this is abc 7 news. it's such a shame and it's a terrible start to this new year when we're hoping for less anger and hatred. >> a disturbing start to the new year for house speaker nancy pelosi, her san francisco home was sathe vandalized. failed efforts to provide americans with $2,000 stimulus checks. good morning, everybody, it's saturday, january 2nd, happy new year to all of you, i'm liz kreutz, we'll have more on the vandalism in pacific heights and the response from the fbi coming up in just a minute. but first, it is rainy out there. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa? >> hey, liz, good morning to

you, certainly is slick out there. north bay favoring some of the showers this morning but we're still looking at the activity to last the next few hours, all around the bay area. as we look at live doppler 7 you can see that on the peninsula there, take away the clouds, a lot of this is falling below the radar beam so hard for the radar to pick it up. as we widen the view live doppler 7 shows lots of cloud cover out in the pacific and we're going to go with a cloudy theme for the rest of the day today with a possibility of some light rain showers becoming more widely scattered throughout the afternoon, only about a tenth of an inch expected. and as we go in for a closer look throughout the morning hours, here we are at 8:30, and you'll notice that just a few light returns here and as we go on through the afternoon clouds dominate the skies. so we'll go with that cool theme and another break for your sunday until the storm track gets pretty active for the week ahead. we'll talk about that in detail when we see you next.

speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home was vandalized as we mentioned with a strong message about stimulus checks. luz pena spoke to neighbors and the security company in charge of many residents in the pacific heights neighborhood. >> reporter: graffiti with the phrases 2 k, cancel rent and we want everything. covered speaker nancy pelosi's garage door, on the sidewalk a disturbing image to many neighbors who woke up to this, a pig's head and fake blood. >> i don't think that this is a useful way to go about it and it's a terrible start to this new year. >> reporter: the vandals' message alluding to failed efforts to providing americans with a $2,000 stimulus check. >> the government should be doing all they can to give people assistance. >> reporter: security cameras cover her home, on the street guards, with a private security company hired to protect several residents in this affluent

neighborhood. >> is she one of the clients? >> no, she has her own security. >> reporter: it's unclear in nancy pelosi was home at the time of the vandalism. but this is not the first time these attacks take place. >> that's time they hung the hair dryers and stuff in the tree or whatever. >> reporter: we contacted the san francisco fbi office and they responded in part, in keeping with the doj policy we cannot confirm or deny specific fbi activity or the existence of investigations. san francisco police officers responded to a call of vandalism outside of nancy pelosi's home around 2:00 a.m. it's still unclear if any arrests have been made in this case. in san francisco, i'm luz pena, abc 7 news. and san francisco's cliff house restaurant was vandalized just a day after closing permanently. pictures from a viewer show large black letters spray painted on the walls as you can see, and then city staff started painting over the graffiti.

on thursday the iconic sign was removed. the owner say delays by a national park service to reach a long-term operating contract forced them to close. in the north bay a restaurant has been defying the stay at home order offering in person dining in their enclosed patio. reporter matt boone says the state is investigating. >> reporter: fume has not been hiding the fact they've been welcoming guests on their pate owe as well as in a semienclosed area even after the county went into a state stay at home order. >> i'm still working full-time so i'm willing to spend my money to help other people out cloip a customer says he doesn't want to show his face due to his job, says he came to dine in person to support the restaurant employees. >> reporter: i'm willing to risk, you know, possibly getting it to help other people survive. >> reporter: napa county has had 5,741 positive covid-19 cases,

2,400 of them were in the past month. the county's website currently lists their icu capacity at 0%. the owner of the restaurant spoke to abc 7 in may when they defied the indoor dining ban back then. he did not want to do an interview for this story but gave a statement, reading in part, bottom line, the closure of on premises dining is uncalled for, unjust, and will bankrupt an industry that has needlessly taken an unprecedented hit. fume bistro will remain open for on premises dining just as other essential businesses in our community are staying open. the city of napa and the county tell abc 7 they are aware of the restaurant and have referred the complaints to the state coronavirus task force as well as the department of alcoholic beverage control. in napa, matt boone, abc 7 news. fitness 19 in daly city and san bruno, defying state and county orders by staying open

