tomorrow morning. here's a look at where the storm is. it's well up to the north. we're seeing clear conditions and feeling much cooler this morning. we're back in the 30s in many areas. as you can see from sutro tower, it's pretty quiet. mid 50s with increasing sunshine by noon. showers start moving into the north bay by 7:00 and slide southward across the rest of the neighborhoods over the evening and afternoon hours. we'll have a potential 2 on the storm impact scale next week. we're working on building a better bay area by focusing on your health and keeping you up to date on the spread of

coronavirus. >> california reported its second number of deaths in a day yesterday with 428 people. the number of coronavirus patients hospitalized and in icus remains in record high levels. these alarming stats factored into the decision for san francisco to extend its current stay-at-home order indefinitely. now people hoping for an end to that at the beginning of january will not get that. liz kreutz is live for us in union scare. good morning. >> good morning. happy new year to you. i'm sorry i couldn't hear you when you tossed to me, happy new year, i wish i had better news to bring you, not much has changed yet in 2021. that stay-at-home order was supposed to lift next thursday, january 7th. because covid cases continue to rise, it's extended indefinitely. what does that mean? it means that hair and nail salons will continue to stay closed. all personnel care services like that. no outdoor dining will still be

enforced. and retail and shopping malls will also remain open at 20% capacity. so, too, will outdoor gyms. small gatherings are still allowed. restaurant owners tell us they're not surprised this is happening but they're asking it come with financial support. >> look, after the year that we've had, there's no way you can plan for any downturn, right? we're at rock bottom. >> otherwise we'll be in this for another year. the restaurant industry can't bounce back >> now we should also point out as part of this announcement from the city, the ten-day quarantine requirement for anyone traveling from outside the bay area to san francisco will also be extended. at this point health officials say they'll be watching how much these gatherings around the holidays, last night for new year's eve will impact covid cases and at this point we'll see. there's no date on when it might

end. live in san francisco, liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> sadly, we're not surprised. thank you. normally crowds park the embarcadero on new year's eve to ring in the new year, that wasn't the case overnight. the street was mostly empty besides a few folks we found. this is new video of one group setting off illegal fireworks near the ferry building. still people found a way to celebrate in their own ways. j.r. stone got a behind-the-scenes look at a virtual party in the city. >> reporter: darkness over the bay on this new year's eve. no fireworks, no crowds, but at least one bootlegging virtual party broadcast from this fancy basement theater in san francisco's north beach. the magician here is streaming. the dancer is streaming. all the rest are streaming.

>> we've got bands and magicians, drag queens and fortune tellers. >> reporter: but hit the streets, and it's a different story. >> slow, there aren't a lot of people out. >> i honestly think it's a nice closure to 2020, because honestly, it's been way too chaotic. >> reporter: but not everyone is happy. promoters and those who run the midway sf protested the stay-at-home orders outside city hall. >> the ban on outdoor dining is misguided and hurting so many businesses hanging on by a shoestring. >> what the hell did the state do to increase icu capacity? why are we here again? feels like they did a whole lot of nothing. >> reporter: certainly an emotional night for everyone. >> happy 2020. >> happy new year. happy 2021. >> reporter: on the lonely streets, outside city hall and in the virtual party, it's been quite the 2020.

j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> now, that virtual party looked pretty fun. illegal fireworks not so fun, especially if you're like me and you had to get up early and you're watching, so apparently you did have to get up early. police had little success tracking people down. the richmond mayor said illegal fireworks have been almost a nightly occurrence since april. >> i think it's related to covid. they just keep going off. people complain bitterly about them. it wakes them up at night. it scares them. their pets go crazy. i've had numerous conversations with our chief of police. they say that, you know, the biggest problem they have is by the time they get a complaint and get to the location, it's all over. >> oakland city council member noel gayo said he also has seen an increase during the pandemic. if you're bummed about

missing the big in-person fireworks celebrations, don't worry. we have you covered. go to abc7news.com or you can go to our app for roku, amazon fire, apple tv and there's a compilation of the show in san francisco that ushered in 2016. >> into fireworks coming. we're starting off 2021 colder than we ended in 2020. we'll start in the east bay. mid to upper 30s. a possibility in the tri valley that we'll have frost before the morning hours. less likely around pittsburg and antioch. mid to upper 30s for the north bay and upper 30s around mountain view and san jose. pacifica is the mild spot. let's go to future radar, dropping down, increasing clouds

