Fiction. Health leaders looking to calm nerves. What they want you to know about this vaccine. Once you get the first dose, what happens next . What weve learned tonight. Plus one step closer to inauguration day. A milestone for president elect joe biden and his message for america. Also some of your favorite holiday traditions are being done a little different this year. The new way theyre hoping youll enjoy these displays. Good evening. Tonight thousands of doses of the Pfizer Vaccine are locked up in subzero freezers in the bay area. Vaccination for Health Care Workers here about ten hours away potentially signaling the beginning of the end of this pandemic. Nbcs Terry Mcsweeney at fs general, one of four hospitals in the state terry which actually physically have that vaccine tonight. Reporter yeah, 2,000 doses of the vaccine arriving here at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital today. Hundreds thousands more doses earmarked for california. There were no doses actually given today, but we got a really good idea exactly what thats going to look like when they start those in the morning. Health care workers at the front of the line for the vaccine. Kim taylor, an er nurse the first first in the state to receive it. We front line workers have been working sacrificing so much of what we do and love to take care of our patients. Reporter tonight Governor Newsom tweeted more help than previously expected is on the way. We got word from pfizer were going to receive an additional 3,000 doses next week. Reporter 29 hospitals across the state anticipating vaccines the next couple of days. 17,500 doses expected to touch down at San Jose International airport as early as tomorrow. Sutter health which operators a number of hospitals in the bay area including the center in berkeley is not sure how many doses it will receive because the numbers keep changing. The vaccine the light at the pandemic tunnel, but epidemiologists agree its a very, very long tunnel. And Governor Newsom saying that as far as the Moderna Vaccine the next one in the pipeline he expects that to be approved on friday, and theres going to be 672,000 doses of that vaccine available beginning next week. And the Johnson Johnson vaccine, thats expected to be approved in january. Live in San Francisco, Terry Mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. We can take all vaccinations we can get. Kaiser Medical Center in the bay area expected to get its first doses of the vaccine wednesday and thursday. Over the weekend hospitals installed these vaccine storage freezers. Kaiser said the first shipment will likely be limited. There are four things they really want to make sure you know when it comes to the shot. The first one is you cant get the covid from this vaccine. Thats because unlike your flu vaccine theres no live virus in this shot. Also getting vaccinated wont cause you to test positive for covid. Lastly the vaccine will help protect you from getting sick from the virus. Thats the important point. Now that the Pfizer Vaccine is here, nbc bay areas cheryl heard gives us a look and who will be checking on you. Cheryl . Reporter starting tomorrow front line Health Care Workers will start to be immunized here at regional Medical Center in martinez. Eventually that vaccine will trickle down to the general public. Definitely a monumental day weve all been waiting for. Reporter in the coming days Stanford Health nurse don tran will rollup his sleeve and receive the first dose of the Pfizer Vaccine that was recently approved for emergency use by the fda. Tran is one of several thousand front line workers who will get the shot along with Emergency Room Physician sam shen. You can expect some local irritation, inflammation. You may experience the muscle aches, myalgias as well as potential fever. Im planning on get it. Im counting on other people getting it, too. Reporter the general public can expect to get immunized by this spring maybe into summer. Heres what to expect. There will be at a high level tracking, but for an individual who gets vaccinated, for example, for that one person its really going to be up to them to be able to keep in touch with their provider. The rollout for the public will be given out through Health Departments our your private physician. If people get vaccinated at a pharmacy which most people probably will, it will be important to keep the information sheet that they give you. That information will tell you what to expect. Some will experience pain at the site of the injection, mild headaches or even flulike symptoms. It comes in two doses. And if your first shot was the Pfizer Vaccine, the second must be the same, no mixing and matching. Doctors say it will be similar to getting a flu shot. Thats how carson clark feels about it. He was part of the pfizer trial back in september. He had very few side effects and feels people should get immunized. I think a year from now once everyone has been vaccinated ethis will all be over with. Lets hope so. Governor newsom called todays vaccine rollout a moment of hope and optimism but also cautioned now is not the time for us to get complacent. We have to be sober and mindful about the moment we are in, which is challenging and trying. Today we received as many doses in the entire state of california as there were new cases in the state of california. Thats right, 33,000 new covid cases in the state, the third highest number of new daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic. And our Positivity Rate is at all alltime high of 10. 