for in person learning, but, but districts announcing back to distance-learning as the us here on abc a.m. live here on abc, seven who live and wherever used dream. i'm liz kreutz, and we're going to get to that story in just a moment, but first, let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argent. good morning, lisa. hi, liz. good morning to you. hi, everyone, very foggy out there north and east space. so you want to give yourself some time or just stay inside. we have chilly temperatures through 10 o'clock. this fog is going to be with us thereabouts and it is also around concord and livermore, where visibility is just over a mile in livermore, half mile novato napa three quarters of a mile, santa rosa talked about the cold numbers well, low forties for some around stanford. but we've got

mid forties around saratoga. and look at that 50 in san jose. but then we've got the mid thirties up in the north bay. 37 lafayette sent pablo's at 36 overall. much colder this morning, and as we look at our exploratorium camera, you can see the fog out there. nine o'clock we have mostly cloudy skies were breaking out into sunshine. mid fifties by noontime four o'clock we're in the mid and upper fifties. that's where we should be for a winter day. in january. so it's going to be pretty nice out there today. sonnier today than tomorrow. looks like the raindrops want to come back on monday, and we'll talk about the probability of that when we see you in a few minutes list. all right, lisa. thanks governor, gavin newsom has activated the california national guard to help with covid 19 testing sites , including locations in five area counties. this comes as we have seen these long lines for testing. this was the scene in santa rosa yesterday, people waited more than two hours in the rain for a test. guard members were already out at a test site at an animal community

center. the governor's office provided this video yesterday. 200 cow guard members have headed out to 50 test sites across the state. including some in alameda contra costa to napa , santa cruz and santa clara counties. more guard members will be deployed next week. guard members will aid staff help add capacity for walk ins and assist with crowd control. on monday, this anti oxide will be able to double the number of daily appointments because of this and vallejo city hall is going to be closed to the public until at least march because of a spike in covid cases. city council board and commission meetings will still happen in person for now city council will consider switching to completely virtual meetings in their next session on tuesday. in the meantime, if you need to reach a certain department, they are taking virtual appointment meetings mondays through thursdays. drop boxes for bill. payments are also still open. the hayward unified school district voted to go back to remote learning for a week.

starting on monday. the debate went on for several hours last night and the majority of the discussion and the public comments focused not so much on whether to go back to distance learning. but if one week was actually too short there were several parents and even board members urging the kids be kept out of class for two weeks or even until the start of february, one week of time for closure is just, um, insufficient. i feel like this is a huge mistake. we are not being proactive enough. we're doing the bare minimum once again. the school board will revisit the decision and it's at its next meeting and consider an extension for remote learning. one south bay school district has also decided to go back to distance learning. it will start monday for most milpitas unified students. district leaders say that this is because of staffing shortages, high covid 19 case rates and low test availability. abc seven news reporter amanda del castillo. leo has more on

what's being asked now, if families come monday, the 10th milpitas unified school district will be putting students back behind screens. the return to distance learning comes amid staff shortages, low test availability and a spike in covid 19 case rates if we can get people to stay home, that's what's needed now a passionate plea from district administrators to the district's board of education thursday. then on friday, this letter went out to the milpitas unified community, saying all m usd schools will be placed on a 10 day district wide quarantine. expecting families not to travel not to attend large gatherings and more. the board hopes these measures will fit a timeframe for students to have enough time to quarantine and get healthy at home. before returning on the 18th students will distance learn all next week as an emergency procedure support for it, but it's for long for long term. women will need to figure it out. other options was an m usd parents she understands the district is in a tough spot, according to the district's

letter, 167 substitute teacher positions and 107 support staff positions went unfilled this week alone. but the helpers you is that this remains temporary. as the changes mean two young kids and two parents will all be working from home. i really wish that we had. we can't have a women's solution, but i know it's difficult every time. another wave comes through the first reaction. we have probably should not be to shutdown. stanford children's health associate chief medical officer, dr grace lee says instead, focus should be maintaining and minimizing the disruption to both communities. and kids. i do think that kids have borne the brunt of the pandemic in that you have asked them to do more than i think we ask ourselves to do as adults and so my hope is that we can continue to support kids in a safe learning environment for milpitas, unified until at least the 18th of january that environment will be at home. in milpitas. i'm amanda dog studio, abc seven news. all right, and we know that people are advocating to keep kids in school as well at

