the governor says a million more doses should arrive in california next week. alameda county seems well equipped to welcome the doses as soon as they arrive. you're seeing its second mass vaccination site that opened today, this time in the east part of the county out in the tri-valley area. >> and this one allows eligible people from a variety of health care providers to get vaccinated in one place. abc7 news reporter laura anthony at the fairgrounds in pleasanton showing you exactly how it works. >> where once there were ferris wheels and carnival rides, there are cars. at the pleasanton fairgrounds, the first day of a new mass vaccination site in alameda county. perhaps not as fun as a thrill ride, but a huge relief for many. >> i'm happy. >> we're excited to be able to vaccinate our communities, get everyone healthy, and be getting back to a new normal. >> reporter: those receiving shots were divided into lanes based on whether they signed up through their provider, sutter

or stanford health, or the county's website. unlike it's been for many these days, for selonia williams, the process of getting an appointment was relatively easy. >> i'm pleasantly surprised. i was kind of apprehensive. but i just got online last night. i was surprised that i was able to get an appointment today. so that was good. and i thought okay, go for it. >> reporter: like all the mass vaccination centers we've seen so far here in california, this one could ramp up into a lot more doses per day, once they have the supply. >> as that supply grows ands that supply develops, we'll actually be able to scale this up in a pretty meaningful way, potentially up to 5,000 a day. >> reporter: at this point, the supply is sufficient to ensure that those who get their first dose here can come back and get their second in three weeks. in pleasanton, laura anthony, abc7 news. now today fema released some new vaccination numbers after the first full day of operations at the oakland coliseum in cal

state los angeles. nearly 3,000 doses were given at each location. that's only about half the daily goal. fema says it will take a few weeks before it reaches full capacity. they're administering doses seven days a week, and priority goes to front line worker, nursing homeworkers, people over the age of 65 as well as educators. you can find the appointment portal at myturn.ca.gov. thousands of people got vaccinated at san francisco international airport today. san mateo county is putting on a clinic in the long-term parking garage. it's for county residents age 65 and older and eligible health care workers. the county hopes to continue to ramp up vaccinations, but doesn't know how many vaccines it will get. >> we only find out week to week how many doses we're receiving. it's hard to plan ahead. last week we got 11,000 new doses. we're hoping to have something similar this week, but we haven't heard yet. >> this site will be open on

friday as well. you do have to register online. to the south bay. even though the bay area's case rates are trending down, the city of gilroy is getting hit and hit hard by the virus. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has more on new resources heading their way. >> reporter: at the gilroy senior center this afternoon, a new pop-up vaccination site is bringing some much needed relief to a community hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis. >> my girlfriend emailed me this morning and said hey, they're giving vaccines at the senior center. get over there. they're doing a walk-in. >> reporter: the south county walkup site is being operated by santa clara county in partnership with the gilroy fire department and is among a handful of community vaccine clinics that will be available to the public over the next couple of weeks. large scale vaccination center is expected to open at gilroy high school by the end of the month. >> we have to take the services where people are, and i think it demonstrates a very sincere respect for the communities that we serve.

>> reporter: out of a population of more than 55,000, there have been nearly,0 7,0007,0007,0007,0 confirmed in gilroy to today. more than 12% of the city's residents have tested positive, the highest rate of any city in the countiment officials say they're glad to see more attention being paid to gilroy. >> stop it in its tracks, right here and now so we can put our community back on its feet, get people back into school, back to work, and back to being healthy again. >> reporter: across town, saliva-based testing is being offered a the south county clinic. >> it's easier for the clients. they can perform the test in the comfort of their own cars, and it will also limit the infection. >> reporter: the hope is more people will stop by to be tested using the less invasive method. >> i feel like a lot of people were intimidated about how you had to stick something way up your nose. this is super easy. i didn't feel uncomfortable at all. >> reporter: a push to get more

resources to those in our community who need it most. in gilroy, chris nguyen, abc7 news. the cdc director today did a q&a with the "journal of the american medical association." she suggested one way for people the help maximize vaccine supply, seeing those who have covid and are eligible for the vaccine could maybe wait a few weeks. >> if it were my family member, i would say you're probably pretty safe. how about while we're in this real crunch, we really are in -- if you looked at all the constrained resources and distribution right now, the most constrained one is we don't have enough vaccine. and so if you think that you might be protected for a little longer, maybe you pass up your point in line and let somebody else take that space in the queue and get yours in march or april. >> as for everyone else, president bush said in a town hall last night that every american who wants a covid vaccine will be able to get one by the end of july.

