it will be breezy at times, and there will be some cold air settling in. notice how the showers taper off rather significantly. and after midnight there won't be much left. then we start tomorrow with o sa take a look at what's coming our way next week. we are going to be in for quite a wet weather pattern from sunday all the way through the remainder of next week. and i'll give you a closer look at that. and the sunny break that's coming our way tomorrow a little bit later. dion, larry? >> all right, thank you, spencer. turning now to the coronavirus. big headline today as california set another unfortunate record, 764 deaths. the previous high was two weeks ago at 708. but there are a couple of hopeful trends here. just over 23,000 newly diagnosed cases were reported, and that's well below the daily average. also, the seven-day positivity rate continues to drop. the bay area's icu availability, that's dipped slightly since the

last update from the state on tuesday. no at 6.6%, it was at 7.4 previously. the state's threshold for lifting that stay-at-home order, that's at 15%. we have a ways to go there. the situation is really dire in the san joaquin valley and southern california areas. san francisco has finally launched its first mass covid-19 vaccination site at city college. 500 people got their shots. but as we know, that number just a drop in the bucket. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez live in the newsroom with more on what's being done now to secure more doses, lyanne. larry, that side is supposed to be youth used not only by the city but private providers as well to make it easier to accommodate a loft people, high volume number of folks. except that the supply is, as we know, unpredictable. aside from that, there was relief from patients today who got the shot. >> this is the start of the end of this pandemic. >> reporter: optimistic words

from the mayor of san francisco, despite not knowing when the next big shipment of the covid-19 vaccine will arrive. for now, 500 people were given the moderna vaccine at city college san francisco. patients were notified through ucsf's online resource site my chart. >> you just drive through and they give you the shot. and you wait 20 minutes, and wow. >> reporter: the state has promised to deliver another 10,000 doses next week. after that, it's anyone's guess. the mayor has set a goal of vaccinating a minimum of 10,000 people a day. she said governor newsom is receptive to the needs of san francisco. >> definitely. but the governor is also not the person making the vaccines, right? and here is the other challenge we're dealing with. well, here is the good news. we have a new president. that's the good news. >> reporter: right now health care workers, people in long-term care facility, and those 65 and older are in the top tier. but there is talk in sacramento about making age a priority over

other sectors like education ane the best strategy. >> our schools are still closed. we need to prioritize our educators. our police officers are on the front lines still making arrests and dealing with the challenges of the city. >> reporter: meanwhile, the rate of positive cases is going down. that's promising news for businesses desperate to reopen. >> i don't have a date for you right now, but it certainly looks like it will be sooner rather than later at this time. >> reporter: in these uncertain times, there was at least a hint of reassurance for smithy blackwell who was finally vaccinated. >> oh my god, what a relief. it's such a relief. oh, wow. >> so good. now the city college site will be open tomorrow and sunday with some additional vaccines to be administered for the next several days. after that, again, we can't stress enough that these are vaccines for people who already have an appointment.

you know, larry, i have to confess this, but i'm now dreaming about getting the vaccine. isn't that interesting? >> well, we can all dream because i think we're probably 30 million or something on the list. we're down that list a ways. but what about for seniors in san francisco? maybe they live alone, maybe they don't drive. what are the logistics for them? how do they get the vaccine? >> you know, i had not thought of that until the mayor mentioned it. there are some smaller sites and more expected to open that will serve the needs of the immediate communities. one that comes to mind, for example, is maxine hall health center in the western addition area of san francisco. and it's intended for older people who are close by and they're able to get their walk there. >> lyanne melendez dreaming of her shot, live in the newsroom. thanks, lyanne. >> i think lots of people are dreaming of the shot. contra costa wants to administer a million doses by july 4th.

