newsroom. stephanie? >> reporter: well, kristen, we're finally getting a closer look at how the state is expanding their network of vaccinators and loosening up priority tiers. but some of the biggest hurdles preventing a faster rollout. >> get it out of the freezer into people's arms. >> reporter: more than 2.4 million covid vaccine doses have been shipped to california. yet only around 783,000, or 31%, have been administered. up slightly from 29% reportroad friday. that puts california last on the list, far behind new york, florida, and texas for the percentage of vaccine used. according to bloomberg's vaccine tracker. so what's being done to aid the backlog? >> this notion of all hands on deck. >> reporter: the governor announced 14 new vaccinator categories, which includes a variety of specific health care roles like physician assistants, nurse mid-wives and psychiatric technicians that will help with administering the vaccine. this is in addition to pharmacists, dentists and 15

national guard strike teams. but what about nursing students? >> we've been in touch with the california board of registered nursing who's been in contact with the state with hopes to allow 30,000 nursing students who have just been trained and certified to administer vaccines to help aid the backlog. have you heard about this and would you consider it? >> yeah. in fact, enthusiastically so. our fire agencies and our nursing schools will be essential and critical. >> reporter: another change newsom talked about is loosening the tier phases to ensure covid doses don't go to waste. >> that's why we created more flexibility. if there's a dose that's sitting there and there's no one cued up that's in line based on existing tiers we want to be able to move to other priority groups. >> reporter: this means those in tier 1a like frontline health care workers and residents of nursing homes will still have priority before teachers, for example, in phase 1b. but mike wasserman, who sits on the state's vaccine advisory committee, is concerned the rush could force those rules out.

>> we also need to be very cautious that in our haste to improve the numbers, to get a total number of vaccines out, that once again older adults and the poor women of color who care for them are left at the back of the bus. >> reporter: the governor also announced an additional 1,000 contract staff will be on the ground within the next week to help hospitals that are overwhelmed across the state. live in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> stephanie, first, great job getting the governor to take your question today. but also i wanted to know he says he hopes to have 1 million additional vaccines administered by friday. is the state really on track to meeting that goal? >> reporter: if the state keeps up its current pace of around 100,000 doses administered each day, that's according to our analysis, that goal will be met by friday. although it's important to point out there will still be 1.4 million doses waiting in warehouses.

so the backlog certainly isn't going away. >> all right. thank you, steph. well, this might help. several large-scale vaccination sites are being set up across the state in order to ramp up those vaccination efforts. and it's possible that could include the oakland coliseum. on friday the coliseum board is said to discuss using the parking lot for drive liu vaccination clinics. that's what's happening in southern california. the dodgers and padres are both helping the state in efforts to vaccinate more people. a large-scale vaccinate site opened at petco park in san diego this morning. preregistered health care workers are being vaccinated in one of the stadium's parking lots and dodger stadium will be transformed to a vaccination site tomorrow. it's been serving as a covid-19 testing site up until now. back anywhere in the bay area contra costa county has opened two vaccination clinics. officials are hoping to eventually vaccinate 7,000 people a day. right now health care workers can go to the clinics and the county wants to be able to quickly move into tier 1b. that includes teachers and people over the age of 75.

now, there's a long line of people waiting to get vaccinated in san mateo county. sky 7 over the new mass vaccination site at the san mateo county events center. health care workers or assisted living facility residents can get vaccinated there if they live or work in san mateo county. you see this long line of cars. it's open until 5:00 today and will also be open the rest of the week. as covid cases surge in california, a san fracisco ceo, a tech ceo, has a distribution plan that's getting a lot of attention online. abc 7 news reporter luz pena spoke with david friedberg, who says we should have a war-like mentality and vaccinate as many people as possible without the red tape. >> reporter: it started with this tweet by one of the most influential tech ceos in silicon valley. david friedberg. his primary focus is on the life sciences industry. his idea for vaccine distribution is gaining steam online. >> so we have to get as many people vaccinated as fast as

