Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering of pro social security. In terms of the number of freezers, i dont have an exact number. Before coming to the press conference i was on the phone with a group who said freezers arrived on a truck as of yesterday. Dominican University Says they will offer freezers, and in novato, the Buck Institute for research on aging is rushing to clear out their freezers to make space for vaccine storage. The private sector is looking for cold storage. Sutter health says they invested 100,0 100,000 on 14 freezers. This is necessary because that vaccine is required to be stored at negative 70 degrees. Reporting live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. If the fda approves pfizers vaccine, marin counties expects van vaccinations later this month. They want to prioritize vaccinating health care workers. At this time the county doesnt know how many doses of the vaccine theyll get. Abc7 is committed to keeping you informed about the developments with the covid19 vaccine. We have assembled the abc7 vaccine team to stay on top of this. You can count on us for updates as new information comes in. A member of governor newsoms staff testeds positive for covid19. The unidentified staff member has not been around the governor or his family. Staff members who were potentially exposed are quarantining. Newsom and his family had to go into quarantine last week after three of their kids were exposed to a chp officer with covid19. Students and staff at one east bay school are in quarantine after they tested positive for covid19. Five Staff Members and three students at del amigo school got sick. One of them is jan jimenez. She said she noticed two students who looked like they were running a fever. Im upset that we would be put in a situation with students to wear face masks or stay socially distanced. The school began inperson learning. Masks are required but some special education students cant wear them because of medical issues. The classroom where the outbreak happened has been disinfected and the school is open. Two Stanford University students are helping to build a better bay area. Theyre helping students connect for Long Distance learning. They built laptops and put them in the hands of 400 individuals around the area. Two Stanford University students are behind in this mission and appearing on gma this morning. 11 Million Students dont have laptops at all. You can see the entire story and how they hope to expand their program across the country coming up on gma at 7 00. President trump has filed another federal lawsuit. This time in wisconsin as he tries to litigate his way out of his loss in the 2020 president ial election. Last night the president called on the courts to respond within 48 hours to the case. His attorneys are challenging the broad availability of mailin voting for the States Residents which was granted because of the risks associated with covid19. A lead lawyer combating trumps legal barrage calls the strategy frivolous and misleading. Public transport takes a hit during the pandemic. The cuts likely coming to muni in San Francisco. Wildfire season stretches into december. The fires now burning in Southern California. Plus the fire danger coming soon to the bay area. Yeah. We definitely have some gusty winds coming our way. Lets look. Most of sunday will be okay. But as you look at monday morning were starting to see them spread from the Central Valley into the north bay, then across all of our neighborhoods. Gusts up to 25 Miles Per Hour to 35 Miles Per Hour bringing a heightened fire danger for welcome to 15 days of saving up to 500 on fast, reliable internet and. Mobile with nationwide 5g on the most Reliable Network. Welcome to familyconnecting, holidayshopping, black friday awesome. Because, for a limited time, when you get xfinity internet and mobile together. You can get a 200 prepaid card. And up to 300 off select mobile phones. For up to 500 in savings. This sale wont last, so click, call, or visit a store today welcome back. In San Diego County firefighters in Rancho San Diego have been able to stop the spread of a fastmoving brush fire that destroyed one structure. It started just before 11 00 last night. It grew quickly to 25 acres fanned by santa ana winds. Residents in the area have been evacuated. Earlier last night San Diego Gas and electric shut off power to tens of thousands of customers because of the wildfire risk. There may be a threat for fire danger in the bay area this weekend. We want to check in with mike for more on that. All right. Yeah. We have about a 24 hour window from midnight monday to midnight tuesday for a heightened fire condition. Right now we dont have a fire weather watch or red flag warning like they have down in Southern California because were too far out and right now its marginal. So its something were going to keep an eye on. For sure through at least saturday, the worst fire conditions will be with the santa ana winds. Seasonal temperatures in the morning, warmer in the afternoon, beach combing is not recommended as the seas continue to be angry as the passing storms are producing high sneaker waves and the risk of rip currents. That goes through 4 00 today. Thats our Biggest Issue on your