announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> you have already declared war on us. postpone these closures or not, i will put my body on the line with our educators. >> an emotional meeting ending with no changes on modifying a plan to close oakland schools. today students, parents, and staff members promising to start a hunger strike and continue their protest of the closures. good morning. it is saturday, february 19. i am liz kreutz. thanks for joining us. let's start with meteorologist lisa argen. it sounds like we have some good news in the forecast. lisa: you must be referring to

the rain arriving next week. it will end our dry street and as we look at live doppler 7, the clouds are shifting to the north with a big blocking ridge. we have a few clouds around but overall today, the last mild day out there. this morning is warmer than yesterday. 46 in black hawk. 41 in concord. 49 pleasanton livermore. 52 in san francisco. we were much colder anywhere from two to five degrees milder. a nice view of the city. we will be in the 40's and 50's by 9:00. clear conditions, sunny, and mid and upper 60's by the time we hit 1:00. by the afternoon, a few 70's out there. notice some 50's along the coast. we are looking at dramatic changes which include a little bit of rain coming your way. liz: thank you. oakland unified staff, students, and parents are vowing to start

a hunger strike today and continue to protest school closures after an emergency meeting at the school board last night when board members voted down a proposal to modify the closure plan. luz pena has the details. luz: an emergency meeting by the oakland school board to consider a proposal to postpone the closure of two schools and the restructuring of another, ended like this. >> the amendment fails. >> thank you. >> you all put on the show tonight. you think this is going to work? this is not going to stop anything. this is the start of it. luz: the board member calling out his colleagues after the meeting found -- failed to find a new resolution. teachers held a hunger strike for 18 days and helps to prevent the closures and accused the board of holding the meeting to persuade them to end the strike and not to find common ground. >> the only reason this meeting is happening is so that we can end our hunger strike.

luz: multiple oakland students vowing to start their own hunger strike on saturday. >> you have declared war on us. i as a student, someone who is growing and developing, will put my body on the line with our educators. >> closing down 20% of our schools in order to save 2% of our budget, i thought we were better than this. i am forced to sacrifice my own health. >> students also threatened to organize and recall several stew board -- school board members. >> you voted against the people you were here to represent. we will make sure every single 16 and 17-year-old registered to vote. luz: the school district says the closures are necessary due to declining enrollment and a budget deficit. the president of the oakland education association asking for more time. >> having a year allows us to have the engagement process that was denied to the community that

was denied to families. luz: during the meeting several board members including the president highlighted their stance. >> we must effectively use the next year and a half with quality implementation. the money we will save and school consolidations. >> we have declining enrollment. we do have a structural deficit. that is evident. luz: luz pena, abc 7 news. liz: federal data shows the daily average of covid-19 cases in the u.s. has fallen to its lowest point in two months. california's test positivity is down to 5.4%, matching levels we had not seen since december but experts warn nearly 96% of u.s. counties are still reporting high transmission. and that does include the entire bay area. this is the last weekend sonoma county will hold a free vaccine clinic.

the sonoma county fairgrounds has been home to a vaccination clinic for three weeks helping first responders and public school staff get their shots. the deadline for them to be vaccinated is march 1. the clinic is open today and tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. walk-ins are welcome. on the heels of governor newsom's plan to move california from pandemic to endemic, a school district is applying lessons from the last long holiday break, sending students home with covid-19 tests ahead of president's week. reporter amanda del castillo explains the importance for the franklin macon re school district. amanda: more than 6000 of these tests went home with students and staff across the franklin mckinley school district. the request is tests be taken before returning to school on february 28 after the president's week break. >> we learned coming back from christmas break that the rapid tests were an important safety measure. amanda: a safety measure that

falls in line with the new pandemic response which involves taking lessons learned over the last two years and applying them. an infectious disease physician says beyond testing, the holiday break happens to be well-timed. >> we have evidence that incidents in your cases is coming down so even taking this week off from school is going to help because when they come back, the incidence in the community will be much lower than right now. amanda: significant for franklin mchenry. the superintendent breaks down the demographics. he says 55% of students are hispanic. 35% are vietnamese and 85% are students either on a free or reduced lunch program, english language learners, or foster youth. >> we know our community has been hit hard and that is one of the reasons why we feel that we have to do everything we can to maintain a safe environment for our schools. amanda: this parent says that while he understands the district has students and safety in mind --