the easy solution is to do mass vaccinations, but the deputy health officer explained there is a problem. >> we would like to also add in the mass vax model where people drive up without an appointment. we just need a lot more vaccine for that. we get about 12,000 doses of vaccine, first doses per week. so one mass vax clinic takes about 5,000 to 10,000 doses. we just don't have enough vaccine to support that right now. >> since december 15th, the county has administered more than 65,000 doses. that's about 5800 every day. a mass vaccination site is now open in mountain view. the city is working with santa clara county to give shots to people who do not have a primary care doctor. the doors opened at 12:30 at the mountain view community center, and no appointment is necessary. the goal is to vaccinate one thousand people a day. and abc7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine roll-out with our vaccine tracker. it also shows you when you might

be able to get the vaccine in california. you can find this resource at our home page, abc7news.com. so many of our essential workers are heavily impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, and paying the rent has become a real challenge for many families. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has a look at one city that has approved a temporary ban on residential rent increases in a neighborhood that's been really hit hard by the coronavirus. >> we don't have enough money to pay all the bills. >> reporter: mechanic enrique porro has been struggling through the pandemic. he's had to lay off several employees at his auto shop in san rafael's canal district. the first of the month isn't easy for anyone these days. >> many neighbors here around, it's not easy for them to pay the rent, like me too. >> reporter: roughly 12,000 people live many this neighborhood. most are latino families. some are facing rent increases. >> we're talking about our essential worker, our families. they are going to be benefitting

by that policy. >> reporter: that policy is a new temporary ban on residential rent hikes in this neighborhood, just approved by the san rafael city council. after a long campaign by nonprofit canal alliance and its ceo, omar carerra. >> this is not the time to be talking about increasing rents. evictions are a bad business for everyone. >> reporter: carerra says many workers have lost jobs due to the pandemic. >> making sure that people are housed is the best to combat the pandemic. >> reporter: the highest rates are right here in the canal district. just another reason why it's so tough for many people to pay the rent. >> a lot of people live in apartments as well. so it's really hard to isolate. being essential workers as well, they have to be able to pay the rent and feed their families. >> councilmember is working with tenants and landlords on the temporary rent increase ban which will last one year. for enrique and his neighbors,

it means some financial breathing room for now. >> i hear that news, and i'm so happy to hear that. >> reporter: in san rafael, abc7 news. the ghost ship fire, the first trial ending finding one defendant not guilty. they dead locked over the other defendant, derrick almena. today he appeared in court today as plead guilty. leslie brinkley has been following this case since the very beginning. >> reporter: the court hearing was brief and held remotely with no one but attorneys, the judge and derick almena there. families of the ghost ship victims said it was hard hearing 36 names read in succession. after each name, almena said "guilt "guilty." 36 times he said guilty. >> and i was doing okay until number 16. i was far more emotional than i thought i would be. the tears started falling. >> reporter: this grieving mother said her daughter, chelsea faith dolan was an

electronic music composer and dj who ran back into the burning warehouse in december 2016 to try and save friends. during the 2019 trial, almena, as the founder and master tenant, was accused of turning the warehouse into a deadly fire trap, inviting people to live in a space zoned for storage with no sprinklers, no exit sign, and no smoke alarms. >> there are no words that can convey our disappointment with this evil plea bargain. and our sorrow. >> reporter: almena was jailed in june of 2017. a jury deadlocked over his guilt in 2019. there was supposed to be another trial next month, but things changed. >> since last year, he got out for covid, and he has been on an ankle bracelet at home. it's almost like he's getting off scot-free. >> spending a year and a half on

his sofa writing and drawing and spending quiet time with his family is not justice. >> reporter: this is the ghost ship warehouse today. accounting for time served and good behavior, almena could potentially serve less than two more years in custody. almena is scheduled to be sentenced on march 8th. he is not expected to face any civil penalties. he remains under house arrest in lake county. i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. we have an update on a story we brought you a couple of weeks ago. a dance company in san jose that had nearly 100 costumes stolen. thanks to a tip from someone who saw the story on abc7 news, the san jose dance theater was able to recove 16 tutus earlier this week. the tops, however, those are still missing, as are the rest of the costumes. we spoke to the artistic director earlier today, and she had this message for whoever took the costumes. >> but if you could find it in

