let's get to spencer christian to find out how much rain we can expect, spencer. >> okay, dan and ama. as you can tell from all that green, it's quite wet across the bay area. but the vibrant colors of yellow and orange represent the heaviest rain. right now we've got pockets of heavy rain moving into the north bay and marin county and across the golden gate. and over in the east bay, some of the steadiest rain is traveling eastward out towards dublin and pleasanton and san ramon. we've got some wet weather over in the east bay right now. it will continue to be wet for a while as this storm, which ranks 1 on the abc7 news storm impact scale will produce more rain, briefly heavy. obviously it's a wet evening commute. will be breezy to gusty and as you can see it's going to continue into the late night hours. what will follow? i'm have the answer in my accuweather forecast coming up later. >> thank you, spenser. jumping the line. tonight abc7 news i-team uncovers how the state has

created a loophole for fitness instructors across california to get vaccinated in the same tier as health care workers and people 65 years and older. so why did it take the state close to a month to realize it? stephanie sierra is pushing for an explanation. >> it's an issue now, scarcity. it's an issue of supply. >> reporter: as vaccine supply hits a new low across the state, it's even more crucial the vaccine is getting into the arms of those most vulnerable. >> frustrated when people are more resourced, that are wealthier, more connected, perhaps more technically savvy and find out about information get ahead of the line. >> reporter: yet the governor's administration allowed that to happen. >> some people are not getting appointments. >> reporter: kimmi horry is a fitness instructor. back on january 7th, she and her colleagues were told they were available to receive the vaccine after state released guidance, roles like recreational

facilities, facilitating outdoor exercise qualified under the classification of health care workers. >> even at my own health club, there was an email going out saying first tier. i was hold on. >> reporter: yet word spread fast about the alleged new classification. a manager at the bay club in santa clara was tagged in this post on facebook encouraging her colleagues to call a toll-free number at kaiser permanente to schedule their appointment writing, quote, yes, you are a health care worker. check line 22. >> we're not health care. >> reporter: how many fitness instructors do you believe have taken advantage of this classification? >> about 15 to 20 i know have taken advantage of this classification or this loophole that we call it. but there are, you know, so many emails that have gone out from the different clubs and the area as well as just thousands of fitness instructors in general. so imagine all thousand of them clogging the system.

>> reporter: were any of these fitness instructors 65 or older? >> these are instructors who are strong and healthy, and they're probably just over 25, to between 40, 45 even. >> reporter: the bay club headquarters which has 23 locations across california encouraged their employees of all ages to get vaccinated starting in january. abc7 received the following statement. we were pleased to see outdoor recreation was included in health care. as such, we shared that information with our employees so they could begin the process of receiving vaccinations. but it wasn't until last friday the state changed the rules. the bay club wrote, to our disappointment, on friday, february 5th we were notified that the state had made changes to specifics in the health care sector and no longer allowed outdoor recreation be included in tear 1a. >> we should allow these vaccines to go to the health care workers, to the elderly, to those who are eligible for real. >> reporter: so why did it take a month for the state to realize

that? we reached out to the california department of public health for an answer, but have yet to hear back. >> whenever somebody puts themselves in line ahead of another person, they're putting another person's life at risk. >> reporter: santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez says it's infuriating as high risk communities in her district are struggling to access the vaccine. >> if you're 75 and older and latino in our community, we've only vaccinated i think about 5,000 out of 45,000. >> reporter: will you make it a priority to make sure the state is aware of this, to ensure there is better oversight? >> we have been on an ongoing basis communicating with the state and at a local level to try to be as crystal clear as we can. >> reporter: but apparently it's not clear enough. >> there needs to be a lot more diligence and ensuring that they check the ids of the people who are going in and making appointments. >> reporter: horry says some of her fitness colleagues have

still been able to get vaccinated even after the rule changed. several colleagues well under 65 sent texts to other instructors this week after successfully getting a vaccine and encourage them to still try. >> they're not being checked. you know, they're not being checked. so they go to whatever hospital they go to, and they've been vaccinated. >> reporter: the question is how many took advantage of the loophole before it closed, and is it really being enforced? the santa clara district attorney's office made it clear anyone who is not in tier 1a and tries to jump the line is doing so under penalty of perjury. perjury is a felony offense in california and punishable by up to four years in prison with a maximum fine of $10,000. for the i-team, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. building a better bay area means tracking vaccine distribution throughout our region. today fema granted california more than 800 million doses for 104 state selected vaccination sites. the funds will pay for medical

