to fight coronavirus. >> the plan and the pushback

will moderna and pfizer prepare their vaccines to fight off vary yents? the u.s. is close to a third covid vaccine. a bay area school district has plans to open elementary schools and all schools. details in my story. stanford university is able to welcome some students back for in-person learning. how than play to do it safely. how long the sunny mild pattern will lost coming up. nbc 7 news starts now. if the fda approves the use of the new vaccine, we have a plan to roll it out as quickly as johnson & johnson can make it. >> in just 24 hours, we could have a new weapon in the fight

against covid. good evening and thank you for joining you. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larson is part of our vaccine team, and she spoke with a voting member of the fda review committee about concerns and what comes next. >> reporter: a third covid vaccine is close to authorization. >> it's been a remarkable year in terms of science. >> reporter: dr. halle gantz is a member of the advisory committee. she said they met twice a year to discuss the plu vaccine, now, three times in three months to approve pfizer, moderna and now johnson & johnson. >> this will set the fis look at vaccinations in the future. >> reporter: johnson & johnson is one shot, and it will be stored in a refrigerator up to

three months, and the other vaccines need to be kept in ultra cold freezers. the efficacy rate is 86%. the other to are 92 and 94% effective. >> how long will the immune response last and if we need boosters. >> reporter: pfizer and moderna, they are already modifying vaccines toment testing a third booster shot of the regular formulas. >> we may see that everybody needs to get a booster. right now, the vaccines are working really hard against the strains that are dominant right now in the united states and people need to get whatever vaccine they can. >> if the fda grants use bit weekend, 3 million to 4 millioni

doses ship next week. and new fall out tonight adds more bay area counties cut off the supply of vaccines to one medical. coming up, the eye team digs into why. the reopening of schools is a huge priority for parents and students and it's hart of our effort to build a better bay area. river with reaction from parents. >> i'm really excited to get back to rvr. >> reporter: the talk among high school is about going back to in person learning. >> i think it's a step back to normal live. >> reporter: thursday afternoon, the schools board of education allowed in-person learning for march 22nd k through 5 before you an ages. >> many of our families work and

work outside the home so it's just easier for most we're natural or not. >> reporter: the superintendent says 1100 of the 1500 employees have been vaccinated and that number will rise in the next week. some parents we talked were so prized for the push forward. >> i'm shocked. it doesn't feel like it's a lead up to it. so i'm still processing it. >> reporter: others we spoke with said their kids will be there. >> my kindergartener has had a horrendous time. to have ghoim back on campus. >> if it's just three months, will be so amazing. >> reporter: no-person learning for elementary school kids will be four mornings and week and secondary schools two days of learning in that time, and families have the option to keep distancing full time. >> let's come together and make

the smoothest returns, and respect the families who want to have a different option. >> reporter: some of the specifici specifics for the plan have to be worked out but they will be in place for the march 2 27bd. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. stanford university announced it will be welcoming juniors and seniors back to campus next abc matt boone talked to students. >> reporter: it was quite. right now, 1500 under grads with special circumstances live on camera. >> we are getting tested twice a week. we have to check in twice a day if you have symptoms. >> reporter: 1300 glads be allowed on campus in march. she was excited to hear the news and concerned about the realty

of moving back to. >> it's been a serious issue with noncompliance. >> reporter: she heard that some people don't take the tests and off campus parties. >> there one one 100 students. so i'm really hoping my peers and i will be willing and able to adhere to safety protocols to keep each other safe. >> he trusts his fellow students. >> this isn't arizona when it comes to parties. >> reporter: most closes will be still online aside for small group gatherings. the commencement will always will virtual. the csu and uc systems say they plan to welcome back students if in-person learning this fall. california has plan to vaccinate teachers.

