this is abc 7 news. why can't we get these schools ready to get open as soon as possible? >> anger and frustration, san francisco public school students will not be returning to classrooms in late january as originally planned. good morning, everybody, it's saturday, december 19th. i'm liz kreutz. we are going tofr more on the delay for reopening public schools in the city. but first, as always, let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> hey, liz, good morning to you, very cold temperatures this morning, band of clouds right across the bay area and with that, we're certainly looking at a little bit of fog that is definitely lower into the delta, visibility is about a quarter mile there but otherwise we will

break out into sunshine today. but look at these numbers, 36 in castro valley, it is 41 in richmond with 36 in mountain view, low 30s. so it is freezing up in santa rosa, and there is your fog, three quarter visibility santa rosa, seven miles by the delta. looks clear there, the golden gate bridge, plenty of 50s, maybe some low 60s today with a lot of sunshine. we'll talk about the second half of your weekend, look ahead for christmas coming up as well. liz? >> lisa, thank you. there is anger and frustration from parents and san francisco's mayor this morning after news that in person schooling will not be happening as planned next month. the district and teachers union failed to come to an agreement on reopening. abc 7 news reporter luz pena explains the major sticking points. >> reporter: roughly 14,000 students between january and march were scheduled to go back to in person classes in san francisco. well, that's not happening anymore. >> this is a sad day for kids in

the city. >> reporter: mayor breed said the teacher's union has unrealistic requirements. >> we won't be able to test every student every week, and be able to make sure that a certain percentage of people are vaccinated before we open the school. >> reporter: the school district labor groups have proposed that no staff or students go back to in person classes until the city is in the orange tier. in a statement, the sfusd's superintendent said in part i'm disappointed we cannot offer a guaranteed date for when we can resume in person learning for our youngest and most vulnerable students. >> it's ridiculous, frankly, we're behind so many states. >> reporter: jennifer tse is part of the parents group open schools sf, she's concerned more students will fall behind when they go back to distance learning again on january 5th. >> the most vulnerable. that's what we were talking

about going back on january 5th. >> reporter: this group of parents are planning to rally in sacramento on january 16, calling for state's intertension -- abc 7 news. hospitals are stretched incredibly thin right now. statewide there is just 2.1% availability of icu beds. both the san joaquin valley and southern california regions are out of space. in the bay area, we're seeing 12.8% availability now. the bay area is now in its first official weekend under the state's strict lockdown. san mateo, napa, solano and santa cruz counties joined the rest of the bay area yesterday. the rules kicked in after our region's icu availability dropped below the state's 15% threshold. restaurants can only do takeout and delivery. most other businesses are either closed or allowed to operate outdoors only. and most of you probably got this emergency alert on your phone yesterday, the earliest a stay at home order could be lifted as we know is now january

8th, so three weeks away. and happening today, frontline health care workers at el camino hospital in mountain view will start being vaccinated later this morning. el camino health has received 975 doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine, employees will be vascular nated today. infectious disease doctor and night shift respiratory care nurse will be among the first to receive shots. and stanford medicine will begin vaccinating medical workers today as well after 3,900 doses of the pfizer vaccine were delivered friday, following a protest on friday where stanford medical workers called into question who the university will vaccinate first. abc 7 news reporter matt boone has their concerns. >> reporter: stanford medical residents protested saying they

work with patients every day but were skipped over while some physicians who work from home got vaccinated instead. >> to not be offered a vaccine when i am at the hospital face timing attendings from home so they can see their patients and i'm in the covid positive room and those attendings are offering the vaccine, it's hurtful. >> stanford made an error in the process, writing we apologize to our entire community, including our residents, fellows and other frontline care providers who have performed heroically during our pandemic response. we are immediately revising our plan to better sequence the distribution of the vaccine. >> there isn't necessarily a right way of doing it. there are lots of important factors. >> reporter: that's dr. louise aaronson, a professor at ucsf medical center, helping draft the state's tiered rollout guidelines as a member of the advisory board to the california department of public health. >> there's two sets of national guidance and then each state is coming out with guidance. >> reporter: once the hospitals receive the vaccines, she says

