reporting live in pleasant hill, amy hollyfield abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. >>> coming up, the san francisco dog who is saying no to the stormy weather. >>> also, new video of the strong weather and rain on the bay bridge overnight. >>> and still in the mountains, it's great news from skiers and snow boarders, we are hearing from people who are ready to hit the slopes. >>> first we'll take you live outside where at least as of a little while ago it was not >>> here's some video with you of what it looked like on the bay bridge. it was stormy overnight. this is on the eastern span of the bay bridge heading into san francisco, so heading westbound at about 1:30, and that's what we talked about when the heaviest of the rain was going to be moving through, and sure enough, you can see it coming down sideways and those lieghts. that's pretty impressive. you can see everybody's slowed down quite a bit. here's a look right now, you can see it's not nearly as treacherous. we're looking from south beach at the western span, which is definitely wet, and we've got a south wind, so a little bi

reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. >>> happening today, in san francisco, mayor london breed will be leading a virtual discussion on the vaccine rollout in her city. the team may be forced to create a public vaccination plan and fast. according to the examiner, supervisor matt haney will be introducing a proposal today requiring the city's department of public health to submit a comprehensive vaccination plan to the county board and do it within seven days. we will be streaming mayor breed's vaccine update on our website, abc7news.com and it starts at 1:15 this afternoon. >>> and, of course, abc 7 news is tracking the vaccine rollout state wide, you can see where distribution stands and also see when you might be able to get the shot. look for this vaccine tracker on our home page. >>> coming up, the high profile police chief who may eventually leave the san jose police department. he's no stranger to the national spotlight. the crisis he dealt with just last year. >>> and the wizarding world could be coming to the small screen. the stream

live if pleasanton, amy hollyfield. abc7 news. >>> thank you amy. national leaders are talk about when and how schools should reopen. president biden has vowed to reopen most schools within 100 days. and here is what dr. fauci said in a talk with the big teachers union. >> the american rescue plan is something that hopefully will provide the resources for masking, for better ventilation, for whatever resources the schools might need. >> this is a talk with multiple unions and some of the unions including the united educators of san francisco have said teachers would feel a lot safer if they were vaccinated. governor newsom has outlined a plan to focus on reopening schools next month for students in k-2nd grade. >>> real concerns right now at another possible surge of covid-19. the first cases of the more contagious covid variant have been detected in the u.s. jobina istracking the variants and know how many on the vaccine front this >> two cases of the south african variant were detected in south carolina in two different parts of the state. neither

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at city hall. amy? >> reporter: reggie, there are frustrations coming out of city hall about this vaccine rollout and now hearing that the city can't even agree on its goals with mayor london breed saying she wants to vaccinate 900,000 residents by the end of june. the whole city. well the city's department of emergency management says it has the goal to vaccinate everyone in the city by the end of the year. and there are questions about how any of this will happen and if they will have enough doses to meet those goals. elcted leaders are saying they want answers. >> from the -- to the state to the local level, so far its been a mess. and we need clarity, we need answers and we need plans. to be able to give clear information to our constituents that are asking us questions every day. >> reporter: the city does plan to launch its first mass vaccination site tomorrow at city college. with 500 doses that have been set aside. they will need to do more than that to meet their goals. the mayor says she needs

live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> amy, thank you. >>> more than one reason troy mcalister was not in jail. abc7 news contributor phil tear explains. >> a movement actually to keep them out of jails in part because of the covid virus. jails and prisons are afraid of becoming hot spots and they don't want nonviolent offenders in there, as well. >> you can read his article every wednesday and sunday. >>> voters are heading to the polls in georgia and the two all-important runoff elections. jobina, we know the outcome of today's election will determine which party controls the senate. >> absolutely, kumasi. the stakes could not be higher right now. voting is under way. we'll take a live look at a polling location. the polls opened about an hour ago. if democrats could win both of today's races they'll have a majority in the senate and the house giving them control of congress. yesterday president-elect biden held a drive-in rally in atlanta backing democratic challengers and president trump rallying for republican incumbent senator david purdue and kelly loeffler. some fear th

