building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. >> finding annancer to vaccine equity. there's a renewed push to make sure everyone, especially in some of the hardest hit areas, can get a shot. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i'm dion lim. a congressman is promising more vaccine doses for some of the most underserved communities. congressman swalwell visited a mobile clinic in hayward at a local church. the pastor tells abc 7 news reporter the need for the vaccine in his community is real and over due. >> saw the line and said hey, let's do it. >> they jumped into this long line for a covid vaccination, located on the grounds of glad tideings church in hayward. appointments were not required for this weekend's vaccination clinic. a partnership between the church

and fema. >> underserved communities suffered the most through covid swalwell wants to see more where they're needed. he hopes the rescue plan act aimed at resources during the pandemic will make it possible. >> up to 8,000 vaccinations a day is great but we need to go to communities, especially minority communities that have historically been ignored or have rightfully their own concerns about vaccines. >> working really hard across the whole area to say come on, you've got to do it. >> reporter: he says hosting the vaccine clinic at his church will help build trust and combat distrust of the vaccine. >> these sites like this will bring people out, who otherwise wouldn't go for the bay centers. >> reporter: areas hard hit have left themselves out of the

vaccination plan, including hayward. >> of course, our numbers were sky high. >> we're hoping that, by doing this, we can stem the tide of the covid vaccination and maybe get back to doing what we think is normal. >> this mobile clinic returns in three weeks to give second doses. in hayward, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. family-owned local pharmacies are also starting to join in on vaccination clinics right here in the bay area. this clinic is being run by the fremont fire department. 600 eligible people were vaccinated today. pharmacists want people to know they are working to keep the community, they call home, safe and healthy. >> we're local. we're not a chain that's cvs or any of those bigger chains. we're a local pharmacy that's getting this done. >> if you are eligible for a

vaccination, he says you should sign up for an appointment through their website or give them a call. vaccines are going to more arms in oakland. a vaccination clinic opened at the true vines missionary baptist church with the help of fema and california office of emergency services. it's in a zip code the state is targeting to provide greater vaccine equity. you must have a photo id. the site will be open again on the weekend of march 27th. and they're monitoring the vaccine rollout with our tracker. it also shows when you might be able to get the vaccine and how your county is doing. you can find this resource at our home page. to the north bay where a school district is taking an interesting approach to education. the novaudo unified school district is going to have a marketing campaign to attract

new students and keep existing ones from transferring. with 11th and 12 graders returning this coming week, all schools in the district will be open. there's been a push for some parents of return to in-person learning five days a week. there are solutions for struggling students. better ways to catch up and confront the learning loss all this week on abc 7 news. there was a line at the front door at that san francisco museum of modern art, as it opened to the general public for the first time since november. it was a welcome moment for staff and visitors. visitors are asked to reserve a ticket in advance. the house is expected to vote on the nearly $2 trillion covid relief bill, with the goal of getting another round of stimulus checks out by the end of the month. shaw tells us there is growing concern about the spread of variants.

>> though, as amended is pass said. >> reporter: after saturday's narrow party line vote to pass the 1.9 trillion covid relief bill, democratic leaders are confident it will be signed into law this week. >> did you ever imagine in the united states of america, you'd see lines, literally miles long, folks in their automobiles waiting for a box of food to be put in their trunk? >> the bill would send $1400 direct payments to millions of americans and allocates billions for nutrition programs, rental assistance, small businesses, vaccine programs and schools. also working to get millions vaccinated. white house senior advisor on covid tweeting on saturday, 2.9 million vaccines reported administered today. 20% above the last record. the latest poll finds 68% of americans approve of the president's response to the pandemic.

meanwhile, several states have already begun easing restrictions and lifting mask mandates. >> it is absolutely the responsible thing to do to keep the mask madates in place. when more people are vaccinated, that's the time to be easy. >> reporter: the "the new york times" reporting the highly contagious u.k. variant accounts for more than 20% of new cases in the u.s. the lab testing company, helix revealing florida had the highest share. >> the last thing we need are huge gatherings where they're not exercising fiscal distancing. >> reporter: dr. fauci. >> we want to get those levels of virus very, very low and then we will have much, much easier time to safely pull back and get the conomy and all the other things that we want to be normal. >> reporter: abc news, los angeles.

