today, showing several inches of standing water flooding streets and yards. people who live there say they haven't seen hit the bad for years. willits in mendocino county got 10 inches of snow, plus high winds and trees simply snapped in the storm. tammy wilkens sent us these pictures of damage she saw. >> incredible photos. in the central valley, yosemite got so much snow, it's staying closed all through the weekend. these are pictures the national park service tweeted. beautiful but a little scary with all that snow. the storm, though, is winding down. we are definitely past the worst of it. >> which is great news. spencer christian is tracking. spencer, what's left? >> well, dan, take look at live doppler 7. you'll see it is winding down, and in fact, most of the bay area is receiving very little or no rainfall at all. but where it is raining in some of those place, it's raining heavily, and that's mainly down in the south bay from gilroy to

morgan hill and up into the mt. hamilton area. just heavy downpours that have been pretty much lingering there for the last hour or so. so although the storm is losing its force and its intensity, it still ranks 2 on the storm impact scale because its impact lingers. we'll have scattered showers tonight. isolated thunder if possible. burn scar flooding is still a threat. and forecast animation shows that even during the overnight hours, we'll still have a few isolated showers, but the end is near to this storm. and i'll show you the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. ama? >> all right, spencer, thank you so much. we'll check back with you. >> some evacuations remain in effect as the storm continues, but most have been reduced from mandatory orders to recommended warnings. you can see where on this map. portions of san mateo and santa cruz counties that were recently burned by wildfires and now face the threat of mud slides. to track the storm, you can access live 7 on demand on your tv. our app is available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv, and roku.

just search abc7 bay area to download and start streaming. on to our work to build a better bay area with a focus on our help. california saw its second highest daily death toll coming less than a week after setting a new record. however, other indicators like the number of new cases and hospitalized patients continue to go down. and here in the bay area, the rolling average of new cases is plummeting. it's represented by the yellow line on this chart with data going back all the way to last march. and turning now to the vaccine. nearly two million doses are waiting in freezers across the state. the backlog is slowly improving. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra is tracking the latest for us tonight. stephanie? >> ama, every day we are keeping a close eye on our covid-19 vaccine tracker. 4.7 million doses have been ordered. 2.8 million doses have been administered. that's around 61%. certainly not where we need to be. but it is a new record for the state. california's distribution backlog is crawling at a snail's

pace. just how slow? close to 80% of the nation is doing better. the state doesn't make the first page, second page, or even the third page of our covid-19 vaccine tracker. that's because california ranks 38th with only 6.9 of the population over 16 that's received the first dose. we're tied with states like massachusetts, hawaii, and arizona. meanwhile, texas, the only state that's distributed close to the same amount of doses as california, is at 7.6%. alaska is first with 14.6%. but there is good news. as we heard from the governor on monday. >> just a few weeks ago, we were doing daily vaccines around 43,000 in just a two-week period you get a -- or ten-day period, 131,000 vaccines. >> abc7's analysis found the numbers are improving. the state did average around 142,000 vaccinations per day between sunday and today. to put that in perspective,

around two weeks ago, 40% of doses were administered in california. now we have around 61%. >> we stay at that pace, how long do you think it will take to vaccinate a majority of the population? >> months and months and months. a very long time. we took the pace of a couple of weeks ago, we could be talking years. if we take the pace of now, you know, months, better part of a year maybe. >> reporter: louise aaronson is professor of geriatrics at uc san francisco. she is one of 13 members on the state's vaccine distribution workforce. she says the biggest hurdle now stems from the lack of vaccine supply. >> there are places where we know they're all ramped up, but they don't have vaccine to give. >> reporter: the other big hurdle is the lack of logistical planning. >> most began in december, which was clearly way too late for something this large. >> reporter: the state's distribution workforce is pushing the governor to get better systems for logistics, ensuring simple prioritization structures and increasing the availability of vaccine.

