covid-19 relief bill. the senate will be back to vote this morning. how soon it could be approved and a timeline for sending out stimulus checks. >> returning to the court. high school sports allowed again in california today. the new rules for student athletes. and the push to get people largest county. the potential snag in the effort to protect the community from covid-19. and rain is moving in today. mike is tracking it. good morning everybody, we made it to friday, it is march 5th. >> let's see what we have in store. hey mike. >> good morning, reggie, kumasi, jobina. hi everybody. tonight, yeah it is all tonight. when the light to moderate rain moves in. the slick roads if you are traveling. and when the breezes start to blow wind. the storm system, comma shaped storm. we're going the get on the tail

end of it. we start clear conditions. but that one will eventually push some clouds our way. increase in clouds but with a southerly breeze. mild, 50s at the lowest. low-60 ased noon. mid-60 ased 4:00 and 7:00 we'll be in low-50s at the most. mid- to upper-50s elsewhere. future radar coming up next. back to you. happening now. san jose police investigating a shooting that left a man with life threatening injuries. around 10:20 last night on allen rock avenue. patrol cars and officers in this area near the el catrin bar in hair and nail salon. at one point looks like nearby residents were ae vaktd. officers have not left details on the suspect or motivate f

motive for the soon shooting. expected to debate on the covid-19 relief bill. working early into the morning after a long day. >> a very long day. the senate was not able to debate the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill until all 628 pages were read allowed here and that took a little more than 10 and a half hours. we're going to wring you a live look at the u.s. capitol where the senate will be back to vote on amendments at 6 a.m. the marathon reading was a delay tacticepen johnson of wisconsin. republicans argue the bill calls for too much spending and to little bipartisanship. >> only thing bipartisan was the opposition to it. >> the $1.9 trillion plan has good objectives, but it is massively misdirected. >> put the money into the economy to make sure we can recover quickly. >> you have got to get the funding out there.

and you have got to make sure economy is strong. >> majority leader chuck schumer says he expects them to finish the bill this week. if the senate approves the bill this weekend it will then go to the house for approval and then to president biden. so that means people that are waiting on the $1400 stimulus checks included in the build could start to see that money as soon as march 13th. the deadline for the unemployment benefits to expire is march 14th. >> getting it in at the last second. jobina, thank you. happening today. governor newsom plans to sign the 6.6 billion dlar plan om oe incentives for schools to offer that inperson instruction by the end of the month. the districts have until may 15th to decide but they get less money the longer they wait. indoor high school sports

allowed in california today. result of the settlement after san diego county sued the state. basketball, volleyball and wrestling can all resume, as long as the county has fewer than 14 cases per 100,000 residents. there will be weekly testing. it is provided for free. and masks will be required for everyone, including coaches and support staff. >> all i want is to put on the jersey for my school and represent my school and be a part of that team. >> it is not a threat to society. and at the end of the day the kids are not the enemy anymore. >> teams can only return to competition if they follow sfrikt requirements that are already in place for college teams. that includes testing around each competition and following contact tracing protocols. >> governor newsom announce ad plan to set aside 40% of california eats vaccine supply for vulnerable underserved communities. and that includes 10 bay area neighborhoods. according to the chronicle, four are in solano county, mont zuma,

fairfield vallejo and vacaville. three in's oakland and two in san francisco and tend lonnie and treasure island. and one in contra costa the north richmond area. the rate of infections officials say are higher and vaccination rates are lower. community leaders hope this will now change us. >> we are on our way and governor's just given us a boost and a good shot in the arm, so to speak. >> reverend brown is president of the san francisco chapter of the naacp. they are setting up clinics at baptist churches across the state and they are hopeful to have those up in the next two weeks. >> a new covid vaccine clinic in san jose this morning will addressing the issue of vaccine equity. amy hollyfield live at gardner alviso health center with more. sfwl this is a popup clinic it has just opened for today but the goal is to reach the hard

