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future, this is abc7 news. and we will begin with the frustration over california's plan to vaccinate people 65 and older against covid-19. websites are down, phone lines are at capacity, and many people are stuck with little information about how to get their life-saving shot in the arm. put it this way. the state is dealing tonight with a vexing problem over its vaccine rollout. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm auti am automatic a dates. >> right now vaccines are being delivered to the state but there is no clear process to know when or are where you can get the vaccines. bay area counties don't have them and don't know when they will get them. kaiser and sutter health don't have a timeline for getting the vaccines and doctors offices say they won't be giving the vaccine. why is the state at the center of high-tech and world-class medical research not able to figure this out?

>> a spokesperson for santa cruz county was quoted as saying, we are flying the plane as we are building it, as you heard us say. we have team coverage for you on this really frustrating problem over the vaccines. let's start with abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow first. melanie. >> frustration and empathy for people that are excited to get the covid-19 vaccine but don't know how to go about doing so. right now it seems there are more people who want to get vaccine than doses available. >> reporter: so many people attempted to sign up for a covid-19 vaccine at sutter health today that my health online was temporarily offline. a phone recording alerted patients that the call system was at capacity. >> your sutter provider is not able to schedule vaccination or provide vaccination at that time. please do not contact your doctor's office. you can log in or sign up at my health online.

>> reporter: with the website temporarily downnd a phone lines jams people aren't sure what to do. neither are bay area county leaders. >> no doses, no vaccine. so no doses from the state. there is no way we could administer it. >> reporter: san mateo county board of supervisors president say they are projecting early to mid next week they will run out of doses at the event center. they have been assigned to health care professionals in tier 1 a. >> we are not moving forward with vaccinating those 65 and older. we are still looking at 75 and older when we move through that tier. >> reporter: what is the state telling san mateo county leaders about where those doses are? >> we don't know, melanie. we don't know. >> reporter: it's not just individual counties or sutter health. kaiser permanente tells abc7

news successfully delivering the vaccine depends on getting access to adequate supplies to vaccine. given the current supply of vaccine nationally it is important to know not everyone who is eligible will be able to make an appointment right away. kaiser permanente expects by the end of the next week to have an online self-service tool in place to schedule an appointment if the supply is there. meantime ucsf held a discussion today about the vaccine rollout. >> we are trying to create a public health infrastructure that doesn't currently exist, an infrastructure for mass vaccination. >> reporter: confusion by those who want the vaccine and frustration by officials who want to administer it. >> people, the public don't want to hear excuses. they just want to get vaccinated so that we can end covid. >> reporter: san mateo county has turned away dozens of people at the event center who showed up and didn't qualify to get the vaccine. now he says they are also

canceling appointments by people who, again, don't currently qualify to get the vaccine. in the newsroom, medically woodrow, abc7 news. >> this is such the ordeal. melanie, why does sutter say their phone lines are jammed? >> yeah, they say that's because so many people are calling who, again, don't qualify to get the vaccine right now. that includes people who heard the governor speak and are 65 and older. right now sutter health says they are only prepared to give the vaccine to those who are 75 and older. they are imploring people not to call those phone lines if you don't currently qualify to get the vaccine. they say please don't tie up the phone lines so that those who do qualify now can get through. ama and dan. >> thank you. well, a lot of groups are a afraid they will fall through the cracks of vaccines distribution. people with no health care providers, seniors and those without access to the internet, chris reyes trite to ged to get

clarity today. the general public also who are not considered essential. what did you find out? >> easier said than done, but be patient if you are he will iable to get the vaccine and shots are available, there are teams all over the bay area whose main job is to reach you. >> our encouragement especially our older adults continue to shelter in place. and not have anxiety about this. we will be getting notices out when or at least word out when vaccines will be available for the age group. >> reporter: that advice from lisa mancini, the director of aging and adult services for san mateo county. her team is working in home caregivers, fisherman doctors and pharmacist toss reach seniors especially those not online when it's their time to get the vaccine. they are working out to give shots at home for those who can't get to the site.

>> this is so new. literally every hour we are learning something different. a great word which is challenging for all of us is patience. >> reporter: for those who don't have primary care doctors pharmacies will be a place to get the shots. but keep in mind that many pharmacies won't be taking walk-ins. independent pharmacist's advice, do this instead. >> contactk the pharmacy and get placed on a wait list so that way you can be sure that you are getting a call when we do have vaccines available. >> reporter: on abc7news.com we have a county by county breakdown of how vaccines are being distribute addnd how to sign up. signing up is the easy part right now. the issue is sly supply. >> i have been on an email train tyi letting them know i'm ready. just being prepared. and then district just a waiting game really. >> reporter: waiting patiently and safely is exactly what mancini is asking people to do. that means being careful about scams, getting vaccine information only from trusted

