percent. >> reporter: cafc san francisco was looking forward to allowing more customers inside under the states orange tear in the reopening plan, especially on the weekends. >> ever since we opened it's been very crazy. >> reporter: she says people get mad when they can't see them even though they have empty tables. the red tear only allows him to welcome and 25 percent of their capacity. the new orange tear will double that. >> it's going to be very good for business. we will be able to see more people. >> reporter: customers we talk to are not too worried about having more people in here. >> it doesn't make me nervous. i think it's good. >> reporter: this man thinks this will be a boost to people's health. >> it's better. people have been ready to get out of their homes and it

affects their mental health. >> reporter: the orange your level of restrictions will start in san mateo county tomorrow. joining us now with more on san mateo county's reopening is the board of supervisors resident. it's so nice of you to join us. i want to congratulate you on being the first bay area county to move into orange. >> this is absolutely exciting, obviously will want to get the green but this is a milestone and we are grateful to the residents of san mateo county for abiding by those health orders. we do have a lot more work to do but today is absolutely a day of celebration. >> one thing to celebrate is i know many school district in your county seem to have deals with their unions to reopen under orange and moving into orange does seem like many

schools in your county should be able to open in the next couple of weeks, is that your understanding? >> that is my understanding. as you know we have 20 cities in the county so there are a lot of school districts but i think the majority of them are moving in that direction so it's encouraging. at the end of the day what we want to do is make sure that we and covid and we want to make sure we stimulate the economy and get our kids back to school, especially now being in this orange tear is absolutely critical. >> how do you continue to move down, you say you have a desire to move into the green tear, the one they may create after the yellow. first is yellow so we are opening up a little bit more and vaccine supplies are still supertight so what do people need to do still? >> we need the manufacturers of those vaccines to make sure they get in her hand. the county of san mateo, we believe that 24 hours, seven days a week, that we can put those vaccines in people's arms

and that is so important. so we are committed, we have the infrastructure to do that but you are right, the big issue is the supply and how we are able to get that supply. that allocation of that supply will dictate our future, so it's really important and as you know, j&j is now a game changer, it's just one shot so we are really looking forward to getting more vaccines. >> let's talk about how this is literally and figuratively a shot in the arm for your local economy. san francisco reported about half of small businesses had to close in the past year. did san mateo county suffer as greatly and is this the first step toward reversing that? >> absolutely. hundreds, maybe thousands of businesses in the bay area have gone under and when you think about it, these are hard- working people, people who work at these restaurants and on these restaurants so what we

want to do, obviously public health is number one but we want to make sure that with public health comes economic health, and remember, even as we move to these openings, to 50 percent for restaurants, that means 50 percent is still closed, so that is not lost on us and we really need to make sure that we are able to support these business owners. >> we have very little time left but i would like you to tell folks in san mateo county where they can go to ensure that they get a vaccine as soon as they are eligible. how can they get notified? >> thank you so much for doing that. obviously they can go to the county health department to register for a vaccine, they can also go to the county website smc health.org and that's probably the best tool.

to those who are fearful about getting vaccinated, rest assured that the vaccines are safe and we are willing to get those in your arms to protect our community and to stimulate our economy. >> congrats again on moving into the orange tear and hopefully yellow will be not far away. take care. >> thank you so much. san francisco's mayor is among the 31 percent of san franciscans who have received a covid-19 vaccine shot. read address the shortage of great vaccines and the growing frustration that many are feeling as they wait to try to get an appointment. >> reporter: stating she has a high tolerance for pain, mayor breed received the one and done johnson & johnson vaccine. >> i can have fun yet, we are

not partying yet but we will hopefully be partying fairly soon. >> reporter: words of optimism despite the short supply of the vaccine for the city's demand now that people with pre- existing conditions have been approved to sign up. according to the health department, the city has the wherewithal to vaccinate 10,000 people a day, but san francisco received a lot less than that. 13,000 doses for this entire week. here's where san francisco stands. 73 percent of san franciscans 65 and over have received the vaccine. 31 percent of those over 16 have also been vaccinated. >> it has a lot to do with population. in san francisco we have a population of less than 1 million people but we are also vaccinating people that are not san franciscans. >> reporter: while blue shield has managed california's covid- 19 vaccine program in parts of the state, san francisco is still in conversations with the saara coun opted out ofacngmo l