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legendary baseball player hank aaron has died at the age of 86. according to his assistant, mr. aaron passed away peacefully in his sleep. abc7 news reporter elwin lopez with a look back at a hall of fame life and career. >> reporter: for the 23-year-old hank aaron played in the major leagues, the game of baseball was very much like the video itself, black and white, especially on april 8th, 1974 when he hit his 715th home run to break babe ruth's record. >> it is gone! he passed ruth's record only 28 years after jackie robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball. this was the height of aaron's

career, but it was tempered by death threats and racist hate mail. still, the hammer as he was called is regarded as one of the greatest hitters of all time. hank hit 755 home runs during his baseball career, making him america's all-time home run leader for the next three decades. aaron started his career with the milwaukee braves, ultimately became the atlanta braves. he then played for the milwaukee brewers in '7 5 and he retired in 1976 and was elected to baseball's hall of fame in 1982. he was born in mobile, alabama in the midst of the great depression in 1934. he taught himself how to play baseball, against during his early year he batted cross-handed he says because no one told him not too. he breck grounds for african americans in professional sports. by 1992, aaron's 200,000 salary was the highest in the league. aaron was known as a reserved man and never a fan of stardom. on january 5th in aaron's last

tweets, he says he was, quote, proud to get the covid vaccine and encouraged others to do the same. elwin lopez, abc news, atlanta. giants great willie mays issued a statement this afternoon on aaron's passing, remembering his contemporary as a, quote, very humble and quiet man and just simply a good guy. i have so many fond memories of hank and will miss him very much. joining me howard bryant, who wrote "the last hero: the life of henry aaron." one of his nine books. i really appreciate you taking the time this afternoon. i can read a whole list of accomplishments, 755 homers, mvp, world series champion, a 25-time all star, which is mind-boggling hall of famer of course. when you think of henry, aaron, do you think of those stats or maybe something about the man off the field? because he had to thrive, and he did thrive despite overt racism.

>> yeah, i think them both, larry. when you think about the stats, i think about it this way. he and i used to talk about this. because i used to laugh at him. and i would say to him, so let me get this straight. when you first got into the big leagues, your goal was to break stan musial's all-time hits record of 3,630. and then midway through your career you decided to go after babe ruth's record instead of 714 home runs? you were so good that you could choose which all-time record you were going the break. we would just laugh about it because he was just that talented. he is just a giant in this sport. on the field, there is no -- the numbers are just however many different numbers you want, 20 straight years -- 20 straight years of 20 home runs. it's just staggering off the field so much more than that. and i remember one of the first things i remember about him is him telling me when he was young, when the ku klux klan would march down the street in mobile, his parents would take their eight kids and they would

put them under the bed and make them hide to make sure that they were safe. >> wow. >> this is the life that he started out in, and that he skipped school one day in 1948 because jackie robinson came to town and it changed his life. and unlike jackie, who was a veteran, unlike jackie who was college educated, henry aaron told me i had no backup plan. there was no plan b. baseball had to work. and boy did it ever work. >> that's for sure. i mean, we've seen the film footage a million times where he breaks babe ruth's record. that was back in 1974. but i heard you say that really didn't make him happy at the time. why not? >> well, it made him miserable, because he was the subject of death threats and hate mail. and not just that, but just the fact that this is the dream of america. this is what america tells us to do, to go out and pull yourself up by your boot straps, which he did, because his father built his house by hand with scraps of spare wood and nails from vacant

lots. he taught himself how to play baseball. he never went on the disabled list. 23 seasons, he never got hurt. he played hurt all those years. >> wow. >> so now you've done what america has asked you to do. and how does it reward you? by threatening your family and having the fbi have to protect your daughter because she was a kidnapping threat. there was a kidnapping threat against her when she was at university, and that you're at the top of your profession, and you're worried about being assassinated. that's why this didn't make him happy. he always told -- he told me, he told the world, this was supposed to be the best moment of my life, and it wasn't. >> that's really sad. i've heard 3,000 letters a day filled with threats, just horrible. >> i was going to say to you, the amazing story here is that the famous moment of hank aaron rounding the base, and you see the two kids come out of the

stands, and they're side by side with him. henry's bodyguard was in the stands with a pistol in his binoculars case. and he wasn't sure if those two -- if those two fans were there to congratulate henry or to hurt henry, and he very nearly pulled the gun out of the binoculars case to shoot those two guys if they came after him. once he realized they were friendly, he put the gun back, and in this gallows humor, henry's inner circle for 35, 40 years used to laugh that that was the best decision of the night that calvin made. >> wow. that story would have had a very different ending had that gun come out. that's why i'm so glad that we're able to have you on today, because you know stories that none of us have heard before, unless they read your book. unless they read your book. and that book, we might as well get the plug in, right? "the last hero: the life of henry aaron." one of nine bring by the

fantastic senior writer for espn. thank you so much for your time. >> good to see you again, larry. thank you. >> all right. take care. and we'll be right back. 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.