the same time, so it's sort of a debate going back and forth. take a listen. we've learned that in person education um, is what they need and remote learning doesn't support their mental health, emotional health and academic well being nearly the way that in person learning does. so we are centering our efforts on ensuring that our kids remain in school for in person learning. county officials also say as of june 30th the waiver to allow distance learning expired. they say this means school districts may no longer offer remote or virtual learning in lieu of in person instruction. 12 schools in oakland had to close yesterday because of a teacher sick out there demanding more safety protocols because of the covid surge. a caravan of teachers traveled from merritt community college to the school district headquarters. the district says it does have k n 95 masks that it started delivering two schools thursday and has ordered them as well for students. teachers say there needs to be an emergency

protocol, clear communication, and some would like to see mandatory testing for all students. feels like a wildfire and we're trying to get out ahead of it, and we need to be able to communicate and we're on the front lines were with students every day seeing what's happening. the school district called the sick out on approved unauthorized and technically illegal. in an interview, modernist ceo said people may eventually need a second covid 19 booster it has already sparked a debate is a second booster. the right approach, abc seven news reporter loose. pena is part of our vaccine team and spoke to multiple the area experts who say it won't be necessary foev as a micron cases spike throughout california. the bay area has the highest population with boosters in the state with 55% but according to experts that protection want last long can weeks there's a decline from 70% protection down to 45% protection of symptomatic. illness based on this new data

from the u. k donna is pushing for a second booster, according to moderna's ceo, the efficacy of boosters will likely decline with time. they're projecting the need for a second booster. by this fall, dr warner, greenbrier ologists and senior investigator at the gladstone institutes doesn't agree with madonna's push for a second booster. we shouldn't be chasing our tail to try and prevent them from being becoming infected that with the exception of people who are at high risk people who are immunocompromised for the rest of the population, he recommends two vaccine doses one booster and pharmaceuticals . when in fact, did i think that packs livid fighters. new antiviral could be really important in terms of management of this infection, or you develop symptoms you rapidly get tested, ideally within the first three days, and you go on packs with it, and that will keep you also out of the hospital. ucsf's infectious disease doctor monica

gandhi, agrees with dr green. i think it's hard to have ceos dictate our policy of companies . you know who who stand to make money for it. dr gandhi believes a variant specific vaccine could be beneficial, but she's hesitant of the effects a second booster could have right now. trains your immune system wrong. it doesn't train your immune system to recognize the variant strains your immune system to recognize that old um, ancestral strain that the that the shots are made of. and that concept of original antigenics sin is what they call it is what immunologists are expressing concern of in san francisco. loose pena, abc seven news and if you have questions about covid 19 vaccines you can ask our vaccine team had to abc seven news .com slash vaccine and click on that big blue box. all right, lisa, we might see some sand today. yeah we have a lot of fog and low thirties in the north bay right now, the dense fog advisory. you can see the foggy golden gate. there's also fog in the east bay. but

it's in the low fifties in the south based so a big range this morning, but some for all, we'll talk about afternoon highs. when we come back. all right, lisa, thanks also ahead of burned out in the east bay now for sale, the troubled past behind the house and park lit problems . the outdoor seating option has become a lifesaver for so many restaurants, but now some are become a lifesaver for so many restaurants, but now some are being forced to take them down. ♪ [inhales] [exhales] ♪ [camera click] [inhales] halls breathe it in new year, new start. and now comcast business is making it easy to get going with the ready. set. save. sale. get started with fast and reliable internet and voice for $64.99 a month with a 2-year price guarantee. it's easy... with flexible installation and backing from an expert team, 24/7. and for even more value, ask how to get