amy hollyfield is live in pleasant hill. >> reporter: we've got a power outage here. wires on the ground. they are also dangling from up above mid way in the block. this street, keith's circle, is closed. they don't want any cars driving through getting tangled up in the wires. oak park boulevard and keith's circle in pleasant hill. this power outage is going on probably about four hours now and still no crew here to address it. because pg&e is very busy this morning. last i'm hearing they might be out here in the next half are hour. they might be here around 6:00. that is the estimate. but they have got a long list of power outages to get to this morning. very busy morning because of the storm so this neighborhood is on hold for now and in the dark. and it appears everyone is sleeping pretty late. those alarm clocks are not going off. we haven't seen any dog walkers or any exercisers out this morning some of this neighborhood looking like it is getting a late start to the morning and that might be the kras across the bay area today. live in present hill, amy hollyfie

reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc news. >> amy, thank you. president-elect joe biden plans to give his more specific plan today for administering covid-19 vaccines nationwide. it comes just a day after he released his administration's full nearly $2 trillion pandemic rescue plan. >> the crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight. there is no time to waste. we have to act and we have to act now. >> here are some of the key items the proposal would provide an additional $1400 in direct payments to most americans, that's on top of the $600 checks many just received. $170 billion would go to help schools reopen safely. and $160 billion would create a national vaccine program and boost testing. president-elect joe biden is set to speak around 12:45 this afternoon. >>> you may soon be able to store your vaccination records in one place online. mo they're joining forces to create a digital vaccine passport. this passport lets users prove they received the covid-19 vaccine with just the push of a button. developers say this tech will be useful

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with more on frustrated area seniors who are trying to make appointments, amy. >> reporter: good morning, jobina. yeah its been tough. the city of asphyxiatisan franc working on setting up a site at oracle pardon me park. and it can't come soon enough. we are hearing story after story of seniors trying to get the vaccine with no luck. sutter health and kaiser permanente set up vaccine phone lines but they were overloaded with calls. governor gavin newsom says california is can now start vaccinating over the age of 65 but bay area counties say they aren't ready for that. they are still struggling to vaccinate the 75 and older crowd. >> my father has been trying to get to an appointment to get vaccinated and he's been on hold for two hours and still hasn't spoken to anyone. but yaw i'm pretty worried. i really want my parents to get vaccinated. i don't want them the die from covid. >> well, we have heard success stories though. those exist too. one marin couple got a call from their healthcare provider to sign up with a sutter clinic in berkeley

amy hollyfield is live for us this morning in soma. amy. >> a lot of questions whether these deltaths could have been prevented. this is where the tragic accident happened and people have left flowers here at second and mission to remember the victims. >>> there are questions on how their deaths could have been prevented. the man was out on police say when 45-year-old troy mcalister hit the women last week on new year's eve he was drunk and driving a stolen car. when the district attorney was asked while mcalister was not in jail he blames the system. although other agencies say they did their part. >> the fact of the matter is, my office cannot prosecute cases until the police present us with adequate evidence. >> if someone is on probation you make the phone call and e-mail notification to the patrol officers. >> sfpd did act in accordance to protocol? >> absolutely. >> and the parole office says it provided details on why mcalister's parole should have been revoked and daly city police say they also followed procedure. mcalister is

amy hollyfield is live for us with the first shots given at an east bay facility. >> good morning. yes. this senior facility, this senior assisted living facility in walnut creek got the vaccine this week. this is byron park in walnut creek. it was the first place, the pilot for the john strike team effort. only a half dozen people opted out. so a 90-year-old woman who got the vaccine here said she felt nervous about living in a care facility during a pandemic. >> it's like living in a petri dish because everybody is vulnerable. if we all now get vaccinated, you know, that's going to be living in a bubble. we'll be safe. >> they vaccinated 270 workers and residents of byron park in one day. next week more assisted living facilities should be getting the vaccine. live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> kaiser san jose is now facing $43,000 in fines for not telling the county about an outbreak among the staff members for seven days. the county says it found out after kaiser sent a news release to the media and now 60 staff members have tested positive and one person has

