okay. but let's let's take a look at the at the bare truth here. >> our town hall style live event bringing city leaders. >> and let me just be clear together with community voices, we're kind of thinking, why can't we have, you know, the homeless problem cleaned up all the time, taking on the core issues that threaten the future of san francisco? >> they are calling it now the san francisco doom loop. >> store closures and people moving out of cars that get broken into a lot of homeless

people all coming together tonight as part of our mission to build a better bay area. >> and good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. tonight was about taking the real feelings and concerns of san francisco residents directly to those in charge. and we got them together for an in-person one hour event along with community leaders, small business owners and san franciscans. >> it was a powerful discussion. abc seven news anchor karina nova is here with the biggest moments and takeaways from tonight. karina. >> well, dan and ama, as you saw and you watched it all, it was a candid conversation with the mayor, the police chief and the district attorney. the goal was to discuss the big issues facing san francisco and to think ahead to the future from drugs to crime as well as homelessness and an empty downtown. our city officials weighed in on all of that. let's start with the drug crisis. this year through october 31st, 692 people have died from accidental overdoses on pace to be the deadliest year yet. mayor london breed

responded with the actions currently in place to prevent future overdose deaths. >> how can we ensure that these numbers go down? >> we are not only making arrests for those who are dealing drugs on our streets, we're making arrests of people who are using drugs with the hopes of trying to get people into treatment, aren't moving on to crime videos. >> we've all seen of car break-ins and retail theft. anchor reggie aqui pulled the audience on who's been impacted by one of these types of crimes. most people raise their hands. here was his question for the police chief. >> when the city asks san francisco residents to give the city a grade when it came to how safe a city we are, they gave it a c plus, i'm wondering, how are you going to raise that grade next year? we have reduced car break ins from that point to now 50. >> i think our strategies, our bait cars, our surveillance operations, the visibility in

the right places at the right time, all those things are working. and the most importantly, i think we're arresting the right people. but, you know, those show of hands i mean, i can add my hand to that list. i know somebody and it's happened to me. so i understand this very well as from every perspective. but we are we are going in in a positive direction when we talk about property crime thefts, retail thefts, they're down. they're down statistically. and, you know, i'll put in a caveat that not everybody reports everything. we understand that. >> the other big topic, homelessness, 5% of the city's budget is going into solving the problem. here's a question posed by an audience member about cleaning up the streets. you did great things with great things with dreamforce and we're kind of thinking, why can't we have, you know, the homeless problem cleaned up all the time like we have in those two events? >> what we are doing is being as aggressive as we can to get people off the streets and give

them, you know, an ultimatum. it's either you are going to accept the help that we're offering or we're going to have to move you from the sidewalk half of the homeless population in san francisco just basically says, i don't care how many times you come out and see me this, i don't want to go. >> what's the recourse? >> we cannot make it comfortable for them to pitch a tent on our sidewalks and stay. and so that's the theory of being able to now respond and say, you have been offered shelter, you have refuse it now you must move. >> and what about our downtown recovery? all those empty buildings, the san francisco office vacancy rate is now above 30. more than 3,000,000ft■!s of retail space is vacant. it mayor breed says she has a plan for that, which includes moving in artificial intelligence companies. >> i hear you say ai a lot and that gets me concerned again because i think here we go again, putting our eggs in one basket. and i famously is about getting rid of people. but is i but you also heard me talk about

a soccer stadium. >> you also heard me talk about universal city of california, berkeley or other universities that are looking for housing and classroom space and lab space. we need to give downtown a lot more attention because of what it generates for our city's budget in order to help run the city in the first place. >> and dan onomah, the town hall wrapped up with someone in the audience. it was someone who's a younger member of san francisco and he was asking what steps are being taken for future generations to be able to stay in the city, the city that they love. and all of the panelists pretty much summed it up in one way. they said it is still a city of opportunity. yeah. >> and they want to make sure it stays that way. and i saw that young man answer that question. you could see the love of the city in his face. >> yeah, it was a great question. for all of them to wrap it all up. >> all right. thank you, karina. >> all right. we made sure to catch up with abc7 news insider

