because they have disproportionately been impacted by covid-19 and are the homes to many essential workers. now, mass vaccinations are on hold in san francisco meantime because of a supply shortage. abc 7 news went by the moscone center today and it was all closed up and is going to remain that way until at least next monday, a week from now. the city plans to open up the city college site on friday for second doses only. the state's largest single health care provider, kaiser permanente, is lagging well behind other systems when it comes to vaccinating even its oldest patients. abc 7 news has heard from people in their 80s who have yet to secure an aointment. those who do get one are finding long lines and long waits. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the latest. >> my mom's been calling kaiser every day, and it's by invitation only. >> reporter: sheila gibson spent weeks waiting for kaiser permanente to send her elderly parents an e-mail invitation to make a covid vaccine appointment. her father is 85 and has several

serious health conditions. >> it's pretty messed up and i don't think everyone -- not even everyone who's eligible is able to signed up. they're not getting invitations. >> and i can't tell you how many calls i've gotten that kaiser is not scheduling these appointments. >> reporter: debbie telif is the ceo of choice and aging an east bay non-profit that's helped thousands of seniors get vaccinated. >> in this older adult population they trust our physician and my physician is at kaiser. and so even when i debbie say hey, you need to enroll with the county system and they're saying, well, i really feel like i need to wait for my physician. >> reporter: a kaiser permanente spokesperson says the system simply does not have enough vaccine yet. kaiser permanente serves 25% of the state's population but has received less than 10% of the state's vaccine since december. we understand and apologize for the frustration some of our members have encountered with the availability of vaccine

appointments. sheila told us even when she got a vaccine appointment here at kaiser oakland the ordeal for her parents was far from over. >> they stood outside with no cover, nowhere to sit, for 2 1/2 hours after their appointment before they could even go in for their vaccine. >> reporter: with increased state allocations in the coming weeks kaiser now expects to make vaccines available to all 270,000 of its members over age 75 by the end of the month. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> and california claims that vaccine equity is a top priority but for weeks the state didn't have the data accessible to actually prove that. the abc 7 news i-team is getting some answers after repeated attempts to push the state to release the race and ethnicity, demographics of the nearly 6 million californians vaccinated so far. sierra is live tonight with a closer look at this issue of vaccine equity. stephanie? >> reporter: dan, every vaccine

across the state of california is submitted to the state registry and tonight we are digging into what is a preliminary and very narrow picture of that registry showing some of the same disparities seen throughout the pandemic. ramon considers himself lucky. the 85-year-old san francisco resident blessed with a devoted caretaker got vaccinated right away. >> how good do you feel? on a scale of 1 to 10. >> well, i feel good. so far i feel 10. >> reporter: but he worries about his latino neighbors, and there's data to validate his concerns. >> equity. >> equity. >> equity. >> reporter: after weeks of promises to prioritize equity, the state has finally released a preliminary picture of the nearly 6 million doses administered, around 32% went to white people. 16% to latinos. 13% to asian americans. close to 14% went to multirace, with only around 3% to black people. around 20% identified race as other or unknown.

with native hawaiian pacific islander american indian and alaska native making up less tan 1%. >> distribution of vaccines administered so far by race and ethnicity are about right for white and asian populations but lower proportionately for latino and black, native american and alaskan native populations. >> reporter: stanford infectious disease physician dr. yvonne maldonado stressed we need more information given the state's reporting lag. a majority of this data is reflective of the state's health care workforce and long-term care communities eligible under phase 1a along with individuals 65 and older. >> there are underlying racial, ethnic disparities in those wokforces. >> reporter: solano county public health deputy director dr. makiash argues it's tough to draw immediate conclusions until vaccinations move to the general public. >> that's when it becomes apparent whether we're doing a good job or a bad job of

reaching non-whites. >> reporter: but until that happens latinos like ramon, who make up more than half of california's covid cases, are worried about reoccurring disparities. >> everybody should get a vaccine. >> reporter: now, starting march 15th, health care providers will be able to vaccinate anyone ages 16 to 64 who are deemed most at risk with underlying health conditions. and at that point and when the state moves to phase 1c we'll have a more detailed picture of the disproportionate impact by race. and of course, dan, we'll keep a close eye on this. >> i know you will. and stephanie, we've wanted this information, data for a while. you've been pushing for it to be released. why has the state been so delayed in publishing it and releasing it? >> reporter: we're learning a majority of the backlog stems from the state's outdated data reporting systems. health officers across the bay area say it's taking days, in some cases weeks even to get vaccination data submitted into this registry. the state says they are work on

