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>> sonoma county has faced some of harshest restrictions of the state as covid rate spikes. those numbers are improving. >> it has been a year and this county has never been out of the purple tier. >> we have been hammeredhammered not having to sit outside the cold means everything. >> it is like filet verses burgers. it is nice to be inside than outside. businesses are way better than it has been outside. it is beneficial and all this is a plus for us. >> contra costa county is move to the red tier. covid cases have slow and vaccine doses reached 400,000 in

arms. >> we have eight different beer tabs. the wine and beer truck is on the move. >> for many is a small step forward, back to the life we once knew. >> obviously we want to be cautious with the masks and staying six feet apart. i think people need to go back to what's normal. as long as vaccine rates increasing and covid cases are slow. the county is able to move into the orange here very soon. abc7 news. heart ard to believe but th tuesday, march 16th year since the pandemic. abc7 news' reporter matt boone spoke to people reflected the various ways this year had impacted them. >> reporter: with all the changes of our daily lives, it

is easy to lose perspective. brian burr has been acutely aware of the human cost. nurses have not had the chance to forget either. >> it affects us a lot because we can't hug our patients or touch them. >> reporter: confusion and anxiety. >> it is stressful because at the beginning especially, nobody really knew anything so people were looking to us as nurses so answer tquestions and we did no know either. >> reporter: there is been other forms of loss. >> it is there's been. there's also been more time for family. >> i came back from maternity and the pandemic hit like i think five weeks into me coming

back to work. usually my husband is like on a plane, every other month. so just to have that unfeathered time has been really, really nice. >> jessica lam and ortiz have spent almost every day together working from home. >> meeting over zoom, face time, what's app, duo anything my clients are using i'm using. >> we just got married yesterday, i got the ring. >> not exactly how they envisioned it but still grateful. >> a covid free wedding and we're just ready to move forward with our lives and move forward in a safe way for sure. >> marc: a a new start with a new perspective. >> we have rainy day here, sometimes that rain makes makes things a little brighter. >> mike boone. >> lessons learned from the pandemic and what the future holds is something we'll focus

on here. tune in as we work to build a better bay area. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, an asian man is sharing his story after an explosive racially charged confrontation at his oakland gas station. only on abc 7, he explains why he's coming forward. and protesters in the north bay gather to save the name. while they're standing behind sir francis drake high school. and. >> i think it's a important holiday to give geek po

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an asian man is speaking out tonight after a racially charged confrontation at an oakland gas station turned into an assault. it's a story of awaress yo ll s on on abc 7. >> go to china, [ bleep ] you man. because you have a [ bleep ] >> yeah, yeah, keep saying it. >> this is just a portion of a video captured by a gas station owner. >> go [ bleep ] you're ma.

you're not from here you're asian. all asians have [ bleep ] >> the racially charged insults continued as he went inside the gas station. >> i said hold on there you have to kind of take this to the bank because i can't fill this all in a till. >> reporter: when station owner seawell steped in to smooth out the situation. >> he just started mouthing off. you should go back to china, like that. >> after 20 years in the business, seawell took the insults in stride. >> we were just, it's it's bothemeesn' orr:gs chged enman reatened come back again. that's when thinokanasty state s that -- nasty turn. >> he ends up reversing his car

on me. that's when i felt threatened. >> reporter: seawell took cleaning agent to protect himself. but it got worse. >> the guy actually pepper sprayed me. i went to the emergency staff. >> seawell's staff rushed to his aid as they called 911. >> i totally appreciate you let me share my story. because this has got to stop. i hope this brings awareness to everybody goes through the same stuff. and we >>teunrsndis soey>>we new velopments now in the attack on an uber driver in san francisco. police say they've arrested ar second suspect. arna kimie is the the driver grabbing the drivers cell phone. she surrendered to authorities this afternoon ft the red s vega

theye accuserass ubdry afteldar they'll also face covid mandate violations. some alumni from sir francis drake high school are pushing to save the school's name. the group no name change held a rally today. drake was a 16th century english explorer with ties to the slave trade. they want the school to take a vote on saving the original. >> they say that they sent out surveys and they sent out information things but even when decisions were made by the different groups the parents, the students, the kids, the dlc drake leadership council has always maintained that they have the authority to do whatever they want. today'rally flags and signs. the school is expected to pick

a new name later this month. and as the bay area confronts issues of race and social justice, we are here to help. just head to our website abc 7 news.com/take action for complete list of local resources. well it is 3.14 or if you're into science, pi san francisco's held a parade. they even wrote a letter to pi and debuted a music project that is a pi composition. >> i'm very excited about pushing the culture in ways that we can elevate mathematical literacy. right. and scientific literacy. and bring the whole culture up. >> they get to experience music which i think as john was

