Get the chevy employee discount for everyone today. The covid variant has now turned up in california, why experts say the strain could be spreading faster. Governor newsom is making a push to have schools open by february but some are skeptical after what they heard today. Im tracking showers moving through tonight and more storms for the new year. Well have all the details. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. There is significant evidence that it does spread considerably faster. Tonight california is confirming its first case of the new variant of covid, the one first seen in the uk. Kooechbing, and thats happening while a second suspected case has been identified in colorado. Kate larson spoke to an expert who said the variant may be more vans misable. Reporter the covid variant has been detected in a man in his 30s who lives in san diego county. Because there is no travel history we believe this is not a
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Will be quiet tonight. But you know some people will do what they do on new years eve. Oakland. Lets look at whats going on outside. Its quiet. No fireworks from mother nature. That storm has passed a little tule fog in the central valley, but showers are quickly moving away. Lets see how the last day unfolds. Theres a rogue shower possible through 7 00. Temperatures in the 40s. Much milder than yesterday. You can see well be in the 50s with sunshine and a few high clouds. Definitely brighter than yesterday. If youre heading out this evening, dress warmer. It will be cooler already in the 40s by 7 00. Well be back with a wet weekend forecast coming up. Here is jobina with the morning news. In new years eve in San Francisco there will be no massive Hotel Parties or famous Fireworks Show, but like mike said, doesnt mean people wont try it, we know they will. Especially those fireworks displays. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live from the embarcadero with a warning from Public Safe
effect change. in addition, she also answered whether she would consider running as a vice presidential candidate. i think it is important for us to look in the mirror. i think republicans need to understand that they, too, are responsible for the status of where we are in the country. president obama has divided our country in ways we have never seen before. we are seeing disastrous things with healthcare, education, the economy, the national security. but republicans need to understand there are things we could do better that would help strengthen our country. i think it s important that republicans look in the mirror. you re saying you really haven t thought about the position of vice president. for the good of your party, would you accept it? if a candidate wanted to sit down and talk, i would sit down and talk. that s a big decision for my family, that s a big decision for the but if a candidate wanted to talk about it i would sit down and talk. haley also commented
another sobering record set overnight, more than 3,700 american lives lost to coronavirus the second day in a row. we ve said that s the same scale as 9/11 each day, which is really hard to wrap your mind around. here s a sense of what s ahead. this chart of cases looks bad. looks terrible. that was the spring. zoom out for a chilling view of the virus s escalation, bad now, and getting worse as we head into the colder indoor months. the u.s. toll far outpacing other countries, the cdc now projects up to 434,000 deaths in this country by january 23rd. that s 4,000 americans every single day. the vaccine rollout still behind expectations. officials now admit it has been too slow. medical experts are concerned about longer term strategy now. it s over promising in the first place. it s also not having a national strategy but instead throwing up our hands and basically saying now the federal government has done their job, it s just with the production and initially distributio