with increased calls for racial and social justice. there is a lot on the table. and tonight we're going to touch on each of these issues with a look at what's being done to make improvements. >> we'll start with concerns about al california's vaccination plans. nearly a dozen bay area lawmakers and community leaders met virtually with the governor's office today, calling for change. the plan is meant to provide equitable access. but some say the data behind it fails to account for important metrics. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has more on the push for acco 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 most of those communities are located in southern california or the central valley. >> one of the things we want to make sure of is that 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 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 wiener represents california'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 desire 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 lines. so hopefully we can continue to do better. >> reporter: in the south bay chris nguyen, abc 7 news. thousands of people who recently received a vaccine at oakland's coliseum site potentially got less than the recommended amount. you can see the coliseum on the right of your screen in this live picture from our camera on 880. the vaccinations do not have to be redone, however. the state department of health says about 6,300 people received shots during certain hours of february 28th and march 1st with a smaller dose than they were supposed to get. anyone affected will receive a notification letter. officials say the dosage was still within the range required by the cdc, so you should be

okay. new numbers out tonight show that nearly 133,000 people total have been vaccinated at this site. governor newsom had encouraging news today about the state's vaccine supply. >> 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 look forward to when it comes it's the j&j vaccine. that's just personal. when it is my turn. but that single dose, one and you're done. >> governor newsom says the state is making great progress in its vaccination effort with more than 10.5 million people inoculated. that includes a huge boost among educators with 210,000 vaccinated last week, far exceeding the state's goal of 75,000. the governor says the total will go a long way in helping to get schools back open. and the governor will deliver his annual state of the state address tomorrow from dodger stadium, which has been turned

into a mass vaccination site. the speech starts at 6:00 p.m. and we'll be streaming that live on our abc 7 bay area connected tv app for roku and other devices. and major progress on getting education back on track. the bay area's biggest school district, san francisco, will reopen on april 12th. that's a little more than a month away now. it's news parents have certainly been waiting to hear. the district reached an agreement with its labor unions finally. the details of the agreement were not made available until now. and abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is here to explain what that may mean for your child. lyanne? >> reporter: yeah, i heard you say finally, dan. we're going to give you as much information as we can, but we're not even going to get close to answering all of the questions that you may have. reopening schools is a complicated matter with a lot of moving parts. and that's why the school district is asking parents to visit their website return safely together, the in-person learning plan. and that's being constantly updated.

5-year-old marian will start her in-person classes at rodriguez early education school on april 12th. until now her parents have been supervising her instruction. >> if steph were not vaccinated no question i would not send her back. but if we have an entire team of educators at a school, all people working there vaccinated i feel more comfortable. >> reporter: according to san francisco unified, on april 12th 66 early education sites and elementary schools are expected to reopen but only those in pre-k through 2nd grade. special education students in elementary schools with moderate or severe disabilities will also start on that day. on april 26th all remaining pre-k through second-grade students will return for in-person learning including some third through fifth-graders. the following students will also return on that date. all homeless and foster care students. newcomer students. those in public housing and students who have had lit online engagement.

the number of in-person learning days will depend on how many families are willing to return. those schools with just a few requests will have full in-person days. >> so if you have a student who is in pre-k, moderate, severe, special day class or county school and you choose to return to in-person learning, your child will attend five days a week. >> reporter: those schools with a large number of families willing to return will have to split the weekend between in-person and online classes because of the social distancing requirements. families who don't want to return can remain in distance learning. the teachers union says many of those are students of color. >> rates of covid are higher in communities of color. so there's fear of being out in public and possibly bringing covid home. certainly among in particular chinese immigrant families, who live in multigenerational households, they have concerns about that. >> reporter: it's expected that most if not all teachers will be vaccinated by april 12th.