dj's from around the gbe are using muse took increase racial harmony. how fun is this? the spread love, stop the hate campaign kicked off friday on twitch.tv. some 40 djs a taking part, including golden state warriors dj, sharp. it's a group fighting racism towards asian-american pacific islander communities. the fundraiser continues through tonight. ahead, making their voices heard. >> hey. >> the cause halfway around the world that drew a huge amount of demonstrators to the chinese consulate in san francisco. and looks like what you're not supposed to do during the pan domic. how this dance party might actually help with reopenings. and i'm meteorologist, drew

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officials in 43 states have already introduced over 250 bills to make it harder for americans to vote. we cannot let them succeed. >> the order directs federal agencies to take steps to promote voting access and pushes an overhall of the website. ♪ that is the unofficial anthem for the fight for democracy in hong kong being sung outside the chinese consulate in san francisco. members of the u.s.-hong club rallied as a show of solidarity with 37 pro democracy activists, who have been charged with violating a controversial antipolicy law. sglirltsz ti >> it's time for everybody to

stand up for the hong kong people. >> they illustrate broken policies in the approach to hong kong's autonomy and rights. if convicted, the democratic activists, face life sentences in prison. a navoto citizens group says they were initially too tense there and it's since grown to 40. >> these people at this camp, they do not want help. they want to live there. they choose to stay there. they want to be left alone. >> reporter: the city manager says the pandemic has hindered their efforts to manage the camp and keep it from growing. marin county just received $5.6 million in federal aid to address homelessness. if you're like me, miss all the crazy creations you can eetd at the county fair. there's a place you can satisfy the craving for funnel cakes in a few days. drew. we are tracking another cold

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this might be a cause for concern during the pandemic. it's an experiment. 1300 people took part in a trial dance last night in amsterdam. part of an initiative set up by the government and the entertainment industry to see if large groups can fwagter safely. dancers into five groups with different rules. some had to wear face masks, while others were encouraged to shout and cheer. and whether they could follow the rules. closer to home in the east bay. if you've missed the excitement and food that comes with the alameda county fair, you can get a taste of it this month.

they'll have food vendors selling familiar favorites, including funnel cakes, corn dogs and deep fried oreos as part of the new food feast. you can do curb side pick up or lawn, socially distanced, of course. it seems like at this time of the forecast we always talk about food, drew and funnel cakes, yes. >> yes, please, i love funnel cake. over the next couple of days, you're going to dodge rain drops. especially tuesday and wednesday, when more wide-spread wet weather making a way back to the forecast. today, right now, another gorgeous weekend in the books. lots of sunshine. few temperatures made it to 60. really comfortable end to the weekend. a live look. bright, blue from the vantage point. it will remain pretty clear overnight. 63 in concord and 53 in the city.

lots of sunshine in the south bay. 60 in santa rosa. 50 in half moon bay. encouraging news, if you like later and later sunsets. the sunset occurring at 6:09 p.m. and next weekend, because daylight savings time begins early sunday morning. the sunset next sunday night is at 7:16 p.m. the sun is going to get later and later as you approach the summer solstice. tonight, clear skies, calm winds. again, another cold night like last night. a lot of cities dropping to the 30s. 38 in liver more, 39 in redwood city. and again, like last night, we have another frost advisory and freeze warning for parts of lake and mendocino counties. start in the upper 20s to lower 30s. tomorrow afternoon, partly cloudy skies for most of us. noticeably cooler as well.