throughout the day. by 7:00, light showers moving in to the north bay. green you can see there. and they're into the heart of the bay by 11:00. if you're out late this evening, have the umbrella handy. by the time we wake up, there's a few scattered showers possible in the south bay, and by the evening hours we're looking at a few showers up in the north bay. most of saturday is quiet. most of sunday you can see will be filled with clouds and sunshine and then it starts to get wet with a stronger storm sunday into monday. i'll talk more about that next. rainfall amounts tonight you can see less than 0.15 inches. we'll have more in the accuweather 7-day forecast. happening today, oscar grant's family will take part in a virtual vigil. 12 years ago today the unarmed black man was shot and killed by a b.a.r.t. police officer at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. prior to the commemoration, his family will demand that felony murder charges be brought against anthony peroni.

an independent investigation found that peroni used repeated, unreasonable and unnecessary use of force. it states he was in large part responsible for setting the stage even if inadvertent for the shooting of oscar graham. florida is the latest state to report a confirmed case of the new variant of covid-19. state health officials confirm the variant is in a man in his 20s. he lives about 100 miles north of miami. officials say he had no known travel history. earlier this week governor newsom confirmed the variant was found in southern california. it's believed to be quite a bit more contagious. president-elect joe biden and jill biden are urging all americans to get vaccinated for covid-19 when it becomes available. they talk about this during an appearance on dick clark's rocking new year's eve. thanking front line workers for their bravery. >> they did so much. they risked so much. they have done so much for us. we owe them. we owe them.

>> we're so grateful for everything they did. you know, they left their families and their homes so that we could be safe. >> i know you both had your vaccines. >> doesn't hurt. i didn't have any after-effects. everybody has to take it so we all can be safe. >> the president-elect also looked ahead to 2021 saying he was absolutely confident that the country will come back stronger than ever. another annual tradition goes virtual today. the rose parade will look quite a bit different. instead of floats running down a five-mile parade route like in the video here, there's going to be virtual music performances, celebrity appearances and a look at floats from the past. you can watch the new sort of rose parade starting at 8:00 this morning on abc7 news after an early edition of "good morning america" which starts at 6:00 a.m. today. coming up, many people hoping to become debt free in the new year. you will hear from an army vet and single mom who just paid off $87,000. plus a glimpse at the severe

long-term effects of covid. all right. i wanted to climb out of that bed and jump out the window and just crazy, crazy things. >> multiple people saying they have suffered delusions. a

some covid patients with no history of mental illness are developing psychotic symptoms. these symptoms are rare but are being reported around the world. kate larsen spoke to a man who was being treated for delusions. >> i couldn't speak, so i made a sign for my son to go get an ak for his gun. >> reporter: ron's delirium happened after he came out of a medically induced coma after being treated for covid at ucsf in the spring. >> i wanted to climb out of the bed and jump out the window and just crazy things. >> reporter: abc 7 was there when after 61 days ron was released from the hospital to much celebration. now seven months later, he's experiencing a painful relapse. >> now i consider myself a long-hauler. i've been very emotional, crying, upset, thinking, you know, when is this going to end. >> reporter: ron believes his

delusions were caused by a combination of sedatives given to him at the hospital as well as the actual covid disease. there are other covid patients with much milder cases with requiring no medication who also had severe delusions and psychotic episodes. >> the kinds of things that i have seen as patients who have a sudden onset of a change in their behavior, they are much more suspicious of their family members. they're worrying or believe that people are trying to harm them or kill them. they believe that the nurses are talking about them or poisoning their food. >> reporter: this is a usfc neuro psychiatrist. he treated several patients with no history of mental illness a few weeks or months after a covid infection. >> these kinds of symptoms can be more disabling than the physical symptoms we associate with covid. >> reporter: although doctors across the u.s. and around the

world are reporting similar cases, dr. data says it's quite rare. why would a virus cause these symptoms? >> there are a few theories. one is the virus itself may be a directly attacking the brain. the second, which is probably more compelling is that when you have an infection, we produce an inflammatory response and some of those chemicals might be toxic to the brain. especially if the body's immune response goes into overdrive. >> reporter: at this point dr. data says it's too early to know if the episodes are a short term reaction to covid or long-term health concerns. kate larsen, abc7 news. if you or someone you know needs help no matter the reason, you can find mental health resources at abc7news.com/takeaction. lake superior state university released its annual list of phrases that should be banned this year no surprise,