sarah ton is also an special education teacher for students 18 to 22. she has many questions on how to safely interact with them in person. >> knowing that when we have student to staff ratio of maybe 1 to 2 but we have to be spaced out how do we do that logistically? >> reporter: so you should know this. the latest agreement will have to be approved by the school board. that won't happen tomorrow during their regular meeting because this agreement as you remember was reached on friday night late. so they didn't have time to put it on the agenda. but the school board does have a closed session on thursdays. and they have now opened it up to the public. so dan, they will vote this thursday to ratify that agreement. >> interesting. we'll see. lyanne, in-person classes have obviously not resumed. any idea if schools in san francisco in the fall will look anything like they used to or is it too early to really make that call? >> well, here we go again, dan.

whatever happens in august will have to be negotiated, again, between the teachers union and the school district. now, one positive note, know, is that they will use that agreement, the one that they just reached and use it as a base for future negotiations. it all depends on the course of the pandemic. and as i said before, there are a lot of moving parts, dan, to say with 100% certainty that things will go a certain way. >> yeah. very true. a lot of moving parts here. very complex. thank you, lyanne. >> sure. now let's turn our attention to the economy, which has been crippled by a series of shutdown and reopening orders during the pandemic. tomorrow we'll find out if new counties get to reopen by changing tiers. currently five bay area counties are in the red tier. five others including santa cruz are in the more restrictive purple tier. there's optimism that tomorrow alameda county could join the red tier which allows for ib door dining, jimds, museums and movie theaters. on nbc news at 4:00 we spoke live with alameda county representative keith carson

about support for businesses. >> just last month we gave over 5 -- lnl $9 million out in terms of grants to small businesses throughout alameda county ensuring to try to give them some kinds 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 to us continue to try to support those that are out there. >> president biden's $1.9 trillion relief package includes more than 28 billion in relief for small restaurants. today san jose mayor sam lick rdso announced a proposal to create the resilience corps. >> an equitable recovery requires deliberate focus. and our focus today is on seeing how we can create a corps, a team of individuals ready to

help us battle our many ults inandemic ost f response, environmental resilience, economic recovery and more. now, the latest data from the state puts new cases and deaths below average. the number of patients in hospitals and icus statewide continues to go down. here's a graph of new cases diekd diagnosed in the bay area. you can see it continues to trend downward. well, we are on storm watch. this is just the beginning of several storms that will be bringing rain and more to the bay area over the next few days. take a look at this. live look from our east bay hills tower camera. >> beautiful sky there tonight. it really is. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian is tracking it all for us. exactly how much rain, spencer, and the timing of it. >> all right, dan and ama. until just a couple minutes ago we had a few sprinkles scattered

around the bay area, but as you look at live doppler 7 you can see an area of a thunderstorm cell beginning to push onshore in the north bay and marin county and up into sonoma county as well. meanwhile, down in the south bay just areas of light rain near san jose and going eastward over the mt. hamilton area. there's some snow falling already at the higher elevations. the storm ranks only 1 on the storm impact scale but will be with us for a couple more days. i'll give you a closer look at the timeline and how much to expect a little later. dan and ama? >> we look forward to haerpg back from you, spencer. thank you. stay with us. getting to hug your grnld kids again, it's a perk of being

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the cdc has released long-awaited guidance for people fully vaccinated recommending what they can and cannot do two weeks after their final dose of the covid-19 vaccine. the guidelines offer long-awaited freedoms but they also raise some important questions. do i have to wear a mask? can i visit my family? can i now eat indoors? abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey breaks down the guidelines in place now to keep you and others safe. >> reporter: the covid-19 pandemic not only took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people but it also separated families due to the risk of spreading the infection. san jose restaurant christine zion hasn't been able to see her at-risk father since early 2020 until now. >> as of a couple days ago my dad and i are both now fully vaccinated. i took him to a doctor's