indoors have closed. in an email to members the gym said san mateo county has fined them $3,000 twice this week and promised to issue more fines this they continued to stay open. fitness 19 said it would reopen once restrictions were lifted. california has started 2021 off by setting more coronavirus records. the state reported 585 deaths. by far the most in a single d since the pandemic started. the previous high was 432 set on wednesday. the number of people hospitalized did drop by 100. this is the first time in more than three weeks the state hasn't set a daily record in that category. the number of people in the icu is up to more than 4,500, though, and that is a new record. take a look at regional capacity statewide. the bay area dropped to 6.3%, a record low, since tracking started. the u.s. ushered in a new year with no relief from the coronavirus, reaching a record

20 million confirmed cases nationwide since the start of the pandemic. abc news reporter christine sloan has more on the virus and critical hospital shortages. >> reporter: despite health warnings against holiday travel and family gatherings the u.s. is entering 2021 with peak covid numbers, worries over yet another deadly surge and a new variant of the virus believed to be highly contagious. florida becoming the third state to identify the uk variant in a man in his 20s, with no history of travel. california now has four confirmed cases of the variant. none of the men infected there have had any known contact with each other. the crisis growing more dire, more than 10,000 lives lost to covid-19 in just the last three days. in california los angeles seeing four times as many cases in december than in november, a record 585 dcovid deaths in jus 24 hours. hospitals and health care workers pushed to the brink. >> we're stretched so thin.

it's pretty unimaginable. >> in icu we are out of our capacity, we're creating spaces from nowhere. >> reporter: in north carolina, an emergency field hospital going up for the first time, and with the brunt of vaccine planning falling on large hospitals, small clinics and private pharmacy chains, states have used only a small percentage of their stockpiles. so far the u.s. has only administered about 3 million vaccinations of the 20 million promised by the trump administration by the new year. and if the pace doesn't pick up some pfizer doses could potentially expire while sitting in freezers. christine sloan, abc news, new york. to go service at the san francisco main library has been suspended for two days due to a possible case of covid-19 involving a staff member. the library sent an email to patrons saying staff is responding siftly and appropriately to undertake a thorough workplace contact

tracing investigation. the to go service will be unavailable today and tomorrow while the site is cleaned. other to go locations will operate as scheduled. lisa, a lot of fog this morning, too. >> you're right, liz, you have to slow down for that and the slippery roadway, a level 1 system early this morning. scattered showers throughout the afternoon. we've got a cloudy weekend on tap of the first weekend of the new year, and then the storm track, well that door is coming open. we'll talk about it next. >> lisa, thank you. also ahead, police identify the suspect in that deadly new year's eve hit and run in san francisco. details on the man accused of killing two pedestrians. plus, she was the first baby born in sacramento in the year 1982. well now she's an icu doctor on the front

welcome back, here is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, one of several bay area

bridges that's all now electronic toll collection, all electronic toll collection. drivers haven't seen a toll taker at a bridge since march when they were all sent home because of the pandemic. there is no toll increase this year. there will be a $1 hike starting on january 1st of 2022. and we have new details this morning on the deadly new year's eve hit and run crash in san francisco's soma district. police now say the person who hit and killed two women in a crosswalk on thursday is 45-year-old troy mccallister who was out of prison on parole. officers say mcallister was driving a stolen car under the influence of drugs and alcohol with a gun and methamphetamines with him at the time. he was chased by witnesses until police got to him. he remained free despite other arrests in the city in recent months. this morning work on the san francisco giant's mission rock project of the future is finally starting to take shape.

according to the chronicle, the first concrete was poured last month for the space in china basin park across from the ballpark. originally a marshland, the parking lot will transform now into this modern green shoreline park with two housing towers and office buildings. it has been in the works since 2008. now full steam ahead towards a hopeful completion date at the end of 2022. and in the east bay a family of oscar grant gathered at the fruit vail bart station 12 years after he was fatally shot by an officer. an officer who was fired but never charged be arrested. they claim the officer pinned grant down with a knee to his neck and that his actions led to grant's death. >> why aren't they bringing him to the bay area to question him and engage him and investigate? what is the da's office waiting for? >> alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley's office