activity planner. Otherwise pretty nice weather. A little chilly this morning in the house if youre at home working or about to learn from home, if youre out exercising, its going to be a nice day. Youll need the sunglasses and probably will need a light jacket. This morning dress for 30s and 40s. More on the accuweather 7day forecast coming up. Lets get over to sue and talk about the traffic. Good morning. Hot spot as usual, bay bridge toll plaza. Metering lights were turned on early this morning at 5 43 because of a stall on the span. So they slowed down the metering lights, that stall was removed rather quickly, but you can see the result here. Its about a tenminute delay back towards the macarthur maze. Looking at some drive times, jammed coming out of tracy up and over the Altamont Pass westbound on 580, less than 45 minutes. Highway 4 westbound is clear, looking good into concord. If your traveling take you from san rafael into San Francisco via the golden gate bridge, less than 20 minutes. Earlier problems eastbound on 580, the noncommute direction near north flynn, turns out a couple of incidents, one in the same ends up being that car that was a dodge pickup truck, its moved to the righthand shoulder. No delays headed eastbound. Sfmta could be forced to lay off 18 to 22 of muni employees as they face a 68 million budget deficit. Revenue has been devastated as people avoid Public Transit during the pandemic. Without more federal funding Officials Say they need to lay off up to 1,200 fulltime employees. On the move, well show you what floated across the bay from Treasure Island to San Francisco overnight. And singers rock around the christmas stree at rotree at ro center. The introduction to one performance that sparked controversy on no one sees you need help. No one knows youre not okay. So when someone recognizes the importance of Mental Health and offers a hand, it means everything. My illness may be invisible. But thanks to covered california, im not. All covered California Health insurance plans are comprehensive with Mental Health coverage, and financial help for people who need it. Covered california. This way to health insurance. Enroll by december 15th. Crews are putting into place San Franciscos first of its kind fire station. New video shows the floating station at pier 22 1 2. This is along the embarcadero and harrison street. Crews moved it across the bay from Treasure Island overnight. You can see here, this is the path this took. Sky 7 flew over it yesterday and that is where it now lives. The department decided to put it on the water instead of on land due to the effects of climate change. Its really exciting, its going to be able to go up and down with the tides. So we know that if theres going to be sea level rise, which were expecting, there will be resilience for that. Reporter because it floats the station will be able to withstand earthquakes. It opens for service this spring. Happening today, the Holiday Season really gets going in the south bay mall. Santa claus arrives this morning at westville valley fair ready to hear the Christmas Wish lists of all the kids. Theyll be able to take socially distanced photos with santa. You have to make a reservation on the Shopping Centers website. Photo packages start at 40. Santa will be at westville valley fair every day until december 24th. Fans of the goo goo dolls are reacting because of what was said during the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center in new york city. This is video of the moments that the lights and tree went on. Things are going great. But then the goo goo dolls joined a bunch of high profile performers to celebrate the tree lighting. It wasnt the bands performance that caused people to lose their minds its when they were introduced for the second performance. The goo goo dolls were called a classic rock group. Fans couldnt help but suddenly feel old. Hurt feelings. I wish we could hear sue right now. Sue is our radio expert. Theyre not classic rock, right . No. How would you describe them . Very 90s. 90s rock. Yeah. Mmhmm. Also old, but not super sold. Thats the distinction. No. Not classic rock. Not classic rock. Got it. Not 60s and 70s classic rock. Not at all. All right. Lets talk about whats going on as far as sutro tower. You can see its clear out there, about 47 degrees. Our dry and quiet weather pattern tonights today. No definitive chance of rain the next seven days. The heightened fire threat sunday through monday. Lets talk neighborhood temperatures. 39 in alum rock, santa teresa, 37. Campbell, 39. Everyone else in the low 40s. Los altos and los gatos, 48 and 52. We have 34 in danville. 35 in fairfield. 35 in alameda and San Francisco. 