phil matier just as soon as this event was over. >> yeah, we asked him his honest thoughts of how the night went. >> this is the most candid i've heard. the mayor, the police chief and the district attorney and i don't think they had much choice. they were getting questions directly from people involved on the street and they had to come up with some answers. and not all of them were comfortable answers, but it's really interesting to hear commitments from the chief about the future of crime in san francisco and mistakes they've made in the past from the mayor who's up against the wall on everything from homelessness to the future of the downtown. and a surprisingly candid brooke jenkins as district attorney talked about how she feels about the judges in this town when it comes to dealing with drug dealers, to the district attorney, phil did add the work does not end with just this town hall. >> and he did find promise in some of the responses. these three san francisco leaders offered. >> well, we tried to get them past their talking points. and that's not always easy. so it takes, you know, a certain amount of skepticism in there. yes when you hear what they've promised and you understand that

we've been hearing these promises for 10 or 15 years, you can't help but be skeptical. the alternative is, though, you try to push them about committing to what they're going to do next. so rather than just go with bromides and we're all going to work this out together, i heard tonight answer specific answers because the questions were specific. yeah, there's always the gap between the answer and what happens in 3 to 6 months or a year. but we got a mayor that's up for reelection. so she's going to be facing the voters on that. and we at abc7 are going to be keeping track as well because it just doesn't end with one town hall meeting. no we stay committed to the town and the bay area and if you missed it, there are still ways to watch tonight's take action event is now available on the abc7 news bay area streaming app. >> find it wherever you stream and the full conversation will air again here on abc7 this saturday starting at 9 p.m. and again this sunday at 6 p.m. >> all right, let's move on. happening right now, that thick fog is rolling across the bay area again and here's a live

look from what you normally see is the golden gate bridge tonight, but it's shrouded. obviously, the fog caused some serious issues today. a lot of flights were delayed or canceled outright at oakland airport all morning there were 40 incoming delays and 51 outbound delays. by afternoon, several planes had to land at other airports to avoid running out of fuel. many passengers were stuck on planes for hours longer than they anticipated. a dense fog advisories through much of the day. bay area are in effect tonight through the morning. so it continues. >> yeah. so let's get a check on that fog right now because it still seems to be hanging around. yeah >> abc seven news meteorologist sanjay patel is tracking that sandy. >> yeah it's like pea soup out there. dan and ama visibility is already dropped and do expect slow going on the roadways tomorrow morning and obviously still the possibility of some delays at our local airports. here are live tower camera views right now. and you will notice that fog is in the forefront as we look at live doppler seven. we certainly are tracking that thick fog right now. we do have

that dense fog advisory that covers a good portion of the bay area until tomorrow morning at 11. visibility is a quarter mile. that's dense fog in santa rosa, half moon bay, fairfield, just over a mile. and you will notice as we go hour by hour tomorrow morning that fog is heavy. at 5 a.m. you're going to need to give yourself that extra time for the commute. even at 9 a.m. we're watching that heavy fog. and by noontime, some of the fog begins to lift. i'll be back to let you know when rain will arrive and what else is in store besides the rain and the accuweather seven day forecast. >> ama all right, sandhya, thank you. our mission of building a better bay area means finding and highlighting places of progress and tonight we're celebrating one of those breakthroughs, the city of palo alto is moving forward with a plan to connect people living out of their cars to housing. tonight to abc7 news south bay reporter lauren martinez is live with the details regarding the city's safe parking program. lauren. ama well, the city has piloted the program for the last

three years. >> the vice mayor said this was an easy and obvious decision in order to provide a variety of services to those who are unhoused. the city of palo alto is expanding their safe parking program at churches in order to combat homelessness. >> s i will enthuses. we support this motion. >> on monday, city council voted to permanently establish the congregation based safe parking program. now more spaces will be available for people to park the city currently has four churches where people in passenger vehicles can park overnight with access to restrooms and connections to social service programs, the city said. this year, 34 individuals were connected to housing from these sites, so housing might be finding an affordable housing unit. >> it might be connecting with friends or relatives who provide housing. but again, returning to housing that is meant in design for human habitation. >> in january of this year, the city took a point in time count of the number of individuals

unhoused in palo alto, 206 individuals were unhoused, 181 of those were sleeping in vehicles nearly 88. >> i have met with members of our dweller community who have told me they weren't counted. >> and i've heard that enough times from different people that it feels clear to me that there's an undercount with the expansion, the city directed staff to gather clearer data on the population of those who are unhoused in the city. >> the vote to expand passed 6 to 1. council member greg tanaka was the only no vote. >> and i think part of the issue is that it's kind of lightly used because unlike other cities like santa barbara or or or like mountain view, where they also have parking enforcement, we only have the safe parking. so there's not much of an incentive for people to park in these safe parking spots, even though the data said the safe parking sites are not at capacity and not in

