military personnel for a domestic operation ever, in history. now at 5:00. last minute preparations under way this oakland for a new mass vaccination site opening today. the federal pilot program kicking off in california. growing frustration for kaiser patients trying to get vaccines. why the healthcare company says it is lagging behind others systems. forget the nasal swab. one county wants people tested by offering a less invasive option. historic winter storm. more than 70% of the continental u.s. covered in snow this morning. the impact we can expect to see at the gas pump. good morning it is tuesday february the 16th. >> and we are one of the warm spottes on the map this morning. check out meteorologist nooing as the rest of the country is dealing with this deep freeze. hey mike. >> good morning, julian.

jobina, kumasi. hello to you. we're all laughing at what they are dealing with and now it is going hit our wallets possibly. once in a lifetime winter outbreak there. live doppler 7. party cloudy to mostly clear. no rain in the forecast. and the winds are keeping much of the fog from forming now. the usual spots could have a little by the end of the commute. a look from the roof camera, you can see it is dry out there and definitely cooler. temperatures in the upper 30s to upper-40s by 7:00. mid- to upper-50s at noon. warm apparent 4:00 with high clouds and sunshine. close to average and back down into the low-50s and you are heading out at 7:00. one more dry day before another chance of rain and we'll talk about that coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. two federal mass vaccination sites opening in california today. one is here in the bay area.

the other in southern california. governor newsom will be joining leaders at the opening of the sites at cal state l.a. state and federal agencies are partnering on the effort. health officials hope to admin up to 6,000 vaccines every day. it will be open for both drive-thru and walk-up point appointments it. will also deploy a mobile clinic. the second federal vaccination site is opening at the oakland coliseumment today. amy hollyfield in the newsroom with why this site might not have the same issues with supply? >> tale of two cities. san francisco has closed its mass vaccination sites because of lack of supply. while oakland is opening a huge one. the difference? the federal government. the oakland coliseum site is one of the centers directed to open by the president of the united states. president joe biden ordered 100 of these to open in 30 days and

federal officials say no pauses in operations or closures are expected. this site has already received 42,000 doses for this week. >> this is the largest deployment of military personnel for a domestic operation, ever. in history. including hurricane katrina, which was huge by all means. so this is a big undertaking. requires a lot of coordination. >> they expect to admin 6,000 doses a day at the coliseum site. they are also opening a federal-run site like this at cal state in l.a. the my turn website is handling appointments and you can go to our website abc7 news comnews.c link to those appointments. the vaccination site is allowing people 65 or older or healthcare workers, residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, food and agriculture workers, teachers and other child care staff and emergency

services workers. this will be opening today here in oakland. from the newsroom, amy hollyfield abc7 news. the city of berkly is expanding vaccine eligibility. anyone who works as the berkeley grocery store or child care setting qualifies to get a shot. bring an id badge or letter from your employer to confirm eligibility. the appointments tomorrow through saturday online and at the vaccination site on buchanan street in albany. the vaccines are free. new details on california's contract with blue shield to run the state's vaccination program. it calls for 4 million doses to be administered every week by april 30th. blue shield has to provide equity reports that will be used to prioritize distribution of the vaccine. providers must administer 95% of their vaccines within a week of receiving them. blue shield will work with the state to deliver vaccines to

people who are unable to leave their home. the state's largest single healthcare provider, kaiser permanente is lagging well behind other systems when it comes to vaccinating, even their oldest patients. abc7 news is heard from people in their 80s who have yet to get an invitation to make an appointment. those who do get one are finding long lines and waits. >> they stood outside with no cover, nowhere to sit for two and a half hours after their appointment before they could even go in for their vaccine. >> kaiser says the system simply does not have enough vaccine yet. with increased state allocations kaiser expects to make vaccines available to all 270 of its members over 75 by the end of the month. in the south bay santa clara county is worried about a drop in covid testing so it is rolling out new type of test this week. people will be able to do a saliva-based test. at two locations. as the self administered test.