coronavirus is topping the list. here we go. it starts with covid-19 and just the word coronavirus. it will be hard to get rid of those. social distancing comes in next. now here comes the phrases that we really could get rid of. we're all in this together. in an abundance of caution. in these uncertain times. so those are the top five. the university parsed through nearly 1,500 nominations to come up with the list based on overul and misuse this year. >> i think i'll add things will look a little different this year as another one. tired of saying that. >> right. i've heard unprecedented. these unprecedented times. i'm like what a minute, the spanish flu killed like 15 million to 20 million people worldwide. it was much worse than this. i wouldn't say this is unprecedented but definitely hasn't happened in a long time. i like that. thank you. hi, everybody.

let's start off the new year with a look at the east bay hills camera. it's quiet outside. that's nice. we'll have increasing clouds and rain tonight. 1 on the storm impact scale. it will be partly sunny this weekend, mainly quiet. a few chances of scattered showers are across the north bay. i'm really looking forward to what will happen in the week ahead as we have a couple of strong soaking storms coming our way. for today, about 56 in half moon bay to 61 in san jose and morgan hill. that's our spread. that's pretty close to average. tonight will be milder than this morning because of the clouds an and rain. we could see clearing in the north bay, fog forming towards tomorrow morning. a few temperatures falling into the upper 30s where the clouds clear up. here's a look at the jet stream. you can see it's very active coming off japan there and two very distinct swirls, one in the aleutian islands, the other in the gulf of alaska. that's why our seven-day forecast is so active after a quiet start. we have the 1 tonight through

tomorrow morning. the 1 sunday night which increases to a 2. so it's going to be rainy and windy for the better part of monday as we have a weak atmospheric storm. that will bleed into tuesday morning. our next storm wednesday will bleed into thursday morning. right now that storm is a 1 on wednesday, but it could also be almost as strong as the one monday, a 2. it's something we will keep an eye on. we may have to adjust that as we get closer. just know, there's going to be a few areas of dry weather and few areas of dry times mainly this weekend. because once we get to monday, it's on. reggie? >> all right. thank you. time for the new years resolutions and i know a lot of people are hoping to save money this year. for some inspiration, here's will rooefd. >> in this morning's "gma first look," if your new year's resolution is about saving money, we have a story for you. meet army vet delani. >> i was desperate. i wanted to focus taking care of

myself and my kids. >> reporter: at this time last year the mother of three made it her new year's resolution to pay off her $87,000 in debt. so she turned to a local dave ramsey class for help. >> i was open-minded to any opportunities. >> the 36-year-old taking on new shifts, finding smart ways to bring in extra cash. >> i bought things on goodwill and sold them on facebook marketplace. >> what strategies can she use? we'll tell you her biggest takeaways for success so you can kickstart your own financial

2020, ugly and forgettable in many ways. i'll focus in on how it affects us weather-wise. right now clear and 39 in san jose. san jose did a little bit better than a lot of us at 34%.

that's all we received as far as the entire year's worth of rain. 29% in santa rosa. we had 10 inches. we should have had 36. we lost two feet of rain across santa rosa during the year. but look at this. we have some healthy rain coming next week. a half inch to more than an inch when all is said and done by thursday. people living in oakland can text 911 during an emergency to get ahold of police. the oakland police department launched the service yesterday. if you use it include the details of your emergency and your location in that first text. dispatchers may text back with some follow-up questions. the department says the service is not available in all parts of the city yet. it's still being rolled out. of course you can always call 911, in fact they prefer you call if texting is not an option. hello 2021, good-bye 2020. we all have different let's call them memories that we sometimes prefer to burn or forget about.

