>> former president trump hints at running for the presidency again and a poll shows how many people are willing to support him. and waiting on the covid-19 relief. the deal passed by the house is now in the hands of the senate. how those funds could benefit the bay area. good morning. welcome to monday, march 1st. we're going to check in with meteorologist mike nicco. boy, mike, it was a beautiful weekend. i hope we get another day like that today. >> how about four more? >> yes! >> okay. good. good. thumb's up for everybody. all right. i like that. thanks, jobina. hi, everybody. we have several -- a string of several days as we start in march and meteorological spring. that will be a little bit warmer than average with a mix of sun and clouds and then we get some rain, but not until possibly friday and saturday. we'll talk about that in the next weather. an idea of what you can expect today, it's dry on live doppler 7. the winds are light and coming out of the south and a little

bit offshore so that's going to bring us sunshine and slightly milder temperatures this afternoon. expect for on our south facing beaches, like half moon bay, where it's going to be 57, the rest of us around 64 to 70 degrees. more on that rain coming up. here's jobina. >> thank you. new overnight, concord police are investigating how a person died after their body was found in the middle of the street. this is on concord avenue just outside the meridian square strip mall. the street has been blocked off since midnight. it's not clear how the person ended up in the street. police have not released any additional details. covid vaccine number three for the united states. johnson & johnson begins deliveries of its newly authorized single shot vaccine. here's a live look at shepherdsville, kentucky, and you see this is one of j and j's central distribution sites, they are packing it up. crews have been boxing up the vaccines all morning long. this vaccine can be kept at standard refrigeration temperatures for up to three months. it is shown to be effective

against the south african and brazilian variants. health leaders continue to say you should get whatever vaccine first becomes available to you. this morning, johnson & johnson's ceo is on "gma" laying out how fast they plan to get shots to americans. >> we anticipate march shipping 4 million over the next several days, we then expect to have about 20 million having been delivered by march, and then we'll be on this path to do 100 million by june of this year. >> first doses could be in people's arms as soon as tomorrow. of the first 4 million doses sent out, 2.8 million go to states and counties, the rest to pharmacies, community groups and qualified health centers. johnson & johnson vaccine doses are expected to arrive in california this week. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the alameda county fairground vaccine sites with details from the governor. good morning, amy. >> good morning, jobina. we keep hearing about supply issues at mass sites like this one. this should help that issue

significantly. we are expecting 380,000 doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine in california just this week alone. this is the third vaccine to hit the market. joining pfizer and moderna's vaccine. those who tell us they have struggled to get one of those doses really hope that this one is going to make their effort a little easier. >> you call the phone number, you stay on hold forever. someone final picks unand says sorry, there's no appointments available. >> my mom is 81 and i still can't get her in to get a vaccine. >> reporter: the number of doses arriving in california from moderna and pfizer are also expected to go up. now the governor has not announced yet which counties will be getting this first batch of johnson & johnson, but he did say as more vaccine is administered the number of covid cases continues to go down and, in fact, he's calling the drop

in cases remarkable. he says this month should be a big good month for california in terms of vaccinating people. live in pleasanton, hollyfield, abc 7 news. a steady daily decrease in cases statewide. 5100 are in the hospital with coronavirus, that number is down by 2,000 since last week. the positivity rate also continues to decline. it's now 2.4% over the last seven days. the cdc says just under all californians have received one shot. you can fol along with our vaccine tracker and compare california's progress and find your place in line, on our website abc7news.com. bart could be getting money for two major projects in the covid-19 relief bill if the senate passes it. the bill includes $140 million specifically for the extension of bart into downtown san jose.

the plan has been in the works for 20 years. local officials say these funds are necessarily because local revenue has dried up during the pandemic. >> this money would alleviate some of the strain on some of the local sales taxes that have been impacted by covid-19. >> we know part of this money is going to go to build a tunnel from silicon valley to san francisco. these tech oligarchs are the last people that need anybody's money. >> bart director says without the money, the project could languish and rack up more costs. an effort to keep street as little safer for bicyclists is officially off and rolling in one san francisco neighborhood. abc 7 news was at the intersection of alameda boulevard and san bruno avenue where there are protected bike lanes. that means there's special stripping and green boxes opt pavement for designated box

zones. lanes have been reduced along the boulevard to make it safe for people to get between bar toe la and the heights neighborhood. still ahead, the emergency repairs, the work beginning on one of the state's most iconic roadways. plus your last day to vote on a name for safari west baby giraffe. find out which one is currently in the lead. here's a live look from sutro tower. we're lacking clouds but not chilly temperatures. 47 in san francisco. outdoor activities, everything is going to be great today. i'll put some numbers to times when you will be outside and california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now

