Overwhelms hospitals. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining usch im anousha rosta. Im terry mcsweeney. Some hope tonight as the first batch of vaccines is about to get shipped to states across the country. It comes just as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. In the San Joaquin Valley hospitals have run out of icu beds. Here in the bay area were just teetering above that 15 threshold. The county joins marin, San Francisco, contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties. The new restrictions impacts wineries, tasting rooms and much, much more. Heres nbc bay areas christie smith. Reporter its the first full day of the changes here in Sonoma County. Weve been speaking with businesses. Some say they do notice fewer people out and about. Others say it was already pretty quiet before this. So were surrounded by wineries and restaurants. Its a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. The shop is open and ready for business, but they do notice a differen
Strategic plans across america to deliver those vaccines safely and these doses cannot come soon enough as covid19 continues to devastate the golden state California Health officials reporting more than 35,000 new cases of the virus and 225 deaths both numbers shattering daily records more than 13,000 people are currently in the hospital thats also an alltime record and the states icu capacity is now at just 7. 9 some good news though california is expecting some 327,000 doses of the pfizer covid19 vaccine as early as monday. As part of the initial vaccine rollout the move comes after the fda authorized emergency use of that vaccine late last night. The chief operating officer of operation warp speed now praising the effort today calling it historic. For 7 months we have realized the greatest Public Private partnership in modern times. Doctors scientists researchers factory workers low just asians and hundreds more have all come together for single or purpose. That purpose save lives a
Head coach as the new order bands professional sports for the next three weeks. Good evening. Frank is off tonight. This new directive goes into effect at 12 01 am and includes mandatory quarantine for certain travelers and new capacity limits for some businesses. Our reporter joins us with reaction. Over the weekend, Santa Clara County officials reported more than 716 new coronavirus cases. That is double the number during the counties summer search. Health Officials Say drastic measures need to be taken during these drastic times. Is celebrate a victory for the 49ers sunday is the team beat the rams in la. The future however remains uncertain. Sodas everyone who knows us. Very disappointing thing we got here yesterday. Expressing frustration with the new health order banning contact sports. Where the team will practice or play remains up in the air. We understand how big of a deal this virus is. That is why we are so committed. We feel like we have done it as good as we can. Really p
Yesterday. In fact, it is going to evaporate much quicker today. Enjoy sunshine just about all day today and slightly milder temperatures from like 68 in fairfield to 58 in Half Moon Bay. Most of us in the low to mid 60s this afternoon. Update on the thanksgiving forecast coming up. Heres reggie with the news. Mike, thank you. Californias Health Secretary is warning that more counties could move into the purple tier. And, of course, thats the states most restrictive. We anticipate there will be some tier movement. Handful of counties likely moving to a more restrictive tier. Here in the bay area, three counties in the red tier right now but they could slide back to purple and that includes San Francisco, san mateo and marin counties. Dr. Mark ghaly defended the curfew restrictions that are already in the purple tier. He said it is necessary to help curve the spread. You can watch him live today at noon on our abc7news. Com. California is pulling back on reopenings as the number of covi
Arizona for joe biden but the democrats leave their has narrowed a bit as more ballots are counted. The margin is around 47,000 votes. Theres also a very close race in nevada. Officials that they will likely be counting ballots there into the weekend. Joe biden has been building a small lead in about a. Heres a look at the electoral map as it stands at this hour. Joe biden leads the president ial race with the 264 electoral votes in President Trump has 214. 270 votes are needed. If any of the states that are still undecided goodbye did he will have enough electoral votes to win the white house. President trump needs to hold onto pennsylvania, georgia and North Carolina and then either win arizona or nevada. President trump called accounting corrupt and promise more litigation up to the Supreme Court. Jana katsuyama joins us now with the latest development on this. Reporter Election Officials in pennsylvania and georgia say the counting is continuing into the night and they hope to have