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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. we're ready for more doses and we need more doses and we're asking for more doses. san francisco mayor london breed is making an impassioned plea as the city prepares to open three vaccination sites. thousands of people per day are expected to get the shot, but there's a big problem. gd morning, everybody, it's saturday, january 16th i'm liz kreutz. but first let's get a look at the weather. >> we do have patchy fog in the north bay. not that widespread, but we are starting out with areas up towards santa rosa that have
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some visibility issues. keep that in mind if you're headed out. live doppler 7 half mile santa rosa with just over two miles at the coast. we will be getting into another mild afternoon. in fact, above average. right now it is in the 50s from oakland to san francisco so numbers not too hard to take. coolest numbers down to the low 40s. 9:00 in the mid 50s with some sunshine. almost as warm today as it was yesterday. a few high clouds topping out near 70 in santa rosa and san jose. we'll talk about a quiet evening and then some off shore winds coming into play. that's right. talking about those in january for perhaps high fire danger into early next week. liz? >> lisa, thank you. developing news, one person has been detained in connection to an explosives investigation in san francisco. the fbi found chemicals that are commonly used to make bombs. a person living in an rv along gilman avenue was detained last night. nearby residents remain evacuated. police say it was an isolated
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incident. officials were not able to give more information saying it's too early in the investigation. new this morning, and in the north bay an american canyon man is being held on $5 million bail for possession of explosive devices and weapons. 44-year-old ian rogers was taken into custody. the napa valley register reports the bomb squad was called to british auto repair in napa yesterday. they found suspicious devices and were able to disarm them. no other details right now so far have been released. san francisco mayor london breed is outlying the city's plan to create vaccination sites based on a partnership with health care providers. the department of public health said it received 34,000 doses so far. as luz pena explains that will not come close to achieving the mayor's goal. >> reporter: a pandemic ravaged san francisco finally mayor breed announced a vaccine
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distribution plan. >> we have a plan. we are moving these vaccines forward. >> reporter: the plan ames to vaccinate 10,000 people a day by implementing a network of high-value vaccine sites in partnership with health care providers. the first site will be located at city college of san francisco main campus in the ocean view engelside area. the second at the center in the soma district and the third at the san francisco market in the bay view. >> we are not sitting on any vaccines. they are all moving out the door. >> reporter: on monday, we introduced you to tech ceo david freeberg after our stories san francisco dph contacted him. >> the city one of the things i mentioned to them put out a big number. san francisco needs to be at 8,000 doses a day to hit 1% of our population which is what we will get us out of the pandemic. >> 10,000 doses a day could be
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achieved with these health care providers. >> unclear what the health care providers themselves are planning to do to hit those numbers. san francisco is not taking responsibility for hitting those numbers. they're setting a goal and then expecting the health care providers to achieve that goal. >> reporter: to expedite the process freeberg also suggested for the city to take on the vaccination distribution and to let people do all the paperwork online. >> you can walk in and get a shot and get out within five minutes. >> reporter: the city announced a version of that plan at sf.gov/vaccinenotify. >> starting on tuesday, enter your information and when it is your turn to be vaccinated, you will be contacted. >> reporter: the city college site is set to open next week. luzabc7news. vaccinations have been top of mind for hard hit communities in san francisco and kate larsen explains why some community leaders are concerned about the lack of information surrounding
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the new vaccination sites. >> reporter: the highest rates continue to be in the southeast sector of the city which is where mayor breed set up plans for the three mass vaccination sites. >> i feel that the state of california and even a lot of cities across the state have to move faster to make sure we get more folks vaccinated and that's what we're attempting to do. >> reporter: but organizers for the hard-hit latino and black communities say they weren't consulted. >> it seems like the communication coming out of maybe central command or the mayor's office or the department of public health has a little bit of a lag and little bit confusion as to who is doing what. >> reporter: john was chair of the city's latino task force health committee. what do you think would help at this point to ensure equitable distribution of the vaccine? >> on the ground community partnerships. we talked about this for 11
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months now. >> reporter: you can't have equity and that's why they're in the communities that need the most but won't work without information. >> being able to be a trusted source to really filter through that information and get that education to the community is huge and it's going to be key. >> reporter: d.j. brooker is the executive director of a nonprofit in bay view hunter's point. he just found out about the bay view vaccine site and knowing sooner would have allowed them to organize earlier. >> articulate when they're open and located and also allowing us to understand how we can assist individuals who don't have access. >> reporter: the city hasn't specified when the three sites will open and how they will actually vaccinate residents. kate larsen, abc7 news. mass vaccination sites could help speed up vaccinations, but what about people who are unable to leave their homes. abc7 news reporter matt looks into vaccinating patients.
