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spring has arrived with mostly clear conditions. it is chilly with a slow clearing day yesterday. what sun we had was kind of late in the day. looking at the morning temperatures where much colder due to the clear and dry air mass overhead. 14 to 70 degrees colder in the north bay with three-quarter mile visibility. santa rosa four miles, nap at six miles and half moon bay. upper elevation wind blowing out of the northwest at 25 to 28 miles an hour from mount selena and mount tam. ross possible from clear lake to lakeport with numbers at the airport in the 40s by 9:00. widespread 50s by noon. it will be a cool but bright afternoon. we will talk about the details when we see you next. the san francisco school board vice president allison collins is accused of posting racist tweets and being called to resign stemming from a

string of tweets from 2016 and one she says was asian- americans using "white supremacists thinking to assimilate and get ahead." the fellow board member jenny lam treated tweeted that it left her shock and dismayed by the remarks. parents and teachers,and teache, calling for collins to publicly apologize at the board meeting and to resign from the board. a group of parents trying to recall collins and two other board members found the tweets and posted them online. the recall effort was organized after the board moved to change the names of 44 schools and the vote to end the merit-based admissions to high schools. allison collins did not respond to our calls for comment. welcomed news for millions of californians waiting to get a vaccination. governor newsom said the shots could be available to all adults by the end of april.

we spoke with bay area leaders to find out what this could look like. >> reporter: the wait is almost over. in a matter of weeks this could be you. >> we anticipate within five and half weeks that we can eliminate all of the tier process. >> reporter: governor newsom announced the tier system would disappear with the vaccine supply increasing. >> we received 1.7 million last week for the entire week. >> reporter: according to the cdc nearly 24% of californians have received at least one dose of the vaccine. dr. mark ghaly said this gets us closer to herd immunity. >> based on how transmissible the viruses we probably need to have 85% or 80% of the population immune. >> reporter: but is it possible and is california equipped to provide vaccinations for the entire population by the end of april? >> i hope that between the

state, blue shield and the counties that we have developed the infrastructure and the plans to make that happen. it remains to be seen right now. >> reporter: part of the state vaccine advisory committee, the doctor says in order to accomplish the goal california needs to simplify accessibility . >> whether mobile clinics or bringing the vaccine to the people that need it we will have to have a broader approach to this. >> reporter: it is an aggressive goal but if accomplish california would be head of the president biting goal for all to be eligible for the vaccine by april 1st. in the south bay the covid vaccines shortage forced santa clara county to cancel thousands of appointments. the county is concerned the situation may not improve for a few weeks. the allocation was cut after more vaccines were sent to

southern california >> the expectation was said at the state level that everybody that qualified would get it does but there just isn't enough of the vaccine to go around. >> it appears kaiser permanente members are among those impacted the most. they will send out instructions on how to reschedule appointments. a freak vaccination pop-up event is coming to san francisco as part of an initiative to provide equitable access to the vaccine for the black community and today the event is for public housing residents in the potrero hill neighborhood taking place at 23rd street from 9:00 a.m. for 4:00 p.m. vaccinations are given at no cost regardless of insurance and this includes seniors over 65 years old, health care workers, educators, child care workers, and those in the food and agriculture industry. governor newsom extending the pay emergency sickly through september to give millions of workers up to two weeks of paid sick leave for

covid reasons but that exempts businesses with 25 or fewer employees. the federal health summit hospital in oakland is fined $155,000 by cal osha after the death of a nurse from covid vaccine last year and we spoke with nurses on the front line about the experience over the past year, not only fighting the virus but pushing for their own protection. >> reporter: at the summit hospital in oakland nurse michael hill remembers not thinking much about the mask and protective gear as the pandemic began. >> i don't think anybody foresaw the fact we would not have enough vaccine available. that was a huge failure for the nurses and the patient. >> reporter: at summit lake july one of his colleagues, nurse janine pays ponder died after getting