outsider like blue shield. >> the more we can cut out the bureaucracy, the more we can get low barrier accessibility to vaccines and we can get more vaccine faster that will be our choice. >> reporter: san francisco is on track to be in the last restrictive orange tear by march 24 which would mean expanding capacity at local businesses. >> ultimately we will continue to be more conservative than the state will allow in order to make sure that i never have to get the city again. >> reporter: it was a year ago today that san francisco and five other counties announced they would shelter in place to try to reduce the spread of the virus.

another rapid testing event is planned for this friday in san rafael's canal neighborhood. ucsf is behind the effort which can turn around 800 test each day. the canal neighborhood is one of marin county's most vulnerable neighborhoods for covid. moderna's pediatric clinical trial of its covid-19 vaccine is now underway, nearly 6800 children in the u.s. and canada between the ages of six months and 11 years old are dissipating. no covid-19 vaccine has been authorized for children yet. you can check out the vaccine tears and see who is eligible to get the vaccines right now all part of our vaccine tracker, you can find it on abc7news.com. in the east bay police are investigating a motel 6 in hayward, this is ongoing. police say there was a shooting, at least one officer was there when it happened and we don't know what led up to the shooting or if anyone was hurt.

they will release details as soon as possible. san jose has settled on a new police chief, anthony mata will officially take over next monday. he is currently deputy chief was been with the department for 25 years. he replaces eddie garcia who announced his retirement at the end of last year and is now the new chief in dallas. anthony mata released a statement saying it's the greatest honor of my professional career to lead this great department to this time of needed social and organizational change. i humbly but enthusiastically approach the challenge of guiding and suorworkforce. governor gavin newsom just about everywhere today, the big push coming up. one year after the covid shut and announced, a look ahead at what's in the future for the economy. and escape room but this is what you think, the app that helps you escape your zoom room. we

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>> obviously we are looking at exposureexis and age risk. >> it's something that in politics everyone wants you to do what you are not supposed to do and i directly answer to question. >> this is the six effort and i've only been in office 25 months. >> tomorrow is the deadline for the recall signature collection effort and the governor fully expects that there will be enough signatures to move the process forward what is our reporter explains, he was trying to get ahead of that effort today. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom started his day with an appearance on the view. >> of course i'm worried about it. >> reporter: in the afternoon he answered questions on cnn. >> this is the sixth recall imd teache ridges ementarysc pr

ion. ebrated the ment e poti rate droppgto on 1.8 percent. reca eort. >> how do you feel about tomorrow, march 17 being the deadline for the recall? >> we are anticipating that they've got the signatures and i think it's important that people know who they are. the chief proponent believes that we should microchip immigrants. but they were aided by a judge that basically allow them to get double the time and now by the rnc is the second largest contributor to the effort. >> reporter: 1.5 million signatures are needed to recall , so far estimates are proponents have over 2 million signatures. those organizing the recall effort have until wednesday march 17 together signatures. they have until april 29 to

verify the signatures. >> the reality is it looks like it's going on the ballot so we are ready to go and my tone is only this, it's one of intense focusfr my jo24schlusser seven. a the state republican lawmakers are calling for an end to the emergency powers given to governor newsom to fight the pandemic. >> the point at which the restrictions california has in place not only lack a compelling justification but appeared to actively be doing harm and they simply should not continue for another day. >> one assembly member plans to introduce a resolution to terminate the powers granted to the governor. they blame newsom for the slow return of in person learning and california and the states on employment rate which is the second highest in the country.

