we have charged him with three counts of assault. >> reporter: muslim is also facing charges of inflicting great bodily injury and committing a crime against an elderly person. the d.a. says he has two prior felony assaulttis. the pic applauded. >> we do recognize that some in our community come specifically to chinatown to target people. we know that. we know that they target our elderly. we also know that they come because they believe that our community won't report it to police. we are excited to say that we've already begun to transition into new strategies to help make chinatown a safer community. > reporter: two asian-american actors who put up reward money described their alarm. >> racist rhetoric from, you know, the pandemic has targeted us as being, you know, the reason for coronavirus. and so asians across the board have been targeted by racial slurs, being tact, being pushed

around, being spat on. outside of san francisco, in l.a., in new york, those incidents are happening all over the country. >> reporter: tomorrow i'll sit down for a one on one interview with oakland's new police chief to ask the questions about his plans to make chinatown safer and how he's going to address what appears to be an overall crime surge in oakland going into 2021. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> leslie, thank you. with several of these attacks going viral we dug into the numbers to see if there really is an uptick in crime. this is a look at incident reports in oakland. from november through january felony assault reports were up as were robbery reports. misdemeanor assault reports have declined slightly. in san francisco there have been several serious crimes we've reported on recently as well. last week private investigator jack palladino died after an attack in front of his home in a suspected robbery attempt. two suspects are under arrest.

and over the weekend two children were ab sukted during a frightening carjacking. they were recovered safely. but the search continues for those behind this crime. our team looked at robberies and assaults reported over the last 12 months. we see those crimes in san francisco are actually a little lower than one year ago. we asked san francisco police chief bill scott on getting answers today about this trend. >> it's unsettling. it's disturbing. and it does i think take people to a place where they believe that things are just out of control. now, the reality for us in terms of statistically speaking is that we're down in some of our violent crimes. >> but chief scott says crimes involving firearms are indeed up. sexual assaults are up as well. it's unclear if the pandemic has had an impact. you saw oakland's new police chief laron armstrong in leslie's story.

armstrong was sworn in shortly before that event by mayor libb mcclimbn's hospital. in an emotional speech the 22-year veteran at the opd said he was humbled to be chosen for the job. >> i'm honored that you selected me to lead this department. especially during these challenging times. i'm forever grateful. >> city leaders describe armstrong as well respected and a straight shooter who shined during this election process. he e. places interim chief susan manheimer whose contract just expired. california is showing significant progress in the effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. the state reported new cases are down 29% over the last seven days. the average test positivity rate is down to 5%. it hasn't been that slow since thanksgiving, and hospitalizations are down 34% in

the last two weeks. now, governor newsom toured the mass vaccination site at san diego's petco park this morning. during the visit he announced that last week california vaccinated more than 1 million people in seven days. just yesterday about 200,000 people received a vaccine. he says that's double where we were just a week ago. so the pace here is accelerating. and we can expect another million doses to arrive this week. >> we need to see that ramped up. we're going to need to see more doses coming in to the state of california in order to keep these max sites operational and to keep things moving. >> the mass vaccination site at levi's stadium opens tomorrow. some new information this afternoon on the coronavirus involving children. according to a report from the american academy of pediatrics, nearly 3 million have tested positive in the u.s. since the pandemic began. in fact, children account for more than 12% of all cases. abc news reporter erica turski

looks at one case amid the spread of the violence. >> reporter: at first it was just a headache for 9-year-old mckenzie gongoro of san antonio. >> he was complaining about a really bad headache and they took her temperature and she had a fever. >> reporter: victoria southworth's niece was a fourth-grader when she tested positive for coronavirus. >> doctors told them kind of the standard thing that they tell parents with kids with covid, especially with no respiratory issues, to keep an eye on her, keep her comfortable. >> reporter: mckenzie's condition deteriorated rapidly. she died days later. >> she was gone. so we want to get answers as to why she was taken so quickly from us. >> reporter: texas is also mourning ron wright, the first member of congress to die of covid-19. their deaths underscore the urgency of vaccines. >> it's what keeps me awake at night. basically, this is a race between vaccines and variants. that's why we're so desperate to get more supply of vaccines into more arms. >> reporter: it's why authorities worry raucous and