berkeley public schools will begin reopening for in-person learning starting in late march. a little over a month away. the district and union reached adeal last night contingent on vaccinating teachers. it's possible because the city of berkeley has its own health department. vaccines will start taking place next monday. the shots will, and will continue throughout march. >> the city of berkeley through its public health department is able to acquire vaccines and is going about the business of vaccinating berkeley residents. they were able to offer a section of those vaccination appointments to our educators. >> students will return to campus with a hybrid model, preschool through second grade scheduled to be back march 29th. older students will follow a schedule that goes into april. the district says the schedule could change depending on if the city's vaccine schedule gets slowed down or maybe speeds up. bay area counties have been slowly starting to launch their own online dashboards to track

vaccine distribution. and to make things easier for you, we've compiled them into a single tool to help you see when and where you could be getting your shot and how to make an appointment. it's all there for you at abc7news.com. pandemic pitfalls. silicon valley tech another sector getting rocked this year, now hitting another low. and there is a deeper underbelly as well. a closer look at the future of tech. california's next challenger, governor newsom's recall movement strengthening by the week. we spoke to the new face leading the campaign and looked at the others now trying the unseat newsom from office. ashes amid

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for example that unemployment brushed close to 12%, worse than during the 2008 recession and the dot com bust. >> it was upwards of 30% for some segments of our population, particularly those who were earning poverty wages. >> reporter: hardest hit were low wage service workers when restaurants and hotels lost business. jobless claims were two time higher for hispanic and black workers. >> being greater risk of being evicted and pushed into homelessness. this is huge. >> reporter: silicon valley has always had two economies, but during the pandemic, income inequality grew as high-tech workers continued to work rem remotely while service workers couldn't. >> we have a risk of the rich getting richer and the poor dying. that's the bleak set of, which is now face. >> reporter: renters especially are piling up debt. they owe months of back rent. food needs are being supplemented by pantries, and statistics show minorities behind others getting vaccinated, leading to additional vulnerability.

>> a lot of latinx workers will continue to risk their health in order to earn an income so they can keep a roof over their heads and feed their families. >> reporter: the one bright spot, high-tech. companies are proceeding with office projects already under way. >> if we end up having a largely remote workforce in the future, i see it only as an ability for these companies to expand and further increase their employment levels here. >> reporter: however, silicon valley cities faced belt tightening as tax revenue falls, leaving a collective shortfall of $400 million. and distance learning saw graduation rates decline and the drop-out raise rise. >> it should be no surprise there is a frustrated group of our young people that have said well, enough of this. >> reporter: silicon valley has a big challenge ahead. >> it is a big wake-up call for all of us. we have all got to figure out how to engage and understand a better way, building a better silicon valley. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news.

today facebook announced that users in australia can no longer share news articles due to a proposed media law in the country. the restrictions also prohibit publishers from posting news content on their pages. in december, the australian government introduced legislation that would force tech giants to pay local news outlets for displaying and linking to their content. the pandemic is changing how catholics around the world and in the bay area are celebrating ash wednesday today. under a directive from the vatican, priests today sprinkled ashes on worshipers rather than rubbing them on to their foreheads in the shape of a cross. see the video here from a noontime mask at st. mary's cathedral. the practice is actually common in many churches in europe. san francisco's archbishop says the change is part of the ongoing effort to keep people safe. >> the archdiocese has issued the safety protocols to ensure distancing, wearing face

coverings, the aisle is marked when people go up for communion to remain spaced and the ministers sanitize their hands. all the protocols basically being followed at catholic churches all around the country. >> pope francis celebrated the start of lent today at the vatican, leading ash wednesday mass in st. peter's basilica. only about 100 people were allowed in attendance this year. and like mere the bay area, as you just saw, some rituals had to be altered a bit. all right. i just love the story. i've been waiting for it all afternoon, spencer. you had a conversation with a special ash wednesday participant. >> well, yes. this is a very special lady i want to introduce you to. she turns 102 years young today. >> wow. >> she is known -- well, her name is lurlene stevens, but she is known to her fell congregants as sister fuller. so her is sister fuller. >> it's a big day, my birthday.