they have a lot of leeway to decide who gets it first. >> they also don't know necessarily how much they'll have and how many people will accept and how many people will refuse. >> reporter: matt boone, abc 7 news. and on the national front row more than 17 million people have been diagnosed with the virus in the united states, and more than 300,000 have died. pushing the fda to give the green light for emergency authorization of moderna's vaccine. abc news reporter karina mitchell has the details. >> reporter: coronavirus vaccine number two has been given the go ahead by the fda for distribution. 5.9 million doses could be shipped across the country as early as tomorrow. moderna's version would be given to people age 18 and over in two doses four weeks apart. minor side effects include fever, fatigue and headache. >> as with any decision made by the fda this authorization was guided solely by science and data. >> reporter: an fda panel finding the moderna vaccine more

than 94% effective in preventing symptomatic disease. early data also suggests the vaccine may reduce asymptomatic infection in volunteers after one shot. and could stop the spread of the virus. unlike pfizer's version moderna's doesn't need to be stored in ultra cold freezers making it easier to distribute to rural communities. >> between pfizer and moderna we should have enough doses just this month of december to immunize the first 20 million people in what we hope will be a big push to get this terrible virus behind us. >> reporter: president trump praising the fda's decision in a tweet friday, dr. anthony fauci says he expects vaks in this cases to begin early next week, karina mitchell, abc news, new york. oakland's mayor is bracing city workers from painful cuts, the city is facing a major budget short fall. chris reyes spoke with council

members about these drastic cuts. >> we know there will be difficult decisions to make, all the options we have and whatever combination of options, none of them are good. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf announced cuts are coming to address a $62 million short fall that continues to grow. in an email the city staff she writes we know this is painful and scary news to hear, but if we work together we will get through this extraordinary challenge. leadership staff will be first in line to shoulder the cuts, taking ten unpaid days, deferring the upcoming 1% pay increase and any annual salary increases. appearing on abc's live -- >> we are out of one-time fixes, this is a moment where we are seriously going to have to make service cuts if we cannot get aid from the federal government. >> i hope most of what we do is done in cooperation and through negotiations with our workforce.

>> what our greatest needs are priorities and that is to meet the needs on the street of the safety, dealing with our homeless situation. >> reporter: oakland has about 5,000 city employees, city council will meet next week to hear more details on other cost cutting measures. kris reyes for abc 7 news. let's get a check of the weather now with lisa. hey, lisa. >> hey, liz, good morning to you, hi, everyone. it is certainly a little cooler this morning, temperatures in the 30s, low 30s in the north bay, a little fog by the delta. we do have some changes in the weather pattern to talk about. in fact, the end of the year, looking promising in terms of precip. we'll come back and show you my accuweather seven-day forecast next. >> all right, lisa, thanks. next, demanding help during the pandemic, immigrant rights supporters say san francisco isn't doing enough. and how vaccine makers are beginning to focus on children. you'll hear one of the youngest vaccine trial participants in the world talk about her ex ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪

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spanish speaking immigrants in san francisco's mission district say there's been a lack of support from the city in the covid crisis, last night immigrant families shared stories of their struggle in the crisis which has hit the community particularly hard. the group faith in action bay area presented its demands to city leaders which include rent relief and easing regulations for financial help. and with pfizer's vaccine already being distributed and building a better bay area we are at a crucial point in the covid-19 pandemic. abc 7 news is dedicating this entire week to what you need to know about the vaccines, vaccine manufacturers are now starting to turn their focus to a key sector of the population, and that is children. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke with one of the youngest vaccine trial participants in the world about her experience, as well as pediatric vaccine experts about what to expect when it comes to covid vaccines

