businesses than anyone else. learn how you can get $1000 back for your business. call or go online today. make it comfortable for them to pitch a tent on our sidewalks and stay from crime to drugs to the homeless district attorney brooke jenkins, mayor london breed and police chief bill scott addressing some of the city's most pressing issues. >> and san francisco could become the latest city to pick a side in the israel-hamas conflict. the resolution being considered later today. but first, though, let's talk about this morning. >> fog. it was definitely an issue yesterday morning for commuters and people trying to fly. the fog is back again today.

>> good morning. it's monday, december fifth. thank you all for being with us. >> what day is it? it's tuesday, girl. >> oh, it is tuesday. tuesday oh, my goodness. that's all right. that. >> that's okay. it was in there. it was in there? >> yeah. >> we have to check sometimes tuesday and we are awake with you bright and early. >> we are awake, but it feels like the same day because it's more fog. >> yeah. and the fog is going to last for much of the morning. so we're going to have a lot of issues over the next couple of hours trying to see out there. here's our rooftop camera at kgo this morning. you can clearly see the thick fog that has settled in here right now. so dense fog advisory encompasses much of the bay area. this is going to last until 11 a.m. so this fog is going to stick around for quite some time. look at visibility. see, most of the region is dealing with that very low cloud cover. some areas down to zero miles. visibility like san carlos. we're having issues in oakland, napa, santa rosa, down to a quarter of a mile. look at sfo right now down to an eighth of a mile. visibility we don't have any strong winds out

there to really mix out this fog quickly. so future weather showing you the fog forecast out through 930. we still have those pockets of fog around the bay shoreline. it's not until about lunchtime that the fog really breaks down for sunshine and it's a pretty pleasant afternoon later on today with bright skies and warm temperatures, we do have some rain coming our way. tomorrow. we'll talk about that in eight minutes. let's check in with jobina and see how the roads are doing with all this fog. this morning. >> drew, it is a mess. i can speak for myself coming out of oakland this morning. once you hit the toll actually before the toll plaza, the maze is very scary. it is so dark through that area. the fog is thick. we have fog advisories issued by the chp for the bay bridge, also the san mateo bridge, which is where we'll bring in this live picture. you can hardly make out the tail lights traveling towards the peninsula on the westbound direction. there's fog advisories also for the golden gate bridge and i believe the dumbarton bridge. so heads up here. there's also fog all around the carquinez bridge that will impact you. and also there's roadwork through this area. so it's really slowing

down speeds here. you can see there around 11mph. as you can continue further south, which would be the westbound direction on 80. and we want to toss it over to abc7 news reporter ryan curry who is out there on the roads right now. and ryan, what are you seeing? >> well, gina, we're not really seeing much of anything right now. the fog is really that thick, especially in the parts of the east bay as you make your way closer to san francisco and some of these bridges as you cross out on that side of the bay. let's give you a look at what what it looks like right now. this is 580. we're really taking it just one street light at a time. that's kind of the way we're measuring this thickness of the fog right now. you can see just a few of them. but they're really more just light shadows and the thickness of this fog and of course, you can see the red taillights of the cars that are in front of us . they also really are just mere red shadows because it's that thick. and when they obviously hit their brakes, you can see it light up a little bit more, more

so that's why we're trying to keep ourselves a little bit of a safe distance because it's a little bit difficult to see from where we are right now. tail lights, keep that in mind because if you are that close to your car in front of you, that means that you are very close in the thickness of this fog. so giving yourself that extra distance is probably the best thing to do, right now, especially if you are on the road this early in the morning because it's still dark out. the sun's not up and it won't be up for a little bit while of course we did also see this yesterday. oakland airport had a ton of delays. we counted about 90 delays, some going both inbound and outbound. a lot of that creating a mess for a lot of those travelers hitting around those areas. we spoke with a couple of them who said the fog really did impact them. >> we actually tried to land here in oakland first and the pilot pulled out to say, nope, can't do it. and then we tried san francisco and they got rerouted to san jose. >> now, those morning flights are just about to get underway