reopened the case last october but they have not commented since. several new laws now in effect in this new year. anytime police kill a person who isn't armed the state attorney general must investigate. the oscar grant case, for instance, would be an example. police are also no longer allowed to use neck restraints or choke holds. county supervisors have more oversight of county sheriffs. california now has a task force on slavely reparations. there's another law that came about during the country's reckoning with race and social justice. it's the first law of its kind in the nation and the task force will make recommendations. there are also significant changes coming to the real estate market this year because of the passage of proposition 19. the first is in february. those who inherit a home must use it as their primary residence or else the tax value gets reassessed. in april homeowners 55 or older or those who have lost their

home in a disaster will be to transfer the tax assessment to another home even if it's more expensive. you can find a full list of new laws f laws by going to our website. 2020 was a tough year for all of us but through it all the key is to hang onto hope, right. that's the message from sacramento's new year's baby of 1982. that little baby there, not a baby anymore. reporter van tu is in sacramento and introduces us to the now dr. vanessa walker. >> reporter: this was in 1982. a lot has changed since then when sacramento welcomed new year baby vanessa -- >> we're going to lose our tax deduction never dreaming when she was born at 12:20 she would be the first baby in town. i was really surprised. >> baby vanessa is now dr.

vanessa walker, an icu doctor on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. >> i was born tosh a pulmonary credit care doctor. >> her mother was an icu nurse and her father still works as a respiratory therapist. 2020 has delivered unparalleled challenges. she says there's still so much to be grateful for. >> i get to bring in the new year. >> she'll spend her birthday working 15 hour shifts in the icu and reflecting. she says 2020 marked a year of learning. >> being able to be on the cutting edge of treating a new disease that nobody knew about. >> reporter: and a year of triumphs. >> seeing all the things that we have been able to do in society, coming together and science has just been amazing. >> that was van tu reporting. back here in the bay area, families welcomed new members at the stroke of midnight on new year's day. met jack, and his parents, he

was born at 12:06 yesterday morning at ucsf and it appears he is the first baby of the new year in the bay area. abc 7 news spoke to the proud parents. >> so went in for a c-section around 11:50. >> i remember getting the countdown on the clock and it was, you know, it struck midnight. they said a little happy new year's to everybody, and then shortly thereafter, six minutes after. >> yeah, 12:06, so i was getting a c-section and i heard them say happy new year. >> laura says she went in to get induced on december 30th, 36 hours later when it wasn't going quite as expected she then had a c-section. this is the couple's first child. and for a moment we thought a baby born in the south bay at good samaritan hospital in san jose was the first. the batiato family welcomed their third child, a boy at

12:25 a.m. yesterday. congratulations to all. and for some hearty souls this is the only way to begin a new year, we ventured out to ocean beach in san francisco and watched a handful of people take the plunge into the chilly 53 degree water. >> it felt really good. i was really thinking it was going to be cold and horrible but as soon as we got in i felt really invigorated. what a way to start the year. >> a group called the world naked bike ride promoted the event on social media. some of those who participated also took the opportunity to enjoy the moment with some champagne. good to see not everything is cancelled during covid, you know, that's a social distanced activity. >> jump in the water. plenty of it around here and yeah, that is pretty cold. in fact, i was at the beach on saturday. was it saturday? no, today's saturday. it was thursday. and it was chilly but yeah there were little kids running around, some clothes and some not. here's a look at live doppler 7

as we see the shower activity. it is very light and it will remain light, mainly throughout the we transition into a dryer pattern. so here's a look at the loop and you'll notice that we've got a progressive system here where the activity continues to push from the north to the south and as we look at the bigger picture, check out all the cloud cover here. a couple systems to point out as we get into the week ahead. as you look right now, there's fog and a lot of clouds with temperatures in the upper 40s, san mateo looking at about 50, half moon bay and napa as well as san jose, 51 in fremont. check out the visibility, yeah, it is rough out there, with about a mile and a half in san carlos, over two miles up in the north bay. but in some spots you get right on the fog and you can't see anything in front of you so it is certainly tricky out there from concord over a mile. and just a mile here. from half moon bay. 24 hour temperature change with all the cloud cover, yes, it's a lot milder out there but with

