building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> just being able to go out there and see my teammates and play with them is exciting. high school athletes are celebrating a major win this morning. governor newsom announced a new plan to restart some outdoor youth sports across the state. football, baseball, softball and soccer are among the sports allowed to begin competition again next week. goodern moi morning, everybody. it's saturday february 20th. first, as always, with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning, liz. a few showers overnight.ou hear but some gusty winds right now as that front marches through

the central coast. quick mover. as we look at live doppler 7. the precip as close as we can get around here is mt. hamilton and mixed at that. higher elevations right around freezing. otherwise it is snow in the mountains until about 10:00 with our winter weather advisory. upper 40s with fog half moon bay and 48 san mateo and looking at the clouds up in the north bay, but not for long. 45 in napa. look at the winds, gusting to 25 miles per hour at sfo and 24-mile-per-hour wind gusts in novato and we're looking at winds of over 40 miles an hour around mt. tam. going to be a gusty afternoon out there. plenty of sunshine and it will be cooler due to those northwesterly winds and the passage of the cold front. 40s and 50s at 9:00 with sunny conditions and the winds will be with us all throughout the day with mid and upper 50s at best. low 50s at the coast. it's a clear night and we'll talk about a warmer sunday coming up, liz. >> lisa, thank you. as we mentioned, some high

school sports will resume play in california, but there is one big requirement. a county must have a covid case rate 14 per 100,000 residents. that includes most of the bay area except for solano. talked with a player and coach about returning to the field. >> reporter: it's been more than a year since leyla scored a goal with her high school teammates. >> i haven't seen my teammates. >> reporter: high school sports were banned due to covid-19 but on friday the ban was lifted in california on some outdoor sports, but extra protocols in place for high contact sports like football. >> a mountain of evidence that supports that outdoor youth sports done safely is not a threat to the community. >> i know i will get to have that portion of my senior year soccer wise and being able to practice with the girls i have been playing with is exciting.

>> reporter: she made the varsity team as a freshman. she's been sending out recruitment but losing her senior year due to the pandemic means lost opportunities to play in college. >> a big influence on where i go because such a big part of my life for so long. >> reporter: her father sitting by her side said it is tough to watch his daughter miss out on her final year in club after dedicating her life to the game. >> you get knocked down and back up and it just makes you that much stronger of a person. >> reporter: the season starts in two weeks and the family wants to know what safety protocols are in place before giving her the green light. >> going out there and see my teammates and play with them is exciting. >> reporter: in the south bay, abc7 news. parents of one elementary school held a protest calling for them to open their campuses. zoom in mornings where students gather in front of their locked

school sites or nearby park for their online classes. organizers says it sends the message that they are ready to learn at school together. at least a dozen students and their parents braved the cold and the light rain yesterday at miraloma elementary. >> to show what kids are going through. zoom school is so hard for them that they're willing to go out in the rain to show people that aren't aware how hard this is on them that they also want to come out and be with their peers. >> so far no date for in-person learning for san francisco schools. you can walk in to get a covid-19 vaccine. supervisor erin pacificen shared on twitter you can drop in to get a shot at sf general hospital. this will be available until tuesday. and starting tuesday, you can ride muni for free if you're

going to or from a covid vaccination site. part of the city's efforts to make it as convenient as possible forplto receive the vaccine. meantime, oakland teachers and school staff get their covid-19 vaccines in the first ever mobile fema vaccine site. governor newsom visited this site yesterday as he and other state leaders are pushing to resume in-person learning by spring. the superintendent of oakland unified said this is one of many things needed to make that happen. >> it is the intent. it is the priority for us to open our schools as safely as possible. and having vaccination and access to vaccinations is a critical component. >> other teachers in the county will continue to be vaccinated at the oakland coliseum. governor newsom said he will set aside 10% of the state's next allocation of the vaccine for teachers. now, today is the last day of the, the last day of the week to get your vaccine shot. drive-through style at the alameda county fairground. it opened for the first time

