Mateo to 46, palo alto, 41 san jose and 39 in half moon bay. That spare the air alert and the poor air quality in the south bay, moderate elsewhere, looking at some hazy conditions but the high clouds will increase throughout the day today and as a result highs will come down anywhere from about five to seven degrees, and as we go towards the afternoon, we could see a few sprinkles up in the north bay, and they could sink down into the south bay, well detail that weather system for you and a look at the second half of the weekend and a warm start to next week. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. New numbers from the state released late last night, showso icu capacity in the San Joaquin Valley have dipped below 15 . If the numbers remain the same by this afternoon, the regions will have 24 hours to implement the stay at home order. The bay area ice icu kpasfy is down to 21. 2 , down from 25. 3 on thufrz. Starting tomorrow millions in the bare area will be under strict new stay at home orders, five bay area counties have agreed to enact the new restrictions preemptively. The order will go into effect at 10 00 p. M. Sunday for San Francisco, santa clara, and contra costa countys. Two hours later in alameda county, and in marin county at noon on tuesday. Health officers in those counties stay if they wait until the state enacts its order it will be too late. Heres whats changing. Outdoor dining will be prohibited. Any establishments offering meal service can only operate for takeout or for delivery. Hair and nail salons must close completely. And cannot offer outdoor services. Hotels can only accept reservations from essential workers or to support isolation and quarantine purposes. All Retail Stores can remain open but only at 20 capacity. Outdoor gym activities and Outdoor Fitness classes can continue but with restrictions. And private gatherings of any size are banned. And abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to several people in San Francisco running their lastminute errands before the order goes into Effect Tomorrow night. Its been super busy. I think people are preparing. Reporter one of many preparing, michael duranzo. Stocking up before sunday, basics, bread, eggs. Reporter the citys Public Health director projects we could run out of icu beds by december 26th. We wait one or two more weeks to have these restrictions placed on us, it will just mean our numbers will be higher and harder to bring down. Reporter under the order all Retail Stores can stay open, but limit capacity to 20 . Hair salons, barbershop, nail salons, gyms and other personal Care Services will have to close. Devastating news for many Business Owners who are holding on by a thread as they plan to survive the next five weeks. Id say about 25 people for appointment for tomorrow. Reporter were going to start seeing changes on sunday after 10 00 p. M. Indoor and Outdoor Dining will not be permitted. Restaurants will only be able to do delivery or takeout. We knew it was coming. The more difficult part was not knowing. Reporter these restrictions will last until january 4th, 2021. Some say they needed more time to prepare. They have limitations on how i can access different places, and so it just seems like a very quick turnaround. Reporter in San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. In the south bay businesses are scrambling to deal with the fallout over the Regional Health officers decision to implement this stay at home order sooner rather than later. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen has that part of the story now from san jose. Reporter as residents in Santa Clara County brace for the implementation of the stay at home order sunday evening Business Owners are speeding up their plans to pivot. Going to be a Skeleton Crew for a while just to get by. Reporter sales at sp2 communal bar in san jose are down 80 compared to normally this time of year. Despite the struggle theyll adapt once again to offer Craft Cocktails for takeout. We dont know how much time we have to operate. We dont know how much revenue is going to be brought in. So our runway is pretty limited. Reporter in campbell sushi confidential spent 15,000 building out this patio for Outdoor Dining. We were hoping to get a couple more weeks out of this with all the projections. Reporter now the owner says hell have to lay off the majority of his staff, something he desperately wanted to avoid during the holidays but to keep some folks on the payroll, hell soon launch a new happy hour menu as part of a ramped up takeout program and has already created a new sushi making kit to encourage customers to try Something Different while sheltering in place. Whether this lasts for three weeks or three months this could be the nail in the coffin for a lot of restaurants. Reporter in los gatos this Outdoor Dining tent at flights restaurant is being disassembled this weekend but will soon be replaced with a Winter Wonderland Retail Experience to include groceries, meal kits and driveby visits with santa. One day youre excited and you have a new idea, try to do something. Then the next day youre empty and broken, and broke. Reporter the entrepreneurial spirit of the south bay being tested in more ways than one. Im losing hope for whats going to happen if we dont get help. Reporter in Santa Clara County, chris nguyen, abc news. Yolo county has joined the bay area in shutting down although Outdoor Dining will be allowed. We asked phil matier why he thinks these counties decided to pull the trigger early. Reporter