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all right. welcome back. here's a live look outside right now looking at the embarcadero ferry building. they're pretty right now. at 6 12 this morning. groundbreaking actor sidney potier has died at age 94. he was the first black man to win the oscar for best actor, paving the way for a future generation of stars. party a starred in one of hollywood's first interracial love stories. guess who's coming to dinner? well, we have this problem. i fell in love with

your daughter. party i would eventually get into directing later in life and received the presidential medal of freedom in 2000 and nine as abc seven news anchor dion lim tells us he's being remembered as more than just an actor. too many. sidney poitier was known as one of the most popular actors of his generation in his two decades as hollywood's only black leading man in movies, such as defiant ones, lilies of the field it over and one movie that had a tremendous impact on friend, fellow actor and the bay area's own danny glover. at first remember seeing bullying? and guess who's coming to dinner? all those movies itself. brought different character. and substance. tune. as as as as ass descendants. san francisco chronicle film critic nicolas l. believes party's legacy goes

beyond just the movies. i don't think you can measure how important he was. that's that's why i say i mean, he just paved the way for denzel washington, but i believe in a way he paved the way for obama. many of parties rules challenged racial stereotypes. he was the first black person to win the oscar for not playing a slave and his movies, according to lasalle, tackle many of the same issues of race and social justice america is grappling with today he was transformative in people's thinking he was the biggest box of the star for a few years there in the sixties. it meant white people were going to his movies to former san francisco mayor willie brown got to know the trailblazing poitier through politics. he hopes the next generation will appreciate and understand the gravity of his work people in their twenties. do not understand thal black people in america, they're going to be doomed. repeat some of the things i've got

eliminated by people like he had from a childhood of poverty to his status as an american icon is seen by many as a beacon of hope to see those movies is to note. that things are possible things can get better in san francisco. dion lim, abc seven news alright san francisco man is relieved to be reunited with his service dog after she was stolen earlier this week. lock mackenzie is recently on housed and has epilepsy. his five year old german shepherd named summer helps prevent his seizures, police say on monday night there were alerted someone stole summer in his valley on thursday , officers received a call that a dog matching summers description turned up at oakland animal services. officers retrieve summer that night, and the two were then reunited. that was actually shocked to be able to get her back. and then they came to feast. and then when i

said, oh, god again, i know how to get paid for the fees. um and then those are waves and i got her back. and that was it was. it was wonderful to see her and everything like that. project open paws, a nonprofit that helps animals belonging to the un housed also provided summer with some warm blankets and specialized food. i burned out home in the oakland hills is that for sale for $650,000 has a burned out home. the home is a troubled past flat your last year, witnesses said. a group of people threw molotov cocktails at the home, killing a man and a baby and injuring other family members. homes that people are purchasing. they're going to have a history and the history may not be as interesting as this history, but it's just the reality. not everyone can buy a brand new home that doesn't have any any past or any history. the home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus a basement. the zillow listing calls it a contractor special and says there is quote great potential and growth of equity. once this property is repaired and updated

at abc seven. we're focused on the economy as we navigate the pandemic and pleasant in downtown restaurant owners are being forced to tear down their park. let's yesterday was the deadline to do it so the city can do street maintenance. abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke to some business owners who say the timing just couldn't be worse. main street in downtown pleasant and looks different friday night after two years of park. let's on the streets. the city has made owners take them down. maurice diesels is the owner of oyo. he, like many others heavily relied on the park. let's to keep his business afloat. without it. he fears his restaurant will take a massive hit, especially with the omicron surge when people call for reservations. one of the first things they ask is how much outdoor seating do you have? or even if you have out there, sitting and when the answer is limited or no they do not make that reservation. the city says they wanted the park. let's gone so they can do street cleaning that hasn't been done in two years. city council member julie testa says she

advocated to push back that cleaning but says the idea was shot down by the rest of the council. the decision to redo was really a reset and it i think would have flowed. better. had this spike not hit in in such a significant way pleasant in, says they will allow restaurant owners to rebuild their park. let's in the coming months, but restaurant owners say they've already spent thousands to build these parks. let's and we'll have to spend plenty more to rebuild that we spent about $12,000. i believe putting this out park lit together. we made sure it was safe. roz judges. the owner of beer baron, he says, pleasant in is using his park lit as a model for how to rebuild them. but they are still making him take his down. then i got to ship this stuff to somewhere. pay for a storage area and then a month and a half later. they want us to rebuild it again. the city currently does not have a grant program to help restaurants pay for the park. let's and testa says it is something the city should explore. there's a

possibility that there could be some remaining funds. that could come back in the form of grants, so that's going to be a future discussion that we're going to have in pleasant and ryan curry, abc seven news alright and lisa , let's going to check outside. now people need those park. let's right now. with the spread of omicron. it seems like everybody's getting getting sick right now. and people definitely reluctant, reluctant to go in. absolutely so. oh, boy. well we are looking at a change in the weather pattern. we had a weak front yesterday. move on through , and some of you didn't notice it others that rain linger throughout the late morning into the early afternoon. mount tam, can you believe it picked up an inch of rain so much of the north bay doing just fine. we are still in a drought and we still need to pick up significant rain to get out of the drought. but for now, the storm track is riding to the north and that is allowing for a break high pressure building in

