silicon valley index points out that unemployment brushed close to 12%, worse than during the 2008 recession and the dot com bust. jobless claims were two times higher for black and hispanic workers hand for white workers. >> without a job or an income, these workers faced even greater risks 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 remotely while service workers couldn't. >> we actually have the case 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.

>> yes indeed. building a better silicon valley, building a better bay area. that's what we're focused on. it's a commitment we've made to help get us out of better than we were before. that's why we're on vaccine watch. this provides the best chance of limiting the spread of coronavirus. just hours ago we learned the bay area's buildingest county and the one with the most coronavirus cases is expanding eligibility by the end of the month. >> effective february 28th, we will be expanding the eligibility for covid-19 vaccinations across our county to three sectors -- education and child care, food and agriculture, and emergency services. this is phase 1b, tier 1 under the state system. >> the santa clara county is home to the state's largest mass vaccination site.

that's levi's stadium. it is capable of 15,000 shots per day. and just yesterday, a federally run vaccination site opened at the oakland coliseum, able to administer 6,000 shots a day. getting an appointment at any site could be a challenge because the rules tend to vary by county. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra looked into that today and joins us live with more on the challenges. stephanie? >> reporter: yes, dan. and as those rules keep changing, it is getting more complicated. the oakland coliseum site was launched with the purpose of serving northern california, yet only a few counties are getting access. >> he turned and said you can go in now. i almost fainted. >> reporter: maria is a 74-year-old uc berkeley professor, eligible to get vaccinated under phase 1b. despite living in alameda county, she was able to secure an appointment at the moscone center last week before it temporarily closed. >> before i knew it, the shot was in my arm and i was in the waiting area.

>> reporter: yet sheila's 85-year-old father, a san francisco resident, didn't have the same luxury. >> it was so chaotic. it was so unorganized. >> reporter: she took her parents in kaiser in oakland to get the shot. no luck scheduling with the oakland coliseum site. . there are so many things within the process that need to be improved. >> reporter: after being closed for eight day, the appointment backlog at the moscone center could climb to over 8,000. what about these poor people this week that have return appointments? >> reporter: yet teachers in san francisco can't go across the bridge to get vaccinated in alameda county like she did. according to the state's myturn site, if you work in the education and child care industry in alameda, napa or san mateo. >> i think it's wrong and unfair. they should be able to access the coliseum site. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor matt haney wants this to change. what went wrong here? >> one of the things that went wrong is each of the counties decided to move on at different

times when really i think we should be making a decision collectively of when to expand increasingly on-sites that are intended to serve the region. >> reporter: the moscone center mass vaccination site will reopen on monday after receiving additional doses from the state. the question is how long will the supply last. and what will happen if it's paused again? now we've reached out to cal oes, the agency managing the oakland coliseum site with fema to get more clarification, but we are still waiting to hear back. stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> any update on the supply san francisco county is expected to receive next week? ngupill be enough to sustain the moscone center site for at least the next week. now the state's distribution task force says the supply won't ramp up significantly until mid-march, about a month away now. until then, california will get a small increase of 2.6 million

additional doses starting next week. >> okay, good enough. thank you, stephanie, very much. now the two federal mass vaccination sites in northern california at the ring coliseum in oakland and at cal state l.a. just opened yesterday. max capacity atits 6,000 sho per e suspected in ou state's daily coronavirus due to monday's president's holiday may have made an appearance today. after reporting just 64 deaths yesterday, today the state announced 400. but look at how this compares to deaths reported before the holiday weekend. overall, there is a gradual decrease trend that indicates our winter surge is coming to an end. today's one-day total is just slightly above the state's seven-day average of 359 deaths. other data points like new cases, hospitalizations and positivity rates all continue to decline today. some breaking news just coming in. san francisco police have

arrested a second suspect in connection with the kidnapping of two children who's father was driving for doordash. police say 27-year-old herman morzon of san francisco was arrested this afternoon. he has been booked on several charges related to the february 6th car theft and kidnapping. police also arrested a 25-year-old man last week and say all suspects are in custody, but it's still an ongoing investigation. the children thankfully were found safe a few hours after an amber alert was issued. how has california handled the pandemic? a number of people say it's bad enough to warrant removing gavin newsom as governor. next, you'll hear from a challenger who wants the job and was here in the bay area today. a little bit of rain moving into the bay area weather picture, but a warm-up is coming our way as well.