all you got to do is spit in a tube not. eating, drinking, smoking or chewing gum 30 minutes before. >> a lot of people would feel comfortable getting this test. it is very non invasive. testing is a crucial part of contact tracing, because to do contact tracing off the start with testing in the first place. >> a lot of people have complained about the nasal swabs. now there is no reason to skip out on a test. santa clara county says currently it is only using 55% of its testing capacity. a powerful winter storm is dumping snow and ice across a large section of the country this morning and could cause gas prices to jump in the coming days. jobina at the desk with the conditions. this were morning, more than 70% of the continental u.s. is covered in snow right now. mills of americans from the southern plains to the ohio valley and northeast as well remain under winter weather

advisories. a live picture right now of rochester new york and the conditions there in the area. we definitely have icy roads as this person drives along. and hopefully they don't slip too much. people in texas waking up to some of the coldest temperatures on record. millions are without heat as well as demand for energy surges. officials proposing rolling blackouts across the state, leaving 4 million customers without power. >> it's cold. fireplace. no firewood anywhere. no stores open. >> at least 14 state rons the same grid from texas to north dakota. the biggest oil refineries in the country also shout down to conserve power. that will probably cause gas prices to jump in the coming weeks. check with mike for a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning, jobina.

it is really dire for those folks. some of those folks who don't have power also don't have water was a their water pipes have frozen. houses, the infrastructure that far south is just not built to handle this cold. place like slooesmt which i've talked about yesterday. talked about yesterday. it is unusual for them to get below freezing for a couple of hours let aileen five straight days. i know a few people dwhoent have power and don't have water right now and they didn't have electric or power so to speak, so they are just hunkered down. blankets and blankets and blankets and firewood if they can found it. and inch of snow in shreveport. they have the highest changes of up to a half of inch of of ice. if rolling power o outages were an issue noup the lack of power lines standing up to that ice is going to be an issue. when you lose power because of

ice breaking the lines it could take weeks even months to restore that power. back here at home we've got it pretty good i guess. 39 danville, most of us in the 40s in the east bay and look around. cooler, from 39 at napa to 49 in pacifica but it is not nearly as bad as what those folks are dealing with. activity plan for today. dry all day. if you are rubbing errand, take breaks outside. if you are stuck in the house looking or learning remotely. and exercising just take the sunglasses. our next storm when we come back and take a look at the 7 day forecast. jobina is looking at traffic. how it's it going jobina. >> very well mike, thank you. issue earlier in hayward but that's cleared up. live cameras now starting with the san mateo bridge. traffic starts to pick up again as we make our our our our

peninsula. and also our oakland camera, this is showing 880 at the coliseum. those cameras -- those headlights are going south this morning for you. and then just showing you an overall look of the map as i head out, pointing out we just have the traditional slowdown out of tracy. everything else is looking good. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. well today is mardi gras but the big easy is not going big this year. every year their parades, you know all the parties to celebrate. but this year because of the pandemic all of that is changing. sol now some neighbors in new orleans are detecting their homes like they would a float. and throwing beads to their neighbors and people who walk by the house. you kno they are calling its yardi gras

gras. the village project will stream fat tuesday with a free blues concert. creative costumes. and you can even order food for pickup. the village projects website for all the details. i like how people are pivoting. and you imagine walking by somebody's house and then the beads come flying? >> upside the head. same thing. i love that they are pivoting but that is definitely going to be different. all i can think of right now is king cake. >> i know. we had king cake in the station last year. >> next year. next year. >> all right. i can't wait to tell you about this. a twist on a classic candy. the new kind of kitkat. >> also par parlor and back but not welcoming new users right

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skaich. welcome back. officials in florida are investigating after former nfl wide receiver vince jackson was found dead in a tampa hotel room. he was 38 years old and a three-time pro bowler. but the then san diego chargers and tampa bay rays. his body was discovered by a housekeeper around 1130 a.m. yesterday. the sheriffs office is investigating but that jackson's body showed no apparent signs of trauma. officials do not suspect foul play. after weeks of being offline, parler says it is back. the right wing friendly social network is relaunching after it was forced offline last month.

the site's home page is currently a single page warning of technical difficulties. but parler says it has a new interim ceo and the service will be returning this week for current users, new users will be welcomed standardic next week. a ballot over the future of the observation wheel in golden gate park. organizes are argue the wheel is detrimental to wildlife. they claim the we'll is reason a great horn owl nest nearby was recently abandoned. and complaints also include the lights and noise from it. and the planning department is set to vote tomorrow on a plan to extend the ferris wheel stay until 2025. >> we're tracking all the differenting ones.

abc7 news reporter loose pena spoke with three bay area women struggling to navigate the system. >> it's been very frustrating. that was the worst part, knowing you are eligible and can't find anywhere to get a vaccine. >> not very much information about how to go about making an appointment. >> its been i guess horrific is one way to put it. it is a maze.