>> we are still seeing too much pressure. it is giving that sense that still we are in deep into the situation of covid, which, i am tired. amanda: the district is asking students and staff to test on friday and then the sunday before returning in person. >> the biggest safety measure is knowing who is positive and who is not, especially for those who are asymptomatic and the only way to do that is by testing. amanda: the superintendent says the district is planning on taking the same approach before spring break in april. amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. liz: to stay up-to-date on the latest covid headlines, go to abc7news.com/coronavirus. you can go there to get your covid questions answered. a man is in the hospital this morning after he was found shot several times inside of a car in san francisco's mission district. police discovered the victim your 20 three st and san jose avenue while responding to reports of a shooting just before 8:00 last night.

the man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. few details are available but investigators say no arrests have been made. bart's's expanded service begins tomorrow. all five lines will run for the first time ever on sundays. sunday trains will run until midnight for the first time since the start of the pandemic. bart says providing five line service on sundays reduces the need to transfer for most riders and provides more equitable service. lisa, let's get a check outside. lisa: should we do it again with all of the sunny mild weather? one more day before things change as we look live outside. good visibility. fog not an issue. slightly warmer this morning. average temperatures but it will come to a crashing halt. we will talk about it with the accuweather 7 day forecast next. pres. biden: as of this moment,, i'm convinced he has made the decision. liz: president biden's latest

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liz: president biden says he is convinced that russian president vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine. biden is still hopeful that diplomacy can diffuse the situation. this morning, authorities in ukraine are evacuating residents. people boarded several buses leaving for russia. as reporter karina mitchell explains, there are about 150,000 russian troops at the border. karina: president joe biden saying clearly for the first time that russian president vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine. pres. biden: as of this moment i'm convinced he has made the decision. karina: though he left the door open for a diplomatic end to the crisis, the president telling

the american people an attack on ukraine is eminent. pres. biden: we have reason to believe russian forces are planning to and intend to attack ukraine in the coming week, the coming days. we believe that they will target ukraine's capital keys, city of 2.8 million innocent people. karina: in eastern ukraine, suffragists are conducting a false flag operation in their own territory. a car exploding in the capital as they announce mass evacuations. the u.s. has been warning for weeks such an operation could be used as a pretext for russia to launch an attack on ukraine. president putin without evidence saying the situation is escalating. now there are fears that putin's estimated 150,000 troops at the ukrainian border will invade under the pretext of protecting the russian-speaking population there. ukraine's government is denying any intention of launching an offensive. meantime, people are getting ready.

there is a 500% increase in members in the last three weeks. ukraine's president's urging calm and putin says russia is still open to diplomacy. pres. biden: russia has a choice between war and all the suffering it will bring or diplomacy that will make a future safer for everyone. karina: the department of homeland security is urging governors across the u.s. as well as the private sector to take precautions in case of a russian cyberattack. officials say they are not any specific or credible threats yet. karina mitchell, abc news, new york. liz: a san francisco based company with more than 250 employees in ukraine is taking steps to ensure their safety. the ceo of just answer says the company's engineering and critical functions are based in the country. it answers director of international management believes russia has initiated cyber attacks. the company has developed an action plan. >> we are moving people from the east to the west as we speak and

giving them time off and putting them in hotels and actively helping them move across the country from the more dangerous parts of ukraine. liz: the company puts the current threat level at moderate to high because of military activities. as the threat rises, more action will be taken. now to a story that you will see only here on abc7. when long time -- one longtimege local salon opener is experiencing another challenge this year. nearly all of her belongings were stolen from a storage facility. the unlimited tells us crooks are getting craftier. >> i have never had anyone take anything from me so to see it on video, it was a shock. dione: melissa jackson has been a hairstylist for 25 years and owned the studio 99 for 10. opening near lake merritt was a dream come true.

