pro-life activists filled the streets, today, with a 17th annual west coast walk for life. the day began with a morning prayer vigil the planned parenthood on valencia street. deppen straighters want to send th message there are resources available for women considering abortion. >> the church has plenty of ways to help you, if you are in need. we have homes, that you can come to. a place to live. we have food. we have help for those women who are seeking abortions, today. to choose life. >> later in the afternoon, demonstrators marched from civic-center plaza down market street. this year's walk was scaled back because of the pandemic and did not include a rally. now, before that march, a special catholic mass was held at st. mary's cathedral today. hundreds of worshippers were gathered inside, despite the state's covid-19 health order banning indoor services.

abc 7 news reporter, cornell barnard spoke exclusively with the arch bishop who said a threat of violence prompted the move. >> reporter: a strange sight in the midst of our pandemic. hundreds of worshippers inside st. mary's cathedral for a special, saturday mass. >> we are praying for the unborn. >> reporter: the state's covid-19 health order allows small, outdoor services but has banned all, indoor worship. >> having mass inside is actually very wonderful. i know we -- we are not allowed to but we were very safe. >> we had every plan, every intention to have mass outdoors. >> san francisco catholic arch bishop says a security threat prompted him to move the service, inside. possible violence, due to a rumored protest and doorchese consulate. >> one group that was part of the storming of the capitol, another left-wing group. >> reporter: welice presence ou

consulate. dozens of officers were, also, stationed around st. mary's cathedral. sfpd said there were no specific threats directed toward the church. our presence was precautionary for security of all those in the area. >> so it was a tradeoff between the extra step side versus the threat of violence. >> did anyone show up to cause trouble? >> not that i saw. >> reporter: an outspoken critic of the indoor-worship ban. >> to me, it's injust. it's against the constitution. >> reporter: he says he plans to hold smaller, indoor services in the future, with safety measures in place. in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. on peninsula, san mateo county sheriff's office is investigating after a woman's washed up in half moon bay. officials say the asian woman was discovered at 9:00, this morning. they are still working to identify her. earlier this month, you may remember, a woman was swept into the ocean at the nearby state beach.

the man she was with survived. that woman's body has not been recovered. one issue we focus on in our commitment to help build a better bay area is your health. and that includes the covid-19 vaccine rollout. more people were given their first, covid-19 vaccine dose, today. at san francisco's first mass-vaccination site. the site at city college of san francisco is facing challenges, though, including a shortage of doses and no clear way for people to register for appointments. at one point, there was even an eventbrite, excuse me, i should say, ticket going around for appointments at the center. abc 7 news talked to san francisco supervisor matt haney about the difficulty behind making an appointment. >> this sort of confusion around how you actually make appointments is a huge problem. there needs to be a centralized place, where everyone can go, to see the appointments that are available and where. and if there are no appointment -- appointments available, it should just say so. >> california is promising to deliver another 10,000 vaccine

doses next week. united airlines employees may be required to get the covid-19 vaccine. the airline ceo said this week that united could make the vaccine mandatory for all workers. united encourages employees to get their shot, as soon as they can. other airlines haven't said whether they would, also, consider making vaccinations mandatory. abc 7 news is monitoring the covid-vaccine rollout 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. the latest numbers from california. they are encouraging, and may be a sign the state is moving past the winter surge. nearly 23,000 newly diagnosed covid cases were reported, today. once again, below the daily average. the number of people hospitalized or in the icu, also, went down today. another statistic that shows things may, finally, be slowing down is the seven-day positivity rate. it has dropped to 8 and a half

percent. it's a good indicator of the spread of the virus. television host, larry king, died today at the age of 87. king started as a disk jockey in the '50s but his career evolved and he eventually landed on table tv where he would interview the famous and infamous. abc news reporter alex b looks back at his legendary career. >> reporter: following the news of his death, christy ali writing one of the only talk-show hosts who let you talk. his colleagues, remembering hisp h him as we. cnn jim acosta tweeting he will be missed by so many cnn employees, past and present. wearing his suspenders, larry king became a fixture on cnn back in 1985. >> this is the premiere edition of larry king live. >> becoming the reigning king of the television interview. interviewing wo interviewing world leaders. >> you still like this job? >> this is the best job on