dry atmosphere, but with that ample moisture on the ground, we're looking at visibility in the north bay reduced to half mile and napa a mile and a quarter in santa rosa and over in livermore. it's at a mile. it's improved in concord and elsewhere. really not an issue. but our 24 hour temperature change brings everyone's temperatures down significantly this morning, upper thirties from walnut creek to pleasant. it is 39 lafayette with mid forties and livermore 51 in san jose, but we take you to the north bay and it's in the low thirties here. so certainly cold up there with upper forties and pacifica, so a few degrees to almost to about 17 degrees colder than we were with all the clouds overhead yesterday and that front visiting us, so as we look outside here, visibility not too bad in san francisco. it's cold with that dense fog, particularly in the north bay, but we do have it in the east bay this morning. bright and sunny for the afternoon. we're going to introduce more clouds. as we get into your sunday there is a weak system a couple of

them that want to visit us throughout the week ahead. as for today, you'll notice that by nine o'clock we still have some fog out there and pulls away, revealing a mild afternoon. this is sunday. some high clouds. so we're sonnier saturday and then into monday, stopping this where we could see a few sprinkles a few slick roadways more significant, i think along the coastal hills but we break out into a dry afternoon on monday. so as we get into the later part of the week models are certainly disagreeing is whether or not we're going to see any rain could be a weak system. by thursday into friday, so we'll watch that for you. but as we go into this outlook, this one forecast model takes us through january 17th and that allows for only a couple hundreds to visit us. for over a week out, and of course, that's very long range and we'll have to check back and really bring in the high resolution models. as we get closer to that outlook by the end of the week, in terms of

highs today, this is where we should be. for a winter day. a in january mid fifties out there , sending afternoon in san mateo as well as palo alto. half moon bay, 56, a little milder as he go north and south from santa rosa to san jose upper fifties there in the accuweather's seven day forecast. we've got sunshine on the way after the fog lifts after 10 o'clock, and it's going to take throughout the day to warm up. it's another cold start tomorrow. some high clouds on sunday week system could bring some light drizzle into monday. we're dry midweek and then by thursday, that's the system. we're going to wash, but it still does look light list, but a lot of these systems have been what we call overperforming, and that especially was the case yesterday. in the north bay. yes, we need that. it's good to see it and it's a nice way to kick off 2022. that's going right. at least read. write lisa. thanks just ahead. it's being called the great resignation during the pandemic , the signs pointing to new waves of workers quitting their

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from new york to tell us what's coming up at seven on good morning, america. good morning coming up here on gma. the alarming covid surge across the country breaking new records this week. two major cities impacted president biden's vaccine mandate facing a test in the supreme court and a new study finding a high protection rate for vaccinated teens, plus tennis star novak djokovic in immigration detention in australia after the government canceled hiset its vaccination y requirements. court appeal and what we're now learning about a previous infection. also this morning, the life and legacy of a legend sydney pointier, we look back at his iconic career and trailblazing accomplishments on and off the big screen. it's all ahead here on g m. a in the month of december, unemployment fell slightly to 3.9% the labor department reported. the economy only added 199,000 new jobs last

month. that's about half of what economists predicted. and now there are signs that omicron surge is about to set off new waves of workers cutting their jobs, quitting their jobs, continuing the trend that we're referring to as the great resignation, abc seven news reporter david louis looks at this forecast and how it could lead to more inflation. if restaurants and retailers think their staffing shortages bad now , workforce analysts say covid is about to trigger not one, but two more ways of the so called great resignation. it is a occasioned a lot of thought. introspection uh and new approaches to people as they think about not only their jobs but their corn values. recent surveys claim two out of every three workers are thinking about quitting. our new wave of resignations is expected now that the holidays are over, and some have received year end bonuses. a second wave will follow when companies implement their batch of the office policies postponed by the omicron surge. you cannot make