most of us will be stuck in the 50s. rain does come back in the forecast tomorrow as well. the number one system we're tracking, on and off showers through wednesday. tuesday and wednesday, a chance of a thunderstorm popping up. and we could see hail and isolated lightening. tomorrow, the best chance of finding showers will likely be in the north bay, where we've had the scattered showers moving through. as we advance into tuesday, the rain becomes more widespread. tuesday morning, yellow and orange indicating stronger spells or storms might be setting up, that produce hail or lightening. the storm prediction center has placed the entire bay area under the risk of a thunderstorm popping up. rainfall, very beneficial over the next couple of days. by wednesday, a half of an inch to three quarters an inch of rain. rain tomorrow, best chance, the

north bay and then widespread. tuesday and wednesday, both days a threat of a thunderstorm popping up. dryer skies by the owned of the week. mild temperatures and a chance of rain again. >> a little bit of a mixed bag. thanks. chris alvarez joining us with sports and we just paid attention to when the sun is setting. >> very true. what a forecast that is for us. great forecast in arizona. giants and as. steph actually just won a three- psst! psst! allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting

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now, abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> the pandemic nba all-star festivities in one day. steph curry's first time teaming up with lebron. he tweeted a video earlier today, getting in practice with the three-point contest, which he just won. highlights and reaction coming up. and it's the second title. tonight marks the first time they'll be teammates. and steph says teaming up with lebron will be different and fun. >> for sure. love to get that experiece, having played against him for the last 12 years. and all-star games. go out and try to get the win. represent team lebron. a pretty cool experience. we got a stacked team. ready to go out and enjoy ourselves and get a brand new experience that me and him have never had before.

should be pretty memorable, for sure. >> baseball now, three weeks and change until opening day. spring training in full effect. the vets and youngsters going yard. let's start with the a hfs and the mats. his third home run in ten at bats this spring. he says let's bash. next batter, matt chapman. he looks good too. they go back to back. ace fans hope to see this a lot. the first dinger of the spring and third inning. his name's not matt. but still three-run shot to the left center. fans out there too. that's cool. a's win it 9-4. top two were scoreless and top prospect, elliott ramos, the first of his two homers in the day. a two-run blast off do little. more fans in the stands. good signs.

and that's back-to-back jacks. opposite field knocked for dugger. they also win 9-4 as well. final round of the arnold palmer invitational. and another 370-yard late-clearing drive on six. the kid from cloevs is so strong. fans enjoying the massival drives from the mad scientist. what a shock that was. 370 yards, crazy. he had a one-shot lead over westwood. and the pressure is on sham bow. he needs a five-foot par as he exhales, puts the pressure on bryson. bryson's going to celebrate like he just won a game-saving tackle in the super bowl. eight pga tour and first since taking the u.s. open last fall. hey, did you see this? college basketball, 1.7 seconds to go. memphis and houston tied. and he banks it in from 35 feet.

march madness, hey, that's here. this is a reminder, the big dance starts in ten days. and another reminder, highlights and reaction from steph curry's three-point contest win. lot of sports going on. very fun to talk about. >> you do have a spring in your step. i think i asked are we surprised that steph curry won this contest? probably not. >> i like to say i called it. >> let's go with that. nice try. well, "raya and the last dragon" made history.

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finally now, "raya and the last dragon" is the first disney movie to fiche arsoutheast asian princess. tran gives raya her voice, while awkwafina plays the lasts dragon. it was made with hundreds of people working remotely, bringing in $8.5 million in norgt american theaters. it bumped "tom and jerry" from the top spot. disney is the parent company of abc 7. that's it for abc 7 news at 5:00. thanks so much for joining us

and we'll see you back here tonight at 6:00. tonight, the urgent virus warning, as spring breakers flock to cities across the country. party goers pile into bars in south florida. crowds of fans packing unofficial parties in atlanta for nba all-star weekend. the concern now is that these scenes could turn into superspreader events. as the highly contagious uk variant spreads across the country. and more states ease restrictions. in idaho, protesters burning masks outside the state capitol. final push. president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief plan back in the house, after passing in the senate without any republican support. when could the bill hit the president's desk? and when will millions of americans see the direct payments? defiant andrew cuomo. new york's governor saying today, there is no way i resign. as more former aides accuse him

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