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
Whos supkamala harris. 5 . Harris says, a Corporate Tax loophole has allowed billions to be drained from our Public Schools and local communities. No more. Im proud to support prop 15. Vote yes. Schools and communities first is responsible for the content of this ad. Its being denounced as a blatant racist attack in the run for city council. Alameda county gets a november date for when middle and high schools can open back up, districts we thought would say its not going to happen that quickly. Checking the autumn chill and warmth. Well have the halloween forecast coming up. The port of oakland had the busiest in history. What this means for the Holiday Shopping season. Abc 7 news starts now. Announcer building a better way area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. I was disgusted, disappointed and almost angered immediately. Tonight, new fallout from whats being called a blatantly racist attack ad by a prominent Silicon Valley business group. Amanda dell castillo has the
This weekend kron fours gayle ong live force and walnut creek with a look at how things are going in Contra Costa County tonight. Yeah. More than half of Contra Costa County residents have already voted im here at the heather farms park and this is one of the sites where people can vote early in person. Im really im glad its done. On saturday lily wescott crossed off voting on her to do list i actually came in with my mail in ballot and didnt realize that i had the ability to just go ahead and vote early so i went ahead and took care of that right away. Early voting in person began friday in Contra Costa County jennifer look many leads the heather farms park site and says so far almost 500 people voted in person by saturday, the crowd tapered off today its been pretty well its not that slow but yesterday was earlier in the morning would have lines all the way around parks with election day fast approaching over 50 of residents in the county already voted. County officials have been enc
Of potential outages right now. Amy hollyfield live in danville with more on this. Amy . Hi, yes. We are in a highrisk area. This is stone valley and green valley road. This neighborhood has been alerted that the lights may be getting turned off as early as tomorrow night. So, this is the section of Contra Costa County that is under the warning. Other county sections of these counties have been alerted by pg e. Alameda, napa, santa clara and sonoma. Residents in marin county are dealing with the closure of fairfax. Residents there tell us they will deal with road closures and outages if that is what needs to be done to keep people safe. It can be a busy road with people going through to the beach here but its never terrible. Its not like the road to stenson. Its a back way. But definitely less traffic when the gate is closed. People who live on this road or any open space area, were all thinking about it every day. So, we appreciate the red flag warnings. Definitely disappointed this i
Its pretty delicious. Its being denounced as a blatant racist attack in the run for city council. Alameda county gets a november date for when middle and high schools can open back up, districts we thought would say its not going to happen that quickly. Checking the autumn chill and warmth. Well have the halloween forecast coming up. The port of oakland had the busiest in history. What this means for the Holiday Shopping season. Abc 7 news starts now. Announcer building a better way area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. I was disgusted, disappointed and almost angered immediately. Tonight, new fallout from whats being called a blatantly racist attack ad by a prominent Silicon Valley business group. Amanda dell castillo has the details. Reporter this attack ad, since removed from the Silicon Valley Organization Website being called racist by the organization itself. The svo is the regions Largest Chamber of commerce. The photo showed a group of black men rioting in the