building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> we want it be very careful as we look forward and not time to relax too much yet. as covid-19 cases go down in san francisco, medical experts say this may only be a short reprieve. the top concern this morning, the spread of virus variance across the globe which are now being seen here in the bay area. good morning, everybody. saturday, january 23rd. i'm liz kreutz. let's start with a quick look at the weather and when we can expect more rain. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> a brief break in the rain starting with partly to mostly cloudy skies and plenty of sunshine out there today.

but, yes, a brief break as we look at our current numbers from the mid 30s in the north bay to mid 40s in hayward. 43 in palo alto and we are two to eight degrees colder this morning and fog from santa rosa to novato and half mile visibility for our friends in livermore. a look towards emeryville where temperatures in the 40s by 9:00 and in the mid 50s for some and upper 50s there others. a chilly night and we're talking about rain arriving mid day tomorrow and ends on monday and check it out, you see that level three system on wednesday. looks like we can see rain pretty much every day this week. details on the systems incoming in the next few minutes. liz. >> lisa, thank you. the health impact of the pandemic is something that we're focused on as we work to build a better bay area. as covid-19 cases are going down in parts of the bay area, doctors are not letting their guard down, even though icu capacity is increasing, medical experts tell abc7 news reporter

luz pena variance of the virus is what they're looking out for. >> reporter: the sight of relief that san francisco had been hoping for. >> our numbers are down overall in the hospital. >> reporter: mayor london breed tweeting san francisco's covid-19 reproductive rate is back under 1 at 0.99. that means for every person who gets covid-19 on average they're passing it to less than one other person. we're slowing the spread. if this continues, we could soon start reopening under california guidelines. dr. chris calledwell the chief of the emergency medical department at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital is seeing first-hand covid-19 cases drop. >> the capacity in the city is approaching 15%, that is better than it has been in a while and we're starting to vaccinate some of our patients and the outpatients over the age of 65. >> reporter: as they catch their breath, a new concern that is

looming over. >> we've seen a lot of variance of the covid-19 virus and whereas some of them look like they are potentially more transmissible, even more than the virus, the original form of the virus. >> reporter: dr. benjamin is tracking this data. >> uk variant, i believe, is in over 60 countries now. the south african variant is in over 20 countries. so, despite limitations on travel. >> reporter: stanford's doctor is part of a group of infectious disease and study this virus as it mutates. >> an emergency call tomorrow to study these variants. >> reporter: the best way to prevent the virus and the variant of covid to spread is to vaccinate as many people as possible fast.

>> it is quite reasonable to infer that we could see a surge. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena. the first mass covid-19 vaccination site is up and running. 500 people received their shots. the city finds itself facing the same problem many other communities are dealing with, a shortage of doses. california's promising to deliver another 10,000 next week. that is the number of people mayor london breed wants to vaccinate every day. the priority list could be changing with age moving past some of the essential sectors. >> our schools are still closed and we need to prioritize our educators and the police officers are still on the front lines making arrests and dealing with the chal. s of the city. >> the city college site is open this weekend, but people must have an appointment to get their shot. >> monitoring the covid-19 vaccine roll dut opwith our vaccine tracker and also shows you when you might be able to get the vaccine in california.

you could find this on our home page at abc7news.com. work is under way right now to understand and learn from the covid-19 virus at its very source including at the san francisco zoo. it may be closed to visitors. it's starting a new initiative to educate the public on what are known as zoo noddic diseases. transmitted from animals to humans just as the covid-19 virus is suspected to have been born. the new campaign will help to strengthen u.s. policies on wildlife trade believed to be the greatest source of zoo noddic disease. a memorial service was held to hawner the two victims of that deadly new year's eve hit and run in san francisco. ♪ mi andrids of elizabeth gathered at the crash scene scene. her mother met with mayor london

breed and calling on san francisco leaders to make the city safe again. friends at the service echoed that message as they remembered hannah. >> she did not deserve to go like this. what happened here could have been anyone crossing that sidewalk at that moment. >> letters spelling out the names of both victims have been put up on the store front at the scene. a 45-year-old parolee who was speeding away from a burglary has been charged with their deaths. that man, troy mcallister has pleaded not guilty. so sad. the man at the center of oakland's deadly ghostship fire is avoiding a second trial after taking a plea deal. he pleaded guilty 36 times. one plea for each of those killed in the december 2016 inferno. he released a trial in the jury deadlocked. he has been on house arrest in lake county. as part of his plea deal, he