hit hispanic community and they will be vaccinating people who live in the alviso neighborhood 65 and older and who work in the food, education, emergency services or healthcare industries. they have not said how many doses of the vaccine they have here. county initials say the recent shipment of the moderna vaccine fell short of expectations. >> that may impact the amount of first-vaccine appointments we can make at this point. we're still working on the numbers and talking to the state to see if we can get additional vaccine. >> reporter: today's clinic is just one of many efforts to reach communities disproportionately impacted by covid. the consul general of mexico in san jose has opened a health resource center inside the consulate will where people can go and ask questions and schedule a vaccine appointment. this clinic will start handing out wristbands at 9:00 and then they are going start issuing

shots at 10:00 a.m. reporting live in san jose. amy hollyfield, abc news 7. another free vaccine clinic opens tomorrow in the abby. it focuses on the african american communityeast bay. it focuses on the african american community you do need an appointment. and you can make one at unitedinhealthoakland.org or call adults over 65, child care employee, solano county school employees and food and agricultural industry workers. you do need an appointment here

as well. happening today. marin county launches a phone line for residences to make vaccination appointments. the call center is intend forward people who don't have internet access. those eligible for assistance are residents 65 and older. people with disabilities or in need of home care are or personal assistance, need long interpretation ore help arranging transportation. and the number is right there on your skene. 833-641-1988. more than 9 million vaccine doses have been administered statewide, according to our abc7 news vaccine tracker. check the progress any time on that tracker. abc7news.com. pope francis arrived in baghdad to begin his historic trip to iraq. a red carpet rolled out today and the pope greeted by iraq's prime minister. pope francis went to iraq to rally the dwindling number of christians and to urge them to help rebuild the country after

years of war and persecution. iraqi leaders welcome the global attention. the pontiff's visit brings. let's look at what's going on outside. if you are stepping it on the peninsula, dress warmly. menlo park and redwood city. 38 and 37. low- to mid-40ed half moon bay, belmonte. san mateo. and that's all under a clear 37. little fog around santa rosa and livermore, discovery bay, tracy 39. most of us in the low- to mid-40s this morning. of course it is milder in san francisco. upp upper 40s. dry outside during the day. if you are running errands especially this evening it is going to be wet squh exercising it will be dry throughout the day but increasing cloud cover. let's take a lookout at what's going on with future radar. in the lunch hour, increasing

clouds. not until 7:00, so maybe an hour or two later than we talked about yesterday, that the light moderate --. midnight, it is everywhere. but by 3:00 in the morning it is already gone. we'll get a burst of moderate rain when the cold front comes through and that is also when you are find the fastest breezes but no damage. a quarter to a half inch out of this system. wednesday. that coming up on the accuweather seven day forecast. hi jobina, nice to see you this morning. >> nice to see you too, mike. thank you. good morning everyone. mike is correct. friday we have some light traffic today to start your morning commute. i'm happy to report that because the past couple of days we've had some problems. walnut creek, a live picture of

680 this morning. traffic slowing a little bit as you go southbound. but so far things have been looking clear. a live look a in oakland. tele880 at the coliseum camera. the headlights are making their way south. that is the coliseum you see on the right-hand side soft is careen. and checking on our map we do not have a lot of red to report. just our usual spot coming out of tracy but even that is not so bad. also this morning, i want to let you know that golden gate ferry service will be temporarily suspended starting tomorrow.tw . includes blue and gold trips. bus rides will replace the ferry on golden gate transit roots 27, 30 and 96. you can take the ferry to and from lark spur on tiburon on weekdays. coming up psychologists talk about how to deal with stress and anxiety as everyone waits

for their turn to get the shot. >> garbage refund. san francisco residents could be getting money back from --. apparent overpayments that went on for four years. the bay area institution making up for c

vaccination site at golden gate fields is back open. after a protest forced the cancellation of hundreds of appointments. four people got on the track to protest horse racing. the group direct action everywhere dive us this video and protesters chambered themselves together and used smoke flares to draw attention. they are demanding the track be shut over recent horse deaths. they say it was not there intent to disrupt vaccinations. >> we're in full support of the vaccination site. and we're here on the complete opposite side of the property. we pose no hard hazard at all to the vaccination site so that was a 100% on the albany police department who made that decision. >> yesterday's races were also canceled.