appointment last week for the first time in months. and i was actually able to hug him. and it's really exciting to be able to see him. >> reporter: the cdc announced new guidelines that details what fully vaccinated people can do two weeks following their second dose. >> it's about time because we have been suspecting that the cdc was going to put out guidelines along this line for several weeks now. as we're seeing more and more data that the vaccines are working as they're supposed to in the real world, as they did in clinical trials. >> reporter: so what exactly can you do two weeks after your second dose of the vaccine? the cdc says your risk for an infection is so low you can start making safe changes to your daily life. once you're fully vaccinated you can safely visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors. and no masks and physical distancing are not required. but what if you aren't both vaccinated? fully vaccinated people can actually visit a single household of people who are not yet vaccinated without wearing a

mask or being socially distant. as long as everyone in that household is at low risk for covid-19. that would be like grandparents visiting their grandkids. but what if the roles were reversed? if you're in phase 1a or 1b and are fully vaccinated and want to visit people like your grandparents or other high-risk individuals of covid-19 who aren't yet vaccinated, masks and physical distancing are still required because even fully vaccinated people can be carriers and leave those they're visiting at risk. so if you're fully vaccinated you can start to feel safe doing certain activities again like visiting family or eating indoors at restaurants. but masks and social distancing are still required in public settings. you need to still get tested if you experience covid-19 symptoms, travel recommendations and requirements from health leaders are still in effect, and oter covid-19 rules still apply. >> not everybody has the vaccine or is going to get the vaccine, so we need to proceed with caution and be respectful of

everybody whether or not they have or have not gotten it. >> we still have a race against the variants. and the variants could come up and change all of our guidelines if we're not careful. it is by no means free rein for us to let loose of all restrictions. >> reporter: we have the full list of updated guidelines from the cdc on our website, abc7news.com. reporting, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. >> a lot of good info there. and earlier today on our 3:00 p.m. newscast we spoke live with ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi. she gave us a global perspective about why we're getting this kind of guidance from the cdc. >> in europe there's all these health officials on billboards and they're pointing to their arm and they're like i'm going to see my dad, i'm to have a family gathering after we're vaccinated. those are health officials on billboards. that was happening in the uk as well. there's a lot more positive messaging in that continent essentially. and i think they're getting a lot of pressure, let's do some positive messaging so that people will get the vaccine.

if we say nothing's going to change after vaccination people are like i don't want to get it. so i thought that was very wise of them. >> if you have questions about getting vaccinated or if you have a story you'd like to share go to abc7news.com/vaccine. you will see a big blue square as you see there on your screen. just click on it. stay here with us. several storms in the seven-day forecast. what about the weekend? what about the weekend? sunny or like, seeing my mom. it's unthinkable to me that i can't see her and i can't hug her. not being able to hug is just like somebody has to tie me down. touching someone to say i love you, to hug you... those are the things that i miss. ♪ ♪

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it's international women's day. this year's theme is choose to challenge. organizers hope the theme will inspire people to challenge biases. question stereotypes and call out ineke waults. international women's day has been observed since 1911. it's a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women globally. the bay area is home to the tech industry, which is heavily dominated by men. randy zuckerberg, the sister of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg, wants to help change that. she spoke earlier with abc 7 news anchor jobina fortson. >> i think it all boils down to having a strong community around you. if you have a strong community, then you don't feel alone as the only woman in the room. and having great mentors, those could either be people who are a few levels above you or they could be people right next to you, your peers in your career. so i think if you have those two you'll never feel like you're the only woman in the room. >> she says women make up half

the american workforce but only about 28% of the tech industry. working to change that. >> yeah. our weather changing. we're finally getting a little more rain, dan. >> we are, ama. as we all know, we need every single drop, spencer. >> we do indeed. not only are we getting the rain but we're getting a drop in temperature. it's going to feel more like winter and there's going to be instability in the atmosphere which might even trigger some isolated thunderstorms. right now as you look at doppler 7 we see a patch of rain. looks fairly steady moving onshore in the north bay right now, moving into parts of marin and sonoma counties. and then a little bit farther south down in the south bay, as a matter of fact, some light rain down near san jose moving east of san jose now. out into the foothills there. and you might see some pinks and whites showing up there near mt. hamilton in the higher elevations of the diablo range. it's going to be cold enough for some light snow to fall. here's a dramatic view of the western sky from the east bay