>> reporter: according to the california nurses association cal osha issued citations to the hospital after the investigation of her death rebuild workplace safety violations and even more distressing than the loss of their own was dealing daily with patient death. >> a lot of nurses have ptsd because they saw so many patients died. >> reporter: this nurse works in the er at san leandro, public hospital in says over the winter surge they were inundated daily. >> it led to a lot of stress and a lot of patience coming for care that were either sitting in the emergency room for an extremely long time because we were backed up. >> reporter: as the mother of a young daughter he transformed her home life. >> i turned my whole garage in a decontamination center. i would come home and i would have spray everywhere. i would wipe down everything before i wouldi wouldi would

house to touch my family. >> reporter: there are few silver linings from the nursing perspective but hill said there is one. >> if ever the pandemic like this comes again we will be prepared. >> reporter: in oakland, matt boone, abc7 news. the cdc making a change to get more children back in the classroom sooner by issuing new guidance on social distancing. kate larsen spoke to doctors leading the charge in california. >> reporter: over 800 california doctors and health care providers signed and sent a letter to governor dr. mark ghaly recommending new distancing guidelines. >> we asked to change from six foot mandate to three feet recommendation. >> reporter: she points out the six foot rule will prevent many schools from reopening due to the space limitation.

>> these rules are harming children. >> reporter: the letter and cdc new recommendation to reduce distancing from six feet to three feet inside classrooms with universal masking is based on a study out of massachusetts. it followed k-12 students and teachers and found no difference in transmission in schools versus three feet of distance and six feet of distance. >> the calamitycalamitycalamityy policies is much worse than covid itself for the population of children. we know we can keep the teachers safe. the majority are now in the process of being vaccinated. >> reporter: many teachers unions are pushing back. the oakland education association told abc7 they demand six feet distancing . >> they may say it's okay to be closer but we understand we have multigenerational families at home so we want to take as many precautions as poss >> they are wrapping themselves in a flag of equity which is so bad. this is the least equitable thing to do to the kids. >> reporter: the disease specialist also signed the letter. >> the minority parents, black

and brown families, they want their kids to go back to school. >> reporter: governor newsom indicated they would update school guidance soon. kate larsen, abc7 news. is the final day for oakland teachers to vote on a tentative agreement with the school district. the deal aims at having an estimated 13,000 students returned to classrooms in april but that requires the approval of the school board and union members. a group of oakland teachers states approaches are this week calling the agreementthe agreemt unless the staff, students and families are vaccinated. the school board will cast its vote on march 31st. let's check in quickly with lisa on the weekend forecast. >> it is the first weekend of spring, 47 in san francisco. a high of 58 under sunny skies which is below the average of 62. we will have a warming trend in the 7-day outlook. stay tuned, that is coming up next. just ahead, covid-19

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governor newsom is condemning the recent attacks against asian americans. during the visit with bay area ladies to call it out by name. here is abc news anchor dan ashley. >> hate and violence, raciracira bigotry, call it out and demand that it ends. >> reporter: the governor is vowing to address the wave of crime against asian americans and expressed his dismay with what he has seen over the last several weeks. >> it breaks your heart. it doesn't just break your

heart but infuriates you, i think all of us, the idea that people have to live in fear because of their race and ethnicity. >> reporter: state lawmakers are pushing a bill to ask the department of justice to track the hate incidents across the state. >> it's important not only to address hate crime but to attack it and address it at root level hate incidents to stamp it out. >> reporter: they are also concerned that the shooting in georgia could lead to copycat crimes in the bay area. >> were very concerned. what happened in the atlanta area is a reminder that all of us are vulnerable at this part of building a better bay area is fighting for racial so six social justice. to find and ally go to abc7news.com/take action. unemployment at 2% and the number of people getting testing is down and you can see

that the client clearly on this graph provided by the state. the testing site at the alameda county fairgrounds is closed on april 1st. stanford health said the testing volume has decreased dramatically over the past two months and as a result they will focus existing resources in livermore. experts say that testing remains an important tool. >> remember we are still looking at 12% of americans being fully vaccinated. that leaves 88% of americans that can still absently catch the coronavirus and spread it on to others. now is not the time to forget about testing. >> stanford said by consolidating testing they will better deploy and ramp up resources on the vaccine side. while remote workers have enjoyed the benefit of not commuting during the pandemic they may have noticed bills going way up in california. energy use has shifted from the offices to the homes. our abc7 news reporter david luiz shows us how much and what to do about it.