this week running from wednesdays to saturdays in pleasanton. what's different with this one is that the site is split into lanes based on how you signed up either through your health care provider or the county website. so appointment is or no appointment is required. excuse me, appointments are required opened for alameda county residents only from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. winter weather slamming parts of the country actually leading to delays in vaccine shipments here into california. ice and snow are disrupting operations at major fedex and u.p.s. hubs. excuse me. fedex says it's rerouting deliveries through a regional sorting hub in oakland to try to speed things up. some bay area counties had to cancel or reschedule hundreds of vaccination appointments. >> we did hear from one of our pharmacy partners that they had to cancel about 500 vaccine doses because the vaccines just couldn't come through and we

didn't have any extra to give them. >> contra costa, santa clara and napa counties are all facing disruptions. berkeley officials say they're missing thousands of vaccines. san francisco says its supply is inconsistent and limited. new developments. pfizer says its covid vaccine can be stored in regular lab freezers. in addition aew study finds a single dose of the vaccine is 85% effective. luz pena is part of our abc7 vaccine team and spoke with bay area experts on what this could mean for distribution. >> reporter: in this freezer are the last 390 pfizer covid-19 vaccines in marin county. making sure these freezers don't break is woody baker con. >> in the neighborhood of minus 80 degree celsius because the vaccine is so precious we have two freezers. a primary and a backup in case something goes wrong.

>> if pfizer's request is approved by regulators, it means this vaccine can be transported to more places across the world without the need of these specialized freezers. administrative director of pharmacy services. he believes this temperature change will expedite the distribution process. but could this also have a negative impact on the vaccine efficacy? >> not a negative impact. >> reporter: but it does shorten its shelf life. >> historically with low temperatures as long as six months standard freezer environment does shorten that but does allow for two weeks. >> reporter: a new study out of israel shows one shot of the pfizer vaccine is 80% effective at preventing symptomatic covid-19. since the shelf life is going to decrea decrease, do you predict that it will go through the first batch of pfizer doses as soon as possible rather than storing for them for people who are waiting

for the second dose? >> theiretically possible. we are really trying to exhaust vaccines as fast as we can. >> reporter: in hopes to increase more vaccine supply, president biden visiting pfizer's assembly line in michigan where this company is promising to produce batches in half the time from 110 days down to 60 days. in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. all right, the entire oakley union elementary school board of trustees has resigned. the move comes after members were caught on video making disparaging comments about parents before a board meeting yesterday. earlier the board's president resigned and late last night the district superintendent sent a letter saying the three remaining members resigned, as well. happening today, a drive-through food distribution site in the north bay to get a little extra help to those who need it. volunteers with the sonoma county black forum will back

grocery and personal care items into cars starting at 10:00 a.m. today. families who are struggling from the pandemic can drive up to the south end of santa rosa high school on mendocino avenue. the donations are put together by generous markets and nonprofits. lisa, little rain this morning. >> i think that's all about we're going to see. folks sleeping in missing it. live look here from emeryville where temperature are in the upper 40s to low 50s and looking at a cool day today. gusty northwest winds following this frontal passage. i'll explain what that means for your saturday, next. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, a fund-raiser hoping to bring people together through food. what inspired a virtual cook along that you could take part in today. alcohol sales have been soaring since lockdowns began last spring. i'm kate larsen in san francisco. coming up, how increased drinking habits are affecting

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welcome back. new it tadetails in the rising t to recall gavin newsom. new numbers just released by the secretary of state's office showing 368,000 valid signatures have been submitted. 1.49 million are needed in order to trigger a recall election. the recall campaign says they are hoping to gather a total of 2 million signatures to cross the requiredeshold and make up for any that. >> back invalid. total of 1.7 million so far. the deadline to submit all of them is march 17th. maybe you're wondering how a recall works in california anyway. it's kind of complicated. instead of googling down a rabbit hole you could watch my explanation on the recall process right now. it is on our apps for your connected tv devices, roku, apple tv, amazon fire and android tv. just search for abc7 bay area.

and new developments in the golden state warriors batus bat with the city of oakland with their former home oracle arena. the team is agreeing to pay back $1.2 million in legal fees to attorneys for oakland and alameda county. late last year the state supreme court ruled that the warriors had to pay back the debt it owed for the arena when the team moved to san francisco. it still owes the city and county a little less than $50 million. and your overall health is a key part of our efforts to building a better bay area. as the pandemic drags on so, too, does increased alcohol consumption and now a year later the effects are starting to manifest in hospitals across the country. kate larsen spoke to a liver americiaon wor rorter:ording to report, a 54% increase in alcohol sales across the u.s. in march 2020 when lockdowns began.