hills camera. that is really stunning. 52 degrees right now in san francisco, 50 in morgan hill. mid 50s at oakland, mountain view, san jose and 48 at half moon bay. here's the view from sutro tower. still bright enough out there for us to get a good shot of san francisco. 49 degrees in santa rosa. so it's getting a little chilly up north right now. only 50 in novato and low 50s at napa, fairfield, livermore. 55 at concord. looking northward from the golden gate looks pretty dry there. but there's rain on the way. these are our forecast features. scattered showers. maybe not even so widely scattered at times overnight. possible thunderstorms, hail, and even snow in the higher elevations over the next couple of days as cold air is coming in with this storm and it will turn dryer and warmer thursday and friday. so the approaching system that's moving in right now ranks 1 on the abc 7 storm impact scale. tonight through wednesday we'll have periods of showers and occasionally some gusty winds from this storm or from these storms.

thunder and hail possible as well. snow levels will be down to 3,000 feet. here's our forecast animation going into the late-night hours. not a lot of activity is expected until the wee hours of the morning. right around 5:00 a.m. as the morning commute gets under way. we can probably expect do see a more widespread showers and a little bit heavier shower activity as well. going through the day tomorrow into tomorrow evening another wave of steadier showers will come in. both the morning and evening commutes will likely be wet and a bit slow. and everything starts to wind down on wednesday. certainly going into wednesday night. we'll see the system breaking up and giving way to at least partial clearing. and by 11:00 wednesday night we can expect rainfall totals to generally range from about a half inch up to an inch. in fact, both san francisco and oakland will come in at just under an inch of rainfall and perhaps over an inch in some other places in some of the hillier terrain. overnight lows tonightnlupper 3. tomorrow's highs on the chilly

side. low 50s at the coast. mid 50s just about everywhere else. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. after two more days ever fairly stormy weather it will get dryer, sunnier, and milder on thursday. nice and milder warm going through the weekend. by the way, this weekend we spring forward to daylight saving time. so don't forget to lose an extra hour of sleep. dan and ama. >> definitely won't f about that. but we get sun later. so that's exciting. thanks, spencer. >> yeah, we do. well, most california kids have spent a year doing distance learning. so how is that working? it's not for some and for others it's only working if they take their kids to work. you're going to see two family stories next. marin is one of the few counties where students are getting the classroom experience. is it helping them get back on track? tomorrow on abc 7 news at 6:00. join us to see more on the don't miss out on the grand opening of floor and decor in pleasant hill!

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>> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. a year of distance learning has turned into a year of learning loss for many students. it's something we'll be focused on all this coming week at abc 7 because we're working to build a better bay area. >> as distance learning continues some parents are taking their kids to work while others are bringing work home. so many of you reached out to us talking about the challenges you and your kids are going through. >> tonight abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone profiles two families with some unique challenges. >> starting at 8:00 the kids are in school. it gets in the afternoon -- girls? they can make the 9:00 to 2:00 -- [ clearing throat ] excuse me. >> reporter: just another day for ana rodriguez, admin, office

manager and mother of three. two of them 7-year-old alana and 6-year-old elina, two distance learning in the same building, same office and same room as their mother at arbor tech tree care. basically side by side every day with mom as they go to school via zoom in the san lorenzo unified school district. >> it's very challenging. i come home and my phone's already ringing. i have e-mails. then i've got to log them in, make sure they're in there, make sure they have their headphones on. and then yeah, i've got to do my job. >> reporter: and while the rodriguez family is challenged with learning at work, estrella radivero's family is challenged with everyone working from home. >> the rest are purple. go ahead and make the rest purple for me. >> reporter: this as their kids are zooming with their class down the hall. radivero is a veteran teacher 256 years who teaches kindergarten in the millbrae school district. she has her little students and her own kids who when distance learning started were literally all over the place.