will not face any civil penal penalties. he is scheduled to be sentenced on march 8th nchth in the south bay streets in san jose are back open after a spill. this is not far from highway 101. people who live nearby were told to shelter in place. a hazmat team controlled the spill in about two hours. one person treated for a medical issue at the scene but no other injuries. in santa cruz county thousands of people are still without electricity after a wind storm caused damage to power lines on tuesday. the outages are marked by green dots on the pg&e outage map you can see. more than 2,000 people could be without power until sunday. more than 14,000 have been affected by the outage. abc7 news reporter matt spoke to residents in boulder creek who said after 2020 this is not how they wanted to start the new year. >> reporter: at the pg&e resource center in scots valley

rachel anderson came to charge her phone. >> we can't charge anything. we haven't been able to shower, cook or do anything. >> reporter: her power has been out since tuesday. while they do have a small generator, her pet fish are the priority. >> the animals actually are getting the little electricity we have because they will die without it. we're just uncomfortable. >> reporter: after an already difficult summer when the czu fire tore through the valley. >> it's all just been one thing after another. >> reporter: pg&e says tuesday's wind storm was the strongest in the area in ten years damaging several hundred polls and wires in the santa cruz mountains. up in bolder creek, many stores remained closed even though power was restored to some areas. the red pearl restaurant had a two-hour wait as residents came to pick up food because most homes don't have gas to cook with either. >> we had no heat and refrigerator is out.

>> reporter: nick williams said he hasn't had any wifi making working from home challenging. >> i've been going with my phone and turning it on for a few minutes to check on e-mails and turning it back off. >> reporter: pg&e says they expect to have everybody back up by sunday. but with another storm on its way next week, williams says he's still worried. >> i hope that at least i could catch up on some of my work in between now and the next power outage. >> reporter: in boulder creek, matt boon, abc7 news. >> i feel for them. all right, lisa, what a week. now it's finally starting to feel like january again. >> certainly will as we get towards tomorrow afternoon. today we have a break, you can see the clouds out there. few leftover showers around mt. hamilton and even mixed in with some snow. but a dry day today. we'll talk about our cold temperatures, the wind, the low snow levels and the rain next. $600 which is already passed is simply not enough.

if you still had to choose between paying your rent and putting food on the table. the biden administration is laying out its economic plan. the new benefits coming from struggling families and federal workers. and someone is a billion dollars richer this morning. oh, little jealous, aren't we.

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only at wendy's. we have some sad, breaking news this morning. one of the legendary broadcasters of the era has died. just before 5:00 this morning this official twitter account released the news saying he passed away at cedar sinai medical center in los angeles. king was an icon in the broadcast world for 63 years across radio, tv and digital media. most notably hosting "larry king live" on cnn for 25 years until 2010. king was out of the icu two weeks ago. he was hospitalized with covid-19 on new year's eve.

no official cause of death has been given. king was 87 and he certainly will be missed. meantime, baseball has lost one of its legends. henry hank aaron hitting 20 home runs in 20 consecutive seasons and by the time he finished his career he had shattered babe ruth's all-time home run record. aaron who began his baseball career in the 1950s faced racism, death threats and had to travel with body guards. he spent most of his career with the milwaukee and atlanta braves. president joe biden paid tribute to aaron writing in part each time henry aaron rounded the bases, he was not just chasing a record but helping us chase a better version of ourselves. president biden meantime has signed 30 executive orders since taking office on wednesday and one of them focuses on expanding food assistance and delivering stimulus checks. another requires a $15 minimum wage for the federal workforce.