trying to speed up this process but it hasn't changed much in the past few months, but we will keep monitoring it to see what happens 37. >> hard to believe in 2021 they have so much trouble tracking this data. stephanie, thanks very much. if you have questions about getting vaccinated or if you have a story that you'd like to abc7news.com/vaccine. you'll see a big blue square. just click on that. there are so many questions about the vaccines. do they work? how do they work? we assembled a town hall of experts last friday and spent an hour answering your questions like can you still infect someone after you've been vaccinated? >> a vaccine, as far as we know today, does not prevent the spread from one person to another. i hope that we will learn that it does. but we don't have that data now. that means that we believe that you can be vaccinated well and protected from becoming significantly ill or dying but still transmit this virus to other people. >> and you can find the entire

vaccine town hall on our abc 7 bay area connected tv app. it's for roku, amazon fire and other devices. finding and booking a vaccine appointment is particularly difficult for one of california's most vulnerable populations. seniors we're talking about here. an already confusing process can be almost impossible for those who don't regularly use computers or the internet. abc 7 news found three bay area women in that exact situation and our reporter luz pena, who is part of our abc 7 news vaccine team, has their stories. ♪ ♪ >> it's been very frustrating. that was the worst part, knowing

that you're eligible and can't find anywhere to get a vaccine. >> not very much information about how to go about making an appointment. >> it's been i guess more rifrk is one way to put it. it's a maze. >> i'm going to start driving to meet with joanne. she's an 83-year-old san franciscan who called her medical provider. they didn't know what to tell her as to where she could get vaccinated. now she's been in limbo for several weeks trying to figure out where she can go. >> hi. you're from abc news? >> yes. hi. >> come in. >> in order to prepare for this interview i made a list with dates of all the things that i have tried and the places i have gone to try to get an appointment. >> how many people do you think

you've called? >> let's see. so i called ucsf. i called sutter health. i went online for sutter health. i went online for ucsf. i called another sutter number. i tried to get it from one medical. and they kept saying, well, you need to go somewhere else to get it, we don't have vaccine. [ phone ringing ] the other number i was on hold another half an hour. luckily you can set your phone to play music and you don't have to do anything. >> you were willing to drive anywhere? >> yeah. eventually. i mean, what are you going to

do? of course. san mateo would have been closer. that's why he was trying san mateo. than fairfield. if i can get new san mateo. but that was booked up. but you know, people like me, if you get an appointment one place i'm going to have to cancel the one in fairfield. i haven't done it yet because i want that shot in my arm before i do it. i had more than 50 replies on next door, people who gave me phone numbers to call, people who gave me their phone number so they could help me. someone from next door sent me a message and said here's a link to safeway. and i clicked the link and by golly, safeway came up with an e-mail, a link to make an appointment. so i have an appointment now. >> i'm just s so ccerned about other seniors. ke what do they do? >> i can't imagine what seniors who don't have a computer, i don't know what they're doing to get a vaccine.

i have no idea. >> we're so grateful to them for sharing their stories. and to find out how those three seniors finally got vaccine appointments head over to abc 7 bay area connected tv app. you can stream the full ten-minute story on demand right now. a 35-foot tree toppled in sn francisco's hayes valley neighborhood this morning. look at this. the fall damaged a parklet outside of absinthe brasserie and bar near the corner of goff and hayes street. thankfully no one was hurt. there's no word yet on what caused the tree to fall but the city says wet soil from today's storm may have contributed to what happened and the ground is already wet because thankfully we are getting these repeated storms, these series one after another. but it does cause a few issues, dan. >> it sure does, ama. always. it's kind of a double-edged sword to this rain. but at least we get periods to dry out. with spencer it sounds like we're about to have another one. >> that is exactly right, dan and ama. let me show you how much

rainfall we've received from this last storm. just over the last 24 hours. it wasn't a severe storm but some locations like stress a pretty good dose of rain. nearly .3 of an inch. just under a half inch in half moon bay and a few other locations received only a few hundredths. we'll see clouds parting and scooting out of here. maybe a few patches of fog. but skies will be clearing. so we'll have a nice sunny start to the day tomorrow. but after a couple of days of drying out more storms coming through thursday through saturday. this is the storm impact scale showing it will be a light storm coming in or two of them. but i'll give you a closer look at the storm and timeline and just what to expect from these storms in just a few minutes. dan and ama. >> all right. thank you so much, spencer. well, coming up here? would say the san francisco school board would get an a for an effort when it comes to removing school names with negative or racist connotations. but it is not getting