100% of your people happy is what we're seeing in the data, and so i think this will spark a second wave of the great resignation as um as individuals come to terms with the fact that they have a preference that is not fully aligned with the path their employer has chosen. kathryn minshew is ceo of the muse, which councils jobseekers as job vacancies grow. employers are revising their hiring requirements to fill them. you know what if you have the base skills and you have the desire to learn, come on in, and we'll train you that opens the door to service workers who might not have skills in other fields. while there's risk in quitting a job demand for workers is also raising pay. folks will have higher demands at the negotiation table. uh cost of living adjustments will have to be made. those are always of course. um passed on to the consumer and to the customer, and so we're entering a spiral that could lead to higher inflation and prices for everyone. david louis, abc seven news all right. we'll keep you

posted on that. still to come, though, on abc seven mornings, a concerning trend of pediatric hospitalizations, the number of kids with covid skyrocketing from one month ago and new rules for visiting nursing homes, what you'll need to provide if you're going to visit a long

area moving forward finding solutionsthis abc. seven news. good morning, everybody. you're watching abc seven news live here on abc, seven who live and wherever you stream we're going to start this half hour with another look at the weather. so let's get over to meteorologist lisa argent, lisa . it would be nice to see the sun today for sure it has been kind of dreary out there. certainly wet in the north bay this morning. it's foggy and north bay, particularly where we are have are dense fog advisory.

there are pockets of fog in the east and we're starting here with emeryville, 46 in san francisco, as well as mountain view and morgan hill with 51 in san jose doesn't sound that cold . but as we look at the north bay numbers in the east bay yeah , that's pretty chilly. 33 santa rosa, it is 37 novato in napa with 38 fairfield 39 in concord in livermore at 45 visibility less than a half a mile. i should say, a mile and a quarter in santa rosa, half mile there in napa livermore. up to two miles and anywhere from 2 to 17 degrees colder this morning, so it's going to take awhile to warm up. there's the fog at nine o'clock still with us, and then it dissipates. sunshine is revealed with low to mid fifties by noontime we've got some upper fifties north and south end of the bay. mostly sunny today, does it last for the second half of the weekend. i'll let you know. coming up lists. all right, lisa, thanks. the number of children under five in the hospital with covid is soaring, reaching the highest level since

the pandemic started, every state in the country is reporting some sort of increase in hospital admissions. abc news reporter karina mitchell has more the cdc is out with new data showing a concerning trend of pediatric hospitalizations, the agency says children under the age of five who were too young to be vaccinated are pouring into hospitals at double the rate from a month ago. that certainly can't put kids in the hospital. they certainly died or hospital right now is had record numbers of kids who are in oxygen with covid from coast to coast. there are record numbers of covid cases. in los angeles county nearly 44,000 cases on friday. nationwide hospitalizations are nearing an old time high with 130,000 people in hospital beds with covid. and officials from oregon to new hampshire, calling for help from the national guard. we gotta wake up america all the work that we're doing here and all the care that we're doing.

the vast majority of it is preventable in california students at uc berkeley or due to return to the classroom in less than two weeks. some are urging the schools to go remote . instead the school says it's monitoring the situation. obviously we all want our students to be able to safely attend class in person. but returning to remote instruction has to be part of the conversation. president biden is emphasizing that while the virus will likely remain part of our world the current pandemic way of life, won't saying we have new tools to contain the various strains. new normal doesn't have to be. we have so many more tools we're developing and continuing to develop that will keep contain covid. and other strains of colds. meantime children and teens 12 to 15 continue to receive their fights or boosters after the cdc gave the shots the green light this week i will get it as soon as i can, and i am very excited. karina mitchell, abc news new york amazon is shortening its covid isolation policy for its u. s workers that companies get

cutting the time from 10 days to seven for a total of up to 40 hours of paid leave. amazon says the decision was made after updated guidance from the cdc said those with covid can isolate for five days. if they have no symptoms. additional leave. options are available for employees who are still sick after one week. the current omicron surges, forcing california public health officials to announce new rules for visitors to nursing homes and other long term care facilities. according to our media partner, the mercury news . visitors must present proof of vaccination and of eligible a booster and a negative covid test. if you're not fully vaccinated, you can only visit outdoors. but you still must provide proof of a negative test more than 5600 covid cases among healthcare workers at nursing facilities were reported last week. in the north bay. the demand for covid testing is leading to long lines and shortages of test kits. many health care workers are feeling overwhelmed, abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us how people are trying to

