Business was buzzing where the crew worked extra hours into the evening. We dont know when they will end. Reporter they will take effect in berkeley, San Francisco, and santa clara, with them following by tuesday morning. Personal Services Must be shut down. Gyms and fitness People Limited to 12 people. Retail limited to 20 capacity. Im really afraid were going to see the other wave of businesses closing up. Reporter the Fillmore Merchant Association says already the fillmore district has 20 vacant store fronts. This is the record. We have never had 20 this many vacancies. Reporter some people had a final meal out before the shutdown. We needed to make it a point to go out to get some lunch today. Reporter restaurants will be limited to takeout and delivery with no more indoor or Outdoor Dining. Dog walking and outdoor exercise, they are still fine, but the order will call for no mixing with the other households. One group would have a final game of bochi on the lawn near golden gate p
Vaccines for the u. S. Before sending them to other countries it coincides with reports that his administration actually rejected an early offer from pfizer to double its order of the vaccines more on this from washington with mike hanna. Its clear that this executive order comes from the differences between pfizer and his administration and the refusal of the administration to commit to buying more than 100000000 doses at the time that it could the executive order ports to insist that all americans must be treated before any doses go internationally well this is simply an in forcible it would appear has signed a large number of International Contracts as has the other company but these companies contracts already in place in some cases doses have already been shipped internationally so certainly this is something that would be very hard to legally enforced president tran claims that he may invoke the National Procurement act seldom used. To force companies to actually comply but its v
Will it really work . The states top doctor is feeling the pressure and the resentment from many people in the community. Today he defended his decision. He said california needs to stay home. Because cases are continuing to hit record highs almost daily. He pointed to the success rate of shut downs in europe. Belgium put in a three week stay at home order. Its positive ratd fell from 21 to 8 in that time. England had a four week order. Cases dropped by 30 . He says he understands the restrictions are inconvenient. But its what the state has to do at this time as hospitals become over crowded. The goal of saving lives become threatened when the system isnt as robust and strong as it can be. To deliver care to as many californiaens as needed. Reminding everyone there is light at the end of tunnel. The first doses of vaccines expected to arrive one week from today. Hundreds of people crowded outside the courthouse today very few of them Wearing Masks to support the pastor who landed in f
Bay area counties are beginning to shut down before the official order from the state, local orders in santa clara, contra costa and 7 so counties it 10 00 tonight, in berkeley and alameda county, the shutdown order goes into effect at midnight. Marin county, restrictions in place on tuesday at noon. The orders are expected to remain in effect until january 4. It bands all indoor and Outdoor Dining but restaurant takeout orders are still allowed bars and wineries have to close along with hair and nail salons, people are being told to avoid all gatherings with anyone outside of their immediate households. More than 30,000 new confirmed cases yesterday in california, the highest one day total yet, and 5000 more than the previous day, statewide the number of deaths is close to 19,000 and the Positivity Rate has it 10 . The latest shutdowns, is a huge blow to many businesses that are already struggling, they are just plain frustrated and scared, many Business Owners told rob that today, he
The fda green lit then developed by regeneron. The drugmaker says trial data shows the drug reduced the amount of the fda says itll continue to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the treatment. New at 11 00 it was supposed to be part of berkeleys most ambitious Affordable Housing complexes. Tonight flames tearing through the building which was still under construction. Fire crews across the east bay still on the scene. A fire that could be seen from miles around. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana live there tonight with more. Reporter at this hour the fire crews are still putting a whole lot of water on that tower. This is fire that started just before 6 00 this evening. It took crews a couple of hours to knock down the initial flames and then snuff out a lot of the hot spots popping up throughout that tower. The Police Department cordoned off a large area around it in part because initially there was concern it could collapse. Ladder trucks setup in the streets around the sixstory A