ripples across the world as russian president vladimir putin a decree recognizing the independence of to rebel controlled regions of ukraine. good evening, y y y abc seven news at five. dan: republics violates ukraine's sovereignty and. it is also seen as an escalation in the potential for a russian invasion of ukraine. the u.s. and nato allies condemned this move and white house and european union immediately moved to impose restrictions on trade and any

financing of russian backed separatist regions. content has ordered russian troops to enter in eastern ukraine for peacekeeping operations. more than 150,000 russian troops are surrounding the ukraine border, including more than half in attack position. u.s. officials tell abc news that they believe russian tactical commanders haven't told to prepare for orders -- have been told to prepare for orders to invade. if it takes place, russians could to target specific ukrainians for assassination or prison camps. >> if he goes in big, which is an option available for him, which conventional ground forces, preceded by air and missile assault in advance, this will be bloody. this is not a military that is known for respecting an ascent civilian life. it is not a military that necessarily ascribes to -- they do not care about the kind of casualty and incurs. you can see significant

casualties on the ground in ukraine. dan: it does not appeaoes not aa but to an end biden have agreed to a summit is russia does not invade ukraine. anna: a conflict between russia and ukraine impacts many people in the bay area who have family and friends in those nations. and may also impact everyone else at the gas pump. we spoke with an expert who says it may lead to some of the highest prices we have seen locally. >> oversees crisis aside, drivers in california spend a huge amount filling up their gas tanks. >> i have a car that gets great gas mileage and it cost me $60 to fill it up. reporter: minute we have spoken out have started filling out gas and petroleum from their everyday lives. >> i ride my bicycle. reporter: looking for alternatives may not be a bad idea. for more than a month, headlines around russia's potential

invasion have been driving oil prices up. >>'s western countries come after russia, russia could say we will cut off oil. it could cause oil prices to spike. the gasoline demand is continuing to recover as covid numbers decline. reporter: how could that impact prices in the bay area? >> it is very likely that we will get to the five dollar a gallon average. reporter: some headlines suggesting we could see seven dollar gallon prices, though the prices will likely go up, he does not request that she does not forecast it will go that high locally. >> today it is four dollars 80 one cents. that is average. even on the worst case scenario, i could not see the average price getting over six dollars a gallon. reporter: went to bc see prices go down? the u.s. and iran are talking about a new nuclear deal appeared and means we could get crude oil from a country again. the high prices may incentivize

oil companies to ramp up production in a more meaningful way. >> it will take a year or two to get back to normal before we start to see more of what californians have grown accustomed to end that is three dollars, for dollar prices. dan: let us move on and talk about the weather and whether there could be a chance for some rain. anna: the wind is blowing it in. >> the winds are already blowing at this hour. i want to show you a live look from mount rose come up in the sea area. it is very windy. some snow showers move through the sierra. it is a light level 1 storm, all cold storm that is coming in from the north, and we are going to be seeing a wintry mix. right now it is all quiet. look at the hour-by-hour forecast. a few showers and even some snow showers. the potential for some hail. even a slight chance of thunderstorms as we head into

tomorrow night. i want to show you the level 1 storm that is going to bring you the wintry mix. it is under 2/10 of an for most people -- an entry for more people. winds are gusting to 36. if it does not feel like winter, wait until you see the freeze watches that are going up and how cold it is going to get, coming right up. anna: a violent attack at a mcdonald's drive-through. richmond police are searching for the suspect. we have video of the assault and talk to the victim who says she and her children are traumatized. >> i want to treat them to something special. we went in through the drive-through. reporter: all of this mom of two wanted was to get lunch for her two young sons at this mcdonald's. she never anticipated this would happen.

by a different name, says one drive-through lane closed and was merging when the angry woman started lashing out. >> i was not cutting. i was going for the flow of traffic. reporter: after a verbal assault, the woman gets back into her car. >> you can see -- you can hear her soothing her children. >> see, that is not how you should behave, ok? >> later, things escalated. >> she started throwing objects at my vehicle. she got out and started attacking my vehicle. reporter: kids witnessed it all. >> it is ok. reporter: listen as a suspect roaster engine. -- revs into the back of her car. what you do not see is ama

getting out of her car. the suspect slammed into her interact her. while she's on the ground, the suspect punched her several times. while her physical pain will heal, the mental toll has had lasting effects. >> i am shaken, just thinking about the fact that my babies went through that and they are traumatized. he keeps repeating that battle he was going to reporter: break our window. reporter:reporter: what is your plea to the public? >> she is out there and i would like the public to help me recognize her. reporter: the woman's vehicle has been located, but they are working to identify her. in san francisco, abc 7 news. dan: in the south bay, police are investigating anti-semitic flyers that were found in a neighborhood. it comes on the heels of similar but separate incidents in berkeley, southern california, texas, and illinois.