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missing all students, last seen 3-13-2020 it reads. almost like an amber alert. the sign for which they paid $1,800 has quickly become divisive. >> it's insulting to our teachers who are working so hard. >> i was a little shocked, and it was a little bit offensive to teachers for what we're doing. >> reporter: but this issue is bigger than one sign, bigger than one school district, bigger than one county, even bigger than one state. it's a national discussion. what's happening here in sonoma county just a microcosm. >> i think the fundamental principle is to give parents choice. >> reporter: jennifer wilterwood is a former school board president in cotati and rohnert park. none of the parents who pachd in to pay for that sign agreed to be interviewed today but she knows them. >> honestly i think it's the unions that are holding people back. >> reporter: maya perez, the superintendent in that district, says it's a lot more complicated than that. >> it's a very difficult process to get our schools ready. >> reporter: and then there's ryan sweet, a stay-at-home dad with two kids who says the

system just isn't efficient this way. >> i would never say that the teachers aren't working hard. but i think they've been given an opportunity by working at home to walk around in their pajamas all day long and not have to do what they would normally be doing by being at school present, standing next to these kids in their classroom. >> reporter: finally, we have fourth-grade teacher kiyoko nakano. wat do they not understand? >> that we're working like twice, thrice, four times, almost ten times as hard as we did when we were teaching in the classroom. >> reporter: what's the takeaway? if they intended this sign to begin a discussion, it worked. in the north bay wayne freedman, abc 7 news. the san francisco school board has been criticized for trying to rename 44 schools. it's been controversial because apparently not enough research was put into it or in some cases the committee that advised the school board got the facts wrong.

abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is in the newsroom with the latest mistake. lyanne? >> reporter: well, i'm going to give you an example. excuse me. sanchez elementary. i'm sure many of you out there don't know who mr. sanchez was. in fact, there were a few of them who lived in california in the 1800s. so perhaps the advisory committee was confused and didn't get it right. that's when you kuehlyou call a historian. this is the school names advisory committee. their task is to determine whether the names of schools in san francisco are still relevant or appropriate and then make recommendations to the school board. the committee used specific criteria like colonization, slavery, racism and genocide. here's my interview with the school board president in late january. >> we're committed to undoing symbols of racism and white supremacy culture. >> reporter: for example, alvarado elementary made the list of schools the committee determined should be renamed.

>> alvarado? >> spanish colonizer who stole land and resources from native people. >> reporter: but no historians or professors that we know of were consulted. in fact, one committee member even admitted going on the internet to do her research. >> i found it on history.com, which is pretty credible. >> reporter: it appears that the research they did was not always accurate. take sanchez elementary, named after the street. the committee thought sanchez street is named after jose bernardo sanchez, born in spain, who in the early 1800s accompanied a military expedition against indigenous peoples. >> sanchez is -- again, here's another -- this is another colonizer. who basically -- >> if you say colonizer, meets our criteria. >> colonizer, california missions, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. it's in the notes. >> reporter: but according to records from the city and county of san francisco, it appears that sanchez street was named

after francisco sanchez, born in san jose and buried here at mission dolores. he was the eighth alcalde, which means mayor, when california was still part of mexico. we reached out to the president and vice president of the school board today, but they did not respond. and as we all know, it is a holiday. so perhaps they were not available. but several media organizations have pointed out some of these mistakes. we're not sure if that will persuade the school board to change its mind with regard to some of these school names. ama? >> lyanne, there's been so much criticism around this issue. so what do you think if anything will change their minds? >> reporter: well, you know, i think where the committee made a mistake or perhaps they were confused i think they will take a second look. we hope so. now, that committee is not finished with its work. i've been told that they will meet again on february 24th at 5:30 p.m. via zoom.

