>> building a better bay area, finding solutions. this is abc. -- this is abc >> what this means going forward and who should get a third shot. good morning. i'm liz kreutz. let's start with a look at the weather with lisa argen. >> yesterday. it got a little warm in the afternoon. we will have that sea

along the coast. right now it is 44 in concord. looking at temperatures in the mid-50's in sacramento. we are a few degrees cooler from east bay to the shoreline. mid and upper 70's for this half end of the bay. looking at that sunsetting at 5:45. liz: the cdc is releasing new information about vaccine protection. luz pena is part of our team. as many say we are getting closer to an endemic.

luz: the cdc announced to the protection from a third shot decreases after four months. >> those antibodies welcome down with time but that does not mean your immune response. wayne' -- immune response wanes. luz: the first two doses of the vaccine continue to be effective against the virus. they primed the body to respond anytime. >> they can make anybody's anytime they see covid and t cells will help them make antibodies. luz: the effectiveness against hospitalization remained high

even after 4 months. >> people who are getting the booster seem to be getting lisicki. they are not necessarily -- less sick. luz: dr. raven has a new concern. > high-risk people booster immunity may be waning. luz: the question is, will we need a fourth shot? >> certain people always well. -- luz:

from endemic in california. liz: today the discovery museum in san jose are hosting another vaccine clinic. they're focusing on young children to get the shot. families who get vaccinated today will get a pass for a free museum visit to be used before the end of may. no requirements are required - appointments- are required. libraries gave away 4 antigen rapid at home tests. no appointments are necessary and everything is available on a first-come first-served basis. if there are any supplies left,

they will be available tomorrow until all of the cats are given away. >> i would have liked to see it publicized more. liz: the santa clara county library district handed out free covid tests yesterday. walmart is the latest company to drop its mask mandate for vaccinated workers. only those who work in pharmacies will be required to wear them. bay area employees will still be masked for at least a few days. workers in california now will still have to go through daily health screenings. you can go to abc 7.com -- francisco's school board

election is in a few days. parents got enough signatures to put the reelection of 3 school board members on the ballot. > recall the school board! >> volunteers reminded voters why february 15 is so important. >> especially when the future of our kids is at stake. >> many of these parents have led recall efforts against three san francisco school board members. it frustrated parents say it took too long to get their kids back to in person learning. >> this action by the school bard has only made disparities worse. kids like mine have fallen far

behind. >> they put our kids through suffering on zoom cal school lor than necessary. >>" this attempt to recall me is unjustified. arguments made by proponents is false. my focus during and before the pandemic has been on improving learning and health services for students andam there are two other races on tuesday's ballot. david to step down last year to become city attorney. early voting by mail and in person in city hall has been happening for weeks. turnout has been light. >> right now we are at about 23%

turnout in san francisco for the special election. the september 2021 special election, we were at 46% turnout. >> other school board members facing recall but have not heard back. liz: interview with a reporter from the san francisco standard to talk about that special election. the oakland unified school district held a virtual town hall in the hopes of saving schools. they will be closing or merging 11 schools in the district as they face a $90 million budget shortfall.

4 schools plan to merge or lose grades. >> who wants to enroll in a school that is possibly closing? it has impacted our ability to attract high quality staff. liz: oakland unified has lasted thousands of students. today is the last day of business for the only full-service grocery store in west oakland. it opened in 2019 hopes of serving the underserved neighborhood but unfortunately the pandemic hit just nine months later. everything in the store will be sold at half off today. another multibillion-dollar deal may be in the works in silicon valley. cisco systems is looking into

acquiring splunk. the price is rumored to be more than $20 billion. neither company has commented on a deal. super bowl sunday -- let's check outside. lisa: pretty good air but temperatures climbing again to about 15 degrees above average. back to average for your i see some rain to talk about in our extended outlook. liz: the biggest reservoir in the state and how it is affected. emissions versus the economy. new rules will take effect for the

