regional icu availability numbers. the bay area is suddenly at 23.4% after spending a couple of weeks in the single digits. icu availability has become the number the state relies on when it comes to issuing stay at home orders. the threshold is 15%. so does this mean we are turning a corner and the stay-at-home order could be lifted? so far we haven't heard anything from governor newsom. cornell bernard joins us once again. he got a statement from the state and some encouraging news from a local emergency room. cornell? >> dion, local emergency rooms are saying they are seeing dplimers of hope when it comes to covid-19-related hospitalizations. they're slowing down, and they're going down. but it's still unclear when the bay area can leave the stay-at-home order. >> could potentially be the beginning of the end. >> reporter: those encouraging words from ucsf epidemiologist dr. george rutherford after the state reported the bay area's

icu capacity saw a dramatic improvement from 6% last week to more than 23% on saturday. >> all this strongly suggests that we're on the down slope of this third wave of the epidemic, finally. >> r covid-19-related hospitalizations have dropped at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> the icu patients are staying down. and so overall, that has given us capacity, and it's very encouraging, certainly compared to where we were just one week ago. >> reporter: that's when covid hospitalizations were seeing a dramatic spike. now the big question, when will the state's stay-at-home order be lift food interest bay area? that's still unclear. sacramento where icu numbers are worse is no longer in lockdown. in a statement to abc7 news, the california department of health says we see promising signs that california is slowly emerging from the most intense stage of this pandemic. it's important to know that a region's exit from the regional

stay-at-home order is based on four-week icu projections, not current icu capacity. >> wait a minute here. >> reporter: san mateo supervisor canepa says the state projections need tore to be more clear and less confusing. >> the bottom line is we need to make sure, the state needs to make sure that in their guidance that they're consistent. >> reporter: pleasanton hairstylist lila robinson is anxious to reopen and restart her career. >> it would mean everything for me to go back to work and be able to service my clients and see my coworkers. >> reporter: but doctors warn things cannot improve or reopen if everyone stops taking precautions. >> it is good reason for encouragement, but not reason to let our guard down just yet. >> reporter: doctors say covid-19 transmission rates are still high. so keep wearing masks and avoid gathering. no word this weekend from governor newsom on reopening plans. we hope for an update next week. in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc7 news.

>> certainly lots of people want that update. cornell, thank you. what story do the numbers tell today for the state of california? the key metrics are looking good once you get past the number of cases. more than 24,000 were reported today. the seven-day positiity rate is still going down by about a half percent each day. it now stands at 8.1. the 14-day dropped under 10 for the fist time in weeks. and hospitalizations are falling fast and are back below 18,000. a steady stream of people received their covid vaccine today at san francisco's only mass vaccination clinic. this is the third day for the clinic at city college, where the city and ucsf are administering 500 vaccinations a day. right now the clinic is serving health care workers or people 65 and older who have an appointment. city officials say they generally get 24 hours' notice when they'll get more vaccine. >> we can learn how to do this efficiently as possible so that as soon as we have much more volume of vaccine, we will be

able to get vaccine into arms. >> in san jose, vaccination continued this weekend at the santa clara county fairgrounds. cdc data shows california received more than 4.9 million doses and has distributed less than half. abc7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine roll-out with our vaccine tracker. it also shows you when you might be able to get your vaccine in california. it can all be found at our home page of abc7news.com. a new ucsf study has found that essential workers are at the greatest risk of death among californians. cooks hold the most hazardous occupation among essential workers in the state. according to the study, that role has the highest risk ratio followed by packaging machine operators and agricultural workers are close behind. the study recommended people working in those roles get moved ahead in the state's vaccination priority guidelines. turning now to the weather. and we do have a rainy week ahead, starting tonight.

