as wayne friedman explains, hairstylists and salon owners are fed up insisting their salons are safe. >> when we last saw kelly little two days ago, she'd been in her salon racing the clock trying to get in one more client before noon when marin county ordered her to close. >> these are our last few hours to work for four weeks maybe? >> save our salon! >> today kelly and every other stylist in marin had too much free time. so she joined a protest outside the offices of marin county health, fighting for a right to work. >> and the thing is that we are not spreading covid! we have our mask on. >> california's covid-19 health guidelines see it another way. marin county public health officer dr. willis. >> the state's stay at home order is a response to this crisis. >> it's a problem we've heard before and one that bears repeating, hairstylists and salon owners have been out of work roughly five months three separate times. >> why are we shut down again? it doesn't make any sense. >> we have families to take care of. i have three kids, a wife. i have to make money. >> you ask for patienc

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wayne friedman went back to a well chronicled disaster zone today. >> reporter: three years after the tubs fire, it isn't a shadow of what it used to be. more like a cleared-over blank slate. >> this was wall to wall mobile homes. more than 160 of them all destroyed in a low income housing nightmare that the burbank housing nonprofit hopes to resolve by building affordable apartment here. he thought they'd be well under way by now. why is this gate still here? the answer is money. roughly $50 million in federal funds sent to the state that have yet to make it to the ground another journey's end. >> three years was a long time. >> dave runs housing for santa rosa. both he and floeren describe difficulties in getting the money from fema. what got in the way? >> process, really. >> what was unique to santa rosa, it was a wildfire that came into town. >> reporter: no category existed for that kind of disaster. as for the human cost -- >> i know. i can barely turn around here. >> reporter: linda three years later waiting for the low income housing while living in a subsidized apartment so

. >>> i'm wayne friedman on fourth street in san rafael. what happens when a stay-at-home order conflicts with the ide 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. >>> one person was wounded after a shooting at the great mall in milpitas saturday evening, last night. the violence triggered a massive police response. holiday shopping was interrupted when officers told everyone inside the mall to look for a safe place to shelter. abc 7 news reporter matt boone spoke with witnesses, including one who saw the gunfire. >> everybody's just running. >> it was just a panic. >> reporter: shoppers rushed to the exits, some dashing into stores unsure of what is happening. brandon was on his break near an emergency exit. i had co-worker was at the food court. >> all of a sudden, people were running out of the closest exit. i heard someone mention there was an active shooter. >> reporter: nick nguyen says he saw it happen. >> they s

wayne friedman visited a local mall as soon as the governor finished speaking. >> reporter: it's a more suburban version of main street, usa. in santa rosa, where small businesses plant themselves and try to grow. that american dream, in california, became a bit more difficult today. >> very frustrating. >> reporter: rachel sandoval, of salon 12, in the last year, she's endured multiple shutdowns, fire scares, and almost five months of being closed because of covid-19 restrictions. today, she learned that governor gavin newsom is likely to end her year with a few weeks more of them. >> does the governor still have credibility with you? >> no. unfortunately, he lost that quite a bit -- quite a while ago. >> reporter: by its very nature, the governor's stay-at-home order does affect small businesses, even if they can stay open because there won't be as many people wandering around. it impacts the restaurant doing takeout or the gym moving outside. >> just now, finishing up with the structure that i hired them to build. >> reporter: phillips owns a gym in the shopping center. he's watched

friedman looks at the covid risk reward of the season. >> they might have been under the tree or in a restaurant, but for jason of san francisco and his family this will do just fine. a wide open corte madera, welcome. >> christmas and hanukkah. >> all together. >> it's extremely worrying and that's why we come on the off hours like this. >> on a day like this, the one before christmas. why is everyone out? >> procrastination. >> apparently. [ laughter ] >> which explains the long lines everywhere outside of target in colma, a ross store in san francisco to this slightly less frenetic store in corte madera, call it a christmas rush with an element of gambling. >> you'll go home after this? >> after this we'll go home. >> when will you come back out. >> when is that in? my next day is three days from now. >> reporter: it is a direct result of last thanksgiving. they are concerned that if people behave the same this christmas we could see another surge, much worse. >> if we saw what we saw at thanksgiving is hospitals will not be able to manage the number of cases. >> dr. matt willis

. >> reporter: in oakland, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> that is really awesome. >>> speaking of steph curry, check out this video of the superstar in chicago. he made 105 straight threes during practice. the warriors tweeted this video of curry not missing for more than five minutes. head coach steve kerr didn't see the shooting display but says the feat is insane and i'd agree there. curry's personal best prior to this was 77 straight threes. here's kerr on what happened to shot number 106. >> he choked. so he choked and just couldn't make the 106th one. i guess he just didn't have it in him. it's very disappointing. >> we appreciate his sense of humor. the warriors take on the bulls in chicago tonight. tip-off is at 5:00 p.m. >>> still to come here on "abc 7 mornings," investigators narrow their focus in the search for clues as they try to determine who was behind an rv explosion that rocked nashville christmas morning. >>> plus a play-by-play on the athletic major events and no, no no. let's show 'em how it's done, becky g. ♪ it's the brand new chicken dance song uh ♪ ♪ get d

richard friedman, professor at cornell medical college. and matthew seager, professor and dean of the college of fine performing and communication arts at wayne state university. doctor, i even go there. is it wheal or while? >> it's while. >> i screw it up every time. sorry. and gallup polling shows just 63% of americans have willing to be vaccinated for the coronavirus. that is an increase, according to gallup. is it the medical community who needs to build more trust? >> thi >> i think the problem is, we've had an administration for four years that has been guided by conspiracy theories and quackery. so our new administration guided by facts and science is a start. by and large, you need leaders who will explain to americans what basic, good medical science is. >> matthew, i want to bring you in, because you're a communications expert. as a communications expert, tell us who is involved, how does this work? >> traditionally, the way the system worked is the cdc established the message in a centralized manner, and it flowed through a ser

and matthew seeger, dean of arts at wayne state university. is it wheel or while? >> it's while. >> okay, yes, i -- i screw it up, every time. my doctor, there, i'm sorry. so, listen. dr. friedman, gallup polling released this week showed just 63% of americans are willing to be vaccinated. according to gallup, that is an increase. is it the medical community that needs to build more trust with americans over the vaccine? how do you get more people onboard here? >> don, i think that the problem is we've had an administration, for the last four years, that's been guided by conspiracy theories and medical quackery. so, i think that if you have new, political leadership, that basically is guided by science and fact, that's an important start. of course, you know, we have members of the medical community, who have been all too willing to lend wacky theories to support such politicians. but, by and large, you need leaders who will explain to americans what basic, good, medical science is. >> matthew, i want to bring you in, now, because you're a communications expert. as