fighting for race and social justice. a better bay area. elected officials in the south bay joined a united front denouncing violence against asian-americans. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has this powerful story from san jose. >> march with us and most importantly, will you love us? >> reporter: evan lowe rallied this group to stop hate and violence against americans. >> it's unfortunate that we have to rally but one that is recognized that we must unite to stamp out the hate and violence. >> more is coming to light. santa clara county prosecutors have under the charges against a man who shouted an ethnic slur during an alleged sexual assault of an asian woman on wednesday. >> hate crimes are your problem.

this is my problem. this is our problem. each of us have a role to play here. each of us can do something. let's do something, whatever that is. let's make this community just a little stronger together. >> reporter: the united support against the spike in crime is far reaching. some sharing personal stories of discrimination. >> as a young immigrant in this country about 40 years ago i've heard these comments. speak english, you damn foreigner. go back home. questions like, do you eat dogs? and i would have hoped that 40 years from then things would have gotten better, but they've gotten worse. >> reporter: many here in the community not only pledging their solidarity to stopping hate but they're also pledging financial support as well. >> the sharks and 49erers each pledging 10,000ers to a hate crime.

> since this pandemic started thee's been over 3,000 reported hate crimes against aaip. folks, this must stop. >> esther quak is is is hopeful for support for her community. >> you can either let the hate get to you or you can look at the hope in our community, and i choose to look at the hope in our community. >> reporter: in san jose, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. the recent wave of crimes has put the asian community on edge, particularly in oakland. earlier this week a 75-year-old man died after he was attacked and robbed on his morning walk. another rally in chinatown where community members came to speak out against sb 82. they say it would lessen the punishment for crimes like the one earlier this week. >> which will encourage more crime against the entire

community which definitely will be including our asian community by changing the robbery to petty theft if the victim, remember, if the victim is not seriously hurt. >> state senator skinner issued this response saying, quote, if enacted, sb 82 will not change or reduce the criminal penalty on violent assaults such as the one that happened tuesday. the purpose of sb 82 is to clarify state law so that nonviolent cases of theft are not charged as violent felonies. as the bay area confronts issues of race and social justice, we are here to help. had to our website, abc 7 news.com/action. now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. friday saw the biggest number of travelers pass through tsa screening points in nearly a year. a sign that americans are anxious to return to normal. as restrictions ease, health

officials warn we must be diligent. here's abc's mary alice parks. >> reporter: more than a year into the covid-19 pandemic, so many americans anxious to return to normal. the tsa screened more than 1.3 million passengers friday, the busiest day since march 15th of last year. >> the beach is what we came here for. >> warm weather. >> the sun. >> reporter: hotels filling up with spring breakers. >> right now most of them are over 80% in occupancy for next week and really anticipate to sell out. >> reporter: many states and localities continuing to ease restrictions. gyms, movie theaters, indoor dining all returning in los angeles. minnesota announcing men businesses can extend capacity cities preparing for st. patrick's day celebrations. savannah, georgia, canceled parades. >> i think it's absolutely dangerous and irresponsible for

folks to do that. we're trying to get past covid-19. >> reporter: in chicago, the river once again dyed green for the holiday. >> do not put down your guard. mask up. >> reporter: meanwhile, across the country vaccination efforts continue to ramp up. the cdc reporting 66 million americans over the age of 18 have received at least one dose of the vaccine. that's 1/4 of all adults. ore than 2.2 million shots being administered every day. the white house wants all-americans to be eligible for the vaccine by may 1st but didn't put a time frame on when everyone will be able to get those vaccines. >> many of the factors are out of our control including individuals being willing to take the vaccine. >> reporter: just days after president biden signed his $1.9 trillion covid relief package, some americans already seeing direct relief payments hit their bank accounts. mary alice parks, abc news, washington. new numbers out "today" show