on twitter golden gate field wrote we respectfully suggest to the activists that there is a better way to have this conversation and air their concerns. we welcome the opportunity to have this discussion in the appropriate format. >> if you live in san francisco you could be getting some money back on trash fees. this is part of a 95 million dollar settlement because of over payments for the last four years. here is abc7 >> reporter: leveraging its cozy relationship with former public works head to improper raise collection rates. >> he may have had his challenges keeping san francisco streets clean but he clearly excelled in croneyism, slush funds and oversight. >> reporter: facing federal charges stemming from these and other allegations. supervisor peskin says the revolutions have further shaken public trust in the city's government. >> mohamad nuru has done more to

undermine not only the people's faith in the government but my own personal faith in the government as a public official who's been working in the public interest for the last 20 years. >> reporter: issued a statement saying we are reviewing our internal processes and working with the city to ensure this never reoccurs. we asked abc7 news insider phil matier what this says about city government. >> this is not a good look because if it hadn't been for city attorne dennis herrera and the feds and cooperation from recology, we'd still be paying it. >> and city attorney says average households will see refunds of 190 bucks and recology says garbage collection rates are going to go down 7% by next montana. happening today several movie theaters back in business

around the bay area with enhanced and safety protocols. amc will open five locations. cinemark will also be reopening 10 additional movie theaters, joining three others that were able to open last week. those include the century 20 in daly city. center arts, santana row if you are waiting to go out and do things until you get the vaccine you are definitely not elope. many who want that vaccine are feeling some degree of vaccine envy while we wait for our turn. abc7 news was in walnut creek where a nail saleh lion owner saids they can't build a customer base back until they get a vaccine. now they aren't essential enough to get a vaccine. a psychologist said it is not just about business. it is personal too.

>> incredibly stressful for people and brings up a lot of anxiety of when is it going to happen for me? oh i thought it was supposed to happen for me already. you know, i think it will be even a little traumatic for people. >> her advice, simply accept the lack of control right now. >> okay. well the house of prime rib is making up for all of those canceled reservations. the san francisco steak house is now booked three months in advance. the openings started filling up when indoor dining became an option again. right now the restaurant can seat around 70 people compared to its usually the 280. >> supporting one of my favorite restaurants, house of prime rib. an institution here in san francisco. and since i live not too far away i felt this could be quite the occasion. >> so if you want to get a spot, move quickly. the next opening is in june.

the restaurant could begin to fill more seats as we change tiers though. and we get more capacity to dine indoors. hopefully. >> good for them. it is an institution. >> june. >> i like it. i guess the vegans in us don't go there. >> i've changed, so i'm ready go. >> she is changed. i'll still staying away. >> you want to go mike? >> all right n, all right, let' about what's going o happen. we're going book in the weekend with chances of rain. and it starts tonight but until we get to that you are going to have a real nice day. clouds on the increase but you still need the sunglasses and a mild southerly breeze that will make it comfortable this afternoon in moto. n light to moderate rain, breezy tonight. a dry weekend and then pick up the rain again monday, tuesday and wednesday. for today, 56-60 along the

coast. 61-66 from san francisco to fremont. those your bay temperatures. and then we have the mid-60s. low- to mid-60s in the north bay and mid- to upper-60s in the east bay and also into the south bay. tonight how about 40s across the board. possibly some this 03s in the north bay where the clouds open a little quicker than the rest of us as the rain quickly rolls through. tomorrow morning, you can see it is already quiet out there. increasing sunshine. blustery day. temperatures in the 50s for the most part. so this is going to be a little chilly if you are outside. sunday increasing high clouds but mainly across the north bay and monday into tuesday and wednesday, the medium range models. you know these models. we don't put a ton of stock in them because they are not finite enough. but they give us a trend and the trend is starting to pull that wet weather a little more off the coast. i hope that trends back towards on top of us. because look at the rainfall amounts. they are significantly less than what we talked about yesterday. so we'll keep an eye on that over the weekend.

