Hour to stop the spread of covid19 and ease the strain on overwhelmed hospitals. Several counties. Now under a new stay at home order. And more will join at midnight. We have Team Coverage let s begin with nbc bay area s Sergio Quintana live in San Francisco. Where restaurants and bars. Are closing up a big part of their operations. Here s a look at where the bay area stands in terms of icu bed availability. Very good. Lets check in with rob maeda right now. Rob, you have three of the top stories of the day all wrapped into weather. Yeah, at least one of them for sure, we dont typically associate with december, and that is the red flag warning that is now in effect for all of the north bay, the east bay hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains from now to about 5 00 tomorrow. Before we get there, before the winds start to pickup towards tomorrow morning we have another chilly night setting up around the bay area outside right now. Its not too bad. We have temperatures in the low 50s. But a
About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
Night has fallen around the bay area. Several cities are now under curfew, after a wave of violence and looting has swept through the region this it is frustrating. But to channel it. In another way. With justice that will be served. It was the death of george floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis Police officer that sparked the protests. His brother, pleading for cooler heads to prevail. But it has been anything but calm in the bay alleted tod th iges oveand over f busin they are trying to pick up the pieces, after they were hit by thieves and vandals over the weekend. The damage is unlike anything weve seen in recent memory. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Im dion lin. Lin im eric thomas. Six cities under curfew, danville, starting at 10 00 tonight through 5 00 tom morning and Pleasant Hills curfew started at 9 30 and ends tomorrow morning at 5 30. And santa clara is ordering people to stay home from 8 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow. And the order remains in effect through fu
It will remain in effect until further notice. And san jose people in order to stay in their homes between 8 30 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. For the next seven days. And walnut creek entered the same and oakland has not yet imposed a certain curfew but mayor libby schaaf is not ruling that out. Our curfew is an option an option and we are constantly assessing the positions and are determined to determine whether the conditions exist to implement a curfew. Let us be clear that there are many less indiscriminate methods available to us. Mayor london breed spoke to us last night and stresses there are no immediate plans to impose a curfew at oakland and the citys main focus is to track down looters who caused major damages to downtown businesses during the past weekend. Oakland Police Department has arrested three people after they were accused of shooting at the departments headquarters. It happened just after midnight and no officers injured in the shooting shooting. The suspects fled to an Apa
Oakland. We are going to heat up as the pressure tuesday and wednesday, inland locations at the 90s, triple digit heat. I will have that coming up in a few minutes. Curfews are lifted, bay area cities had a curfew, between 8 p. M. And 5 am. Santa clara wanted residence inside starting at 8 30 p. M. Walnut creek imposed a bay area earliest curfew at 6 p. M. , and limiting a curfew that lasts from 10 p. M. To 5 p. M. , after having looting activity, san leandro and built a curfew after 11 p. M. Last night. We are live and san leandro, now, how is it looking . Brett the when we rolled into the city there was an unnerving vibe here. There is a walmart over here, when cops roll up, there is active looting in the area. One officer said that everything got hit by looters and the city. From what we have seen so far, it looks pretty bad. At westgate, you have the Burlington Coat factory here, the windows are smashed down, smashing cars in front. We can hear bells and alarms going off and the di