Valley. Everywhere in red there the potential for a high fire danger. Look at the winds. These are at the surface. 37 at fairfield, 32 in novato, 43 in santa rosa. Theyre even faster up in the hills. That means theyll get faster down in the surface once the sun comes up. Thats why we have that wind advisory through 11 00. Near record high temperatures today also from 66 in Half Moon Bay to about 74 in santa rosa. We have hazards at our beaches also and another potential red flag warning coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast. Thank you. Bay area firefighters were busy this weekend preparing for the potential fire danger that is stretching into today. Red flag warnings in december are rare. The last one happened in 2017. So with winds through tonight, firefighters are remaining vigilant. I dont think any of us thought we would be upstaffing and moving into a red flag and wind advisory for december. Its not typical for the bay area. The concern for winds like this, they will likely bring trees down. Pg e planned Public Safety power shutoffs across Northern California today but since the winds shifted a bit the utility opted to cancel most of those. No one in the bay area is expected to lose power. Five bay area counties are at a stayathome order this morning. Its a proactive measure aimed to help stop the spread of covid19. These counties are getting ahead of the states guidance which requires the changes once the regions icu capacity hits 15 . The order is in effect in alameda, contra costa, santa clara and San Francisco counties. Marin will join tomorrow. The lockdown is prompting changes that will last until january 4th at least. Theres no more indoor or Outdoor Dining. Restaurants can only do takeout and delivery. Hair and nail salons are no longer operate. There are no more indoor religious services. Capacity at Grocery Stores can be 20 . Wineries, Entertainment Centers and playgrounds are closed. While hiking trails are still open, parks, museums, campgrounds, Visitor Centers all closed. The impact of the order on your health and the economy are important to abc7 as we work to build a better bay area. Julian glover is live at san pedro square in san jose. Customers and Business Owners have mixed reactions to this new order. Yeah. Good morning. Mixed reaction for sure. Once again it is closing time for businesses here in Santa Clara County. Many of those Business Owners in the south bay wondering if they will be able to reopen their doors on the other side of what will hopefully be Governor Newsoms last stayathome order. We were out in san jose yesterday with people taking in the last of 2020. The last hair cut. The last chance to dine out at an outdoor patio for the year. Restaurants were busy taking down dining now open signs as they shift to carryout and delivery only. Perhaps the situation even more dire for hair salons and barbershops. Theres no togo hair cut. The owner of oh Beauty Studio in san jose already five months behind on her rent. If this closing kept happening, i cant afford to pay rent. I might have to close down my business and take the loss. I dont think that closing is the answer. I think having stiff guidelines would be far better than that. Meanwhile, the board of supervisors in Santa Clara County proposing relief for restaurants as they shift to carryout and delivery only. The board now considering a proposal at tomorrows meeting that would set a cap on fees Delivery Companies charge restaurants and customers trying to encourage people to perhaps click to get their next meal here in the south bay to keep some of these businesses afloat during this latest stayathome order. Reporting live in downtown san jose, julian glover, abc7 news. Thank you. Not all of the bay area counties are implementing this early stayathome order. As we mentioned, marin county will start theirs tomorrow. That goes into effect at noon. Four other local counties are opting to follow the state guidelines and will issue the order once our regions icu capacity hits 15 . Those include napa, sonoma, solano and san mateo counties. The bay area average is 24 icu capacity. Some San Francisco small Business Owners protested the citys new stayathome order in front of city hall. Sop the tyranny tyranny tyra the protesters say the shutdown is unfair. Unemployment is not enough to pay rent in San Francisco. If youre going to force people to be out of work, you need to make sure they can pay their rent and feed their families. Deferring rents and bills is not enough. Theyll never make that money up. She said the economic effect will be catastrophic for working class people across the bay area. We posted unemployment resources on our website, we have a breakdown of the latest numbers, plus what you need to know about the changes in the county where you live. Go to abc7news. Com. The rising number of hospitalizations in california is also a trend were seeing nationwide. A record 101,000 covid19 patients were in u. S. Hospitals on sunday. According to the covid tracking project, more than 20,000 people are in icus. Health officials are concerned that the situation will get worse as we get closer to christmas. Trumps personal attorney, rudy giulia giuliani, is in the hospital because of covid19. He checked into Georgetown University hospital yesterday. Giuliani said he is feeling good and recovering quickly. At 76 hes considered to be high risk for covid19 complications. Now there is some hope if we can all hang on a little bit longer. Pfizers vaccine could be approved within days. The fda is meeting to review it on thursday. The vaccine has been approved in the uk. The first round of vaccinations there starts tomorrow. Here in the u. S. The white house will hold a vaccine summit