cope. i thought it was going to be a little bit shorter. kind of didn't think i was going to be standing in the rain, either. thomas conley needed a covid test but didn't expect that would mean standing in the rain for more than two hours outside roseland community center in santa rosa. it's the only test site in cinema county. accepting walk ins. camelia pitino found that out the hard way. so this is the third testing site i went to today. one of them wasn't accepting to walk in. the second one was closed down because a couple people got sick with covid. here's time lapse video showing how long that line for testing was. we had 700 people yesterday, 750 the day before maggie gondolas healthcare company is contracted by the county to do the testing, but demand is overtaking supply. i ordered a bunch of tests surprise, but they've been slow all over the state. i guess she's trying not to turn anyone away. that's all right now. we have probably about 20 people who are out either diagnosed with covid. russian river

brewing co owner natalie chillers oh was forced to temporarily close her to brew pubs this week due to lack of staffing, she says the county needs more tests cites the lack of testing has really been crippling businesses because our our employees cannot get test. they can't schedule a test in a timely manner and test results aren't coming back in a timely manner. our cases have basically tripled in the past three weeks . sonoma county's covid positivity rate is the highest it's ever been 15. officials are trying to add more test sites, but they need more testing supplies for now. their advice if you can have put off getting your test, please do so. meantime russian river brewing is using their own home test kits until appointments become available. yep stocking up on these for our employees, especially for playing in the younger we want to make sure everybody stays healthy and well in santa rosa, cornell bernard, abc seven news kind of level planea alright. the california

academy of sciences in golden gate park is home to the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. this is matheus la the lungfish. the name is from the bible. matthew sla was noah's grandfather, and he lived for 969 years. but this method slide is believed to be a she and at least 90 years old. the academy will be sending a tiny sample of her fin to researchers in australia, who will try to figure out her exact age. she's really basically just a big puppy dog. she's very gentile, very slow moving. but when they moved to move fast they can. they can jump out of that tank. and that's why we have a guard around it. the third slow weighs about £24. she enjoys belly rubs and figs, but only when fresh, not frozen and thought very particular she is alright. so ahead on abc, seven mornings, inspiration for a children's book how a mother took her since serious illness to turn it into a book. to motivate other kids, and here's a live look outside this morning. it's such a

beautiful blue sky right now at 6 37. we'll check in with lisa when we get back.

welcome back. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. no more fog there right now, so that seems to have cleared up. we'll talk to lisa in just a minute. okay the roar is back in the east bay monster jam is returning to the oakland coliseum this weekend. the baseball field has been covered up and turn into dirt track filled with obstacles to challenge the £12,000 trucks that will speed and fly through the air. there are three different competitions, racing skills and freestyle, one of the monster jam driver says of the three that fans usually get fired up when the trucks turn it loose for freestyle. people go nuts when a truck does a backflip inside the stadiums, so i know the fans are reeling here in oakland. we haven't been here in over a year, so we're excited to be back. there are t are t at

one tonight at seven and then tomorrow afternoon at three. okay today is the kickoff to the japanese new year to welcome the year of the tiger. the festival is known as osho. osho got students suri and every year the japanese cultural and community center hosts the event in san francisco's japantown. by the event is going virtual once again this year, you can tune in to enjoy arts and crafts that you can do at home, a children's art contest and emoji demonstration. it starts at noon on the cultural centers. facebook page. also today across country cleanup campaign ends at san francisco's ocean beach we grow echo is hosting the cleanup after spending 10 months in cities all over the country picking up trash. they started last march in virginia beach, and since then they have collected 31,000 pieces of garbage. today their journey ends along the great highway and you can take part in the clean up if you want. it runs from 10 to noon, and lisa there lucked out with the weather today. nice

in fact, we're already seeing some clearing is north winds scouring out some of the fog, but this is well above here. 43 degrees and mount tam with the north wind and sunrise about 40 minutes away. plenty of sun on the way but a dense fog advisory in north bay valleys. my accurate or seven day forecast is next. thanks, lisa. also next dub nation waits for the return of clay thompson why there is growing optimism that the splash brother will make his long awaited debut tomorrow. chris alvarez will have the details in this morning sports