and your kids. >> reporter: babies, toddlers, kids, and teens have largely been left out of the conversation about covid vaccines. as a result, parents have a lot of questions. >> my concern is they haven't done a lot of testing with children his age. >> the foremost concern is about the side effects. >> we are not sure if it's going to be like fever or like pain or whatnot. >> i would wait at least until she turns 3. >> this is my first child so of course i'm going to be a little nervous about putting anything into him. >> reporter: for answers we went to the pediatric experts in the bay area and beyond. dr. patel, abc 7 news special correspondent and pediatric hospital list, and chair of the committee on the infectious diseases for american academy of -- and doctor at children's hospital of philadelphia. he's also a voting member of the

fda's vaccine advisory committee, which recommended fiez skper moderna's vaccine for emergency use. >> i think the reason children were not a priority here if you look at people less than 21 years of age they account for 26% of the united states population but only 0.08% of the deaths. that's why they haven't been the priority. nursing homes accounted for 40% of the deaths. >> is it even worth vaccinating children? the doctor says absolutely. >> children can get sick, suffer and occasionally die from this virus. as many children died this year from sars co vee 2 as -- multisystem inflammatory syndrome of children, called misc, they need to be protected from this disease and hopefully early next year we'll generate the kind of studies that make us feel comfortable vaccinating children. >> pfizer and moderna have started testing on teens in the u.s.

pa astrazeneca and johnson & johnson will follow suit. >> i suspect over 2021 we'll see more and more trials in younger and younger children. my hope is that by the end of 2021 there would be vaccines for young children as young as six months of age. >> which would be on time for the new school year. dr. maldonado is on the safety review committee and says the trials will likely involve different dosing regimens to determine the most effective covid vaccine schedule in children. >> conducting vaccines in kids is always, no matter what the vaccine is, always safety, safety comes first. you're vaccinating healthy people. i think a lot needs to be done to shore up confidence in young families and we need to see the data so we can feel comfortable to recommend one way or the other what parents should do. >> reporter: so dr. patel, what do you expect to happen with children and side effects since in the pfizer trial up to half of the adults had some sort of symptom and nobody likes to see

their kid sick? >> children may react differently to these vaccines than the adults in the trials did as well. may have a stronger response, the response may last longer, don't be alarmed, don't be scared, this is proof the vaccine is working. if we're not really transparent about these responses and if people get freaked out because their child has muscle aches or a fever we may lose some of those parents for the second shot and we know that we need both of them to get the full effect, the 94% to 95% efficiency. >> reporter: caitlin evans, one of the first teenager in the world to get injected. she doesn't know if she got the vaccine or a placebo. >> i've been monitoring my temperature and i've been fortunate not to have any symptoms at all. >> she's 16 and her family supported her as she volunteered at cincinnati children's hospital in october. pfizer's vaccine is now authorized for anyone 16 and older. >> i'm anxious to go back to school and just try to get parts

of my life that i'm never going to have another shot at. the more we listen to scientists and the more we do the right thing and try and keep our neighbors safe, the sooner we can get back to some kind of normal. >> reporter: kate larson, abc 7 news. and you'll find all of this week's special in depth stories online right now at abc7news.com/vaccine. all right, lisa, super interesting. a nice way to end this year, now that we've got that vaccine coming. >> yeah, and some rain coming as well. now that's going to end the year. that doesn't mean it's this week. but we'll get to that in a moment. here's a look at live doppler 7, you can see a band of clouds across the bay area and we widen the view, it's just moving through, harmless high clouds, and high pressure building in for the weekend bringing sunny, dry conditions for today and tomorrow, and we'll get to the details, but look at the cold numbers, 32 in the san ramon valley, it is 37 in maf moon bay with low 30s in santa rosa so certainly freezing there.