at oakland airport once again. and as we just checked the website moments ago, there are no delays reported yet. then again, they are just about to get underway here at the airport. that's oakland. we're talking about checking san francisco as well. it's the same thing. there's no delays reported as of quite yet. but again, that morning rush is just getting underway. so we're going to keep monitoring that because, again, this fog is extremely thick and driving on it is definitely something you want to take caution for. so if you're also going to the airport, you've got to make sure you check your flight status because as this morning goes on, it's going to be one where you have to monitor to see if there's any more delays coming out of that. but for now, i'll send it back to you guys. >> why can't we have the homeless problem cleaned up? what are we doing to ensure that future generations are able to stay in the city that they love? >> show of hands. how many of you have been broken into your business? your home, your car? that's actually more hands in front of a crowd of abc seven viewers. >> san francisco's top city officials addressed the biggest

concerns facing people living and working in the city. last night, abc seven news hosted take action san francisco, a town hall conversation on to tackle some of the city's most pressing issues. mayor london breed police chief bill scott and district attorney brooke jenkins. all took to the stage to answer direct questions about the city's challenges and what it means for the future of the city. >> from drugs to crime, homelessness and empty downtown, our city officials weighed in on all of that. abc seven news anchor karina nova shows us some of the discussion highlights. >> 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, 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 most importantly, i think we 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 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 on 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 this 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 if 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 refused 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. mayor breed says she has a plan for that, which includes moving in artificial intelligence companies. >> i hear you say i 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 university of california, berkeley or other universities that are looking for housing and class room 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. >> such a robust conversation. if you missed the town hall, you can still watch it. the take action event is available right now on the abc7 bay area streaming app. you can find it wherever you stream and the full conversation will be airing again on abc7 this saturday starting at 9 p.m. and then sunday at 6 p.m. today. >> san francisco supervisor dean preston is expected to introduce a 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 islamic phobic rhetoric and attacks. according to our media partners at the san francisco standard, multiple supervisors are concerned about the idea, saying it would take time and attention away from their work here at home. >> new developments in the expanding war in gaza. we are getting a better sense of just how long israel's intense bombing campaign against hamas could last. jobina is live with

what israel's defense minister is saying about the war. jobina >> thank you, kumasi israel's defense minister sat down with abc news off camera. he says he believes the war in its current intensity will last at least another two months. he says israeli military leaders increasingly concede that killing all of hamas's estimated 30,000 fighters will be impossible. he also says their goal is to, quote, break the chain of command, having already killed 40% of battalion leaders, up to 600 americans are still inside gaza. israel is dropping leaflets urging people to move to designated safe zones. the country says it will only consider another pause if the fighting in the fighting if hamas returns, the 15 women excuse me, and two children still in its custody. a state department official suggests hamas is holding those women out of fear for what they may reveal about sexual violence they have

suffered a reason this pause fell apart is they don't want those women to be able to talk about what happened to them during their time in custody. phone and internet service went down again in the chaos for civilians. and we've been following the beginning of the war. you can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news.com and download the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. hey drew. hey drew being 512 this morning and it's all about that thick fog that is going to last here until about lunchtime today. >> so visibility in a lot of spots is less than a quarter of a mile. some areas, we're down to zero miles. visibility tsay. good idea. slow it down. this morning. use those low beams, extra distance while you're driving because we have this fog settling into much of the region. that dense fog advisory is in effect until 11 a.m. this morning for really good reason. sfo is down to an eighth of a mile. visibility a quarter of a mile in oakland. the same story

in napa, petaluma, san carlos right now around a zero mile. so we do have thick fog along the peninsula as well. in fact, take a look. this is our abc7 oakland airport camera. the only reason you can probably tell there's any aircraft on the screen, the blinking lights, that's how thick the fog is right now and we'll keep that fog in the forecast through 11 a.m. the fog thins out by lunchtime and it turns out to be a pretty pleasant afternoon today. we expect a lot of sunshine by 4 p.m. and temperatures on the mild side in the 60s and in the 70. so dense morning fog giving way to sunshine. but then we do introduce the storm impact scale tomorrow. so wednesday, we are expecting rain. we'll go hour by hour on future weather. this storm coming our way tomorrow in about nine minutes. but we'll be right back. >> thank you, drew. and targeting tesla's launch of the cybertruck. coming up, what we're learning from the, quote, mass casualty plot foiled by authorities in texas. plus. my goodness. >> a dramatic scene near

washington, d.c. what we're learning about this explosion at a home overnight and mark your calendars. >> for the first time ever, disney has released the dates of some of its theme parks, most anticipated events. we'll explain coming up