>> i know, i know. let me ask you about your early life growing up in louisiana. >> i had two parents that loved me and there were eight of us, eight siblings. five boys and three girls. >> wow. >> so i had a good life, but my father thought i could sing. he was a minister, and he passed. and he was very, very encouraging to me. >> i'm thinking back to the fact that you and i both grew up in the old segregated south. what has been the source of your strength through all this time? >> i guess i would say prayer. >> you have a secret for your long life and your health and your strength? >> it's not a secret. that i love the lord. with all my heart. >> we think you and i might be related somehow through the family name christian.

is that right? >> my mother was a christian. her maiden name was christian. >> right, right. >> and they came from mississippi. virginia, but they had some ties to people down in the mississippi and louisiana area. so i'm just going to assume that you and i are cousins somehow. >> i'll accept that. >> are you celebrating? do you have any plans? >> do i have any plans for the coming year? >> yes, for the coming year. >> to keep living! >> don't we all have that plan, right? so happy birthday, sister fuller. she is amazing. if we really are related, i hope i got some of those longevity genes. for black history month, i

thought it would be remarkable to talk to a black person who is 102 years old, who has lived through all she has lived through. her spirit is just amazing, isn't it? >> exactly. what an amazing life. and she is so -- i love the fact that she is put together beautifully, everything impeccable. did you see the outfit and the jewelry and the makeup and the hair? >> she is amazing. >> i think there is something when you feel good and you look good and you pursue life with such zest, you go for a long time. >> you know what? i should talk about weather for a little it. let's take a look. mainly sunny skies. a few clouds around. it's breezy out there, but not terribly gusty. gusts up to 24 miles per hour at concord. that's substantial. 18-miles-per-hour gusts at half moon bay and over at livermore. breezy all around the region. we have mainly clear skies or bright skies with thin high clouds. 59 degrees right now in san francisco. we've got mid-60s at oakland, mountain view, san jose. 1 in morgan hill. 54 at half moon bay. here is the view at the golden gate where you see a few patches

of clouds. lots of blue sky up there. 64 at santa rosa and novato. mid-60s also at fairfield, concord and livermore. and an interesting look at the sky looking westward from emeryville. here are the forecast features. we feel have rain tomorrow night, mainly in the north bay, and then more widespread showers on friday morning. a little bit of a break. more showers friday night into saturday morning, but dry and warmer pattern will develop on sunday and continue into next week. so for tonight's forecast animation, you can see the increase in high clouds and a few low clouds as well. so the skies will be fairly bright tomorrow morning at the start of the day, but this storm is coming in tomorrow night. it ranks 1 on the abc7 storm impact scale. thursday evening into friday morning, then a break into saturday morning, two waves of steadier rain, then scattered showers as well. and of course slippery roadways. and it will be breezy with these waves of rain. here is the forecast animation starting tomorrow afternoon, going into tomorrow night and into friday morning. you see that wave of steadier rain breaking up into showers

friday morning. it will be some spotty showers later in the day. another wave arrives friday night. that moves through quickly. and by midmorning saturday or midday saturday, we should have some clearing going on. rainfall totals from the two storms will generally be under 0.2. overnight tonight, even with the presence of clouds increasing, it's going to be chilly in the inland valleys of low temperatures there in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. near the bay and the coast, near low 40s. highs tomorrow under increasingly cloudy skies. upper 50s on the coast. about 60 here in san francisco. mainly low to mid-60s around the bay shoreline, and mid 60s in most inland area, although only low 60s in the north bay where the clouds will be thicker and less warming. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. for the next three days, there will be some periods of light rain, but they'll get lighter and lighter as saturday approaches. then we'll get pashrtial cleari. look at monday and tuesday. high temperatures in the low 60s