42 in oakland as well as hayward. sutrow this morning looking sparkly and bright. there's fog by the delta that could get worse towards 9:00 or 10:00. otherwise, it's a cold start, sunny this afternoon as well as tomorrow. so the weekend is dry. winter begins on monday. and as we go through the next several days looks like cooler weather and then some rain, in fact, perhaps in time for christmas night. as we look at the next several hours you'll notice that the fog and the clouds stay well off the coast saturday into sunday so that means plenty of sunshine. but that's not the whole story. let's get into next week. as we look at monday, weak system to the north of us, may want to bring a new north bay showers. otherwise, the system probably isn't going to bring us anything other than the cooler air arriving on tuesday. as we get to christmas, notice 9:00 in the morning we've got rain all the way down from the

pacific northwest into the bay area and it continues into the evening. we get a break on saturday. this is sunday. looking at another system. and as we go even further into monday, looks like we're looking at more wet weather so this definitely some good news and this is what we should be seeing for this time of year. adding up seven day totals, looking anywhere from a couple inches where you would expect in the pacific northwest, doesn't look like a whole lot now but considering how dry we've been, we'll take it and this takes us through the next seven days so we still have those systems and it looks like the models continue this progressive pattern as we get towards new year's day, 61 today in san jose, looking at low 60s in santa clara on the peninsula, chilly start but then we'll be about 60 san mateo, looking at san francisco in the upper 50s today, sunny conditions, up in the north bay, you'll notice the freezing cold numbers to start out and then about 64 santa rosa, 60 in sonoma, looking at

numbers in the low 60s from hayward, 58 union city and newark this afternoon and you head inland, nice day but certainly on the cool side with just 59 today in san ramon as well as livermore. the accuweather seven-day forecast looking at the sunny dry conditions over the weekend, the cold start. winter arrives on monday. temperatures will hold steady, maybe a little cooler as we get into perhaps wednesday, perhaps here comes the rain as we get into christmas day, liz, so that would certainly be nice. >> it certainly would and there it is, santa waving, coaming up, lisa, thank you. >> just ahead, from looking forward to looking back we talked to a bay area teenager who got her start in activism this year with a huge protest on the golden gate bridge. hey, friends, it's kumasi. i want to take a minute to share with you what you should be watching this weekend on the abc 7 bay area app. turning blank walls into works

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of the black lives matter movement as protesters stopped traffic and chanted names of those who have died at the hands of police. the peaceful march was a powerful turnout, one that tiana day the teenage organizer of the protest could never have expected. >> this came together in less than 24 hours. my friend made flyers and we pushed them out. >> we posted them all over social media. >> all over social media and it blew up. >> reporter: the protest briefly stopped traffic on the span, giving a generation to have their voices heard. >> honestly, all these protests are just really inspired, honestly i feel like the whole youth as a whole, this whole generation, we are speaking out and speaking up for each other and fighting for equality, it's a beautiful thing. >> in the first week of my activism, the first protest i led on my own. >> reporter: she grew up in san ramon and graduated from high school this year, plans for college were put on hold when the pandemic hit.

>> i got there and there was thousands of people already lined up, news cameras in my face, and i was like i have no idea what is going on, like is this for us? did we do this? >> reporter: inspired by that turnout, tiana is on a mission. >> speaking on climate change, black lives matter, do do marginalized communities, we need to give a voice to it. >> reporter: she's founded an organization to enable more youth, youth advocates for change, 50 students mainly in california but bef some sprinkled throughout the united states too and we pair with a bunch of other nonprofits to do amazing things that are youth led. >> reporter: in a year filled with so much tragedy tiana has hope for the future. it happened when she took a leap of faith and decided to stand up for what mattered to her. >> it's changed everything. without this one moment my life would be so different.

>> reporter: at the same time spreading a message for hope for a better future. read more about tiana in the immersive story series facing 2020, live right now on abc7news.com, we went back and cheng checked in with more than a dozen memorable people from the year, you can find out how their lives have changed, the lessons they've learned and what they hope 2021 brings. all right, still to come on abc 7 mornings, congress working this weekend, still trying to reach an agreement on a covid relief deal. also, the i-team revisits a pacifica yoga studio, still holding classes, they've been violating the rules for months. why isn't something being done about

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. good morning, everybody, we're going to have much more on the race against coronavirus in a moment but if you are just joining us this half hour good morning and let's get another quick look at the weather with lisa argen, hey, lisa.

