Icu admissions up more than 27 . He suggested some counties are poised to move backward in the states fourtiered reopening system. Take seriously how deadly this disease continues to be. Averaging 44 deaths every single day in the state of california over a sevenday period. This disease continues to be deadly. And a vaccine will come, but its not going to come soon enough. Health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley says that private household gatherings are a major source of spread. Health officials urging the public not to let their guard down at this point. Businesses that dont follow the proper safety protocols to help reduce the spread could also be in for a rather rude awakening. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen with the story from the south bay. Reporter with the holidays fast approaching, Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials are on high alert after seeing a sharp uptick in covid19 cases. The rate of change has been very steep, and that is a certain. Weve seen this before and it got us into trouble. Reporter more than 350 new cases were reported on sunday just shy of the daily peak from back in july. Health officer dr. Sara cody says the public should do their part to help avoid a potential surge. The earlier that we act the safer we will keep everyone. Reporter this comes as more cases are being reported across california. Which could have Devastating Health and economic ramifications. Well see some counties moving backwards not forwards. And this is exactly why we designed the tier status the way we did. It was about being more and less restrictive, not based upon political whim, but based upon the data. Based upon the epidemiology, based upon the facts on the ground. Reporter although the majority of businesses countywide have followed covid19 prevention mandates a small number have willfully ignored educational outreach. The county has responded to more than 1,800 complaints of noncompliance, resulting in nearly 600,000 worth of fines since late august. The last thing anybody wants to do when businesses are struggling is continue to have to pay. But the reality is we have to have a mechansm in place that encourages good behavior. Reporter ten bay area counties are now asking the public to avoid traveling during the holidays. If you leave officials are strongly recommending that you selfquarantine for 14 days after your return. If your activities put you at higher risk of getting the virus. Science is important, right . That we know how to limit the spread of coronavirus and we all have to do our part together. We cant just think of ourselves. We have to think of the whole community and those who are vulnerable. Reporter but with pandemic fatigue setting in for many, Health Officials say theyll continue to hammer home their point as much as it takes to resonate. This virus is not going to stay in one community. This virus is going to spread. Thats what this virus does. Reporter in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Drugmaker pfizer announced today that its Coronavirus Vaccine is more than 90 effective in preventing covid19. The Company Plans to ask the fda for emergency authorization later this month. Even if all goes well, Authorities Say its unlikely the vaccine will arrive much before the end of the year. The limited initial supplies will be rationed. The companys ceo is calling it a gamechanger. I think the vaccine will be available for free. To all american citizens. I believe most countries will do the same. We are giving it to the government at quite a low price. So i think every american will have access to it. Pfizer is under contract to supply the u. S. With 100 million doses. President elect joe biden and Vice President elect Kamala Harris announced a covid19 Advisory Board today, and 3 of the 13 members are doctors from ucsf. Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra joining us more with each on those doctors. Stephanie . Larry, its a big deal to see not one but three highly respected doctors from ucsf on this board. Dr. David kessler, dr. Robert rodriguez and dr. Eric gooseby bring a wide range of experience to this team. Their work here for the past seven months will highlight the bay areas success responding to the pandemic. The Biden Administration making a strong first step to building a National Strategy to fight the pandemic. Appointing a 13member covid19 Advisory Board comprised of Public Health experts across the country. Theres so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors, theyre stepping up. The Advisory Board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. Reporter the experience coming from the bay area, including ucsf david kessler, dr. Robert rodriguez and eric goosby. Bob wachter has worked with each of them personally. The three people that have been chosen bring very different lenses to the pandemic. Theyre all remarkable leader. Reporter dr. Kessler is a leader in academia. The former dean of ucsf served as fda commissioner under president george h. W. Bush and was repinted by president bill clinton. He understands the way the fda works. The way the federal regulatory process works. Reporter dr. Rodriguez is an emergency medicine professor at ucsf school of medicine. Hes currently working in the e. R. Department and icu of two Major Trauma Centers including Zuckerberg San Francisco