40 in cupertino, sebastopol and na napa. Another storm passing us to the west. A few high clouds breaking off from it heading our way. High clouds and sunshine and temperatures about two to three, four degrees warmer than average. The average high is 59 this time of year. 61 to 66, so 7 degrees warmer than average. Tonight seasonal with mid to upper 30s inland. Fog in the usual spots in the north bay. High clouds keeping us from getting too cold tonight. Tomorrow, a little more sunshine. About a degree, maybe up to four degrees warmer. And then another passes us to the west and the north that will induce more of an onshore breeze. Morning clouds and cooler in the afternoon. Monday is really looking like the bullseye for our windiest day. Any heightened fire danger will happen then. Tuesday and wednesday, nearing 70 away from the coast. Starting to look more like spring. Were going the wrong way, kumasi. All right. Thank you. Now were going to check in with rob marciano who has a look at whats coming up on gma. Good morning to you, kumasi. Happy thursday. Lots coming up on gma. We start the show with operation warp speed rolling out the coronavirus vaccine. They have the first 20 million doses of the vaccine. Well tell you how theyll get it to americans across the country as states try to decide who will get it first. As the cdc forecasts that we got a brutal winter ahead. Theyre saying the next few months could be the most difficult in the nations Public Health history. All the details on that. Plus Holiday Shipping crunch. Delivery services are being pushed to their limits. U. P. S. Reportedly telling their drivers not to pick up packages from big retailers like gap, nike and macys. What that could mean for you to get your packages and gifts to where they need to be for the holidays. The queen of christmas is joining us live to bring us holiday cheer. Mariah carey is telling us about her magical starstudded holiday special. Nothing like a little mariah carey in december. Im a big fan. Hope you are, too. We have a great gma coming up on a thursday. See you soon. That beard keeps getting better. Okay. So, monoliths have come to california. Its officially a thing. A tall silver column is atop a mountain. Its the third mysterious shiny metallike structure to be found in nature. So last month a 2001 space odysseylike monolith appeared in the utah desert. Someone removed it. Another one was discovered tuesday in romania. That one has since vanished. I guess people are having fun. They are. Distribute the vaccines at the monoliths, 100 compliance. You have all the ideas. Still ahead, volunteers needed in the fight against covid19. The new product that Stanford University is trying to test out. And which celebrity would you want to play you in a movie . Former president obama knows and he is sharing the answer. As we get our day started. Lets take a live look outside right now. 6 20. Well be right back. On the most Reliable Network with xfinity mobile. In a land not so far away. People are saving hundreds they can choose from the latest phones or bring their own. And choose the data option thats right for them. They even get nationwide 5g at no extra cost. And since they are on the carrier rated 1 in customer satisfation, they live happily ever after. Again, again xfinity mobile. Your wireless. Your rules. 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Its the high to extreme those long reasunups that are issue, and then the risk of rip currents can keep you in the water for a long period of time. The newest data came in from the u. S. Drought monitor, nothing has changed. We still go from moderate in the south bay to severe and then from severe to extreme heading from the bay into the north bay. Theres no sign of rain coming up in the forecast. Theres a heightened fire danger. Well talk about that in the next half hour. Lets get over to kumasi for more news. Thank you. The surge in covid cases is proving to be challenging for Front Line Health Care workers. Especially for an emergency room doctor near sacramento. Dr. Taylor nichols is jewish and he recently encountered a covid patient who had a swastika and nazi tattoos on his chest. Seeing that symbol of hate knowing that that same compassion may not otherwise have been extended towards me if the roles were reversed really made me double down and look into myself. Nichols is a bay area native and works parttime at ucsf when hes not at mercy san juan hospital. He said this wasnt the first time he dealt with this kind of issue but it took a bigger toll on him because of the strain of the pandemic. Volunteers are needed to try a covid19 test that is intended to detect a virus in a persons saliva. St stanford researchers developed the test and say it takes no more than ten minutes and you can do it yourself. Researchers say the test has an accuracy rate similar to to tests performed in hospitals. The saliva test is expected to cost 5. There was an intense rescue in pacifica. Firefighters had to hoist a person from overside cliffs last night along highway 101. Its unclear how the person got stuck over the cliffs or if they have injuries. Students in San Francisco can get free meals from the school district. Sfusd designated 18 school sites where families can pick up food for anyone under the age of 18. There are two days worth of prepared meals, snacks, fresh fruit, vegetables and milk. The chronicles of captain cal continue. He is now in his new home with his adopted sisters. The oakland zoo shared these pictures of the three rescued mountain lines with a message that says success. The cubs arrived to columbus zoo safe and sound after a long day of travel by plane and car. The columbus keepers are excited to have these three musketeers. They jumped right into action continuing the cubs development. Staff at the oakland