>> hey, liz, good morning to you. hi, everyone. it's certainly cold out there, below freezing in our north bay valleys but we're starting you with the dense fog advisory until 11:00 for the delta and out towards discovery bay, rio vista, this is where visibility could be reduced to about a quarter of a mile. four miles by the delta, three quarters of a mile in santa rosa, it's chilly from the mid-30s in castro valley, 46 in alameda. 41 san carlos, and 34 in novato. light north wind, keeping that cold air pooling into the lower elevations. and then so by about 11:00, 12:00, we're still in the 50s. planning a sunshine, going through the afternoon some low 60s. it's a dry day today. we'll continue for the second half of your weekend, i'll let you know, and we'll take a look at christmas coming up. >> all right, lisa, thanks. let's get to the developing news now from capitol hill. president trump has signed a two-day short-term funding bill to keep the federal government open through sunday night.

congress is working through the weekend now trying to reach an agreement on federal funding. that includes a round of much needed covid-19 financial aid. abc news reporter marci gonzalez has the immense pressure congress now faces. >> reporter: with just hours left before a partial government shutdown was set to begin congress buying itself more time, voting to extend the deadline to reach an agreement on a covid releaf deal. >> there's no reason why the federal government funding should lapse while we hammer out our remaining differences. >> we're very close to an agreement but the details really matter. >> reporter: the nearly $900 billion aid package is tied to a larger federal spending bill. congress now has until sunday at midnight for a deal to be struck, dragging out the already months long wait for millions of americans depending on financial help. >> if this country means anything, if democracy means anything, if the u.s. government

means anything, it means that we cannot turn our backs on this suffering. >> reporter: the bill is expected to include $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits and a $600 direct payment to many americans. missouri republican senator josh hawley tried and failed to get that direct payment amount raised to the $1,200 given to americans back in march. >> we could start with reasonable, modest relief. to the working people in need in this nation. >> hawley is aligned with democrats who would prefer another multitrillion dollar rescue package. republicans continue to want less. >> i want to help people. i voted to help people. i voted for the $2.2 trillion cares act. but i also am concerned about our children's future, and the fact that we are mortgaging it. >> reporter: more than 10 million americans stand to lose part of their unemployment benefits if a covid relief deal isn't reached by the end of next

week. only adding to the desperate situation so many are already facing. >> people are driving upwards of an hour to two hours to get here, and then sitting in a line for three to four hours. before they're able to get their box of food. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. and new developments this morning, the u.s. department of health and human services and the department of defense are going to hold a briefing with operation warp speed on covid-19 vaccine distribution. it comes after the fda authorized a second coronavirus vaccine for emergency use last night. millions of doses of moderna's vaccine are expected to start shipping out tomorrow. >> we worked quickly based on the urgency of this global pandemic, not because of any external pressure. the transparency around our review of moderna -- of the moderna covid-19 vaccine should assure the public that this vaccine met the fda's rigorous standards for quality, safety and efficacy.

>> since last friday only pfizer's vaccine had been authorized. yesterday governor newsom said california is getting a lot less in the second allocation of vaccine doses than initially anticipated. >> we were hoping to get 393,000 vaccination or rather doses allocated to the state in that second allocation, but we were told yesterday by cdchhs that they're cutting that by 40%. so unfortunately it went from 393,000 down to 233,000. >> fda panel found the vaccine more than 94% effective in preventing covid-19 and early data, this is about the moderna vaccine, also suggests the vaccine may reduce asymptomatic infection in volunteers after one shot and could stop the spread of the virus. now most bay area businesses are doing their best to comply with changing rules. but some owners are directly defying authorities. we told you before about a local

yoga studio that's been holding maskless indoor classes throughout the pan pandemic. so the question is where is the enforcement? i-team reporter stephanie sierra has been tracking the case now for months. >> the county and state regulations require that everyone have a mask inside. >> yeah, well, it's optional. >> what? >> everybody's option is to wear a mask. i'm not making them wear a mask. >> he's the owner of pacifica beach yoga. we tried to explain the health order to him back in october. after 16 complaints with concerns over health and safety were filed against his business. >> it's my business, right, it's my choice too. >> not exactly. his yoga studio qualifies as an indoor fitness gym, which according to county restrictions were required to close indoor operations around three weeks ago, on november 29th. on december 4th, antoon posted this on facebook, we just keep bringing the heat, no fear