>> i start driving to meet with john. she's an 83-year-old san franciscoan who called her medical provider. they didn't know what to tell her as to where to get vaccinated now she's been in limbo several weeks trying to figure out where she can go. >> i made a list of dates with all the things that i have tried. and i am trying to get an appointment. >> to find out how these three seniors finally got vaccine appointment, download our abc7 bay area connected tv app. apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. and you can stream the full 10 minute story on demand right now. watch out for sheets of ice. that is probably what one guy in philly is thinking after he ran into some trouble taking out the trash. look at this.

oh, that is so terrible. that hurt. i'm hurting. >> you know it hurt. >> it was all so simple. look, you can see all of that snow outside of his house. and can you believe he said he wasn't hurt? because i'm hurt. >> he said he wasn't hurt right now. but that is definitely one of those falls you feel the next morning. >> that is not pretty. he said he just sat there and laughed. first are of all, it is too cold for that. >> kumasi said get up and keep it moving. >> please figure it out. >> so thankful we are not dealing with what the rest of the country is dealing with when it comes to that nasty cold weather, mike. >> it is crazy. i saw someone else's ring video where they would look like they are going out to jog or work out

and the lady slipped down the stairs and the guy kind of looks like at her like well, and he goes to help her and he does the same thing. slides right down the stairs. >> it is sad. >> just stay inside if you can. >> if you don't know, exactly. if you don't know you don't know how to deal with it. special shoes for that. and even those don't work sometime. let's take a look at what's going on back here at home. pretty clear from pier 15 looking towards the city. seasonal with partly cloudy and slightly breezy conditions. especially the closer to the coast. more cooling things to calmer conditions tonight. isolated fog possible. not expected widespread tully fog at all. chance of wet weather thursday night through saturday morning. talk about that and the next weather coming up. temperatures today, mid- to upper-50s around the coast. 59-62 inland. winds this morning, they are

touching parts of the bay as thai shoot through the san bruin gap but definitely fastest along the coast and that is pretty much where they are going to stay. if you live in the east bay valleys or the south bay to a lesser extent you are going to be dealing with the slowest winds. tonight maybe a little noyes in napa and solano counties as the winds transition into the central for tonight the possibility of frost in the deepest north bay valleys. upper-30 toss low-40s tomorrow morning. most of thursday is going to be dry. but thursday night into afraid we all get rain and secondary storm friday night into saturday. and mid-60s to near 70 sunday and monday. have a good one. microsoft co-founder and philanthropist bill gates has new book. how to avoid a climate disaster.

he says it has everything you need to know in just 230 pages. he writes the last four years have been a wasted opportunity to combat the threat of a warming planet but adds that president biden's plan is within reach. break me off a piece of that vegan kitkat bar! >> yes julian. >> necessarily is launching its first plant based option of one of the world's best chocolate bars. kit kitkat v. the company says it delivers the e perfect balance between the crispy wafer and smooth chocolate people know and love. it will be released later this year in several countries. kumasi, i can't lie. when i saw that in the teleprompter, all i could think about was break me off a piece of that funk. do you remember that skit from the steve harvey show?

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it is 5:24. if you are just joining us here are the seven things to know this morning. number 1 a major fema vaccination site opening today at the oakland coliseum. this is the first federally managed site in the bay area and only one of two in california. the other is in l.a. the goal is to give out 6,000 vaccination doses every day and it is boy appointment only. >> two, berkeley is expanding vaccine eligibility. anyone who works in a grocery -- or child care setting qualifies to get a shot. >> biden will take his first official trip today in order to sell his coronavirus relief plan

to the people. >> four, this morning more than 70% of the continental u.s. is covered in that. snow. and texas, more than 4 million customers are without power. the biggest oil refineries in the country. they have been shut down. experts say that will probably cause those gas prices to jump. >> back here at home. we're kind of in the quiet pattern. live doppler 7 is dry. more sunshine, warmer temperatures the next two days before rain returns thursday night. >> six, we are going to take a live look at our south bay camera showing off the bay bridge because the chp has canceled the high wind advisory for the bridge, as well as the altamonte pass. >> dragymond green calling out double standard in the nba's players. and it is one of the most popular stories on abc7news.com right now. and that is where you can find

this entire video. >> the estranged wife of the late larry king is planning to go to court. as abc news reporter debra roberts tells us, sean king discovered a secret will that did not mention here. >> sean king, estranged life of the late broadcasting legend larry king is ready for a legal battle according to the new york post. only weeks ago larry king died. in 2019 he filed for divorce but the split was never settled before his death. according to people magazine just two months after filingfor divorce, larry king wrote a handwritten amendment to his will removing his current wife and leaving the estate to the children. >> sean literally had no idea that not only did larry create this secret will but that her name is not listed at all. >> reporter: according to the new york post, she and larry had

