>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> i garbage and i think it is dangerous to the people of california. liz: prison plan pushed back. why some californians say that the project to transform san quentin prison will not work and what it means for the prisoners currently there. good morning, it is saturday, march 18. thank you for joining us, we will get to that story in a moment but first let us start with a look at the weather with lisa who is on the roof for us today. lisa: the clouds are already on the increase. we are looking at high-end mid-level clouds, so the fourth dry day before we break the street tonight. there is live doppler 7 with the

clouds just offshore and as we look at mount tam, you can see a bit hazy. santa cruz is at 48 and clouds slow. 45 in santa rosa from sutro. you will notice that it is partly cloudy and the temperatures, but will not be as bright today. upper 60's and 70's and we will talk about half an inch to over a rain coming up when we see you in another 10 minutes or so. liz: in the south bay residents are still without electricity after tuesday's windstorm. downed trees and power lines are blocking off access to a cul-de-sac. residents are planning to go a fifth day without power. homeowners are voicing their frustration over the lack of communication. >> better communication and better expectations is the most important thing. when you are given the dates and

a new date and a new date, with absolutely no action. liz: some are having to drive underneath power lines at their own risk to get out. according to pgd power is expected to be restored by 10:00 a.m. -- p.m. tonight. thousands of people are in the dark after thousand -- after that storm moved through. you are looking at the power outage map showing where they currently are. we are seeing the most people without electricity in the south bay and on the peninsula. a house in concord is badly damaged after a gray toyota previous crashed into it. you can see part of the wall is missing. this happened near the intersection of meadow lane and belmont road. a driver was taken into custody by police. no injuries have been reported. the future of prison life in california is being transformed and governor gavin newsom says that it starts with san quentin

prison. it was once home to one of the worst -- to some of the worst criminals in the state but it will soon be a facility focused on rehabilitation and training. >> san quentin was california's first prison and today it will be california's model prison for rehabilitation and restorative justice. liz: the governor laid out the plan yesterday and cornell barnard has the details. >> we want to be the per amendment -- the preeminent restorative justice facility in the world, that is a goal. cornell: governor gavin newsom announcing that the most notorious prison is getting a new name and mission. >> we have to be in the homecoming business, it is not about rehabilitation but homecoming. cornell: this prison was built in 1842 -- 1832 will now be called san quentin rehabilitation center are less dangerous prisoners will get education, training, and rehabilitation under a plan

modeled after scandinavian concepts which focus on preparing people to return people to society. >> we want to reduce costs and reduce incarceration and make sure that people when they come out come out as fully engaged and committed members of our community and society and are contributing and not likely to reenter into the system. >> together we have created a place where second chances and true hope are a reality. liz: while some people are praising the plan others are upset by the idea of turning san quentin into a rehabilitation center. mark class founder of the class kids foundation says the plan will not work for violent offenders. >> i think it is a bunch of guarded -- garbage, backwards and it is dangerous to the people of california. liz: his 12-year-old daughter was kidnapped and murdered by richard allen davis and said that davis was released into society from a review

rehabilitation center and then killed his daughter a few months later. we gave insight into some of the potential political concerns. >> people that are released, if they recommit and in a horrendous nature as we have seen with people talking earlier than that is a big political blow. it only takes one or two for the whole program to have questions raised. liz: the governor never reached out to crime victim advocates and they say that plan -- that the plan is best suited for low crime offenders. we want to show you the history of san quentin. construction began in 1852 prisoners worked on building it and slept on a nearby ship until it was complete. both male and female prisoners were incarceratedd until 1933. it has housed the only gas chamber and death row since 1938. the last execution was in 2006. governor newsom announced a moratorium of -- on executions

and in 2022 he began transferring inmate sentenced to death and other provisions. the death chamber is currently being dismantled. this has housed a number of infamous prisoners including charles manson, richard ramirez and scott peterson. and two famously rehab former inmates are danny trejo. governor newsom is in los angeles where he will announce efforts to lower health care costs. the governor has been sharing his goals and initiatives for california. he has set to join advocates and legislators for the morning. the event can be stream starting at 11:00 a.m. a student from a san francisco middle school is in custody after stabbing another student in the back. it happened in the library of san francisco middle school. school officials quickly secured

