Shut down yet again. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Five of the bay areas nine counties have announced the new stayathome order, taking action before they reached the states 15 threshold for icu bed capacity. San francisco, contra costa, santa clara, and alameda counties will all be under the stayathome order by midnight tonight. The order in marin county starts on tuesday. So far at least san mateo, sonoma, and solano counties are not telling their residents they have to stay at home. Now under the order there will be no indoor or Outdoor Dining at restaurants. But takeout orders will still be allowed. Wineries and bars will also have to close, so will hair and nail salons. Officials are warning people not to gather outside of their own households during the holidays. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama here now with how people and Business Owners spent the final hours before the order goes into effect. Jana . Reporter frank, some of the businesses said they saw a last minute rush. Peopl
Tequila herradura, the worlds most gold medal awarded tequila. The tables are gone and the stayathome order is now in place. Some hard reaction coming from businesses in my story. And im tracking a rare december red flag warning that goes into effect overnight tonight. The latest on our fire danger in accuweather. Tonight politica insiders tells California Attorney general Xavier Becerra was selected by president elect joe biden to be the next health secretary. What this means for california. Abc7 news starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Three bay area counties are now in another shutdown. Businesses in San Francisco, contra costa, and santa clara saw a final show of support from customers today. But many say it wont be enough to avoid layoffs. With that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Officials announced the new order yesterday. Alameda is also imposing the restrictions starting just af
Accidents blocking lanes. The biggest one is right around Redwood Estates and you have got that right lane blocked there. Traffic is slow there as you work your way approaching that crash. And right at the summit area, summit road we have report of a crash there as well. Right lane blocked on that one also. Busy ride going out of Santa Cruz Mountains this morning. Also busy through the Altamont Pass. Thats coming up in the next report. Right now the battle between some moms in oakland and a Real Estate Company is on the streets with a potential eviction looming. Kpix 5s jackie ward joins us live from west oakland where protests are getting underway. Jackie . Reporter you can see the crowd is growing behind me michelle. They are rallying in support of the moms who live here with their kids on magnolia street. The moms are going to be evicted and theyre not leaving without a fight they say. Judge Patrick Mckenny recently ruled oakland moms for housing must leave the west oakland home the
Laptop. Shore chaired after them but was hit and killed by the get away car. I still dont believe that hes no longer with me. Reporter jessie is shores cousin and despite the one child policy, they were raised together and were close like siblings. I always had shore who was my older brother. I know hes been loved by so many people and i really appreciate everyone who came today. Thank you so much. I think he would be really happy. Reporter Council Member tao says shes introducing a proposal to define the rules of when the socalled walking officer assigned to foot patrols in neighborhoods are pulled off their beats to assist in higher priority calls. For example, if there is a shooting in other parts of oakland, yes officers need to go to that. Yes, thats an emergency. We shouldnt allow for one area to be unattended. I wish that the criminals be held accountable and the justice can be brought to zeng and his family. He was so friendly. Truly to his core. Lets live that in our memories
Night for several days. News of another pg e Public Safety power shutoff she calls frustrating but not unexpected. Its just concerning, are the schools going to be shut . Work is affected. Reporter on sunday the utility said parts of Northern California could see hazardous wildfire conditions prompting another shutoff. Warm temperatures coupled with gusty offshore winds are said to be in the forecast wednesday and thursday. In a statement, pg e said both the forecast and scope of the wealth event remain very fluid three days ahead of the event. At present projections predict a possible weather event similar to precipitation psps events that impacted about 180,000 customers. Last month pg e turned the power off to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Northern California. Looks like thats how we have to live now. Reporter he lives in the oakland hills. Fire sensitive after flames ravaged that neighborhood in 1991. The uncertainty of a shutoff has many residents living on edge