocates say it's important to remember continuing to follow social distancing and mask-wearing even after the vaccine. >>in the south bay 3 hospitals in santa clara county are out of icu beds right now in the entire county only has 31 beds available. and then that's it. those 3 hospitals are regional medical center and o'connor hospitals in san jose and saint louise hospital in gilroy more than 400 people are hospitalized with covid-19 right now in santa clara county. as doctors paint

going to impact their numbers but stay tuned to kron 4 dot com reporting live in daly city sarah stinson kron 4 news that enough, thank you very much sara at 9 '06 here are the latest coronavirus numbers as they pertain to the state and to the bay area specifically statewide more than 1.5 million cases have been reported now since the pandemic. >>first broke out 21,000 deaths for california for the bay area more than a 190,000 total cases with more than 2100 people. >>died from covid-19 so far. more coverage to come throughout the morning so stay with us for that in the meantime, let's also get you updated on the weather the all important forecast now john trouble standing by with more on what we saw with the rain this weekend. and what's expected josh, hey there james yeah we saw a good rain this weekend 2 rounds of the 2 obviously friday night you went to bed with some showers and yesterday. >>you saw some more of those this morning. well, this is what you're getting a lot of sunshine out there, some cool temperatures but bright skies as you make your way back into your morning routine

kron 4 sarah stinson live for us there this morning with the latest sarah. >>james this is a reality health officials in marine county have been trying to avoid 4 weeks having no more icu beds available is worst case scenario but keep in mind they have less beds than any other county so it's putting hospitals like the marine health medical center. it's making them overwhelmed and this is not looking good the county last reported 30 covid patients being hospitalized and 12 patients in the icu that together means they're at capacity. so as you can see they have less beds and other counties as you recall the marine was the last county to go into the state's purple tier they were doing the best out of anyone run health officials even put a stay at home order in place without being required to do so by the state. the hospitalizations slowly increase along with cases, the county then moved into now as i said the worst has happened with 0 icu beds available there are 78 new covid cases 5 new hospitalizations 2 new deaths, let's compare the city overall bay area we'

kron 4 sarah stinson is live at ucsf with what they're doing sarah. >>well it was an alarming reality check we got this weekend yesterday from san francisco's health department director saying hospitals like the one behind me ucsf could be without hospital beds by december 26 that's something that's not comforting to hear, but it's a prediction that very well could come true if things continue to look the way they are right now health officials sent that a reality check to on sunday saying right now we're seeing the worst surges across the city hospitals are overwhelmed and might not be able to care for those who need it. unlike the other churches we saw earlier this year. hospitals across california are under the same stress so the worry is that there would even be a place to transfer people if feds did run out. doctor colfax says in the last month hospitalizations have tripled and in the last week have increased by 35%, let's hear more from him right now about his predictions. >>by january force there will be approximately 206 people in san francisc

sarah stinson is live in san francisco with more on what we know so far sarah. >>james yeah, it's looking like san francisco is going to beat the stay at home order to it in banning outdoor dining. if we still haven't confirmed this with the mayor's office but we've heard from restaurant owners that may think that it's going to be tonight at midnight when outdoor banning gets outdoor dining gets banned, so this is something restaurant owners are really not looking forward to in fact they're frustrated take a look at video just shot this morning. this is from the marina district of san francisco. i mean these restaurants went all out with on not only type of outdoor dining these boxes that they took up a parking spot. they have it ready for rain or shine they have heating lamps inside they have christmas decorations. i mean some of them even have themes that go with their restaurants types of food, so it's just sad that they one through all this effort and it's going to be banned. i mean you know it's could be banned if the stay at home order gets triggered for s