we asked people what they'll remember most about this past year. ♪ >> most memorable is not important with these masks. i can't wait for this thing to be over. so, hopefully, real soon. >> i'm not sure there's a moment, but it's just being part of history. >> just very fortunate that i still have a job. that they haven't cut any hours. >> well, what i remember most is the beginning of the pandemic. and it was back in march. and i got laid off from my job. so, it's been a little hard. but, you know, i'm trying to hang in there and try to keep positive. >> yeah. i think it's been every single day. the groundhog day of working from home, and just adapting with the twin 4 1/2-year-olds at home and the newborn. and it's been the same, every single day. >> so, i think it was not be

able to visit my family in czech republic because that's what i'm doing every year, at least once a year. so, yeah. i'm really missing them and it's been tough for me, for them being there. >> it's got to be probably the death of kobe. i think a lot of people were really sad about that, and it was just like a very influential thing, seeing all of like the memorials and everything. so, it's probably my biggest memory of 2020. >> well, it has to be the fact that joe biden won the election. had a couple nights, sleepless nights, but we got over it. and now, i'm a happy camper. >> the first time where, you know, everything was closed. all streets were empty. i live off van nuys, and that street is literally never empty, and it was empty for months. it did feel like something went down san francisco. >> what comes to my mind is this little girl because we actually got her in 2020. in july, 2020, we adopted her and it's been, by far, the best decision of my partner and my

life. >> stay healthy, trust in the vaccines because this is our -- our only hope. happy holidays and happy new year 2021. >> some people were sweetly positive, though let's face it, 2020 was a disaster. a new mexico town thought a dumpster fire was the perfect way to say farewell to the past year. the mayor of belen fire department invited residents to watch this year literally go up in flames. >> they're driving up to give us their old calendars, some of their paper masks, that type of thing, just to burn it off and say good-bye to 2020. hello to 2021. >> the idea came from someone in the community on facebook and then it just took off from there. still ahead at 5:30, the once popular facebook game that's been taken down and what more people expect to do in 2021

according to recent google searches. i'm abc7 averi harper. health officials are bracing for a surge in coronavirus cases in the new

right now we are still in a total prohibition mode. >> now at 5:30, it's a new year but not a lot has changed. it appears people in san francisco will remain in prohibition mode for much longer than a lot of us were hoping for. a plea to the governor over who gets vaccinated. the group that wants to be included in the next phase. and some of the new laws that took effect starting at midnight. welcome to 2021.

glad you're with us. i don't know why you're up right now, for whatever reason you are, i'm glad you chose us. mike nicco is here, celebrating his 14th anniversary at kgo. i looked it up, at 15 years disney gives you a beautiful castle statue. >> whoa. >> you have that to look forward to. >> nice. yeah, all right. i appreciate that. yeah. let's hope this is a better year than last year. the bar is set so low. 14 years ago i got on a plane in minneapolis and happily landed here and took off all that heavy coat and didn't have to worry about snow anymore and, yeah, i've been happy since. a lot of that has to do with you. thank you. let's talk about what's going on. it's a little foggy in santa rosa and out in the central valley. but really most of my attention is turned to tonight where we have a 1 on the storm impact scale with light showers, less than 0.15 inches of rain. if you're up tomorrow morning, it will be damp and slippery.

as far as today goes, it's clear and cooler this morning. 30s and 40s out there. mid 50s with increasing clouds at noon. mid to upper 50s at 4:00. showers moving into the north bay by 7:00. temperatures in the upper 40s. i'll give you an hour-by-hour look at the rain coming up next. reggie? as we enter the new year, health officials are bracing for a surge in covid-19 cases. in the u.s., more than 345,000 people have died from the virus. averi harper has the latest from our nation's capitol and new details involving another person in the u.s. infected by that variant that we saw first in the uk. good morning. >> good morning. despite the urge to do away completely with 2020, the pandemic that wreaked havoc over the last year is anything but over. a third case of the more contagious strain of covid-19 from the uk discovered in florida. florida health officials say the person infected is a man in his 20s with no history of travel. as nationwide hospitalizations and deaths due to covid-19 are

setting grim milestones regularly. many worrying that the pace of vaccinations is not fast enough to get a handle on the worsening pandemic. dr. anthony fauci telling nbc -- >> there has to be a lot more effort in the sense of resources for the locals, namely the states, the cities, the counties. >> reporter: only 2.7 million vaccinations recorded, far short from the initial goal of 20 million by the end of the year. right now ohio, kansas, mississippi and georgia have the lowest vaccination rates in the country. >> many parts of rural georgia, both in the north and south, there's vaccine available and literally sitting in freezers. that's unacceptable. we have lives to save. >> reporter: in wisconsin, a pharmacist accused of deliberately ruining 570 doses of the vaccine has been arrested. the fbi and fda investigating the fired health worker. >> this is a situation involving