lisa, and i think drew is working. i know he's worked all week. keep an eye on them and they will keep an eye on it. a one tonight and one monday, tuesday and wednesday. interesting thick thing is tuesday into wednesday, enough instability, thunderstorms, grom and even snow level down to 3,000 feetgraupel and even snown to 3,000 feet possible. chipotle is out with something new. and it goes on your face. and coming up at 5:30, the pandemic then and now it. s been over a year. one year i should say, since the situation really accelerated

if you are just joining us here are the seven things to know this morning. number 1, in about 40 minutes the us senate is set to resume debating the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill. yesterday it took more than 10 and a half hours for all 628 pages to be read out loud. number 2, san jose unified school district secured enough vaccine for its entire

workforce. all 4,000 education workers. number 3, high school sports can resume today. there will be weekly covid testing and mask required for everyone including coaches and staff. number 4 a vaccination site at golden gate fk open after a horse racing protest. hundreds of appointments had to be canceled yesterday. a look at our next storm. it is a one on the storm impact scale. a light storm with light to moderate rain that will create slippery roads this evening. and a little breezy at times too. number 6, so far we have a clear commute for your friday ride. this morning, taking a live look at emeryville, showing 80 and the headlights are making their way westbound. and number 7, spring break is likely going to be much quieter this year. u.s. travel association says just 12% of americans plan to take a trip for spring break. they hope to see a rebound

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of us first heard that term social distancing. we're catching one san francisco's director of public health. what he's saying about where we are today. good morning it is friday march 5th. and let's check with mike for a look at our friday forecast. good morning everybody. yeah. this friday pretty quiet live doppler 7. few clouds along the north bay coast try to slip into the valley around santa rosa. so we'll keep an eye on that. to a one on the storm impact scale scale for tonight. by the time we wake up tomorrow it is already gone. light to moderate rain about a quarter to half inch. and breezy at times when it rolls through. but as you can see from the east bay hills it is pretty clear. 41-45 degrees at 7:pe50 t coast. a slight southerly breeze that will increase the clouds and keep us mild. 6 61-62 at noon.

mid-60s 4:00 and still at 7:00 but that is when the rain starts moving in the north bay. future radar coming up next. here is kumasi. senate due to reconvene in about thirty minutes to debate the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. senators trying to reach agreements on amendments. yesterday the senate wasn't able to start debating the covid relief bill until all 628 pages before read out loud. that took more than ten and a half hours. the bill includes more than $160 billion for testing and vaccinations, help for small businesses and $1400 checks to people making $75,000 a year. up to that amount. and also for those making up to $80,000 a slightly smaller check. >> that is not what i wanted. it is not what we voted on in the house but if it gets a single pepny more to someone who needs it.

we should do it. >> the senate could approve the bill this weekend and then it would return to the house for approval before president biden can sign it into law. happening today. house speaker nancy pelosi will discuss the covid relief bill with san francisco mayor breed in a telephone town hall and also talk about the city's ongoing response to the covid-19 pandemic with the san francisco health officer. teachers in san jose will have an easier time getting vaccinated. the school district secured appointments for all employees. educations, part of our focus to build a better bay area. and abc7 amy hollyfield is live at one vaccination clinic today in san jose. good morning. we are at a pop up clinic in the alviso neighborhood. this is alviso health clinic. and they are going to be giving the vaccine todd to this community including teachers. teachers are going to be a priority now here in san jose. the school district just announced it has secured a vaccine appointment opportunity

for all 4,000 school district employees. administrators say this will help them safely reach their goal of getting kids back in the classroom on april 21st. governor newsom has also announced california teachers will be prioritized, starting next week. the state will set aside 10% of its vaccine for teachers. this clinic here that we are at in the alviso community. they are going start handing out wristbands for the vaccine at 9:00 this morning. no appointment is necessary. then they are going start giving shots at 10:00. they have not said how many doses they have. reporting live in san jose, amy hollyfield abc7 news. schools in contra costa could be back open before the end of the month. mount diablo unified school district superintendent says a hybrid model of inperson and online laerj could start as early as march 22nd. the trustees of the district will discuss and vote wednesday.

