where officers have surrounded that black. civic police have confirmed that a person in the vehicle is dead, but they haven't disclosed what killed the person as you can see from this video. there is a heavy police presence on the scene in cars are being diverted off the freeway at oak street as you can imagine traffic is back to for miles. we will stay on top of this and update you as we get more information. now though tonight's top story new at six. the day i make a decision for the wrong reason is the day i should no longer be. the solano county district attorney goes on one with the abc 7 news i-team. good evening. i'm amidates and i'm dan ashley. thank you for joining us the solano county da who refused who refused to investigate two fatal shootings by police. is running for another term and she answered all of i-team reporter melanie woodrow's questions in a one-on-one interview. melanie joins us live from the newsroom now, melanie, alma and dan we want to warn people some of the you'll see at the start of this upcoming report is very are being in case you want to

look away or have children with you as she seeks the third term krishna abrams has at least one opponent her own chief deputy district attorney who has abrams of discrimination. it was clearly. in execution, these are some of the last images cory mccoy has of his brother willie on february 9th. 2019. six vallejo police officer shot mccoy more than 50 times at a taco bell drive-thru. i'm so hurt by the fact that he will not ever have that chance to complete his life and see what he could have become. the shooting would have been reviewed by solano county district attorney krishna abrams, but instead i'm accusing myself solano county hired an independent special. tutor who ultimately determined the officers felt their lives were threatened and acted in self-defense. it's not the only case abrams were accused herself from she also would not investigate the june 2nd 2020 vallejo police fatal shooting of sean monterosa outside of walgreens where there

had been eluding monte rosa's sister michelle. she just holding up seat for someone else who can do her job. why were you unwilling to investigate the willie mccoy shooting or the sean monterose issuing? i was listening to my community. my community was saying, we don't believe that you can be fair based upon a perceived conflict, even though we absolutely could have been fair montrose's sisters called for the attorney general's office to investigate and for months the case was a hot potato weeks after taking office in april of 2021 ag rob fanta said this about abrams there is no actual conflict in this case, even though there's public scrutiny even though it may be hard to make the decision. you need to make the decision. it was made clear by the da that she could have done it if she decided to do it she decided not to so i will in my office will what was your reaction to the attorney general saying that i don't care what the attorney general says i care about what my community thinks you have any sense of what ag bontes feelings are about you seeking a third term. i don't really care. she says she serves the people

of solano county in an email statement to the it must spokesperson for the ag's office rights quote at the california department of justice were committed to working with all of our partners across the state to stand up for the people of california. abrams does not have the support of sean monterosa's sisters. we think that after not taking on our brother's case willie mccoy's brother. i think it's reprehensible. she is not. willing to do the entire job a district attorney for the mccoys family attorney takes a lot of audacity to refuse to do your job and then to run again, but she says she does have the support of many others and provided a list of dozens of endorsements from local politicians legislators and members of law enforcement abrams also says the county's november 2020 creation of a major crimes task force to investigate officer involved shootings eliminates any perceived conflicts of interest because law enforcement agency involved will not investigate

itself now that you have the task force any other reason that you would refuse yourself in a case going forward no unlike her last term this time abrams faces in opponent her own chief deputy district. attorney sharon henry solano county the community there to deserves. a district attorney who w w make tough decisions? regardless of the political consequences she was a friend of mine and now she's i apparently not after working from home during the pandemic due to an underlying condition henry sued the county alleging discrimination and retaliation. i was stripped. of my duties as a manager. i never discriminated against anyone let alone sharon henry. she says the lawsuit is not why she's running. we need leadership. it may seem like a political battle, but for the victim's families, personal corey mccoy wants abrams to investigate. vallejo police officers bent their batches to commemorate