meteorologist drew tuma joins us once again with a look at the weather. drew? >> and dion, we're still tracking showers out there this evening. live doppler 7, some light showers in the north bay. but we're going to focus our attention along the peninsula and in the east bay right now. you can see as the zoom industry level, some heavier showers working through palo alto, also approaching fremont. and this entire line is moving to the south over the next 45 minutes. we do expect some of these heavier downpours to work into the south bay. we're still tracking level 1 light storm we had this evening. it will turn windy along our coastline later this evening as a wind advisory goes into effect. but the wet weather we see right now, it's pretty much out of here by about 10:00 p.m. so overnight tonight, we find pretty dry conditions, but we are tracking a much stronger storm on the way in the days ahead. a flash flood watch has just been posted. we'll give you all the details on the wet weather ahead in the full accuweather in a few minutes. dion? >> all right, looking forward to it, drew. thanks. you can get the latest on the

rain with live doppler 7 featured at our website and our abc7 news app. you can track the wet weather where you live by clicking the blue live bar at the top. cherry blossoms are on the road to blooming once again this spring in san francisco's japantown. earlier this month you may remember someone vandalize and destroyed three of the trees. an online fundraiser shattered its goal raising nearly 31,000. trs re the lly cherry blossom japanese cultural and community center of northern california and commemorate the visit of his majesty and her majesty of japan in 1994. in washington, the impeachment process against former president trump moves forward tomorrow, while democrats are calling for a new investigation. rachel scott details new accusations and claims of attempted election rigging. >> reporter: former president donald trump now headed towards his second impeachment trial, charged with incitement of

insurrection after telling his supporters to march to the capitol. >> if you don't fight like hell, you're not going have a country anymore. >> reporter: chaos followed as the mob tried to stop certification of president joe biden's win. >> this was a big lie that had been propagated for months by the president. this was not a slip of the tongue. he knew exactly what he was doing, and the outcome was deadly. >> reporter: the single article of impeachment will be delivered to the senate on monday. >> everyone wants to put this awful chapter in american history behind us. but sweeping it under the rug will not bring healing. the only way to bring healing is to actually have real accountability. >> reporter: and now democrats are calling on the justice department to investigate the former president. senate majority leader chuck schumer outraged over this "new york times" detailing allegations of another desperate attempt to overturn the election. trump's alleged plot to remove the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and replace him with a trump loyalist, who according to the times, could help toss out votes in georgia.

and overnight another report from "the wall street journal" saying trump also allegedly tried to push the justice department to file its own lawsuit against states directly in the supreme court, something his appointees refused to do. trump's team has not specifically addressed these latest allegations. tomorrow you will see that article of impeachment be handed over to the senate, and then on tuesday, senators will be sworn in as jurors, but that trial will not start for another two weeks. we're looking at the week of february 8th. and this is a delay that both sides agree to. it will give democrats nor time to push through president joe biden's cabinet picks and give donald trump more time to prepare his defense. rachel scott, abc7 news, capitol hill. during the pandemic, even running the most simple daily errands is a challenge. so meet the local group making special deliveries to those who are struggling with a stay-at-home order. and a north bay high school needs a new name, and it has

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volunteers from a bay area church are helping bridge the last mile between food banks and the people who need groceries. members of the san francisco zion church today bagged and then helped pass out and deliver

food boxes to families throughout eastern contra costa county. organizers are hoping to reach out to those who are sheltering in place and don't have access to grocery delivery services. >> it is regular families who might be a little hard on their luck. but we are especially looking out for seniors who might need additional help too. >> now other area food banks have launched similar programs, but church volunteers wanted to broaden these deliveries by expanding to other parts of the bay area. and because of the pandemic, we created better bay area project thanks. it's a way to highlight everyone who is making a difference. so by using the #better bay area, you can thank someone and we'll try and share it. sir francis drake high school in san anselmo is getting a new name. an online poll starts next week, and there are 85 names to choose from. it will be like the march madness basketball tournament using brackets to determine the winner. officials hope to determine the new name by the middle of march.