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welcome back here is a live look outside this morning from our santa cruz camera clear there right now, son soon going to come up. that's about 43 degrees right there, all right in sports . this afternoon, the sharks will wrap up their four game east coast road trip. san jose will try to beat the philadelphia flyers for the second time in five games. the puck drops at four p.m. at the wells fargo center. tomorrow

night, the warriors returned to chase center after losing two straight on the road. and it may. finally that would be the night that has been waiting for. here's abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez, with the details in this morning sports good morning after two years of rehabbing a torn a c l and a tourniquet, please. clay thompson's return to the warriors likely to come this weekend. multiple reports say clay will indeed make his debut tomorrow night at home against cleveland. official update on his return will come later today after practice clay he's been traveling with the team past couple of weeks as he ramps up for game action. here's steve curran stephan curry earlier this week on the upcoming return. klay thompson. you know, i'd be nice to have clay on the floor on the weak side. and uh, you know, probably help probably see a lot of open shots given the way teams regarding steps really nice, but it's going to take some time to get more and more comfortable. every game. he plays. um take us to another level, so the narrative is about him and him coming back and him enjoying basketball and him just

having fun playing the game again. number two cardinal hosting oregon on friday night, stanford going back to limited attendance for all sports athletes, families, only lexi hall put on a show for those in attendance. 16 points in the first half, finishing seven of 10 from deep third quarter now off the miss oregon fumbles, a rebound and then hull. there she is. career high. 33 if you didn't know anna wilson is the sister seahawks quarterback russell. this pass jump runs the post route for two points. stanford wins by a dozen 82 68 40. niners head coach kyle shanahan has already made the decision on the starting quarterback for sunday's must win game. it's not going to tell us though we're gonna find out kick off on sunday whether it's jimmy garoppolo or trey lance with the wind. the niners clinched a playoff spot. it can also get in at the saints loose the falcons. so who starts on sunday? will it be rotationuslir will it be just jimmy or just tray? if you're tired of this question by now? imagine how

coach shanahan fields. i know what we're doing. i just don't feel like telling you right now. really glad i have no press conferences after today, so once once i survived this, i'm done talking about it. so i think we'll be good after that. really? not like i try any harder. prepare harder. better just because you know this is this could be it's win or go home. but but it really was the same same exact stakes last week, so nothing really changes. the final weekend of the nfl regular season kicks off today on abc seven. it's chiefs broncos at 1 30, followed by cowboys and eagles. then after the game, larry being myself, we'll preview 49 ers rams as well as sunday's huge warriors game. that's your look at sports. let's send it back to you. alright the one good thing about 2022 so far. well, there's been some good things, lisa, but one thing we can be happy about is seeing all this rain. yes, it's been fantastic. and, of course, remember, we're in a la nina year, which makes it pretty interesting that we are starting out so strong as we look at live

doppler seven. the storm track well to the north. there is fog . lot of it is been dissipated, but there'll be more and it's going to stay with us that dense fog advisory through about 10 o'clock, so we're not out of the woods yet here as we look at emeryville, you can see some clouds floating around there. 46. in san francisco. it is 44 in oakland. good morning to 46 in mountain view with 51. it's been mild in san jose, mid forties on the coast and a nice view here. san francisco bathed in sunshine with 33. santa rosa, 37, nevada and napa with 38 fairfield concords at 39. the visibility certainly been moving around a bit in her inland east bay, but it's down to a quarter of a mile in napa, 3 to 4 miles up in santa rosa and nevado and elsewhere looking pretty good, so 24 hour temperature change. brought in the much much colder air couple degrees cooler in hayward. but how about that? 17 degrees colder up in the north bay? another view of the city here from our roof camera where you can see the blue sky. we've

got plenty of that on the way today north and east bay fog, but then we'll look at the son of your day today if you high clouds into your sunday and there could be a few areas of mist and drizzle into monday, but this is today. so we are bright high pressure it has built in by tomorrow. we've got a few high clouds with us and then a weak system. it's going to fall apart as the pushes through on monday, so you can see just a few returns here early monday, most of its offshore and it's going to fizzle out. we will see more sun by the afternoon early afternoon on monday, we'll track the rest of the week for you. there's the weak system monday, tuesday and wednesday featuring more high pressure. and then by thursday, the models are disagreeing on this system here, whether or not it's going to hold together, if it does, at this point, it looks like maybe 1/10 or 2/10, but some places when we've said that we have had a lot more than that. so this is way too far out to bank on. but as a result of