tomorrow. Dr. Jerome adams was on gma this morning talking about the importance of being vaccinated. We can ultimately end this pandemic but it doesnt matter if people wont get the vaccination. We know vaccine levels are only about 50 for adults for flu, and they go down to about 40 for africanamericans. Im working with historically black colleges and universities, faith communities, im working with the divine nine, the leaders of the africanamerican fraternities and sororities, working with hispanic leaders, we want everyone to get this vaccine when its available. Dr. Adams also urges people to get the flu shot if they have not done that yet. You can watch his entire interview at 7 00 on gma. Abc7 is committed to keeping you informed about developments with the covid19 vaccine. If you want to stay on top of the latest vaccine news, we assembled the abc7 vaccine this morning president elect joe biden announced the nominations for his administrations health team. Jobina has more on those names. Good morning. So, president elect joe biden has picked California Attorney general Xavier Becerra as health and Human Services secretary. Becerra is a stanford grad and served in his current role since 2017. He would be the first latino to lead the be the surgeon joenl. And dr. Rochelle walensky will be cdc director. Dr. Fauci will stay in his role as and jeff vients will serve as coordinator of the covid19 response. We are about a month and a half away from inauguration day. Today president elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris will meet with transition advisers. Good morning, mike. Good morning. Thank you for that great information. Thats talk about how we frontloaded the forecast with the extreme weather today. Temperatures up to 22 degrees warmer than yesterday morning because of the breezes out there. That puts us anywhere from 42 in places like san ramon and dublin to 55 just down the road in pleasanton or 50 up in Pleasant Hill or 55 in antioch and brentwood. Weve got 60 right now in santa rosa. So only i think we have to get to 75 for a record high. 59 for San Francisco. You look at 40 at mountain view. 42 in san jose, and 62 for hayward. A northeast wind at the grinl. Look at the flag there on the right side of your screen. 19 to 36 Miles Per Hour. Our bridges will be dicey this morning for high profile vehicles. 46 to 55 at 7 00. Well above average. Well be in the mid 60s by noon. Look at those upper 60s by 4 00 with many of us reaching 70 during the afternoon hours. 55 to 56 by 7 00. As the warning finally tapers at 5 00. We go to the beaches, sneaker waves, a big issue through 5 00 this afternoon. But then those long period westnorthwest swells create some large breakers up to 25 feet. And we go from a beach hazard statement to a high surf warning, which is even worse because those big breakers, those powerful waves will create dangerous surf, jetties, all of that will be inundated with these powerful waves and they could pull you out into the water. Cold warning drowning one of the biggest risks at our beaches this year because of stuff like this. Well talk more about quieter weather in the sevenday forecast. Lets go back to jobina and talk about the morning commute. Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Happy monday to you. So mike mentioned those winds earlier. We do have a high wind advisory issued by the chp for the bay bridge. Well check out the south beach camera. A live picture there of the traffic moving through. Very clear. No major blocking issues or crashes to report as we move over to our live camera showing off 680 in walnut creek. So things are looking good. I will het ylet you know if any changes. As i send it over to reggie and kumasi, ill leave you with a lasting look at the map. You can see all of that green everywhere. We just had a little slowdown out of the Central Valley. All right. Reggie and kumasi . Thank you. Coming up, getting travelers back to the bahamas. The program one airline is launching today to make it possible. Bay area arts venues found ways to pivot vduring the pandemic. And a trio of Mountain Lion cubs at the oakland zoo had a ball before they headed to their new home. We have an update on these little survivors. Before we get to that, we want to sfx dog bark a little taste of home is worth sharing. Than a holiday dinner table. Gives you more options pick the speed thats right for you, with options faster than gig. And get reliable internet with topnotch coverage. Plus, help keep your data safe and private with security included. No antlers on the table. How come you get to eat first . Get started with this great offer, or ask about our fastest speed, 2 gig up and down. Switch today. This week abc7 is celebrating some of the bay areas most cherished institutions, destinations devoted to arts, sciences and much more. Like so many other businesses they had to get creative while being shut down for months. As dion lim shows us, for the San Francisco opera, the pandemic meant stepping on to a new stage. Reporter if great operas are built around passion, arrogace and tragic loss, the year 2020 could be its own script. And members of the San Francisco opera have ridden the bumps of covid19 like a dramatic scene. Its been so important as weve gone through this pandemic that weve done everything we can to keep that family together. Reporter to keep that family together, general director Matthew Shilvock is helping orchestrate what youd call a virtual second act, recreating the passion of the opera without an audience in their seats or even performers on the same stage. Instead, theyre recording a performance in pieces to be streamed to opera fans. So singers who are used to singing out in front of 3,000 people now have to