zoo have been caring for the trio since they were rescued from the zog fire in shasta county. Captain cal is not related to the two female cubs, but they have spent time together and have bonded. President obama said he would want drake to play him in a movie. Obama called drake a dal lentta brother. More importantly obama said he would have his daughters stamp of approval. What do you think . That would be interesting. I think it should be an unknown. I know he did acting for so long, but he has the music. Theres a lot going on, i just want to see the movie. All well see is drake. If we see someone else we dont know, they become obama. Im with you. Next at 6 30, the prominent College Football coach receiving the medal of freedom today. Despite the surge in the number of covid cases surpassing our summer surge, bay area hospitals tell us theyre ready and prepared to take on the inmri influx of patients. Im julian glover, thats coming up. Well be right back. Were hearing from local Health Providers on the front lines of this pandemic. How bay area hospitals are weathering the storm as the number of cases rise. And signs of progress on a covid19 relief bill. Democrats and republicans starting to reach a compromise. The deal being negotiated this morning. All i want for christmas is you were getting into the holiday spirit with the queen of christmas, mariah carey talking about her new special on gma this morning. Good morning. Its thursday, december 3rd. We want to check in with mike nicco for a look at our forecast. Good morning. Good morning. Its a good thing we have the queen, because the weather is definitely not feeling festive. Not feeling very winterlike at all. Lets look outside. You can see its fogfree from sutro tower and 48 degrees. A bit of fog around novato. Some of this has shifted ever so slightly to the north up towards penn grove and petaluma. 101 and 37 most affected there along with lucas valley road. As far as temperatures today, were about 2 to 7 degrees warmer than average with a mix of sunshine and passing high clouds. We have 61 at Half Moon Bay and lake port. 66 in ukiah and santa rosa. Concord and oakland at about 64. Heightened fire danger. Im still following that in your accuweather 7day forecast. Ill see you in a few moments with that. Heres reggie. The coronavirus warnings are getting more urgent as cases explode across the country. There are more than 100,000 americans now in hospitals with covid19 symptoms. The cdc is warning 200,000 people could die by february. Abc News Reporter faith abubey has the impact on our Health Care System. Reporter the White House Task force says the u. S. Is in a dangerous place as 47 states now sit in the red zone for covid cases. The latest metrics for the coronavirus in the u. S. All pointing the wrong way this morning. New infections of covid19 at an alltime high. Hospitalizations and the death toll reaching levels this country has not seen since april. The cdc now warning 200,000 more americans could die from the virus within the next three months. I believe theyll be the most difficult time in the Public Health history of this nation. Reporter the potential impact on an already taxed Health Care System worrying officials coast to coast. Covid symptoms sent a record 100,000 americans to hospitals across the country. Were very concerned at the number of cases that were present today. Reporter the White House Task force saying america is in a dangerous place adding those 65 and older should not enter any indoor public areas where anyone is unmasked. Its a very risky situation. Reporter hopeful news on the vaccine front. Officials expect the Pfizer Vaccine to be veavailable here starting december 15th. Its just making sure we have everything locked so when decision comes distribution to the American People becomes immediate within 24 hours. Reporter also dr. Anthony fauci says the u. S. Could be close to normal by next summer if at least 70 of the American Population gets vaccinated. Faith abubey, abc news, washington. Data shows hospitals in Santa Clara County could exceed capacity in two weeks. This grim assessment is forcing administrators to scramble to make sure theres enough beds in hospitals serving East San Jose and parts of the county in the south. Fewer than a dozen icu beds are available in those areas now. Hospitals throughout the county are working together, engaging in phone calls at least daily to redistribute patients as needed to ensure were continuing to provide safe and high quality care. The impact on hospitals was one reason Santa Clara County implemented several new restrictions on monday including a travel quarantine. Sonoma countys Top Health Official says her county is doing better than many other counties when it comes to the rate of new infections but the coming weeks may test their ability to cope with the growing number of hospitalizations. We continue to do better than much of the rest of the state at slowing the spread of the virus, which is advantageous as we entering the most challenging phase of the pandemic. Sonoma county is expected to stay in purple, the most restrictive tier. The countys Public Health officer credits testing in communities hit hardest by the virus as key to limiting the spread. San mateo