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liz: here is a live our abc 7 roof camera. around noon yesterday in the neighborhood of rain valley manor, police responded to calls of a man hitting his female neighbor in the head with a baseball bat. neighbors reported hearing a gunshot from a neighbor's home. a body found in marin county has been identified as a fisherman who disappeared last monday. jose pedilla was one of several men fishing when a wave

knocked him into the water. he moved to san francisco from honduras when he was 15. the red cross are helping residents who survived a fire. one person was sent to the hospital and is expected to be ok. two dogs who are staying with a pet center were rescued. two cats were also saved. crews had the fire under control within an hour. part of building a better bay area is looking at issues that impact the climate. starting next year, every semitruck in california has to be a new model to meet emissions standards. >> this is a disaster waiting to happen. >> bill is the president of

oakland-based california trucking. the california air resources board is requiring every truck to be a 2010 model or newer, but they are hard to find and expensive. he says that is too much money to replace his entire fleet. the semiconductor shortage is limiting truck production. >> production is backed up to june 2023. we do not have these hand-me-downs so we do not have the trucks that we can do our job with >>. -- do our job with. >> hot alone.

le the board d requirement, the supply chain will get worse. >> -- the supply chain is only part of the issue. drivers will get laid off because their trucks will be out of commission. we reached out to the air resources board and we are still waiting on a reply. bill says if they do not delay, -- ryan curry, abc7news. liz: hundreds of people showed up to support a car free road in golden gate park. a proposal by the city bands cars on jfk drive. it adds more car free streets

into the park. two years of what a car free space does for our health and well-being. it has been an amazing pilot and z: the board of supervisorsnent. will vote on the plan later this month. a san francisco community is demanding a full cleanup of toxic waste. supporters held a rally calling on the board of supervisors for a cleanup, not just capping the contaminated site. they are demanding reparations for shipyard workers impacted by the compromised environment. with our ongoing drought,

state's largest reservoir, shasta lake, is only at 54% of its average right now. that is compared to 72% time last year. the snowpack, which is a key source for the water supply is quickly shrinking. this is something we talk about a lot, the concerns over there is no rain in the forecast. lisa: this is day 36 of our dry spell and the last time it rained in san francisco was january 7. we tied to an all-time record yesterday in san jose. salinas shattered that record yesterday at 87.

today the sea breeze ridge of high pressure are solely on their way out of town. we are in the upper 40's on the peninsula. 42 san ramon. looking at the clear sky out there. another day of moderate air quality, so slightly hazy and spots. we will bring in good wind to bring back good air quality. there is a look at a quiet tuesday.ate bridgend back to average and then we will look at temperatures rebounding next week. next tuesday is when we are looking at some changes late next weekend. here is a look at how we start

out. 3:00 you on notice some high clouds and getting into a cooler afternoon with that sea breeze kicking up. you can see some stratus lurking offshore. still on the mild side with lots of 70's. santa cruz coming down from the 80's to the low 70's. we will continue to see things slowly transform back to where we were or where we should be for mid february, which is in the low 60's for this time of year. really big reality check here oo monday, looking at tuesday temperatures come back up into the 60's, but it will be breezy. that will allow for conditions to dry out. look at what happens as we go

through next week -- quiet. we pattern as we get into 10 days from here. that is a trend we would like. as we look at highs today, in the 70's for napa. 76 in concord. morgan hill near 80. big-time calling tomorrow. you will have to snuggle with the honey to warm up! ititit end of the week, but that is not the whole story. . guest: a warning -- liz: a warning from the

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san francisco's new bottle recycling program and showed us how it works. he said it was a mixed bag. >> we downloaded the app and first thing ran into a problem. turns out these are the guys that designed the app buts is the san francisco bottle bank's app. we took our bags to the recycling center. done. now we wait. the correct amount of money shows up in our app, but i tell charles shea hand it showed up late. >> the money was supposed to arrive in my account within three days, and it took nearly

four. >> we deposit funds into people's accounts within 72 hours. we have been about 93% successful. >> take a look at the sf bottle bank website. it makes it seem like there is a lot going on but green markers are only retailers where recycling nags are sold. the red markers are the recycling sites. -- recycling bags are sold. the red markers are the recycling sites and some of them are not even there. >> they are into locations for a few hours every morning on weekdays not weekends.

most people will not be using this facility. it does not replace every retailer in san francisco who is required to take back cans and bottles. >> only two of those are accurate. i kind of feel misled by this map. >> we do have to update our website. as i have noted, we will continue to open up locations throughout the city. liz: ahead of valentine's day, the fbi san francisco office is warning people about romance scams. people here in the bay area more than 64 billion dollars to scams. -- $64 million to scams. the fbi says never send money to someone you meet online and not

to disclose your banking information. tensions rise as a russian invasion of ukraine -- as the possibility of