>> reporter: with many offices dark and employees working remotely it's no surprise thth commercial use has dropped with an 8% decline in california. residential energy use is taking a corresponding increase, up 10% according to pg&e. is a reflection of more people working from home, students learning remotely months of sheltering during the pandemic. the vice president of energy and environment at theat theat e valley leadership group. >> it's a great thing to promote policy like rooftop solar and energy efficiency. >> reporter: they continue to embrace remote work post covid including the hybrid model with part of the work week at the office that google says they plan on asking workers to return to the office in the fall as they work on the new william billion-dollar campus but it is believe that conservation will continue to be policy in the valley. >> i think there will still be commitment made by

decrease energy use. >> reporter: even with offices and occupied the shift in energy use may be more dramatic. >> commercial energy use is not dropped dramatically because we still have partial usage of the building so the lights and heating ventilation still has to run. >> reporter: what can people working at home due to address the increased energy use? turn off equipment when away for 20 minutes, you smart or programmable thermostats and rely on natural light whenever possible. david luiz, abc7 news. calling on san francisco to make the jfk drive in golden gate park car free and car free since april and a popular spot for runners and families to enjoy the outdoor recreation. now advocates wanted to stay that way. today the rally starts at 10:00 at the jfk drive and eighth avenue. that includes sidewalk art, the selfie booth and music.

we also have sunshine and we will get more on that from our tracking the forecast for us . i was a lucky one yesterday with the love of sun, but a little bit wimpy. it was not widespread and we had high clouds and we have fine-tune weekend of spring. we will have brighter skies and warmer conditions in the second half of the weekend. by the middle of next week we are talking about offshore wind boosting temperatures into the 70s in some spots. this is all due to that ridge of high pressure. on the live doppler 7 you can see remnants of the rain yesterday from the southern sacramento valley moving into southern california. otherwise we are looking at a few clouds. in the north bay it is much colder due to the clear skies.

39 in mountain view, 41 in san jose. san francisco at 47, half moon bay at 48. on the roof camera were things are quiet, 33 degrees in santa rosa, 43 in novato with fog. mid-30s in napa. 41 in fairfield, 42 checking in at 33. we have a little bit of daylight with the sun officially coming up in less than an hour with longer days to enjoy. welcome to spring.to spring.to . we have a clear and chilly start with sunny skies for the weekend. we will bring a few clouds when we get to the warmer weather midweek. overall the warmer pattern will stay with us as we get into next week. here is a look at the morning where you can see a few clouds, mainly in the south bay. mostly sunny conditions throughout saturday. throughout the week ahead we will check to see if we have any possibility of precipitation heading our way.

we can see it all in the pacific northwest. we will remain dry for the ahead. this could take us until the end of the month with that drying trend. 65, so mid 60s arriving for sunday. slightly warmer weather with a few 70s into monday afternoon. tuesday and wednesday are featuring the offshore flow and widespread low 70s in the inland valleys and even warming up out of the upper 50s at the coast. mainly sunny today. 61 in san jose, 59 and 61 in redwood city. san francisco about 61 with the onshore flow throughout the afternoon. santa rosa low 60s and as well as napa. oakland checking in at 60 in the east bay which is the popular number fornumber fornumr valley and union city. 62 in concord.

livermore should see about 60 at 3:00 this afternoon. your accuweather 7-day forecast, spring has arrived and with it today a slightly cool afternoon. we warm up are the second half of the weekend. by next week we have warmer days ahead. live in offshore flow with rain of late but don't expect any problems. the wind could be quite gusting. we have a dip in temperatures on thursday. next weekend looks very nice, v jobina. coming up tomorrow join us for a show of hope . the san francisco community health center is providing health care for so many neighbors in need. this vital resource needs our help. abc7 news morning anchor reggie aqui will cohost the event tomorrow night at 7:00 and it will be streaming live on abc7news.com and

