it is tuesday, january 19th, we want to start right with meteorologist mike nicco on this, the wind is pretty dangerous out there, mike. >> it really is. it has been a damaging, it could take loss of lives. we see that when trees come down. avoid walking around trees if you can today. especially ones that still have a lot of leaves, because those act as kites and catch the wind and make the tree more susceptible to coming down. big question, how much longer do i have to deal with this? until at least 10:00, the fastest winds, that's when the high wind warning expires and we have seen and felt gusts up to 80 to 90 miles per hour in the overnight hours and the wind advisory for all of us continues until 6:00. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. the winds now, look at that, 66 at st. helenia, down to the surface, the fastest wind now, 53 degrees at sfo. if you're on the peninsula or driving, be careful. here is a couple of things to think about. watch out for debris on the

roads. caution with the crosswinds crossing bridges and high profile vehicles. charge everything, we could have more power outages. jobina? >> thank you, mike. happening now, crews are working to contain the fire in the north bay, the old fire broke out just before 10:00 last night, up to ten acres burning off big geyser road east of geyserville. wind gusts reaching above 80 miles an hour. crews are reporting power lines are down now, the fire is not threatening any homes or structures. also this morning, thousands of people in the north bay are without power. you can see right here on the map the outages from pg&e. that's the biggest one now in oakland, east of lake merit. there are many people without power there. we're just now learning there are at least 6,000 people in that area without power. pg&e is busy trying to restore power to as many people as possible and we will keep you posted when we learn more information. there is a large power outage in lafayette, where we find abc 7 reporter amy hollyfield. hi, amy. >> reporter: good morning,

reggie. a look behind me, the traffic lights are out at mt. diablo boulevard and happy valley road. we expect you to find this all over the bay area. be careful, treat them as four-way stops. the happy valley neighborhood here in lafayette does not have power. and some businesses here on mt. diablo boulevard do not have lights. johnny's doughnuts is one of them. they're using a lantern and a candle to light up the place so they can still sell doughnuts. the cvs next door does have lights. >> no power. so just called pg&e and they said, the crew is on the way. we have nothing. so they will give us an update 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

>> reporter: we have a lot of damage from overnight to show you. we'll start at 5th and bluxom, a tree came down at 11:30 last night this caused a traffic issue. police had to guide cars around the tree. another tree came down at powell and sutter. and this one also blocked the intersection. and a third tree to show you, this one did the most damage, it landed on a car at franklin and ellis in san francisco. and happened around 11:00 last night. no reports of any injuries in all of this, just a mess and property damage and, of course, the power outages, which will cause a real hassle for everyone who is working from home, doing school from home, needing their computers. it is going to be a tough morning. pg&e very busy this morning. live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. and the wind isn't letting up just yet. stay with us throughout the morning to get some more updates from mike. you can get the latest on our website and our abc 7 news app. now to developing news in

securing the nation's capitol ahead of inauguration day. much of washington, d.c. is locked down with unprecedented security force to protect president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris. andrew dembert is live in washington. >> it is a surreal scene if you walk outside d.c. there are police and military at every turn. d.c. looks like and feels like a city on lockdown. all this beefed up security is in an effort to avoid what we saw that happened at the capitol just a couple of weeks ago. this morning, security forces fortifying the nation's capitol, for the final chapter in donald trump's presidency. some 25,000 national guard troops deployed. armed forces on the ground, blockades, barbed wire fencing, security checkpoints that stretch miles and beacon of powerful lights flooding the national mall make washington, d.c. look unrecognizable, ahead

of joe biden's presidential inauguration. fresh memories from the violent and deadly january 6th pro trump mob pervade the capitol, and chilling new video from "the new yorker" revealing more about the fateful day. rioters removing items from lawmakers' desks, hunting for vice president mike pence and house speaker nancy pelosi. while inside the senate chamber, insurrection. and new this week, a false alarm near congress highlighting a city on edge. meanwhile, federal law enforcement continues to round up rioters, john shaffer and indiana heavy metal musician turning himself in over the weekend with robert gieswein. and riley june williams, the fbi is investigating one iie iing o she's may have stolen nancy