shooting people vallejo police chief shawnee williams announced an independent third-party investigation into the matter on july 31st, 2020. the chief said the department received statements from two different sources within vpd that badge bending occurred. why not do your own investigation? we don't we don't chase rumors. we don't chase rumors. abrams said if the independent investigation turns up criminal conduct. she would think it would be sent to her office to review and make a decision. in the newsroom for the it melanie woodrow abc 7 news melanie fascinating dialogue and conversation you had today did anything else come up in that conversation? well, dan, i asked abrams some personal questions as well based on concerns that came up in my other interviews. she confirms. she's married to a law enforcement command staff member and she said she does not believe that's a conflict of interest. she said she would never review something that her husband personally handled. alright interesting. all right. thank you melanie very much you can attack the i-team if you'd like to see a story investigated

go to abc 7 news.com slash i-team or pick up the phone and call it. man accused of assaulting a 49ers fan at the nfc championship game is free on bond a day after his arrest today englewood's mayor identified the suspect as 33 year old brian alexis sifuentes roselle of los angeles. his arrest came after police traced a vehicle seen in surveillance video of the fight which happened outside sofi stadium during a tailgate party last sunday, daniel luna who was from oakland was wearing a white jersey. the suspect in a yellow jersey. the individual in the white jersey pushes the individual in the yellow jersey the individual in the yellow jersey. pushes the individual in the white jersey and then strikes him once it appears in the face area. the individual in the white jersey falls backwards hits his head on the pavement doesn't move after that. and luna remains in a medically induced coma his family told

police. they're grateful and arrest was made the suspect's mother issued a statement saying her son acted in self-defense and urge people not to rush to judgment. the mother of an east bay man who died during an encounter with alameda police is now a city and the officers involved mario gonzalez suffocated when police pinned him to the ground during the incident last april, his mother has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit saying her son was unjustifiably restrained the lawsuit alleges the three police officers used excessive force. the alameda county coroner's office has described gonzalez's death as a homicide a large protest is going on in oakland right now over a proposal to or merge more than a dozen schools sky 7 was over the crowd a short time ago as the group marched from city hall to school district headquarters. this is one of several protests. we've seen this week. the school board is set to take a vote on the proposal on tuesday abc 7 news senior education reporter liam melendez joins us with the last minute efforts to stop the closures and land. will they help?

well, this is really intense. isn't it? i'mma they just couldn't sit there and thing, you know every time oakland unified announces that closures are necessary. they're always followed by protests in some cases as we know very angry protests and this tends to have an impact on the school board so much so that remember in 2019 the district was trying to identify up to 24 schools that they say had to close or merge over five years to date the board has really not. follow through on this on this i their school is likely to close students from koramatsu discovery. in oakland made sure their voices were heard much like the man whose name is on the building fred t. caramatsu who fought against japanese internment camps fred tikoromatsu. he told us to speak up for what is right why this school made the closure? listen, not others baffles

teachers and staff. it really has been a community here. most of our staff has been here five or six years. most of the students here live in the neighborhood. it's very hard for other people out there to look for schools that they that they that feel like they're at home and i think they should keep it open next. tuesday's school board vote will not only have an impact on this community, but may also change the teachers commitment to the profession and i'm getting my masters right now in biology. i was thinking, you know, do i need to make a change if i want to stay in this? sorry. carl monk elementary is school on the closure list at least 50% of students here are african-american the superintendent of schools has acknowledged that black kids will be impacted the most by the closures this school is important to me. i've been here for five years and i and it was very fun.

and i do not want to leave the school a district report found that 15,000 students have left the district or moved out of the city in the past 20 years. this decline has meant that district receives millions less in state funding another reason for this drastic action is the high cost of maintaining 80 schools. it's just a building, but it's also a community and it serves the community around here. a lot of passion. is there any hope that these schools will remain open will recently the oakland city council approved a resolution asking the governor and the state legislator to get rid of the school districts outstanding debt to prevent closures now, they justify this by basically saying, you know, california will have an estimated $45 billion dollar surplus in 2022 and 2023. so they're basically saying help us out leanne melendez abc 7 news. alright.

