such a short time. but remember, it's because the pandemic was at its peak, we've never seen it spread as quickly as it did the past few months. now, here in the bay area what we're seeing mimics the state trend with cases coming down quickly. in total the bay area, including santa cruz county, has just topped 400,000 total cases. it's been exactly one month since we had 300,000. at this point in the race the two contenders are the variants and the vaccines. will one outpace the other, defeating its effectiveness? we're on vaccine watch because this will help build a better bay area. it's why we have a vaccine team dedicated to keeping you up to date on the status of supplies, the opening of new sites and finding solutions to the problems that come up. on our team is dr. alok patel who's joining us now live. >> yeah, dr. patel, you heard governor newsom give us the good news a moment ago. we won't ask you for the bad news, but do give us please some perspective. >> i appreciate you calling it perspective because i often get labeled as the bad cop.

that's not what i'm here for. but you know, governor newsom is correct when he was talking about how numbers are down. and i think we're allowed to be optimistic. but we have to be cautiously optimistic. now, i've heard the analogy that the nation could potentially be in the eye of a hurricane. that things seem peaceful right now. i don't like that analogy because that implies that we're going to go back into the hurricane. i think what we're looking at right now is that we're at the end of a marathon. we can almost see the finish line. we just have to finish the race. we can't stop right now and let the pandemic catch up to us again. so while it's cause for celebration, case positivity, deaths, hospitalizations are all down, we need to remember that the variants want us to fail. and the variants are coming. we have to keep our guard up. >> yeah. i like that. we've got to finish the race. now, astrazeneca paused its vaccine rollout in south africa because a study showed it wasn't as effective against a variant. like you said, that's what we're a little bit worried about here. is that something that might happen here? >> it's possible that the

variant, the south african variant, that's the b-135, i believe that's the lineage contradiction become more widespread in the united states and be less effective, the vaccine be less effective against it. as of right now i believe there's about six cases in the u.s. that could absolutely spread. now, the early data from south africa, as you mentioned, that was about 2,000 people. they found that the astrazeneca vaccine wasn't really preventing against that south african variant. the other vaccines were preventing against it but to a lesser degree. they were preventing the severe cases and hospitalizations. but again, if we let that variant spread that could push us a little bit backwards as we try to race to get people vaccinated. >> currently we have two vaccines available here in america. pfizer and moderna. johnson & johnson could become a third, fingers crossed on that. what's the timeline? >> fingers crossed indeed. the timeline right now it looks like the fda's independent review board is going to be able to look at all the data on february 26th. now, if everything goes acco according to plan and we can gauge this based on the previous

timelines with moderna and pfizer, we may have an answer a few days after. and johnson & johnson is saying they're ready to start shipping immediately after that approval, which could happen in early march. and as we all know, that's one shot. it's cheaper and it does not require that deep freezer storage. so this could be a really, really great step forward when it comes to getting vaccine out to rural xhungts and everyone out there who needs protection. >> that is very encouraging, dr. patel. thank you very much. always good to see you. san mateo county stepped up its vaccination effort today with the intent to inoculate 10,000 people per day. we found a steady stream of cars going into the san mateo events center as you can see here. the county says the vaccine supply is extremely limited. the site is open for eligible residents with an appointment through the county for their health care provider. the big question when it comes to vaccinatiovaccinations get those shots into arms more efficiently. one answer, localization. cvs pharmacies announced it will

be vaccinating people at 100 locations beginning february 11th. and in sonoma county safeway opened 11 sites today. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman found local clinics opening as well. >> reporter: out in the great wide open of western sonoma county under skies of gray where living and commerce are a little more personal there's a gym where they're running up an important different kind of score. >> we have 270 planned for today. >> reporter: as in covid vaccinations. key word, local. what's happening here is unique. the theory, that sonoma county is very large and that western sonoma county is isolated. and so the question, with the vaccine already difficult to get, why make people jump through more hoops? >> let's bring it to people. we are taking vaccines to people's houses. if they cannot leave the home. i'm doing vaccines in people's cars. >> reporter: dr. rain amoura, the west county health services, was not looking for cierre when we visited today but she deserves it. after weeks of work. today she vaccinated people with