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. that is scary. you definitely don't want to see a truck in that predicament. five people trapped inside this truck had to be rescued from these floodwaters in tennessee yesterday. firefighters say the truck first slid off a flooded over bridge. everyone thankfully was okay. tennessee and kentucky, you've been getting drenched over the past couple days. live doppler 7 showing the rain is starting to finally move out this morning. you can be see it's moved out of kentucky and just about to move out of the eastern part of tennessee. that is some scary video right there. back here, we could use some of that rain. not until this weekend. let's talk about what's going on. it's 39 right now in foster city and about 38 as we look at san mateo, 35 in redwood city, 36 in ment menlo park. around the bay, you head up to the north bay and east bay, mid to upper 30s there. the usual microclimates this morning.

temperatures will stay in the 50s president-ele 50s at the coast, upper 406s at 4:00, everybody back in the 50s by 7:00. the storm passing us today over the ocean and quiet weather the rest of the week until we get to saturday when possibly a half inch of rain is possible. francis? >> all right. mike, we'll start off with a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights are on. that's a little bit earlier than we've seen during this pandemic. there is a minor backup there. not too bad at this point. just beyond the parking lot for some of the lanes. heading to the lower deck of the bay bridge a couple problems, one east bay 80 in san francisco at the 7th street off ramp, an accident blocking that one, and also a crash on the lower deck of the bay bridge, treasure island off ramp blocked as well. and we'll head over to the sunol grade, southbound 680 slow because of an accident at andrade that has been cleared to the right-hand side. the concord area, avoid concord

avenue near the airport in front of trader joe's as a homicide investigation continues and there are lane closures and street closures in that area. also a new injury solo car crash in venetia, southbound 680 in the left lane. a live shot of the san mateo bridge where westbound traffic, although a little bit more volume there on the right-hand side is looking good into foster city and san mateo. jobina? >> thank you, frances. major repairs to fix one of california's iconic stretches of road. parts of highway 1 in big sur washed into the pacific during intense storms in january. thankfully highway 1 buzz closed beforehand. work starts today at rat creek with the roadway expected to reopen some time early summer. on the peninsula, expect overnight closures on 101, southbound 101 from south airport boulevard in south city to sfo was closed from 11:00 last night until 4:00 this morning. the shutdown is happening again tonight and tomorrow.

drivers will be detoured off the freeway. caltrans is removing four sign bridges on the freeway, the cho sure of northbound 101 in the area is later this week. today is the last chance to weigh in on what safari west should name its baby giraffe. you can help pick out the name. the baby born about two weeks ago february 13th. he's six feet tall and 130 pounds. here's a look at the latest results. keepers picked out the five names, but, of course, you can vote on your number one. it's valentino, dobby patches and ollie. ollie in the lead with 40%, valentino in second place with close to 30%. you can vote on safari west's website until midnight. >> just trying to understand why ollie? >> i don't understand ollie. what is the significance? vino i get because it's wine country. valentino as we discussed

because of valentine's day. where is ollie? >> i don't know. but -- >> someone is tricking this game here. don't you think? someone named ollie going in there. >> we see you. still ahead here, concerts canceled, the singer offering fans full refunds for the performance that were supposed to happen last year. and the possible legal consequences for a doctor who decided to show up in virtual traffic court while operating on a patien