contra costa county is expected to move into the red tier the next few weeks. the state and county have already approved the district's plan. many counties are seeing fewer vaccine doses because of the lingering supply shortage tied to the blue shield transition. center health was -- 30,000 doses are set to arrive by the middle of yooex week although that is only enough to vaccinate two third of the current back longoria. santa clara says their county is facing the same issue. >> we received much less than expecting and one of the challenges is that we're notified about this information the week before we're planning for the following week. >> many are concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding blue shield's algorithm. >> underserved populations will have access to more vaccines in the city of east palo alto.

the city have teamed up to provide vaccines to seniors, essential workers and low income families. these palo alto city council had a special session last night to discuss the vaccine efforts. is it city represents 5% of san mateo's county population but more than 10% of covid-19 cases. >> as long as there is vaccine supply, which is being challenged right now because of the transition of vaccine distribution to blue shield health b plan, it has affected all of our supply including the county. >> the new vaccine site for eligible east palo alto resident begins next week. tomorrow marks one year since the first major news conference about covid-19 in san francisco. on march 6, 2020 the city's director of public health announced there were two cases here. jobina was able to catch up with dr. grant koufax who joins us

live. >> so when dr. colfax spoke one year ago he talked about social distancing and that was likely the first time many of us had ever heard of that concept. take a look. >> after we learned yesterday of two coronavirus cases among san francisco residents, we have proof that the prior is spreading in our community. we are taking swift action today. we are making strong recommendations for social distancing that are intended to reduce the spread of the virus and protect individual and community health. >> it's incredible to watch that from one year ago. we all know the situation unfolded fast. a stay-at-home order followed just days later. san francisco is a ghost town with only essential businesses operating. weng, wearing masks and staying home one year later dr. colfax can't believe where we are now with thousands of

vaccines happening every day. >> if you had told me a year ago that we would have three incredibly effective and safe vaccines now, i would have -- i would have thought it was science fiction. so i think it is incredible how quickly we've advanced in that way. and the vaccines may need to be adjusted and evolved as variants come in, right? but we have the technology to potentially do that. so i'm -- i'm much more optimistic than i was just a few months ago. and that day that i woke up and read the news about that first vaccine study was just one -- i'm getting goose bumps now because it -- it's such a game changer. >> and coming up later today abc7 you can hear more of my one on one with dr. grant colfax, he's going talk about the discusses over the last year, and also challenges, failures and what life looks like after the vaccine.

reggie and kumasi. i don't know about you all but i've been fully triggered by this one year. >> i was going to say is the same thing. >> just all the feelings of the uncertainty and just seeing the city like that. >> yes. and watching that press conference back. and at the end. so you will see this a little later on at 4:00 and 6:00 is when this interview are air but at the end of the press conference all the reporters are asking all of these questions and no one could answer. at the very end she just says we only know what the vice president has said, talking about at the time mike pence. so it is a pretty -- >> we know how that went. >> well it will be good to hear his perspective on that jobina. so thank you for that. i'm looking forward to it. >> yeah me too. okay now we're going to turn to mike and a look at the weather. something hopefully more predictable. >> definitely. let's take a look at what's going on outside. if you live along the east bay shore we've got 41 in fremont. and also union city up to 47 in

richmond under a clear sky. other neighborhoods down in the south bay. 46, san jose. so low- to mid-40s there. 39 in mountain view. 48 in san francisco. upper 30s across the north bay valleys and 38-41 in east bay valleys. san jose about 47 degrees, around 87 near the shark tank. storm is slowing. so for our commute it is going to be dry i've got good across the board. because it is not until 7:00 the light to moderate steady rain moves into the north bay. so all of us have a dry commute unless you are out after 7:00. future radar. it is slowing down just a little bit. yesterday it looked like it was coming in around 5:00 and now it looks like 7:00. and it is going move into the hard of the bay by 10:00 and then be over everybody by midnight. so that is about an hour behind what we talked about yew daand moderate rain at midnight. and then quickly tapers and pushes to the east by 3:00 in the morning.

