january when he is suddenly pushed to the ground violently. that suspect, antoine watson faces murder and elder abuse charges. >> now we highlight these cases because we have made a commitment to fighting for racial and social justice. it is critical in building a better bay area. >> we have indeed. and the violence against asian americans is something that san francisco district attorney chesa boudin addressed today. dion lim pressed him for answer, and at times things got tense. >> chesa, i'm over here. it's dion from abc7. >> reporter: today at a press conference condemning the increase in violence towards the asian american community, i finally had a chance to speak to san francisco district attorney chesa boudin. >> you and rachel have not responded to any of my email since our live interview at 11:00 after the double fatal hit-and-run new year's eve of hannah abe and list platt involving a parolee. >> reporter: that was our last direct encounter. >> chesa, with all due respect,

it feels as if you are deflecting just a little bit. >> reporter: since then i've sent at least four emails to him and his communications and policy adviser on a number of cases involving parolees and crimes targeting asians. they all went unanswered. so i asked a question today. >> where do we begin? i'd like to begin with the tweet that you made february 16th saying, echoing what you have today along with the elected leaders that stand before me right now. >> reporter: before i could finish, boudin expressed frustration. >> is there a question? >> it's coming. >> i know there are other people with questions. >> reporter: i pressed knowing family of the victim, the 84-year-old thai man pushed to the ground and safety-based groups who showed up today wanted specific answers. >> denouncing is one thing, over here, denouncing is one thing. but what have you implemented, boots on the ground yourself? >> let me be very clear about the concrete actions that i have taken in my first year in

office. >> reporter: boudin echoed the same message as community leaders such as assembly member phil ting and new district 1 supervisor connie chan. >> we want him to be successful in holding assailants and violent criminal accountable. >> to hold those who cause harm in our community accountable. >> reporter: he also addressed other media about not prosecuting repeat offenders such as teaunte bailey, who was recently arrested in the robbery and assault of a 75-year-old chinese man in oakland who is now brain dead. bailey had an extensive record in san francisco, including felony robbery, firearm possession and child endangerment. >> it was from an evidentiary standpoint, a very week case. >> it certainly sounds like you're blaming the police if i am reading correctly. boudin also mentioned he had personally met with victims' families, however, son-in-law eric lawson told me he only

heard from boudin once via zoom two days after this horrific crime. he planned to attend a recent vigil held for his father-in-law, but when the family conveyed they did not want to take photos or video with him during the event, boudin did not show up. the event was over. in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >> dion continues to stay on all of this. now one of the suspects in an attack on an uber driver in san francisco has been arrested. police say 24-year-old malaysia king was arrested in las vegas. a second suspect plans to turn herself into sfpd later today according to her attorney. the women, you're seeing this video here, are accused of assaulting and harassing an uber driver on sunday after he told one of them to wear a mask. police say one of them also pepper sprayed his car. uber released a statement saying it has permanently banned all three riders in this video. we are hearing from danville police for the first time about the shooting of a man by an

officer just before noon police was throwing rocks from a freeway overpass at 6 0 and sycamore valley road. danville's chief of police says one of his officers approached the man, and that's when things escalated. >> the officer ordered him to drop the knife several times. he then advanced towards the officer who discharged his weapon, striking the man once. >> that man is now hospitalized. police have not released his name. they say the investigation is ongoing with the contra costa sheriff's office and the district attorney. turning now the our efforts to building a better bay area in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. the biggest news is trillions of dollars in relief now coming our way thanks to president biden. he signed the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill today. it includes $1400 stimulus check, and if you have direct deposit, you could have yours by this weekend. just an hour ago, the president

gave a primetime address to mark one year since covid-19 was declared a pandemic. >> although it's different for everyone, we all lost something. a collective suffering, a collective sacrifice. a year filled with the loss of life and the loss of living for all of us. >> president biden also announced he is going to direct states to make all adults eligible for a vaccine no later than may 1st. >> we're going to go from a million shots a day that i promised in december before i was sworn in to maintaining beating our current pace of 2 million shots a day. >> that doesn't mean you're get your shot by may 1st, however, you will be able to sign up for an appointment. >> california has updated its guidance for reopening to include brewery, wineries, and distilleries that don't serve food. starting saturday, those in the purple and red tiers can open outdoors with one key rule.