now in an effort to help curb the backlog, the state has brought in oakland-based blue shield to create and manage a statewide vaccination administration network. the contract is still being finalized, but newsom hopes the transition will happen by mid-february. live in the studio, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> now stephanie, why were those considerations starting in december when we knew fda approval for a vaccine was eminent? >> that's an excellent question, ama, one we've posed several times now to the state, and we have yet to hear a reasonable explanation. dr. aaronson, who sits on the state's vaccine distribution workforce admitted clearly there was a lot of time spent on the vaccine development. we knew it was copping. meanwhile, there was very little attention on logistics, and that is partially what's causing this mess. >> all right. thank you so much, stephanie, for that update. and the track they're stephanie showed you, it's on our website. you can find it any time on our

home page at abc7news.com. in the east bay today, san ramon firefighters made their way around town in a mobile vaccination clinic. their stops this week are long-term care facilities. the fire district's pbattalion chief says they have enough staff to deal with other calls, so why not do this too. >> the goal is to take care of the people we sign up to take care of. the community at a whole, everyone is more than cooperative with us. we've had to good through some bureaucracy to get here today, but we haven't met any challenge that we haven't been able to overcome. >> after tomorrow, the firefighters will have given out vaccinations at all 54 residential care facilities in contra costa county. firefighters are also helping out at drive-through vaccination clinics. and one more note here. if you go to my facebook page @dan ashley abc7, right now i posted an interview i did less than half an hour ago with the chief of the san ramon valley fire district about this program and about their effort to get as many folks vaccinated as quickly

as they can. i posted it moments ago. it should be up. check it out when you can. he'll explain how you can get your shot through that program. in the south bay, santa clara county's first covid-19 walkup vaccination site opened today to serve health care workers and those over the age of 65. and one of the areas hit very hard by the virus. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen was there. >> on this very rain in afternoon. >> i'm excited. because this is very important for us. >> reporter: not even the rain. >> i want to keep myself safe. >> reporter: or the lines. >> i've been waiting for a long time. >> reporter: could keep people away from receiving their covid-19 vaccine. >> i just called them last night and they said yeah, let's go. >> reporter: elizabeth robledo brought her parents to the mexican heritage plaza in san jose, site of the first walk-up vaccination site in santa clara county. >> my mom is 92 and she's got diabetes, and she lives in a

multifamily home. so these are very important factors. >> reporter: in partnership with gardner health care services, health care workers and those over the age of 65 can come on tuesdays and thursdays to get vaccinated. >> i think it kind of takes a load off your mind about possibly getting sick. >> reporter: retired teacher jan johnson was relieved to learn that she didn't have to make an appointment to be seen. >> i don't do things online like younger people do. >> reporter: vaccines are administered between 12:00 and 6:00, but wristbands are given out starting at 9:00 to the first 500 people in line. if there are doses unassigned by mid afternoon, gardner health services will work with its nonprofit partners to identify other community members who meet the county criteria to ensure that nothing goes to waste. >> we all know the pandemic has disproportionately impacted our latino working class community. there are five zip codes in east san jose that make up 31% of the cases that are reported in the county. >> reporter: a commitment to a community that so desperately wants this pandemic to be over. >> we need to be fair.

we need to be equitable. >> reporter: steps that are being taken to get it done. >> we see the light at the end of the tunnel now. this offers hope to the community that we can get control of this virus and start to have a normal society again. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. after more than seven weeks of just takeout and delivery, san francisco restaurants were allowed to reopen for outdoor dining today. we visited north beach around lunchtime. saw a few eating outside. you're limited to six people a table and the tables must be six feet apart or more. >> i can't wait. it totally changes the street life, especially in the early evening. >> personal services are also allowed indoors once again. so many hair and nail salons have reopened. this is all because the state lifted its regional stay-at-home order earlier this week, which puts bay area counties back in the purple tier of restrictions. it's one thing to reopen restaurants. what about schools? the president wants to see it

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[ closing bell ] markets reclaimed some of the ground lost in yesterday's sell-off. the dow finned up 300 points, making up half of those losses. the nasdaq added 66 and the s&p jumped more than 36 points. a band of reddit users trying to

drive up shares of gamestop found themselves blocked by their favorite trading app, menlo park based robin hood. gamestop soared to $450 a share before plunging 153 points to close at 193.60. abc7 reporter david louie talked with one of the upset traders. >> reporter: robin hood, the very trading app that many investors love for giving them easy access to buy game stop found protesters outside their offices because the app restricted gamestop trading. >> it's people's hard earned money that they put into this, and they're not paying it out. so this is somebody's car payment, house payment. and wall street is changing the rules. >> reporter: as game stop is being shorted by hedge funds and driven up, the abrupt decision by robin hood and others to put on the brakes triggered intense criticism and a class action lawsuit by users. >> that's the last thing you want is for people to lose

