Flames. A lot of smoke in that area. Topper five was overhead, the fire sent up a column of thick black smoke, it was seen for miles. Seven street between fay on east alma avenue have been shut down. Pg e and santa clara Emergency Responders are also on the scene. No reports of any injuries. Traffic alert on the peninsula. A big rig overturned on interstate 280. It flipped over at about 6 30 this morning as it was heading north. It for stay shut down of the two right lanes. Chp is asking drivers to avoid the area. To our coronavirus coverage. Statewide in the last 24 hours there were more than 22,000 new cases. The Positivity Rate now over 7 . Hospitalization rate taking a huge day today jump, more than 9500 patients are in the hospital. Governor newsom is responding with a region by region crackdown. We are live in san jose with where things stand right now. Reporter here in the south bay we are keeping a close eye on this graph. This shows the number of icu bed at least high availability. This is the latest metric that everyone is watching it is a purple line that shows the percentage available and it is trending downward. It was at 30 in early november now it is at 17 . A quick check shows some are doing better than others. Sonoma county 5 of icu beds available. All are trending down. Once the icu capacity dips the below 15 the governor state order kicks in after that and it will last for a minimum of three weeks. Ours, wineries, personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops will shut down. Critical infrastructure will remain open. Retail at 20 occupancy and restaurants can only serve meals via takeout and delivery. After three weeks the order will be reassessed. We know that cases today will end up in the hospital two weeks from the time that we register those cases at about 12 and within about a week, a week and a half, we will see individuals who are hospitalized going into the intensive care unit. Reporter if the trend continues the rest of the state is projected to go into lockdown by early december. The bay area might be in lockdown by middecember. Later on, we will hear from all the Health Officials we will hear on that in a bit. , kiet do kpix 5. Were expecting to hear from six Bay Area Health officers on the regional shelter in place announced by governor newsom. Representatives from alameda, contra costa, marin, and San Francisco and berkeley county. You can watch that life right here. You can also stream it live on cbsn bay area through the kpix 5 app. We just got news that uber is asking the cdc to consider ride hail drivers as essential workers hoping to move them up on the priority list for the coronavirus vaccine. Uber wrote a letter to the Cdc Advisory Committee on immunization practices thing that their drivers provide critical transportation for essential workers and allow others to stay home and order food. The Rideshare Service is one of several industries lobbying the cdc from truckers to agricultural workers. In the uber letter the head of federal affairs wrote that early access to a vaccine will help drivers and delivery people to continue to play an essential role while reducing a risk that they may inadvertently contract or transmit the virus. In the meantime, Vice President mike pence visiting the center for Disease Control and prevention headquarters in atlanta to discuss the latest on the Distribution Plan for the vaccine. He told cdc staffers that americans owe a great a debt of attitude gratitude. 20 Million People could be vaccinated by the end of 2020, but it will take until the middle of 2021 for most americans to gain access to the vaccine. Thank you. We are learning more about the two vaccines up for fda emergency use authorization. Each drug from pfizer and moderna is a new type of vaccine that contains Genetic Information called messenger rna. It instructs cells to produce harmless versions of proteins triggering an immune response. The two vaccines are nearly identical in terms of the immune response and effectiveness. The makers report that their vaccines were welltolerated among tens of thousands of people and most side effects were temporary. We have no serious side effects, at least during the period of trial, and you have 95, 94 protection against a disease that is killing people, filling up hospitals, paralyzing the Healthcare System in this country. Think seriously about the risk and the benefits. It is not clear if the vaccines can prevent transmission or how long protection will last. Both vaccines require two doses to achieve immunity. Moderna is given a month apart, pfizer is given three weeks apart. Heres a look at the coronavirus tracker from Johns Hopkins university. The u. S. Reported more than 217,000 new cases on thursday, shattering the previous record. Daily death exceeded 2800 nationwide. The pandemic continues to have a negative impact on the job market. U. S. Employers added 245,000 jobs in november. A big drop from the 610,000 in october. The Unemployment Rate did fall from 6. 