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>> reporter: getting to a hospital or drive-through testing site would be a major challenge says barbara mier who oversees care for her uncle who had a stroke several years ago. >> i'm able to talk and swallow and walk on his own. >> reporter: she hasn't seen him in person since the pandemic began, but now has 24/7 caregivers. >> the best course of action would be to be able to have somebody come in and vaccinate him. >> reporter: we asked his doctor if that's going to happen. >> the short answer is no. we don't know yet. >> reporter: dr. carla says she doesants have any vaccines to distribute yet. even if she did because the vaccines require super cold temperatures, issues of mobile distribution still have not been solvedp. >> if the vaccine only lasts a certain number of hours and only a certain number of vaccines per vial a lot of logistical challenges of how we can do that efficiently and effectively. >> reporter: in order to do that, elder care advocates say
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states and counties will have to provide leadership and funding. >> it will require a level of intentionality. >> reporter: a lawyer for justice in aging and also on the state community advisory board for the vaccine rollout. as the mass vaccination sites open in the coming weeks, he says he's been pushing for homebound patients to get the same level of attention. >> not every 65-year-old has the same level of risk depending on what your skin color looks like and depending on what community you live in. >> reporter: matt boon, abc7 news. outrage from u.s. governors on what they say is a misleading vaccine supply. governor newsom after a federal reserve supply of second vaccine doses just doesn't exist. >> they have reneged on that for for whatever reason are unable to deliver. >> to this limited and unpredictable supply, we need to continue to limit eligibility for vaccination. >> to date california has received 3 million doses and
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administered nearly 1.2 million. pfizer tells abc news they're making as much of their vaccine as they can and don't foresee manufacturing delays ahead. in the east bay contra costa county is opening applications for anyone 65 and older. a abc7 news was in pleasant hill where people were getting vaccinated. those eligible can sign up on the covid-19 page on the contra costa county public health page. >> we project that by the end of next week, the county and its partners will be giving 3,600 shots per day on average. >> the county is also looking at options for mass vaccination sites, possible locations are concord, pavilion and crane way pavilion in richmond. go to our website to see how california is doing on vaccine distribution. so far nearly 3% of doses received have been administered. you can also compare our state's
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progress to the rest of the country and see where you fall in line to get vaccinated. that's all abc7news.com. all right, president-elect joe biden is unveiling his vaccination plan. it includes involving fema and the national guard to get the vaccine out. abc news mary bruce has the details. >> reporter: calling the vaccine rollout so far a dismal failure, president-elect joe biden's promising to do better. outlining his plan to deliver 100 million shots in 100 days. >> our plan is as clear as it is bold. get more people vaccinated for free. create more places for them to get vaccinated. mobilize more medical teams to get the shots in people's arms. increase supply and get it out the door as soon as possible. >> reporter: the president-elect says he'll use fema and the national guard to set up 100 emergency vaccination centers around the country. converting gyms, stadiums and
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community centers. and he's promising that the federal government will streamline the vaccine distribution process to states. >> right now we're hearing that they can't plan because they don't know how much supply of vaccines they can expect in what time frame. >> reporter: biden asking the american people to be patient, but promising change is coming. >> this will be one of the challenging operational efforts ever taken by our country but you have my word and we will manage the hell out of this operation. >> reporter: his two requests to the nation, keep the faith and wear a mask. mary bruce, abc news, the white house. happening today, residents in san francisco tenderloin district can get free covid testing. the temporary site open today from 10:00 to 3:00 between jones and leavenworth. no appointment is needed and all ages are being accepted. since the start of the pandemic,
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t tenderloin has been hit hard and the most recent numbers from the city report over 1,600 cases and 13 deaths. all right, lisa, a very clear morning today. >> just a little fog up in the north bay about a half mile santa rosa where it's 43 and 53 right here in downtown san francisco and should we do it again. how mild it was yesterday. yes, that weather is going to stick around and bring some off-shore winds to start the week but that's not the whole story. stay tuned my accuweather seven-day forecast is next. also ahead a retired oakland police officer at the center of controversy attending the riots at the capital. dan noyes talked to him about his social media posts. stepping up efforts to prevent violence at next week's inauguration. what facebook is blocking users from doing in i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing
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tells the abc7 team about attending last week's trump rally that led to the assault on the capital. dan noyes has the story. >> reporter: you rel left the oakland police department in 2015 and now aitata analyst living in texas. last week he traveled to washington, d.c., for the trump rally contesting the election results and gave me these pictures. why did you feel it necessary to go to d.c. for the rally? >> i felt that, like i said, our government is not being transparent and this election was stolen from a majority. >> reporter: snider still believes that, even though state election officials certified the results, the trump campaign lost 60 lawsuits over the issue and the u.s. supreme court declined to take it up. he was there as the crowd stormed the capitol. were you actually inside the building yourself? >> no. i think, i don't condone those actions and it's like here you have a protest with hundreds of thousands of people, you know,
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and it's just that small fraction of people who go in who kind of maybe taint the message. >> reporter: he claims antifa was involved in the initial pushing and vis video where the crowd yells. >> stop them. >> breaking the window. >> i am 100% certain there were people who were not trump supporters that were there to destroy our message. you know, dressed in all black. >> reporter: it is true that john sullivan, a liberal activist from utah got arrested accused of taking part of the riot inside the capitol but dozens of trump supporters have been arrested. you are not denying that trump supporters did break into the capitol and wreak havoc. >> no, sir, i'm not denying that. >> reporter: after congress affirmed the election results, snider returned to texas and continued posting conspiracy theories on his social media. as our interview started, i noticed a post it over his ould.
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>> my motivation note. >> reporter: what does it say? >> wwwg1 wga. >> reporter: where we go one, we go all. the rallying cry for a conspiracy theory that america and that president trump is the only person who can stop them. snider posted that and this meme whose members may be planning in advance in of the inauguration according to a recent fbi warning. agent interviewed snider at home tuesday and said the fbi seemed satisfied with his explanation. >> if you're a veteran and you're not in the military any more and china or russia invades us, we're all putting our hawaiian shirts on and try to team up with whatever the regular military or police officers and defend our homeland. >> reporter: when the oakland side broke news that current oakland police officers were liking and commenting on
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snider's controversial post, the department launched an internal affairs investigation. >> one of our former members came out condoning these actions. it was simply horrifying. >> reporter: interim chief susan mannheimer addressed it. >> we are absolutely, absolutely devastated that a member who is either current or former asupposes something that goes against the heart and alignment of oakland valus and the reforms and progress that we made. >> reporter: the head of the police association supports the investigation e-mailing me, if some cop thinks it's okay, i don't want any part of them. snider tells me he does not support any violent action against the government. at what point do you say, okay, enough, we accept the outcome of the election? >> i mean, i don't think i will accept the outcome. i wouldn't resort to violence. >> reporter: the chp is taking action after that fbi warning canceling all permits for events at the state capitol, including one for a trump rally this sunday. for the dye
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ne>> there. facebook wants to stop people from inciting violence. the u.s. capitol building and any state capitol buildings through inauguration. reviewing existing events and removing ones that violate its policies. repeat offenders are banned from streaming live video. abc news will have continuous live coverage of the inauguration on wednesday all begins at 6:00 a.m. right here on abc7. the excitement and jackpots keep building with mega millions and powerball jackpots now worth $1.15 billion combined after last night's was not won. the winning numbers 3, 11, 12, 38, 43 and the mega ball number 15. tuesday night's jackpot swells to $850 million put is the second largest prize in the game's history. and lottery mralers have a shot
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at another huge jackpot. tonight's powerball is $640 million. the game's eighth largest. lisa, have you bought a ticket yet? >> i did. i did. but i'm here. >> you got to do it. >> right. it's exciting. did you buy a ticket? >> no, i haven't. but i will today maybe. >> you might have to drive down to san jose. they always win in san jose. >> good to know. inside tip. >> that's my theory. good morning, everyone. starting out with clear sky and little bit of fog up in the north bay and around napa and santa rosa. live doppler 7 here showing you the fog that's up to the north and a big ridge of high pressure that continues to deflect the storm track. well to the north is as high pressure builds in and 47 in san jose and 43 santa theresa with 45 in saratoga. looking like another nice day today and, in fact, the warm start already with low to mid 50s. i should say relatively warm. remember, it is january.