we spoke with members of the south bay jewish community about these hurtful events. >> hate has no place. it never seems to stop. over the weekend, police said dozens of flyers, like this one, were distributed. flyers blaming the covid-19 pandemic on jewish officials. >> we are blamed for all kinds of things by every movement you can think of, through the generation. it is an irrational hatred that is part of the world that we live in. >> i feel it personally. reporter: the district attorney is a member and of the jewish community and believes hate drove these wires. no matter how hurtful the words were, police are investigating this as a hate incident and not a crime. >> a crime is when the words cross over into some sort of physical assault or property damage. >> it is scary, this is one of

the things we're dealing with in the social media age. reporter: the events across the country are emotional, but silence will not solve anything, because it is somehow the biggest events in the past became even worse. >> our silence only allows for hate speech and hate incident or incidences to grow. we cannot be quiet. reporter: the members of the jewish community we spoke with encouraged others to speak out. they hope this can be a learning lesson. >> maybe tease him about judaism and jewish history and try to educate them about this. honestly, if we find the person or people who did it, i invite them to my house for seder. >> it is an act of kindness. if every person would be nice to somebody or showed act of kindness or do something good in the world, that will counterbalance the negative. every act of goodness is like a light that is shiny and will dispel a tremendous amount of darkness.

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[inaudible] dan: here are tonight's covert headlines. a new report from the huffington post scesney omicron sub variant none is ba.2 appears to be more contagious than the current strain. its health impacts are still unclear. in some countries, hospitalizations are decreasing. today, the united kingdom will -- lifted all of its coronavirus restrictions. the country needs to learn to live with it. starting tomorrow, no more masks outdoors at los angeles public schools. they will still be required

inside. the decision on masks statewide could come a week from today. ama: omicron is finally waning which means the covert staffing shortage in san francisco schools is starting to ease. we focus on education. i spoke with the unified chief human resources officer to see how things are going what the district could use more of. >> we are seeing more teachers coming to work and more educators coming to work. more staff is coming to work. almost more importantly, more substitutes are picking up jobs. reporter: things are stabilizing for sfusd. more substitutes are still needed. to help entice candidates, pending approval by the board of education, they are raising the rate of pay to be competitive with other districts. the job requirements are changing. it is now possible to work as a substitute without a bachelors degree.

>> people who do not have a bachelors, does not mean anyone can walk in off the street and be a substitute. there are a number of requirements to be a substitute teacher. having a bachelors degree was one of that is not always necessary for every substitute teaching role. reporter: they stress that the districts ability to achieve its equity vision for students rest and passionate, qualified, skilled human beings. it is grateful for every single person helping to keep kids learning. >> it is not enough to keep kids open. they need to be learning every single day and go home and say here's what i learned today that makes me just a little smarter and a little closer to achieving my dreams. ama: if you're considering being a substitute, a couple of things to keep in mind. the district supplies all ppe. it can be a great part-time opportunity to supplement what you are already doing. there is a possibility of becoming a full-time teacher. dan: the fight to save oakland

schools from closing focus on an elementary school that is on the chopping block. a group protested outside of parker elementary. it is one of 11 schools that the oakland school board voted to close or merge pierce school supporters have been holding weekly protests and to teachers held in 18 day hunger strike over this. the school district says it faces an uncertain financial future due to declining and well met and budget reductions. ama: the search for a missing woman in the east bay is intensifying. intensifying. on what are you recommending for muscle pain? based on clinical data, i recommend salonpas. agreed... my patients like these patches because they work for up to 12 hours, even on moderate pain. salonpas. it's good medicine oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. but i just... so thanks, but, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you!

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her ex-boyfriend on january 26. her car was found abandoned on oakley road at trenton street with the keys still inside. that is where a vigil was later staged. flyers and billboards are up everywhere on the highway for corridor. on february 1, police searched her ex-boyfriend's home and since then, no new developments, until this week. the family is working with the class kids foundation to bring in their missing person experts to help in the search for alexis. >> we are working closely with oakley police and they are giving us some locations that we should consider searching. what we do then is we bring people in and we get them registered so we know exactly who it is that is working with us. reporter: once the teams are sampled, they will fan out on friday, saturday, and sunday in an extensive gps monitor search of both rural and suburban areas, including antioch and