staff, ppe and the supplies required to handle the dose. also today the biden administration announced it's purchased two million more vaccines from pfizer and moderna bringing the told to 600 million. biden says the u.s. is on track to vaccinate all americans by the end of summer. public health officials do have a logistics nightmare on their hands, though, keeping staffing and resources available at mass vaccination sites with vaccine supplies that are limited and unpredictable. as abc7 news reporter kris reyes learned, it's an extremely challenging juggling act to avoid what happened in l.a. county, forced to shut down due to a shortage of shots. >> what are you doing to make sure none of your sites get shut down, even if there is a limited supply? >> well, it's careful planning and allocation process. >> reporter: that's the logistics nightmare of keeping a site like levi's stadium open. the largest mass vaccination site in california is set up to do at least 15,000 shots a day, but with current supplies they're only doing about a

thousand. >> we moved the appropriate number of doses to the various sites to make sure they have at least a minimal amount of vaccine to be able to continue the operation going. we don't anticipate ever closing the site. >> reporter: the same logistics nightmare happening at sites across the bay area, sites that are open in limbo with no garantee of supply. alameda county fairgrounds has been setting up in pleasanton with the goal of about 5,000 shots a day. same at oakland coliseum, set to open next week that site is jointly operated by state and federal agencies. they at least have access to a different supply pool. they plan to operate at max capacity on day one. >> we're taking over their 30-acre parking lot to be able to develop the entire drive-up component. logistically, it's a big lift. >> reporter: an even bigger lift for counties that only count on the stay's supply. san francisco sites, including moscone center can do up to 10,000 shots a day.

currently they're only doing 4,000. san mateo events center is by appointment only, opening spots as vaccines become available. are you concerned about what's happening in l.a. county, having to close down sites because they don't have enough supply? >> yeah, i'm definitely concerned. that continues to be a challenge for all of us. the unpredictability of the supply makes it very difficult to plan, particularly for large vaccination events. if these folks are not able to be in these roles for more than a couple of weeks, it will be very difficult to have them not go back to their regular job. >> reporter: abc7 has confirmed that so far no vaccination sites are in danger of shutting down in the bay area. at what point do you to shut down your sites? >> it would really be if we do not have vaccine supply at all. >> and so we're parsing it out appropriately to the multiple sites that we have to make sure that we don't have to shut down any single site. >> reporter: that's a challenge

they hope will shift soon so they can focus on giving out shots instead of just keeping sites open. kris reyes for abc7 news. with variants of the covid-19 virus now in the bay area, there are fresh concerns tonight about the effectiveness of vaccines being delivered. against that backdrop, some experts are exploring the idea of providing patients with a second booster shot not with the same vaccine but a different one. with the covid virus mutating into new and dangerous forms, experts say it's critical to not only expand vaccination, but make sure they're effective enough that they don't leave too many patients with what's known as partial immunity. >> i think one thing that i want to that i'm concerned about is that we in generating a lot of incomplete immunity. and that's the breeding ground for the variants. >> reporter: dr. melanie ott is a leading viral researcher at gladstone institutes. she worries about situations where variants could strive by

natural selection if strong second booster shots are not available fast enough to stamp them out. one strategy being studied worldwide calls for possibly mixing and matching, giving patients boosters with a different vaccine they originally received. dr. ott believes the idea needs to be explored. >> i would not start mix and match everything, whatever is available, but i think when it makes sense, i think there is an argument to be made that our current vaccines could be optimized by matching, by mixing them. >> reporter: that's because some vaccines offer protection in different ways. some european researcher, for example, have suggested that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine could potentially be mixed with russia's sputnik vaccine for a two-dose regimen becaus they use similar but different adenoplatforms. while others say messenger rna vaccines like moderna and fiez cory be followed up with a much lower tech dead vaccine virus being used in china.

>> i think it's definitely a time that we should think creatively about our vaccine approaches. >> reporter: dr. katherine blish is an infectious disease researcher at stanford. she said the goal would both increase supplies and broaden protection. >> it's quite likely we're going need to boost various vaccine products to adjust to the variants. i absolutely think we need to study mixing and matching of different platforms. >> reporter: a creative and nontraditional approach to keeping up with a virus that is proving to be a moving target. >> boy, it sure is. one other possible advantage, experts say the immune system can sometimes begin to recognize platforms used to deliver vaccines into the body and react to them, making the vaccine less effective. well, they believe mixing a different vaccine for a second dose might give it a better chance of being effective. now tomorrow we're answering your questions about covid-19 vaccines. members of our abc7 news vaccine team, kumasi aaron, kate larsen and dr. alok patel will be here as part of that discussion.