>> one person was on the deck because it was warm enough. my son was in his room. my daughter was at her little kitchen area. and i was teaching in the hallway but on the a bail -- i have chickens. so on a bale of bedding for the chickens. that was my desk. >> reporter: but radivero's made some changes over the past year. she still loves her chickens but now has adjusted and created her own chicken-free space inside her house. something that may or may not stack up against other distance learning setups. >> i see these beautiful pictures online of these gorgeous kitschens and these people working and these fabulous setups with the background with the bookshelves and i'm like okay, right now this is probably the only nicest part of my house. >> it's certainly not perfect but radivero says they found some little helpful additions that have gone a very long way in making distance learning work better for everyone. >> my daughter has clay at her

spot so she can -- while she's listening to a story, because she needs to be moving. so she's constantly drawing or building something with clay. >> sure. >> my older one put a serenity fountain. she bought a little fountain because she was getting anxiety. >> reporter: estrela's kids are in middle school high school and college. they have mixed opinions about going back to class. even radivero believes more needs to be done to guarantee safely for all. >> i'm missing the hugs. i'm missing the little faces. but we all are. but we want to be safe and i just don't feel like it's the time to go back. not yet. i'm not vaccinated yet. >> reporter: rodriguez's girls are younger. first and second grade and both hopeful to get back to school. you can see how full of energy they were when we spoke with their mom. in fact when we talked with 6-year-old elina and asked her about her friends in class she was quick to respond with a heartbreaking answer. >> i don't have friends. i used to have friends. >> reporter: and tell me, do you have friends in class?

>> no. >> reporter: these days the two have each other and their mom during the day. even if things do get a little loud sometimes. >> i can hear mom clicking. >> yes. i type all day. yes. but ultimately i would like to see some options for working parents. i just don't feel like we have a voice. >> reporter: radivero is expected to go back to in-person teaching at her school this month in millbrae. she'll then be doing in-person and distance learning. as for the rodriguez girls, they have received no update from their school in san lorenzo as to when in-person classes will resume. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> wow. the things everyone is doing to make sure they can get things done with the distance learning and working. oday o 3:0p. with state school superintendent tony thurmond. he said an estimated 200,000 teachers across california got

the vaccine in the past week. that's a key factor in reopening classrooms. abc 7 news anchor kristen sze also asked him about the next step. >> what's your best guess for timeline for california and students getting vaccinations? >> to be honest i haven't heard from many districts this year that have talked about getting vaccines to their students. it would seem as though that most students would get vaccines after this school year has ended. they're still waiting for more from the cdc on the impacts of the vaccine on young people. >> now, all this week we are featuring stories about the learning loss that students are suffering with online school. you'll find all of our reporting online, on social media and wherever you stream. >> check it out. but still ahead here on abc 7 news at 6:00, talk about race at work. not with your boss but with a robot. a bay area company is offering it for free. it's helping to build a better bay area. and next, sentencing day for one of the deadliest fires in

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today a step toward closure. more than four years after one of the worst fires in oakland history at the ghost ship. you can see it behind me, what a horrible night that was. this is what it looks like today. just a shell of the illegally converted warehouse where people gathered for a music concert late one december night in 2016. 36 of those people never made it out when the fire erupted in the warehouse for reasons that are still unknown. today their families got a chance to tell ghost ship founder derick almena exactly what they lost. it was an emotional hearing streamed online because of the pandemic. here's abc 7 news reporter laura anthony. >> how are you feeling? >> reporter: ghost ship master tenant derick almena was dropped off in front of an oakland courthouse to learn his fate for his role in the disastrous warehouse fire that killed 36 people. once inside almena faced dozens

of family members appearing by zoom, delivering an emotional victim impact statement 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 accepteean y,leing guiltyo 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 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 a couple times. but i can't know that. >> reporter: it was a re strange hearing. at one point the judge stopped the proceedings to have deputies check on almena because to some he appeared to be nodding off. they even searched him to see if he had drugs on him. he did not. they continued the hearing. he did not speak. his attorney with a brief statement, "i am sorry. i am sick with shame. it is my fault." under the plea deal he was