confidence in a playing field in which they can make their own decision whether to buy or sell, but now somebody else is making the decision for them. >> reporter: robin hood responded in a blog statement saying it had to follow federal financial requirements. these requirements exist to protect investors and the markets and we take our responsibilities to comply with them seriously, including through the measures we have taken today. starting tomorrow, we plan to allow limited buys of these securities. the rapid rise of gamestop's stock price was punishing short sellers with millions at stake. a short seller buys and sells them betting the stock will go down. the stock is repurchased at a lower price. if the stock goes up instead, then the stock has to be bought at a higher price which results in as lo. "washington post" columnist helene olin says the scrappy investors were carrying out a two-edged strategy. they want to make money. at the same time, however, they really like the idea that they are sending a message to wall street while they are doing it. >> reporter: small investors have received surprising support

from two ideological opponents, representatives alexandria ocasio-cortez and ted cruz. >> so when you have ted cruz and alexandria ocasio-cortez are agreeing with each other, it's extremely weird. >> reporter: house and senate finance committees also plan to hold hearings. david louie, abc7 news. president biden reopened the window for obamacare enrollments today. the president signed an executive order directing health insurance markets to take new applications. it will begin friday the 15th and run through may 15th. i'm sorry. it will begin february 15th and run through may 15th. i want to make sure i get that right for you giving americans the way to get coverage as the spread of covid-19 remains dangerously high. >> of all times that we need to reinstate access to, the affo affordability of and extent of access to medicaid is now in the middle of this covid crisis. >> meanwhile, vice president

kamala harris' husband doug emhoff made his first official stop as second gentleman. he toured a farm at a washington school to learn about food insecurity and what's being done to address the problem. president biden is hoping to reopen a majority of schools in his first 100 day, though many question how that could happen. just hours ago, dr. anthony fauci had a live conversation with teacher unions about this goal. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez is live in the newsroom with what was said. lyanne? >> well, you know, many things stood out for me, but one in particular. school districts have been saying for a long time to the federal government help us with some guidelines on how to reopen safely. basically, they were saying let's be on the same page, and that didn't happen. well, today dr. fauci said the idea of go do it on your own doesn't work. that's why he's optimistic that this new administration has a better approach when it comes to this mammoth effort of getting kids back to school. back in july, dr. anthony fauci said we should try to get children back to school for

their psychological welfare and for the good of working families, but safety he said was paramount. today six months later, the biden administration is counting on dr. fauci's expertise to make sure the necessary school safety standards are in place. this is what he told the big teachers unions. >> the american rescue plan is something that hopefully will provide the resources for masking, for better ventilation, for whatever resources the schools might need to protect the students and the teachers. >> we need the cdc guidance. we need these rapid tests. we need to make sure we have the accommodations and the vaccines. i hear all four of those things a lot. >> as you know, i have a personal interest in this because my daughter is teaching science in the third grade in new orleans. >> reporter: it will cost more money than what the federal government has already allocated. president biden wants congress to dedicate $130 billion to help

schools get the necessary resources to reopen. fauci said that would help keep the infection rates low so that schools wouldn't have to shut down every time there was a surge. he also made it clear that vaccinating teachers would help students stay in school, especially those who work or live in underserved communities. the united educators of san francisco has said that teachers would feel a lot safer if they were vaccinated. >> they can't be just every teacher. it has to be every school employee in the school building, because we know that transmission between adults is the highest form of transmission. that's what we know so far. that's not in dispute. >> reporter: whether schools can we open within the president's first 100 days in office is a big test for the biden administration. and ama, as the white house press secretary pointed out, nobody wants to be having a conversation in may or june about why schools are not reopened. >> yeah. good point.

so lyanne, during that conversation with the teachers union, i understand dr. fauci really emphasized the continued use of masks and social distancing, which we already know about that. >> yeah, but he highlighted this. and it was something that i didn't know. even when a teacher gets a vaccine, for example, two doses, he or she has to continue wearing a mask and social distancing. the vaccine he says will protect that teacher from the virus but not necessarily the person they are with, meaning they can have the virus in them and transmit to someone else. that's why you see dr. fauci constantly wearing a mask, even though he's had two doses of the vaccine. >> just because you're vaccinated doesn't mean everything is good. thank you so much, lyanne. a grim benchmark tonight as the first bay area county has reached more than 100,000 diagnosed cases of coronavirus. it's santa clara county. it has been almost exactly one

year since santa clara county reported its first case of coronavirus. that happened on january 31st, 2020. and today the number is above 100,000. the heaviest rain is now behind us, but it's not all dry

