black history month urging americans to cease the opportunity to honor the accomplishments of black americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history and the rest, as they say is history. >> our thanks to byron. that's "nightline" for tonight. see you right back here same time tomorrow. thanks for staying up with us. good night, mercado. good night, america.

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burglarized. why they are not quitting now. flowers left to remember a world renowned private investigators attacked outside of his san francisco home. what friends said led to his death. a bay area school district working together to reopen elementary schools. their agree on one big problem. that is coming un. i have a time line of when the storm leaves and bay area news starts right now. >> this is abc 7 news. >> you're probably hearing that outside your window. widespread rain has returned to ke a look, this is video from emeriville where sheets of rain. >> reporter: coming down. >>

weather. >> we get you down to street level in the east bay, and alameda, and we have pockets of rain, half moon bay, main street, airport street. san francisco, utah avenue, getting downpours. they are briefly heavy. the north bay, rain around sonoma. and gusts, level one. tomorrow, rain, briefly heavy. scattered morning showers and breezy to gusty conditions expected. you can see the morning commute will include showers. it will be back with the rest of the time line. the showers don't end tomorrow. >> sandhya, thanks. the north bay got a bousi bi tonight. the rain won't will enough to

trigger major floodingn aas in . and things are dry up in that is expected to change. new at 11:00, a bouder creek is having to deep with heart break. months of their property was destroyed, they are the victim of thieves. chris reyes with a look at wt was taken. >> the fire was a natural disaster. we couldn't blame anybody. the robbery was different. >> reporter: a generator similar to this one was stolen, worth $10,000. this was the damage to the property, ransacked and the

windows broke out. >> to break out the windows. that was mean. that was unnecessary. i cannot find a place in my heart to understand. >> that was a week a go. a 7 the fires burned 30 of their buildings to the ground. to the staff, every bit of energy is in the rebuild. >> we are capped. >> reporter: camp krem, the focus remaining fund-raising and they will take all the help they can get. >> money is nice. maybe someone knows an architect oreehewe have dat tonewe >>hacould mean up to $5 million and the years of

rebuilding. police are still investigating the case. >> oakland police are asking for your help of an armed home invasion robbery was caught on camera. the video shows two suspects approaching a man the afternoon after january 29th. the presidents holding semiautomatic handguns and forced the man in a home. no injuries were reported. tonight, family and friends are mourning the death of a private investigator in san francisco. he was attacked outside of his home in haight ashbur >> they are rering jack tt osi of h

home lastwe. caer.llnt ll was age. >>eptelient l was one. brought him back ininin 1 1992. he was active in a michael jackson case, and celebrities and some of the biggest cases in california. family and friends are in shock. >> just -- that moment when i got the phone call that my dear friend of decades had been killed in front of his house in a random act of violence, it's staggering. >> reporter: private investigator jack says it's believed he had t p engaging engaging in suspicious acts and grabbed his camera and began

taking photos. >> the passenger reached tout grab the camera around the neck, and the driver gunned the car, smashing him forward. >> the two did not get the camera, but jack hit his head in the process. something that proved to be fatal. it was photos on his camera that led to aleast two arrests. >> he investigated his own murder and helped involve it. getting answers on how and when schools will reopen. it's part of building a better area. they are setting up classrooms to welcome back

>> reporter: they set up mass covid testing to get students back in school. >> the notion we will go on having young children and children with special needs staring at tablets for hours a day, we are kidding ourselves if we think that is a way to educate children. >> reporter: the district will begin testing staff this wednesday under safe school for all plans. once schools open, the district will have to test 5600 elementary students or staff weekly or biweekly. the district signed contracts with labs and plans to do testing on empty middle and high school campuses. >> it's a massive operation. it cannot be under stated much of a lift this is for public education, local school districts who are doing this for the first time. >> school districts and beacher. but ght now, the agree on

hand >> it's really absurd. >> the president of the education. >> why on earth has this level of public health been put in the hands of school districts? that is not our specialty. we need to know how to help kids learn. >> they reach an agreement with the district to head back to the classroom. >> kids work really hard to make it happen. >> this second greade parent sas she is proud of the district. >> i think kit be done safety. >> reporter: kate larson, abc 7 news cool today is hailed as a monumental day in san they are expiehe casinst opene. id thplan is to vaccination 120,000 people a a a a

>> over the 30,000 cases, they have been about 42% of those cases. >> local activists say today's opening is amazing for the community which has a positivity rate of 14%. the oakland zoo opening wednesday and people are eager to visit. the online tiblgt reservation system has having difficulties. you must reserve tickets online and wear a mask at all times on zoo grounds. statewide, 62% of doses delivered to california have been administered. the vaccine tracker at abc7news.com. the