california continues to make progress against covid-19. the seven-day positivity rate is down to 2.1% and there were about 3200 newly diagnosed cases yesterday, which is below the daily average for the past two weeks. the state has hit a critical milestone. 2 million covid-19 vaccine doses administered to under served communities. that certainly is paving the way for the entire bay area to move into the red tier for reopening. tonight at midnight contrakosta and sonoma counties will move from purple to red. for so know home in ma county, will be the first time since august. this allows for indoor dining with capacity limits along with the reopening of indoor gyms, museums and movie theaters. this coming wednesday will mark one year since most bay area counties went into lockdown. now the vaccination effort is in full swing and the future is

definitely on everyone's mind. all next week we'll be sharing your stories of lessons learned and the path forward to building a better bay area. part of that path forward includes reopening schools. today families in san francisco rallied to mark the one year anniversary of schools being shut down. abc 7 was at civic center plaza following a march from alamo square. the san francisco unified school district approved plans thursday to return elementary school students to in-person learning by april 12th. organizers with decreasing the distance are calling for all schools to reopen full time immediately. >> we should not be afraid to go back for public health reasons. the cdc, san francisco department of public health and california department of public health are all in agreement. it is safe for our children to be back in the classroom. >> reporter: san francisco's transmission rates, by the way,

are the lowest for any metro area in the entire united states. for many music venues around te bay area, today marks one year since they've had their last show. several popular spots in san francisco have the words one year dark on their marquees. all is part of a fundraising effort called save our stages. they'll be getting help from the coronavirus relief bill that just passed but they have a fund of $1.5 million which they are trying to bump to 10 million. >> the last year a lot of folks have taken on serious, serious debt, and these are just small businesses, folks like me and for even small venues it costs, you know, minimum $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> that man there says the financial impact is found by the surrounding community as well. for every dollar spent on a ticket, another 12 is spent in the local economy. much more to come on abc 7

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twin peaks in san francisco has partially reopened to car traffic and people are definitely taking advantage of the recent changes. the portola gate has been reopened allowing for cars to drive up to the peak. it was shut down last year because of the pandemic, hwever, car access to the peak will still be limited. the northern burnett gate will be closed to vehicles at all times. that allows for people jogging, hiking, biking car free and safe space. as the arts continue to take a hit during the pandemic, san francisco's mime troop held a aa fund-raiser. the theme was the red star at the end of the tunnel which represents the end of the pandemic. it celebrated 25 years. actor, writer, director coleman domingo was the keynote speaker and discussed the importance of

supporting theater. >> the more that we work with you, the more we get back. we get so much more. reminds us why we're doing what we're doing and how do it. >> for more on how you can support the troop we have a link to their site at ours, abc 7 news.com. still to come on abc 7 news at 6, a celebration for a bay area teenager. how her pandemic birthday turned into one she will not soon forget. meteorologist is tracking rain on the way as we track rain on the outside. coming up in sports, it's been a frustrating stretch late for the warriors. a frustrating off season for brandon belt. he ballot l as the covid-19 vaccines become available you may have questions. and that's normal. so, for the latest information, visit getvaccineanswers.org it's up to you.

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up making it a full-fledged party. >> it was really amazing to be able to see, you know, friends and family but also firefighters come to support me. >> they were just so generous and it was really cute to watch them photographing and everything as well. >> interacting with everyone. trying to raise the cheer. >> yeah. >> can't help but smile at that. my a's aunt helped set the whole thing up. the hospital also put together some gifts for mia to help make her birthday brighter. take a look, nasa is giving us a new vantage point. this morning they conducted their fifth space walk of the year to do several systems upgrades. they will head home later this spring. back here on earth, drew tuma here with our forecast. we have a bit of a mixed bag, drew. >> yeah, we do. sunshine giving way to cloud cover ahead of rain we're

tracking on sunday. outside a look at the camera showing you the sun has set. you see the clouds off in the distance. the clouds will be rolling in thickening over the next couple of hours. 24 hour temperature change or as much as 14 degrees cooler right now than anywhere this time yesterday. it is a chilly start to the weekend. it will be a cold night on the way for some. down to 49 in the city. 53 in oakland. 52 in san jose. 49 already in san ramon. tonight the clouds continue to thicken. mostly cloudy skies on the way. chilly in the north bay with most cities going into the 30s. down to 42 tonight in san jose. 49 in concord. 46 in the city. daylight savings time begins early tomorrow morning. you know what that means. you've got to turn your clock ahead one hour forward. sunrise at 7:21 in the morning and your sunset now after 7 p.m.