service will end by 8:00 p.m. all bay area counties are in either the purple or red tier. the less restrictive tears, indoor service is allowed now. middle high schools in pleasanton welcomed students back for the first time in believe it or not a year. students at foothill high school are at 35% capacity with half the group on zoom and the other half actually in the classroom in person. reopening cannot come soon enough for some students in the district where f grades have risen since the lockdown began. >> it does speak to the urgency of getting some students back into the classroom environment. because that's where a lot of students learn best. and that's where our teachers work their magic. >> pleasanton is the first school district in alameda county to open its classrooms to the upper grades. and in santa clara county now, community leaders are calling out the state as they make an amplified push for the county to retain control of covid-19 vaccine distribution, which is supposed to be turned over to health insurance giant blue

shield. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has the latest on the back and forth between the county and the state. >> we cannot allow bureaucratic obstacles to be put between our residents and the vaccine. >> reporter: under california's new centralized vaccination system, counties say they're being pushed to the side in favor of blue shield as the third party administrator aims to play a larger role in determining how the vaccine is allocated throughout the state. but in santa clara county, officials have already established a robust vaccination network, and say turning over control now would ultimately hurt the vulnerable populations that they've worked so hard to serve. >> now is the time to make it easier to get a vaccine in our community, and not add an additional layer of complexity and confusion to the mix. >> reporter: the state recently changed its formula for vaccine distribution to set aside 40% of doses for low income zip codes based off of the healthy index which opponents say doesn't account for the bay area's high

cost of living. none of the zip codes in santa clara county qualified for additional supply, despite being home to some of the hardest hit communities in the state. >> we need to collaborate more directly with the state, not have a middle person so we're better able to create predictability on the ground. >> reporter: because of the low vaccine supply from the state, the county health system has halted the dosing of first dose appointments to follow through with second dose appointments which are already scheduled. in east san jose in partnership with the county says the top needs to stop. >> it's about the people. it's about getting to the people and making it happen. with only feel that it's going to disrupt everything, all the effort that we've made to make this happen. >> reporter: health policy experts say the vaccine supply issues should improve by next month, but recognize the uncertainty and frustration that's currently being felt. >> but i do hope that the goal will be to ensure transparency in how the vaccine is being distributed. i also think that transparency

helps us understand where there are areas for improvement. >> reporter: county officials are in ongoing talks with the state and are hopeful for some sort of compromise by the end of the week. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. now to a story you'll see only on 7. a michigan man accused of defrauding thousands of customers in the bay area and other places is telling his side of the story. it's about a multimillion-dollar n95 mask fraud scheme. he spoke exclusively with i-team reporter melanie woodrow who first broke the story last april. >> reporter: as the covid-19 pandemic ripped the country, people were desperate to get their hands on n95 masks. michigan man rodney stevenson ii seemed to are the answer. his website, em general advertised having masks in stock, but federal prosecutors say that was a lie. according to a criminal complaint filed last year and indictment filed in january of this year, stevenson pulled in more than $3.5 million in sales in a matter of weeks between february and march of 2020, but

delivered almost no masks. >> there are a lot of people who say you defrauded them. >> i didn't want to harm anyone. i do have sympathy for the customers that didn't receive their products during the pandemic. >> reporter: stephenson says em general was a drop shipping company which means he relied on third party companies to fulfill his orders. he said he started filling masks before he realized how difficult they were to come by. >> google analytics was recommending it as a product to sell. i had no idea there was a pandemic. >> rodney was doing everything he could do to fulfill those orders. and a short delay in time does not equate to a mind state of trying to defraud somebody. >> reporter: according to the indictment, many customers complained and asked for refunds. stevenson says he couldn't provide those refunds because his credit card processing company, electronic commerce, froze his account. in an email statement, an