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today marks one month until the deadline for organizers behind the recall newsom effort to gather the 1.5 million signatures needed to trigger a recall election. now weather that happens, governor newsom is already facing challengers. liz kreutz is live with one of them. that's san diego mayor kevin faulconer who made a visit actually to san francisco today. liz? >> hat'sright. formeran dgo mayor was here abr lincoln high school, one of the schools that is still closed to the pandemic. faulconer is really using the issue to reopen schools to make his case against governor newsom. that said, even faulconer faces his own challenges. the california gubernatorial race is already beginning. 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. the former san diego mayor 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. to reopen an this week, he addressed the challenges to make that 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 i think the most import 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. >> ready for a change. faulconer is considered a moderate republican, but strategists point out he isn't that well-known outside of san diego, and many democrats

believe republicans will need a schwarzenegger type figure to have any chance of winning. they don't think republicans will have that. live in the newsroom, liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> liz, on that point, we know faulconer and san diego businessman john cox. who else are you hearing might jump into this race? >> those are the two that have sort of officially jumped into the race so far. in terms of democrats getting in, he thinks former mayor antonio villaraigosa could do it. he ran against newsom before. if there is a recall, we can expect it to be truly a total circus. remember, in 2003, there are over 100 people who jumped into that race. >> strange assortment of people in some respects. thanks wondering how does a recall work in california any way? no need to go down a google rabbit hole. liz has done the work for you. you can watch her explanation right now on our app for your cnnected tv device, roku, apple tv, amazon fire and android tv. just search for abc7 bay area.

governor newsom continues his tour of vaccination sites in california today. he was in riverside county, which was the first california county to begin vaccinating farm workers by registering them in the field for pop-up sites. the governor says a million more vaccine doses should arrive in california next week. >> that's important progress. that's visibility, moving forward all things we didn't have in the past that we now have with the new administration. but clearly, on the basis of what we are administering on a daily basis, it's not enough. we'll run through that supply in less than a week. >> in the last month, california's seven-day positivity rate has dropped from 11.3% to 3.3%. and we of course continue to track all of this, but right now we want to change our focus for the moment and find out about our weather. dan? >> yes, ama. it looks like there are gng to be some nice warm days ahead. and spencer christian is tracking all of that.

>> yes. speaking of track iing, no rain. we've got calm conditions. very pleasant outside right now. a little bit of an increase in high clouds over san francisco as you can see right now from the exploratorium camera. it's currently 55 degrees in the city. we have upper 50s at oakland, mountain view, san jose and morgan hill. as i trip over my own feet, nice view of the golden gate bridge, looking northward, the sky is still bright but the clouds are increasing. it is 60 degrees in santa rosa. mid- to upper 50s. 52 at fairfield and upper 50s at concord and livermore. and the view from emeryville, r rain developgomorrow night, more widespread swear f a ombr night into saturday morning. after that, a dry and warmer pattern develops on sunday and continues into next week. for tonight, you'll see that notice the increase in high clouds if morning

commuters will notice it. it will be dry for the morning commute. tomorrow afternoon the clouds get thicker and thicker ahead of the approaching storm, which ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. a storm of light intensity. late tomorrow night, friday, part of friday evening into saturday morning, we can expect periods of rain, mainly the north bay first. and showers will spread to other parts of the bay area and slippery roadways for the morning and evening commutes as the storm develops. the forecast animation, we're resuming at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. notice how the raindrops through from the north, swings through, producing showers that will taper off by midmorning friday. and then a little bit of a break followed by a second wave of rain late friday night. that continues into saturday morning and also breaks up very quickly. rainfall totals will generally be under 0.2 for most of the bay area. a little more in the north bay. chilly overnight in the inland valleys with mid- to upper 30s. and highs tomorrow upper 50s at the coast. low to mid-60s around the bay shoreline, and mid-60s inland.