the extended outlook, we have to mention it and as we get into next weekend looks like we're going to see an extended period of dry weather, but overall we are looking at a nice afternoon today for january temperatures in the mid and upper fifties. this is seasonal. so you should be about 57 today around freeman , upper fifties few in santa rosa, and as we look at the south bay, starting out at around 50 upper fifties later on today, so the act of the seven day forecast we've got the fog. it's a cold start. especially north and east, and after the sunny day today, it will be another cold night tonight high clouds on sunday monday maybe a chance. otherwise we're going to look at that thursday system for perhaps a little bit more rain, but forecast models aren't holding onto that list. so overall looks like we're getting into a different trend to drying trend. all right. well that will be nice to have a little bit of a break in to see the sun today. lisa thank you. okay, authors find many ways to be inspired and we found in northern

california mother who was motio write a children's book from the side of a hospital bed right next to her son. who was being treated for a very serious illness, abc seven spencer christian introduces us to the author. a day at the park may seem like a normal family outing, right? but for joy van, it was an unimaginable moment just a few years ago when she first noticed her son, barron ivy was walking strangely, he couldn't hold his posture. he couldn't hold his legs up correctly. it was really wobbly joy took a room to the emergency room. six days after we arrived in the hospital, he became nonverbal. um he was put on a feeding tube and he lost his ability to walk. he just became a vegetable. sharon was diagnosed with anti nmda receptor encephalitis. it's caused when the body's own antibodies attack the part of the brain that controls movement , memory and learning. early symptoms include fever and headaches and can be followed by

psychosis, delusions and violent behavior. when we were in the hospital, he got very violent. he was actually strapped down. that's when joy and her husband remember something, baron said a few days before he got really sick. i was what? my familynd then i started trying to attack and my mom told me to calm down. let's when i told her inside me, like, couldn't control. that's how he explained it to me, he says. i have a ninja inside me, and he's mad. what he told me just kept on coming to me. just kept coming to me. joy started writing and sketching. it was a children's book about a boy ninja. she worked on the book next to her son's hospital bed that would ask him what color should we do? the tree should we put flowers on it and it was a way for me to communicate with him, even though he was at a vegetable say he could still move his eyes even if it was a

little like, blink or a little look to the left or right. i knew that he was trying to actually talk to me. still each section of the book is a stage in the diagnosis. when the ninja can't hit his target is symbolizes the struggles with movement. when he hurts himself training with nunchucks. it represents the violent outbursts when iran would hurt himself. it allowed are family too. just express how we reallyr later , a ruin n hlt and playful. his mom says working on the book helped her son's brain to recover and avoid the memory problems that can develop. i could do it. spencer christian, abc seven news. oh that's it's really, really wonderful to see that in a ninja inside of me is now on sale on amazon. next as south bay restaurant, making a big move this morning where poor

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oakland's amy schneider resumed her streak on jeopardy and surpassed the $1 million mark and winnings. she is just the fourth contestant hit seven figures and non tournament play and the first woman schneider is also the first trans woman to qualify for the tournament of champions. you can catch jeopardy weeknights at seven. right here on abc seven going alright today in the south bay beloved cajun style restaurant is making a big move. poor house bistro, which is located in the victorian era home is relocating a half mile to little italy this morning. the restaurant currently sits on land recently bought by google. the house. the physical house will be making this move. it will begin its journey through the streets at seven a.m. and just about four minutes from now, the owner says it should take a little over two hours and spectators are welcome to watch. so good luck with that move. and lisa, let's get one

last check of the weather. all right, liz. good morning to you . hi, everyone. we have some fog in the north bay. but as we look at the visibility here, it's also a little bit in the east bay quarter mile in napa. we are seeing conditions approved. improve in santa rosa mid and upper fifties today under a mostly sunny skies are really nice day out there the accurate seven day forecast. we've got a few more high clouds after cold start on sunday. it's likepportf rain looks like thursday, but overall looks like we are turning a corner with are very wet pattern, but it's been nice . we're hoping for more, liz, but the week ahead looks quiet. all right, lisa, thank you. and thank you all for joining us here on abc seven mornings. look how pretty it is out there. i'm loose quarries along with lisa arjun, abc seven news continues at nine a.m. we hope to see you then and have a great day.

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