live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. and the wind isn't letting up just yet. stay with us throughout the morning to get some more updates from mike. you can get the latest on our website and our abc 7 news app. >>> now to developing news in securing the nation's capitol ahead of inauguration day. much of washington, d.c. is locked down with unprecedented security force to protect president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris. andrew dembert is live in washington. >> it is a surreal scene if you walk outside d.c. there are police and military at every turn. d.c. looks like and feels like a city on lockdown. all this beefed up security is in an effort to avoid what we saw that happened at the capitol just a couple of weeks ago. this morning, security forces fortifying the nation's capitol, for the final chapter in donald trump's presidency. some 25,000 national guard troops deployed. armed forces on the ground, blockades, barbed wire fencing, security checkpoints that stretch miles and beacon of powerful

reporter amy hollyfield live in san francisco with their reaction. amy? >> hi. democrat leaders here in the bay area that we talked to say they are ready to take the next step and we checked in with a leader of the republican party here in the city who says not so fast. now house speaker nancy pelosi has said she plans to introduce a resolution accusing the president of willfully inciting violence against the government and demanding that he be held accountable for it. a republican party leader says any action like this will just further divide the nation, not unite it. >> sadly, the person running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states. but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him. >> it's evident that the speaker has a personal disdain for the president and letting that get the better of her. it's a bad move, doesn't help the country and it just exacerbates the problem as we have a new president about to be inaugurated. >> reporter: former california governor arnold schwarzene

amy hollyfield is live for us at city college this morning. amy? >> stay away today, this clinic is doing a soft opening today. they have 500 doses to give out and all of the appointments are booked. but they do expect this to be here for a while. they have set this up for the long term, they just can't plan the days and hours yet because they have to wait and find up how many doses the city will be receiving. officials have been frustrated with the sporadic deliveries. this week the city says it only received 1700 doses. they definitely hope they'll get more than that next week. and say they really need a consistent flow so they can officially distribute the vaccine. >> we want to get vaccine out as quickly as possible. we know that people want it, we all have friends and family that are texting and emailing and trying to figure out just as everyone else in the city is how we can get vaccine and right now our biggest limitation is this sporadic supply. >> reporter: right now san francisco officials say the city is only received a total of 103,000

amy hollyfield is live for us with the first shots given at an east bay facility. >> right. progress on getting this vaccine out has been slow. this senior living facility in walnut creek did get the vaccine. byron park in walnut creek was the first place, the pilot for the john maracovich strike team vaccination effort. only a handful of people on theed opted out. a 90-year-old woman who got the vaccine here said she has felt very nervous about living in a care facility during a pandemic. >> it's like living in a petri dish because everybody is vulnerable. if we all now get vaccinated, you know, that's going to be living in a bubble. we'll be safe. >> they vaccinated 270 workers and residents of byron park in one day. next week more east bay assisted living facilities should be getting the vaccine. live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> two of the bay area's largest funeral homes have nearly tripled their capacity in the last few weeks reporting the highest spike in covid-19 deaths since the onset of the pandemic. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra has the st

abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield is headed to el cerrito. amy? >> reporter: we're driving down the streets of downtown el cerrito, a welcome sight, lots of lights on here. this area looks okay. a relief to see some lights after spending the morning in pleasant hill. look at this video we shot there. no lights in this neighborhood because of downed power lines. this is on keats cir park boulevard. a couple of lines down on that street. they had to block it off because cars drove through there, they would get tangled up in the wires. the area without lights all morning long, they're just waiting on pg&e crews to be able to make it out there to get that fixed. pg&e so busy this morning, dashing around from outage to outage. they haven't made it out there yet with more than 10,000 customers here in the east bay without power. we're driving around, looking for those outages, looking for people impacted. right now el cerrito, downtown, looking pretty good. live in el cerrito, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. >>> on the peninsula, despite

amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek. amy? >> good morning. people are astonished, they're horrified and people are leaning on each other. we all watched these images yesterday unfold in our nation's capitol. we all shared the experience. today there will likely be a lot of debriefing and decompressing together. there is a lot of emotion to process. here's a sample of what we heard. >> i hope more is done to condemn such acts because it feels like terrorism in a way. it just -- it's very violent and horrific and just -- this is not our country. >> people are kind of fed up. i think a lot of it comes about from the polarization and everyone is just fatigued. everyone is tired of covid-19 and all the social unrest. >> one person we interviewed pointed out what many had said, if this had been a black lives matter protest it would not have been allowed to go on as long as it did and it shows how unfair things are. everyone is hoping democracy will prevail and people won't lose faith in it. everyone agrees this is one of those moments where we reme

reporting live in brentwood, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. that man was so funny. >>> coming up, a close call at a northern california hospital. the race to get people vaccinated before the doses expire. >>> and wikileaks founder julian assange makes a court appearance in london after the judge denied the u.s. request to extradite him. the decision made in today's hearing. >>> and as we open the weather window from the east bay hills, watching increasing fog this morning. not quite as widespread or thick as it was yesterday. that's for the morning hours. for the afternoon hours in your activity planner, especially across the north bay, we need to get ready for wet weather. i'll show you a timeline on that we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. . >>> all right. welcome back. let's look at some neighborhoods. we'll start with the peninsula. we have 35 in redwood city, about 46 in pacifica. elsewhere we have temperatur

live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> thank you amy. happening today san francisco mayor london breed is scheduled to hold a virtual annual stay of the city address. last night the mayor tweeted an invitation to watch her address writing "this last year was unlike anything we faced before but san francisco knows how to recover from a crisis. as we emerge we have a opportunity to create a stronger more equitable city." the address will be an the mayor's youtube channel at 10:30 this morni >>eady been the deadliest month to date during this pandemic. the nation's top coronavirus experts project 90,000 more exn mo than a million extra vaccine doses will come next week. top covid advisors are warning there is still a long road ahead. >> as we get into february, march and april, we are going to see an escalation of availability of doses that we may not have had a week or two or three ago. even though the message is sober about the fact that we're going to be seeing more cases and deaths in the future, the other message is now is the time to

abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield live in pleasanton with what comes next. amy? >> reporter: hi, kumasi. the pressure is on, alameda county has released a statement, a road map for schools, telling them what they need to do to reopen. and then here in pleasanton, parents and students turned up the heat, they held a rally, telling the district they really, really want them to open the classrooms for in person learning. the pleasanton district met last night to discuss whether to allow in person learning. at first the proposal was focused on bringing elementary school kids back, not middle school and high school. but those older kids said they really want to go back too. >> i want to go back now. i would do whatever it takes, i'll be -- i'll bring my hand sanitizer, wear gloves, wear a mask, i'll stay six feet apart, i'll do whatever it takes. we need to go back to school. >> reporter: the board voted late last night to bring kids back. preschool through second grade will be able to return after alameda county has been in the red tier for two weeks. third through f

amy hollyfield is live where one of the sites is now officially set up. amy? >> reporter: that's right, this isn't open for the general public, but it is the only mass vaccination site here in the bay area. and it is proving to be a popular site. take a look at the line that formed. all of these people wanting a vaccine here at the san mateo county event center. it is only open to healthcare workers, or assisted living facility residents. one county supervisor says he would like to see 1,000 to 2,000 people vaccinated here a day. he says he knows that is a bold goal, but he says that's what we need right now. >> what we want do is end covid simply, and to get this economy stimulated. and the only way that we're going to do that is roll it out, this vaccine. >> reporter: so, can other bay area counties figure out how to do this? well, officials in alameda county are expected to vote on friday about launching a drive-through vaccine site at the oakland coliseum in the parking lot. the baseball team, the oakland athletics and state and local health officials are

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us in san jose this morning. amy? >> good morning. yeah. the employee died of covid-19 complications and kaiser released a statement saying that employee was working here on christmas day, that is the day that an employee was here in one of those air-powered christmas costumes to boost morale and the spirits of staff here. kaiser said they would not release the name of the employee or information of the employee who died saying out of respect for patient privacy and the family we have no additional information to provide. our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this terrible loss. we are providing support to our employees during this difficult time. the hospital is investigating whether that costume is to blame for 44 covid cases among kaiser employees at this hospital. they tested positive between december 27th and january 1st. after the informal gathering on christmas day. they are also testing patients who were exposed to these employees but do not know of any patients who have tested positive from that exposure. kaiser