9 to 6. 7. The economy has only regained about half of the 22 million jobs lost because of the virus. It just takes a lot more than six, seven, eight months of job creation to make that up. Millions of americans have been getting help from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program which gives money to certain workers. That program is set to expire on december 26. President elect, joe biden, is expected to speak about the latest jobs report. He is calling on congress to pass an emergency spending bill as soon as possible to help americans suffering. Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell and house speaker, nancy pelosi, have resume negotiations. Pelosi says she wants to attach a covert relief legislation which could pass within the next week. U. S. Stocks are heading back towards record highs. Taking a look at the big board, the dow is up 180 points right now. A couple of Community Organizations have come up with a unique way to help feed their neighbors in need. Kpix 5 has more in the food for bay area families drive. Reporter we were here at the food bank and contra costa and solano where trucks are working overtime. Right now every dollar counts. They represent two local rotary clubs and you have a unique play you are able to raise money for the food bank. Right now we are taking cars and turning them into food bank dollars. Our ask today is who do you know that has too many cars . With covid lockdown, you can walk in the neighborhoods and you can see four or five cars in the driveway. Lets donate a car to a food bank. We will turn it into food bank dollars. We have already pledged 100,000 we have given 50,000 in checks. It just keeps on coming. That is a big amount. How much of an impact do these dollars make . It makes a huge difference. We appreciate the generous donation of the rotary clubs. It just could not come at a better time. Our food bank is serving 100,000 additional people every month since the shelter in place. These dollars, we can provide two meals for every dollar that is a donated. That 100,000 budget is 200,000 meals in a time when we needed and we appreciate your support. Once again, we are live with the rotary club. You can play your part by donating go to your local whole foods store, or find out ways to give at kpix. Com give. More breaking news. Chopper five over San Francisco selma neighborhood. Police are looking for a shooting suspect. A 50yearold man was found suffering from a gunshot wound. The suspect ran into a nearby building. Officers have set up a perimeter around the area. The victim is expected to be okay. Unpredictable winds and dry conditions. The latest on the while firefight in southern california. A call to action from bay area first responders. How they are hoping to make the Holidays Brighter for families with your help. This afternoon we are catching that sunshine, alive look at the camera from the lincoln conservatory, a little haze. We will talk fire watch now in southern california, the bond fire is 7200 acres with 10 containment. It was sparked by a house fire in the Silverado Canyon area and it quickly spread to dense brush nearby. Two firefighters have been injured. A group of San Francisco police officers, current and retired, is seeking donations for the holiday toy drive. They say giving to their nonprofit, operation dream, is down sharply. Covid has ravaged so many people that are employed, the Community Fund is being depleted, they are helping as many people in San Francisco as they can. They were still able to help us, but not to the level that we needed. Our donations are down well over 80 . This afternoon they are accepting contact free donations of toys at a drive through location. That happens from one5 pm outside the atwater tavern. Time for a check on our weather. Here is mary lee with a look at the weekend forecast. So glad it is friday, finally here. It is a beautiful day. Here is a live look at our Salesforce Tower camera. Blue skies with a little bit of haze. Temperatures at this lunch time our, we are looking at those temps that are in the 50s and 60s. Lets show you that as we are looking as we go through the rest of the day, those mild temperatures will continue. 