think they going in before the state mandate might allow them to come out before three weeks, in other words, if they manage to keep it from hitting the 15 mark then they can, on their own, say okay we can come out of this. You can read phils column in the San Francisco chronicle on sundays and wednesdays. And not all of the bay area counties are implementing this preemptive order, including napa, sonoma, solano, and santa mateo, but as matt boone explains one san mateo politician worries this wait and see approach is going to backfire. Reporter the numbers might be different in San Mateo County but the virus doesnt know the difference between county lines. Reporter San Mateo County supervisor david canepa says he disagrees. With the Public Health departments decision. We have to take pause and thats going to require additional sacrifice. Reporter in a statement about why they did not join the other counties San Mateo County Health Officer dr. Scott morrow wrote the measures we are taking emphasize individual and collective responsibility, with the vaccine coming soon, now more than ever, this is a critical time to stay focused on the key behaviors that protect our communities. Here at domenico winery in san carlos, their business will be able to stay open for a little bit longer but its already been drastically impacted. Normally this large event space would be full with an event. Now the owner worries if they lose their Outdoor Dining and wine tasting too, it will be very difficult to stay afloat. Were just how do you say it . Trying to keep the losses as low as possible. Just by staying open. Reporter the owner says the next few weeks are usually some of the busiest of the year. While he says hes grateful he doesnt have to shut down by sunday night he knows that news could come any day. Its like waiting for one shoe to drop type feel. Reporter in san carlos, matt boone, abc 7 news. Developing news, pg e is warning about likely power shutoffs on monday for more than 130,000 customers across Northern California because of high fire danger. The utility says more than 8,500 customers in the bay area could be affected. That includes roughly 6,800 in napa county and 1,800 in Sonoma County. Cal fire tells us its prepositioned a fire engine strike teem on the border of santa clara and alameda counties just in case. But of course that fire danger is so dry, lisa. And its a little unusual, a lot unusual for december to have the offshore winds and the continued above average temperatures. But active weather in the pacific, heres a live look over our east bay hills camera. So wondering if that activity can move into the bay area. Well, well talk about a weak system tonight, and the look ahead as we talk about this chilly morning coming up next. Thanks, lisa. Also ahead a new warning from the cdc about the pandemic, why it says the u. S. Has entered a highlevel transmission phase. Plus parents are calling for San Francisco Public Schools to reopen. The problems they say Remote Learning are causing for their all right, the cdc is out with a warning that the u. S. Has now entered a new phase of high level transmission. As abc News Reporter whit johnson reports the nations hospitals, including ones here in the bay area, fear theyre going to be overwhelmed. Reporter bracing for the worst of the pandemic the cdc warning in a new report the u. S. Has entered a phase of high level transmission. We have not yet seen the post thanksgiving peak, thats the concerning thing because the numbers in and of themselves are alarming. Reporter that impact coming right before christmas, after daily covid cases nearly doubled in just over a month, from 100,000 on october 30th to 196,000 december 2nd, many hospitals on the brink. You can have a huge hospital, but if you dont have the manpower i cannot save your life. Reporter josephina larios, a nurse manager in Santa Clara County worries there are not enough doctors or beds to treat the sick. Were running out of icu beds. We know that once you go to icu, your chances are minimal. Reporter youll remember this moving photo. Dr. Joseph farrone embracing an emotional covid patient alone on thanksgiving telling us that man is now out of the hospital. Hes doing fantastic. He was discharged yesterday morning to the care of his wife. Reporter the cdc is out with a new warning urging universal mask use. That means always wearing a mask indoors whenever you leave your home and sometimes in your own home if someone there may have been exposed. Whit johnson, abc news, new york. Happening today a group of parents and students will be rallying to reopen San Francisco Public Schools, this group is calling for the district to open schools for face to face learning by january 4th. Parents say the ongoing decision to stick to Remote Learning is causing repercussions of isolation and missed social development for their kids. Theyll be marching with masks on at noon from the San Francisco board of Education Office across the street to city hall. And a similar rally is also happening in the east bay today, a peaceful and socially distanced reopen our schools demonstration in berkeley as planned from 10 00 a. M. To noon at Martin Luther king jr. Park, this group is pushing for berkeley unified to reopen for inperson classes as soon as Health Officials allow it. Its open to any supporters, but masks, of course, are mandatory. And public playgrounds will shut down in five counties under the new stay at home order. Several state lawmakers sent a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to reconsider