appointments age 70 and up, even persuaded the federal government to ship in nurses from other states to speed up the process. >> every single shot that we put in someone's arm helps the entire community. >> reporter: nor does the localizing begin or end here. a few blocks away this safeway store began vaccinating today. but as sonoma county supervisor linda hopkins laments, even with the speeding up it remains slow going here and elsewhere. >> the state made a promise to everyone over the age of 65 the same week that they sent us about 3,000 doses. and so we have really struggled with the state essentially setting expectations that we have no way of fulfilling. >> reporter: and in a county with 100,000 people, 1/4 of the population over age 65, at 7,000 doses a week the math remains depressing. >> there has been a lot over this last year that has been incredibly frustrating. >> reporter: leaving action as the second best medicine. >> thank you so much, folks. >> reporter: in western sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7

news. now, nearly a year into the pandemic facebook has announced it will crack down on misinformation surrounding covid-19 and vaccines. you've probably seen some of this stuff online. but will those new efforts be enough to combat a rise in dubious claims that we see on the web? abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story. >> 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. >> we will be removing any posts that have a hoax that's been widely debunked as well as enforcing greater restrictions in how people can post about coronavirus and 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 masks in 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 dollars 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. and 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. information and education both very important during a pandemic. san francisco public school teachers have reached an agreement to return to in-person classes but a date has not been set, leaving families in limbo. today the school district tried giving us its best guess. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is in the newsroom to try to boil it down for us. lyanne. >> i'll try. it's complicated. because reopening schools will depend on two things -- whether or not teachers can get the vaccine and just as important, according to the cdc director, is stopping community spread, which rochelle walensky believes is key toening schools. were 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 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 the 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 hybrid learning where some students are learning at home, some students are learning in the classroom. >> reporter: so here's important information for parents. the first groups of students will be given the choice of remaining in distance learning or returning to in person learning. so you should know this.

if your child returns to in-person learning he or she may not have the same teacher while in distance learning. in the newsroom lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> what if a teacher doesn't want to get vaccinated? >> they have that right. some teachers will not be required to get vaccinated. now, according to the teachers union, they, those teachers most likely, will be assigned to those students who will work from home. but again, that's something that's still being planned. again, we talked about opening in waves. we have a complete list of preschools and elementary schools on our website, abc7news.com. >> a lot to keep track of. and you're doing a great job. thank you, lyanne. well, getting kids back to school is an issue for everyone. here's a look at the progress being made in the three biggest school districts in the country. in los angeles, the biggest district in california and the second biggest nationwide, today

the superintendent laid out what he's calling a 60-day challenge to reopen classrooms. the focus is on three areas -- getting case rates down in l.a. county, putting safety protocols into all schools, and getting all school staff, not just teachers, vaccinated. in chicago, the country's third largest district, public schools and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement that would get students back in the classroom this week. the agreement includes vaccinations for teachers. the biggest district, new york, is expecting to open middle school buildings this month for families who have chosen in-person learning. all school buildings have been closed since november. a lot more to come here. we've been dealing with coronavirus for a year. so how much longer? we're going to take a look at what it will really take to get back to normal. that's next. and while all the focus has been on coronavirus lately understandably, other issues have not gone away. for example, cancer claimed more lives last year than the pandemic. tonight see how a silicon valley

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naerkly 7 million covid-19 vaccine doses have been shipped across california. 4.6 million of those have been administered, shot in the arm. that's close to 67%, as you can see on our abc 7 vaccine tracker. at this rate how long will it take to get the herd immunity that we're looking for and get our old lifestyles back? abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra is digging into that

question. she's live tonight. stephanie, we all want to know. >> reporter: it may be hard to hear this, dan. experts predict it could be close to seven years for the world to reach herd immunity if we keep at the current pace of vaccinations. and for the u.s. it's closer to being a year away. >> if you can get people protected and get an umbrella of what we call herd immunity -- >> reporter: herd immunity is what we're all waiting for. oce we get there -- >> the level of infection is going to go very, very low down. >> reporter: but for now -- >> just hang in there a bit longer. >> reporter: just how much longer? the u.s. is administering around 1.4 million vaccine doses per day. at that pace bloomberg's vaccine tracker estimates the u.s. will reach herd immunity where 70% to 80% of the population will be vaccinated by the start of 2022. that's 11 months away. do you agree with that prediction? >> i do. i think that's a very reasonable projection based on the fact