county is cracking down on businesses now that the county is in the purple tier. Many can stay open as long as they follow Certain Health orders. A Compliance Team has been handing out warnings, now theyre moving to the citation phase for any business not complying. The message were sending to everyone right now is this is the time to be extremely careful to really be vigilant and make sure you comply with all the regulations and requirements to operate businesses. The county manager says the most frequent complaints are not enforcing social distancing and not requiring masks. Marin county is worried that visitors could impact their covid19 trend. Not wearing a mask . No, we dont do that in montana. We live free in montana. Well youre in california now. That was a visitor at marin countys vista point. Marin county is the only bay area county not in the purple tier. Sausalito is always a popular spot for visitors. Some coming from more severely infected areas. As were more of an island where certain things are allowable in marin and not allowed outside, the possibility of a destination is increasingly concerning. The county Health Officials looking at the numbers say the purple tier for them is not a matter of if but when. Democratic leaders are backing a bipartisan compromise on a covid19 relief bill. President elect joe biden is signaling that he supports it, even if its just a start. It would include 300 a week in federal Unemployment Benefits. It would also include 160 billion in state and local aid, something republicans had been rejecting. It would not include another round of stimulus checks for all americans. President trump has not commented on the compromise. Happening today, President Trump will award the medal of freedom to College Football coach lou holtz. Holtz built an impressive record during his coaching career. He led the team at notre dame and the university of South Carolina and at one point he had an nfl stint with the new york jets. He later started a foundation to help underprivileged students at notre dame. Holtz is a longtime supporter of President Trump. The medal of freedom is the nations highest civilian honor. There is hope on the horizon. Coming up, the rush to handle vaccines once they arrive here in the bay area. And youre looking now at the New York Stock Exchange. The big board there live. You can see were up about 60 points. Another update on how the markets are doing next. U. P. S. Saying theyll pump the brakes on picking certain packages. The retailers theyre putting limbs on during the Holiday Shipping season. First checking in with mike nicco. Thank you, hi, everybody. Lets look at our temperatures compared to 24 hours ago. Average to i should say were the same to about four to five degrees warmer thanks to the high clouds out there. Well go into the inland east bay neighborhoods, mid to upper 30s for the tri valley. Danville at 33. 40s for lafayette, Pleasant Hill and concord, that continues around pittsburg and into antioch. 36 in novato with that fog. 49 in San Francisco. 45 right now in oakland and hayward. 42 in san jose. In fact, we have 41 right near the shark tank as we look north towards mineta san jose international. Everything is good as far as your commute, whether its this morning or this afternoon. Just that little bit of fog around novato is the Biggest Issue. Lets talk about that heightened fire danger. The winds, good news, will be more monday during the Daylight Hours than sunday night when most of us are sleeping. Sunday, looking pretty nice out there. 5 to 10mileperhour wind in the afternoon. Most of the fast winds will stay in the Central Valley. You can see them spreading into solano and napa counties while while we sleep on sunday, and moving from solano and napa counties into sonoma and marin county for the morning commute. Look at the explosion of fast winds as we head through the Morning Hours. That will continue until about midnight. Theres a small window from midnight monday to midnight tuesday when that heightened fire danger will hit us. Its a marginal event now. Were still more than 48 hours out. Theres no fire weather watch or red flag warning right now. Well keep our eye on it for you and keeping an eye on traffic, here is sue hall. How are you . Im great. Im here. Happy to be here. The traffic is light this morning. So i come bearing good news. Looking at the rinchmondsan rafael bridge, looking at the toll plaza, about an eightminute drive from the richmond side across the bay. From hercules westbound, the upper corridor of i80 all the way into the maze, about 21 minutes. You get the bay bridge, which is backed up to the metering because of the metering lights to the macarthur maze for a 12minute delay. We had an earlier stall on the span, long gone now, but youre bumper to bumper to get to the toll plaza. We had a problem eastbound on the Altamont Pass. Thats been cleared out of lanes. Westbound about a 40minute drive to get up and over the altamont into livermore with speeds about 20 Miles Per Hour. Highway 37 in the north bay, 101, this is near sears point. Its socked in there with the limited visibility. So please use extra welcome to 15 days of saving up to 500 on fast, reliable internet and. Mobile with nationwide 5g on the most Reliable Network. Welcome to familyconnecting, holidayshopping, black friday awesome. Because, for a limited time, when you get xfinity internet and mobile together. You can get a 200 prepaid card. And up to 300 off select mobile phones. For up to 500 in savings. This sale wont last, so click, call, or visit a store today all right. Welcome back. 6 41 on this thursday. Its friday eve, how about that. Sutro tower, showing a beautiful sunrise about to develop. Temperatures not going to change much between now and 7 00. We quickly jump up to 60 at noon with thinner cloud cover. Clouds will increase heading into the afternoon hours. 