>> started from the ground up. i put in floors and everything. dione: like all salons -- >> we were shut down. i maxed my sa my sa my sa the point where i started using credit cards to pay my bills. dione: she put everything into storage where she lives, closing the location for good. she planned to open a new second location this spring, but this week got a call from the storage facility with bad news. >> it was three people. they had three dollies and and seemed like it was 10 minutes and they were out of their. dione: as seen in this video, her unit was broken into. she says the manager told her the suspects rented a unit on february 5 and can be seen on surveillance accessing and removing nearly all of melissa's belongings the next day. >> it is a slap in the face when somebody steals your stuff you worked so hard for.

it did not come easy. dione: i spoke with three storage unit facilities in oakley. they say this is the new mo for crooks. they rent a unit to gain access to the building. all three companies tell me they have do not rent to lists. melissa is unsure how much insurance will cover and estimates about $10,000 in items were stolen. despite the suspects -- setbacks, she is determined to find a new location and says it is the support of others that keeps her going. >> i have been doing this for 25 years by myself. i know i am not going to get my stuff back but i did work hard. dione: abc7news. liz: governor newsom is getting involved in a court case that could result in a school cutting its incoming freshman class by 3000 students. he is urging the supreme court in a brief to stay at a lower court's order. a lawsuit has led to a judge

ordering enrollment to be capped. the governor said, "we cannot let a lawsuit get in the way of education and dreams of thousands of students who are our future leaders and innovators. i urge the supreme court to ensure we are expanding access to higher education and opportunity, not blocking it." progress is being made all construction of the armenian american museum and cultural center of california in glendale, home to one of the largest armenian communities in the country. it will be permanent and temporary exhibitions and a key focus will be to share the horrors and lessons of the armenian genocide. >> this project was born with the armenian genocide centennial as a gift for the next 100 years, the next generation of armenian american. it will be a hub for the community and a platform for armenian artists, writers, and authors. it will also be a place that is a public institution to serve all. liz: the foundation phase of

construction will be completed by the summer. the museum will open in 2024. we are getting a check of the weather and we have been talking about the fact that there is a chance of rain. lisa: it looks like trends are changing for multiple chances which go a little bit further out because february has been a bust as well as january. the last measurable rain was january 7 and we are setting records for dry stretches which we would love to break. as we look at live doppler 7, nothing is going on in the western third of the nation. as we look closer, there are a few clouds out there. it is all going to be about the temperatures dropping for of the work week and after that we are looking at a little bit of rain into the week ahead. numbers are in the 30's and 40's. not as cold as it could be. yesterday we started with temperatures just above freezing. air-quality looking good. we will see moderate air-quality

north north and south of the bay as high pressure holds on for the day but the wind kicked up on sunday and the air quality is better and there is a look outside from our exploratorium camera where it is nice and clear. warmer this afternoon. cooler conditions with windy arrival of cold air tomorrow and that will bring a winter chill not only here, but in the sierra nevada was possible snow coming down to about 3000 feet. it is all about the sun right now as we get into the afternoon and you will notice a little fog at the coast tomorrow morning, you can see the clouds overhead and it will clear out but we have probably the coldest air mass we have seen this season arriving for much of the upcoming work week. head out to the coast. the last warm day. sunny and mild. highs in the mid 60's from ocean beach to stenson. 71 in santa cruz. as we look at our winter dry stretch, this is day 52 with no measurable rain.

the driest in san jose and san francisco will be 43 days and we will end that as we get into our level 1 system on tuesday. scattered showers arriving up to 1/10 of an inch of rain with snow levels coming down locally. here is what we are looking at now. it is not a lot but it does change the pattern here into tuesday bringing a couple of hundreds regionwide. as we head into the mountains, probably a winter weather advisory as we are looking anywhere from half of f -- half of a foot. there are several on the way that will bring a few inches to the mountains and allow us -- a reminder that we are still in winter. upper 60's to low 70's today. another mild afternoon. enjoy the day today. it will be the last one we will see like this in a while. chinese new year festival today. a mild afternoon. 50's to upper 60's with the light breeze. tomorrow we get the clouds, gusty winds, and highs in the