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this view from our new camera at zephyr cove in lake tahoe. you can watch this camera any time. it's streaming through our abc7 news bay area app for roku as well as other devices. it is my favorite new camera. admittedly probably because i'm not out there stand manage the snow. it's nice to watch it come down, dan. >> it is more pleasant that way, isn't it, ama. we're getting a good workout from our new zephyr cove camera, spencer. >> yeah. we are indeed. i'm with you two. i enjoy watching snow from a distance. from the warmth inside my home, actually. here is look at our winter storm warning for the sierra, which is still in effect until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. 1 to 5 feet of snow above 3,000 feet. 5 to 7 in the higher elevations. strong wind gusts, whiteout eelevations. travel not advised. there is an avalanche warning until 10:00 tomorrow morning. take this situation seriously out there. meanwhile, back here in the bay area, our storm is winding down for most of the region, but down

in parts of the south bay, the santa cruz mountains and other into the mt. hamilton area, the rain is still pouring. it's coming down very heavily in some spots which contributes to the risk of some mud sliding and debris flows in the burn areas. here is the view in downtown san francisco. it's 52 degrees in the city and in oakland. 50 in mountain view and san jose. upper 40s right now at morgan hill and half moon bay. traffic seems to be moving along nicely. 48 in santa rosa, novato and livermore. napa 51. 50 in concord. and looking back toward san francisco from emeryville, you can see some breaks in the clouds now as the storm winds down. scattered showers overnight. maybe even just isolated showers in the early morning hours. dryer but unsettled weather through the weekend. and rain returns again early next week. our current storm though it's weakening still ranks 2 on the impact scale because its impact is still with us. scattered showers again,

isolated thunder is possible during the late night hours. burn scar flood threat remains with us. the forecast animation starting at 7:00 this evening and notice how it gets into the late night and overnight hours. we'll see widely scattered and isolated shower activity. 8:00 tomorrow morning. 9:00, we'll see at least some partial clearing, and maybe mostly sunny skies by midday. so on we go. to rainfall estimates. most locations we're talking about additional rainfall now from what remains of this storm. most locations will receive only a few 100ths of an inch. livermore could get 0.4. i want to go to low temperatures overnight. upper 30s in the inland valleys. in fact, low to mid 30s in some north bay locations. but maybe i will about 40 to 42 degrees. highs tomorrow low to mid 50s on the coast. mid-50s everywhere else. it's going to be a fairly seasonally chilly day. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. friday, saturday and sunday, we'll have some lingering clouds and slight chances of some

showers up in the north bay over the weekend. but we certainly don't expect any widespread rainfall across the region over the weekend. mainly a slight chance in the north bay. on monday we get a fairly vigorous storm coming in. it will produce rain and gusty wind at times. we call it wet and breezy on monday. scattered showers on tuesday, and wednesday and thursday of next week, bright sunny skies turning dryer on wednesday and even milder on thursday. that's what i'm looking forward to, dan and ama. >> nice to get that break a little before and after that next system. thanks, spencer. well, still to come here, san francisco, home to big tech and tourists, of course. but in the pandemic, everyone is working from home and the tourists are staying home. next, the state of the city. another state auditor report. another blasting of the edd.

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> the state auditor released a second report today blasting the edd, saying the agency ignored signs of massive fraud and paid billions of dollars to criminals.

>> the report identified at least 10 billion in payments to fraudsters, but said the amount is probably much higher. the edd itself admitted on monday as much as $31 billion was paid in either confirmed or potential fraud. >> hard to even get your head around that number. 7 on your side's michael finney has the report. >> we were told that we were going get benefits. why are we not getting benefits? >> i must have called them hundreds of times. >> i'm literally down to less than $100 right now. >> i understand i'm just another claim, but to me this is my life. >> they all lost their jobs in pandemic, yet could not get benefits from the edd. they were among the millions whose plight is now crystallized in the state auditor's scathing report on the disaster at edd when efficiency was needed most. >> edd has known that they have these kinds of problems for over a decade. they knew it and they got caught flat-footed. >> reporter: the auditor's report found edd could not

