now the city attorney dennis herrera said the district and the board have months of opportunity to develop a real plan required by law. it's been nearly a year since public schools in san francisco shut down because covid-19. to reopen classrooms, san francisco unified has said it will do it with relative today the city attorney reminded the district and the school board that state law says a school district must offer classroom-based instruction whenever possible. dennis herrera believes it is now possible. >> over the past several months, 113 private and parochial schools in san francisco have opened and remain open. almost 16,000 students have returned to in-person school. and less than five cases of in-school transmission have been reported. >> reporter: mayor london breed said last september, the san francisco health department gave the school district guidance

regarding safety precautions. the plan the district came up to reopen schools was then voted on by the school board on november 17th. both breed and herera call the district's plan ambiguous, describing it as a plan to make a plan. >> during that time, the school board has alienated parents and made national news for renaming 44 of our schools, all while there wasn't a plan to reopen those very same schools? >> reporter: some students were supposed to return in january, including special needs kids, preschooler, kindergartners, and first graders. that never happened because the district has yet to come to an agreement with its labor unions, including teachers, many of whom don't feel safe. datendd eaerffetnac a cd misspe directo of the teachers is not a prerequisite

for safe reopening of schools. >> as dr. fauci said, you don't predict the date. the virus predicts the date, or the virus sets the date. we have had spread level rise up, go down. we also have been told vaccinations would be at a million a day, two million a day by a certain date, and those dates have not happened. >> reporter: today we toured six schools out of 85 elementary at early education sites ready to be inspected by the san francisco health department. they hope the get clearance to reopen all 85 by april 19th. >> april 19th, our goal is to have all of these elementary school sites prep and ready for in-person learning instruction. >> april 19th. now, we're only talking about being ready. that doesn't mean that classes start on that day. and if you notice, kristen, not included in that assessment are middle and high schools.

>> yes, yes. and by april 19th, you don't is much time left in the school year. lyanne, what happens if the district does not come up with a quick plan that satisfies the city? then what happens? >> well, if there isn't a real plan that dennis herrera finds legally sufficient, that's what he said, he will then file a motion next thursday, the 11th, asking the court to issue an emergency court order. if it the court grants it means the court must act at this point. i don't see the schools opening right at that point, as you saw in my story, every school has to be assessed by the health department. and my impression is that mayor breed and herera are doing this to push the district to act and act quickly. >> all right. thanks, lyanne. you've invited someone else who is relevant in this situation to join us? >> that's right. a san francisco school board president gabriela lopez joins us. i had a question for you president lopez. we know dr. matthews has said that you are still negotiating,

or the district is negotiating with them. they meet sometimes, especially the teachers union, three times a week. the teachers union also told me that we are very close. what is the district telling the school board? what are you learning from them, and are you satisfied with what information they are giving you? i guess i'm asking is will kids be back to school perhaps late april, early may? >> i do agree with what's being said, especially by our educators, and i have a lot of hope because we know that we are close. what this isn't helping is creating more division between the city and the school district and increasing the distrust that we feel when we're talking about safety in our schools. so a lot of the work that's been happening between our educators

and the school district, that's where a lot of the discussion is, is ensuring that safety. a loft what they're pushing in these standards are tools that the state is just getting around. and it's because of these efforts that we really are ensuring the safety of our school buildings. >> you told me there are certain areas that the city itself has not done enough of to help you, the school board, make this happen. what are those things? >> that's right. we have asked the city to lead the effort to provide surveillance testing for staff and students. and instead sfusd had to go through their own bidding process to find a provider to administer this critical component of opening schools. we know that as a city, we've been asking for low barrier testing and vaccine distribution. and they haven't been able to do this for our city's residents, let alone our school districts. >> now i know that the mayor

also today criticized the school board for focusing on things like renaming schools, which has gotten a lot of attention not only here locally, but also nationwide. she says instead of focusing on that, why haven't you focused 110% on helping kids get back to school? classes? >> that's right. i think it's important to understand that if we're talking about renaming and racism that we are combatting in our school districts, this has been years of work that is now in our hands. specifically with that resolution, it was passed in 2018 after the attacks in charlottesville. we are not focusing on anything other than school reopening. in fact, that is something that we talk about at all of our meetings. it's in all of our plans. today the superintendent was unable to attend a visit at our school building because we had

