however, we are told that the sheriffs are going door to door and making sure that people have left, and if they're not they're asking them to sign waivers. >> stay at your own risk. the evacuation order went out for parts of the santa cruz mountains last night. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian of course is tracking it all for us. >> yeah, and spencer, this storm ranks a 3 on the storm impact scale? >> it does indeed, ama. as you guys have pointed out this is the strongest storm we've seen so far this season. let's take a look here at its components. it will produce moderate, heavy rainfall from tomorrow afternoon into wednesday morning. one to three inches of rain likely with wind gusts of 30 to 50 miles per hour at times. here's a forecast animation starting at 10:00 tomorrow morning. notice by late afternoon, early evening we'll start to see the full force of this storm beginning to push into the north bay and during the overnight hours tomorrow night we may get the strongest effect of this storm and of course it's going

to produce a lot of rainfall which could lead to some flooding. a flash flood watch will be in effect from 4:00 p.m. tomorrow to 4:00 p.m. thursday. two full days, 48 hours. and the threat of debris flows of course will be with us and the burn scar areas, heavy rain, strong gusty wind and flash flooding all these things are possible. let's toss it over to abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma for a further look at the storm. drew? >> we're not only watching the heavy rainfall but? dangerous winds accompanying this storm. future tracker wind gusts as we go throughout the evening tomorrow look what happens. by 7:00 p.m. tomorrow those winds are racing. especially along the coast. we're finding winds over 50 if not 60 ound the rt of e bay arwindsusting 30 to 50 miles per hour. so it's for that fact we have a high wind warning in effect starting 7:00 p.m. tomorrow for the coast that does include san francisco as well and solano county for the strongest winds. we're talking wind gusts over 50 if not 60e resf the bay area we have a wind advisory starting at

7:00 p.m. tomorrow for those gusty south winds gusting as high as 55 miles per hour. could create? downed trees and also some isolated power outages. now, when spencer comes back, he'll take a much closer look at the storm concerns in the full accuweather forecast. ama. >> all right, drew, thank you 1067. and you at home can access live doppler 7 anytime. just go to the abc 7 news app. it shows you exactly what kind of conditions are happening where you live. all right. let's turn now to the coronavirus pandemic. bay area counties can resume outdoor dining and other businesses can reopen after the governor lifts the stay-at-home order today. the order was lifted for the bay area. san joaquin valley. and the southern california regions because they're projected to have an icu capacity above 15% in four weeks' time. counties are back to the color-coded tiers now with all of the bay area in the most restrictive. that's the purple tier. governor newsom saying case numbers are down 37.9% in the

last week. >> today we can lay claim to starting to see? real light at the end of the tunnel as it relates to case numbers. you can see the 27,000 number. that's reflected on over 400,000 tests. >> the 14-day positivity rate is 9.4%. two weeks ago it was 13.7%. here's a tweet from the state assembly member named evan lowe who represents parts of san jose, los gatos, cupertino and saratoga. he says he didn't know the order was being lifted until other people told him about it. lowe joined us on our 3:00 program today "getting answers." >> it is frustrating, there might be some times this point included to which i might be hearing about something from someone else. these constituents and everyday californians are not going to call the governor's office. they'll call us. it's important that we provide the accurate information in real time. >> lowe also pushed back against some republicans who say newsom made today's announcement because of the recall effort

against him. and we have team coverage on the reopening reaction tonight. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony found salons already getting back to work in walnut creek. we'll get to her in a moment. but first we'll hear from abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez about how quickly change will happen in san francisco, lyanne. >> reporter: a number of factors, dan, led to this reopening. san francisco has been saying that the number of cases continues to go down and of course the vaccine is here even though we're not getting enough of it. now, san francisco will still be in the purple tier, but the city believes the biden administration will be instrumental in getting those vaccines out quicker. just hours after mayor london breed announced outdoor dining would once again be allowed, john's grill restaurant began removing its plywood sheets from its parklets. >> outdoor dining can resume. personal services can resume as long as you can wear a mask.