largely maskless super bowl celebrations could cause new outbreaks. >> the majority of individuals that i saw out and about enjoying the festivities associated with the super bowl were complying. >> reporter: the drive to vaccinate americans is gaining speed. johnson & johnson's single-dose vaccine may be just weeks from authorization. and 10% of the u.s. population has now received its first vaccine dose, including millions of people in nursing homes. >> those who were dying in large numbers over the last year are now on a path to protection. >>reporter: vaccines are particularly important to getting kids back into their classroom. and there are tentative deals now between school districts and unions to reopen schools in chicago and in san francisco. aaron ka tursky, abc news, new york. >> and there are two bay area research groups with a similar goal to produce something like a universal vaccine for coronaviruses. so not just covid-19 but potentially dangerous variations that may be coming in the

future. while covid-19 is by far the most widespread threat, it is also just the latest in a progression of dangerous coronaviruses including the deadly outbreak of sars in the early 2000s and another known as mers which emerged first in the middle east. now stanford researcher peter kim and his team are on the trail of a vaccine that's cheap and easily transportable. >> that would be a single shot vaccine and that would be room temperature stable. and our hope is that such a vaccine could also be used in low and middle-income countries. >> reporter: before the outbreak kim's team had been focused on a vaccine for ebola. the platform uses a delivery system known as nanoparticles, coupled with proteins. it's considered easier to produce than sophisticated virus-based vaccines or the ultra advanced mrna formulas used by pfizer and moderna. and perhaps just as importantly it's versatile. >> we certainly hope that we'll be able to adjust to mutations or to new strains of coronavirus that come up in the future by

just piggybacking the technology we've already developed. >> reporter: the goal of a universal coronavirus vaccine is also driving research at the lawrence livermore lab. researchers nick fisher and amy rossly are working with a nanodelivery system of their own. and along with partners in england they believe it could help make a sophisticated vaccine similar to pfizer and moderna more stable and easier to transport. >> we've modified these types of particles because they're very highly tuneable. >> reporter: potentially turning them into a platform that's versatile enough to deliver vaccines aimed at a broad spectrum of coronaviruses. >> so these types of vaccines i think are going to be just absolutely critical going forward and providing us that kind of broad protection that we really need. >> reporter: protection not just for the immediate threat but perhaps far into the future. very positive things developing. and there's obviously a lot of interest in this. the kim lab at stanford is also receiving support from the chan zuckerberg bio hub as well.

we've been monitoring the covid-19 vaccine rollout in california with our vaccine tracker. you can see the state has received more than 7 million doses and has administered just under 67% of that number. you can find this on our home page at abc7news.com. combating the homeless crisis with tiny homes. the effort to help families in the south bay. plus if you're working from home you might be printing a lot of documents. tips from 7 on your side on how to save on ink. i'm spencer christian. another wet weather pattern will soon be developing in the bay area. i'll have a close-up look in my accuweathe it's totally normal to have constipation with belly pain, straining, and bloating, again and again. no way. more exercise. more water.