possible. the speed needs to be the priority. >> reporter: the first part of his plan calls for eliminating liability on health care providers. >> the reason care providers are taking so long to give a vaccine is they require collecting an i.d., an insurance card and all these things because they're concerned about getting in trouble. >> reporter: he's suggesting to vaccinate as many people with the first dose at open rapid test centers for everyone. >> right now they're tracking when people are getting their first dose to make sure they follow up with them and get their second dose. perfect is the enemy of good. when you're trying to win a war and momentum is what matters more than anything. >> reporter: according to the latest cdc data california has received more vaccines than any other state yet vaccinated far fewer people than texas, new york and florida. do you believe that california is being as effective as possible when it comes to vaccine distribution? >> no, we're not being as effective as possible. >> reporter: ucsf's dr. rutherford says vaccine distribution is complicated. interesting approach and i kind

of like it. >> reporter: as to why california has fallen behind when it comes to vaccine distribution this was his take. >> i think you'll see it catch up here quite quickly. it's just the sheer size and the complexity of moving this out across 58 counties who have different -- who have been left with different plans. >> reporter: friedberg says his plan has the ability to diminish transmission in a month. >> we could set up 30 volunteers at each high school parking lot and give vaccines to 10,000 people per day. we could vaccinate the entire country in 30 to 45 days. >> reporter: in san francisco luz pena, abc 7 news. in the south bay the santa clara county board of supervisors will consider a proposal tomorrow that would require major medical providers to issue a detailed plan and explain how they intend to vaccinate the patients that they serve. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen explains why that data could be critical to the county's overall efforts. >> reporter: in the battle against covid-19 officials in

santa clara county want more information about vaccine distribution. >> we can't afford to lose a month. we can't afford to lose a week. we cannot afford to lose a single day. >> reporter: a new proposal before the board of supervisors would require large health care systems to submit a report outlining their plan and timeline to administer the covid-19 vaccine to the patients they serve with in the county. >> the bottom line question for most of my constituents is look, i want the vaccine, when, where and how do i get it. and we need to have a crisp answer for that if we want folks to line up in a timely fashion. >> reporter: it's estimaed that nearly half of the county's 2 million residents are served by kaiser permanente or sutter health. because those providers are multicounty entities, their vaccine allotment comes directly from the state. but since there's no local reporting requirement, it could be tough to have an accurate understanding of how many vaccines have been administered countywide. >> we are in a state of emergency. this is not business as usual. and that's what's really hitting me hard during this

conversation, that perhaps we need to have a little message about that. >> reporter: and without timely information more people could end up falling through the cracks. public health experts say it's important to eliminate mixed messaging, especially since the vaccine is already facing skepticism by some. >> communicate clearly, communicate frankly, and communicate often. you can't overcommunicate something like this. >> reporter: the proposal would be considered tuesday at the board of supervisors meeting as cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. >> we need speed. we need clarity. and we need transparency. >> reporter: in san jose chris nguyen, abc 7 news. los angeles county has stopped using curatives coronavirus tests at pop-up sites. the fda says the tests could provide false negatives. the tests made up of all tests administered between december 13th and january 2nd. all of those tests have a risk of false negative results. just 11 days into the new

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continuing our coverage on the race to get the nation vaccinated, the cdc is saying

fewer than 9 million shots out of the 22 million doses distributed nationwide have actually made it into people's arms. abc news report er lena roy has the latest. >> reporter: just 11 days into the new year the u.s. already suffering its worst week on record when it comes to covid-19 cases and deaths, according to the covid tracking project. with roughly one virus-related death occurring every 30 seconds. one family in hard-hit los angeles losing three loved ones in three weeks. this 8-year-old now without both his parents. >> he sat there and looked at her and was like my mom's in my heart, i know she's not coming home. >> reporter: a new report from the national law enforcement officers memorial fund says covid-19 was the single highest cause of officer line of duty deaths in 2020. vaccinations can't come soon enough. older americans and teachers are up next in several states. >> i just got my covid vaccination. >> reporter: but the vaccine rollouts have had some snags along the way. state officials now trying to

speed up the process. >> the rollout has gone too slow here in utah as it has across the country. our goal is to make sure that there are no vaccines left on the shelf at the end of every week. >> reporter: new vaccination sites are popping up all over the country including texas, new york, florida and california. president-elect joe biden got his second dose of vaccine today as he prepares to take office, saying he hopes to accelerate things by releasing nearly all available doses, instead of saving some of the vaccine for second shots. >> my number one priority is getting a vaccine in people's arms like we just did today as rapidly as we can. >> reporter: the world health organization also calling on countries to ramp up vaccinations with a third new covid-19 variant now discovered in japan. w.h.o. officials saying transmissability seems to be increasing with these variants and that could be problematic for the health care systems that