so you can get your hair done, you can get your nails done. >> reporter: the official date to reopen is thursday. a much-anticipated announcement. >> yes. for sure. everybody's happy. it's been tough. it's been a year of lockdown and not lockdown. >> reporter: also scheduled to reopen are outdoor museums, zoos, outdoor entertainment, indoor fitness but only if it's one on one and indoor funerals. >> people are eager to get out but even more so people are eager to 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 still has a relatively high level of cases. 30 per 100,000 people. >> because things are moving in the right direction, because our hospital capacity even through this third surge remained relatively good in san francisco compared to other jurisdictions, it is time for us to take this

approach of gradually reopening. >> reporter: mike woody, a san francisco resident, says people can't let their guard down. >> careful, careful, careful. and distance and don't hang with a crowd and try to stay outside, not inside. >> reporter: that leaves the question of schools. today the teachers 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 there's widespread vaccinations for school employees. >> reporter: and it's not only the vaccine. teachers and staff want to see the appropriate ppe in schools and testing, which will be done every two weeks, we're told. now, the teachers union thinks if all those conditions are met there's a good possibility that

san francisco schools could begin to reopen for in-person learning this semester. in the newsroom lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> welcome newsorany there. lyanne, thank you. >> yes. well, it didn't take long for outdoor dining to resume in berkeley. abc 7 news was on shadduck avenue this afternoon. restaurants serving guests. others simply getting ready to serve diners once again and were setting up tables and tents. we should note while berkeley is in alameda county it has its own health department that issues health orders. the city allowed outdoor dining to resume as soon as the governor lifted the stay-at-home order. in contra costa county the return to the purple tier came shortly after the governor's office lifted the stay-at-home order. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live, and laura, some businesses, they wasted no time getting back to business. >> reporter: that's right, ama. some of the business owners told me they anticipated this was going to happen, today they were ready, back open within minutes

of both the state and the county orders. others, though, told us they were a bit frustrated, caught of guard really by the sudden change. >> we dusted everything off, and started moving tables, tents. >> reporter: as soon as he got a hint that the state's stay-at-home was about to be lifted primeau's pizza owner drew nichols sprung into action, redeploying his tvs and outdoor seating within hours. customers began to arrive. >> we really haven't done anything other than people honking, driving by and just knowing we're open and they start coming in and tonight will be definitely crazy i'm sure of that. >> reporter: the insignia salon in walnut creek was also quick to reopen with a handful of clients who were anxious to get on with services they put off for more than a month. >> we're so excited. so excited. because it's been five months out of the last year that we were closed and the rest of it was a 25% capacity. so it was a tough year for all of us. >> reporter: but for many restaurants that abruptly

dismantled their tents last month, remobilizing their dining operations on such short notice is a huge challenge. like for the walnut creek yacht club, which laid off 20 people and stacked up the tables and chairs weeks ago. >> i had to let go a lot of staff in december. now we're going to be contacting them and finding out, you know, who's ready to come back, can we come back. we've got to get a schedule together. i've got to start bringing in supplies. but we will be working as hard as we can to get? outdoor seating, hopefully before this pineapple express shuts it all down anyway. >> reporter: believe me, the timing of these reopenings or this reopening timeline has not been lost on the owners of these businesses given the weather that we're expecting to come in this week. it's in the middle of january. it's barely 50 degrees out here. and this restaurant happens to

have the heaters and the setup all ready to go, but many others do not, ama. >> yeah, obviously the weather an issue in the short term this week, but otherwise are restaurant owners eager to get back open outside? i'm aeger to just go do something different and have a meal and help these businesses stay afloat. >> reporter: well, right. and it's important to their bottom line also. even that restaurant we talked to in walnut creek, the yacht club. he said even if he could open all of his outdoor venues where he has three of them that would only be about half of what his business would normally be if the entire restaurant were open. the other complicating factor is each of these cities has different rules about heaters and tents. and for instance, in walnut creek all those parklets. at this point the city is not allowing them to have heaters in the parklets. so it's going to be a long time or a tough time for some of those restaurants to reopen

outside. >> okay, laura. thanks very much. let's keep moving. coming up next, ab 7 news contributor and "chronicle" insider phil matier joins us to talk about the lifting of the stay-at-home order. did he see it coming? and just ahead, a look at how states are doing on distributing vaccines equitably. our new race and social justice reporter julian glover digs into the ♪ ♪ are you ready to join the duers?

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tonight as vaccine distribution intensifies across the country there's growing

concern about racial equity in who is actually getting the vacci vaccine. early numbers out show that white people in the united states are being vaccinated at much higher rates than black medium, latinos and other groups as well, disproportionately affected by covid. abc 7 news race and culture reporter julian glover has been digging into the numbers and spoke with people who wrote the analysis. he's with us live. hi, julian. this is really interesting. >> reporter: good evening, dan. this data analysis out tonight is from the kaiser family foundation. the foundation analyzed data from roughly one in three states and found what the authors of this data analysis are calling warning flags for racial equity. >> get vaccines to impacted dmunts mu communities much more expeditiously. >> reporter: governor newsom previewing an upcoming shift in the state's prioritization strategy to an age-based system that he says will allow for more equitable vaccine 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. >> reporter: samantha artiga co-authored a recent kff analysis that found of the 16 states currently releasing vaccination data by race and ethnicity white residents are being vaccinated at significantly higher rates than black and latino residents, in many cases two to three times higher. these groups are also more likely to be frontline workers and come in contact with the virus and more likely to die from it. >> people of color have higher uninsured rates, which means they're less likely to have an existing relationship with a health care provider, but then there are a variety of other factors to consider, things like transportation. >> reporter: california is not one of the states releasing covid vaccination data sorted by race and ethnicity. of our bay area counties only contra costa county is reporting vaccination data broken down by race and ethnicity. i crunched the numbers and found similar trends. hiss panic and latino residents

in the county made up 32% of covid cases but only received just over 13% of vaccine doses in the county so far. compare that to white residents making up 23% of covid cases in the county but receiving 30% of the vaccine doses to date. i reached out to the county late today but i have not heard back. artiga warns vaccine rollout is still in its early stages and it may be too early to draw conclusion ppz. >> keeping an eye toward equity is going to be key for mitigating the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic for people of color. >> reporter: now, given that those vaccinations ayou know have only been happening for a matter of weeks now the kff spokesperson i spoke to tells me it's unclear if the disparity in vaccinations is a result of vaccine hesitancy within those marginalized groups or if it's an issue of access. but certainly something to keep a close eye on. reporting live, julian glover, abc 7 news. >> okay, julian, thank you very much for that. now, if you have a story for julian, reach out to him online on twitter and facebook.

he'd be delighted to hear from you. you can find him @juliangabc7 and on instagram he's julian glover tv. getting everyone vaccinated could mean the end of rstrictions like we've been living with for almost a year. we're bringing in abc 7 news contributor and "chronicle" insider phil matier now to talk about today's big news. the governor abruptly lifting the state's regional stay-at-home order. phil, did you or anyone else see this coming? >> well, we saw it coming and so did local officials, but they saw it coming to the bay area. our numbers have been improving. our hospitalizations were down. our icu capacity was increasing and stabilizing. what they didn't expect was for it to be statewide and for it to include los angeles and the central valley, which have been hotbeds of the covid pandemic. so the question is why the whole state and then is there a fear -- there is a fear of a boomerang. are we opening up too early in the southland and could that have an adverse effect on the bay area in a couple of weeks? >> that's right, phil.

so what about the possibility of that boomerang effect? how is that going to affect us here in the bay area? >> it remains to be seen. we were talking about it a little earlier. what is the data based on? it's based on projections. you take a certain amount of data and then you forward. other people are looking at the same data and raising questions. in some ways it's like saying who's going to win the super bowl by looking at statistics. you can't be sure. the impact here would be if we have to close down again. if it spreads up here and we have problems. and that toggle switch that the governor's talked about for months and months going back and forth, you know, it's a toggle switch for some people, for those that eat at restaurants. but for the restaurants itself it's more than that, it's a whiplash. >> okay. phil, there was -- the critics will say, republicans as well, will say that the governor did this because of the recall campaign and the pressure he was under. what's your take? >> well, they're already saying that he's doing it because of the recall in parar p and the pressure t tt he's under, that

his governorship is basically on the line. and it is. it's on the l le for a number of reasons, not just the opening and closing. it's the vaccinations. we're still behind new york, florida and texas in getting them out there. he's got a lot of pressure there. he's got pressure in the unemployment situation, getting checks out to people, plus the fraud problems with unemployment. but you know, one of the things that we're dealing with here is data. he was under pressure also from the restaurant business going to court and saying where's the data that says outdoor dining spreads the virus. and it's not necessarily there. what they do believe is that congregation in any form, whether it's going out to restaurants or whether it's going down the streets to the barber shovp increases the chance of spreading. but at the same time we're in supermarkets and we're in airports. so people were saying what is the actual data here? and i'm not sure he had it to back up in some ways. and so you know, you've got to go where you're going. this time he decided to open it up. >> and as you mentioned there's pressure coming from all sides on this.

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spencer's tracking what looks like a really intense couple of days, spencer. >> it will be sge storm ts winter seannd citi. ndutro tower looking over san francisco. where it's 47 degrees. 51 in oakland and upper 40s at mountain view, san jose, morgan hill and half moon bay. nice view from emeryville. while we still have lots of clear sky over the bay looking toward san francisco it's 45 in santa rosa. also mid to upper 40s at novato, concord and livermore. 51 degrees in fairfield. here's the sfru our exploratorium camera looking back at the cityscape of san francisco. these were our forecast features. level 3 storm arrives late tomorrow. we'll have periods of heavy rain and powerful wind gusts with wet rainy pattern lasting through the end of the week and into early next week. by the way, a freeze warning will be in effect from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. this is for the inland areas of the east bay, the north bay.

it's going to be really cold overnight with temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s and a hard freeze warning in effect for solano county. you can see here on our projected low temperatures that we'll see upper 20s and low 30s in most of our inland areas and only mid to upper 30s near the coast and bay. excuse me. so here's our storm impact scale indicating a level 3 storm pushing in late tomorrow and into wednesday morning. we can expect moderate to heavy rain. periods of downpours in fact. and strong wind gusts from 30 to 50 miles per hour. forecast an-nation starting 11:00 tomorrow morning shows the arrival of the storm first in the north bay by 7:00 tomorrow evening all of the bay area will be feeling the impacts of this storm, which will be pretty strong impacts during the overnight hours into early wednesday morning. the storm begins to break up a little by midday wednesday. but by then it will have dumped a lot of rain in the bay area. a flash flood watch will be in effect from 4:00 p.m. tomorrow to 4:00 p.m. thursday. this is the threat of debris

flows and over the burnt scar areas of course. heavy rain, son winds, floodiosbl in a so we have a high wind warning in effect for the coastal mountain ranges from the north bay down through san francisco and through the santa cruz mountains and over into solano county. and we have a wind advisory in effect for the remainder of the bay area away from the coast and down into the low-lying areas. there's a possibility of course of downed trees and power lines and power outages with winds this strong. and here are some of our main concerns. this high concern about flooding on roadways. high concern also about debris flows, mudslides, downed trees and power lines, small sfraem flooding. all these are possible and worthy of our concern during the next couple days. rainfall totals by midday wednesday will range from 1 1/2 to nearly 3 1/2 inches across much of the bay area. high temperatures tomorrow only in the mid 50s, in the mildest

locations. and a winter storm warning will be in effect for the sierra from 4:00 p.m. tomorrow to 2:00 a.m. friday. and look at the snowfall totals. we were projecting one to five feet of snow above 3,000 feet. o we go to the accuweather seven-day forecast. tuesday and wednesday the storm intensity will be at a level 3. then on thursday more downpours. more rain. as the intensity decreases we'll stay at level 2 for thursday and then friday, saturday, sunday and monday we expect periods of lighter rain with systems ranking 1 on the storm impact scale. it's going to be a week of active weather, dan and ama. >> yeah. we haven't seen a seven-day like this in quite some time. i can't remember when we last saw one. thank you, spencer. moving on, it's a historic day. the formal launch of impeachment trial proceedings against a man who is no longer presidential. details on the unprecedented secondld trump next.

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president donald trump's second impeachment trial. they delivered to the senate the charge against trump. >> donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states. >> the senate is charging trump with inciting the january 6th insurrection as congress was confirming the electoral college vote. the trial is expected to begin the week of february 8th. at least 17 republican senators would need to join democrats to convict the former president. a conviction could open the door to a second senate vote barring trump to running for federal office ever again. the impeachment trial sms from the violent attack on the capitol a few weeks ago. now the fbi has cited an abc 7 news i-team report as evidence in the arrest of a national organizer for the proud boys. joe biggs from florida was part of the crowd at the u.s. capitol insurrection on january 6th. >> and our dan noyes has been looking into this very closely. he joins us with these new

developments tonight, dan. >> reporter: dan and ama, it's been just over two weeks since i showed you that video, the proud boys at the u.s. capitol. at the time i said the pictures could be used to make arrests. now that's come true. this is video from the u.s. capitol on the day of the insurrection supplied by eddie block, a member of the fresno chapter of the proud boys. >> usa! >> reporter: he often live-streams proud boys rallies and he was there to record the group marching toward the capitol. block identified proud boys leadership who were directing dozens of members. >> yeah, that's joe biggs. that's rufield. >> reporter: in the fbi affidavit for the arrest of joe biggs an agent cites our report from two weeks ago and includes a screen shot of it. the agent also cites this video from parler of joe biggs inside the u.s. capitol. >> usa! >> reporter: according to the affidavit biggs admitted to fbi agents that he entered the capitol building that day, saying the doors of the capitol were wide open when he made entry. and biggs denied having any

knowledge of any preplanning of storming the capital sol and ha idea who planned it. he did tell members beforehand not to wear the proud boys distinctive black and yellow gear to the capitol. >> this time we're not going to be wearing the colors you're used to seeing us in in. this time myself and other leadership have decided we're going to go incognito. >> reporter: biggs was arrested and charged with entering a restricted building and obstructing an official proceeding before congress. biggs is out on bond, had to surrender his passport. his case is being transferred from florida to d.c. federal court. >> i'm here at the top of the capitol building. >> reporter: as for eddie block, some proud boys members lifted his scooter to the second balcony from the top of the capitol. he live-streamed from there during the riot. this past friday fbi agents raided his house taking computers, cameras and cell phones. block claimed on a recent livestream that agents told him he's not in danger of an arrest, that they want to look at his material to investigate other people.

for the i-team dan noyes, abc 7 news. ama? >> all right, dan, thank you so much for your reporting. president biden signed a record number of executive actions today. many reversed policies from the trump administration. they include overturning a policy that aimed to ban transgender troops from service. in his first news conference as president he also discussed the pandemic. while his health officials declined to make a prediction, president biden gave a date on when every american who wants a vaccine can get one. >> i think we'll be able to do that this spring. but it's going to be a logistical challenge that exceeds anything we've ever tried. >> the president also signed a buy american executive order. it will also close loopholes in federal purchasing, forcing the federal government to buy more goods produced in the u.s. the executive order is part of a still-evolving plan to revitalize the pandemic-ravaged economy. the recovering economy is central to building a better bay area. abc 7 news reporter david louie

gets reaction from silicon valley weather. it too could wean itself from a dependence on a global supply chain. >> reporter: buy america was one of the president's campaign pledges. with the executive order federal agencies had need to monitor closely what they're buying from overseas. in protecting health workers from the covid-19 virus the u.s. discovered its dependence on china for medical-grade masks and ventilators. china's president, xi jinping, already has warned that disrupting global trade could lead to confrontation and a possible cold war. that's going to put pressure on tech companies because many rely on china and other countries for parts and assembly. they've created a global supply chain. however, the silicon valley sh sgene way to boost domestic sourcing. >> tax incentives properly targeted can drive innovation and manufacturing at home. if we don't have that type of infrastructure to drive these policies, it's hard to see them being successful orbing taken up

very quickly. >> reporter: an increase in u.s. manufacturing might take years. one concern is whether it might raise costs for consumers. and while it might create more jobs it could also have an impact on west coast port operations. the entry point for imported goods. so it could take a delicate balancing act. >> we can encourage innovation here at home, investment in the united states and california and silicon valley, while also being part of a dynamic global supply chain and global marketplace. it is possible to do both. and to truly expand this economy. that's what we will need. >> reporter: david louie, abc 7 news. the e.d.d. is finally telling us how much it paid scammers. the numbers are staggering. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side is coming up. google announces they're opening vaccination clinics. bu

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vaccine distribution is part of building a better bay area, and now google says it can help by providing $150 million for vaccine education and equitable access and partnering with the health care provider to open vaccination clinics. abc 7 news reporter luz pena, part of our vaccine team, talks about a loophole in this system

that can get you vaccinated fast. >> reporter: so where can i get vaccinated? this is a question that millions of people have been searching on google. >> we've seen a five times increase in the information that people are looking for on covid vaccinations, which is a signal to us that people are ready to get more information. >> reporter: google's chief health officer says google maps will soon provide access for people to find a vaccination site near them. today the tech giant also pledging $150 million toward vaccine education and equitiable access. another plan, vaccination sites. can you maybe give us some insight as to how these vaccination clinics will look like? >> we'll provide the space, basically. the facilities. and one medical will be providing the vaccinations in partnership with local public health. >> reporter: cue health care practice one medical. they've been in talks with google since october to make vaccination sites happen. their membership fee is $199 a

year. their chief medical officer says they're getting the vaccine doses from counties and offering a way to expedite this process. this is kind of like a loophole. you get the 30-day trial. you can potentially get the covid-19 vaccine through one medical. >> absolutely. that's the whole point. our goal is to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible and as many people as possible. >> reporter: under this partnership with google one medical will offer free trial memberships. >> if you're not already a one medical member you can get a free membership at one medical that lasts 60 days, long enough to get your vaccination. and the idea is that you can just get an appointment, based on our appointment availability which is in turn based on how much vaccine we have. >> reporter: dr. desalbo says they're open to work with other medical providers and open more vaccination sites on their campuses but for now the ones in the bay area will be among the first. >> we're gearing up and ready to do that in the next few weeks. >> reporter: in san francisco luz pena, abc 7 news.

>> -- have been administered. as you can see in our vaccine tracker. you can find this on our home page at abc7news.com. we've told you about the staggering amount of unemployment fraud in california during the pandemic. well, tonight we've learned it's much higher than we thought. e.d.d. officials admit they paid scammers at least 11 billion and possibly as much as $31 billion. 7 on your side's michael finney has been following all this from the very beginning. and michael, there's always going to be fahd in situations like this. but 11 billion, maybe 31 billion, that's absurd. >> reporter: it is absurd. the e.d.d. says security systems were so lax scammers easily collected benefits while thousands of actual workers struggled to get any benefits at all. the fraudsters took advantage of the billions of dollars in new federal benefits. officials said the feds didn't have clear rules on how to scrutinize claims for gig

workers. and that is what opened the door to fraud. >> california did not have sufficient security measures in place to prevent this level of fraud. of the $114 billion in unemployment benefits paid by california since march, approximately 10% has been confirmed as fraudulent. an additional -- >> reporter: that was california labor secretary -- that was california labor secretary julie su on a conference call with reporters. it was the first time the agency has put an actual price tag on the rampant fraud. the e.d.d. has suspended 1.4 million claims to see if they are fraudulent too, but that includes many legitimate workers. we've reported on this. they must now prove their identities or lose their benefits for good. and that means also that the price tag of the fraud could be going up. dan, ama? >> just an incredible waste of

mo michael, thank you very much. use today to prepare. that's what our weather experts say because our first strong storm of the season will be here tomorrow. spencer has the details next. i'm wayne freedman in santa rosa where a few months ago the concern was fire. now water. when will this region get a break? that's coming up.

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check out the snow on the hilltops in the south bay. sky 7 shot this video early this afternoon showing the light dusting of snow near mount hamilton. in southern california wind, snow, and ice led to road closures along i-5 at the grapevine. look at this. this video was from earlier today when drivers were forced to turn around just before heading on to the grapevine south of bakersfield. i-5 opened briefly but it's currently closed. well, fires and mudslides are a fact of life in california and they are certainly closely related and equally dangerous. tonight abc 7 news reporter

wayne freedman explores the worries that last fall's fires may lead to sliding hillsides in the coming rains. >> reporter: around the bay area today how many races were there against time and the coming rain? this was sky hawk in santa rosa, where on the hills above these homes burn scars from the glass fire will take years to heal. this winter they pose a particular danger. is there any stopping a mudslide? >> no. >> reporter: dr. laura sullivan green from san jose state. she spent today reinforcing post-fire dangers that forced evacuations in the santa cruz mountains and that have people worried in the north bay. >> luckily there's some distance between here and there. >> reporter: nathan solomon thought he'd lost his home when fire roared through sky hawk last fall. now an opposite kind of worry. not flames but water, bringing mud. >> we've had a fair amount of growth since the a slow start the wet season with a few smaller storms, that actually

does help these areas. >> reporter: part of the concern here, that when fire burns hot on soil the composition of that soil changes. it doesn't hold water as easily. >> the plan right now is to have our staff actually get into the field. >> reporter: santa rosa fire, so concerned that it will open an emergencraons center tomorrow. it has blocked off some areas for fear of debris flow. >> even before the rains there were general safety concerns with allowing people in here. >> you cannot outrun a debris flow or mud flow. they're just too fast. and by the time you realize it's coming it's too late to get out. >> reporter: there's no reassurance in that. from sonoma county wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> yeah. got to be concerned about all the rain that's coming our way over the next seven days, dan. >> yeah, ama, it's going to be it sounds like from what spencer's telling us really intense, particularly the next couple of days. >> that is so true, dan and ama.

in fact, there's a 12-hour period there when we're going to have very strong gusty wind and heavy downpours, as if we didn't have enough to be concerned about with the effects of the storm we have a freeze warning in effect, or will have a freeze warning in effect from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. in these locations in the purple here. much of the north bay and the inland east bay, it's just going to be so cold overnight. temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s in those areas. now, let's talk about the level 3 storm coming our way. the heaviest activity once again will be between 4:00 p.m. tomorrow and 4:00 a.m. wednesday. that 12-hour window we'll see moderate to heavy rainfall, lots of downpours, wind gusts of 50 to 70 miles per hour at times. a flash flood watch will be in effect from 4:00 p.m. tomorrow to 4:00 p.m. thursday. over these areas in green. basically, all of the bay area. especially in the higher elevations. high wind warning will be in effect for the coastal mountain ranges and for all of solano county. once again, danger of downed trees and power lines and power

outages. and a wind advisory will be in effect for the remainder of the bay area, away from those coastal ranges and the high hills and mountains. and in the sierra a winter storm warning will be in effect from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. friday. we expect anywhere from 1 to 5 feet of snow in the central sierra. here's our accuweather seven-day forecast for tomorrow and part of wednesday. that storm will be at a level 3 intensity. then on thursday level 2 storm and finally friday, saturday, sunday and monday we get some periods of rain each of those days with weaker systems ranking only 1, only 1 on the abc 7 storm impact scale. dan and ama? >> that'll be a nice relief. thank you, spencer. let's talk sports and chris alvarez is here. chris. >> hi, dan. coming up in sports, the warriors shake up the starting line-up. they look to improve that defense. plus the return to the shark tank. tank. @sharks are excited about if there's anything that this year has taught us, it's the things that matter: family. health.

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return home soon. >> first and foremost it's just nice to hear that things are going in the right way and back home our community's safer now than when we left. i think that's the most important thing. but yeah, selfishly we're crossing our fingers and hanging on every word and trying to figure out if we can come home or not. because it has been a long haul. and guys want nothing more. >> timberwolves guard deangelo russell will not play tonight against golden state. the former warrior out with a right quad contusion. in an effort to improve the defense which has been struggling a change to the starting five for golden state tonight. kevon looney will get the start in center. james wiseman going to come off the bench. >> i'm mindful of all the talk and lots of suggestions and everybody wants to weigh in and do we need this, do we need that, do we need to put more shooting around people. well aware of all that chatter. but i will continue to return to the theme that i've tried to hammer home from day one.

we've got to be good defensiv defensively. and we've not been good the last couple games. so this is a subtle change. we'll see if it makes a difference. >> highlights at 11:00. baseball right around the corner. espn reports the players association has turned down a proposal for a universal expand. but what about the start of spring training in arizona? espn reports a letter from the cactus league was sent out today suggesting a delay to the start of spring training due to current covid-19 rates in arizona. now, within the past few hours the contactus league director told espn they'll be ready to play games delay or no delay. on february 27th. former cal star aarod wielehe's mvp but yesterday another disappointing loss for the packers in the nfc championship. now, with the way the game ended his 1-4 record in nfc title games and the fact they drafted his potential replacement in april the frustration is building for the 37-year-old future hall of famer. >> obviously, there's going to be an end to it at? point, whether we make it past this one or not. but just the uncertainty is

tough and the finality of it all. >> so obviously a lot of emotion from rodgers after the game. a lot of talk on social media about rodgers maybe being involved in a trade with the 49ers. i don't know. i think a lot of bay area fans would like to see him come back but they still have jimmy garoppolo on their team. we'll wait and see. a lot to be said this off-season in the nfl with the quarterback carousel. >> yes, absolutely. all right, chris, thank you so much. we appreciate it. well, coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 it's "the bachelor" followed at 10:00 by "the good doctor." then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> yeah, it's a good line-up tonight. and you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc 7 bay area connected tv app. it is so handy. it's available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. all you have to do is download the app now then you just start streaming. so try it out. all right. that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news.

as always, we thank you so much for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, chris alvarez, all of us here, we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice evening, and we'll see you again tonight at 11:00 with the latest on the storm that's coming in that will be very intense over the'll next couple of days. so tune in for that. bye for now.

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