since then, booze sales have continued to boom. >> we're looking at about a 45% increase. >> reporter: scott jeffrey who was a beer buyer in san francisco doesn't necessarily think that equates to people drinking 45% more. it is that bars and restaurants have been closed so instead people drink at home. >> i think some people result to unhealthy methods of coping. >> instead of going out to the bars until 2:00 in the morning, i'll just drink every night at my house. >> reporter: you don't feel like you're overdoing it? >> i mean, yeah, it's a good question. >> reporter: it is hard to fault people for seeking an outlet during the pandemic. a year later, some health impacts coming to light. >> more and more we're seeing young people, as young as 20 come in with sorosis of the liver from alcohol. young adults, women and ethnic minorities. these are the groups who have had the most stress and burden from the pandemic.

>> reporter: dr. brian lee is a helptologist and liver transplant specialist at keck hospital. he contributed to a pfizer foundation study that across the country 30 to 50% increase in hospitalizations due to alcohol-related kidney liver di. >> one drinks per day for women and two drinks for men. people on sorosis on average have a life expectancy of five years. >> reporter: most people don't have any symptoms. the only treatments are to quit drinking and a liver transplant. kate larsen, a bc7 news. california business owners can access the safety regulations online. the california labor agency created a one-stop portal where employees can pull updated information from state, county and city sources. users have to answer a series of questions about their business.

they will receive customized information about protocols and social distancing guidelines and how to safely reopen. >> we really hope this is useful for small businesses, in particular, without full hr departments or outside counsel as we understand there may be some understandable anxiety over wanting to make sure they are doing everything correctly. >> we've posted a link to the online portal on our website abc7news.com. now, a new 24-hour safe parking site opened in palo alto. security and resources for people living in their cars. the lot is leased for free from santa clara county and run by a nonprofit. it has 12 cars or rvs. palo alto officials say the city has seen a significant increase in people living in their cars in recent years. similar lots have also been set up in mountain view. the safe parking program also gives people access to case management resources and amenities like showers and

restrooms. happening today, a fund-raiser is counting on food to bring people together. a virtual cook along is set for today to raise money for good eats, an oakland group that helps bridge divides between the black and asian communities. participants will learn to make chinese dumplings. the event was inspired by feelings of helplessness and anger over the recent attacks in chinatown. >> dumpling fund-raiser is to really create an environment in which we are fueled by the anger we all felt because of the attacks and increased racism and tension between two communities and then put it into a place where we're all sharing a space together in the spirit of unity and cooking together and eating together. >> the dumplings for unity event will include discussions about lunar new year and black history month. now with no in-person chinese new year parade moving to different forms of fun. the city of san francisco is

putting together a parade special instead. you can find those details on facebook.com/chineseparade. once again, this weekend you can check out one of the parade floats at the cruise terminal plaza at pier 27. all right. children's discovery museum. the outdoor educational space is back open. it's been closed since early december and from the looks of things the kids are having a great time. >> kids are wired to play and it's been very hard for them to play during covid-19. and so although we've created distance between them, they can see each other, they can actually do similar activities, wave at each other. you know, interact. >> bill's backyard is open to members for the next two weeks and open to the public on march 5th. all right, lisa. little bit of rain, but that's it. >> yeah, that's it. we're getting used to that, aren't we? just a splash and then it moves

on. we have a little wind. but other than that, we're going to see some temperatures warm up for the second half of the weekend, but just getting started right now. we do have some wet pavement out there and a few scattered showers mainly over the hills now. we get into mt. diablo and that's where we're looking at some precip and in the mountains, not bad. while our rainfall has been just scant, we really have been adding to our snow pack in the sierra, nevada. that's good news as we look at the wider view, temperatures in the upper 20s here with our winter weather advisory through 10:00 and we widen the view. you can see that system moving on through right here and then this big, dry slot. that is a ridge of high pressure that is going to build on in for today, but not before we get some gusty winds and then we'll look for that warming trend as we get through your sunday, your monday and tuesday. 48 right now in hayward. it is 49 in redwood city. looking at temperatures cooler this morning. 53 in oakland.