a bad actor. >> reporter: in california where hospitals are being pushed to the limit, health care workers are begging for the public to do their part to reduce the spread of the virus. >> please stay home, do their best, do what they can to reduce the strain on health care. because the nurses, the doctors, the respiratory therapists, we don't know what else to do. the we're breaking. >> now, according to johns hopkins university, the u.s. will likely surpass 20 million cases in the coming days. health experts say that holiday travel will likely create an even harsher strain on hospital capacity. averi harper, abc7 news. >> bracing for that. thank you. icu capacity is a little bit higher in the bay area, it's at 8.5%. we're far from the 15% we would need to end the state's stay-at-home order. the sacramento region dropped to

14.4%. san wjoaquin and southern california are at zero% capacity. the city decided to extend the stay-at-home order indefinitely. liz kreutz is live in union square. good morning, liz. >> hi. good morning. happy new year to you. this is not the way to start 2021, but the stay-at-home order is being extended indefinitely. this is because cases to continue to rise in the city and there's growing concern that the gatherings around the holidays, maybe new year's eve last night could impact cases even more in the coming weeks. supervisor matt haney said that's a concern for him but is also concerned about how blanket policies may lead to mistrust and other independent tended consequences.

>> i'm concerned that by prohibiting outdoor activities that we may be forcing people inside where it is much more dangerous and where most of the spread is occurring. >> what does this extension mean? not much is changing. things are remaining the same. for the time being, hair and nail salons will remain closed. still no outdoor dining at restaurants. retail and shopping mall also remain open at 20% capacity and so, too, will outdoor gyms. small gatherings are still allowed, but with restrictions. now, originally the stay-at-home order was set to lift next thursday, january 7th. the quarantine was going to lift on monday the 4th. now it's all tbd. live in san francisco, liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> more of the same, liz. thank you. in the south bay, santa clara county vaccinating first responders like firefighters, police officers, paramedics and emts. long-term care facility staff

also being vac >> the sooner we get our first responders through, the sooner we can move on to the next tiers. >> reporter: the county will administer the second round of the doses of the vaccine to front line health care workers as early as next week. valley transportation's official top official is asking to prioritize transit workers to get the covid-19 vaccine. nuria fernandez sent a letter to the governor calling transit workers a lifeline to serving other essential workers, the elderly and those with disabilities. he noted vta makes 33,000 trips a day. fernandez writes we believe it would be a significant mistake for the state to fail to include transit workers in phase 1b of the vaccine distribution plan. if you have questions about the vaccine go to

abc7news.com/vaccine. you'll see a big blue box, click on it, and it will take you to a form to send your question to our vaccine team. actor kirk cameron defying health orders once again hosting yet another large cagathering i southern california this time at the beach with few if any people there wearing masks. he hosted similar caroling events during the christmas holiday drawing attention from local health officials. the former "growing pains" actor asked people originally to gather in malibu to pray for america. the city of malibu said as soon as it heard what cameron was planning officials tried to get ahold of him to cancel. those who run the midway sf protested the current stay-at-home order. they protested outside of city hall.

>> the ban on outdoor dining is misguided and hurting so many businesses hanging on by a shoestring. >> what the hell did the state do to increase icu capacity? why are we here again? feels like they did a whole lot of nothing. >> as you heard liz report a couple minutes ago, the stay-at-home order now indefinite in the city of san francisco. new york city celebrated the arrival of 2021 with a tradit n traditional ball drop in times square. ♪ >> so it kind of looks the same as most years until you do a wide zoom and you see there's almost no one there. you can zoom in and see two people celebrating. that's about it. only select vip guests and about 40 local front line workers and families were allowed in individual sections at times square to watch the ball drop. with the new year comes several new laws in california