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behind bars. how they got away with that, who knows. but now as it tries to block those payments, edd has mistakenly accused honest workers of being in jail and cut off their benefits. they're coming to 7 on your side for help, and michael finney is live with this story. he has been on this from day one of the pandemic. michael, the stories are almost more unbelievable every day. >> dan, can you believe this? can you believe this? these law-abiding workers have been collecting unemployment for month, and then suddenly the edd says you can't have benefits. you're in jail, but they're not and they never have been. >> well, it's pretty crazy because we've both been here together for ten months. >> reporter: john johnson of ukiah lost his job in the pandemic and was collecting unemployment all along. then suddenly in december, the edd cut him off. the reason was shocking. >> i got the letter saying i was disqualified because i'm

incarcerated. >> reporter: this notice from edd says you're not eligible to receive benefits because you were incarcerated beginning last march. >> what do you say about that when you know this person has been right by your side? >> reporter: john and his wife jenette live on 27 acres in ukiah. they say their only incarceration has been sheltering in place like the rest of us. >> we've been doing a lot of work around the ranch. it takes a lot of upkeep, getting a lot of brush fuel cleared to make it more fire safe. >> reporter: john also serves on the local turtle creek fire brigade. here he is putting out a fire last august when he was supposedly in jail. john submitted his identification to edd, saying he has never been incarcerated, but so far no response. and no benefits. >> claim cannot be paid. that's the only response i've received. >> basically, the entire time that my claim has been active, they're saying i'm in jail. >> reporter: the same thing happened to david wallace, who moved to reno during the

pandemic. >> never been in jail. i'e been spending time with my grandkids. >> reporter: he took these photos of his grandkids at christmas and halloween, and gave edd this proof he was tested for covid-19 in july, all while he was supposedly in jail. he didn't receive a response either. >> i'm a military veteran. my fingerprints are on. i've held secret clearances. how can you make this mistake? >> reporter: david and john both say their common names may have led to a mix-up. we asked edd why it didn't cross-check their claims against jail records? edd told us it was working on a response. but for now, john and david face hardship and worry. the edd may ask for all that money back. >> i'm using food banks for food and having to struggle to get by. >> we haven't done anything wrong, and we shouldn't be punished for it. >> reporter: both john and david

have appeals pending at the edd, but those could take months to resolve. now we'll keep asking edd why it is putting them through all of this. it seems easy enough to me to check the records. we'll try to get an answer and we'll report back. dan? >> michael, thanks. you've been on it so hard. we appreciate it. good job. thank you. >> and 7 on your side will talk about tax deductions tomorrow which is the same day the irs will start accepting and processing tax returns. the pandemic creates a number of new issues. abc7 news reporter david louie has some advice from the experts. >> a jab in the arm isn't the only pain cause beside i the pandemic 2020 may require you to go down a checklist you don't forget about pp p loans if you applied for one to keep your business afloat. federal stimulus checks and unemployment benefits. you might have refinanced your home mortgage as interest rates dropped. covid-19 might have led to your retirement. four in ten taxpayers surveyed think stimulus checks are taxable income. be careful says the chief

tax information officer at jackson hewitt tax service. >> stimulus checks are not taxable. they should not be put on your tax return as taxable income. if you put it on your tax return, the irs will not likely peel that off and say here is a bigger refund for you. you put incorrect on your tax return, especially income, it will stay there. >> reporter: if you receive unemployment benefits, you do need to declare the amount from form 1099-g. some 60 million americans received jobless benefits last year. >> many beneficiaries of unemployment benefits may get one, two or more 1099s this year. and some states in an effort to go green say you have to download your 1099. it will be very important to for taxpayers who received unemployment benefits to tally up their 1099s and make sure they have them all. >> reporter: that's because the irs will have the records and will compare them to what you listed on your return. business owners who got ppp loans, yes, they'll be able to take deductions. as always, he suggests that taxpayers have all their records

assembled in a proverbial shoe box to speed up tax preparation. the irs is encouraging electronic or efiling with direct deposit for faster refunds. about nine out of ten individual taxpayers do. if you're due a refund, you can check on its status by downloading the irs to go mobile app. the irs says most refunds come through in less than 21 days. david louie, abc7 news. >> you can check out david's full interview with a lot more tax advice on our connected tv app for roku and other devices. today's rain is just the beginning of a series of storms spencer tracking three in total from now to next week.

