Early because of the nfl game here an nbc. Tonight we have new developments as we navigate through this latest surge of the pandemic. Santa clara county clarifying its plan for a vaccine and travel order. Submitted an order to the state, waiting for an approval. They are still unsure just how many vaccine doses they will receive. A tool in helping us reach that top priority is a safe and effective vaccine that has been rigorously evaluated by the state of california. We are hopeful based on what we have seen so far. Health leaders also clarified the 150mile travel order. Like if youre driving the distance is based on driving miles. If you fly, its the flying miles. Also were getting answers from the san jose mayor. Our reporter will soon talk oneonone with the mayor. Its the follow up to the mayors thanksgiving dinner where he dined with five other households which violated the countys Public Health guidelines. Theres also resentment about mayor london breed and her dinner at the french laundry. She tended the dinner with seven others. It was outside at the time when San Francisco was in the yellow tier and napa in the orange tier. Both allow indoor and outdoor dining. However, San Francisco had stricter guidelines asking people not to seat parties of six unless everyone leved together. People say the optics werent necessarily good, the mayor dining out while urging people to stay home, but dr. Peter chin hong from ucsf says people shouldnt be quick to my first you can reaction was empathy. My colleagues get temp takes all the time. The Mayors Office says shes always been cautious while dining out. Covid cases surge not only here but nationwide. Jay gray has a look at whats being done across the country right now. Reporter in hospitals across the country, the frantic rush to save lives is intensifying. Sometimes it feels like theres no end in sight. The latest White House CoronavirusTask Force Report distributed to states and obtained by nbc news warns the covid risk to all americans is at a historic high. We are in a very dangerous place due to the current extremely high covid baseline and limited hospital capacity. Since november 1st, the total number of hospital patients doubled. Vaccinations Begin Next Week in the united kingdom, but that and a second drug manufactured by moderna are awaiting emergency approval in the u. S. , expected in the next couple of weeks. We are on track to be able to ship enough vaccine for 20 million americans before the end of the year. Reporter still, widespread inoculations will take months. In the interim, with infections growing the cdc produced new guidelines for quarantine. 14 days is still best, but the agency says a tenday isolation is okay if no symptoms are present, or seven days with no symptoms and a negative test. Positive tests are the more immediate concern. Doctors worry a surge over the holidays could push facilities and First Responders past their limits. Jay gray, nbc news. Its a somber anniversary. Today marks four years since the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. 36 people died as flames ravaged the ghost ship artist collective. Jurors could not reach a verdict in a manslaughter trial. Almena is awaiting retrial. Without admitting to fault, the deal provides 400,000 to tenants who lost property and suffered emotional distress. In couper tino today, the dismantling of a homeless encampment was so extensive it disrupted traffic. Concern accelerated in august when a member was kill in the a hit and run accident. The city and county are working on giving the homeless a pass to permanent housing. Theyre arranging temporary housing to those who qualified. The city is establishing a safer site for others with covid safety. Its been a challenging seven or eight months the pandemic forced a lot of us to cancel our cherished celebrations and ofs but its also canceled some lifesaving ones as well, like blood drives. Our blood banks are in desperate need. Reporter while americans struggle to go ahead covid19 under control, the country is facing another medical emergency a couple of evenings ago i received a call from a gentleman from the red cross who informed me that there was a blood shortage. Reporter he is a long time blood donor. He says he was surprised to here just how urgently the red across needs donations right now, especially for his blood type, a positive. He informed me as soon as i donate and the blood is cleared and tested it could be going to someone of need within 24 hours. Which really just alarmed me. Reporter a spokesperson for the American Red Cross tells us it takes two to three days from the time of donation for the blood, platelets or plasma to be processed, tested and to be made available to hospitals. But the organization and other major Blood Centers in the country have reported a huge drop in Blood Donations during the pandemic. Covid19 and natural disasters like wildfires in california have forced them to cancel blood drives. Now the red cross is also asking people for a different kind of Blood Donation. They need people who have been infected but have recovered from covid19. The organization explains convalescent plasma is a type of Blood Donation collected from covid19 survivors that have antibodies that may help patients who are actively fighting the virus. You should feel extremely safe going into an American Red Cross facility. They are taking all the necessary precautions to ensure both your safety as well as the safety of their workers amidst this time. Reporter nbc, bay area news. Coming up, whats it like in the bay area hospitals and icus . Were going to tell you about the conditions at ucsf and the emotional toll on our healthcare worker. Also, no more day passes. Were going to clarify the new rules that you have to follow if you plan on heading to ski this winter, especially lake tahoe. Its down to the wire, the teams been working around the clock. Weve had to rethink our whole approach. Were going to give togetherness. Logistically, its been a nightmare. Im not sure its going to work. Itll work. I didnt know you were listening. Well, this could all be very confusing the different guidelines and