they will receive up to 75,000 appointments every week. they will be prioritized for hard hit communities. education worker days at the oakland coliseum and cal state l.a. 10 br 10% of the supply would go to education workers. >> tomorrow, the plan to go to the howard terminal site will be released. it includes the ballpark and retail and housing. the draft environmental impact report is just the latest step in what's already been a very long process. the a's had been considering howard terminal as a possible site for years before november 2018 when the plans were revealed. >> with the 81 days that baseball provides for home games, it's really the most and most conducive environment for success. >> reporter: the a's president said the development will have

the highest stanfords of any project in california history. it must assess the potential effects on the environment. one big question is how the stadium without affect the port. the shipping merchant association has long opposed the plan. >> if you transform your quarter front into a tour egs mexico and expensive housing, you will not have an industrial port left. >> reporter: it could provide features that the a's are most interested in building. they touted before a possible aerial gondola. that has to be in the report if they are series about it. >> it will be interesting to see how it fares as well. you have the shipping traffic that has to go ment. >> the report tomorrow is just a small step. and there are several more

bureaucratic hurdles to clear as well. as soon as the plan is released tomorrow, we will bring you highlights on abc 7 and the app as well cool there were a number of people younger than 65 waiting in line for the shot and they all got their shot that day. >> one medical letting people cut in line. what the eye team has recovered. >> lady go >> i will let you know there are storms coming up. >> first, a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live coming up. >> thanks. go get a vcr and set it for this. will you expand family feud and do it in other countries, like a family feud north korea would be a lot of fun. >> dennis rodman can go over there. >> you said dennis.

tonight, five bay area counties confirmed to the abc 7 eye team that vaccine supply has stopped to all one medical practices. it follows complaints alleging ineligible plo ineligible employees and members go to the jump the line. we brought you the story last night, and now members say they

are stead up and threaten to cancel their membership. >> i have elderly parents struggling to get the vaccine. >> reporter: andrew levee has been a medical with one medical for five years. after hearing complaints they were allowing ineligible members and employees to jump the line, he is considering cut the ties. >> they need to meet my values. it's unfortunate when they try to cheat. >> reporter: a number of people jumped the line five weeks ago in san francisco. >> when i was standing in line at one medical to get my vaccination there were a number of people younger than 65 waiting in line to get their shot and they all got their thought day. >> reporter: thousands of doses were ol located to v facilities. each county and berkeley have

cut off any further ol location. a complaint revealed 70 inel legible people were vaccinated. san francisco is allowing them to get second boess to patients. the health department has said 1600 remaining doses will returned. >> everything that happens delays people who need the vaccine is costing someone their life. >> one medical challenges 199 dlr dlrgs for an annual membership say they have a zero tolerance policy for preferential treatment. we said that no employees, members or business affiliates will be given a chance to jump the line. they say that people are turned away. the company ceded a majority of

the vaccination pool are not due-paying members were referrals from health departments. they said they remove one medical from their website. they are currently investigating the company's distribution process. san francisco, san mateo and alameda counties are doing the same. tomorrow, the house will vote on president biden's nearly $2 trillion stimulus plan. 170 billion dollars for school, and vaccine development and extensionses of crucial unemployment benefits. to hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour in the plan tonight. the union local school board held the first meeting since the hot mike incident last week. >> it's really unfont they want to pick on us. because they want their baby

hitters back. >> right. >> the board members thought they were speaking privately when they were live streaming some disparaging comments about parents. you heard them say, they just want their babysitters back about parents urging them to reopen schools. it forced the whole board to resign. they voted to have the next board appointed, not elected. no details after lady gaga'a prized french bulldogs were stole from her dog walker at gun point. now video of the attack. >> reporter: lady gaga's two french bull bogs, the moment that two robbers assaulted 35-year-old ryan fisher. he screams and one of the armed

assailants shoots him. >> two dooccupants, and one has semiautomatic handgun. property taken, two french bulldogs. >> police recover the third bulldog that escaped. it's unclear if gaga was targeted. the pop icon is well known for his music, not her dogs. french bulldogs are known to sell for thousands. the singer is offering half a million dollars for their return no questions asked. all right, safari west needs help naming their baby giraffe. the little guy was born on february 13rd and is 6 feet fall and 130 pounds. >> keep verse picked five names you can vote on. is cutie one of them? the ones so far are valentino,

dobby, patchers, vino and ollie. so far, ollie is in the lead with 37% of the oliver has been a popular boy's baby name for a while. it's cute. >> it is cute. not bad. i'm going -- i'm going to throw another one. how about stretch? >> okay. stretch that's a good one too. so cute regardless. >> let's turn our attention now to the weekend weather forecast. >> yeah, your name right. >> how many years have we worked together? it's all good. >> late night tv. >> it is. and some people are ready for bed. i want to show you how we're doing. since we so fwbehind in terms o