a san jose assembly member wants california to be the first state in the country to ensure access to nature as a basic human right. one democrat says the pandemic has highlighted inequities for people re act calls for a more inclusive approach as to who gets to experience nature. it would direct state agencies to create funding mechanisms that would help transport people of color to outdoor spaces and put reduce fees. >> reporter: the woman who has been caught sneaking onto planes in the bay area and across the country is at it again apparently. according to sources, met rpt earlier today. s taken intoe she did not make it past the security checkpoints. she's been arrested numerous times at o'hare and right here in the bay area. spring is just around the corner, still some snow in the bay area. check out mount hamilton in

santa clara county. let's take a look at the forecast which i presume does not include more snow. >> it no thlast storm d couple days ago, willrdaywas acgh co air produce leta ok at conditions as it's breezy out there right now. we've got wind speeds of 15 to 20 miles per hour with gusts to 23 miles per hour in san mateo and current temperatures indicating it's about 2 to 7 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. here's a live view looking out over san francisco under mainly blue skies with a few thin high clouds. the current temperature is 52 degrees inside for cisco, 57 in oakland and upper 50s in san jose. the blue sky over the golden

gate with a few wispy thin high clouds moving in right now and 57 degrees in santa rosa, upper 50s at novato, and here's a nice view looking west, you can see a few more clouds in the western sky and these are our forecast features we will have increasing clouds tonight, not as cold as last night, rain arrives thursday with cold showers lingering into friday and it will be mild and sunny this weekend as spring begins early saturday morning. tonight the clouds increase, overnight lows will be mainly in the upper 30s in the inland valleys and low 40s generally around the bay shoreline, it was quite a few degrees colder than that in most locations last night. tomorrow's high 54 in half moon bay, upper 50s to a couple low 60s around the bay shoreline tomorrow and mainly low 60s in our inland communities. the approaching storm ranks a 1 on the storm impacts dale, a storm of light intensity moving in thursday morning and will

continue through the bay area into friday. we will see rain moderate at times about a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch for most areas and gusty along the coast and in the hills. notice the rain rushes in just as the morning commute gets underway on thursday and it continues to rain with gusty winds at times through the day thursday and into the evening hours starting to break ups sti showers lingering on friday. rainfall totals by friday night will range anywhere from about a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch for most bay area locations but in the north bay we may get some higher totals and here is the 7- day forecast. a level i storm coming in for thursday and friday and then spring begins at 2:30 7 am saturday so we have a full weekend of spring and spring like weather getting milder on sunday and much milder in the middle of next week as high temperatures inland to get up to about 70 degrees on tuesday and upper 60s around the bay shoreline.

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day two of california's vaccine expansion for people 16 to 64 years old with pre- existing health conditions, but scheduling an appointment has become an almost impossible task. >> reporter: it's a frustrating message that many can relate to, please try later, or sorry, we couldn't find any open appointments. >> most people are just sitting there with their webpage just hitting refresh and hoping something pops up.

>> reporter: at first manny thought you had to be persistent and lucky, but then we spoke to omar, a san francisco security engineer who created a program that scrapes the state website to identify open appointments and here's what he found. >> it seems like they have mega vaccination centers and that's where most of the bookable appointments are going. >> reporter: the pod gathers the public data from the site and tweets it out. that's when he started noticing a change last week, the renovated los angeles dramatically. >> so la right now has 500 appointment open in the bay area has 6? >> as of today the last minute notification was for 6 slots this morning. >> reporter: marin county is feeling the impact. >> we are in a tricky situation because the criteria has opened up and the governor has announced that now everyone with medical conditions age 16 to 64 plus new occupations have come online and at the same time we've actually had 2000 fewer doses allocated to us.

>> reporter: marin county says thon. ost about >> we just don'ha enough slots. >> reporter: today at a press conference, governor gavin newsom admitted that the bay area is not receiving the same amount of doses. >> the bay area has a baseline benefited certain of the state. >> reporter: the state is following what they promised, 40 percent of the vaccine supply will be allocated to zip codes in the most vulnerable areas in the state. the majority of those cases are coming from southern california. marin county's health officer says this is creating frustration and hopes the state changes the distribution strategy soon. >> la county and other places have been harder hit so i think it makes sense that will allow for a week or two to maybe catch up but we are hoping this will right itself very quickly. the fact is we need doses for

our most vulnerable members and we are completely reliant on the st covid-19 hits home a year ago this week when the bay area when it a lot down. the pandemic has brought about some of the changes in the way we live and obviously businesses are impacted by that. many small businesses had to shift to stay afloat and some úcases that changed turned out to be for the better. we spoke with small business owners from around the bay area and we have a look at how they've created their own path forward. >> reporter: this was the opening bell on march 18, 2020, it was a wild week on wall street. >> monday was the worst day for the market since 1987. >> reporter: since then i've been covering the economic impact of covid-19 including the financial fragility of many small businesses. the number of active small business owners in america plummeted by 3.3 mifr feua to a.