abc news senior white house correspondent mary bruce has the details. >> reporter: on his second full day in office president biden's agenda clashing with the looming impeachment trial food stamps for struggling families. >> the first one is the economic relief related to covid-19 pandemic. >> reporter: lay the ground work for the $15 minimum wage and biden will need congress to deliver his rescue package and right now congress has something else on its plate. impeachment. >> the bottom line is this. we're in a national emergency. we need to act like we're in a national emergency. >> reporter: biden wants an additional $1,400 in direct payments to most americans. >> $600, which was already passed is simply not enough. if you still had to choose between paying your rent and putting food on the table. >> reporter: he's calling for extending unemployment benefits and more money for small

businesses and $160 billion for vaccine distribution and testing. >> we have the tools to help people, so let's use the tools. all of them. use them now. >> reporter: but the senate is about to be consumed with trump's trial. house speaker nancy pelosi announcing she is going to send over the article of impeachment on monday. and, according to the senate rules, the trial would have to begin at 1:00 p.m. the next day. >> make no mistake, a trial will be held in the united states senate and there will be a vote whether to convict the president. >> reporter: but a trial next week could put the brakes on the biden agenda. right now only two cabinet officials have been confirmed. and some senate republicans say that when the impeachment trial begins, everything else will be postponed. republican leader mitch mcconnell wants to it lay the trial several weeks to give trump time to prepare his defense. the president seeming to suggest he, too, is open to a delay. >> the more time we have to get up and running to meet these crises, the better. >> reporter: mary bruce, abc

news, the white house. one of president biden's new executive orders will have huge impacts on san francisco's housing crisis. one orders the federal government to fully reimburse cities for certain types of emergency programs until september. that includes the hotels san francisco has been leasing to house its homeless population. the trump administration only covered 75% of costs meaning the city could now save up to $18 million per month. and one big question is if the order would be retroactive possibly covering millions more in prior costs. muni is restoring service and expanding some lines today. here's a look at some of the changes. the new 15 bayview hunters point express line provides routes to downtown and the new 55 dogpatch has access between the dogpatch and third street and 27 bryant and 33 ashbury all return today. bay area transit operators

are reportedly asking for stricter safety measures due to rising covid-19 infection rates. some are threatening to stop working. many employees say they're scared for their community and the workers involved. some leaders are calling on agencies to do more including expanding leave and stopping front door fare collection and paying for time spent traveling and receiving a vaccine, to receive a vaccine. now happening today the annual walk for life march will make its way through downtown san francisco. it's remaining in-person event this year. the day is scheduled to start at the planned parenthood at valencia street at 9:00 a.m. followed by a mass at st. mary's cathedral and down market street to embarcadero plaza. leaders say a reduced version of the march. but the event website say all are welcome and makes no mention of masks or social distancing. >> tonight's mega million's jackpot is a huge estimated $1 billion. not bad for a friday. to win that jackpot.

>> we were all hoping it was going to be us, but i can tell you none of us here in california are the lucky winner. we don't know who it is yet, but we do know that the winning ticket was sold in michigan. the state lottery website says it was at a kroger in novi a city about 30 miles north of detroit. the winning numbers are 4, 26, 42, 50, 60 and the mega number 24. abc7 news reporter kate larsen spoke to happy lotto hopefuls in san francisco about their dream for the grand prize. >> i got the winning ticket. >> was it juan or maybe robert. >> i saw you on the street with the camera. i did win, but it was only two bucks. >> reporter: the mega billion jackpot the third largest price ever too tempting for san francisco who picked up tickets at knob hill liquors. >> ever since the crazy numbers have come up, buying one ticket for every drawing. >> reporter: the signs don't even go to a billion.

>> people lined up at the market near twin peekaks, myself included. >> reporter: the odds of winning 132 million. so, why do we play? >> it could be me. >> it could be me. >> well, yeah, but i want it to be me. >> what would you do with a billion dollars? >> i would totally buy property and help out people. >> would you quit work? >> absolutely. are you kidding me? of course. sorry, tom. >> how many tickets did you buy? >> $100 worth. >> was that a pool or just for you? >> just for me. >> i love it. >> rough day at work. so, trying to win. >> reporter: giant jackpots always attract big crowds but the pandemic seems to have made people double down on this one. >> i think everyone needs something to hope for and is having a tough time so we would love, you know, to celebrate. >> someone has to win and i hops

ck. >> reporter: and for those of us who didn't win, you can at least feel good about this. according to california lottery, 95 cents of every dollar spent goes to public schools and retail compensation. as of friday morning california sales have generated $99 million to benefit public education. kate larsen, abc7 news. >> and people who only matched five numbers got 1 million dollars but, sorry, none of those tickets were sold in california. interesting, the state rules in michigan require that whoever the winner is come forward to claim their prize. so, we will soon find out who is the lucky winner. now, the next jackpot is now only $20 million. kidding, with a drawing on tuesday. so, it wasn't us, lisa, but i did go and get a ticket at the last minute yesterday. lisa is going to do it, i need to do it, too. >> it would definitely complicate things if you won that much. >> i would give you some.