the wet weather it certainly feels cold and we'll continue that cool theme as we dry out throughout the rest of the weekend. so looking at light showers this morning, mainly in the morning hours. then we'll be dry into your sunday, but cloudy and cool as we look at the next system arriving into late sunday and monday, this one looks a little stronger. and we're watching that as that could be an indication that we could get some debris flow from where we had all the fires t burn scar area. 10:00, a few light returns there up in the north bay, they'll continue through the afternoon. very isolated. but still enough moisture out there that we can't rule out showers throughout your saturday afternoon. saturday night we're trending dryer into sunday as we get into late saturday, still a lot of clouds around. so what you can expect from now until late saturday is just a couple hundredths, as we said before, under a tenth of an inch. so certainly crewel be wet at times, but not a washout if you want to take the dog out, or certainly get a walk in, as we

look at your monday morning, the next system sunday night into monday it's a level 1. as we go through your tuesday, looking at dry conditions. and actually as we get into wednesday and thursday, another light system. and then looks like the storm track heading to the north thursday into friday. so we will remain quite active, nothing too big out there but that system into monday looking stronger. so we'll have to watch that for you. and as we look at the rainfall totals into your monday, you could see upwards of an inch, maybe more than that in the coastal hills, over into the south bay, maybe a half inch and get into late thursday, some of these totals over an inch, maybe an inch and a half. hopefully that verifies. highs today from the upper 50s for you with a lot of cloud cover in livermore, about 61 in san jose. 59 in san mateo as well as palo alto and the accuweather seven-day forecast, we've got a level 2 on that monday system because of the fact we could see

some of the heavier rain but overall we're looking at the weak system today, the break on sunday, perhaps that level 2 on monday, and break on tuesday. and then another system wednesday and thursday. so this is what we like to see, liz, especially in january. >> yeah, absolutely. good to see the rain. thanks, lisa. just ahead, new year, new movies, we take a look at some of the new films coming out this year and why studios have a lot of hope

you couldn't say 2020 was a block buster year for movies with many being delayed or september to streaming services. there's hope on the horizon with studios making big plans for 2021. abc news reporter chris connelly as more on what's in store and updates to beloved franchises. >> what's up, doc. >> hey, bugs. >> you sound fuzz zy, something wrong with your microphone? oh, wait. >> lebron james and space jam, a

new legacy. >> he has a gunner seat? >> reporter: ghost busters afterlife in middle america. john cena versus vin diesel and michelle rodriguez in f 9. >> no one outruns their past. >> reporter: but it's not all sequels and franchise fare. >> oh, my goodness. why am i so pretty? >> reporter: this month regina king's directing debut is "one night in miami," starts streaming. >> black power. >> reporter: and black widow -- >> i've lived a lot of lives but i'm diana done running from my past. >> reporter: pressing cause on the marvel cinematic unigers. >> hell of a reunion. >> reporter: while john cra sinceky and emily blunt -- are again keeping it very hush hush

for a quiet place part two. >> there are people out there worth saving. >> bond, james bond. >> reporter: and daniel craig's swan song agent 007 "no time to die." anticipation still sky high for tom cruise in "top gun maverick". >> one of life's mysteries, sir. >> reporter: the long awaited sequel. and minions the rise of gru. >> you seriously think a puny little child can be a villain. >> yes, i am pretty despicable. >> reporter: while pixar's "luca," an under the sea secret. lin-manuel miranda's in the

heights, on the way ♪ you still ain't got no skills ♪ >> reporter: and "spider man 3" picking up where "far from home" left off. >> spider man's name is peter parker. >> reporter: all this and mar planning to remind us there's no place like a movie theater. chris connelly, abc news lals. >> i'm really looking forward to "west side story," the remake coming out this year. the safety of covid-19 vaccine for women pregnant and breast-feeding is a serious question. addressing the risks versus the potential benefit. a new round of stimulus checks triggers warnings of scams, what officials say not to do if you get