upper 40s up in the north bay. and looking at temperatures two to six degrees colder with the passage of that front already beginning to see some skies clear in the north bay. here's a look at our winds. our surface winds. 20 to 28 miles per hour from san francisco to novato. you can see gusty along the coast and quickly they are picking up and in the upper elevations getting a little fierce there, over 40 miles an hour from mt. tamipais a b, ggg windnot oy t morning, but stick around the entire day. here's a look at the golden gate bridge where we're looking at relatively calm conditions right now, but you can see the winds are already picking up. partly cloudy and breezy and the camera is shaking a bit. looking at sunny skies and gusty afternoon winds and sunny and warmer conditions for your sunday, monday and tuesday. here's a lookt we expe ier of thetion of this fas anywhere from about a couple

hundreds in concord and we did pick up 0.04 in oakland and on the coast here in san francisco we got over 0.25 that is some better news. as we look at our winds, you'll notice the colors are back and that indicates the wind gusts at 9:00 this morning already seeing the winds working their way down to the surface. 30 to over 40 miles per hour. look at the east bay there, oakland up to 30 miles per hour. here we are 2:00 in the afternoon. it's a windy to gusty day at the coast. breezy else where around the bay and it's not until we get to after sunset, which is 6:52 tha we'll see the winds begin to calm down. so through 10:00, three to four inches of snow not bad in the mountains and temperatures as we get into your sunday, warmer. 60s, 70s. another warmer day on monday. above average and as we look at tuesday, we're talking mid 70s. so, yeah, a taste of spring for sure. so, cool and breezy today. 58on

and looking at 60 in san jose and the accuweather forecast the out of here and then windy and sunny and warmer weather begins tomorrow and then the second half of the week feature some cooler, but dry weather. liz. >> all right, lisa, thank you. just ahead, grab your fork and knife. two bay area restaurants are named some of the best in the country. where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto,

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by at least 25% during the same time frame. >> the beauty of silicon valley's unique mindset is that once we do identify a static system that's no longer scaling, we start to fundamentally disrupt it. >> reporter: the silicon valley leadership group started the initiative to bring race and social justice from the streets to the corporate suites. well-known companies, educational institutions and 49ers make up the inaugural group. the bay area council joined as a partner. thought leaders said companies need to look beyond the numbers. >> you really can't extract the benefits of diversity unless all employees are full participants in the enterprise. they need to be fully seen and have a voice and be recognized. >> reporter: where will they find diverse candidates. the search will need to go beyond the bay area. >> we have to be willing to go to atlanta and washington, d.c., to new york, et cetera, et

cetera to find this talent because it's there. >> reporter: the robert half search firm says almost a third of hiring managers are already recruiting nationwide. the 25 by 25 pledge may also create opportunities for existing employees with potential to move up. >> they only have three years for experience. you were looking for ideally seven, eight years and you might give that person an opportunity. so you can hire from within. >> reporter: performance will be measured from making progress transparent. david louie, abc7 news. a san bruno medterrarian restaurant has been named one of the top 100 places to eat in 2021. combined users' submissions with other metrics. family owned and just opened in march of 2020 right as the pandemic was beginning. >> probably elbow deep in some chicken when i got the call and it was a lady from yelp basically mentioning that, you know, we had made the top 100

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another look at the weather. >> skies are already clearing in parts of the north bay and east bay so our quick-moving front already along the central coast and we're left with some breezy to gusty winds throughout the day today. it's in the mid to upper 40s here from santa clara and down towards morgan hill 45 and numbers generally from the mid 40s out in the inland valleys to about 50 over into alameda. the surface winds are quickly moving fast behind the system anywhere from 23 to 28 miles an upper elevations and as we look at our 10:00 temperatures, we're cool in the low 50s and some breezy to gusty winds result throughout the afternoon. this is going to make it feel a little bit chilly out there, low 60s for some of you. that should be our warmest locations and the winds will dial back after sunset we've got a clear and cold night on the way. we'll talk about the warm up in a few minutes. liz. weather has disrupted