a staggering chunk of change is up for grabs in tonight's mega millions drawing. these signs from a sunnyvale market show the jackpot at yes, $970 million. but it has gone up since then. it's now at a billion dollars.

that is the second largest in the game's history. and only the third time in american lotto game has reached a billion. the odds, if you are curious, are 1 in 302 million. it's already been a big week for lottery player, though. someone in maryland won a $731 million powerball jackpot on wednesday. there are so many digits in a billion, larry, it doesn't even fit on the sign. >> i can't even imagine a billion dollar jackpot. i'm just thinking i should take my microphone off right now and run down to the store and get some mega millions tickets. spencer, spencer doesn't even play the lottery. he gets so much money, he doesn't even care. >> i just love the way dion said there are so many digits, so many zeros in a billion. >> yes. >> well, we're going to have zero rain later tonight with a whole lot more coming our way after what we had today. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see our current storm,

which is a relatively weak storm is winding down now. beautiful view of clouds hovering over the golden gate, looking westward from emeryville. 49 here in san francisco. low 50s at oakland. mountain view, san jose 49. and morgan hill at 50 at half moon bay. and the view looking northward is promising. the skies are getting bluer right now. but that won't last very long. it's 54 degrees in santa rosa. low 50s at novato and napa. 47 in vacaville and livermore, and concord 51 degrees. and nice view from sutro tower looking over san francisco while we have daylight increasing right now after the storm starts to break up. these are our forecast features. showers in tonight. colder air will settle in. it will be dry and sunny tomorrow. nice little break there. and then more storms follow sunday through next week. so what's left of the current storm? 1 on the impact scale. breezy at times. colder air settling in tonight, and going to the late night hours, showers will continue to taper off, and we start the day tomorrow morning with mainly

sunny skies. overnight low temperatures will be generally in the low to mid-40s near the bay shoreline. but upper 30s inland as the colder air i referred to is filtering in. tomorrow breezy at the coast. sunny but cooler than we have had of late. cooler days than we've had of late, with high temperatures ranging from mid-50s at the coast to upper 50s around the bay shoreline, to upper 50s in most of our inland areas. now let's skip ahead, take a look at our forecast animation starting on sunday morning, when the next wave of rain with cold air producing snow in the higher elevations will sweep through. that's sunday. that will be followed by more cold showers and some snow at the higher elevations on monday. then on tuesday, we'll get a little bit of a break in the early part of the day, but another storm comes in late in the day. and that will be a vigorous storm that will bring some heavier rain, some high rainfall totals and some strong gusty wind. that system will continue into wednesday. so let's tip is ahead and take a look at expected rainfall totals

by next friday. we're talking 2 to 3 inches from tuesday to friday for most of the bay area. some locations in the higher elevations especially will receive even higher rainfall totals than that. so here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. a brief break from the rain tomorrow, and then every single day for the remainder of the forecast, period, we expect some periods of rain. but look at this. on tuesday, going into wednesday, as it gets windy and this storm for wednesday comes in, a windy storm on wednesday coming in more vigorously with more rainfall, we are ranking this one a 3 on the abc7 news storm impact scale. we haven't seen a 3 in a long time. that's going to be a fairly strong storm and a fairly wet week. larry? >> all right, spencer. we need it. that's for sure. thank you. more executive orders signed. a closer look at president biden's battle plan. plus, the state of bay area restaurants. the covid crisis hitting them so

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> president biden taking executive action to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of americans. abc7 news reporter andrew dymburt breaks it down for us. >> reporter: after his first full day in office, we're getting a better look at president joe biden's battle plan. the 46th president expected to take more than 30 executive actions by today, including an order requiring federal contractors pay their workers a minimum wage of $15 an hour. it follows a string of actions the new president's taken to jump-start his agenda and set the tone for his new administration. and amid the covid-19 pandemic,

he is calling for a full-scale wartime effort to combat the virus. >> we need more action. we need to move fast. >> reporter: the biden plan estimates that national vaccination strategy with expanded testing requires $160 billion, and he wants an additional 170 billion to help reopen schools and universities. the new president also moving along with plans to provide a path to citizenship for about 11 million people currently without legal status, a move drawing ire from republicans. >> that's why i was disappointed to see within hour of assuming office, the new administration was more interested in helping illegal immigrants than helping our own citizens. >> reporter: with democrats controlling both chambers of congress and the white house, capitol hill is now a launch pad for biden's key priorities starting with confirming members of his cabinet, lloyd austin becoming the first african american secretary of defense. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: but lawmakers also have their hands full with the upcoming impeachment trial of

