send kids back to the classroom. >> i'm grateful to share with you that sfusd is on track to offer in person learning options. >> this school boardment says preschool through second grate classes will start. >> it's great they set a date. a lot of the parents in the communities have been asking the school district to do. >> he is one of many parents asking schools to reopen. he says remote learning that be a failure for his sons. >> the online doesn't work. >> the teachers union likes the return to classroom plan which includes health and safety protocols and vaccination for school staff. >> every morning before anybody comes in the building there will abscreening, health screening. then ventilation measures as well. all the layers of proteioud vac.

>> the tentative agreement comes after months of bitter debate over how and when students would return to the classroom, including a lawsuit by the city over reopening, supported by mayor london breed. >> you know, the grownups need to get the actetrnd suree do what's in the best interests of kids of this city. >> will you keep your kids home? >> yeah. >> but not all parents are sending their kids back. linnae li bleaches it's too dangerous. >> safe at home right now. i think the school right now is best for the kids. >> dr. vincent matthews says there is no pressure. there is a plan for that. >> we will continue to provide distance learning for the remainder of the school year ut i ends in june. students in person learning. the district says more details will be released on monday. in san francisco, coronell barnard, abc 7 news. in the north bay, santa rosa city schools and its teachers union reached a tentative

agreement yesterday to resume in person classes. k through sixth grade would return on april 1st with a hybrid format. seventh through 12th grade back on april 26th also in hybrid format. teachers are guaranteed access to the covid-19 vaccine prior to returning to the classroom. well as you can imagine a year online means a year off track. bup revocable trust solutions for struggling students. better ways for your kids to catch up and confront the learning loss, all next week on abc news. san francisco art museums are reopening for the first time since november 28th. sfmomo and the deyoung opened today bringing a sense of culture back to the city. for now the museums will limit assignment. staff at both museums told us they are thrilled to be ableaf important. and here at sf momma we wear

masks. >> very excited to have people back in the building. the energy feels great. we have worked really hard to make sure the safety protocols are in compliance. >> do keep in mind reservations areed mks sf momma says they are already at capacity for tomorrow. two developing news out of washington where the senate passed a nearly $$2 trillion covid relief bill after more than 24 hours of debate opinion it's now going to the house which votes on it next week. abc news reporter elizabeth schulze tetzlaff us the package provides aid where, foists schools and americans struggling to get by. >> i promised the american people hway. today i can say we have reiant step forward inli onhat $1.9 trillion covid relief bill, capping off a marathon overnight

session. >> the pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of american life. so this bill spans the gamut and provides support to every part of our country. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> the chamber passing the bill in a 50 to 49 vote along party lines. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, calling the bill bill happen hazard. >> the bill with only 1% for vox aches. that ignores the science on reopening schools, that's stuffed with non-covid related spending that even top liberal economists say is wrong for the recovery. >> moderate democrats led by senator joe manchin of west virginia winning some key changes to the house version of the bill. house democrats wanted to increase those unemployment benefits to $400 a week. margin pushing a small are he proposal. a final deal was reached to keep bifurcates at $3,000 a week guaranteed through september 6th.

and those $1,400 payments will now go to individuals making less than $75,000 a year. with small are he checks for those making up to $80,000. couples earning up to $150,000 will get $2,800 checks with reduced payment for those making up to $160,000. still some americans wonder if it's enough. >> we get fuel this week and stay warm and not freeze to death. or do you get food. >> the legislation now heads back to the house which will have to reconcile several key changes before it goes to president biden's desk for vigt. just days before unemployment benefits expire are forless of americans. community partners in the east bay with stepping up to prioritize the african-american community for the covid advantagesen. a freethlb communy nter onating bck seniors and essential workers. the ucsf doctor who organize the

event says it's critical for racial and ethnic minorities to get vaccinated especially in alameda county. >> if it wrrnt important the governor would not have set aside 40 million vaccine for the hardest hit population. the reason it's important forerd thoughs communitbemesafer vaccitet is the second dose of the moderna shot. abc 7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine rollout in california with our vaccine tracker. it shows you when you might be able to get the vaccine and and how your your county is doing. you can find the resource at our website, abc 7 news.com. a social pillar in the lgbtq community is holding a virtual tell thorn to try and stay in business. >> it's been so so amazing to feel the love of the community