a yelp study found that 800 small businesses are closing every day. we need more data to fully understand the scope of the pandemic the impact but it's incredible watching people beat the odds. many business owners have not only adapted by making masks or starting a distanced picnic or in this case, a park picnic company but many are thriving in this environment. >> for the past dozen or so years i've owned a barbershop in downtown around union square. business was great but the pandemic changed how i had to go about doing business. the best idea for was to ask myself how do i get my business back to my clients? a mobile barbershop was a perfect solution.

>> it looks good. >> reporter: and so does business, enough to wear a tablet now plans on expanding. >> there's going to be a time for opportunity. >> reporter: woman's business plan she takes photos of plants around the bay area, prince them on fabric and turns them into lifelike cushions. >> a huge part of it was about wholesale and also going to shows and meeting one-on-one. >> reporter: she invested in her at the shop and it turns out people really like bringing the outdoors inside during isolation. >> having to be inside and everything is a little bit sad so they like putting a happy product in their home so it's been pretty good mostly thanks to etsy. we have missed the public but there are other ways. >> reporter: while we are on the subject of plans.

to revisit one of the most daring ventures, starting a business during covid-19. we met the founders of the black girls greenhouse shortly after they opened in august. >> we joked that we thought we were going to be out on the corner spinning signs trying to get people to know who we were and here we are, within hours of our opening day almost sold out. >> reporter: the black girls greenhouse has been called revolutionary, it's in west oakland and filled with plants, coffee, and home goods, and a deep love for black culture. >> i believe that lends itself to explain the success of the business. it's not so much just jamaican and how hard we work but it was a thing that was needed in our community. >> reporter: since opening the business has moved to a temporary outdoor spot to a permanent location and they are hiring.

a silicon valley-based research organization is all about planning for the future. marina is the executive director of the institute for the future and she says when it comes to the economy there's only one way to remedy the inequalities that have been worsened by the pandemic. >> the pandemic has been an accelerant and a polarizer so whatever inequalities existed before, they have been accelerated. we know one percent has been able to increase their wealth, if you are a billionaire you probably increased your wealth tremendously and on the other side of the scale, people have lost jobs, they have lost income, probably had to go into debt, so that kind of polymerization has increased and that's really something that can only be corrected through policy. and

>> all week long we are taking look at the lessons learned and the path forward to a better bay area. tomorrow, how the pandemic has given educators the opportunity to see some transformations that will benefit all children. if you want to see the rest of our path forward demand, download the abc7 bay area connect to tv app wherever you stream. the entire 20 minute specials are in the featured row ready to stream right now. this morning, abc7 live stream to townhall called our america, women forward in the workplace. it took a closer look at the accomplishments and issues that women faced during the pandemic. >> why are women suffering so much here? >> that's a really good question, and we are trying to speak to the number of women that have been facing the economic impact. more than 5 million women have lost jobs due to the pandemic, households led by women or even where the woman is a second income earner in the family, she often has to take on the caregiving responsibilities and

with the increase in remote schooling, we saw from august to september alone nearly 1 million women left the workforce and a lot of that was driven purely on having to help their kids. >> if you missed the event you can find it on our website or through our streaming, abc7. parts of europe are now facing a third wave of the coronavirus. what's behind it?