that took effect at midnight. a new coronavirus law requires businesses to notify employees and the public of any exposure at the workplace within one day. and that remains in effect through 2023. inmates who help fight devastating wildfires are allowed to petition to have their records cleared once they're released. that would make it easier for them to get jobs including as professional firefighters. here are some other laws in effect. voters passed prop 17 in november which allows felons the right to vote after completing their sentences. law enforcement officers are no longer allowed to wear camouflage uniforms or anything that resembles a military uniform. california expanding its family leave. companies with five or more employees have to offer 12 weeks of family leave. you can find a full list of new state laws by going to abc7news.com. coming up what more people could be doing this year according to their recent google

searches. and a deep sea expedition on this new year's day. how a team from the bay area is helping scientists from australia map the ocean floor. first a check on your weather with meteorologist mike nicco. it will be wet the next few days. >> yeah. the storm door opened a couple days ago.s will get progre progressively stronger. it will be a good soaking. not looking at flooding potential but hydroplaning potentially an issue. let's talk about this morning. it's been quiet and cool. temperatures up to double digits cooler than yesterday as we expected due to the lack of clouds. now we have a chance of freezing fog or black ice around santa rosa. temperatures around freezing at 33. i know freezing is 32, but it's close enough. that means there's the potential for some black ice. we need to be careful of that. up until about 8:00, 8:30. everywhere else, 33 at san ramon. frost there. upper 30s in the south bay. low to upper 40s around the bay

and out towards the coast. let's jump in to our next storm. increasing clouds as we head through future radar. by 7:00, showers in the north bay. by the evening hours, they're in all of the dabay. by tomorrow morning, a left leftover showers in the south bay. most of the day will be a mix of sun and clouds until the evening. sunday is a mix of sun and clouds. but by sunday night, that's when one of our stronger storms moves in. we'll talk more about that in the seven day forecast. first i want to show you how much rain to expect tonight. for most of us it's less than a tenth of an inch of rain.

♪ the tsa says it screened more than 1 million passengers at airport checkpoints for the fifth straight day. wednesday was the third busiest day since the coronavirus pandemic began with more than 1.1 million passengers screened nationwide. checkpoint traffic has exceeded a million people nine days out of the last two weeks. overall the number of travelers is down about 60% from last year. google is revealing that people really want to travel this year. according to google trend searches for 2021 are up 124%

compared to march. most popular destination search worldwide is the united arab emirates followed by canada and the u.s. the stock market is closed today for new year's day. 2020 was actually a good year for the stock market. the s&p 500 and the dow jones industrial average ended the year at record highs. the dow closed at 30,606 climbing more than 7% for the year. the s&p was up 16% compared to the previous year. the nasdaq finished up 43% for 2020 but didn't quite hit a new record high. >> pg&e customers can expect an increase in monthly bills this year. a bill for someone who receives electricity and gas is rising by $5.15 a month. electricity bills will rise $6.13 a month and gas bills will decrease 98 cents a month. pg&e says the increases will

help fund upgrades to the utility's electricity system. scientists have noted we mapped more of the moon surface than the floor of our oceans. well that is about to change. this daunting task has a small team of researchers spending the new year off the australian coast. abc7 news reporter david louie got to board their research vessel virtually to learn what they're doing and how their work has dies to the bay area. >> reporter: scientists off the east coast of australia are pinging in the new year. their sending out sonar beams as a ten-year international effort gets underway to map the entire ocean floor. >> we have a huge task in front of us. so far less than 20% of the oceans have been mapped, so we still have 80% to go. >> reporter: a team of 23 on board this research vessel is getting support from the schmitt ocean institute in palo alto.

the pinging will create a virtual database of the ocean floor. trenches in the coral sea can be over 5.5 miles deep. >> it creates 800 beams across and all of those individual soundings get compiled into a surface so we can take many millions of soundings and create a three dimensional surface of the sea floor. >> reporter: the united nations has declared this the ocean decade. earlier expeditions yielded new discoveries. >> we found over 50 new species this year, the world's longest species and a brand-new coral reef that had never been seen in the great barrier reef. >> reporter: it's drawn global interest. live feeds show video. during the pandemic, scientist haves been able to conduct reserve remotely. the goal to complete mapping by 2030 will require more. other ships and vessels with space to carry equipment will be enlisted. while the mapping is preplanned the dynamics of deep sea volcanic eruptions and changes will alter plans. >> we need to have this snapshot to then look at these changes if we don't have the baseline then