50's. the accuweather 7 day forecast featuring the comfortable weather well above average. we have been used to this. as we get through the next several days, a reality check for president's day. overnight lows will be in the 20's tuesday night and wednesday . afternoon highs eventually moderating as we get into the end of the workweek. this is just to end february but it looks exciting as we get into march so we will keep our fingers crossed. liz: thank you. ahead, a day of remembrance. today marks 80 years since japanese-americans were ordered to be incarcerated during world war ii. how one filmmaker focused on multiracial solidarity. charmin ultra soft has so much cushiony softness,

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shifts to multiracial solidarity. reporter julian glover spoke to a local filmmaker who is showing how the japanese and african american communities are standing together to demand reparations. julian: february 19, 1942 is a day that will forever live on in infamy, a notch in america's of the past of hatred, bigotry, and xenophobia. >> it is a story that unfortunately not everyone still knows about. julian: on that day, president roosevelt signed executive order 9066. it called for the incarceration of 100 20,000 people of japanese ancestry, the vast majority were american born citizens. >> a dark chapter in american history. systemic racism incarcerated my father, my mother, and all of my aunts and uncles. julian: this is john doe say he's father. he was incarcerated with

thousands of other japanese americans in 1942. ripped from their homes, stripped of their belongings, and forced to live in awful conditions like horse stables at the tanforan racetrack. 80 years later, japanese americans are vowing to remember. >> healing and remembrance for members of the community who experienced the injustice. julian: the u.s. government apologized in 1988 with the passage of the civil liberties act signed by president reagan and with that apology came reparations for $20,000 to surviving japanese americans. >> our families did receive reparations. many of us feel a certain amount of responsibility to speak out for other injustices that have yet to be atoned for. julian: today, osaki filmmaker, uses his voice to call for multiracial solidarity. this time for african-americans to receive regulations --

receive reparations. >> it is our moral obligation to support the efforts. >> this black america cries out as loudly as my asian american brothers and sisters. >> the japanese american communities across the country are having these events and many of them are talking about the topic of black reparation. julian: his film will be shown at an upcoming virtual film festival followed by a panel discussion. >> we as japanese americans know something about prejudice. julian: the only will also serve on that panel. >> as we mark february 19 to remember our community, we will be reminded of each time america has owned up to its wrongs, repaired them, and become more inclusive, it has become stronger as a nation. julian: california is the only state to convene a task force to explore reparations for

african-americans. that effort gaining support from familiar allies to repair our country's deepest moral failing on a day we can never forget. julian glover, abc 7 news. liz: events are taking place for the day of remembrance in san jose. there will be a virtual program featuring speakers at 3:00 p.m. and you can watch it at sjnoc. org. in the east bay there will be a commemoration at first congressional charts of berkeley at 4:00 this afternoon. still to come, crackdown on protesters. canadian police starting to move in on hundreds of people gathered to protest covid rules. and people who need insulin are going to get a new option to get it to their home.

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at the weather so let's get back over to lisa argen. it really has been nice this week. lisa: it has. it should not be this nice. things are going to change. we will get back to a february outlook but not before we get one more warm day out of the we get. 42 in castro valley. rich been with upper from napa to santa rosa to a 41 mt. view and 46 in san carlos. a little warmer the south end of the bay. cold air the north end. by 8:00, we are still in the 40's. it is sunny. by 11:00, upper 50's to low 60's and mostly sunny and mild. you can see the fog at the coast. more 70's from san ramon to livermore. 72 san jose. 77 santa rosa. six t nine in oakland -- 69 in oakland. we will plot out some weak amounts of rainfall to start out

and a little more impressive coming out. liz: now to the crackdown north of the border. police are moving in to end a three week protest over covid rules that has paralyzed the canadian capital. officers are taking action by issuing final warnings and making arrests. kenneth moton is in ottawa with the story. kenneth: after three weeks of paralyzing downtown ottawa, police taking on the so-called freedom cowboy protesters. police say they were trying to avoid scenes like this after days of warnings and negotiations with demonstrators when they say ultimately it was time to take back the streets. >> freedom. kenneth: police forced open this rv, resting the driver cured children let out safely by police. >> we implore all the parents who have kids, get the kids out of their. kenneth: tow truck operators wearing ski masks to protect their identities. prime minister justin trudeau invoking the emergency act

giving police the power to make arrests. >> one ottawa police moved in, you were relieved. >> absolutely. i was glad to see them in significant numbers. kenneth: police arrested two key leaders on the convoy on charges of mr. and police obstruction. a third organizer was arrested. >> we will run this organization 24 hours a day until the residence heather city back. kenneth: ottawa police are trying to de-escalate but tweeted protesters have been assaulting officers. at least 100 people were arrested friday as police cracked out is expected to continue -- crackdown is expected to continue through the weekend. liz: california's making national news for a new gun bill after a texas law that lets private citizens take on abortion providers. the bill would allow individuals to sue gun manufacturers and gun sellers for harm caused by the firearms they make and sell. >> if texas can use a law to ban

a woman's right to choose and to put her health at risk, we will use that same law to save lives and improve the health and safety of the people in the state of california, allowing you to enforce the illegal sales and manufacturing of weapons of war and assault rifles and ghost guns. liz: this is one of our four pieces of legislation targeting the gun industry. the other would make it illegal to market assault weapons to children and would crack down on ghost guns. starbucks employees across the country including in the bay area are joining a growing union. employees rallied in support of seven employees fired in memphis. many saying it was in retaliation for their effort to unionize. zach fuentes has more from the rally in santa cruz and what the coffee giant has to say about it. zach: dozens came out to rally

outside this santa cruz starbucks store, the first in the state to unionize. it is part of a growing trend cross the country. >> it happened in new york and maybe a month and a half, we have had over 100 union petitions filed around the country. zach: union organizer joseph thompson says the company he worked for before covid has changed is the pandemic -- changed since the pandemic. >> starbucks has been terrible throughout this pandemic. we are fighting for higher wages and job security. zach: starbucks says they have followed cdc guidelines and that wage increases are coming this summer. they say, "we are listening and learning from the partners in the stores as we always do across the country." they go on to say they are better together as partners without a union. employees at the santa cruz store continue the work to unionize, the rally also centered around seven former employees in memphis who were recently fired. the employees say their firing was retaliation for their efforts to unionize.

starbucks said it was because of this interview with a memphis tv station about their units asian efforts. starbucks says the employee violated company policy by reopening the store after closing and inviting nonemployees to come inside, including behind the counter and in back rooms. >> these are policies they are picking purposefully to be able to have the people that are supposed to be voting to be fired and let go to turn the tide for their election. zach: the late -- the lead union organizers says they will continue pushing until the employees are reinstated. >> we are not going to stop until every starbucks in the united states that wants a union, gets a union. liz: there is new technology pushing the envelope making webcams boring. we are talking about holograms that some performers have used and now it is becoming a reality for the rest of us. reporter david louis shows us

how 3d holograms could be the next step in bringing people together. david: beyond zoom calls. this is it. a meeting in which presenters appear in 3d holograms. the audiovideo feed is two way. they have installed holograms studios at 15 sites including san francisco and l.a. those of us who work in tv are used to working in front of a green screen but this will be an interesting experiment because we will turn myself into a real hologram. here i am as a hologram. it is magical. this is not just for the commercial sector, for meetings and businesses. you can also come down at some point to the consumer market, for people like you and me. audiences are memorized --

mesmerized. art media's ceo was in toronto as we asked how he envisioned consumers using holograms in the future. >> you are in san francisco and your grandmother is having her 85 birthday in miami and you call in holographic link and deliver your message. david: the company created a unit called a holo pod. the 3d presence makes streaming video or zoom calls flat. in san francisco, davidabc7news. liz: people with diabetes will soon have a new tool to get insulin shots. the fda has approved the first app that lets users schedule and deliver doses of insulin. san gives

doses of insulin, which is crucial in keeping blood glucose levels under control. the new feature is expected to launch this summer. still ahead, if you have not heard about "encanto" or bruno, where have you been? ♪ it is not too late to get into "encanto." here's a live look out at the embarcadero bay bridge. thanks for waking up with us on this saturday. we will check in