find that way onscreen. Everything looks amazing. Reporter its a foreign feeling for pianist John Churchwell and soprano ashley dixon who collaborate closely. But today hell be on piano in one room while ashley is onstage in another. The two will be linked during the performance by remote cameras, video and audio displays. Although were performing in different rooms, im really relying 100 on what i hear. You know, its just great to be actually performing with somebody. Ill take it in any way possible at this point. Reporter and possible means a clean, sterile stage she cant share. Except for the music of beloved colleagues. Reporter the performance is called celebrating the voices of San Francisco opera, and beyond the stars, it will also include spoken thoughts from the crew members as well. The dresses that were sewn, the sets that were built, and hopes for the shows still to come. So we are telling those stories through the eyes of the designers, the directors. It means a lot to us, so i hope it means just as much for those who get to tune in and listen to the program. Reporter turning the struggles of this past year into a kind of personal opera for fans to appreciate. Dion lim, abc7 news. That was interesting. We have information on how you can help the San Francisco opera and all of the organizations we are featuring this week at abc7news. Com betterbayarea. Just click on stateofthearts. I dont have an aria for you, mike. Warm up the voice. Well wait until 6 00. Were all ready. Hello . You cant do it on demand . Give me a second. We appreciate you offering. Next time. Lets look at whats going on. I hope youre in a good mood and have a good weekend. We have a lot to talk about. We touched on the red flag warning, the beach hazards, the wind. Let me tell you what to expect. Red flag warning, dangerous surf today, record warmth today and tomorrow, fire concerns develop again wednesday night into thursday. So well be keeping an eye on that. Look at that Atmospheric River coming straight from hawaii. Look at the length of that. Thousands of miles and look how its missing us once again. Theyll have flooding rains in the Pacific Northwest and up into British Columbia canada. And we cant get a drop. Were so dry today, so much sunshine, so much ascending air that compresses and heats that a lot of us are going to hit the 70s. If not, youll be close at 69 degrees. Record highs possible today. As far as your outdoor activities. Everything is pretty dangerous considering we have a high fire danger. We have windy and choppy conditions on the bay and we have dangerous surf at our beaches. It actually gets more dangerous heading throughout the day going from sneaker waves to large breakers and runups. Tonight, calmer and cooler as you can see some 30s in the deepest valleys. Low to upper 40s around the bay and out to the coast. My accuweather 7day forecast, tomorrow, another chance of record highs. Then temperatures will slowly try to get back to average, which is friday, our coolest day of the week. Well throw in extra clouds saturday and then the possibility of a few sprinkles, maybe a random shower into sunday. Its so minimal that well talk about it but we wont put a storm impact scale on it just quite yet. Too bad, we need that rain, kumasi. Thank you. Today is National Pearl harbor remembrance today. It marks the anniversary of japans attack on this day in 1941. This was the day in 1941 that the u. S. Changed its stance about being involved in world war ii two years after it started. Nearly 20 american vessels and more than 300 airplanes were destroyed or damage and more than 2,400 americans died. Another 1,000 were injured. Today there will be a ceremony honoring survivors of the attack. It starts at 4 30 this afternoon atop mount diablo. Its been a while since my dad talked about pearl harbor, and he was living on the island of oahu when the island was attacked. It was interesting hearing his story being a little boy, stopped by a police officer, being told there was a problem at pearl harbor and running to his house and hiding in his basement. We have people still around who lived during that time. Its interesting to hear their stories. Im glad we get to honor them today. Coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. And could relief be on the way for millions of American Workers . The news coming out of capitol hill about the next covid stimulus package. Its 5 22. If youre just joining us, heres the 7 things to know this morning. 2013, 2017, 2020, the only three times weve had red flag warnings in december, and this one goes until 5 00 this evening. Be vigilant when outside. Alameda, contra costa, santa clara and San Francisco counties under that stayathome order this morning. Marin county joins us tomorrow. One of the biggest changes, no indoor or Outdoor Dining. Napa, sonoma, solano and san mateo counties will be required to enact the same stayathome order. Thats based on state guidelines. Right now the icu capacity is at about 24 . Governor newsom is expected to give an update on the states response to covid19. Its at a different time than usual. We expect it to start at 9 30 this morning. Youll see it right here on abc7and on our nur news app and abc7news. Com. Joe biden picked California Attorney general Xavier Becerra as health and Human Services secretary. If confirmed he would be the first latino to lead the department. Number six, well take a live look outside showing off the bay bridge toll plaza. We have a high wind advisory issued from the chp for the bay bridge. And number seven. We are on vaccine watch all this week. The fda could approve pfizers covid19 vaccine this thursday. Tomorrow vaccinations begin in the uk. Here in the u. S. The white house will be ho