inland and around the bay shoreline. and almost as mild on wednesday. kristen? >> all right, spencer, thank you so much. some sad news to share with you. our hearts are heavy at abc7 news today. abc7 morning's anchor and my midday co-anchor reggie aqui's father has passed away from illness. here is reggie's loving tribute to his father in his own words. >> i want to give a special shout out and thank you to one of our most loyal midday live viewers. no matter what he is doing, he always gets online to watch us on our live stream, and i'm talking about my dad. silas aqui has eight kids scattered throughout the hawaiian islands and across the mainland. that's me, lucky number 7. a truly hilarious person with the gift -- excuse me. with a gift for storytelling an

want to get on the wrong side of. born on kauai, he met my mom, his second wife when he was a salesman for a potato company and she was a waitress in the waikiki company he supplied. they've been together 47 years. he has been a police officer, a security officer for a company, a car salesman and an emt. in fact, he got that certification when he was in his 70s. but this week when my brother asked him what thing mattered most to him in life, he said his family. and he was surrounded by his family when he passed away on monday. in his hospital room we placed tea leaves, ocean water and sand from his beloved birthplace around that bed so we could send him off in style. i want to thank the doctor, nurses, and all the staff at upmc millennium mall hospital in york, pennsylvania, for making my dad's final days so meaningful. i also want to thank our abc7 family for all their love and

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the girl wasn't seriously hurt when walking with her mother near campolindo drive. the cdfw is trying to locate the coyote. conservative talk radio host rush limbaugh died today after a long battle with lung cancer. limbaugh began his radio career as a dj in the early '70s, talked to talk radio in sacramento in 1984. four years later, his show went national, eventually reaching 15 to 20 million listeners per week across 600 stations. former bay area talk show host melanie morgan spoke of her friend of some 40 years today on our afternoon program "getting answers". >> the least interesting thing about rush limbaugh was his politics to me. the most interesting thing about him that i learned over years and years is that he had a curiosity, a fascination for life, a kindness for every person. >> limbaugh went off the air on february 2nd, just weeks after

he likened the rioters at the u.s. capitol to the revolutionary war patriots. rush limbaugh, dead at the age of 70. this friday marks 79 years since president franklin roosevelt signed an executive order that initiated internment camps for japanese americans during world war ii. two months after the attack on pearl harbor, 120,000 japanese americans from the west coast were put into the camps. a news conference was held today to announce this year's bay area day of remembrance event. organizers say in the spirit of solidarity, they're calling for reparations for the black community. japanese americans received reparations from the american government in 1988. >> redress was a means to heal, to tell the truth, and to come to a reconciliation with our country which had treated us so badly. reparations for others in america transcends specific groups. reparations is a matter for the

soul of our country. >> the bay area will mark the day of remembrance virtually this friday at 6:00 p.m. it will include a traditional candle lighting ceremony honoring camp suffers and present-day leaders for racial justice. governor newsom has a new political rival who spoke with us one-on-one just after announcing his campaign. hear why he thinks he deserves your support. plus, we continue our special series "california dreaming" and the people who are working to keep it alive. how the state is seeing a revolutionary generation of

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this is abc7 news. >> our problem isn't with our people. it's with our government. >> newsom's new challenger to become california's governor making his first stop in san francisco since announcing his candidacy. with the voices to recall rise big the day. now whether or not that happen, governor gavin newsom is already facing challengers on the right who say they're better suited for the job. abc7 news anchor liz kreutz joins us now with one challenger who visited san francisco today. liz? >> hi, kristen. yes, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer was at abraham lincoln high school today. one of the schools that is still closed through this pandemic. faulconer is using the issue to reopen schools to make his case against governor newsom. that said, even faulconer faces his own challenges. >> reporter: republican kevin faulconer made his first campaign stop in san francisco today, doubling down on his number one critique of governor gavin newsom. >> i'm here at abraham lincoln