the perimeter. sources and students confirm that the incident started over a videogame. the 12-year-old victim was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. support systems are available for students. in oakley, a commemoration was held for a woman whose murder has been making headlines for a year. they were dedicated to alexis gabe. we talked to her family who said yesterday's commemoration was an important day. >> happy birthday dear alexis. >> she would've turns 25 and the family marks the occasion with song and celebration and the city of oakley dedicated a bench and her ought -- in her honor. >> we always feel her presence but having a place where she can have her own bench is awesome, and i hope each and every one of

you will just come down and have a seat with alexis. >> she was killed last january by her ex-boyfriend. jones was killed by law enforcement months later while trying to serve him and arrest warrant. they later learned that he allegedly cut up her body and tried to dispose of the remains. >> >> her mother says that she would go to her favorite park in antioch to try and find peace. because of family still not has found all of her remains she says that she can now visit her daughter here. >> and know that she has this one, it is easy for me to walk from home to hear and to visit. >> to be with her daughter. the community and law enforcement played a big role in the investigation and the search for her body. >> this really resonated with a couple of my guys and the key

detectives and they took it to heart and they poured everything they had into that. we all walked away from this year with -- as a little bit of the department. >> the inscription reads "for as long as you remember me i am never entirely lost." her father chose those words so that city or community will never forget alexis' story. >> we did not want people to forget her and to just be another one of those incidents or murders to happen. we did not want people to forget. liz: let us check outside as we head to the break. lisa: partly sunny conditions and clouds increasing throughout the day with temperatures mainly in the 60's but that it is back to winter for a few days. stay tuned, the seven-day forecast is next. liz: keeping a vulnerable group of kids safe, how bay area lawmakers are protecting lgbtq+ foster children. plus a so-called fireball

lighting up the sky. what an astronomer says these objects are and where it could have landed while you were sleeping.

liz: view detectives -- mt. view

detectives are searching for victims after an art teacher was arrested for touching a minor. he has been arrested. the alleged victim was taking classes at the fine art studio and gallery in mt. view. he is facing charges for lewd acts with a minor, sexual battery or -- and molesting a child. officials are encouraged to come forward and contact police. san rafael officials are investigating a robbery. this was in the city center in san ramon. at least four armed suspects took off in a white jeep cherokee after breaking display cases inside the store. anyone with information is asked to contact the san ramon police up department. in a move to protect lgbt children they are getting a bill

to increase the vetting process. there are already protective laws in the books but some say more needs to be done. >> of all of the children who needs to be the most protected this is a -- this is one of the most vulnerable groups. >> a plea for more protection for lgbtq+ foster children. she is the ceo of family builders, a nonprofit helping place children in care. >> we have had children who have gone until foster home -- foster homes with foster parents who have not been supportive and have been abusive verbally and emotionally and even physically. there have been children who have been kicked out of the house. >> lgbtq+ children are overrepresented in the foster care system and are at greater risk for suicide. while california has laws to help ensure that they are placed in supportive homes, some say that it falls short. >> we think that it is necessary to spell out crystal clear that lgbtq youth are not to be placed

in homes that are hostile to them. >> and so scott wiener is introducing sp 407 including clearly stating anti-lgbtq+ views and conduct are enough to deny a family from fostering. >> the idea that we will put an lgbtq kid in a home where the parents are hostile, that is not going to work and that will cause problems and leave to worse outcomes. >> it comes amid a wave of legislation attacking lg deep -- lgbtq rights across the u.s.. 426 bills introduced this year alone. many taking aim at transgender youth. >> it emboldens other people that they can be more outspoken and they can express their hate or promulgate their hate. and that there is no consequences. >> encountering that can be acceptance at home.