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former president donald trump says he is here to stay. trump spoke at the conservative political action conference known as cpac in orlando, florida yesterday. it was his first major address since leaving the white house during his 90-minute speech trump repeated false election fraud claims targeted republicans who supported his impeachment, and promised he wouldn't start a third political party while hinting he could run again in 2024. >> there's never been a journey like it, never been a journey so successful. we began it together four years ago, and it is far from being over. >> trump also railed against transgender people, the paris climate agreement and attacked china. the former president won the cpac conference's straw poll of candidates for 2024. attendees picked trump as their favorite candidate with 55% of the vote. in second place florida governor ron desantis wi21st and south

dakota governor with 4%. a 2024 race without trump, his son don junior placed in the top three. a competitor for san francisco based uber and lyft launches today. black lane an upscale car service that has focused in the past on trips to the airport. it offers services like handling luggage, opening doors for passengers and other amenities. it's expanding to offer rides around new york city. the company plans to launch in several more cities including l.a., chicago, london, and paris throughout the month. new at 6:00, pop star taylor swift is not rescheduling the concerts postponed because of the pandemic. last april swift canceled all live performances and appearances for the rest of 2020 and now apologizing to fans and says she's disappointed she has to cancer the lover fest tour. fans who bought tickets can get a full refund. swift is also releasing a re-recording of one of her first albums "fearless" on april 9th.

♪ okay. a lucky resident of the perth zoo in australia was treated to a musical masterpiece. violinists from the perth symphony orchestra held a private concert just for trisha. the 64-year-old elephant you see there casually eating her lunch. okay. we see you. it was rehearsal for a music festival at the zoo over the weekend called "wild things." the zoo says trisha gave the performance a jumbo endorsement. all right, trish. >> it looked like -- >> i liked that -- >> didn't care all. no. lunch time. i'm eating. what are you doing? >> they have sensitive ears too. do you think trisha was a little annoyed? >> i hope not.

gosh. >> oh, yeah. >> i don't know. >> well, that went sideways real quick. >> wow. >> yes. yes. i'll tell you what i eat lunch at 9:00, come to my house, i'll take it. east bay hills camera start there, and it's -- that's not the east, that's sutro tower. what am i talking about? it's about 48 degrees. sorry. for some reason that didn't get updated. first day of spring, meteorological spring, calmer than it was yesterday and a mild day temperatures above average and dry and warmer weather through friday and then a series of storms starts saturday and lasts through next monday. a week from today. we've got to wait several days. here's what you have in store for you. just about every day, if you like the weekend you're going to like the next several days. 67 to 69 in the south bay. on the peninsula our spread 65 to 66, not many microclimates there. upper 50s south bay, seeing beaches on the peninsula a

southerly wind so that wind will be coming off the water. daly city, san francisco, sausalito, in the mid 60s. 64 to 67 through the north bay valleys. the shore, 67 to 68 degrees. as you head inland about 67 to nearly 70 in fairfield. around the state today we've got 55 in eureka, the only area really affected by that storm and it's not even bringing them rain. just increasing clouds. starting in sacramento heading down towards so cal low to mid 70s with upper 50s in tahoe with no snow today. tonight, more cloud cover but we'll dip into the mid to upper 30s and our inland neighborhoods, low to mid around the bay and coast. with the winds switching tomorrow we could warm a degree or two, 70s are possible through wednesday. everybody back into the 60s except for '50s at the coast through friday and a one on the storm impact scale for the rain coming in saturday. more on that back to reggie and

jobina right now. >> thank you. we're going to turn to ginger zee with what's ahead on "gma" this morning at 7:00. hey, ginger. >> hi, reggie, hi, jobina. nice to be with everybody. coming up here on a monday morning on "gma," it is a big day in the fight against coronavirus because that johnson & johnson vaccine is shipping. right now, it's happening. it got that emergency use authorization over the weekend and it is our third weapon in the arsenal against the virus. so we're going to talk to johnson & johnson's ceo about all of that this morning. also, the biggest moments from the golden globes kicking off what will be a very unusual awards season. this morning, how the show responded to the lack of diversity. then, how amy poehler and tina fey hosted on two different coasts. we'll hear from some of the night's biggest winners and hear great music and also the great danielle steele going to join us to talk about her book called "the affair" and she's doing it from her home in paris.

how persian. all coming up here on "gma." >> fun fact, danielle steele has a home in san francisco. she apparently splits her time between the two places and her home here has been the setting for many of her books. >> so she's double the fancy. >> stuff has gone down in that home. >> need to get to reading. the new one sounds good. >> i need to remember how to read. thank you for reminding us to do that. watching way too much tv. when you've got a business, you don't want to worry about slow internet or confusing cybersecurity. so get comcast business internet on the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses, and add the advanced security of comcast business securityedge. it's the speed you need with threat protection, plus 24/7 support. get fast internet and advanced security—made simple.