attorney for that company tells me, quote, electronic commerce pulled the plug on mr. stevenson's ability to process credit card sales to stop the sell of fraud masks that em general could not get or deliver during a severe ppe shortage in february and march of last year. >> it is terrifying to think of young entrepreneurs in america, especially young blak entrepreneurs that are going to enter a drop shipping business and never take the money from these people, it gets shut down as he is sending email after email to this company to issue refunds. >> reporter: electronic commerce says it's refunded more than $1.5 million to customers, in their words, defrauded by stevenson. while apologetic, stevenson says he is also a victim. >> so i'm not the only victim in this situation of the credit card processing. >> reporter: melanie woodrow, abc7 news. coming up tonight, we take an in-depth look at the mental health struggles that students are going through with distance

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moffett field may be one step closer to becoming the nation's third influx facility to house migrant children. federal officials are coordinating plans to visit the site in mountain view as a

record number of unaccompanied children cross the border. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live tonight with reaction. and steph, what's the average wait time for most children at the border now? >> well, ama, most children are housed at these border jails for more than three day, often week, and in some cases even years. the average stay is now over the legal limit. now if moffett field is approved, the hope is the children coming here are reunited with sponsors within three week s as unaccompanied migrant children detained has nearly tripled to close to 3500 in recent weeks, federal officials are eyeing space for a temporary shelter at nasa's moffett field in mountain view. the news hit close to home for lilly ray. >> shock. truly shock. it was this feeling of what? >> reporter: ray is the co-founder of bay area border relief, a grassroots organization that helps asylum seekers at the border find a safe home. >> why are we doing this? we have enough ph.ds who have done enough research and enough studies and enough professionals

and loads of data that says this is bad for children. >> reporter: ray and a group of women have made seven trips in the past couple of years to the border, seeing firsthand the trauma in the eyes of thousands of children. >> we hope to see from the biden administration a change to approach to border management that will make influx facilities like this not necessary. >> reporter: health and human services officials have briefed congresswoman anna eshoo on the potential site which is in her district. >> the department is making an assessment of the facilities at moffet to see if they meet standards that are necessary. >> reporter: eshoo says if the site is approved, she understands children ranging around 14 to 17 years old would be housed inside. she pledges if the facilities at moffett field need upgrades, that will be prioritized. >> but i have witnessed is the lack of standards, saw children in cages, saw the lack of

sanitation. we cannot have that under our flag. >> reporter: i also spoke with representatives with human rights watch who have extensively studied conditions inside border jails, and they hope the biden administration will prioritize changing border reception so that families are kept together, screened at the border. stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> all right, stephanie, thank you for that report. well, the only bank in a quaint bay area city is scheduled to close its doors for good on may 18th, the only bank. 7 on your side's michael finney says the city of brisbane is not about to let bank of america leave without a fight. right, michael? >> no, they are not, dan. look, within the hustle and bustle of a huge metropolis known as the bay area is the town of brisbane. population 4,000. and with a feel you may not find

anywhere else in our region. nestled in the san bruno mountain, brisbane is isolated and is easy to miss as folks whiz down 101 towards san francisco, international airport or into the city. >> we don't have a lot here. we don't have a pharmacy. we don't have a gas station. we don't have very many restaurants. >> reporter: city council woman and chamber of commerce ceo madison davis says what brisbane does have is beauty and charm. it's a town where patriotism flies high and proudly shares space with signs of diversity and inclusion. >> everybody knows everybody. and when you know everybody, you grow up with their family. >> reporter: bank of america recently announced plans to shut down the city's only bank for good on may 18th. signs on the door indicate the closure is only temporary. the bank of america tells us it's planning to pull out permanently and take everything with it, including the atm. >> well, that doesn't make sense. i mean, this whole community here uses this all the time.