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dan, i took advantage of a brief break in the rain to get the dog out on a potty walk. >> i did the same thing. we took a walk before it started to drizzle. spencer, more rain coming i guess? >> oh, yes, it is. it's a wet evening commute. i'm glad my commute was only from the kitchen to family room tonight. let's take a look at live doppler 7. we've got widespread rain, and we've got some very, well, moderate to heavy rain pushing onshore right now, right through the central part of the bay area from marin county around mill valley and tiburon down through san francisco into daly city and

san bruno. let me give you a closer look of what's happening in the city where we're getting a drenching in the richmond district down to the sunset district, down into sunset along john daly boulevard. it's pouring in some of those areas. it's wet, and it's going to continue to be wet for much of this evening. here is a nice view from our exploratorium camera looking back at the cityscape. right now at this spot it doesn't appear to be very wet. 52 in san francisco and half moon bay. and in morgan hill as a matter of fact. 55 in oakland, mountain view and san jose. and here is the view of the golden gate where it's wet and about to get a bit wetter. as i just showed you, there is a batch of rain about to move through the golden gate right now. 51 in santa rosa. novato 54. 52 at napa, fairfield and livermore. and 53 degrees at concord. and looking across the embarcadero, which is a bit wet and glistening in the evening lights. these are our forecast features. rain will end overnight, but -- and we can expect dry and breezy

conditions tomorrow. so even as the rain ends, we're going have still occasionally gusty pattern through the day tomorrow. two more light storms will follow over the holiday weekend, president's day is monday, and dry and milder weather is expected next tuesday and wednesday. let's take a closer look at our current storm. it ranks 1 on the abc7 storm impact. through the night and into the wee hours of the morning, we'll have periods of rain briefly heavy. a wet evening commute is under way already. and it will be breezy to gusty during the evening hours and into parts of the day tomorrow as well. here is our forecast animation. we'll pick it up at 7:00 this evening. notice between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m., the bulk of the rain moves out of most regions of the bay area, except the south bay will continue to be getting wet weather at that hour. then between 10:00 p.m. and midnight, we'll see the rain move entirely out of the bay area. a second wave of wider more scattered showers will start pushing into the north bay, and

dring the overnight hours, we'll see it all dissipate and start the day tomorrow morning with at least partly sunny skies. it looks like it will even get sunnier going into the midmorning hours. rainfall totals will be generally between a quarter and half inch by 5:00 a.m. and you can see the wind gusts will continue. they'll taper off a little bit in the wee hours of the morning, but then the gusts will return for much of the day tomorrow from 20 to about 25 miles per hour. overnight lows will be -- oh, i forgot about the sierra. it's snowing there. and winter weather advisory is in effect until 4:00 a.m. we expect maybe up to another foot of snow. on saturday, another wave of light rain comes through the bay area. it won't amount to much. just a few hundreds of an inch of rain. for tonight, low temperature, mainly mid- to upper 40s as the rain tapers off. highs tomorrow upper 50s to low 60s in our inland areas, and the accuweather seven-day forecast looks like this. get a break on valentine's day, but another rainstorm comes in on monday. and then midweek next week sunny and dry and mild. dan and ama?

>> all right. thank you, spencer. well, home ownership is hard in the bay area, as you well know. it becomes harder when you face discrimination. tonight hear from a marin city couple who got low balled by $500,000 on an appraisal, and why they are now convinced race was a factor. >> that's why lack of remorse is an important factor in impeachment. because impeachment, conviction and disqualification is not just about the past, it's about the future. >> today democrats wrapped