the closure which is in the regional stay at home orders he announced earlier this week. They say a playground may be the only opportunity for families to get outdoors as advised for physical and mental health. And the new stay at home orders means two local zoos will also have to close for at least a month, both the oakland and San Francisco zoos have reopened to a limited number of visitors. Now with no visitors both zoos still face the cost of caring for their animals. Despite the Financial Hardship the head of the oakland zoo supports this new shutdown. Its that things are so severe, were caught up in it. Maybe as things let up as far as the number of cases, maybe well be the first ones to be allowed to reopen. The oakland zoo will host glowfari today and tomorrow, both nights are sold out but it will delay other dates for the holiday lights show until at least january. This christmas kids wishes for santa are a bit different than in years past, maybe because of the pandemic. Abc 7 news anchor dion lim shares with us how the usps is Going Digital to make more of those wishes come true. Dear santa reporter as we spoke to kids about what gifts theyre asking santa for this christmas their answers ran the gamut. Chocolate. Oh, he wants chocolate. Dear santa, i want light reporter thats a magnet toy. We asked kids to read letters from around the country, sent to the north pole collected by the usps as part of operation santa. I would like 20 feet aboveground pool with a four seater batmobile. Reporter for 108 years the usps has been gathering these letters and friday is the first day of the season the letters are available for adoption. Meaning anybody can volunteer to make the child and their families wish come true and send it through the mail. This year, as the program goes nationwide, and all digital, the requests are a bit different. Add in the pandemic, and we saw many letters like this one. Reading things have not been great. And my family hasnt been able to afford to buy me things. Certainly this year i expect families are really going to be impacted, they could probably really use that extra attention. Reporter that Christmas Wish came true. By midday the operation santa website showed all the letters had been adopted, more will be added each day until december 15th. Meantime, here are our favorite requests for the man in red. If we Work Together we can make the world a better place so lets just put our masks over our mouth, and our nose. I didnt really make my list yet but id like a gaming headset. But most of all i just id really like for this pandemic to end. Reporter in San Francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. And today you can watch a world Class Performance of the nutcracker by just stepping outside in hayes valley. Members of the San Francisco ballet are going to give a special performance of the christmas time classic in the street. Very cool. This is video in a youre watching now of the orchestra performing for free as they sometimes have recently due to the pandemic they cant perform, of course, inside the war memorial opera house. Todays nutcracker show will be in the street on the corner of hayes and goff from 2 00 to 3 00 p. M. What a perfect way to enswren joy this holiday tradition, is a. We are looking at haze and pollutants trapped at the surface due to normal everyday pollution and add in wood smoke and our current weather regime that has been cap and a lid of High Pressure that has allowed for very little mixing. So there we go towards another day of some hazy conditions but clo clouds will be on the increase. Live doppler 7, will it lead to any rain . The tail end could bring sprinkles for some of us late today and into tomorrow. Overall the clouds pushing into this ridge of High Pressure, being deflected up into the pacific northwest, and theyre going to see storm after storm as we go through the next seven to ten days, eventually some of it is going to have to slip into the bay area, say midmonth. Thats what were hoping. Heres a look at our current air quality where today in the north bay, and the Santa Clara Valley it is currently poor here, moderate elsewhere, we get a wind shift today, southerly winds and then offshore winds for your sunday and monday, and the atmosphere gets mixed up a little bit but with all the dry conditions, weve got elevated fire danger as a concern as well. Its 39 in foster city, redwood city checking in at 35, good morning to you, 45 in oakland, a mild 50 in San Francisco, even 44 up in san rafael. Its a cooler spot. Mid30s in napa, 39 in half moon bay. Fremont, 41, good morning to you in san jose. Last a look at the golden gate bridge, increasing clouds, possible sprinkles towards the afternoon. Dry, gusty offshore winds sunday into monday and warm for december monday and tuesday. As we look at our hour by hour forecast here come the increasing high cirrus clouds, theres the rain, 7 30 tonight, could pick up a sprinkle, but more likely its some drizzle into early sunday. We stop this at noon. And the clouds clear out of the south bay, were left with a sunny day, gusty winds in the upper elevations. So heres a look at the drizzle and light shower activity from. 01 in the city, same over in fremont, Mountain View a couple hundredths there. Slightly milder conditions for sunday. Check out monday, this is the warmest day of the week, with low to mid70s. Remember, we have the offshore winds in the upper elevations, tuesday we hold onto some of that warmth and looking at those gusty winds beginning overnight sunday into monday