automatically process half the claims. many required a manual review of items like id verification. it left hundreds of thousands of workers struggling for benefits, unable to reach anyone at the call center. >> thank you for calling the employment development department. >> like ima in calistoga. >> we're unable to assist you at this time. >> the report said less than 1% of workers reached an agent during the surge in claims. the audit said edd started waiving eligibility checks to speed up the claims. that opened the door for rampant fraud. edd admitted it has paid at least $11 billion to fraudsters, but it's possible another $20 billion was also paid to scammers. in total, that would mean more than a quarter of all claims were fraudulent. not only that, edd may have paid legitimate workers too much money by not checking eligibility. no up to 2.4 million workers

may have to pay money back to the government. a hit many still don't know is coming. >> so the guilty got the money and the innocent are going to have the pay. >> reporter: the edd responded in part the edd appreciates the auditor's review and acknowledgment of the immensity of challenge edd has faced in the pandemic. we recognize the work that lies ahead. >> and that wasn michael finney reporting. a judge has ruled san jose's cavalry chapel church is in violation of county health ordinances. they sued the church to stop it from hosting indoor services without masks. the church still face millions in fines, though it's unclear how much the church might be ordered to pay. it's now hoping for a u.s. supreme court ruling that could come as soon as this weekend that may allow services to be held indoors. tonight we're getting an exclusive look at the stanford lab where researchers are on the hunt for new covid va

we first told you about this research last week. the researchers have not seen the south african strain in california. the south africa strain. but have seen the uk variant and a brazil variant. as for tracking the new california variant in the last few weeks -- >> it's in about 17% of the samples that we sequence, which is in line with other -- what others have been reporting, maybe a little bit higher. i think the concern about that variant is that it was associated with a large outbreak in san jose. so there is question about whether it is more transmissible. >> dr. pinsky says people need to continue to exercise caution, butthere is room for optimism as cases decline and vaccinations increase. san francisco mayor london breed used her state of the city address today to praise san francisco's response to the pandemic, calling it a national mod well the lowest death rate

of any major u.s. city. >> we were able to do this not just because our city government was collaborative, flexible, and full of dedicated public servants, though it is. we were able to do this not just because our hospitals, nursing homes and medical professionals are some of the best in the world, though they are. we did this because of you. we did this because of the sacrifices you made, the losses you endured, the love you showed for people you may never meet. >> mayor breed says san francisco will rebound from the pandemic by cutting red tape for small businesses, building more affordable housing and fighting homelessness. chronicle insider at abc7 contributor phil matier responded to the mayor's plan on our 4:00 newscast. >> right now the biggest challenge is getting the businesses back into san francisco. and a lot of them are saying we might come back, but not as with many people and not as often. that means sales taxes are down.

the hotel and convention industry is far from getting back on its feet. so what's the mayor doing? she is saying look, we've made hit the far. we know it's been tough. let's keep a positive attitude and see if we can get to the end of that tunnel where that light is shining. with any luck, that tunnel isn't going to keep going further and further on, but only time and a good vaccination not just planned but actual vaccination program will get us a long way. >> that was phil on our 4:00 broadcast. he was quick to point out that this of course was the mayor's vision which was different than the board of supervisors' or voters' vision. phil's column pour the chronicle will be published sunday. he is continuing as our abc7 insider. there is a lot more to come from phil here on abc7 news. you've seen home break-ins captured on security cameras before, but you probably haven't heard a thief say what this person said. person said. he was captured on camera as it's hard to have an invisible illness. like depression.

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others, highlights the way the district attorney is handling repeat offender cases. it's a story you'll see only on 7. >> if there is no deterrence in the city, we may as well have everything's free sign above our doors. >> reporter: the hot prowl burglary you're watching happened in december at cyan banister's san francisco home. >> my son is 9 years old. that's something that keeps me up at night. my son was literally on the other side of the window. he had his head phones on. >> reporter: cyan's chicken cam caught the suspect taking over $30,000 in items. >> several computers, laptops, and a camera. >> reporter: even a power washer in a matter of minutes. sadly, similar incidents aren't uncommon. >> so this is the gate, the first gate he came through. >> reporter: but what makes this case so bizarre is what happened the very next day. >> i open the door and it wasn't the police. it was my perpetrator. >> reporter: heard on camera, a full confession saying he is on

parole. >> and i know better so i'm going get punished more, and i know that. >> reporter: and that he was taking his daughter to school and he would make things right. >> i'm going find everything. i'm going to hunt it down and i'm going bring it. and i'm going to change my life. >> reporter: but when cyan's belongings never returned, she called police and started following other burglary cases and arrests involving parolees. changing her twitter profile to recall chesa boudin over his handling of these crimes. >> he is not prosecuting. >> reporter: after the tragic double fatal hit-and-run new year's eve where troy mcallister was driving a stolen car, i interviewed boudin. why you blaming the parole office instead of taking direct accountability here? >> reporter: san francisco supervisor katherine stephanie and mayor london breed asked for numbers on rearrests for those on probation and parole. i obtained the report which clearly shows a change from 2019 when suzy loftis served as d.a. during boudin's first year.