distribution of the covid vaccine. leaving a backlog of millions of doses. abc news reporter careana mitchell has more on the efforts to catch up. >> to get americans vaccinated. >> reporter: this morning the white house is asking local leaders to help make up for lost time after the shipping and distribution of the coronavirus vaccine was delayed last week by massive winter storms. >> we're asking vaccine administration sites to extend their hours even further and offer additional appointments, if we all work together from the factory all the way to the vaccinators, we will make up for it in the coming week. >> reporter: los angeles mayor eric garcetti says his city is waiting and will be ready. >> we're in a race against time. a race between infections and injections. and anything that slows down our progress is unacceptable. >> reporter: meantime, pfizer says it will be able to reduce the production time of its vaccine from 110 days to 60 days adding the vaccine, which had to

be stored at 94 degrees below zero, can now be stored in regular medical freezers once it arrives at vaccination sites. yesterday president biden toured pfizer's covid-19 production facility in michigan and says he understands the hesitancy among some to taking it. >> one message to cut through to everyone in this country is this. the vaccines are safe. take the vaccine when it's your turn and available. that's how to beat this pandemic. >> reporter: the president is still promising 600 million doses by the end of july, enough for all americans, but he acknowledged not everyone will have received a shot by then. corina mitchell, abc news, new york. the white house coronavirus task force is pushing the vaccine timeline back for elementary students until after january 2022. based when research trials on children will finish up. a small astrazeneca vaccine trial involving 300 kids in the uk as young as 6 years old is

just beginning. pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson are expected to start trials for this younger group in the spring. some parents are still worried about the vaccine safety. >> to me, i believe they came up with this method of a vaccine too soon. i'm just not a believer. >> uncomfortable having them go to school but be inest there terested in gett vaccinated as soon as it is available. >> immunizing children is important for herd immunity, not a prerequisite for returning to the classroom. no vaccine doses should ever go to waste, but is the state doing everything it can to track every shot? abc7 news i-team digs into the numbers. >> we still need to be cautious until we reach herd immunity. >> reporter: the governor reminding californians to be cautious as vaccine doses continue to be in short supply. 8.7 million doses have been delivered across the state.

nearly 77% have been used. that leaves more than 2 million doses potentially waiting in freezers reserved for second shots. how can we be sure those doses aren't wasted. >> more transparency. >> reporter: the state isn't tracking that information on their website. we're pushing the california department of public health to change that after multiple calls and e-mails we received a response stating we are now looking into it. >> it is really easy to plan this stuff when you have it all controlled in a handful of centers, just wading out into the community and doing door-to-door campaigns and going to be a little unpredictable there and there's just bound to be some wastage. >> reporter: the abc7 i-team filed a public record's request and as of friday 631 doses have been wasted across four bay area counties. since distributions started 292 doses wasted in santa clara ands

wasted in san mateo county. small in comparison, representing less than 1% of the total number of vaccinations administered in each county. alameda and napa counties reported zero waste. san francisco, marin tell us the data is currently unavailable. so what's causing the waste? health officials in sonoma county tell us doses have gone unused because of a dropped syringe or dropped or chipped vial or an open vial at the end of the day. >> really making sure what vaccine you have on site matches the people who are readily available to be vaccinated. >> reporter: over seas san mateo vaccination program. what lessons did you learn early on about eliminating dose waste? >> we maybe didn't have as tight a control on the inventory and more vials were open than should have. >> reporter: that was a problem flagged in early january. now the county using modeling

data from previous clinics to estimate a proper vaccine supply based on the number of confirmed appointments. >> we're not overly and not opening up any more doses than we need to to really take care of the people that we have confirmed appointments for. >> reporter: the question is, are counties across the state following suit? we won't know that answer until the state starts tracking this data and makes it publicly available. we'll keep a close eye on it. for the i-team, stephanie sierra. today texans will get a brief bit of warm relief from this historic and deadly freeze. electricity is slowly starting to come back on, but at last check this morning about 85,000 people are still without power. texas' elected leaders are facing nonstop questions about how the power grid failed and who is to blame. >> it hasn't been a problem for a long time. became a problem this week. we believe that, you know, we had not had a problem except for

some rolling brownouts in the summer. let me finish. >> i have to stop you, that was incorrect to say this only became a problem this week is incorrect, sir. >> a weak cold front is expected tomorrow night, but that should only bring minimal impacts. all right, still ahead on . breaking barriers. we talked to some new eagle scouts in marin county who are part of the first ever female class. and here is a live look outside as we head to break and a little rainy this morning, but that is going to clear up by the time most of us wake up. we'll chat with lisa when we get back. stick with us.