and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. after a little bit of shower activity friday and early saturday, we get partial clearing saturday afternoon. then on sunday, start to get sunny and warmer days, a string of them. monday and tuesday, look for high temperatures inland to range from low to mid-70s. right around the bay shoreline, see highs up to 70 degrees. low 60s on the coast. and even wednesday as it starts to get a little cooler, still a very pleasant and mild day with high temperatures well above the average for this time of the year. dan and ama? >> 74? wow, that's something. spencer, before we let you go, we know you have someone very ecl,s re. haveou ve ove00 years i'm gng to ice turned 102 years old today. i got to know her on some visits to jerusalem baptist church in palo alto. and now her name is lurlene stevens fuller, but to her

congregants, she is known as 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 pastored. 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 osaka, macomb in mississippi. >> and my family originated in 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 want to do that? i tell you something else, she sings, and she sings solos in

the church. and i was there one morning and she sang this powerful solo and just knocked me out. her voice was stronger than that of people half her age. so happy birthday, sister fuller. >> you 19 she sings now, currently? >> yeah, she sings now. currently. she walked up to the front of the church, grabbed the microphone and beltd out a solo. everybody else who goes there, they were used to her. oh, yeah, that's sister fuller. that's what she does. >> happy birthday to her. she is awesome. >> i want to live as long as her. and be that vital. she is fantastic. >> she is amazing. >> all right, thanks, spencer. all right. ash and dash. another tradition gets a pandemic

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catholics celebrated ash wednesday today at st. mary's cathedral in san francisco. this year, because of the pandemic, priests were sprinkling ashes on worshipers rather than rubbing them on to their foreheads in the shape of a cross. the practice is actually common in some churches in europe. san francisco's archbishop says the change is just part of their ongoing effort to keep people safe. >> our archdiocese has issued these 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 of the safety protocols being followed in catholic churches all around the country. >> the decision to sprinkle the ashes came in a directive from > conservative talk radio show host rush limbaugh died today at age 70 after a long battle with lung cancer. limbaugh began his radio career as a dj in the early 1970s and turned to talk radio in sacramento in 1984. four years later, his show went national, eventually reaching 15 million listeners a week across 600 stations. the former bay area talk show host melanie morgan spoke about 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. last year president trump awarded him the presidential ni of freedom. ac a a utyehait's part of her family history. and history in the making today during black history month. our race and culture reporter julian glover looks into why it took more than three

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activism has been in her family for generations. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> historically, it has been young people who have led so much of the activism. >> black lives matter! 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 golgoing d. 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 beforelkereaed 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 officers, 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. >> 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. >> i love hearing from all those young voices. you can stream all of our "california dreaming" stories on demand, including our 30-minute "california dreaming" special right now on our abc7 bay area connected tv app. download the free app on roku, fire tv, android tv and apple tv. building a better bay area is about working for racial and social justice. today a three-block stretch of ninth street in west oakland was renamed after the cofound over

the black panther huey p. newton. this black history month there is a renewed push to remember the rich history of the oakland born party and reframe the narrative of that organization. julian glover was there for the renaming and explains why it took 32 years since newton's murder to have a permanent tribute installed in his honor. >> two, one! >> reporter: on what would be his 79th birthday, a thrshe of the revolutionary found other telephone black panther party dr. huey newton. his widow speaks with me filled with joy. >> overwhelmed. it's our first tangible result of so much effort, and not the last. >> there is a reason why we're renaming so many years after he died in '89, right? because his name was demonized by the media. he created the most popular

revolutionary organization of the 20th century. >> reporter: for decades, the narrative of the black panther party founded in oakland in 1966 has centered around images like these. but what about the black panthers breakfast program that became the blueprint for the federal government school breakfast program? why were those positive images of the party's history largely nonexistent until now? >> they only like to show sinister videos or pictures of us carrying guns. that was not what t barty was a. we fed them. we clothed them. we made sure they were healthy with free clinics. that's based on love. and those were the positive things about the black panther party that the media never shows. >> a revolution! >> revolution! >> i am. >> i am! >> the street renaming newton comes less than a week after the release of the film "judah and the black messiah." he plays fred hampton, leader of the illinois chapter of the

black panther party. here he is on gma talking about the push to rewrite the narrative on the party's history. >> seeing that black powerful party and hampton had the ideas, the philosophies and the strategies in order to help the black community. >> the history of the black panther party is oakland history. and for so long that's been denied. now it can't. >> no, we can't. >> what does that mean to you? >> it means everything to me. now children will grow up to see images that will look like them and give them hope thatdiffereny too can make a change in their community. >> reporter: the renaming after huey p. newton is only the first of many tributes to the black panther party. on october 24th, a bronze bust of newton will be unveiled right here on this granite slablackan party wile a part of oakland's history forever. reporting in west oakland, julian glover, abc7 news. now, if you have a story for