teens who feel supported in their gender identity are 93% less likely to attempt suicide than those who do not. >> our responsibility is to make sure that each and every child is supported and cared for. and so we need to make sure that we have foster parents and resource families that are able to do that and able to do that unconditionally. liz: if you are looking for an ally you can go to abc7news.com /takeaction specifically for the lgbtq+ community. elizabeth holmes made another attempt to stay out of prison in her court appearance. the former ceo returned to the same courtroom where her trial was held and asked the judge to delay her sentence while she appeals for conviction. her team sashimi -- he needs more time with her young children. they argue that it could be a flight risk -- that she could be a flight risk. holmes said that she expected

the jury would make a different decision. >> the government is growing very tired of all of these delays, and they are saying that she should be in a federal prison not in a mansion. liz: she is scheduled to start her 11 year prison sentence on april 27. the judge is expected to rule in early april. we want to show you video that had some of you calling and overnight. check out this fireball in the sky. some were saying they sought as far north as sacramento or fresno. we spoke to an astronomer who tells us that this was a piece of a satellite antenna from the international space station. you could call it space junk. it has been orbiting the atmosphere for several years and experts knew it would reenter several time -- several -- it would reenter at some time yesterday. there was no danger to anyone seeing it and it will break into small pieces.

based on the trajectory he expected that they probably landed near yosemite national park. really cool and thank you to all of those who sent your videos. dublin st. patrick's day celebration is happening all weekend long. yesterday they had the parade and gala and the main event is the firefighters pancake breakfast with green pancakes from heaven :00 until 10:00 a.m. about 45 minutes left and tomorrow the city is hosting the shamrock 5k run and walk. the weather is shaping up to be lovely for this which i think we deserve. lisa: you know what, it will be dry and the sun is fading and as we look at life doppler, you can see all of the cloud cover that will be arriving later on tonight. the day is dry but the evening is a different story. 52 in the city and 52 in palo

alto. 49, santa clara. the golden gate bridge, you can see the clouds with 46, santa rosa. it is mild and we will see the southerly wind increased tonight. a look in nevada w snow and another couple of feet, two to three feet arriving above 5000 feet until late today and through wednesday. two storm systems adding up for several more feet of snow one tonight and into tuesday and wednesday. partly cloudy for some of you, mostly cloudy later with rain arriving tonight and then spotty afternoon sunday showers with spring starting on monday. it will be wet and breezy. a level 1 system into tonight and tomorrow. the rainfall amounts are scaling back in some areas but anywhere from attempt to over an inch of rain and we will get to the

details in your neighborhood in a moment. as we go through the date notice that it is dry. by about midnight it is raining into the north and east bay. and it pushes through by about 7:00 or 8:00 with showers for your sunday, much cooler with the breezy wind. here are the amounts, a third of an inch in concord and san francisco and a quarter of an inch in novato with over an inch in santa rosa and perhaps .46 around hayward and ben lomond. about a foot of snow, maybe 15 inches donner but above 5000 or 6000 feet we are adding up the snow in feet, two to three feet. there is a look at monday with light scattered showers. we are in between systems and then into monday night the next system and atmospheric river offshore. the main focus is in southern

california and we will see rain from the south bay and the santa cruz mountains into monterey. the north bay and the east bay should see last. we should see rainfall amounts from monday night until wednesday night, three quarters of an inch in san francisco and look at .88 and hayward -- in hayward. highs dry and cloudy conditions. mid-60's san francisco and 70 into the east and south bay. the wind is picking up tonight and then we have a rainy night with upper 40's to the low 50's. the rain ends for the first part of sunday. a level 1 system on monday as spring arrives and another pretty good rainmaker and when the on tuesday. not as windy as a next system and on the rain ends on wednesday and we get more sun on thursday and friday. two more systems to go and enjoy the last dry day. liz: we will enjoy the view as

well. cheaper utility bills? e.g. gmd says it is lowering their costs. why economists say that -- why they say that they are dropping in the first place.

