in the higher elevations around mt. hamilton, snow falling right now and up north, parts of mendecino county, lake county. the main body of the storm hasn't moved on shore yet. you can see how intense that activity is, as it's pushing up against the northern california coast. the storm ranks three on the impact scale. a storm of fairly strong intensity through tomorrow morning, 4:00, 5:00 a.m., we can expect periods of moderate to heavy rain, gusts 30 to 60 miles per hour, one to 2 1/2 inches of rain likely to fall during that time. forecast animation, into the evening hours and late-night hours, we'll start to feel some of the most intense force of that storm. and the most intense elements will move out of the bay area before the morning commute begins but the effects of the storm will certainly linger behind that main body of it. abc 7 news meteorologist for more on this storm. drew? >> spencer, as that heavy rain moves through later on tonight,

there's the storm for flooding. a flash flood watch is in effect as we speak. north bay, santa cruz mountais, threat of the debris flows. you feel the wind already. it's picking up and will continue to strengthen the next couple of hours. those winds will be howling strong winds across the bay area. that continues much of the evening. along the coast in san francisco, starting at 7:00 p.m. gusts over 60 miles an hour. the rest of the bay area under a wind advisory. we're all going to feel these winds. there is the threat for isolated power outages as these winds move through. look at this. a blizzard warning. now in effect for the sierra. we're talking 5 to 8 feet of snow and whiteout conditions. they're getting a lot of snow out of this storm. spencer christian comes back, he will go hour by hour and show

you that heavy rain through your neighborhood and the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> drew, thank you. picking up on one of the comments drew made, one of the big concerns is the worry about debris and mud slides in areas that were devastated by last year's wildfires. all the evacuation orders arerde red. chris joins us with the evacuation orders. chris? >> reporter: cal fire is already bringing rescue crews into the area to prepare for this storm. the sheriff's office is now working to secure a helicopter to assist with rescue operations. the danger is very real, as they brace for what's to come. >> in santa cruz county this afternoon, nearly 5,000 residents have already been ordered to evacuate.

>> the uncertainty of everything is the worst. >> reporter: brookdale resident michelle mckay and her daughter, kathy, stopped by one of the county's temporary centers at san lorenzo high school, the feeling of leaving home all too familiar after a devastating fire season. >> i'm worried about getting blocked in or power being out for days at a time and being stranded in the mountains. that's my most -- that's my biggest concern. >> reporter: with rain moving in, officials are concerned about the risk of debris flow and flooding from the czu burn scar areas. >> the storm we feared is here and the time to act is now. >> reporter: the county's emergency operations center says deputies have been going door to door since yesterday, asking residents in the burn zones to evacuate. unfortunately, they expect only 25% to comply with the order. so, for the rest of them, some last-ditch words of advice if they encounter debris flow. >> grab your family and literally run up hill. that's the best thing we can

tell you. if you can't did that, go upstairs. if you can't do that, get on the roof. if you can't do that, get on top of a table. >> reporter: residents stopped at the local ace hardware store to prepare but found very bare shelves. >> we all live here in the mounta mountains and have seen things happen. >> reporter: because of covid-19, services at evacuation sites like the one behind me will be very limited. however, car camping is allowed in the parking lots and people will be allowed to go inside overnight to warm up if needed. not the most ideal situations out here, but, again, service is limited at this time. we're live tonight in scotts valley, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. back to you. >> chris, thank you. crews are going door to door to try to make sure residents in those evacuation zones know about the evacuation order.

>> gazos creek, area and lomamo. it's unknown who was in the area who was impact bid the fire. we're trying to go to every address we can get access to, to give notification. >> it's not just humans. efforts are under way to get farm animals that may be at risk in the evacuation zone out of harm's way. equi nechlt evac has taken in 30 horses as well as chickens, goats and sheep. those animals are being board at quail hollow ranch park and at private ranches all around the county. >> i am really hoping everybody has a plan and they have utilized making a plan so they're not scrambling at the last minute to come here, but we will be prepared if we have to. >> the deadline for anybody needing help getting their animals to one of the sites