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43 in novato. we're anywhere from two to five degrees warmer this morning compared to yesterday and a look outside pretty quiet there. look for mild weather today through tomorrow even monday, the holiday. and looking at records possible sunday into martin luther king day. increasing winds will bring a slight chance of fire danger. we had some recent rain and we're not too concerned about it, but it certainly could bring down the power lines perhaps and some trees and gusty winds anticipating beginning late tomorrow. high surf advisory until 7:00. current wave heights 10 to 12 feet here and just stay really big right on through the next several days. in fact, a lot of folks probably headed to the beach. so, certainly dangerous there and never turn your back to the beach as we look at our wind advisory going into effect and last into tuesday and gusts in
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the upper elevations 60 miles an hour. this is certainly something we don't anticipate for. >> jeff:. those dry off shore winds. that will keep the temperatures mild. here we are monday night with 40-mile-per-hour gusts near calistoga and napa and taking us through the diablo range and mainly in the higher elevations and some winds mix down to the surface until tuesday afternoon early evening. highs tomorrow, little bit warmer and we're talking low to mid 70s from oakland to concord and mid 60s downtown and looking at an even warmer day for tuesday. i should say becoming perhaps slightly cooler in spots on tuesday but the big cool down arrives on wednesday. looking at a pretty significant pattern change as we get into the late upcoming workweek. a few high clouds today and 67 oakland and 68 in fremont. look for the low 70s to arrive in san jose and livermore at 68 up in lakeport. the accuweather forecast
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spring-like weather today and records possible tomorrow through the holiday on monday and with those windy conditions we're looking that potential for high fire danger north and east bay hills will begin to cool down just a few degrees on tuesday and more significantly on wednesday. and then by thursday, we are switching gears anticipating a level one system for friday and looks like we're going to hopefully stay wet there ubtint the end of january. that is good news if that holds. >> certainly will. so surprisingly warm here, it feels good, but i know we need the rain. just ahead, superheroes in the suburbs. the look at marvel series first series one division now stre we always have a big party, it's a big thing for us. everyone gets together...
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york explains. >> reporter: he is the android next door. she is also known as scarlet witch. thanks to her magical powers. both find themselves within class classic sitcomes. >> each week a different show from a different decades. >> where we begin in the '50s and we start with the "dick vandyke and then we end up with "malcolm in the middle" and "modern family." >> reporter: matt shackman. >> i grew up as an actor on sit comes. i was on backstages my entire life. >> reporter: episodes were screened for the cast. >> we're trying to tell these stories authentically through
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sit c sitcom and we're trying to re-create a real sitcom show that could have been film would the style and the tone. >> reporter: those consulted and the first episode was filmed in front of a live audience. just as they were done back in he's so much detail that went into what you see. >> reporter: the idea is to feature characters that don't get much screen time in the marvel movies. >> i play monica rambo who we were introduced to in "captain marvel" she was a young girl. >> reporter: to find out why she ends up here, you'll just have to watch "wand division." >> there is a lot to cling on to and just hold on for this ride, guys. >> reporter: i'm sandy kenyan. >> streaming now on disney plus. disney plus is the parent company of abc7. still to come, securing the state capitol with just four days until inauguration day.