liz: millions of pg&e are struggling to pay bills. they say the spike will grow -- will go in reverse with the potential average of 75%. customers are hoping that this is true. >> it amazed me how the price o my gas and electricity bill doubled. >> joseph thought that something went awry. it jumps to 200 $23 in january compared to $115 a year ago. >> i asked if there was a gas leak somewhere. >> you remember it was $68 and

then shockingly, january, i got a re-hundred $64 bill. >> chantel borden liv 50 square unit with electrical appliances. they -- she told him the bill made no sense. >> they came out inch -- i asked them to check the smart meter and they said no and i had a representative that said you should probably add some blankets. >> i was dumbfounded so i called to ask what is going on. >> pg&e said that market prices spiked and supplies tightened and cold weather drove up demand and utility bills rose 32% from november till march. in a statement they refuted concerns that they had profited from high prices saying "we do not control market prices for gas and electricity and do not mark up the cost of gas and electricity that we purchase on behalf of our customers." >> costs went up 80%.

>> a uc berkeley economist says that west coast market prices rose five times the national average. >> pg&e will say that they are not making money off of selling this gas. >> the state depends on imports for 90% of its natural gas and he says that several factors reduce supplies, among them pipelines serving the west closed for maintenance in november, and a pipeline explosion had already reduce supplies, and unusually cold weather drove up demand. governor newsom has called on regular -- on federal regulators to determine if they restricted the flow of gas in order to raise prices. the regulatory commission is now investigating. >> i think an investigation is warranted but i would not be confident that they are going to find anything. >> for now the crisis should be over. >> people will get a break next

month. >> pg&e said that those with job by 75% -- those would drop by 75 percent due to lower prices and customers are getting an early climate credit of $91 under a program to reduce air pollution. liz: the state public commission is investigating why gas prices spiked and how to prevent that. still to come, storm cleanup across california and where we are seeing the damage after the rain and wind. and then questions are swirling around the banking industry. how president biden is calling on lawmakers to step up. meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text. like what you see abe? yes! 2b's covered with zero overdraft fees when he overdraws

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in the marketplace and some investors are worried that we might see a bank failure or two this weekend. liz: banking concerns and losses, how the biden administration is pushing for federal regulators to step up. and also call to protect public institutions. good morning and thank you for joining us and we will start with another check of the weather with lisa. lisa: good morning. we are out here on the roof where the clouds are increasing but the temperature is mild. we have another dry day before rain moves in. we have a level 1 system and as you look in, a little hazy with lots of low 50's. and from the roof camera some hazy sunshine and 50 in concord. it is mild or anywhere from three to seven degrees and here

is the plan for the rest of the day. clouds increase and temperatures climb through the 50's. mid and upper 60's and a few 70 degree readings along the south bay. it is until 6:00 and we timeout the rain at 9:00 tonight. liz: major banks are stepping into rescue first republic bank and questions are being raised over moves made by its executives. we have the details. daria: turmoil in the banking industry causing concern, resulting in losses on wall street. the dow ending the week 1.2%. >> there is still a lot of angst in the marketplace and some investors are worried that we might see a bank failure or two. daria: this is happening despite 11 of the country lisa: biggest banks swooping in to save first republic bank. president biden calling on

lawmakers step in saying congress must act to impose tougher penalties for senior bank executives whose mismanagement contributed to the failing. the biden administration also wants regulators to take back gains from executive stock sales, empower the fbi to impose fines against executives and band them from holding -- ban them from holding jobs. "the wall street journal" reporting that executives at first republic sold $12 million in stock and are still in charge. first republic said they had no child -- no comment in the stock sales. >> i feel confident that regulators are looking at this and i would be surprised if they were not. daria: the parent company of silicon valley bank has filed for bankruptcy. the fbi is looking into whether there is evidence of insider trading. >> the bankruptcy helps the parent company find owners for

its new business lines that are not under federal control including investment banks and wealth management firm. liz: former president trump claiming on his social media platform that he will be arre oueay alleged hush money payments made to stormy daniels. as protest this alleged request. the manhattan to restrict -- district attorney's office has said that it will not comment. they said that one of trump's lawyer still has to testify. president biden is responding to the arrest worn for vladimir putin saying that it is justified. the criminal court issued the warrant to putin and his cabinet for war crimes.