to respond to this frivolous lawsuit. tomorrow i'm got to be at a school site, again, making sure that the buildings are safe alongside the department of public health and continue along this line to reopen schools. . can you tell us which school? >> it is sunset elementary. >> thank you. thank you, president lopez for being here with us. >> really appreciate your time and lyanne appreciate you as well, as always. let's keep this conversation going. all right, as you know, parents just want their kids back in school. some are concerned that they're struggling with distance learning. we talked with one parent who supports the lawsuit. >> i was so happy to see mayor breed taking decisive action. i think it's very unfortunate that it came down to a lawsuit against our school board and our school district. but we have to see movement in order to protect our public schools. >> she says she's concerned for the public school system because so many parents who have the

means are now applying to private schools so they can get their kids back in the classroom. the american academy of pediatricians is calling for schools to reopen immediately. the group claimed today that medical data shows that school attendance does not increase the spread of covid-19 as long as safety protocols are followed. it says it's dismayed that millions of children are suffering and experiencing the negative impacts of school closures. meanwhile, in oakland, mayor libby schaaf says she has almost daily conversations with the superintendent of oakland schools to talk about where things stand, and she joined us live today on midday live. >> we need to get an agreement with our unions, and that is going to be a very piece to actually getting those schools opened. i know ousd is very hopeful that we will start reopening in the spring. they want to wait until we are in the orange tier. we're still deep in that purple tier. and then it's going to start with our youngest kids who are

really struggling the most, and then work our way up. >> mayor schaaf says the district's plan has been approved by the county. it is now at the state level. thousands more people in the bay area could be getting vaccinated later this month. there is a new site opening up at the oakland coliseum. plus, our "california dream" series continues today. the high cost of living forcing some to relocate. i'm spencer christian. our skies are clearing and there are some warm days coming our way. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. and i only need to take it once a week. plus, it lowers the risk of cardiovascular events. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2.

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today governor newsom announced new mass vaccination sites including one at the oakland coliseum. this comes amid another day of lower covid case numbers in california. 10,5 10,501 new cases reported. the 14-day positivity rate is now under 7%, and hospitalizations continue to decrease. so good news all the way around. vaccinations continue to ramp up, but not as fast as officials want or are hoping for. you see the numbers on our vaccine tracker. just about 60% of doses the state has received have actually been given out. that could increase soon because later this month the federal government is hoping to vaccinate about 6,000 californians a day at the oakland coliseum. chris nguyen tells us exactly who is eligible. >> reporter: in the east bay, a major announcement at a familiar

venue. >> equity is the call of this moment. >> reporter: the oakland coliseum will soon be transformed into a mega vaccination site. as a result, eligibility for the covid-19 vaccine in alameda county will expand to phase 1b, tier 1 starting next week. >> the whole idea is to speed up the through put, the efficiency, maintain an equitable lens in terms of the distribution of the vaccine. >> reporter: the site will be operated by the state in partnership with the federal government, but isn't expected to open until february 16th. once it does, seniors 65 and up, as well as essential worker, including those in food and agricultural, emergency services, education, and the child care sectors will be able to receive the vaccine. >> this site is not going to in any way impact the existing vaccine resources, the existing workforce resources. this is truly additive from our federal partners. >> reporter: the new plan is

part of an effort by the biden administration to establish 100 vaccination sites nationwide in the president's first 100 days in office. >> we are multicultures and multilanguages all here. and the ability to partner in order to deal with this virus. >> the state says anyone who is eligible can use the coliseum site, regardless of where they live, as long as they sign up for an appointment using the state's new my turn app, which will be made available in the coming weeks. >> not only will it allow you to be notified when it's your turn for a vaccine, but also allow you to schedule the vaccine and allow us end to end feedback, front providers. >> reporter: a collaborative approach to fighting this deadly disease. chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> we are governor newsom's news conference in place of most of "the view" today. "the view" will air overnight at 3:00 a.m. if you want to set your dvr. we are about to usher in the year of the objection. it begins february 12th as we

mark lunar new year. you can find 11 objection statues through february 14th. we found this in portsmouth square. they're designed by local artists. those born in the year of the objection are said to be diligent, dependable, strong, and determined. the statues will eventually be auctioned off to benefit local nonprofits. it's a big day at the oakland zoo. the popular attraction reopened today for the first time since the state's mandated stay-at-home order almost two months ago. guidelines under california's tier system allow the zoo to operate at 50% of capacity. visitors must reserve their tickets online and wear a mask. here is another bit of good news. the zoo's nighttime lantern festival called glow-fari has been extended through mid-march. the snowpack improving but we're still lagging behind. a team from the state department