5 . Now, look at this. In the last seven days alone more californians have tested positive than they did in the months of september and october combined. The bar on the left shows those two months, 213,000 cases. The past week 243,000 new cases again in just seven days. Icu beds continue to be in short supply across the state. If you look at the bay area as a whole we only have 17 of icu beds available right now. The situation much worse in the Central Valley and southern california. And the San Joaquin Valley actually has no icu beds available. Marin and san mateo in the red zone. They have less than 15 veilableability. Santa clara and solano just above that at 15 , hovering. Napa and Alameda County are doing better, theyre in the yellow at 30 beds available. Despite the ongoing covid surge Santa Clara County is reducing the amount of time a healthy person has to quarantine after potential exposure. The county says you only have to quarantine for ten days instead of the old 14. The change also applies to people who travel more than 150 miles from the county. When you come back you have to quarantine for only ten days. With only 40 of icu beds available some are asking why would they reduce the quarantine now. We constantly want to take into account all of the best science we have and find the balance between the benefit to safety of quarantine and keeping people from getting sick and the benefit of getting people back to work when its safe to do so. Now, turns out the state made the same change today saying its aligning itself with the cdc. However, it also stresses the best advice is to avoid all travel that isnt essential. Well, president elect joe biden addressed the nation tonight saying its time to unite and heal, this after electors in all 50 states cast ballots in the Electoral College formalizing bidens victory. A normally standard constitutional process more significant this year due to the president s refusal to concede the election. Nbcs alice farr wrapatize up from washington. Reporter tonight president elect joe biden calling on americans to turn the page hours after the Electoral College made his victory official. Our democracy pushed, tested, threatened, proved to be resilient through and strong. The electoral vote normally a formality this year requiring extra security in some battleground states amid threats of violence. Biden alluding to President Trumps extraordinary efforts to overturn Election Results and saying democracy prevails. Not even a pandemic or abuse of power can extinguish that flame. Reporter the president elect pointing out his victory 306232 is the same margin President Trump won by in 2016. At the time President Trump calls the Electoral College tally a landslide. Also highlighting the supreme courts rejection of attempts to reverse the will of voters. There would be no part of an unprecedented assault on our democracy. Still President Trump remains defiant. Its not over. We keep going. Reporter moving ahead without attorney general william barr whos now leaving the Administration Next week after reportedly infuriating the president by saying there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the election. In washington, alice farr nbc news. New at 11 00 tonight an explosion followed by flames. The investigation under way in a peninsula neighborhood. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking a cold start tomorrow morning, and our next chance of rain just around the corn. Ill have all the details you need to know about in 7 minutes. Are you planning to enjoy some lights, you may have to do it differently this year. The message some neighborhoods want you to hear. Jordan knows he shouldnt eat this entire bowl of nachos. But tonight, hes earned that right. Because a few hours ago, in the middle of happy hour, he recognized a sign. Not from the gods or a bolt of lightning, but from a doubleheart, a kissy face, and a fourth ha in hahaha. Thats when jordan knew he was buzzed. So, when it was time to go, he got a ride home instead of driving. Be a legend like jordan. Recognize your buzzed warning signs and get a ride home. New at 11 00 tonight an explosion followed by flames. Thats how neighbors describe a house fire on the green avenue in san bruno. That happened just after 5 00 this evening. People living in nearby homes evacuated after fire crews tried to keep the flames from spreading. The family that lives in the house was able to get out safely. One person did suffer a minor injury. We spoke to a neighbor who jumped into action. What i heard is an explosion, and when i came outside i saw that the neighbors house were burning, so i took the garden hose and i actually started watering his roof. Good job. Fire officials believe the explosion happened in the garage. Neighbors have been clear today go back into their houses. Tonight were hearing from the attorney representing the San Francisco Police Officer charged with beating a black man with a baton. The officer Terence Stengel used excessive and unlawful force. Prosecutors say that ducarry spires was on a date with his girlfriend at Fishermans Wharf at 2019 when police got some sort of call about an assault. They saw he and his girlfriend standing there and talking. One officer ordered spires to turn around, the other officer allegedly walked up behind spires and hit the man with a baton. Officer stengels attorney released a statement that reads in part, quote, we will provide Accurate Information to the public and the court that will clear officer stengel of these false and malicious accusations from the district attorney. Wildlife trackers believe they have trapped a dangerous coyote they say viciously attacked two people. Got to tell you, though, the pictures are a little graphic. He was bitten by a coyote while doing pushups ten days ago. Dna samples show the same coyote attacked a 2yearold boy in july at a nearby park. Officials tell us theyve trapped four coyotes in the past few nights. With an animal that is causing that type of aggressive attack on people, thats something we have to Pay Attention