pelosi's computer with attempts to sell it to russia was arrested in pennsylvania. president trump is expected to issue a flurry of pardons with sources telling abc news he could pardon as many as 100 people but is not expected to preemptively pardon himself or any members of the trump family. reporting live in washington, d.c., andrew dembert, abc 7 news. president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris, here is a live look at the lincoln memorial reflecting pool. biden and harris will be there as part of a nationwide moment of unity honoring the lives lost to covid-19. 400 lights will illuminate the reflecting pool, representing nearly 400,000 americans who have died from the virus by the time they are sworn in. cities across the country will join in starting at 2:30 our time, san jose will illuminate the well known landmarks and jobina, i know

oakland and san francisco will do the same. >> absolutely. new details we have here this morning about tomorrow's inauguration. abc news learned that president-elect biden has invited bipartisan leaders of congress to church with him in the morning. gop senate leader mitch mcconnell has accepted that invitation. abc news will have live coverage of the inauguration and it begins at 6:00 tomorrow morning here at abc 7. we expect an update on the state's response to covid-19 today. california health and human services secretary dr. mark ghaly is expected to speak at 1:30 this afternoon. we'll also get an update on covid-19 in san francisco, we'll hear from mayor london breed and director of health dr. grant koufax at 11:00 this morning. and we'll stream both of these news conferences on our website, abc7news.com and our abc 7 news app. today is a turni iing point get residents vaccinated. you can get an alert for when it is time for your shot at sf.gov/vaccinenotify.

the city is working with healthcare providers to administer the vaccine at safe way, walgreens and with mobile vaccinations teams. there are high volume vaccination sites in the works. the moscone center, the sf main campus. 3 million doses of the covid vaccine have been received but only 40% have been administered. cdc ranks california 45th when it comes to the number of shots administered per 100,000 people. governor newsom said the state would administer 1 million vaccines in ten days. and abc 7's vaccine tracker shows california fell way short of that promise. for more information about the coronavirus vaccine, tests and the pandemic's impact, check out our coverage on our abc 7 connected tv app on apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. still ahead here, the owner of the san francisco giants takes action after getting a lot of flack for a political

donation he made. taking in the sights and sounds of mars. the mission nasa will embark on next month. and whatever you plan to do outside today, it is going to be challenged by the winds, whether it is walking the dog, and it is going to be windy, whether it is debris or power outages, if you're working or learning from home, and stay off the bay, if you can. wait for another day when it is much calmer

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talking about. there is going to be a lot of debris on the roads. quick look at the temperatures. mid to upper 50s on the peninsula, and just about everywhere this morning, low to upper 50s. so, look at this, 30 to 55-mile-per-hour winds up in tilden park and berkeley hills. that is incredible. so, temperatures today, low to mid-60s, even with sunshine. the winds are going to keep our temperatures down today, most likely away from record levels and about ten degrees cooler than yesterday. all right, let's look at thursday, you see increasing clouds that will continue the warming trend. the chance for rain on friday, saturday is going to be in the mid to upper 50s, sunday in the mid-50s with increasing clouds. look at this sunday night to monday. we have another chance of wet weather. so we have got a 1 on the storm impact scale for friday. less than a tenth of an inch of rain. hopefully for monday, a quarter to possibly a half inch of much needed rain. all right, let's turn our attention back to the winds and traffic and talk to sue about what she's seen. hi, sue.

>> good morning, everyone. winds will affect your drive this morning, not only the debris in lanes, but also power outages all around the bay area, coming over the waldo bridge, not such a big deal as far streetlights when the sun comes up but there is traffic signals, if the power is out, make sure it is a four-way stop there. sig alerts, this one in la honda, 84, skyline boulevard is completely shut down. they're trying to get those branches cut up, the fire department is on scene with chainsaws. also the second sig alert, state route highway 9 southbound, just south of highway 35 or skyline boulevard. also, problems with b.a.r.t. this morning. first we'll get to that, first an accident southbound 880 near wynton. you see slow traffic from san lorenzo, southbound to hayward. yes, the b.a.r.t. trains are stopped, richmond, el cerrito, due to debris on the track,

trying to clear that out. this is behind berryessa and mi millbrae. delays once again, richmond and el