of water resources measured the snow at philips station in el door rad decounty this morning. 63 inches with a water equivalent of 17 inches. that's 93% of average to date. much of that came from last week's storms. however, the statewide snowpack is just 70% of average. as we bring in spencer christian for a look at the forecast. so let me ask you this. on a scale of 1 to 10, how concerned are you about the shortfall in terms of where we are with water right now? >> i'd say about a 7 to an 8. not that we can expect anything disastrous. but we're still well below the average in snowpack. so we need a lot more rain here in the bay area where we have a serious rain deficit, and we need more snow in the sierra. and the season is getting shorter andowuc m can expect. a loot's beenng you can see on the satellite radar loop that we had light showers moving mainly through

the north bay. they have pretty much tapered off although santa rosa did have reports of light rain in the previous house. doppler 7 shows almost nothing in the way of precip. let's take live pictures or a logistic at live views from sutro tower looking other san francisco. 53 degrees in the city. mountain view, san jose 56. 54 at half moon bay. this is the view from emeryville. still clouds. the sky is fairly bright in general across the bay area. 52 in santa rosa. 53 at napa. mid-50s at fairfield, concord and livermore. and looking across the embarcadero, we see a much bluer sky over the bay. and these are our forecast features, mainly clear and chilly overnight. g ou t e of the some inlandays week. and minor rain chances may develop early next week. but really minor, because the forecast model, the computer model indicates no measurable

rain is likely to fall in the bay area over the next seven days. but again, we do have the minor chances, which i'll get to in just a moment. forecast animation shows the passage of a few high clouds. we just saw evidence of the clouds on the live camera pictures. skies will be clear, which is going to allow temperatures to drop into the cold to chilly range overnight. look for low temperatures mainly in the low to mid 30s in the coldest inland valley locations. mid- to upper 30s, just about everywhere else. then tomorrow, sunny skies. a little milder than today. mid-50s on the coast. upper 50s to near 60 right around the bay shoreline. and we'll see a few low 60s inland in places like fairfield, vallejo, napa, up at cloverdale. they expect a high of 64 there. and now looking at the accuweather seven-day forecast, you can see that string of sunny and mild days coming our way through sunday, through the weekend. in fact, high temperatures over the weekend will be in the upper 60s inland. mid- to upper 60s near the bay

shoreline, and up to 60 degrees on the coast. but then monday, tuesday and wednesday, skies will be partly cloudy. it's not going get cold, but it will get cooler, and there are slight chances of showers each of the first three days next week, monday, tuesday and wednesday. not enough of a chance yet that we're going put a ranking on storm impact scale. we're just going say slight chances. let's enjoy the sunny and mild days ahead and hope our slight chances turn into something that can significantly improve our rainfall deficit, larry and kristen. >> you don't want to do a.25 on the scale? something like that? i can'tven well, i can do that. i'll say a 0.4. 0.4. >> okay. we'll take that keep fending off that drought. >> 0.4 here, there.

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impact his memory. >> he's had seizures in the past. that's our biggest concern as far as his have to take medication, but with having seizures, not check in is very the ordinary. >> you've seen zielinski or know of his whereabouts, call pleasant hill police. >> you can always count on the bay area to develop technology to solve an important issue. in this case, the proliferation of drones that can cause big safety hazards at airports. abc7 news reporter david louie shows a system that's already in use at airports as well as prisons in the u.s. as well as overseas. >> reporter: the need for a system to track drones grows as their popularity for aerial photography, security and delivery expands. intrusions of drones can lead to safety issues. in late 2018,or 33 hours by multiple drone sightings, impacting more than