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frustration during the pandemic. getting through to edd on phond can be very difficult. what the edd says about the call wait times and making the calls say can be two entirely different stories. 7 on your side michael finney looks into that. >> reporter: matthew is from san francisco and had an edd question. he dialed the phone number. >> i was on hold for three hours. i got a message on the saying that our closed, please call back again. >> reporter: calling, waiting and never getting through is a common complaint. that is not the only gripe about the edd phone system. another is that if the system hangs up on you, and that happens not long after you start the call. >> we are unable to assist you at this time. please try again later. >> you don't even get on hold. you just go through the phone ringing and cannot get through.

>> reporter: 7 on your side spotcheck the system of the last couple of weeks. eight times we were disconnected after couple of minutes. one call lasted more than 20 minutes. the one call that was answer took less than a minute to get through. the state government reporter at cap radio in sacramento. >> at the beginning of the pandemic when the wave of unemployment applications came through the call response time for the answering was frankly very dismal at about 1% and at times less than 1% that they would answer the phone. >> reporter: eventually the edd hired more people and paid consultants tens of millions of dollars. scott said they reported they managed answer about 10% of incoming calls. and then the fraud concerns surfaced in the answer rate dropped again. >> in the recent weeks it has improved a little bit but still remains under 10% right now. >> reporter: why can't edd and to the phone? the san francisco assembly member david chau does not know

why and even looking into the question for months. >> it's been a remarkable frustration. we have given to edd the last year the budget authority to hire over 5000 new staff members. understood they were being trained since the early part of the pandemic. we are baffled as to why it is still taking so long for constituents to get the answers to the questions. >> reporter: i am michael finney, 7 on your side. sending out a tweet by mistake and you may soon be able to undo it. twitter is testing out the feature as part of the paid subscription service. is different than deleting a tweet, something you can do right now. undoing would stop the tweet from getting sent at all. other potential options include badges or custom colors. the marvel cinematic universe continues with the second disney plus marvel service streaming the falcon and the winter soldier. it picks up after the events of

the avengers: endgame. it promises exports to pay to tourism alongside shootouts and soaring chase scenes. the actor anthony mackie talks about whether we will see black captain america. >> at the avengers: endgame she gave the shield back to steve. i'm very happy with being a falcon. i feel like i have one of the most unique, in all of the comic book movies. the way the universe has evolved and the way the story fits in is very timely and important. i think that's why audience will gravitate to it and enjoy it so much. >> the falcon and the winter soldier streaming now on disney plus, the parent company of abc seven. still to come on abc seven mornings, new video of an older asian woman knocked to the ground rudely and robbed, and the new bill that would reclassify this attack from a felony to

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building a better bay area for a safe and this is abc7 news. good morning, everybody. we start this half-hour with a look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen . >> good morning. spring arrived while you were sleeping. looking at san jose for pretty start with a few clouds. numbers and upper 40s at san francisco and oakland, 39 at morgan hill, 40 at mountain view. at walnut creek it is clear and chilly. santa rosa is 1 degree above freezing. 36 in napa with novato in the upper 40s. compared to yesterday with a much drier and colder air mass. the north face feeling that with temperatures 17 degrees

colder. three-mile visibility is santa rosa, six miles at the coast. upper elevation wind is breezy, from 25 miles an hour at mt. diablo to 28 miles an hour at mount tam. with a frost advisory until 9:00 at clear lake and lakeport. it's cold at the protected valleys of the north bay. by 10:00 upper 40s to low 50s for slow warm up but by the afternoon we have low 60s and cool at the coast. we will talk about a warmer sunday and week ahead. president biden and vice president harris visited georgia to meet with community leaders to offer their support after the tuesday shooting rampage that left eight people dead. six of these were asian women. our abc news reporter christineb sloan learned new details about the victims. >> reporter: president joe biden vice president kamala harris meeting with the georgia asian lawmakers after the