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all 150 original pokemon can be caught within 12 hours today. tickets can be purchased for more bonuses but the event is open and free to everyone. the game also held a contest for a few lucky players to become in-game characters. the event starts at 9:00 this morning. and this weekend, you can re-create the magic of disney in your very own home divided by disney imagineers. we launched a new series imagine from home. you will learn how to build your own r-2droid. >> my name is matthew jamison and i'm an imagineer. my specific title at imagineering is creative director. most of my projects are in tokyo. the latest project, the one i'm still working on actually is a brand-new expansion called fantasy springs. now for today i've got a brand-new video for you. i'll show you how to make this awesome soap bubble droid. that's what i'm calling it. fun activity for all of you at home to do and to really

remember some of those magical moments at the park. i know since we're all staying safe at home, i think this will be a great activity for everyone to do. >> how fun and all you need are a few items from around the house. you can just go to abc7news.com to download the supply list then head to our, abc connected app to stream the episode on demand. all right. stick with us, we'll be right back and get a check with lisa argen. >> temperatures are going to be cool today. wind coming in behind the cold front. stay tuned my accuweather seven-day forecast is next. also next, the warriors try to win their third straight in a see saw game from down 17 to up

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welcome back. let's talk sports. early this morning naomi osaka tried to win her fourth grand slam title against brady. >> osaka reclaims her crown at the australian open and retains her title and the queen of the hard courts. >> osaka defeated brady in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4 to win her first australian open. the first woman to win her major tournaments to start her career in 30 years. the 23-year-old osaka was born in japan and moved to the united states with her family when she was 3. the warriors meantime, they will be back in action later today against the charlotte hornets.

tipoff at the spectrum center is at 5:00 p.m. and last night the ws began their four-game road trip in orlando. here's sports director larry beil with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. seven times the warrior husband a chance to win three in a row. seven times they have failed, including last night in orlando. starting a four-game road trip. really a rough start. down 15 early and they come back and steph drive foul and seated dance, that would tie it up. monster game forf anf an hiam in the ed.one-point lead.ly they would build that to a 13-point cushion only to see the magic close with a 15-2 run.

terrance ross makes it a five-point lead. last gasp for golden state. under 30 seconds. look at steph he had 29 and made it a one-point game but rough shooting. only 11 of 29. orlando makes two free throws. 11 seconds left and steph going for the tie and the magic play terrific defense on him. warriors lose 120-124. they're in charlotte tonight. the ladies. sixth ranked stanford women hosting arizona state. lexy board. the hustle, the hoop, plus the foul. kionna williams led with 18 going right to the rack. one there, as well. anna wilson, haley jones, stanford they win big, 80-41. they are 20-2. cal remains winless. they lost to arizona. baseball. spring training in mesa for the a's. third baseman coming back from hip surgeries.

the skipper melvin says his platinum club star is looking good. >> he's eager. more trying to hold him back than trying to get him ready. again, if we get into games early on and i feel dh him a little longer and we'll take the lead from our training staff. but i don't see anything that would suggest, at least at this point, i'm seeing anything than i normally do. the nhl outdoor series is in tahoe this year and the views are amazing. the san jose sharks are the nhl closest team to tahoe, not invited. vegas and colorado play today. flyers and bruins on sunday. no fans allowed. but, man, what a venue in tahoe for hockey. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> that does look really nice. lisa, it looks chilly up there, but kind of perfect in a way up in tahoe. >> what you would expect for

february with temperatures in the upper 20s right now and the snow coming down. here's a live look where the cold front, what is left of it pushing into the central coast and with the sierra nevada picking up a little bit more snow. we have wind and that winter weather advisory through about 10:00. here's a look at that system pushing through the bay area and what's behind it is a ridge of high pressure that will build in for your sunday. we'll be sunny today but northwesterly winds will take over. it is 44 in castro valley, as will as orinda and good morning berkeley 48 for dwrou and in the low 50s in oakland with 46 in pacifica and this doesn't really tell the whole story. we have wind that is going to really quickly move in behind it. it already has in spots. six degrees cooler for our east bay and looking at right now the winds from 20 to 25 miles per hour. san francisco, the airport gusting to 28 miles an hour here at half moon bay and novato is over 25 and pretty soon we'll see the wind switch over into oakland, as well.