>> reporter: word of the closure is just slowly starting to spread. the people we talked with are hoping the bank will have a change of heart. >> they should care about the community and about what is going on in our community. >> reporter: the bank says the trend towards online banking makes it necessary to consolidate their financial centers, although it says the total number of branches will remain about the same. bank of america says there are 22 other financial centers and atms within a five-mile radius. davis recognizes the transition to mobile and online banking, but she also knows this. >> last i checked, i can't pull cash out of my phone. i still need to interact with a physical bank or physical atm to do that. >> reporter: she is proposing that the bank at least leave an atm behind. and has offered to find space at city hall to do that. she says the bank has not

responded, but 7 on your side reiterated the proposal to a bank representative who promised to pass that on to a decision-maker. concern is particularly high for seniors who may not have the transportation to go outside their city for banking. >> it's a meeting place for everyone. you go to the bank, you meet the clerks and old people in brisbane, they go there. so when you do go there, you see them. >> councilwoman davis is calling this a david and goliath battle, but hopes the bank will find a compromise and avoid the need for her to fire her slingshots. we'll stay on top of this. we'll update you with further developments as we hear. >> sounds good, michael. thank you very much. coming up next, sandhya has a look ahead at our weekend weather forecast. and if you want to look around the bay area, then look to our abc7 bay area connected tv app. woa, look at this awesome sight. such great camera shots. this is so amazing.

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it's time to get a look at our weather. much different than yesterday. >> boy, it sure, ama. what a difference a day makes. sandhya, yesterday was pouring now it's starting to feel a little like spring, although it was crisp out there today. >> yeah, it definitely was. and dan and ama, we're getting that nice little break in between storms. i want to show you a beautiful post sunset view from our exploratorium camera right now as we look towards downtown san francisco. i know ama was very mesmerized by this earlier just before the break. east bay hills camera showing you the view towards sutro tower. cold overnight. sunny the next two days. rain is back this the forecast by sunday evening. and don't forget to spring forward this coming weekend. live doppler 7 showing the absence of rain, but that will be changing come sunday night. temperatures right now 40s, 50s. you can see that it is going to get even colder by morning. upper 20s in places like lakeport, down to the low 40s. so bundle up tonight or turn up the heat because you're going to need it. here is a look at the high

temperatures for tomorrow. upper 50s to upper 60s. warmer than today. plenty of sun from coast to inland. and as you check out what's ahead for your weekend sunday afternoon, evening is when that rain arrives. as we go into monday, the rain becomes more scattered in nature. could see some higher elevation snow over lake and mendocino counties. but here in the bay area for now, we're just keeping the rain in the forecast. here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. so cold couple of mornings. mild and dry the afternoons friday and saturday. don't forget, spring forward sunday morning. the time changes as we go to daylight savings time, and we are going to be tracking basically some more wet weather which is great news. sunday night into monday a level 1. and then tuesday, wednesday, and thursday basically temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s. and we get a short break. nice to have a change, a break from that rain every so often. ama and dan? >> definitely. thank you, sandhya. schools closed campuses

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and i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. it has helped me an awful lot. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> as distance learning continues because of the pandemic, we're not just seeing a learning loss. we're seeing a parallel mental health pandemic for students as well. >> we are. hospitals across the country and here in the bay area are reporting an increase in mental health crises in young people. abc7 news reporter kate larsen spoke to families who have been

struggling with anxiety and depression. >> reporter: a few months ago, this seemingly mundane moment, leaving school on a bike wasn't possible for sixth grader max mccallister. >> it was just really hard and stressful. >> reporter: until january, max was learning remotely like every other sfusd student. >> there wasn't a lot of communication. and when schools would open back up. barely any time was in that time. >> did you ever feel like you ever thought about hurting yurself or anything? >> to be honest, sometimes, yeah. but i would never do it. >> his dad and i talked about it, that we were just worried about him hurting himself. and i went to bed every night feeling really sad that i wasn't doing a better job of being a mom. >> reporter: so renee and her husband decided to move from their home of 30 years in san francisco to marin, where many schools like max's new school home middle have been open since the fall. >> sometimes the best decision is not the easiest decision.