tuesday deadly rampage of three metro atlanta spas. >> hate can have no say for america. it must stop. this is on all of us together to make it stop. >> harm against anyone of us is a harm against all of us. >> reporter: and all eight victims were killed, six of them were asian women. among them was this korean immigrant, brandt, a 51-year- old single mother of two signs and a fundraiser already garnering over $2 million for the family. in a show of support the mourners paid their respects with flowers, letters and candles. >> reporter: do you believe this was a hate crime? >> yes, i think it was a hate crime against women and against asians. >> reporter: the murders have not been classified as a hate crime which is outraging many. >> in the history of this country there is a reluctance and inability, unwillingness to

admit to systemic racism. >> reporter: authorities say it is still early in the investigation. the newly released surveillance video appears to show the 21- year-old suspect, robert aaron long, walking into one of the spas were this first shooting took place and moments later the police were rushing in. >> everyone has the right to go to work, to go to school, to walk down the street and be safe. >> reporter: christineb sloan, abc news new york. fighting for racial and social justice is part of building a better bay area and why we are investing time into stories like these. the space senator proposing a bill with intent to revise the penal code and it's getting a lot of attention here. critics say that would reclassify violent robbery to misdemeanor petty theft meaning it would spark outrage at the members of the asian american

community. they say this is not their idea of justice. our abc news anchor diom lim that has covered a number of robberies targeting agent to spoke to both sides on the debate. >> reporter: this video shows the older asian woman rudely knocked to the ground and robbed thursday afternoon. during the wave of attacks on asian americans there is concern that if bill 82 passes, offense on robbery cases like these without the use of deadly weapon or causing bodily harm would be classified as a misdemeanor carrying a maximum of a $1000 fine and one year behind bars. concerned citizens recently held a rally in the oakland chinatown in protests. i reached out to skinner of berkeley, champion the bill as part of the committee to revise the penal code. she issued a statement

several weeks ago saying it was intended for nonviolent cases of theft that would not be charges violent felonies. her spokesperson friday referred me to a video per along with scott wiener of san francisco at committee earlier this week. >> i've seen an enormous amount of inaccurate information about this bill. if you go up to a senior and shove that senior to the ground you have committed an assault against that senior. if you injure that senijure thae could be charged with felony. >> reporter: the asian american prosecutors association issued a statement voicing their concerns over the bill. they cited my story of three men attacking and robbing of older asian or asian-ian or man in san francisco. >> this is a very big mistake in my opinion.my opinion.my opi. it would not even qualify as grave bodily injury and i don't think they understand that. that is a classic robbery where somebody is pushed to the ground or somebody is grabbed and tussled. >> reporter: when asked

the law case, senator skinner's office said that under bill 82 the elder abuse assault would still be considered a felony. however prosecutors tell me elder abuse and assault without felony robbery significantly reduces the prison time. the hearing on the bill is set for next month. in san francisco,san francisco,n abc7 news. the community is invited to attend an event in san francisco to show solidarity with asian americans at portsmouth square. they call it a safe space to mourn the eight victims that were murdered in georgia, and show support for those attacked in the bay area. any ally is welcome to attend. event will be socially distant and family-friendly. at the border hundreds of migrant children and teenagers held at the facilities 10 days or longer, beyond the legal limit. our abc news national

correspondent matt gutman the report. >> reporter: abc news has learned that 500 migrant children and teenagers spent over 10 days in cin cin cin cinc beyond the three day legal limit. many crossing like this 17-year- old in south texas. he says we are here searching for the american dream because in our country the violence is very bad. the homeland security secretary mac and bipartisan senators visited the facilities in el paso after acknowledging earlier this week the challenges ahead. >> the situation is undoubtedly difficult and we are working around the clock to comanage it. >> reporter: the u.s. is bracing for surge of migrants not seen in 20 years with many going over the wall. >> here's what is left of the rickety makeshift ladders makes migrants use to get over the wall. >> reporter: most of the children in the overwhelmed

border patrol facilities are forced to wait for days to transfer to the hhs shelters. texas governor greg abbott blasting, saying even though shelters were supposed to be designed for children. >> we see veveveve conditions that these migrants are forced to be and whether it is lack of running water, or exposure and spread of covid. >> reporter: texas authorities are deploying sources to the southern border to try to stem the flow of migrants crossing illegally. the mexican government says they're doing it primarily to try to protect the large number of children crossing into mexico, most of them from central america. abc news, el paso. the major cruise liner set sales in time for summer with royal caribbean planning toplano depart from the bahamas in june. adult passengers must be fully vaccinated, and anyone under 18 must test negative royal caribbean has been offering trips from singapore since last year and avoided outbreaks completely.