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during our presidents day sales event, now through march 1st. one person died in a fire at a mobile home in novato this morning. officials say the people who live in the home were sleeping when the fire started just after 7:00 a.m. at the novato rv park. they tried to escape after the fire woke them up. they could not get out. one person died and another was taken to the hospital. well, it was a busy day for san jose police with two different standoffs. the first one ended just after 10:00 a.m. near meridian and willowbray avenues with the suspect being taken into custody. it started at about 10:30 this morning when officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance. and there was a second standoff near prim avenue and christopher street, also in san jose. officers tracked down a burglary suspect just after 4:00 a.m. who refused to come out of a home.

the person was taken into custody just before noon. no one was hurt i either incident. more than two dozen homeless families in the south bay will get a safe place to sleep starting tonight. an emergency shelter with tiny homes is up and running near the old san jose city hall on north 1st street. that's where 25 families experiencing homelessness will stay for at least the next few months. the casitas de esperanza, or tiny homes of hope shelter, is purpose-built for families with children to get them vital resources and housing. >> the families that are participating in this program are dealing with a lot of trauma of being homeless. and these little houses of hope will give them the critical services that they need in order to transition into permanent housing. >> each tiny home has four bunk beds, internet access, and is powered through solar energy. there will be showers, bathrooms, laundry machines on site. these cabins were built by workers who once were homeless.

well, whether it's working from home or virtual learning, printing document after document can get kind of pricey. >> that's why 7 on your side's michael finney joins us now with some money-saving tips. michael? >> just printing news scripts can be expensive, i'm finding out. printer ink can be really expensive. so i've come up with a few ways for you to save some ink and save some money. when it was announced it sounded like a great promotion from printer maker hewlett-packard. free ink for life. 15 pages' worth a month. but then in fall 2020 hp changed its mind and said it would begin charging customers. after outcries on social media, hp reversed course and reinstated the program for existing customers. >> and hp isn't the only one with a subscription program. brother, canon, and epson each

have their own versions too. >> reporter: most of these plans rely on a company remeetly monitoring your ink levels and then sending you cartridges when you're low. no matter how you get it, "consumer reports" offers some clever tips to help you save money by saving ink. >> consider a refillable tank printer. te ink that comes with it should last you a long time. and replacement bottles are a fraction of the cost of cartridges. >> reporter: another option is switching to a black-and-white laser printer. they use toner instead of ink to produce speedy, high-quality text. and they're generally more cost efficient than inkjets. "consumer reports" testers found this option from brother has excellent text quality. but if you're not ready to buy a new prirntd, "consumer reports" has some more creative ways to save. >> a simple yet effective way to save ink is to change your font to times new roman instead of ariel.

our testers got 27% more mileage using it. >> reporter: also consider trying third-party ink cartridges. although some printers can detect them and then won't print. one last tip, keep your inkjet printers turned on. >> our testers found a noticeable reduction in ink use even on some of the most ink-hogging models. >> leaving your printer on avoids the extra cleaning cycle your inkjet would do if turned off and on again. now, if you're worried about the cost or environmental impact of leaving your printer on, "consumer reports" says inkjets consume very, very little power when they're not in use. so your ink savings should considerably outweigh those concerns. dan, kristen? >> michael, i'm glad to know about this. i have one of those inkjet printers at home and i'm almost amazed at how much the cartridges cost. it's stunning. >> and i didn't know that using arial font uses up so much ink. that was my favorite font.

>> thanks very much. >> isn't that amazing? >> it really is amazing. >> let's check out the weather now. the clouds are coming back in and the rain's not too far behind. we have a few days, though, right spencer? >> we have a couple days, kristen. but there could be a spritz or a sprinkle as we wait for the main events to arrive. let's take a look at live doppler 7. you can see there is moisture just offshore. and of course there's moisture in the clouds passing over the bay area as well. it's mostly dry at the moment but it's not out of the question that there could be a couple drizzly spots overnight. right now we're looking at a nice view. looking out at san francisco from sutro tower. it is 53 degrees in the city. 57 oakland mountain view, san jose and morgan hill. that's what we call uniform temperature readings. and 50 degrees at half moon bay. here's the view at the golden gate. mostly cloudy skies. 58 degrees up north at santa rosa. 61 at novato. napa 59. low 60s at fairfield, concord and livermore. excuse me.