biden's predecessor. senate majority leader chuck schumer announcing that the lone article of impeachment against trump will officially be introduced in the senate on monday. and house speaker nancy pelosi pushing back against gop claims that trump doesn't have enough time to prepare his defense, saying that he will have had the same amount of time to prepare as the impeachment managers. andrew dymburt, abc news, capitol hill. turning now to one of the industries struggling the most right now, the restaurant industry. joining me live is lori thomas now with the golden gate restaurant association. lori, great to have you with us again. how are restaurants doing as we speak? >> well, most of us in san francisco are closed, so we're not doing very well, i'm afraid. >> do we have numbers on the closure rate in the bay area, by any chance? >> well, pretty much -- not for sure, because it's really hard. nobody's filed their new license fees, and they haven't renewed any permits. everything's been delayed by the city allowing a delay in the

payment of the normal license fees until october of next year. but we know that with only takeout and delivery available, that most restaurants, including my two neighborhood restaurants can't make that work and have closed and hibernated. so we know that there is probably about 10 or 15% of the total restaurants that are operating still for takeout and delivery, but that's becoming harder and harder the longer we have to go and not able to do outdoor dining status. >> not to mention doing takeout is not enough to keep a restaurant afloat. and also with new laws surrounding delivery apps and extra fees, that's also another hindrance. can we talk about some of the signs of improvement perhaps? i see there is some relief on the way for chinatown, for example, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods. the board of supervisor, they approved almost $2 million for businesses there, but is that enough? >> no. what we really need is we need more federal relief. and you saw that president biden

is hoping to do another federal relief bill. we're hoping to get some pp round 2 loans, though i can tell you it's a very difficult process to fill out all the applications correctly, and there is a lot of uncertainty about who is going to be able to access those funds and then use them. the city recently announced they found another $62 million for small businesses in the form of grants and some zero to low-interest loans that will be rolled out soon that should be helpful as well. but we need a lot more money. >> at least that's something. something else i want to touch upon is i've spoken to a number of restaurant owners who on top of the current economic situation are struggling because they're dealing with break-ins now. for you, what is it like? it feels like all of the problems are compounding one after another here. >> well, i can tell you that there is a lot of emotional fatigue and mental fatigue and stress around all of this. and having clean and safe streets is something that's so important to us. i sit on several coalitions.

we're working with our other industry partners to do whatever we can to address these issues. and certainly having to deal with costs of repairing damaged park lets or god forbid, break-ins to your windows of your restaurants that a lot are boarded up and closed, it's just like the nail in the coffin for many of us. >> anecdotally, i've heard from about five businesses in the sunset district alone. so it's heartbreaking as a consumer to see this happen. real quickly, several restaurant owners, they have pivoted. many have pivoted to try to make money in other ways. what have you seen that's unique? can you share with us some successful stories? >> i don't know about that. i know that we try to do takeout and delivery for five weeks and lost way too much money. so i do know that some people have done a great job in packaging an experience sort of beyond just a normal dinner to go. maybe you add the wine, you add some other type of game for a

dinner party thing. i know that's been successful. i know certain people have gone to more of a grocery type a la carte menu, in addition to that, they've certainly done cocktails to go, which i know has been helpful. but again, this is not a sustainable business model for a full service restaurant to try to run and cover their costs with just a tiny amount of revenue. >> hopefully we have some better news to report the next time you join us. laurie thomas. >> outdoor dining. that's what we need. outdoor dine as soon as possible. >> we will watch and seen when that day comes. many thanks to you. >> you're welcome. along the same lines, a san francisco business owner is sharing his own story about a crime sweeping in the city. he is the owner of beta brand stores. he has been sounding off on twitter about a rash of burglaries. his store at union square was targeted just this morning. he joined me on our 3:00 p.m. show called getting answers to talk about what his staff has noticed. >> what my store employees who work here say most of the crime

is coming from sophisticated criminals who are coming in, they're casing the location in advance. they know exactly what they want to do. the last time we were broken in at night we had private security. but the criminals knew exactly when that person arrived. they had been scouting that out previous nights, and they came right before he showed up. >> surveillance video pretty scary to watch. norby shared surveillance video from recent burglaries at beta stores including this. he said it's terrifying to be a retail employee in san francisco right now because in addition to facing these brazen thefts, his staff is often harassed, even intimidated. he says 24-hour security is not a viable solution because it raises the operating cost of his stores to more than two times. so they couldn't be able to stay in business. >> so channeling for so many of these business owners. can money really buy happiness?