and thank you for that report. we're coming up next new. stones new rules at this point of the pandemic some are getting stricter, but others are getting easier. i'm meteorologist sandy patel. we have a weekend warm-up coming. that'll feel nothing like winter and wait until you see those temperatures for next week. i'll have the details when oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. but i just... so thanks, but, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire

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sonoma county will lift its restrictions on event sizes which were put into place a month ago to help curb cases contra costa county today lifted its vaccine mandate meaning you no longer have to show proof of vaccination to get into places like bars in gyms. it's because 80% of people in the county are now fully vaccinated. in santa clara county the first of two booster mandates in the city of san jose go into effect today abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains why the city thinks this is best for health and safety. santa clara county is ranked one of the top 40 healthiest communities in the country by us news and world report the city of san jose makes up a majority of the population and the city believes covid-19 vaccine and booster requirements have contributed to that ranking. our party always has been the safety and health of our community as well as our employees. so i think this plays a huge part today. the latest mandate went into effect requiring boosters or

negative covid-19 tests at all city-owned facility event. over 50 these grandparents visiting their grandchildren in san jose are happy to know their little ones will be safer omicron is a nasty little virus that spreads very easily. so that is a concern and the mess, you know, only help a little bit but boosters help a lot. so that could help stop the spread that i'm all for it next week another mandate police fire healthcare and other city employees will be required to be boosted around 96% of employees are fully vaccinated and the city. paid similar compliance with boosters to keep operations running smoothly there have been no impacts, you know as we are heading towards that mandate expiration now many of these employees have ready been required to be boosted santa clara county mandates all county first responders going into high risk settings must receive the extra dose of the covid vaccine on february 1st the county reported around 200 of their 22,000 employees have received letters of intended disciplinary action for not getting the

booster. the county says they anticipate to see numbers of non-compliant employees to decline in the coming days. you're very proud of our highly vaccinated workforce. it just goes back to making sure that you know, we have healthy and safe place to provide services that are much needed to our community the san jose city employee booster mandate goes into effect, february 11th in santa clara county dustin dorsey abc 7 news. this week san francisco added a booster shot requirement for people going to big indoor events that's defined as having more than 500 people like at a warriors game now if you don't have a vaccination card, you will need proof of a negative antigen test within 24 hours or negative pcr test within 48 hours at home test results are not accepted. so keep that in mind. all right. let's turn to our weekend weather. friday's finally here. so weekend it is i did not see that now, of course spencer's office. sandy patel is here with the forecast. yeah, and the fabulous forecast

that i have for you includes a lot of sunshine. i know we need the rain dan and amma but for any of your outdoor activities, this is going to be good weather take a look at these live pictures from golden gate bridge to emeryville santa cruz vulmer. all you're seeing is a few heightened wispy clouds that are passing through the bay area and that's what you'll see tomorrow to start off the day right now on live doppler 7. you can see those high clouds. they're just coming over the top of this ridge of high pressure that has blocking the storms from getting in here, so it's still in control. we've had a nice offshore flow that brought us the mild weather today. photo upper 60s for your highs moderate air quality right now though as a result of that stagnant error underneath the area of high pressure. so most of you are in the yellow we do have some greens around santa rosa santa cruz, which means good air quality that's going to be the trend as we head into the weekend. so it's moderate air quality saturday good to moderate sunday and monday and tuesday will continue with that. it's still safe for you to be outdoors to enjoy any of your activities that you have planned

temperatures right now. they're in the 50s. the 60s as you look at a live picture from our santa cruz camera hazy skies warmer weather for the weekend temperatures continue to rise. next week and yes records are possible wednesday and thursday those higher clouds go through overnight tonight tomorrow. you may notice that it starts. cloudy, but then it brightens up pretty quickly and then the fog rolls in for a saturday night into sunday. so the coastal areas will have to deal with the fog. it's almost like a summer like pattern but we are going to be orienting temperatures that are still above average for this time of year in the afternoon mid-30s to the upper 40s. morning, basically looking at higher clouds filtering the sunshine to start off the day, but that means it's not going to be as cold because the clouds will insulate us tomorrow afternoon 70 at cloverdale ukiah the rest of you are looking at is going to be a mild saturday afternoon and as you check out the accuweather 7-day forecast morning clouds giving way to sunshine mild to warm for your sunday. we're going to bump you up to the low 70s inland low to