and moving along, looking toward the golden gate from emeryville, we'll take a look at our forecast features. it will be cloudy overnight with again a chance of patchy drizzle or patchy morning fog as well. mainly dry tomorrow and wednesday. but we can expect periods of mainly light rain beginning on thursday and continuing through the weekend and into early next week. overnight as skies become mostly cloudy low temperatures will be mainly mid to upper 40s up in the north bay valleysish a little chillier there, upper 30s to low 40s in locations farther north. and tomorrow under cloudy skies there will be times when the skies are bright so it won't be dark clouds all day. but don't expect a lot of sunshine. high temperatures will range from mid 50s at the coast to about 60 right around the bay shoreline to low 60s inland. and then we go to the forecast animation starting thursday morning at 5:00 a.m. looks like our next wave of rain will start to move in during or just after the morning commute on thursday. we'll continue to see light rain through the day thursday,

overnight thursday into friday morning and it will finally taper off on friday. we expect rainfall totals to range anywhere from just over a third of an inch to perhaps just over half an inch. it will be a nice little -- not a soaking but a nice little dose of wet weather that we need very badly. and as you can see, the rainfall potential over the next seven days looks pretty good statewide. here's our accuweather seven-day forecast. a milder day on wednesday as skies will be a little bit sunnier ahead of the arrival of that first wave of rain. but then thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, which is valentine's day, we expect some periods of rain each of those days before it starts to wind down next monday. dan and kristen? >> all right. back to a little rain, which was nice, though, spencer. thank you. it's been a deadly week for avalanches in the united states. four skiers were killed saturday in utah, bringing the total number of fatalities to 15 over the last week. the deadliest seven-day period since 1910. abc news reporter marcy gonzalez

has more. >> reporter: that enormous tidal wave of snow racing toward a group of snowboarders saturday in oakley, utah. >> i'm out. i got you. >> reporter: burying four of them. >> avalanche huge, just came down. i pulled my chute. didn't work. i heard hunter yelling. and here he is. you okay, bud? >> reporter: incredibly, none were seriously hurt. but hours earlier just 80 miles away in mill creek canyon's back country another avalanche had devastating consequences. >> a total of four individuals that we saw, two buried, possibly more. >> reporter: four people including 29-year-old sarah mogamian were killed. her partner managing to free himself from the crushing though and save two other skiers. >> we've done this kind of skiing and hiking for years now and they've seen all types of avalanches. >> reporter: these are the latest in a string of deadly avalanches that have killed 15

people since february 1st. the most in one week in more than a century. experts explain the increase in avalanches is likely because new storms have piled heavy snow onto a weak base layer beneath and more skiers are heading to the back country to avoid covid-19 restrictions at ski resorts where there are avalanche protection measures. >> those avalanches are both very easy to trigger and they're also breaking very wide. >> reporter: snowboarder maurice curven learned how easy it can be to trigger an avalanche, setting this one off several weeks ago in colorado. crediting his air bag with saving his life. >> one wrong move and i could have definitely been buried or had crucial injuries. it's definitely a possibility of death. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. the second impeachment trial of we have the power to harness california's abundant wind and solar energy, but it's not available all day long. use less from 4 to 9 pm and we can protect california

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the second impeachment trial of donald trump gets under way tomorrow in the u.s. senate. the former president faces a single charge of incitement of insurrection stemming from the riot at the capitol on january 6th, where five people died in the events that led up to it. mr. trump's lawyer filed a brief today saying the trial is unconstitutional and the case must be dismissed. democrats issued a brief as well, asserting that the former president betrayed the american people and there's no valid excuse or defense. today senate majority leader chuck schumer promised fairness for all sides. >> we are finalizing a resolution that's been agreed to