mongers here, and continued over the past two weeks to advertise indoor classes, at least 14 people who appeared not to be wearing masks entered the business for two separate classes. >> i want to understand why you're continuing to offer indoor classes right now. can you explain that? >> because i have a right to. >> actually, he doesn't. heather forshey leads a covid compliance unit. it's currently investigating. >> will you make a priority for the complaints to look into this. >> certainly we'll be investigating it. >> reporter: the unit was launched in mid-october to help ensure businesses comply with the state's orders, as of today the units received 723 complaints about businesses across the county. that's prompted 80 written warnings. >> the vast majority of businesses just want to do the right thing. and they are after some guidance. >> reporter: but in antoon's case -- >> it's currently a violation of the health advisory. >> go away.

>> reporter: the covid compliance unit has received specific complaints about pacifica beach yoga and is currently in the process of investigating. we've reached out to pacifica police for an update but have yet to hear back. for the i-team stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. and a neighborhood is lit up for the holidays as you can see, attracting big crowds safely from all around town. it's a tradition on sunset glen drive that started 25 years ago. resident donvan monero had a vision to light up every house and tree on the street. the display has grown every year with lights criss-crossing the streets and a live deejay playing christmas hits. the matos transformed their apricot orchard into a winter wonderland, even featured on the great christmas light fight. take a look. ♪

>> here in san jose we take christmas displays seriously, houses, neighborhoods, even public parks transform every holiday season but no one does it quite like the mattos family orchard. >> it's been a tradition to take my kids every year since they were little and i'm grateful that nice people put these decorations out for us to enjoy when there's not much to do in times like this. >> my favorite part is the walk because i got to see the decorations. >> i think it's wild. i'm really impressed like, you know, especially during these times, like you have people out there trying to spread joy to everybody. >> we have a traditional mix with a light show display which is more unique and getting more popular because you have that christmas tradition along with the fun lights and music. >> about three years ago i kind of stopped counting but i know i'm over 100,000 lights, and i'm over like 200 blow-ups, there's

a lot to see and we're spread out throughout the orchard. you're going to have to drive up and down the street a few times or walk around to see everything. >> the last 12 to 13 years my husband has gone bigger and bigger every year. he would go with his grandpa or his dad or all of us after christmas and buy out everything the hardware stores have left and so each year it grew and grew and grew. >> seeing how excited they are and how they're singing the songs, super into what i created, it's a really awesome thing. it's hard to explain. it's really cool. i'm jr mattos and created the orchard lights. my family has been doing their display for over 30 years and i kind of took over 12 years ago. just going big. and turning it into what it is today. we have a range from modern pixel lights to traditional glow molds and everything in between and homemade animatronics.

>> a lot of people wouldn't even know where to start. programming the lights. we push all the lights into the props, we sit there and the tall tree back here too and we sit on the ground and punch all those lights in and get some good blisters, there's a lot of work. >> my personal display takes about three weeks. my display is divided up into lands. at the north pole, santa's factory, the snow factory, i have the toy shop, i have the display loading. some of the things that i like in my display is my lightbulb factory area. that's where the animated christmas light show is, but then i think my personal like section that i like pride myself most about is the tree farm, i go by jr, but my roadway name is john and i'm actually the fourth, my son is the fifth. all five of us have an elf in that section. my great-grandfather, my grandfather and my dad also.

>> three, two, one! >> being on the great christmas light fight was pretty amazing. i've been lucky enough to be in the audience a few times in the past. and for it to be my chance to be on it was pretty incredible and the experience that night in my whole family, my kids will never forget being on the great christmas light fight. it's been really cool to continue on with the family tradition that my family always decorated the orchard for years and chen i kind of took over with my grandfather and we kind of went crazy and then i took over solo and went beyond crazy and turned it into what we have now, which was good enough to be on the great christmas light fight which i think is actually good enough to win the great christmas light fight and it will always be up in some way, somewhere, but maybe not in the orchard but it will continue for a really long time.