earth. i mean, it's -- it's an extraordinary privilege. >> reporter: celebrities and countless others. an estimated, 50,000 interviews during his entire career. signing off for the last time, in 2010, after 25 years on cnn. >> good evening. and welcome to the last larry king live. >> reporter: born in brooklyn in 1933, king said the guinness world record for the longest-running show in the same time slot on the same network. andrew cuomo writing on twitter, larry king was a brooklyn boy who became a newsman. married eight times, to seven women, over the years, king battled a number of health issues, including a heart attack, lung and prostate cancer. and a near-fatal stroke that left him in a coma for two weeks, in 2019. his family says he was hospitalized after christmas and passed away saturday in los angeles. >> i like to be remembered as someone, who greatly contributed

to the profession he chose to be in. and if he made it a drop better, by his being there. >> reporter: larry king was 87. abc news, washington. >> wow. 50,000 interviews. can you believe that? abc 7 news sent out the alert about larry king this morning through our mobile app. you, too, can be the first to know. to get updates like these right to your phone, you can download the app and enable push alerts. the lights are back on for thousands in santa cruz county after a wind storm caused damage to power lines on tuesday. in this pg&e emergency outages map, you can see several clusters of green representing 50 homes or fewer without power. boulder creek and scotts valley were the hardest hit. pg&e says the storm was the strongest they have seen in the area for the last ten years. several hundred poles and trnsformers, along with wires, were damaged. the community resource center, that pg&e set up, is now closed.

getting around san francisco using public transit got a little bit easier, today. with the addition of the bay-view hunters point express line bus. the downtown-bound buses will run every ten minutes to market and 3rd via hunters point. that means, for the very first time, people living in the hunters point area will have a direct connection to downtown san francisco. neighbors in the bay view will, also, get better access to downtown via 3rd street. well, the road to recovery can be a long one. health ca help came, though in a different form. this time, green, today. for fire survivors in the north bay. and let it snow. sierra has some fresh powder on the ground today and a whole lot more could be on the way. drew. >> i am meteorologist, drew tuma. a dry start to the weekend, today. but showers do return, tomorrow, before we track heavy rain, later on this week. we are going to have all the details in the accuweather

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opponents, led by tobacco companies, got enough signatures to put the law to a statewide vote. the measure qualified, yesterday, to be on the ballot. the ban includes menthol cigarettes and vaping cartridges. to the north bay. thanks to a little, leftover, holiday magic. the lake county gifting a tree project collect living christmas trees to be rehomed in areas where trees were destroyed by fire. families impacted by north coast wildfires got to pick up one of those trees today at harmony ag supply in fulton. >> it is a cherry tree. we' we'll hope it takes. and a little one that might be our christmas tree, someday. >> well, we can decorate it out in the yard. we're going to plant it. >> someday, maybe a few years away. anyone who lost trees in a wildfire in sonoma, lake, mendocino, or napa county within the last five years is eligible

to receive a tree. the event runs tomorrow at the same location from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. talk about a supersurprise. a bunch of health-care workers were having a meeting only to have it crashed by the nfl commissioner. the gift he announced, the league had for thousands of them. and we do have a strong storm headed our way. meteorologist, drew tuma, is coming up next your forecast. >> coming up next. team teal announces they are going to open the home schedule in arizona. plus, three's company. how steph curry can move up the all-time three-point list with a few more of

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i prefer you didn't! xiidra. not today, dry eye. you can now admire magnificent magnolias at the san francisco botanical garden. there are more than 200 rare and historic magnolia trees in bloom. kicking off the first wave of the year's flowers. these trees can reach up to 80-feet tall, and typically, peak from mid-january through march. entrance to the san francisco botanical garden is free to all residents. some health-care heroes who are treating covid patients received the surprise of a lifetime. nfl commissioner, roger goodell, crashed a virtual meeting of hospital workers, yesterday, and told them they are getting free

super bowl tickets. >> be our guest at the super bowl. i don't know if that's -- i don't know if that means you sent, or not. >> yes, yes, yes! >> we accept. >> oh, my gosh. >> i was thinking, oh, my goodness, i can't wait to call my dad and tell him i talked to roger goodell today. i was just so excited. >> we can tell. the medical employees work at a hospital in sarasota, not far from tampa where the game will be played february 7th. a total of 7,500 health-care workers will be among 22,000 fans how fans allowed at the super bowl. there is some fresh snow on the ground but it's been a fairly dry saturday for the most part. tomorrow, a winter-weather advisory goes into effect. that area expected to get slammed with snow in the coming days. levels above 3,000 feet will get 4 to 7 inches of snow. drivers should prepare for difficult travel conditions. getting to drew tuma now

with a look at our forecast and the impending rain. drew. >> yeah. we'll see some showers return to the area, tomorrow, dion. but, really, all eyes are on wednesday of the upcoming week for an atmospheric river to move into california. and really, just soak the bay area. today, though, was a dry day to start ■out the weekand onthe cool side in the 50s. so this evening, we're slowly falling into the upper 40s and lower 50s. tonight, it will be a chilly night. under partly cloudy skies, you can see most cities will fall into the 30s, overnight, tonight. so, certainly, one of the cooler nights we have had, so far this month. tomorrow, storm-impact scale is a level-one light system with a cold front moving through so we will track some showers. some isolated, scattered downpours. tomorrow night, it does become windy, especially along the coastline, as the storm moves through. and even the chance, on our highest peaks, like mt. diablo or mt. hamilton, could see a dusting of snow.