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we're back at 6:the on this monday. we have rainfall potential friday into saturday and a possibility up to a half inch in places like san francisco, so as we get closer in the high resolution model starts to grab on to this, we'll real kind of get down to the better details than what we're seeing right now. we've been following this thing for a couple days now. it's looking like it's really going to happen because not much

has changed in that respect. look at this. this is why we need it, five months into the rain season and missing any where from 60 to 63% of our rain. that means we're only at 37 to 40% of average and we're missing anywhere from 6 3/4 of an inch in san jose to more than 17 inches of rain in santa rosa. those are terrible numbers. >> mike, thank you. many of us will try to get out of traffic court any way we can, but one sacramento doctor may have gone too far. he is under investigation for attending virtual traffic court while operating on a patient. dr. scott green appeared last week for his hearing last week the sacramento superior court, the judge in disbelief of what he was watching in his zoom window, has now rescheduled the court date. >> so, unless i'm mistaken, i'm seeing a defendant in the middle of an operating room appearing to be actively engaged in, providing services to a patient. is that correct, mr. green?

>> yes, sir. >> as dr. green was being sworn in, look at that, blood on his medical gloves. green told the court another surgeon was in the operating room so he was able to multitask. the medical board of california says it's going to be looking into this incident. new at 6:00, the fda approved a thu new device to protect athletes from traumatic brain injury. it fits around the neck and clamps down on blood vessels to increase blood volume in the skull that limits movement of the brain which is the primary cause of brain injury. researchers who developed the device studied the brains of hundreds of high school these and those who wore the q-collar had significantly less changes to the structures of their brains compared to those who didn't wear it. we're going to add some sparkle to your life in your next dessert. nestle is rolling out disco chocolate baking chips, essentially edible glitter, but

100% chocolate. a 5 1/2 ounce back is enough for two dozen sparkly cookies. >> i'm in. >> we're buying them. >> we're going to buy them and make them and we're goings to taste test it for you and then let you know how it goes. >> exactly. next here at 6:30, president biden's meeting with mexico's president, the details of the immigrant labor program they're expected to discuss. there's a new vaccine available to americans and it will start shipping out. i'm mike in washington. we'll take a look at johnson & johnson's new single shot dose. >> as we head to break, a live look at 6:27 this morning.

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now at 6:30, the johnson & johnson vaccine is about to make it ways from connecticut to california. live team coverage on the vaccine rollout. santa clara county expands eligibility. workers from two more professions are now allowed to get the shot. and this is the 78th annual hunger games. >> golden globes. >> golden globes. >> plus, highlights from the golden globes, chadwick boseman's posthumous award and a win in the foreign language category. good morning. it is monday, march 1st. as reggie likes to point out, what else happens today? >> [ inaudible ]. >> yes. >> there you go. >> we're going to send it to mike since he has the figures over there. >> yes. if we could only pay in sunshine, we would all be much richer the next several days. good morning, welcome to our monday edition. our march 1st edition. that means it's also the

beginning of meteorological spring and right now, we're not seeing anything on live doppler 7 or seeing any fog. look at that from sutro tower. you can see how clear the morning is. there could be a few clouds along the coast as the storm will pass us to the west. notice half moon bay, 57 degrees, we'll have a sufts early wind today that will make you cooler than everybody else from san francisco to fairfield. how long this will accuweather seven-day forecast. developing news, johnson & johnson is preparing right now to send its newly authorized vaccine across the country. a live look at the distribution center in kentucky. we can see what's going on there. i'm not sure what this setup is exactly, but we saw them boxing up the vaccine several doses this morning and abc reporter mike ka is live in washington with how this process will play out today. >> that's right. good morning, jobina. covid deaths and covid hospitalizations are dropping and as you said, a third vaccine

is on the way. but new reports this morning about crowds gathering ahead of spring break has some health officials weary about the upcoming months. >> reporter: new this morning another vaccine becoming available in the fight against covid. johnson & johnson's single-shot dose has been granted emergency use authorization by the fda. >> this vaccine has been shown to be 100% protective against hospitalizations an death. >> reporter: >> reporter: clinical trials have shown the vaccine to be effective against the south african and brazilian variants. the new vaccines started to ship today with the first doses in arms coming as early as tuesday. of the almost 4 million single-shot doses going to americans, 2.8 million to states and local jurisdictions. the rest to pharmacies, communities and federally qualified health centers. this morning, johnson & johnson saying they'll soon test their single-shot dose on children, even newborns and pregnant women. dr. fauci telling americans to take whatever vaccine available. >> the quicker you get vaccinated the more quickly you