140,000 passengers. at san francisco international, no near misses have happened, but drones have been spotted. >> we had a total of seven sightings reported in 2020. that's a number that's continued to go down over the years, which is encouraging. >> aviation experts say the majority of drone operators are responsible. they are likely to embrace a federal program in development called remote id that is an electronic license plate for drones. however, a small percentage of drone operators might be considered careless or clueless. san francisco-based d-drone has developed technology that detects low-flying drones that could pose safety or security threats. sensors can pinpoint their exact location, direction of travel, speed and altitude. you can solve a problem cal fire has had with drones flying two close to retardant drops at wildfires. >> 3 to 5 kilometers around a certain location, and we can provide that location on a

mobile phone. so if there is a firefighter crew trying to fly a helicopter, we can tell them there is a drone in that particular direction so look out. >> reporter: 15 prisons are using d-drone system. it can track multiple drones at a time. a basic system can cost $50,000. it can also detect drones at night. the goal, to make skies safer as drones proliferate. david louie, abc7 news. a one-of-a-kind navigation center is opening in san francisco with a goal of ending the city's youth homelessness crisis. city leaders got the first look at the completed lower polk navigation center on hyde street. the 75-bed shelter is designated for youths ages 18 to 24. not only will guests find a safe place to sleep, they'll also be connected with resources to find employment, education, health care, and other services. the center will begin housing guests on februy 8th. our california dreaming setas

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relocating to other areas. >> the cost of living, it's not as affordable as it used to be. teacher, firefighters, nurses are unable to afford the rent out here.re always an expensive place, but now we're extremely expensive. >> you ask yourself is it worth it. my name is stephanie. i am originally from california, but i now live in tulsa, oklahoma. i loved san francisco, but i just found myself sitting on the bridge every day commuting to oakland, and then i would go back to my one-bedroom apartment at $2700 a month, which everyone in san francisco thinks is a great deal, but if you talk to anyone from the rest of the united states, they think you're absolutely insane. >> reporter: and that's no surprise with california having four of the top five cities in the united states with the most homes costing over $1 million. >> that's how i began the

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but it brought them and they made their lives and presence and energies contribute to the state. we lost a lot of them. it really is a struggle to stay mere for people. the dream is really to be able to stick it out. >> my name is tenicia butler, and i am an educator in san jose. we decided to relocate because of the expense in san jose. so we're moving towards bakersfield area. you know, it's an old city, but it also has a lot of opportunity. they have a lot of new development. for a medium-sized house, about 2500 square feet, you're going to be paying about 400 k. the same type of house out here ay ea but i'm million dollars. to inspire them to come out to bakersfield with us and maybe, you know, we can establish a little community out there.

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here on abc7, or stream an extended version right now on our connected tv app. download the app for free throw on roku, fire tv, android tv, and apple tv. there are several holidays or big celebration days this month that health officials are hoping we do not see another spike in covid-19 cases. >> i know many people looking forward to gathering, but as much as you can, let's not have the super bowl become the next beginning of a huge surge here in california. don't fumble this. we're almost there. let's keep our guard up a little bit longer. . that was state health and human services secretary dr. mark ghaly yesterday. we have the super bowl, lunar new year, valentine's day all coming up in the next week and a half. abc7 news special correspondent dr. alok patel joining us live to talk about what you should and should not do when celebrating this month. so doc, here we go again. we got through thanksgiving.

we survived christmas and new year's eve, and now we've got the super bowl on sunday. you know, everybody loves to get together, watch the big game, and your advice is? >> my advice is first of all, we got through thanksgiving, you know, the holidays and new year's eve with a lot of outbreaks. so my advice for people is to not host a super bowl party. do it via zoom. just cheer on your team. hopefully cheering for the chiefs, sorry, tom brady. but keep it away for the big gatherings. the super bowl is a time where a lot of people are going to be sharing food, and it's the potential for a massive outbreak. >> we'll talk about the chiefs comment a little later. but lunar new year. not as widely celebrated, but i assume your advice is the same. and one of the concerns would be the red envelopes that people share. so if one person is sick, then you could quickly see a whole group of people coming down with

covid. >> you absolutely could. and lunar new year is celebrated by people all over the world. and one of the hallmarks of it are these massive banquets that are amazing. half of my family is chinese, and we celebrate it every single year. i hand out the red envelopes, which i'm going to be mailing out this year with the lucky money for the younger kids. so there are ways to distance. if you have to have a gathering and you must be outdoors, do it outdoors and make sure you're not sharing any food. you're keeping that six feet distance, and people have their own food. they're not sharing silverware, not sharing any of that. a special note to my chinese family, i have to say -- happy new year. >> can you translate that? thanks. my mandarin is not that strong these days. valentine's day. it seemed to be pretty safe. if it's you and your significant other, and we assume maybe you're living with your significant other, pretty safe. what warnings would you have for

