On monday to, i think, information they had 90 efficacy. That was the pfizer vaccine. Demonstrating the vaccination as possible against covid19. The dr. Also said, if vaccine emergency authorization is approved, 20 million doses could be available in the United States in december. There are well over 1 million cases of the coronavirus in california. According to Johns Hopkins with only state with more cases is texas. Over 18,000 people with the virus have died in our state. Californias 14 day test positivity average is up to 4 . The goal is to be under 5 . Santa clara county Officials Say they are seeing a sudden, rapid spike in covid19 cases and are announcing new restrictions, including the elimination of Indoor Dining. Its bad news for restaurants who have just recently returned to Indoor Dining. Reporter thats right. Restaurant owners say this will be tough. They are not sure if they can get enough patio customers in winter to survive. Now, in a news conference, Santa Clara County made this announcement, its time for drastic measures. They say in recent days the number of new covid cases shot up, doubling numbers from october. There were 362 new cases just today. Starting tuesday, no more Indoor Dining. The county says they will also enter the states read tier that day, meaning Fitness Centers will be limited to 10 capacity in places like bowling alleys will be closed. San joses ms. Cal restaurant had been hanging on, hoping they would have enough business to make it through the winter. But now, this we were trying to find a balance between closing the outside because its too cold in bringing people in. But now we arent able to do that. These are extraordinarily difficult decisions to make. However, our First Priority is always to protect the Publics Health and the way that we do that is by preventing spread of this virus. The new rules take effect tuesday at 12 01 a. M. And while Santa Clara County is heading into the red tier that day, they say they expect to go to the purple tier soon after if this surge isnt brought under control. We know in other parts of the country, we hear that sometimes these restaurant workers sometimes have to take their mask off. They are getting the coronavirus from people at the restaurant masks off. Do we know what is causing the slurred surge in Santa Clara County . Reporter they talked a little bit about that. While they say they cant point to anything specific, they say they believe that Indoor Dining , when diners to take their masks off to eat, is a very highrisk activity so they are limiting what they can, while they can. Will see how it goes. Just another county putting more restrictions in place right now. Contra costa county is putting some of its restrictions back in place as well because of the spike in cases of the virus. 50 people in the county were hospitalized with covid19 as of wednesday. That is the highest number since september. County Health Officials announced today that Indoor Dining and movie Concession Stands and indoor Fitness Centers will have to shut down again next tuesday. We chose these activities because of the risks involved. For instance, diners at restaurants remove their masks to eat or drink, as do movie patrons when snacking on food from Concession Stands. Heavy breathing due to exercise, even with a mask, can transmit virus protocols articles long distances stigma Contra Costa County had been in the orange tier of the states colored tears plan, but it moved into the red tier this week. Officials are trying to discourage people from traveling out of state for the holidays. The governors of california, oregon and washington have issued a joint travel advisory. They are urging people entering their states, or returning home from travel outside of the state , to quarantine for 14 days. They are also asking people to limit their activities to their immediate household. Not all of this comes amid the boards that governor gavin newsom attended a Birthday Dinner for one of his political advisers that did not follow covid19 regulations. We have more now on the event in question. Reporter at best it was a lapse in judgment, but at the worst it was the loss of some very hard earned credibility. Friday the 13th was a bad look day for governor gavin newsom, as news broke that the previous friday and his wife attended a Birthday Party with at least 12 in attendance at one of one countrys most posh bistros, the french laundry. This comes at a time when the governor and his administration are telling california to do everything they can to avoid crowds and parties, even with extended family members, specifically state guidelines advise individuals not to be in groups for more than three different households in the same space. We have the guidance and tips for a reason. We believe they are the strategies to keep ourselves and our communities safe. And we hope and expect people to take them seriously. Reporter the governors defenders say the party was held outside, which is safer and they claimed there was no violation of either state guidelines or Restaurant Industry rules. I dont think its advisable. Reporter dr. And Professor John schwartzberg is Board Certified in internal medicine and Infectious Diseases and is emeritus of the Uc Berkeley School of Public Health. In a public restaurant are adding some risk to yourself. Reporter Governor Newsom newsom issued this statement while our family followed the restaurants protocols