the cdc is not said could resume in the u.s. tokyo olympics have decided to banned spectators from overseas at the games this summer. it was just announced this morning. japanese leaders are concerned because the vaccine rolloutvacc over there has been slow. the olympics have been delayed a year due to the pandemic and now rescheduled for july. the international olympic committee is encouraging countries to secure vaccinations for the athletes. the recall governor newsom on the verge of qualifying for the ballot with 1.2 million signatures counted so far. far.. 1.5 million signatures are needed to put the issue on the ballot. officials have until april 29 to verify the signatures. even if there are enough to qualify governor newsom would get six weeks to try to persuade voters to withdraw their support. if that does not happen californians could vote come november. public safety that does not involve the police and the city of oakland is making changes to

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has the highlights on today's board. >> they been waiting for andrew wiggins to take over and dominate. last night they needed it with steph curry out. weekends goes for 40 in memphis against the grizzlies. steph curry sat with a bruised tailbone and it's unclear when he will be back. this is a fast break and pull up for three and knock it down. in the second quarter we have more from poole with authority, a completely different player after coming back from the g league with 25 points. andrew wiggins and so many guys out for the warriors and knocking it down. when wiggins is aggressive he can score at well. out of my way. wiggins has a season-high of 40 points and you know that's going good when loony gets offensive in the lane. that goes and mina steph curry, minus paschal and wiseman, the water still wood, 116-103. we have the same two teams

tonight. this x-ray vision, 33 saves in this game but knows going the second period. ryan is patiently waiting and has his 1st:21 games, and a power play in the third for the sharks and kyle clifford has a steal and we go to shoot out in the third round, beating martin jones in the sharks have one last chance to keep it going, and the bank is closed. the blues win, number 2-1. the ncaa tournament began the shocker in round one with two seat ohio state is out beaten by 15 seed oral roberts. duane washington jr. has a chance of victory right here. the step back jumper is no good and we go into overtime. just over two minutes left and max gets a pull-up jump of his own and oral roberts are leading by six and the last

chance for ohio state. they have got to have a three. nobody makes the three an old roberts has the upset, 75-72. oregon state with the congress of champions in pac-12 going for the first ncaa tournament win since 2012. feeling it and here is jack reichel, like steph curry, the classic 12-5 upset and oregon state is the winner, 78-56. it was an encouraging sight for warriors fans with klay thompson knocking down three after three, after three. you can hear him in the background yelling. like he is surprised. he is automatic. he is coming off of that acl and achilles injury busti with perfect form. i counted 12 makes in we cannot wait until he is back

on the court. that is a wrap on your morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i am larry beil. we cannot wait to see the splash brother >>. let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen on the forecast. >> good morning. welcome to spring. it arrived while you were sleeping. we are looking at a little bit of activity in the southern part of the state winding down. back home it's about cooler temperatures and a little bit of fog from the tower camera. you can see the city lit up with 47 downtown, 49 in oakland, 40 in mountain view with 41 in san jose. 47 at morgan hill, and at the coast it is clear what that dry air mass with this and getting drier to the week ahead. we have offshore wind arriving around tuesday. 33 in santa rosa and awfully cold. fog in the north bay. 35 in napa with low 40s at livermore and concord. in novato going for a high of 38. the snowpack atsnowpack atsnowpt

