covid surge. a live look from our abc 7 roof camera. it's quiet now in the bay area, but rain is moving in later today. good morning. this is monday, february 1st. we'll start by checking in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> thank you, reggie, kumasi, jobina. thank you for joining us on this monday morning what's going to be a wet monday morning and a storm on our impact scale and going to make our evening and morning commute tomorrow slippery and breezy conditions around 15 to 30 miles per hour going to make it pretty mild today. right now the storm is getting its act together north of us as you can see on live doppler 7 and as we head through the morning it's mild out there, mid 40s to near 50 like we can see in walnut creek looking down 860 towards 24. mid to upper 80s. you can see low 60s for noon for the rest of the afternoon hours. our bay and inland

neighborhoods. by 4:00 the steadiest of the rain in the north bay, 7:00 sliding start and starting to rain on the rest of us. a more detailed look coming up next. to kumasi for the first story of the day. >> thank you, mike. education, of course, is a key focus for us here at abc 7 as we work to build a better bay area. elementary students in the los gatos school district are heading back to the classroom for the first time since march. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live with more on this. good morning amy. >> reporter: good morning. as part of the safety plan they will have roomers and zoomers. half of the kids will go to the classroom today, the roomer, the other half will at home watching on zoom and then they will rotate that from day to day. just three weeks ago, parents in los gatos held a protest calling for schools to reopen. they just got word last week that schools would open today. a bit of a surprise for them. this is the district that was just recently at the center of a

vaccine controversy. san jose's good samaritan hospital offered the vaccine to teachers in los gatos raising concerns about jumping the line. more than 60 teachers signed up for the shot. the health department is investigating and the hospital is conducting an internal review. no word yet on when middle school and high school kids will return to the classroom here in los gatos, but a big day here for elementary schoolchildren. reporting live in los gatos, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. new at 6:00, miscommunication is being blamed for allowing 9,000 ineligible people to sign up for covid-19 vaccinations in sonoma economy. an error on an invitation only website said people 65 and older could schedule a vaccination. that link got shared on social media and all appointments into early march got filled. right now the county is only giving shots to people 75 and older. appointments for everyone below

the age of 75 are getting canceled. gavin newsom has opened vaccinations to 65 and older some counties have restrictions because of supply. several metrics indicate that spread is slowing in california. the positivity rate is 6.7%, that's the lowest point for the seven-day rate since the end of november. the positivity rate is a pretty good indicator of the transmission of the virus within the community. hospitalizations and icu numbers are also falling and the state reported just under 19,000 new cases on sunday and this is below the daily average for the past two weeks. january was the deadliest month since the pandemic started with more than 93,000 people dying. as we begin this new month, president biden wants to ramp up vaccinations and get financial relief relief millions of americans. jobina is at the live desk with more on the road ahead. >> thank you, reggie. today president biden will meet with gop lawmakers to discuss

this relief package. republicans are challenging the president to consider a $600 billion package. it's less than a third of the $1.9 trillion bill he has called for. both sides agree on spending $160 billion for vaccine development and distribution, but they're far apart on details like direct payments to americans. democrats say they're ready to move ahead without bipartisan support. >> if we can't move forward with them, we'll have to do it on our own. >> covid relief has to pass, there's no if, and or buts. >> reporter: new and more dangerous variants are spreading to more states. nationwide the cdc says states have administered only 31 million of the 51 million distributed. some beloved bay area attractions are opening back up and many families are trying to recapture a glimpse of life before the pandemic. the san francisco zoo reopened to the public over the weekend

after the state's stay-at-home order was lifted. on-line ticket reservations are required and tickets go on sale today for the oakland zoo's reopening on wednesday. glo lantern festival resumes on friday. >> when it's just the animals and the staff that's not the complete picture for us. we're thrilled to have our community come back and enjoy the animals and enjoy the zoo. >> as for the future, great america in santa clara announced it plans to reopen on may 22nd, as long as state and local guidelines allow. three sonoma county transit agencies will resume fare collection starting today. sonoma transit, santa rosa city bus and petaluma transit added protective barriers to reduce exposure at the front of the vehicles. juniors college and youth can ride for free with a valid i.d. and veterans ride free of charge on city bus and sonoma county

transit. two people accused of attacking a well-known san francisco private investigator may have been trying to steal his camera. "the chronicle" reports jack pal dino took photographs of committing a crime. he was dragged in front of his home. he has been taken off life support and still unconscious. family members say he's not expected to survive. police arrested two men. still ahead, partying leads to covid outbreaks in college. the concern at two local universities this morning. and the chaos on wall street. last week it was gamestop, now amateur traders are turning their attention to something else. and if you have some plans to be outside today here's a look at your activity planner. it's going to be dry in the morning for all of us, dry through the afternoon hours for most of us outside of the north bay. it's pretty good if you're running errands, working from home, remote