and took safety precautions, we should have modeled better behavior and not joined the dinner. Our governor made a mistake. He apologized for it and there was not the best judgment. Reporter back on june 1st the nation was shocked and scared when the number of daily cases reached 20,000. Yesterday we hit 160,000 cases just as the holidays are coming. Its eight times riskier today than it was. The holidays are coming up. This is the time whenever but he was exhausted with covid pick they want to be with people and their loved ones. They want to celebrate. This is the worst time in our entire pandemic to do those things. Reporter in other words, its just too risky right now. Obviously, i get it, the governor apologized, but boy the optics are not good here. Reporter right, its all about optics. When you have enough people that of lardy said there is a conspiracy here that nobody should be wearing masks, this is taking where their freedom, when you have Something Like this it plays into that. So its becoming even more politicized. It certainly is. Thank you. Top democrats in congress say a record surge in u. S. Coronavirus infections raises the urgency for a new relief bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is fighting for 2. 2 trillion stimulus package. This is a red alert all hands on deck. This is an emergency of the highest magnitude. Reporter nearly 8 months into the pandemic and house Speaker Nancy Pelosi doubled down on warnings that covid19 is causing widespread economic damage across the nation. And her Weekly News Conference she called on republicans to return to the negotiating table and pass another Coronavirus Relief bill, urging them to move on from the 2020 election and the president s claims of widespread fraud. I urge our republicans to accept the facts, acknowledge the prices and immediately come to the table to work on covid relief. Reporter the california congresswoman says she is holding up hope for a robust stimulus bill, but republicans say congress should work on targeted relief. Ive never watched one later play politics more than anything else they nancy pelosi. She played politics from the very first time we did the c. A. R. E. S act. You watched her delay it i week. Reporter yet pelosi is poised to enter the next congress with diminished support. Or House Majority thinning with the outcome of the election. Still, pelosi says her smaller democratic majority wont force her to compromise on much needed legislation, what she says will remain her focus during the lameduck session. Her warnings were underscored friday by reports that more than 130 secret Service Officers are quarantining over coronavirus concerns. Nearly a week after joe biden was declared the projected winner of the 2020 president ial election, resident trim continues to refuse to concede in a number of battleground states. Excuse me, where president elect joe biden is leading the Trump Campaign has now filed lawsuits, alleging irregularities as well as fraud. This is the first step. This let us know the accuracy and integrity of our budgeting system is there. This is about casting out those that are illegal votes. In the meantime, the Biden Harris Tim team is moving forward. The team has started to roll out its ideas about how to address the pandemic, but they have also expressed frustration with not having the transition certified by the federal government. Im not interested in having a food fight with the gsa administrator, or anyone really. We just want to get access to intelligence information, threat assessments, the ongoing work on covid. Resident elect biden does not have any events planned for this weekend, but his advisers say he will be talking with lawmakers and National Security experts next week. San franciscos department of elections is manually counting votes cast in mastic selection. Election Department Workers at a warehouse on pier 31 are randomly selecting 30 1 of ballots from the election. They lamentably compare those to the results they came in through the citys electronic voting equipment. The goal was to verify the ballots are accurately counted before the election is certified. This is something that happens after every election. It is not a response to any issues, or any concerns about the election. Election Officials Say so far they havent found any issues. The manual tally is expected to be completed later today or by monday, at the latest. Coming up on the four, chp investigating a freeway shooting in the east bay, what we are learning from authorities. Plus, trying to save some money, the vote held as goldengate officials consider layoffs amid the pandemic. Light rain falling in over the afternoon commute and we will check in on the radar and she what to expect fair bay area weekend. beeping sound Vallejo Police investigated a shooting that left a woman in critical condition. Officers responded to reports of the shooting around 5 30 yesterday on georgia street near hogan middle school. A few minutes later they found that 21yearold woman a few blocks away on cottonwood drive suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Police have not released any information yet about a motive or possible suspects in they say no arrests have been made. Chp is investigating a freeway shooting in the san leandro area around 6 00 this morning on 580 near the 238 split. The victim ended up driving to the nearby Walmart Store on his berrien boulevard. When another