>> something to check out this holiday. still ahead on abc 7 mornings embracing the giving spirit in the east bay, the special drive-through experience that will help out a lot of people. let's take a live look from our exploratorium camera, taking a look at the city skyline this morning, 5:42, 44 degrees in san francisco. we'll chat with lisa when we

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in the east bay a holiday drive-through continue this is evening, this morning spreading the christmas message and getting people into the spirit of giving. valley christian church in dublin partnered with the tri-valley to show the christmas story and take a sneak peek at santa's workshop, also an opportunity to bring nonperishable food items, they raised $12,500, and collected 110 bags of food. lisa, one week to christmas. >> one week to christmas, it is

going to be a dry week, if you're worried about running out and getting things done. but that's not the whole story as we look live towards the golden gate bridge it's quiet, it's cold and temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. so we'll talk about the weekend first and then look at the extended forecast which includes rain next. >> all right, lisa, thanks. also next, san jose state has a huge game today against boise state in the mountain west conference championship game. how the spartans have been preparing for th

okay, in sports a historic day for san jose state, playing in the school's first ever conference championship game, this afternoon the 24th ranked spartans take on boise state in the mountain west championship game, kickoff is at 1:15 at san boyd stadium in las vegas. now stanford will try to extend their three-game winning streak when they face ucla at the rose bowl in pasadena. you can watch the game on our sister network espn at 4:00 p.m.

and cal's game against arizona was cancelled because neither team has enough scholarship players available due to the coronavirus. the warriors are set to open their season tuesday night in brooklyn against kevin durant and the nets. rumbles that lynn sanity could be making a return to the organization. here's chrissal have alvarez in morning sports. 2019, member of the toronto raptors team that beat the warriors in the nba finals, numerous reports he was signing a deal with the warriors "g" league team. everybody chill, this isn't what it looks like, no decisions made, he last played last season in the chinese basketball association, recently working out with the "g" league developmental team in walnut creek. warriors open the season in brooklyn on tuesday, kyrie irving burning sage in the boston garden, not something you see every day, late first quarter, here's kevin durant,

the former warrior hoop and the foul. kd, just getting warmed up. midway through the second now, durant in transition, the pull-up three is good. he had 14 at recess. this game was all nets and kd looking good as he worked his way back from this torn achilles, the right-handed hammer, 25 points, six rebounds in 27 minutes, nets win big 113-89. the nhl and the players have reached a tentative deal to play a 56 game regular season beginning january 13th, pending the approval of each side's executive board and canadian health officials, training camps expected to open between december 31st and january 3rd. it's unclear whether games will be played in home arenas or hub cities, a modified all divisional schedule is expected though. at 6-0 the san jose state spartans cracked the top 25 earlier this week, biggest challenge, the mountain west championship later today against boy cease state, and check this out, the spartans new home away from home, san boyd stadium in las vegas is prepped and ready

to host that game, spartans logos all over the field. they've been road warriors playing a home game in hawaii, now settling in vegas due to covid restrictions, head coach says the team has been preparing for this moment since march. >> and so, you know, climbing the mountain, this idea that, you know, you don't climb a mountain in one single bound, you do it one step at a time that's been something that started with us, they attacked the offseason even though it was the strangest, most unique offseason in the history of college football. >> number 13 usc hosting oregon, the ducks replacing washington who had covid issues, ducks in the red zone, anthony brown to wide open dafs dye, fourth kwaers, say lovis rolling right and jamal hill, look at this interception, what a play, slovis threw three picks, two by hill. usc needs a hail mary, slovis pressured and the intentional grounding is going to end it. oregon wins 31-24, end usc's perfect season. that's your look at sports.