biden says he clearly has committed them. governments had said that the administration forcibly deported thousands of ukrainian children to russia and that they were sent to camps and set -- and subjected to political reeducation. hundreds of educators will rally for san francisco schools meeting at union square in support of the united educators of san francisco representing faculty and the city college. they are urging city officials to invest in and protect public institutions. participants will -- will wear red and be joined by a marching band. yosemite national park will reopen after closing after the storms that brought heavy rain and snow and cloth -- and caused road closures. there will be minimal public access beginning today. still ahead, bay area schools calling for accountability. why they are pointing fingers at social media companies when it

comes to children's health. here is a live look outside and a beautiful start to our saturday. so nice to see yet. we will check in on when or rain is on the way. everyday pressures can feel overwhelming it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried, or frustrated. it's normal. with calhope's free and secure mental health resources, it's easy to get the help you and your loved ones need when you need it the most. call our warm line at (833) 317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today.

lisa: welcome back. here's a live look from the santa cruz camera and such a pretty start this saturday. go outside and enjoy it before more rain comes. liz: interstate 680 going northbound between vernal avenue will be closed all weekend. caltrans will be reconstructing the road to make a smoother ride. southbound 680 will not be affected. the roads will reopen 5:00 a.m. on monday. harriet richardson made her final public comments before she steps down. she called out bart leaders fraud, conflict of interest and

train cancellations. bart drafted several contracts in 2012 and 2013 richardson explained her reason for stepping down early. bart >> -- >> bart has to taint -- has to change the culture from the top down that we do not want waste or fraud. if the inspector general identifies it we will talk about weeding that out. liz: san mateo county are trying to hold social media account -- companies accountable over kids's mental health. here is the details of the lawsuit. >> we must finally hold social media companies accountable. >> president biden taking a swing at social media companies for negatively influencing young

people. josh hawley followed by introducing a bill to block children under 16 years old from social media. and now the san mateo county office of education filing a lawsuit because of the impact the school district is seeing. >> the social media platforms can be used to harm each other or to create havoc or cause disruption or to shame students for various identities or the way in which they look or sound. >> we are talking about children so their brains are developing. what happens to them while they are children carries through for their whole life. >> she is the attorney representing the school district and according to the lawsuit the district is spending large sums of money addressing and reversing the harm done by social media platforms like youtube, snapchat, and tiktok. they want the companies to help pay for that. >> when we work with young

people to help educate them about making responsible choices. all of that takes resources. it takes time, money and time away from learning. >> not to mention the damage to property created by viral challenges which are executed by students. social media companies say they have put in place protections for young people and screen time reminders on the devices. the lawsuit says it is not nearly enough. the strategy is to go after big tech the way that big tobacco was targeted. once upon a time cigarette ads were associated with good times and good flavor. >> i am sure we will not convince young people not to use social media or fully educate them on the harms that can flow from social media, that is why as a community and schools we need to also be taking steps. >> in redwood city, abc7news. liz: let us get a check outside.

lisa: we are looking at clouds increasing through the bay area, but enough blue sky and mild temperatures for saturday. plenty of 50's and more 60's and then the rain moves into the night. the seven-day forecast is next. liz: also, perdue goes down. a monumental upset in the ncaa tournament. larry beil will have all of the highlights coming up.

liz: the warriors are facing problems in atlanta and jimmy jean it official. larry beil has all of the highlights. larry: good morning. they ended up having to take a taxi to the warriors game last night, a roadblock held up the team bus. such is life on the road who have lost 10 straight away from

home. steph curry playing through a thumb injury and have no fear, jonathan coming. trae young with a floater and assists. the hawks by five at the break. fourth quarter, steph curry puts it back in and they have 31. on a fastbreak curry makes this a one-point game. are the warriors going to pull this out? young marks it away and atlanta wins 127-119. 10 losses in a row on the road and they are on -- they are in memphis tonight. >> it is not mental, i think we are competing and playing pretty well, i thought we have played pretty well tonight, but it is hard to win on the road in this league, so we are just not getting it done. larry: college basketball for the second time in history we saw a 16 seed upset a1c. we will get to highlight in a

