>> building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> this morning, the bay area are getting ready to return to school after winter break. but the big test for districts, making sure all kids can get tested to avoid a possible covert outbreak. school officials getting tests out to families to keep the virus out of the classroom. good morning everybody. you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00 live on abc seven, hulu live in wherever you stream. let's start with a quick look at the weather with lisa argen. lisa: good morning to you. if you thought it was cold yesterday, it is even colder this morning they freeze warning through 9:00. the next storm is queuing up.

you can see the storm track is to the north of us but as we zero in on those temperatures, 26 in santa rosa, 27 in san ramon. palo alto, 29 and even san francisco with those low 40's. 9:00. anywhere from three to 10 degrees colder. as we look at emeryville, we got a lot of sun but we won't warm up much. liz: we want to start with developing news. vallejo police are investigating a deadly and fiery car crash. it happened before 9:30 last night on shasta street. officers found a car in -- a car engulfed in flames. according to the chronicle, an older adult suffered minor injuries after bystanders pulled

him away from his car which was hit by the other car before it crashed into the tree. he was treated and is affected -- is expected to be ok. police are investigating a deadly shooting in the richmond district on new year's eve. >> carjacking, car break-in, vehicle theft. a bunch of homeless people around the neighborhood. liz: investigators are looking for a red nissan sedan in connection with the shooting. they are asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact san francisco police. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area and this morning we're looking at the intersection of education and health. covid has dramatically changed how students learn, and what they do when they return from winter break. the first big test of the new year for many bay area

schoolchildren won't have anything to do with math or science but instead making sure they don't bring covid back to the classroom. laura anthony has our story. >> the majority of our students and staff got covid tests we were able to send home. laura: oakland unified is one of the major districts in the bay area trying to stave off a omicron surge when students return for in person learning next week. >> we suggest a test on friday and then again, tomorrow. catching up with anything that might have gone on, during the break. laura: west contra costa unified ordered 30,000 tests. richmond's kennedy high school on sunday between 10:00 and 2:00, just in time for monday's classes. san francisco unifi will offer mobile rapid testing at its district office on franklin

street and through the week at school sites. until then, families are urged to find testing wherever they can. it is clear many students may not be tested before they return to class. >> it is a great idea to get tested, but it is not the be-all and end-all. if you have scarcity of testing, definitely test those who are symptomatic. laura: with omicron's rapid spread, a shortage of tests is certainly alarming. there may be a silver lining at the end of this surge. >> we may have another variant in the future, whether it be next winter or earlier, but outcome of all of this is we will definitely increase our population immunity even more than before. liz: happening today in the south bay, the children's

discovery museum is offering to help families get vaccinated and visit the museum for free. each family that comes to the vaccine clinic today gets a free pass to the museum, good for one person. you can use it any time within the next six months. the museum is offering this pass at another clinic on january 23. san francisco police need your help finding a french bulldog who was violently stolen from her owner. this is nine-month old rosie. rosie and her owner were walking at 10:00 yesterday morning at beach and broderick street in the marina. a thief yanked the leash so hard it sent rosie airborne. officers say the thief dragged the puppy into a silver chrysler 200 sedan and drove off. it has a partial license plate 7jpm. the dog owner is offering a $20,000 no questions asked

reward for rosie's safe return. french bulldogs are good targets for dog napping because they are worth $5,000. -- has been defaced with graffiti. is not the first time the 23-year-old mural called hope for the world cure has been targeted but it is definitely the most severe this time. the damage is expected to cost $50,000 to repair and restore, putting the future of the mural in jeopardy. it was originally funded by a grant from the san francisco arts commission. in the east bay, one man is in the hospital and another is wanted for a shooting inside a mall. it happened on new year's eve at the sun valley mall in concord. cornell barnard spoke to people who ran and hid for cover. >> we started running out. cornell: chaos at at at mall, gunfire sending shoppers

running for cover. >> i heard the shot. at first i couldn't believe what i heard. then people started coming in and confirming. cornell: police say one person was wounded. it began as a robbery around 3:30 but when someone tried to help the robbery victim, the suspects opened fire. >> it started with one gunshot. we were trying to hide. cornell: he head with a customer in the back of his perfume shop. >> when i went out of theout of i saw the customer was helping the victims along with other people. cornell: the mall was evacuated. the suspects took top -- took off. the victim was taken to the hospital where they are in stable but critical condition. in 2021, concord police responded to the sun valley mall twice.