high school because this school should be open. >> reporter: the former san diego mayor has made reopening schools the focal point of his campaign. he says san francisco has spent too much time focusing on renaming schools instead of getting kids back in the classroom. he blames newsom for not getting the job done. would you issue an executive to call for schools reopening? >> i would bring all powers of the governor's open to bear to get our schools safely reopened. >> reporter: some could say this is sort of government overstepping that you do criticize the governor for. >> it's not. it's about providing leadership to get it done. >> reporter: in an interview with abc news this week, he addressed the challenges to make it happen. >> i only have 1,050 school district. 470 city, 58 counties, it gets even more complex. the largest school system in the united states. at the end of the day, i want our kids back in school, clearly. >> reporter: for newsom, faulconer's campaign stop is another reminder that as he battles the pandemic, he is soon

also going to be defending his job that could come sooner rather than later if a recall happens. >> i think the most important thing for gavin newsom and his team right now is to keep a democrat out of this. the problem for gray davis was he was getting knifed on the left as well as the right. >> reporter: political strategist says any republican is going to have a tough time winning in california. >> i don't think newsom has anything to worry about with anybody associated with donald trump in any way, shape, or form. and kevin faulconer has that on him. he's got that baggage. >> reporter: we address this issue with faulconer. do you really think we're in a political climate right now where californians are ultimately willing to vote for a republican? >> i think people are ready for a change. >> reporter: now faulconer is considered a moderate republican, but strategists point out that he isn't that well-known and many democrats believe that republicans will need a schwarzenegger type figure for them to have any chance of winning, and they don't think republicans will have that. live in the newsroom, liz kreutz, abc7 news.

>> so interesting faulconer says people are ready for a change. that's what san diego businessman john cox told me as well. so those two we know. who else might jump into this race? >> right. you and i are following this closely. those are the two that sort of officially started to jump into the race already. in terms of democrats getting in, he believes l.a. mayor antoniovil vilvil vilville there doesn't seem that many establishment republicans willing to jump in. we can expect it to be a circus. it's easy to get on a recall ballot. remember, in 2003 there were over 100 people who jumped into that race, kristen. >> yes, indeed. liz, thank you so much. and liz is not done yet. if you're wondering how does a recall work in california any way? no need to go down a google rabbit hole. liz did the work for us. you can watch her explanation right now on our apps for your

connected tv device, roku, apple tv, amazon fire. just search for abc7 bay area. ♪ this afternoon, we continue our special series "california dreaming." taking a closer look at the issues that are threatening the california dream and the people who are working to try to keep that dream alive. california's been a focal point of social movements really since its founding. >> the black lives matter movement last year gave rise to a new generation of california activists, including one bay area teenager who found out activism has been in her family for generations. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: historically, it has been young people who have led so much of the activism. >> black lives matter! >> once she started in the activist world, i could see a light come on inside of her. it's a passion that's probably been burning since her birth.

>> last summer, when i saw the viral video of george floyd's death, it was just this gut feeling like this urge that if i don't do something now, when am i ever going to find myself. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> the golden gate bridge march, i'm going to do it. i'm passionate about it. i need to speak about this. i need people to hear me, and i need to speak loudly. >> no justice, no peace! >> i just felt a mass amount of empowerment. after i spoke at my first protest, my dad said you remind me a lot like myself when i was younger. i was why? i used to lead protests when i was your age too. no way! and i had never heard that before. he never really talked to me about his activism in his younger years. >> i was a student during the rodney king trial. we all saw that video.

it's five officer, six officers beating an unarmed man almost to death. the brutality in that thing was the same thing with george floyd. you can see it. you can see the anger. protests in the beginnings are what can we do in order to show our displeasure. the movement has to be about changing the ideology of what people think. >> i didn't even know my dad's story. and then come to find out, my grandfather as well was a part of the black panther party. so he was also an activist. >> black lives matter! >> california's always been a special place to organize. there's always been a groundswell of support for activism. we have this unique kind of combination of student efforts as well as laborers who have come together. and that i think makes the activist atmosphere a bit more special as well as giving it

more power. >> when i look at activism, i consider it to be a demonstration of worthiness. ♪ let it shine, let it shine, let ♪ >> we teach activism in a very concerted fashion. this concept of self-advocacy and protests and activism, it need to be a part of their identity so that they recognize that they don't ever have to deal with oppression because they can fight. they can fight with their voice and they can fight with organizing, and they can fight with numbers. >> i think the lasting impact of black lives matter will be that the power actually transformed from on the street anger and frustration to really transform that power at a local level. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> and i think a lot of what we see are lasting policies and we'll see more people also normalizing the idea that black lives really do matter.