demand, the majority of council felt anyone connected to housing from the program is a win. >> 13 is not zero. it's not 12, it's not 11. each one that we can help to a positive outcome is worth the effort. >> the city is also increasing the space at the public safe parking site for rvs located off gang road. as far as the next steps to caseworkers, two full time caseworkers will be helping out with data collection. from our south bay bureau, lauren martinez, abc seven news. okay lauren, thanks very much. >> general motors, driverless cruise service is facing a fine for its handling of an incident in san francisco, california. regulators claim the company tried to cover up the severity of the event in which a person was dragged about 20ft by a cruise robot taxi in october. in addition to the suspension of cruises, state license, a penalty of about $1.5 million may be added. there will be a hearing in february to determine

whether gm misled regulate was about that accident. union faculty members at cal poly pomona walked off the job today, the first of four one day strikes planned at cal state university campuses this week. the faculty members, including professors, librarians and counselors, are demanding an immediate 12% wage increase. csu is offering 5% each of the next three years. tomorrow, san francisco state faculty members will walk out, followed by cal state los angeles, and then sacramento state. >> a home explosion that is just stunning to see. look at that. the emergency near the nation's capitol still extremely busy tonight in san francisco. >> is it ready to pick a side in the israel and hamas war? why things could get even more tense tomorrow. and the science of a sleep divorce, why some experts say more couples are trying the trend. all of that's ahead. but first, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc

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the neighborhood not far from the nation's capital, officials are still piecing together all the details of what happened. but abc7 news reporter tim johns has been following the story for us since it happened. >> yeah, it's just remarkable video that we're watching. he's here in the studio with us with more information on this. tim. >> yeah. dan i'm a local firefighters are still on the scene at this house working to

put out the flames from this blast. now, i want you guys take a look at this video once again just to get an idea of the magnitude of this explosion. police say they were initially dispatched out to the area early in the evening for reports of potential shots fired. after they arrived, though, they found a suspect who lived at the house with firing a flare gun into the air. local authorities then obtained a search warrant for the suspect's residence. police say as they were attempting to execute that search warrant. hours later, the suspect began firing several rounds inside the house. subsequently, a massive explosion occurred at the home. nearby neighbor heard the whole thing unfold. take a listen to some of what he had to say. >> but you could feel the sound concussion. you could. you could. it was it was impressive. i've been here for 50 years and i've never experienced anything like that. >> police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding ending the explosion tonight. luckily, officers on

the scene reported only minor injuries and none of them had to be treated at a local hospital. now, as for that suspect, authorities have not yet released any information on him or his potential status. in the studio tonight, tim johns, abc seven news. all right, tim, thank you so much. >> tomorrow, san francisco supervisor dean preston will introduce a resolution resolution calling for a sustained cease fire in gaza. his office tells abc seven news the resolution will also condemn anti-semitic as well as islamophobic rhetoric and attacks. according to our media partners at the sf standard, multiple supervisors are concerned about the idea, saying it would take time and attention away from their work here at home. also tomorrow in san jose, a group of community members is planning to pack the city council meeting and call for a similar cease fire resolution there. >> a highly contagious bird flu is now being detected in poultry flocks in san benito county. health officials are warning residents of the risk of close contact with a dead or diseased bird. the extent of the outbreak

has yet to be determined in the north bay. 250,000 birds are being euthanized at two poultry farms near petaluma. officials are calling this outbreak the worst they've seen in sonoma county. >> it's called a sleep divorce, and it could be one way to save a marriage. experts say many couples are opting for separate beds, even separate bedrooms, to get a good night's sleep. dr. alicia roth says it's not necessarily a negative thing. she specializes in behavioral sleep medicine at the cleveland clinic. >> if you're sleep deprived for any reason, if you're not getting enough sleep, your mental health is going to suffer. your physical health is going to suffer. >> couples may choose a sleep divorce if they have different work schedules or perhaps one of them snores. another possibility, one person may enjoy staying up late while their partner prefers to go to bed early. >> they need a nicer name for it. >> yeah, it could be something other than soften that edge a little. >> all right. all righty. let's turn our attention to that fog we've been talking about. >> yeah, let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya yeah, ama and dan.