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7th. spencer, would you feel comfortable? if i just handed you tickets right now, how comfortable would you be? >> i'd be much more comfortable staying at home, watching it on tv. of course, i'd be even less comfortable that than if we had a packed stadium. i don't think i want to be anywhere right now where 22,000 people are gathered. maybe not even 22 people. not right now. >> ama, i see you nodding your head. so i assume you're in agreement. >> yeah, i'm kind of like hey, i made it this far. why chance things? you know i'm not taking that risk. but it's nice that they're offering some of those tickets to the front line health care workers. at least those people get to decide if they would like to take part. me personally, i'll hold off. >> just wait. as we mentioned earlier, another sports story here, and that is a sad one. baseball losing one of its legend was hank aaron passing at the age of 86. so consistent. you heard howard bryant talking about 20 homers in 20

consecutive seasons. he broke babe ruth's record. all star appearances 25, mvp in 1957, leading then milwaukee braves to the world series title. spencer, obviously hank was older than you are, because he is 86. >> not much older. >> well, no, no. as a contemporary, what do you think of when you think of hank aaron, i don't know the 715 and all that? >> obviously we have to think one of the greatest players of all time. but having met him and interviewed him right after he was voted into the hall of fame back in 1982, i also think of him as one of the finest gentlemen i've ever met in sports. he was so humble, so unassuming. never one to seek publicity or attention. and he shared with me some of the same things he shared with the gentleman you interviewed earlier, about the stress and

the difficulty he faced when he was chasing ruth's record, all the death threats and the hate mail and the racist things that were yelled at him every time he took the field. i don't know how he survived all that and still lived 86 years, but he was quite an impressive human being. >> yeah, you think about going to your job and having to worry about somebody shooting you. it's unthinkable. and being able to perform at that level. it's really remarkable what he was able to accomplish. >> what a pioneer. and i really love the character story, spencer, because knowing he was a genuine, kind human being as well despite being so famous. >> he was good man. moving on here, the old saying money can't buy hanes, apparently that is not true, at least according to a new study. listen to this. researchers at the university of pennsylvania's wharton school had some 33,000 people use a smartphone app to record their emotions throughout the day. now the data showed that all forms of well-being rose with

income across a wide range of levels. the study contradicts some well-known research from 2010 which showed that people tend to feel happier the more money they make, only up until they earned $75,000 a year. i always heard from my mom and dad that when you start making money in your career, you will always want more. so the trick is to find something that you're satisfied with in the work that you do, and feeling satisfied in the contributions you're making to the community. ama, how do you feel about this study? do you think that money can indeed buy happiness? >> well, i think that's a good point that your parents made. i think the old study was $75,000 a year, i think it really depends on where you live. because if you're in the bay area, that's not going to do a whole lot, and you're still going to have a lot of hardship, especially if you have a family, and maybe you're the only one with an income coming in. you know, i feel like to an extent, yes, the more money you have, it can definitely make

things easier. access to health care, this, that and the other thing. >> and everybody's situation is so vastly different as well. so speaking of money, how about making a little bit of it by eating candy. the candy fun house is seeking a taste tester. it's something they called a candiologist. the job is to review their 3,000 candy items and be selected as 100 to be debuted in their first branded candy line. the company is a small suburb of toronto. the part and full-time slots pay $30 an hour. job requirements require giving honest and objective opinions on the products. i don't know, spencer, how happy a dentist would be, because that's an awful lot of sugar to consume. >> it really is. you would have to pay me to eat some of that stuff. maybe more than $30 an hour. but it's interesting. i'm sure they'll find lots o tasters. >> for sure. >> i hate to be like the debbie downer, but it is an excellent marketing tactic, in this case

as well because look, we're talking about it in california. this position that is in canada, ama. >> yeah, absolutely. good point there. they're getting all that publicity. the same with spencer. the good ones would be good. but when you get the bad ones, like when you get that jelly bean you really don't like. you know? it's hard to come back from that. >> i just wish your daughter was a little older, because i would be submitting her name on an application for that job. she wants more candy, ama. give her some candy. >> no, she always says not chocolate, right? not chocolate. who is she? not my kid. >> not your daughter. all right.