are already overwhelmed. rena roy, abc news, new york. the university of california's planning for a return to primarily in-person instruction systemwide, but that's not going to happen until next fall. uc officials say robust research advancements and the availability of covid-19 vaccines give them hope that students will be able to enjoy a more normal experience in the next academic year. uc president michael drake says the system is monitoring the evolution of the pandemic and is carefully planning a safe return on campus learning with limited exceptions has been suspended at all ten uc schools since last spring. now, what about stanford? they've also called off their plans to bring hundreds of students back on campus for the winter quarter. this comes a day after the university announced that 43 students on campus tested positive for covid-19. freshmen, sophomores, and incoming transfer students will not return later this month despite repeated assurances from the school.

undergraduate resident assistants with students with special needs who are already on campus will be allowed to stay. you know, demand for used cars is skyrocketing among people who want to avoid mass transit and ride-sharing or car sharing. so is it a good time to sell your car? 7 on your side's michael finance dwree is here now with more on that answer. michael? >> reporter: kristen, that is a great question. look, if you're lucky enough to be working from home and no longer need a car to commute, now is a great time to sell your car. but how do you go about it during a pandemic? "consumer reports" reveals the tricks of the trade to help you get the most money for your car. since the pandemic you may be finding your car sitting around collecting dust. so is now a good time to make money selling your car? "consumer reports" says your timing actually couldn't be better. as the used car market has really become red hot. >> with the pandemic dealers are having trouble getting enough used cars in to sell and even

the least desirable used cars are now selling quickly and for prices higher than they would have seven or eight months ago. >> reporter: for the quickest and easiest sell your best bet is to sell your car to a dealership or large dealer chain like carmax. you'll need to do some homework before you shop it around. first step, find out your car's value. >> i would look at some services like true car, kelley blue book, and see how much cars like mine are selling for. and that gives you at least a starting point. >> reporter: next take your car around to two or three different places that purchase used cars and get a written offer. having that written offer on hand will help you in negotiations with other potential buyers. you can also sell a car privately by listing it on a site like facebook, marketplace or craigslist, and while you might get a better deal, during a pandemic this comes with extra challenges. >> that is a little tricky

during a pandemic because you're not going to get more than six feet away from someone on a test drive in a car. >> reporter: and finally, giving your car a thorough cleaning before showing it to a potential buyer can translate into a quicker sale and possibly more dollars in your pocket. "consumer reports" also says consider online services like carvana. they are pick up the car at your driveway and pay you on the spot. what a great way to sell a car while we're trying to social distance. now, the one thing i want to warn is a lot of people when they're trying to price their car they go online and see what the asking price is. that's not what you want to figure out. you want to figure out what these cars actually sold for. asking and selling are two completely different things. kristen. >> that's a good point. thanks, michael. after reopening the oscar grant case this past october, the alameda county d.a.'s office announced today it will not be filing any new charges.

former officer anthony peroni came under scrutiny for his role in the deadly skent at the fruitvale bart station on new year's day in 2009. grant's family argues peroni escalated the situation by pinning down grant with a knee to his neck. the d.a.'s office provided abc 7 news with a video statement but did not take any questions from the media. >> although peroni's conduct was aggressive, utterly unprofessional, and disgraceful, it did not rise to the mental state required for murder. >> former officer johannes mehserle was charged with grant's murder. he was eventually convicted of involuntary manslaughter. turning now to the weather, monster waves caused flooding in parts of the bay area. take a look at pacifica this morning. king tides crashing into the coastline. crews were busy cleaning up sand that watched onto streets and sidewalks. the national weather service says tides will reach close to seven feet today and tomorrow. and people are urged to be extra careful when around those