julian, he'd love to hear from you. reach out to him online, on twitter and facebook. you can find him at julian g abc7 and on instagram. he is julian glover tv. getting kids back to school. some can. some can't. next, see what they're doing in berkeley to reopen campuses safely. i'm wayne freedman in rohnert park. what does it take

a better bay area is an educated bay area. students of all ages have been challenged to keep learning while the pandemic shut down schools. now some are reopening. berkeley public schools will resume in-person learning next month with the youngest students and will welcome back high schoolers in mid-april. the return is contingent on vaccinating teacher, and that's going get started on monday. lyanne melendez tells us how berkeley was able to move quickly. >> reporter: berkeley will have enough supply to begin vaccinating teachers who serve preschool through second grade. that's because berkeley is one of four cities in california with enown public health department.

the rest of the elementary school teachers will be phased in beginning march 1. secondary school teachers the week of march 8th. the city of berkeley is hoping to get more of the pfizer vaccine, which requires a shorter time period for full vaccination. this means teachers could start earlier. in the next few day, teachers will receive a link from the berkeley unified school district, which will allow them to make appointments. the goal is to have the youngest kids preschool through second grade back in the classroom by march 29th. grades three through five, six through eight, and ninth graders would return the week of april 12th. tenth through 12 graders are expected back on april 19. students will return to campus in a hybrid mode. school will continue through the first week of june. >> the fact that we may have two full months to return to school before the end of the school year i think is an enormous win for our students and families. >> i didn't think it was real.

are we really going back with two months left? but then we got the email, all our parents did. i was happy, though. it's better than zoom and online school. >> we have so many kids at the school. we're rubbing elbows in the hallway. i don't know how it's going to work. >> reporter: so if all goes as planned, this will be the vaccination site for teachers. take i-80 and get off at the y. buchanan exit. lyanne melendez, abc7 news, berkeley. san francisco unified is getting classrooms ready for the return of students. the district announced today that six schools have been inspected by the department of public health and are ready for in-person learning. this is sunset elementary, part of the wave 1 group elementary schools. >> we have our place spaces and spaces outside. and inside you'll get to take a look at the decals and the signage and our classrooms are

also ready for in-person loading in terms of furniture preparation and setup. >> reopening is not a done deal. a tentative agreement between the district and labor unions is expected to be ratified next week. then learning can resume. all week we've been hearing about the outcry by parents for public schools to reopen across the bay area. in rohnert park today, abc7 news reporter wayne freedman found a school that is physically ready, and a teacher who has never left. it is not supposed to be a lonely place. rncho katani high school or any campus right now. empty benches, empty quads and much too quiet at what would be lunchtime. >> it's kind of sad, but it's reality. >> unlike any challenge that john anderson has dealt with in 35 years of teaching. have a great day, says the note on thisssroom tt not seen kids since march. though even with distance

learning, john has been here behind his desk for them almost every day. >> i do everything i can to give them as muc and surprisingly -- >> whatappens is our failure rate is year. >> reporter: instead of having kids take six classes all year long, the school has them do a year's worth of work in three at a time. here is principal lewis. >> there is only three to keep track of from a student's perspective. so it's a lot easier to focus. >> physically, the district says this campus is ready for students to return. they'll be able to take temperatures before the kids walk through the door. they'll be able to test them for covid-19 every two weeks. in classrooms, there are virus-killing air filtration systems, and hand sanitizers. only 14 desks to a classroom. socially distanced, all according to state guidelines. >> i don't think anyone would imagine the things we've had to >>nd that's t pr by in wded so

ty the health department and the state health document. >> reporter: when sonoma county enters the less risky red tier, they hope to see students here again. the big billboard paid for by parents on the highway nearby, they hear the message. >> it's fair that people are frustrated with what's going on. it is not fair to blame teachers for this. >> reporter: around here, nobody wants a ghost town. in rohnert park, wayne freedman, abc7 news. back-to-back storms are headed to the bay area. we have a little more than 24 hours of dry weather left before that rain arrives. spencer shows you where and when, next.

