Fresh produce, which is a wonderful contribution. Fresh produce is something that low income people and people in need often dont buy because its expensive and they have to decide how to spend their funds. However, it is some of the most nutritious food we provide. So the 15,000 allowed us to contribute about 60,000 worth of produce by the way in which were able to make a dollar stretch. And you can also help toys for to the. Now through december 134th visit shop disney. Com toys for to the and disney will donate 1 for each toy. Find out more about how to help any organizations we support. Go to abc7news. Com take action. Another great local organization. We want to talk about. The organization is known as alas. Helping latinos to dreams. Joining us to talk more about this, the executive director Belinda Hernandez and an eighth grade volunteer, el kin lopez. Good afternoon to both of you. Good afternoon. I like your tshirts. Dont think i dont notice that. Your organization is based on
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
Whats happening is a covid spec. Cases in the state of california have doubled just in the last 10 days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. As a result, contra costa is one of 60 counties now in the most respect to purple tear. Joining napa, santa clara, and so dominant counties. Only San Francisco, san mateo, and marin counties are one step above in the right ear. Even so, Indoor Dining is also coming to a halt. Health officials say, the spike is occurring even before the holidays or the heart of the flu season. Thanks giving hasnt occurred yet. The weather just started getting cold. We havent seen anything yet. The fact that we already see surges in cases before all of this that events is particularly concerning. It seems restaurants and bars are getting the blood to the plane for whats happening. People sit at tables even if outside are pretty close to folks who the are not with all the time with the masks down. Those are th
Marisa lagos, and joining from San Franciscos kqed politics and government reporter, guy maserati. Thank you for joining us tonight. Guy, President Trump proved last night th he can displa restraint and offer more of a coherent licy message. It likely to increase votes in his favor late in the game with a week left until econ day . I think the answer to that is hientirely incumbent on campaign ability to take that slightly more coherent policy message we heard in specific areas. And thinking about the energy policy, differences that emerged in the debate between biden and trump. Trump pouncing on thbiden taing away from fossil fus. Also, but issues that are more on voters mines like re. Navirus responseand health marissa, are you expecting the unexpected to occur in the next few days, especially wi President Trump behind in the polls, do you think the two campaigns wibe relatively quiet now . Voting is underway and in record numbers. We have some 15 million ca americans that their ball
We begin with three big headlines. Trending in the wrong direction is the coronavirus. Counties may see opening plans curtailed. Officials in Santa Clara County are finding an up tick in cases. The vaccine took a big step forward. Pfizer says its trial drug is more than 90 effective but it needs more study to use it in the atrisk population. The vaccine could be available as early as next summer. As the development of a vaccine moves closer to approval, medical experts are helping california to decide who gets priority. Health is a critical part of building a better bay area. David louis had access to three members of a Task Force Working on that challenge. California is one of three western states prioritizing who gets the vaccine once approved by the fda. The process, by rich, those decisions are made is really important if people are going to trust that the process is fair. Hes one of three members of governor newsomes task force who talked about planning on a webinar. Theyll look a