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argen. lisa, a good way to start 2021. >> yes, it is with the rain, liz. we have our level 1 system, good morning, everyone, happy new year. as we look at live doppler 7 a lot of moisture out there, it looks a little bit more progressive, which means that we'll have this move through the area in the morning hours, which is going to allow us for just some leftover showers this afternoon. but as we widen the view, check it out, yeah, a lot of cloud cover and embedded in that is our next system that arrives later on sunday into monday. this system, though, the level 1 with less than a tenth of an inch for most areas bringing us the wet slippery roadways, visibility one to two miles from the coast to the irport, overa mile in san carlos, over into the east bay, just over a mile for our friends in concord. up to the north bay, just about two miles. 6:00, we've got the showers around the bay area, the light showers into noontime. plenty of clouds, maybe an isolated shower, numbers still

in the 50s throughout the day and as we get towards your 5:00, mainly a mostly cloudy sky and we'll continue that theme throughout the overnight hours but things do change as we get into the second half of your weekend. we'll talk about rain totals coming up. the rollout of the covid-19 vaccine is falling far short of promises made by health officials, republican senator mitt romney is calling the trump administration's guidance to states quote, incomprehensible and inexcusable. so what's holding up the mission and what can be done to get it back on track? here's abc news reporter trevor ult. >> reporter: after days of americans enduring hours long lines for vaccinations, frustration is mounting over a campaign that's far behind schedule and in some communities grinding to a halt this holiday weekend, officials slamming the federal government's vaccine rollout strategy. >> we've got to organize this like the national emergency that it is. we've sat back and assumed that somehow creating the vaccine was all we had to do. and that was simply inadequate.

>> reporter: republican senator mitt romney says the lack of a comprehensive federal vaccination plan is as incomprehensible as it is inexcusable. suggesting a slew of possible ways to accelerate the process, like setting up vaccination sites at every school. >> my plan is just put out there as a, if you will, a brainstorming device to let people start thinking about some ideas. but let's get going with a plan that will really get our people inoculated. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden tweeting friday the biden-harris administration will spare no effort to make sure people are getting vaccinated. the u.s. came up about 17 million vaccinations short over the 20 million promised by the new year. if the pace doesn't pick up by january initial doses of pfizer's vaccine could potentially expire in freezers and refrigerators. >> this part doesn't feel like warp speed. this is a national emergency, 3,000 people a day are dying. >> reporter: with the brunt of the planning falling to large

hospitals, small clinics and private pharmacy chains states have so far administered dismal percentages of their stockpiles and texas has hundreds of thousands of unused doses but this massive civic center site is closed for the holiday weekend. >> 100,000 texans need to get vaccinated on a daily basis and you can't do calling around pharmacy stores. >> reporter: in wisconsin, neighbors reacting to a pharmacist accused of deliberately sabotaging hundreds of doses. >> there's people that should have got those shots and what if they get the virus now? it's horrible that somebody would do that on purpose. >> reporter: some people are pushing for the united states to alter the dosing regimen to allow more people to get the first shots of the vaccine and gain some level of protection. dr. anthony fauci and other public health officials say the u.s. will stay the course for now, waiting three weeks between pfizer shots and four weeks for moderna. trefrl ult, abc news, new york. for the vast majority of us

2021 is poised to be the year that we each get the covid-19 vaccine. for women who are pregnant or breast-feeding there's a question about whether they should take it, they weren't included in the vaccine trials but the medical community says it's safe. >> reporter: allison flower is a frontline health care worker in oakland and a mom to 10 month old lucy. >> she was born in february and we're still nursing her, yeah. >> reporter: like so many new moms she has questions about the covid-19 vaccine. >> i think that all of us just want to do what is best for our children. >> reporter: allison is part of bay area breast-feeding support, a popular facebook group founded by serena meyer, a registered nurse and lactation consultant. meyer says many women in the group have expressed concerns since pregnant and breast-feeding women were not included in the vaccine trials. >> the topic of, like, is this safe, do i have to wean? has come up quite a bit. >> reporter: dr. stephanie ga is an assistant professor of maternal me tall medicine at

ucsf who has been studying the impacts of covid-19 on pregnant women. >> scientifically there's probably very, were low risk of anything bad happening during pregnancy with the vaccine, but we don't have any direct proof yet because it hasn't been studied, unfortunately. >> reporter: still, dr. ga says the current med sal consensus is that the vaccine is safe. for one, the vaccine does not contain any live virus which is something pregnant women are often advised to avied. it's also a matter of assessing the risk versus the potential benefits. >> the potential benefits of a vaccine working are great. we know covid-19 is really dangerous in pregnancy. >> reporter: both dr. ga and meyer say they are advising their patients take the vaccine. >> somehow, like pregnant people become these like unicorns that can't have health care. i'm just like, i don't think that's helpful. >> reporter: but until there's more data it's still a little bit of an unknown. dr. ga says ultimately it's up to each individual woman along with her doctor to make that decision. >> talk to your family, you