by all parties that will ensure a fair, honest bipartisan senate impeachment trial of donald trump. >> abc news will have live coverage starting at 9:30 tomorrow morning. if you're looking for complete gavel to gavel coverage of the trial, you'll find that on our digital channel 7.2 and comcast channel 715. here on channel 7 live coverage starts with the beginning of the trial but may be interrupted by other programming. other business in washington. house democrats are expected to unveil a proposal to give millions of american families up to $3,600 per child tax credit. abc news reports families would get $3,600 per child under 6 years old. families would get $3,000 per child between ages 6 and 17. benefits would decrease for americans who make more than $75,000 a year or couples who earn more than $150,000 annually. the more generous tax credit is being considered as democrats work on president biden's $1.9

trillion covid relief package. and help is coming soon to families who haven't been able to afford funerals for loved ones who died as a result of covid-19. today senate majority leader schumer and congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez announced that funding from fema is being made available to low-income families to help cover funera and burial costs up to $7,000. >> when you suddenly lose a loved one you're talking about an expense of 4,000, 5,000, 7,000, $10,000. and then during covid with overrun funeral facilities, et cetera, families also are having to deal with having to pay for the storage of the bodies of their own loved ones. this is wrong. >> the initiative is being funded through a $2 billion national pot of disaster funds. families will need to provide documentation such as receipts and invoices as well of course as a death certificate. parents and students remain

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an agreement for san francisco public schools to return to in-person learning has been reached, but no date yet set, leaving many families in limbo still. today the school district is giving us their best guesstimate on when that might happen. abc 7 reporter lyanne melendez is in the news tomorrow try to boil it all down. >> reporter: dan, it's

complicated because reopening schools will depend on two things -- whether or not teachers can get that vaccine and just as important according to the cdc director is stopping community spread, which rochelle walensky believes is key to reopening schools. but when the time comes here in san francisco, we now have the names of the first schools that will reopen. we're all learning that an agreement doesn't always come with quick actions. public school teachers said they would return to in-person learning but only if conditions were right. for example, san francisco is still in the highest purple tier. the teachers union agreed to return once the city gets down to the red tier but only if teachers are vaccinated. no vaccination is needed once san francisco goes down to the orange tier, which indicates the spread of the virus is moderate. >> i am hopeful that they will be able to go back before the summer break, especially the younger students. >> reporter: but here's the reality. san francisco has yet to vaccinate all people 65 and

older. that could take weeks or months. when it's the teachers' turn who will be first? here's what we learned. they will reopen schools in waves. wave one consists of 12 schools that will be ready to reopen. five early education sites, six elementary schools, and one county school. those teachers and staff who work at those 12 sites will be given the vaccine first. >> both the instructional staff and staff at the schools first so that then we can begin bringing back those students. >> reporter: this even though the cdc has said that the data from schools suggests that there's really very little transmission that is happening within the schools. so what's the likelihood of san francisco getting to the orange tier, which would not require a vaccine? here's what we learned from a source inside the san francisco health department. they predict san francisco will be in the red tier by next week. but achieving orange status will take longer. given the data collected by the health department, it's unlikely

that the city will get there by mid march. in the meantime, the school district is still working on what schools would look like if they get to that orange tier. >> a big part of it could be hybrid learning, where some students are learning at some, some students are learning in the classroom. >> reporter: okay. so here's more information for you parents. the first groups of students will be given the choice of remaining in distance learning or returning to in-person learning. also? teachers will not be required to get vaccinated. they most likely will be assigned to those students who will work from home. that according to the teachers union. so when your child returns to in-person learning, he or she may or may not have the same teacher they worked with while in distance learning. in the meantime go to our website, abc7news.com. we have the names of the schools in that first wave. in the newsroom lyanne melendez,

abc 7 news. >> lyanne, thank you. happening now, parents in palo alto who wants their kids to go back to school are holding a protest at the school district offices. that's what you're looking at here live. parents say the district has no plans for in-person learning for most middle and high school students. a representative from the parents group says it had a productive meeting today with the district superintendent. the school district did not respond to our request for comment on any of this. meantime, serra high school in san mateo is switching from in-person to distance learning for the next two weeks. that's because someone who was on campus last week later tested positive for covid-19. parents were notified on friday. students who were on campus were sent home after the word of this positive test result was issued. serra tells us the transmission did not happen on campus. faculty and students who had close contact with that individual were informed that they were potentially exposed. some faculty and staff will need to quarantine and that's why