my family never told me about activism in my past, but i always felt the urge to get involved. every time i get in front of the camera, i'm hoping some kid sees this and thinks i can do that too. >> you can stream all of our "california dreaming" stories on demand, including our 30-minute "calfornia dreaming" special right now on our abc7 bay area connected tv app. download the free app on roku, fire tv, android tv and apple a picture is not going to be good because license pictures are never good. but i did not expect -- >> it may be a first in the history of the california dmv. see what this woman just got as her license photo when it showed

er. all right. time now for the four@4 as dan and spencer join us. here is a pandemic problem we have not seen before. a california drive may the first to ever get away with a license picture like this. >> this is the paper i got in the mail, and i'm covering up some info. >> leslie pilgrim is from sacramento. she said the day she when to the dmv for the photo, they were being very rigid on the photo taking rules. she didn't want to take off her mask without explicit instructions to do so. she said she did not want the get sent to the back of the three-hour line. the dmv says the woman will have to go back to get a maskless photo.

>> yeah. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. am i to understand that there was some problem and hassle at the dmv? it didn't go as planned? >> the great unmasks. >> shocked! shocked, dan, i know. >> wow, unbelievable. >> that is used when you're going through the tsa, airport security. if you don't see your face, they're not going to accept it. so, yeah. >> she has to go back any way. >> that's true. >> it's always funny. >> it's just shocking. >> shocking. >> everybody, everybody wants to go back. how could somebody have snapped the photo and thought all right, i'm doing well. i did a good job today. >> use an older pick cher. if you can't unmask there, just use the picture she had prior. come on. >> it's too easy. too easy. what does genuine frustration and exasperation look like? well, video you're to be see from indiana says it all. teenager jack whelan was

catching his breath while shoveling know from his family's driveway when this happened. >> oh, no. >> his reaction says it all. thanks a lot. who wouldn't feel that way. but wait, jack wasn't done. down goes the shovel again, this time with emphasis. in fact, jack was so peeved a the snowplow driver ruining his hard work, the shovel went down one more time, and this time for good. jack's dad shared this video on twit were the caption, quote, when your son gets a taste of life's unfair realities. oh, spencer, it just builds character, right? >> that has happened to me. not while i was standing out there. but going way back to my days living in the northeast, i went out to shovel my driveway a couple of times after a big snowstorm, went back in the house the settle down. along comes the snowplow, boom, snow is back in my driveway. what can you do? >> this was a learning opportunity. >> that's it. funny. >> teachable moments. that's what it's all about for the youngsters.

learning about life, real life. not textbook life. >> not that book learning you talk about. >> yeah, yeah. i'm not much for book learning, dan. you know that. it's the latest release in what seems like a nonstop trend of brands putting out kind of funky flavors and food items. now it's applebee's. they're out with a new line of wings and bar food call cosmic wings. the main menu item, chee-to-flavored wings. they come with the regular chee-tos flavored sauce and the flaming hot sauce. cosmic wings also have waffle fries, onion rings and everything else. you can order only through uber eats. spencer, how much should i put you down for? >> i think you know the answer to that. zero. >> zero. >> i will say, though, guys, kristen, most of the time we do these things, the flavors are horrifying. >> right. >> this at least sounds edible. it's at least a real flavor that

might sort of make sense with wings. >> it's that that range of acceptability, although i'll stick with my frank's head hot, thank you very much. its movie trailer drop that's blowing up twitter today. emma stone turns into a villain. she stars as cruella de vil in disney's new upcoming prequel. >> from the very beginning i realized i saw the world differently than everyone else. that didn't sit well with some people. >> the trailer dropped today. stone portrays a younger anti-hero in 1970s london where her obsession with dog skins began. cruella is slated to hit theaters may 2th. disney is the parent company of abc7. dan, people seem so shocked about her playing cruella. actually, i think her facial features and her kind of little devilish smart personality kind of goes with the character. >> i agree. especially when she is made up. it's a good fit, i think, and she is a great actor.