moment. saint mary's trying to avoid being upset victim. virginia commonwealth.with the prayer is answer. that was big. vcu with a suffocating defense. the saxon scores on his way to 17 points and alex also had 17. saint mary's, 63-51. the upset of the tournament, number 16, fairleigh dickinson took down perdue, the second time that has happened in history. the only other time a 1 beat a 16, when virginia lost to the university of maryland baltimore county picket -- biltmore county. 63-58. ncaa women's action stanford hosting sacred heart. no camera outbreak. i have this behind the back and a lefty finish with 17 points

and seven assists. hannah job hit the blowout alert. stanford moving on to round two easily. and a little nfl news, jimmy garoppolo signing his contract with the vegas raters. he spent 5.5 years with the 49ers replacing derek carr in the never ending quest to get back to their playoffs. that is a wrap on the morning sports. have a great weekend. liz: let us get a check outside, it is still just gorgeous on our roof. it is so nice to see it after all of the rain. lisa: we almost made it to four full days of dry weather at the clouds are going to win leading to rain tonight. i have been watching them steadily increase. it was clear 5:00 or 6:00 and now you can see the clouds advancing onto the globe -- onto the coastline. golden gate bridge where temperatures are on the mild

side. 52 downtown and 53 in oakland. ive half moon basanta cruz, 55 e sun and mild. but at the coast we will see mid-60's. 49, santa rosa with 47 in livermore. zephyr cove, 47 degrees with a winter storm watch for the west slopes as we will see several feet of snow with two systems arriving, one tonight and the other one tuesday into wednesday. forecast calling for partly sunny -- partly cloudy and mostly cloudy this afternoon. and then heavy to moderate rain overnight. and then spotty showers for sunday with spring arriving on monday and damp and cool for the first couple of days of spring. tonight and tomorrow rainy and breezy. a tent to 2/10 to an inch of rain. for the first few hours, a

little bit of sun and then clouds take over. by 9:00 or 10:00 heavy rain offshore and then pushing through 7:00. lingering rain the first half of the day and then 1:00 still has some light rain. that is a level 1 system so weak showers the second half of sunday into monday and rainfall amounts ranging from a third of an inch and -- in san francisco. 1/10 down in san jose. ben lomond, half an inch. about 5500 feet, 42 five inches of snow -- 55 inches of snow. this takes us through 11:00 this is adding two storms into late tuesday. here is a look at the ski resorts. it is a colder storm, but like

we need more snow. there is the light rain on monday with the atmospheric river in play. the emphasis is in the south bay to santa cruz mountains. the north and east bay will see later amounts and this is what we can expect tuesday and wednesday. look at that inch and inch and a half in redwood city and have financial in the north bay. -- half an inch in the tonight it is rainy but it is a quick mover. spotty showers for monday and then we are looking at the first day of spring with heavy weather on tuesday. dry thursday and friday. we cannot wait for that. liz: it will be so nice to get and have a break. here we go. a reminder that you can catch all of our newscasts live and

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liz: one san francisco business is feeling the luck of the irish. we go to sweet passion bakery where cultures come together. >> nestled along the street san francisco is sweet passion angry. to say she is busy. it might be an understatement. >> one soda bread, one brown bread. >> what makes it unique is the melding of irish and chinese. >> it is a unique combo and i have never seen another place

like it. i grew up on chinese pastrie and it is so awesome to be mixed in with irish as well. >> this year with restrictions lifted, jenny and john worked around-the-clock. >> last night at 5:00 p.m., so he worked seven hours. >> during the year they sell dozens of loaves of soda bread and this year so many. this many sold -- this people got the luck of the irish. >> i have been here before when they do not have any. >> no matter your reason for buying the coat -- the scones and sausage rose -- roll. >> my birthday was this week and the oscars and there was one film in irish and that was the first time in irish language film has been nominated. >> jenny and her baker just need to make it through the weekend. >> i will probably not be open monday and tuesday and he will