>> it's right down on the deck, so be careful. let me show you a live picture right now of that fog from our golden gate bridge camera where it is pretty thick at this hour. visibility is poor. tomorrow morning, areas of dense fog with hazardous driving conditions, actions use your low beams and leave extra distance if you are driving. now, if you are flying out of oakland airport or sfo, be prepared for possible delays from our emeryville camera. this is what it looked like a short time ago. you could barely make out 8-80, but you can certainly see the cars there. this is what you're going to be facing. visibility is low right now, just over a mile in fairfield, half a mile there in half moon bay, over two miles. novato dense fog in santa rosa, a quarter mile visibility. the fog is with us. it's going to be with us tomorrow morning. and the next up is this storm system. it's an atmospheric river that's in the pacific northwest just slamming them with heavy rain. heavy snow. they're going to get several more feet of snow and then the rain falling on top is just going to melt. some of that snow. and so obviously, flooding

is a big concern there. here we're going to get part of the energy. we're not going to get the atmospheric river, but we certainly will get some rain out ahead of it, though. we've been seeing the wave heights come up. beach hazards statement up until 4 a.m. tomorrow. increased risk of sneaker waves for northwest facing beaches in particular. so don't ever turn your back to the ocean. just a reminder, 40s and 50s on those temperatures. right now, it's socked in from our pier 39 camera. hardly can make out the skyline there dens fog tonight and for the morning commute milder weather in the afternoon and it's turning wet and windy for your wednesday your morning temperatures in the 40s and 50s once again allow that extra time for the morning commute because of the fog it is going to slow you down. your high temperatures tomorrow coming up from today, you're going to be in the mid 60s to the low 70s for the southern part of our viewing area. but once the fog starts to burn off, you're going to notice higher clouds are coming in. so you're not going to see complete clearing across the region, a level one storm comes in on wednesday, light to moderate rain, occasional downpours with those slick roads and breezy

conditions. so we time this out for you. here's a fog. here comes the higher clouds throughout the day and then wednesday is when we're expecting that rain at 11 a.m, pockets of moderate to heavy rain, 2 p.m. it's pretty widespread. and then it turns to scattered showers for the evening hours in terms of your rainfall, most of you will be under a half an inch of rain. but some of the wetter spots, higher terrain, could pick up more than that. and the winds are going to come up out of the south at 2:00 in the afternoon, 20 to 23 miles an hour at 4 p.m, still a little bit on the breezy side. so you might want to secure any of your holiday decorations in the mountains. seven inches of snow expected by thursday at kirkwood, eight inches at donner. your accuweather, seven day forecast dense morning fog is the biggest highlight here. level one storm for your wednesday rain and breezy scattered showers with a level one for thursday just lingering for the first half of the day. and as hanukkah begins later on the evening, we're going to have cold, frosty conditions. friday and saturday morning. before we go with milder weather. early next week,

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on a talk here on monday. it's the sideline incident between drake, greenlaw and eagles security director dom sandro. espn's adam schefter reports the nfl is reviewing yesterday's incident and there's expected to be league follow up later this week. here's kyle shanahan with his thoughts earlier today. >> my thoughts are pretty much the same as yesterday. i just it was hard to accept drake getting kicked out of that game for something that didn't involve someone that had to do with that game. but i definitely had i definitely don't have any hard feelings towards dom or anything like that. i don't want anyone to go too hard on him. i think he just got caught in a in a weird situation and an emotional situation. so no hard feelings for him. i know a lot of people who know him and speak very highly of him. i just kind of believe we lost our player because of it. >> you saw it right here on abc seven bengals jaguars. check out the jaguars mascot, the pre-game bungee jump, third quarter 14 all folsom native jake browning to jamaar chase and there he goes, 76 yards to the house. browning 32 to 37, 354 and two

total touchdowns. a great game for him later in the third, trevor lawrence to parker, washington touchdown now that ball went right through the hands of dax hill should have been an interception instead we are all tied up at 20 one fourth quarter scary moment for the jaguars trevor lawrence gets his ankle stepped on rolled over, did not return early reports an ankle sprain he'll have an mri tomorrow game went overtime evan mcpherson from 4048 yards out it's good bengals win 3431 in overtime stanford women's soccer facing florida state in the college cup final first ever matchup between two unbeatens in the national championship game florida state scored twice within 26 seconds in the first half. stanford having given up more than one goal in 36 straight matches. they gave up five as florida state wins five one the first time the cardinal have given up five goals in one match since 1996. sports on abc seven sponsored by river rock casino. we'

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