Hour to stop the spread of covid19 and ease the strain on overwhelmed hospitals. Several counties. Now under a new stay at home order. And more will join at midnight. We have Team Coverage let s begin with nbc bay area s Sergio Quintana live in San Francisco. Where restaurants and bars. Are closing up a big part of their operations. Here s a look at where the bay area stands in terms of icu bed availability. Very good. Lets check in with rob maeda right now. Rob, you have three of the top stories of the day all wrapped into weather. Yeah, at least one of them for sure, we dont typically associate with december, and that is the red flag warning that is now in effect for all of the north bay, the east bay hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains from now to about 5 00 tomorrow. Before we get there, before the winds start to pickup towards tomorrow morning we have another chilly night setting up around the bay area outside right now. Its not too bad. We have temperatures in the low 50s. But a
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.
Im terry mcsweeney. Im anousha rasta. Another pivotal hurdle has been cleared. Today the cdc is recommending the use of the pfizer vaccine. Governor newsom tweeted that a medical safety group formed by several western states was meeting today to set up plans. The group met as a check on the federal review process and is expected to green light the distribution as well. Thousands of the doses will head here to the bay area. This all happens as cases in the bay area are at an all time high. Today San Francisco reported a record 2300 new cases. Chris pollone has the latest on the race to get the vaccine to the front line. The fda authorized for emergency use the pfizer bioen tech vaccine. Right now, boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccine with emphasis on quality control. Reporter the first shipments will be arriving at medical centers monday morning. I wont probably live in my career to see another day like this. Thats how monumental it is. Reporter doctors on the front lines happ
Recommended that the vaccine be available for folks older than the age of 16. And this all comes as the Pfizer Vaccine just now hours away from being shipped out shipments as you just heard are expected to arrive in states as early as monday trucks, carrying those vaccines will roll out starting tomorrow to nearly 150 Distribution Centers across america. The head of the fda says that science and data guided the fdas decision to approve the vaccine. It comes despite concerns that the vaccine was rushed along with pressure from the white house. Now here in the bay area we can expect about 75,000 doses of the vaccine at local hospitals are getting ready. Kron fours gayle ong is live tonight in freeman with that part of the story gayle. Jonathan justine the initial shipments are expected some time next week and that will be intended for Health Care Workers and first responders. It could store hundreds of thousands of vaccines. Right now at ucsf without without an issue doctor desi kotis ch
Is in a few minutes. Looking forward to that. Remover, you can use the kpix 5 app to stay on top of changing weather and breaking news alerts. Lets go live to kpix 5s wilson walker, liberty reservoir near livermore and wilson. The rain is great news on the fire danger front. What is he doing for the water supply . Reporter liz and lester, trying to keep a restaurant live outdoors. Yeah, this rain is fantastic news. For the reservoirs, a little bit longerterm store there. As far as the fire threat goes, this is fantastic news. If we could just get these systems where we get upwards of a half inch to an inch with enough time in between each other to saturate the soil, relieve our creeks. Reporter rainfall on santa rosas Skyhawk Community this afternoon, just right amount. Not hard enough to threaten the burn scars, but enough to lessen the fire threat. Yes, the system we had a week or so ago is not enough to end fire season. It was followed up with another round of warm sunny days. Repor