a smash and grab robbery in november inside a jewelry store. surveillance video showed suspects smashing display cases with hammers. last may, a shooting left one man wounded. police are not saying if the crimes could be related. in the new year's eve robbery, authorities are asking for tips from the public. liz: today architected to be the busiest travel days for people returning home after the holidays. there are already 1000 flight cancellations across the country. a combination of the weather and staffing shortages are slamming airlines right now. the faa warns these issues continue through mid month as more air traffic controllers and other employees test positive for covid. united is offering triple pay for pilots who up extra shifts. taking a live look at sfo right now where 46 flights have been canceled, 18 have been canceled at oakland international and nine at san jose.

lisa, we've been talking about it, but a very cold start to the new year. lisa: with the freeze warnings in effect, we had temperatures in the 20's in the inland valley. as we look at emeryville, temperatures around this area in the upper 30's. out toward the more, 28 degrees and still dropping. we will see some mid-20's before we start to see the cold pattern turnaround. liz: crisis right now. how a bowling alley is making a home for residence after winter storms knocked out power. a new statewide composting law is in effect. how perishable waste will be transformed to help offset climate change.

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some cities in the bay area have required composting for years but for others it'll be something new. tim johns shows us how it works. tim: for millions of californians across the state, 2022 will be the year that forever changes how we deal with waste. >> here is a banana peel, peel,, an orange, some egg shells. tim: on january 1, a new law came into effect that requires all people and businesses to separate things like leftover food and kitchen scraps from the rest of their trash. >> once a day or once every other day we empty it into the green bin and you are done. tim: it's a process called composting and robert reed who works for waste management company -- says it is the biggest change to trash in decades. the idea behind it is to keep perishable waste out of places like landfills and instead turn it into a new recycled material that helps offset climate change. >> it's going to keep millions

of tons of material out of landfills, reduce methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas. tim: the new law will be rolled out gradually. by 2024, the state will begin imposing fines on those who failed to do it correctly. >> it requires cities and counties throughout the state to reduce the amount of compostable material they send to landfills i 75%. -- by 75%. tim: he says the cost of implementing such a program is about the same as traditional waste collection but that the cost of not doing it at all far outweighs any noncompete -- any new composting program. >> the benefits are tremendous. liz: genetically modified foods also took effect. foods on supermarket shelves will now be labeled as having

been bioengineered. the changes are part of the u.s. to part of agriculture new rules on gmo's. some of the old labels will remain like certified usda organic and non-gmo verified. the usda won't be doing spot checks on food labels and grocery stores, but it will respond to written complaints. those are just some of the new laws in turning 22. you can find the new list for california on our website, abc7news.com. residence in pollock pines welcomed -- were welcomed at the bowling alley, the only place with power. winter storms knocked out power to the sierra just before christmas. the bowling alley is becoming a place the residents can count on in a crisis. the bowlers got some basics they've been living without for days. >> it's been nice to come out and be social and have some cooked food. >> they are pretty good.

they are always open when the power is out. liz: pg&e is telling customers power could be out in pollock pines through january 10. the company has opened community resource centers in storm affected communities, offering shelter, wi-fi and electrical outlets for people to charge their devices. the reasone reasone reaso questions of where we go from here. what is the likely impact on our current drought, and water for new development? here is spencer christian. spencer: it is the decades long conflict. even our recent surge of storms can't wash it away. how to build the stout -- the thousands of housing units we desperately need and ensure there is enough water for an expanding population. john goodwin with the association of bay area governments. >> we have a chronic housing problem, and housing affordability problem. there is a 10 -- there is a

tension between the water problems in the chronic housing problems. spencer: while the recent storms may bring short-term relief, experts believe the true end to the current drought could still be a long way off. moran county is working on plans for new emergency water pipelines across the bridge, while other water agencies point to diminishing groundwater that could take years to fully replenish. at least one bay area group believes the housing challenge can be tackled with long-term planning. >> we took a look at this question of whether the bay area could grow the way it is expected to grow, build the housing that it needs to build, and use no more water than it presently does. spencer: lower is director of sustainability and resilience at the public-policy nonprofit, spur. in a recent study, the group found that existing solutions could have a major impact. >> just with using available technology, the bay area could

add 2.2 million new homes in the next 50 years and use no more water, or even less than it does today. spencer: the study argues the average home loses 10% of its water because of leaks. water intensive landscape is another drain. on the flipside, the study found building dancing housing with smaller yard space and more efficient water systems, including one -- including recycling would pay off over time. >> our model looks at 50 years out and how you build these gradual efficiencies over time and realize big gains over decades. spencer: researchers point to trending since the 1980's, saying the bay area has been able to cut water use by about 25% even as the population was growing, while acknowledging the current crisis facing regional water districts, jungle when says bay area planners are trying to keep a long-term view and points out that housing plans now might take years to break ground.