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hollywood. good morning. let's take a look at neighborhood temperatures at about 6:09. 44 through 49 through most of the south bay. los gatos and also cupertino around 50 to 51 for some of our milder temperatures. most of us in the low to upper 50s, bodega bay 50 right now. future radar and yellows and oranges, those are some of the moderate to even a light chance of a downpour. the green is the lighter rain. you can see it's mainly in the north bay through the afternoon hours. there will be a few rogue showers out ahead of that for the rest of us but the southerly breezes and mild temperatures are our biggest story outside of the north bay rain. you can see it move in during the evening hours and lose its forward momentum as it stalls

and waves of showers through tomorrow's morning commute and looks like we get a little bit of a break as we head into tuesday afternoon and evening. our mountains, green. you can get more than an inch of rain, the rest of us a quarter to half inch. speaking of the commute it's dry, let's see what's going on with it otherwise with jobina. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you. good morning, everyone. we are going to start off with a live look of the bay bridge toll plaza because metering lights are on. they came on at 5:59 this morn. you can see the traffic is beginning to build there at the toll plaza. once you hop on the bridge it's a clear ride to san francisco. to the south bay we want to check in on san jose and 101, very clear conditions in the south bay right now, and it's pretty well reflected on our map because as i bring this in here, you can see our primary slowdown is out of tracy which that's usually our slow spot and the toll plaza everything else is green. reggie and kumasi. >> thank you very much.

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come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price however is perfect for you. explore floor & decor in-store or online. this morning there is concern on two bay area college campuses because of covid-19. there's been a surge in cases at uc berkeley where 44 people tested positive on saturday and now there are complaints over santa clara university students holding large parties. students say a week ago there was a huge frat party with about 200 people and it was just days after the university canceled plans to bring students back to

campus for housing and in person classes. >> people tend to forget the severity of the situation and so i think that's why a lot of students have tried to remind their peers that hey, this is not a joke. >> in a statement the university calls the party a, quote, blatant disregard for health directives and it has threatened suspension and $500 fines. uc berkeley is conducting contact tracing and isolate something students who may have been exposed to covid-19. the school's online dashboard shows 44 people tested positive for covid on saturday and that's about 3% of the tests that were analyzed. all residential students been notified and told not to attend indoor gatherings. first it was struggling companies like gamestop and bed, bath and beyond. overnight amateur traders turned their attention to a new type of stock. here's meghan. >> this morning, wall street gearing up for another

unpredictable week involving amateur investors who are now targeting precious metals. silver futures soaring overnight up 8% at one point, a five-month high with the #silversqueeze trending. it comes on the heels of a tumultuous week spurred by a fight between professional investors and an army of online day traders. those retail investors banding together over social media platforms like reddit to buy stock in struggling companies like game stomach and amc causing their share prices to surge. wall street hedge funds who bet against those companies losing billions. one hedge fund down 53% in january. >> it's a really weird time we're living in. i had never thought i would invest in stocks casually like that, but i saw the opportunity and demoed the app on my phone and did it. >> reporter: the reddit investors criticizing online brokerage robin hood which plans to limit the trading of eight

stocks today including gamestop, amc, blackberry, express and nokia to only one share per customer. they claim robinhood, which markets itself as a champion of small investors is favoring wall street titans over small time traders. >> to put the power in everyone's hands. >> reporter: experts say the free trading app got in over its head and couldn't come up with the capital required after the gamestop trading spree. >> there's absolutely nothing unusual or nefarious about what the -- how the regulatory rules are kicking in and requiring robinhood to put up more capital. that's all totally normal, standard. >> over the weekend robinhood's ceo says the trading restrictions are only temporary. abc news, san diego. just like the rest of us, a texas woman apparently couldn't get enough of the cold bernie meme at the inauguration so she put her crocheting skills to

