Business was buzzing where the crew worked extra hours into the evening. We dont know when they will end. Reporter they will take effect in berkeley, San Francisco, and santa clara, with them following by tuesday morning. Personal Services Must be shut down. Gyms and fitness People Limited to 12 people. Retail limited to 20 capacity. Im really afraid were going to see the other wave of businesses closing up. Reporter the Fillmore Merchant Association says already the fillmore district has 20 vacant store fronts. This is the record. We have never had 20 this many vacancies. Reporter some people had a final meal out before the shutdown. We needed to make it a point to go out to get some lunch today. Reporter restaurants will be limited to takeout and delivery with no more indoor or Outdoor Dining. Dog walking and outdoor exercise, they are still fine, but the order will call for no mixing with the other households. One group would have a final game of bochi on the lawn near golden gate p
Shut down yet again. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Five of the bay areas nine counties have announced the new stayathome order, taking action before they reached the states 15 threshold for icu bed capacity. San francisco, contra costa, santa clara, and alameda counties will all be under the stayathome order by midnight tonight. The order in marin county starts on tuesday. So far at least san mateo, sonoma, and solano counties are not telling their residents they have to stay at home. Now under the order there will be no indoor or Outdoor Dining at restaurants. But takeout orders will still be allowed. Wineries and bars will also have to close, so will hair and nail salons. Officials are warning people not to gather outside of their own households during the holidays. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama here now with how people and Business Owners spent the final hours before the order goes into effect. Jana . Reporter frank, some of the businesses said they saw a last minute rush. Peopl
Tonight in both counties. This means nonessential illnesses and social gatherings with stop between the hours of 10 00 at night and 5 00 in the morning. Flock it is absolutely essential and it is important people live by the rules and if more people to, we would have a lot shorter time period, and significantly fewer death. Meriden county is the only bay area county still in the red tear. The second most restrictive tear although that could soon change. Moderna is now the Second Company to apply for emergency use use authorization from the fda for the coronavirus vaccine. As casey reports with cases and hospitalizations on the rise across the country, plans are being made to get the vaccines distributed as quickly as possible. Reporter the numbers are staggering. The u. S. Adding more than for million new covid cases in the month of november. Help could be just around the corner corner with moderna announcing the have applied for emergency use use authorization from the fda for their v
Officials say if this rate continues, hospitals could exceed capacity in three weeks. I just spoke with the nurse at Regional Medical center in East San Jose who says the unit are nearing capacity and she expects it could reach capacity in the coming days. She also says more than half the patients in the icu are covid19 patients. That nurse is concerned about the rise in hospitalizations, calling it troubling and unsure what caused the spike. The hospital is prepared if there is another surge, with enough personal protective equipment and if needed, the hospital will open up another unit. I feel prepared, i feel fatigued, i feel a little discouraged. I feel a little dcc vu. We also spoke to an Infectious Disease specialist who says for the first time at ucsf, hospitalizations doubled in the last two days. He calls that a breathtaking pace. Icu beds have not been overwhelmed yet. Health officials are encouraged by news of a vaccine, but they say in the meantime, people need to continue
Moment ago. Rosemary orosco is here to talk to us about the dramatic shift in weather. Yeah, from yesterday into today. And today is likely to be the wettest storm on the season so far, which is good news for the bay area and more sierra snow. Giving you a live look here. We showed you the Golden Gate Bridge and now lets look at the pacific satellite view. Were, again, beginning to see more widespread rain early on. It took awhile to get here. The north bay was covered in the green by 10 00, 11 00. Now the central bay and along the peninsula into the santa cruz mountains, you can see if we move in closer and look at what is going on. Widespread over the north bay. Creeping into the east bay from San Francisco down through about, it looks like redwood city and Mountain View area. For the coastline, its covering pacifica and Half Moon Bay. For the north bay, it started earlier. We can see as it is pretty much over the entire bay area from the coast for inland valley locations and over ou