>> in terms of prioritizing these emergencies, our focus has been on housing. spencer: and hopefully including solutions that can impact both crises moving forward. liz: that was spencer christian reporting. there is the additional climate challenge come looking to housing debate, and that is fire and whether at night -- whether it is practical to outline some areas of the bay future -- barria in the future, given the high fire risk. let's get a check of the forecast because right now, no fire danger, just really cold. lisa: but very low and we have that dry air in place and that is why temperatures have dropped even more so this morning. in the dew points are in the 20's, temperatures are going to hover in that area and if you look at live doppler 7 -- live doppler 7, we have cloud cover way to the north and the storm track will eventually sag to the south and that will bring back a return to the rain, a level 1

system monday and tuesday and as we look at the current numbers, things are really chilly out there. we're looking at mid 20's in san ramon. walnut creek is at 28. dublin, 28 and we have upper 20's in livermore. inland east bay under a freeze warning. temperatures are slightly warmer with some 40 degree readings in san francisco. 292929 mountain view with mid 30's in san jose. this is probably the coldest morning we have seen in quite some time. i thought it was cold yesterday, anywhere from three to 10 degrees colder. if you have your car outside, you will be scraping for quite some time. you have a little bit of water in those protected areas. looking

this afternoon, beginning to warm up by noon time and then we see some high clouds and looking at that rainy pattern returning monday and tuesday. the coastal flood warning returns today but lasting through monday so you notice the areas here from foster city over into the east bay down the peninsula and up through parts of the north bay into those low-lying areas. as we go through next couple of hours, we've got sunshine all around the bay area and then by later in the day, increasing clouds. we are looking at some spotty showers from cloverdale to santa rosa, stopping this at 3:30 in the afternoon and you can see precipitation all the way down through the peninsula and early tuesday, still some shower activity. it is not a lot and the main activity stays up to the north. another system on friday, so adding the rainfall through the end of the week, only about a quarter inch in mountain view

and upwards of a half inch in the north bay and even the santa cruz mountains, just about a quarter of an inch. highs under partly cloudy conditions in the mid 50's, so another cold one but slightly milder and once we increase the clouds and bring in that rainy pattern, we will get much milder. looking at a cold start with a freeze warning in our inland valleys and mid-50's with partly cloudy skies. it all goes away on wednesday and then that other system on friday, so we are just topping things off. it looks like much of the activity well to the north of us for the weekend. liz: we know a lot of you are probably turning on your heat right now. michael finney is going to have michael finney is going to have some tips on how to reduce high - [announcer] the more we learn about covid-19, the more questions we have. the biggest question now, what's next? what will covid bring in six months, a year?

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liz: chances are you're seeing higher prices at the supermarket right now. a combination of factors are

causing the spike. higher oil prices, of milk, bread, poultry, fish and eggs are all up from one year ago. many economists see prices continuing to go up for most items in the next six months, by as much as 20%. there is hope prices will level off once the impact of the omicron variant is behind us. home heating bills could jump an average of 30% for most americans this winter. michael finney has advice on how to keep those bills down. michael: the government report made headlines and shot consumers. home heating bills could jump an average of 30% for most americans, depending on the type of fuel they use. what can you do to save money? consumer reports experts say there are some easy ways to reduce the amount of energy you use. >> your hvac system uses the

most energy in your house and it is important to make sure it is running efficiently and not wasting fuel. michael: that usually requires affectional maintenance at least once a year. there are things you can do yourself. start by checking the filters. when they are dirty, the unit has to work harder and that costs you more money. next, check your doors and windows. don't look -- don't let the warm air leak outside. >> you can easily install new weatherstripping and draft blockers to seal in warmer air. for bigger gaps, use foam. cold air can come in through outlets and external walls. michael: think about installing a smart thermostat. they save energy by lowering the temperature when you are asleep or away. >> many of them use sensors and your phone location data to learn your routine and adjust your home temperature accordingly. michael: an extra blanket and

lowering the thermostat 10 to 15 degrees overnight can cut your heating cost i up to 10%. for even more savings, check with your utility company. they might offer rebates and incentives to make some energy upgrades. liz: still to come, one european country just got harder for some people. the u.s. now added to the country's covid travel red list. plus trapped on a freezing gondola for hours. how it broke down and it is not the first time it's happened before.