happening at 7:16 tomorrow evening. a good time to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors. tomorrow it's a cloudy day. rain arrives first in the north bay and we'll be moving south throughout the evening. temperatures mainly in the mid 50s to near 60 degrees for afternoon high. monday, level 1 storm with rain to showers. monday the chance of thunder and hail again. even snow on the highest peaks. a cold storm coming our way. tomorrow morning a lot of cloud cover. rain moves into the north bay into the afternoon. as the sub is going down by about 8 p.m., rain is moving into the heart of the bay area. midnight more focused in the south bay. monday, showers turn more scattered in nature. monday is the chance where we could see a thunderstorm develop that could contain hail again. total rainfall potential, anywhere from 1/4 to half an

inch of rain sunday into monday. we are tracking snow in the sierra. winter storm 1500 feet. 8 to 14 inches of snow. up to 2 feet on our highest peaks. accuweather seven day shows you morning weather to clouds. much dryer tuesday after a chilly morning but then our next chance of wet weather returns thursday into friday. now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> the warriors currently on a four game losing streak. the most memorable image from the 26-point loss was stefan curry yelling showing visible frustration during a time-out. warriors play utah tomorrow. draymond green says it's not often we see his frustration, stef has yelled at me a few times about shooting the ball. shoot the ball!

or something like that. a little more -- you know, little different than what i did. than the words i used. don't y'all be fooled by stef. he does yell at me. >> after finishing last season in the western conference last overall, it was clear the sharks weren't going to be contenders this year. doug wilson confirmed the covid shortened season is a quote, unquote, reset. carlson said this is a group that can compete. >> we need to find a way to build with the core of the group that we have here and figure out a way, you know, how to be competitive here in the upcoming years. you know, even this year is a different kind of year if we can find a way to get ourselves into the playoff. anything can happen. because i do think that we have a good group of guys here. >> baseball now a little over two weeks away. the giants happy to have first

baseman brandon belt back in the fold. been quite an off season. in october he had heel surgery. today he revealed he had covid in january and came down with mono in february which forced him to miss over a week of training. he's making a push to try and be ready for opening day. >> as big league ballplayers, we treasure every season and every game because it could be our last at any time. but i think that's not really what i'm focused on. focusing on being pro duct did i have. >> i do believe we're going to have a good chance at having a really good team this year. i know people are going to sleep on us a little bit. that's fine. that's what we're used to. i think that could play to our advantage. >> giants and ind yabs from scottsdale, bottom 2. austin slater. three-run shot giants up 4-0. the walnut native goes yard.

golf moving day at the players championship. bryson dechambeau won last week at the arnold palmer invitational. par putt at sawgrass. it goes. dechambeau 11 under. second place. field chasing lee westwood. his par putt will find the bottom of the cup. earlier this week the oakland as named amelia shomo as their new public address announcer. based on the fact i'll never take a major league bat in my life i asked amelia what my name would be. >> i have a prop for you. i have an a's helmet. i'm never going to take a major league at-bat. >> he's got no ear flaps. chris alvarez! >> i will take it. >> an ear flap or something. i don't know which way you bat.

>> a lefty. a little dangerous now. >> pulling out all the stops, dion. i never know how it sounds but that's what it sounds like. next on abc 7, a pandemic pop-up inside san francisco's ferry building. how it's playing a special tribute. as a woman it's not easy to maintain a good work-life balance. if you need help managing your job or your family, let us know your questions. then join our team of experts, our america, women forward in the

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finally now, the fairy building in san francisco is supporting small businesses in chinatown. they'll be hosting a weekly pop-up market full of the neighborhood's most beloved neighborhood businesses. shops will have tables in front of two newly decorated gates. some featured businesses include the fortune cookie shop and china live. it runs every saturday 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. until the end of the month. that's it for abc 7 news at 6,

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