>> of course, you would have to give most of it away. we don't have that problem. but we do have a change in the weather. in fact, looking at a big-time winter-like condition. maybe not this time tomorrow, but by mid day tomorrow. certainly the rain starting in the north bay. there's a look at live doppler 7 and a little green there in the higher elevations of the hills of our east bay di diablo and little rain/snow mix and cloudy with patchy fog and the rain is off the central coast. we're talking santa cruz, san luis abisbo and san diego getting in on the act and has a reprieve before we get going again tomorrow. 49 in oakland and 44 in union city. looking at mid 40s in pacifica and colder morning out there with that fog certainly up towards novato and 36 in santa rosa. quarter mile visibility in

novato and also livermore. be careful the fog is with us until mid morning and cloudy skies here and patchy fog and dry, sunny break and series of storms starting tomorrow. strongest system arrives on tuesday, late tuesday into wednesday. they're going to linger throughout the week, though. here's a look at rest of today where we're clear and we'll notice the clouds increase for tomorrow morning. dry 9:00 as we get towards 1:00 raining in the north bay and the rest of the afternoon featuring this cold front pushing through the bay area bringing light to moderate rain. this will be out of here by about dinnertime. as we get into the tuesday night, wednesday system, we're looking at the highest rain totals this season and the strongest winds tuesday into wednesday. snow levels coming down to about 2,000 feet. so, certainly you can expect the flooding on the roadways, some of those clogged storm drains and the steep turaerrain and perhaps the hydroplaning when we get rain coming down and looking at the possibility of the debris

flow and mudslides where we have all the fires last year and perhaps some of those streams getting a little full. but for the most, definitely tomorrow the beneficial rain. quarter of an inch with over a third of an inch and now add in the rest of the week and that brings us over two inches. this is all debatable because this is going to set up a line that could stall out to the south of us. either way you look at it, heavy rain coming our way and if you're thinking of heading to the mountains this weekend. we're looking at snow. ending tomorrow and winter weather advisory already for what's to come with the foot above 7,000 feet in the sierra nevada. highs today ranging from 57 in san francisco and 55 half moon bay and 58 with sunshine in the south bay and the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow level one system. the winds kick up with the front behind the front into monday. the rain ends and then into tuesday that level one system to get going and by late tuesday into wednesday we're talking heavy rain and a level three

system and more rain on thursday and friday. so, by that point, liz, we should have perhaps a few, call it hydrological problems around here with minor flooding, but e to ce because we're way below average. you know, everything all at once always not a good idea. >> absolutely. at least we are getting some rain. thanks, lisa. during the pandemic we become used to two rules. wear a mask and no restaurant dining. next a business that is openly flaunting both of those rules seemingly without any seemingly without any consequences. where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto is a heart failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. heart failure can change the structure of your heart so it may not work as well. entresto helps improve your heart's ability

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reviled. it is certainly busy and hardly a haven for the mask wearing multitudes. >> go in at your own risk. i don't think we need to live in a nanny state. if you're that afraid of covid, stay home. >> reporter: what you can't see in this video is the lunchtime crowd packed shoulder to shoulder inside. a clear and fragrant violation of state and solano county guidelines. >> he says he's just trying to make a living. >> i agree. more power to him. >> reporter: he being this man, the owner. he declined multiple requests for an interview and referred us to a lawyer who never did get in touch. he did cite his constitutional rights. they hang on the darkened window just below that red, neon, open sign. >> no problem whatsoever. i had the virus already and, you know what, no one here. >> reporter: but others do have problems with maverick barbecue. most restaurant owners in the shopping center prefer to not talk on camera. the owner of this thai restaurant did reluctantly.