sources, and understanding that if you are not being contacted, chances are you can't get the vaccine yet. >> our hope is that the primary care physicians will be reaching out to them however they normally do on a regular basis. for those who don't and do not have access to the internet we will be publicizing the best way for all to get the vaccination when it is fully made available. >> reporter: this is hard to hear right now, but an important fact to emphasize, just because you are eligible to get the vaccine, it doesn't mean there is a shot ready for you and a provider that you have access to. for many it is simply about waiting to be notified. if you can, talk to your doctor ar call your pharmacy to see if they have a waiting list. >> let's talk about waiting to be notified. what tools are public health workers likely to use when they reach out to let people know shots are available? >> they will get to you in many different manners. public health workers are doing

email blasts. they have people on the ground doing face-to-face communication. the different counties have task forces meet ogen a daily basis. keep if mind for them is a moving target. unfortunately, be patient. >> yeah, it is a moving target. thank you. santa clara county has reached a sobering milestone. authorities say as of yesterday there were more than 1,000 covid-19-relat covid-19-related deaths. only 5% of icu beds were available in the county amid a continuing surge in hospitalizations. half the beds are in use for covid patients leaving to longer hospital wait times. covid-19 vaccines nations are underway fwu will take many months to reach a high level of coverage. even those who survive covid are experiencing lingering systems special their lungs and people who don't experience symptoms. post-covid lungs may be worse than the worst smokers lungs. >> everyone is worried about the

mortality thing and that's terrible and it's awful, but you all the survivors and the people who tested positive, it's going to be problem. >> reporter: she tells me though with covid-19 symptoms show a severe chest x-ray every time. and those who are asymptomatic show a severe chest x-ray 70 to 80% of the time. >> i will tell you that there are still team who say i am fine and you pull up their chest x-ray and they absolutely have a bad chest x-ray. >> reporter: here is a side by side. the healthy lungs are clean with a lot of black. that's mainly air. while in a smoker's lung white lines are indicative of scarring and congestion. then to the covid lung. >> you will seert see a lot of that white, dense scarring or you will see it throughout t enreung. even if you are in the feeling problems now, the fact that that's on your chest pray is indicative of you possibly having problems later on.

>> reporter: now, dr. bank says it's too early to know the extent of covid's impact on your body or if the scarring will heal. president-elect joe biden has just rolled out his $1.9 trillion american rescue plan as you may have seen live here a few moments ago. the package includes more than $400 billion to combat the coronavirus pandemic. there will be 350 billion to help state and local governments meet budget shortfalls. workers and families will get a boost with $1,400 payments. better unemployment benefits, paid leave for workers and generous child care subsidies round out the ppe's plan. salesforce, oracle and microsoft are behind an effort to develop a digital covid-19 vaccination passport. the mayo clinic is also involved in this effort. the group is called the vaccination credential initiative. the coalition wants to develop technology so people can get an encrypted digital copy of their

immunization credentials. that copy could be stored in a digital wallet like google pay or apple wallet. the group anticipates that governments, airlines, and other outlets will soon start asking people for proof that they have in fact been inoculated. still ahead, the call to prosecute an officer in the killing of oscar grant, but will it do any good? bart's push to refocus its police officers. bottom line, more soems and ambassador to help keep the faes. how a bird's odyssey from the west coast has turned him the west coast has turned him into a these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid.

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where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. today the bart board of directors passed a resolution calling on alameda county prosecutors to file charges against a former bart officer involved in the incident that led to the death of oscar grant in 2009. they held a meeting voting 6-3

in favor of the resolution seeking charges against former officer pir own any. a report says he pinned grant to his knee and escalated the situation using racial slurs. the district attorney announced she wouldn't pursue charges despite public pleas from grant's family. >> justice delayed is justice denied, but i think we have an opportunity to go on record with the district attorney. >> we are not experts in the law. it is not up to this board to determine if legal standards of prosecution have been met. that is the role of the district attorney and we, as a board, should respect that decision however difficult that may be. >> grant was shot to death on new year's day in 2009. mehserle was convicted of involunta involunta involuntary manslaughter and served 11 months in jail into bart police revealed a plan to

have 20 unarmed crisis intervention personnel. they will be in six stations. abc7 news reporter matt boone explains how that program will work. >> reporter: bart police did respond to thousands of crimes in 2020, nearly 40% of all their interactions were related to well being and medical assistance. one of the detate a points driving this new program. >> continuing to grow our progressive policing bureau with more crisis intervention specialists is critical. >> reporter: the dpoing the add of unarmed officers has been the number one request from the community through their public outreach. one main reason to have the unarmed crisis management personnel is to de-escalate situations. another is to have them walking around in uniform to make bart passengers feel safe. >> we know that some of oriders

are unhappy about the experience on bart and what we have been doing hasn't been working. >> reporter: the first ten alis baic will rgnt to oversee told, the depar include h45 people and cost abot $8.5 million a year. money moved from other parts of the budget. >> we are in the middle of a financial crisis and i think we have to be reasonable about some of these proposals. >> reporter: citing the fact that bart is facing a $300 million budget deficit and questioning how the success of the program will be measured. >> i am concerned about embarking on a new pilot that is really rather experimental. >> reporter: bart police officials told the board they will be tracking success metrics. the full program is isn't expected to be in place until next year. matt boone, abc7 news. if you like today, you are going to like tomorrow.