and how to access that meeting so you can watch will be given out soon. so that's a way for our viewers, for you, to listen in. >> all right. sounds good. thank you so much, lyanne. more to come here. we saw sun after the storm today but it will not stay dry for too long. long. spencer shows you when the next long. spencer shows you when the next ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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tahoe. ooh. it even looks a little cold, doesn't it? this is a view from our camera at zephyr cove. that's a cool shot, though. and here's a look at road conditions in the sierra from a few hours ago. there was a traffic control around highway 50 directing drivers who were heading home after the long holiday weekend to see the fresh snow on the ground there from the past few days. ooh. and the moisture on the lens there. the raindrops. more snow is expected in the sierra later tonight. right now no chains required on 80 or 50. apparently you're good to go. but yeah, looks a little bit cold out there. it's a little breezy here, dan. >> it is a little breezy here. and spencer christian is tracking what we can expect the next couple of days. spencer? >> all right, ama and dan. our skies are clearing, as you can see on this view from our exploratorium camera looking back at part of the skyline of san francisco. so partly cloudy, partly clear right now, 53 degrees in the city. 57 in oakland at mid 50s. mountain view, san jose, morgan hill and half moon bay. this is an unobstructed view

looking westward from emeryville. you can also see how much clearer the skies are now than earlier today. mid 50s in santa rosa, novato, fairfield, concord and livermore. these are our forecast features as we look at traffic on the golden gate bridge. chilly inland overnight, areas of morning fog. dry, bright, and breezy the next two days. so nice little break is coming our way. rain returns, though, late thursday into -- thursday night i should say into saturday morning. but for tonight again, the clouds will continue to go away. temperatures will drop into the upper 30s, low 40s and highs tomorrow are going to be mainly in the mid 50s on the coast and upper 50s to about 60 elsewhere. under breezy but bright conditions. i'll give you a look at the full seven-day forecast in the big weather which comes up a little bit later. dan and ama? >> all right. look forward to that. thanks, spencer. a lot more to come here. donald trump's second impeachment trial is over, as you know, and for the second time he's been acquitted. next you're going to hear from east bay congressman eric swalwell, one of the impeachment

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>> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. a simple majority isn't enough. for the second time democrats failed in their effort to convict former president trump in an impeachment trial. but the case is actually not completely closed. >> no, now house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for the creation of a commission to investigate the capitol riot. abc news reporter mary alice parks has the story. >> reporter: president trump celebrating this presidents' day, waving to supporters near his home in florida two days after his acquittal in his second impeachment trial. though they fell short of the 2/3 threshold needed to convict, democrats say they have no regrets. in the end 57 senators found trump guilty, including seven republicans.

and democrats argued most republicans were always going to stand with him. >> even if we had the president say on the record that i sent them there to destroy the democracy for my own gain, some of them would still not have voted to convict him. >> reporter: the former president could still face legal problems. >> there are charges that may be brought by the district of columbia for the insurrection of the riot. >> reporter: republican leader mitch mcconnell almost inviting prosecution. >> didn't get away with anything yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country. >> reporter: mcconnell this weekend blamed trump for the violence on january 6th but voted not guilty. he cited a constitutional debate about convicting a former president. though mcconnell had held the gavel while trump was still in office. president biden in a statement pointed to mcconnell's own words, adding "while the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute.

now, as far as next steps speaker pelosi announced monday that congress will move toward establishing an outside independent 9/11-style commission to investigate the domestic terrorist attacks on the united states capitol on january 6th. mary alice parks, abc news, washington. one of the house impeachment managers was east bay congressman eric swalwell. today on midday live we spoke with him about the trial. >> it doesn't matter how many witnesses you call. you know, we could have called witnesses well into 2022. we could have had a confession from the president. it wasn't going to change their minds. these folks were determined to not convict. so we didn't need more witnesses. we needed more courage. >> also providing us insight today, uc berkeley professor and former secretary of labor under president clinton robert reich. >> the biggest takeaway is actually the details of what happened on january 6th, kristen. i don't know about you, but i thought i knew everything that had happened.