will be protected and you will add on to the overall protection in your county, in your country. >> reporter: some experts say we're still a ways away from normalcy. >> we're not able to vaccinate 80% of the population quite yet and by april we'll still be a ways off. >> reporter: many americans ready to get back to normal. reports out of miami show a rising number of tourists gathering for spring break. >> we're going somewhere now. >> reporter: on the covid relief front, president biden planning to meet with senate democrats tuesday as they prepare to consider his $1.9 trillion relief package. the bill passed the house but changes will be made in the senate. >> no time to waste. if we act we can get ahead of this virus and finally get our economy moving again, and people of this country have suffered far too much for too long. >> reporter: now the $15 federal minimum wage is expected to be left out of the bill when it's all said and done, but there are

some senate democrats who feel they could fit it in the bill as an amendment. ike, abc 7 news. we're going to continue our team coverage on the johnson & johnson vaccine going to abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in plez where some of these doses are going to be coming. good morning, amy. >> good morning, reggie. this site is designed to administer 5,000 shots a day but they are not hitting that number because of supply issues. it's more like 1,000 a day. this new johnson & johnson vaccine hopefully will make a difference at sites like this one. california is expected to receive 380,000 doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine this week. more than 1.1 million doses in the next three weeks. this is the third vaccine to hit the market and those who have tried to get pfizer and moderna say they're really hoping this new vaccine helps satisfy the demand. everyone has a story about

trying to get the vaccine. we talked to one woman who says she got it, but her husband still hasn't been able to get it. >> i'm very high risk so i'm here at home and i would love to get him, you know, vaccinated and he called and registered already, but to no avail. i mean, you stay on hold forever and nobody picks up. it's very alarming. >> reporter: and we have seen mass vaccination sites like some of the ones in san francisco temporarily shut down because they ran out of vaccine. this new vaccine should help that issue. the governor has not said yet which counties will be getting the doses this week. but he says the number of doses will ramp up each week from all three suppliers and this month should be a turning point in the effort to get californians vaccinated. live in pleasanton, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy.

santa clara county is expanding eligibility to two groups critical to getting our local economy back on track. teachers and farm workers. the county got to work sunday vaccinating workers at monterey mushrooms farm in morgan hill. the workers are an integral part of our food supply chain, but they are at high risk of death from the virus. leaders say agriculture is a multibillion dollar industry in santa clara county. >> there are are two issues we need to remember. one is making sure that people get the healthy food they need, and the other it's an important part of our economic recovery as well. >> very convenient. we come to work and at the same time we get vaccination. it's easier for us. >> the monterey mushrooms vaccine pop-up will open again on wednesday in tandem with the farm workers union. follow with your county's vaccine rollout with our tracker, compare california's progress and find your place in line, at abc7news.com. starting today kids will be back in the classroom in the nation's fifth largest school

district. pre-k through third grader will return to campus in las vegas on a hybrid model. classrooms have been sanitized. more than 1800 busses will run again to bring students to and from school. vaccinations are not required for teachers and the school district and teachers union haven't said how many have been vaccinated. at home oakland parents and students held a rally demanding schools reopen. they gather yesterday, parents tell us distance learning is hurting their children and they want to have an option to send them back to the classroom. >> our kids have been out of school for almost a year now. we believe firmly that it's time for them to be back in. it's safe now. >> last week oakland unified presented a plan to get pre-k through fifth graders back in school by late march. the oakland teachers union says the plan does not address all of the safety measures needed. happening today, president biden will meet with the president of mexico to discuss graigs issues. president andres man new well

lopez obrador wants to propose an immigrant labor program. it could bring up immigrants a year to work legally in the u.s. the biden administration has not said if it will back that proposal but said both countries agree on the need to expand legal pathways for immigration. new this morning, a paris court convicted former french president nicolas sarkozy of corruption. he was sentenced to one year in prison. he was found guilty of trying to illegally obtain information about an ongoing information into his campaign finance. prince philip transferred to a different london hospital to be treated for an infection. buckingham palace made that announcement this morning. the 99-year-old first admitted to the hospital nearly two weeks ago and also under observation for a preexisting heart condition. he's expected to remain in the hospital until at least the end of the week. prince philip retired from public duties in 2017 and he is rarely seen out in public. coming up, a scam warning.

