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against the clock to get its female employees out of afghanistan. >> super bowl sunday had a pre-pandemic feel to it. >> calling onshore breeze will take back the spray on the heat. i will have you the forecast. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> good evening and thaood even for joining us. i am down len. you are watching abc seven news at 11:00. for much of the bay area, this is the last weekend that masks will be required indoors. every county instead -- except santa clara is lifting its mandate wednesday. it is another sign that perhaps the worst is behind us. j.r. stone tells us there is a

sense among us tonight that we have turned a corner in the pandemic. reporter: football fans out on super bowl sunday and out in big numbers. >> we love the people, the energy, the fun. reporter: love was certainly in the air at the blue lake bar in san francisco on sunday three days before california's indoor mask restrictions are dropped. even though you might have thought they were already eliminated, just looking at all of the bar patrons. >> it is overdue. as time to take the mask off and get back to normal. >> bar owner owner owner owner o huge crowd out this weekend was something he had not seen since november. >> this is the first weekend since omicron that we have had almost norman's the -- normalcy.

reporter: viewings like this one at the alameda theater brought out families for the game too. >> we come out and do things out with your family. reporter: while the crowd at the theater was split between those wearing masks and those without, there was a sense of safety and confidence in light of covid numbers dropping and vaccinations rising. >> knowing that people are taking the proper steps to get vaccinated and boosted and take care of themselves, it feels good to be around folks like that. >> is not totally crowded where we feel safe and it is wonderful. reporter: it seemed other -- seemed as though 49ers fans were out rooting for the bengals. >> i wanted the bengals to win. >> i just hope another variant does not come back in the

future. reporter: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> don't forget forget track of all of the changes at abc 7 news.com/coronavirus. we have a list of requirements for each bay area county. speaking of the game, rams fans have taken to the streets of los angeles to celebrate the championship. this video was taken an hour ago near the staples center. you can see those fans clamming on cars, crowding streets, some even saw fireworks in the intersection. police declared the unlawful and shot fireworks to clear the crowd. and these are the moments of the super bowl halftime show. that is rapper eminem taking any -- a knee

performance. this kaepernick's taking a knee to protest racial issues. moving on now for the second time in two years, the 49ers have been hit by hackers. this time the target is the team's corporate i.t. network. the ransom group reported what seemed to be team financial documents on the dark web. so far there is no information on what information was stolen or encrypted. the fbi is aware of the incident. in a statement, the 49ers said it has no indication that the -- involves those outside of their network. happening right now, firefighters are at the scene of a fire this evening that

destroyed an apartment building in san francisco. you can see the flames shooting out of the top floor. the four-story building is on larkin. firefighters had to rescue several residents and at least one was treated for injuries. a word yet on what caused the fire. ukrainian americans living in the bay area are watching the situation back home with stress. many have family and friends who are caught in the middle of the crisis. cornell barnard has their story. >> [sing reporter: sunday prayers at michael's ukrainian orthodox church for their homeland on the brink of innovation -- an invasion. >> everyone is under pressure and no one knows what will happen tomorrow. reporter: father georgiy tyapko

has many family members in ukraine. >> we are all afraid about our relatives. reporter: while these two just returned from ukraine where the situation is intense. >> hopefully that in the coming days, the pressure from the international politics will slow down any of the bad intentis coming. >> we need to pray for the people and have a resolution to this situation and hope that mr. putin can see that, don't be foolish about a little bit of real estate you might need. >> at this point, it is a feeling of uncertainty. reporter: ostap korkuna for no way ukraine, a nonprofit working to raise awareness by holding rallies. >> there were a lot of people

praying for ukraine and we need to support them. reporter: back in sunday services, father tyapko hopes that divine intervention may help de-escalate military tensions. >> we hope this alleviates political pressure. reporter: no way ukraine is holding a rally scheduled for next sunday afternoon at the san francisco ferry building. dion: family and friends person held celebrate his birthday. you can see he is shown here on a pedestrian took a violent turn. we are here to support the family and try to shine light on this terrible tragedy.