>> everybody has to cut back and have a struggle right now. we definitely are and not helping that they are open running business as usual. >> reporter: she described cutbacks, takeouts and a business scrapping for every penny while a few yards away the restaurant and bar at maverick. >> i feel they need to be fined or come in and close them down. i need help here. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the state's department of alcohol beverage control said it observed violations at maverick and will be contacting the solano district attorney's office. meanwhile maverick remains open and busy and not talking. still to come on abc7 mornings, growing concerns about the impact of coronavirus on children. what doctors are seeing more of in those under the age of

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, again, everybody. we're going to start this half hour with another look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. a few leftover showers but otherwise we're left with cloud and patchy fog this morning reducing visibility in livermore and novato. 43 in san jose and 41 in novato and you can see those areas of fog there. so, be careful. mid morning it should lift in terms of temperatures. we're colder. seven to eight degrees colder. i'm sure you felt that, i did. partly cloudy and upper 40s up there and get into more sun throughout the afternoon and mid and upper 50s and cool afternoon. 6:00, we're crowd free and then by 9:00, numbers in the mid 40s. so, after our dry day today level one system arrives mid day tomorrow and continues into very early monday. we'll have a lot of wind and low

snow levels with that system. by tuesday night, rain is cranking up and we are arriving on a level three system by early wednesday. details on the rest of the week in a few minutes. liz. >> all right, lisa, thank you. frustration is growing among state officials across the country as supply of the covid-19 vaccine dwindles. nearly 25 million americans are infected and more than 414,000 have died. this comes as there are new concerns about the impact of the virus on children. abc news reporter ty hernandez has the details. >> reporter: this morning growing concerns about the impact of coronavirus on children. since the pandemic began nearly 2.5 million kids have been tested. arizona health officials say nearly one in seven cases involves those under age 20. >> we are now the leading state in the country for covid pause t positivity in children. >> reporter: health officials say they're seeing more

multi-syndrome inflammatory cases in children. 11-year-old case in texas is now battling that disease and facing a potential long road to recovery. this amid new fears the uk variant could be deadlier in addition to being more transmissible. that strain now in nearly half of the states is believed to be 50% more contagious. early evidence suggests it may be up to 30% deadlier but more research is needed. health officials say the vaccines appear to work against the new strain. meantime, the cdc contends as a last resort the second dose doesn't have to be given exactly on time. dr. anthony fauci telling cnn -- >> we're saying you could probably do it six weeks later and namely two additional weeks. quite frankly, immune logically, i don't think that will make a big difference. >> reporter: the cdc adding in exceptional, the vaccine brands

can be switched. it's better to switch than skip the second dose. abc news, new york. after months of living in fear of the unknown, it was a massive wave of relief for more than 60 seniors at a southern california living facility. they broke out the champagne and the cupcakes to celebrate their vaccine day. it was a party atmosphere at bright water senior living outside of san bernardino. i love it. an extremely hard year for seniors across the country forced into complete lockdown. but this group knows that this is a turning point. >> shouldn't watch tv all day long and all night long. just day after day and you wonder, is this ever going to end? >> so, for me to get a chance to see my granddaughter, great-granddaughter, i'll take the vaccine. >> other seniors at bright water say that they know they're lucky with so many other seniors in the state still waiting to get

their vaccine. my grandma got hers yesterday in southern california, too. each time you know someone who gets it, just good news. the economy is part of building a better bay area. one oakland neighborhood is setting an example of how relief could be addressed at the grassroots level. david louis takes us to the area where neighbors in need are receiving checks this week. >> reporter: bordered on two sides by freeways it's easy to drive past, but you would be overlooking a diverse community that really cares about its residents. while last year's stimulus checks helped some, job losses or other economic fallout left others in need. an idea was born to create a covid-19 relief fund using the nonprofit status of the long fellow community association. >> the number of folks that came out of the woodwork to don was really just amazing and heartwarming. >> reporter: flyers went up to announce the grants after $13,000 was raised from private donations.

>> people who are in a position to help stepped up and helped and the people who wanted to ask for help were willing to ask for help. a lot of transparency and a lot of trust in this community. >> reporter: those who didn't have a permanent address but very much a part of the community. >> folks are asking for rent. folks are asking for food. folks are asking for money to pay the light bill. it's really the foundational things. >> reporter: residents could ask for grants of 100 to $1,000. 20 applications came in. recipients were selected by lottery. stephanie received her check this week, which will go towards rent. >> so, i received $1,000 and $1,000 goes a long way, believe me. >> reporter: neighborhood involvement is a long trait, the community association over ten years has done many improvement projects. >> we're really an inclusive and diverse community and we're really proud of that. and this is just another exampl is about $2,000 shy of funding eight remaining requests, so