the better business bureau says thieves aren't just targeting eltsds early people. the age group just as likely to get scammed as older generations. you're looking live at the big board at the new york stowe sto stock exchange. the first major award shows of 2021, the winners, the laughs and the touching moments. we are going to check in on traffic with francis who is joining us this morning. hi, francis. >> hi, jobina. yes, i'm filling in for you and we have a few problems on the roads now. we've noticed traffic has been picking up and we'll show you the maps and head to hayward. southbound 880 past a street approaching it actually, an earlier accident has been cleared to the shoulder but you can see traffic is jammed from northbound 238 in castro valley as you connect on to southbound 880. also, another injury crash, westbound 780 approaching southampton has been cleared from the lanes so traffic has recovered there. if you're heading to the lower

deck of the bay bridge you may see remnants of an earlier injury crash in san francisco, eastbound 80 near 7th street but the upper deck of the bay bridge that has been coslow this morning. metering lights were turned on about an hour ago and you will see the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza past the end of the parking lot and also getting crowded westbound 80 through emeryville. good morning, mike. >> good morning, francis. love your spring yellow, canary yellow, whatever you call that color, goes fitting with what's going to happen on the first day of meteorological spring. starting off kind of chilly, temperatures cooler than they were 24 hours ago. we'll go to the east bay where we have 38 in castro valley, 40 freemont, 48 right now in oakland under a clear sky. 34 in santa rosa and novato, 35 in pleasanton. mountain view and los gatos, and a lot of areas in the 40s this morning. a look at san jose where it's 47. your commute planner as far as the weather goes just nothing

out there. there's no fog, no high winds. going to be a whole lot of sunshine. want to jump ahead. here's a look at future radar. we've got a storm passing us to the west over the ocean. that's going to bring a southerly wind in and some areas usually warmer than others like santa rosa with a southerly wind you tend to be a little bit cooler as the winds will be coming off the san pablo bay and up 101 and touching you and places like half moon bay cooler. we have a series of days with above-average temperatures, mixture of sun and clouds and saturday into sunday and then sunday into monday, we've got a couple of storm systems that are going to roll through. the first one at least right now promisesp up to a half inch of rain in san francisco. we'll talk more about that as we get closer. right now, how about some high temperatures where you live. sponsored by disney's "ria and the last dragon" in theaters or order it on disney plus with premier accuweather seven-day forecast on friday. >> from disney. >> here's the plan. remember what we're looking for.

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in the south bay there was a crackdown on side shows over the weekend. 40 people were cited for just watching. four others were arrested for illegally carrying firearms and reckless driving. five vehicles were impounded for 30 days. san mateo police arrested a man after he called in to say he shot his neighbor. he was identified as 57-year-old alan runchi. it happened just after 11:30

yesterday morning at an storage lot just off of highway 92. officers say they found a 57-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest. detectives say the two men knew each other and got into some kind of fight before the shooting. an oakland community group will meet to organize foot patrols in chinatown. the east bay association is hoping to get its volunteers on the streets of chinatown to accompany shoppers and residents. those foot patrols are in response to high-profile crimes targeting asian americans in the neighborhood. organizers say the volunteers will be unarmed and partner with police to report incidents. as the bay area confronts issues of race and social justice we are here to help. just head to our website abc7news.com/takeaction for a complete list of local resource jooz to your morning money report. more young adults are becoming victimses to online scams according to new report from the better business bureau. it's online scam tracker shows people between 18 and 24 lost an

average of $150 to scammers in 2020. people 65 and older lost that same amount. overall online scam reports rose 38%. researchers say this is because more people are shopping online. >> talking about medical supplies, nutritional supplies, pets and pet supplies as well, clothing an accessories, vehicles, vehicle parts and those digital devices everybody is buying online. >> the better business bureau says to avoid being scammed don't believe everything you see. only buy from secure sites. never share personal information with someone who contacts you unsolicited. a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. we are up about 511 points. a giant in biotechnology, foster city based gilead is eliminating 168 jobs and shift something to north carolina. "the chronicle" is reporting this. the positions are in accounting,

