that is where we find abc news reporter amanda del castillo. amanda: a true wintry mix. we have started to see it really picked up about an hour ago. first we noticed drizzle then, heavier rain drops. then, figure snowflakes that we have started to see. as is coming down, it is melting almost immediately. five minutes ago, we sought to snow clouds going in either direction on highway 17. we are a few away from it right now. with everything and that immediate melting, it is also extraordinarily cold. today, we spent the earlier afternoon talking to residents about this rare site. a picturesque morning scene with promises of more snow to come. thursday evening, freezing temperatures and snowfall in the forecast. for some, the snow brought out the comedy. >> we have snowboards, sleds. we cannot wait. not doing much preparing. we just had the power out from the big wind. amanda: the mountain landscape has endured heavy rain, powerful wind and now snowfall. we are told the major storm caused concern. there is worry about potential danger with snowfall piling up on tree branch

amanda del castillo has more on what to expect and we want to warn you some of it might be hard to watchanda: following two separate attacks in san jose last week activists are mobilizing to bring a san jose street vendor buy out sunday. organizer alex said -- >> during these times it is dric. have. deave.that anda: a process he found successive with crowds coming out for a similar event in support of a san diego vendor who was harassed by a group of college students. back in san jose video shows vendor carlos sanchez being taunted and threatened by a man with a baseball bat. days earlier this video was captured of the spender being brutally attacked and being knocked unconscious. >> money. amanda: they will both serve as visitors at the site where sanchez was attacked along old bayshore highway in san jose beginning sunday at 1:00 p.m. until they sell out. >> people are going to show up, dry food, there will be music. you can get to know them and have a celebration. amanda: supporting two men whose traumatic experiences were caught on camera and quickly went viral. the shock still settl

amanda del castillo your tells us the community -- amanda del castillo tells us the community is expecting lot of visitors and hope they will enjoy a beverage or two. amanda: the sip and stroll overflowing with significant. up to 500 people are expected for the sold-out affair, the first big event since the brutal storms wrecked oceanside businesses. >> we are really hoping that the community is going to show up and support and get our village back to life and stroll around, spend some money in our local shops. amanda: doug conrad is the owner of capitola wine bar, located a short distance from the devastation. he and about 30 other business owners are participating in the event, with proceeds going to the capitola visual relief fund. >> the profits of the sip and straw went to various nonprofits in the area. this year, we realized that the need is right here in the village. amanda: the owner of craft gallery and craft gallery annex says the money will support the employees of the few businesses that have yet to reopen. >> the goal is to raise money to help the employees of those businesse

i'm amanda del castillo you in for liz kreutz. here it's meteorologist frances dinglasan. >> cold showers through the area this morning. it's coming from the northwest. it will bring cooler air. right now we have some heavier showers on the peninsula coast on and off to the afternoon. it is a level one light storm. there could be brief downpours, lightning, and small hill, gusty west wind and a live shot from mount tam shows wet weather and low clouds this morning. temperatures in the 40's and 50's. the sun sets at 5:37 and we will warm to the mid-50's in inland and bay area neighborhoods around the coast. it will be in the low 50's. tonight we will dry out and it will be cold and temperatures will be very chilly tomorrow morning. i will have those details in the seven-day forecast coming up. quads lunar new year celebrations continue today as we wrap up the holiday weekend. the annual san francisco chinese new year parade made her loud return saturday, the largest lunar new year parade outside of asia. in abc 7 reporter talks t h

our reporter amanda del castillo leo tells us they are expecting a lot of visitors. reporter: the upcoming sip and stroll overflowing with added significance. on saturday up to 500 people are expected for the first sold-out affair. >> we are hoping the community will show up and support and get our village back to life. stroll around and spend some money in our local shops. reporter: doug conrad is the owner of a wine bar. he and 30 other business owners are participating in the event with proceeds going to the village really fund. >> from the beginning the profits from the sip and stroll went to nonprofits in the area but this year we realized the need was here in the village. reporter: the owners of the craft galleries says the money will support the employees of the few businesses that have yet to reopen. >> the goal is to help the long-term employees of those businesses be able to wait until the business is open again and not have them get another job. you know how hard it is to get the right people, chef, good weight people. reporter: among saturday's crowd 30%