powerful waves. and of course we tell you over and over again never turn your back to the ocean because you don't know what's coming. you can get hit, spencer christian. >> that's critical advice, larry. we can't say it often enough. you know those high tides, those higher than usual high tides can produce localized flooding. whvth we have a coastal flood advisory in effect from 5:00 tomorrow morning to 1:00 tomorrow afternoon and in addition to that we've still got high surf. a high surf advisory will be in effect from 10:00 a.m. tomorrow to 3:00 p.m. wednesday. of course that means the risk of dangerous sneaker waves and possible coastal erosion. just be careful along the coastline or just stay away. here's a live view from sutro tower looking over san francisco where it's 54 degrees right now. 61. san jose 40 and morgan hill 52 and half moon bay. the view fremryville looking toward the golden gate 59 right now santa rosa and napa -- santa rosa and novato rather. napa's at 60. 63 fairfield upper 50s concord

and livermore. here's the view from the rooftop camera looking over the embarcadero. these are the forecast features we'll see. a few showers in the north bay tomorrow and into wednesday morning. maybe even some lingering drizz drizzle. not much of a storm coming our way, though. it ranks only 1 on the abc 7 storm impact scale. tomorrow wednesday morning scattered and light showers mainly a north bay event. some lingering morning drizzle likely on wednesday. here's the forecast animation starting at 11:30 tonight. notice how a few showers moving into the north bay early tomorrow morning just before the morning commute gets under way. again, these showers will not likely move south of the golden gate and they'll even be pretty light and scattered across the north bay. but again, some of those showers may linger into wednesday morning. rainfall totals by midday wednesday not even any measurable rain. in some locations one to two or three hundredths of an inch in most places but maybe up to a tenth of an inch in farther

northern locations. tonight as clouds increase overnight lows mainly in the low 40s only one or two locations will be chilly enough to have lows dropping into the upper 30s. those locations will be fairfield and santa rosa. and then tomorrow as the sprinkles move through the north bay and clouds linger everywhere else we see upper 50s at the coast. around the bay shoreline. only upper 50s in the north bay. but maybe a few low 60s in the inland south bay. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. again, chance of some lingering morning drizzle on wednesday but then afternoon partial clearing at least. and look at the warm-up coming our way thursday, friday, saturday, only into monday of next week. high temperatures near 70 degrees inland. mid to upper 60s around the bay, around the bay shoreline, and 60 to 62 degrees on the coast. we could see some record high temperatures for this time. year. stay tuned. we're watching it. larry and kristen. >> it's one of those. it's like you enjoy it but you feel so guilty because you know you need the rain too.

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crimson tide. he was the nation's number one recruit when he came out of antioch high in 2017. the senior was having a nice career at alabama, then he took things to a whole different level. look at the hops right there. he won the doak walker award this year as the nation's best running back, finished fifth in the heisman balloting. tonight's championship game starts at 5:00 over on our sister network espn. it's ohio state against alabama. and a huge honor today for a former san francisco 49er. harris barton, number 79 right here in the photo, one of 13 selected for induction into the college football hall of fame. barton went to the university of north carolina, then went pro and helped the niners win three super bowls. couple of others with local ties selected, aaron taylor who started at de la salle high school in concord before going on to notre dame and one-time raiders quarterback carson palmer who went to usc. other prominent names quarterback tony romo and long-time oklahoma coach bob stoops. crab season has finally opened in the bay area. fishing boats were out early this morning so crews could drop

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capitol last week. abc news reporter elizabeth schulze has more on the effort to impeach. >> reporter: the house is pressing forward with an effort to impeach president trump for the second time, a first in american history. more than 200 house democrats have now formally introduced an article of impeachment against the president for incitement of insurrection at the capitol last week. house sneaker nancy pelosi telling "60 minutes" the president must be held accountable for the attack. >> he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him. >> reporter: pelosi is giving vice president mike pence 24 hours to invoke the 25th amendment and strip the president of his powers. otherwise, the house could go ahead and vote on the impeachment article as soon as wednesday or thursday. if the president is impeached and removed from office by the senate, he could be barred from running for public office and deprived of his pension and other benefits. >> the constitution does appear to permit impeachment not just of sitting officials but of