mentioning is such a wonderful translation and entry point for people to get excited about these concepts. >> pi day got its theexploratorium in 1998. pi is also the birthday of albert einstein. to drew tuma standing by with how long this rain is going to last, drew. >> reporter: right now the rain is really focused in the south bay. live doppler 7 shows you much of the north bay right now getting a bit of a break from all the rain we experienced earlier today. well zoom on into the south bay or live doppler 7 down the street level showing you there are pockets moving toward evergreen. as you go higher in elevation around hamilton and foothills we're starting to see that rain change to snow. likely, we're going to get another dusting of snow in our highest peaks overnight tonight. some light showers in the east

bay from san ramon to dublin. mount diablo getting some mixed precipitation, rain and snow at this hour as well. along the peninsula we're seeing light showers from redwood city, palo al to moves into the bay. that snow is falling at a pretty good clip right now and it will continue overnight tonight with that winter storm warning. the winds they are whipping right now. especially in marin county, gusting to 36. i just get to looked at tam. tam is gusting over 50 miles per hour. half-moon bay gusting to 25. hayward gusting to 20 miles per hour. it's for that fact we have a wind advisory in effect until tomorrow morning expiring at 11:00 a.m. for the entire coastline and the bay shoreline because of these winds that are coming out of the northwest. sustained any where from 20 to 30 miles per hour. and they could gust as high as 50 miles per hour at times.

on the storm scale, level one storm we have over head right now lasting through with scattered showers. we'll track those winds especially for first half of monday tomorrow. there's a a chance of thunder developing and hail and any isolated storms we see on monday. tomorrow morning 4:00 a.m. we're tracking scattered showers and again the likelihood that mount hamilton is getting some snow. as you head toward later in the morning, scattered showers still on the menu and it looks like the focus of this rain tomorrow afternoon is likely along the peninsula and in the south bay and i think that's our best chance of finding a thunderstorms that could contain some hail. winter weather advisory until 11:00 a.m. for parts of lake mendecino county above 1,500 feet. we could see up to 6 inches of snow. winter storm warning in effect for the sierra until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. above 3,000 feet, 6 to 14

inches of snow our highest could see up to 2 feet of fresh powder. overnight tonight it's a chilly night. low 30s to low 40s for most of us. tomorrow we'll track those scttered showers and the chance of a thunderstorms with temperatures on the cool side only in the 50s. accu weather 7 day forecast we'll show you thunderstorms possible tomorrow. then it's sunshine on tuesday after a cold morning. st. pat is looking great but rain returns thursday evening into friday to finish off the week. >> drew, thanks. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11 clock. the oakland a's have joined a short list of teams offering a new kind of payment options on suites. the cost for fa

the start of baseball season is just two and a half weeks away. tomorrow the san francisco

giants will contact season ticketholders about april. season ticketholders will be able to use between four game packages or single game tickets. new allow up to 60% capacity at oracle park and oakland coliseum. a's fans can now pay with season ticket suites with bit coin. the a's are the first to accept crypto currency as all includes tickets, a suite and pass. rates change daily but at today's rate, that's $60,000. the home opener is april 1st. and a rare 60-year-old san francisco 49ers bobble head just sold at auction for $19,800. the doll was made in the early 1960s when the nfl wasn't nearly as big as it is now. it's made of ceramic, stands 16

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the warriors enter today's matinee with the jazz on a four game slide. utah has the worse record in

the nba. but utah is energized to play their first home game since march 26th. 3rd quarter warriors have six. the reload three is good for steph. dubs go up nine. warrior up one. strong drive off the glass and in and then more andrew on the attack. he had 28 points, 12 of 16 shooting warriors take an 8 point lead with just under 6 to go. warriors score 18 off the bench. here's one of their triples. draymond green 11-12-12. the birthday scored 22. lok at this pass across the court. 9 assists for steph. warriors win 131-119 they snap that four game slide and a special moment with steph and his son in the postgame. >> i like the way we responded now it's about the message of the season. now it's about putting you know, a couple of games in a row with that type of effort

and focus and intensity. >> reporter: great win, but now it matters what we do coming out of this win. you look at this win and this can be a turning point. you know for anyone's season. warriors and lakers tomorrow. spring training baseball, a's and white sox how good is it to have the fans back. fans had to love this. buddy reed what a catch at the wall. seems like every day he is making a major play for oakland. scoreless into the matt reynolds connects. >> 15 years and 20 years in the nfl. >> our dad is finally going to retire. >> so he can spend moyay. >> drew brees took to instagram