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in brentwood with more on this. good morning. >> good morning, kumasi. look at this lucky store. this is brentwood. the chevron here on lone tree way. it's not jackpot lucky, but 2$23 million lucky. the mega millions had a jackpot last night of 4$432 million. no one won the jackpot. it was the highest lottery prize since the pandemic started. people have not been out buying tickets. so jackpots have shrunk. but as people are out moving around a bit more, they are buying more and the jackpots have gone up. both mega millions and powerball were more than 400 million. that's created some excitement and more buying. the powerball drawing is tonight. here are the mega million numbers that were chosen last night. 20, 43, 51, 55, 57, and 4. no one had all the numbers, but someone here in brentwood had some of them. enough to win $2 million. so that's fun news this morning. the mega millions jackpot is up to 4$490 million. that drawing will be on friday. up next is the powerball. the powerball jackpot is at 4$40 million. th

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us in san jose this morning. amy? >> that is the big question here right now, what they're looking into, whether the inflatable air powered costume that a staff member wore on christmas day caused this outbreak. they did confirm kaiser has released a statement confirming that the employee who died was working on christmas day, that is the day that that costume was worn. they did release a statement saying they won't be releasing the name of the person who died saying out of respect for patient privacy and the family we have no additional information to provide. our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this terrible loss. we are providing support to our employees during this difficult time. the hospital is investigating whether that costume is to blame for 44 covid cases among kaiser employees. they tested positive between december 27th and january 1st. after the informal gathering on christmas day. they are also testing patients who were exposed to these employees but do not know of any patients who have te

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with a letter that a restaurant association sent to its members. amy? >> reporter: kumasi, we are hearing enthusiasm for this. people are ready to return to outdoor dining in the outdoor dining areas that all the restaurants have created. the news is coming from the golden gate restaurant association. it sent a letter to its members late last night saying they had been informed that the governor will announce today the stay-at-home order will be lifted for all regions. this would impact restaurants, but also nail and hair salons and gyms that have all been closed since last month. we know business owners will be thrilled to open. it sounds like their customers are ready too. >> i'm a nurse so obviously i know why there was an order, but i am, like everyone else, really looking forward to going back to the restaurants that i love. i think that's great. hopefully everyone, you know, does it properly, wears masks and we're able to keep it going this time. >> reporter: we did reach out to the governor's office and they released thi

amy hollyfield. abc7 news. >> thank you. amy. ever feel like you just need to scream? because we do. and there is a hotline for that. >> especially if there is a tree on top of your car. i feel so bad for those people. also a big fire burnld not far from the las vegas strip overnight. the investigation into what happened. >> and an exclusive new interview with the american team jailed in the kaman i didn't have health insurance - not because i didn't want it. i worried it was to expensive, vi atime i didn't have ngur oerh insurance - but now, for the first time in our lives. i can do both. covered california was made by californians for californians. and it makes health insurance more affordable, with financial help for people who need it. covered california. this way to health insurance. enrollment ends january 31st. >>> abc7 news spoke to rogers mother yesterday. >> it is all about what's happening with the inauguration. it is all precautionary. and they are using him as an example. >> the mother never said why rogers might have had the ammunition. the fbi is joining

in san francisco, amy hollyfield. abc7 news. will. >>> there is a new push in santa clara county to get residents vaccinated. a brand new site open today at mt. view community center. officials are hoping to provide up to 1,000 vaccination as day. right now they are being offered only to health care workers, long term residents and people over the age of 75. >> i expected to be in line for over an hour. i tried to do everything they asked me to do and it all worked out. and it was wonderful. >> the county says as more vaccines become available, health care providers will expand access to additional groups of people. >>> today the state quietly unveiled a pilot site to sign up for covid-19 vaccines. people can register at my turn.ca.gov to be notified when they're ready. >>> despite health guidelines banning restaurant dining, there are some places that are simply not compliant. abc7 news viewers tipped us off to one place the solano county they say doing a booming illegal indoor business. so we sent abc news report he wage fried