use. tobey king turned the viral bernie sanders image into a doll. she says she came up with the idea after memes of the 79-ya 79-year-old vermont senator blew up. it took her about 7 hours to brow crowe shay the bernie doll and she put the doll on ebay for charity and someone bought it for $20,300 and ebay pitched in matching the sale price so now more than $40,000 is going to meals on wheels. love to see that. >> that's cute. >> it is. the detail was extraordinary and congratulations meals on wheels and thanking her for doing that too. let's get through the weather because i want to get to ginger on time and i want to see what she's dealing with this morning. they have a huge snowstorm in the northeast. back here we have our own rain to talk about and we're looking from the east bay hills to the partly cloudy sky and pretty mild. temperatures about 50 degrees. clouds and breezes will increase today and during most of the daylight hours it's going to

feel pretty nice. low to mid 60s. hours will move in from the north bay as we head into the evening hours and they will lingering during the afternoon hours and fog will form, southerly winds continue as the front falls apart and this weekend we're looking at a sunny sky and warmer than average temperatures. for today, we've got mid to upper 50s along the coast and from santa rosa northward where the rain is going to be falling that will keep you cooler. the rest of us around 60 to 66 degrees with increasing clouds. tonight 40s up in the north bay where the clouds will open up a little bit and 48 in morgue hill. the rest around 50 to 53 degrees when we start to commute on slick streets tomorrow morning. here's a look at what is trending to be a little bit wetter wednesday. this was going to be an inside slider but the models are starting to push the storm a little bit closer to us and you can see it roll through and it will bring us some healthy light to moderate showers and maybe a brief downpour if it comes to fruition. we still have a couple days to

watch that. rainfall amounts are not going to be as impressive as today's storm. a tenth to possibly a quarter of an inch, maybe isolated areas in the hills up to half inch. today and tomorrow a 1 and those temperatures drop significantly tomorrow as cooler air moves in. mid to upper 50s. 60s return wednesday with the chance of wet weather. haven't put a storm impact scale on it yet. 60s for all of us friday. mid to upper 60s as we head through saturday and sunday. at the same time we're getting rain, they're going to be getting snow in tahoe, another foot or two possible and speaking of a couple feet of snow, that's what's happening in the northeast. i want to send it back to you twice and can't wait to hear your talk with ginger. >> we're checking in with her and it looks snowy. you're in manhattan, right, ginger? >> i am. that's columbus circle behind me there. this is snow blowing in my face for the last three hours or so. but we've had it for longer than

that. we've just now heard that mayor de blasio saying those streets that you see have to be free of cars, nonessential travel banned. we've already had 6 to 7 inches here in the park and this is only about a third of the way through. so a lot of folks are going to end up with more than a foot some people closer to two feet of snow. this is a big one for us. we haven't seen a snowstorm like this in five years or so. so i think we'll easily get to that level. i also want to bring you pictures from the vaccine rollout and you know that a snowstorm like this stops school for those who were supposed to go to school today and, of course, it impacts icy roads, but what about people who are supposed to get the vaccine today? the rollout has been derailed in seven states because this storm is not just here in new york city. it is impacting folks from georgia up to maine. we're going to be talking to moderna's president this morning and moderna's president is going to share with us some of the answers to all of the questions about new production and their rollout plans. and then on top of all of this,

of course, it's a snowy february 1st and we've got a super bowl just six days away. i didn't know that until earlier this morning. kind of forget that it was even february, but you know this is one of the last events we can say unprecedented for because last year's super bowl we didn't know all this pandemic stuff, so we're going to see what nfl is planning to do to keep their players and their fans safe and then, of course, you got to talk to tom brady, whether he wins or loses, what's he going to do. lots of questions to be answered. lots of snowflakes to still fall. reggie and kumasi. >> it is beautiful and my nieces live just a few blocks from where you are right now and i can't wait to see the pictures of them in the snow. this is their first big snowstorm ever. >> so sweet. my boys are up at our house so i wish i could play with them, but i'm going to be playing an doing tv in central park today. >> it is beautiful there, ginger. all right. all right. go these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control.