57 to 63. Low to mid 50s by 7 00. Highest fire danger possible across Southern California. Extreme fire conditions because of the santa ana wind event thats developing right now. It will continue. Today is thursday. They still have tomorrow and all the way through saturday to deal with that. Thats some strees therss there. Quiet weather across the state once you get away from the okays where we have dangerous surf there. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Sevenday for tahoe, theyll continue making snow because Mother Nature is providing none. Thank you. The rollout of the covid19 vaccine will be a massive effort. This morning Vice President mike pence is heading to memphis for a roundtable on vaccine distribution. And to prove that its safe, former president s barack obama, george w. Bush and bill clinton are volunteering to get their covid19 vaccines on camera to promote Public Confidence once the fda authorizes a vaccine. Bay area counties are making sure they have room to hold the covid19 vaccines once they get here. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is lending their specialized freezers. Who knew the hunt for freezers would be such a scramble for 2020. The Buck Institute for research on aging has freezers, theyre clearing them out trying to make space for the vaccine to do their part and help as counties are trying to find space, trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for the vaccine shipments. The buck student plans to loan marin county two or three freezers for vaccine story. Dominican university of california says they will be offering freezer space. This is happening everywhere. Santa clara county is working on rounding up cold storage equipment as well even as they assess what they have, more opportunities come in. I literally before coming to the press conference i was on the phone with a group who said freezers arrived on a truck as of yesterday. Multiple freezers have been installed in parts of the country, buildings that we own and operate, and additional freezers are being installed by private Health Care Providers as well. Alamedas county website says theyre in the process of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. The race is on in the private sector as well. Sutter health says they invested 100,000 on 14 freezers. Some of which are portable. The vaccines made by pfizer require storage around negative 70 degrees. Thats why freezer space is an issue. Pfizer is expected to ship some doses to california within the next couple of weeks. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Abc7 is committed to keeping you informed about developments with the covid19 vaccine. We assembled the abc7 vaccine team to keep you up to date on all of it. As hospitals near capacity in Santa Clara County, other bay area hospitals are preparing for an increase in patients. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony reports on how its going despite continued heartbreak on the front lines. Weve been dealing with this for almost a year now. Reporter a nurse on the covid floor at John Muir Medical Center is on the front lines of the fight to save those so sick they need to be hospitalized. It also means being there when the battle is lost. So weve had to deal with that quite a few times. Its heartbreaking to just be around other human beings, especially in their last moments of life and not hold their hand or look at them in the eye. Reporter despite a surge in overall cases, so far most major hospitals in the bay area including john muir are weathering the storm. We have been, you know, preparing ongoing for the last ten months. So we have absolutely known there would be another surge headed our way. At this point its manageable. Reporter sutter, ucsf, stanford and kaiser all report they, too, have adequate capacity. Right now theyre not canceling most elective surgeries. Still preparations are under way if things get worse. At john muir, that includes this temporary waiting room outside the emergency entrance. Despite the seriousness of the covid situation, this hospital and others want to remind people do not delay seeking care and dont be afraid to come in for other potentially life threatening medical issues. We have been working at this for ten months. We are absolutely ready to keep everyone safe. Reporter devery told us he and his colleagues are ready to treat more Covid Patients but hoping for fewer. You have to look at the greater good right now. Multiple vaccines that should be coming out soon, you need to seriously consider taking them. The you have to protect the general public in order to get over this