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. liz: good morning everybody. we were watching abc 7 abc 7 and wherever you stream. let's get back to lisa argen. lisa: freezing out there.

the interior valley has a freeze warning until 9:00. temperatures in the 20's in our inland valleys. 28 on the peninsula, 29 in the south bay, santa clara looking at 31. as we widen the view, much of the east bay all in the upper 20's as well as the north bay. 35 in half moon bay, so this freeze warning is not going to warm up until after 11:00 and when we do, we will see increasing clouds, so everyone is colder this morning. bundle up or stay inside. 9:00, still in the 30's with 40's elsewhere and then by the afternoon we will call it partly to mostly cloudy with near 50 degrees and looking night tonight and that is going to take us through the next several days with a return to southerly wind and rain arriving. liz: as parents get ready to

head there -- get ready to send their kids back to school, there is some positive news from overseas about the variant. karina mitchell has the latest. karina: concerns about a rising covid cases following holiday gatherings across the country. in new york 85,000 new cases, a single day record to start the new year. nearly 100,000 americans hospitalized with covid and pediatric hospitalizations at a pandemic high. >> pediatric infectious disease experts are seeing kids with long-haul covid system -- long-haul covid symptoms. karina: with schools set to begin monday, parents and students are weighing their options.

afr 25% of rapid tes rapid tes administered to staff and students over the holiday break came back positive. >> the thing is spreading and more kids are hospitalized. karina: educators in atlantis a public schools will be held virtually next week. the ohio children's hospital association encouraging districts to require masks. health officials with this advice for parents. >> it does depend on the individual school district, resources, what local transmission looks like. parents should be ready for the fact that their mate -- that there might be a delay. karina: data suggests omicron is milder then delta -- than liz: the united states to france must quarantine for 10 days after arriving. the country added the u.s. back to the red list for covid cases. those who are not fully

vaccinated must have an essential reason for traveling to france, which means tourism will take a big hit for some. along with the mandatory quarantine, unvaccinated travelers must show a negative covid test taken two days before departure. france is dealing with its own omicron fueled outbreak right now. coming up on this week as the u.s. shatters covid case records, dr. anthony fauci will talk about the new cdc guidelines for quarantine and isolation, and the latest research into the omicron variant. you can watch the full interview at 8:00 this morning, right here on abc 7. snow helped put out the most instructive wildfires in colorado history. more than 1000 homes were destroyed and residents are just now getting a look at the destruction. elizabeth scholes he tells us some people lost everyone in a matter of minutes. elizabeth: residents getting their first look at the destruction following those wildfires that tore through two

colorado towns. officials calling it the worst in state history. >> ready devastating. i knew i -- pretty devastating. i knew i had to get out. i called 911 and the pham -- in the fire department came and got me out. elizabeth: the home where he grew up, burned to the ground. >> my dad used to walk across the street to the golf course and play every morning. elizabeth: the fire was fueled by a combination of drought and high wind. >> the fire was moving at the same speed of the wind. elizabeth: the wind packing hurricane force gusts, pushing flames into the town of louisville right outside boulder. >> so unexpected. it is something we are all struggling to understand. elizabeth: thousands forced to evacuate. drivers unable to see through the smoke as the flames jumped the road.

choppers -- shoppers fleeing this cosco into a wall of smoke. a terrifying scene at this chuck e. cheese as parents and kids scramble to get out. the governor getting a look at the apocalyptic scene from the air. >> a suburban and urban fire. the cosco we all shop at, the target. elizabeth: communities coming together to rebuild. >> one thing about colorado is we stick together during hard times and this is one of those times. elizabeth: president biden has approved a disaster declaration, ordering federal aid be made available. liz: 21 people spent 14 hours trapped on a freezing gondola in new mexico. it was a dramatic new year's day rescue that unfolded outside albuquerque. that gondola broke down because of icy conditions overnight.