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> it's certainly no secret that home ownership is the pathway to building wealth in america, but what's hard in the bay area is even harder for some. . >> and tonight a look at the growing inequity in home ownership rates in the bay area. abc7 news race and culture reporter julian glover has the story of a marin couple who almost got cheated out of half a million dollars. >> it was work, but it was

exciting. >> reporter: paul and his wife tenicia austin felt they captured a slice of the american dream in 2016 when they purchased their first home together, this original marin city pole home. but it wasn't without challenges. >> as soon as the house came on the market, you go in, you put your bid in, and then you get outbided by $1,000 or more rather quickly. and that can be a little bit depressing. >> reporter: they bought the home off market from another black family, hoping to make home ownership a reality for a young black couple. after moving into the home built in the 1960s, the austins staged major renovations, adding an entire floor and more than one thousand square feet of space along with a new floor and appliances. then they got appraised. >> i read the appraisal. this is unbelievable. >> reporter: the family tells me the appraisal was an older white woman. they believe race was a factor. just $100,000 more than they got

i praised for despite $400,000 in renovations. >> this is a slap in the face. >> reporter: the austins immediately called their lender and pushed back. after a month of escalating their complaints, they were approved for a second appraisap. when the date came, we got creative. >> we had a conversation with one of our white friends, and she is no problem. i'll be tenicia. she made our home looked like it belonged to her. >> and it worked. >> it appraised for 1.482, which was 50% more than what it appraised for by a couple of weeks prior. >> almost 1.5. $500,000 more. >> reporter: the austins were outraged and believed this is another ugly result of larger systemic issues. >> there are implications of the ability to create generational wealth or pass things on if our house is appraised for 50% less than what it's valued at. >> we know discrimination is in nearly every aspect of the home

buying process, and really, we need to be addressing it as an industry. >> reporter: discrimination in the housing market comes in many forms and has a long history in our country and in the bay area, leading to alarming low rates of black americans owning their own home. black home ownership lags across the country with less than half, only 44% of black americans owning their own home in 2020. compare that to 74% for white americans. looking at the golden state, just 34% of black californians own a home. in the bay area, those numbers are lower. 33% of black san francisco residents own a home compared to 61% of white san franciscans. the numbers are more drastic in san jose with a black home ownership rate of 31% and a white home ownership rate of 65%, more than double. why are we seeing such a great disparity? >> there are still problems in the housing industry. black people being steered away from white neighborhoods, even though that is technically illegal, or black people not having the same access to

mortgages that white people have. >> reporter: according to the national association of realtors, black applicants are rejected to mortgage loans at rates three times higher than that oft white applicants, another problem suppressing black home ownerships? >> black americans have doubled the amount of student loan debt. that's one of the many hurdles that african american home buyers are really strapped with and holds back their buying power. >> reporter: and the pandemic has made things worse. the representative from nar stressed closing the home ownership gap is essential to closing the wealth gap in our country. to make that happen, equity in housing and access to affordable homes must be the central focus. the austins agree. >> if we are aware the bias exists in other systems, police, school, why wouldn't they also exist in the housing market, and what can we do to fix that? there. >> could be help on the way in the form two of biden administration proposals. the first would extend $15,000

in down payment assistance for first time home buyers. the other a $100 billion fund to update existing and create new affordable housing. covering race, and social justice, julian glover, abc7 news. >> if you have a story for julian, reach out the him online or twitter or facebook. you can find him at julian g. at abc7. and on instagram he is julian glover tv. stay here with us. our look at race and issues of social justice continue. next, hear some of our live conversation with actor daniel lieu and commentator w. kamau bell discussing the relationship between the bay

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's been a surge of violence against asian americans in recent weeks. today at 3:00 p.m. on abc7's getting answer, kristen sze and job bona fortson interviewed actor daniel wu and commentator w. kamau bell. >> daniel wu explains why he decided to use his money and visibility to do something. >> i remember growing up here it was a really diverse community where we all got along really well.

once the pandemic started, there was this serious hatred towards asians i never experienced in the bay area before. i was shocked, especially seeing it come from the bay area. there are other places in the country where i expect that to come from, but the bay area didn't seem it was that kind of place. we have a strong latinx population, strong black population, and strong asian population and strong white population. and we all work together. to see that happen here made me sad. it made me really, really sad. >> kristen asked w. kamau bell what caucasian people can do. trust the black and brown folks and the asian folks in their lives and the indigenous folks when they tell them that racism is happening. stop doubting that racism is not a force. it's an economic force. it's a force throughout this country that affects all levels of this country. and i think that means white people, you have to put yourself in an uncomfortable position and figure out where to get on the front lines, use your privilege to help that could be financial. again, it could be social media. it also means talking to that uncle that you avoid on facebook

or in your house. that means you have to collect your people the way that black people collect our people, the way that asian people came to daniel this week to talk to him about some things. you to be willing to go after your people. see yourself as a white person, and then when white people do things that are wrong you, have to be embarrassed as a white person the way the rest of us as a black person are embarrassed when our people do things that are out of pocket. >> as the bay area deals with ires of race and social justice, we're here to help. just head to our website, abc7news.com slash takeaction for a list of local resources. first of three storms arrived today. arrived today. spencer shows ♪ ♪ be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications.