you can see right here from middletown to calistoga, 30 to 40 mile an hour winds, gusts as high as 50, this is 9 00 monday. The reds indicate the very gusty winds. They begin to lighten up getting towards the second half of your monday afternoon. Highs today underneath those higher clouds will be cooler, from the upper 50s half moon bay, about 63 in palo alto in fremont, 62 in richmond and the accuweather sevenday forecast, cooler today, getting cloudier towards the afternoon, maybe a few sprinkles, mist and drizzle tonight, then were sunny tomorrow afternoon, gusty winds in the hills for high fire danger come monday, december, lasts into tuesday, and were still dry, that active pacific not busting through that ridge next week, maybe the next week, liz. We will see. Cross your fingers, all right, lisa, thank you. Just ahead the company that is helping bay area residents celebrate the holidays in a more sustainable way. 100 beef and hearty chili. Try my 5. 99 chili cheeseburger combo. Its pretty delicious. I had hiv, it was difficult for. Me to accept. I decided. Hiv doesnt define me. My names dimitri. And im on biktarvy. Biktarvy is a complete, onepill, onceaday treatment. Used for hiv in certain adults. 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Happening today spacex and nasa will try and launch a new batch of supplies to its team at the International Space station but contending with weather conditions to get the rocket to space. If Current Trends hold teams at Kennedy Space center in florida will be fighting rain showers, and possible thunderstorms to get Spacexs Falcon 9 rocket in the air. Its carrying the cargo dragon, packed with supplies and science experiments for the iss astronauts. The mission must launch exactly on time today at 8 39. 38 our time or be pushed to another day. Even with the pandemic theres still a demand for Christmas Trees this year, a really big demand actually. Theres a variety of options as always but have you thought about renting a tree instead of buying one. Abc 7 News Reporter Julian Glover explores this option in san jose. Reporter they come tall and short and our city forest wants your place to play home for the holiday for these unique trees. A way to reinvent the way we view a holiday tree. Were living in a weird time and might as well mix up the trees this year. Reporter the holiday rent a tree program is in its sixth year with the goal of getting you to rent a potted tree to decorate for the holidays instead of chopping one down just to discard it a month from now. Maggie larson of san jose likes the idea. Usually we buy a Christmas Tree and we throw it out and thats a waste of money and resources, just to grow it and throw it away. We do have some traditional, not so much spruces but those conifers, evergreens that we love to see around the holidays and then, of course, we do have the nontraditional as well. Reporter five gallon trees are worth a 40 tax deductible donation, 15 gallon trees ranging from three to six feet are an 80 donation to the organization, all going to a good cause. Encourages residents to rent a living tree that will eventually be planted in our county in Santa Clara County, and its an effort to reforest, and kind of green the places we live and where we spend 90 of our lives in urban areas. Reporter you can place lights on the tree, you can place garlands too but they ask that you only place light ornaments on it so the trees still come back in good condition. You can come pick up one of those trees from 9 00 a. M. Until noon on fridays and saturdays through december the 19th and youll be able to keep it through the new year and returning it just a few days after that. Reporting in san jose, Julian Glover, abc 7 news. You can also email to reserve your tree, but they are not offering delivery. Trees can start being returned on january 8th. And in the south bay abc 7 news was at westfield Valley Fair Mall in santa clara where families visited with santa, six feet apart of course and Wearing Masks but still having a good time. We felt safe. We come and see him every year. And we couldnt miss this year. And after looking at all the restrictions, and information about it, we felt comfortable coming. Last year we tried to get photos and he cried the whole time. Were grateful he was able to keep it together for a minute and a half. Santa will be at the mall through christmas eve, reservations are required, and they are still available. You can make a reservation on the malls website. Still to come on abc 7 mornings hospitals are preparing to distribute covid19 vaccines as soon as they get them later this month. A look inside one facility thats practicing to be a vaccination hub. And bay area hospitals facing a shortage of icu beds, well break down what intensive care really means. Welcome to 15 days of saving up to 500 on fast, reliable internet and. Mobile with nationwide 5g on the most reliable network. Welcome to familyconnecting, holidayshopping, black friday awesome. Because, for a limited time, when you get xfinity internet and mobile together. You can get a 200 prepaid card. And up to 300 off select mobile phones. For up to 500 in savings. This sale wont last, so click, call, or visit a store today building a bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. Good morning again, everybody, were going to start this half hour with another look at the weather and really dry conditions were tracking, lisa. The air quality has been impacted. The air quality, the orange out there in the south bay for poor air quality. The yellow