gray sedan apparently, for some reason, thought this mercedes cut them off and got mad and put alongside him and fire toys at him. The chp says two men were inside the car and then drove off into a neighborhood. Officers have not found the vehicle yet, no one was hurt. A woman who was an Office Manager for a Saratoga Investments company is in jail this evening. The investigation began a year ago. Firefighters responded to a fire on big basin way. Authorities say they found janice carlstrom inside tied up and suffering from several injuries. She told investigators she didnt know who started the fire. The Santa Clara CountySheriffs Office later identified her thumbprint on a critical piece of evidence involving the fire. Investigators also uncovered she allegedly stole more than 44,000 from her employer. She was booked into the county jail for charges on arson, embezzlement and forgery. And oakland cruiser watching for hotspots from a fire that broke out at an abandoned building near the embarcadero this morning. The fire was first reported around 9 15 in an area between Coast Guard Island and union point park. Smoke, as you can see, can be seen all across the area, especially across the estuary. The building on denison street was fully involved in firefighters had to call for a second alarm. Luckily there are no reports of any injuries and crews were able to prevent the fire from spreading to a nearby homeless encampment and other buildings, but the cause of the fire is under investigation. Public works crews in santa clara repairing a broken water pipe that caused a big sinkhole the water pipe burst on Stars Stripes drive wednesday night. Two big sections of the pipe failed but thousands of gallons of water poured into a city owned parking lot. The water creating a massive sinkhole that swallowed two cars. A construction worker is recovering after a gas leak sparked a fire in San Francisco near almost square in the famous painted ladies houses. Pg e says a thirdparty work accidentally struck an underground line. The worker suffered minor injuries in the incident. Area was evacuated, as a precaution and pg e shut off gas to nearby buildings. The only injury was to that worker. Goldengate officials today voted in favor of laying off workers in lieu of a two dollar toll hike. Travel over the bridge is way down because of the pandemic. The bridge is losing an average of 2 million a week in federal funding ends at the end of this month. In todays reading officials weighed three different options from the future, cutting more than 200 positions, raising the total by two dollars, or raising the toll by a dollar 25 and routinely furloughing employees. The board voted 115 in favor of the laughs with an amendment to revisit the decision should circumstances change. It took a while for the rain to get here, but at this point most of the bay area is seeing at least a few scattered showers out there, cloudy skies and breezy conditions at times. Than its a cool one as well. Getting a live look at the pacific radar and satellite view for you can see the Pacific Northwest is getting in on most of this, as well as Northern California and ended the sierra. Were sort of on the southern end, but at least this time around we are actually seeing some of the wet stuff, as i move in a little bit closer. Will stop the radar and take a look at the bay area. You can see the sacrament of valley, as well as the sierra. Over areas of the north bay, thats where the rain began first. We still have some areas like fairfax and it stretches over towards the Richmond San Rafael bridge and off west toward bolinas. For the peninsula we have a few scattered showers over San Francisco. San mateo over on Mountain View and the coast arrange towards the Santa Cruz Mountains reporting light rain. San jose just barely seeing some. Its been dry for most of the day in areas of the south bay. One more shift to the east bay where we have widespread rain from hayward over towards fremont. Go east towards livermore along 580, 680 also seeing some of this rain whatever san ramon. And toward highway four antioch a few scattered showers for you there. And of the sierra the snow levels are expected to stick right around 5000 feet and there are advisories for the winter travel. You can see there is some snow and a couple of advisories. One for the northwest slope, another for the lake tahoe area. Also, a breezy one. We have winds gusting to 24 Miles Per Hour in novato and oakland reporting 17. Even a little windier in the hills, but we do not have an advisory for wind. Middle keke reporting 30 Miles Per Hour in the north, 39 in mount diablo. When it comes to the advisories for the sierra, they will last until tonight for the west slope. That is for highway 50, as well as i80. The shade of pink here, right of the lake tahoe area is a high wind warning where we could see wins in the photos to about 60 Miles Per Hour and then guests over the higher peaks to about 100 Miles Per Hour. The advisories for the sierra go through tonight and expire in the Early Morning hours for the high wind advisory. Be careful if you do have the drive. I would say wait until tomorrow because we will be in a lot better shape. Showers began to wind down tonight and into tomorrow. Dry weather returns and we are expected to be drive for your bay area weekend, only slightly warmer for tomorrow and a little bit better warming into your bay area sunday. That are det