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developing news out of san mateo county, the u.s. coast guard will resume its search this morning for a 12-year-old boy who was swept into the ocean. it happened at cowell state beach. arunay pruthi was sitting on the sand when a powerful wave swept him and his father and his brother into the water. his father and brother were able to get out. first responders could see pruthi from a cliff seconds after they arrived, they say he went under the water and has not been seen since. >> surf was really high. it was more like just giant waves going one after the other.

it was like a washing machine, as if you were in the water. >> they worked into the night to try and find pruthi. they suspended their search when it became too dark to see. >> okay. now we're going to talk about how to get your kids learning during a pandemic without everyone driving each other crazy. of course, there are lots of challenges when it comes to setting household rules. this morning, cleveland clinic is sharing tips for pandemic parenting. for starters, pick your battles. and make a list of rules that are the most important. make sure you're being consistent, otherwise your kids may think they can bend the rulrule s whenever they want and don't be afraid to say no. >> it is easy to say have the extra cookie or stay up an extra hour, but it is important to stay firm to your rules, your expectations. >> now, dr. susan alberts is is a cleveland clinic psychologist. she suggest talksing with other parents to see what's working for them and suggests you're not too hard on yourself.

and if all else fails, just scream. that's right. with everything going on, maybe you just want to yell out to no one in particular. and now you can do it. there is a hot line offering relief. it is called just scream. all you have to do is call the number, yell as loud as you want for as long as you want and then hang up. nothing else happens. an elementary schoolteacher created this to help people reduce their stress. it was done just before election day and it is going to end january 21st, the day after the inauguration. i just called it. >> you did? >> something happened i didn't expect and i'll play it for you right now. >> just scream. >> it screams at you. that kind of scared me. i thought you should know that before you call. >> i don't see the stress relief

in that. >> i don't either. i thought it was going to be a very soothing spa-like voice. >> right. >> i don't need the screaming. >> wow, wow. well, i hope they do a mashup on that or something or put it all together and put it out on social media. i would like to hear all the different kinds of screams. that would be crazy. maybe you're screaming about pulling your hair out this morning. some of the damage that's around. i'm going to show you this. this came out from the national weather service, what caught my attention, 97-mile-per-hour wind gusts in northern sonoma county from a pg&e reporting station there. look at this, tree limb damage from a 57-mile-per-hour gust at 3:40 this morning in san francisco. 4:15, a tree uprooted, damage at least the roof of a parked car. so that may be the one you were talking about earlier, reggie, with that tree coming down on the car. and look at this, look at sfo, 53 miles per hour. 31 at san jose. 35 at concord.

everybody this morning, what has me concerned, look at the bri bridge, that is a nearly perpendicular wind, you're going to get pushed sideways as you're crossing through the morning hours. hold on to the steering wheel tight. it is parallel to the bay bridge and turns more perpendicular again across the san mateo and dumbarton bridge. we need to be extra vigilant crossing those bridges this morning. so up around 3,000 feet, gusts 60 to 80, nearly 100 miles per hour, the difference this morning from yesterday morning, the air is cold. it is heavier. it is sinking into our valleys and that's why all of us are dealing with that damaging wind this morning. and will through at least 10:00, possibly up to 6:00, minor damage. damaging winds this morning, windy during the daylight, much cooler highs and chance of rain showers friday and chance of rain monday. a better chance on monday. both are a 1 on the storm impact

scale. highs today, in the mid to upper 60s, by friday, we're locked into the 50s all the way through monday. what an event we're dealing with, still a couple of hours to go, jobina, reggie? >> thank you. we're going bring in ginger zee with a look at what's happening at 7:00 today on "good morning america." hi, ginger. >> hi, reggie, hi, jobina. i'm going to be covering the winds for sure and how they're moving to southern california. but, of course, the show we have to get into the latest about the final hours of president trump's presidency. he is expected to issue a flurry of pardons which i know you've been reporting on. that's to more than 100 people and has just lifted covid international travel restrictions. so how long will those stick around? well, this morning we'll have more on that and the security in our nation's capitol before president-elect joe biden gets inaugurated. also, how biden is preparing for a transition like never before. we will also get into the new administration and how they're planning to speed up the vaccine