sleep for two days straight. liz: those look for lashes. i can see why there is a rush. crowds poured into the streets of san francisco yesterday to celebrate at the 36th annual royal exchange and schroders lot party. schroders is the oldest beer hall and they served up corned beef and cabbage sandwich as. a good time it looks like and let us get a check of the weather, the final forecast. lisa: good morning, a level 1 system on the way, cloudy and dry, 60's and 70's and the rain moves in and it ends after 7:00 and 8:00. anywhere from a couple hundreds over an inch of rain and leftover showers on sunday with a level 1 system for the first day of spring. the next atmospheric river on tuesday and that should be the end of it, hopefully. liz: tere, am liz alonwi

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the risk of long covid. ♪ covid-19 treatments are antiviral medicines that stop the virus from infecting more of your cells. most covid treatments are actually pills that you can take at home. they are highly effective at reducing severe illness, hospitalization, and death by half, and they may help you test negative sooner. ♪ anyone the age of 12 or older who has symptoms should seek evaluation for covid-19 treatment right away if they test positive for covid-19. the common misperception is that treatment is only for folks who are very high risk and a minority of the population, but the truth of the matter is, the vast majority of adults in america actually have a high-risk condition that qualifies them for treatment. so things like having diabetes or obesity, smoking, even if it's past or current, even being physically inactive

technically qualifies you for treatment. so the important message to remember is that anybody with symptoms who tests positive for covid-19 should seek evaluation and let their healthcare provider decide. so as soon as anybody feels ill, they should get tested for covid-19. if they end up testing positive, they should seek a healthcare provider right away. so that can mean calling your own doctor, trying to get access to an urgent care, or calling the number on the back of your insurance card. for folks who don't have insurance, they can access the state's telehealth service by visiting youcanbeatit.org, or anybody, really, who has trouble accessing any provider can also go to the state's website at youcanbeatit.org to access a provider who can prescribe for you. ♪ the test it, treat it, you can beat it campaign was something that the california department of public health launched to help the public recognize that treatment should actually be the new norm around covid-19.

this is the moment that folks have been waiting for. three years ago, desperate for something to treat covid-19. and back then, all folks could do was isolate. now we actually have treatment that people can take at home, and there's ample supply. and so it was a campaign that we created to help the public recognize that there's a new norm now, that when you have symptoms, test it, treat it, and then you can beat it with medications. unfortunately, most of the public still doesn't recognize that covid-19 medications exist and that it should be the new normal of what to do when you have symptoms and test positive for covid-19. we also recognize that communities that have been disproportionately affected by covid-19 were particularly the ones who didn't know that treatment was now available. from our focus-group testing, we also found that folks were very responsive to positive, uplifting, encouraging messaging around covid-19, and so we crafted a campaign that really tried to capture the spirit of positivity and empowerment at this stage in the pandemic, that there's something you can

actually do now to reduce the risks of severe illness and then potentially also reduce your risk of long covid. so covid-19 continues to be a part of the way that we live, and so we just need to be really smart about all the different layers of protection that we can institute for ourselves and for our community members. so that starts with masking, especially for those who are higher risk, when case rates are higher and when you're in crowded settings. making sure you're vaccinated and up to date with your boosters. and if you do feel symptomatic, then get tested. tests are readily available now. insurance covers for it. and if you test positive while feeling ill, then seek evaluation for treatment right away, because that's actually the next step of something you can do for yourself and your family. for more information, folks can call the state's covid hotline, which is 833-422-4255, or they can visit youcanbeatit.org. ♪ >> the preceding was

a sponsored program. >> announcer: this is espn on abc. >> pam: welcome to day two of first round action for the ncaa women's turn, minutes away from tennessee tipping number 13 saint louis, rickea jackson leads in scoring and field goal percentage. she just announced she'll forgo the wnba draft and return to tennessee next season but next season is just so next season. let's talk about the current one. hello from the studio. i'm elle duncan joined by andrea carter and rebecca lobo. when you talk go tennessee it was a team with a ton of preseason expectation and largely failed to live up t