hr, and internet technology. gilead has been one of the bay area's leaders in innovation during the pandemic. it won approval for the very first covid-19 treatment remdesivir. the golden globes kicked off this year's different awards season. the celebrities were beamed in from their homes. the hosts tina and amy were on different coasts. the hollywood foreign press has been criticized because it has zero black members. the organization addressed the issue during last night's show saying it has work to do. streaming services dominated the awards. four categories taken by "the crown" and the late chadwick boseman won for best actor in a motion picture drama. his wife accepted the award in his honor. >> he would say something beautiful. something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells you you can, that tells

you to keep going, that calls you back to what you are meant to be doing at this moment. >> what a wonderful speech. >> the winner for best foreign language film was "minori." controversy sparked over the rules which made it ineligible for best picture because more than 50% of the movie is not in english. steven yun plays a korean american father with dreams for a better life for himself and his family and he talked about this controversy on "gma." >> rules and institutions can never capture the nuance of real life that is that asian-americans make up the fabric of america as well and so it just sends a weird message, but happy that people will hopefully see this film and so very grateful. >> yun and minori are getting oscar buzz. nominations will be announced two weeks from now and you can

watch the oscars on sunday april 25th here on abc 7. i have so much viewing to do. i'm way behind. >> yes. >> i saw "soul." i saw that one last night. >> i forget that i did watch "ma rainy's black bottom" which was excellent and it's really interesting watching all of these films that have been adapted from plays because it's all basically in the same spot, but i just think points to the acting when you don't notice which is cool. >> that is. another one i need to watch. >> mike, have you seen any of these? >> yes. we've got the sag after awards. we have to watch those and vote. >> so much to do. >> i need to stop working so much on the yard and my house and sit down in front of the tv more. >> yeah, right. here's a look at what's going on from the exploratorium camera. what a gorgeous start to the first day of meteorological

spring. our three coldest months are behind us. that is fantastic. here's a look from the east bay hills camera. not as breezy as it was this time yesterday nor will it be in the afternoon hours. it's going to be a day full of spring sunshine and above average highs. passing clouds from the wet weather system passing to the west of us over the ocean and may bring a little fog to the peninsula coast. our coolest highs this weekend when we have our best chance of wet weather. to the south bay, 67 to 69 this afternoon. as warm as it gets on the peninsula, 65 to 66 degrees. the southerly wind will keep places like half moon bay 57, but milder in the sunset, 63, downtown south san francisco, sausalito into san rafael around 63 to 64. the north bay 65 to 67. when you get deeper into the valleys. east bay shore, 67 to 68. a little bit warmer in the valleys, 67 to 70. thinking about dining out we've got 60s through 6:00 with the sun setting at 6:04 p.m.

not 6 m. sorry about that. we're into the 50s at 7:00 and 8:00. same temperatures this morning with a few high clouds, fog along the coast, mid 30s to 40s. as we run through thursday and friday just a mixture of sun and clouds above average and we're back to average this weekend with a 1 light on the storm impact scale for saturday. jobina? >> thank you, mike. in the south bay, san jose will resume parking enforcement today that includes no parking restrictions during posted times an no overnight parking restrictions. enforcement was suspended at the beginning of the pandemic but starting today officers will issue tickets if cars are illegally parked. nearly 80 people rallied against a proposed low-income housing project in san francisco's sunset district. [ inaudible ]. >> this man showed up to challenge the protesters and got shouted down. the proposal calls for a seven story building with 100 low income units.

the group says it's inappropriate for the neighborhood and are concerned about crime and a lack of parking. one city supervisor says they've been misled. >> the unfortunate situation is a group of opponents to the proposed affordable family housing development at 2550 irving have been spreading a misinformation that has unfortunately created confusion. >> the supervisor says he and the developer will meet with the community before the project is submitted to the city. the bay area still has some of the highest rent prices in the country, despite taking a big hit from the pandemic. a new report shows the median price for a one bedroom in san francisco is about $2600 and that makes it the most expensive in the u.s. san jose is third and is actually seeing its median price go up. that hasn't happened since the beginning of last year. oakland is fifth on the list with a one bedroom renting for $2,000 a month. as we take in this gorgeous sunrise behind me, i have to