that change happened as the country had a reckoning with race and social justice. the 16th century english explorer had ties to the slave trade. well, the wait was certainly worth it. spacex pulled off another successful launch today, and this time the rocket set a record. an as we take a lye look outside, we are seeing some rain today, but a much stronger storm is on the way. meteorologist drew tuma has your accuweather forecast. coming up in sports, steph curry makes history again. we'll look back at a special night for steph. plus championship sunday, the battle of bays, highlights from

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ignition, and liftoff! >> oh, what a sight! off it goes. spacex's falcon 9 successfully launched from cape canaveral today. it's carrying 143 satellites into space. that is a record number. this mission is all part of the company's new ride share business strategy where the plan aims to make regularly scheduled launches with small pay loads. glad to see the weather cooperate there's in florida. as for us, it's cooperating, drew, because we do need the rain.

>> we do need the rain. but as we go throughout the week, dion, some of that rain is going to become heavy. that's where the threat for some debris flows, even mud slides will linger. we'll talk about the specifics in one second. tonight we're tracking showers. live doppler 7, very light showers in the north bay right now. we'll press in a little closer to the south bay where we do find some pockets of downpours working through fremont right now on their way to san jose. so this line about 6:27, moving into alum rock, about 6:50 this line moving into mt. hamilton. to tahoe. light snow right now. a couple of inches expected overnight. we do have a winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it was a cold day today. only made into it the low 50s for the most part. right now it's chilly out there. most cities are in the 40s already. we're watching our winds increase along our coast as we speak. so a wind advisory, it will go into effect at 7:00 p.m. tonight through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow

morning. where we could find gusts over 40 miles per hour. and it looks like these winds will really be confined to the coastline. it won't be a widespread wind event like we had last week. so overnight tonight, we had the showers right now. the showers will be exiting before 10:00 p.m. so overnight tonight it's mainly dry, mostly cloudy, chilly and windy along the coast with temperatures in the low 30s to mid-40s. now tomorrow, it's a temporary lull in the wet weather. tomorrow is a bright but it's a breezy day. we do expect the winds about 10 to 20 miles per hour. with temperatures in the low to mid-50s. then the rain returns here on tuesday. so future weather tuesday morning will find increasing clouds. it's pretty dry tuesday morning. it's in the afternoon, the evening that rain returns as this atmospheric river does make landfall along the california coastline. it looks like that rain becomes very heavy early wednesday morning. so we really want to focus our timeline on wednesday morning

with the storm impact scale. it's a level three strong storm we're tracking. the strongest storm so far this winter season. and i really want to emphasize the timeline for the worst effects of the storm will be before the sun gets up here on wednesday. so really before 7:00 a.m. uwednesday, we'll find moderate to heavy rain. 1 to 2 inches of rainfall is very likely with the winds gusting 30 to 50 miles per hour. so it's for that fact we just had a flash flood watch get issued for the north bay and the santa cruz mountains, because this is the first real threat so far this season for debris flows along our various burn scars from the 2020 wildfire season. so we're going to watch these areas very closely for the threat of heavy rain, strong winds and flash flooding very possible. we're going see significant snow in the sierra as well, starting tuesday afternoon, a winter storm watch goes into effect. three to four feet of snow is very likely along our highest

peaks. we could see six feet of snow. so do not try and travel into the sierra midweek. >> will be impossible as this heavy snow comes down. so back here at home, here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. temporary lull in the rain tomorrow. it's bright and breezy. then the rain returns tuesday, especially at night. it is rainy. it is windy, and then on wednesday, that level 3 strong storm. the worst effects in the morning with that heavy rain, those strong winds. and we're still tracking downpours and showers on thursday with a moderate storm. and then more rain coming our way friday, saturday, and sunday. so nonetheless we're going make a big dent in our rainfall deficit over the next seven days. now abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> two of the game's greatest quarterbacks went head to head this afternoon with a trip to super bowl lv on the line. tom brady and the bucs visiting cal's aaron rodgers and the packers. rogers going for a second super bowl appearance, brady his record tenth. packers down four.

