System will be overwhelmed. We dont act now, well continue to see a death rate climb more lives lost. With that Governor Newsom said hes pulling the emergency brake issuing a stayathome order for three weeks with any region with icu capacity falling below 15 . Its all part of a regional strategy well defined within the hospital and Health Care Delivery system. Weve defined these five regions, northern california, greater sacramento, bay area, San Joaquin Valley and the larger region in southern california. For the bay area, the stay at home coorder could come soon to late december. Hair salons, gyms, nail salons could shut down again. They are asking californians not to gather with anyone outside the household. The governor made the case with californias surging covid19 numbers. With spikes in the sevenday positivity rates, hospitalizations and deaths. Just in the last 14 days, close to 1,000 californians have lost their lives due to covid19. What can stay open, critical infrastructure
Hour to stop the spread of covid19 and ease the strain on overwhelmed hospitals. Several counties. Now under a new stay at home order. And more will join at midnight. We have Team Coverage let s begin with nbc bay area s Sergio Quintana live in San Francisco. Where restaurants and bars. Are closing up a big part of their operations. Here s a look at where the bay area stands in terms of icu bed availability. Very good. Lets check in with rob maeda right now. Rob, you have three of the top stories of the day all wrapped into weather. Yeah, at least one of them for sure, we dont typically associate with december, and that is the red flag warning that is now in effect for all of the north bay, the east bay hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains from now to about 5 00 tomorrow. Before we get there, before the winds start to pickup towards tomorrow morning we have another chilly night setting up around the bay area outside right now. Its not too bad. We have temperatures in the low 50s. But a
Heres a look at the Golden Gate Bridge. We have an east wind at 11 00. Thats an offshore breeze. Its brought a little smoke from the valley. There may be a little fog developing in our north bay valleys. Weve been watching yosemite down around modesto yesterday and this morning. Look what its done to the south bay. We have unhealthy air for those most sensitive. We have moderate air just about everywhere else. Well keep an eye on it. Technically its not a spare the air day, but when they issue one, maybe it will stick around for the better part of the day. Mid60s around the coast. 70 in morgan hill and fairfield and up in ukiah. Its going to be a warm day. Governor newsom announced sweeping the restrictions in an aggressive move since march. This order will take effect by region, not by individual counties. The state is now broken into five regions and they are northern california, greater sacramento, the bay joaquin valley. Tis order kicks in by region when hospitals get under 50 capa
Current surges in covid cases, but success hinges on the masses complying on a daily basis. Were making progress in the planning around Vaccine Distribution in our county. Reporter wednesday, dr. Jennifer tong giving a glimpse into the plans for covid19 Vaccine Distribution. They hope to make giving vaccinations more manageable. The doses are unknown and can fluctuate based on conditions. Initially healthcare and front line workers will be the first to receive the vaccine. Like everyone else, we will receive a limited supply at first. More will be coming over time. It might take many months, though, before everyone who is interested in getting a vaccine is able to get one. Reporter officials stress social staples from the past nine months, washing hands, social distancing, and wearing a mask, are still needed to combat the current covid19 surge. Some south bay hospitals, including valley medical center, are postponing elective surgery to ensure bed space. Valley med representatives dec
Im not much of a homeward bound community here this evening. But as you said off the top. Chp out in force here over the summit of highway 17 and across the bay area for that matter theyre on the lookout for drunk drivers for distracted drivers and they tell me theyre watching for people who are taking advantage of relatively light traffic these days by stepping on the gas, heres more. Urged to stay close to home amid the still surging pandemic there was some beach traffic here on highway 17 today, lots of people are shopping for Christmas Trees and black friday deals as well since its thanksgiving holiday maximum enforcement period began wednesday evening. The south bay chp has made 5 arrests for driving under the influence. But even one is one too many says the chp is officer ross led if we have anybody is out then. Then make that choice and decision to drink and drive and put their lives and the lives of of. The general public, the passengers. Anybody on the line. It is too much for