the rainfall. let's turn to the brought up and down the sate of ab ab. we are in a brougdrought and i to show you the north bay, in extreme brought and the rest, pretty much dry to severe. it's going to get worse unless we get rain in here. i do have encouraging news. are signs that perhaps we will get rain. not immediately but make a week from this saturday. march 6th, perhaps a high pressure will finally break through -- the storms will break through the ridge of high pressure pushing off east and we will have rain and see area snow. live popular seven, where the rain is going and locally, clear skies here now and that is where the temperatures are falling along with the fact we don't have strong winds. wind gusts over the hills were 65 to 80 miles per hour. the 40s and 50s in places like

41 degrees. the chill in the air down 14 degrees there, 10 degrees cooler in fairfield. tomorrow morning, don't forget the jackets and the sweaters. it's going to be colder. cameras showing you san francisco, clear and chilly, and sunny and mild day and dusty winds return saturday. temperatures in the 30s and 40s with the coldest in the inland valleys, and breezes begin to pick up along the coast. still mild, upper 50s to 7 ons and sunshine everywhere. watch the winds. they begin to e crease storm and gustier saturday, getting there by 1:00 in the afternoon and the stronger winth are expected saturday afternoon in the evening hours. here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, and the morning chill and

afternoon shine. and cooler and windier and warming it up for the second half of the weekend. enjoy the sun. it's going to be nice. and next week, extra clouds and copies, and the 50s and 60s and march, possibly rain. >> hope you get a little more rain. thanks. >> yeah. >>

covid's still a threat. and on reopening schools, we know what happens when we don't put safety first. ignore proper ventilation or rates of community spread, and the virus worsens. fail to provide masks or class sizes that allow for social distancing, and classrooms close back down. a successful reopening requires real safety and accountability measures. including prioritizing vaccines for educators. parents and educators agree: reopen schools. putting safety first.

>>. >> new pictures snow the of in the fire fall. it sun set gives it a look of molten lava. there has to be no show to make sure it really lights up. the park has extended reservations to see it next sunday. it will be available

good evening. thursday night's always loaded with college hoops. lets a start with stanford. fighting for their ncaa tournament life. they need a win. hosting oregon. paying tribute to tiger woods recovering from a car crash. the ducks, deep two heap and tumbles through the signage there, and the scorer's table. he will be okay. better than okay, taking out his aggression on the hup. oregon leading by two. and williams for three and the win. no. oregon hangs on, 71-68 and the cardinal foul to 14-10 overall. the pac 12, oregon state had not won in berkeley since 2009. and big andre kelly inside. and cal keeping it close. down two in the final seconds,

and matt bradley. loses the ball. they don't get a shot off and they have taken our clothes off. oregon state gets a second road win of the year. gonzaga hosting santa close ra. and strong, jordan williams for three, and santa clara up nine early. santa clara stayed in the game, and williams with thunderer right there, but the country's top ranked teams, and he would good look in a warrior uniform, and 23-0. 89-75 the final score. how about g league hoops in the bubble? the warriors against memphis. leads the league in scoring, and his confidence is scoring, and down, and he tweeted, wow, jp, we got hops like that now? 26 for pool as the krur krur

it. it's back to the ice for the shark. hertl in covid protocol. the game with vegas supposed to be played tonight is postponed. good news no more positive like, seeing my mom. it's unthinkable to me

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we are so close to the weekend. one more day. >> i can feel it. >> we can do it. thanks for watching tonight. >> i hope we can do it.

>> yeah, i have faith. >> we appreciate your time so much. we >> dicky: from hollywood -- it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- steve harvey. michael peña. and music from ava max. and now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: thank you. hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. we have a nice show all laid out for you tonight, but first i have an apology to make. to many of you who were watching the show last night. last night, i told a story about a pancake-related dispute i had with my children over breakfast. and at the end of the story, i said something about alexa ordering "bisquick." the reason i'm saying that fast now is because when i said it last night, the a-l-e-x-a in a lot of people's homes ordered bisquick. [ laughter ] you know, you can say a-l-e-x-a