LIMIT.
LIMIT. HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING IN TRACY TRANGO?
I HAVE YOUR ANSWER AS WELL.
COMING UP NEXT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, BRIT.
NOW TO THE NEW RESTRICTIONS IN
EFFECT TODAY FOR THE GREATER
SACRAMENTO REGION OVERNIGHT.
THE STATE'S STRICTEST SHUTDOWN
ORDER YET WENT INTO EFFECT FOR
THE 13 COUNTIES IN THE REGION.
IT'S GOING TO LAST FOR AT LEAST
THREE WEEKS.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE LATEST
DATA FROM STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS ICU BED CAPACITY FOR
GREATER SACRAMENTO DROPPED
AGAIN YESTERDAY.
NOW DOWN TO 13 POINT THREE
PERCENT UNDER THE 15 PERCENT
WHICH TRIGGERS AND DID TRIGGER
THAT NEW STAY AT HOME ORDER.
THINGS NOT GOOD AT ALL SMOKING
VALLEY REGION ICU BED CAPACITY
NOW DOWN TO LESS THAN TWO
PERCENT.
SO WHAT DOES THE NEW SHUTDOWN
MEAN FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES?
MANY NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES
MUST CLOSED INCLUDING BARS,
PERSONAL CARE SERVICES, SALONS
AND BARBERS, MUSEUMS, ZOOS AND
AQUARIUMS AND MOVIE THEATERS.
OTHER BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO
REMAIN OPEN WITH NEW
RESTRICTIONS LIKE REQUIRING ALL
TO WEAR MASKS INCLUDING
RETAILING, SHOPPING CENTERS,
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS WILL ONLY
BE ABLE TO OFFER TAKEOUT
DELIVERY AND ONE RESTRICTION.
IT'LL BE TOUGH DURING THE COLD
WEATHER PLACES OF WORSHIP CAN
ONLY OFFER SERVICES OUTDOORS.
HANUKKUH STARTED LAST NIGHT.
CHRISTMAS TWO WEEKS AWAY.
HOW WILL THE PANDEMIC AND NEW
RESTRICTIONS CHANGE THINGS UP?
KEVIN JOHN IS OUTSIDE THE
CAPITOL BUILDING IN SACRAMENTO
WITH ALL THE DETAILS.
KEVIN YES WON'T NEEDLESS TO SAY
HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS WILL LOOK
DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR
BECAUSE OF THE PAN DIMMICK MASS
WEARING, SOCIAL DISTANCING ETC.
AND DESPITE ALL OF THOSE
CHALLENGES, IT'S NOT STOPPING.
>> VARIOUS RELIGIOUS GROUPS
FROM COMING TOGETHER AND STILL
TAKING PART IN THEIR HOLIDAY
TRADITIONS.
NOW WITH THE GREATER SACRAMENTO
REGION ENTERING THE NEW STAY AT
HOME ORDER, VARIOUS PEOPLE
CELEBRATING THE FIRST NIGHT
OF HANUKKAH WE'RE OUT AND
ABOUT.
BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THINGS
LOOK DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
MANY CELEBRATIONS HAPPENED
OUTDOORS OR REMOTELY IN SOME
FAMILY CELEBRATING.
I CELEBRATED BY PLACING
MENORAHS ON TOP OF THEIR CARS
AND PARADING AROUND THE CITY
AND THEY SAY THIS YEAR IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO KEEP THE
HOLIDAY TRADITION GOING.
>> I AM SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE
OPPORTUNITY TO STILL DO
HANUKKAH IN THIS SPECIAL
SPECIAL WAY IN HANUKKAH THE
ORIGINAL TIME THE WORLD WAS
DARK.
IT DIDN'T SEEM THERE WAS ANY
SURVIVAL TO HOPE TO FAITH, TO
BELIEVE IN GOD.
IN AN ALTERNATIVE AND THEN THE
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY THINGS WILL
LOOK A BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR
AS WELL.
FOR CHRISTMAS EVE, THE DIOCESE
OF STOCKTON SAYS THE POPE PUT
OUT NEW FLEXIBILITY ON MIDNIGHT
MASSES THAT CAN NOW MEET AS
EARLY AS 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON
.
NOW WHAT WITH THE CORONVIRUS
SURGE, THEY'RE RELYING ON
REMOTELY CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE
IN THEIR HOMES.