amanda del castillo, abc7 news. dan: thank you.ghbors in the open hills woke up to a bit of a winter wonderland. here is how it looked around 8:00 eight m. snow fell off and on. our amy 7 tim johnson. tim: no part of the bay area was spared, it seems. both of our news crews and our viewers at home have sent in some pretty amazing video from the past day or so want to show you some highlights. it is a site rarely seen. snow, coming down across the region. from the hills in the east to mount hamilton in the south and along the peninsula. >> my husband was not awake at and i was like, it is snowing. tim: some having their snowball fight. >> it is like ice, cold water. tim: our a -- abc7 news after this video while she was at work. >> i was hoping it would snow today since it has not snowed there before i was born. i will take the hail. tim: it was not all fun. heavy rain fell in santa rosa, making driving conditions challenging. mountain ranges, and abundance of snow for as far as can be seen. with more what whether to be seen, even m

our reporter amanda del castillo leo tells us they are expecting a lot of visitors. reporter: the upcoming sip and stroll overflowing with added significance. on saturday up to 500 people are expected for the first sold-out affair. >> we are hoping the community will show up and support and get our village back to life. stroll around and spend some money in our local shops. reporter: doug conrad is the owner of a wine bar. he and 30 other business owners are participating in the event with proceeds going to the village really fund. >> from the beginning the profits from the sip and stroll went to nonprofits in the area but this year we realized the need was here in the village. reporter: the owners of the craft galleries says the money will support the employees of the few businesses that have yet to reopen. >> the goal is to help the long-term employees of those businesses be able to wait until the business is open again and not have them get another job. you know how hard it is to get the right people, chef, good weight people. reporter: among saturday's crowd 30%

amanda del castillo you has the response from local tech experts. reporter: president biden taking a shot at big tech calling for bipartisan support for better industry regulations. he says now is the time to finally hold social media companies accountable for what he calls a, quote, experiment they are running on our children for profit. pres. biden: it is time to pass bipartisan legislation to stop big tech from collecting personal data on our kids. teenagers online. ban targeted advertising to children and impose stricter limits on the personal data companies collect on all of us. >> we have a problem in a virtual world. reporter: a san jose state professor weighing in from the heart of silicon valley, not surprised by the president's tone. >> it is the responsibility of tech companies to look at people before profit. if they have this kind of mindset, they will understand you are dealing with human life. and the consequences will be huge. reporter: president biden's comments come after his wall street journal op-ed addressing what he called big

amanda del castillo says the community is expecting a lot of visitors and hope they will enjoy a beverage or two at the same time. >> the upcoming capitola vid -- village sip and stroll overflowing with added significance. saturday, 500 people are expected for the sold-out affair. the first big event since the brutal storms wrecked oceanside businesses. >> we are hoping the community will show up and support and to get our village back to life and stroll around, spend money in our local shops. >> doug conrad is the owner of a wine bar located a short distance from the devastation. he and 30 other business owners are participating in the event with proceeds going to the capitola village relief funds. >> from the beginning, the profits went to various nonprofits in the area, but this year, we realized the need is here in the village. >> the owner of craft gallery and craft gallery and aches says -- annex says the money will support the employers of the few businesses yet to reopen. >> the goal is to raise money to help the employees of those businesses, long-term employees, be able to wait

amanda del castillo is tracking what to expect. morning, you may find one of the videos hard to watch. amanda: following two separate attacks on street vendors, activists are mobilizing to bring a san jose street vendor buyout to the city on sunday. >> during these times street vendor, it is traumatic. i think they deserve a couple days off. they do not have paid leave or anything. it is part of the process. amanda: it is a process he found successful, with crowds coming out for a san diego vendor who was harassed by a group of college students. in san jose, video shows carlos sanchez being taunted and threatened by a man with a baseball bat. this video was captured of a vendor being brutally attacked from behind and knocked unconscious outside the sap center. >> there are a lot of people there who support, even with some money amanda: that food truck owner will serve the visitors at the site where sanchez was attacked along old bayshore highway in san jose beginning sunday at 1:00 p.m. until they sell out. >> you can try their foo

amanda del castillo spoke with the new mayor who was one of the people receiving nf on the report card. reporter: when it comes to decisions on policing, sacred heart community services says city council has failed. it's grading reflected in this year's city council report card. with all but one council member who served under the former mayor receiving nf. >> we are often police department. the other solutions that we want to see happen are going to have to happen by workers that are not sworn officers who work for the city. reporter: the second report card of its kind using its report card to address why they think so many are struggling. a great elected officials on how they vote on a number of issues including housing, homelessness, immigration, and policing. among their priorities, ending the criminalization of homelessness and investing in mental health response. it's a matter the new mayor agrees with. >> we need to do a better job of differentiating our response to different kinds of calls for help. agree with sacred heart's assessment. he says the number one demand from reside

