Shut down. Now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look at San Francisco where in just 24 hours, the city will shut down for weeks. Good evening. San francisco county joined santa clara, and contra costa counties, as the first to shut down followed by alameda on monday and marin on tuesday. It comes as california sees more than 25,000 new cases reported today, pushing the states total to more than 1. 3 million. Nearly 10,000 patients are being treated and hospitals right now. Almost a quarter of those are in intensive care. That he was in San Francisco where businesses are bracing for the next round of shutdowns and restrictions hitting in less than 24 hours. Reporter restaurants, for example, have to shut down Outdoor Dining and they can only rely on takeout and delivery services. Many businesses say that they were just getting by so this next shutdown will be especially tough for them. It was a full house at in the financial district on its last night of Dinner Service come
Im dion lim. A huge swell of covid19 cases has prompted several counties to implement a new stayathome order. It goes into effect at 10 00 tomorrow night for San Francisco, santa clara, and contra costa county. Monday at midnight in Alameda County, and noon on tuesday in marin. The new rules will stay in effect until at least january 4th. We turn to abc7 News Reporter luz pena now who spoke to people who are out for what may their very last meal out until next year. Luz, as we can imagine, some businesses really concerned here. Dion, i spoke to several Business Owners who tell me these are going to be very challenging weeks. Theyre planning to lay off some of their staff after tomorrow night as they gear up to survive the stayathome order. Unless something changes, this is what the last saturday of Outdoor Dining of 2020 looked like in San Francisco. Packed. Yeah, the last hurrah. Reporter this family heard the news and are going on a food tour. We started at the ferry building, and th
Shutdown again. Its the final weekend before five counties enact a new stayathome order. Good evening and thank you store joining us. Im dion lim. They say there is no time to wait, local icus are filling up fast. The order goes into effect at 10 00 tomorrow night for San Francisco and contra conat thtra county. The order mimics a state order that would have gone into effect when the icu capacity dropped below 15 . But officials didnt want to risk waiting. Restaurants can now only do takeout. Outdo outdoor playgrounds and salons must shut down. One salon has been packed all day trying to fit in lastminute customers. I can understand, matt. Reporter super busy out here. It looks like there may be one customer finishing up at this late hour despite that 10 00 p. M. Curfew. While i spoke to people inside, they understand the need for drastic measures, but one stylist says this team arouime t feels unfair for her business heading into the holidays. Its been all hands on deck in walnut cree
Has been widening his lead in the undecideds states that could get him to 270 electoral votes. In georgia, he is up i 4400 votes right now. In nevada, the margin is wider with more than 22,000. In pennsylvania, joe bidens lead is up to 29,000 votes. Any one of those estates will give him enough Electoral College votes to win the presidency. Even as more ballots being counted, the electoral map has not changed it today. Joe biden leads a president ial race with 264 Electoral College votes. President trump has 214 of the 270 votes needed to win the white house. As account continues, there is an intense focus on which a state could push joe biden of the top. Greg lee is here with more on the numbers and where they stand right now. Reporter the nation is waiting on pins and needles to see who will win the election. The campaigns are anxiously awaiting the final call. Joe biden and Kamala Harris were hoping for one tonight as they did plan with the campaign thought would be a victory speech
Were hoping for inperson voting at our accessible vote locations. Well be open here at this site and all of our 100 sites on saturday, sunday, monday and election day. Reporter tim is registrar of voters for Alameda County where theyre seeing a historic surge in early voters. Just days ahead of the election this location also makes sense. It is an icon for this area, so we know that people will know that this is a spot that they can get to drop off their ballots, to vote in person safely and like i said also vote in their cars and for curbside voting. Over at the courthouse on Federal Street outdoor voting was setup and people dropped off ballots. I was like, okay, i can just do it right now instead of waiting until tuesday morning. Inperson voting is available at the warriors practice facility, too. Across the bay warriors coach steve kerr came out and dropped off his ballot outside the chase center which is a ballot drop off location. Were in there grinding every day trying to be a g