but watching the trial and specifically watching that 13-minute videotape that was put together by the impeachment managers was just heart-wrenching. and i think that historically that video and a lot of the other facts that came out are really going to be the most important things that people understand and remember and the most important consequences. >> on midday live we asked viewers for their main feeling after their impeachment trial. the majority, 81%, chose disappointed. 7% were happy. 6% were worried. and we'll turn now to our effort to build a better bay area. in santa clara county a local official concerned over a dramatic drop in covid-19 testing. in fact, many officials are. this week they're going to begin using a new type of test aimed at attracting more people. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen explains where you'll be able to find it. >> reporter: tonight in santa clara county preparations are under way to unveil a new

covid-19 diagnostic test. >> a lot of people would feel comfortable getting this test. it's very non-invasive. >> reporter: starting this week, saliva-based testing will be offered at emmanuel baptist church in east san jose and the south county annex in gilroy. these locations were among the first in the county to transition to self-administered nasal swab testing back in december. under the new formal participants will not be able to eat, drink, smoke or chew gum 30 minutes before saliva collection for accurate results. >> the more the saliva sits in your mouth, the higher the sensitivity is going to be. because you're picking up virus that's replicating, that's making more of itself in that area. >> reporter: the change comes as the county's experiencing a dramatic drop in testing since the spike over the holiday season. officials say they're currently utilizing only 55% of capacity. >> those people especially on the front line at work need to get in and be tested at least

monthly and more often if necessary. >> reporter: the new test is expected to be faster and easier. participants will spit into a test tube, and because it will be self-administered infectious disease experts say it will help reduce the potential exposure of medical personnel and also free them up to work on vaccinating the public. >> many of our communities, particularly the latinx community here in santa clara county, is still being very hard hit by covid-19. so anything that we can do to increase the uptake of testing will be very, very positive. >> reporter: and although more vaccines are now available -- >> testing is a crucial part of contact tracing. because to do contact tracing you have to o'start with testing in the first place. >> reporter: a reminder that testing will continue to play a key role in reducing the spread of the virus. in san jose chris nguyen, abc 7 news. overall, coronavirus activity in california continues to trend down, which is really encouraging news considering we saw the peak of activity just a few months ago. today's number of new cases is below average, is is the number

of newly reported deaths. hospitalizations and icu numbers continue to decrease as well. while we're seeing numbers trending in this direction for several days, today's individual data might be artificially low because of the holiday, keep in mind. we're going to check on these same numbers tomorrow to see if there's a spike due to a lag in reporting. so much focus is on coronavirus these days. but coming up we want to take a moment to highlight what doctors at stanford have just launched. it's a system that will help it's a system that will help them ♪ ♪ ♪ why do you build me up, build me up... ♪ ♪ buttercup... ♪ ♪ baby just to let me down! ♪ ♪ let me down! ♪ ♪ and mess me around... ♪ ♪ and worst of all, worst of all ♪ if you ride, you get it. geico motorcycle. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

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exercise, eat right, get regular checkups. all advice we've heard from doctors many times before. but sometimes it's not so simple. especially if you're battling a genetic disease. now, stanford doctors are finding a better way to treat those patients. amy hower very much wanted to start a family, but first she needed to solve a mystery. >> the unknown, not knowing why really just kind of got us stuck. >> reporter: amy says she'd been running and exercising for most of her life, until doctors discovered a dangerous inherited condition called cardiomyopathy which diminishes the heart's ability to pump blood. what they couldn't tell her at

age 32 was the exact cause or whether she might pass it down to her children. >> which if i had a child could end up like me or an over 50% chance that it would be much more severe for the child and they would suffer. >> that's exactly the part of genetic testing, in thrt this very powerful whole genome sequencing. >> reporter: the hower family eventually turned to dr. ashley founder of the center for inherited cardiovascular diseases at stanford. along with collaborateors dr. ashley has just helped launch a new genetic testing program. it gives doctors at stanford the power to sequence and search a patient's entire genome for clues to the cause of their disease. the difference between looking at a handful of genes versus about 20,000. he says in many cases the answers can lead to life-changing treatment. >> with the genetic basis for the disease we can use that to then have much more precise therapies. >> reporter: in amy hower's case it was also the ability to conquer her fear of the unknown.

the team was able to pinpoint the genetic cause of her heart condition and eliminate a more dangerous candidate. and while there are still unanswered questions, the information gave amy enough confidence to begin a family that now joyfully includes two daughters. >> my hope and my dream now that i decided to go forward with a family is that they are as protected as they can be, that they will live their fullest life that they can live. >> reporter: and to be able to take full advantage of all of the advances that may come in the future. amazing work being done. dr. ashley, no relation, by the way, also uses the power of gene sequencing as part of a group called the undiagnosed disease network. it's a collaboration of centers across the country that work together to solve the origins of difficult or mysterious cases. and again, really remarkable stuff they're doing. and ama, i like the sound of it, though, dr. ashley. >> i knew you would, dan. all right. we'll have sunny skies tomorrow.