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liz: good morning. thanks for joining us here. we will start with another look at the weather. we need the super bowl forecast, the valentine's day forecast, the election forecast. lisa: we have 40's and 50's and' we are on day 36 of no rain. 47 in belmont. patches f sanaelll

francias we get through your ni0 hour, notice we are -- high clouds increase by later in the day. temperatures are in the low to mid 70's today -- above average. things are changing. we will get very cool for valentine's day and looking at the prospects for rain coming in later in february. liz: private american american n in ukraine are encouraged to evacuate now. abc seven news news news news ns hernandez has the latest. tai: an official is sayinginging

is past time to leave." all u.s. except for a core group of personnel have been ordered to leave the american embassy in ukraine immediately. >> we are in the window russian invasion can start at any time if president putin so decides. tai: antony blinken spoke to sergey lavrov who denied russia intends to invade ukraine. more than 30 russian warships are now in the black sea. the ukrainian president is at odds with the threat of a russian invasion. >> all of this invasion does

information does not help us. >> for u u as usual. but the u.s. and russia agreeing to go on talking. >> open. liz: coming up on this week exclusive interview with nancy pelosi. she will talk the latest in ukraine, the fate of bidens build back better will and congress. this week president biden isn in to start interviewing prospective candidates for his nominee to the supreme court. the president says he is doing a deep dive on for people.

he has said he plans people. he has said he plans to nominate a black woman. you can see the chaos in this new video. it happened early yesterday morning at 10 after party hosted by justin bieber. a fight broke out amongst several people before shots rang out. the supreme court hasourt hasous charles manson's follower a bid for freedom. she is serving a life

sentence for helping manson kill a couple. a lower court denied heower coud petition for review. her bid for parole has been blocked four times. the trucker protest that has blocked her roadways between canada and the u.s.. as the trucks departed a new batch of demonstrators arrived on foot, the group numbering in the hundreds. the blockade has affected production at several auto factories. >> automakers have already been struggling for the past year with they the computer ch the ce storage. liz: it has snarled traffic in the capital of ottawa. coda is igniting excitement in

the deaf and hard of hearing community. not only is coda best picture, but its -- >> 10 movies have been nominated for best picture for this year's academy awards. the movie is the first with a predominantly deaf cast to be nominated for best picture. that is not the only history the movie has made. troy is the first death mail nominee in a supporting role. >> hollywood will begin to

recognize deaf talent and increase deaf awareness. we hope it changes their perspective. >> that sentiment echoed by many in the bay area deaf community. >> i myself have two boys who are both codas who live in my house. >> his interpreter, also the child of a deaf adult. >> as a coda myself there a lot of representation of codas. we are between two worlds. >> broke says one of the many inspiring things about the film is that it was not hearing people playing deaf characters. >> i think that is important for

children to look up to role models and see i can achieve in this industry. >> excited to see that. you can see who takes on the oscar. mornings, a first of a kind performance that you can see at a local landmark. here is a look outside this morning at the golden gate bridge. we will check in with alisa. -- with lisa. you can get the latest breaking news and weather.

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liz: here is a live look outside from our san mateo bridge camera. thank you for waking up with us on this sunday. there is a tailgate outside of the oakland coliseum. the event was last night in mob alley. all were welcome to to celebrate the legendary raiders coach. branson kimball see see see seee chefs hat held his second free pancake party in the mission district. at last month he put flyers up in the neighborhood and 75 people showed up. kimball is encouraging others to

hold free pancake parties, saying it is a great way to get to know your neighbors. this came because his wife said " you need to make some friends!" lisa: we are looking at a clear view of san francisco where the average high should be about 60 yesterday. it was 74. we are doing it again today. we will have hazy skies. liz: klay thompson's hot fourth quarter leads. we will have the highlights and postgame reaction coming i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen

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>> here is a live look outside looking over the bay bridge this morning.

in sports the hype is almost over for super bowl lvi. this afternoon the rams battled the be -- battle so-fi stadium. >> streaks. >> -- boy he can fly. stephen curry misses points. down three. klay, how about another three?