former officials. >> reporter: two house democrats are also calling for the censure of representative mo brooks from alabama. they say he endangered lives by riling up trump supporters sh t shortly before the attack on the capitol. authorities are now undertaking a massive effort to identify and locate thousands of the rioters. >> we came close to half of the house nearly dying on wednesday. >> reporter: a senior official telling abc news the rioters were organized, coordinated and had leadership and communication equipment and that many former military members were among them. the mayor of d.c. is now requesting additional security for president-elect joe biden's inauguration next week. >> am i scared? if i'm scared of anything, it's for our democracy, because we have very extreme factions in our country that are armed and dangerous. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden says he spoke with lawmakers today about how to move forward with impeachment at the same time as the confirmation hearings for his cabinet. elizabeth schulze, abc news, washington. congressman tim ryan of ohio

told reporters today that two capitol police officers have been suspended after the mob stormed the capitol last week. ryan says one of the officers tok a selfie with rioters. the other put on a maga hat and allegedly gave them directions. acting secretary of homeland security chad wolf is resigning. now, he said his departure is prompted by recent events including court rulings that found he could not hold the position under federal succession rules. so in other words, illegally. last week wolf asked president trump to condemn the violence at the capitol. his resignation did not mention those attacks, though. as the events in washington unfolded last wednesday, photos from inside the capitol went viral around the world. and many of those now iconic images were taken by getty images chief photographer win mcnamee. nbc news anchor liz kreutz spoke with win about what it was like to document such a historic day. >> we're showing some of your images from inside now, the man

dangling from the senate chamber. another one that we've all seen, that man waving and smiling as he walks away with the speaker's podium. in fact, that man has now been arrested. lu talk about that photo, actually, what was happening in that moment? he almost seemed to be kind of engaging with you. >> the scene in the rotunda, it was complete mayhem. people were entering from multiple directions. the rotunda is the central point of the capitol. probably the most iconic in many ways because of the beauty of the place. and that door had been breached. the north and south entrances to the rotunda had people swarming in too because both of those areas had been breached. so it was absolute chaos in the rotunda. and people were climbing on these historic statues, posing for selfies, chanting. and then this fellow comes by

with the podium, which seemed very strange and out of place. and so i started to take pictures of this guy as he was traversing the central portion of the rotunda and he noticed i was doing so and turned to wave like it was, i don't know, a holiday photo of some type 37. >> i'm just curious of all the images you took, everything you saw on wednesday, what is the one image or the moment you just can't stop thinking about that's sort of seared into your memory this many days later? >> a personal favorite of mine is of course -- i think it's the man who is hanging from the ledge in the senate chamber and trying to get down to the main floor of the chamber. because it just kind of highlights the type of chaos and the out of place nature of what took place that day. >> by the way, that man who was hanging on the ledge, today a news outlet is reporting he

apologized and he said he got caught up in the moment. but that was an interview by liz kreutz. there was a small turnout for a pro-trump demonstration at the twitter headquarters in san francisco. only a few people showed up for the protest outside the market street building. they were protesting the company's decision to ban the president from the site. twitter says it suspended trump's account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. san francisco police put up barricades around the headquarters as a precaution. the fbi's obtained information about an armed group calling for an uprising at all state capitols if president trump is removed from office early. this is according to an internal fbi bulletin received by abc news. governor newsom says the california state capitol building is secure. >> everybody is on i think high alert in terms of just making sure that everybody is safe and protected. people's free speech can be

advanced but there's no violence. >> federal law enforcement agencies have reportedly advised police agencies to increase security at state houses all around the country following last week's riot at the capitol. today on aur 3:00 p.m. show "getting answers" we talk with uc berkeley law school professor bertrelative ll ross. now, ross believes the bar for the article of impeachment introduced by house democrats has been met. >> what the impeachment requires is high crimes and misdemeanors. the intent to incite an insurrection does fit the definition of high crimes and misdemeanor in my view. and therefore i think that there is enough of a basis to impeach the president and convict him in the senate. i do expect that congress will take a closer look as to what powers it has to check the president and to think about ways it can exercise those powers more effectively. i think that congress has powers that it has overlooked that are aside from the impeachment that it can execute in future administrations in which you do have a president that uses his

authority and engages in these types of activities. >> meanwhile, first lady melania trump issued her comments, her first comments today about last wednesday's riot, condemning the violence and calling for it to stop. in a statement the first lady says, "our path forward is to come together, find our communities, and be the kind and strong people that i know we are." mrs. trump added she also expressed her condolences to the families of those who died and she took aim at those who she says have criticized her saying, "i find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there's been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me, from people who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda." mrs. trump did not specify what accusations she was referencing. the four at 4:00 is coming up next. our former governor offers some powerful words on last week's california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program.