virus. Laura anthony, abc7 news. One of the most clicked on stories at abc7news. Com this morning, a couple who flew home from sfo to kauai facing charges. They were arrested after boarding a unite the flight reportedly with positive covid test results. The tsa told them not to get on board the plane after testing positive, but they got on any way. The days of seeing emotional support animals like peacocks, ducks and emotional support dogs on a flight are over. The dwpt epartment of transportn revised its Service Animal rules. It defines a Service Animal as a dog thats trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of someone with a disability. The Flight Attendants Union backs the move. Its president told usa today the days of noahs ark in the air are hopefully coming to an end. The u. S. Labor Department Released the latest weekly jobless claims report this morning. 712,000 people filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Economists had forecast 780,000 new claims. Still 5. 5 Million People are continuing to receive state Unemployment Benefits. That is down slightly from around 6 million the prior week. Novembers job report will be released tomorrow. Now lets take a live look at the New York Stock Exchange as trading gets under way. We are up right now, almost by 100 points. U. P. S. Has implemented shipping restrictions ahead of an expected rush of Online Shopping orders. According to the wall street journal, drivers have been asked to stop picking up packages at six retailers including l. L. Bean, hot topic, newegg and macys. U. P. S. Is asking retailers to help out with the demand by spreading out promotions and consider processing orders over the weekend. An update to the san jose teen whose portrait of Kamala Harris caught national attention. Tyler gordons portraits debuted yesterday along some of the nost renown most renowned art is of the past and present. Kamala harris gave him a call to personally thank him after a picture of her portrait went viral last week. The 14yearold started painting three weres ago. I was painting for the fun of it. Now that people seem to enjoy it, i just love art even more. Tylers pieces will be on display in the exhibit at the Beverly Center in l. A. Until the end of the year. If you were watching midday live yesterday julian did a story with tyler. Tyler also did a painting of the president elect and the two of them share something in common. They both struggled and have done a lot of work in their stuttering. So that is a connection the two of them have. Just a beautiful young man. He really is. Its so inspiring. Im glad hes being honored for his talent. He is giving a lot back to us. We love to see his work. Its really amazing. To see him painting it in front of the golden gate bridge. What an image. I know. Wasnt that great . Only three years into this. I cant wait to see what his future holds and well get to share it which is the best part. San jose, it is mostly clear. A few high clouds out there. 41 degrees. Were going to have partly cloudy, high clouds and sunshine, a quiet pattern again today unless youre near the ocean where we have that angry ocean water turning around until 4 00 this afternoon. Tonight, those high clouds will keep us seasonal, a bit of fog up in the north bay. A little bit of cloudiness this weekend and a little cooler also. Still temperatures a little bit above average. You can see another storm system passing us to the north. A few high clouds breaking off and heading towards the bay area. Thats it for the extent of our weather today. In the south bay, you can see that batch of orange, that is the santa ana wind event developing as those winds are coming off the high desert and blowing down through the l. A. Basin. Nearly 8 Million People under critical to extreme fire conditions through 10 00 s saturday evening. We get the benefits of the dry air but not the winds, at least not yet. Thats more a sunday night into monday event for us. Temperatures, 61 to 66 degrees this afternoon. Tonight, the high cloud also keep us pretty close to average, mid to upper 30s inland. Low to mid 40s around the bay. Lets look at my accuweather 7day forecast. A little more sunshine tomorrow, offshore breeze and about 2 to 4 degrees of warmth added to our highs. Anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer than average. With the extra cloud cover saturday and sunday, well drop down a few degrees. More monday morning when well have the window of the fastest winds. So were still quite a few days out. No fire weather watch right now. No red flag warning, but a heightened fire danger monday and look at the 70s for tuesday and wednesday. Have a good day. Back to you. Thank you. In the south bay, the criminal fraud trial of theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is set to move forward before a socially distanced jury. According to the mercury news, the federal courthouse in san jose will have the air filtration cranked to its highest level. Holmes, a Stanford University dropout is accused of making false claims saying her technology could run hundreds of tests from a drop or two of blood. Jury selection is set to start in march. The judge says its going to be a different trial because of covid19. Witnesses will need to wear