know, your own risks, if i were pregnant right now i would get it. >> are you wondering when it will be your turn to be vaccinated? we have a calculator on abc7news.com, by answering a few questions you can see where you may fall in the line. the senate held a rare new year's day session overriding president trump's veto of the defense spending bill, passing a law without his approval for the first time in his presidency. abc news reporter alex pre pre has more. >> reporter: on capitol hill senate republicans issuing a remarkable rebuke of president trump, overriding his veto for the first time. >> the bill on rekrrgs consideration is passed. >> reporter: congress overwhelmingly passing the national defense authorization act, 3% pay raise for troupes and renaming bases honoring confederate generals. >> we passed this legislation 59 years in a row. now it's time for us to deliver

this bill. >> reporter: trump on twitter calling senate republicans pathetic. his override comes days ahead of congress affirming the winner of the 2020 election. majority leader mitch mcconnell told republicans privately it's the most consequential vote of his tenure, and warned that objecting to the results would force them to publicly oppose the president. but at least 140 house conservatives plan to do just that. and at least one gop senator josh hawley, republican senator ben sasse warning the president and his allies are playing with fire. >> senator hawley could be joined by several of his senate colleagues, kelly loeffler fighting to keep a seat in the georgia runoff. alex presha, abc news, washington. this morning, officials are warning of a new round of scams with a new round of stimulus chec g out. the better business but owe says scammers are claiming you need to provide personal information to received the money. scammers are sending texts and

emails and making robocalls. consumer advocates say you should not reply to any messages, no processing fees involved with the stimulus payments so be aware if anyone is asking you to pay. people are getting outdoors because so many indoor places are closed like gyms, how do you stick to your fitness resolutions this year? abc 7 news reporter kris reyes gathered some inspiration. >> bye to 2020, hello to 2021. >> reporter: start with inspiration. the woman in the red hat didn't start working out until she turned 50. >> beautiful drive up. >> reporter: this girl dad has been staying strong and helping his daughter run her business. this family determined to stay fit all year long. and we found a full tennis court at deloris park, a great start for a healthy 2021. >> my son just fell in love with bicycles so i'm hoping to get a bike and do more ride being him. >> early last year i hit my goal of squatting and dead lifting

over 100 pounds each so i would like to get back to that in 2021. >> reporter: alexandra is the owner of the boom box studio. we found her running her very first outdoor workout of 2021 on market street. she knows a thing or two about keeping your fitness resolutions. >> keep moving forward, whatever that is, get out of bed, just take care of yourself, in any way you can. and as long as you don't stay stagnant you will be okay. >> reporter: add to that wisdom from alexandra's mom who also joined the workout. >> i live by the great word gratitude. i'm grateful for the smallest of things. >> reporter: and even if many gyms are still closed you can be creative at home. >> a pair of wine bottles, make sure they're full, lifting them overhead. >> if i could talk to 2021 i would say calm down. just relax a little bit. >> we're ready for you, we're more resilient and united than ever. bring it on, 2021.

>> there you go. >> reporter: if all else fails you still have all day to get 2020 out of your system. >> see 'ya later 2020. >> air five, boom. >> chris ray es for abc 7 news. on abc 7 mornings, painting for a purpose. we'll introduce you to 4-year-old child prodigy juliet how she is raising money for a nonprofit that helps patients with life threatening diseases. she's quite talented too. here's a live look outside from our exploratorium camera, you can see a little bit of the rain drops on the camera, it's a wet start to 2021. that is good news. we need it. we'll check people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis.