is a threat to public safety. We have to remove that animal if we can. Theres a coyote latched onto my left kaft. Tried to shake him off, didnt free up so i had to perch him in the nose. There have been three in the bay area now. Back to our top story, the first covid vaccinations in the united states. Today Sandra Lindsey received the pfizer shot. Shes an icu nurse in new york, one of the places hit hardestest by the pandemic. Sandra was the First American to be vaccinated and millions more will follow. Most of us will have the option to receive the vaccine some time over the next six months. Heres the question for yowl. Can your company require that you get the vaccine . Simple answer, yes. Legally, they can. However, a local Attorney Says anyone who objects is entitled to not get immunized. One south bay company told us their message to employees will be clear. Get the shot before you come back to the office. Im not taking off the table mandating that people that come to the office are required to take the vaccine. I mean, were a people of science and we work in the tech space and we believe in science. Now, most Bay Area Companies we talked to say at this point theyre waiting to declare the vaccine an ultimatum. Visitors are being told to enjoy the magic from the safety of their cars. The magic of the season has eucalyptus avenue lit up. What a Winter Wonderland ware in. We love it. We come here every year. Lucy smith and her dad cant resist this neighborhood light show, and they have lots of company. This year the traffic had started earlier. Weekends crowds showed up earlier this year. People need this kind of opportunity to celebrate. The city of san carlos is trying to keep things covid safe posting signs urging people to enjoy the show from inside the car instead of out on the sidewalk. Its a tough sell for the kids. Id rather walk. But parents say if it gets too crowded, theyre driving through in fremont, blocks and blocks of Holiday Cheer easily seen from the safety of your car. Back at san carlos, cars lined up tonight from the two block tour. If youre worried about missing something because youre in the car, dont worry about it. People are walking faster than im driving. Reporter clearly not everyone has seen the walk dont drive message. Theres still a lot of people walking so its a little misleading. Reporter most wear masks until it was time to take a picture. People who live nearby say the sidewalks dont feel as crowded as they usually do, a welgcome welcome sight for neighbors who need to walk the dog. The art installation in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park has changed its off time. It will be off al8 00 p. M. Instead of 9 ha. Thats because it was attracting crowds late into the night. Organizers say they want everyone to abide by that 10 00 p. M. Curfew. Jeff, those lights our new house is amazing. Great street, huge yard. There is a bit of an issue with our neighbors fencing. Neighbor 1 allez sound from wind chimes neighbor 2 laughing at least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save even more. Neighbor 2 hey, sarah, hey, peter neighbor 1 touche. Neighbor 2 ahhh neighbor 1 pret neighbor 2 en garde for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com te test. California is losing patience with amazon. Today the state Justice Department asked the court to demand amazon provide mere information on its covid practices. Californias attorney general says amazon is actually profiting from the pandemic. Its Third Quarter profits tripled over where they were a year ago. If amazon cant next day deliver an 85inch tv it should be able to deliver it to the department of justice the straightforward information we officially requested of them near nearly three to four months ago. Also details on its protocols for handling infections and wants to know whether amazon faces complaints or lawsuits over its working conditions. Well, for more than 150 years San Franciscos famous clubhouse has wowed diners with dramatic views and tourists alike. Yesterday the couple thats operated the restaurant for decades says it wont reopen when the ban is lifted. They say the National Park service told them the landmarks days as a restaurant are just over. Park service owns the land and hasnt decided what the future of the cliff house will be. It only said itll reopen to the public some time after the pandemic. Hawaiian airlines is offering you testing options if you want to go to hawaii. As of today passengers traveling from sjc will be offered drivethru covid tests. Theres an site lab like this one, the cost 90. Results available within 36 hours. All visitors arriving within the Hawaiian Islands must selfquarantine for 14 days or show proof of a negative covid test. The airline added the tests to comply with hawaiis new testing protocol. Well, changes could be coming to the 49ers as they cling to their fading playoff hopes. Well give you the details up next. soft music hey dad, im about to leave. Dont forget your hat. Good morning. How can i help . I need help connecting with my students. Behind every last minute save, ok, that works. And holiday surprise, thank you a Customer Service rep is working unseen, making it happen. And at genesys, were proud to help them help you everyday. Keep pushing for an unlikely playoff spot or start thinking about 2021. The 49ers have some tough decisions to make following the most recent loss. The niners lost to washington yesterday. Washington scored two touch downs off 49 turn overs. 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Organizers say that up to 30 of people in sunnyvale are being forced to skip meals during this pandemic, so they are reaching out and asking for help. Thats going to do it for us. Thanks for joining us. Stay safe, stay healthy. See you tomorrow