rules from different agencies and counties. And now the rollout of a vaccine. Our covid doctor from ucsf sat down to discuss it all in his own words. Im really excited that the uk has led the western world in approving a covid vaccine. It caught the u. S. By surprise because a lot of it is u. S. Data at but nevertheless. The uk has bore a large brunt of the covid19 disease and death in europe in general. Im hopeful the vaccines will imminent. One of my colleagues asked me when i expected to get the vaccine in my arm. Can you give me a date . I said december 17th, which is one week after we expect the fda to give authorization on december 10th. So that tangible date is really exciting. Its inevitable, and the writing is on the wall that were going to face increased restrictions. I dont think well get back to the really tough restrictions of march, but there will be more than what were doing right now. I think people are really skeptical that curfew would work. Because for example in San Francisco we never did anything after 10 00 p. M. Any way. And whatever is on right now restrr restrictions doesnt seem to be working. So leaders are probably pressing on the emergency brake even harder, and thats whats going to happen. So on the ground here in the hospital, i continue to be, like, extremely nervous, worried, anxious. I was asked every time im coming back, covid is going up. Right now were not just in the regular hospital. Theyre also in the icu. So the idea that most people are not as sick anymore is not really true when you see it from a hospital level. So im worried about that capacity. Im worry about ventilator capacity. Weve stockpiled ppe, weve stockpiled remdesivir, but what we cant stockpile on is personnel and staff. So as covid becomes more widespread, our staff lives in the communities, so they may get covid as well. We hope not, but that would limit tremendously our ability to take care of patients. When i look at these numbers of a surge on top of a surge, i feel very nervous. I feel sad. I have a mix of emotions. But most of all, i feel tired. I feel demoralized. I know i already talked about it being a marathon, but it really feels like a marathon. Feels like im on the last mile of the marathon and i really cant run anymore because i dont have enough water and i ran out of water. But i think were all rallying still at the hospital level and i know we can do it. The vaccine is that Silver Lining were running towards. I think a lot of people are frankly tired. We couldnt see our families during thanksgiving. We couldnt get that boost, and were just trying the best we could. Real great honesty from doctor peter. Well hear from, including his thoughts on people traveling during the holidays and how it relates to a triple scoop of ice cream. So grateful for our front line healthcare workers. Dr. Fauci insist we could be back to normal by late summer or fall, but only if people get the vaccine and continue to practice social distancing. When the fda approves a vaccine based on the process that i just mentioned, i, when my turn comes up, will definitely get vaccinated and i will recommend to my family that they get vaccinated. The race for a covid19 vaccine and whether to get it on the top of millionles of americans minds right now. Lester holt will sit down with the heads of pfizer and moderna for an interview. Dont miss it. Ski season is just Getting Started and the state of california reveals restrictions on resorts. Now banned from selling dayof tickets. Visitors must have a season pass or make a reservation in advance. It will help limit the number of skiers and borders on the mountain at one time. Skiers and borders must wear a mask and social distance at all times. When riding a chair lift of tram you can only ride with members of your household. Theyre being asked to discourage group activities. Indoor restaurants and gift shops have to follow the dining and retail rules in place in that county. Muni is about to get service back on track. Above ground trains are scheduled to gradually restart later this month after being halted nine months ago. Service to balboa will start. At the end of january, the third tkt line will return and then above ground in february. San franciscos new floating fair station is here off of treasure island. But that wont be its permanent home. Overnight tugboats will toe it to peer 22. The timing of the move depends on the tides. Fire station 35 will house the fleet of boats and rescue gear. The existing fleet on the embark dare roe is outdated. I want to take notes on how to do my tree properly, jeff, it looks gorgeous. All right, ill send you some of those notes. Thank you so much, raj. Hopefully if you havent seen my tree youre enjoying that behind you. A lot of people got that going this weekend. Weather forecasts have been pretty tranquil. We have had morning fog. Were going to continue with that. You can see some of that cloud cover thats moved over today. Thats from a storm system to the north. Currently 62 degrees and we are dropping down to some colder 40s once we hit 9 00, 10 00, and also 11 00. The big problem with we need rainfall pretty desperately, but this is the issue we have High Pressure sitting up just offshore and every time a storm system moves close, this is really breaking it up, so its keeping that dry pattern in place, and we do expect that to continue. You can see our storm ranger mobile doppler radar, currently dry conditions throughout the bay area. For tomorrow morning you do need that jacket. Well be down to a chilly 37. 40 in the south bay. And watch out for the patchy areas of isolated ground fog. Down 38 for the east bay. San francisco, 42. North bay at 47. Nice rebound as we move through tomorrow. Well get that sunshine back. Temperatures pushing into the 60s, in fact, close to 70 here. Gilroy at 69. That will be a warm day this time of year. East bay, similar weather. Concord, 64. Oakland, youre also right there at 64. Just a little bit chillier for the peninsula. We get that ocean breeze mixing in with the current air in place, so that will bring us to 40. 