their work isn't completed. long fellow has a certain way of caring for its own. >> i think it means that the neighborhood is really paying attention to each other. >> reporter: two of the recipients are active volunteers themselves at a local food bank. they are already paying forward the kindness of neighbors. >> it has maybe tremendous and will make a huge difference in my life and my sanity. >> reporter: in oakland, david louis, abc7 news. >> so many of our essential workers have been heavily impacted by the covid pandemic and paying rent has become a challenge for families. a temporary ban on residential rent increases in one neighborhood hard hit by coronavirus. >> we don't have enoug money to pay all the bills. >> reporter: mechanic has been struggling through the pandemic and had to lay off several of his employees in san francisco canal district. the first of the month isn't easy for anyone these days. >> many neighbors around, it's

not easy for them to pay in the rent like me, too. >> reporter: roughly 12,000 people live in this neighborhood. most are latino families. some are facing rent increases. >> we are talking about our essential workers, our families. they are going to be benefiting 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 carrara. >> this is not the time to be talking about increasing rents. evictions are a bad business for everyone. >> reporter: careera says many workers have lost jobs due to the pandemic. >> making sure that people are housed is the best. >> reporter: the highest rates are rht here in marin county ct.reason why it is so tough for many people to pay the rent. >> a lot of people leaving apartments, as well. it's really hard to isolate being essential workers, as

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teacher from vermont used to sell mittens and gave some to sanders a few years ago. >> something that i made in my craft room with the sewing machine my mom gifted me when i was 12 made it to the national stage. so, i was just flattered. >> that's so cool for her. in an interview with slate, ellis said she found out about all of this when people started sending her pictures of the senator in his folding chair looking a little grumpy. when asked if he looked less grumpy wearing her mittens. he is who he is and not everyone has a pleasant resting face. i know the memes have been over done a li lisa, but makes you laugh every time. >> i have to agree on the overdone part and you still laugh about it. let's check out san jose where you picked up rain yesterday and just making it over an inch of rainfall for the rainy season. you need more. 58 with sunny skies today and

there is rain on the way for the south bay and the rest of the bay area lots of it. my forecast is next. >> thank you, lisa. also next, remembering hammer and hank. a baseball trailblazer. a look back at the life of henry

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all right. in sports the warriors will try to rebound from the loss on the road tonight. they will face the jazz at vivint. the world will continue to mourn the passing of one of baseball's legends. more on hank aaron's death in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. imagine to have to be at your single best every day while receiving death threats. passed away yesterday at age 86. his signature moment breaking babe ruth's home run record bacn

an goes back to the fans and it's gone. what a marvelous moment for baseball. what a marvelous moment for the country and the world. >> ben sculley on the call there. a hall of famer. he was a 25-time all-star but really did not like the spotlight of chasing the home run record. in fact, he was just happy to survive it. >> he was the subject of death threats and hate mail and not just that, but this is the treme of america. this is what america tells us to do. to go out and pull yourself up did. you're at the top of your professor and you're worried about being assassinated. this didn't make him happy. he told me and told the world. this was supposed to be the best moment of my life and it wasn't. >> we're not only talking about a transcendent baseball player, but we're talking about a transcendent person in american

history as well. jackie robinson kind of set the stage, but hank took it to a whole other level. >> giants great willie mays released a statement saying he was saddened by aaron's passing. quote, i enjoyed our friendship over the years. he was a very humble and quiet man. we have so many fond memories of hank and will miss him very much. back to the games now. sharks and minnesota where kevin was trying to beat his old team. this is new, by the way, empty seats covered by other teams. he scores and we're tied at 1-1. this is the kind of facial you don't want. carlson gets a face full of glass. tough, though. stayed in this game. right place, right time. his first of the year gets it past dubnik on the rebound.

myer whiffs and had an empty net. top ten battle women's hoops stanford and u krcla. haley jones look at the moves here. the stop, spin, jumper. she had 12. went for 24 points. go to the final seconds. stanford is down two. fran throws it away. ucla wins 70-66. stanford has now lost two in a row. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. what a week. went from feeling like july to january. >> i remember last sunday we were talking about how muggy it was even in the morning. we are back to winter and we look at live doppler 7. a stray shower not out of the question in the higher elevations of the east bay and mt. hamilton looking at a