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the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level one. that means light rain and keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm on the abc 7 news app. download it now. >> the majority of our rain during the daylight hours will be in the north bay. the rest of us will get it when the sun sets. it will head over to the sierra about 2:00 in the morning to 6:00 wednesday morning, one to two feet above 6500 feet of lake level will have several inches of new powder. donner pass looking at about 16, kirkwood looking at 19 inches and that is very healthy and still much needed. once we get pasts that, though, just like our forecast, the sun comes out and it starts to get warmer than average. reggie? >> thanks, mike. visitors have returned to tahoe. sierra at tahoe reached capacity within minutes after opening saturday and sunday. the resort is limiting how many people can be on the slopes because of covid-19.

and that meant they had to turn some people away. the resort is hoping that more snow will help. >> we're hoping for even more terrain to open up so that we can continue to allow more people to come up and recreate with us. >> sierra at tahoe has a first come, first served policy. a lot of other resorts accept reservations. those who did get on the mountains were thrilled with the conditions. >> we have fresh powder. it's the best time, especially when it's sunny? this was the first weekend hotels and short-term rentals were able to accept guests. mcdonald's is bringing back spicy chicken nuggets and the mighty hot sauce. both of the items made their debate last september and it was the first flavor introduced to the mcnugget since introduced in 1983. the nuggets are breaded with a tempora coating made with cayenne and chili peppers and combines crushed red peppers, spicy chilies and savory garlic.

new at 6:00, incredible time lapsed video shows the moment clouds clear revealing the milky way over the coast of australia. this looks almost fake, doesn't it? >> david captured the stunning sight that shows the colors rising from the horizon as stars shine through. he said he was concerned some of the cloud cover would ruin the shot which was made up of about 500 individual images that were taken over four hours. >> can you imagine experiencing that? >> i really can't. i'm having a hard time imagining this is real, to be honest. >> i hope it is. >> what a world. >> don't steal my joy. it's monday. >> i won't. coming up next, at 6:30, we want to share with you about tony bennett's diagnosis. the stunning announcement from his family this morning. and the struggle for public schools, new stats show by how much enrollment has dropped during this pandemic. >> former president trump's

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this is abc 7 news. now at 6:30 as one local school district welcomes back some students for in person learning today, the california's teacher association is calling for more protection before reopening. >> our intention is to keep working that problem until we get the vaccines out to as many as are needed. >> the president of moderna talking about the challenges the company is facing when it comes to vaccine rollout and making sure the vaccine can fight covid variants. we're looking at live doppler 7 today. you can see some green north of the bay area. mike is tracking when that is

going to hit later today. >> good morning. it's monday the 1st of february and before we get to those stories we want to check in wit mike for a look theat our forec, which ranks a 1 on our storm impact scale. >> that is correct. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us this monday morning. let's go right to live doppler 7 and the cold front is what i'm watching. the area of low pressure spinning behind it that's going to push it through our neighborhoods. mainly this afternoon through tomorrow, with light to moderate rain. breezy conditions out ahead of the rain coming in from the south and slippery commutes this evening and also tomorrow morning and to a lesser extent tomorrow afternoon and evening. here's a closer look. live doppler 7 out of eureka shows some of the yellow and green out there, the green being light, yellow being moderate. here's the way our day unfolds, mid to upper 40s, milder than average. we'll see increasing clouds and stay in the mid to upper 50s at the coast while the rest of us hit the low to mid 50s thanks to the southerly breezes.

4:00, steady to light rain in the north bay, 7:00 it's easily moving into the rest of you are neighborhoods. i will show you an hour by our look at the future radar and how much rain to expect in your neighborhood coming up next. a south bay district is send something elementary school kids back to the classroom today. it's exactly what the governor has been hoping for. if you think the rest of the state's public districts are going to be the same later this month looks like he's about to get schooled. amy hollyfield is live for us in los gatos this morning. amy? >> that's right, reggie. some is elementary schools here in los gatos are reopening today, but most schools in california are still closed and the california teachers union wants to keep it that way for now. just issued a letter to governor gavin newsom expressing concerns about his reopening plan. the union says kids should not be brought back to the classroom until the number of covid cases

goes down and teachers are vaccinated. under newsom's plan some schools would be allowed to open even if their county is still in the restrictive purple tier. here in los gatos the classrooms won't be full. each day they will have roomers and zoomers. some kids will be in the classroom while the other half is home watching from zoom and then they will rotate that throughout the week. no word yet on when middle school and high schools will reopen here in los gatos but the elementary school kids are coming back today. live in los gatos, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. public school enrollment throughout california has gone down dramatically during this pandemic. according to the department of education enrollment dropped by more than 150,000 students for this current school year. education advocates say that one reason could be that parents are waiting to enroll their children in kindergarten until they can resume in person classes. there's a higher rate of students dropping out because of the difficulty of learning