40 in the marina and 63 in the mission. Light wind out of the north at 7 miles per hour. Also looking nice here through the north bay. 67 in santa rosa and 63 in nevada. Its Pretty Simple in San Francisco. 40s for morning lows, 60s for afternoon highs. Sunday and monday, theres a chance of wind Building Back in. Wind out of the north, 10 to 25 miles per hour. The breezier than were seeing right now. This will also increase that fire danger as well. For the inland valleys, cold morning temperatures in the 30s to low 40s next seven days. Daytime highs remaining in the 60s and chance of wind into sunday and monday. With all this dry weather ahead i wanted to put a focus on our language range outlook. You see what im forecasting. Looks like below average rain chances. Notice this note i put on the bottom here. Next measurable rain the way i see it now would come at the end of december and into early january, and thats when we certainly could begin to see things pick up based on that current pattern im tracking right now. So raj and generjanele, looks l good weather. Maybe on your lunch break looking for something to do, its still clear to get on the ladder and hang christmas lights. Weve got to do our tree first, then the outdoor christmas lights. Raj, youve got to get on it. You got to get on it. Thanks, jeff. Upnext, as we approach 5 00, china makes it to the mine. What its robot will look for. Late for freezers are here. The south bay just weeks away from hopefully getting the covid vaccine. What else hospitals are going to prepare. Yes i love it you dont have to spend a lot to give a lot to the ones who mean the most. Youve got the holidays, and weve got you, with the best bargains ever. At ross. Yes for less yep get the gifts you love. Yesss . For everyone on your list. Youve got the holidays, and weve got you. With all the gift for less. At ross. Yes for less San Francisco has a lot of and you can see it in the city. An impressive gallery of photos shows some of the biggest names from the citys music scene. Some of the starts there the grateful dead, santana, janis joplin. Or organizers say its part of San Franciscos fabric. When you say San Francisco they think about the golden gate bridge, the cable cars, great restaurants and the they think about the music, the music thats come out of our great city. A play list of featured artists also plays in the hotel. Very cool. This video shows what it looks like when space ex cargo dragon delivers supplies to the International Space station. Its an unmanned mission. Crew members are expecting a new delivery of food, science experiments and more, but the weather right now isnt cooperating. Weather delayed this saturdays planned launch. We of course will keep you posted. Raj, in other space news china landed a craft on the moon. The probe is collecting rocks and soil from the Lunar Service something no country has done in four decades. Ambitious efforts by the Chinese Space program. Reporter a robotic spacecraft on the near side collecting luner rock samples right now to bring back to earth. The chinese probe touched down late tuesday night. This is what it saw barren scenes, the lantdder shadows. It set down in an area where it will spend two days drilling and then collecting samples of rocks and debris. The goal is to get about four pound of it to bring back. Fit succeeds it will be the first time that scientists will have fresh lunar rock samples in 44 years. Nasa sent congratulations to china. The chief on twitter said, when the samples are collected on the moon to returned to earth, we hope everyone will be able to benefit from studying this precious cargo that could advance the community. China said it will make samples available to other nations but it isnt clear what kind of access nasa might get because of u. S. Restrictions. Still to come, just released details on Santa Clara Countys covid19 vaccine plan. We now know who will be the first in line to receive it. And an outbreak in the classroom. On campus, several students and teachers at an east bay school now sick with covid. Right now, 5 00, clearing up some of the confusion, Santa Clara County explaining what you can do and what you cant do under its knew travel quarantine. A covid outbreak at an east bay high school. Students and teachers sick. We talk to one family feel field goal worst of it right now. Also, pressing the mayor for answers in the thanksgiving dinner where we broke the rules. Our conversation with him tonight when our Investigative Unit talks to him. The news at 5 00 starts right now. Thanks for being with us. The numbers are staggering. Today, a record smashing 20,000 cases confirmed statewide. Thats the highest number we haven seen in california for just one day and another high number for Santa Clara County, 499 new cases today. This all comes as the county gave us an update on the deteriorating situation. Clarification on the 150mill travel quarantine order. They say the distance is basedon your driving miles between locations. Its not as the crow flies. Secondly theyll reveal the countys plan for distributing a vaccine shortly. Health leaders say the first doses will likely go to healthcare workers. For more, lets bring in robert handa in san jose. Reporter the Public HealthDepartment Says it shouldnt come as a surprise that as covid case surge, plans for vaccines and the vague quarantine continue to evolve. Both public and private hospitals in Santa Clara County are scrambling to get ready to receive, store, and ultimately administer the vaccines. There are logistics, including that ultra cold Storage Units are only now being set up to store some of the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero, but drdr. Dr. Jennifer tong says its happening. Freezers arrived on a truck yesterday. Multiple have been installed. Reporter James Williams says it is still monitoring the effectiveness of the travel quarantine that started monday, mandating that people who travel in for 150 miles away isolate for 14 days. The distance was choses ton incorporate where people often travel. People can submit complaints to sec covid concerns. Org and well follow up on those. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving east county