that we need to have close to 300 million people in the united states immunized before we get to that magic 75%. >> reporter: ucsf epidemiologist dr. george rutherford predicts the u.s. could reach herd immunity even sooner. >> we may see it by the time we go back to school late august something like that. >> reporter: worldwide it's a different story. right now 4.6 million covid-19 vaccine doses are being administered globally per day. that's according to bloomberg's tracker. experts suggest at that pace it will take close to seven years to get to herd immunity worldwide. taking into consideration concern over evolving variants. >> the british variant that we're very familiar with is totally susceptible to the vaccine. the others, you know, the south african and the brazilian one, maybe somewhat less so. so how's that going to kind of fit into this whole puzzle? >> reporter: the good news is california is making steady progress. abc 7's data analysis found the average number of doses administered per day in

california has nearly doubled in the past few weeks. in mid january around 87,000 doses were administered per day. whereas this week around 173,000 doses were administered per day. the question is can we keep this up with limited supply? while supply is very limited right now, that is expected to improve significantly within the next month. johnson & johnson's vaccine will be considered for emergency use authorization on february 26th. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> stephanie, before you go, given the data being reported worldwide, which is a little discouraging as you suggest, which country is predicted to reach herd immunity first? >> reporter: you know, dan, it's interesting. bloomberg's tracker predicts israel will get there first. certainly a smaller population size. nearly 23% of the population has already received the second dose in israel. but the u.s. is predicted to be second despite only 2.9% of our population nationwide that has

received the second dose. so we'll see what happens. >> yeah. i guess we're accelerating all the time this vaccination process. thanks, stephanie, very much. coming up, cloudy and cooler. those are just a few words, a couple words, actually, to describe this week's weather. if we're going to be technical about it. spenceras ♪ ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm

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if you need a reason to be glad you're in california here you go. the caption of this video here's what happens when you toss a cup of warm water into the air in duluth. the national weather service for duluth, minnesota tweeted this video before dawn today. yep. add that to the list, dan. >> that's kind of cool, actually. more fun on video. than in real life, spencer. >> i've actually seen that done in person in real life under those conditions. and it's really, really cold. in the upper midwest right now. i'm happy to be here too. even with as we see on live doppler 7 some little pockets of moisture moving over the bay area. there could be? patchy drizzle from this moisture. we're not expecting any actual rainfall overnight. so keep that in mind. but it is getting cloudier. here's a nice unobstructed view, though, from emeryville looking back at san francisco where it's 51 degrees and temperature readings right now are in the mid 50s at oakland, mountain view, san jose.

52 morgan hill, 48 half moon bay. nice view of the cityscape in san francisco from our exploratorium camera. the temperature readings right now mainly mid 50s. 52 santa rosa but mid 50s novato, fairfield, concord 58 degrees and livermore 56. looking across the embarcadero from our rooftop camera here's a look also at our forecast features. it will be cloudy overnight with patchy morning fog and possibly some patchy drizzle tonight as well. sunny or milder conditions will prevail on wednesday. with a rainy pattern beginning on thursday. overnight under mostly cloudy skies low temperatures will be mainly in the mid 40s. so not a cold night but it will be a little bit chillier in the north bay valleys where low temperatures will drop into the upper 30s and low 40s. then tomorrow down in the south bay under cloudy skies high temperatures mainly in the low 60s. 62 in san jose. up to about 60 on the peninsula. redwood city 59. palo alto on the coast mid 50s tomorrow. downtown san francisco will top out at 57 degrees. in the north bay we'll see highs of 62 at santa rosa, 61 in napa,