and shared the video of his xliv with the saints during that 2009 season. final round of the players championship, justin thomas is going to be putting for eagle on number 11. we're going to show it because guess what, he drains that eagle put. he shot a blustering 64. deshamble going for back to back wins. he went for 12 under. justin took over and wins it. jt wins the players championship. sponsored by your local toyota dealers. bay area musicians won big at tonight's grammys. one winner opens up on her song on the black lives matter movement. >> we get an intimate

building a better bay area for a secure future. this is abc 7 news. once again good evening, starting tomorrow millions of californians with preexisting health conditions as well as disabilities will become eligible to sign up for a covid- 19 vaccine. in addition people in correctional facilities, homeless shelters, residential care facilities and public transit will also become eligible. however with the current shortage of supplies, getting a shot could be difficult. sonoma and contra costa

county entered the red tier today joining the 7 other counties. for sonoma counties restaurants and other businesses were finally allowed to reopen indoor operations for the first time in 7 months. this will mark 8 years since the county went back into. vaccination efforts continue to ramp up across the country. more than 11% of adults are now fully vaccinated. meantime at least two dozen states have eased restrictions in dallas st. patrick's day revelers crowded into bars on the first weekend without a statewide mask mandate or capacity restrictions. but in italy, shops, restaurants and schools will close tomorrow because of a spike in cases. dr. anthony fauci says it should serve as a warning to americans. >> every day we get more and more people vaccinated which

gets us closer and closer to to better proten. pl vised. >> dr. fauci says that could soon be reduced to three feet when the cdc issues new recommendations. new york city held a virtual memorial tonight to mark 1 year since its first covid death. mayor bill deblasio tweeted photos showing the names and faces of victims projected ton the brooklyn bridge. over 30,000 new yorkers have died from the virus since it became the epicenter of the outbreak last spring. the city's youth poet laureatte paid tribute by reciting a poem. >> i know the crush of streets crowded with empty palms reaching, waiting, saying goodbye. a city that never shrep aos is

a city that never forgets. >> the new york city phil harmonic orchestra also performed as part of the event which was live streamed. mayor deblasio said earlier this week that new york plans to create a permanent memorial to honor covid victims. tonight we're also getting an intimate look at front line workers the heros of this pandemic. the images and videos were shot in may at the worse of the outbreak but released this week. it's called dear nurses and is in anticipation of a time that in their words has fewer hallway sprints, fewer tear fewer facetime goodbyes. lyndsey davis has this story. >> reporter: the unmasking of american heros looks back at a dedication so intense it has literally left an indelible impression. care if nurses all battling the

covid crisis in new orleans last year. their stories are written all over their faces and necks arms and face. each nurse using a body part as a diary. dear world is organization that tells stories through portraits. nurses like taylor working 12 to 14 hour shifts only to return home to her husband and three children in the early evening. >> mommy. >> hey guys. >> before covid i didn't worry about hugging my kids. or kissing my children. or doing any of those things and now i do. now i'm paranoid. now every time i hug or kiss them i'm scared that i'm going to pass it to them. >> reporter: 10 months later, a lot has changed for jamie. >> i'm feeling like some sense of hope, a lot of sense of

relief. i'm also vaccinated. so that's amazing. but i don't have the same sense of doom that i had initially. like i used to be paranoid about kissing them. kissing my own children. and i don't anymore. >> lyndsey davis, new york. >> how we have all adapted. moving on still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00. it was a big night for bay area stars at the grammys. the emotional message about police violence one single shared in her winning song and speech tonight. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we're tracking showers on the way for monday. we'll have the latest timing in the accu weather forecast ahead. as a woman it is not to maintain a good work-life balance right now. if you're working as a mom, or just reentering the workplace, let us know your questions then join our america women forward

in the work force. a live town hall this tuesday on abc 7

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it was a big night for bay area musicians at the 63rd annual grammy award. vallejo native her won song of the year for i can't breathe. it became an anthem after the death of george floyd. the song also mentioned rosa who was fatality shot in her bedroom. she says she recorded her song in her bedroom and never thought it would have such an impact. >> that's why i write music, that's why i do this so i'm so