a quarter to half inch of rain. and because it is coming in at night, when we wake up tomorrow morning it is going to be damp outside and pretty slippery on the roads. so caution needed there. how about this morning? let's turn it over to jobina and find out about that commute hi jobina? >> hi mike. thank you. good morning everyone. so great news for your friday commute if you need to head out the door this morning. i'm going to bring you live africa the san rafael showing 101. we don't check this camera that much this time of morning. but it is light everywhere, so i thought we'd give san rafael a little love this morning. the bay bridge toll plaza, a familiar site but it is lig pping olsas ju iyh all morning lon so not a lot of issues to report and lastly the map pretty much green. usual spot out of tracy. we'll be right back.

coming up. as states roll back restriction, governor newsom is doubling down. his new message about masks. >> looking

one of the women accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of sexual harassment is now detailing her conversations with him. jobina, this comes just a day after the governor apologized. although this women says it was no apology to her. >> yes. reggie there was an explosive interview. 25-year-old charlotte bennett was the second woman to go public with allegations against governor cuomo. bennett workded as an executive assistant for the governor. she says he asked her multiple questions about her sex life during a one on one meeting in june. she says he never got physical

but he would ask her about her sexual assault experience. >> he asked if i had trouble enjoying being with someone because of my trauma. the governor asked me if i was sensitive to intimacy. without explicitly saying it, he enough for him and he was ld - lonely. >> bennett says she reported the encounter to governor cuomo's chief of staff. she was transferred to another department but left the administration in november. this comes as the "new york times" reports the governor's office rewrote covid deaths in nursing homes to conceal the actual number. he says he was concerned the trump administration would purse pursue a politically motivated inningry into the handling. a 2000 page report filled with social media reports from

gop members -- like former president trump members of the congress who aided and abetted the insurrection on january 6th betrayed ire oath of office. she says they could be implicated under the same article of impeachment as the former president. the u.s. bureau of labor statistics just released the february jobs report. it did beat economists expectations. the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 6.2% from 6.3% in january. 379,000 non farm payroll jobs added. much higher than 210,000 forecasted. californians now being encouraged to wear two cloth masks in public to stop the spread of covid-19. governor newsom announced the new guidelines. >> encouraging people, particularly those that use

cloth masks to consider using an additional mask and double masking. you are not using the cloth mask and you are using masks like this that actually filter even more than n 95, that is not the guideline recommendation but we are encouraging people basically to double down on mask wearing. >> the governor said this was put in place in line of information from other states. earlier this week, texas governor greg abbot ended his state's mask mandate. safety precautions it is okay to get away. the top trip choice is camping but better book a spot fast. more than 50 million americans are expected to hit up the road. put up a tent or take a trip in their rv this summer. according to outdoor reservation service pitch up. bookings for 2021 are up 39%

compared to last year. >> people are ready to get out. ready to get some fresh air. ready to feel safe. and one of the things i think camping is so popular. as the safe activity. particularly developed campground or national park. >> start looking now they say if you plan to go camping over the summer. kumasi and i talked about this. we had a weird heart to heart about what is the lowest level of vacation that we can have. i think we both decided, we need a bed. but mostly we need a shower. >> yes. a shower. a poilt. >> a hot shower. make sure that's happening. >> just bathroom overall. >> a bathroom. we need a bathroom. mike. >> okay. okay. so you guys won't be camping at any state parks around tahoe. because they don't have showers.