serra will transition to virtual classes until february 22nd, when some in-person classes are scheduled to resume. right now about 1 million covid-19 vaccines come into california every week. ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi explained on our daily program "getting answers" at 3:00 why that number could increase. >> the thing that gives me a lot of hope is that the johnson & johnson vaccine is being reviewed by the fda on february 26th. that vaccine is ready to go. it's one dose. it's going to be cheaper. and it also is easier to make. and i think it will either get these other companies to make more or it will add to our supply. >> so far about 12% of california residents have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. nearly a year into the pandemic facebook has announced it will crack down on misinformation surrounding covid-19 and vaccines. but will those new efforts be enough to combat a rise in

dubious claims online? abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story from silicon valley. >> reporter: as misinformation poses a threat to public health, facebook now says it will expand efforts to remove false claims about covid-19 and vaccines on its platforms. >> anything that's been widely debunked as well as enforcing greater restrictions in how people can post about coronavirus in things like facebook groups. >> reporter: at the local level new data's being provided to help inform effective vaccine delivery. for example, based on surveys of facebook users a recent study by carnegie mellon found that 88% of santa clara county residents would definitely or probably choose to receive a covid vaccine if it were offered to them today. that's compared to 81% across the state. >> you can see the rate of people who would like a vaccine in your community, the rate of people who are wearing mass nkz your community. you can take a look at whether or not the symptoms in your

community are going up or down. >> reporter: this week the company plans to launch its covid-19 vaccination center, an online resource to help people find where and when they can get vaccinated. in addition, nearly $120 million in ad credits will be given to health departments, non-profits, and u.n. agencies across the world to help with public outreach. dr. catherine saxton leads the public health department at santa clara university. she says personal and positive engagement will be key to building trust. >> we all sort of tend to get defensive when people just tell us that we're wrong and say no-no, this is the correct information. so allowing for that dialogue is really more effective. >> reporter: and a push for social platforms to step up and acknowledge the role they play in the conversation. >> it's very important that they live up to this ethical responsibility and ensure that people are not misled by the information that we can find on the platform. >> reporter: in silicon valley, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. more to come here. it might be a while before big

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expected never really materialized. chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes struggled after running for his life. tom brady on the other hand was magnificent, throwing three touchdown passes on his way to his record seventh super bowl victory and his record super bowl mvp award. oh, chris, i know you were watching this closely. did that play out anything like the way you thought it would? >> well, i will say i was the only one in our sports department on the after the game show that picked the bucs to win. so yes, the scoring, though, much different than i would have thought. i had to shout myself out there. the chiefs, yeah, they had a banged-up offensive line and patrick mahomes could never really get around. tom brady was tom brady. it's hard to go against the goat in the biggest game of all time. he just wasn't going to lose that game. >> yeah. spencer, you know, i've got to say, as an older person now i was kind of cheering for tom too in the sense that you know, he's a pretty old quarterback and he's going strong. >> he's amazing. he's absolutely amazing. and like chris, i was surprised

he it wasn't the high-scoring shootout we had expected between two high-powered quarterbacks. but you know, as chris also pointed out, the bucs -- the chiefs offensive line was not able to hold off the buccaneers' defensive line. so yeah, i salute tom brady. he's incredible. >> he was something else. and the bucs seemed better prepared on both sides of the ball. the game plan seemed to work. kansas city looked a little nervous to me. it just wasn't the game we thought. kristen, for the record, you are not an older person. don't say that. >> older. >> not even close. not even close. if you didn't care about the teams, plenty of you tuned in for the nationally televised pop concert. ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ >> grammy-winning vallejo native her delivered an electrifying rendition of "america the beautiful" before kickoff. she just knocked it out of the