>> reporter: they cited in the lawsuit that the city filed against its own district in an effort to reopen in-person instruction. dr. gene noble for the ucsf emergency department is also quoted in the suit, saying the medical evidence is clear that keeping public schools closed is catalyzing a mental health crisis among school-aged children in san francisco. >> in the ucsf san francisco children emergency department, we saw the highest percentage of suicidal kids on record this past january. >> reporter: in january 2020 before the pandemic, 381 patients were screened for suicidal thoughts through a series of questions at ucsf benioff children's hospital san francisco. 14% tested positive. in january 2021, nine months into the people, 232 patients were screened and 21% were positive for suicidal thoughts. >> looking into the future and being able to say oh, well, things will be better in six months or 12 months is very hard

developmentally for a teenager who tends to, you know, really live in the moment. and when things are bad, it feels like they are going to be bad forever. >> his mental health, you know, he is in bed. >> reporter: he is worried about both of his sons, but especially his 14-year-old seen here in prepandemic times. he says without any human connection beyond his own home, his son's grades have plummeted and he has lost interest. >> he has i think borderline depression. it's classic symptoms of depression. and i'm like afraid to even acknowledge that in my head advisers shiba feels so strongly that his kids need to be in school that in february he and his partner launched a campaign which has gained national attention to recall the san francisco school board. >> they have one job to do, which is educate our kids. and that one job they have completely failed at. >> reporter: and what's at stake? >> it's our children. >> reporter: mental health data is complicated since reporting

across counties and health care providers is inconsistent. santa clara, san mateo and napa county sent abc7 data that indicates a drop pediatricality. kaiser permanente sent a statement that said we have seen a rise in demand for mental health service, particularly among youth since the covid-19 pandemic began. and in february, two marin county middle school students died suddenly. it's confirmed that one student took their own life. while most marin schools are now open, officials say that student was still in distance learning at the time of their death. >> when you lose a student, it is absolutely unbearable. >> mary jane burk is the superintendent of marin county schools. >> as someone who has -- had a family member die by suicide within the last couple of years, i will tell you, it takes your breath away. >> reporter: her advice to

families? >> pay attention. communicate. even when they don't want to. ask questions. try to get a good sense of how they're feeling. >> reporter: lynn is the ceo with edgewood center for children and families in san francisco. referrals to their residential services have gone up 47% during the pandemic. >> when a family does need outside help, what is the best first step? >> the best first step is to call the crisis line, you know. call the edgewood csu. the staff is there 24 hours, seven days a week. they will help you through any kind of conversation you need to have with your child. >> reporter: dulce is a family therapist. >> i know this is really uncomfortable for a lot of us, but it's important to ask about suicidal ideation. it's okay to say to your child, you seem down. are you thinking about hurting yourself? do you ever think about suicide is in do you know people who do? let's start using the word to

destigmatize the word. >> prior to covid, suicide became the second leading cause of death for children 10 to 24 years old. and we have continued that trend. >> reporter: dr. regina graham is the director of psychiatry and mental health at benioff children's hospital oakland. she says families should secure potentially lethal means like guns and medication. >> a significant portion of suicide attempts are done impulsively. so if there is just a few more seconds that someone may have between having a feeling and actually acting, which might be because of something is locked and they can't get access to it, it could save a life. >> this is a hug. >> reporter: there is hope. renee feels like max and their family are now out of crisis. >> i can see him talking and engaging with the other kids and laughing and just being a kid again. i have my relationship with my son back, and that's the most important thing. >> reporter: max, meanwhile, back to enjoying school, for the most part. >> wearing masks the whole day

kind of is hard to learn, but it's a lot better than doing it on zoom. >> reporter: and he wanted to share some advice with kids who might be struggling. >> it can get better, but you're just going to have to get through it. it's going to come in waves. >> reporter: we know that so many people are hurting right now. so if you or your family needs help, we have an extensive list of mental health resources on our website, abc7news.com. for abc7 news, i'm kate larsen. >> and if you want the go back and see any of these stories, you can find all of this week's stories about education on our connected tv abc7 bay area app. and that includes more mental health resources for students like kate was talking about. look for the building a better bay area shelf wherever you stream and watch at your convenience. coming up next, public versus private. bay area activists are suing a tech company. it's a privacy c we are the thrivers. women with metastatic breast cancer. our time...