oakley. >> if they find evidence, they are to leave it on the ground and simply contact search leaders so we can get law enforcement right into the points. >> they have software that allows us to track exactly where volunteers are going so that we know exactly what areas have been covered. reporter: alexis's brother and girlfriend have been spearheading the search efforts. they are relieved more help is on the way. >> this is making it a lot more helpful. i know there's a lot of time that is passed, but the more help, the better. ama: it got cold and windy dan:. dan: it sure did. cindy is here. back up recent rain -- that

could bring some rain? cindy: we are talking about the potential for snow, hail, rain. i want to show you the live super doppler. we are seeing snow up in the mountains. we are seeing showers. this is a cold storm. it is quite, but not for long. our winter dry stretch, san jose has had 53 days without rain. tomorrow, we would that record streak if the rainfall actually measures here in the city. stay tuned. you can see a shaky view, but blue skies up above. 49 in the city. it is chilly outside of san jose. you are noticing a flag is flopping around in the wind. livermore is 54 degrees.

one other life picture from our emeryville camera. a cold storm tonight through tomorrow night. a wintry mix, wendy with a slight chance of thunder. get ready for freezing cold mornings wednesday through friday. tonight, showers may begin in the north bay peer we will have to wait for most of us until tonight. the computer model keeps wanting to show showers in the bay area. i will warn you, it has not been materializing so far. it may be late this evening. maybe 8:00, 9:00, and it will be isolated until tomorrow, when we will have the best opportunity for seeing wet weather occasionally looking like some snow over mount hamilton at 9:00 a.m. the showers skirt the coast. we have the potential for showers, the best chances at the coast. you will notice the pink. that can be a wintry mix we are referring to. showers continue throughout the

afternoon before winds down. most will pick up under 1/10 of an inch. some higher elevations, we can see up to 2/10 of an inch. have a jacket, make sure you have your umbrella speared traveling to the mountain will be nearly impossible with difficult travel warnings with winter weather one to two feet above level, storms are expected. temperatures can be as low as 28 degrees. bring in any tender plants. protect your pets, pipes, and yourself of course. this down to freezing, low 30's to mid 40's. tomorrow, even chillier air mass windy conditions, 40's and 50's. it is a level 1 for tomorrow. wintry mix. we will go with basically morning frost through friday. we will start to notice milder

nights and days, just in time for your weekend plans. dan: thank you very much. ama: the second the longest-running event in california history celebrated a milestone. the city of campbell celebrated is one 30th annual heritage day -- it's 130th day of settlers. >> right in the heart of silicon valley. it is a community that people support each other, much like in a small time -- town. karen on a tradition keeps that feeling going. -- carrying on our tradition keeps not feeling going.

[inaudible] dan: a reminder, you can get our live newscast, breaking news, with our new abc news seven bay area at. just search abc bay and download it. ama: basketball is in cleveland this weekend within all-star game. one star was brighter than them all. dan: chris alvarez is in the

newsroom with how steph curry's all-star m.v.p. performance made an impact, both on and off the court. chris: he has always aimed to change the game for good on and off the court. money was being donated to the cleveland metro school district. he recorded an all-star game record, 16 three-pointers, slashing shots from an unreal range. he was even dancing. he knew though shots were going in. even if with a game-high 50 points, leaving -- leading them to an all-star win in cleveland. with every point, curry donated 1000. every three was donated $3000. an initial 10,000 for the initial. $1008 raised. >> i wanted to write about wait and

this guys from a different planet. he has an automatic sniper connected to his arm. when he lets it go. not everybody -- not only himself, but everybody sees a going down. >> when you see him down threes like that, you do not want him to lose the game. >> it is remarkable in terms of a memorable and variance that i will take with me. pretty perfect if you ask me. chris: i'm a basketball perspective, the only individual trophy out there is the nba finals m.v.p.. fans are hoping he can bring that home this june. if he does, you will see it right here. where the home of the nba finals. ama: thank you so much chris. dan: here's just unbelievable. walden news is next. we approve -- world news is

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. the u.n. security council and the emergency meeting being held on ukraine, after vladimir putin declares two regions in eastern ukraine independent. putin ordering russian forces into that part of ukraine to, quote, maintain peace. tonight, the white house already issuing initial sanctions but bracing for what putin could do next. the kremlin tonight saying putin has ordered those russian forces in. the order following putin's address to the russian people, saying it's ukraine that's threatening russia, calling ukraine a puppet regime for the west. tonight, the u.s. urging ukraine's president zelenskyy to leave kyiv. and zelenskyy to speak to the people of ukraine.

ian pannell in ukraine tonight. what they're prepari f