indicate moderate and of course the green good. But throughout the day today its the north bay and the south bay, which will experience the poorest air quality, so keep that in mind if you are sensitive. And it looks like were not going to really shake this pattern up in terms of rain. Anytime soon. But the wind is going to shift and be with us. Heres a look out towards 280, the south bay, 50 downtown, 45 in oakland, 37 in Mountain View as well as morgan hill on the coast its only 39 and from our roof camera, nice and clear to start out in the city, but look at those numbers, mid30s north bay, almost as cold in concord and livermore and from mt. Tam, thats a beauty, isnt it, throughout the day, increasing clouds towards the afternoon, hazy, maybe a few sprinkles, well detail that for you and talk about the winds coming into play for the second half of the weekend. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. California set three records since the start of the pandemic, the number diagnosed cases yesterday came in at more than 22,000. That is a single day high. More than 9,000 people are hospitalized with covid19, thats also a record and of those hospitalized, more than 2,100 are in icu, which is the highest count since the pandemic started. Five bay area counties as we mentioned are implementing this new regional stay at home order. Sonoma county is not part of it. But there is growing concern over the shortage of icu beds there. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard explains that intensive care means a lot more than just a bed. It also means a team of skilled staff, some who are reaching their limits. Nurses have been in this pandemic fight 100 for 11 months now. Reporter Deborah Burger has been part of that covid fight as a registered nurse in santa rosa since 1985. President of National Nurses united. With new covid cases surging locally and around the country shes worried about those who may need hospitalization. Currently there are a shortage of beds in Sonoma County and we are concerned. Reporter the States Health Department Says there are currently 173 hospital beds available countywide. 76 ventilators with a total of 82 icu beds, only four are available. You need to understand what icu beds are. Reporter burger says its not a special bed at all. Its highly trained staff who are constantly observing and monitoring ill patients who need special care. Just the labor alone is a reason that you need to be in an icu setting. Were currently have a census of nine Covid Patients at santa rosa memorial hospital, one of which is in the icu. Reporter santa rosa has room to accommodate more patients if needed. We do anticipate given the natural course of whats happened over the course of covid to be prepared for potential increase. Reporter county Health Officials now disputing icu numbers from the state, they believe the situation is actually better than whats being reported. Currently the numbers show that we have less than 3 capacity. But we do not believe that this represents a true situation within our local hospitals right now, or the capacity of our hospitals to meet an increase in covid19 cases. Reporter nurses and doctors will keep it up on the front lines, meantime they urge everyone to do their part, and help flatten the curve. In santa rosa, Cornell Barnard, abc 7 news. Nationwide covid19 has claimed the lives of more than 278,000 people, more than 14 Million People have been infected. Abc News Reporter Christine Sloan has more on the cdcs new warning about the virus. This morning the cdc with another warning as the number of covid cases in hospitalizations breaks another record as experts add the worst is likely still ahead. That cdc warning, the virus has entered a phase of highlevel transmission, now urging people to wear masks indoors, anywhere you go, and if youre home, and a loved ones been exposed, wear one too. Covid19 may be the leading cause of reported deaths in the u. S. This week, according to a projection by researchers at the university of washington, topping Heart Disease and lung cancer. Ive put an ungodly amount of people in body bags that i wasnt prepared to do and you feel so frustrated that they didnt take it serious. Like i cant tell you how many patients that weve had that they contracted it at a ball game, or at a family affair. Reporter a vaccine is expected to be authorized in the coming weeks. And Distribution Centers across the country are getting ready. Christine sloan, abc news, new york. Now a hospital in phoenix is going through dry runs of the vaccine, theyre practicing how to keep the vaccine cold, then how to vaccinate people in their cars and there are new questions about the Pfizer Vaccine, if its not kept cold enough what happens to the efficacy . Abc news chief National Correspondent matt gutman has the details. Hi there. Hi. Whats your name and date of birth . Reporter this vaccine dry run is as real as they could make it. Can i have you roll up your sleeve. Reporter sterilization, real syringe, the change of latex gloves. Honor health in phoenix, dozen around the country, serving as a vaccination hub for First Responders firefighters we rode with in july. Youre sanitizing. Im sanitizing my hands. Youre trying to go through the cases im trying to make this as real as its going to be. Reporter theyve cycled through 50 cars so far, when they get the real vaccine all of these lanes are going to be open and they hope to get through 1,500 a day. The Pfizer Vaccine will be stored in these special freezers under tight security. The