they really unbelievable this morning, an investigation is underway in arlington, virginia, after a house explosion rocked a neighborhood not too far from the nation's capital. >> police were already at this house before it exploded. they were investigating a flare gun report reportedly being shot from the home. officers say they got a search warrant, but the person inside wouldn't come out. so that's when the person started to fire several rounds. then the home exploded. >> but you could feel the sound concussion. you could you could. it was it was impressive. i' been here for 50 years and i've

never experienced anything like that. >> police say the only person inside the home during the explosion was the person firing the rounds. the extent of their injuries is not known. >> time now is 516. police in texas say they stopped a mass casualty attack targeting a tesla event in austin last week. the event was attended by tesla ceo elon musk. but it's not clear if he was a target. officials say the 28 year old suspect is from florida. they say he told people about his plans to kill people on an instagram chat group. the man was arrested wednesday, but information about the plot was just released. back here at home, pigeon point lighthouse is about to undergo a facelift. the 19th century landmark overlooks the coastline between half moon bay and santa cruz. it's been closed to the public for more than 20 years. the state park service has signed a $16 million contract to replace failing bricks and masonry repair the interior, and rebuild the upper

levels of the tower. work is scheduled to start on january second, and it's expected to take two years to complete it. >> for the first time ever, disneyland resort is releasing all the dates for its line up of special events and limited time festivities for the coming year. >> so here's the event calendar. there is lunar new year. celebrate gospel, the food and wine festival, star wars season of the force, pixar fest, halloween time, a celebration of cocoa and then holidays at the parks. now during pixar fest, two new parades will debut with the daytime parade at california adventure, a nighttime spectacular at disneyland. of course, disney is the parent company of abc seven. oh wow. okay. has it always been a california food and wine festival? i believe so. okay because i know they have the one in epcot at disney world, but i'm ready to go to this one. >> yeah, that looks great. and star wars season of the force,

they got a lot. >> yes. star wars. yes >> you know, check with drew. i think drew knows the star wars facts some. okay i know a few. i know a few like the og movies back in the 70s. >> yeah. our resident disney expert is working another shift today, so we have to check back in with him because he would give us the full line up the parade in the parades, what time they start the choreography, the whole thing, the whole night. >> yeah. >> so we'll have to wait for that. >> we got a lot going on next year here locally, a lot going on with our fog. >> we have many areas that are dealing with reduced visibility. take a look at this from sfo down through mountain view, essentially the entire peninsula is at zero miles. visibility i can't recall in recent memory seeing an area that wide having thick fog and that's what we're dealing with this morning. and that's why we have a dense fog advisory in effect. so let's look at our fog forecast. you can see through 730, the morning commutes underway. that fog is around the bay shoreline, pressing through the delta,

still lingering through about 1030. it's after 11 a.m. you can see that fog finally evaporates and it leads to a pleasant afternoon. we actually had a lot of sunshine by two, 3 p.m. and temperatures on the mild side in the mid 60s, if not low 70s in some spots still have that beach hazard statement in effect through this evening for the increased risk of sneaker waves overnight tonight, it looks like we will do this again with the fog temperatures in the 40s and in the 50s. but rain is in the forecast live. doppler seven along with satellite. this cold front, it's going to move through here tomorrow right around lunchtime for most of us on the abc7 storm impact scale is a level one light storm on wednesday for light to moderate rain and occasional downpours. here's future weather tomorrow morning. we'll start out with fog leading to wetter conditions later on in the north bay. the first area to see the rain. then midday, it's moving through the heart of the region. then into the afternoon, we'll see those on and off showers. so we do expect about a 10th to a half of an inch of rain through tomorrow evening. here's the accuweather

seven day forecast. dense fog to sunshine today. rain returns tomorrow. scattered showers even on thursday. then we introduce some frosty morning starting here on friday. jobina >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. so the chp has issued fog advisories for the san mateo bridge, which is where this live camera is from. also for the bay bridge, golden gate bridge and carquinez bridge. i can speak from experience that it was very dark traveling through the maze coming out of oakland this is a view from our south beach camera. you cannot make out the headlights. it should be coming on to the western span of the bridge. there it is all fogged in at the moment. and then i also want to zoom in to the carquinez bridge because we're starting to see slower speeds for people that are traveling in the westbound and a little bit in the eastbound direction as well. there are around nine miles per hour. kumasi. >> thanks, jobina. coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> new hope for those suffering from traumatic brain injuries. next, the groundbreaking research being done at stanford