general hospital. Hes also written about the Mental Health of caregivers of doctors and nurses and others on the front lines of covid. Reporter abc 7 spoke to him in july when he was volunteering at a hospital in his hometown, brownsville, texas. Were trying everything, but these patients are extremely, extremely sick. Reporter dr. Eric goosby is internationally recognized as an Infectious Disease expert and his prominent role fighting hiv and aids under the clinton administrations. He has been the u. S. Aids coordinator. Has run the International Program to fund aids research, run the Global Program on tuberculosis. Reporter abc 7 profiled him in august to get his perspective on Covid Vaccine priorities. It should be done in a way that allows for a prioritization of need. The sicker people should get it first. Reporter president elect biden says this Advisory Board will call on governors to enforce mask mandates, create a special task force to look at Racial Disparities and double testing sites as well as boost contact tracing. Live in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Stephanie, thank you. Meanwhile, two more officials in the Trump Administration have tested positive for covid19. Ben carson is the hud secretary. And david bossie is an adviser overseeing the campaigns legal challenges. Carson tested positive this morning at Walter Reed Medical Center after he experienced symptoms. He says they started yesterday, but tells the Washington Post he is, quote, feeling terrific. Come january 20th, 2021, Vice President elect Kamala Harris will formally vacant her seat in the senate. So the question is who will Governor Newsom choose to fill it . A big task. Reporter Governor Newsom isnt giving too many hints about who he may choose to replace Kamala Harris in the u. S. Senate. No timelines been established. Process is just beginning to unfold. We are working through the cattle call of considerations. Reporter that is no exaggeration. The democratic bench in california runs deep and theres a long list of possible replacements. One part of that decisionmaking process. Who is perhaps the more challenging part of that decisionmaking process. I want to make sure its inclusive. I want to make sure that we are consider a considerate of peoples points of view. Reporter Vice President elect harris is currently the only black woman in the senate and diversity is expected to be a large factor for newsom as he makes this decision. The Latino Community foundation already wrote an open letter to the governor urging him to choose a latino. Congresswoman Jackie Speier tells us thats a likely scenario. Theres been lots of speculation that the governor will appoint one of the statewide officeholders, particularly a latino member, who would then join the senate and be one of the few latinos in the senate. Reporter contenders include california secretary of state alex padilla, attorney general xavier becerra. Others hope for a woman. Los angeles congresswoman karen bass and bay area congresswoman barbara lee are also names that are in the mix. Lee remained coy when asked about it over the weekend. I dont have time. Im not going to tell you to think about much except how were going to transform this country and move forward. This has been my priority. Reporter whoever newsom choose it is will likely create a Ripple Effect across the state. For example, if he takes attorney general xavier becerra, former congressman, no, i think it would be better for you to go to the senate. Hed have openings for the attorney generals he could put in. So let the chess game begin. Reporter liz kreutz, abc 7 news. A fresh perspective in Public Office. Two women talk about their wins in San Francisco. Back to class in berkeley. Some students have their first day of inperson learning since march. And introducing the mcplant. Mcdonalds takes another step toward offering more vegetarian options. Im spencer christian. Not only will it be cold tonight. There will be a freeze warning in effect for much of the bay area. Ill have the accuweather beeping sound i felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Four years clear. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Learn more at cosentyx. Com. Breaking news in oakland now. A woman and her daughter were wounded just after 2 00 p. M. When someone shot at their car. The mother is in Critical Condition right now. The girl has an injured foot. Sky 7 was over the scene on santa clara avenue right next to interstate 580. This is just north of lake merit. The mom told police the shooting happened several blocks away at mcarthur boulevard and beacon street. No arrests have been made. Defense secretary mark esper is out. Fired today by President Trump. The president made the announcement on twitter, writing that hes replacing esper with counterterrorism head christopher miller. The president s relationship with esper began to fracture last june after the defense secretary tried to distance himself from mr. Trump over the president s decision to break up a black lives matter protest to stage a photo op at a church outside the white house. Reports emerged last week that esper had prepared a resignation letter, which the pentagon denied. Back in the bay area. San francisco women of color ran for Public Office and they won. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to two new supervisors focused on bringing fresh perspectives to local governments. Reporter one is an immigrant from hong kong, cone connie chen. I am chinese american and also an immigrant. That really brings a different level of understanding. Reporter the other fled central america. I was born and raised in el salvador and my family came to San Francisco when i was 12 during the civil war, escaping the war. Reporter in 2021 theyll both enter city hall. She will be the first latino in 25 years to hold the San Francisco board of supervisors seat. I am just so grateful that my neighbors have entrusted me with this position and i cant wait to serve them. Reporter both women worked in local politics for decades. But always behind the scenes. As aides and policy managers. Next year their policies will be front and center. I will be focused on housing and child care. Thats really important to families. And also on senior services. When were talking about progressive policies, what specifically are we referring to . I think that those are the policies that really thinking about when we provide city services. We really want to put on an equity landscape reporter they were both inspired by other women of color to run. A movement theyre saying is growing. More women of color are running for office. Why do you think that is . I think there is a change, you know, in the air in the possibilities of women, people of color. We are paving a way in a way that how our city governments will serve immigrants. Reporter in San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. Dozens of berkeley children returned to inperson learning in Public School today. Those kids will go to School Every Day from 9 00 to 2 30, but as abc 7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield shows us, that is where the normalcy ends. All right. Reporter there they go. The first children in berkeley to return to inperson learning in Public School. In the classroom they will be spaced apart, Wearing Masks and in very small groups. It feels really good to have kids coming back to school, evens if we only have two cohorts of eight right now because were trying to be very, very cautious about how we go about it. Reporter this is at rosa parks elementary, one of three campuses partially opening today. District wide a total of 72 kids returned. These students are the students who really need extra support accessing Distance Learning. And there may be different situations at home where there isnt the supervision thats needed or access to technology. Reporter relieved parents told stories of Distance Learning difficulties at home. Hes been really struggling to stay focused. Because hes been doing a lot of his Distance Learning by himself. And to have access to youtube any time he wants is really a temptation thats really hard to resist. Im a single parent, so he would stay with my brother, and its i couldnt support him as much as other parents that one stays and the other one goes to work. So it was pretty hard. Reporter protesters were also part of this first day. A caucus of activists within the Teachers Union held signs warning of the dangers of covid. So it doesnt matter how many temperature checks you do. That the virus is still going to spread. And we just think its unacceptable to be forcing specialed and english language len learners, some of our most vulnerable students, back to school during a pandemic. Reporter the protests made some parents feel uneasy. They said they dont feel forced to inperson learning. The possibility that there are adults opposed to them coming back to school is a confusing message and i dont think achieves much. He could have stayed home, but we wanted him to see how this was going to play out. He was just excited to just see everybody. Yeah. Reporter the plan in berkeley is to bring all Elementary School children back to school on a hybrid model in january. No word yet on when middle school and High School Students will return. In berkeley, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. Okay. This is something weve been waiting for, snow in the sierra. The storm that rolled through over the weekend brought several inches to the mountains, as you can see from this video from squaw valley. Up until now the resorts were counting on man made snow for the start of the season and now they finally have some of the real stuff. You know, will it stick . What do we get this coming week . Lets check in with spencer christian. Hey, spencer. Hey, kristen and larry. I guess you could say weve been chilling the last couple of days and there will be more chill coming our way tonight. Weve got clear skies mainly across the bay area right now. And temperature readings a little bit on the cool side. This is the view from sutro tower looking out over San Francisco under partly clear skies. 55 degrees in the city. 60 in oakland. San jose, 54 and gilroy and half moon bay. Westward toward the golden gate and emeryville. The readings right now, 58. Napa, 60. 56 at fairfield. 5 at livermore. 60 at concord. And looking down on to the bay under mainly clear skies from mount tam, these are our forecast features. Cold overnight with a freeze warning in effect for much of the north bay. Bright skies the next couple of days, but rain will return at the end of the week. Here is our overnight forecast animation showing mainly clear skies, although some clouds will arrive very late a