Intensive care unit around the state your capacity. Good evening im julie haener. I am frank somerville. This new three week stay at home order would be triggered if hospital intensive Care Capacity drops below 15 in any of the five regions of california. Right now, none of the regions is affected. The governor says he expects it could happen for all regions except the bay area within days. The governor also says the bay area could see the order by the middle of the month. Governor newsom tried to reassure people in california that there is hope ahead as vaccines are rolled out. We do not anticipate having to do this once again. We really only to step up. We need to meet this moment had on. We need to do everything we can to stem the tide, bend the curve. Under the order, schools could stay open but ours, wineries, and hair salons would close. Is an retail and Grocery Stores would be limited to 20 capacity. Restaurants would only be able to offer takeout or delivery. The Team Coverage
Now at 11 00 just one hour until election day. Tonight an update on the unprecedented turnout so far and how bay area voters are feeling as they head to the polls. Im nervous, im prepared for anything. The president ial candidates campaigning into the night. The lastminute push for votes. Their closing arguments to the american people. New details tonight on a freak accident that left a San Francisco firefighter with critical injuries. A judge issues a restraining order against a south bay church racking up six figures in fines. The response from that congregation tonight. They go to the church to find refuge u and that is what he has provided. Good evening im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Now at 11 00 on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. An unprecedented early Voting Period wrapping up tonight. And in a matter of just hours, polls open here in the bay area. That happened just after midnight eastern time in the small town of dicksville notch. Here in the bay area some new early
The Christmas Season a some later the infection is yim. The percentage of we hadnt seen test positivities above four since august, september in terms of where we are. 11 counties will have to restrict activities. Counties returning to purple are sacramento, stance land and san diego. Counties from the least restrict i this is the first week that no county has gone into a lower restrict ive tier. When we identify cases we expect to see 12 of the cases end up being hospitalized 14 days later. Four things willing cause virus spread. People in small places being together. Staying in there for a long duration, being with people from beyond the household. Lack of open doors, windows and ventilation. And when we do it and we do it together we see the rates come down. Another critical recommendation, get a flu shot, that will minimize the less dangerous but it could make you more vulnerable to covid. So many concerns as we head to the colder, winter months. San francisco is pausing the reopeni
For anything. The president ial candidates campaigning into the night. The lastminute push for votes. Their closing arguments to the american people. New details tonight on a freak accident that left a San Francisco firefighter with critical injuries. A judge issues a restraining order against a south bay church racking up six figures in fines. The response from that congregation tonight. They go to the church to find refuge u and that is what he has provided. Good evening im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Now at 11 00 on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. An unprecedented early Voting Period wrapping up tonight. And in a matter of just hours, polls open here in the bay area. That happened just after midnight eastern time in the small town of dicksville notch. Here in the bay area some new early voting numbers out tonight indicate we could see record turnout. Nearly three quarters of the registered voters have cast their ballots ahead of election day. That number is nearly 70 in s
And indoors the pastor says. The inside of the chapel in san jose is for many, a place to find peace. One reason 700 parishioners keep attending even as the church defies the Public Health order. It breaks my heart, frankly. There are a lot of people who need church. The pas tore says thats why hes continued unrestricted Indoor Services since may. Despite ten county violation notices and 350,000 in fines. The county currently allows places of worship to operate at 25 capacity or up to 100 people tot total. People are hurting. People are really hurting. We see it every week. Our job, my job, im called to help those people that are hurting. Flanked shoulder to shoulder by churches statewide. Only one wearing a mask. The group denounced the plans to seek a restraining order on Indoor Services there. That restraining order will, if it succeeds, place this church in a position where they have to decide are we going to bow down to cesar or obey god. The group is not against masks, social dis