grownish, the hit spin-off of blackish is returning to our sister network, free form tonight. the show follows a group of students at the made for tv cal u as they navigate the second half of junior year, and tackling current issues of social justice. abc7 news news race and social justice reporter julian glover spoke to the cast. >> pick us up where we left off with the first half of season 3 as we're going into the second half, your fashion career, you're working with celebrity clientele. where do we go from there? >> when we pick back up, everyone is amidst the adulting that happened when you realize you don't have much time left in college, and thing is something for each of us that expedites the growing up process. for me, or for zoe, i think part

of it is actually figuring out what the work world is like. >> trevor, your character is really growing a lot. and you're taking on some real heavy and serious issues like the prison industrial complex. what's it like to be able to highlight real life issues like that on the show? >> that's why i love being a part of the show, because we highlight the things people are able to talk about, the topics typically get swept under the rug. and it's an honor to play a role that can shed light on some very, very serious issues. >> reporter: another surprise for sp three of grownish, chart tapping rapper sweetie makes her debut. how it is going? >> it's going good. i'm about to have my first acting debut. >> what has that been like on the show? >> its exciting. it's a dream come true. i'm not going to lie. the first day on set i was so nervous. >> you're not nervous. you don't get nervous. >> music is one thing. i've been doing this for a couple of years now. but acting on someone else's

set, and i want to be what they're expecting. >> best friend, my type, we still hear it on the radio, the love out here is real. how has it been for you receiving that love from the bay area, where you're from? >> oh, my gosh, it makes my heart melt. it's one thing to the notoriety across the world. but when it's from home, it's a different vibe. so i'm really grateful for the support. >> grownish debuted last night on freeform. one last check of the weather with spencer and the impending rain. spence? >> not much left of the storm. as the showers end, we'll see a few lingering clouds. mainly in the low 40s near the coast and bay. upper 30s in the chillier inland valleys. tomorrow mainly sunny skies. but not a very mild today. highs will range from mid-50s a the coast to only upper 50s elsewhere. and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. after tomorrow's sunny dry break, we get a series of storms sunday through next friday.

the heaviest storm will be next wednesday. a storm ranking three on the abc7 news impact scale. it will be bring wind, rain and even snow in the higher elevations. quite a week ahead. larry? >> all right, thank you, spencer. good news for anybody hoping to get one of the t-shirts celebrating new vice president kamala harris and her oakland roots, because today oaklandish said due to the huge demand, they're extending the deadline to order one of those "oakland in the house" t-shirts. the previous deadline was midnight last night. and in another show of pride, oaklandish in collaboration with the warrior, dropped a limited edition collection celebrating the dubs' new oakland forever jerseys. well, the sweet taste of success, but this young entrepreneur for this person, entrepreneur for this person, it's not just about making if there's anything that this year has taught us, it's the things that matter: family. health. that's it. we found help at covered california. now we have a plan we can afford. enrollment ends january 31st.

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makaroons. i've raised close to $6,000. >> our main focus is empowering low income families on break the generational cycle of hunger. the families we serve are at the margins of society, at the worst case, just scraping by to exist. and we're here not just to support existence but to help families thrive. the work she's doing is helping them thrive. >> i hope everyone follows their passions and sort of explores it. i actually thought of doing macaroons for the very first time and i knew they were known to be very difficult to make. so i kind of took it up as a challenge. i knew that $15,000 is not easy to raise just on my own for so long. so i feel really, really happy to be able to help all these families and give them the computers and help them out. >> a delicious way to make a difference. with that, we say thank you so

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next, new developments on the highly contagious variants of covid-19. plus the new push to ramp up distribution of the vaccine from the south bay to the east bay. there's just one problem. also ahead, open for business. people lower their window and roll up their sleeves in the newest effort to vaccinate thousands every day in san francisco. plus, how this quiet out of the way restaurant is generating a lot of noise. and the snow just a short time ago on a south bay mountain top. we begin with the new more contagious variant of the