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[ closing bell ] >> broad gains in stocks pushed the dow and the s&p 500 to record highs today. the dow is up 188 points to close higher than ever before at 32,485. the s&p gained 40 points. the nasdaq was up more than 300 points, but fell short of its all-time high. >> as you well know, we put so much of our personal lives online these days, but some bay area activists believe a tech company is violating privacy by gathering photos and other information to sell to law enforcement. a lawsuit has been filed in oakland that could have far-reaching implications really for everyone. abc7 news reporter david louie with more on a high stakes legal fight >> i think everybody should be -- everybody should be afraid of this. >> reporter: this attorney of braun higgy and borden have filed this lawsuit to stop technology company clearview ai from what some people call a serious invasion of privacy.

>> it's illegally scraping websites, downloading people's faces and selling them. i expect that they will fight this tooth and nail. >> reporter: the complaint names a number of individuals and organizations described as activists who can be adversaries of law enforcement. clearview ai has created a database helpful for police investigations. however, it appears no one knows what's in the database. clearview ai complies with all applicable law and its conduct is fully protected by the first amendment, its attorney told abc7 news in a statement. clearview ai would not be an interview, but its founder addressed privacy in an interview last year. >> i can understand people having concerns around privacy. so the first part to remember, it's only publicly available information. we're not just making technology for its own sake. the reason and the purpose we found is to really help law enforcement solve crimes. >> reporter: a major concern is whether the information harvested from social media and other sources is accurate. law fellow at santa clara university cited criticism of clearview ai's technology. >> there were false positives, and this is serious

ramifications for people especially if this is used in the law enforcement context. >> reporter: the suit seeks to stop clearview ai from collecting the data without consent. the company has a procedure for people to opt out, to be removed from the database. >> ironically, the only way to opt out of their database is to give them information about who you are that they can put in their database. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news. will we get a repeat of yesterday's storm this weekend? look at this great shot outside. sandhya is tracking more wet weather, next. and still to come, a look back at one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded, which struck japan ten years ago today. and, california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.

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were never found. authorities have spent the past ten years cleaning up the area, and experts say it will take another few decades to complete. the tsunami wave reached across the pacific to our coastline and caused $100 million in damage to a dozen california harbors, including santa cruz. hard to forget those images, and hard to believe, dan, that it's been ten years since that happened. >> time flies. and that there is still so much cleanup work to be done in japan after that is remarkable. and ama, we remember these pictures when they happened here. to think about the power still that affected our coast thousands of miles away this originated. it's really awe inspiring power and terrifying at the same time. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast for the weekend. sandhya? >> yeah, and dan and ama, we have more rain in the forecast before the week is up. for the weekend, that, let me show you where the rain and the snow went. that was impacting us along with lightning. that's in southern california

right now on live doppler 7. as we get you the rainfall total, you will notice that kentfield picked up over an inch. 3/4 an inch in san francisco. oakland more than that. san jose even picking up 3/4 of an inch. 91 hundreds. we had a cold one this morning. tomorrow morning, freeze warning, frost advisory lake and mendocino counties. definitely protect any sensitive plants. temperatures will be falling to or below freezing. tomorrow afternoon, numbers bounce back nicely under sunny skies. upper 50s to low 60s. for sunday night into monday, a tenth to a third of an inch. and it will be breezy to gusty at times. now in terms of rainfall totals, you will notice it's going to be not a lot. up to a third of an inch by monday night. but at this point, it's good to have any rain at all. accuweather seven-day forecast. enjoy the break from the rain for a few days before we bring it back sunday night into monday, and just a reminder.

set your clocks forward one hour saturday night before going to bed. sunday morning we do go to daylight saving time. ama and dan? >> we get those extra hours of sunlight, but it might be rang. what are we going do? thanks, sandhya. >> that's right. >> it's all a trade-off, all the time. >> i know. on to abc7 sports director larry beil. hi, larry. >> dan, ama, we will look back at the day the sports world came to a stand still a year ago today. now tonight the warriors, they're in action, facing an uphill climb, and it is steep a yeah, i mean the thing is, people like geico because it's just easy. bundling for example. you've got car insurance here. and home insurance here. why not...