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now to a vaccine story that's going to make you smile. when eric vand early went to administer the covid-19 vaccine to his boyfriend he was in for a

huge surprise. >> oh, my god, is this happening? >> did you guys know this was -- >> oh, my god. >> oh, yes, taped to the top of robby vargas's left arm was an engagement ring. eric gave him an emotional yes and then gave his new fiance the vaccine. the couple has been together for almost five years and often joked about getting engaged by robby finally decided that this was the time. both eric and robby work for the same health care provider in south dakota. that's the kind of story we need, lisa. >> yeah, there's certainly that out there. we've got to show everybody. good morning, everybody, take a look at the golden gate bridge, where it is slick out there. not only is there wet pavement. there's a lot of fog on the bay area. weak system pushing through to start your first weekend of 2021 and we've got a pretty wet look at the week ahead as you might get back to work. we'll talk about it and outline all the rainfall totals next. >> thanks, lisa. also next, two of the

biggest stars in the entire nba, face to face for the first time this year, see how the warriors stacked up to the portland trail blazers. plus, the talented young rookie for the dubs goes down and leaves the game.

in sports this morning the golden state warriors were given a scare, their young and set for stardom rookie james wiseman left the game with an ankle injury. the coach says it's a tweak, and advises wiseman to suit up tomorrow. who the warriors squared off against last night as well. sports director larry beil takes you through the highlights. good morning, everybody, and we continue with a happy new year theme all through the weekend. warriors played their first home game of the season, tough task against the portland trail blazers, the blazers look like a really, really good squad this

year, no fans at chase center but we get the big pre-game intros and now draymond green, his first game of the season, did not score. damian lillard scores early, scored often, so did his backcourt c.j. mccollum, 28 for the game. blazers led by double digits all night long. steph curry trying to keep it in the -- don't have enough shooting. steph, circus shot. 15,000 career points. warriors only hit seven. 15 in the third. finishes with dlsh 123-98. college football, clemson coach dabo swinney questioned whether ohio state should be in the playoffs. thought they were ranked 11th. justin fields to jeremy ruck ert 35-14 buckeyes at the half,

stringing together four straight touchdowns, ohio state pouring it on, fields to chris olave, fields with six touchdown passes, yes clemson, you need to hide your eyes at the end of this one. buckeyes roll 49-28. the other semi, the rose bowl played in texas because of california's covid restrictions, alabama's naji harris is like superman, the pride of antioch can fly, up, up and away. he's going to be a fun player to watch on sundays. top ranked 'bama, they came into this game favored by 19 1/2 against notre dame and devonta smith tied a rose bowl record, he'll play on sunday also. roll tide, 31-14, facing ohio state in the championship game. on 1-1, number one stanford against arizona, for cardinal assistants were out because of covid protocols but cameron brink on the court was playing six points, four boards in the first quarter, stanford up 22 at the half and lex exi hall to

fran balini, did not dunk. the cardinal cruise 81-54, cal lost to arizona state by three. that is a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. love the spirit, lisa. did you have a good knew year's eve? >> yes, you know, i did. i always usually decide whether or not i'm going to ring it in with the east coast or the west coast. it was a little blend of the two of them. so yeah. it was fun. good morning, everyone, hope you had a go ahead new year and we'll continue the trend of some wet weather as we get into the first week of the new year. looking at live doppler 7, yes, we definitely have some scattered showers out there, wider view shows that the showers continue to move from the north to the south and east, and that will be the trend today, although the atmosphere quite damp out there. so it could hold some moisture activity throughout the afternoon. but if we see any it will be light. and as we look at the bigger

picture, a lot of cloud cover. this will dominate our skies for your sunday, it's going to be dry but then we'll get into some pretty good rain as stronger frontal passage arrives if you are yo monday. here's a look at the fog. 48 in orinda. 47 castro valley. 51 in union city. the fog all along the coast, san francisco, up in the north bay. so combination with the slick roadways, good idea to stay home, or give yourself some extra time if you have to be somewhere, look at the visibility in miles, with just a mile on the coast, a little over that, for us, the san carlos airport, two miles in concord and a little over two miles up in santa rosa. it's milder with the rain, and the cloud cover. 11 to 12 degrees milder out there. you may feel that throughout the morning hours. here's a look at san jose. our forecast highlights, light rain this morning with the showers. mainly in the morning hours. and we'll see the cloudy day continue, with the cloudy conditions continuing into your