klay had 33 in the game. curry had 24. lebron fouled on a three-point shot. he has to make all three but misses the first. he had to miss the third. a wild scramble for the ball into the ball and the warriors hold on. >> it was a lot of long days and being patient and reading a lot of inspirational books. i am very grateful to feel that feeling again because i do not take it for granted. >> i grew up watching people like lebron and kobe. going against lebron, it was a pleasure. my family is going to see me going against lebron! >> i'm thrilled by the way klay

is looking in his return. >> gales would fight back. they pulled within eight of gonzaga's. gales fall. gonzaga has has won 14 straight. your shot of the day comes from the famous 16th hole. it is first career hole in one and the crowd went crazy. there go theur tweeted " rain delay!" enjoy the rest of your day. we will see you later on.

liz: lisa, you channeling that the raiders are still in the super bowl with our red -- the 4 4 4 4 4 the super bowl with our red! lisa: you will notice some 50's from hayward to san francisco. not that chilly but we are a few degrees cooler. a mile and a quarter visibility. as we look outside it is going to be another nice afternoon. i feel like it is sunny. the winds will help us outuali t it will bring our numbers down about 15 degrees. and we will look for them to

rebound. we are not talking at extremes again but we are talking warmer than average. we will go in the other direction. by 3:00 you will notice them. in terms of if you are heading to the coast we will still be mild. a little bit of a breeze later on in the day. dropping off with that sea breeze. yesterday it was in the 80's in santa cruz. we never get back down to average in south bay. today we could see a record. it will be 79 and that is about the record for this day. breezy offshore windss into the low 70's. dry conditions.

this misses us into tuesday. winds turn offshore. that will bring us are warming trend. way too far out to get optimistic about the rain. it looks like we will see a pattern change but for the next seven days it looks like the same old thing. 79 in san jose. still in the mid 70's from oakland to santa rosa. as that high slowly slides south of us it will stay warm in southern california while we cool off with temperatures -- things turn around and will warm up slowly with more dry weather into next weekend as well. liz: abc7news is highlighting

people in our community. we are looking at a bay area artist bringing a first of its kind exhibit to a local landmark. >> it is not uncommon to look up when you are in grace cathedral but what is uncommon is seeing something like this when you do. that is a 70 foot pendulum swinging from the pews to the pulpit, all a part of a new art exhibition called love -- a state of grace. joanna hi good is the installations artistic director. >> it is a series of reflections on love informed by my personal experience, research and the

times we find ourselves in. >> when she first started the project we were in a time of violence in religious spaces. then covid happened and racial disparities and police violence were front and center. >> by the time george floyd happened something cracked open in me and i was suffering like so many of us were from what i thought was ancestral grief. >> now love -a state- of grace is a place for people to find balance through 4 elements. this latter, a reminder -- la dder, a reminder that love is an

act, her goal to provide a performance that love is real. >> i feel like it is my responsibility to be one hundred percent authentic. >> the final element is a series of meditations designed to get people to reflect. finding inspiration in a beautiful landmark. liz: that looks beautiful. love -- a state of grace is a performance installation at grace cathedral. you can find stories on black history month on our app. magnificent magnolias -- they are in peak bloom right now. where you

since i left for college, my dad has gotten back into some of his old hobbies. and now he's taking trulicity, and it looks like he's gotten into some new healthier habits, too. what changes are you making for your type 2 diabetes? maybe it's time to try trulicity.

it's proven to help lower a1c. it can help you lose up to 10 pounds. and it's only taken once a week, so it can fit into your busy life. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. it's not approved for use in children. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, changes in vision, or diabetic retinopathy. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. taking trulicity with sulfonylurea or insulin raises low blood sugar risk. side effects include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration, and may worsen kidney problems. the choices you make can help control your a1c. ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity.

liz:liz: here are the winning numbers from last nights powerball drawing. the winning numbers from last night's winning super lotto plus drawing. nobody matched all six numbers in either drawing. if you are looking for something to do for valentine's day, how about a stroll to see one of san francisco's most breathtakinging marvels? the magnolia trees are in bloom. these trees can reach up to 80 feet tall.

trips to the are free-for-all san francisco residents. the groups the county is focusing on that today's event and san francisco special election just two days away. we are hearing from frustrated parents who want members of a school board to be recalled. ♪

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