>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. anchor: turning tragedy into action. this sense less attack unexpire add nationwide demand for change. good evening. and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. you're watching us here on abc7, hulu live and where you you stream. a rally was where a beloveded father and grandfather was attacked. his death is motivating people with love and demand with change. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now!

>> they marched retracing the final steps made by thai grandfather. his brutal attack was caught on video. he died days later. >> i know when we saw that vid video, it was heartbreaking. it still is heartbreaking. >> activists say viche's killing startestarted the stop the asia. >> at the very core, it acknowledge that is asian hate crime happens. >> victims continue to come forward. >> when you add hundreds upon thousands of incidents, these are not coincidences. this is racism. >> others say words are not enough. real action is needed to stop

the sense less attacks. >> we must hold accountable those who commit these crimes against our aapi community. [applause] and we must demand that those who have the bower to hold people accountable actually do. >> this was a day to honor a man to spend more time in the u.s. to spend time with his father and grandchild. >> he would want us to lead with love. ♪ >> cellists play, "you'll never walk alone," vowing to make sure that other communities will never have to dion: if you would like to get involved, go to o o o o o oo

abc7news.comtakeaction. >> the oakley police department is searching for a missing person. alexis gabe as you see here was last seen wednesday night in antioch. she's described as a 24 year-old asian female, about 5'7" 7 and 170 pounds. she was wearing a black and shelver hooded suite shirt. friends and family members are currently searching for gabe in the city of antioch and oakley if you have any information, contact the oakley police. new details now on a deadly hit-and-run crash in san francisco involving two vehicles. supervise or gordon mar says the person who died was a passenger on an uber ride. investigators say a man hit a second s.u.v. that was on an uber ride in the outer sunset the audi driver ran away by the time emergency crews arrived. police are asking for help asking for witnesses.

they're looking for a white man about 45 with a bald head and who is possibly over six feet tall. developing news now in the tensions between russia and the ukraine the u.s. ambassador to the notion has called for a meeting of the security counsel for monday. abc news reporter mary alice parks tells us russia is now sending mixed messages. >> russia says it's returning some of their troops back to the basis after a combat readiness check while thousands lined the bored -- border. >> these vehicles were russian troops had been positions for nearly two weeks. these mixed messages from the kremlin come as the u.s. has called for a u.n. security counsel meeting the u.n. ambassador saying that the meeting is an opportunity for the russians to find a diplomatic way out. >> we've made clear that we're prepared to address our

concerns, ukrainian concerns and russian concerns at that time diplomatic table, but it cannot be done ton battlefield. >> canada's prime minister arrived with talks with her ukrainian counter part. canada withdrawing noncertainly personnel from the embassy. and it will consider a major military deployment to support nato allies with russia, since ukraine is not a part of nato, it's unclear how the alliance will as you were port that country if sit attacked. >> i'll be moving u.s. troops in the nato countries in the near term. not a lot. >> the pentagon says that russia could attack ukraine with very little warning. >> this is larger in scale and scope h in the amassing of force that is we've seen. >> but ukraine's president has been critical of the united states for overstating the crisis. mary alice parks, abc news, washington. >> covid cases are falling or

even flat in 41 states that includes california where restrictions will ease. starting tuesday, san francisco will lift its indoor max mandate in places like gyms and offices for people who are up to date on their vaccinations. despite optimistic trends johns hopkins >> s the death toll in the u.s. is near 883,000 americans. deaths are still rising. that lags behind. my hope is within a week or so we see that peak and start turning. my expectation is the yup coming weeks. we will see substantial declines in infections. >> today in canada, truckers held what they called freedom convoy in opposition to a cross border vaccine mandate. it requires those who are unvaccinated to quarantine when returning to canada. the u.s. has a similar mandate. >> and california academy of sciences will implement a new vaccine requirement for guests starting on tuesday. all guests ages 12 and older must provide full proof of