let's send it back to you. let's get a check of the weather with lisa argen, you're saying we might see more rain before the end of the year? >> yeah, just in time for winter, which arrives on monday. so this is the last weekend of autumn where we have been in this cool regime where we have the swings of milder afternoons, the very frosty mornings and once again that's how we're starting out with just a little bit of high cloud cover here, the cirrus clouds, live doppler 7 showing you the cirrus clouds moving through but we're also looking at lower clouds providing for some fog in parts of the bay area. looking at 40 in san jose, good morning to you, 37 in sunnyvale, mountain view at 36 and we're in the upper 30s, 35 in napa, fog by the delta, dense fog advisory until 11:00 and also fog up towards santa rosa this morning with visibility down to a quarter of a mile. so be careful, we are looking at high pressure building in over the weekend so that's going to allow for the cold mornings,

some patchy fog, mild afternoons, temperatures should be in the mid-50s for this time of year, looking at numbers from the upper 50s to low 60s and you know we need the rain, looks like this week, trending dry, winter arrives on monday. but as we get into christmas and next weekend, things look like we're going to see a shift in the pattern. could have said that better but you know what i mean, as we look at monday's system it's to the north of us. but it will provide a little bit of cooling as we get into, say, tuesday, the energy, though, moves to the north of us, getting into your thursday, christmas eve we're dry, but as we look at christmas day, you'll notice by about 5:00 there is rain, looking from all the way from the north coast down through the bay area, so this is the beginning of what looks like some systems that will visit us as we go through the end of 2020. so that's the good news. as for today we're looking at once again very little change from the upper 50s downtown to 61 in oakland and concord, low

60s in san jose, about 59 in lakeport, so a lot of sunshine but a few high clouds visiting the north bay, later on. so as high pressure builds today we're back to the cold nights tonight and, in fact, that fog will be with us again through the delta. and patchy in the north bay. so overnight lows once again, low 30s flirting with freezing in some of our protected valleys, otherwise near 40 in oakland. and the accuweather seven-day forecast, we are still looking dry today, tomorrow, very little temperature change, a weak system coming into play monday night and tuesday, not offering up much, winter arrives on monday and then as we get towards christmas eve, the clouds will be with us as the system arrives, looks like mid-day on friday, christmas day and that could be the first of several systems that visits us through the end of the year. so maybe we'll shape it up by the end of 2020, liz. >> yeah, we will see. all right, lisa, thank you. next, christmas is just six days away as we mentioned, where

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all right, this morning veterinarians will perform an exam on a sea lion rescued after being stuck under a san francisco police boat, yesterday volunteers with the marine mammal center and sfpd officers used annette to pull the 200 pound sea lion onto the docks at hyde marina and slowly then shuttle it into a crate. the sea lion, which has been named frosty, was the first reported under the police rescue boat, was first reported there on wednesday, volunteers say it appeared sick and lethargic. frosty was taken to the marine mammal center in sausalito. now recovering. and happening today a christmas tree giveaway for people living in the bay view or hunters point area of san francisco. yes, so for the last five years the sf guardsmen and their partners have sold christmas trees to raise money for at risk

youth. the leftovers are given away to those who maybe can't afford a tree of their own. tries will be given away at the intersection of cargo and jennings street. starting at 1:00 p.m. there are a limited number of trees, and they will be handed out on a first come, first serve basis. great to do that. all right, next on abc 7 mornings at 6:00 a.m., disappointment and frustration for many parents, public schools in san francisco will not be reopening anytime soon. also, who gets the covid-19 first? and when? much of the guidance comes from state and federal regulators. what can be done to ensure frontline doctors receive the vaccine. i know many of you are waiting for your unemployment or covid-19 payments. i asked the edd what's going on, why can't our viewers get their money? >> there's a number of different things that could impact someone's eligibility. >> "7 on your side" got your

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. why can't we get these schools ready to get open as soon as possible? >> anger and frustration, san francisco public school students will not be returning to classrooms in late january as originally planned. good morning, again, everybody, it is saturday, december 19th, i'm liz kreutz. wooir going for more on the delay for reopening public schools in the city, but first as always let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> hey, liz, good morning to you. we have fog by the delta, frosty conditions in our valleys and as we look at live doppler 7 you see a band of cirrus clouds