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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> we train for this kind of thing whether it's our own tactics being used against us or foreign tactics that we have no knowledge about. thousands of national guard troops getting in place ahead of inauguration day. at least ten states, including here in california have activated troops to protect their capitol cities after a warning from the fbi of possible new threats. goodern morning, everybody. a lot to get to on inauguration day and security measures that are being taken. first, if you're joining us at 5:30 in the morning, let's get another check of the weather
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with lisa argen. >> looking at offshore winds will that come into play tomorrow night and right nowploidinow plo providing a mild start and 43 with the fog up in napa. everywhere from two to about five degrees warmer and the fog sits up in the north pbay. santa rosa at two and a half miles at half moon bay. all in the 50s by 9:00. sunny skies by noontime and upper 60s to 70s already by the delta and for the afternoon, those 70s begin to overspread our inland valleys from napa even down through san jose and mountain view. not looking at much fog. in fact, we'll talk about off shore winds and how long this unseasonably warm weather lasts coming up. liz. >> all right, lisa, thank you. this morning the nation is on high alert with president-elect joe biden's inauguration just four days away. security is at unprecedented
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levels in d.c. with fences, razor wire and members of the national guard surrounding the capitol. trevor has more on the scene in washington. >> reporter: this morning thousands of national guard troops are patrolling the streets ahead of president-elect joe biden's inauguration on wednesday. the nation's capitol on high alert with checkpoints and barricades throughout the city. on friday the secretary of the interior officially closing the areas of the national mall and more than 25,000 members of the national guard expected to be in place by next week. some of them speaking to abc's martha raddatz about last week's deadly attack on the capitol. >> definitely a concern, however, you know, our troops are prepped and ready to go. we train for this kind of thing whether it's our own tactics that are being used against us or foreign tactics that we have nothing, no knowledge about. >> reporter: and the fbi's now warning about possible new threats from domestic violent extremists. among the fbi's top concerns for
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inauguration day, the substantial threat of improvised explosive devices. sources tell abc news an inauguration rehearsal planned by the biden team sunday has been postponed. the president-elect says he's confident that he'll be safe. >> yes. >> reporter: trevor alt, abc news, new york. here in california, the chp has gone on tactical alert ahead of possible armed protests at the state capitol today. massive barricades set up around the capitol in sacramento. officials with the chp say they were prompted because of last week's viviolence. as of right now, no permanent events at the state capitol through wednesday but the fbi set up a command post in preparation. >> it has been some general reporting about planned protests, planned events, but then also some terminology like storming the capitols, right. so, that's where we're kind of
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concerned about. >> the fbi is working with the d.c. headquarters ■toinvestigate and identify anyone who took part in the riots that may have come back to california. back here in the bay area, san mateo county superior court will be closed on wednesday, inauguration day. it's because of reported threats against government buildings in the wake of the capitol riot last week. the postal service removed a dozen collection boxes in san francisco along market street near city hall and the hall of justice. the post office says it's to protect property and the mail in case of unrest. the collection boxes should reappear in a couple weeks. this morning new details about president trump's plans to leave the white house. he wants to hold a military-style farewell the morning of the inauguration. abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan carl has the details. >> reporter: a little over a week after inciting a mob of his reporters to attack the u.s. capitol, president trump is now
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planning an elaborate military sendoff for himself the morning of the inauguration. the president hopes to depart to the sounds of a military band walking down a red carpet flanked by troops as he boards air force one for the last time. he's even talking about a flytop ov over by. reviewing inauguration security plans and visiting troops at the capitol. >> have a safe inauguration and i just wanted to stop out today to say thank you. >> reporter: soon after he leaves d.c., trump will find himself on trial in the senate. house speaker nancy pelosi hasn't yet decided when she'll deliver the article of impeachment that will trigger the start of the trial. >> you'll be the first to know when we announce that we're going over there. >> reporter: the impeachment trial could begin the same day as the inauguration, but team
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biden insisted that won't stall their agenda. >> we know how to multi-task. that's what is going to be required. >> reporter: as house democrats prepare their case against the president, speaker pelosi announced retired general honoree will review capitol security, including whether any members of congress gave rioters access to the building the day before so they could plan their attack. >> if, in fact, it is found that members of congress were accomplices to this ins insurrection, if they aided and abetted there may have to be actions taken beyond the congress and in terms of prosecution. >> reporter: jonathan carl, abc news, washington. and just in time for the start of joe biden's presidency, one d.c. ice cream shop is out with new inauguration themed flavors. ice cream jubilee created cup of joe, which is a creamy coffee flavored ice cream and vanilla
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chocolate chip, which is biden's favorite flavor. they also have flavors honoring vice president elect kamala harris. pays tribute to california using almonds and a nod to her indian heritage. and rose mimosa. ice cream jubilee ships nationwide but it would cost you 95 bucks for the four flavors. back here in the bay area, an oakland chef is celebrating kamala harris and featuring a takeout menu with her favorite dish. east bay community journalist melissa tells us what that is. i this is our inauguration dinner menu. a bayou seafood gumbo. my connection to vice president elect harris is through thousand oaks elementary school in berkeley. we share the same first grade