for the northern sierra. it's not horrible. you can see it here but certainly not ideal. with a feleftover showers in the southern sacramento valley. all of the advisories have expired from the midnight last night. welcome to spring. with a colder start to your day and the weekend. we are featuring sunny skies this weekend and a warmer weather pattern into next week. all of the rain will stay in the pacific northwest of the next seven days with maybe a little bit of drizzle as we get into perhaps maybe the middle of the week. the middle of the week will be to the most weather which will be some offshore winds and maybe partly cloudy skies. certainly we will have warmer temperatures. we will skip ahead to monday with widespread 60s, and even low 70s. but tuesdays where we see more 70s with that yellow coming into play at richmond, oakland, and by wednesday temperatures

are well above average. we will have breezy winds in the hills and it could be gusting above 1500 feet, maybe 40 to 50 miles an hour. with the recent rain we don't expect any problems. low 60s in santa rosa with the sea breeze keeping you in the upper 50s from san mateo and menlo park. palo alto at 59. san francisco is sunny and 57 in the north bay. nice and the afternoon and it will take a while to warm up with 60 at san rafael. east bay numbers from the upper 50s in hayward to around 60 at hercules. heading in and we have a change in numbers but fairly uniform with low 60s from pleasanton. san ramon around 60 today. overnight it will be cold with patchy frost possible. in the north bay otherwise low 40s for most and upper 30s around morgan hill. your accuweather 7-day forecast, a beautiful spring day today and milder tomorrow. partly cloudy, breezy and

warming trend for tuesday and wednesday. slightly cooler thursday but temperatures rebounding by next weekend. it feels good to have spring with us but the rainfall was so nice when we had it on thursday. still nothing to really get excited about, but we are into spring. >> we really do need that rain. we will take that sunshine. of building a better bay area in all cities in oakland took a big step forward this week. they approved a new program to send out civilian medical and mental health professional to respond to nonviolent emergency calls instead of the police. our abc news seven race and social justice reporter julian glover explains how it would work. >> reporter: 911 calls for nonviolent emergencies and mental health crisis will soon be met with two civilians with mental an emergency health training rather than police

with badges and guns. >> a large number of 911 calls that get sent to the police involve nonviolent manners and matters better handled by those trained in expertise on mental health. >> reporter: the ocon city council voted unanimously monday night to move forward with the civilian crisis response pilot program called macro, standing for mobile assistance community responders of oakland. medical health experts and emt from alameda county will be contracted and the program is run by the oakland fire department using the existing 911 dispatch system. that frees the police up to respond to emergency 911 calls and potentially less time to make the calls. they have already seen the work in action and launching a community led program last summer, mental health first, offering free mental health

support on weekend when other nonpolice options were unavailable. she sees this as a step toward fewer dangerous interaction with police over the mental health episodes. >> is wrapping her arms around the folks in our community in the most need which will have a ripple effect to what our neighborhoods and communities look like, our families. >> reporter: if the one your pilot in east oakland is successful it will expand into fruitvale and eventually west oakland. with responders responding 24/7 the step toward reimagining public safety comes as community led medical organization, open rising, released the results of the community survey on the topic. when 1100 oakland members were asked if funds to be reallocated away from the oakland police >> 65% said yes and we talked about reimagining of it safety for a while now. people really wanted to know what that looks like. >> reporter: they will start bringing on responders after manager for the program is tired and funding allocated after the council meeting. city leaders say that macro

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okay, everybody. people craving a tasty treat from the alameda county fair have one more chance before the fair happens this summer. for the second straight weekend vendors are offering up some classic. favorites like corndogs, funnel cakes. that is our producer, carrie, favorite. i like the elephant eelep myself. all of this will support vendors whose livelihoods have been severely affected by the covid-19 restrictions. the guests can state enjoy the food on the fairgrounds or order head for designated curbside pickup. the event runs today and tomorrow from 11:00 through 8:00. here's a final check on the weather with lisa. >> good morning, jobina. if you areas of

of sun on the way with mostly sunny conditions. 57 in san francisco, 62 in concord. numbers are bit below average but we warm up slightly for the second half of the weekend. it will feel like spring to start the weekend getting milder by midweek. >> beautiful. thank you so much, lisa. thank you all for joining us for abc7 mornings. we will be back at 9:00 . gma by harnessing california's abundant wind and solar energy, we have the power to take on climate change. use less from 4 to 9 pm to keep california golden.

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