clear face masks and the room will be reconfigured to keep everyone apart. There was an overwhelming turnout at a food and Holiday Gift Card distribution in the south bay. A constant flow of cars streamed in and out of the Sunnyvale Community Services parking lot for this nocontact distribution. Families who received donations were preregistered with the nonprofit. It serves people who are lowincome in sunnyvale. Well, were expecting 2,500 families this year in total coming to us for the food and the gift cards that well be distributing. Thats going to be a slight increase from last year. But what we know is that the need for these families is even deeper. The nonprofit expects to serve 2,500 families this Holiday Season. We know so many people need help this holiday. Some for the very first time. If youre in the giving spirit, now is a great time to give where you live. Head to the home page of abc7news. Com. We have a donation link for several local charities. Get ready to start tracking santa. Noaa launched its annual website to track st. Nick this christmas. The tradition started in 1955 when the Continental Air Defense Command center started receiving calls from kids asking about santa. It turns out a newspaper ad listed the wrong number for the north pole and history was made. This morning we are hearing from the queen of christmas, mariah carey. Shes talking about her upcoming holiday special. It features celebrity guests all getting in the holiday spirit. Mariah is on Good Morning America with a glimpse of what we can expect. Snoop came through in a festive way. He was festive, im not lying. Its his favorite time of year as well. Tiffany haddish. She narrates, shes so incredible. Misty copeland does the its so early for me. Early yet late. You know im not a morning person. The sugar plum fairy. You can watch Mariah Careys Christmas Special on apple tv starting tomorrow. If you cant wait until then, you can watch her on gma at 7 00. Shes going to talk about her plans for the holidays and how she plans to celebrate safely. I want her outfit now. That was like a jumpsuit . Yes. With sparkles. It looked comfortable. It did, until you have to use a bathroom. Point taken. All of santas elves have to come in and help out ms. Mariah carey. Im excited about that. I like her whether shes remembering the names of the people who are in her special or not. Does that matter . Shes in it. Shes in it. Thank you. It is 6 57, if youre just joining us, heres the 7 things to know this morning. Number one, a dire warning about coronavirus. Santa clara county says they could run out of hospital beds very soon. More than 100,000 people are hospitalized across the country right now. The cdc says 200,000 people could die in the next three months. Number two, local counties rushing to secure refrigeration equipment wherever they can find it as they wait for covid19 vaccine shipments. Dominican university and the Buck Institute are offering space in their freezers. Number three, five Staff Members and three students at del amigo alternative school in danville are in isolation this morning. All of them tested positive for covid19. School Officials Say the campus will remain open. Number four, President Trump has filed a new lawsuit in wisconsin challenging mailin voting during novembers election. Last night his attorneys called on the courts to respond within 48 hours to the case. Our quiet weather pattern may be interrupted by a heightened fire danger. As you can see, midnight monday, those fast winds are moving into the north bay. They explode across the rest of our neighborhoods during the Morning Hours monday and linger into the evening hours before fading away. Number six, following your thursday morning drive. Look at this beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. No problems here. I will tell you about a slight delay on b. A. R. T. , richmond line in the millbrae direction, ten minutes due to equipment problems. Number seven, take a look at this. San franciscos first floating fire station is at its new home this morning. Overnight it was moved to pier 22 1 2 near the bay bridge and it will open for service this spring. I want to go be nosey and look around. You should. Its cool. Since were talking about mariah carey and christmas, what is the song that needs to go at christmas . How about mama got run over by a reindeer . Please, eliminate it. Im going to add carol of the bells, be gone. No. Good morning, america. Breaking point. In 24 hours, more than 3,000 american lives lost to covid19. The highest number of deaths since the start of the pandemic with the cdc warning the nation to brace for up to 200,000 more deaths in the next three months calling it the most difficult time in the Public Health history of this nation. Hospitalizations have hit an alltime high, now topping 100,000. And overnight, los angeles under the strictest emergency stayathome order yet due to the surge. Its time to cancel everything. And if it isnt essential, dont do it. Hope on the horizon. Operation warp speed revealing how they will get the first 20 million doses of vaccine to americans across the country as states decide who will get it first. The governor of maryland joins
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