rollout. everybody wants to hear that plan. the u.s. now nearing a staggering 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus. the incoming cdc director will join us live for an exclusive. and then how to make that pandemic career pivot, whether you were forced to or you're choosing to, this morning, we're going to have great advice from people who ditched their 9:00 to 5:00 and jumped to a new job. and peloton pro, ali love will be with us. if you do her rides on peloton, she's got this sundays with love, it is like going to church. she brings it today, right to "gma." >> i was hanging out with my friend robin and when i say friend, she doesn't know me at all, but another peloton coach, are you friends in your head with robin as well? >> yes. >> who is currently with child? >> i mean, i have spoken in person to robin who, yeah -- >> excuse me. >> we're connected. but i went to breakfast with ali

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once the sun sets, the winds fade away. a calmer, cooler night. still hours to go of possibly damaging winds. new developments this morning in a controversial political donation by the principal owner of the san francisco giants. chronicle reports charles b. johnson, a donation to lauren boebert returned. boebert has been criticized for tweeting the location of speaker nancy pelosi during the riot at the capitol. johnson and his wife made the donations in september. he released a statement friday fully rejecting any support for boebert. new at 6:00, nasa is hoping to bring some of mars back to us here on earth. one of the missions will bring martian sounds back to earth for the very first time. nasa's perseverance rover will land with microphones later next month and record the ambient noises of mars. because mars' atmosphere is colder and much less dense,

experts say if someone were speaking, it would be a lot more muffled than what we would hear here. >> wow. pretty cool. all right. >> so like a mask, basically. >> actually, you're right. we're used to that by now. >> we are. next here at 6:30, the ceremony at oakland city hall honoring president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris ahead of their inauguration. fire season no longer happens from may through october. >> strong winds fanned flames in parts of the bay area. what is helping firefighters this time around. treasury secretary nominee janet yellen tackles coronavirus

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for a safe and secure future this is abc 7 news. now at 6:30, the bay area waking up to wild winds, rarely seen in january. gusts top 90 miles an hour in higher elevations. this is video of a crane blowing around in san francisco, thousands of pg&e customers without power. and if it weren't for the rain we got last month, wildfire situation could be much worse. firefighters are dealing with a few hot spots overnight. good morning on this tuesday, january 19th, it is wild out there. so please be careful. i saw trash cans all over the road this morning, with other debris and then a tree was down in my neighborhood on top of one of my neighbor's cars. so it is going to be one of those mornings. >> it is. it is going to be a tough sledding, so to speak, this morning, because of the debris on the roads, the power outages and potential through 10:00 of more of this to happen. so we still have several hours to go. let's look at the winds, 53, that's what gets your attention. most of us around 35 to

40-mile-per-hour winds. but even faster gusts, we had nearly 100-mile-per-hour gusts up in the north bay earlier this morning. right now 63 at st. helenia. but from about 8:00 to 10:00 some of those faster winds and higher elevations are going to come down into our neighborhood. so we have got until 10:00, that high wind warning and then the rest of the day, that means gusts up to 80, 90 miles per hour. that's above 1,000 feet. and where t what to do, watch out for debris on the roads this morning, caution crossing those bridges, just a nasty crosswind, charge everything before you lose power. more power outages are possible. >> thank you. new this morning, fire crews say wind helped fuel this fire in milpitas. people who live on four different streets were forced to evacuate. that fire broke out before 9:00 last night on country club drive near north park victoria drive. the residents were allowed to

return home about an hour later. severe wind and recent warm weather bringing the threat of winter wildfires to sonoma county. >> little bit of rain we have had has increased the fuel moisture so the threat of a large fire goes down somewhat. but when we get the wind, it increases again too because the wind is the great factor that is uncontrollable. fire season no longer happens from may through october. unfortunately it does happen year round. >> and right now, firefighters are working to contain a fire in sonoma county. this is off of big geyser road east of geyserville. at one point, wind gusts were reaching about 80 miles an hour. the fire is not threatening any homes or structures. strong winds are also bringing down power lines around the bay area. thousands are in the dark right now, we're going to zoom in first to oakland, because this is where our biggest outage is right now. about 6,000 people without power and this you can see here is east of lake merit. we want to move to lafayette now, there are 1700 people