dion: his family has long disputed claims by the sheriff's office that deputies tried to defuse the situation. he was telling him to get on his stomach and teasing him again after he tries to run away. they said the officers acted in a lawful manner. cyclists came together in the south bay to remember 40-year-old ellen. she died in an suv collision last sunday. fellow writers from several bay area clumps joined the 20 mile memorial ride. the fatal collision remains under investigation. today was another one of those days for union writers in san francisco. the trans--- the transit

released an announcement saying to expect delays. the omicron variant began its spread in december. it expects disruptions to continue for several more weeks before staffing levels stay -- stabilized starting tomorrow, bart is restoring its trains to operate to normal conditions again. for the first time in its history, bart will operate all five of its lines on sunday. that will include the richmond to the sfo line. coming up, it is a race against the clock. >> we have have have have have e dion: a bay area profit -- nonprofit desperately trying to get their workers out of afghanistan. and later, polls for every

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(chiming) ( ♪ ) (laughter) ( ♪ ) terrifying. tuesday marks six months since the taliban took over afghanistan. we bring you an update on one area nonprofit trying to get its employees out of the country. terry campbell with the story now you will only see on seven. reporter: fear and frustration for the founder and ceo of the nonprofit, to peace. >> it breaks my heart because i

have fought a battle for six month. reporter: a battle to save dozens of employees that barely escaped from kabul airport. >> these women continue to work for roots of peace and are helping thousands of farmers cultivate peace through our culture. reporter: the nonprofit employees 300 afghans, hoping to transform the country's farming, replacing landmines with fruit trees, and building businesses. women are chained -- changing the way. >> they don't accept you as a woman. they don't accept you as a human, even. as you know, afgha country which reporter: describing life in hiding, unable to go to work or listen to music. >> music is something which

everyone liked. we were scared. we can't go to outside. we can't enjoy our lives. reporter: but still holding onto hope, a lot of it in hiding. >> help each of us get out of this country, to make a safe place for us. reporter: heidi, how does it feel to hear her say that? >> frustrating. i'm trying so hard -- i was in washington, d.c. last week. i wrote a letter to the president. reporter: heidi was quick to bring -- point out that bringing these women here from afghanistan not only helps keep them safe, but the bay area will benefit. >> these women are businesswomen. they are mentored by the funding

we have generously received why the united states government. reporter: she says that the efforts to build a peaceful afghanistan need to be recognized. >> these women have worked for dozens of years. some of them young women who are educated and deserve the right to be evacuated. reporter: as far as giving up, heidi says, no way. >> it would be much easier to stay in my beautiful backyard in california, but then i hear their voices i hear their courage. how dare i not step up. dion: a story we will continue to follow. love is in bloom this valentine's day despite rising flour prices. flower shops had brisk skills as people -- brisk sales as people but bouquets. due to supply chain issues,

labor charges, and rising prices. this year it seems that red roses are not the flower of choice. >> many people want bright and comfortable -- colorful. red roses are not always everyone's favorite, so the people are paying attention. >> that is a good idea, getting someone what they want. they say that valentine's day will be their busiest day. at least two bay area counties are offering extended hours tomorrow for people who want to get married. both will open at eight in the morning. it will still be a little cool from what i understand. spencer: you are right, dion. the springlike spell we had is winding down and getting chilly right now. we have got mostly calm winds around the bay area, but notice

that it is getting breezy around the coast. there is a cooling onshore flood that is going to drop our temperatures sharply from the springlike warmth we had for the past week. right now, we will get the 24 hour temperature change did most locations are a few degrees cooler than they were at this time last night. here's a view from the exploratory camera looking towards the bay bridge. in mountain view, it is 50's. the view from the central tower shows a finger of fog moving over san francisco and the bay. there will be other patches of fog during the overnight hours s in the upper 40's. around 51 degrees at concord pit the viooftop camera shows the advancing finger of fog as well. these are our forecast headlines. clouds will increase overnight