amanda del castillo you shares a reaction from both sides tonight. reporter: this valentine's day tweet by the santa clara county sheriff's office, posted then purged. it implored people with outstanding warrants to stop by and get a free lift to jail. the agency's attempt at humor met with swift social media backlash by many including the south bay civil rights group. >> i think we were pretty appalled at not only how up to send tone deaf the message was, but out cruel it was and how heartless it was. reporter: the sheriff's office apologized for their caption, saying the sheriff's office is dedicated to providing the community with the utmost professionalism and the caption did not meet our standards. tagging silicon valley debug. csu east bay communications professor touches on the sheer reach of social media, especially for law-enforcement agencies whose actions are already widely criticized. >> what was the goal of this tweet or message? judging by the reaction that it received, did you achieve that goal or did you alienate some of the members o

amanda del castillo you has the response from local tech experts. reporter: president biden taking a shot at big tech calling for bipartisan support for better industry regulations. he says now is the time to finally hold social media companies accountable for what he calls a, quote, experiment they are running on our children for profit. pres. biden: it is time to pass bipartisan legislation to stop big tech from collecting personal data on our kids. teenagers online. ban targeted advertising to children and impose stricter limits on the personal data companies collect on all of us. >> we have a problem in a virtual world. reporter: a san jose state professor weighing in from the heart of silicon valley, not surprised by the president's tone. >> it is the responsibility of tech companies to look at people before profit. if they have this kind of mindset, they will understand you are dealing with human life. and the consequences will be huge. reporter: president biden's comments come after his wall street journal op-ed addressing what he called big

amanda del castillo spoke with the new mayor who was one of the people receiving nf on the report cardporter: when it comes to decisions on policing, sacred heart community services says city council has failed. it's grading reflected in this year's city council report card. with all but one council member who served under the former mayor receiving nf. >> we are often police department. the other solutions that we want to see happen are going to have to happen by workers that are not sworn officers who work for the city. reporter: the second report card of its kind using its report card to address why they think so many are struggling. a great elected officials on how they vote on a number of issues including housing, homelessness, immigration, and policing. among their priorities, ending the criminalization of homelessness and investing in mental health response. it's a matter the new mayor agrees with. >> we need to do a better job of differentiating our response to different kinds of calls for help. agree with sacred heart's assessment. he says the number one demand from residences

amanda del castillo is tracking what to expect. you may find one of the videos hard to watch. amanda: following two separate attacks on street vendors, activists are mobilizing to bring a san jose street vendor buyout to the city on sunday. >> during these times street vendor, it is traumatic. i think they deserve a couple days off. they do not have paid leave or anything. it is part of the process. amanda: it is a process he found successful, with crowds coming out for a san diego vendor who was harassed by a group of college students. in san jos veo sws carlos sahez being taunted and se this video was captured of a vendor being brutally attacked from behind and knocked unconscious outside the sap center. >> there are a lot of people there who support, even with some money amanda: that food truck owner will serve the visitors at the site where sanchez was attacked along old bayshore highway in san jose beginning sunday at 1:00 p.m. until they sell out. >> you can try their food. there is going to be music. you can tip the vendors,

amanda del castillo explains that tonight was all about looking to the future. >> i'm truly honored to be back and to serve santa clara county as your 29th sheriff. reporter: bob johnson takes his oath of office. in front of a packed room of law enforcement, local leaders, and loved ones friday. the former police chief officially sworn in after an early interim start in december. >> it was a blessing to start early and get the opportunity to engage with the workforce, find out what we need to do in the upcoming future. reporter: the future of a community craving decency and mutual respect, according to anna eshoo. values she feels are captured by the new sheriff. >> we are incredibly fortunate that he has chosen a lifetime, a career to live out these values. he's the son of r. he' a great nephew of a former santa clara county sheriff. like call to serve. reporter: he was life -- elected after lori smith retired due to scandal. she was found guilty on six corruption counts. she served as sheriff for more than two decades. >> it's an exciting opportunity to do things differently. seeing

amanda del castillo explains that tonight was all about looking to the future. 'm truly honored to be back and to serve santa clara county as your 29th sheriff. reporter: bob johnson takes his oath of office. in front of a packed room of law enforcement, local leaders, and loved ones friday. the former police chief officially sworn in after an early interim start in december. >> it was a blessing to start early and get the opportunity to engage with the workforce, find out what we need to do in the upcoming future. reporter: the future of a community craving decency and mutual respect, according to anna eshoo. values she feels are captured by the new sheriff. >> we are incredibly fortunate that he has chosen a lifetime, a career to live out these values. he's the son of officer. he's a great nephew of a former santa clara county sheriff. like call to serve. reporter: he was life -- elected after lori smith retired due to scandal. she was found guilty on six corruption counts. she served as sheriff for more than two decades. >> it's an exciting opportunity to do