midnig2oursig alra shows. the oassist night club says it's on the edge of financial ruane and can't reopen to limited capacity like restaurants can. you can watcher the tellathon and give butter.com/save oassist. ont ll par nackmove whoing square. today leaders met to discuss the environmental impact for the a's staumt stadium. they say reconstruction will not increase greenhouse gat emissions and improve air quality. >> a transportation hub on second street between martin luther king jr. way and clay street. bus only lanes on broadway connecting downtown, jack london district. and chinatown and primarybetw tw

oakland. >> projects project leaders talked about noise pollution at the stadium reducing so they can protect bird species making home nearby. now it's time for his side of the story. >> to me taking a call in the or is something that occurs all the time. >> a sacramento area surgeon seen appearing in traffic court over zoom while in the operating room devrdsis actio. robableard ig. the storm that rle througheft i. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma we are tracking a cold night tonight before more rain comes in the

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remind su april 15th. new developments now. an italian prosecutor is calling for two bay area men to be sentenced to life in prison. finnegan lee elder of san francisco and gabrielle christ natalihor are charged with killing a police officer in rome in july of 2019. elder has claimed that it was a case of self-defense and mot not murder. he says two plain clothes officers failed to identify themselves before grabbing them on the street. the defense will begin making its case march 18th. a plastic surgeon in california, facing criticism for attending a traffic court zoom while performing surgery is defending himself. dr. scott green was doing a face lift when he answered a call from sacramento traffic court. for a hearing about a speeding ticket. green says he joined the zoom and handed over the case to another surgeon whom he was training. >> this was our last through

it. through all the critical occurse time. not a zoom call to traffic court. as i've never been to traffic court. >> now other doctors also say taking calls or leaving the o.r. is common when there is another surgeon there. court staff called off the hearing when they saw green was in the operating room. he ended up paying that t svice on hold for two months. work starred started today to remove the floating dock for required maintenance. it's done while the ferry is experiencing only 3% of the normal ridership because of the pandemic. in the meantime the golden gate bridge district is offering buses to take people between southern marin and san francisco. the lashing spur and teuber on ferry will continuekdservic to francisco. well a helping hand when bay area families need it the most. meet the group that's trying to put parents minds at ease as

kids get ready to return to the classroom. and take a live look outside. look at the gorgeous sunset. the rain has plovd out. but you do want to bundle up tonight. meteorologist drew tuma is up next with your accuweather forecast. coming up in sports, baseballs is opening day nearing spring training. we got highlights from the giants in arizona. plus welcome to atlanta. steph curry and the rest of the steph curry and the rest of the nba best getting ready forsmk aa safely come togeth, we need the facts on covid-19 vaccines. to get the facts, visit getvaccineanswers.org so you can make an informed decision when vaccines are available to you.

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volunteer group is helping students get prepared to return to the classroom. the non-profit olive tree gift is assembling school care packages. olive tree gifts previously created care packages for front line workers and women shelters. a group of volunteers in concourt puts the kits together and a member of the group shared why she is involved. >> spreading more love, spreading more peace to the community, especially during the difficult times, like even prepandemic i think there is a lot of difficulties that people go through every single day. we want to be there for them. >> yeah, the packages look pretty nice. they'll go to schools in vac aville, including school supplies, calming tea for parents and plant or flower

because the group believes nature is the universal symbol of peace. well check it out. a good storm rolled through the bay area late last night. bringing rain and some high winds. it definitely packed enough punch to topple some trees in frist. on one street street it looked like a tree missed landing on cars just. drew tuma joining us with more on if we see a repeat performance any time soon. >> you know, dion, i think we'll see more rainfall but less wind. good news because the winds last night gusted in excess of 50-mile-per-hour. picked up about a quarter of an inch of rain with that quick moving system. it's out of here. today was gorgeous. sunday, bright blue skies, live dob letter seven, the active sweet sweep showing rain off to the east. of the east bay hills post sunset glow it's a gorgeous evening across the bay area. 5 the current temperature in the is he city.

