Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Taking a live look outside right now where things appear to be pretty calm. But those winds will start picking up this evening. Tonight, parts of the bay area are under a very rare december red flag warning. With that we say good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Well get to that weather warning in just a moment. But first the new covid lockdown happening tonight in San Francisco. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live now from north beach where diners are enjoying a last outdoor meal for a while. Lots of these restaurants seemed pretty busy today, but employees are worried about paying their bills. Reporter yeah, dion, it is a tough time. So much worry and uncertainty. The countdown is on. Our stayathome ordre starts in just a few hours. Outdoor diners enjoying a last meal here on grant avenue. But many restaurant workers tell me tonight that theyre not show when theyll be back at wo
Now at 11 00, flames ripped through a berkeley Apartment Building, sending up smoke that could be seen for miles tonight. And a covid19 cocktail proven to battle the virus, and approved by the fda, but new concerns over whether or not americans will get any of the approved vaccines. I get the skepticism. Much of the bay area is under a mandatory curfew. But our people going to abide by the rules . New and streaming, smoke can be seen still afterfirefighters knocked down a large apartment fire. Flame was seen shooting out of the windows, it is still under construction and no one was living inside. Betty is at the scene with more on how the fire impacted business. Reporter fire crews have been able to contain this fire, but they will be here through the night pouring water and watching for hotspots. Just blocks from the campus of uc berkeley, a massive fire erupted after 5 30 this evening. It has been apocalyptic, thats all i can say, ive never seen anything like this before. We saw the
The bishop of brooklyn praised the ruling saying, im gratified be the decision by the United States Supreme Court who have recognized the clear First Amendment violation and urgent need for relief. Im proud to be leading the Diocese Of Brooklyn and fighting for our sacred and constitutional right to worship. Lets go to the Justice Department. David is live with more. Happy thanksgiving. This ruling came down before midnight and the implications will last for decades long after covid19s in the history books. Its a win for religious freedom and amy barrett, a month already feeling her fate on a career that could span for decades. She was the key swing vote here, a 5vote in favor of the conservatives. John roberts known to be a devout catholic sided with the liberal wing of the court on this decision. The majority, the conservatives decided that this was something that needed to be done so this is how they ruled. Andrew cuomo announced various restrictions on gatherings as a way to hold t
He was such a positive dude before this. [ laughter ] what hes doing in the white house, nobody knows. Hes been tweeting, we do know that. Sometimes he leaves to play golf. And that seems to be it, which is weird, because it almost seems hypocritical coming from the guy who likes to say this. These people do nothing. They talk a big game and they do nothing. Theyve done nothing, they do nothing. I see these phoneys, the donothing democrats. They keep talking, they do nothing about it, they do nothing about it. I call them the donothing democrats. The donothing democrats and they are do nothing. Joe biden wouldnt have done anything. The democrats have been playing at it for years and havent done anything. Hell say, oh, yes, we did this he did nothing. He did nothing and he got nominated. 47 years he did nothing. For the most part they did lil. I did so much. I did everything and more than everything. Jimmy and more. No president has done more everything than him. [ applause ] this is hi
Many people in san jose have questioned their effectiveness. I will comply. I have been doing this all year. It tonight make sense necessarily. Covid is around 24 hours a day. Lets give it a try. There is nothing wrong to make us all healthy. San jose police and other local Police Departments that responded back to us say they will focus on education. No arrests and no tickets. I wouldnt want to be too extreme with the enforcement but at the same time being too lackadaisical things are getting out of hand. Big house parties and parties in vacant buildings there should be citations and warnings surprisingly many Business Owners believe the curfew will result in more covid cases and not fewer. They say it will push people to go from outdoor regulated environments to indoor gathering. Between the hours of ten and 12 typically on a friday night we do 25 of the business for the night. Eric nelson runs two restaurants and he says the curfew will further harm businesses. I am worried about my