without power in the area. and that's where we find abc news reporter amy hollyfield. do you -- i see flashing lights behind you. do we have an update? >> reporter: right. well, look behind me, we have police here to watch this intersection at happy valley road and mt. diablo boulevard. the streetlights are out. this could be a hazard all over the bay area, not exclusive to lafayette. this could happen on your drive and you want to treat it like a four-way stop. businesses have also lost power here in lafayette. the owner of joni's doughnut was surprised to come in this morning and find his lights would not turn on. he could not make any more doughnuts. he pulled out a lantern, lit a candle, he's doing his best in the dark. >> yeah, still open, yeah. >> working with -- >> working without light. and we're lucky whatever doughnuts we have to sell we have been making. right now we cannot make no more. with that said, we're just waiting for the power back on.

>> reporter: here is a look at what your drive could look like this morning. there is debris all over the place. this is in los gatos. branches and debris littering black roads, some lanes are blocked from the trees that fell overnight. trees and limbs came down all over the bay area. so be on the lookout this morning. it was such a windy night, still windy this morning, and power outages are just sprinkled all over the bay area, we're hearing about 2,000 customers in the dark in burlingame, about 6500 in oakland. 3,000 in los gatos, pg&e, you can only imagine, how busy they are going to be this morning. how many calls they're getting, especially from people who work from home, or are doing distance learning, and wondering when they're going to be able to power up the computers. so they can get busy this morning. reporting live in lafayette, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. so here is another good warning to be careful if you're driving this morning. look at this tree blocking a dark stretch of highway 9, south

of los gatos. this was the scene a little after 3:00 this morning on black road near skyline boulevard. crews were chopping it up to clear it out of the way as quickly as possible. we're counting down to joe biden being sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. just about 24 hours from now, both he and vice president-elect kamala harris will take their oath of office. as time ticks, the tension does rise in the nation's capitol. it is now basically a militarized zone with blockades, barbed wire and checkpoints stretching for milemiles. here is a live look. 25,000 national guard troops are in the area now. the massive security presence is a result of the violent storming of the u.s. capitol january 6th. this morning the washington post reports the fbi is warning of right wing extremists potentially posing as national guard members to infiltrate the inauguration ceremonies. no specific plots have been identified. the fbi is warning about

armed protests at state capitols across the country, so security is tight at the grounds in sacramento. from guards patrolling the dome to a new six foot high fence surrounding the complex, the california state capitol is locked down. in addition to enhanced police presence, 1,000 heavily armed national guard troops are stationed at the capitol building and at nearby state offices. >> the key thing we need to stress is the cal guard is always going to be respectful of those who want to demonstrate peacefully. we're hoping it remains that way, hoping for best case scenario to happen and our soldiers are prepared and ready for their mission. >> the right wing fringe group proud boys tells the abc 7 news i-team members will not attend any inauguration day protests, but the left wing fringe group antifa is calling for a large turnout. happening today, some incoming biden cabinet members will face the first round of senate confirmation hearings. they include janet yellen as treasury secretary, and antony

blinken for secretary of state. biden is making historic announcement, he's nominating pennsylvania secretary of health dr. rachel levine as assistant secretary for health. dr. levine would be the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the senate. she's going to work with former california attorney general javixavier becerra if he's confd to lead the health and human services department. and happening today, a joint flag raising at the city halls of oakland and scranton, pennsylvania, now forever linked bit incoming biden/harris administration. mayor shaft and the mayor of biden's hometown of scranton will stream the joint flag raising that is going to happen at 10:00 a.m. and check out this time lapse display at the national mall on washington. the biden inauguration team finished planting nearly 200,000 flags yesterday. the state and u.s. territory flags are to symbolize the

americans who can't attend tomorrow's inauguration in person because of the covid-19 restrictions and because of all the security concerns at the capitol. as president trump's time in office comes to a close, and in its final hours now, abc news reports he's expected to issue a flurry of pardons sometime today. sources say the final list could amount to more than 100 people including rapper lil wayne. abc news learned the president is unlikely to pardon himself or his family in the face of possible impeachment and other criminal investigations. president trump is also set to release some sort of recorded video message today. he will skip tomorrow's inauguration ceremony and leave for florida earlier in the morning. abc news will have live coverage of the inauguration beginning at 6:00 tomorrow morning here on abc 7. coming up, a bay area city considers extending its sick leave policy during the pandemic. and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. another update on how the markets are doing next.