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severe winter weather across the country could affect us here in the bay area. cal iso tweeted just a few hours ago that we should conserve energy "to help ease stressed grid conditions in other areas of the west." which are really strained. abc news reporter rena roy shows us the weather has made for dangerous conditions in many places. >> reporter: two dueling winter storms causing chaos across the country. drivers losing control of their cars. in mississippi you can see at least five 18-wheelers involved in this crash. in ohio dashcam video shows a car skidding, nearly sliding off the highway. and after pulling out of a driveway this pickup truck in nashville sliding sideways down the street. this video showing just how thick the ice is on the roads in tennessee. snow wall strealso creating iss. similar scenes in other places

including louisiana. >> i wasn't expecting it to get this cold at all. it's crazy. >> reporter: power lines near new orleans are sparking from freezing rain. meantime, texas has been pummeled. governor greg abbott issuing a disaster declaration across the state. some areas seeing nearly a foot of snow. drone footage shows snow blanketing the highways in houston. people trying to navigate the dangerous conditions with power out in many areas. >> all the lights are out over here. >> reporter: in el paso -- >> that was a really bad accident, man. >> reporter: -- multiple cars and trucks mangled in the median of this highway. >> i do not encourage people, for example, to try to leave their homes. the roadways and the streets are still very much treacherous. >> reporter: so this man decided to ice skate on the roads instead. in south texas snow is a rare sight. in the resort town of galveston palm trees are covered with it. and in the midwest drone footage shows lake michigan in chicago frozen over. some people waking up to temperatures 30 to 50 below

zero. and here in the northeast the big concern tonight and tomorrow is ice and freezing rain. but aside from all this cold winter weather, in the south severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, damaging high winds and even large hail are also expected. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> very intense conditions there, dan. >> yeah, brutal actually in so many parts of the country. spencer, just tough to watch. i mean, millions and millions of people in very difficult conditions right now. >> that is true. not only is there the discomfort of the extreme cold that people are not used to but there are power outages and people having accidents. it's not good for your health if that's not the kind of condition you're used to encountering every day. so really difficult there. but things are pretty calm here except for our wind. right now we've gotten some pretty strong wind speeds. gusts to 28 miles per hour in san francisco. right now 26 down at sfo. 17 at half moon bay. all across the bay area you can see it's pretty breeze qi.

temperature readings in the mid or low to mid 50s. it probably feels a little cooler than it actually is because of the strong wind. here's a view of the golden gate bridge as we take a look at our forecast features. chilly inland tonight as temperatures will drop into the upper 30s. dry breezy days will be with us the next two days. the rain returns late thursday night. here's the forecast animation for tonight. you can see how the clouds are just kind of clearing out of here and that will give us mainly clear skies which of course will allow temperatures to drop into the chilly range. so we'll start the day tomorrow with bright skies. overnight lows once again mainly upper 30s in the inland valleys. low to mid 40s right around the bay shoreline and on the coast. and then tomorrow breezy conditions once again but bright mostly sunny skies high temperatures in the mid 50s on the coast, upper 50s around the bay shoreline, and 60 to about 62 degrees in most inland areas. now let's skip ahead, take a look at our approaching storms. there are two of them. they're light storms.

both ranking 1 on the abc 7 storm impact scale. beginning thursday evening and continuing into early saturday morning. it will be breezy at times. slippery commutes from these two storms but we don't expect a tremendous amount of rainfall. here's the forecast animation starting at 9:00 thursday night when that first wave of rain will start to push through and it will produce a pretty wet picture for us on friday morning. so -- that rain will not last all day. there will be a little bit of a break before the next wave, a weak one, comes in if i night, continues into early saturday morning and then by midday saturday we'll be looking at dry conditions into the weekend. rainfall totals from the two weak storms will probably be under a quarter of an inch for nearly all of the bay area, which is pretty good news. we like getting these. we need to get these little storms. the weak to moderate ones with a little space in between. and that's exactly what we have as you can see here on the accuweather seven-day forecast. our next two days will be sunny and mild with high temperatures into the low to mid 60s tuesday

into wednesday. then we'll get a little bit of evening rain on thursday. wet and breezy on friday. early morning showers on sunday with partial clearing later in the day. and then we go into sunday and monday with sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. nice little sort of a spring preview coming our way as the weekend winds down and we get into early next week. dan and ama? >> yeah, we are getting into mid february here. thank you, spencer. >> i like the spring preview, though. that sounds nice. on to sports. chris alvarez is here. and we've got the warriors in action, chris. >> yeah. always fun when the warriors are in action. they're tipping off at the top of the hour. coming up in sports we know stephen curry gets a