future weather tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m., we first see those showers in the north bay. in the early afternoon, that front is moving south through the heart of the bay area. and then, into the evening, we will find those showers pretty much confined south of the golden gate. now, behind this front, it does turn cooler. and there is the chance, again, of a dusting of snow on our highest peaks. but the bigger story, the winds will begin to ramp up, especially along your coastline. so wind advisory will go into effect at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow along your coastline and this does include the city of san francisco where we could find gusts close to, if not over, 40 miles per hour. thankfully, this is nowhere nowe as widespread or as severe of a wind event like we experienced last week. but nonetheless, it does turn pretty windy on the coastline. rainfall, pretty light in nature. i do expect most cities to end up with a less than a quarter inch of rain as this front moves through. it's a wet end to the weekenders turns windy in the evening.

it's also a cool day. we are only topping out in the low to mid-50s for afternoon highs. then, everything changes on wednesday. look at the storm that just moves into california. bringing rain and wind, here, locally. and we are talking about significant snow. in the sierra. so, here is the current thinking on the storm system here, tuesday night, lasting into thursday. i mean, we still have a few days left so we are going to finetune these details but it does look like a heavy-rain event for the bay area. 1 to 3 inches of rainfall very likely with higher totals in our hills and this is really the first storm we have seen this season that brings the threat of mud or rockslides that's something we are going to watch closely, especially long our burn scars. and gusty winds could lead to isolated power outages. and again, we are going to fine tune details as we get closer. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. showers, windy tomorrow evening. brief break on monday. good idea, if you can, make sure your gutters are clean, free of leaves. then, wednesday, that

level-three, strong storm. right now, it looks like the worst of it will occur in the morning. >> now, abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> because you can never have enough good clay thompson video in your life. a friendly reminder on this date in 2015, clay went crazy. he scored 37 points in one quarter against the kings. finishing with 52 and a win. the dubs ultimately cap that season with the first championship in 40 years. on the verge of history tonight with four more from downtown. steph will pass reggie miller for second on the three-point made list. here is steph with reggie early in the week. >> i hope so. i mean, i -- i shoot enough of 'em. so, it's just a matter of sticking with it and, obviously, like i talked to you and ray before. nothing but respect and admiration for what y'all did, in terms of shooting the three ball. so, hopefully, when that day comes, pretty soon, i'll pay my respects to you. >> i've just been blessed to coach steph and to watch him play all these years.

and -- and to enjoy the show, like everybody else. and it's an unbelievable luxury to have a leader like him. >> stanford and ucla. the cardboard cut-out kids. straight to overtime. jaden the steal. give and go. o'connell. back for the slam. stanford by six. ucla down two. campbell inning, winning, hoop, and the foul. bruins go up one. fired up. eight-tenths of a second to go. oscar desilva. desilva with 26. stanford snaps a two-game slide, 73-72. and let the quarterback rumors begin. espn and many others reporting that detroit higlions and matth stafford have agreed to part ways. the question is will the 9ers be in the mix? plenty of 9er fans want to see the team move on.

personally, i am not in that camp but what's really important is where our head coach kyle shanahan and gm john lynch on this topic? another key, what would be the asking price? several teams have much bigger issues than quarterback. so they would likely be offered more in a trade so we would see what happens there. san jose sharks, that is, will open their home schedule in arizona. the team announcing, today, they will play the february 1st and february 3rd home games at river arena in glendale. the current ban on contact sports in santa clara county forced the team to move and hold training camp in arizona. sharks will now place the first two home games in arizona against las vegas. the team is five games through an eight-game opening road trip. one more in minnesota tomorrow, two in colorado before returning to glendale to play in the adopted home, away from home. >> it would be lying to say it would be nice knowing, you know, we're going to be going home and sleeping in our beds the next week after we get off the road. that's where i think mentally, w are going to have to really concentrate at the end of this road trip when we are

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