with patches of fog during the overnight. it will be breezier and cooler tomorrow. temperatures will start to rebound on wednesday with another pattern coming our way. overnight, we see high clouds passing by and areas of patchy fog. we will have a day of intervals of clouds and sun tomorrow. however, there will be sprinkles offshore and a couple of sprinkles may touch the coastline. it will bring us more humid air over the next 24 hours. we are not forecasting rain but there is the possibility of a couple of sprinkles near the coastline tomorrow. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 40's in art mid bay and east bay valleys. right near the shoreline -- mid 60's for the most part and 61 in morgan hill. in the peninsula, low 60's and the coastal high is upper 50's. 59 degrees downtown friend --

san francisco. generally 61 to 62 degrees in most locations. the inland east bay we are warming up to mid and upper 60's. looking at the forecast starting tomorrow morning, for the week ahead, you might see more of a disturbance move down into the sierra. no rain is likely to come into the bay area until the following monday as another system will produce some rainfall, but it is not looking promising. here's the accuweather 7 day forecast. sunny skies and a warm up beginning on wednesday although tomorrow will be breezy and cool. going into next weekend, still mild for this time of year. sunday it gets cloudier and there is that slight chance of rain i mentioned. dion: exceptionally slight. spencer, thank you.

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it is time to honor and nfl legend. tomorrow evening, the family of john madden will hold a public memorial at the central ring coliseum in oakland. he was a h was a h was a h was h announcer for nearly 30 years. all proceeds of the memorial will go to charity supporting oakland youth. that memorial starts at 5:30. now a preview of sports. chris: coming up in sports, the rams and bengals go down in the super bowl ahead. all of the key plays and the

championship had to go through the 49ers. they defeated the niners in an fse championship earning away into the super bowl lvi. both of those losses to the 49ers in the 1980's. to the highlights we go. john madden having his memorial tomorrow at the public coliseum. matthew stafford to odell beckham jr., 7-0. bengals down 13 and 13 and 13 a to do on jennings, but down

three at the break. plenty of celebs in the house, including lebron james. -- did not even go to the locker room. he watched the halftime show instead. higgins, 75 yards and the bangles take a 17-13 lead. rams down four is in the fourth quarter, and they are going to cap a 15 play drive. the coach watching stafford find an and visual -- and eventual, cooper kupp for the touchdown there. less chance for cincinnati. aaron donald glitzy gets to joe burrow and he has to throw it up there and there is your ballgame. rams win the super bowl 26 -- super bowl lvi. it is the second year that team wins the super bowl is in home stadium. >> i'm so thankful for everyone around me.

it has not hit me. >> i will be back in this situation multiple times over the course of the next few years. we take this and let it fuel you for the rest of our careers. chris: college hoops trailed in the second half. they outscored by nine alone in the second quarter. stanford on the break. jones, this is a great pass. stanford wins the 12 game win streak for the cardinal. final round of the waste management phoenix open on the famous 16th hole, harry eddings with the puck and there goes the shirt. the crowd ate it up and went wild. joe also part of the hole and they twisting their shirt like a helicopter. what is happening?

drinks are flying on the course much like it did for hole in one shots during the tournament. scheffler earns his first career ega tour victory. abc 7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. hang on. dion: thank you. up next, here we go again. an unruly passenger causes a cross-country flight to get diverted. what a man is accused of trying to do mid air and how a flight attendant stopped him. lust, these are two words you would not expect to goat together. avocados and cartel, but here

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moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> i do think the world should be prepared for russia staging a pretext and watching a potential military action. dion: russia continues to build up its troops along the border with ukraine, showing no signs of backing down. to developing knows where president joe biden has spent the weekend on the phone trying to defuse the situation in ukraine. today biden spoke with ukraine's president to discuss the ongoing security situation in the region. andrew dymburt has the latest. reporter: president joe biden seeking to reassure ukrainian president in a phone call on sunday, telling him that the united states and its allies will respond swiftly and decisively if russia invades ukraine. russia carries out military drills on ukraine's border and its navy conducts organs is in