online. tomorrow a subcommittee will hold a hearing on the education budget and the financial impact. this morning we're hearing from the president of moderna. he's answering questions about vaccine delays and the impact of the virus variants. jobina at the live desk with more on this exclusive interview. jobina? >> thank you, reggie. so the president of moderna, dr. steven hogue, is saying this morning that vaccine distribution is in good shape. the ucsf graduate says moderna has had a good partnership with the biden administration to deliver morgan hiillions of dos. they are looking at new variants popping up and developing booster shots. >> the vaccines look like they work against all of the emerges strains. there are a couple and you mentioned one the south african one, is of some concern because it looks like it could hide from the vaccine a little better than others. our approach at moderna is to develop a booster vaccine so that if the south african

variant or any other variant becomes a concern we'll be able to offer a way to identify that and prevent it from hiding from the vaccine. >> when asked if delaying the second dose to get more people vaccinated, dr. hogue says there isn't enough data right now that shows one dose is enough to be immune to the virus and coming up at 7:00 on "gma" dr. hogue explains how they are going to be ramping up production. "gma" comes right after "abc 7 mornings" at 7:00. >> thanks, jobina. as vaccine continues to roll out across california local officials are urging counties to provide data that proves its equitable distribution. data shows latinos have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. it makes up 55% of the state's covid cases. some doctors say latinos should be prioritized when it comes to getting vaccinated. >> the reason because they are on the frontline the people in services, they are the people

who have a low socioeconomic means. >> san francisco's supervisor haney introduced legislation calling for vaccine providers. of the nine bay area counties only contra costa publish by race and ethnicity. los angeles is setting up a protest zone. about 50 protesters temporarily shut down the mass vaccination site at dodger stadium saturday. a post on social media described it as a scamdemic protest. jessica rivera was outraged. >> it's deeply problematic. it should be considered criminal in my opinion. >> police did not arrest anyone and the vaccines started up about an hour later. there's a new mask mandate that requires everyone wear a mask while using any form of public transportation. the rule has already been a requirement here in the bay area but this mandate impacts

travelers across the country. it goes into effect late tonight. masks have to now be worn in airplanes, busses, trains, subways, taxis or any ride share vehicle. the cdc says it has the right to enforce through criminal penalties, but is hoping that people will follow this voluntarily. 110 million americans bracing for a powerful winter storm set to bring blizzard like conditions with it. for some areas it will be the biggest in years. you're looking at a live picture of roads in new haven, connecticut. new jersey declared a state of emergency, snow emergencies are in effect in philadelphia and boston. nearly 1,000 flights in the region have been canceled and new york city public schools are switching to remote learning today and covid vaccination appointments are being rescheduled. city and state leaders are asking people to stay home. >> please make to the maximum extent you can, make alternative plans. >> we're not even hoping for the

best. we're preparing for the worse. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., the first significant snowfall in nearly two years. >> conditions were more pleasant farther down the coast. hundreds of people had a massive snowball fight at the national mall in d.c. and this giant panda going down backward. that's my favorite moment of the snowfall so far. >> yes. mine too. definitely mine also. he looked like he was having so much fun. >> that was cute. >> that was. all right. let me elaborate a little bit and you can see from the north georgia mountains through the north carolina mountains, can't wait to see the pictures from my wife's cousins of what they're experiencing, all the way up to maine, winter weather advisories and storm warnings and the white in the mountains stretching up to almost southern maine right now and that will continue to move up and dump feet of snow for those folks.

winter wonderland. us we're a little bit cooler this morning than yesterday morning. in fact, on the peninsula we range from 40 in redwood city to 51 in pacifica and also in daly city and low 40s to around 50 about everywhere else from 41 san ramon and los gatos at 50. a look at your commute planner all has to do with being wet during the afternoon and evening hours especially in the north bay. this morning's commute no issues whatsoever. future radar, we've got green light, yellow, moderate, even some orange, maybe a brief downpour in the north bay through 5:00. the rest of us a rogue shower or two is possible with the gusty southerly winds and mild temperatures but during the evening you can see the system roll if and it loses forward momentum and stalls over the south bay. it's not an atmospheric river. the rainfall amounts we can handle that without any flooding. the rest of us will get a quarter to half inch out of the