authorities waited until sunrise to start the rescue. they strapped each rider on a harness and lowered them to the ground. a sheriff's helicopter airlifted each person to safety. > he picked him up in the helicopter and flew them back down here to the ground where they were medically assessed. that process was repeated for nine flights to get all of the individuals out. liz: everyone is miraculously ok. this has happened before. in august 2020, the tram broke down because of a mechanical issue. they got it running again during that incident in four hours. the nationwide school bus and school bus driver shortages having an impact. several kids were at risk of having no way to get to school this week. although the district did find a solution, it is a band-aid on a much larger problem. jaelyn is enjoying his last few

days of winter break, but his mother has been getting worried. she didn't know if her seven-year-old would have a way to get to school next week. >> at first it was adequate transportation, and now they are talking that we won't have any at all for our kids. >> tiana relies on buses to get jaelyn from their home to the school in sausalito. since the school year began, the bus operated has been unreliable, often late, sometimes broken and a few times has not shown up at all. >> then our kids were getting to her school right at the start of school, sometimes even late so they would not have time to eat breakfast. >> dr. garcia is the district superintendent. he says the nationwide school bus and driver shortage has made it nearly impossible to find a reliable transportation option for their youngest students. >> we reached out to any transportation company in our

geographic location. >> there was no plan in place to get these students to school after winter break. the district recently canceled the current contract with horizon since kids were not getting to school on time but seeing no other option, they changed course. dr. garcia says they will have more in horizon buses next week, a very short-term solution for a greater problem. >> get our kids some adequate bus services. >> i don't think it is because my rent horizon didn't try hard -- more and horizon -- they are facing the same context as everyone else and it is tough to operate a bus program right now. liz: the plan for this week does not solve the problem of getting kids to school on time. the district is hoping to hear from anyone who might be able to help with transportation. still ahead, what is hot and what is not. some of the surprising consumer topic trains -- trends as the

new year begins. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. dry right now, but we will talk with lisa about what we can expect coming up.

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liz: after record snowfall in december, this is what thrill seekers had to look over to at palisades tahoe. the resort shared this video with us showing the 17.5 feet of snow it has right now. a nine day mega storm dumped an impressive amount of fresh powder. palisades tahoe says this was the snowiest december on record since they began keeping records. skaters with a different look to to the ice in san francisco yesterday, competing in the polar bear skate. luckily the weather cooperated. skaters were encouraged to come in bathing suits or other wacky

beachwear for a special hour along -- a special hour-long session. joe houston from san francisco celebrant at his first victory in style after taking part in the contest for three years. look at him go. also next, the warriors are starting the new year in style. we have more on what it took for the w's to take a win

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we hope you are having a wonderful holiday weekend and a happy start to your new year. let's talk sports. the 49ers are in the hunt for the playoffs. san francisco takes on the houston texans later today.

kickoff is at 10 -- 1:05 this afternoon. last night the warriors started up with a big win against the third best team in the midwest. here is casey pratt with the highlights. casey: despite missing key players, the holidays have been kind to the warriors. on new year's day that took on the third best team with utah and this will make you happy. klay thompson hopping around big -- pregame. the dubs are up a three for his 158th straight game, a new nba record. the warriors up by 14 the break. a great pass to gary payton for the sweep. then they fall apart. utah went on a huge run to take the lead. utah led by as many as eight

points, total turnaround. the warriors fight back and curry, splash. this game is tied at 101-101. curry gets enough space, no idea how he does that. he finishes with a game-high 28 with some help from his friends. he is always more excited than anybody else to see somebody else succeed. the warriors won 123-116. >> we have to remind ourselves what it takes to win games like this. for everybody to feel what that intensity is like because our dna is built on chasing championships. >> it shows how deep our team is. casey: it's not official yet but -- is doubtful after tearing a

ligament in his right thumb. the third overall pick in the draft would make his second start of the year. the season has been all about learning life in the nfl. >> getting more reps, seeing how jimmy prepares a short week. things like that that would have been hard for me as a rookie with no vets in the room. those things have helped me a ton this year. casey: utah and ohio michael bernard with an early candidate for catch of the year. you have to see this again. he gets one foot down, almost a second in for good measure. ohio state, jackson smith with three touchdowns, a bowl record. the buckeyes up seven in the drives him down the field with the tying score in the final mitzvot --