actually expired four minutes ago at 5:00. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman continues our live coverage from the north bay. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, kristen. welcome to 4th steet in san rafael. we were here december 8th, a nice sunny day, all the restaurants here packed up their stuff and took it in. no more outdoor dining. how ironic, now they can outdoor dine again and the sky opens up, too. we knew it would happen. in less than the time it took to shoot this story, san rafael went from 43 and sunny to gusting and overcast. call it a brief window of opportunity. >> it's coming in big. i heard that. >> you have to take an opportunity when it comes to you, right? >> reporter: we remember watching this neighborhood and these restaurants when they followed state orders and closed up on december 8th. so now the irony, after a month of mostly sunshine and drought, outside dining has returned,

with the biggest storm of the year bearing down on us. >> probably in an hour it will start raining for a week. so, perfect timing. >> reporter: vincent latore owns aroma cafe. alicia works for him. >> this has been difficult. it's been a strain on a lot of people. >> reporter: welcome to winter, courtesy of propane, and empty tables abound. >> it's been lean. really tough. >> reporter: this is the magnolia park kitchen where robert does not want to dwell on what it is. >> could the timing have been any better? >> not really. not really. but it is what it is, right? so it's better than it was two days ago. >> reporter: finally coming around the dark side of the moon and emerging into an eclipse. >> well, that's okay. you know, we're open. >> reporter: you're look at a live shot of 4th and 8th street here in san rafael.

first drops started coming down around 1:00. half hour ago they really began to build. we expect to see more as this goes along. also worth noting, vincent latore who owns the aroma cafe, he took the time off to build a more permanent outside dining structure outside of his restaurant. he's going to petition the city to let him keep it there. live in san rafael, wayne freedman, abc 7. >> we'll see, wayne. thank you. temporary barricades are up at 17th and fulsom streets. the city is watching that spot and other low-lying areas prone to flooding. >> we have inspectors there, keeping an eye on it, as well as extra sand bags being delivered to some of those known hot spots in the city. >> reporter: if you live in san francisco, you can get up to ten sand bags for your home. the city has closed its only mass vaccination site through thursday because of the weather. covid testing sites on the

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let's take another look at lve doppler 7. all that green is rain. yellow at the top of your screen is heavy rain as the storm moves across the bay area. the full forecast is coming up in a few minutes. >> meantime, today is another day of below average coronavirus cases in california. just over 17,000 new cases were reported. the 14-day positivity rate is down to 9% from 11.6 a week ago. both hospitalizations in icu admissions continue to drop as well. the state today announced a change in the way the coronavirus vaccine will be distributed moving forward. abc 7 news reporter melendez is in the newsroom with more. >> for those advocating for, say, teachers to get vaccinated and those who are not quite 65

but still at a higher risk. two groups, health care workers and people 65 and other, are currently being vaccinated in the state. california's health secretay, dr. mark galley. >> it's no small feat to get million californians vaccinated in seven we >> dr. galley announced changes in the way the vaccine will be distributed. the expectation is that after the first group in mid-february these are the people who will get the vaccine. first responders, food and agriculture worker, teachers and school staff. san francisco's school board president, gabriella lopez, says that gets them one step closer to reopening schools. >> when we are in this phase, there is no risk. >> here is the big change. after they are vaccinated, the tier system, as we know it, will

basically go away and eligibility will be based on age. >> transmission rates, if they do go back up, that we create a protection, a bubble around those most vulnerable. >> we know that the virus is most deadly if you're older, but the persistent issue remains the lack of vaccines. desperate to give out that first dose to as many people as possible, federal health officials are now considering extending the period between the first and second dose to six weeks. >> right now, we are trying to hit those marks of three to four weeks afterwards. but if we get recommendations to adjust, we definitely will do so, so we can get the vaccine out in the most efficient manner also. >> also new today was the announcement that camera would eventually hire a third party to help allocate more doses to sites that are administering the vaccine. now let's talk a little bit about that third party. we don't know who it's going to be. the state has not even decided.

you know i have to say, dr. galley was telling us they are implementing things as they go. they learn from their mistakes, what works, what doesn't work. some argue that a third party should have been brought in weeks ago. well, let's see. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> lyanne, thank you. abc 7 newand member of our team dr. patel is joining us this afternoon. thanks for your time. what do you think of the state's adjusted vaccine plan? >> one thing that i did appreciate hearing today is that in addition to the vaccine plan there seems to be more of a focus on making sure there's transparency and a better way for californians to know if they're eligible and to get the vaccine. regarding the age-related plan i agree with dr. galley in theory. after we get essential workers, everyone needs to get

vaccinated. it will be easier to verify somebody's age rather than trying to verify their potential exposure and use those complicated algorithms. >> let me give you a hypothetical here, doc. say i'm a front line worker, 45 years old, at risk every single day. with the new state guidelines, a random 65-year-old might be able to get ahead of me in line? if that's the case, i'm not going to be real happy. you're a front line health care wo worker yourself. getting pushed back in line, tat's not going to go over well. >> when they said they would switch over to an age-base ed according to what i saw today, everyone who is still a front line or essential worker, not just health care worker s

of people out there will get frustrated. one other thing that was announced today that i think is important is that website myturncalifornia. you can put it in, see what your eligibility is. if people aren't happy i hope they make their voices heard. >> okay. the biden administration is boosting the state's vaccine allocation by 17%. how much a difference do you think that's going to make in the long run? >> i think the announcement will make a difference in two ways. number one, get morgue vaccines out there say great step forward t gives us trust. dr. galley said today we want to get to the place where the efficiency and distribution is so tightened and efficient that the only key to the supply chain will be the actual supply itself, a great problem to have if you will. the biden administration said they would project the amount of doses to be distributed three weeks ahead of time, which is

keep. people can finally know, are they going to get vac vaccines their sites that they can plan accordingly? they're already projecting they may see 1.5 million americans vaccinated a day as opposed to the previous goal, with the hopes of getting 3 million americans vaccinated by the end of summer and hopefully closer to getting out of this mess. >> i mean, if you think of the logistics here, if we were in charge of it, it's such a massive project. even if you just talk about california, tens of millions who need the vaccine. what is making distribution even more difficult? is it cold storage, the two doses? is it something else? is it lack of organization? is it all of the above? >> it's literally all of the above. you just nailed part of the issue. not only do we have this problem with the vaccine itself with storage distribution, there's also the issue with space, where to get this. there's funding issues. there's also the unspoken problem -- hopefully this will be talked about more of not

enough health care personnel, not enough people to go out there to start getting the vaccines into arms. and that's been a big rallying cry from places across the state. there's ambiguity on who this third-party administrator will be with respect to distribution. but i really hope we have more of a centralized process and there's more transparency to where we are so you see less frustration and less confusion. i'm still hearing from people who are on hold with their doctors for hours or don't know if they're eligible or not. or if they are, they don't know where to go. hopefully, all of this is solved. >> i want to make you the third party, doc. you decide it all. >> you and i, larry. you're 25 years old so i don't know when you'll be eligible, but you and i can do it. >> exactly. the makeup, it's aging me. anyway, take care. it's always great spending time with dr. patel. he has such great insight. abc 7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine rollout in california. our own vaccine tracker, including information on when

you might be able to get that coveted shot. find it at abc7news.com. all right. we want to check in with spencer now because that rain ahead that have big storm is already here. spencer? >> you're right, kristen. you can see on live doppler 7 it's covering the entire bay area now. heavier stuff is on the way. looking out over san francisco, temperatures are in a narrow two-degree range, excuse me, two-degree range, 47 to 49 in san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose, morgan hill and half moon bay. looking toward the city from emeryville, similar range in these places up north except santa rosa is a cool spot at 43. 46, 47 at nov ato, vacaville. rooftop camera, forecast features, periods of heavy rain and gusty wind will be with us overnight. flash flooding is possible in the burn scar areas and downed trees and power outages also a

possibility. on we go to look at the storm impact scale. this is a strong storm, ranking through on the scale. heavy rain likely overnight into the early morning hours. wind gusts 30 to 60 miles an hour. look for one to two and a half inches of rainfall during that period of time alone over the next 12 hours. forecast simulation taking us into the late night and overnight hours, you see that wave of heavy, stormy weather coming through with strong, gusty winds and heavy downpours. heaviest activity will move out before the morning commute ends. the effects, of course, will linger. overnight low temperatures in the 40s. flash flood watch will be in effect until 4:00 p.m. thursday for virtually all of these areas outlined here, especially in the higher elevations. debris flows, risk of mud slides, flash flooding a possibility, of course. we have a high wind warning in effect for the coastal ranges and for all of solano county

from 7:00 tonight until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. wind gusts 60 to 70 miles per hour in those locations and then the areas outlined in yellow, all the remainder of the bay area. wind advisory is in effect from 7:00 this evening until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, winds gusting, once again, possibility of downed trees and power lines. main storm concerns, very high concern about flooding on roads and high concerns from debris flows, mud slides, downed trees, power lines, small stream and lower concern about river flooding. and on we go to the rainfall estimates. by 11:00 p.m. tomorrow, we are expecting anywhere from 1 1/2 to about 3 inches of rain in the areas hardest hit. lower totals likely in many south bay locations, and a winter storm warning is in effect until 2:00 a.m. friday in the sierra, above 5,000 feet, above 4,000 feet. look for five to seven feet of snow. here is the accuweather

seven-day forecast. level three storm continues into the morning hours tomorrow. heavy showers and wind again on thursday. a level two storm. and then friday, saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday, we expect lighter storms. it's going to be a wet, stormy period. larry and kristen? >> bracing ourselves. spencer, thank you. michael fininform ey has been digging into all the issues that hit the edd. anot tasha, did you know geico could save you hundreds on car insurance and a whole lot more?

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7 on your side has been tracking all the problems with edd fraud. the state held a hearing with iteresting details. here is michael finney. we got to hear from the bank involved in handling the payouts and this is bigger than i think a lot of people understood before. >> yeah. every time we turn around, larry, it's getting bigger and bigger. you may remember yesterday the edd finally confirmed scammers had made off with more than $11 billion in fraudulent claims. but today it was bank of america's turn to explain just what happened. b of a runs programs like california's all over the country and says this is not the only state seeing fraud. what sets california apart is its size. makes it a prime target for crooks looking to cash in during the pandemic. those crooks, as the edd said

yesterday, may have built california unemployment program not just out of $11 billion but perhaps as much as $30 billion. officials with bank of america said today those scammers were not your average criminals at work. >> the size and scale of the california program attracted substantial fraud, including criminals who are fraudulently attempting to claim benefits. it is our assessment that there is sophisticated criminal network activity involved in this, as is being assessed by a third party specialist as well. >> reporter: criminals focused on pandemic unemployment assistance. you may remember that's what's referred to as pua. those are payments made to gig workers and small business owners. b of a froze accounts several weeks ago that were suspected of fraud. now to get their unemployment money, claimants must verify or reverify their identity. this is far from over. edd has been warning there are

no schemes going around. now they're trying to get folks to give up key personal information and then raid their bank accounts. i'm keeping track of that. when i have more details, larry, i'll report back. >> thank you, michael. this is a never-ending story. it doesn't seem to be getting much better. thank you, michael. >> no. the new variant and vaccins. the benefit of the covid vaccine if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back,

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you are looking at a very active live doppler 7 where you can see the storm in the bay area, the area in green is where the rain is right now.

the yellow and red show heavier rain. and this is a live look outside from the east bay hills camera, tower cam looking. you can't see much because of how gray it is and stormy it is already, drew. and the worst is yet to come. >> yeah, a wet and windy night. we cannot show you live doppler 7 enough. right now we're just at the beginning of the storm. light showers moving through the bay area right now. the heaviest rain will be moving through later tonight. what we're watching, here is the heaviest rain still offshore. it is developing a few lightning strikes. we'll be watching for the chance, along the coast, especially in the north bay, for a thunderstorm later on tonight. future weather by about 8:30, 9:00. here comes that heavy rain moving through the north bay by about 10:30, 11:00 p.m. it is moving through the heart of the bay area. then after midnight, that's when we expect the heaviest rain in the south bay. on the storm impact scale, it is a level three. strong storm through 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. rainfall looking a couple of inches. wind gusts, another issue

gusting 30 to 50 miles per hour. now, whether anchor spencer christian will have another look at this storm as it moves through later tonight. >> we'll be starting an hour earlier tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. mike will have the latest storm track and jobina will bring you up-to-the-minute road conditions from 4:00 to 7:00 on abc 7. the coronavirus vaccines and the new variant that's been found, we have team coverage for you on those issues, starting with abc 7 news anchor dan ashley. hi, dan. >> hi, larry. while the concerns are certainly legitimate, several experts we spoke with believe vaccine developers have powerful tools in their arsenal to respond to meet the new threat. with mutations to the covid-19 virus surfacing around the world, there is growing concern whether newly released vaccines

can keep up. experts say the advanced technology used to create them a significant advantage. >> i mean, this is highly adaptable, flexible. >> reporter: an immunology professor at stanford is describing the technique used by both the pfizer and moderna techniques known as messenger rna. essentially it's a genetic script delivered into the body. it instructs our cells to make a safe fragment of the covid-19 virus, coaxing our immune system into cranking out antibodies to attack it. he says the script can be quickly rewritten if necessary. >> so now we are in a situation of having to tweak it just by a couple of mutations here and there. i expect this could proceed quite rapidly. >> reporter: vaccine maker moderna is working on a new booster for its vaccine, aimed at the so-called south african variation of the covid virus which has some researchers concerned. pfizer's bio tech partner in germany says it could release

the coating in as little as six weeks if there's a serious challenge. leading a trial at stanford from a third vaccine from johnson & johnson that could be released soon. he says it uses another flexible technology. >> actually the j & j vaccine uses the dna of the spike protein. >> while different under the hood, the code in the sequence can be quickly adjusted to produce new targets for the immune system if needed. >> if there are differences in spike protein to these variants, they can be included into a newer versions of both of these types of vaccines. >> reporter: since the vaccines are proven safe, there could be far less testing involved in rolling out any new versions, potentially giving health officials flexible weapons in the war against covid-19. now all the researchers we spoke with wanted to reinforce that the current vaccines are likely to deliver the best available protections against covid-19 and you should get it as soon as it is available to you. while new boosters or adjusted

vaccines remain in development for the future in case new variations do emerge. >> dan, thank you. >> a group of mostly tech workers opened a tech site to help workers find the best site near them to get vaccinated. the site has helped thousands since it was created a couple of weeks ago. luz pena spoke to the team members who say they're just regular people who want to help. >> reporter: for several days now, i've been trying to figure out where my mom and dad can get vaccinated, and i haven't had much luck, until today. this is vaccinate ca, a community-driven website to help californians find accurate and verified information on where to get vaccinated. now meet the faces behind this effort. in true pandemic form -- >> we have not met any of each other in person. >> reporter: software tech for google. in his free time he is one of the main software engineers for this site. >> i started helping out a lot, helped with how we handled data,

how we handled our phone banking flow, help set up a lot of our systems and end up like basically helpi iing organize t thing. >> this woman's job is marketing but for site she's a writer. >> i have a mother who is over the age of 65, who has also been looking for a vaccine. there are many people in my community who are also struggling with this. >> reporter: so this is how it works. go to vaccinateca.com. enter your zip code or select a county. that leads you to the map where you can choose the closest location for you and this information, by the way, has been vetted by a phone bank of 200 volunteers. >> around 250 calls a day we've been making with around 20 to 30 new yeses. every day we basically discover 20 to 30 places that are now, yes, we have vaccines. >> reporter: during this process, helping find san berne

dino county find a batch of doses they didn't know was on their portal. >> we found the next day a binch bunch of pharmacies were made available. we as people should come together to make things work and shouldn't have to wait for someone else to do it. it's great when someone else does it for us. at the same time if it's not there, get up and do it. >> reporter: if case you're wondering -- >> i have to ask, did you find a place for your mom to get vaccinated? >> it's not her turn yet but i do have a bunch of friends whose parents have been able to get vaccinated as a result. >> reporter: luz pena, abc 7 news. it is really a great resource. you should check it out. san mateo county board of supervisors voted unanimously to pass a resolution, establishing a restaurant, brewery and winery relief program. $1 million from the general fund will go towards grants to businesses that have been hit

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induction into the baseball hall of fame. in fact, nobody was selected this year. that hasn't happened since 2013. bonds received about 61% of the vote, short of the 75% needed to get into cooperstown. his ties to the steroid scandal, no doubt, the reason so many voters didn't include him on their ballots. bonds has just one more year of eligibility, and he has a long way to go to get to 75%. spencer, you're our resident mr. baseball. you look at bonds and you look at clemmens and clearly they were the dominant players in their time in the game. but the steroid cloud taints them. would you put them in? >> i would put them in. unfortunately, i don't have a vote. i would put them in because even without the performance-enhancing drugs that we believe they used, those guys had incredible talent and they would have had hall of fame numbers even without a little enhancement. i would put them in. but, you know, the baseball writers tend to be pretty tough.

>> yeah. go ahead, dan. >> i tend to agree. i think my position on it was a little harsher a few years ago, but as time has gone on, he has paid a pretty heavy price. like spencer said, he would have a hall of fame career regardless. >> larry his numbers have been going up the past few years of voting rierkts? >> yeah, but kind of plateaued in the 60s. i would say put a giant asterisk on their plaques and say all these dudes were linked in some way to steroids. make your own judgment about them and move on because having nobody go in does not help baseball at all. moving on now to this next story, which is likely to generate a few choice words. report from cnn claims that swearing is a sign of intelligence. the article quotes several studies, including research from 2015 which found that people who could come up with the most words with the letters a, f and s could also come up with the most curse words with those letters. another study found that

swearing may be a sign of honesty. and another found that profanity improves pain tolerance, claiming bicyclists who swore while pedaling against resistance more power than those who used neutral words. it can help when you're sxiegz ha exercising hard, i think. >> first of all, i had no idea larry was this intelligent. >> oh! >> i must be a >> that's terrible. sorry. >> very quick, i'll tell you what i teld my two young sons when they were 12, 13 and started using swear words i pulled them aside and said i'm not going to tell you not to swear because that's hypocritical. i swear around my friends, you'll probably swear around yours. but if you think you're mature enough to use bad language you'll know when it's appropriate and when it's not. don't swear around your mom and

if you swear around my mom i'll kill you is what i told them. >> bleeping dan ashley, i expect the unprovoked attack from spencer but not from you. >> sorry. >> you're on my list now. >> buster. >> see? >> yeah. and i've got -- well, never mind. i have a word i was going to use, but can't use it. disney is making changes to a classic ride. i'll text it to you, dan. the jungle cruise at disneyland, at disney world is getting an update. long criticized as racist and problematic. disney says the update will rflect and value the diversity of the world around us, also include new adventures that stay true to the experience we know and love, including humor and wildlife. this is one of the remaining opening day attractions that was overseen by walt disney himself. kristen, it shows you how our -- i mean, culture, thoughts, everything has changed so much, let's say, 50, 60, 70 years. >> absolutely. dates back to, what, the 1950s?

i did think in recent years when i visited disneyland on that jungle cruise, the way natives, native people's are portrayed as cannibals and some of the jokes they tell even, i was like, wow, that feels like it's from a time gone by. i'm glad they're doing it, and i think it will be exciting. for the traditionalist, i'll say wait to see if you like it before you judge. >> change it in a way that doesn't hurt the tradition, only makes it better for everyone. you look back at commercial 15, 20, 30 years ago that you barely noticed at the time makes you cringe a little bit. times change. >> yes. >> for sure. >> that's true. >> yep. >> all right. after a brief break, everyone can now relax, because peeps are back. production had been suspended due to the coronavrus but now they're coming back, just in time for easter. the company did not produce seasonal peeps like it had in the past for halloween and christmas in order to prepare for the peeps most important

holiday and some of the marshmallow peeps have already been started in stores. all right. who is excited about this? >> fun tradition. i'm not a big peeps person, but what the heck? >> yeah. >> spencer, you don't eat much sugar but it's probably still fun -- oh, sorry. >> yeah, yeah. no. i was going to say my peeps have always been around. i'm fine with that. >> i would say not referencing spencer's peeps but those peeps are bleeping horrible! i can't understand why anybody would eat that except dan, who sneaks them when i'm not in the newsroom and then runs away. >> when i reach for the cookies. by the way, larry, these were some choice words you texted. my goodness. >> larry, all this just to make us think your iq is higher, it's just not working. i'm sorry. >> i know. we're bleeping done on the four we're bleeping done on the four it's hard to explain what depression feels like. but i can tell you what it feels like when

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you are looking at live pictures across the bay area. tam, east bay hills in the middle and our roof cam in san francisco on right as the storm moves across the bay area. let's check in with spencer christian for the forecast. it's wet out there. >> okay, kristen. yeah, it is wet out there. just about everywhere right now. snow is falling in the higher elevation. this storm is a level three

storm, a strong one that will produce periods of moderate to heavy rain, gusts 30 to 50 miles an hour even at bay level. we expect from 6:00 p.m. this evening until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow a couple of inches of rain. the strongest elements of the storm will push through late tonight and during the early, early morning hours. and that's just going to be a messy morning commute, maybe a messy evening commute tomorrow as well. accuweather seven-day forecast, this level three storm continues into tomorrow morning. thursday, we still have some strong, gusty wind and heavy showers. that system on thursday ranks two on the storm impact scale. we expect lighter storms friday, saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. we are in a period of stormy weather, larry and kristen. >> thank you, spencer. we wanted rain. we need the rain. we're going to get a whole bunch of it. race and social justice, pillars of building a better bay area.

five area nonprofits getting a big boost today from 49ers great ronnie lott. david louis talks about why he has been doing this for over 30 years. >> reporter: looks back on his football career, ronnie lott remembers everyone can benefit from coaching. each year the nonprofit all stars is helping kids he started with his wife, karen. selects organizations working with young people in underserved communities. five groups receive $75,000 each along with three years of coaching and mentoring to extend their impact. and to build their financial and organizational strength. empowering young people is the focus. >> it's like us selecting ronnie lott as a rookie. you know, you're selecting these young guys and these young people, and you're trying to give them a chance so they can, you know, actually earn their way on the field. >> youth beat is one of this year's recipients, providing

training at eight oakland schools and after-school programs, turning young people from consumers into creators of digital content. the program serves more than 400 students each year. >> they can actually start learning these skills, make connection connections, start creating their own work and be heard and be told they're good at something. it's just huge. >> youth beat gives students a voice, an opportunity to express themselves although a time when there was a call for more diversity and social justice. at the same time it provides a path toward a future career. >> the next generation that we're cultivating to come up to be the next stars, the next directors, the next video producers that are going to make the next big super bowl spots in the industry. >> the program has operated for ten years. one of ronnie lott's goals is to sustain nonprofits during the first three years when he says a large percent of them fail. david louie, abc 7 news. >> knowing ronnie lott for so

many years, he could sit back, be comfortable and be ronnie lott, the hall of famer. he wants to get involved and help people especially. it's so wonderful he chooses to make that a big part of his life. >> a real role model. larry, that's great. get ready for some laughs and a little bit more tonight on abc. up next, the stars of the hit

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at 9 it's "black-ish" and then the season premier of mixed-ish, big sky an abc7. the origin story of rainbow on the hit show "black-ish." sandy kenyon from our sister station in new york has a preview. >> reporter: tv's favorite blended fisherman is back. tracee ellis ross continues to narrate this spinoff of "black-ish." it takes place in 1986. >> my mom was leaning into her new promotion. and when dad became a teacher, he found his calling. >> what excites me the most about coming from season 1 to season 2 is the evolution of our family. >> reporter: just the fact that we are able to make a season 2 is cause for celebration. >> this has been a really trying period of time for everyone, and for us it's not what we're used

to, but we've all come together and we are trying to make a great product for the audience and hopefully they will appreciate it. >> reporter: "black-ish" has met this troubled moment in our nation's history by talking about it on the show, and the spin kbra spinoff has not ignored the challenges we face, although it takes place 35 years ago. >> the conversations on race relations, the conversations on parity, the conversations on gender equality. that had moments in the '80s that were probably big moments or probably started during that time or before it. >> that's the sad part, is that it's been around as long as my generation has been around, and even further than that. >> reporter: as a sitcom mixed-ish must make us laugh, too. so it's a balance. >> it's the fact that you can turn something on and laugh and walk away with it. >> a nugget of something you not have known or empathy sichlt

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next at 5, the biggest storm of the season is now starting to hit. from the coast to the mountains and from the north bay to the south, get ready for dangerous wind and heavy rain. plus, people living in san mateo county are now getting orders to evacuate. santa cruz county already has those warnings, but too many are ignoring them. >> meanwhile, a blizzard warning is in effect for parts of the sierra. yard sticks will be needed to measure all the know they are going to get this week. we have reporters fanned out to bring you all of the developments kich developments. >> announcer: this is abc7 news. and we begin with a look at live doppler 7. you can see our strong storm now bearing down. it is bringing dangerous winds, possible flooding and snow. it is part of the atmospheric river taking aim at the state which you see in animation here. here is another look at the