Shut down yet again. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Five of the bay areas nine counties have announced the new stayathome order, taking action before they reached the states 15 threshold for icu bed capacity. San francisco, contra costa, santa clara, and alameda counties will all be under the stayathome order by midnight tonight. The order in marin county starts on tuesday. So far at least san mateo, sonoma, and solano counties are not telling their residents they have to stay at home. Now under the order there will be no indoor or Outdoor Dining at restaurants. But takeout orders will still be allowed. Wineries and bars will also have to close, so will hair and nail salons. Officials are warning people not to gather outside of their own households during the holidays. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama here now with how people and Business Owners spent the final hours before the order goes into effect. Jana . Reporter frank, some of the businesses said they saw a last minute rush. Peopl
Empty store shelves and covid cases on the rise, but one doctor tells us it is not all bad news here in the bay area. A day ahead of dia de los muertos altars like this one adorn San Franciscos Mission district to remember those who have died from covid. Record warmth to kick off november today, and that warm weather, its going to be sticking around. Well have all the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. The pandemic tightening its grip. At least 31 states reported at least one record high day of new coronavirus cases in the past month. That is according to Johns Hopkins university data. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Our nation hit a singleday record of coronavirus cases. More than 99,200. Cases rising in 48 states, every one but nebraska and delaware. Several countries are seeing a case spike with england expected to enter a new N
Customers across Northern California are a set to lose power this weekend under dangerous wind conditions. Every county except San Francisco is going to be affected. A new wild fire breaks out in napa county. Firefighters raced to contain the flames. There is just 10 days before the elections and Record Numbers have already cast their ballot. How to make sure your vote is counted before the rush. Good morning. I am emily turner. 1st, a red flag warning issued for the entire bay area beginning tomorrow morning. Pg e says it will cut power to more than 1 million customers this weekend. Huge portions of napa, sonoma and ran counties are impacted. Much of the Higher Elevations are also impacted along with thousands of customers in the santa cruz mountains. Some people are already gearing up. I am past and i have my camping gear in my husbands truck. We just get ready i chose to live in Sonoma County so i pack. Lets go straight to meteorologist, darren peck. The 1st thing about today is, no
Missing ballots. This is about what were talking about. Reporter how many is there . 40. Reporter voters dropped those ballots into this box at Richmond City hall on october 12th. Among them Zachary Adams noticed the county website never registered receiving it. Im a little disappointed. Reporter same for daniel. When i ballot came in the mail, i held it as a holy thing. Reporter when ballots arrive, the county runs it through a sorting machine that addresses and logs them into the system. Other votes from the box did show up from october 12th. This is our status board. Reporter but the total for that richmond drop box was low that day. A ballot makes it on this board after it goes through this sorting machine on the other side. Reporter at this point, the county has absolutely no idea what p hahappened to those ball but taking the lose very seriously. If there is a silver lining, consider this, its the first time people to voted early have been able to track their ballots. The county
This wildfire season. Details on that are coming up in a few minutes. Gianna. Thanks. I am getting reports of fire activity and chp is also on scene. This is near North Livermore as you head out of the Altamont Pass. Its on the east bound side. They have livermore avenue ramp blocked from east 580, so you cant access that now. Fire crews are blocking the ramp. There were flames on the scene. As far as the impact to traffic, it is friday. Less cars are on the road way anyway. We have slight slowing building west bound 580 into altamont but things are fairly quiet out of tracy with no delays from 205. Improving Coronavirus Infection rates around the bay area are opening the door to new reopenings. Alameda is loosening restrictions as it moves to the orange tier. Kiet do is live in pleasanton with the businesses ready for this next phase. Kiet. Reporter good morning. Alameda county has spent the past two weeks preparing for this day. Yes, beginning today the following businesses can reope