rain/snow mix. otherwise this system is long gone and waking up to patchy clouds. but definitely bringing the rain still from the central coast, southern california into san diego this weekend. wet weather returning for the entire golden state. 46 in hayward. it is 45 in union city, as well as berkeley. and el cerito looking at the fog in novato and 35 santa rosa. be carol out there. novato can't see anything at all. mile and half in santa rosa. as we look outside here. our exploratorium camera the clouds are with us and patchy fog, dry, sunny break today. series of storm systems and the weakest one tomorrow and then get progressively stronger and the strongest one tuesday night into wednesday. a level three system. so, check out the cloud cover. it disappears. we're sunny today. and then as we look towards tomorrow, cloudy start. and the rain holds off until about 1:00 in the north bay and then by mid afternoon towards the late afternoon, that's when the rain pushes through and a

typical late, i should say mid winter cold front. so, bringing beneficial rain about a third of an inch and dry out throughout the rest of the day. for the week ahead, we're looking at the highest rain totals we have seen this season. very strong winds tuesday into wednesday and low snow levels meaning a lot of sierra snow. even locally here on the hill. so, very high chance of hydroplaning out there and high chance of flooding on the roadways as we get into tuesday, wednesday, thursday, debris flow, mudslides possible where we had the fires and not a whole lot of break in between this one system as it kind of lingers over the area. this is sunday's system anywhere from a tenth to about a third of an inch and maybe more in spots and pretty good system with moderate rain at times. we'll add in the totals throughout friday and you can see we're over two inches in san francisco and maybe three inches in santa rosa and potential for this tuesday, wednesday system to stall out. so, of course, we're a good five

days out and this will change as we look at the snow totals. this is amazing. four to six feet of snow expected as we get even through thursday. really, zero break here as we get going tomorrow morning. so, some fantastic news for the mountains. even for the bay area. 58 in oakland today, as well as san jose and enjoying that sun up in santa rosa after your morning fog. 60 for you. 56 in morgan hill and as we look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. today our only dry day and the rain begins tomorrow in the north bay and the rest of us the later afternoon. level one system ends on monday and level two system tuesday. we get going again with the heaviest rain arriving late tuesday into wednesday and then it continues into thursday. likely another system, liz, next weekd.so, this is kind oeee ye. fet, i guess. >> here we are. all right, lisa, thanks. the pandemic has put

enormous stress on health care workers around the bay area. but in stanford doctors, nurses and others have found a way to keep their spirits strong with music. they got together for another in what has become a schedule of regular performances. dion limhas a look. >> reporter: loves performing classical and just about any other kind of music. so does matias. but the idea of performing together first took shape under a different kind of spotlight. dr. berzoni is a pediatric surgeon at stanford where raji is a pediatric nurse. working together they started talking about music. >> we started just practicing some songs together just the two of us and he might have mentioned but we named our group one of the sutures we use in the operating room. >> blend nicely on music tastes and likes and the harmonies and all of that. >> reporter: but now roughly a decade later, they found an important new audience.

>> welcome to the first second home concert for the year. >> reporter: they have joined with dozens of doctors and nurses and others across stanford for a popular series of virtual performances known as the stuck at home concert series. the weekly concerts were launched after the covid lockdown forced stanford to cancel a symphony performance and they of ant dote fidote for the stred pressures. >> turned into an amazing space of joy and music and also contemplation for what we're all going through. >> reporter: or in their interpretation, you have a friend the classic they perform together. ♪ good to know you've got a friend ♪ ♪ you've got a friend ♪ >> a heartening message for medical professionals dealing with a historic challenge.

friends, colleagues and entire families have signed up to join the stuck at home series. >> the idea was great. >> has broken down some boundaries in terms of our ability to connect with one another. when we wouldn't have otherwise. >> reporter: at a time when music might be the most soothing of medicines. dion lim, abc7 news. next, a sight to see. where you can see rare and for skin that never holds you back

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> we want it be very careful as we look forward and not time to relax too much yet. as covid-19 cases go down in san francisco, medical experts say this may only be a short reprieve. the top concern this morning, the spread of virus variance across the globe which are now being seen here in the bay area. good morning, everybody. it's saturday january 23rd. i'm liz kreutz. much more on that story in just a moment. let's start with a quick look at the weather and when we can expect more rain. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey, liz. good morning to you. we usually see this promise and it does not pan out. a rainy week ahead and we look at a few leftover showers and the hills of the east bay. temperatures 31 degrees on top of mt. hamilton. the activities