we won't understand more about how things change through time. >> reporter: all of this will lead to more knowledge of climate change and the ocean ecosystem and yield benefits to humanity, sea creatures and deep ocean organisms. david louie, abc 7 news. >> i would like to go snorkeling somewhere this year, mike. i don't even care where it is. it could be an actual aquarium. it doesn't matter. >> is that reggie aqui? what? >> in my aquarium? yes, it is. >> yes. bonus, you didn't even have to pay extra to see that. i know, travel, so much. we want to get out there and be around people and all the things we're missing. that was beautiful. i love seeing that. here's a look from the exploratorium, you can see it's still very nice across san francisco. seasonal and increasing clouds for all of us today. light showers from a light storm, 1 on the storm impact scale tonight. sun and clouds and just isolated showers this weekend.

this weekend is going to be about the driest period we have moving forward other than today where we're going to have 56 at half moon bay to san jose and morgan hill at 61. temperatures pretty close to average. tonight it will be milder thanks to the clouds and the rain. most of us in the 40s. some clouds could open up in the north bay, that could lead to fog formation by tomorrow morning and temperatures in the 30s in our deepest north bay valleys. here's a look, you can see the storms are lined up with an aggressive west to east jet stream, that is coming off hot. almost 200 miles per hour from japan. that's what is steering these storms to us. we'll get peppered day after day after day with wet weather. it starts tonight through tomorrow morning. most of saturday and sunday will be partly sunny to mostly cloudy with isolated showers across the north bay. sunday might into monday, that's when the biggest storm comes in. it will be rainy and windy for the better part of monday from a weak atmospheric river. tuesday afternoon should be quiet. wednesday into thursday more

soaking storms. about a half inch in the south bay to more than an inch up in the north bay. good way to start the year. >> thank you. we have an update on the story the abc7 news i-team brought you earlier this week about a vacaville police officer caught on camera punching his k-9 during a training exercise. we have to warn you some of this video may be upsetting. the police say the k-9 has since been examined by a vet and shows no signs of injury. that dog has been removed from the care of its handler and will be under the care of a third party until vacaville police conduct an investigation. earlier peta said the incident is not training but instead abuse. coming up, the warriors finally set to play their home opener. the player expected to rejoin the team tonight. new year, new boo? why this sunday could be a great day to swipe on some potential matches. and abc7 has launched new streaming apps. wherever you go, you can get our

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the warriors will finally play their home opener at chase center in nearly 300 days, and draymond green is expected to play when the dubs face the trail blazers. green is listed as probable after missing the first four games with a foot injury. tipoff at 7:30 tonight. the warriors will face the blazers again on sunday at chase center. people in palo alto honoring essential workers with a new public art display. hundreds of colorful face masks and messages are now hung on to trees along bryant street and lowell avenue. the asrtist behind the display s encouraging residents to keep adding to it. >> stay safe. hope everybody is having a good time. you know, some cute messages. little cartoon things. >> it shows people care about each other. >> an end date for the project has not been decided.

residents say the display is growing by the day. something that is no longer growing, farmville. r.i.p., it's done. it allowed players to cult vat colorful farms by tending crops and caring for livestock. it had 30 million daily players at its peak. game developer zynga announced in september it was shutting it down december 31st. it's a victim of adobe's decision to stop distributing and updating its flash player for web browsers. zynga is suggesting players migrate to a new game called topic escape. a big weekend for online dating. the first sunday of the new year is known as singles sunday. dating sites and dating apps have seen an uptick on people looking for love on that day well into what is considered cuffing season when people boo up. many people hope to be paired up by valentine's day. covid impacted the dating scene with a lot of people setting up

virtual first dates on facetime or zoom. nothing says romance like zoom. >> right. i can't imagine trying to get a relationship going with any type of intimacy or connection. yeah. >> mike, i had -- can you still hear me? >> yeah. >> i have a friend who got a boyfriend during covid. i don't know how that happens, but it's worked out. they're going strong. they celebrated new year's eve last night together. >> fantastic. there you go. i like to hear that. proven wrong. in a good way. tonight through tomorrow, we have light showers and rainfall less than 0.15 inches of rain. wet and slippery roads early tomorrow morning. most of the weekend will be dry until more rain next week. all right. thanks. i can't believe it. that's it. that was such a short show. we're used to being here for hours. >> right.

>> so that's going to do it. a happy 14 years at abc7, mike.

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