mid-60s coast side. look at these temperatures. i mean as that ridge intensifies those numbers will soar into the mid-70s low 70s right around the bay mid to upper 60s coast side. i mean, this is when we're looking at the possibility of records the warmth eases on friday and right now it looks like least through the middle of february no rain in sight, but perhaps later on this month things will change. and okay. thanks sandy very much. let's hope part of building a better bay area involves. improving san francisco bay itself and an environmental group is in the middle of a project to do exactly that it's a new way of looking at the levees that surround the bay. as you fly along ravenswood pond with droneview 7 it might be hard. fought the design evolution taking place on the ground of the shoreline near highway 101 and menlo park is into an example of what 21st century lev could look like around the bay area and the country what we're looking at here is a native

plant called common yarrow jesse olson is the habitat restoration director at save the bay the environmental group. using native plants to green nearly 10 acres of what's known as a horizontal levy. it's a gently sloping stretch of land connecting bidwell park to surrounding salt ponds, and i think a lot of people moving into the future are thinking of more nature-based solutions for these so traditionally you might be used to a heart and structure like riprap and now we're thinking how could we protect the shoreline and also provide additional benefits to accomplish that vision the save the bay team has been growing plants in a makeshift nursery a short distance away scores of volunteers. point forces to plant the area by hand after an agricultural team place the original materials using heavy equipment right now. it doesn't look like much because they're only in our first year, but from a trained eye you can already see those native plants coming up the project also echoes a movement across the country with the growing threat from climate change and sea level rise many environmental groups say we need

alternatives to simply building higher levies and taller seawolves. natalie snyder is with the environmental defense fund late last year the group joined nearly a hundred other organizations in drafting a letter to the army corps of engineers. it called on the court to refocus its planning toward nature-based solutions, so it doesn't have to be these strong seawalls, which you know actually harm the environment and are not sustainable in the long term with climate change here at home save the bay believes the rav. project can act as a pilot for future planning perhaps becoming a model for major shoreline projects. we are learning a lot here. hopefully we'll see success and that will be something we can share. let's see save the bay is also planning to expand the project soon to include another stretch of a horizontal levy in the same area eventually greening more than 25 acres in all. on every samtrans bus today. seat that's taken and there's a good reason for it.

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care coalition, it's so good to see you all! alright! let's brainstorm. any ideas for new members? i'd like to nominate alaska airlines. this neck pillow i'm dating says great things! a caring airline?! wait, those exist?! it says here they were the first airline to switch from plastic bottles to boxed water. they also hire a lot of people from caring professions. i'm seeing former teachers and nurses. it's settled! alaska airlines is officially in the running! round of applause! francisco international airport. calm conditions for flying tonight, but when it comes to a certain type of turbulence, could it be one strike and you're out the ceo of delta airlines is calling for the federal. government to place unruly passengers on a no-fly list that would ban them from flying on other airlines in a letter to

the us attorney general ed. bastian said the rate of unruly passengers on delta has doubled since 2019. he believes the no-fly list would serve as a symbol of the consequences passengers face for not complying with flight crew member instructions. booze is coming back on the menu for southwest airlines. beer wine and liquor sales will resume, february 16th. rest says customers can use their 2020 and 2021 drink coupons through this year beverage offerings were scaled back, of course because of the pandemic save the seat. that's what samtrans is doing to commemorate rosa parks's birthday today the transit agency tweeted this picture with the caption quote today. we commemorate rosa parks's birthday as well as national transit equity day in her honor. our fleet has designated. for her on all of our buses her contributions and efforts resulted in a more just and equitable public transit system. thank you and happy birthday. and for black history month, we