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in running. president joe biden's challenge is to get republicans on board for his massive stimulus bill. he may be willing to down size to do it. >> tonight, a proposal to the covid relief plan. >> we are very appreciative that the first official meeting of the oval office, that the president spent so much with us. >> reporter: achieving bipartisan subpoena and urging economic relief. the president proposed a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package, and millions ofer reli, hangingn the balance. >> i support passing covid relief, and support. the covid relief has to pass. >> the republican version is a

fraction of the cost and delivers a fraction of the aid democrats are calling for. $600 billion total compared to the 1.9 trillion the white house is the two sides, raise the minimum wage to $15 an other and whether to give aid to state and local governments. they are far apart on the price tag. >> the risk is that it's too small. >> reporter: over the weekend, top economic adviser hinted he might be able to reconsider. >> we are considering other ways to make the package more effective. >> ultimately, democrats may not need republicans to get at job done. there is another hurdle on the road to the common ground politics. the looming senate impeachment

trial of donald trump. the is not showdown threatening to deepen the divide in an already politically fractured congress. >> this is not a trial of a president but a private citizen. >> it's the most despicable thing that any president has done. >> president trump has now hired a new legal team to represent him. abc news, washington. there is a new national mask mandate from the cdc. it requires everyone to cover up on airplanes, buses, trans, subways and any ride share vehicle. the bay area already had these requirements. a statue may be coming down. it shows him planting an american flag, claiming land in the mexican american war. today, the mayor out out a

statement supporting removal, and it stanford professor says it never should have gone up. >> it represents the worst conflicts that manifest destiny, genocide against native american people a well. $400,000 to remo the statue. tonight, we continue to special series called california dreaming. we will be looking at some of the issues that threaten the california dream and introducing you to people finding solutions. >> and tonight, we are looking at the threat the wildfires. 2020 saw record heat and california was prime for wildfires. however there is help. they look to lessen effects of wildfires. experts say not all fires are bad. >> we use strod so many areas

burn frequently in the past, up to every ten years, and that included lightning strikes and indigenous burning and when americans showed up, we put a stop to those and that changed how much fuel is out there ready to burn. >> more on what is going to repeat 2020, and things you can do to protect your home and property. join us at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. for california dreaming or stream the series now on demand. download the free app now for fire tv, android tv, apple tv and roku. why not stay inside? it's coming down pretty good? >> yeah, the rain is neepded here and more is on the ray, sandhya? >> that's right. don't believe home without theag

the progression of the rain. you can see all areas, except the south bay getting rainfall. right now, san mateo, we take you to street level, skyline boulevard getting bounded by moderate to heavy rain, and oakland, 7th street seeing heavier rain, and san frsco, 's steady, and south city is getting moderate pockets of rain. fairfax, mill valley as you see here. and little view. slippery roadways, you get out to concord, and some of the weather spots have picked up three-quarters of an inch and they are still counting. use caution, slippery roadways and areas of low visibilities, temperatures right now, 50s, 60s for most of you.

here is a live look at the rainy view from the exploratory camera in san francisco. the rain, briefly heavy tonight. scattered morning showers lighter tomorrow breezy to gusty this evening. as we look at the hour by hour forecast, give yourself a little more time. 8:00, you will notice slippery roadways in the east bay and the afternoon, you get a breather before the next round of showers comes in on wednesday, and that one is going to wind down by wednesday evening. so it's a two-part system. rainfall, additional rainfall right now, taking you through wednesday night, .05 to an inch in santa cruz mountains, and in th mountain, sierra, up to two feet expected. and hold off on travel, it will be difficult to impossible. morning temperatures, 40s, 50s, comfortable and in the

afternoon, isolated shower can't be rolled out. most of you will see clouds and sun. seven-day forecast, it's a level one, morning showers and a brief break before the next round of showers wednesday. it will be cooler wednesday, and we dry out and the warm up. look at the temperatures. going above average this time of year, towards the weekend. mid 60s and low 60s along the coastline. we will keep the pattern going to early next week before we bring back the possibility of rain in february. >> feeling like my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it, lowering my blood sugar from the first dose. once-weekly trulicity responds when my body needs it, 24/7. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer,

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the movie. it will air on disney plus. they are working on a sequel that is set to release in july of 2022. >> lots tof look forward to. >> chris alvarez with a preview of sports. chris? >> it's super bowl opening night against virtual. we will highlight tom brady and patrick mahomes. plus, how long the warriors expect to be without their

the warriors are going to be without james wiseman for at least the next week in a half. herd'sin or t pistons. the am says he reevaluated wednesday. it's disappointing news considering he is playing well coming off the bench. and his 12 points and 21 minutes a ganchts any timeouos time, we will figure it out. injuries are a part of every season. >> and a wrister, hand, you can run run, get your conditioning in, keep your wind up as best you are. it's a bummer but at least it's not anything worse. >> today should have been the first sharks game in arizona. and they moved. after a month on the road, they

say it's good to be back. >> there's just a sense of this is dragging on a little long. we would love to get home. there is an opportunity to get home. let's get home, and now we're here and the energiesy has chan. super bowl week and you can see from tom brady twitter, super bowl opening night, a lot different this year. usually it's a huge party. this is mmi i miss that jacket. as for this year's super bowl, brady and mahomes focus on one thing, winning. >> it's a tough game to lose, let me say that. i had really tough losses in this game. they stick with you for a long time. incredible wins, and i would much rather be in the game than not in the game. the only way to win sit to be in it. >> instead of soaking in the glory of the super bowl last year, we went back to work to make ourselves better.

>> and the umpires will be yelling play ball on time. the major league baseball players association rejected a delay to delay spring training. spring training, february 17th, opening day, april 1st. theyoped push things back to allow more fans in the stands. this abc 7

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we have just learned overnight, hal holbrook passed away. his career spans six decades and he was known for his one-man show known as mark twain, you may recognize him from "wall street" and "the firm," and dixie carter's boyfriend in "designing women's" julia