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all right. continues to feel a little like spring out there today. awfully nice. meteorologist s&p is he sandhya patel here to tell us how long it's going to last. >> several days. you might be getting spring fever. i want to show you. i will show you a spectacular shot of the setting sun from the east bay hills camera. those clouds made up of ice crystals giving us extra color tonight. 59 in san francisco. it is 65 in oakland and san jose. half moon bay 57 degrees. but it hits 70, which is a record for today, 68 was the previous record set back in 2017. and here is a live look from our san jose camera right now and a look at the temperatures really on the mild side. 66 in skroez, 63 concord and liv livermore. a touch of fog trying to come

back to the coast. we will see the fog repeat again. we had some this morning, as you know. a live look at san francisco. foggy areas for the morning commute, mild to warm days into next week, and we are looking at record high temperatures possible saturday through monday. so tomorrow temperatures will dial back a little bit and that's because a system is going to pass to the north. that's going to throw some high clouds our way and filter our sunshine, also weaken the downsloping or the offshore winds a little bit. keep that in mind as we head towards your friday. you know what's going to happen? the temperatures are coming back up again on saturday. first thing in the morning numbers will be in the 40s. we will have fog and high clouds to start off your day. at least it's not going to be capitol hill because of the cloud cover insulating us. tomorrow 71 gilroy, morgan hill, 69 san jose, 67 in sunnyvale and palo alto and redwood city, downtown san francisco mid-60s along with south san francisco,

north bay temperatures 66 in san rafael, close to 70 in santa rosa, calistoga. these temperatures are well above average for this time of year. in the east bay 65 oakland, 66 fremont. head inland and you will be up into the upper 60s. 68 fairfield, pleasanton. saturday look at these temperatures. inland areas in the low 70s, maybe even a mid 70s showing up. sunday some mild to warm weather with some 70s again with 60s coast side and monday i think will be the warmest day when we will see the mid-70s. the accuweather seven-day forecast mild afternoon tomorrow, possibility of records this upcoming weekend which includes the holiday weekend, martin luther king jr. day. gusty winds will develop bringing a fire risk but not widespread as he dwe had recent rain. gusty tuesday but a cooling trend begins. i want to shout out to sandpiper elementary. i spoke to their science students today.

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six a former cyber criminal help 7 on your side figure out who is taking advantage of the edd. stealing money that should be going to people with legitimate unemployment claims. new at six, our race and social justice reporter looks at healing trauma. it's not the same for everyone, but it can be done over zoom, interestingly enough. in the bay area the down payment for a house can be daunting. a program that can get some people a mortgage with only 3% down. how about that? all coming up in a half aphour on abc7 news at 6:00. finally tonight, the story of a pigeon in trouble. >> yeah, he flew from the coast of oregon to australia, and as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman reports, he is caught in an international incident of the fly by night kind. >> reporter: a common sight and also an uncommon story.

lbrne,usalouthis n. pigeon in ied uput ourd the next day he >> reporter: now the first twist. do you see that identification band? every racing pigeon has one. kevin did some research. >> and it's registered to someone in montgomery, alabama. >> reporter: he named the bird joe after joe biden. he disappeared after a race in oregon in october. for anyone who races homing pigeons this is the stuff of mystery. in catastroph san francisco bill has a stable of these flying thoroughbreds. >> from council, idaho, some 600 miles away. >> reporter: how they manage to navigate at such long distances is a mystery. the record trip from india to england. how that bird got to australia,

nobody knows yet. >> pigeons don't like to travel across water. and the pacific ocean is pretty much a barrier. >> reporter: the pigeon that he hitched a ride on a ship, and you if have done reading you know the second twist. australian authorities intend to euthanize the bird because they can't catch it. they worry it carries a disease that might affect australia's bird population and poultry industry. how can you catch it? >> at night with a flashlight. you walk up to the bird and pick it up. >> reporter: joe the homing pigeon just survive an 8,000 mile journey. is he a hero? yes. also an undocumented ex patriot a stranger in a strange land, a pigeon on the lam and wanted. in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> wow. >> what a story. joe the pigeon. all right.

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tonight, the new bulletin coming in from the fbi. security on high alert with just days until joe biden is sworn into office. what they're now saying about potential loss of life, disruption of government and emergency response. the sweeping law enforcement crackdown. up to 21,000 national guard members deployed to protect the nation's capital on inauguration day, after the deadly siege on the capitol. concerns extremists feel emboldened by what they did at the capitol. and just in tonight, what we're now hearing from the fbi director, christopher wray. the entire capitol complex shut down. they may now close the national mall. concern tonight in all 50 states. and news coming in this evening on suspects and arrests. the man seen in the capitol with the confederate flag.