vaccine will be kept in a secured room which is within a secured building which is on a secured location. Reporter after each vial of the vaccine is thawed it will be diluted with saline and diluted into five doses to be injected within an hour. The team has put this together created on a lot of unknowns. Reporter Neal Browning got the Moderna Vaccine nine months ago when he volunteered for the trial. I experienced nothing other than a very mild sore arm the next morning after each injection, much like you would have with a typical flu shot. Reporter moderna and pfizer say the side effects from both the vaccines have been mild. Little is known about longterm side effects but dr. Anthony fauci says 90 of adverse effects from vaccines show up in the first six weeks. Covid vaccine volunteers have been monitored for at least two months. Right away they will have captured the overwhelming majority historically of when you see socalled longterm side effects of a vaccine. Reporter a new study examined people who received the Moderna Vaccine and after their second shot they found that they had antibodies in their system three months later. Thats very encouraging news, and essentially it mimics the bodys immunoresponse to actually having the vaccine, scientists are still investigating how durable the vaccine, how long the response can fight off the virus. Matt gutman, abc news, phoenix. The fda is meeting about pfizers vaccine next week. If approved Governor Newsom says california should get the first round by december 15th, with only 327,000 doses to start with though High Risk Health care workers are top priority. The state has split them into three tiers, tier run include workers in acute care facilities, Skilled Nursing facilities and Dialysis Centers and then comes intermediate health care facilities, in Home Health Workers and community Health Workers and finally lab workers, dental offices and pharmacies. Governor newsom says more vaccine doses will arrive between january and march for essential workers, and then eventually the general public. And abc 7 news has assembled a vaccine team to track the latest developments. It includes dr. Patel, reporters kate larson and luz pena, and 7 on your sides michael finney. Follow the latest vaccine on our website abc7news. Com coronavirus. President trump heads down south to campaign in georgia, but this time hell be rallying for the states two republican senators in the high profile special runoff election. The president is seeking to boost current gop senators david perdue and Kelly Loeffler for the evening event. Democrats are hoping the two georgia challengers reverend Raphael Warnock and john osoff will win both races and democrats will secure a slight control of the senate if they do. Still ahead on abc 7 mornings, a new documentary series is shining a light on homeless californians. We talked to the filmmaker about the change he hopes the film creates. Lets take a live look so pretty out there, the lights looking out over the city. It is 6 48 this saturday morning. Im szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. We do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; its important. We walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. Weve both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. After about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didnt notice before. Its still helping me. I still notice a difference. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. har betsy twelquarter mile of tinsel. 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Community members and Small Businesses made donations to make todays event happen. Families will be greeted with music, a center stage with santa, and holiday decor in a festive drivethrough at the san mateo event center. Also today the vta in san jose is holding their annual stuff the bus event to collect toys for kids, you can drop off any new unwrapped toys for children, up to 14 years old. Organizers ask not to bring any plush toys for sanitary reasons. Donations will be accepted today from 9 00 to 3 00 at san jose history park. Now in the north bay, and maybe more important than ever to donate food and toys for the needy this holiday. Marin and Sonoma County holding last chance toy and food drives with special offers, with your toys and nonperishables youll get goodies in return and a chance to climb aboard a holiday decorated smart train. Both are clean and covid safe events. The Sonoma County dropoff is at railroad scare in santa rosa from 10 00 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. The dropoff in marin is hamilton from 3 00 to 5 00. Lisa, already december. Santa is getting busy. Good morning, everyone, we look live outside, santa cruz, 44 degrees right now, yesterday upper 60s, coming down about six degrees today, and the clouds increase towards about 4 00 this afternoon. So well time it out for you, talk about if theres any rain, or sprinkles, and weve got an offshore wind tomorrow to detail for you, in just a few minutes. Thanks, lisa. Also next the mea releases a schedule for the first half of the regular season, well highlight some of the big warriors matchups that you will see right here on abc 7 coming up in sports. Health insurance shouldnt be one of them. At covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from Preventive Care to mental health. Covered california is the only place that offers financial help for health insurance, and now, theres more help for more people. And free assistance from experts to get more californians