december 24. the new mask changes come as some states are using their restrictions. new jersey announced their mask mandate from schools will be lifted in march. live with more and what we can excite here in california. liz: as you mentioned, starting next tuesday, only vaccinated people will be required -- unvaccinated people will be required to wear masks in public places. as for mask mandate will be lifted for kids in school, that is also unclear. as omicron cases continue to fall in california, there is growing questions about when more mandates will be lifted. this afternoon, governor newsom announced the statewide mask and it will be lifted onto gory 15. after that, only unvaccinated people will be required to wear masks indoors. >> i think there is a case to be made for that. liz: the uppity allergist

supports the decision and says it is not a sign we are out of the woods just yet. >> things are falling so fast right now, it looks like we are in good shape. i will point out there were more cases yesterday than there were at the highest point of the winter outbreak last year. liz: what is still unclear is when the mast meant it will be lifted for kids in schools. according to -- california is one of 16 states that currently require students to wear masks in the classroom. one of those is new jersey where the democratic governor announced the school mask mandate will lift in march. here in california, some parents have been calling on newsom to lift hours, too. saying it is an unfair burden on kids. dr. rutherford says it is best to keep it. >> i think that has a longer tail to it. mostly because the downside is it is not just infection, it is schools getting closed and they miss out on education. it's disruptive for everyone. liz: as cases fall, another

unknown is how long california will have to be in a state of emergency. in november, the executive order was extended to march 31. critics are questioning that, too. saying, if you can host a super bowl, is there an emergency? dr. rutherford says it is not so simple. >> we have been here before. rapidly falling rates in the new variant emerges and things go back up. i think you have to have flexibility to scale stuff back if you need to. >> again, only unvaccinated people will need to wear masks indoors. as for the other mask changes coming in next week, everyone regardless of vaccination status will have to wear masks high-risk places. indoor mega-events with more than 1000 people will also have to require vaccinations. the state will also lift the requirement that people visiting

hospitals and nursing homes must show proof of a negative covid test. a lot of changes coming, but we will see if the bay area counties follow suit. >> docking about mega-events, the super bowl is coming up sunday nla. that is two days before the mask mandate will be lifted. what did dr. rutherford say about the timing of the super bowl? is he have any concerns about safety? we're talking about 90,000 people in sofi stadium probably. >> he has concerns that it could be a super-spreader event. he said that in a sense, it is better that it is here in california given that we do have mass mandates and we are overall a very cautious state. he said even though the mandate expires two days later, it is really important that masks are required at the super bowl. he believes keeping masks on those extra two days could result in 50% fewer cases than if they were not required. >> 50% of a big number.

new vaccine mandates in place in the city of berkeley starting today, anybody over the age of five has to be vaccinated to go inside many locations. restaurants, bars, gyms, pharmacies. workers must show that they are boosted now to. national cathedral in washington dc is tolling 900 times today in memory of the 900,000 people who have died in the united states from covid-19. the u.s. hit this grant -- grim pandemic milestone on friday. >> other news now. three days after the most fatal highway shooting, new push for surveillance cameras. >> being -- let's being done to

be stopping these fatalities. >> it is the agonizing calls these officers make too far -- far too often. >> the passenger seat. drivers unresponsive. >> i can, including within the resources i control. in the last nine months, five people have been killed in oakland freeways. >> killed a month ago, and here we are again. what has changed? >> nothing has changed. >> we search for answers.

to governor newsom. >> governor committed to working with the legislature and looking at this as a budget proposal for the upcoming budget. we will not see another revised budget until may and that is when we will have more information to what extent this request is being meant. >> there likely will not be any change in the summer. we kept pushing. >> are you calling to ask for it to happen sooner? that is certainly my desire, no one can wait for more safety. >> not waiting for the state budget. he is advocating for highway cameras now. >> how is your office pushing for this? >> will make a vocal statement for the state. talk with the state sheriff and see if we get any set port from the state sheriff's association. >> >> the scott peterson

heard the juror was at the center of his misconduct claims will be granted immunity. the juror is set to testify -- if she takes the fifth amendment, she is going to be receiving a immunity. they say that she lied during election process for the murder trial when she claimed she had never been the victim of a crime or involved in any lawsuit. >> now to the ongoing fight against the oakland school district. the impossible permanent school closures. abc 7 news reporter spoke to parents and has a reclamation. >> i am willing to pull her out of school for this whole week. >> he and other parents by pulling their kids out of this school this week, they get

the attention of administrative. their absences will cost the district money from the state. >> if every student does not come to school, but district -- district will be losing money. that is my they will not be able to get in bonuses or revenue. >> the school district is thinking about shrinking or closing 18 schools to trick a budget gap. -- shrink a budget gap. protesters there say that would be a big move in their life. >> about their students here. i have some friends that told me about their older sisters and brothers teachers and how great they are, and i want to have the opportunity to meet them. >> the school is still open in most fans still drop the kids off her class. -- principal did not record return our call for comment.

the handful of parents who did decide to take this step, say they feel strongly about the fight. >> they are trying to close all of the schools. we are trying to make oakland great. why are they going against us? >> this is one of many actions happening around oakland. including some walkouts. the vote on whether to close schools is scheduled for tomorrow night. >> two bay area receiving two shots in the arm. today they presented a $150 check to the county food bank. they will also be donating 75,000 to the san francisco marin food bank. that is part of a nationwide campaign where they donated $100 for each employee in that area who received a booster last month. >> i think sometimes not ever but he knows where to start to

volunteer to help out. something like this was a great opportunity for them than we are happy ever but he stepped up and got their shots and we could do this today. >> the donation will help provide 300,000 meals served by the elementary -- allegheny food bank. >> scammer still targeting the edd. the effort to track them down before they get any money. >> how this could transform trump -- transportation to jeopardy in prime time. a look at the big college term. >> we are about to put the rest another warm day with averages well above average. tomorrow, about nine to 16 degrees higher than average. that is not the warmest day in my forecast. when som

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housing to. the problem is there just no house -- places for people with lower incomes to find homes. if make 75,000 to 100,000 a year, there are one -- a total of 17 affordable listings. if you make 50 to 75,000, there is only three listings. the county board of supervisors hopes a new initiative big vote for tomorrow can help address the caching issue. today it is a proposal, tomorrow i hope it is a reality for people to get houses part of their campaign, they hope to approve $75.5 million worth of funds for six new affordable housing projects. they will include new project -- as well as an expansion of the motel program to help families get on their feet and find permanent housing. >> if the board passes the new projects, they will have funded 41 developments that total more than 4400 homes throughout santa clara county. >> a tiny home commute --

community downtown. it is helped six families find for cash homes in the past year. i feel like if i am -- i hope there will be more programs like this to get out of the street. >> the board of supervisors will go tomorrow to make that a reality in santa clara county. >> san francisco's state senator wants to make it easier to improve environmentally friendly street project. >> we need to make our streets safer yesterday. not in a year, not in five years, not after seven years of appeals and lawsuits, now. in 2020, the state enacted a law that exempted certain transportation projects from lengthy reviews. that includes projects that make streets safer for walking and biking, improve bus speeds, or modernize light rail stations. it set to expire in 2023, but

senator proposed bill would make it permanent. in 13 months since it has been in effect, 10 significant of projects have improved in 20 more and i find. >> using major automakers transitioning to electric vehicles to address climate change, they say they are working on a 100% solar powered transport system. excess inside the design center where the prototypes hold promise of building a better bay area. >> inside this research lab, a team of researchers are building prototypes and new transportation site -- system. believe it to be the first to use 100% solar power, completely eliminating carbon emissions. >> the concept of putting this together with the transportation system from putting the solar on top of the guideway with these vehicles go with local battery storage is kind of a new idea. >> the concept is to have it

carry six feet one to six people on a guideway built 30 feet above ground level. >> get on one station and travel to another station without stopping at an intermediate station let's want to. it is very different. >> nine years ago, they moved from virtual concepts to scale models. they are made by 3d printers. if they can sell the concept to urban planners, city planners, and investors, they can build the first system in san jose. it would connect spartan stadium to the main san jose -- a core team of seven engineers is working full-time on the

concept. these are core solutions to problems in the world. i think everything we are developing here is going to make a difference. >> he says the goal is to build the system for under $6 million per mile. in san jose, david lily, -- abc news. >> that is pretty cool. how nice is it outside? i feel guilty saying that, because they know we need rain, i am hunting wayne. >> -- it was a funny thing because i think they were trying to find a term about this anxiety we feel about the lack of rain while we still try to enjoy the wonderful weather that we are having. so far, have not come up with anything. when you look at these numbers i'm showing you, these are more reminiscent of mid to late april

to early may. right now, 69 amount of view. san francisco 67 degrees. air cleaned out nicely. the wind picked up a little bit and took the lid off the atmosphere. right behind, conquered at 68. you can see the wind just barely there but that is enough to turn the atmosphere and keep it clean enough for us. it will be a warm and dry forecast all the way through the weekend, near record warm a couple of days this week. breezy to windy hills and mountains. painfully, they stay below criteria level. we will show you when they will be windy and just a second. focus on the air quality. moderate, that's good for us. we will stick with green and yellow, not only for the remainder of today, but tuesday and wednesday and then everybody

is going green on thursday. let's talk about what is going on tonight. a little bit of fog this morning with a little bit of fog again along the coast. temperatures and low and will be in the mid to upper 30's, same thing in the south bay. low to mid 40's around the bay and out toward the coast. taking a look at tomorrow's microclimates. low to mid 70's. 71 to 75 degrees. we will flirt with the upper 60's near 70's along the coast. same thing -- 72 to 77 degrees along the north bay. 70 in antioch to 73 in brentwood. also in pleasanton. you can clearly see the storm tracker well to the north. every time one of these cold front rolled through, it enhances the offshore breeze. here we are tomorrow morning. a little bit of wind developing in the north a mountains as we head into tomorrow night.

begins to increase and spread across her other milk hills and mountains. the santa cruz mountain. it gets fastest wednesday night into thursday morning. then it tapers as we head into thursday afternoon. close enough that we have a heightened fire consideration, but not a critical consideration. here you're temperatures for tomorrow. 68 to 72. thursday, i checked out all of the record highs. the coldest record highs are thursday. thursday is our most likely data set a new record. >> it is award susan and nominations for the biggest award show the oscars takes place tomorrow. leslie jordan and tracee ellis ross are announcing the 94th oscars tomorrow. watch it live right here on abc 7. the oscar ceremony itself will

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for the united states where she was born and raised. >> instead she'll be skiing for her mother's homeland, china. at 18, she is the top three south stater. -- freestyle skater. >> he is fierce. fearless. a favorite to win gold here at the beijing winter lipase. move over, there's a new snow princess in town. born in the u.s., but was born in china. >> my family has always been super supportive of me. i come from a long line of engineers, so >> it definitely was not expected and i don't think anybody thought i would become a professional skier or athlete in general. >> she graduated high school in

just three years. she has already been admitted to her dream school, stamford. racking up roughly 20 brand partners and big-time dollars. she is the poster child for snow sports in china, starring alongside jackson he and the official -- she says her says hr decision to to compete for china instead of the usa stems from almost strong mother, daughter bond. she taught her to embrace her heritage and honor the ancestry. >> my mom has always been super supportive. grandma is the most motivated to win person. she has the most competitive mindset i have ever met ever. i think my mama -- mother -- grandma gave me the competitive drive. anybody can want to win, but i think my mother taught me how to get there. >> now she wants to inspire the

next generation from her mom's homeland to get there, too. she says she is competing to unite people. promote common understanding. create communication, enforce friendships between nations. >> a lot of you locally know that she went to university high school in san francisco. she is going to stamford and she got a 1580 on her sats she qualified for the big air freestyle that will take place tomorrow. the reporter who did that, that is the very same cory wyer who played football for stanford. stamford connection there in a couple of ways. when you mentioned, a lot of people are craig ash criticizing her. >> the choice will be debated. we had her on at the desk. culturally, she has felt very close to china. she spent all of her summers there since she was a baby.

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estimates nearly $20 billion have been paid to fraudsters since the start of this pandemic. they say it was an anomaly, a potential fraud is still happening. our sister station in fresno says a new way they are looking for people with their women's benefits. -- unemployment benefits. >> the state. >> it is perhaps and will be one of the biggest fraud of taxpayer dollars in california history. shortly after, the edd posed -- boasted a new task force that work closely with edd to bolster existing programs to strengthen it fraud detection methods to validate people's identities. people were required to upload two primary forms of id such as

a passport, driver's license, or military idea. or one primary form into secondary forms, such as a phone bill, cable bill, and bank statement no longer than 90 days old. the new process left thousands of legitimate people who were out of work, out of money. i have not received any payments since the seventh of december and i could not figure out why. >> so many people were having issues uploading their verification documents that state representatives like jim patterson, were allowed to step in to help constituents can send their documents to documents and staffs would upload them into the edd's oral. from there, they begin the normal process of verification. >> our staff has gotten very good at unwinding the problem and getting them fixed. >> patterson's office was able to help upwards of 3000 people get the benefits they needed. then one day, office staff

suspected someone uploading their documents was trying to commit fraud. an individual submitted their primary forms -- once they were processed and approved, the same person asked patterson's office to help a friend. that friend submitted their primary form of identification and what was supposed to be there credit one big statement. the office staff looked closely and noticed the two people appeared to submit the same bank statement. everything was identical, from the charges on the account to account number listed. the only thing different was their name and address. >> when we discovered the fraud, we were a bit upset about it. then we kind of laughed about it. they are actually trying to use members of the legislative office who are trying to help our constituents, help them defraud the edd. >> they immediately flag the account is possible fraud with the edd and reported it to law

enforcement. action news is not showing the names or identifying documents because the individuals -- that the departments fraud detection has been improved since 2020, saying they believe they have stopped billions of dollars of potential for truck jeff fraud. >> writer stops in place -- >> because the document or a plated does not mean that they get paid. >> at least one of those individuals appears to have been paid tens of thousands of dollars. action news asked id me if its technology could detect phony bills and bank statements, turns out, it cannot. the company ceo said in the state statement, id me has advanced ability to identify documents, like phone bills and

bank statement. they are hard to verify as they do not have security features. id me officials say that if the date -- moved to video chat verification that are recorded and kept in the event of identity theft or fraud. >> they are saying they have no way -- is this the best form of their verification for individuals? >> not on its own. we look at a combination of document. it cannot just be limited to a bill. there are numerous things that i cannot go into too many details because we do not want to tip off the fraudsters, but there are numerous things that we look at in combination. >> she says are multiple ongoing edd fraud investigations happening locally. she says the cases are extremely difficult and time-consuming to investigate and likely the punishment will be minimal given california law. >> to trying get these people

who are doing a $5,000 claim or a $10,000 claim to jail or prison is probably going to be near impossible. >> she says taxpayers of the victims in all of this, saying the saddest part is most of the money will never be recovered. she has this message for the alleged criminals and those thinking they can get away with something similar. >> just do the right thing. get a job. >> jessica harrington reporting there. edd fraud tends to go hand-in-hand with identity theft. >> are hoping that edd will share their findings so we know what to look out for in the future. >> 7 on your side knows that that you have been digging into edd since early days of the pandemic. coming up at six, the edd is requiring some big workers to work that prove they deserve their unemployment pay but some barriers are making it hard to give them that prove one story tonight at 6:00.

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california's mass mandate will expire as planned a week from tomorrow, if you are vaccinated. and vaccinated people would still be subject to the order. hospitalizations of stabilized

and decreased since 65% since the peak. we have asked what -- they will defer to the state recommendation. they also said it would align with the state. many states in the country have already commented on the mask. california is hanging on. i don't even know what to do at this point. i want to get rid of them asked, i am not sure i should get rid of the mask. >> i feel exactly the same way. this is encouraging, we feel like we are coming out of it, but we have felt that way before. even though i am fully vaccinated and boosted, i will continue wearing my mask when i'm around other people. even if i'm out for a walk outdoors, if i imbibe -- find myself in a place where people are, i wear a mask. >> it comes down to, in the weather office, do you trust mike nicco? i asked that myself everyday. >>

>> we were told to move on to the next topic, but you should talk. >> >> i think the matter what they do with requirements, people continue doing what they're doing. habits are hard to break. this is not exact before the squeamish. a rat being chased >> by those children. >>a lot of rats at two playgrounds. they tell us they are looking into why there are more rats. taking immediate action to increase the frequency and doctor say you do not need to stop sending their kids to play grounds if, but be sure to use

caution and wash her hands. those kids were so unperturbed by the whole rat think. yes. is it that they grew up in the city? >> you spent a lot of time in the cities. we used to see rats all of the time. that was because of the dense population there and the garbage in the streets than some other cities. i don't know how to react to the explosion of the rat population. >> mike, would you tell your kitten not play their piece all right? >> i think they're fine. the likelihood of them catching one is going to be small and that is what we worry about. the sanitation. nope, i am good with it. it is part of nature. part of where we live in what we deal with. i would be worried about the rats catching the kids. >>'s or nominations come out

tomorrow morning. that means the golden raspberry awards. they came out today. topping the worst was diameter musical. the netbook -- netflix version of the broadway bomb earned nine nominations including best picture. karen scored five nominations. lebron james air ball known as space gemini legacy was for categories. the best category this year's worst performance by bruce willis in 2021. >> or lebron. compared to jordan so much and then his movie was worse to jordans. >> and the lakers are terrible. don't tell lebron we said that. >> you go tell them. this saturday he'll be here. >> i will tell him by way of zoom.

part of valentine's day. what are the favorites? conversation can be hard to the biggest seller in california. it is the top candy pick here and 12 other states compared -- according to -- heart-shaped boxes of chocolates were the top sellers into -- 16 states. m&ms where the bestseller in nine states. who has their favorite? >> i don't care what shape it st is, a heart, a christmas tree, i'm at the reese's peanut butter cup. >> like dark chocolate. if it's dark chocolate, i probably will be eating any candy on valentine's day.

>> i am with you. i think 80% cocoa, like really dark. >> i a i a i a i a i a i a m&ms are hard to resist in any form. peanut, regular, whatever. it is all good. >>

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screen is coming to this -- this weekend. >> here with the story now. >> i am on the board of directors because the oakland symphony reflects the diversity of our community and the diversity of our musicians. brings education to schools. will be at special concert at the theater this we can. she has picked music that will be played. i spoke with her about it a couple of days ago. what a great pleasure to be with you. they do so much for coming on. >> thank you dan. dan. i am happy to be coming to the bay area. san francisco's on favorite places in america. >> let me congratulate you on a hall of fame career. it has been quite a banner year. >> think you better put me out to pasture. i am working harder than i have ever worked right this minute

with grey's anatomy, the rhymes performing arts center, all of these things i'm doing. >> so joyful for you to do all that. let's talk a little bit about the oaken symphony. you're doing a playlist concert, one of the series we do i'm on the board of symphonies, everyone is so delighted to have you participate in this particular series. why when they ask you to be part of the symphonies event did you say yes? first of all, i love music. symphony music is a big part of my life. growing up as a kid in houston texas, one of the things we would do in the bill was segregation, they had symphony concerts in the park and you vika with a picnic lunch with your family and listen to all of the great concerts and symphony music. that and music. have always filled in. this is an idea to celebrate one's life and get to know somebody through their music that had an impact. >> it is a clever idea.