amanda del castillo you shares a reaction from both sides tonight. reporter: this valentine's day tweet by the santa clara county sheriff's office, posted then purged. it implored people with outstanding warrants to stop by and get a free lift to jail. the agency's attempt at humor met with swift social media backlash by many including the south bay civil rights group. >> i think we were pretty appalled at not only how up to send tone deaf the message was, but out cruel it was and how heartless it was. reporter: the sheriff's office apologized for their caption, saying the sheriff's office is dedicated to providing the community with the utmost professionalism and the caption did not meet our standards. tagging silicon valley debug. csu east bay communications professor touches on the sheer reach of social media, especially for law-enforcement agencies whose actions are already widely criticized. >> what was the goal of this tweet or message? judging by the reaction that it received, did you achieve that goal or did you alienate some of the members o

across the us with the highest number of homeless young adults per capita abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo with a dubious distinction. san jose the capital of silicon valley topping the list of 100 major cities across the country with the highest number of unhoused young adults per capita. it's embarrassing. we should be ashamed of ourselves dr. scott myers lipton is the lead author of the silicon valley pain index which focuses on wealth and income inequality. he is also long been a faculty advisor for san jose state student homeless alliance he weighs in on the recent study by united way what you need in to have success, you know, if you're a k through 12 student is you have to have stability in the family and if you have if you don't have housing you don't have stability the study found for every 100,000 people nearly 85 residents between 18 and 24 years old and nearly 38 teens and children under 18 are experiencing homelessness in san jose the numbers go up. there's so many people that fit in that category that you would never think. it has experienced homelessness abc 7 news has docum

let's go live to amended day because till you -- amanda del castillo. >> so much emotion tonight. >>ver the past two hours. the interfaith memorial service that started just after 4:00 now letting out. i'm going to turn so you can see the crowd coming out. they are going to start walking to ids hall after letting the candles. we know the event center was filled with hundreds. all focused on healing. the people you are seeing, for many of them that also involves forgiveness. tonight's event signal another step forward for residents of half moon bay. the same team of city officials, businesses come interfaith gr

across the us with the highest number of homeless young adults per capita abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo with a dubious distinction. san jose the capital of silicon valley topping the list of 100 major cities across the country with the highest number of unhoused young adults per capita. it's embarrassing. we should be ashamed of ourselves dr. scott myers lipton is the lead author of the silicon valley pain index which focuses on wealth and income inequality. he is also long been a faculty advisor for san jose state student homeless alliance he weighs in on the recent study by united way what you need in to have success, you know, if you're a k through 12 student is you have to have stability in the family and if you have if you don't have housing you don't have stability the study found for every 100,000 people nearly 85 residents between 18 and 24 years old and nearly 38 teens and children under 18 are experiencing homelessness in san jose the numbers go up. there's so many people that fit in that category that you would never think. it has experienced homelessness abc 7 news has docum

i am amanda del castillo. >> good morning. we will see lots of rain this morning. settling image looping over the last few hours. can see these cold pockets of air. check that out. at 5:00, you will notice some scattered showers around the area. a lightning strike there just near concorde. also, heavier rainfall. i would show you what to expect. sometimes if we get these downpours, that precipitation rate is here. you can see the lighter green which shows a lower tatian rate. these will move very quickly. here is a live shot in walnut creek. sunrise at 7:10. it will be a cool day. temperatures in the low to mid 50's. scattered showers will taper and then we will have a clear and dry evening ahead. amanda: as we make -- as we wait for more scattered showers, this is february. the first weekend of the month. rain was coming down hard but not as extreme as we start -- as the start of january. lunar celebrations continue as we wrap up the weekend. the chinese new year parade made a return on saturday. it has become the largest lunar new year parade outside of asia. our

amanda del castillo says the ceremony was about looking to the future. >> i am honored to be back to serve santa clara county as your 29th sheriff. reporter: marking a new chapter for santa clara county as bob johnson takes his oath of office. in front of a packed room of law enforcement and loved ones, the palo alto police chief sworn in after an early interim start. >> it was a blessing to start early and engage with the workforce and find out what we really need to do in the upcoming future. reporter: the future of a community craving decency and mutual respect. >> he has chosen a lifetime, a career to live out these values. he is the son of a police officer. he is the great-nephew of a former santa clara county sheriff. like them, he has call deserve. reporter: he was elected into office after laurie smith retired in scandal. smith was found guilty on sinks corruption and misconduct eerved mo than o deca think it is an exciting opportunity to do some things differently. one of the things i thought was most compelling was to see sheriff johnson bring up all of the men and women he