tell you about people that are leaving this magical place. a north bay family is hitting the road in a trailer today searching the u.s. for a new place to live. the whole family has called healdsburg home for several years. one reason they're leaving is to find more space at an affordable price. so they're going to explore 48 states over the next six months. >> it wasn't always a monetary driving thing, but we do want more space and that's -- seems like that's how we're going to accomplish it. >> we do love it here, we love it in sonoma county and we've been here and we just -- we're feeling led that there's just a little bit more for us out there. >> the holtz put up their house for sale and the entire family is leaving including four children. lady gaga is calling her dog walker a hero. thieves stole two of her three dogs and then shot him and drove off. doctors expect ryan fisher to make a full recovery. police are still looking for two suspects, a woman who found the

dogs turned them into lapd friday night. the frenchies were not hurt. police say they don't believe the woman was involved in wednesday's attack. it's unclear if the woman will get the $500,000 reward money. another dog story is now one of the top stories you're clicking on at abc7news.com. a bay area woman's, again, missing french bulldog is back home. he was miraculously found four weeks after going missing missis miles away in mexico. >> brody. >> overjoyed to have her emotional support dog brody back. she says he wandered out of her san lorenzo house in early february and her family launched the effort to find him including posting all over social media. that was key. late last week they received a message from a man in tijuana. >> reached out, seemed to be pretty immediately, and kind of sent a facebook message saying hey, i think i have your dog. >> when he video called us to

show us that he had the dog, that -- that took my breath away when i saw my dog laying on his couch. >> it turns out the man bought brody in mexico and had no idea he was stolen. while showing him off to family members in the bay area, they said, hey, that looks a lot like a dog that we saw was missing on facebook. within 24 hours debbie sun drove down to san diego, picked up brody and brought him home. it's unclear how brody ended up in mexico. i know that story is incredible, but are you hearing brody's grunts in the background? >> that's all i could hear. >> it's like he's trying to tell us the story. she's like and then he ecalled me. >> brody is giving names. >> he's trying to say everything that happened. >> he's describing how he was dog napped, the route they took to tj. what happened in tj. >> cheers to brody this morning.

>> brody, we're so glad you're home. >> thankfully you are home. up next the seven things you need to know today. >> abc 7 has launch nude streami streaming -- launched new streaming apps. get streaming and more on apple tv and android tv, fire tv and roku. search for abc 7 bay area and download it for free. and as we head to break here, taking a live look outside from our exploratorium cam, gorgeous sunrise coming up there. we

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if you're just joining us seven things to know this morning. number one, concord police are investigating a homicide after a body was found in the middle of the street. it happened right outside the meridian square strip mall. nearly 4 million doses of johnson & johnson's single shot vaccine are shipping out to states, pharmacies and health centers across the u.s. today. first shots begin as soon as tomorrow. number three, 380,000 doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine are expected to arrive in california this week. the number of doses arriving from moderna and pfizer are

expected to go up. number four, santa clara county expanding its vaccine eligibility to teachers and farm workers. frontline workers at monterey mushrooms in morgan hill were the first to get theirs on sunday. number five, our coldest months are supposed to be behind us. meteorological spring starts today. march 1st with temperatures three to seven degrees above average in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. number six, as more folks go back to work this monday, traffic is slow on westbound 80 as you approach gillman where an earlier crash has been cleared to the right-hand side and bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. number seven, nestle is rolling out these disco chocolate baking chips. they're essentially edible glitter but 100% chocolate. nestle says a 5 1/2 ounce bag is enough for two dozen sparkly cookies. >> you know, you mentioned just a minute ago, jobina, lady gaga and then you just did that

story. the words in my brain goes ♪ let's have fun the beat good morning, america. game changer, the single-shot johnson & johnson vaccine ships out this morning after the fda granted it emergency use authorization. now the third weapon in the united states' fight against the pandemic. where the nearly 4 million doses are headed. the ceo of johnson & johnson joins us this morning. this as the cdc warns about a new uptick in cases, and why doctors say you need to keep wearing your mask even after you're vaccinated. also this morning, new york governor andrew cuomo under fire facing a rigorous investigation into sexual harassment claims after a second former aide came forward with accusations. the alleged pattern of abuse and now fellow democrats calling for the governor to step down. spring cold blast, dangerous icy roads causing this 30-car