that? are we okay on valentine's day? >> i think if you are going to be with someone in your immediate household, or someone who you may have a special bubble with, or you potentially quarantined enough to be safe with that one person, that's a different story. but this is a time when people want to get out. they want to go on dates. they want to go have dinner, have food, interact with one another, just remember any slip-up could push us backwards. two quick notes about valentine's day. think about everyone else out there who might be lonely and need an extra reach-out. try to be there for one another when a lot of people might be feeling the effects of the quarantine. and for all three holidays, try your best to support local businesses. there is a lot of businesses which would be able to deliver food for flowers. try to reach out and help your local community as you're all celebrating safely and at home. >> i think those are great points, especially for people who may not have somebody to share valentine's day with. we're coming up on a year of going through this. the loneliness factor is through

the roof for so many people. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> one more thing i want to touch on before we wrap it up here. the mass vaccination site that was announced for the oakland coliseum coming up february 16th. earlier we reported they're hoping for 6,000 shots per day. how much will that help us kind of rev up here, because we're really way behind with we had hoped to be in terms of vaccinations. >> i think it's going to help us get to place where every person in the bay area who needs a shot definitely needs one. a couple of important notes is the federal support in conjunction with local and state officials, which is a really important note because it's not going to diverge away from other resources towards getting our local community vaccinated. i think it's really important for people to understand this is not only a move to get more vaccinations into californians, but it's also addressing the inequity we've seen throughout the pandemic and making sure that there is a regional resource for the underserved community, which is really important when it comes down to

getting every vulnerable community up to herd immunity. you can't ■justvaccinate areas with higher resource, because that disparity is going to get us nowhere. >> all right. dr. patel, as always, thanks. i'm going to let all the tom brady fans visit you on twitter @dr. alok patel. you can talk to him. >> my wife is a huge green bay fan, and i had to say that. i'm sorry. someone throw something at me. >> now you're throwing your wife under the bus. that's nice. that's going to help on valentine's day. >> tom brady has won enough. tom brady has won enough. that's okay. he is talented, but i'm over it. >> well, you're over it. thanks, doc. i'll call you on sunday. >> thank you. >> a new website promising high-powered san franciscans verified blue checks for their homes. homes. th

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multiple games and gift cards, donated all of that to children's minnesota hospital in minneapolis. >> it was a better feeling than waking up in the morning and seeing that gme was on the moon. >> he plans to use the rest of the money to pay his college tuition, which i'm sure makes his parents pretty happy. spencer, i heard you say wow in the background there. but how cool is that that a young man, what is he, 19, 20 years old, would have the thought, the notion that he could help others in that way and get the money out? >> that really is cool. that's why i'm saying what an amazing gesture. it just shows some depth of character on his part. a concern for young people. maybe people less fortunate. probably a reflection of good home training as we used to hear in the south, right, dan? >> spencer, good home training. or you didn't have good home training, depending on your

behavior. what a nice kid. so nice to see that. and he must feel great about being able to pay it forward a little bit. and i hope he is business or an economics major in college, because he's got some smarts. >> and i wonder where he bought all that stuff, the gaming stuff. gamestop? probably. by the way, you know, i'm lucky he made some money because, you know, like a week ago, it was at $469. today it's down to 92. >> it's changed. >> a lot of people could have lost money. a new website launched last week blue check homes. people can apply to get a blue check, the sign of being verified on twitter, of course, installed on their homes to identify themselves as a public figure. artist danielle baskin told the chronicle she thought the satire was clear, but still she received 495 applications after the site went viral. she said some were jokes, but other seemed legit.

people up for a hypothetical interview and a $3,000 fee. what? she is figuring out how to respond to applicants, but m make a real check for at least one. unbelievable. >> name a public figure that wants a blue check identifying them as a public figure on their house. >> exactly. >> pretty funny gag. maybe they can make some money and pay it forward like hunter did. >> yes, yes. down for that. >> what does it say about us if you take the 30,000 foot view. >> gullible. >> people are so desperate to be verified or receive affirmation from what, a blue check? come on. >> that's part of that social media culture that has been created where everybody is a youtube celebrity. and it really i think is part and parcel of that trend. >> you need that validation,