have a shelf of curated stories. you can watch on our abc 7 bay area app. it's available on apple tv android tv fire tv and roku. well, the timing is right if you're looking for a job certainly tonight, the extra perks employers are offering both now and later to people hired plus. i don't think anybody in alameda would want to give their business to somebody so bigoted. disbelief and outrage over what a local gym posted. we went in search of an

news and that breaking news is in oakland where the chp is investigating the death of a person found inside a car on interstate 880, but they have not confirmed how the person died. the body was found in that black honda civic that you see this is a shot from our 880 tower camera showing the backup which extends to the colosseum. it's a mess as you can tell cars are being diverted off the freeway at oak street and back onto the freeway at jackson and here's sky 7 live over the scene right now. all northbound. lanes have been shut down near the broadway off-ramp. to stay on top of this of course and update you as we get more information into the newsroom. exploring issues around race and

social justice is a vitally important part of building a better bay area community members in the east bay are speaking out tonight because they say called jim is attacking asians with hurtful and dangerous language abc 7 news. anchor dion limb attempted to have a conversation with the business. owner and brings us the story. asian massage parlors are give happy endings and they're full of sex slaves. you can hear the disbelief in erica peck's voice as she reads with the owner of island personal training wrote on yelp responding to a critical. you who is he marketing this tour like total? grossips that oh, it just just t me so mad. it's those comments about asians and massage parlors and ones on the company's website that have many in the community on facebook and real life speaking out and i was like, oh my god this guy, i don't know what decade he thinks he's living in or country. he thinks he's living in but this is not okay. this screen wrap shows the

business advertises their massage therapists speak english kind of rare for the field round these parts and continues to say they're not like shady asian massage parlors. i don't think anybody in alameda would want to give their business to somebody so bigoted island personal training has locations in reading and alameda. i went to the alameda location to speak to the owner. you hi. i'm from channel 7. i'm looking. jason wilson at first he seemed amenable to speaking to me. very much. okay. thank you moments later. wilson pops. his head outside says we can talk later. and shuts the door, um question for you though, cynthia twil is one of the founders of stop aapi hate and an executive director with chinese for affirmative action. it is very triggering given what happened at the atlantic area shooting we're coming up that anniversary where asian women and asian businesses were targeted and this kind of racist rhetoric and commentary.

adds to i think these persistent stereotypes that are so not just offensive but really put our communities in danger after our visit. i checked and island personal trainings website appeared to be down. however, his reading location facebook still shows posts from last may saying other massage parlors are dirty and smell like chinese food. jojo says she hopes speaking out will create an educational experience for all i really hope that he can learn he can he can open up learn and grow and become a part of the wonderful community that's here in alameda. i visited island personal training again in the and made several calls and did not hear back in alameda dion lim abc 7 news. investors digested corporate earnings and a stronger than expected jobs report. the dow was down 21 points, but

the nasdaq was up 219 following good earnings news from amazon snap and pinterest the s&p added 23 to end its best. week of the year shares a facebook's parent company meta felt just 67 cents today after its stock plunged 26% on thursday. yesterday's collapse was the worst loss of value for any company in us market history. it came after the menlo park company revealed new challenges. to its core advertising business the bay area is one of the hottest job markets in the country according to a new survey of more than 2900 companies that's leading to offers of higher pay and other incentives as we track the economy as part of building a better bay. area abc 7 news reporter david louis shows us what employers are putting on the table to recruit workers? job seekers in the bay area are in a good position three out of four companies here have told business consulting firm robert half that they're hiring and that gives applicants an edge as companies compete against each other for talents. they are going to be looking at

the bottom line however to remain competitive in this market they're going to need to adjust their salaries and potentially sign on bonuses. robert half found that 47% of bay area companies are offering higher salaries 65% are willing to provide working options 44% are putting signing bonuses on the table and 40% are offering more paid time off, san jose state university economist. justin. reits says signing bonuses are a way to hedge against uncertainty in the economy if you're a business, you don't want to have to give a say 10% increase in a wage where maybe you say we'll give you a one-time bonus to keep you happy. and then we'll see what's gonna happen in the future. now all job sectors are booming construction has seen 5000 job losses in a single month even as hourly wages have gone up five percent over the past year the steepest increase in 15 years. the reasons include supply chain

issues and the rising cost of materials still the hiring boom appears to reflect confidence by companies that the long-term outlook is good if you're hiring someone that's something that's you're looking at several. at least several years out. what are our needs over the next several years. so temporary fluctuations in the stock market probably play less of a role in those decisions demand for contract workers is also strong david louie abc 7 i'm michael phinney. have you tried to return a bottle and get your deposit? back lately. i have come along. i'll show you how it works seven i'll show you how it works seven on entresto is the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists and has helped over one million people. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema,

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container recycling program is now up and running, but is it better than what we had before the environment is part of building a better bay area, of course and 7 on your side. phineas been looking into the program and he joins us now with more information michael. we were told that this program dan would be completely different from the past. and boy, is that true. the city used to have hundreds of places to return your bottles and cans stores that sold the items and recycling centers a new law scrapped all of that and

put into motion a mobile program with roaming trucks to be set up around town and taking in your empties. the new program was launched in early january so far only two trucks have been deployed and they aren't roaming. they are stationary at two locations. crochet, hen is with the san francisco department of the environment. so we're starting small, but we are planning on scaling up the program gradually and the goal is to be in every district within the city. although the idea was sold us convenient, not all san francisco see it that way. here's adrian kimbola. i'm unlike me who doesn't have a car and i would be reliant. to call or taking the bus to get to these locations. there are only two. in the city that i have seen when i've checked the app a few times. here's the app. she's talking about the program revolves around it. once the app is downloaded you gather up your bottles in cans

with this new program. you must use these specific blue bottle bank bags to return bottles and cans the website shows where the bags can be found when i went around town spot checking stores. i found none on the shelves and when i asked for them employees, sometimes had no idea what was talking about. other times i was handed a kind of kit with two bags and instructions if you go to the store right now, they're just carrying the two pack bags and if you go to customer service, they should be able to give them to you and for a limited time they're giving them to participants for free consumer watch dogs. jamie court says this new program puts the burden on consumers. what do you of these blue backs? i think they're plastic. i don't understand why a why a a recycling program would use a plastic bag. it seems like the opposite of what you would want to do at the

bottle bank side. i visited those running the place could not have been more helpful or friendly they checked in our app. then checked in the bags of bottles and cans we were recycling. they explained. the containers will be tallied later and the deposit will be sent to the app where it can then be transferred to a financial account. the bottle bank says it can take as long as three days before the payment is received now. we recycled our bottles and cans on tuesday around noon. we have still not been paid. a couple of final points. there is a saturday availability. it's out at stonestown on the edge of the city and there are also two stationary recycle centers still operating in the city when the bags are sold. they will cost a couple of bucks for a set of eight now to pay for the bags you would have to hand over the deposit of about 50 containers before you broke even with this program one final point. you don't squash the cans. so it takes up a lot more room

and a lot of squash anything because they're all going to be individ. really read as i go through interesting. so if you squish them, that won't work. yeah. wow. all right. thanks michael. sure coming up. they've had graduations canceled because of the pandemic now some of the students may be barred from attending the prom the last ditch effort

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city of oakland may keep some contra costa county high school students from going to prom oakland now requires vaccinations for indoor events a change since danville's monte vista high booked its event the school. principal is fighting for an exception for students. he says have no choice in their vaccination status abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes has the story. oakland scottish rite center has long been the local venue for special events including the montevista high school prom the school booked it again in advance for this year's junior prom. they were out of school for such a long period of time and stuck at home. they are all craving these kind of super fun events, dr. kevin a hearing the school principal says that when they booked the venue, they thought they would work under alameda county's guidelines for large indoor events vaccinations required or a negative negative covid test what we want to wear up. in december the city of oakland had put together an ordinance

that that the required vaccination only the city's ordinance only allows a negative covid test instead if a person shows proof of a verified medical exemption, dr. ahern says that excludes roughly 20 unvaccinated students. they're old enough to get vaccinated. but ahern says there could be more to the reasons that they're not. so we're talking about miners talking about students under the age of 18. they don't have full control over over choices and so students, you know would may want to get vaccinate but their parents are asked or are having them not get vaccinated. reason or another dr. ahern sends a proposal to the city asking that high school's leasing venues be allowed to accept a negative covid test. he said that the high school would offer the test on campus the day before the february 12 prom the proposal went nowhere. we reached out to the city who sent a statement that set in part. the ordinance does not authorize city staff with discretion to grant the exemption proposed. however a person attending a large indoor event such as this may be exempt from the vaccine proof requirement if they are

entitled under any applicable. law to a reasonable accommodation from medical condition. ahern says that he wants to continue the conversation with the city. so that students who have spent two years in the pandemic can enjoy a sense of normalcy. i've been council graduations proms other events, and this is that first opportunity to really celebrate as a class zach fuentes abc 7 news. all right. so the weekend is here. we're done with the wind hopefully face that way but the sunshine sandy is pretty warm. yeah, it is definitely milder than average here in the bay area today and we're going to keep that trend going so dan and amma take a look at the national picture that major winter storms still bringing wintery weather across much of the east coast. look at those temperatures there 22 in boston 17, cleveland 28 in new york. our weather is balmy compared to there is unfortunately no rain in the forecast. we do have mild weather for saturday afternoon plans mostly 60s sunshine if you're gonna be out doing some yard work watch out for that tree pollen starts

off in the morning with clouds and then brightens up later in the day climate prediction centers saying it's going to be warmer than average from the central to the western us later next week 70 to 80 percent chance of above average temperatures and that accuweather seven day forecast reflects that warming begins this weekend as we head into next week mid-70s. i mean, that's not february like inland and i could set some records so stay tuned to amma and dan, you know, who likes this. thanks sandy who likes this warmth and no rain alma golfers. oh, absolutely and in the most spectacular place too, larry picture perfect who's got the power after round two of pebble beach. i kind of just told you plus content creator extraordinaire and jump shot maker as well play

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with larry beale good evening when you think of pebble beach you think of the beauty? celebs the fans if you're seamus power you think opportunity many of golf's biggest names are playing in saudi arabia this week kind of a cash grab leaving power with the opportunity to rise to the top of leaderboard pebble beach beach from round two another beautiful day. in the monterey peninsula sheamus power made history today a second consecutive 64 great approach shot on 11 leading to a birdie jason day tied for seventh fourth hole 25 foot birdie putt it is rolling in. far after 66 first round leader tom, hogey, 17 monterey peninsula approach shot stops it

on a dime to set up a bird 69 ties for third at 11 under austin smotherman in second place. nice long putt here four strokes behind power 68 at monterey now earlier. i mentioned power making history another nice approach on 18 to set up a short bird 16 under. he's shot the lowest opening 36 holes at the pebble beach pro-am ever at 128 saving golf is it's one of those things you want to play with confidence, but how do you get confidence without playing well? it's it's one of those things that i've been able to kind of work on after course and instead of some improved results on it. it's definitely seems a little easier. and i mean still obviously a lot of work to do over the weekend. the 49ers they would much rather be prepping for the super bowl obviously instead a bunch of them are in vegas for the pro bowl george kittle debo samuel. kyle used check alex mack among the niners recognized for their outstanding seasons and debo was effusive in his praise for quarterback. jimmy garoppolo. i'm all right with him to the end whether he's with us or with