and that's such a -- it's a neat reinvention of a timeless story and disney is our parent company. but no one is better telling stories than disney. so i'm sure it will be great. she'll be good in that role, i think. >> and spencer, i always loved the disney stories where you take on the villain's perspective, the untold story of how this villain has multiple dimensions. >> exactly. and you have to -- disney villains are kind of lovable, you know what i mean? a disney villain is never completely villainous. >> remember the joker the remake? that's a good example of that, where you get the back story. >> larry is kind of a disney villain. >> yeah, he is lovable. >> that's why i'm here. that's the sole purpose of my appearance. >> all right. i was going to take the shot myself, but spencer was gracious enough to fire away. as always. thank you, my friend. that's it for the four@4.

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now no letup to the havoc being created by the severe weather gripping the country, from the great plains, from texas and the southeast. the roof of a houston home collapsed after its frozen pipes burst. in dallas, leaking water from a burst pipe formed icicles that dangled from a ceiling fan. more than three million homes and businesses in texas are

without power. in all, power grid managers in 14 states have ordered rolling blackouts because of the extreme cold. at least 20 people, sadly, have died. spencer, i've got some friends in austin that are resorting to turning on the gas stove. >> i know. >> just to try to get any heat in their homes. they're not used to this in the state of texas at all. >> not at all. you're right about that. and this cold snap is lasting so long. it's not a one or two-day event. it's lingering. we're hoping for some relief for the folks down there soon. meanwhile, the weather here is nice and mild. a few high clouds around. during the overnight hours, look for a little bit of an increase in the high clouds. overnight lows will drop into the mid- to upper 30s. inland valleys upper 30s to low 40s around the bay shoreline and near the coast. it will be pretty chilly in most locations. high clouds will increase tomorrow, especially in the north bay. high temperatures will still be a little on the mild side. upper 50s at the coast. low to mid-60s near the bay shoreline and low to mid-60s

inland. then we bring in the old storm impact scale. we have two systems approaching, and they both rank 1 on the impact scale. we'll see late tomorrow night into friday some waves of light rain. the showers and then a break and some more rain coming in friday night into saturday. here is the forecast animation starting tomorrow afternoon. notice tomorrow night that first wave of rain sweeps down from the north bay sweeping into friday morning. the system, the first one will break up fairly early in the day on friday, giving us at least some partial clearing. then the second system comes in late friday night into saturday morning. it also moves through rather quickly and we'll get partial clearing on saturday, which leads us to a look at our rainfall totals. generally under 0.2 for most of the bay area. some parts of the bay area will see a quarter inch or more, and here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast after these little waves of rain and showers end on saturday, we get sunny and milder conditions on sunday. and look at monday and tuesday. sunny with high temperatures in

the low 70s. 70 around the bay shoreline, and low 60s on the coast. so like a little spring preview. and i'm sure we'll be happy to see that after the little cooldown and the wet pavement and the chillies that we can expect on friday and saturday. larry and kristen? >> all right. thank you, spencer. that was weather for earthlings. but what about mars? tomorrow we'll finely get to see what it looks like on mars. nasa is doing a live broadcast on their youtube page. it's rover perseverance launched in july of last year. it will make its historic landing tomorrow. it will then collect soil samples from the red planet. you can watch that live stream starting at 11:00 a.m. that's california time. the landing is expected to happen just before 1:00. i imagine elon musk will be watching, given his fascination with mars. all right. here we are in the middle of what teams like the endless pandemic. a lot of people, just a weird head space. there are some fantastic finds

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tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 catch the goldbergs followed by "american housewife," "the conners" and "call your mother." at 10:00 catch "for life" then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. over the past year life has changed for us all in unimaginable ways. the stress of it all is really taking its toll. but at the same time so many

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platforms help make the world of well-being more accessible. a revolutionary time for mental health in an era when so many people have seen theirs decline. >> something like taking a shower and going to the gym. we need to be active and taking care of our mental health. >> i just felt such a difference. i think my friends and family have seen a difference. and so i think it was just one of the best decisions i ever made. >> reporter: now, because there is such a wide range of choices experts recommend doing your research, saying not all apps are created equal. and it is important to spend time figuring out the best fit for you. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> and that's going to do it for now. thank you for

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