rodgers, his only interception of the game. sean murphy bunting gives the bucs the ball near midfield. tom brady going to air it out to scotty miller who somehow gets behind the defense, 39 yards and in for the touchdown. tampa bay led 21-10 at recess. at one point, the bucks led by 18, but brady, he threw three interceptions. that helped green bay stay in things. adrian amos the interception there playing center field. geen bay back in business. ensuing position, packing the red zone. rodgers to davante adams. the palo alto high star. the touchdown is good. two-point conversion fails. so green bay down five. here is what everybody is talking about on social media. green bay down eight. fourth and goal with just over two minutes to go. but the packers kick a field goal instead of going for it. why? you got to get the touchdown. you need the two points there. green bay's defense has to make a stop. third down. brady's pass incomplete. but a very late flag gives tampa

bay the crucial first down. packers can't believe it. rodgers in shock. brady, he is going to go for his record tenth super bowl. bucs win 31-26. tampa bay will be the first team to play a super bowl in their home stadium. >> well, it's a great football team. they've been playing well all season. to come beat them at home, there were 9,000 fans. it felt like a bill lil' more than 9,000. great to get another road win. and now we got a home game. who would ever thought a home super bowl for us, but we did it. afc title game still going. we can't show it to you right now. we're in the fourth quarter. josh allen threw an early touchdown for buffalo, but the chiefs scored 21 unanswered points in the second quarter. they lead comfortably, 31-15. looks like it could be mahomes versus brady in super bowl lv. the sharks lost on friday. two minutes in, in the neutral zone, minnesota wins. zach parise beats martin jones.

he lights the lamp, 1-0 wild. minutes ago in the period, erik karlsson sends it in. al of the year.second, evander just scored. it is 2-1 sharks. stephen curry has nearly done it all on the basketball court. he moved up for second all time for three-pointers made. he needed four threes to past reggie miller. and it was classic curry, off the pick-and-roll several times. you see him do it there and again. his third triple of the night, a dribble stepback. this would tie miller and steph throws up a 3-1. of course reggie wore number 31. he moves into second place with this, his fourth three ball of the night. he hit five threes in the game. scored a game high 24. a special visitor stopped by to say congrats to steph. >> oh! what's up, reg? >> don't leave too much room because this kid could be

coming. >> all records are meant to be broken. we know that. >> he is your number one fan. thank you so much for what you have done, my friend. >> you and ray have been -- if i'm chasing in record, two guys that have reached back and encouraged me the way y'all have. i'll pass that torch on as well. i appreciate you, man. and thanks for all the support. >> kind of a full circle moment for steph. i've heard him say that reggie was one of his favorite players growing up. and then reggie's son is wearing steph curry's jersey. just passing it on down the line. >> so much respect. love to see it. chris, thanks. ahead,

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now more than ever it's important to keep yourself and your community safe. stay at home. and if you must go out, wear a mask. we'll get through this together. tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, as more civilians line up to get their covid vaccines, doctors are continuing to track data about any possible reactions. local experts explain it's only boosting their encouragement that everyone should get it. and a new report says president bush will lift the ban on transgendered people serving in the military. the reaction already coming in tonight. you'll see it all on abc7 news at 11:00. well, finally, a policeman's

encounter with an uncooperative turkey. >> i don't care what he did. we're not taking a report for that. you need to go away. all right? hey! so, no. this isn't even my jurisdiction. you need to back up. >> aww, the turkey just wants to be friends. the ramapo police department north of new york city shared this video. the officer was attempting to clear several parties from the roadway when he was met with some resistance. sure is cute, though. that's it for abc7 news at 6:00, everybody. i'm dion lim. stay with us and we'll see you right back here tonight at 11:00.

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