person's risk of severe disease. you should still wear a mask when seeing unvaccinated people for more than one other household. one thing that did not change, the cdc's travel recommendations. domestic and international travel is still discouraged. right now let's take a deeper look at this with dr. alok patel, a member of our vaccine team. dr. patel, thanks for your time today. >> thank you, kristen. >> so what do you think are the main points of the cdc guidelines today? the parts where they loosened restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated. are they on track? >> i think they are on track. and these guidelines are basically mirroring what we've seen play out in real time. the vaccines really do they may keep one another protected. we don't have the concrete data to show they prevent transmission which is why we should be careful with anyone who is unvaccinated and high risk. but as far as vaccinated people

getting together or mixing with one household and being very careful i think they're spot on. it's good news for everyone. >> but the cdc does still recommend keeping with some restrictions. this when people who are fully vaccinated are out in public wear their mask, avoid medium to large gatherings, and also avoid travel. talk about those three elements and what you think about those. >> oh, absolutely. and this kind of goes to what i was hinting at earlier. now, remember, we don't yet have the concrete evidence to say that if you're vaccinated you're not going to transmit the virus. there is some early data showing that's popping. we don't have it clear yet. it's still possible that somebody who's unvaccinated may get an exposure and may be at particularly high risk. that's why a lot of this behavior is really going to be about the unvaccinated individual who may be mixing what their situation is, what their exposure is, and that involves vaccinated people going out into public and obviously travel is still not a safe get yet. not only do we have variants but one big underlying feature of these guidelines, they only apply to about 10% of the u.s. population.

that's how many people right now are fully vaccinated. so a lot of people out there are still crossing their fingers and waiting to be on this list. >> sure. hopefully we'll have a higher percentage in about a month from now. but right now given the travel part, and i think that's the part where i've heard the most criticism, right? with the travel industry hoping to get restarted because the economy does depend on that and without a vibrant economy you do bring a whole host of other health-related issues as well. wouldn't this be the group you that might suggest let's get started with them? they can travel, right? and they can get it all started and still relatively safely if not 100% risk-free. >> i think based on the fact that we only have about 10% of the population vaccinated it would be really tricky to say hey, vacs nailted people, why don't you go ahead and go on vacation and tour around and travel but the other 90% of you sit at home and just hang out. i don't think that's the right messaging right now. that would just create a little bit more division -- remember we want to do the safe things we can in a stepwise fashion as we

figure out what's going to be happening with distribution but also with the variants. but if people still have to travel we know the safe things to do. we've been doing them for about a year. and that does not change. >> okay. and i just want to dive in a little bit deeper in the 30 seconds we have left. if you are fully vaccinated like grandparents and going over to your children's home and they haven't been vaxed, when should you take precautions if a household member hasn't had this or has had that? what do you think? >> when you should take precautions and when you shouldn't. when you should take precautions is if you're mixing with one household and the unvaccinated person is high-risk. if they're above 75 and haven't gotten vaccinated or if they have a severe underlying medical condition. however, kristen, that grandparent example is one reason people are celebrating today, because a lost grandparents out there were in phase 1a or 1b, got their vaccines and a lot of grandkids who haven't gotten vaccinated are lower risk. that's one household, one unvaccinated person and a bunch of people who are vaccinated and protected and maybe those

grandparents can hug and kiss their grandkids for the first time safely without any anxiety in over a year. >> and so great for their mental health to be able to do that. all right. thank you, dr. patel. always great advice. >> take the wins when we can. thank you. governor newsom says california's about to receive another huge boost in its effort to get residents vaccinated. >> 320,000 j&j vaccines are arriving in california this week. we received just 21,000 last week. and i'll just say this. if there's a vaccine i'm looking forward to when it comes, it's the j&j vaccine. that's just personal. when it is my turn. but that's single dose, one and you're done. >> the governor says the state is making great progress in its vaccination effort with 10 million point 6 people inoculate sod far. that includes a huge boost among educators with 210,000 getting shots last week far exceeding the state's goal of 75,000. newsome says the total will go a long way to helping get schools back open. the governor will deliver his

annual state of the state address tomorrow starting at 6:00 p.m. we'll be streaming that live on our abc 7 bay area connected tv app for roku and other devices. nearly a dozen bay area lawmakers and community leaders met virtually with the governor's office today calling for changes to the state's latest vaccine distribution plan. but some say the data that's being used to address equity fails to account for? important metrics here. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen with more on the push for accountability. >> reporter: this week california pivots to a new covid-19 vaccine equity plan but one that's raising more concerns, especially throughout the bay area. >> using blanket metrics can be very challenging in terms of really deeply understanding the communities that you're working within. >> reporter: california's new distribution strategy allocates 40% of the state's vaccine supply to the lowest-income zip codes based off of data from the healthy places index which factors in dozens of social and economic measures into a single score. most of those communities are

located in southern california or the central valley. >> one of the things we want to make sure of is any indices that go forward, anything that's used by the state to determine eligibility is one that really recognizes the unique look of poverty. >> reporter: santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez is among those who would like to see allocation based off of census tracks. right now none of the zip codes in the county qualify for additional supply despite high case counts per capita in places like east san jose and gilroy. in fact, just 2% of residents in prioritized zip codes live in the bay area despite accounting for 20% of the state's population. >> we all have the same goal of making sure that our low-income frontline communities which have been so hard hit by this pandemic, that they are prioritized in getting the vaccine. >> reporter: scott weiner representsrnia's senate district 11, which includes san francisco where neighborhoods such as the mission and the

bayview weren't included on the priority list. he was on a call today with the governor's office pushing for changes. >> i'm optimistic that we're going to get there. >> reporter: the designer for equitable access not in doubt. >> we need to continue to improve on how we think about addressing equity. and obviously this is a partnership that goes from the state all the way down to the front line. so hopefully we can continue to do better. >> reporter: in the south bay chris nguyen, abc 7 news. abc 7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine rollout in california with our vaccine tracker. you can see that number at the bottom, the percentage going up steadily. 78.8% as we speak. you can find it at abc7news.com. it's been more than four years since 36 people lost their lives in oakland in a warehouse fire. a building that had been illegally converted into a living and performance space. in court today families of those victims got the chance to tell ghst ship founder derick almena exactly what they lost in an emotional hearing. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from

alameda county superior court. laura, the hearing is still going on? >> reporter: it's going on as we speak, kristen. in fact, i'm listening to it on my phone. we're only getting access to a live audio stream. and as we're speaking the judge is inside the courthouse. trina thompson. she is delivering her ruling as w speak. so i'm trying to keep an ear on it while also talking to you. this was a hearing full of emotion. also the unexpected. at one point the judge paused the proceeding to have deputies actually check on derrick almena who appeared to be nodding off. the bulk of the hearing, though, was the heart-wrenching statements from those who lost loved ones at the ghost ship. >> do you have anything to say, derrick? how are you feeling? >> reporter: ghost ship master tenant derrick almena was dropped off in front of an oakland courthouse to learn his fate for his rule in the disastrous warehoue fire that killed 36 people. once inse almena faced dozens

of family members appearing by zoom, delivering emotional impact statements to judge trina thompson and to almena himself. colleen dolan, mother of chelsea dolan. "i curse you with a pain in your bones and your muscles that comes from clenching in fear as you face the fury of a firestorm coming to consume you. i do not forgive you. i never will." like most of the victims chelsea dolan was trapped on the second floor of the warehouse, a cluttered and unlicensed venue for a music concert that ended in a deadly fire in december 2016. andy kershaw is the husband of amanda allen. amanda was known for her glasses, which i received back twisted by heat and flame, covered in soot. i would never show those glasses to anyone now. because i don't want anyone else to have to see that. almena accepted a deal in january pleading guilty to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. he's been on house arrest since may, released due to the pandemic. several family members urged

judge thompson to throw out the deal. "i am repulsed by this plea agreement. you do not take responsibility n for your actions. i am angry with this court in that it is a legal system, not a justice system." an earlier plea deal was thrown out because a prior judge said almena lacked remorse. sketch artist vicky berger described his demeanor in court today. >> his reaction went from indifference to like rocking and looking down and he almost looked like he was sobbing at a couple times but i can't know that. >> reporter: and as we speak, just within the past few seconds, kristen and larry, the judge, trina thompson, just told the court that she is prepared to accept this plea agreement. she is prepared to sentence derick almena. she says it is not the outcome that many of the families

certainly preferred but she says it is one that is available to us. so again, as we speak, the judge just decided here to go ahead and sentence derick almena. now, almena did have a chance to speak. he chose not to speak. he had his attorney tony serra read a statement for him. this was in the last hour or so. almena said, "i am sorry. i am very afraid to say more. i am sick with shame. it is my fault." now, under this plea deal almena would be sentenced to 12 years for 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. and practically speaking, with time served, of course this happened four years ago, and with his time in home detention since may he could not return to jail, serve the rest of his sentence on home detention, and then get from what we're understanding about three years on probation. so the judge just decided to go ahead and accept this plea

agreement. live in oakland laura anthony, abc 7 laha you. a north bay woman is face charges for an anti-asian hate crime. 39-year-old karen marie inman of greenbray is charged with battery. santa clara county's district attorney says she spat on a man who was having lunch in downtown mountain view last month. inman also allegedly used an ethnic slur and told the man to "go back where you came from." investigators say the attack was unprovoked. inman faces jail time if convicted. ready to reopen. alameda county is closing in on the red tier. we'll tell you what you can expect to see this week. our america, the student loan crisis and how it's disproportionately affecting escicolor. and detecting bias by using technology to find unconscious bias in the workplace. i'm spencer christian. light rain has arrived in the bay area already. and there is more on the way. i'll have the accuweather i'll have the accuweather forecast welcome to the place where the aroma of authenticity

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vaccine doses than have been infected with the virus now. five of the bay area's nine counties are now officially open for indoor activities as part of the less restrictive red tier. alameda county expected to go into the red next. could be this week. and joining me now to talk about that is alameda county supervisor keith carson, district 5 and board president. thanks for your time today. so you're heading into the red, fingers crossed here. it has to be a relief to finally see some progress. and i think for so many people the ability to enjoy indoor dining, unlimited capacity. >> daily death rates and hospitalizations and those who have been testing positive for covid-19 are all falling in alameda county. we're down to about 7.1% per 100,000 people. and alameda county has 1,600,000 people. so with those numbers where they are we're look forward to wednesday and going from purple to read.

>> what feedback are you getting from business owners in particular? >> well, everyone is cautious and elated. understanding that we got to where we are today because of the fact that everyone sacrificed, all of us collectively sacrificed. business owners are saying at least we're starting to get people to come back into our establishments. and even though in many cases it's in modification, meaning you can't have full capacity because still indoor activity is really looked at and monitored more so than outdoor activity, which gives businesses that can convert to outdoor activities, to outdoor serving of their clients and their customers that they have an even bigger advantage. so everyone is cautiously excited about moving from purple to red. >> let's talk about restaurants in particular. when everything really shut down there were estimates in various parts of the bay area that we might lose 50% of those restaurants forever. wat do you hear in alameda county regarding those numbers

and the likelihood of people saying you know what -- i mean, the restaurant business is difficult even when things are going pretty well. >> yeah. i happen to have the privilege of sharing the largest business association in both contra costa and alameda county, the economic development alliance for business. just last month we gave over 5 -- almost $9 million out in terms of grants to small businesses throughout alameda county. ensuring to try to give them some kind of support. obviously, the best support you can get is having a client or customer come back to your business. and so we're hoping that that as well as the new monies that we're expecting to come from the federal government after they take final action this week will allow us to continue to support those that are out there. other businesses we're going to work with them as diligently as we can in their business sectors to try to figure out ways that we can support them going forward. >> only a few seconds left. how about schools in alameda

county? what does the timeline look like there? >> we're really excited about that. obviously, the state had moved toward more modifications for april 1st. we're look at having middle schools and high schools reopen in alameda county. some of our k through 12 schools and some of our elementary schools are already starting to prepare themselves for that. and so getting back to life as we have known it in the past, we're excited about but we still know that we have to wear our masks, social distance, wash our hands and make sure that we're very aware of our surroundings that protect ourselves, our loved ones and our communities so we can continue to open up and move from the red tier into the other tiers and at some point in time get back to life as normal. >> normal would be great. thanks so much. alameda county supervisor keith carson. really appreciate your time this afternoon. >> thank you very much, larry. part of abc 7's focus on building a better bay area is education. we are tracking every

development in getting students back in the classroom. today state schools superintendent tony thurmond joined me on our 3:00 p.m. show "getting answers." he talked about the progress being made to vaccinate all teachers who want the shot. >> governor just announced today that more than 200,000 educators in the state have already received vaccinations. so we're seeing now that the vaccine dosages are really starting to really accelerate in terms of the availability of doses. 200,000 in about a week, that means that we're really getting faster and getting closer to getting our educators vaccinated. >> and superintendent thurmond went on to say the state plans to hold a webinar wednesday to help the school district develop a plan to capitalize on the reopening incentives that governor newsom announced last week. when it comes to job reviews, how do you know your boss is unbiased? artificial intelligence could hold the answer. and an art experience like no

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the sprinkles that you warned us about, they are starting to arrive even here in san francisco. >> that is true. there are a few little patches of scattered sprinkles moving overhe a fialng any rainfall at the moment, kristen but as you can see on live doppler 7 we've got some light sprinkles again moving out of eastern sonoma county over into napa right now. and another little batch of moisture just beginning to move on on shore onto the peninsula

just north of half moon bay. but as you can see over san francisco right now we have increasing clouds with some little bright breaks there looking down from sutro tower. 54 in the city, upper 50s in oakland, mountain view, san jose, low to mid 50s at morgan hill and half moon bay. clouds getting a little thicker over the golden gate right now as well. temperature readings 52 degrees at both santa rosa and novato. and we have mid up toer 50s at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. look out over the bay and embarcadero from our rooftop camera you see clouds getting a little darker and a little bit lower. forecast features, scattered showers expected overnight. there's a possibility of thunderstorms from time to time, maybe even some hail and snow in the higher peaks but it will be turning dryer and yaerm on thursday and friday. the approaching storm ranks only one on the abc 7 storm impact scale. so for tonight through wednesday there will be periods of showers, maybe occasional downpours, not very widespread, though. once again the possibility of

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in the united states a woman makes 81 cents for every $1 a man makes. and that really adds up over a 40-year career. compared to men, white women will make half a million dollars less while black, latina, and native american women will make around $1 million less. part of the reason for the gap, a history of systemic sexism that made it harder for women to keep their jobs, get equal pay and start businesses. it wasn't until 1963 that the u.s. passed legislation requiring equal pay for equal work. before 1974 banks could refuse to issue a credit card to a woman unless she brought a man to co-sign. until 1978 women could legally be fired for being pregnant. it wasn't until 1980 that the eeoc determined sexual harassment was a form of sex

discrimination. before 1988 women who wanted a business loan needed the signature of a male relative. and in 2017 new york became the first state to ban employers from asking applicants their current salary. more than 20 states still do not have salary history bans, perpetuating pay disparities between men and women. >> now, california also prohibits employers and their agents from asking job applicants about their salary histories. the law took effect on january 1st, 2018. among the struggles is the student loan debt crisis. disproportionately affecting women who owe 2/3 of the more than $1.5 trillion in student loan debt. abc 7 race and culture reporter julian glover joining us live now. the student debt crisis, it really affects women of color more than any other group. >> reporter: it certainly does, larry.

the data shows that women of color are more likely to borrow for education and also carry more student loan debt. and we know that really affects just about everything from potentially your credit score to when you might settle down and decide to have a family. i spoke to two young women, one black, one latina who are hoping the biden administration moves quickly on student loan debt forgiveness. >> reporter: my name is aiyana morgan woodard. i am the class of 2023, tuskegee university. and i have about $30,000 in loan debt. >> my name's diana grace alise. i graduated class of 2020 from uc santa cruz. and i have $15,000 in student loan debt. >> reporter: two first generation college graduates, both women of color. the current pause on student loan payments extended through september by the biden administration has been a lifeline. >> wow. that is a big number that i don't have in my own account.

but somehow i have to pay it back. >> when it officially hit me as like a monetary value, i would say probably like last month just because that's when it started like i had actually had to pay. >> reporter: the feeling of drowning in student loan debt is a familiar one for many black and latina women, women, especially black women, are more likely to graduate with student loan debt and struggle with repayment. women on average graduate with $2,700 more in student loan debt than their male counterparts. the gender pay gap makes it even tougher to pay those loans down with black women paid only 63 cnts on the dollar compared to white men. latina women take home even less at 55 cents on the dollar. >> it's certainly a social justice issue. and we would also call it a racial equity issue. >> reporter: christopher nellum is the deputy director of research and policy at the non-profit education trust west, just one of the education policy groups pushing the biden administration for complete student loan debt forgiveness, something he calls a forever

pause on payments. >> the magic number is forgive it all so that we don't have to think about student debt. >> i will not make that happen. >> reporter: but as recently as last month during a cnn town hall the president rejected a proposal by top congressional democra democrats. >> we have met with the president. we are pushing president and his people. >> reporter: aimed at eliminating $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower. >> i'm prepared to write off $10,000 debt but not 50. >> reporter: if the decision sticks it would be a major blow to women of color. disproportionately affected by the debt crisis. black women who borrowed for their education graduate with an average of $37,000 in student loan debt compared to $29,000 for white men who borrowed. loans carried by black women are also more likely to fall into delinquency or default. >> looking at numbers, it would be really, really hard to actually make a $300 payment on

a $30,000 loan. >> reporter: knellum said student loan forgiveness is the first step in creating equitable outcomes for black and brown wome oen take onore debt to get advanced degrees just to be hired tort same jobs as a man with less schooling. >> this is not about individuals making poor decisions. these individuals are making very rational decisions about you know, getting a college education. we have systematically failed to support them. >> reporter: a systemic failure that could be correct by systemic change. ayana wants to be a teacher and reina who's applied to master's programs, hope permanent relief is in their future. >> i can't even think about wanting to buy a house. i can't even think too much about buying, you know, a car that's really in my name because i have a loan that i'm going to have to end up paying back. >> a determinant for someone's education shouldn't be their finances. i think it would remove a lot of limits for some people, myself

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for americans who have been fully vaccinated. like spencer christian. the cdc says you can visit indoors with other vaccinated people such as having a friend over for dinner. if you are visiting with someone who is not vaccinated, you don't have to wear a mask if that person is low risk for severe disease. and if it's with unvaccinated people from more than one household you should wear a mask and physically distance. same goes for engaging in social activities in public settings. so basically it seems like the government is incentivizing people to get the shot. spencer, i mean, since you have been vaccinated, do you feel like a weight has been lifted amongst you and some of your friends? >> absolutely. not that there's a whole lot i can do yet. but i have had outdoor dining and i'm looking forward in a few weeks to going back to the east coast to visit my grandsons. i can't wait to see them. but yeah, i'm beginning to feel

like my life is getting back closer to normal now. >> yeah. that is the biggest group rejoicing today. grandparents. that is so awesome, spencer. twl several bombshells i'm sure you saw in last night's interview with prince harry and meghan markle. she talked about suicidal thoughts and palace concerns about their son's skin color. >> i just didn't want to be alive anymore. and that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought. >> meghan shared with us that there was a conversation with you about archie's skin tone. >> mm-hmm. >> what was that conversation. >> a conversation i'm never going to share. but at the time -- at the time 2 was awkward. i was a bit shocked. >> the couple said they did not blindside the queen with their decision to step down from royal

duties. i was super surprised by how much they revealed. drew? >> yeah, i mean, this interview, wow. held my attention. i mean, for the full two hours. my takeaway is that, one, harry is doing, you know, what's best for him family. and two, just realize how much pain it seems like is within this royal family from everything they talk about. i mean, there are just so many issues going on that they felt they had to really just distance themselves and move away to get out of what seemed like a very toxic circle. >> yeah. spencer, do you have any thoughts? i mean, to me the biggest thing i realize that no individual can ever go up against an institution, that the palace officials will always protect the institution first and foremost. >> yeah. especially an institution like that that is hard to go up against. i just admire the courage and

bravery and commitment to each other that meghan and harry appear to have. >> yeah. it just made me so sad. i think people should read up about japan's empress masako too. she suffered in the way meghan has as well. all right. what have you got for us, larry? oh. >> a little bit lighter topic here. yeah. burger king is getting grilled. pun intended. the fast food chain's attempt at celebrating international women's day backfired. burger king uk tweeted this morning "women belong in the kitchen." >> what? >> in a follow-up tweet -- yeah. the company pointed out they were promoting a scholarship program helping women in the restaurant industry. that didn't satisfy a lot of people. twitter users immediately slammed the post for being sexist. burger king responded to the criticism by shifting the focus back to the scholarships. good luck. the king not getting it done here. kristen, you could just see a bunch of people sitting around the boardroom, you know, going hmm, what would be clever that

we could do on social media that would get attention? >> i don't know, but -- >> wrong. >> -- did they sit together and devise that tweet together? oh, spencer, what say you about this? >> well, whenever you tread on sensitive territory these days, even if you're making a joke, make the joke clear so no one misunderstands. they should have added a line like what we mean is come get a job in our kitchen at burger -- you know, they just opened themselves up for a lot of criticism. >> yep. all right. they need to listen to you, spencer. somebody's about to pay a ridiculous amount of money for a tweet that reads "just setting up my twitter." the tweet is from twitter ceo jack dorsey and was the first one ever sent on twitter back in 2006. get this, it's already received a bid of $2.5 million from the ceo of a company in kuala lumpur. the auction on the digital platform valuables will stay up as long as dorsey decides. that's going to be interesting to see how much someone is going

to pay for something that's been publicly available as a free digital item for the next 15 years. i think the thing is you get that autograph from jack dorsey. right? that's really what you're paying for. >> yeah, it's kind of like a sign of the times i guess where instead of like an autographed baseball from your favorite baseball player you're getting you know, jack dorsey's first tweet. i don't think that the normal human is going to want to pay millions of dollars for a tweet and i don't know what you do once you have the tweet. do you print it out and hang it on your wall like a piece of art? i think this is for like a niche collector that would really want a piece of history. other than that i really don't see the purpose of buying it. >> so this is the next big wave of items coming up. they're called nfts, non-fungible tokens. it's your ability to purchase digital items. nba top shot is a big deal right

now. you can buy a highlight that i will show you for free and then -- it's a really speculative market for people that want to buy and sell and flip. it's complicated. but you're going to hear a lot more about it in the years to come for sure. >> okay. >> yeah. all right. maybe we could sell some of your weather, drew. we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right.

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