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teacher, ms. francis wilson. prior to learning this, ms. wilson one of the most instrumental individuals in my life. our love affair with gumbo. the menu comes with panko crusted and banana raisin bread pudding and our dungeness crab. you have yourself a nice southern meal. feels like i'm representing the vice president elect in her hometown on this stage at this monumental time and nice to have someone with vice president-elect heritage in the white house and where we come from is what it is all about. so, we're making it available the day before so folks have time to prepare it and watch the inauguration and enjoy some dinner. we'll be standing proud on the inauguration day and we'll enjoy some food and toast to, you
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know, the changes coming about for our nation. >> the three-course meal costs $46 and must be preordered by tomorrow. still ahead on abc7 mornings marking the arrival of the san francisco sea lions. helping celebrate three decades of sea lions at pier 39. here is a live look from our roof camera looking out over the embarcadero this morning. you can see nice and clear here in the city. it is 5:39 on this saturday morning. we'll talk to lisa about what we can expect for the weekend ahead coming
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pandemic once restrictions were lifted travelers booked homes instead of hotels. instead of top travel spots they believe travelers want to get away from crowds. >> national parks, there's 400 national parks in the united states. most americans have never visited one. this summer i think we'll see a lot more people visiting things like national parks. >> air bnb went public in december and just this week shares rose as much as 10% to record high on thursday. doesn't it sound nice to travel right now, lisa? >> i can't imagine. yeah. you know, liz, we had, how about 71 degrees yesterday at half moon bay. if you thought it you68 at the. or downtown, i should say. we're looking at temperatures maybe a degree or two warmer today. how long will this last? well, it's going to last until we get a brief high fire danger window to talk about in my
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or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto for heart failure. entrust your heart to entresto. in sports this afternoon the sharks play the first weekend game of the season. san jose faces the arizona coyotes at hela river arena. the puck drops at 1:00 p.m. the divisional round of the nfl playoffs gets under way this afternoon. larry beil has a preview. >> reporter: only six times in nfl history have quarterbacks from the same school go head to head and today seven aaron rodgers for the packers against jared goff and the rams. rogers led green bay to top seed in the nfc and go.
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goff up and down and played through pain and showed some grit and a battle of golden bears at lambeau field. >> i think what he's done tremendous this year. and i think my job is to play against their defense. >> thankful for to be in this opportunity to be one of the final four teams in the nfc and to have the team to go the distance and type of talent and chemistry. >> another fantastic qb battle this weekend tom brady against drew brees. bucs and saints and both over 40 and both locked for the hall of fame and brees said he was looking forward to this since the moment he signed with tampa bay. >> we were texting back and forth on monday chuckling at this whole scenario. listen, he's 43, i turn 42 on friday, that's 85 years and a lot of football experience that's going to be on the field on sunday. >> 18 months younger.
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18 months ago i felt pretty good. i have a little advanced age and experience on him. i am hanging in there and he had a terrific year and he's a great player. i have known him for a long time. >> that is going to be fun to watch. warriors supposed to play last night but covid wiped out their game in phoenix. th they'll have the weekend off. fantastic match up of stars luka and late in the fourth luka makes it a one-point game with a three ball and he had 28. bucks would answer. apl three-point shots in this game. if he's making this ask for your blindfold because it's over. he had 31. one last chance down three and the heave by luca was close. women's college hoops top ranked s ed stanford and willia
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gets the shooter bounce right here and led the cardinal with 18 points. 16-1 run to start the second half and coast to coast and plus the foul. she had 13. williams with six threes in this game as stanford stays undefeated. 11-0. 82-54 your final and cal lost to colorado. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. let's get a check of the weather now with lisa argen. is it summer, lisa? i can't tell. >> we have it all. we have spring, fall conditions headed our way and back to winter by the time we get to the end of the upcoming workweek. we'll all straighten it out for you with live doppler 7 and little bit of fog here up in the north bay from napa to santa rosa and big dome of high pressure building into the golden state and then an area of low pressure much like what happens in the fall. dive to the east of california and that's going to create an off shore wind event tomorrow
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into tuesday. it is 53 in san francisco and a mild start to your weekend with 50 in hayward and 47 in fremont and goodern morning to you wit numbers pretty mild to start out. five degrees warmer compared to yesterday in novato and a look outside from our exploratorium camera and clear sky here looking at a mild to warm weekend through martin luther king holiday on monday. record highs are possible tomorrow and monday. tuesday we begin to see a bit of change in the pattern but it's not until the end of the week where we're looking at more changes. but to start out, we're looking at increasing fire danger late in the weekend into tuesday. we also have a high surfed as adviso advisory. this weekend although it may be tempting to head out there. pretty dangerous from 10 to 12 feet already. a stronger swell by the time we end the weekend into the holiday on monday. wind advisory going into effect already from later on tonight, i
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should say sunday night into tuesday. you can see the entire bay area here. roughly above 1,000 feet is where we'll see the strongest winds and some of the winds could mix down to the surface and as it happens breezy at times as we get into your monday evening. we're looking at winds anywhere from about 15 to 40 miles an hour and taking us right through monday night into tuesday and this is going to last then. it's about a 48-hour event where those winds coming off the north and east bay hills where they warm and they move quickly. so, that's why we're concerned about the possibility of some limbs down and maybe power and some areas are quite dry over into the east bay, drier than the north bay. 70s tomorrow and, in fact, we're looking at mid 70s. the trend continues into the holiday monday. this is tuesday, though, where we'll see a bit of cooling and as we get to your highs today, well, if we're going to have to have this weather, might as well be sunny out where we can get some vitamin d.