system. one more chance before springlike weekend coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. here's jobina with the commute. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well, mike. thank you. good morning. hi, everyone. so we are going to start off with live cameras here. first i'm going to bring in emeryville so you can see 80. it's a bit busy as you make your way westbound but also eastbound there checking out those brake lights. we had a crash in the maze that has cleared but you may run into some residual delays. if you're headed to the toll plaza, metering lights came on at 5:59 this morning. you can see the backup is not too bad. glad to report that for you all this morning. an overall look at the map so you can see slowdowns in the other parts of the bay ararea out of tracy, tiny spot in san jose but everything else looking green which is good. >> thank you, jobina. a military coup in myanmar overnight. military television reporting this morning that de facto

leader has been detained and power is in the hands of the armed forces. jobina is breaking down what's going on from the live jobina? we'll get back to that in a moment. first we'll check in with a look at our stock market right now. looks like we're up about 215 points. we'll be right back.

some sad news about grammy-award winning artist tony bennett. we've learned he's battling alzheimer's disease. his family revealed the diagnosis in an interview with aarp published this morning. the 94-year-old was officially diagnosed four years ago and his family is just talking about it now. his wife says he was already showing signs when he was recording the album "cheek to

cheek" with lady gaga. he is a native of new york city but his connections to the bay area run deep. he considers san francisco his second hometown and there's a statute of him outside the fair month hotel in san francisco where he first sang the song "i left my heart in san francisco." no plans for him to stop singingp his team has him singing twice a week to stimulate his brain. he and lady gaga have another album that's supposed to be coming out soon. developing news, former president donald trump has a new impeachment legal team. the new members were selected after all five of his former impeachment team quit. trial lawyers david schoen and bruce castor jr. will lead the defense. trump is set to stand trial in the senate on a charge he incited his supporters to storm congress on january 6th. a military coup in myanmar overnight. military television reporting this morning that the de facto leader has been detained and that power is in the hands of

the armed forces. jobina is breaking down everything going on from the live desk. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. myanmar's army has declared a national state of emergency for one year following the coup. the move came after myanmar's generals complained of fraud in the november 8 thd election citing unproven evidence. the country is back to full military rule ten years after they implemented parliamentary elections. it occurred the day the new session was set to begin. >> this is our worst nightmare come true. what we had was a resounding election victory for the national league for democracy and overnight the military tore up the rule book. myanmar's military should release aung san suu kyi, senior government officials and others unlawfully detained. >> so aung san suu kyi and other leaders are being detained at the capitol. president biden has been briefed on the situation and, quote, opposes any attempt to alter the

outcome of recently elections. >> business owners in chinatown are concerned after a series of robberies and attacks. many of these are targeting women and seniors. the president of oakland's chinatown chamber of commerce says he's talked to at least 20 business owners in the past two weeks who have been attacked themselves or had it happen to customers. carl chan says the increase in crime is keeping shoppers away during a time when the neighborhood is suffering because of the pandemic. he's urging people to speak up. >> what you're seeing is only a fraction of what has happened in chinatown. many of them are not willing to -- nothing has been happening, but i have been -- we have been trying to encourage them, please, report the incidents. >> chan is holding a news conference this week to address the incidents and ask for more resources like cameras and police patrols. now to your morning money report. chief executives of the exxonmobil and chevron corporations are considering a

merge her. "the wall street journal" report she spoke about combing the companies after the pandemic hit. oil and gas demand was decimated and both companies experienced financial hardship. the deal would reunite the two largest branches of the john d. rockefeller's standard oil monopoly. if they merge, the company would be the second largest oil company in the world. now let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. we're up about 173 points. let's look live at how gamestop's stock is is doing. it's trading around $300 a share. last week an army of online day traders bought shares which drove up the prices. a wall street hedge fund that bet against the company lost billions. overnight, these amateur investors began targeting precious metals, sending silver futures soaring. at one point silver was up 8%. that is a five-month high. and the #silversqueeze was

trending. a week later and a movie based on the wall street drama is already in the works. reports say that author ben merick is writing a book about the day traders and mgm has bought the rights to the film. he started shopping the book around last week and mgm picked it up friday. the movie "the social network" was based off his book of the same name and the working title for this book "the anti-social media." we are launching a series called california dreaming all week long abc 7 news is looking at some of the issues that threaten the california dream and introduces you to some people who are finding solutions. here's a preview. >> i think the california dream is changing. the idea of driving out to l.a. and sort of making a go of it on a waiter's salary, maybe isn't as realistic as it once was. >> over the past two years, california's population growth has slowed while it is increasing in other states. >> when people say things like the dream is over because we're not growing as fast as arizona