park i thought. the 23-year-old tells abc 7 news that she's especially proud of her bay area upbringing and the opportunity to showcase her talents on a national stage. ♪ and grammy winner and singer the weeknd wowed the crowd during this halftime performance. so while the face bandages, right? the artist has been wearing them for nearly a year in public as a critique of hollywood culture, not so much about covid. he reportedly, by the way, paid $7 million of his own money to augment the budget of the show and do it the way he wanted. anyone want to take a crack? what did you think of the halftime show? i thought it was visually spectacular. i'm not really super familiar with weeknd. i've heard several of his songs. but it was great i thought. what did you think? drew? i mean -- drew. spencer, go ahead, please. >> well, actually, i missed the halftime show. and i'll tell you why. because i sensed going into the second quarter that this wasn't going to be quite the exciting match-up i had expected. so my wife and i went out.

>> you just gave up. >> i missed the halftime show. >> chris, what do you think? did you like the show? and kristen you too. i'd love to know what you think. >> i actually took a break to go find some food. >> wow. >> but i will say, being at the super bowl last year, i'm impressed and every year how quickly they can get that stage set up and get everything transformed into a full-time concert and then back to a football game. that is truly impressive how they can get that all done. >> and they practice all week just like the teams moving the stage in and out. kristen, did you like the show? >> that was pretty amazing, dan. like spencer i realized the way the game was going to go down. so i went and started frying up chicken wings. >> you said you were going to make chicken wings. >> and they were delicious. all right. and you, dan, you made good stuff. >> chili and nachos. to me it's almost like a thanksgiving day. stay at home and watch the game and enjoy some nice food. so it's fun. >> honestly that's the highlight. the food. some people watched the super

bowl for the commercials. this year a 30-second spot cost 5 1/2 million dollars. abc news reporter will ganss has some of the highlights. >> reporter: forget jake. >> i'm drake from state farm. >> reporter: state farm recarruth the grammy-winning rapper while amazon recruited michael b. jordan. >> add bath oil to my shopping list. >> alexa, no, don't do that. >> read my aughtiobook. ji was in his hands. >> reporter: no word on how much this five-second ad from reddit cost. a-listers out in full force in between game play. ♪ >> well, did you? >> it wasn't me. >> well, that's the first time that's ever worked. >> tv, movie productions on hiatus. there was more opportunity for some celebrities who perhaps would have been working that might have been more willing to be in super bowl commercials this year. >> cardi back in the super bowl ad game this year. this time with wayne and garth for uber eats. >> jump on the latest trend. ♪ eat local ♪ ♪ local ♪

♪ lo, lo, lo, lo ♪ >> all right. >> reporter: we're pretty sure tracy morgan was a commercial fan favorite. >> i'm pretty sure these are parachutes. >> that's mine. >> i'm pretty sure you do not run. >> reporter: t-mobile might be the ad mvp of the night. bad reception explaining the blake and gwen love story. >> i'm sick of l.a. guys. i want someone completely country. uncultured. and threatened by a strong confident woman. >> it's not wings or nachos. it's rings and nachos! >> reporter: and even more timely, how tom and gronk wound up playing for tampa bay. >> just come to florida and win another one. maybe i'll even join you. >> like it's that easy, gronk. maybe it is. >> reporter: will ganss, abc news, new york. >> all right. so guys, what do you think? >> i thought the commercials were great, actually. i loved the tracy morgan.