ALL 70 SHABAD CENTERS IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL
ACTUALLY BE COMING TOGETHER FOR
A SPECIAL HANUKKAH CELEBRATION
ON MONDAY NIGHT AND THEY WILL
OBVIOUSLY BE DOING THIS V ZOOM.
SO ALL OF THESE TRADITIONS ARE
STILL TAKING PART.
WALT IS JUST THERE ALL LOOKING
DIFFERENT DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC.
YEAH, THE TRADITIONS CONTINUE.
NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON.
KEVIN .
JUSTIN A DIFFERENT WAY.
THANK YOU.
NOW TO THE RACE FOR A COVERT
VACCINE AND A MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FDA
ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS VOTED TO
RECOMMEND EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION OF PFIZER'S
VACCINE.
RESEARCHERS FOUND IT TO BE 95
PERCENT EFFECTIVE WITH NO
SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS.
NEXT IT WILL GO TO THE FULL FDA
FOR AUTHORIZATION THAT DECISION
COULD COME WITHIN DAYS.
ONCE THAT HAS THE GREEN LIGHT,
PFEIZER WILL BEGIN SENDING OUT
THE FIRST TWO POINT NINE
MILLION DOSES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WITHIN 24 HOURS.
THOSE FIRST DOSES HAVE BEEN
EARMARKED FOR HEALTH CARE
WORKERS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
NURSING HOMES NOW.
GOVERNOR NEWSOME SAYS
CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTING THREE
HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND
DOSES.
IT'S A TWO DOSE PROCESS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO COVER ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
TWICE.
ABC 10 XXXX POINTIS JOINS US
NOW.
IN FACT, THE VACCINE NOT READY
TO GO YET BUT THE STATE IS
PREPARED FOR IT TO HIT THE
GROUND RUNNING WHAT THE FIRST
DOSES OF THE PFEIZER VACCINE
AREN'T THAT FAR AWAY FROM
GETTING TO US LOCALLY.
UC DAVIS TELLS US THEY EXPECT
THOSE FIRST DOSES AS SOON AS
MONDAY.
BUT WITH THESE SPEISER VACCINES
PROPER STORAGE IS GOING TO BE
KEY.
PLANS ARE IN PLACE AT UC DAVIS
HOW TO USE EXISTING FREEZERS
AND TO BRING IN NEW ONES.
UC DAVIS PLANS TO GET THE
VACCINES PACKED IN COOLERS AND
DRY ICE AND THEN GETTING THEM
IN AN ULTRA COLD FREEZER.
A TYPICAL FREEZER CAN BE
BETWEEN MINUS 20 OR MINUS 15
DEGREES.
BUT UC DAVIS HAS A SPECIALTY
FREEZER THAT'S MINUS 80 DEGREES
AND TWO MORE OF THOSE FREEZERS
ARE ON THE WAY.
THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO
STORE AROUND 400000 VACCINES AT
A TIME.
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY IS EXPECTING
4000 DOSES OF THE PFEIZER
VACCINE EARLY NEXT WEEK AND
THEN EXPECTING AROUND 6000
OF THE MADDERN VACCINE ONCE THE
FDA APPROVES THAT.
>> HAS CAUSED SO MANY OF US TO
BECOME TIRED OF THE WAY THAT
WE'RE LIVING RIGHT NOW AND WE
DO NEED TO SEE THAT LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND THE
VACCINE IS IT IN ADDITION TO UC
DAVIS HEALTH IN SACRAMENTO, SIX
OTHER HOSPITALS BEEN CHOSEN BY
THE STATE TO STORE VACCINES
INCLUDING ONES CLOSE TO HOME IN
REDDING, SAN FRANCISCO IN
MADERA, ALSO SAN DIEGO AND LOS
ANGELES.
>> AND AS MORE DISTRIBUTION
OF THE PFEIZER VACCINE HAPPENS,
OTHER HOSPITALS SCHOOLS WITH
ULTRA COLD FREEZERS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE USED.
UNLIKE THE PFEIZER VACCINE, THE
MADERNA VACCINE ONLY HAS TO BE
STORED IN THE MINUS 20 DEGREE
FREEZER WHICH IS MORE COMMON
THAN THE MINUS 80 DEGREE
FREEZER THAT THE PFEIZER
VACCINE HAS TO BE STORED IN.
SO ONCE THE FDA