east bay shoreline mainly 59 to about 60 degrees at most locations. and in the inland east bay over the hills low 60s at walnut creek, concord and livermore. now let's take a look at our forecast later this week. starting at 5:00 a.m. thursday and in comes the rain. it's going to be a wet day on thursday. that rain will continue, mainly light rain, into friday before it starts to fall apart. there will be a little bit of snow in the sierra as well. rainfall totals here will generally range from about a third of an inch to just over half an inch. in most locations. and the snow will be helpful in the sierra to the snowpack, which is only at 66% of average statright now. a little help is good, even though it's probably not going to boost that percentage up very high. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. sunny, dry conditions on wednesday but then we could get a series of days when we'll have some periods of light rain thursday, friday, saturday, and

sunday. which by the way is valentine's day. then monday we'll call it partly cloudy, but there's still a slight chance of a lingering shower even on monday. little string of wet days coming our way. we need them. let's embrace the rain. dan and ama. >> yes. we will do that. give it a big hug. thanks, spencer. just over a month since a crowd stormed the u.s. capitol tomorrow the impeachment trial against donald trump begins. tonight a look at the many factors that make this an unprecedented event in our nation's history. is it a vaccine scam or a vaccine mistake? i'

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>> announcer: building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. new at 6:00 tonight, a vaccine clinic mystery, and it comes from "7 on your side's" michael finney. >> he's part of the abc 7 news vaccine team. he heard from patients who signed up to be vaccinated but when they arrived there was no clinic. >> so here's the question. was it a scam or a mistake?

michael picks up the story live from there. michael? >> reporter: when vaccine doses become available, word spreads fast. but sometimes the vaccine grapevine isn't accurate. and this is one of those times. norma chow had been trying to get her mom, emma, a covid vaccine appointment. so she was thrilled when she heard from a friend about a vaccination clinic. >> he forwarded me a text link to be able to book the appointment for the vaccine. so i was able to get both my parents in, and i then knew of several co-workers who had been trying to get their parents in. >> reporter: so norma passed the clinic information along to others, including maya metrican. >> norma sent me this link. so i went in there and made an appointment for my mom. >> both moms were set to get a vaccine at seton medical center in daly city. a couple of days later maya's mom, serafina metrican, showed up for her appointment. right away she knew something

wasn't right. there were no signs or lines like at the vaccine clinic she had seen on tv. still, she goes in and is told there is no vaccine clinic that day. >> i said what are you talking? i have exactly confirmation. it shows them. no, no, no, it's -- where -- everyone that ask us that it's a fake. >> reporter: now word spreads fast that there is no clinic. norma's mom gets the bad news. >> so she felt cheated. like she felt like somebody probably scammed us. >> reporter: was it a scam? well, i reach out to seton medical center and it turns out there was a vaccine clinic that day. but only for seidton health care workers. >> what we expect happen was that link was inappropriately forwarded to people outside of our circle. >> reporter: friends inadvertently passing along bad intel. now, what about all that information inputted into the

system to get those appointments? they're concerned that their personal private information is out there somewhere. is it? >> it is not. the minute that we knew there were individuals who were in our system that were not part of our circle, their information was automatically deleted. >> reporter: that's good news. now, when signing up for a vaccine, it is best if you double-check the link or make a phone call to check if the appointment is legit. and be careful with the information you give out. now, to help with that, on our website we have posted a survey of large vaccine providers, what information they will ask from you before they will give you a covid vaccine appointment. dan, this is just part of our life now. so there's going to be confusion. there's going to be a lot of

scammers out there. so just signing up doesn't mean your work is over. you're going to have to keep working your way through. >> i guess it's like any other facet of our lives these days, michael. when there's a demand or an interest in anything, there's a lot of confusion, a lot of misinformation, but a lot of people rushing in to try to take advantage of people. >> yeah. and then everybody trying to help each other out. look at this. you can see it bounced from person to person to person. all being very nice. these were really good people helping out their friends and workmates. it just didn't end up so well. >> right. it just -- sometimes in translation things get a little lost. thanks, michael, very much. >> reporter: yeah. the coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 463,000 american lives. however, we lost even more people to cancer in the past year. about 200,000 more. health is a critical part of building a better bay area. abc 7 news reporter david louie takes us inside a silicon valley lab that's trying to remove a