a water tight estate plan they put together in 2015. coming up more on sean king's legal battle. i'm deborah roberts. abc news new york. >> on the honors in the toy industry. including most innovative toy of the year. >> so the toy giggles, baseballs, wiggles its ear. raisesises arms. it sold out online. one of my friends actually had one at his house. and i was just like oh my god this is the cutest toy. it is really just so cute. >> it is so life-like. it is crazy. >> and you just love it. oh look it a. it is doing things. i'm obsessed with this toy. i wanted to take it. wasn't having it. >> we'll get you one. >> we're come back with another

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now at 5:30, the warriors old home getting revampd as a federal vaccination site today. the process to get your shot at the >> and in southern california t around the clock operations. >> president biden taking his trillion dollar covid relief plan on the road. more on the urgent push coming up. >> at some point as playersers wee need to be treated with the same respect -- >> double standards, draymond

green's improvrmt three minute mention about the treatment of some nba players. good morning, thanks so much forring if here. it is tuesday, february 16th. >> first mike and a look at our forecast. good morning. good morning to you. kumasi, julian. hi everybody. 135 miles per hour jet stream over top of us today so it is going to get a little breezy especially near the coast through the morning and afternoon. the breezes will taper as we head inland and also bringing high clouds. so we'll start with partly cloudy to mostly sunny conditions. temperatures pretty cool. mid-30 toss mid-40 in most neighbors this morning. continue through 7:00. and mid- to upper-50s at noon and more as we head to 4:00 as the sunshine will battle telehigh clouds. definitely brighter and drier than yesterday. in fact we get a couple of day of rest from the rain but it

does come back thursday, friday and hangs around through saturday morning and i'll have that coming up. over to juneteenjulian for the 42,000 covid vaccine dose this is week. 6,000 shots per day. all by appointment only. the federal government is giving a big boost to the vaccine effort here in the bay area today. two mass vaccination sites opening in california, including at the coliseum. abc7 news news reporter amy hollyfield live in the newsroom. >> reporter: it opens soon. at 7:00 this morning they are going to get started and it has the power of the federal government behind it. this site is expected to admin 6,000 doses a day. it is one of the centers directed to open by the president of the united states. this is one of 100 sites president biden wants to open in 30 days. officials do not expect it to run out of vaccine like we've seen happen in other places.

the government plans to keep it well-stocked and staffed and efficient. you don't even have to get out of your car. >> to give you a comparison. these center, directed by the president of the united states, 130 days, mass vaccination centers. these from going to be drive-thrus to normalcy for folks. the magnitude of this operation is that we've got a o number of federal agencies with fema coordinating but in particular, the department of defense. >> this site opens as san francisco has had to close some of its vaccination sites because of lack of supply. the federal government does not think that will happen here. they have already sent 42,000 doses just to cover this week. this is open for people over the age of 65 or healthcare workers, educators, workers in the food industry, nursing home residents and emergency service workers. the website myturn, is handling the appointments. you can go to our website,

abc7news.com for a link. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield. second federal mass vaccination site opening today in southern california. and jobina is is at the live desk on the cal state l.a. site. jobina. >> thank you, kumasi. and east l.a., the community has been devastated by the pandemic. it includes predominantly latino neighborhood asks is under served by health resources. that makes it a good fit for fema to open one of its first mass vaccination sites. active duty service members from the u.s. army and national guard are working around the clock at the cal state l.a. campus and the coliseum. these sites are part of president biden's response plan that kams to make the vaccine widely available by the spring. former acting director of the cdc dr. richard bezer talked about how to speed things up. >> these mass clinics are important. getting vaccines to local pharmacy, giving vaccines out in communities. because it is not just about

speed. off the look and see who is most vulnerable. who's been getting this infection. how do we get this to essential workers who work all day, people who may not have transportation to get to the mega centers. >> three more federal sites are expected to open in texas next week. fema is still looking for more potential locations across the country. >> thank you jobina. dodger stadium is going to start vaccinations again after it shut down last week because of a shortage. it will only be doing second doses because of a limited supply. longest has been receiving about 58,000 doses each week. president biden will take his efficient official trip in effort to sell his 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief plan to the american people. biden will be in milwaukee participating in a town hall. here is faith abubey. >> reporter: time is running out

and biden wants his plan in place. president biden kicking off an aggressive push of his covid relief plan. >> these are the folks on the ground dealing with it every single solitary day. and they see the pain. >> reporter: the national push for covid relief as the administration has failed to get republican support on capitol hill for the plan due to its high price tag. but the clock is ticking on the plan which includes $1400 stimulus checks for many american, funding for schools and billions of dollars in aid for state and local governments. if a month from now as unemployment checks are at the verge of stopping for 10 million americans, we can proceed with a democrat only bill. >> while negotiations continues the administration also tackling the virus head on. today will it open the first a federally managed mass vaccination sites in california. officials say the los angeles site will eventually be able to vaccinate up to 6,000 people a

day. >> this area swub of the hardest hit areas from the covid-19. so we want tote up here. >> reporter: and later biden will take questions in wisconsin about the covid relief plan and on thursday we head over the michigan where he'll tour a pfizer vaccination facility. faith abubey, abc news washington. the effort to recall governor naturally. the california secretary of state will issue a report on the tomato number of signatures to get the measure on the ballots. organizers of the effort say they have enough signature but they need is to be verified before a recall election can be scheduled it. takes 12% of the votes cast in the last election to qualify for a recall of the ballot and the deadline is march 17th. today is the last day for western sonoma county residents to register to vote if they want to take place in a special election next month. it will decide what happens with

with two tax me measures, measure a is a $48 parcel tax charged annually for three years to support high schools and the measure b is a occupancy tax for hotel and short-term rentals. covid test about to go where it hasn't gone before. the new trials for kids. extreme winter weather hitting the u.s. inspired a new social media challenge. and it involves frozen pants. mike? i don't know about this one. yes, i saw that over the weekend. people had like pants, sweaters, coats, socks. they had like a whole village going on. as long as they are still wearing those clothes or other clothes when they go outside and do that. because you can get frost bit like a minute or less when it is 40, 50 below, windchill, which it is in some areas. and we're kind of cold compared to yesterday. anywhere from 2 degrees along

the coast to 15 in napa. visibility about 4 miles. a little bit of fog there but not hampering things too badly. upper-40s on the peninsula. san bruno about 50. 39 in napa. 28 in san ramon. everybody else in the 30s this morning. breezy in the hills and along the coast in the san bruno gap also. that is the only irk on the roads. they are dry this morning and you have to dress a little warmer if you are going to be outside any length of time this morning. we've got a one on the storm impact scale. two light storms, thursday night through saturday morning and here is the latest. the first storm still looking the same. coming in late in the evening up in the north bay, spreading south as we head through the overnight hours. gone by launch. it is the next storm that is starting to look much less impressive. as it comes in friday night in the north bay and barely leaves was any rain as we head into

saturday morning, which means the weekend is trending drier and warmer but we could still use lot of rain. less than a tenth of an inch in the south bay to possibly a quarter in the north bay. and that is less than what they were showing yesterday. more about the weekend coming up. here is jobina and the morning commute. >> hi mike, thank you. good morning everyone. as mike was mentions because our roads are not wet we don't have fog to deal with this morning. the conditions are great out there for your commute if you do need to head in this morning. so we are going to start off with a live look in walnut creek showing you 680 right now. taillights making their way south for you all. that is our busiest area. everything is still moving, not seeing a whole lot of brake lights except when you get a little further up there. but that is usually a slow patch. to our live picture of emeryville. 80, headlights making their way westbound and beginning to fill in as people make their way towards the maize. and to break, an overall picture

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>> it's 5:42 right now. fast food workers across the bay area are going on strike today, calling on congress to pass an $15 an hour minimum wage as part of the president's covid relief package and prosth protesting what they say are unsafe cons in the workplace. they are being pressured to work while sick and management does not conduct adequate wellness checks. coronavirus vaccines are critical to ending the pandemic. that is why we have assembled our vaccine team to track the latest developments. for the first time a covid vaccine trial will include kids young as six. it is happening in the uk. abc news news reporter kate

larson spoke with parents and a local expert about what this means when it comes to inperson learning. >> reporter: 300 children in the uk young as six are enrolling in a small vaccine trial through oxford university. this is the first time the covid vaccination has been tested on anyone younger than 12. pfizer, moderna and johnson and johnson are expected to start trials in the spring. >> would you put your kids in a trial? i don't know. >> reporter: once there are more trials for kids would comfortable getting your child vaccinated? >> reporter: the mixed emotions don't end with adults. >> it would be great because i get the vaccine but then again i hate shots. >> reporter: they hope the trial and the needles get them one step closer to the classroom. >> i like playing sports. so, yeah. it would be fun to go back. >> it's been really hard just not being able to see anybody. >> reporter: maria is not convinced vaccines are safe. >> to me i believe they came up

with this method of a vaccine too soon. i'm just not a believer. >> we have to acknowledge everybody's concerns and not dismiss them. >> reporter: stanford pediatric clinical care physician says safety data from multiple trials in young children will be critical when it comes to convincing families to give their kids a covid vaccine. >> when people are aware of the fact of their child getting extremely illinois fr extremely ill from the infection is low it is a harder sell. >> once teachers are immunized i think we do not need to wait for kids to get immunized to get them back to school. >> reporter: kate larsen, abc7 news. the historic winter storm isn't just causing power outages and dangerous roads. it is also delaying vaccine rollout. in missouri covid-19 mass vaccination events cross the

state have been canceled the rest of the week to keep people from waiting out in the brutal cold and off the roads. vaccination sites in alabama, georgia and kentucky are temporarily closed too. >> this weather is going to slow down our vaccination some. simply going to be too much snow. >> also concern about power outages. the oregon health authority says they lost electricity to some freezers protecting the covid-19 vaccine doses but they say it is too early to tell if any of them have gone bad. and in texas, officials scramble to avoid throwing out more than 8,000 dose os of their vaccine. this winter weather has inspired the latest social media challenge. called the frozen pants challenge. so here is how it works. people are soaking their pants in water and ten leaving them out to freeze in a standing position.

and all of these videos fargo, north dakota where windchills dropped to 40 below. >> if we lived in fargo too, kumasi. >> what? you would not catch me outside wetting and holding out ofplay pants to watch them freeze. >> and the person who did this entire -- what is it like a dozen pair of jeans right there? >> yes, for what? >> i guess what happens when the internet is down and you can't stream your favorite show and looking for something to do. find a book. i don't know. >> this is insanity. are they okay? standing throughout in 40 -- how is it? 40 below? hm-uhm. >> can i tell you something? because you know i've lived in some of o these areas. when we moved from charlotte to minneapolis. everybody has abatementbasement. you have to have the pipes that far under ground so they don't freeze but we noticed every basement has a wet bar.

and usually, you know, a nice theater room to go with the wet bar. so you are stuck in your house like six month, you will do whatever you can to find entertainment and have some fun. here is a look at what's going on for our weather, starting with our accuweather highlights, seasonal temperatures today under a partly cloudy and breezy sky. tonight more cooling, calmer and isolated fog. and the weekend brooilt briergt and drier and definitely warmer after wet weather possible thursday through standard saturday. for today 59- 62 our inland temperatures. 58-60 around the bay and 56-59 along the coast. outdoor dining, it is going to be colder tonight. won't be as damp but maybe to go is a more comfortable way to get your dinner tonight. speaking of that, temperatures even colder with some low-30s

and frost in the north bay vls and mid- to upper-0s in the east bay valleys and mid-30s south bay also and upper-30s to mid-40s bay and coast. accuweather seven day. stuck in the middle are the those chances of rain. dry today and tomorrow. a one for thursday, friday and saturday morning and then dry again sunday and monday. have a good one. here is julian. thanks mike. warriors star draymond green took chyme out of his post time interview with the address a double standard. >> the team can say they are trading skbrou that man is to stay in shape and professional and if not his career is on the line. at some point this league has to protect the players from embarrassment like that. >> all right. so here is the back story. the cavs decided to bench center andre drummond before the game against the warrios as they look to trade him to another team. that did not sit well with green. he then addressed the mental health of players. he said players got to be

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the response from parents and teachers. and a newly published study from harvard tells a new theory about what really killed the dinosaurs. good morning, good morning. thanks for being here. it is tuesday, february 16th. >> going to check in with mike for a look at our forecast, good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi, jobina, julian. let's look at live doppler 7. you're going to like to see this if you don't want to deal with rain. we're seeing completely clear conditions out there, few clouds, sure, not from the exploratorium camera. looking from the east bay hills, looks clear out there also. there is a little bit of a breeze along the coast and up in the hills that you have to deal with all day today. now, temperatures are colder this morning. mid-30s to a few upper 40s along the coast. we have our microclimates this morning. we'll hang out in the mid to upper 50 s most of the afternoon hours with high clouds and sunshine. you'll need the umbrella again starting thursday. more on that c