Now. A very good now thursday morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Were starting out with fog in some parts of the bay area. Kari hall is tracking that for us. Kari, i saw a little bit coming in this morning. The visibility cut down in some spots down to zero. Looking good here in downtown san jose and that fog will cause a lot of problems for the morning commute, especially in the north bay and then the sunshine returns this afternoon and there is no rain in the forecast. Lets get to that visibility right now as we look at livermore down to zero and only a quarter mile visibility in novato and half mile visibility in santa rosa. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, that advisory those numbers well show with that camera. The Golden Gate Bridge an easy drive as far as the volume of traffic but the fog advisory from chp as we talk about fog impeding the view of the bridge itself. There goes a
About the north bay coming up. Two coronavirus vaccines appear to be getting close to a fullscale production and some breaking news this morning a third player just announcing promising results with its vaccine. Bob redell is joining live with a covid test in pleasanton with those developments. Good morning, marcus. Astrazeneca and the university of oxford Just Announced that its vaccine is safe and triggering a similar immune response in all adults. This is according to preliminary data from a phase two trial that was just published. Pfizer say a final Data Analysis of their vaccines have found that it is 95 effective. Thats higher than initial results suggested. The companys plan to submit an application for emergency use in days and how to ship tens of millions of doses across the country and what would be well below zero temperatures for the vaccine to be effective. Also, how to convince skeptical citizens to get the vaccine. A vast majority would have to be vaccinated to achieve,
Get tested to feel better about gathering with family and friends this holiday. Kris sanchez is joining us now with what Health Experts are saying about that testing strategy that a lot of people are doing right now, kris. Reporter you know, a lot of folks seem like maybe this is a little workaround here, but every single bit of information coming out seems to point in the other direction. Were here in campbell where there is one of 17 covid testing sites for santa clara county, but it is really hard to get an appointment here in this county or around the bay area because so many people are clamoring to get those tests. There are people who arent feeling well who want to get tested, people who think they might have been exposed and now there are people who are trying to get tested so that they can maybe feel a little bit better about gathering with friends and family over the holidays. Health experts say that could offer a false sense of security. Rapid tests have a high rate of false
For a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Museums closed, churches no longer allowed to hold indoor services. A curfew forcing nonessential businesses to close. A new round of restrictions is taking effect in San Francisco and san mateo counties. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. It is a reopening rollback. San francisco and San Mateo County have moved to the purple tier today. The curfew we mentioned kicks in tomorrow night, and in the bay area only marin county remains in the less restrictive red tier. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco where the ferris wheel and museum are now closed. Cornell, it seems like they just reopened not too long ago. Reporter youre right about that. So many people caught off guard, diane. Surprised to see their favorite attractions temporarily closed due to new purple tier restrictions including indoor worship. You teach us to love the things of heaven and hold fast t
Distance in a cathedral which normally seats 2,500. I think they have one policy for all churches. I would like to see something more reasonable that errs on the side of safety but also respected our First Amendment right to worship. Sometimes i dont feel as close to jesus when i dont come to his home. Im going to miss him again. Reporter gyms must close or operate outdoors. Thats almost impossible for planet granite indoor climbing gym in the presidio that is forced to make tough choices for the second time. They forced us to lower staff again. Hopefully, this shutdown is not as long as the previous one. It makes sense given the current climate of covid19 that it does have to reclose again. Its just pretty sad. Rock climbing is such a community sport. Reporter in golden gate park, top attractions like the Deyoung Museum and California Academy of sciences are locked up tight. The new sky star wheel has stopped turning. Closed after debuting only last month. I feel so sad. We came to se