barrier to cancer screening that the pandemic has erected. >> reporter: this silicon valley lab is fighting the battle against a disease that last year took more american lives than covid-19. cancer. they've identified a way to identify fragments of cancer cells in blood to warn when a patient might be having a relapse. >> we studied over 2,000 patients, and what we've shown consistently is we can detect cancer recurrence 92% of the time and up to two years earlier than imaging alone. >> reporter: covid-19 has caused? cancer patients to avoid seeing their doctor in person due to their compromised immune systems. notera's technology requires a blood test in which cancer markers can be identified at the molecular level. a blood draw can be drawn by sending out a mobile phlebotomist, minimizing exposure to others. >> it's safer to know that they come out, i would imagine. one person come in versus maybe 20 people in a doctor's office. >> reporter: david friday is a colon cancer patient. every six months he screened

with notera's dna-based diagnostic test. >> if we can catch the cancer early before it's had the chance to metastasize all around your body and before it's had the chance to become strong we can potentially do surgery and take out that recurrent cancer or in the future we can give you a drug therapy that's based on molecular counsel. >> reporter: cignatera removes a barrier to testing among cancer survivors during the pandemic. the procedure is covered by medicare. >> it gives me peace of mind that i know that i will spot it earlier and maybe not have to have as much chemotherapy if it ever came back. >> reporter: however, it doesn't address a growing concern that patients are not getting screened and diagnosed, potentially leading to an increase in deaths. cancer, like covid-19, is not taking a holiday. david louie, abc 7 news. president joe biden says the nation is on track to meet his ambitious vaccination goal. >> we're going to try to get 100 million shots in 100 days into

people's arms. we found out we didn't quite have the supply of vaccine we thought initially. we're all set now. but we're exceeding that number. >> the president and vice president kamala harris virtually toured a stadium vaccination site in glendale, arizona today. he says he intends to accept the nfl's offer of using stadiums as mass vaccination sites all across the country. republican congressman ron wright of texas has died from covid-19. his office announced today the 67-year-old was admitted to the hospital two weeks ago after contracting the virus. he died yesterday with his wife by his side. wright is the first sitting member of congress to die from covid-19. in december congressman-elect luke letlow passed away from the virus. arguments in the historic second impeachment trial of former president trump begin tomorrow. we will have live gavel to gavel coverage on abc 7.

for a look at what to expect here's abc news reporter faith abubey. >> reporter: donald trump's lawyers are defending the former president ahead of his second impeachment trial, branding the process democrats say they're using to hold trump accountable for allegedly inciting the january 6th insurrection political theater, urging them to drop the trial altogether. one of trump's defense attorneys on fox news. >> when you have the president of the united states give a speech and says you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, he's all ofde villain. >> reporter: but democrats say there was nothing peaceful about trump's rally held the same day as the electoral college win for joe biden was being confirmed. democrats now poring over a trove of evidence including videos like this one from an accused rioter who said he was listening to trump. >> oh, donald trump asked at they wish for, adding his defense also plans to use other videos. >> there's an awful lot of tape

of cities burning and courthouses being attacked, cheered on by democrats. >> reporter: but the house impeachment managers denying each and every allegation made by trump's defense attorneys in their filing last week. claiming their arguments are wholly without merit. >> we fight like hell. >> reporter: five people died including a capitol police officer. but most senate republicans insist even holding an impeachment trial for a former president is unconstitutional. >> the impeachment powers assigned to the congress by the constitution cannot be defeated by a president who decides to run away or trashes our democracy on the way out the door. >> reporter: it's not clear how long this impeachment trial will last. but if it's not wrapped up by friday, the defense and lawmakers have agreed to pause on friday to allow one of president trump's lawyers to observe the jewish sabbath. faith abubey, abc news, washington. >> live impeachment coverage may start as early as 9:30 a.m. tomorrow right here on abc 7. if you're looking for complete gavel to gavel coverage of the