there were two or three of them. i thought those were great. i particularly liked the bruce springsteen jeep commercial. i thought that was very emotional and very powerful. i thought the commercials were great across the board. >> what about you, chris? your favorite? >> i think -- i'm just going to go because i think you said something to me. mine was the drake from state farm. i figured why didn't i figure that out? jake from state farm, drake from state farm. and also the tom brady rob gronkowski no cellular reception. that was really good, too. >> spencer, can you hear me? >> i can hear you now because i just turned my monitor on. i have no idea what you guys were just talking about because i couldn't hear a thing. >> okay. >> but he's in full agreement with us. >> completely. >> well, disneyland's california adventure park will partially reopen next month for a limited time. in a letter to disneyland cast members the company announced it's planning a new food and beverage experience starting mid march. it will focus on the park's menus from around the resort,

the latest merchandise and entertainment. rides will not be running. 1,000 park employees are being tapped for this event. disney of course the parent company of abc 7. and as we talk about a lot it's just another example of businesses large and small adapting in this strange time. spencer, if you can hear us take a crack at that if you wish. >> yeah, i can hear you now. well, this is a nice small step back toward some semblance of normalcy. if we're careful and thoughtful as we start to open things up, i'm happy. i feel good. >> how about you, chris? >> yeah, spencer took the words right out of my mouth. i think it's a great idea as long as we can do it safely. we'd all like to get some sense of normalcy. i said it yesterday watching the super bowl, things kind of felt normal. it was one of those american days. and obviously as a sports guy i love that kind of game. but disneyland, let's bring it back safely. >> it's back to the theme of great food like the stuff kristen cooked at home yesterday for the super bowl. that sounds fun. it's a nice creative way to get

people back at the park. yeah. >> indeed. anybody else missing the cafe orleans beignets right about now? raise your hand. >> my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my a1c.

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billion in the crypto currency. after the announcement bitcoin prices surged to an all-time high of more than $44,000 for one bitcoin. shares of tesla moved higher as well. a driver is lucky to be alive after skidding off an and plunging onto a highway below. traffic cameras caught the crash, which happened saturday morning. you can see the pickup truck's skid and then went over the edge. that drop is about 70 feet. when sheriff's deputies arrived, they found the truck upright and on the shoulder of the highway. the driver was conscious and was then taken to the hospital to get checked out. >> that's incredible. well, it's been a pretty mild winter in chicago this year but not anymore. this is what commuters on interstate 290 had to deal with this morning. several inches of snow plus temperatures in the low teens. tomorrow will be even colder with subzero wind chill temperatures expected, then more snow on wednesday through the weekend. so kristen, regular winter

service resumes in the midwest. >> yes indeed. and what about here? we get a little taste of winter back soon too, right, spencer? >> yeah, what we would call winter. coming back our way. but nothing like that arctic blast you just showed there in the upper midwest. so for tonight cloudy skies. relatively mild overnight with low temperatures mainly in the mid 40s. and tomorrow a cloudy day. we might see a spritz or sprinkle in the overnight hours, by the way. highs tomorrow only in the mid to upper 50s for the most part. some low 60s inland. but we have some rain coming our way, some light rain beginning on thursday. we'll have a series of little weak systems moving through, producing light rain or light to moderate rain at times. thursday into friday. then a break. and saturday into sunday. so here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have two dry days coming our way tomorrow and wednesday. and then we get that series of wet systems coming through all the way through sunday, which by the way is valentine's day. dan and kristen. >> oh, yes. >> thank you, spencer. a new approach to city planning coming

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next at 5:00, sometimes smaller is better. the new effort to the nornl bay to save lives and get people vaccinated. on the peninsula, the focus is on setting the record straight. fighting against misinformation about the virus. across the state, there is new hope the surge may be

fading. also tonight, police arrest a man in a high profile assault in china town, the city's new chief promising to make the city safer. that proms comes the same day he is sworn in a ceremony that saw him get emotional about his mother. >> and good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> thank you for joining us. we begin this week with several developments on the fight against covid-19. the state may be turning the corner. the number of cases is now at a level we have not seen in months. two more counties are ramping up mass vaccinations. san mateo andal meeta county. the approach differ it's sonoma county. they're trying to decentralize the vaccination centers in an effort to get more people inoculated. that includes new sites with cvs pharmacies and safeway. we start off tonight from the north bay.