amy hollyfield. abc7 news. >> amy thank you. new this morning the santa clara county sheriffs office right wing terrorists. the mercury news reports it was created following the attack on the capitol. deputies, detective asks other law enforcement agents make up the task force. it will also work with the fbi and energy california regional intelligence center on investigations. >> just a few minutes ago we've learned that new york city says it will now terminate all business contracts with president trump after the insurrection at the capitol hill. and it comes as major security preparations continue their to thwart out any other threats ahead of inauguration day. street closures have already started, fences with razor wire being erected and additional barricades blocking the streets in d.c. there is new intelligence overnight that more than 10,000 angry trump supporters are planning to go to the nation's capitol. authorities identified individuals talking about assassinating politicians. on top of a well-armed national guard, th

live in pleasant hill, amy hollyfield abc7 news. >>> thank you, amy. now let's look at the bay bridge. we saw at least two crashes there overnight. you can see and hear the wind and the rain. this one involved an suv and another involved a jackknifed big rig. it happened on the lower deck around 10:30 last night, and chp says there was a small fuel leak. >>> on the peninsula, despite the stormy conditions, people were still taking to the streets. ricardo and mary beth milano lost power for a brief period tuesday night, so they decided to brave the elements, and they were not the only ones. >> a fireplace, and it was warm, and as soon as the lights went out, i think the house said time for you to go walk, so the power went, so out we went. >> it is a little chilly but not bad. it's worth up. >> being locked up all that time, it's good to be out. >> in the meantime, as the waves crashed in pacifica in the early evening on tuesday, pg&e crews in daly city were working to make sure faulty equipment was working properly before the storm. >>> several parks i

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in san jose. hi, amy. >> hi, reggie. the push comes as researchers are setting a new variant of the virus that has been found here in the bay area is found in the outbreak that happened here at san jose medical center, but this new variant does not discourage these doctors who say kids need to be back in school. this new variant is not part of their concerns. a group of more than 30 doctors and health care workers at ucf wrote a letter saying kids should be back in school february 1st. we have plenty of evidence to show that schools are safe. >> we have good data from our marin county here in the bay area which is really the only county that successfully opened schools in any significant number following those 40,000 students k through 12 and 5,000 teachers back in the a classroom since september. there have only been seven campus based covid infections, covid transmissions. that's really reassuring data. >> these doctors also point out tlids there is a danger keeping them out of school and an impact on kids mental healt

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live with more on the how the city preparing. >> reporter: kumasi, look a in the site behind me, at city college, this site. the tents could be swept away in the winds. the staff and volunteers are unsherltdered as they guide people in and out. it just would not work in this storm so they will close today at noon and will be closed through thursday. city residents are also being asked to prepare and take this storm seriously. especially those who live if areas known for fleetwooding like this spot at folsom and 17th where crews have had to pump out water in the past because of heavy rain. so here are some tips to prepare. they are suging you check in on your friends and family. make sure everyone is okay. pick up free sandbags at san francisco's public works. elevate your belongs in the garage or low-lying areas. store the emergency items up high and then remove debris. sweep up leaves from storm drains. clear those gutters. outreach teams will also be outtrying to get supplies like socks and blankets to the homeless and trying to encourage them to c

amy hollyfield is in the south bay with an update there. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie, they just dispatched us from san francisco to head to san jose. lots of concerns of possible flooding there. we're on our way. let me show you the conditions. we're on southbound 101, we are dealing with some heavy rain, we're about to cross over into redwood city any minute now. this is what it looks like. we are definitely driving slowly and carefully. lots of just heavy sheets of inindown a l toaay dity slow down anduloio thhe thens expected to be very heavy and possible flooding, so we'll be checking that out, so stay with us, we'll report back as soon as we learn more. reggie, back to you. >> thank you, amy. >>> now to our morning money report, this morning, a group of amateur investors organized on reddit are cashing in big after pushing up the value of gamestop, despite wall street investors betting that the company will fail. so let's take a look now at gamestop's current numbers. you see it is $355 a share now it looks like. and it looks like it is wo