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congratulations. [ applause ] >> that's a warm welcome you're hearing for oakland's brand new police chief. today mayor libby schaaf swore in leronne armstrong. the 22-year-old veteran of opd is promising to make oakland a safer place. >> i ask our community and city to stand with me as we work

together. so that children can play outside. so that mothers and fathers don't have to worry about stray bullets coming through their windows. and the youth of our community can have a promise that their future will be without the threat of violence. >> armstrong's mother sat near him in the front row. he thanked her for always believing in him. city leaders describe armstrong as well respected and a straight shooter who shined during this election process. and chief armstrong and alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley announced an arrest today in a brutal attack on a 91-year-old man in oakland's chinatown. >> i now am announcing that we have filed charges as the chief said against an individual identified as yahya muslim. we have charged him with three counts of assault. >> the suspect is charged with inflicting great bodily injury and committing a crime against an elderly person. o'malley says muslim has two prior felony assault

convictions. asian-american actor daniel dae kim and daniel wu put up reward money to lead to this arrest. wu, who is an east bay native, describes the fear gripping the community. >> racist rhetoric from, you know, the pandemic has targeted us as being the reason for coronavirus. and so asians across the board have been targeted by racial slurs, being attacked, being pushed around, being spat on. >> chief armstrong is vowing help for the community, promising additional resources for residents to report crimes. the rain will return. our sun explore floor and decor your way, and comfortably shop over a million square feet of in- stock flooring! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. or easily order online, and pick up all the products you need for your flooring project curbside! so come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. all in one stop!

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or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if it's severe, stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. other side effects include gas, stomach area pain, and swelling. change your thinking to ibs-c. if your constipation and belly pain keeps coming back, tell your doctor and say yesss! to linzess. a local urban city planner is bringing a new approach to city planning through art. you may have seen his work at the exploratorium, thoria buena center for the arts and storefronts all around the bay area in fact. abc 7 news east bay community journalist melissa pitzkar explains how he's doing this with creativity and recycled materials. >> it's like therapy. i'll ask people with city planning. they'll say buildings, cars, streets, concrete. cities are about relationships, not about infrastructure.

it's about your life. it's about your story. and how did that story get told in city planning? by using objects in art making people have more options in how to explain their urban city needs. as a city planner slash artist what i do is i use art making as a city planning tool. most of my stuff is made from recycled materials, blocks, jewelry, old toys. all kinds of different random things. it's a different way to get people thinking about solving problems or having people build an ideal space and think with things in a collective way. when i present the cityscapes to different residents their spirits are really uplifted about their communities. they see their city in a different light. i want to create march unity in city planning, people to come together to their needs and aspirations. but i want everybody to have an equal say in the whole solution. and give them ways to solve their problems based on their

own ideas with city planning. in the south bay people who were formerly homeless are now helping provide shelter to those in need. 25 tiny homes have withbeen set on vancant county land. they were manufactured by workers who were once homeless. the cabins will provide temporary shelter to families in santa clara county. >> 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. >> reporter: there are on-site showers, bathrooms and laundry facilities. each cabin has four bunk beds and is powered by solar energy. county officials say permanent housing for the homeless will eventually be built on the site. let's get to our weather because things are changing again, dan. >> yeah, they are indeed, ama, and changing for the good,

spencer, because we do need more rain. >> we certainly do, dan and ama, and we are going to get some. it may not be a lot but it will be helpful. here's a look at live doppler 7. right now we have patches of moisture moving over the bay area and developing offshore. there may be some drizzle tonight and over the overnight hours we may also see some patchy fog. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid 40s. then tomorrow another cloudy day with high temperatures ranging from only about mid 50s at the coast to about 60 around the bay shoreline to low 60s inland. and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. as you can see, we do have some wet weather coming our way. wednesday's going to be a bright and milder day. but thursday we have some rain returning to the bay area, which will also produce some snow in the sierra. friday morning showers. saturday we'll get rain developing again in the evening hours continuing into sunday, which is valentine's day. so four days of some periods of rainfall and then monday it will start to become at least partly clear again, dan and ama. >> all right. well, we needed the rain.

so thank you, spencer. let's switch over to sports. chris alvarez is here. some new business with the warriors tonight and wrapping up the super bowl, chris. >> yeah, coming up in sports, dan, we'll check in on the warriors. they're playing the spurs right now. and tom brady reveals one of the highlights of winning yet another super bowl