or texas, that's comparing as it were apples and oranges. >> so we will be taking as closer look at the state of the state and examine the data behind the numbers. why has our population slowed and where are people going? you can join us later today at 4:30 and then also at 6:30 for a special series "california dreaming." you can also stream the series right knew on our abc 7 bay area connected tv app, download the free app right now on fire tv, android tv, apple tv and roku. a spectacular site at yosemite is about to come to light. it's almost firefall time. here's what you can expect to see at horse tail falls. these stunning photos show what happens when the sunlight hits the rock formation around the fall in such a way that it looks like it's on fire. it usually happens during the last two weeks of february. if where you want to see it act fast. the park is requiring day permits right now to keep crowds under control and reservations go on sale at 8:00 this morning.

>> that is beautiful. >> officially we're not supposed to be driving that far. that's none of my business. hi, mike. >> all those folks who went to tahoe are going, reggie! >> yeah. >> and we're going -- i'm kidding. let's take a look at what's going on from the east bay hills. we have clouds and sunshine developing. sun comes up about 7:13. cooler this morning. clouds and breezes on the increase but they will be southerly breezes. a mild afternoon on the way. they will feed the storm with a little moisture. get ready for p.m. showers that will continue tonight. even a little bit of fog developing and even milder lows than what we're dealing with this morning. once we get past this there's a slight chance wednesday and a whole lot of sunshine and warmer than average afternoon temperatures for this weekend. today you can see mid to upper 60s along the coast. parts of the north bay where the rain will be falling.

the rest of us around 60 to 66 degrees. a 1 on the storm impact scale. you saw yellow and orange in that system, this afternoon in the north bay. not as much tonight but we will be a 1 on the scale. we'll be left with slippery conditions for tomorrow's morning commute especially early and low to mid 50s. now, here's the outlier. we have what's supposed to be an inside slider but recent models, high resolution models are starting to back it towards us a little bit more so we could have a chance of rain wednesday. we'll keep an eye on that and if we get it it will be less than out of this system. a tenth to a quarter of an inch, third to half in our higher elevations. a 1 today. cooler tomorrow with that 1 starting to taper. the possibility of wet weather wednesday and then look at thursday, 58 to 64. everybody in the 60s friday and low to even possibly upper 60s this weekend. 70 it might be there. we'll definitely know as we get closer. we're front loading february with a lot of rain but in the middle parts not much. reggie? >> mike, thank you.

in the south bay, a san jose man is held on felony animal abuse charges. police say he attacked a day care's pet tortoise. 40-year-old george robles is accused of piercing the outer shelf this 65 pound tortoise named michelangelo. the vets say the tortoise suffered other injuries when light bulbs were thrown at him. officers say roebls went on a rampage at the play n learn saturday destroying property and viciously attacking this animal. vets say he will recover. >> the future looks good. we don't know how the shell is going to heal up, but we'll try to kind of harden it with poxy to make it hard so the kids can enjoy him again. >> michelangelo is on painkillers and he will be at the vet hospital for the near future. let's look at another animal rescue. firefighters saved a young border kollie after he took a tumble down a cliff above maverick's beach yesterday. crews used ropes to reach 8

month old robert. cal fire showed posing with the crew that rescued him yesterday. hello, robert. a group of young women are calling on the biden administration for more action to support the millions of moms that have been forced to leave their jobs because of the pandemic. it's called the marshall plan for moms and named after the u.s. economic recovery plan that sent $12 billion to rebuild western european nations after world war ii. in this latest move 50 women took out a full page ad in "the new york times" that calls for economic relief in the form of a $2400 monthly payment and other assistance. >> i'm trying to think of creative ideas so that i can earn some kind of money because i feel helpless not being able to support anything for my family. >> "good morning america" will have a full report on the marshall plan for moms coming up on "gma" at 7:00 and abc 7 news reporter david louie spoke with

the leader of the movement. you can find his story on our website, abc7news.com. phil matier's final column was published. he spent 35 years at the paper as the san francisco insider and here he is at his final days at fifth and mission. phil joined abc 7 news yesterday morning and looking to the future now including the status of public schools and the effort to recall governor newsom. >> teachers are they going to be at the front, not going to be at the front, when are schools going to open? all of this is there in there and as you said it hasn't been clear. and if it doesn't clear up, i think governor gavin newsom could be in trouble because that's what's going to get people to sign the petition. not whether he's a democrat or republican or where you stand, it's practically on the ground are you getting a vaccine or not? >> as for phil, he isn't done with the news business just yet. >> i have time on my hands. how am i going to spen it? >> i'm going to spend it doing the things i enjoy and one of the things i really enjoy is