amy hollyfield has more on this. amy? >> reporter: hi, kumasi. the governor is saying one thing, but bay area counties are saying something different. now, the governor announced that cal expo in sacramento yesterday, that anyone over the age of 65 is now allowed to get the vaccine, that he's ready to see california move to the next phase of distribution. but here in the bay area, somehow the officials say they are not ready with san mateo, contra costa and santa clara county all announcing they will not be vaccinating people under 75 yet. >> we're not ready to go to 65 and older yet. as i described, we're trying to fill up a lake with a garden hose now. >> it is not as easy as getting a flu shot and i would love it to be that way. but i think we will get there in the next, you know, we're slowly inching towards that goal. >> reporter: yeah, officials say distributing this vaccine is a complex process, pointing out it takes two shots, it has storage temperature requirements, they are also dealing with trying to reach people who can't get to the v

amy hollyfield spoke with amy truggling business owners. >> i'm saddened for staff because there is little hope for our staff financially. >> reporter: j.b. says extending the stay-at-home order may mean the end of his family owned restaurant the hideout in lafayet lafayette. >> instead of a permanent closure is greater now than it has been in the last ten months. we have exhausted our ves reserves. >> reporter: he announced on social media he'd have to defy the order or close. >> we have made the decision to open. we're going to be opening the patio. >> reporter: but the county heard about and it shut down that plan. >> we were totally prepared to pay the fines but we were served a notice of violation by the health department and a threat to immediately revoke our health permit. >> reporter: so that means the patio will remain closed and j.b. has some hard decisions to make. it is a scene that is playing out all over california. we also checked in with the russian river brewing company in santa rosa where things are also looking bleak. >> i'm very worried. we have a lot of accounts we dis

amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek. amy? >> good morning. we are finding a lot of reaction and emotion about what happened. as people watched these images coming out of washington, d.c., all of this violence at our capitol, many realized this will be one of those moments you remember where you were. you talk about it just like other huge significant moments in our history. here is a sample of what we heard in the east bay. >> i hope more is done to condemn such acts because it feels like terrorism in a way. it just -- it's very violent and horrific and just -- this is not our country. >> people are kind of fed up. i think a lot of it comes about from the polarization and everyone is just fatigued. everyone is tired of covid-19 and all the social unrest. >> reporter: oakland mayor libby schaaf also spoke out about what happened saying she is concerned about the tremendous amount of healing work that must be done and she is concerned that people are going to lose faith in american democracy and of course hoping that won't happen. reporting liv

abc7 news amy hollyfield live at city college. hi. >> reporter: yeah, i hate to sound anti-social but don't come here. the 500 doses are already spoken for. the appointments are all booked. so they have definitely say don't come here unless you have an appointment. they do expect to stay open for several days. they just can't plan yet on the days and hours because they have to wait and find out how many doses they will be receiving. officials have been frustrated with the sporadic delivery, saying this week the city only received 1700 doses. they definitely hope they will get more than that next week and say they really need a consistent flow. so they can efficiently distribute the vaccine. >> we want to get vaccine out as quickly as possible. we know that people want it. we all have friends and family that are texting and e-mailing and trying to figure out just as everyone else in the city how we can get vaccine. and right now our biggest limitation is the sporadic supply. >> the city says it is only received a total of 103,000 d

in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> one of the largest vaccination sites in the country opened today at dodger stadium. los angeles mayor eric garcetti says the site has the capacity to vaccinate up to 12,000 people a day. right now it's only welcoming health care workers along with residents and staff workers at skilled or long-term care facilities. but governor news newsom says opening sites this one is an important step. >> we've got increase the pace of distribution in the administration of these vaccines. the reality is we need to get these vaccines out of the freezer, and we need to get them into people's arms. >> governor newsom says california's on track to meet its gel of administering one million vaccines in ten days. the state has partnered with 3500 providers across every county to make that possible. abc7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine roll-out in california with our vaccine tracker at abc7news.com. as of wednesday, the state had distribute about 33% of the total doses received. you see the tracker and find out when you may be able to get vaccinated. it's on