>> no, no. >> yeah. i did that once. we slept in the back of our suv. put a air mattress in there. and yeah, that was interesting, weekend. that's for sure. may no do it again but we tried. i'm getting soft. i'm getting really soft. my parents would be embarrassed. walnut creek. 41. looking south on 680. mild breezes out of the south even with increasing dlouds it is going to be a comfortable day. rain tonight. light to moderate. and have cooler this weekend with increasing sunshine tomorrow but increase in clouds on sunday. clouds and sun will vary. for today t canopy of clouds into the arn but still about 61-66 around the bay and the into the north bay and mid- to upper-60s in the east bay and south bay and upper-50s to near 60 along the coast. tonight not too bad. temperatures in the 40s just about everywhere.

up in the north bay the clouds ll open up quicker so we could see a few 30s feel a bit cooler up there. increasing sunshine saturday and increasing clouds sunday but dry through the weekend. monday, tuesday and wednesday we've got ones on the storm impact scale. rainfall amounts looking unfortunately less than they did yesterday. but an interesting note is the chance of thunderstorms with graupel tuesday and sno snow levels to around .3 3,000 feet tuesday and wednesday. the bay area exodus, contrary to popular belief. many families moving a way are not necessarily leaving the state. the stats where they are going next. first one rit names. in the north bay. and

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140 mile road in the north bay will have two different mes. fair change the name of sir francis drake boulevard this week. but lark spur and ross have decided to keep it. last year protesters mardi gras along the boulevard and thousands of people signed a petition to rename it because of drake's connection to the slave trade. there is no word yesterday on what fairfax will rename its two-mile stretch. organizers are planneding to hold fair as a drive through event this year. all the traditional sights and sounds on the weekend of july 29th and also august 8th. just have to see everything from the c instead of being out and will still be

available and now they are also working on a virtual livestock show. you do have to buy tickets though to the drive through fair in a advance. a high-tech credit card is being developed. samsung and master card joining forces to create a biometric credit card. a built in fingerprint scanner and several built in chips, to increase security and decrease physical contact points. if you are getting more phone calls on your robo calls on your phone. americans receive more than 4.6 billion robo calls in february. and this is according to new data. americans experience ad drop in robo calls in spring and that was mostly because international call centers were shut down during the pandemic and government efforts to stop covid-19 related scams. a trippy optical illusion. sydney, australia is putting

people's heads in a spin. this tiktok video shows a roadotes a you drive past it. it is known as the camoflor, a recreation of a disguise using camouflage 3-d optical illusions. >> that's cool. >> yeah. >> we need people to keep their eyes on the road. ed to walk by it. not drive by it. or be the passenger. a look at future radar. starting at 7:00 this evening to 1:00 in the morning. you can see the light green and yellow moderate rain rolling through rather quickly from north to south. during the day it is well up to our north around eureka and then

snow in the higher elevations around there. we'll hit the mid-70s to mid-80s around los angeles and pam springs. this will bring beneficial snow to the sierra, not as much as we want or need. but about up to 8 inches above eeg 10:00 tonight through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. traveling? yes, travel up there today. if you are going, and i know some people are. and then tomorrow is it not going to be a good time to travel. sunday will be better and monday more snow son the way. tuesday and wednesday. so travel again, i would exercise caution in saying going thereupon monday, tuesday and wednesday. but if you can get up there today you will have some fresh pow to ski on tomorrow. new at 6:00. disney's --. this morning the lead actress is is talking about how she hopes the movie can heal

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accuweather forecast. hi, mike nicco. >> hi, reggie, kumasi, jobina. hi, everybody. yeah, on this friday we're anticipating some wet weather, but it is tonight, so during the day, we're going to enjoy some pretty comfortable weather. but it is a 1 on the storm impact scale, returning back to the rain which will be light to moderate at times, which will make it slippery outside and also a little breezy from time to time. here is a look at our very mature storm, very comma shaped storm that we're going to get the tail end of. it is a fast moving storm. we're waking up with clear conditions as you can see from the east bay hills, with increasing clouds today. and eventually some rain finally 7:00.th meanshe nor hours, from 6:30, what is that, 4:00 to 6:07, we're going to be dry. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. developing news any minute now the u.s. senate is expected to resume debate on the covid-19 relief bill. and we know jobina, lawmakers worked until long int