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>> that's just crazy. it's just shameful and it's terrible. and it is scary. those are my thoughts. >> yeah. and ama, she obviously feels like it was targeted. they came for the puppy. and i'm told that the puppy could be worth thousands of dollars. but still, to think something like this could happen. >> it's just insane. first that a dog is worth that much to someone that they're going to, you know, pull a gun and do all that. and you know, it's one thing to -- i never leave louie in the car, i never leave him outside of a store. just because you never know. but the fact that you have to worry about that, being with your dog outside and something could happen. like spencer said, it's just scary and unreal. >> yeah. hopefully, they can find the dog and catch the people responsible for this. one of the more powerful statements since the insurrection at the u.s. capitol came yesterday from former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. he posted a video to twitter that immediately went viral.

>> president trump is a failed leader. he will go down in history as the worst president ever. the good thing is that he soon will be as irrelevant as an old tweet. >> schwarzenegger cited his upbringing in austria and compared what happened at the capitol to the infamous night of broken glass in nazi germany back in 1938. he later pulled out his sword from the movie "conan" and compared it to democracy, saying something that becomes stronger the more you temper it. so spencer, do you think ultimately we will end up being stronger if and when we can get past all this? >> well, that's what i hope for. at the moment we've got different factions pulling so far apart, pulling so hard in a disastrous and destructive direction. but my hope, and i'm always hopeful, is that once we get

through this we will be stronger and more united. >> ama, your reaction? >> yeah, same. i mean, we can only hope. it's not necessarily what we're seeing at this point. but i don't know. without hope i've got nothing. you know? so it's all i can do. >> yep. >> i really, really appreciated that sort of conan reference. i think it is true. if we survive, we will be stronger. just like a sword. but whether the system holds, you know, people say our system held, our democracy held, and the constitutional institutions set up to defend us worked. but to think that it almost didn't. right? i mean, 10,000 votes here, there in swing states. democracy is strong and fragile at the same time. >> for sure. yep. so true. >> there's a legal battle brewing between right-wing social media network parler and amazon. parler went offline this morning after amazon booted it from its web hosting service. amazon says it found several

posts on the site encouraging violence at the u.s. capitol. parler sued to get back online, telling a federal judge that amazon breached its contract and abused its market power. the social network recently became popular among supporters of president trump. ama, don't you think people would just go elsewhere? i hear gab is becoming popular now as an alternative, now that parler seems to be going dark. >> well, i mean, it's hard to keep up, right? it's like whack-a-mole. soon as one goes down another one comes up. i think amazon has a right to have its own policies and enforce those policies. and they do have a right to take it and see if there's a legal challenge to it. and it's one of those things that just, you know, plays out. but like you said, another one pops up. so it's hard. >> i know. spencer, what do you think about the critics who say this is anti-first amendment and antitrust? >> well, you know, we have to have some limits to our first amendment freedoms. you can't go out and -- you can't scream fire in a crowded theater, right?

and we've got so many what we used to call fringe groups now that are bent on violence and destructive behavior, and if they are migrating to this one means of communication i think amazon has a right, especially during these times when as we pointed out earlier our democracy is in fragile condition, amazon has a right to restrict the use of that means of communication. >> one thing that this does illustrate is the power that social media has. and once that power is taken away there is no pulpit for people to yell and scream from. and maybe that will help quiet things down a little bit. we'll see. "vogue" is defending its decision to use a photo of vice president-elect kamala harris in casual attire on their february cover. the magazine says the image showing harris in sneakers captures harris's authentic, approachable nature.