>> announcer: now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. stephen curry scored 57. draymond green 1ssts in the warriors' loss saturday night at dallas.

tonight the dubs in action on the front end of a back-to-back against san antonio. eric pascal dancing pregame. and then look, there's steph. this guy's got some moves. draymond throwing this pass out of bounds? no. steph curry's there. and he buries the triple from about 31 feet. that'll make you dance, warrior fans. spurs defense all around steph. good passing. kelly oubre for the slam. he had 12 in the first quarter and 18 at the break. final seconds of the first quarter, three guys surrounding steph and just dribble, dribble, back it up, dribble. how good is steph curry? hits it at the buzzer. 15 points in the first. more dancing. 15 in the first half. the warriors lead 59-54 at the break. we'll have your final highlights at 11:00. for the second time in franchise history the bucs are super bowl champions. rob gronkowski said he was going to disney world after the game last night, and there's gronk celebrating his fouh title. disney of course the parent company of abc 7. tom brady's had a fairy tale career, you know. last night he extended his

personal record of seven super bowl titles in a season unlike any other because of the pandemic brady found joy in the purity of playing football. >> it's great. that's where i rank it. it's great. it's been a great year. incredibly fun. with the coronavirus situation and all the protocols it was really like football for junkies. so if you love football, this was the year to be a player in the nfl because that's all it was. it was like football camp with all your buddies year round. i really enjoyed that part. >> he'll be back next season. chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes was under constant pressure all game long as kansas city's banged-up offensive line failed to protect mahomes and give him time most of the game. it was just a tough go for him all day. mahomes said yesterday's loss will be an ultimate driving force in hopefully getting back and wing the super bowl. beginng of ye beginningalal ors bere last super bowl.

>> super bowl lvi in l.a. nfl free agency opens march 17th. richard sherman has previously said it's unlikely he would return to the 49ers. the niners do have 40 free agents. sherman will have plenty of options, though, in teams making a push for him. as he told espn's stephen a. smith he'd like to play two more years and that's it. >> you know, after two years i think i'm going to shut it down and just regardless, because i'm sure i'll still get calls. i'm sure people will still want to see if i have interest. but i think two more years and i'll be content where i'm at. >> yesterday i went and jumped in the pacific ocean. it was cold but it was worth it. >> did it wake you up? >> it woke me up and healed body and mind. >> happy 31st birthday to that guy. klay thompson. of course thompson rehabbing his torn achilles. today some good news from steve kerr. the walking boot is off for klay as he's working his way back. how popular is klay? he already has 99,000 votes and was tenth among western

conference guards for the nba all-star game. he's not even playing this year. so people still want to see him around the all-star game. of course klay is around the team right now. we all miss him. and he looks to be getting back. of course the warriors have tonight's game, san antonio, then back home thursday and a huge game on abc 7 saturday night against kevin durant and the nets. >> all right. sounds good. thank you so much, chris. coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, "the bachelor." then "the good doctor" at 10:00 and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. and you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc 7 bay area connected tv app. it is available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. download the app now and start streaming. but that is it for this edition of abc 7 news. thank you so much for spending some time with us tonight. i'm ama daetsz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, chris alvarez, all of us, we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice weekend and we'll see you again at 11:00.

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♪ this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants-- a marketing professional from mission viejo, california... a software team lead, originally from el paso, texas... and our returning champion, a stay-at-home mom, originally from asheville, north carolina... whose 1-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now, here is the guest host of "jeopardy!", ken jennings. [ applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. thanks, everyone. welcome to "jeopardy!" thank you for joining us with a brand-new week. leah, john, michael, good luck to all three of you. i bet you're excited to play.

here we go. here are the categories for the "jeopardy!" round... we'll start with... all these responses will begin with the letter b and end with g, then, in that vein... some... and finally... partnering with olay, this week, we'll be bringing attention to the gender gap in stem fields, which are science, tech, engineering, and math. presenting today's technology category is ceo and founder of girls who code, reshma saujani. leah, where do we begin? the b-g's for $600 please. leah? - what is barhopping? - correct. the b-g's, $800. michael. - what is a bullfrog? - right.