Was begging everyone to cancel their thanksgiving travel plans. Now they would like to see everyone canceling their travel plans for the foreseeable future. I traveled a lot during the pandemic. Tons of safety measures. Many passengers drifting through the Oakland Airport were not traveling for pleasure. Im traveling for work. Well airport staff was busy hanging stockings the cdc was, again, asking everyone to cancel their Winter Holiday season travel plans. Given the state of things i can understand limiting travel for Recreational Purposes or leisure purposes. So what exactly does that Winter Holiday travel mean . Listen to how Robert Redfield describes the nearterm. The reality is that december, january and februar will be rough times. I actually believe they will be the most difficult time in the publichealth history of this nation. Largely because of the stress it will put on the healthcare system. I dont think people will go for it. I think it has gone the complete opposite way.
Season is expected to be a problem. Governor newsom hit the emergency brake across california because of covid he mentioned something else. Imposing a statewide curfew. The possibility of it. And a lot of people didnt like what they heard. Dr. Fauci weighed in on that idea. We sat in on the speech to students. Dr. Fauci today received the award from san jose state school of journalism for integrity and honesty. Truth telling builds credibility. We must always tell the truth. He was asked by a professor about the idea of implementing a curfew. Sometimes when you are dealing with the seriousness of the situation right now, i leave it up to the good judgment of the leaders of the state and city. To make that. If they make that decision, i certainly think the basis upon which i would back that. Its worked in other countries where restaurants close early. The curfew is understandable in concept. But i have serious concerns. County supervisor is about to be sworn in as state senator and worr
Joe biden and Kamala Harris Transition Team not wasting any time. Whats in their new covid action plan . We are tracking one of the coldest nights so far this season for a lot of us. Ill have the chilly numbers in the accuweather forecast. As the temperature drops, restaurants are begging their diners, bundle up and come on in. Former jeopardy contestants and fans mourn the death of alex trebek. Abc7 news starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. It is finally feeling like fall. Bay area residents seeing hail and rain today. Welcome relief after a hot, fiery summer. Abc7 news viewer john nguyen sent this video in from milpitas, and we have reports of hail in other parts of the south bay as well. Further north, San Francisco saw some brief showers pass through this afternoon. Our south beach tower cam caught a few raindrops while looking toward the bay bridge. With that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. Im di
Specialist dr. Peter chinhong tells us the hospitals on the list are all Holding Meetings right now to decide how it will be distributed and who exactly is at the front of the lines to get it. So they include those ware working in the department, the intensive care unit, specialist like Infectious Disease doctors, pulmonologists, stock members of therapists, like occupational therapists. Reporter dr. Chinhong explains it has to be stored in really cold temperatures and that ucsf already has the special freezers it needs ready to go. He says the military will be involved in the process to ship the vaccine to each facility but that those plans are still a work in progress. Even though it may not get into the arms of most of ours until the end of late spring, early summer. You know, it is something to hold on to as a metaphor or symbol of how far weve come. Reporter once the vaccine is available to the general public, dr. Chinhong kong expects it will be free for everyone and could be ava
Going to be looking at conditions today much like yesterday except for one big difference skies will stay clear temperatures remain mild, its beautiful out there now the difference as winds there come down substantially from the same point yesterday we saw windy conditions for your thanksgiving, especially for the north bay. Thats not something youre going to see much at all of today futurecast wind gusts showing wind gusts at 5 Miles Per Hour thats not really calm weather for us in a really quiet picture on radar not just for the bay area. But all across the region now temperatures this morning are the bit of the catch. Were still in the 30s for san mateo morgan hill dublin as well as much of the north bay. Were petaluma and nevado are each at 34 san anselmo at freezing at 30 to all santa rose at 33 degrees little more mild in areas like alameda in oakland at 48. While berkeley are warm so at for sure only spot in the 50s right now much cooler than at the same point yesterday so yeah