next at 5, governor newsom reopens california with most of the bay area going to the purple tier. what that means and what happens next. plus, evacuation orders are in effect for santa cruz county. we are there as entire neighborhoods are told to leave as the season's strongest storm bears down. abc 7 news meteorologist will be here how it could produce flash flooding and mudslides. santa clara county withholding doses from santa clara county hospital. >> red flags being raised about the vaccine rollout and racial disparate. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure bay area, this is abc 7 news. we begin with the state lifting the stay at home orders.

most of us are in the strictest tier. it means we can eat outdoors, meet outside with two house soelds. >> we're seeing a flattening of the curve. everything that should be up is up and everything that should be down is down. >> i'm anna dates. >> i'm dan ashley. as rob jeret rob hays says, th entire state is moving back towards colored tiers. >> reporter: governor newsom announcing a move back to the blueprint for a safer economy. >> all regions effectively are no longer in the stay at home order and we'll move back into the blueprint. >> reporter: governor newsom says new models justify the easing of pandemic restrictions. in four weeks icu capacities will be above 15%. the positivity rate decline, we are anticipating more decline in

hospitalizations and more declines in icus. >> reporter: regardless, countless businesses will creep forward with modifications. restaurants allowed outdoor dining and gyms and outdoor fitnesses allowed to operate outdoors. hair and nail salons can operate indoors. >> vaccination programs across the state, over the past six days the number of vaccinations dolled out has tripled. the number today, 131,000. rob hays, afc 7 news. in the east bay laura anthony tweeted a photo from a walnut creek hair salon. they had clients within minutes. some restaurants are serving customers outside. they began setting up the al fresco dining area at 7 a.m. restaurants on the peninsula ready to reopen.

they only wish this had happened before the big storms that are coming our way. the stage is set for the sharks to return to action in san jose. the health department announced today that pro and college sports can resume there as long as teams follow mandatory directives which include no fans at games. the sharks are reviewing the directives. they have played all six of their games so far on the road while practicing in arizona. the decision affects teams at stanford, san jose state and santa clara university as well. san francisco will begin partially reopening businesses this thursday. as you may recall, indoor dining and salons have been closed since november 13th. nbc 7 reporter >> i was surprised. san francisco has been saying that a number of cases continues to go down and the vaccine is

here even though we're not getting enough of it. san francisco was still or will still be in the purple tier but the city believes the biden administration will be instrumental in getting the vaccines here quicker. they began removing the plywood sheets. >> outdoor dining can resume. personal services can resume as long as you wear a mask. you can get your hair done and nails done. >> reporter: the official date is thursday, much anticipated announcement. >> yes, for sure. everybody's happier. it's been tough. it's been a year of lockdown and not lockdown. >> reporter: also scheduled are outdoor museums, zoos, outdoor entertainment and indoor fitness

one on one. >> people are eager to get out and get back to work. >> reporter: he's the only person in a household of three who has maintained a job. the san francisco health department said it's confident things will improve as the vaccine continues to roll out. this despite several new variants of the virus and even though san francisco has a relatively high number of cases. 30 per 100,000 people. >> because things are moving in the right direction, because our hospital capacity even through the third surge remained relatively good in san francisco compared to other jurisdictions, it is time for us to take this approach of gradually reopening. >> mike whitey, a san francisco resident, said people can't let their guard down. >> careful, careful, careful. distance. don't hang with a crowd and try to stay outside, not inside. >> reporter: that leaves the question of schools. today the teacher's union reiterated that their members would only return if san francisco were in the orange tier which indicates a moderate

spread. anything higher, red or purple, would require teachers and staff to get vaccinated before going back into the classroom. >> yes, it could add another layer and it could improve chances for opening school buildings sooner if the widespread vaccinations for school employees. >> reporter: not only the vaccine, teachers and staff want to see the appropriate ppe in schools and testing which will be done, we're told, every two weeks. the teachers union thinks if all those conditions are met, there is a good possibility that san francisco schools could begin to reopen for in-person learning this semester. in the newsroom, leanne melendez, ablg 7 news. >> thank you so much. now we move to the powerful storm heading our way packing heavy rain and strong winds. evacuation orders are in place for the santa cruz mountains. it's highlighted on a map.

including san lorenzo valley. residents of the areas are showing up at evacuation centers. >> we live in an area where there is a huge hillside behind our house so we felt it prudent to leave. >> i don't know what will be wrong with the home when we get back or anything, but i think what runs through your mind is making sure you get things that are irreplaceable. dan tuma. >> we are tracking the strongest storm arriving tomorrow evening bringing heavy rain and very strong winds. it is a level 3 strong storm we are tracking. i really want to showcase this 12-hour window between tomorrow at 4 p.m. until early wednesday morning at 4 a.m. that 12-hour window is when we

expect the heaviest rain and rainfall, 1 to 3 inches across the entire bay area hour by hour. 10:30 tomorrow morning. we start out with mainly cloudy skies. the rain moves into the afternoon and into the evening that rain, you can see the pops of yellow, orange, red on your screen. flash flood watch will go into effect for the north bay, santa cruz mountains and mount hamilton area. watch that very quickly. the winds are going to race tuesday evening. show you the heaviest time line in the fulluwther forecast. still sitn spotlight for how it handled the vaccine distribution claim that go it gave the vaccine to a sch