everyone is so thrilled that you are doing this for us. your playlist is fascinating. a little james brown, a little duke ellington, how did you make the selections? >> i was just being honest about things that were impactful for me growing up as a child into adulthood. we usedsedsedsedsedsedsed we used to listen to james brown that was a big part of my life. especially when i went to howard university. it was like the anthem for all of the kids. do a piece that i wrote called the ghost of columbine. a musical i wrote about gun violence in america. and disenfranchised youth in our inner cities. that is a lyric i woke up in the middle of the night singing to myself and i went and wrote it down. debbie, this is just a delight. thank you for supporting the

symphony for you. the audience will have a wonderful cash looking forward to seeing you in person. >> she is terrific as you can tell. you can watch her on grey's anatomy here at abc 7 and see her this weekend. catch it this saturday at 8 p.m. on the paramount theater. for more information, go to oakland symphony.org. >> a terrific lady. terrific talents as well. another check of the forecast with mike nicco and mike, it looks like another week of basically sunny and warm and not a drop of rain insight. mike: not this week, not next week. we will adding onto this total consecutive days without rain and around 31 to about 46 now. a gorgeous shot. temperatures will fall in the 50's by 7:00.

getting near 50 by seven. good news on the pollen front. tree pollen is just moderate right now. we dropped elder, now we just have ash in cedar, jupiter juniper, and pine. tomorrow, warmer than today. nine to 16 degrees above average. even warmer weather on wednesday. our best chance for records are on thursday. the clouds will start coming in and stopping our heating on friday. then we will see a slow release of that warmth of way through monday. temperatures above average with those mid upper 60's on monday. >> thank you mike. samsung is hoping to solve an environmental program and real and new customers at the same time. the new batch of products madee from reefer -- repurposed fishing products. a u.n. report cited by the company says 640,000 tons of

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abc news 11. jeopardy national college temperature starts tomorrow at abc 7. reporter sandyreporter sandy the host who is considered one of the smartest people in show business. >> in beaches, on the big screen, and blossoming prime time. she grew up in the public eye, but still managed to remain down to earth. >> as a grandchild of immigrants, it was clear that going to college, doing your chores, learning to sew and clean was very important, as well. >> who else studied to be a neuroscientist and then played one on tv in the big bang theory. >> i never thought i was the biggest cap smartest person in the room. >> she will acknowledge that her college degree and showbiz background makes are ideal. i credit a lot of my comfort

which i'm still working towards with being a science educator. >> it all starts with this first game. >> i have been raised to present. i started acting at 11. i am 46. for most of my life, i have learned how to speak and articulate. i grew up in affect house where you had to speak fast and think fast if you wanted to be heard. i think it is more those sort of skills that make me blend into the program -- podium. >> the college version of the game features clues geared toward students. >> there are categories that reference their age and the decade that they were born in and things like that. that has been really fun. >> that is quite a dorm room and these words are younger than you are. >> a lot of skill building. jeopardy is keeping my brain young. >> you can see the national

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news and that breaking news is in police vehicles have been involved in a crash sky 7 is live over mckee road and jose vergarais avenue these tow trucks just arrived to take the suvs away. you can see this head-on collision. that's right in front of the regional medical center to give you a better perspective. we have calls in to san jose police for more details on this. we will bring that information to you just as soon as it comes into the newsroom. and there's this breaking news out of the east bay the orinda bart station is closed right now because of what bart is calling a major medical. emergency, we understand. there's someone on the tracks trains are not stopping at orinda station right now. we will bring you updates as we get more information for now, though. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm on dates and i'm dan ashley. we are all so following new developments on the