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upper 30s in our inland valleys. a little chilly. tomorrow we'll get increasing clouds. it will be mild again tomorrow with high temperatures ranging from upper 50s at the coast to low and mid-60s near the bay and inland. and then we bring in the strong impact scale indicating we have wind approaching, ranking 1 on the impact stale late tomorrow night and then a break and friday into early saturday morning. we get periods of rain and showers, slippery roadways. so here is a look at the forecast animation starting tomorrow afternoon. notice tomorrow night that first wave swings down from the north bay during the overnight hours into friday morning. and it breaks up rather quickly into widely scattered showers by midday friday. and then friday night the next wave comes in, swings through quickly as well. and by saturday we can expect clearing. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. the clearing begins late saturday and the warm-up starts on sunday. look at the temperatures on monday and tuesday. low to mid-70s inland to start next week. i guess it is may and february. >> guess so.

all right. thank you, spencer. all right. on to abc7 sports director larry beil with baseball, larry. >> yes. it is here! baseball season. spring training actually opened today for both the giants and the as. pitchers and catchers reported. how did buster posey keep his

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for both the giants and the a's today in arizona, and a familiar face has returned to scottsdale. in fact, he is the face of the franchise for the giants, buster posey. giants catcher opted out of last season to care for premature adopted twin girls. as abc7's chris alvarez reports, buster found a unique way to keep his arm in shape, much to the dismay of his 9-year-old son. >> reporter: with the crack of the bat and the pop of the mitt, the sounds of baseball return to scottsdale as giants catchers and pitchers reported to spring training. >> obviously a lot of guys digging their spikes in for the first time. it's great to see buster. >> reporter: buster posey's return of the giants was the headline on the field, but it was his revelation of a unique off-season throwing program that skaut caught a lot of attention, my son is not so much into changing diapers. the thing is i'll change a typer

from a baby and roll it up real tight, and he'll be running, depending on how well they've been feeding, that plays a lot into my accuracy. and if it's equivalent to the weight of a baseball. yeah, i've been pretty accurate. >> reporter: all kidding aside, posey, who turns 34 next month was asked if there is a possibility this could be his last spring training. >> sure, it's gone through my mind. my goal this year is really go one day at a time and focus on what needs to be accomplished for that day, and try not to get too far ahead. >> reporter: chris alvarez, abc7 sports. >> would love to see some video of buster with the diaper toss. the a's open spring training in mesa. they've got big questions to answer. who is going to win the closers job. liam hendricks left for the white sox. who fills the leadership void with marcus semien off to toronto. the a's also traded away slugger khris davis. there is going to be new faces in key roles for the green and

gold. skipper bob melvin says the a's still have a lot of talent up and down that lineup. so the expectations remain high. >> the good news is that we still have a core group of young players. they're still young players here that had leadership qualities the minute they got here, whether it was matt chapman, whether it's matt olson, chad pinder. mark hannah, steve piscotty. ram ramon. >> we use our roster and we have a gold glove caliber player in that pitching. it's kind of hard not to be excited by the crew that we have. >> a's should be very much in play-off contention as they have been the past few years. a nice honor for san jose football coach brent brennan. he was just n020 lombardi foundation coach of the year. in four years, brennan took the spartans from one of the worst programs in the entire country to the school's first ever

mountain west conference championship. they finished with a 7-1 record. went to a bowl game. and brennan, this is the nice part of the story, he grew up as a kid in the stand watching spartans football. he is really the perfect coach to lead the san jose state program. well, as spencer said, it's been well below freezing in texas the past few days. former giants pitcher jeremy affeldt did his version of the polar plunge, settling into his hot tub, which you can see there is filled with ice. that would be the not hot tub. oh, come on, jeremy. he was under water for half a second. and did not last very long before scampering back inside his house. i mean, his kids were laughing in the background so hard because jeremy was trying to get back inside so quickly. but dan, i would like to see you do the polar plunge. i think that would be a good fundraising opportunity. maybe the station can get behind

that, and we could videotape that. i nominate you for the polar plunge. >> you do? okay. if it's a fundraiser, i'll do its hav done i' not big cold water. but for raising money for a good cause, i'm in. >> for the bowl family charity. >> after a good workout? fine. >> wrae yeah, yeah, if you're a polar bear. >> thanks, larry. well, tonight on abc7 news at 8:00, catch the geldbergs followed by american housewife, the conners and call your mother. at 10 catch for life. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. >> and you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc7 bay area connected app available for apple tv, and destroyed, amazon and roku. we are everywhere. download the app now and start streaming. that is it for us now. thank you so much for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us, we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice evening and we'll see you again at 11:00.

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