amy hollyfield with what kind of work is under way. >> reporter: the governor is saying one thing but bay area counties are saying something else. the governor announced from inside the cal expo in sacramento that anyone over the age of 65 is now allowed to get the vaccine that he is ready to see california move to the next phase of distribution. but here in the bay area some health officials say they are not ready with san mateo and contra costa and santa clara county announcing they won't be vaccinating people who are under the age of 75 yet. they just don't have enough doses. >> we are not reed to go to 65 and older yet. as i described we're trying to fill up a lake with a garden hose right now. >> it is not as easy as getting a flu shot. and i would love it to be that way. but i think we will get there. in the next, you know -- we're slowly inching towards that goal. >> reporter: officials say distributing the vaccine is a complex process. it takes two shots. it has storage temperature requirements. they are also dealing with trying to reach people who can't get to the vaccine sit

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amy hollyfield went to thousand oaks elementary where vice president-elect kamala harris attended the school. that site was not a coincidence. >> they want school officials to think about the next kamala harris and how that child needs to be in school and not on zoom. third-grader maya says she misses her friends so much, and she really wants to get back to school. so instead of zooming today, she joined a sit-in at thousand oaks elementary in berkeley. and she wrote a lerkts asking that schools reopen. she hopes this will all make a difference. >> i wrote a letter to governor newsom, and i wrote it because i really, really want to go back to school. >> reporter: frustrated parents say berkeley schools were supposed to reopen today. they don't understand why they are still closed. and point out that public schools are open in marin county, and that has not led to an outbreak of covid cases. >> the evidence is there that schools can reopen safely. we just have to have the will. and that's where i'm feeling the will to reopen in the east bay is not as strong. and that's why we're here.

so i can just stay away from eerything. >> reporter: amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> all right. so what will this mean for businesses? abc 7 news contributor and "chronicle" insider phil matier is here with us. phil, let's start with this whipsaw that has happened for business owners. what's your take on this stay-at-home order lift? >> well, the governor calls it the toggle switch that's going to go back and forth as the need demands. but it is a whipsaw for small businesses and large businesses as well who are trying to at least get some idea of where the goalposts are as we continue on. and this latest was not unexpected. i will tell you that county officials sort of saw this coming in the bay area, but what was a stunner to them, dan, was that it included southern california and parts of the central valley, where the covid infection rates and the icu beds are still at a critical level. so the question here was why are we opening the entire state? if there's still a danger of this spreading up into the north. and that is cause for concern both with businesses and with local g

in el zreetdo amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> -- took place virtually this year. former san francisco mayor willie brown served as featured speaker for the 29th annual keeping the dream alive multicultural rally. brown addressed how disappointed dr. king would be about the ongoing systemic racism in the u.s. but he expressed how proud the civil rights leader would have been to see kamala harris sworn in as vice president on wednesday. >>> usually on mlk day we see large service projects across the country to honor the civil rights leader. this year it obviously looks different because of the pandemic. but the overall mission, that is still the same. abc 7 news anchor jobina fortson with more from oakland. >> reporter: marcus van new represents the organization service for peace. they received a grant to support and promote oakland's mlk 40 days of service initiative. rather than honoring dr. king on just one day, this will continue through the end of black history month. he's participated like this for decades and hopes you'll start doing it too. >> 40 days is not

amy hollyfield abc7 news. >> thank you. amy. >>> new this morning, health and human services secretary alex azar says the federal government will release all kose doses of the covid-19 vaccine its been withholding as a safety stock. >> we now believe our manufacturing is predictable enough question ensure second doses for people for ongoing production. so everything is now available to states and healthcare providers. we've got to get it to pharmacies and community health centers and we are here and we'll deploy to states doing mass vaccination efforts if they wish to do so. >> the move after president elect biden announced he would do this once in office. asiaer also says states should now offer the vaccine to those 65 and older and anybody with co-morbidity.zar also says statw offer the vaccine to those 65 and older and anybody with co-morbidity. >>> capitol hill police officers are being investigated in their role in the riots. after --. jobina with the more. >> two capitol police officers have been suspended and at leas

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