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her owners said she went to the store for 20 minutes and when she came back, she was gone. fast forward to this year when an animal services officer responded to a call of a stray dog. the officer ran the microchip and it came back as zoe. the sheriff's office filmed this reunion video. >> i definitely did not expect this to ever happen. really excited. get her back, get her healthy and let her live the rest of her life. liz: 12 years later. zoe's owner now lives in phoenicia. today, leaders in the south bay will host a black history month celebration at the albert augustine junior memorial park in the sunny hills neighborhood. sunny hills was the very first plant racially integrated community in the country. it paved the way for cities to turn away from segregation and

create more welcoming neighborhoods. the event starts at 3:00 this afternoon. another check outside. lisa: 51 degrees in san francisco. the average high is 61. yesterday, we saw 66. how about 68 today. this is our last mild day in the city. gusty winds on the way for your sunday. stay tuned. my forecast is coming up. liz: also, nba all-star weekend takes off in cleveland. jonathan coming up was in action. larry beil will have the highlights coming up in sports.

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a limited number of basketballs are available in cleveland, selling for $575. tonight, the warriors forward juan anderson will take part in a slam dunk contest. last night ricky jonathan kuminga -- last night, rookie jonathan kuminga played in the challenge. larry: steph curry and andrew wiggins will be of the all-star game tomorrow night. warriors rookie jonathan kuminga got a taste of all-star weekend last night. here he is driving the lanes, scored one basket, but his team lost. cade cunningham was named the m.v.p. as he led rick perry's team to victory. back to jonathan kuminga. the nba education and continuing everyday with the warriors as he observes staff, -- steph, klay, and jay.

>> the way they work, the way they carry themselves, just me being around that, it is helping me. larry: bill walton putting the hex on, facing dominique. john marco ted berry, all flowing again. he is a high jumper who won a gold medal. cleveland browns defensive end myles garrett, i think he lives. and then a great behind the back pass from globetrotter chris jackson. that was good fun. that did not count. women's hoops, tar vanderbilt in stanford w the 12 pac title. the perfect give-and-go with haley jones. fundamentally sound. they finished with 21 points. they got within four on the second half but it is haley in the paint, 13-10.

stanford pulls away 87-63. 13 straight wins and they clinch another pac-12 title. it was one small step for the a's. the oakland city council approving the final environmental impact report for their proposed stadium. detailed financials and community benefits have to be worked out but the president is pretty optimistic when he spoke with abc7 kasser casey pratt. -- abc7's casey pratt. >> this was a big mild thick layer. we might even bid at -- be at 20 miles. to have the eir a 4000 page document. larry: dave is a marathon runner. he usually goes 26 miles. hoping to close strong and get some shovels in the ground. that is morning's sports. have a great weekend. i am larry beil. liz: let's get a rap on the

weather. lisa: we are looking at another sunny and mild. if you like that kind of thing, today is our last day because not only is it going to turn colder, it will get windier. we will see precip and a bigger pattern change toward the end of the month and into march. there is live doppler 7 and current numbers look like this from the upper 30's to the mid-40's closer to the bay. san francisco 51. 30 nine half moon bay. a look from our tower camera lit up in red for the chinese new year holiday. the parade is back after a two year hiatus and we are looking at a sunny and warmer day today. cooler and windier tomorrow. the chill will last right on through wednesday and thursday. overnight lows will be the coldest we have seen in quite some time. low snow levels locally. it is all about the sun today. you can see patchy fog from the marin county coast to san mateo

and into sunday, increasing high clouds. winds gusting as much as 30 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon. in the south bay, one of the warmer locations today. we will see it be low 70's here to advertise will be backed out of the low 60's. cupertino, sunnyvale for your sunday. highs only in the upper 50's. tuesday, 53 in san jose. by the end of the week, a slow moderation of the temperatures. a level one system arriving on tuesday will bring us scattered showers. hopefully it will end the 52 day dry spell in san jose. you can see the amounts here are pretty light. san francisco, you are on your 43rd day. a couple hundredths for us but as we add up the next 10 days, this is the first part. we could see more precip headed our way as we get into the end of the month. that is exciting. for this first system looking at four to six inches of snow from