the black sea, diplomatic efforts continue. resident biden putting on a high-stakes call with the russian president on saturday, warning that a russian attack would result in swift cost. french president emmanuel macron also speaking with the leader. putin denying during the discussion that russian forces would invade ukraine. u.s. officials say in just the last 10 days, russia accelerated the buildup of its forces moving closer to ukraine's border. putting now has an estimated 100,000 troops amassed on the side of the country and the west believes it could launch an assault probably. >> we have good sources of intelligence and they are telling us that things are building now to some sort of crescendo opportunity for mr. putin. reporter: senator lindsey graham calling for the passage of the mother of all sanctions bills, been debated in congress to

deter russia from invading ukraine. >> the best thing for us is to pass a package with post invasion sanctions that would cripple the russian economy so putin could see it in writing. reporter: the u.s. state department ordering all nonessential busy personnel to leave immediately. canada closing its embassy and australia joining growing list of countries urging their citizens to leave. andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. dion: a canadian bridge shut down for several days has reopened to traffic. today police in windsor, ontario have finished laying protesters off of ambassador bridge. officials have seized about a dozen vehicles. they are working to prevent further protests on the bridge. >> any unlawful activity will not be tolerated and officers will be taking necessary actions

to keep the peace. there will be criminal consequences for those who interfere with traffic flow. dion: the protest started 17 days ago by truckers opposed to a vaccine mandate for drivers crossing the border. the bridge carries one fourth of all goods running between the u.s. and canada. a flight had to make an emergency landing after a passenger reportedly tried to get into the cockpit. this video shows the chaotic scene as crewmembers and passengers hold down the man near the front of the cabin. the plane was going from los angeles to washington, d.c. where witnesses say a man first tried to open the cockpit and an exit door. one of the crewmembers hit the man on the head with a coffee pot to subdue him. avocado exports are the victim of the drug cartel turf battles and extortion of avocado growers in mexico. the u.s. government has

suspended all imports of mexican avocados after a u.s. plant safety inspector in mexico received a threat. the suspension is until further notice. mexico is the largest avocado producer is in the world and accounts for more than 30% of global production. in the last six weeks, avocado producers in mexico exported more than 135,000 tons of avocados to the u.s. police are seeking a gunman who shot four people outside a restaurant bar in west hollywood. rep kodak black is among the injured. you can see and hear the in this video. it happened early saturday at a super bowl party hold -- posted by justin bieber. four men are hospitalized and in stable condition. detectives are asking what is for help to identify the suspect in the shooting. just ahead, how would you feel about having to pay a toll to

use any bay area freeway? we are not just talking about the express lanes. we will tell you about a study that is looking at changing the way drivers drive by charging them on the highway. spencer: a look at a cool down, a warm up, and still no rain. more on the forecast coming

i hit and run driver slammed into this fire hydrant in san francisco. you can see it gushed water in the air more than three stories high. fire crews shut off the water and say the hydrant will be replaced. the office of paramedics share this video with us. you are used to paying tolls on the bay area's bridges, but what if you had to pay to drive on freeways. we are not talking about the

express lanes but every single lane. that is the idea of a two year planning study that has been launched. zach quint has looked into it. reporter: friday marked a big day for bay area freeways with express lanes opening and talks about charging everyone to drive uncertain freeways. >> the objectives are the same. how can we move more people in fewer cars? reporter: the operating from highway 85 to whipple avenue. once the second phase is finished, the lane will cover 22 miles. the metropolitan transportation commission says more work has to be done to the incentivize the use of cars and drive down greenhouse emissions. they cite charging tolls to all drivers on freeways could be a solution. >> this is a way for us to keep the region moving with 2 million additional people, one million additional jobs that are expected to be here by 2050.

reporter: a two year planning study has been launched to study that possibility, something that is bringing concern to drivers we spoke with. >> everyone uses their car. i don't think we should charge. reporter: more concern from those who heard the presentation of the study. >> i know many people who cannot afford paying the price. reporter: john beaudoin says looking into equity issues and much more is exactly what the two year study is about. >> how do you make sure that the burdens are not born disproportionately by a low income people? reporter: answers many questions are expecting to come by the end of the study. this would not happen for at least a decade. >> this is the first step on a long road. reporter: zack went has, abc7news. dion: the 54th antiquarian book fair is back in

oakland this weekend. it attracted more than 300 booksellers across the world. -- written on works of geoffrey chaucer published in london in the 16th century. uc davis staged a major historical exhibit to complement the books on why culture at the fair. one restaurant in atlanta and -- found a unique way to deal with the worker storage during super bowl sunday. workers put food on the robot's trays and numerous through the restaurant to low food to customers' tables. it has delivered about 3as deliv feet. the owners of the robot is helping offset higher food prices. neat to see, but it is only about time until we become

robots on the news, right? spencer: i hope not. i want to open my own bottle. here's what is happening with the weather. some high clouds. some locations will bottom out at about 50 degrees near the coast. tomorrow, hyzaar much higher than what we had the past week. we will see a few mid to 60's in the mildest inland locations. and good news coming along with the fog and cooling is good air quality for virtually every location in our area. we expect good air quality in all regions of the bay area. here's the accuweather 7 day forecast. cool days coming our way tomorrow. then we start to warm up again on wednesday, thursday, and friday before clouds enter into the picture next weekend. there is a slight, slight chance

of showers next sunday. very slight. dion: is that a meteorological term? spencer: slight in all uppercase letters. dion: thank you for clarifying. once again to chris alvarez with sports. chris: with this super bowl is in the books, it is time to look forward to next season. we will hear from klay thompson and stephen curry aft

abc 7, klay thompson caught fire, scoring 16 of his game highs in the final win of the lakers, the most points he has had since returning from two devastating injuries that caused them to miss years. after the game, i had a chance to ask him how he felt. we are with klay thompson who

want nuclear is in the fourth quarter. can you describe what that moment was like? that is a special moment. >> it was, especially what i had to do to get to that point. it was a lot of long days and being patient and reading inspirational books. i am just grateful to feel that feeling again because i did not take it for granted. chris: what did you like about the mix of teams compared to what you had when you were younger? >> we had champions, we have future champions, i feel like, future all-stars. everyone is unique in their own way. we have got guys who can jump over the rim and guys who can pull from anywhere. it is just very exciting to be a warrior and a warrior fan right now because the future looks incredibly bright. >> every night is a step in the right direction. for him to have that energy, that confidence himself and

nothing else matters at that moment. he has been so far away from that for so long. i'm happy he is able to see the benefit of all the work he has put in. chris: to football now and with the rams win over the bengals, it is officially on to next year. it will be an important off-season for the 49ers who felt one game short of reaching the super bowl. i had a chance to talk with over mcfarlane who had the chance to talk about if the sun would come back to play for the 49ers. >> just leave him on the bench for another year, i think he would be a starting quarterback. jimmy ruffalo will be somewhere else. they would probably bring back the veteran, but the skill skin -- skill set is there. every thing needs to be refined. he has got to go back and do it all. you start from the basics and you work your way up.

collin and john have a lot of work to do. he has got good good good grandparents would say, he has got good dirt. he has a good foundation and you can see he grew a lot from where he is at. >> tom brady has retired,ired, his podcast he left it open. do you think there's any chance that he comes back? not even a >> no. on the one hand, you can say i do not have the comparative energy to play, and on the other hand, coming back. you cannot say that you will hang out with your family, and go on the other hand and say something else. >> one of my favorite things of prime time is tebow. i think they are in their final years, so this is kind of a

system where that niners need to strike now on their rookie quarterback. everyone else around the train is trying to win for the next four years. is that what they are doing? >> they have the d4 contract and they stick outlook must soar some. -- stick out like a sore thumb. he is more of a swiss army like -- swiss army knife, but that contract is interesting. he has got to get whatever tj wants, at most you have to get to 24. you have the luxury of having a quarterback that is rookie so those will not be as high. those next four years will make up the salary from a standpoint and just for him to win. chris: super bowl 57 is in arizona. abc 7's sponsored by river rock sina. -- casino. dion: abc7news is

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