covered. Starting with you. Covered california. This way to health insurance. Enroll by december 15th. Welcome back, here is a live look from our emeryville camera this morning looking out over the bay bridge in the city. 47 degrees right now in San Francisco. Lets talk sports. All three Bay Area College football teams will be in action today. Stanford faces 22nd ranked washington at husky stadium at 1 00 p. M. San jose state battles larry beils warriors at 3 00 p. M. And number 23 oregon takes on cal at Memorial Stadium at 4 00 p. M. Watch on espn. The warriors are back in action in 17 more days. The dubs first half schedule has been released. Heres Chris Alvarez with a preview in this mornings sports. Good morning, the nba releasing the first half of the regular season schedule. Second half is going to come later. The warriors will be prominently featured in big time tv National Games including several on abc 7. Some of those highlights include starting at brooklyn and followed by a Christmas Day game in milwaukee on abc 7. The dubs will visit lebron james and the lakers on mlk day on january 18th. Look out, back to back saturday night primetime games right here on abc at dallas and hosting Kevin Durants Brooklyn Nets in february. Warriors missed the bubble this summer, these games are a long time coming. We love playing basketball, all the athletes in the league. I think its something that is necessary in the world to keep this place, you know, a happy place, although were in a pandemic, i think basketball brings a smile to some peoples faces. Im blessed to be a part of this great league. College hoops, usf, at cal poly. The outdoor band. It is 2020, socially distanced and safe. Jamri slams it home, game high 18. Late first half, seconds winding down, look at Julian Rishwain beats the buzzer. Down by 13 at half. Taavi jurkatamm, two hand, now 42 overall. 49ers host the Buffalo Bills from arizona on monday night, youll see it here on abc 7. Defensive coordinator robert sala one of the top nfl head coaching candidates this offseason, and already has a vote from a group of Michigan State legislators. Yes, sala is a michigan native. The Detroit Lions job is open after the team recently fired matt patricia. Espn reports a group from that state sent a letter to the lions owner urging her to hire sala. Sala is focused on his current job. And preparing for that bills game. Robert salas defense is getting healthy after sundays win over the rams. Richard sherman called teammate jimmie ward one of the best safeties in all the nfl. Sherman had a first pick ward forced two fumbles in the game. The 9ers really knead needed a win. Listening to jimmy ward, you can tell hes ready for game time. Thats how i play too. I play like i talk, i talk how i play. Its just it all starts in practice, and i dont know, even just thinking about football right now, im starting to get feel that fire inside of me. Other than that, just get to the next question. Im fisting like game day right now. Did you see this . Espn reports the nhl is aiming for a 52 or 56 game regular season schedule that would start in midjanuary. There are several hurdles, including a potential schedule, protocols, formats and the bargaining agreement. Likely to be a realignment including an all Canadian Division to deal with traveling restrictions. Womens college hoops, cal falls to washington 8053. Back to you. Lisa, lets get a check of the weather. Where do things stand in terms of a potential red flag warning this coming week . I dont think were going to get to that, liz, but we are certainly looking at those gusty upper elevation winds, and warmer temperatures to start the upcoming workweek. But we are looking at parts, perhaps, of the north bay, extreme Northern California, looking like they could see some red flag warnings, but the bay area in particular, just kind of on watch duty now with what is going to sort of develop as we get into late tomorrow, and monday. Thats the offshore winds, the dry conditions, and we are certainly looking at not only the cooler air this morning, but the poor air quality, and so with that, its a spare the air alert, the poorest air quality in the north bay and into the south bay and theres a pretty view from our exploratorium camera, clouds bumping into this ridge of High Pressure, the storm track for the next several days continues to be up in the pacific northwest, seattle and portland getting some rain in the next seven days. Our roof camera, the flag here, the winds switch around to the south ahead of a weak system to the north of us and then its the offshore component for your sunday, sound night and monday, 50 in the city, 45 oakland, 36 in Mountain View, with upper 30s for you in morgan hill, how about that, 39 half moon bay, heres the shark tank, hazy, the air quality is poor in san jose, 36 in santa rosa, novato, napa with 37 by the delta, concord and livermore. Certainly cold out there. Emeryville right now and it is looking less than ideal that air quality and it has been for the past week or so. Increasing clouds, possible sprinkles this afternoon, drieg gusty offshore winds tonight into monday and then warming up the warmest day of the week monday, still mild for tuesday. There the high cirrus clouds, theres the precip, well get into some drizzle, and then by midday tomorrow, were looking at the sun coming out, and those winds, about 1,500 feet gusting, perhaps, to near 50 miles an hour. Rainfall potential, well call it drizzle,. 01, richmond and Mountain View, so really theres nothing to write home about. Were back to those 60s into your sunday afternoon. Into the sunshine. Here comes the warm day. Look at the 70s for monday, and then by tuesday as those winds lighten up we still have some warm air in place with upper 60s to near 70. Heres a look at your sunday night, as the winds, north to northeast, begin to blow from the higher elevations, mt. Diablo, mount st. Helena, 9 00 monday morning, a gusty start to the day, above 1,500 feet by the afternoon things quiet down and were looking at that warmer day, as for today its cooler out there, high cirrus clouds, by the second half of the day, about 60, thats around five degrees cooler today in San Francisco. Eight to ten degrees cooler elsewhere, 63 in fremont, 65 in san jose and the accuweather sevenday forecast, cooler, cloudier, late tonight, maybe mift and drizzle, starting out with clouds tomorrow, ending with upper elevation wind, that brings our fire danger to higher than average. And for december were still going to stay dry, the rest of the workweek were going to cool off and indications are perhaps by the middle of the month we could see some precip. So lets hope for the that, you know, winter arrives, the 2 1s, 22nd, and so far its been unusually quiet, you know that. Yeah, maybe a rainy christmas will be in store for us, lets hope. Thanks, lisa. We know how the severity of the bay areas homeless crisis is being multiplied by the ongoing covid crisis. The pandemic threatened to push even more people into a rent spiral, or even worse. This morning abc 7 News Reporter david louie gives us an inside look at a new documentary thats hoping to turn the tide. Reporter in the bay area its a common sight that can lead to a reaction of concern or revulsion. Imagine you the homeless feel. You dont have a name. Nobody wants to look you in the eye. They want to walk by you as quickly as possible. Reporter a team led by filmmaker don hardy set out on a mission to address this chronic issue by putting a human face to those living in encampments at our doorsteps. Its an epidemic, its a crisis, the Senior Citizens are the most vulnerable. Reporter its titled the way home. 76yearold vernon boyken of oakland among dozens who shared how they lost housing and had no place to go. Gathering the stories wasnt as simple as showing up with a camera and a microphone. Many times we would leave after a full day without actually filming a bit of footage. But we made some relationships that way. Reporter stories of bad luck alone dont solve homelessness. The series hopes to spark discussion and support for organizations committed to creating housing. Thats why Kaiser Permanente helped to fund the project as the pandemic threatens to make even more people homeless. We have this twindemic in this country were dealing with and unless we all step up and really Work Together to be able to solve for these problems, its going to be a tough road to recovery. Homelessness is also a social justice issue. The documentary points out blacks make up 40 in encampments, while only 12 of the states population. The way home is streaming on multiple online sites. David louie, abc 7 news. All right, next, the warriors are kicking off their annual season of giving, how theyre helping underserved communities here in the bay area this year. Happening today the Golden State Warriors get into the holiday spirit themselves the teams kicking off its season of giving today at thrive city at chase center, its a whole month of Holiday Giving events to benefit the bay areas underserved communities. This weekend the team will host more than 200 families to pick up a Christmas Tree and holiday decorations. Thrive city is set for the holiday season, and been transformed into a Winter Wonderland. All right, final check of your weather now with lisa. Its a little chilly today, youre saying. Cooler, high clouds here, we also have that haze for spare the air alert today, air quality north bay and south bay, not so great, the rest of us will notice the increasing clouds, say after 2 00. And instead of mid and upper 60s, were low to mid60s today, the accuweather sevenday forecast may be a sprinkle tonight, we start out cloudy, we become sunny for your sunday, then the winds in the upper elevations increase, that brings elevated fire danger through monday, with warmer weather monday and tuesday and with all the talk going on about the weather you would think id be talking about rain but no, its other things, so well have to keep our fingers crossed. Liz . All right, lisa, thank you. And thank you all for joining us here on abc 7 mornings. Im liz kreutz, along with argen. Were back at 8 00 a. M. Good morning america is next, see you then. I know many of you are waiting for your unemployment or covid19 payments. I asked the edd whats going on, why cant our viewers get their money . Theres a number of Different Things that could impact someones good morning, america. The new phase of the pandemic. The cdcs warning about high level transmission. The alarming rate of positive cases. The plea for you to wear a mask the minute you step outside your door and the new hope for a stimulus bill. Compromise is within reach. There is momentum. Plus, the update on this patient who spent thanksgiving in the hospital. Trial run. The Hospital System testing its plan to distribute a coronavirus vaccine. Can i have you please roll up your sleeve. Gma getting a firsthand look at the complexities and who might be the first in line to get the vaccine. Plus, the maine cdc director, dr. 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