Im dion lim. A huge swell of covid19 cases has prompted several counties to implement a new stayathome order. It goes into effect at 10 00 tomorrow night for San Francisco, santa clara, and contra costa county. Monday at midnight in Alameda County, and noon on tuesday in marin. The new rules will stay in effect until at least january 4th. We turn to abc7 News Reporter luz pena now who spoke to people who are out for what may their very last meal out until next year. Luz, as we can imagine, some businesses really concerned here. Dion, i spoke to several Business Owners who tell me these are going to be very challenging weeks. Theyre planning to lay off some of their staff after tomorrow night as they gear up to survive the stayathome order. Unless something changes, this is what the last saturday of Outdoor Dining of 2020 looked like in San Francisco. Packed. Yeah, the last hurrah. Reporter this family heard the news and are going on a food tour. We started at the ferry building, and th
Is also going away. Cases continue to rise as hospital beds run dangerously low in other parts of the state. Now those areas also pulling back. The news at 11 00 starts right now. Life is about to change for many across the bay area. Businesses bracing for big losses, hospital workers continued to be stretched to the limit. Sergio quintana begins our coverage from San Francisco. In San Franciscos castro neighborhood cocktails alfresco has become a regular part of many peoples saturday night ritual. So sad. I dont know what were going to do for the next couple of weeks. Reporter at the cost ko in the south market neighborhood some people have already started stocking up. They didnt have any toilet paper, they were already out of bottled water. The things from last time in march those are gone again. Reporter San Francisco and four other bay area counties have decided to enforce the states stay at home order before the region as a whole is required to. The bay area region still has 21. 7
November alone about one quarter of all us cases since the pandemic began. More than 256,000 people have awesome that died from this virus. The virus is spreading all across the country, including here in the bay area. Local Health Departments now reporting 185 new cases of covid19. Nearly 139,000 cases have been reported in 1900 deaths have been recorded here in the bay area since the start of the pandemic california seeing 14,000 new cases today. The states Positivity Rate over the past 2 weeks has now jumped to more than 5 . With cases skyrocketing all across america tonight, the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Now strongly warning folks not to travel for the holidays. The cdc says the safest way to celebrate thanksgiving is to celebrate at home with the people that you live with yet the tsa says friday and saturday. Where the busiest day since the pandemic brought air travel to a near halt in march and wednesday and sunday are expected to be the busiest travel days of t
Warning that the county is very close to hitting this mark. Some businesses are especially concerned about that curfew bars like the sycamore in the mission say they depend on those late night customers for their bottom line. The workers there say if theyre forced to close at 10 oclock and set of their regular time at midnight. It will hurt even more. As jeremy. Our business is already down closing early or would it bring us even further down its terrible, however i get it its its a good thing i just wish people stan cider. Can be saved. It would have to go through this again. So under the curfew folks will still be able to do a central activities like walk your dog. Pick up takeout or do some Grocery Shopping as well. Now we have seen more than 3 million new cases in just the month of november alone about one quarter of all the u. S. Cases since the pandemic began more than 256,000 people have also died from this virus. The virus is spreading all across the country, including here in
About 92 the san mateo bridge little busy already lots of brake lights filling in and around midnight chp decided to issue a high wind advisory so that is still in place for 92, which means you need to slow it down a little bit for those of you driving those large highprofile vehicles, the big rigs, the vans. Those of you on motorcycles, you know take it easy here across the span because of the high wind advisory we have one more thats the richmond sandra fell a live look at west 5. 80 were doing fine and easy trip right through the pay gates across the span into the north bay trouble free. Well the coronavirus is surging across the bay area and its just not its just forcing new restrictions on indoor businesses but its also creating more uncertainty for schools as to when it might be safe for kids to head back to campus for in Person Learning some private schools have already returned back to the classroom in San Francisco. Students attending Public Schools still have no timeline on w