so gradeful. >> her was one of bay area locals who took home grammys. also winning were directors rob epstyn in the music film category. oakland native ladussi won for best r & b performance and symphony music director and jack vad took home the award for best classical composition. and we are now just hours away from finding out who will be nominated for this year's academy awards. the 93rd oscar nominations will be announced actress chopra jonas and husband nick jonas will be announcing the nominees. coverage will continue on good morning america starting at 7:00. the academy awards will air on sunday april 27th right here on abc 7. well over in the east bay. dublin's 37th annual week long st. patrick's day celebration

is under way. an irish marketplace with handmade celtic arts and crafts is open. there are also virtual events because of thld a al on how to a a leprochaun. >> we all have a junk drawer or an arts and crafts bin. we'll start with the items you need and you can change them out for other things. >> celebrations will also include a lucky to be in dublin art contest and celtic art rock concert. san jose is turning green to honor st. patrick's day. the square and annex are the more than 2 dozen landmarks joining the celebration of life. the city has even set up set leprauchan to celebrate. you could win a gift card to a

restaurant or a coffee shop. many are offering green food and drink specials as well this week. looking to see if you're going to celebrate outside and what the weather will be like one last check with meteorologist drew tuma, hi drew. >> hi dionia. tomorrow it's going to feel cooler with scattered showers moving through. and then we'll find some drier weather by tuesday and wednesday. tonight, we still have rain in the south bay. showers around san jose everyone snow around hamilton. it's a cold storm we're tracking and we're also bringing gusty winds. look at these winds gusting to 25 ukiah. we have a wind advisory currently in effect lasting through 11:00 a.m. tomorrow with this level 1 storm we're tracking through monday. tomorrow there's a chance of a thunderstorms developing. into the afternoon i think the

best chance of finding those showers is likely around the peninsula and in the south bay. here's the accu weather forecast. we'll track the rain chance tomorrow. drier brighter after a cold morning on tuesday. partly cloudy for st. patrick's day then more showers return thursday evening into friday. drew many thanks. you can recreate a little bit of disney magic in your very own home guided by disney imageneers. we launched a new series called imagine from home. you can learn how to make animated scene inspired by small world. take a look. >> i'm a concept designer gner r walt disney imagineering. i'm going to teach you how to make a book toy. i hope that we can respect that in all parts of life.

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the last time thompson he tore his knee, now a torn achilles. today he described the agony of going through a second straight year of rehab and said he felt he was playing his best basketball of his career before that torn knee. he says he's driven to return to his elite level. >> i plan on being the all star nba player i was. i will not settle for anything

else. i'm too competitive to just take a relegated role. that's not me. i'm going to be, yeah i'm too, too fiery. i can't wait. i have a lot of pent up energy, i have a lot of penalty up aggression. i just want to play basketball. when that happens it's be a joyous day for not just me but for you guys. >> i think it's going to help in the long run his rehab journey for him to get get get the basketball player. >> for what klay is going through you're probably looking for anything in motivation. second year straight of a rehab. probably a tougher rehab than the first one. his rehab is important to the future of this team. >> he's going to come back. you know and be an elite force. you're talking about one of the best shooters of all time. great two way player, so when he comes back, it's going to be

very, very dangerous squad. >> the hardest part of this is behind him and i think he realizes that and he's just trying to do everything he can to stay positive. stay sane. and you know continue to work his way back. >>night and tonight both kyle useff and his agent making it official. yuseck has agreed for a 4 year league with san francisco making him the highest paid for the man that goes by the nickname juice. after nearly a year of no action, high school athletics have slowly returned here. many student athletes across the state wondered if they would miss on yet another valuable year of competition. tonight we profile a bay area football team that took matters into their own hands and played through the pandemic safely. >> let's go, quad pulls, you're

ready. let's go. >> 41 bay area high school football players joined forces on the california strength football team in the newly created winner's circle team. >> the nay sayers may say how can someone do this during a pandemic. how safe did you feel, what were the safety protocols like. >> temp checks, covid tests, we did tracing. >> i don't think there were any code cases throughout the whole week. i mean it was very successful. >> reporter: the team played a total of 6 games while traveling by bus to river side county every friday and playing saturday. the benefits were twofold. >> guys are getting looks at college and they're playing and their mental health. do you think this is an over all success of this program. is that fair to say. >> it was so obvious this was the right thing to do. we saw literally the weight listed off of these kids. >> i feel great.

mentally i feel awesome. i'm super happy with the outcome. >> the idea that they film quite a bit of film was a huge benefit as well. we had multiple scholarship offers as a result of playing in this league. so it was very real. it was very tangible results. >> this abc 7 sports sponsored by your local toyota dealers, dion. >> thanks chris. that's it for

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