amanda: in san jose, i am amanda del castillo. liz: operation at the santa clara mass testing site will soon close as the state public health emergency is scheduled to end on tuesday. at its peak, the fairground site was testing 5000 people per day. recently, just a couple hundred tests were done on average. >> the volume of testing is something that can be handled in normal health care settings at this point. today will be the fy for vaccinations and also the final day for the county's smaller site in -- peninsula, drone view captured this picturesque view in san mateo county after snow covered the ground. zach fuentes checked out the impact, both fun and a little serious. zach: snow like this is a site we rarely get to see, so rare that locals had to improvise using boards and for the ocean. this two and a half-year-old not knowing what to make of the snow, he eventually warmed up, and it did too but leaving just enough for bay for -- bay area families to enjoy. >> to drive 12 minutes to look at snow and now we go home and have

let's go live to amended day because till you -- amanda del castillo. >> so much emotion tonight. >> the rally motion easy to see over the past two hours. the interfaith memorial service that started just after 4:00 now letting out. i'm going to turn so you can see the crowd coming out. they are going to start walking to ids hall after letting the candles. we know the event center was filled with hundreds. all focused on healing. the people you are seeing, for many of them that also involves forgiveness. tonight's event signal another step forward for residents of half moon bay. the same team of city officials, businesses come interfaith groups and nonprofit organizations which led the vigil last friday was also leaving tonight's efforts as the group prepares to make its way to ids hall for dinner and fellowship. we have to talk about the significance of that location. on the night of the shooting, victims families met their where they learned about the extent of the tragedy and heard news that would forever change their lives. last week we saw hundreds at the friday evening vigil wh

amanda del castillo you spoke with the victim the attack. the video might be difficult to watch. >> hey, no! >> attack from behind and knocked unconscious, as he lays face down, video shows the suspect continuing his assault. >> he started kicking me on the face. that is something that do, even to an animal. >> he suffered a broken nose, several loose teeth, a swollen face and redness in his eyes. before the beating we see here, the suspect purchased several hot dogs and made a demand he couldn't meet. >> give me free food. i said i couldn't do it because this is not my business. the man through beer -- >> the man through beer in his face and on the grill. >> i'm hispanic. you grow up supporting street vendors. it is sad that outside of regional mexican concert, a street vendor of our own kind is getting beat up by another of our kind. >> safety at events is the top priority, and sap manager says. saying we communicate with officials to ensure public spaces outside of the arena are safe for all guests. >> this is the first time this happened

amanda del castillo said the ceremony was about looking to the future. >> i am honored, truly honored to be back and to serve santa clara county. [applause] >> marking a new chapter for santa clara county as sheriff bob johnson takes his oath of office in front of a packed room of law enforcement, local leaders and loved ones, the former palo alto police chief sworn in after an early interim start in december. >> it was a blessing to start early and get the opportunity to engage with the workforce, find out what we need to do in the future. >> the future of a community craving decency and mutual respect, according to an honorary speaker. values she feels are captured by the new sheriff. >> we are incredibly fortunate that he has chosen a lifetime, a career to live out these values. he is the son of a police officer. he is the great-nephew of a former santa clara county sheriff. like them, call to serve. >> johnson was elected into office after the former sheriff -- found guilty in a civil trial. she served as sheriff are more than two decades. >> i think it is an exciting opportunity

i'm amanda del castillo with frances dinglasan. abc news continues at 9:00.ood morning, america. shot down. the chinese spy balloon popped by a u.s. fighter jet. what went into the decision to bring it down. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> now china's strong reaction overnight, plus the race to collect the fallen debris for the secrets it may hold. >>> state of the union and beyond. president biden preparing to address the nation this week as new poll numbers reveal what americans think about him running again. plus, the big changes in store for the democratic primaries. >>> speaking out. the wife of american volunteer medic peter reed, who was killed in ukraine, speaking only on "gma" this mor.

i'm amanda del castillo .honoring black excellence and dozens of categories, including film, music and literature. on saturday, they held the annual image awards nominees luncheon in century city. some of the honorees included w. m. e co chairman richard weitz and his daughter, demi, who will receive the prestigious dorothy parker award , both raised $37 million for charities across the country. now let's check in with meteorologist francis deng lawson for a look at our weather. good morning, francis morning, amanda. morning. everyone scattered cold showers throughout the day. i'll show you live doppler, seven and tintin missed throughout the day , but we could even see some lightning and even some heavy downpours. at times high today will be in the mid fifties with the showers too. tapering off this evening, amanda. alright, thanks, francis. and thank you for joining us. the news continues right now with good morning america. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to "gma" on this sunday morning. bad bunny can make history at