vaccination and booster if eligible. negative covid-19 test will no longer be accepted. starting march 15th, proof of full vaccination will be required for museum guests ages 5 through 11. just ahead, talk about represent young team. >> free l.a.! >> 49ers faithful as far as the eye can see. and this is not the bay area. j.r. stone is at sew fight stadium and gives us an idea of the scene outside the home of the l.a. rams. plus, the change you'll see on spotty fight the audio streaming service is responding after three musicians protest to protest misinformation. >> we're looking at a beautiful bay area sunset. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up

dion: spotty fight will -- spotify will add a disclaimer. they're upset by covid vaccine misinformation on joe rogan's spotify podcast. he says there are view on spotify that he disagrees but he doesn't want it to become a content sensor. 20,000 customers saw their internet service go off line. that's because somebody shot up fiber lines belonging to the company causing some serious

damage. take a look. these are some of the bullet hole that is punctured the comcast lines near 69th and macarthur boulevard. oakland police says someone opened fire in the area at 3:30 in the the morning this morning. no one was si -- injured. but rounds peppered the area. some customers are being slowly being restored. but the damage is make repairs extra difficult. take a look. pure excitement right now for the san francisco 49ers the niners are of course, taking on the los angeles rams in the n.f.c. championship game this afternoon. and the winner goes to the super bowl. [cheers] dion: if was sew fight stadium in engelwood. you would think this was a tailgate at levi a sea of red and gold transformed the parking lot just a few hours ago

the faithful made the trek down south to cheer on the niners. >> rams, they never get their fans there. look at all this red around here. >> go niners. >> yes! 49ers is going to win! yes, yes, yes! >> i love the hair. j.r. stone is there to capture the excitement. we'll hear from him in a live report at 11:00 tonight. here in the bay area, 49ers fans are taking on the big game on a very big screen in the east bay. check it out the almeda theater and cinaplex opened for free for a watch party. not only is it a chance for niner fans to root on their team but also meet their neighbors. >> you know, it's an opportunity for the opportunity to gather together at no cost. and enjoy it in a historic neater that is a pretty amazing place to watch any kind of a movie or event. >> connor says he'll also open up the theater again for a super

bowl watch party regardless of who is in it. you are familiar with electric cars but what about electric ships? we could start seeing them in the bay. we'll take a look at that time fleet of the too much. >> we've gone 23 days in the bay area with no measurable rainfall. i'll (naj) at fisher investments, our clients know we have their backs.

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dion: building better bay area includes focus toping environment and climate change a french battery company will talk about their plans to rollout electric ships and ferries. all of this is par of a big bloomberg energy conference happening here. they have and all-electric ferry

off the coast of denmark. you're watching video from the -- from the company. >> there's a lot of work going on throughout the world. different organizations, different governments with different policies. but a big push to decarbonize as much as possible. dion: it's not just ferries and ships. governor newsom's budgets proposal includes $10 billion to support clean cars, trucks, bus that is are more affordable. and spencer, i really enjoyed watching your environment al reports also during the week. spencer klaw: thank you. thank you. i wish i had some rain to report. happy to report on the sunny and pleasant weather. we've got 23 straight days without measurable rainfall. the last measurable rain was pulled on january 7th. looks like we could act three four days before rain finally

arrives. >> it's a little bit cooler. about four to five degrees clearer. here's a view from the bay under increasingly cloudy skies. mid 50's at oakland mountain and san jose. santa clara, 57 and 52 in half moon bay. whispy clouds are beginning to pass buy. petaluma 56. napa down to 52. and upper 50's at concord and livermore and what a glorious sunset is developing as you look west from emryville. features partly cloudy overnight. gusty off-shore winds develop on tuesday and wednesday. they'll start developing overnight. this dry pattern continues through next week. look for high clouds and low clouds developing as well or fog. and we start the day with bright skies tomorrow. fillerred sunshine.