and pandemic pivot, how people are finding creative ways to make money off of their hobbies. okay. first, we want to check in with meteorologist mike nicco here. the wind has been the biggest story all morning long. >> mm-hmm. >> yeah, san francisco has been hit pretty hard, a couple of trees down, some limbs down, power outages. let me show you what's going on. right here this is dolores park, the area i'm circling. just to the west of that, you can see this spot right here, they just reported, well, earlier, a 54-mile-per-hour wind gust at 340 foot elevation. it is a little higher than, say, some of the lower elevations. that's what's causing the damage there. temperatures in the mid-50s across san francisco with all the winds and most of us in the low to mid-50s now. the winds are biting, and they're a little cooler than yesterday. here say look from the tower. let's break down the day temperaturewise really quick. low to mid-60s at noon. mid to maybe a few upper 60s at 4:00, cooler than yesterday, no record highs, 10 degrees cooler

than yesterday. warmer than average. winds decreasingly fall into the mid and upper 50s by 7:00. look at that, 29 to 54 from the east bay hills. so your commute, watch out for debris on the roadways. bigger waves on the ferries and watch out, rough and also could be some mass transit stations that don't have power. not something you want to check on. thursday night, increasing clouds will continue the warming trend. friday's chance of rain, not very good. saturday and sunday looking pretty quiet. but look at this, sunday night to monday, we have a chance of rain, a better chance a quarter to a half inch of rain. we'll talk more about that coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. let's get to sue and talk about the commute. how is your commute across the golden gate bridge? >> windy. over the waldo grade, i drive a small car, i was blowing all over the place. small cars, big high profile trucks or buses, you're going to really be affected this morning with the wind and debris in lanes. we have power outages which as mike mentioned could affect your mass transit drive, but also

streetlights. we'll talk about that in a little bit. couple of sig alerts. mostly on skyline boulevard, highway 9 and highway 84, due to downed trees and limbs. we have got full closure at la honda and also highway los gatos, you're being turned around to go back because it is completely shut down. at least a few more hours. approaching hayward, this is an accident blocking lanes southbound 880 near wynton, backed up to 238. give yourself a little extra time. and once again, we want to remind you that we have full stoppage on b.a.r.t. this morning, due to some sort of obstruction on the track, delayed, full stoppage, richm richmond, el cerrito, berryessa, millbrae. give yourself plenty of time. if you are out there, and the streetlights are out or blinking,

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new at 6:00, a deputy with the sacramento county sheriff's office is dead after a late night car crash that ended in a shooting near the decal expo fair grounds. a parolee had been pulled over by deputies just after 10:00 last night. the suspect led deputies on a 10 to 15 minute chase before crashing. deputies then say the lone suspect shot and killed a police canine before shooting at deputies killing one of them. a sheriff's office says the deputy is a six-year veteran with a wife and young child. but his name has not been released. the suspect was also killed. president-elect joe biden rejecting the trump administration's plan to lift coronavirus travel restrictions. the white house plans to allow travelers to come into the u.s. from much of europe and brazil with proof of a negative covid test or documentation of having recovered from covid-19. biden's incoming press secretary immediately shot down that suggestion.

this comes as doctors deal with a new variant of the virus discovered in l.a. >> something that is stickier, like this new variant potentially is, can cause us to have setbacks in all the hard work we have done so far. >> likely to blame for the recent explosion in cases. today the u.s. is expected to do surpass 400,000 covid-19 deaths. in an exclusive interview on "good morning america," the incoming director of the cdc said it can be done. >> we need to make sure we have the people, the vaccinators on the ground to -- we're going to, you know, use commission medical personnel, we're going to use military medical personnel, we're going to look at retirees, look at upper level nursing students, medical students so we can really get enough people to be doing the vaccination. >> the doctor says a top

priority of the biden administration is to make sure all americans get equal access to the covid-19 vaccine. a bay area company is coordinating up to 150,000 covid tests in california each day. now it is hoping new software can speed up vaccine distribution. the ceo of color health spoke to luz pena. >> reporter: san francisco has one of the highest per capita covid-19 testing rates. behind the scenes is color health. what is color's role at test sites like this one? >> our role is like an end to end system, where we provide the registration, logistics. >> reporter: at this burlingame lab, color says if processed, 2.5 million covid tests to date. the ceo says they're pivoting fast and focusing on vaccine distribution now. >> replaying in many ways the journey we went through with

testing, now playing it through with vaccines. >> reporter: the lab results are showing covid cases surging in underprivileged communities across the state. marin county is also using this company for mobile testing. that's one of the strategies for vaccine distribution. >> it is really good that we're providing massive vaccination sites. that will serve us for half of the population, the other half that is in many ways the most vulnerable ones, we need to take vaccinations to them, the same way we did for testing. >> reporter: what do we need from the state and the counties to expedite this process. >> it is an information problem. one is getting to a unified software infrastructure that is simple and that enables every single person to get in line and make it all the way through to the end. >> reporter: the latest california data shows more than 3.2 million vaccines have been distributed throughout the state. only 40% have been used. he says that need is what pushed them to work faster. >> the crisis forced us to

create this infrastructure, which is going to be important for the next generation as we really try to solve public health in a real way in the u.s. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. happening today, oakland city council members will vote on extending emergency paid sick leave benefits. these benefits lapsed on december 31st and state and federal benefits have also lapsed. so that means oakland workers who test positive for covid are not protected if they need to take off of work. if passed, these benefit goes into effect immediately. san jose and l.a. have already extended their local sick leave provisions. now to your morning money report, as janet yellen's senate confirmation hearings begin today for u.s. treasury secretary, we're getting a first glimpse at how she hopes to help the american economy recover from the pandemic. she is expected to urge lawmakers to act big. it comes almost a week after biden unveiled his $9.9 trillion

stimulus proposal. the new york stock exchange, trading gets under way. we're up about 144 points. if you need a caffeine kick, but regular soda won't do it for you, coca-cola might have the answer. the company has a new drink combining coke with coffee. the beverage is available in three flavors, dark, vanilla and caramel. it comes in 12 ounce cans with 69 milligrams of caffeine per can, compared to 34 milligrams of caffeine found in a 12 ounce can of regular coke or 46 milligrams in diet coke. so -- >> bouncing off the walls. >> boom, boom, boom. >> here's a question. since you're from the land of coke, and i have once lived there, i was trying to think, what is the flavor of coke? >> well, you know, if you go to the coca-cola museum, which i have been to 5,000 times. >> same. >> they don't tell you.

it is a secret, which is interesting, but it is weird because when you want to describe the flavor, you think coke. >> it is coke, right. >> i was looking it up, i get it is very citrusy but you don't think of it sas a citrus beverage, right? someone else said vanilla raisin. >> that's the one that i have always sided with, vanilla-ish with the raisin that sneaks in. mike, what do you think? >> raisin undertone. >> yes. >> i think barbara must not be watching us now. she's born and raised there, and loves coke, we would be storming through the door right now to chime in on this. i love the museum there. i love how they shoot the soda from, like, halfway across the room into your glass. it is really neat. i don't drink much coke, too much sugar. too much sugar. let's talk about what's going on, peak wind gust, 97 miles per hour in sonoma.

that's from a pg&e site. contra costa county on mt. diablo, 84. alameda, 75. marin, 66, san maceo, 62, napa, 60, san francisco, 57 miles per hour. look at this, 53 at sfo now. the 40 in san carlos. most of us pushing middle 30s, if not faster. the difference last night, compared to sunday night, the air is much colder at 3,000 feet and it is blowing faster. but that cold air is heavier and that's what sinks into our valleys and lower elevations and that's why more of us are dealing with the damaging winds this morning. so let's talk about what's going to happen with the rest of the forecast. still windy through the daylight hours today. sunny, cooler, up to 10, 15 degrees cooler. winds will decrease, that will drop our temperatures back to cold levels tonight. and we'll be in and out of chances of rain this weekend. going into the weekend friday. chance of rain coming out of the weekend, sunday into monday we

have a chance of rain. hopefully palatable for you. let's look at what's going on, mid-60s to upper 60s most of us. downsloping winds could push us to 71 in the warm spot, santa rosa. deepest valleys in the 30s, rest of us in the 40s. if you turned the heater off, you might want to turn it back on. temperatures in the 60s through thursday. chance of rain friday will drop us into the 50s. and keep us there all the way through monday when we have our better chance of rain. have a great day. be careful out there. reggie? >> thank you, mike. many people are turning to side hustles during the pandemic to make extra cash or supplement for a loss of income. "good morning america" spoke with julia delong. she turned her hobby into a job. she said she knows how to tutor and thought a lot of parents will need help now. she started her own business. it is called the traveling tutor. she used facebook to build a clientele. >> as it picked up, i thought, this is something i really do want to do as my actual career. >> coming up on "gma," we're

going to hear from others who changed careers during this pandemic, including a laid off chef and his brother, who started pasta packs. abc's rebecca jarvis will have tips on how to start making cash doing something you already love. happening tonight, will someone finally strike and get filthy rich? with no big winners in the mega millions and powerball drawings since september, two of the biggest jackpots in u.s. lottery history are up for grabs. the mega millions drawing is tonight, it is worth $850 million. the powerball jackpot has grown to $730 million, that drawing is tomorrow. and one of our personal favorite stories this morning, a chinese restaurant in montreal can't be accused of overselling its menu. the restaurant is going viral for its brutally honest menu descriptions. for example, the owner admits the orange beef is, quote, not that good. he also describes it saying don't expect it to be so tasty. sales are booming.

the restaurant is getting a lot of attention. thanks to a guest who tweeted about the candid commentary from the owner calling it a real treat. i looked at the restaurant, the menu right now, called dai. >> what is the price range? >> price range, $11, $11.99 for black pepper chicken. >> okay. >> the owner says i don't know why, but peanut sauce chicken is liked by a lot of customers at art dai. that's the description for that meal. here he has seaweed salad, he says really simple, really good, recommended to have one plate while you're here waiting on your other plates. okay. so -- >> i appreciate an owner who knows what they're good at and also knows what they fail at. they feel like they have to have it on the menu anyway because people demand it. >> they do. he openly said, he had not tried some of those items on his menu. i thought that was, like, a

requirement of a restaurant owner, got to try it all. >> i used to be honest when i worked in a restaurant, when people would order something and i would say that's our number one returned item. >> on that note, coming up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> also, abc 7 launched new streaming apps so wherever you are, you can get our live newscast, breaking news, weather and more, with our new abc 7 bay area app on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. just search for abc 7 bay area, download it for free and don't order the chicken marsala. here is a live look outside before we go at 6:55. a gorgeous but very windy morning.

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it's 6:58. here are the seven things to know this morning. strong winds whipping across the bay area knocking our some power to neighborhoods this is san francisco where cruise need to clean up the branches. >> and number two, the fastest and most likely damaging winds continue through 10:00 this morning. then windy for the rest of the day with gusts up to 50 after gusts of 80 to 90 possible this morning. remember, charge everything in case you lose power and hold on to the steering wheel when you're crossing the >> and really wreaking havoc on most of the bay area bridges this morning with wind advisories. there is golden gate, your bay bridge, mitering lights were

turned on this morning, so you're backing up now towards the overcrossing and san mateo bridge, including the venetia bridge. >> number four, washington, d.c. on lockdown in the final hours before joe biden's inauguration. the unprecedented security efforts hoping to protect against warned threats of right wing extremists. >> number five, starting today, those who live or work in san francisco can sign up to be notified for when it is their turn to get the covid-19 vaccine. you can register for the alert sometime later today at sf.gov/vaccinenotify. >> number six, two of the biggest jackpots in u.s. lottery history are new up for grabs. mega millions and powerball prizes have grown to nearly $1.6 billion combined. the mega millions drawing is tonight. >> number seven if you've been screaming on the inside for months, now you can do it out loud. there is a hot line offering relief called just scream. all you have to do is call the number, yell out loud, as loud as you want for as long as you want. and then hang up.

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