sunday, break between systems. and then rain returns late sunday into monday, a stronger system, some heavy downpours, we're going to bring in the system s level two. but we also have a high surf advisory to talk about, 10 to 11 feet right now, until tomorrow morning with breakers anywhere from 25 to 30 feet. so if you bend to the beach, it has been some pretty strong activity there, a lot of wave action, maybe you've noticed that. as we look at your saturday today, notice a lot of cloud cover, a few blips there with some light shower activity and through the afternoon. clouds dominate the sky. into your saturday night. it's dry, though, into sunday. still the cloud cover. so rainfall amounts between today and tonight, just a couple hundredths, already picked up about two tenths up through petaluma. and you'll see just about .03 to maybe a tenth left of that system. here comes your level 2, into your late sunday into monday. gusty winds, heavy down pours at

times, maybe anywhere from two inches along the coastal hills, three quarters of an inch in the valley locations, here's our break on tuesday. next system late wednesday into thursday, and as we get towards the end of the week, looks like we will get a break. we also have looking at the snow, piling up in the sierra nevada above 6,500 feet. here's the first rainmaker into late monday, an inch or more in the north bay, less than that as we get into the valleys, three quarters of an inch in livermore. add on to that in the wednesday thursday system, inch and a third to an inch and a half in some locations, today, mostly cloudy skies, the rain shower activity mainly in the morning hours, could see a shower in the afternoon, though, 59 in oakland, san mateo and palo alto. accuweather seven-day forecast break later on today into sunday, level 2 system with gusty winds and fast moving system on monday, break on tuesday, next system late wednesday into thursday.

so it's looking more interesting and more active as we had hoped. liz? >> yeah, good news. all right, lisa, thank you. now to a young girl who you just know is going places, at 4 years old she's already an impressive painter and she donates many of her works of art to help raise money to help others. abc 7 news anchor dion lim got an art lesson from her. >> from the moment you meet juliet, surrounded by her nature inspired art work it's apparent she's not your average 4 1/2-year-old. >> i'm never going to stop painting. >> reporter: she has lots of kid like hobbies, like swimming, marshal arts and telling jokes. >> why did the dinosaur cross the road? >> i don't know, why. >> because the chicken wasn't born yet. >> reporter: it's her paintings which impress us the most. they started as scribbles at the tender age of 8 months. by age 3. >> it blew me away. >> reporter: she's created more than 100 works of art, with nearly a dozen fetching over

$4,000 for the asian donor program. >> sell the painting to help people with cancer and find a match. >> reporter: with her mom's help, this kid prodigy makes painting tutorials on youtube and even offers to give me a lesson. >> we're painting dandelions. >> as we wait for each awiller to dry, she skas to serenade us with her violin and later challenges me to a math competition. >> i'm sweating. >> and beats me. >> those are easy. >> when we're all done. >> how do you think i did? >> i think good. >> reporter: she has these words of advice to me and anybody else watching who wants to make a difference in the new year. >> you can do it if you focus. >> reporter: in piedmont, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> well, isn't she the sweetest? next, a new initiative in the south bay that's hoping to give restaurants a big boost, details on the chef's mark and how you can help save local businesses.

we all know that restaurants are struggling right now but in san jose one chef is hoping his idea of bringing business owners together will provide a much needed boost. it's called chef's market. as part of a test run five restaurants will come together over the next ten days to offer takeout. it will be at a centralized drive through destination downtown on south 2nd street. for every order placed online that same meal will be made twice, once for the customer and the other donated to a san jose nonprofit. if successful chef's market could include more restaurants in the future. we have more information on our website, abc7news.com. and next on abc 7 mornings at 6:00 a.m., speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home vandalized. the apparent message about stimulus checks. and in napa county a restaurant is defying the stay at home order with

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. it's such a shame and it's a terrible start to this new year when we're hoping for less anger and hatred. >> a disturbing start to the new year for house speaker nancy pelosi, her san francisco home vandalized. the message graffitied on her garage door apparently referenced failed efforts to provide americans with $2,000 stimulus checks. good morning, everybody, it's saturday, january 2nd, 2021. sounds good to say that, right? i'm liz kreutz and we'll have more on the vandalism in pacific heights and the response from the fbi coming up in just a moment. but first let's start with a quick look at the weather. >> good morning, and fog out there, reducing visibility, it's a level 1 system, looking from live doppler 7 right now. a