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after using xiidra, wait 15 minutes before reinserting contacts. got any room in your eye? talk to an eye doctor about twice-daily xiidra. i prefer you didn't! xiidra. not today, dry eye. >> announcer: now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. well, you may have first heard of oakland native and warriors forward juan toscano-anderson over the summer as he led a peaceful protest in his hometown. he was joined by many warriors teammates as they used their platform to promote change. on the court the 27-year-old east bay native is making the most of his role in the starting line-up these days. recently juan, who goes by several nicknames including juan t and jta gained social media fame by being called steph's teammate in a bleacher report tweet. he responded by saying hi, i'm steph's teammate. my name is juan. but today we learned nobody ever calls him by his first name. >> it's super weird hearing people call me juan because

nobody calls me juan. none of my friends. my mom doesn't call me juan. my girlfriend doesn't call me juan. i thought that was funny. honestly, i didn't think that tweet was going to blow up the way it did. i was just trying to be funny to be honest. you know, i mean, for me as long as i have a reference and people know who i am in this league then that's really what matters to me. >> what does your mom call you? >> honey. hey, honey. she's never -- i can't even recall the last time my mom called me juan. >> all right. the undersized warriors catch a bit of a break tonight. the cavs are intentionally sitting out center andre drummond as they are actively trying to trade the big man. seven-foot drummond is a two-time all-star and certified beast inside averaging close to 18 points and 14 rebounds a game this year. they've alerted jared allen in the trade. he's six years younger and on a much cheaper contract. we'll have highlights of course at 11:00. the defending champion lakers will be without star center anthony davis until sometime in march. davis suffered a right calf

strain during last night's loss in denver. there was initial concern it was a problematic right achilles but today the mri showed it was a little higher in the calf and the achilles was not the issue. good news for the lakers. a.d. will be reevaluated in two to three weeks. that's right around the all-star break. all right. g league action. santa cruz warriors and the raptors. lin had 25 points, seven threes in the last game. no foul, play continues. nico mannion forces the turnover. gets it back to lin for the bucket. jeremy had 17. late third quarter we advance the game. nico mannion is going to miss the three but selem mawube. yeah. what a dunk that was. the put-back. he was a pac west player of the year azusa pacific. he can get up and make things happen. mannion scored 24, jordan poole scored a team-high 32 but santa cruz falls 135-125. the g league at walnut creek they won their game today. if you missed it yesterday a lot of teams having fun with valentine's day on social media. the warriors every kiss begins with klay. can i have your number for the

a's. and how about the giants, say yaz valentine. playing off all these players' names. easy money for the packers and aaron rodgers. you're my mvp. and the super bowl champion tampa bay bucs with you're my greatest catch. and you've grot that amazing photo of tom brady throwing the lombardy trophy over those boats. what a great photo that was. very creative way for the social media teams across sports yesterday to talk about that. i love the warriors. the giants. the a's. they're really, really fun. and tonight we have a huge night in the sports department. warriors, sharks and the stanford women in action. but want to go back to juan toscano-anderson. i asked steve kerr what he calls jta? he said jta or jt and asked him. are you ever going to call him honey like his mom? he politely said no and laughed at me. but i had to ask. coach kerr will not be calling juan toscano anderson honey yp p i was going to ask the very same question because it seemed to me calling him honey in our highlights would be awkward. >> we'll see at 11:00.

big game for money tonight. >> i can just picture kerr, though. honey? >> or like chris, why are you asking this question? >> funny. >> that's so cool. and by the way, if we have to have a winner of all the valentine's day tweets i have to give it to every kiss begins with klay. because you can hear the jingle going in your head -- ♪ every kiss begins with klay ♪ >> that's nice. >> and singing it. >> i'm moonlighting as a singer now. we have too much time today. >> well done too. >> that's awesome. thanks, chris. coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 the bachelor followed by the good doctor at 10:00 and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc 7 bay area connected tv app, available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download now and start streaming. that's it for us for now. thank you so much for watching. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, chris alvarez, all of us here we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice evening and that we see you again at 11:00.

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