They will be under a new stay at home order. These are the regions. You can see northern california. Greater sacramento. Southern california. And here in the bay area. It could go through mid to late december. The rest could be just a day or two. What does it mean . Businesses that have to shut down again. Wineries. Hair salons. Playgrounds and zoos. No more dining. Retail stores can remain open at 20 capacity. Restaurants can do take out and delivery. And religious services can be outside. The shelter at home order will remain in effect for at least three weeks. The urgency of the pandemic prompting hospitals to expand into open lots and areas and out door pavilions. This tent outside of kaiser in walnut creek. If the surge triggers a stay ot home order the fall out will be felt everywhere. From hospitals to Small Businesses. This is not what healthcare workers or Small Businesses want to see. More tents goij up outside hospitals. These being constructed outside of kaiser in walnut cr
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
Overwhelms hospitals. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining usch im anousha rosta. Im terry mcsweeney. Some hope tonight as the first batch of vaccines is about to get shipped to states across the country. It comes just as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. In the San Joaquin Valley hospitals have run out of icu beds. Here in the bay area were just teetering above that 15 threshold. The county joins marin, San Francisco, contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties. The new restrictions impacts wineries, tasting rooms and much, much more. Heres nbc bay areas christie smith. Reporter its the first full day of the changes here in Sonoma County. Weve been speaking with businesses. Some say they do notice fewer people out and about. Others say it was already pretty quiet before this. So were surrounded by wineries and restaurants. Its a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. The shop is open and ready for business, but they do notice a differen
Your money . Congress is returning to washington for one more attempt at reaching a covid relief deal as Small Businesses all over the country close and for good and more lockdowns are on the way. Well get reaction from california congressmanelect and former congressman darrell issa. All that and a lot more coming up right here on making money. David so moderna is now the Second Company to file for emergency use authorization of its covid19 vaccine from the fda. The company says its vaccine is 94 effective and 100 of its study, kept 100 of its studies from developing severe coronavirus cases but while the world pins its hope on covid19 vaccines there are scientific, regulatory and market hurdles to overcome. Blake burman joining us now to break it all down. Blake, please explain to me this 100 effectiveness against severe cases of covid. How would they know that . Reporter that got the ceo, stefan bonn sell excited. When they went through the phrase three trial but there were 30 severe
Us will enjoy the warming trend but part of that system is going to sag to the south, bringing a few clouds to the north bay. Maybe even a sprinkle. Its 35 right now in santa rosa, 43 in oakland, 42 in santa rosa and a check of the fog youll notice livermore just one mile visibility, five miles in santa rosa. So the deal for your sunday starting out with partly cloudy conditions, lots of sunshine, low 60s around noontime, bay side and inland in the 50s at the coast and later on this afternoon in the upper 60s in parts of the south bay and east bay valleys. Clouds in the north bay and chance of a sonoma sprinkle. Well talk about that and the next rain chance for the entire bay area in a beau minutes. We begin way look at the surge in covid19 cases. California officially topped 1 million diagnosed coronavirus cases, the state reported more than 9,800 new cases yesterday, one of the largest single day counts we have seen since august. The 14day Positivity Rate is 4. 2 , 4 friday and 3. 7