64 concord, livermore 62, 59 San Francisco, 60 san jose and santa rosa. You saw that haze on the Salesforce Tower camera, by tomorrow because of smoke from woodburning because of these cold nights and light easterly winds and the high ridge a pressure is trapping pollutants at the service and acting like a lid. We are looking at unhealthy air quality in the north bay and the santa clara valley. When we have a spare the air alert for tomorrow, wood burning his band. As we look to the beaches, we have a beach hazard extended into the afternoon. Looking at dangerous waves, son breakers and strong rip currents. Use extra caution at the beaches due to rough and dangerous surf. As we look to the ridge of High Pressure bringing sunshine and temperatures 10 degrees above average. Tomorrow tracking the next weather system that will bring a return of the clouds. Taking an hour by hour, you can see the sunshine this afternoon as we look to tomorrow, clouds are starting to stream in. For tomorrow night, we could see a spotty sprinkle or a bit of drizzle for late saturday night into early sunday. As early to late sunday and monday, gus the actual wind will return that is a concern because of the increased fire danger. We have record dry fuel of vegetation. Especially from the North Mountains into the east bay hills. Daytime highs in the 60s. Definitely mild. There we go with the extended forecast, cooler for saturday and sunday and slightly warmer into early next week. Time for more day area bright spots. A viewer sent us this picture of her Little Christmas tree made out of see glass. Her daughter made it out of materials collected along monterey beach. Very creative. We want to see your Holiday Light decorations. Email your pictures and videos to bay area bright spots to kpix. Com or tagus on social media with hastag kpix bright spots. What a beautiful tree. A passion for art and commitment to family. Me this weeks student rising above scholar. We are working to bring you the positive stories during this difficult time. Check them out at kpix. Com together and you can send your ideas to together at cvs. Com. For this weeks student rising above scholar, are is a passion. As i learned it is also a connection to family. I like drawing it makes me happy. For lucy lopez art is an escape and a calling, it is also a career choice that she says she was discouraged from making. It is not a job, it is not something that will get you anywhere. That is something i usually hear. Lucy majored in psychology. A few views of digital art and videos like this one changed her mind. Are is in everything. It is something i want to do. It is something she has been doing and creating since she was a child. Back then art was the connection she had with her father. It just reminds me of him. Precious memories of him. His deportation devastated his daughter. I was into depression because my father leaving and not being with us as a family. Lucy care for her younger siblings as her mom worked 14 hours a day to support the family. Money was tight so lucy turned to art again this time for connection to her mom. During her birthday or christmas we would not have money for presents so i would draw something she likes. Pictures framed as keepsakes. Why are you so drawn to anime . Now anime is part of her our time. I would like to do some design. Lucy is getting a chance to design for students rising above. This is for the competition. Shes hoping to test out her skills in art school a change she is embracing with new found courage. Everyone doesnt know what to do. It is good to learn more about yourself. That is something i had to learn. She has only seen her father once since he left the u. S. She said they talk regularly. She is the first in her family to go to college and she will be the first to go to art school. If she does, this is news she would be eager to share with her dad. To learn more of students rising above go to our website, kpix. Com sra. Still ahead, today on the Drew Barrymore show workers were whip up a tasty dish plus comedian just rona coming up at 5 00, we will have complete coverage of the Bay Area Health officers response to the governor stay at home order. Plus a look at the surge tent set up at one hospital we will have that story and more coming up at five. Finally this afternoon. One of the hottest pieces of fashion this Holiday Season comes from microsoft, if you can believe it. The ugly christmas sweaters are selling like hot cakes. The price tag 70, besides the fun they also help with a good cause, some of the money collected will go towards a non profit girls who code which focuses on getting more females involved in computer science. There you go, i would spend the money for that because it is going to a good cause, but it is an ugly sweater. It is. I definitely need to get one of those. It is so good. Thank you everybody for watching kpi 5 hope ive destroyed our marriage. Liam yeah. Our marriage, our family, and our future together. Hope how can you say that . Ii dont understand. Liam you know the issues that i have with thomas. You know how i feel about him. Hope and about thomas, you need to know that. Liam i do know, hope. I know because i was here. I saw what you did with thomas in this apartment last night. Hope okay. Obviously, there has been some misunderstanding. Liam theres nothing to misunderstand, hope, because i saw it with my own eyes. Hope look, i dont know what you think you saw, but like i told you, thomas wanted douglas to come over. He invited us to stay
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