utah led for all but three minutes but ohio state wins this one 48-45. have a great sunday. liz: let's get to the weather where some parts of the bay area got to the 20's overnight. this is video from contra costa county and you can see the frost on cars. a freeze warning in effect until 9:00 and lisa, you were out there scraping away trying to get the frost off of your car. lisa: my car was in the garage last night so that helped but if you don't have a covered area, you will certainly be scraping and temperatures still have the potential to drop off until about 8:00 this morning. the sun comes up at 7:25 and then we are looking at these temperatures beginning to recover, so that is the good news. if we check out live doppler 7, you will notice the storm track is to the north and that is allowing for the clear sky, the

calm wind and some radial cooling. that is one of the reasons in addition to the low dew points that we are so cold this morning. peninsula, 32 degrees, 28 in record city, 29 around menlo park with 28 in livermore will see these temperatures probably drop off another degree or two, 24 hours ago, we were warmer and a nice view of the golden gate bridge, where the freeze warning takes us through 9:00. clouds increased through the second half of the day and a rainy pattern happens monday and tuesday. a coastal flood advisory until 10:00 tomorrow, allowing for mino coastal flooding -- minor coastal flooding.

highway 37 and down around foster city into 80, here is a look at what you can expect for the rest of the day. you can see the storm track to the north of us and by monday, we have a few showers into tuesday afternoon, still some scattered showers by wednesday. this system lifting north. we get a break on thursday and by friday, another system, that wants to move further south but still light amounts with each and every one of these level 1 systems. adding up the rainfall, a tkibuli to precip to monday, january 10, about eight days away. too much. you will see bonus amounts up toward crescent city. the midpoint of our rainy season is about the fourth week in january. we would need several of these

storm systems to mitigate the drought of the past two seasons. we want more but it does not look like this week is going to deliver. highs today from the mid 50's in oakland and san francisco. that is a bit milder with some upper 40's out toward napa and antioch. the seven day forecast has a freeze warning until 9:00. this system lifts north on wednesday but we are getting milder with those highs near 60 degrees midweek and then by friday, rain returning so we will take it but nothing like what we have seen in the month of december.

liz: tracking consumer trends about people -- about what people are buying is one thing but what about questions people have an advice they are seeking? david louis finds out what is

hot and what is not by turning to a popular website that keeps tabs on trends. david: it is that time of the year when it's out with the old and in with the new. san francisco bay's just answer fields millions of questions a day. the ceo says over the years, it gives them what is on the rise and what is losing steam. weddings for example are definitely making a comeback after covid caused some couples to hold off. wedding questions are up 30%. instability is making a comeback. >> people invite this person to my party? should i asked them about whether they have been -- with or they have a negative covid test or not? these sensitive topics that people are not sure how to ask in a polite way. people are stuck at home. they don't want some stranger coming into their house.

a lot of these things you can do yourself. you don't have to pay for the plumber to come to your house. david: i noticed a big drop off in clock repairs. what's behind that? >> everybody is on covid time. nobody needs to keep track of the clock as much. david: gaming is still big but with no new systems released, that is one area losing steam, down 32%. advice about firearms dropped 39%. other interesting trends briefly on the rise, answers about reptile behavior and dream interpretation. interest in boats is losing steam. that is because people are more interested in rvs as an alternate to high-cost housing and working in an office. liz: is ringing in 2022 with a powerball jackpot winner.

about half $1 billion on the line for last night's drawing. the next drawing is tomorrow night and the jackpot will be around $522 million depending on ticket sales. here are last night's numbers. was sold that is worth $1.2 million. the odds of hitting the jackpot are one in 200 and 2 million. the rose bowl parade returned to pasadena to a much smaller crowd than usual. last year the parade was canceled because of the pandemic. this year's theme was dream, believe, achieve. the parade featured 17 marching bands and dozens of decorated floats. the ups store's rise,ise, read took the trophy for most beautiful float. >> everyone decorating the floats and getting together and celebrating is a great tradition. >> this is my first rose parade.

i'm excited. >> first time to be up this close. i am from l.a. originally, so it is one of the highlights of the year. >> some traditions haven't changed since the first parade back in 1890. every inch of the 37 floats had to be covered with flowers or some other natural material. such a great tradition. next at 6:00, trying to get ahead of a possible covid surge in schools. how districts are getting kids tested before they return tomorrow. a busy travel day ahead but delays and cancellations are continuing. how many have already been reported.

announcer: this is abc 7 news. liz: students across the bay area are getting ready to return to school after the break. making sure all students can get tested to avoid a possible covid outbreak. the morning. it is sunday, january 2. the weather. lisa: