About the north bay coming up. Two coronavirus vaccines appear to be getting close to a fullscale production and some breaking news this morning a third player just announcing promising results with its vaccine. Bob redell is joining live with a covid test in pleasanton with those developments. Good morning, marcus. Astrazeneca and the university of oxford Just Announced that its vaccine is safe and triggering a similar immune response in all adults. This is according to preliminary data from a phase two trial that was just published. Pfizer say a final Data Analysis of their vaccines have found that it is 95 effective. Thats higher than initial results suggested. The companys plan to submit an application for emergency use in days and how to ship tens of millions of doses across the country and what would be well below zero temperatures for the vaccine to be effective. Also, how to convince skeptical citizens to get the vaccine. A vast majority would have to be vaccinated to achieve,
A potential gamechanger. Its really getting labquality testing at home. Reporter an athome nasal test promising to give you results right there in 30 minutes. Developed by emeryvillebased lucira in connection with sutter health. Its aimed at both worried customers and doctors, both of whom want easier, faster results. Faster testing, getting results quicker will help you be able to determine where people should be and help us get the pandemic under control. Reporter the fda approved test will cost 50 and youll have to get a prescription from your health care provider. Sutter Health Patients will be first to get them. Doctors can also perform the tests on their patients. Some say its what theyve been waiting for. Others say theyll wait and see. I think that would be fantastic. Assuming its reliable. Personally, i wouldnt trust it. Simply because . Simply because its not a professional administering it and i would want a doctor. Reporter the timetable as it stands now is the tests are ex
Todays the day to go shopping at all the mom and pop stores, an effort that started seven years ago. Were going to talk about some of the events in the bay area to get you to try to get to shop local. And the president says Time Magazine was thinking he would be the time person of the year, telling a different story, more on that coming up. First, rosemary, hello. Good morning. Happy saturday. How does it look out there . Id say it looks pretty good. If youre thinking about getting outdoors, maybe get the holiday tree, today is a better day. Mid and high level clouds overhead. Not as much fog as yesterday. Temperatures not budging a whole lot. Today a whole lot yesterday. Hopefully you enjoyed the weather. Heres another gorgeous view, a birds eye into union square. Youve got macys, the holiday tree, love this little area. And San Francisco checking in at 56 degrees. 54 for oakland and livermore, and temperatures within a few degrees for most, a tad warmer in concord, cooler in livermor
Makes you angry when you go outside. Ice fn here . It is better today. Ive got like i t of my knows rt now. But, the roadways, not sok morning. Nothing to complain about there. Nothing to complain ait is qy speaking in the Weather Department for now. No problem ofou frigid outside. You know, actually a lot less harsh than yesterday. It willetda ahead here, especially leading up to the new year, because we will get rt for now storm scan pretty notice patches of purple working their way across the northern most counties, but for the most part, not going wie than just flurry or very stray snow shower up that wayoudsnd me sunshine, as well, but the wind isnt as harsh, t same, a little higher than it was yesterday g for 27 in the high in the city. But his is where youstand. It does feel more like the single digits, i would knock about 10 degrees offset these ae temperatures, and interesting, too, we always aour car to warm up. Specially if you dont have a garage. But i do have ad my garage
Look out for ponding on the roadways. We are tracking an accident here along westbound 80 as youre making your way along the east shore freeway. Speeds drop below 25 miles an hour, emergency crews on the scene. So a slow and go ride making your way over toward the toll plaza. Back to you. Some bay area counties and cities spent the weekend preparing for the storm and joe vasquez explains whats being done, including at this intersection in San Francisco. Reporter it happens every time we get a rainstorm, nasty sewage backups overwhelm 17th street at fulsom. Barricades are in place to divert storm water away from the drains. Have to prepare yourself. You know its coming. Get some sandbags. I always keep tarps myself. Reporter bags, shovels and sand can be provided. Theres a limit of 15 bags per home. Nearly 20 of extra shelter beds are being opened up at the bill wilson center, City Team Ministries and project we hope, which also serves san mateo county. Joe vasquez, kpix. Arenas burned