56 in oklahoma. the same in mountain view. san jose one degree cooler at 55. morgan hill, 55. half moon bay into the upper 40s. at 48 degree. we'll take to you south bay. a live look from san jose you can see clear skies overmed and more in store for a clear night at well. 54 in santa rosa. 52 in novato and napa. fairfield, concourt 57, livermore coming in at 52 right now. tonight with calm winds, clear skies, that will create a pretty cold night over the next 12 hours. a lot of us will drop to the 30s, 35 overnight in santa rosa down to 39 in redwood city, the same in concord. 8 in half moon bay. 39 in vallejo. it will be a chilly start to the day tomorrow morning. we do have a frost advisory and freeze warning in effect starting at midnight tonight for middletown, clearlake, lake port, ukiah, points north where temperatures drop to the upper 20s to lower 30s. if you have sensitive vegetation outside, bring it indoors or cover it as we could see issues

with the cold temperatures. sta, the afternoon is comfortable. a little bit above average for this time of the year. upper 50s to mid-60s. and tomorrow you'll notice a few more clouds in the sky. but all in all it's a partly cloudy day. we'll see ample amounts of sunshine for the second half of the weekend. then see increase in cloud cover and rain return to the forecast on monday. future weather, this is 6 "p," monday it looks like the best chance of rain will fall in the north bay. but by tuesday it looks like we'll see more widespread shower activity, very light in nature that does continue into wednesday as well. tuesday and wednesday it's cloudy, raw feeling with chilly temperatures and showers moving through. rainfall potential be, despite the duration of the rain that we'll see over the couple of days, it's very light in nature. so it's not going to add up to a lot of rainfall. in fact, you can see most areas likely ending up with anywhere from 0.1 to half inch of rain

with the wet weather. the accuweather seven-day forecast, chilly morning tomorrow but the afternoon is comfortable. rain returns monday evening on and off showers tuesday and wednesday. chilly temperatures too in the 50s. then we'll dry out, warm up brighten the skies by thursday and friday. >> announcer: now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> fab commissionerer adam silver spoke today ahead of the festivities in the atlanta. he says he expects next season to begin on time with relatively full arena as normally this is all-star saturday mip seven-time all-star stephen curry playsen on team le broon. curry is in theee-poi t vrpg in looks like. >> and it will be quick down there but it was weird having

short windows on either side of the floor. we start playing again so yeah, i'll make the most of it. i get there saturday, play sunday and then hopefully get a bit of a break before we come back on wednesday for practice. >> gl election. santa cruz taking on sea blue in the bubble. ookc forces overtime. 103 no extra frame jeremy lynn has 26 there is three pap icia reese had 5 of the game hi 29 in the extra session.its a three. okc shut out in the 2-minute overtime. santa cruz wins by 10. they're the two seed in the single elimination eight team bracket. yesterday we got good news wektd see fans at marilyn league ball parks in california. 20 peppers capacity as long as the counties in red fir. a's in seattle tie 1-1. tony kemp, the first. johnny cueto won a world series

in kansas city in 2016 and a man with varying kriegs degrees of shimmy shake allows one hit striking out four that's good news for giants fans. bases loaded for evan longeria and the drive to left center stays in the ball a park but clear bases. giants lose 8-. sharks host las vegas for a second night. the rival came away with an overtime victory last in the nauiokaitis. san jose fair month hotel temporarily closed down after filing for bankruptcy. golden knights staying at the hotel were forced switch hotels on the fly. led by former head coach peter deboard with the sparks now with the golden knights and talked about the crazy situation. >> we ate pregame meal prior to the game and got notified that our hotel was closing. and we were going to have to check out. so we had to check into a new

hotel. it was a surreal experience. hopefully this is the end of the covid year. but it was almost the topping on the top of the cake for what the past year has been. >> all right. finally got to see this third round of the arnold palmer invitational jordan spieth on number 2. he has the shot of the day. i mean these guys are so good. 22 yards out and this is not a problem for spieth. it is a hole-in-one. he actually has three on the tour. tide for fourth. heading to a busy day tomorrow in florida. crazy shot, right? >> no kidding. chris, thanks. talk about beginners luck. a teen celebrating her 18th birthday decided to play the lottery for the first time. and let's just say she got a pretty good return on the

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the company. tonight a kansas teacher gave herbison a heck of a present for her 18th birthday. she died to buy a $5 scratch off from the grocery store where she works. it turned into $25,000. that's why she is smiling. sloan turned 18 four days earlier. and this was her first time playing the lottery. she plans on using the money to pay for college and buy her friends some dinner. good for per. that's it for news at 6:00. i'm dion

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