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at least six people were killed in this massive pileup in texas involving 133 vehicles, if you can believe it. it happen around 6:00 a.m. in fort worth. police say ice was likely the factor. freezing rain has caused slick roads. you can hear some of the crashes in this video taken by a passing driver. watch. 65 people were hurt.

some were treated at the scene, but three dozen people were taken to hospitals. one driver who stopped just short of the crash said when he got out of his car, it was like stepping on to an ice rink. >> just awful. well, today democrats wrapped up their opening arguments in the impeachment trial against donald trump, presenting their case for why he is guilty of inciting the deadly insurrection on january 6. abc reporter faith abubey has the story. >> reporter: playing out the final day in split screen. the democratic prosecutors turning their focus to how former president donald trump's actions and inaction allegedly contributed to the deadly insurrection and left lasting damage. >> this was not a hidden crime. the president told them to be there and so they actually believed they would face no punishment. >> reporter: democrats taking senators who were seated as jurors through the january 6 capitol hill riot frame by

frame, using the perspective of trump's own supporters to show how the mob repeatedly echoed the former president's words. the impeachment managers arguing that trump started encouraging the mob long before the election. >> january 6 was a culmination of the president's actions, not an aberration from them. >> reporter: then invited the rioters to washington with clear orders to stop the certification of gibraltar's electoral college win. the house managers adding even after the disastrous assault on the capitol he allegedly inspired, trump has yet to show any remorse. >> people thought that what i said was totally appropriate. >> reporter: despite the impeachment manager's presentation receiving bipartisan praise, trump's lawyers telling fox news the democrats have yet to make their case. >> tomorrow's our opportunity to go. that's when we start to present our case. >> reporter: as they wrap their arguments, democrats may not win the support of the 17 republican

senators needed to convict, but hope they've made a clear and convincing case to the american people. >> this wasn't just an attack on the capitol building and the dedicated people inside. it was an attack on what we were elected to preserve, our democracy. >> reporter: and trump's defense team is expected to push back on several of the democrats' claims, arguing that a former president should not be punished for what they call political speech. faith abubey, abc news, capitol hill. >> and abc news is providing gavel toel special coverage of the impeachment trial. watch it streaming on our connected tv app for your roku, apple tv, amazon fire and android tv. download the app by searching abc7 bay area. and abc7 coverage of the impeachment trial today preempted "the view." that episode will air overnight at 3:00 a.m. oakland's lunar new year celebration is kicking off tomorrow. organizers are saying it's an opportunity to highlight traditions from different asian

countries. >> historically, when we've had our online lunar new year, it's mostly focused on chinese cultural traditions and how we celebrate. we wanted to invite vietnamese new year traditions, korean and so on. we're very happy and excited to roll this out for everyone. >> meanwhile, san francisco's public works department is cleaning up historic chinatown in preparation for the new year. cleaning crews have power-washed sidewalk, alleyways and trash cans and cleaned up graffiti on the streets and the broadway tunnel. painters even touched up lampposts and the dragon gate at the main southern entrance at grant and bush, all for the lunar new year which is a wonderful time of year. i guess when the rain comes, ama, virtual celebrations come in really handy. >> exactly. i can hear the rain coming down now, spencer. >> yes, it is coming down. we just had a downpour here just

in my backyard. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see with all the rain showing up, the green is widespread. with the yellows and oranges, there is quite an area of steadier, heavier rain as well from south san francisco down to san mateo to redwood city. it's getting really wet on the peninsula at the moment. storm ranked 1 on the abc7 storm impact scale. so for the remainder of tonight, maybe even into the wee hours of the morning, we can expect more pairings of rain briefly heavy. a wet commute sub way, obviously, and it will be breezy to gusty from time to time. by 10:00 tonight, as you can see on the forecast animation, only the south bay will still be getting steady rain. and then later in the night and during the overnight hours, we might see a few pockets of scattered showers in the north bay. but by 5:00 tomorrow morning, as the morning commute getsunder way, we expect the rain to be out of here and at least partial clear willing be taking place. during the overnight hours, as the clouds begin to part a little bit, we'll see low temperatures mainly in the mid- to upper 40s.