external validation. no thanks. hey, does anybody want to buy my blue check on twitter? for a small fee. >> how much? >> spencer's is worth more. all right. >> i'll trade you a few shares of gamestop. >> yeah, it's on the way down, spencer. you don't want that. the nominees for this year's golden globes were announced today. and they came obviously there is going to be controversy because that's the way it is every year. netflix wracked up an asounding 42 nominations. this is a year when not that many films are made. but mankin and the crown six nominations each. the snubs, all five best picture nominated films had largely white casts. oakland natives missed out on a nomination for malcolm and marie. bridgerton the most extreme series ever on netflix zero. but emily in paris, despite

being a bust with media critics. and a hate watch for many twitter critics. dan, you're a movie guy. there was such a shortage of movies this year, i'm surprise they could even fill out the list, never mind the racial component because there wasn't that much to see. >> that's so true. i've noticed only recently the last couple of months that the supply has picked up a little bit of movies, because i think they were so desperately behind. and now they're also trying to get you to watch old movies and passing them off as trending now, super hot. and they're putting movies that are ten years old on. there is always controversy every year. you're never going to make everyone happy. as long as the effort is made the make sure every film that is worthy gets looked at and that they make every effort to be diverse and inclusive in the selections, i think that's pair mount. but you're always going to make somebody unhappy. >> i think it's great there are three women nominated for best director. there has never been one at a

time before. that's progress. your guys, if your idea of valentine's day romance is a trip to the home improvement store, here is a contest for you. loews is offering ten couples a night of lowemance after the store has closed. winners will begin with the celebratory toast followed by hors d'oeuvres. after that, it's off to a special location where they can splash as much paint as they want on a large canvas. win blers chosen from ten metro areas including the bay area with a local event held at the lowe's in concord. dan, i can't see you signing up for that. but larry, maybe. >> lowemance. i like it. >> straight to divorce court, that's where we're going. at least lowe's is getting creative trying to come up with something. but splashing paint against the wall? >> i'm just not sure.

a for effort, right, spencer, but just not quite the right holiday for valentine's day. >> not quite. i mean, might go there for the hors d'oeuvres and the champagne, but then i'd leave before the paint splashing begins. >> really? i think that's the most fun sounding part. i would love to splash paint everywhere, get that destruction tendency and instinct out without actually ruining anything. >> if jason brings you that for valentine's day, you're going to be happy? >> not lowe's part, but the canvas part, yeah. >> i see her using him -- he's going to be the canvas, the unwitting and unknowing canvas. >> oh, that paint doesn't come off? oh, sorry! these are real people, not actors,

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the latest in luxury cars, sort of. a couple car enthusiasts in lithuania built a life-sized replica of a laferrari super car. it took two days to sculpt the car before applying the finishing touches with a spatula and environmentally friendly paint. they say now no one can deny a ferrari is parked in their yard. a real laferrari costs more than $1 million. >> whoa. >> nice. >> indeed. all right. we're not getting the kind of snow, at least in the bay area to build anything like that. although, you know, more showers here. so maybe a little more for tahoe. a few days from now. >> lots of snow. a t few days, we don't expect any precipitation here or in tahoe. let me get you a look at the accuweather forecast. a nice warm-up in the bay area on friday, saturday, and sunday

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people have spent the past year reinventing their exercise routines. popular fitness product companies like peloton and mirror are seeing sales skyrocket. abc's becky worley has some budget-friendly options for the ultimate home workout. >> reporter: exercising at home has reached new heights. >> that's it. travel. oh! >> reporter: many saying it's actually easier than ever to maintain their fitness routines while working from home. connected bike company peloton reports sales from the last few months of 2020 were up 232% from a year ago. and users are logging 20-plus workouts a month. that's up from 11 a month just last year. but a new entrant. for those addicted to closing the activity rings on apple watches, the launch of apple fitness plus. that means cardio, strength, and yoga workouts all through apple devices. the company says you have to have an apple watch to use the service. it displays your heartrate as

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next at 5:00, from parking lot to pilot program. the federal government will open one of its first mass covid vaccination sites in oakland. state leaders promise this is just the beginning. plus the fight over reopening schools takes an unprecedented step in san francisco. the city is now taking its own school district to course. some parents are giving up and looking at private schools instead. also this evening, videos like this show the rising level of crime in oakland. store owners are afraid. residents are worried. police promise to help. but even they acknowledge the situations are getting increasingly more violent. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. now we begin with the federal government choosing the city of oakland as one of its first mass coronavirus vaccination sites. it's among the first of 100 new supersites that the