an 18% increase in cases sent to parole. the amount of time a defendant spent in custody also dropped 51% to just 18 days. >> i'm curious to see how the d.a. will handle this situation if my suspect is apprehended. >> reporter: cyan has this message for other victims. >> i think we all have to start standing up and doing something and saying something. because otherwise more people are going to die. >> reporter: request for comment to boudin's office was not returned. in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >> we'll stay on that. stay here with us. the storm is taping off, but we're not completely out of the woods yet. spencer keeping an eye on the weather, and he'll have the full forecast for you next. i'm wayne freedman in the north bay, where even now after all the rain that fell, it too early to start

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live doppler 7 shows you that today's level 2 storm isn't quite done yet. there are still some spots of green on the radar that indicates rain, and that is exactly what we see when we take a live look from our towercam in

san jose. oh, yes. some rain out there. >> absolutely. well, it's too early to tell if this week's storms have made a significant difference in our drought. certainly helped to some degree. but that's the question. the latest california drought map was released today, but it was compiled on tuesday, keep in mind, before the big storm rolled in. compared to last year, we badly need the rain. the more colors on the map, the worst california's drought is. an abc7 news reporter wayne freedman looked at water totals across our region today. >> reporter: all this rain but not that much actually. while most of us focus on covid and vaccinations, the next possible california crisis is already taking shape. >> it's been very difficult to get media interest on this. even locally. >> reporter: elizabeth share these photos today of the lake mendocino reservoir after this week's rains. she's general manager of that water district. does it look like those rains made a big difference? >> it's giving us a little bit of bump, but it really isn't going to carry us through. >> reporter: what do you need?

>> oh, my gosh, we need much more. we need much more. >> reporter: it is still early in the season with plenty of time for more rain to fall, but even with what we've had this week, water agencies are concerned. they all get their water from different sources, and all of them, to one degree or another, are beginning to use the d word for drought. we asked some local water agencies to tell us how much water they in their reservoirs, and then to compare that with a normal year. what you see here is reminiscent of early patterns from the last drought in 2014. >> it's significant. >> reporter: pam gene is assistant general manager of the sonoma water agency. the russian river should be much higher than this after the recent storm. it's not. >> percentage-wise, it's less than 5% more. >> reporter: what do you need? >> we need probably another 30% or more. yeah, before we're going to be comfortable. >> reporter: meantime, if you're your water comes from the sierra snow runoff, you're in better

shape, but not worry-free. east bay mud is watching its rain gauge too. >> we normally get 48 inches of precipitation in a year. right now, as of midnight last night, we have 11.6 inches. >> reporter: in summary, don't panic yet, but don't take your water for granted either. from the north bay, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> no, we cannot take it for granted. obviously get a lot of rain here and it helps, ama, but the big difference comes with the snowpack in the sierra. >> absolutely. so let's get to spencer christian for the latest on all that. spencer? . >> okay, ama and dan, we need more snowpack, we need more rain. but we need breaks in between storms, and we're about to get one right now, as you can see on live doppler 7. the current storm is winding down, though there are still some heavy downpours in parts of the south bay and other into the mt. hasmle on the area. storm still ranks 2 because of its impact obviously. and we expect some scattered showers tonight with just isolated showers in the early morning hours and isolated chance of thunder.

the overnight temperatures will drop into the 30s in many of the inland valleys, but only down to the low 40s just about everywhere else. and then tomorrow, after the rain ends and the clouds are sucked apart, we'll get some sunshine with temperatures mainly in the mid-50s tomorrow. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow through sunday, we expect some periods of sunshine and perhaps a chance of some light showers up in the north bay over the weekend. then on monday, more widespread, more vigorous storm comes in. it is going to be a wet and breezy day with showers lingering into tuesday and sunny and dry and milder on wednesday and thursday of next week. dan and ama? >> nice. here comes the sun. that should be a song. thank you, spencer. all right. let's get to larry beil, sports director for the latest in sports. larry? >> speaking of sunny, the education of warriors rookie education of warriors rookie james

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now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. the sky truly appears to be unlimited for warriors center james wiseman. 300 million loading. the rookie has a ways to go before he gets that kind of contract, but the potential likewili like weizman himself is huge.

he played only three games in college. last night the kid played in his 18th pro game. what he did do? 3 for 3 from three, blocked two shots, ran the floor. finished with 25 points in 24 minutes. and the warriors win over the t-wolves. the dubs playing in phoenix tonight. every game, every practice another learning opportunity. >> man, every day. like i hear almost every day, and i'm actually getting better at it. we just drilled that in. being smart and just using my length. like i'm 7'1". i don't have to jump all the time. i can just use my limbs. i took that in mentally and executed and applied it. >> his wingspan is absurd. the sharks got destroyed the last time they played the avalanche. allowed seven goals that was a few nights ago. back at it tonight, the rematch in colorado as the sharks marathon road trip continues. no score in the first. kevin labanc, right there but can't get it back his

legislation. it remains scoreless. erik karlsson's stick, it hits that and devan dubnyk falls on it to make the save. ryan donato falls and collides. pierre edouard belmar had to be helped off the ice. looked like a serious injury for belmar. they are scoreless heading to the second period. 49ers fans dreaming about quarterback options going into next season. fantasizing about aaron rodgers, matthew stafford, and desean jackson, who has officially asked to be traded by the texans. keep in mind the texans, they gave watson a four-year, $156 million extension in september. that was just four months ago. but the organization is such a mess that watson wants to get out there. would likely take multiple number one picks plus jimmy g., maybe a third team for the texans to even entertain such a deal, but worth a shot for a 25-year-old who is the next best thing to patrick mahomes. for what it's worth, oddsmakers in vegas list the 49ers as the

favorites to land matthew stafford for next season. the niners are ahead of the broncos and the colts in this, with the lions. stafford's current team a great talent stuck on bad team, a bad franchise for a dozen years. covid has impacted the entire world and the super bowl is not going to be any exception. the bucs and chiefs are going to be extra careful because the last thing you want is to lose a key player going into super sunday. it was revealed this week that both of tom brady's parents came down with coronavius and they were very sick for a while. both healthy now and actually will be allowed to attend super bowl lv. they will have some fans in florida. different family concern for chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes. his fiancee brittany is pregnant. they're having a girl and want to make sure that everybody stays healthy. . there is a lot of family things that are very important to me, and certainly the health of my parents is very important, and although i was far away, i had

three sisters who were doing everything they could to help with at the time too. i'll be very excited to certainly know my parents will be in the stands for the game. >> yeah, it's definitely been challenging. we have to kind of how people are trying to quarantine more and more as the play-offs go on. we've been doing it the entire season. we just want the make sure that obviously i can play, but that the baby is healthy. >> for sure. tom brady going to his tenth super bowl, amazing. he has 44 postseason appearances. that's more than 21 teams, 21 franchises, dan and ama. it's just the numbers are mind-boggling. >> the g.o.a.t. it's something else. impressive. thanks, larry. well, coming up tonight on abc7 news at 8:00, celebrity "wheel of fortune" followed by the chase and the hustler at 10:00. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. finally tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. the ups and downs of this

pandemic are so hard on so many people, maybe you. we're almost at 11 months now, and the new normal is getting very old. we've endured a great deal in that time. among the downs nothing worse obviously than serious illness and the loss of life. next the loss of livelihoods. that's been devastating. businesses opening, closing, opening, closing now opening again. for how long we'll see. remember the desperate shortage of masks and sanitizer early on, not to mention toilet paper and paper towels? finally at long last, the vaccines are here an up. the downside, not enough to meet the need and snags in the distribution system. but at least we have a vaccine. now we get word that there are varnts more contagious, maybe more dangerous. the ups and downs of the past 11 months are nerve-racking. but if this pandemic has taught us anything, it's that we're tough, resilient. we will beat this. and what really matters will be much better prepared for the next time.

and that's a big-time up. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebo facebook @dan ashley abc7. that will do it. thank you so much for watching. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us here, we appreciate your time. have a nice evening and we'll see you again at 11:00.

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