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67 in oakland and 68 in fremont and low 70s in napa with 71 in san jose. santa cruz 70 degrees today and the accuweather seven-day forecast. spring-like weather today. records are possible both tomorrow and monday but the winds get going monday night into tuesday and those offshore winds creating some extremely gusty conditions above 1,000 feet. we will cool things back off by the wednesday time frame and then by thursday we're looking forward to a pattern change, liz, that should bring some rain into that last week of january. >> finally. >> yeah. >> we need it. thank you, lisa. all right, today marks 31 years since sea lions arrived at san francisco's pier 39. abc7 anchor kumasi aaron is showing. >> reporter: you've probably seen these sea lions at the marina at pier 39, but for the last year, we've seen these painted sea lion statues all
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along the embarcadero. >> i feel proud and accomplished. oh, yeah, hey, i did that. >> reporter: that's how she feels when she walks by the one she painted. at 9 years old she was the youngest of 30 bay area artists selected to be part of this public art display by the aquarium of the bay. the perfect fit because ariana luna loves sea lions. >> i love how they swim. >> reporter: and the environment they call home. >> i work on art projects for social and environmental issues. so, that's basically the part of this. >> reporter: aria luna statue is called deep blue. >> the whole ocean and the rock the seal is on is the migration path of the seals and i just put it there as a fun thing to do. so people can learn. >> reporter: deep blue is one of 30 statues put up by aquarium of the bay last year to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the sea lions arrival in san francisco. >> nobody knows why they started
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coming here. the best guest is that the pacific herring are moving in this direction so they were chasing food. >> george jacob is the aquarium's president and ceo. he says the statues not only make people smile, but make them think. each has a message sharing how to protect and preserve our environment especially sea lions. >> we enjoy sea lions who are loud and smelly and hang out on pier 39, but they do have a place in the ecosystem of the bay and surrounding areas. >> reporter: the sea lion statue offer a way for the aquarium to connect with the community at a time when the pandemic forced it to close cutting off the main source of funding. >> we care for about 34,000 animals and the care comes at a cost. >> reporter: but they've pivoted, finding new ways to raise money to operate. the aquarium offers virtual tours and educational programming and, of course, a
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little sea lion swag. the goal, to celebrate what is precious. and be aware of what needs to be protected with the help of artists like aria luna. >> it's their generation. calling for the younger generation not to just pick up the brush but take bold steps in making a difference in the environment. >> reporter: in san francisco, kumasi aaron, abc7 news. >> great way to celebrate. the sea lions on display for a few more months and then go up for an auction on june 8th world oceans day. next, the mlk holiday weekend. how bay area institutions will be celebrating.
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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> we're ready for more doses. we need more doses. we're asking for more doses. san francisco mayor london breed is making an impassioned plea as the city prepares to open three mass vaccination sites. 1,000 people per day are expected to get the shot, but a big problem. a very limited supply of vaccines. good morning, everybody. it's saturday, january 16th. i'm liz kreutz. much more on that vaccination quic look at the weather with lisa argen. >> good morning, liz. certainly pretty nice out this morning. not that cold and that will lead you to believe we have another day of above average temperatures. little fog out there. 50s in the castro and the mission right now. it's 45 in
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