sentenced to 12 years. but with time served, time off for good behavior, he will serve the rest of that sentence, about a year and a half, on home detention with electronic monitoring. and then three years probation. in oakland laura anthony, abc 7 news. jury selection in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer accused in george floyd's death did not begin today as planned. the judge delayed the proceedings until tomorrow while an appeal overt possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge against derek chauvin is decided. legal experts say reinstating the charge will improve the odds of getting a conviction. chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and man slautder in floyd's death. three other officers charged in the case will be tried separately this summer. more to come here. storms are bringing rain, lightning, hail, even snow to the bay area. spencer's tracking it all for you. that's next.

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racial and social justice is a key pillar of building a better area. technology is helping companies detect unconscious racial and cultural bias by managers. abc 7 news reporter david loueer shows us how artificial intelligence is providing a solution. >> reporter: a key factor that often determines if employees get a raise or a promotion is a performance review. as diversity and inclusion emerge as key values managers are now being reviewed whether unconscious race or cultural bias has treated people unfairly. it's being done using artifician the data security company text iq is offering a free unconscious bias detectors that analyzes how managers evaluated their team. >> the machine could say hey, when this reviewer is reviewing this particular group they tend to use language that they don't use when they review a different group. >> reporter: text i.d. did

research with act mikz and consultants to determine unconscious bias along racial, cultural and gender lines. for example -- >> when you talk about women you tend to refer to how they have a bubbly and energetic personality or certain traits about their personality as opposed to their actual work product. and when you're reviewing men you always talk about their work product. >> reporter: it's like holding up a mirror to managers to see their flaws. their biases could be holding staff from advancing. they could lead to retention issues or potential law zeus. artificial intelligence is looking at data in the performance reviews. >> are you just giving more time to certain employees that you have biased towards? are you more of an advocate for them? are you using language that is more of i like this person? >> reporter: maurice ducoing is a human capitol consultant. he believes awareness is important along with training to corect it. >> if they don't pay attention to this, that's really what's going to move the needle and we're going to go from maybe taking these baby steps to jut jumping. >> reporter: david louie, abc 7 news. >> part of building a better bay

area is fighting for racial and social justice. to find your ally go to abc7news.com/takeaction. back to the weather right now for the timing of the rain. >> yes, ama. much-needed rain. and spencer, it sounds luke we've got a couple of storms moving through. >> you're right about that, dan and ama. some of the wet weather has arrived already. not very widespread but as you look at live doppler 7 you can see some areas of active weather. up north near ukiah and near clearlake we've got? rain and snow in the higher elevations because cold air is accompanying this storm. moving southward a bit down to parts of marin and sonoma counties. we've got a wider area of rain. some of it looks fairly moderate to heavy pushing onshore. and we have some snow falling on some of the higher elevations around mt. hamilton. on we go to the storm impact scale. this storm ranks only 1. a storm of light intensity generally. tonight through wednesday we can expect periods of showers, gusty winds at times, thunder, maybe

even some hail mixed in from time to time. snow levels down to about 3,000 feet. forecast animation shows us going into tomorrow morning we can expect another wave of rain coming in just as the morning commute begins. a little bit of a break in terms of intensity of rain and steadier heavier rain comes in in the evening. both the morning and evening commutes tomorrow will probably be a bit wet. even going into tuesday night and wednesday we have more rain coming. it will be more widely scattered on wednesday as it winds down late wednesday night. we'll be left with rainfall totals anywhere from probably half inch to an inch generally across the bay area. tonight low temperatures mainly low to mid 40s. tomorrow's highs only in the mid 50s. in most places. it will be pretty cool. here's the accuweather -- not cool like yay, cool, but chilly. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. after tomorrow's and wednesday's level 1 storms we get partial clearing on thursday. sunny and milder on friday and saturday. high temperatures reaching from the mid to upper 60s in the

mildest inland locations. we advance an hour ahead to daylight saving time over the weekend. and the mild and dry weather will continue into early next week. dan and ama? >> all right. thank you, spencer. let's turn things over to abc 7 sports director larry beil and steph curry lighting it up, larry. >> i will be providing the yay cool that spencer was talking about. really more steph than me. what can i do? he put on quite the shooting display at the all-star game. it was threes galore in atlanta during the game, the three-point shootout. so when are we going to see him shoot it out with klay? that's next in sports. majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california.

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helped women live longer with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. and it significantly delayed disease progression. kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdomen pain, bleeding, bruising, fever, chills, or other symptoms of an infection, a severe or worsening rash, are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. avoid grapefruit during treatment. ask your doctor about living longer with kisqali. >> announcer: now abc 7 sports with larry beil. good evening. many people including star players like lebron james himself openly wondered whether it was really a good idea to stage an all-star game right in the middle of a pandemic.

but the nba put on such a fun show last night. highlighted by warriors ssth cu. hit eight threes in the win for team lebron. damian lillard was spectacular as well with his long-range shooting. curry also won the three-point shootout. that contest. immediately afterwards thinking of fellow splash brother klay thompson. >> i get to bring this home finally. the splash brothers are back. this one goes out to klay thompson. we got it done. >> now, after the all-star game our chris alvarez asked steph how much he's looking forward to competing with klay in future three-point contests. >> anytime you're shooting in this environment you can't help but think about how much fun klay would have, you know, out there. i know he's trying to get healthy and he'll be here next year, but bringing the trophy back obviously the splash brothers bringing it back, i think it's in its rightful right right now. we'll keep it. >> klay reacting on instagram

saying "i appreciate you, bro. thanks for bringing her back where she brings. hashtag yay area. hashtag splash god." the warriors will return to action thursday against the clippers. but the g league warriors they're continuing their run in the orlando bubble playoff action. santa cruz versus rio grande valley in the quarterfinals. it was all c-dub's. jeremy lin. some team should be picking up jeremy lin as i backup point guard. he had 12 points. alan smiley with authority. should we call slam-a-geech? he had 12 points. he'll do that once every game or two. final seconds of the half. buries a deep three to beat the buzzer. he had 24. 1184 isa cruz mes on to the see leue. and eut of crk lost sosow over. basell the a's in non-televised action today. if its want on tv did it really happen? they lost 10-3 to the royals. big news out of mesa.

new closer trevor rosenthal has a groin injury that's going to keep him out for a little while but he should be okay to start the season. as for the giants hosting the diamondbacks in scottsdale, logan webb, two scoreless innings, struck out three. josh van meter going down swinging right there. a good sign for the giants is evan longoria. his first homer of the spring. and this thing is a moon shot. it might have left the park actually as the giants and d'backs play to a 2-2 tie. to the nfl. and this is big news because another seat has been filled in the game of quarterback musical chairs. dak prescott will stay in dallas with a reported four-year deal worth $160 million. this despite dak coming off of a compound fracture of his ankle. he missed most of last season. his signing bonus and a reported $66 million. that is the highest in nfl history. most of us could get by just on the signing bonus, i think.

but it's pretty interesting, you know, dan and ama, what's going on because russell wilson is still out there. there are continuing to be rumors about seattle moving him even though he's the face of the franchise. and the niners, despite their repeated assurances that jimmy garoppolo's our guy, jimmy's our guy, there was a report out of boston today suggesting he's plan a for the patriots. so we'll see what the niners end up doing here. >> okay. >> yeah. >> wow. all right. thanks, larry. well, coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 it's "the bachelor" followed at 10:00 by "the good doctor," then stay with us for "abc 7 news at 11:00." and you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc 7 bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. download the app now and start streaming. that will do it, though, for this edition of abc 7 news. thank you so much for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us here we appreciate your time.

thanks for your time. have a good evening and we'll see you again at 11:00.

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