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a california church won a partial victory. a federal appeals court barred state imposed attendance restrictions of 100 to 200 people for areas in the orange and yellow tier. the court allowed the state to fully prohibit indoor worship in the yellow tier. santa clara county is withholding the vaccine because they vaccinated teachers. the superintendent told teachers and staff they could be vaccinated since they helped raise money for meals for hospital workers but teachers were reportedly told they needed to lie and say they were health care workers. >> not consistent with our expectations for vaccine providers in the community. so we will be in continued

conversation with them but at this time we're not in a position where we would provide additional county allocations to good sam given what occurred. >> abc 7 news reporter chris wynn has the story and has the latest on the investigation into the controversy. >> reporter: in the school district a push to reopen classrooms is shrouded in controversy. >> schools are a fabric of our society and they need to open and we need to move forward. >> reporter: last week teachers were contacted by superintendant paul johnson about an opportunity to receive the covid-19 vaccine ahead of others. in an email obtained by the mercury news the offer was framed by the superintendant as a thank you from good samaritan hospital after the district raised funds to help provide meals for front line workers but during a virtual board meeting on thursday at least one teacher wrote in during public comments

stating his opposition. >> the drive to open our schools has broken our district leadership. by announcing this unethical partnership to provide vac soons for teacher, they have shown their true colors. >> a number of board members didn't see anything wrong with accepting the offer. >> the allegation that something untoward or illegal was done i think is false. >> this afternoon the superintendent released this statement saying, get, i completely understand concerns about the vaccine rollout and returning a good deed was my own personal interpretation. i also will continue to advocate for school staff to be a high priority. crating state regulations, good sam said they issued the appointments once the vaccines began to thaw and only after they couldn't find people in

ages 1a and county officials didn't buy that. then sent the letter to the hospital informing them the county would not be providing their next vaccine allocation surrounding the rules. the hospital says it regrelts the air rohr and is conducting an internal investigation to ensure something like this doesn't happen again. abc 7 news, chris wynn. as vaccine distribution ramps up, there's concern about who gets the shot. julian glover has been digging into those numbers. >> i get vaccines to impact the community much more quickly. >> reporter: governor newsom facing a shift to an age-based distribution. >> black and hispanic people accounted for a smaller share of

vaccinations relative to their share of cases and deaths in those states as well as compared to their total population in many of those states. >> samantha artiga authored states that are targeted, white residents are being targeted two to three times higher than black or latina. >> people of color have higher uninsured rates which means they're less likely to have an existing relationship with a health care provider. there are a variety of other things to consider, like transportati transportation. >> of our bait area counties, only contracosta is reporting data by race and ethnicity. there were several trends to

hispanic and latino people. they received over 13% of vaccine doses in the county so far compared to 23% of the covid cases and receiving 37% of the vaccine doses. i reached out to the county but i have not heard. >> ortega says this may be at the early stages and may be too soon to draw conclusions. >> keeping an eye on equity will keep a disproportionate impact. more to come here. president biden wants to harness the purchasing power of the government. goi'm morgan, and there's more his new to me than hiv.rican a more love,... more adventure,... more community. but with my hiv treatment,... there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor... and switched to... fewer medicines with dovato. prescription dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with... just 2 medicines... in 1 pill,...

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we told you at the top of the newscast about the evacuations ahead of the big storms. as justin dorsey explains, people are used to probl emsth fatro doesn't make it any, especially during a pandemic. >> reporter: this usually quiet town of boulder creek was anything but that monday. evacuation preparation was underway this time due to wet weather that may result in flash floods. >> i'm going around cleaning out the gutters, down spouts. making sure everything is as good as it comes. prepare as much as i can.

>> usually when the wind blows out the power goes out. i would like some emergency power available. i have an emergency generator. it's been real rough. we're not used to evacuating so much. >> it tore through the area just two months ago. >> residents that i've spoken to all agree,' vehicle cue wags orders are part of the mountain living lifestyle. mark mcdone 23458d said he's lived here for years. >> we're hoping this is all going to blow over and not cause any erosion or substructure issues to come to light. we're prepared so it's not our first rodeo around here. >> reporter: just down the road nancy barrick has other plans. she is packing her personal

belongings. she has only been home for a few months of that time. now in her words, here we go again. >> it's stressful. it's sad. is there going to be a home for me to come back to. packed it up and getting ready to go. >> she's asking for prayers that her town make it through okay. reporting, dustin dorsey. abc 7 news. a nerve racking time. a lot of rain is coming. >> the winds today have been just brutal as well. >> yeah. i'm going to preview what's going to come. it will be raining tomorrow through tomorrow night and wednesday morning. a freeze warning will go into effect your night tonight. temperatures dropping into the upper 20s to low 30s. we have a cold night on the way. upper 20s. a lot of us will feel the chill

will hold in the 30s first thing tomorrow morning. it's tomorrow evening we're finding that rain coming back. 5 p.m. tuesday, it has by 9:00, midnight you do notice these isolated that is the front moving through. those are intense bands of rain. by 2 clock the heavy jest jest t is here. look at total rainfall. this is why we have the flash flood in effect. we're talking 1 to 3hes o rain. especially in the santa cruz mountains. we're going to watch it closely because of our burn scar. high wind warning along the coast and city, winds could gust

50 miles an hour. a wind advisory starting tomorrow where the wn hour. it does turn stormy. we're talking about significant snow into sierra. this is the blockbuster snow. 1 to 5 feet of snow and 5-7 feet of snow. the next seven days for you, it's intense. rain and wind tomorrow evening lasting through early wednesday morning. even thursday we've got a level 2 storm with showers and downpours. you can see rain lingers in the forecast. showers will be in the forecast. wet week ahead. >> intense. thank you, drew. thank you for joining us tonight. world news with david muir is next. i'm alma dates. >> we appreciate your time.

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