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leanne melendez. >> thank you. abc news.com, as you can see on this graphic, you can compare our state's progress to the rest of the country and see where you fall in line to get vaccinated yourself. >> we have an update on regional icu availability. it's improving. it went up from 7.4% from 3.h. another is at 8.9%. it was based off a four-week projection. more than 23,000 new diagnosed cases today pushing the state shy of the number. the seven-day positivity rate has dropped below 10%. it's been several weeks since we've been able to say that. the number of people hospitalized or in icu, the numbers have been dropping. >> in the north bay, enough is enough, for some owners of restaurants and wineries. wayne friedman has more on the countermeasure they filed today in napa county superior court. >> the tasting room does not mesh with the normal mold. it's one among seldom wipies in the industrial park. except for the absence of vines it has the same dputs as any other winery. owner matt duffy is suffering just the s

in the newsroom, leanne melendez, ablg 7 news. >> thank you so much. >>> now we move to the powerful storm heading our way packing heavy rain and strong winds. evacuation orders are in place for the santa cruz mountains. it's highlighted on a map. including san lorenzo valley. residents of the areas are showing up at evacuation centers. >> we live in an area where there is a huge hillside behind our house so we felt it prudent to leave. >> i don't know what will be wrong with the home when we get back or anything, but i think what runs through your mind is making sure you get things that are irreplaceable. dan tuma. >> we are tracking the strongest storm arriving tomorrow evening bringing heavy rain and very strong winds. it is a level 3 strong storm we are tracking. i really want to showcase this 12-hour window between tomorrow at 4 p.m. until early wednesday morning at 4 a.m. that 12-hour window is when we expect the heaviest rain and rainfall, 1 to 3 inches across the entire bay area hour by hour. 10:30 tomorrow morning. we start out with mainly cloudy skies. the rain moves into t

abc 7 news reporter leanne melendez spoke to san francisco's newly appointed poet laureate whose workes on those issues. >> i am free. ♪ praise the lord ♪ >> reporter: that was a year ago. this is today. ♪ also because of the pandemic the caravans were the new marches on martin luther king day. this one in oakland and another in el cerrito. >> we've seen so many episodes of police brutality, institutional racism, discrimination. it's important for us not to remain silent as these events occur. >> i wasn't going to go but if i don't go i won't be able to live with myself. >> reporter: others continued to treat this day as one of service. in campbell volunteers helped to clean san tomas park, aware of keeping their distance. dr. king died in 1968. he would have been 92. yet despite all of his teachings many will argue that this past year has served as a reminder that there is much work to be done in this country. >> it is built on permanent war against black people, indigenous people. >> reporter: tonguo isen martin is san francisco's new poet laureate. his work has focused on the deep

abc 7 news reporter leanne melend melendez joins us with the story.ve owners are on that list and also abraham lincoln >> reporter: don't have to remind you that lincoln abolished slavery and led america through the civil war but the board says he also had legislation that led to the westward expansion and it's those decisions, those actions that this board says had consequences. >> reporter: there's 44 san francisco schools whose names are scheduled to be changed. the reason has sparked a lot of controversially. >> we're committing to undoing symbols of racism and white supremacy culture, so, again, we're uplifting these opportunities to -- to see names that decan be excited about. >> reporter: change is these names was in response to what happened in 2017. more than 28 money miles from san francisco. white nationalists rallied in charlottesville, virginia against removing a statue of the confederate general robert e. lee. following that violent protest the san francisco school board then decided to target those school names they say with ties to rac