kirkwood to tahoe city. four inches blue canyon. there will be several weak systems that will add a couple of inches to the snowpack as we get through the rest of the month. 68 today. warmer than yesterday downtown. 70 in oakland. 72 santa rosa. low 70's around morgan hill and 71 down in santa cruz. if you are headed out later today, mild. a beautiful afternoon. 4:00 right here in the city. sunny and mild. mid 60's, upper 60's by 6:00 and dropping into the mid-50's. if you are headed out tomorrow for the celebrations, it will be much cooler. highs in the 60's with clouds and gusty winds. the holiday monday, cooler and windier and looking at the wintry mix possible with a level 1 system on tuesday. morning frost, very cold wednesday and thursday. by friday, average temperatures around here. liz: thank you. the magical disney movie "encan

to" is returning to theaters and is back at the box office this weekend. george pennacchio caught up with one of the stars to talk about its popularity. >> i'm so excited to go with my kids especially now that they know all the songs and i know all the songs by heart. i am ready. i am so excited. george: in "encanto", she plays the voice of the girl who has amazing hearing. she uses it in the movie which is set in a magical colombian village. she also gets to be part of this number. which has become a smash hit. ♪ >> we don't talk about bruno ♪ >> it is a giant leap forward. things i had to struggle so long at the beginning of my career to accomplish now are wide-open

possibilities for anybody who has a dream. to see where i started 20 years ago having to scratch and pave my way with blood trying to accomplish something. a colombian comes out now and it is the coolest thing. ♪ >> to told me that the man of my dreams would be just out of reach george: you once had be ready when opportunity knocks an opportunity has knocked. >> i am forever grateful for the opportunity knocking. it has been a dream come true. i cannot believe i am here. "encanto" has broken not just so many records, but made us all feel seen and feel like we have been heard. add always believe in your dreams -- and always believing your dreams because a dream worth having is worth coming true. george: she has been dreaming about disney for years beginning with the little mermaid.

♪ >> that was the film that did it for me. i knew i wanted to be a singer after i heard "part of your world. " that was the day i wanted to sing forever. george: george pennacchio, abc 7 news. liz: "encanto" has been nominated for two oscars. it is in theaters and on disney plus. disney is the parent company of abc7. a tradition returned to san francisco today. what you need to know ahead of the chinese new y

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: today is the return of the chinese new year festival and parade. the festival features more than 100 booths and concessions, activities, and entertainment for all ages. tonight it is the parade celebrity in the year of the tiger. the parade is a tradition dating back to the 1860's and is set to

be the largest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of asia. organizers are excited to celebrate the culture of san francisco's chinatown and happy to bring tourism back to the city. >> as a lunar new year celebration, it is a celebration of the year of the tiger. it basically is -- stands for boldness and resiliency and new beginnings. liz: the honorary marshal of this year's paredes shannon lee -- parade is shannon lee. tickets are needed to sit in the bleachers in the bandstand near union square. happening right now, uni in celebration of the new year. free service lasts through monday at 5:00 a.m. and this includes the cable cars providing access to the chinatown community and the weekend festivities. you will not need to tap your

clipper card or activate a mobile ticket. that is pretty cool. next at 6:00 a.m., protests continue over oakland school closures. staff and students vowing to start another hunger strike today. and some students are off for president's week. how one school district is applying lessons learned from covid testing during the last holiday break.

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>> building a better bay area, solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> you have already declared war on us. postpone disclosures. i, as a student, growing and developing, will put my body on the line with our educators. liz: an emotional meeting ending with no changes on modifying a plan to close some oakland schools. today, students, parents and staff members promising to start a hunger strike and continue their protest of the closures. good morning. it is saturday, february 19. i am liz kreutz. we'll get to that story in a moment or, a quick look at the weather with lisa argen. lisa: good morning. as we end the week, we end on the same mild note with high-pressure and control. even a little warmer today. live doppler 7 picking up on that ridge that is not going anywhere yet, but it will tomorrow. in fact, we are lookingt