What you need to know: Jan. 5

Good morning, North State.

Here's what you need to know to start your day on Jan.

5.

Welcome back.

Here's what you need to know to start your day.

The chico city council is set to meet to discuss the posibility of a needle ban.

Todays meeting will focus on the legal options the city has to put a ban in place.

Last month - the majority vote from the city council was to instruct the city attorney to find a way to block needle distribution programs in city limits.

The application period opens tomorrow for the the governor's office of business and economic development - also known as go-biz... for 80 million dollars in tax credits.

It's for businesses expanding and adding full time jobs here in the state.

The deadline to apply is january 25th - and several webinars are also scheduled for all the information - visit action news now.com slash links.

### this morning - hospitals across the country - and here in california - are straining to keep pace with patients.

Take a look at the i-c-u availability.

The greater sacramento region - of which butte county is included..

Is now at 12-point-one percent.

The northern california region..

Is at 30% availability.

Governor newsom says just 1% of california 40 million have been vaccinated..

As distribution hiccups and logistical challenges slowed down vaccine rolleout..

Gov.

Gavin newsom said the pace is not good enoug?

As the virus continues to ravage the state.

About 454,000 doses of the vaccine have been administered - that's just a quarter of the 1.3 million doses the state has received so far.

## all eyes are on georgia today where two high stake senate runoff elections could shift power to democrats in washington.

If both democrats win, the party will control all of congress.

If either raphael warnock or jon ossoff loses, republicans remain in charge of the senate.

A record three million have already