just as vaccine distribution is ramping up, europe is struggling to contain a third wave of this epidemic which appears to have been caused by the new, more infectious and deadlier variant of the virus. europe also lagging behind in vaccination rates which is problematic. what does this mean for the united states? could we face doctor george rutherford is an

epidemiologist from ucsf. thank you for your time. where are the hotspots in europe right now? >> they appear to be mostly in central europe, the czech republic is lit up on the cdc map as well as places like hungary, slovakia, parts of austria and italy. it's pretty generalized throughout central europe. >> italy again, they just keep getting slammed by this. >> northern italy, too. >> doctor fauci warned that what is being called the uk variant is now spreading in the u.s. and we know to have been some cases in contra costa county, how concerned are you about a possible third wave here? > not to be overly pedantic but it would actually be the fourth wave. i'm somewhat concerned, but these so-called west coast variants which we used to call the california variants really

seem to have some sort of selective advantage over the uk variant and at least here in san francisco we are seeing many more, a much greater percentage of the isolates being from the west coast variants than this uk variant so i think we will have to wait for a while until we really understand the true trends, but for right now i'm feeling pretty good about it. >> how about vaccine hesitancy because you still have 25 percent or more of people out there when polled saying i'm not sure if it's safe and that obviously would be an impediment to herd immunity. >> it would be. i think that's a bit overblown. i think right now, i wouldn't be surprised if we are able to vaccinate 80 percent of adults by early summer, president

biden set a target date of 4 july. i would not be surprised at all if we could get to that at least here in california. in europe, vaccine hesitancy and out right vaccine to nihilism are huge big deals and there was some data i saw today that looked at countries, basically china 86 percent, sure, no problem and through the asian countries and brazil, south africa, but when you got to the european countries with the exception of the united kingdom, there was a lot more hesitancy and people were down in the 50 percent range like france, germany, poland, russia. like do you really trust the government and this and that. i am not at all surprised that europe don't, part of this is driven by not having the vaccine, but

even if they had the vaccine whether they could get people to take it i think is somewhat of an open question. >> that is problem because this could just continue to cycle through europe over and over again if people won't get the shots. let's bring it back here specifically to the bay area, what individuals need to do now? we had a report earlier in the newscast that it's almost impossible to get shots in the bay area. >> it won't be for long. this is a matter of we have to wait until the national supply catches up, which it will quickly. the governor has taken 40 percent of the top to try to bring up parts of the state that have been under vaccinated in which there's been a lot of transmission. by turning off transmission its source we will limit transmission everywhere so i think that's a very sound strategy. it's going to disrupt the supply for a week or two and then it will all come back.

and it's also the time to make wear your mask and maintain social distancing and not take chances. >> good advice to remind people of that. i'm glad you're optimistic about vaccine supplies and we always appreciate your time and your insight, thanks so much. >> my pleasure, take care. do you need help g

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time for consumer news. michael finney is here with a look at today's headlines. this is interesting about how we've changed as consumers. >> reporter: it is. it's likely that the pandemic has permanently changed some of according to a survey, 96 percent of people said they spend the same, or more time cleaning than they did pre- pandemic, however, spending on cleaning products is up 36

percent. americans are cooking more at home and eating healthier, too, spending on fresh produce is up 24 percent compared to before the pandemic. instagram is making changes to protect teenagers who use the app, adults are now blocked from sending messages to users under 18 unless the young user already follows the adult. the teenagers account will also be restricted from appearing in adult suggested users feature. instagram requires users to be at least 13 years old to sign up. a new step is being added to the process to encourage minors to make their profiles private. dating up tender is giving way covid-19 tests this saturday, the first 500 members who claim the code get two free tests, one for them and one for the match that they want to

meet in person. tender is of course warning uses that a negative test doesn't mean someone definitely does not have and cannot transmit covid-19. so are you cleaning more than you used to? >> cleaning more, no, but i am buying more groceries. spending more safeway and less at restaurants like a lot of people. have you ever felt the need for some help trying to get off the zoom call? there's a new tool that might help you, it's called the zoom escape or, it's a free widget you can download for your internet browser that enables you to pump in various sound effects to your groups assume call so you can pick from barking dog, construction noises, crying babies or urination if you want to go that route. there's also more subtle effects like choppy audio, to make it seem like you have a bad connection to try to ditch

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ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. a recall before his term ends? next at 5:00, the county th about to open up vaccinations to anybody 50 and older. as another county moves into a new phase of reopening they have one last wall. lessons learned, a doctor sits down with us to reflect on doing the unthinkable. locking down. how the federal government prepared the county early on. also, mayor london breed gets vaccinated one year after she announced she would shut down the city. why she said it was a sign of hope. also what employers are being asked for before workers return to the office. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. >> we begin this evening with