the oakland native often wore chucks. those are chuck taylors, if you can see, at the bottom there, on the campaign trail. but some complain the photo was unflattering and disrespectful. harris's team believed this was the photo that "vogue" had agreed to use. instead it will be the magazine's digital cover. the other version can't be changed because it's alread gone to print. spencer, i heard you were reacting in the background here. what are your thoughts? i don't know that the photo is that objectionable. i mean, there's a lot of people that are photographed wearing sneakers with suits. it's kind of like the in thing now to be quite honest. >> right. i mean, when i first saw the photo, i didn't think oh, that's unflattering. i thought it was kind of cool, you know, down to earth, regular person and all that. however, if some pledge was made that we're going to use this other photo for promotional purposes and then this one pops up, then that's a breach of -- yeah. >> well, then it seems like the magazine is just doing it to get

the attention we're giving them this 30 or 40 seconds, right-a ma? it's kind of like a premeditated act, it seems. unless maybe there was just some confusion here. >> right. i see that photo. i'm not outraged. i'm not oh, that's unflattering -- you know, whatever. it's kind of cool. you know, like we've been saying. but if there was some agreement that was made, if she has to allow what picture goes on the cover and that is not what she agreed, to then there's the issue. you know. >> all right.

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silicon valley's tech leadership group is challenging its members to address the near absence of minorities in executive roles. the changing workplace, that's an important part of building a better bay area. nbc 7 news reporter david lui gives us a snapshot of where things stand and why the goal of 25 by '25 will not be easy. >> reporter: every tech company in silicon valley talks about diversity and inclusion. however, the percentage of the minority workforce has been mostly in single digits for the past five years. for example, the percentage of blacks in executive roles at alphabet, apple, cisco, and facebook range from 3 1/2% to as low as less than 1%. these are statistics filed with the federal government in 2018, the latest available. the silicon valley leadership group whose members include a wide cross-section of tech

companies has announced an initiative called 25 by 25 to increase by 25% minority executives by 2025. >> what's exciting to me about 25 by '25 is it's an opportunity with data to clearly tie our hiring decisions, our leaders from diverse backgrounds to the revenue, the profitability, the innovation, the market share of our companies. >> reporter: it won't be easy, says the ceo of black tech jobs, which matches employees to tech firms. >> i'll be candid, david, it's not going to be easy. but nothing that sill cannes valley has built has ever been easy. >> reporter: will mcneil as well as the leadership group believe the four-year goal is ambitious but needed. >> i don't know that you go from 2% to your employees in meaningful roles, especially if you're talking about leadership roles, to 25% without some major changes. >> reporter: diversifying the executive ranks implies there are candidates in the pipeline ready to move up.

however, training may be essential as some have hit a mid-career glass season. >> they find themselves in the same role for over a zakd and their careers are not advancing and they're not sure what to do or how to do it. >> reporter: the leadership group says they will seek input from community and social justice groups to develop its action plan. david louie, abc 7 news. we want to check out your weather forecast. got some warm temperatures coming our way, spencer. >> we do indeed. it's not going to feel like january at all. now, overnight it will seem a bit winter-like but the increasing clouds, low temperatures mainly in the low to mid 40s and those clouds linger tomorrow as some light showers develop up in the north bay. won't be very widespread. high temperatures tomorrow up to about 60, 61 degrees inland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. after we get through tomorrow's showers, maybe some lingering morning sprinkles on wednesday. but look at the warm-up coming our way thursday through next monday. high temperatures near 70 degrees inland. we may see some record highs during that time.

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success story. but it's not the only one being written every day. the shop specializes in hiring people in recovery or just out of a work program to build their lives back up. >> my goal is to help them be successful and take whatever knowledge they learn with me and with my crew to the next level and be able to get that job that they really truly dream of. >> reporter: building a better bay area one cannoli at a time. >> i would love for anyone that visits here to just see the love that i've put into what i've built and what i've created. holy cannoli cafe is meant for people to come and be able to get their favorite treats and coffee and a nice panini. we would love to see you come in and bring your smile and we'll give you one right back. >> reporter: in case you were wondering, i know you were, the cannolis are delicious and you'll have to come down and try them out yourself. in san jose, justin dorsey, abc7 news. >> we want to, believe me we want to after watching that

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next at 5:00, contra costa county's ambitious new plan to ramp up distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. how it plans to achieve its goal of inoculating 80% of the count by june. plus the new plan to speed up what has been a very slow rollout of the vaccine here and across the state. also tonight, covid at the zoo. co two gorillas in san diego test positive. this may be the first outbreak of its kind. and using your smartphone to spot the virus. what can be a possible break through by bay area researchers. with that, we say good evening. i'm dion lim and i'm ama deatz. we begin with new efforts to speed up the rollout of the coronavirus