somebody else is just a guy always stay in contact with build a good relationship with him and all of them whether it's jimmy or if it's trey. how does the quarterback position look? you if it does go to train like that's out of my control. i just go out there and play ball and whatever happens. whoever throws it i catch it veteran nfl coach anthony lynn reportedly joining the 49ers staff according to espn lynn was the chargers head coach from 2017 to 2020 spent last yea asor and the niners might need a new offensive coordinator because batman mike mcdaniel some consider him to be a running game genius. he is scheduled to have his second interview with miami dolphins tomorrow the dolphins job one of three remaining head coaching vacancies in the nfl the warriors hot riding an eight-game winning streak in klay thompson. you can see he's feeling more and more at home on the court after that two and a half years of rehab clay came out smoking hot last night against sacramento his first seven shots

six of them were threes and look at steph just put the ball. right in the pocket there for a few minutes. like clay was going to repeat his 37-point quarter. that is an nba record set against the very same sacramento kings in 2015 and clay with extra motivation against sacto. put the 10th pick the sacramento kings. don't select me. so people don't forget. that's all i got to say. would you like to see? the warriors do anything at the trade deadline? anything you guys need you need a big man. maybe a new washing machine. so that my will will will will l movie semi-pro which clay obviously loves and he's always citing all the time. but jackie moon. me pro, we've had bad at all that so the clay thompson right there. just he's tremendous. i mean, you know when he first joined the warriors when he's first drafted out of washington state he was so shy you could

hardly get a word out. so now that was like a stand-up routine every time it gets front of the microphone. it's fantastic. yeah. he really has come into his own in so many ways. yeah, he's grown on and off the court. he's just terrific and it's great to have the splash brothers back again next we dream on hopefully three or four weeks everybody healthy at james wiseman aboard and make that playoff push. and all this right with the world. yes. thanks, larry. all right coming up tonight on abc 78. it's shark tank followed by 2020 at 9 then do not miss abc 7 news at 11 and you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc 7 bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv android tv, amazon fire tv and roku download the app now and start streaming. finally tonight a few thoughts about what relay matters. black lives matter which means black history matters this month you'll see a lot of special reporting on the many contributions aspirations and challenges in the african-american community black history month is badly needed because black history has historically been largely

ignored in schools. i've always been uncomfortable with the phrases white america or black america, they seem divisive by definition, but of course the hard reality is there are important and painful divisions disparities and treatment representation and opportunity in the in things are much better than they were even a few years ago and certainly black people are being represented and recognized in movies televisions and magazines and ways they never were before they're being employed in ways and numbers they never were before all encouraging signs of meaningful change and lasting progress, but their must be so much more really matters as we celebrate black history this month is the future as well as the past. always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook at dan ashley abc 7. and that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news. we thank you so much for joining us. i'm on a date and i'm dan ashley for sandia battelle. larry beale all of us here. we appreciate your time. we'll leave you with a live.

look at that breaking news from sky 7. yeah, all of northbound 880 shut down in oakland after a body was found inside a car. it was in a black honda civic off to the side of the freeway near broadway. so far police have not said how the person died all northbound lanes on 880 are closed. and of course always go to our website. latest and have a good night.

♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants-- a director of university communications from natick, massachusetts... a third grade teacher from san jose, california... and our returning champion, a consultant from brooklyn, new york... whose 2-day cash winnings total... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- mayim bialik! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone. as we prepare to wrap up the week, we've learned a few things about our current champion, emma saltzberg.

she once visited the world's largest cedar bucket, her cats are named after "sopranos" characters, and she's going for her third straight victory. welcome, sara and molly. good luck to all three of you. here are the categories in the jeopardy! round. ♪ these are words that start with a vowel, but don't take the article "an." and... emma, returning champ, you pick first. mammals for $200. - sara. - what is an elephant? no. molly. what's a rhino? i'm sorry, no. making our way through pachyderms. emma? [laughter] what is a hippopotamus? - emma, select again. - mammals for $400.