working with abc 7. >> you'll condition to see phil matier as a contributor in our effort to build a better bay area here on abc 7. so almost a year into this pandemic and bike stores are still having trouble keeping up with demands. some people are waiting two months to get a bike and getting a tune-up can take anywhere up to ten days actually. bike shops say it's all because of covid. >> obviously riding is a great way to get exercise, be outdoors, you know, ride solo. the demand has certainly been excruciatingly high level for a long time. >> bike factories are operating at reduced capacity to keep their employees safe. shops expect supplies to be low through at least the summer. there are three things in my neighborhood that have long lines. bike stores number one, number two, the coffee shop, and number three, the cannabis store.

those are the hot items in pandemic. >> now we know what is essential for people. >> i mean really. those are -- if you wanted to go into business, those are the things you need to really hit. still doing well. >> i know. do you have your tea today? >> i don't. i went to -- i know it's tea time and i don't have tea. how pathetic is that. >> i have a tea i wanted to share with you called love which made me really excited. valentine's day, start of black history month, but i looked what's in it, it's camomile what you were trying to drink last week and i was like this is not for the morning. >> love tea. put you to sleep? put you to sleep? in 2021 i might be able to vibe hi, i'm mike. jack hired me to tell you about his bagel breakfast sandwiches with bacon or sausage. jack i thought you hired me to be the spokesperson! why choose one when you can have two? my 2 for $5 bagel breakfast sandwiches. folks the world's first fully autonomous vehicle

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hi, i'm mark, here to tell you about jack's bagel breakfast sandwiches with bacon or sausage. whoa, mark. jack hired me! i got a contract. you mean like this one? why choose one when you can have two? my 2 for $5 bagel breakfast sandwiches. if you're just joining us here are seven things to know this morning. number one, really shocking news this morning about grammy-award winning artist tony bennett. he's battling alzheimer's disease. the 94-year-old was officially diagnosed four years ago but his family just revealed the diagnosis in an interview with

aar, p. for the first time since the pandemic began it's back to school for some south bay students. the los gatos union school district will reopen elementary schools today. half the students will be in the classroom the other half on zoom and then they will rotate day to day is. number three the california's teachers union says not so fast to governor newsom's latest plan. they issued a letter to the governor saying students should not go back until covid cases decline. uscf graduate dr. steven hogue says their vaccine works against the covid variants. they're developing a booster vaccine in case any strains become of concern. number 5, february 1st, we're starting the month with a one on the storm impact scale that will linger into tomorrow. expect increasingly southerly breezes with mild temperatures, showers in the north bay rolling in during the afternoon hours. for the rest of us during the evening and evening hours.

number six, taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a couple slow lanes there. metering lights came on at 5:59 this morning. once you make it through the lights you have a smooth ride into san francisco. and number seven, today marks the start of black history month. this year's theme is the black family. representation, identity and diversity. you can go to asalh.org for a list of virtual events. we're working on stories here at abc 7. jobina, yours is airing today. i'm excited. >> what is it? >> yes. i'm very excited to share with you all maya angelo's connection to san francisco and also how her work has really intertwined with amanda gorman who we saw earlier at the inauguration. thank you, kumasi. i'm looking forward to it. you have a story as well airing friday? >> about black history that's happening right now airing on thursday. >> i can't wait to see these. >> i'm excited.

>> me too. >> thanks for joining us. >> thank you, ladies. >> "good morning america" is starting next. good morning,. state of emergency.ood morning,. a monster winter storm on the move, the biggest blast in five years slamming tens of millions of americans this morning with heavy snow. up to 15 inches in new york city. a foot of snow expected in boston, as covid vaccinations are derailed for thousands of americans in at least seven states. dangerous ice is causing treacherous conditions on the roads. our extreme team is on the ground tracking it all, including thousands of flights grounded, the coastal flood warnings and where the powerful nor'easter is heading next. urgent race against time. this morning, the new public transportation mask mandate taking effect today on planes, trains and some automobiles, as eyes now turn to the third shot of hope. johnson & johnson's single-shot