a bit chillier in some north bay locations like lakeport, santa rosa and ukiah. tomorrow we expect mainly sunny day certainly by midday. still breezy. highs will range from upper 50s at the coast to about 60, 61 degrees around the bay shoreline to low to mid-60s inland. and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. after tomorrow's drying out, we get another weak storm on saturday, a light storm that will produce morning showers. but later in the day we expect some partial clearing. that clearing should last for most of the day on sunday, which is valentine's day before another rain event begins late sunday night mainly in the north bay. then continues to spread to other parts of the bay area on monday. and then on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, we expect sunny skies, dry conditions, and milder weather. things are looking good next week, dan and ama. >> all right, sounds nice. some rain, some sun. thanks, spencer. all right. what will the weather be like at pebble beach? abc7 sports director larry beil

is here with the annual pro am. larry? >> you should ask spencer. it's not my department. he's got all that stuff. no, actually, it was fine today. i'm a junior being the operative word there. anyway, the pro am a lot different this year. no fans. so it's a lot quieter. pretty good scoring conditions today. jordan spieth making his own noise. the eagle has landed. and th we are the thrivers. women with metastatic breast cancer,... ...standing in the struggle. hustling through the hurt. asking for science, not sorrys. our time... ...for more time... ...has come. living longer is possible- and proven in women taking kisqali plus fulvestrant or a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor. kisqali is the only treatment in its class with proven overall survival results in 2 clinical trials. helping women live longer with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali was also significantly more effective

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now abc7 sports with larry beil. a cloudy day, but the greens were perfect for day one of the pebble beach pro am. that allowed golfers to go low, low, low. no fans. pandemic, of course. but we have nature. you otter be there. shot of the day. jordan spieth, 2017 winner at pebble on 10. holes out from the fairway. check out the back spin. that's an eagle. finished at 7 under 65, tied for fourth. putt of the day, bronson bronsb brigoon. shot a 68 from way downtown. rickie fowler in 75th place. nice chip in from the day on 4 for birdie. tom hoge from the t-box on the par 3 17th, nice shot. this is for a tap-in birdie that he sets up. finished 5 under, tied for 11th. the leader is patrick cantlay. ties the course record.

10 under 62 and leads by two. round two tomorrow. the warriors host orlando tonight at chase. still no james wiseman. so the warriors will go small yet again. got an update on the rookie center from coach steve kerr. it was not encouraging. wiseman was going to be reevaluated ten days after initially injuring his wrist. this is day 12. it will be at least another week to ten days before we see wiseman on the court. the mri came back clean, but wiseman is still feeling pain in that wrist, so he can't play. >> we have to watch him over the next week and see how he does, and hopefully the pain will subside. but basically, the doctor does not want him on the court as long as there is pain. so we'll give him some time and we'll see how long that might be. college hoops. cal hosting utah. crazy finish to this game. we go straight to the final ten seconds. cal is down four. matt bradley drives, and now the bears trail by two with seven

seconds to play. utah turns the ball over on the inbound pass, so bradley for the win? no. but wait. andre kelly is fouled with under a second left. he needs two free throws to tie. misses the first one. so now he has to intentionally miss the next one, hope for a tap-in rebound, and that one he makes. cal loses by one, 76-75. colorado visiting stanford. the desilva family reunion. close game early. tristan for three. he had eight points. brother oscar down low, throws it down. a two-hand jam. led stanford with 22. but nobody else was in double figures for the cardinal. mckinley wright looking for help, doesn't find it. do it myself. colorado cruises, 69-51. andre kelly has to be thinking about that missed free throw over and over and over tonight. poor kid.

warriors and sharks highlights tonight, dan and ama. we'll see you with that at 11:00. excellent. >> that will be a lot of fun. thank you so much, larry. appreciate it. >> all right. coming up tonight on abc7 at 8:00, celebrity wheel of fortune. that's always fun, followed by the chase at 9:00 and the hustler at 10:00. then stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. >> a loft good tv coming up tonight. you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc77 bay area connected tv app. it is available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. just download the app now and start streaming. that will do it, though, for this edition of abc7 news. thanks for join us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us here, we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice evening and that we see you again tonight at 11:00.

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