they're beginning to pick u to 44 miles per hour from mt. diablo to mt. tam. breezy to gusty out there. as we go through the afternoon, it will continue. the winds will not back off and a cool day out there unless you can get a wind sheltered area and enjoy some of that sun. partly cloudy, breezy and becoming gusty this afternoon with more sunshine and as the high builds in tomorrow, it's going to be warmer for your sunday afternoon, your monday and your tuesday with 70s arriving. here's a look at the rain that came down. a couple hundredths. we did pick up 0.02 in san francisco and else where you may not have heard it, but it came in briefly and here come the winds then as we look at your 7:00 wind profile from anywhere from about five to 38 miles per hour. but they will fill in all across the east bay into the valleys. you see livermore up to 26 miles per hour. 9:00 this morning and then it takes us right on through the

i i gtyro h moon gestedyo going to head out to t coast. very gusty winds. breezy else where. keeping the numbers a little bit below average. you can see by 7:00, the winds come down and dial back. so, snowfall amounts not too impressive, but, still, we are adding to this snow pack, which is pretty good. anywhere from three to five inches through 10:00. and we wish we could say that for the rain. we are about 40% of average. we will not catch up to seasonal averages throughout the year. that's just not going to happen. 60s to 70s tomorrow and even warmer on monday. a lot of sun, some clouds increasing and still warm or mild, i should say, on tuesday. 62 today. over in oakland with sunny skies and windy, though. 62 for you in vallejo with about 58 in the city. it's cool and gusty at the coast and the accuweather seven-day forecast. 50s to low 60s today. as much as six degrees warmer

tomorrow around the bay and inland and then feeling like spring on monday and tuesday little cooler for the second half of the workweek and that ends february, liz, with, you know, last february we had no rain at all. so, but it's unusual to have back-to-back dry februarys which we have had. >> interesting. all right, lisa, thank you. nchsh the youth of america reached a new milestone earlier this month. the first class of eagle scouts that includes young women. abc news reporter wayne freedman spent some time with the newest eagle scouts. >> on my honor i will do my >> reporter: the first step towards being a good person that when you make a promise -- >> to help other people at all times. >> reporter: you keep that promise and when you set a goal. >> keep myself physically strong, mentally awake. >> reporter: you reach it. scouts learn those values from the very beginning if they're perseverant they prove it. >> it means being a leader and

being driven. >> it was definitely very hard. >> we did it nearly all together. fre freshly minted eagle scouts. >> this one right here is doing well. >> reporter: and gina schneider. >> causing erosion into the creek. >> reporter: eagle scouts. three of four from troop 14 trailblazers in every way. becoming an eagle scout is not easy. only 5% of scouts earn that honor. and, yet, in 111 years, there have never been any women not until now. 900 across the country this year. >> it says that scouting is becoming aligning with the times. you know, inclusion. >> reporter: where most young men take five or six years to become eagle scouts, the rules changed so late that this women only had two. so they did it in a third of the time. they showed us some of their projects. >> we've got that one that got buried a little bit. >> reporter: a hillside that will blossom with wildflowers

and a trail that had been eroding with new fencing now to reroute traffic. how did you learn to build a fence? >> well, you just have to dig the post holes. >> reporter: just dig in, a lesson learned by three of the first female eagle scouts. gh gender should be irrelevant from now on. they set that goal, they made history. a promise is a promise. but you're not boasting about that. >> i'm pretty excited. >> reporter: wayne freedman, ah a virtual celebration for the year of the ox. all the activities the museum is

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building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> just being able to go out there and see my teammates and play with them is exciting. high school athletes are celebrating a major win this morning. governor newsom announced a new plan to restart some outdoor youth sports across the state. football, baseball, softball and soccer are among the sports allowed to begin competition again next week. good morning, again, everybody. it's saturday february 20th. i'm liz creutz. we'll have more rules on sports across the state but first, as always, let's start with lisa argen. nut it' ofheree heard the w lf iter along the central coast and snow in the sierra nevada and surface winds taking over to bring a breezy to gusty day for your saturday. 22-mile-per-hour wind gusts

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