overnight, it will drop into the upper 30's and some of our locations like santa rosa, lakeport. concord down to 39 degrees. livermore 38. highs tomorrow upper 50 east mainly low 60's around the bayshoreline. mainly low 60's, although one or two locations might top out at about 64. serge -- searching for rain. we'll see rain going into the pacific northwest. but the storm track replains well to our north. wet in the northwest, dry near the bay area that's through monday of the following week. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. mainly sunny skies as we have an increase in off-shore winds. you would think that that might bring milder conditions. just going bring us some ghast are quite dry. mid 60's as highs on friday, sad and sunday. maybe some upper 60's next sunday. the lovely weather continues but

the dry weather does as well. >> now, to chris alvarez with a preview of sports. and we are crossing our fingers, aren't we? >> yes, we are. niners-rams, one win away from the super bowl. the a.f.c., bengals and chiefs. who dey as they say in cincinnati. sports is [ coughing and sneezing ] cold season is back. bounce back fast with alka seltzer plus. with 25% more concentrated power.

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chris: 49ers and rams currently playing in the n.f.c. championship 10-7, niners early in the third

quarter. after last night's win, steve kerr revealed this to me after the game. >> got any thoughts on the niners? >> go niners. i already cancelled practice in houston so we can all watch the game. don't tell anybody, though. >> no one's watching. >> are we on tv? coach kerr told me, i don't know if you know this, no practice tomorrow because there's a big football game. >> that's great no bert day than a day -- better day than a day off. >> coach cancelled practice. >> exciting. exciting. >> there's some big football games. you excited about the no practice and enjoying football? >> for sure. >> are you a big football guy? >> if people watch it, i'll watch i. >> you're going to root for the niners? >> of course. o. >-- of course.

>> first half, all chiefs. patrick mahomes to tyreek hill. kansas led 21-3 at one point. but second half, different story. mahomes picked off by defensive lineman b.j. hill. mahomes says that one on me an ensuing drive. joe burrow to ja'marr chase. we're tied at 21-21. who dey. >> evan mcpherson. ice in his veins. 52 yards. cincy leads by three. final seconds, though, the chiefs go right down the field. we go to overtime. chiefs fans feeling confident after last week's win in overtime. remember, they had 12 seconds to score. they did. chiefs win the coin toss. mahomes going for it all and vaughn bell interceptions. so the bengals have a chance to win it now. chiefs fans just shocked.

bengals drive the ball down the field. here's mcpherson. 31 yards and in. bengals 27-24 on to the super bowl for the first time in more than 30 years. bengals legend ickey woods known for the ickey shuffle. the bengals win. sharks fans in carolina, get your barbecue ready. this makes me hungry looking at it. third period. rudolph ballsers ties things at one. young fan. ready? tied at 1-1. carolina controls the shot. and andre svechnikov, 2-1, hurricanes. excuse me, not long after that, timo meier great chance but frederik andersen makes the stop. the sharks finish the road trip on tuesday. there's a big football game going on. red, red, red, like the niners

and the fans in sew fight. red. dion: i wish i had my goal to complete it next time. >> it wasn't great the warriors would not practice but watch the game. >> a new spot in san francisco celebrate

dion: we do want to take a moment to remine you that you can always get our live newscast and breaking news along with weather and much more with our new abc7 bay area app. it's available on apple tv and android tv, fire tv and roku. just download it for free. finally, year of the tiger celebration stretched beyond san francisco's chinatown and into a new neighborhood. ooh, love to see the sights and hear the sounds. this inaugural lunar new year festival at that time crossing at east cut outdoor space featured local restaurants and small businesses along with music and cooking demos and the mist asian global court and lion dancing. they showcased aapi culture to the diverse multicultural community. that's all the time we have for

this edition of abc7 news at 5:00. i'm dion lim. for all of us, thanks for joining usle we'll sigh tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the northeast tonight digging out, after getting slammed by that deadly blizzard. dumping more than two feet of snow in some areas, knocking out power to more than 100,000. massachusetts, in the bull's-eye of the nor'easter, buried under this historic snowfall. tens of thousands tonight still without power. new images of houses covered in ice along the coast. the towering storm surge flooding entire communities. in new york, at least three people dying while shoveling snow. more than 5,000 flights cancelled this weekend. the cold blast reaching as far as south florida. citrus farmers worried about their crops as the cold temperatures cause iguanas to fall from trees. and tonight, the new winter storm threat for millions this week. rob marciano standing by with