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head coach steve kerr does not want this turning into a six-game slide. >> we're in a little bit of a spot, you know, having lost three in a row. and facing three great teams. but where we're going, where we're trying to go, we got to play all these teams any way at some point. >> should have fresh legs coming back, good energy. and against some good teams that is going to require an a plus effort to get a win. i like the challenge, and you have to use it. >> one footnote, james wiseman, who was unable to practice yesterday because he missed a covid test, the word is he is available tonight. there was some question about that last night. a year ago today, the nba sspended its season when utah senator rudy gobert tested positive for coronavirus. and that set off a worldwide domino effect of sports either postponing or cancelling their seasons all together.

abc7's chris after rezze looks back at that historic day and gets perspective from those who lived it. >> mario nani inside the arena. >> reporter: for many sports fans, the jazz/thunder postponed game was the beginning of a roller coaster ride no one was prepared for. but hours earlier, this was our report on the 4:00 newscast. >> i had a feeling yesterday at the game this could happen. and today it did. a historic day in san francisco. warriors in consultation announcing they're going to play tomorrow night's game in an empty chase center. no fans. >> because it's hitting home for us. and it's affecting everybody directly now. >> once the game actually starts and you see another team out there, it will be weird. >> reporter: the warriors would never play that game. and at a fast and furious pace, sports were shutting down seemingly by the second. >> this is something out of a movie. and you just don't expect to it happen in real life. >> but then the question becomes

is there a protocol, frankly, with or without fans in which we can resume play? >> reporter: fast forward one year later. sports are back. but the first moments in march 2020 will never be forgotten. >> what do you remember most about that kind of the news baseball wise? >> it started with the rudy gobert incident. everybody was glued to that. >> everything seemed to be moving a million miles an hour in terms of updates. >> not long before we had named johnny as our opening day starter and everything changed. >> and it started to sink in, maybe this could filter to us. and the thing just accelerated very quickly. >> i think we navigated it well as a club and as an organization. and i still think there is a lot of work to do. and we have to take the responsibility to stay healthy pretty seriously. >> obviously, unprecedented. there is nothing like that moment. it was, already been a year. >> reporter: a year unlike any other. chris alvarez, abc7 sports.

>> well, that is for sure. here is an uplifting story. to help with the challenge of distance learning brought on by the pandemic, 49ers wide receiver kendrick bourne met with 20 college bound high school students in west oakland today to give away laptops. the bourne blessed foundation which is a great name has been very active this past year to help those in need. and at this point, kendrick bourne is in his fourth season or was with the 4ers. and he is a free agent. he does not know where he will be playing. he hopes to be back with the 49ers. but they have a cash crunch and a lot of players to resign. we'll see how it goes. it's nice that even though he doesn't know where he is going to be playing, he is giving back to the community here and representing. i tell you, i watched that chris alvarez piece, and i saw from a year ago, he and i sitting next to each other. what we were doing so close? i mean, we're so far apart now. the notion of sitting side by

side like we did forever seems so foreign now. but eventually, hopefully everybody gets vaccinated and we'll be back to that. >> yeah. hopefully, hopefully soon. fingers crossed. thank you, larry. >> you can date things now by looking at people walking without masks and close together. it's really interesting. thanks. well, coming up tonight on abc7 at 8:00, it's station 19 followed by "grey's anatomy" and then "a million little thing." that's at 10:00. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. >> and you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc7 bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire and roku. download the app now and start streaming that is it for this edition of abc7 news. thank you so much for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for sandhya patel, larry beil, all of us here. we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice rest of the evening and that we see you again tonight at 11:00.

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