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that dense fog advisory through 11 a.m. the fog will thin out midday and the afternoon is actually quite pleasant. expect a lot of sunshine by 4 p.m. and mild temps in the 60s and 70s as number two. >> continuing with that storyline about the fog today impacting your commute though, this is a live picture from oakland. our 880 at the coliseum camera. you can just barely make out those headlights traveling in the southbound direction. expect low visibility. this is a live look from our oakland airport camera and you can barely tell you can't see much of anything. >> we're monitoring all of our local airports for delays because of this fog. so far, so good, though. we'll keep you posted. >> and number four today, faculty at san francisco state are expected to walk off the job as they demand better pay. it's part of a four day rolling strike that started at cal poly pomona yesterday. day number five, driverless taxi company cruise is facing a fine for its handling of an incident in san francisco. >> regulators claim the company tried to cover up the severity

of the event. cruise issued a statement pledging to respond in a timely manner to the accusations. >> number six, if you missed our take action in san francisco conversation last night, you can watch it now streaming on our apps and on abc7 news.com. the town hall style event brought san francisco mayor london breed police chief bill scott and district attorney brooke jenkins together to discuss the city's challenges and the potential fixes. >> number seven, starting next year, cvs is changing the way it prices prescription drugs from a complex formula to a simple retail markup, plus a flat fee. the company says this will mean the price of most drugs is going down. >> well, after bringing back the ability to speak for patients living with als, stanford medicine is tackling the struggles faced by those with traumatic brain injuries. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains the latest research that might make a difference for millions of people. >> the simple things we take for granted are all precious gifts to modesto resident gina arata.

>> outside, like the birds and the noises and the sunlight. but even walking, putting on your own shoes, buttoning your pants, simple things that she was not able to do, just a few years ago. >> a devastating car accident in 2001 left arata with burst lungs and brain bruising and searing. she was in a coma for 14 days when she woke up, the law school hopeful was no longer able to comprehend books or even normal conversations like you could tell me something, then i would ask you the same question like five minutes later, and they'd be like, i answered that question already for you. >> but i had no idea, no recollection. >> in 2018. arata was presented with a chance to fix the problem. she was having through stanford medicine, a first of its kind procedure that would surgically implanted device deep into her brain to stimulate and activate the neural networks that were subdued by the car crash. stanford's jaime henderson said brain functions can be dimmed after traumatic injury and the sensors turn the dimmer switch back up. for arata. when we activated the

stimulator, the results were actually pretty remarkable. >> so she went from being unable to read through a novel or a book to actually reading and remembering novels wasn't capable of holding down a relationship, wasn't capable of having children and being a mother. >> and i feel like this device is giving me the opportunity to possibly have those more than 5 million americans live with impacts from severe traumatic brain injuries. >> and arata hopes her willingness to be the first patient to try this new procedure can help others going forward. i hope that i can provide the opportunity for other people who suffer injuries such as a brain injury so i can so they can provide them with the opportunity to have families and have relations and get a job and drive their cars essentially to live the life they thought was lost. dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> remarkable to see that new innovation. well, here's something different. a new trend

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coming back in a big way this morning. a live look at the fog at the golden gate bridge. and you can see visible city is going to be an issue for commuters this morning. >> good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, december 5th. >> let's send it over to drew to check on that forecast and all that fog. >> yeah, good morning. we have that dense fog advisory in effect through 11 a.m. so this fog is not going anywhere any time soon. and it is thick. this is a live look from our exploratory camera showing you that reduced visibility. see, here's the dense fog advisory. it's pretty much every city around the bay shoreline, the valleys of the north bay. this includes the city as well. look at the visibility, the numbers we have right now are pretty astonishing from mountain view up through sfo, we're down to zero miles. visibility slow go on the peninsula. oakland novato, napa, petaluma, down to a quarter of a mile. visibility here's the fog forecast. what you want to know is this fog is going to linger until about lunchtime. so the next six hours or so, we're within this low cloud cover after about noon,

the fog will lift for bright sunshine and actually a pleasant afternoon. temperatures later today going into the mid 60s, if not the low 70s. that's your forecast. let's see how we're doing on those roads with the fog and jobina. good morning. >> good morning, drew. thank you. hi, everyone. so we're going to zoom in on the map quickly to the carquinas bridge because you're facing a slowdown on top of the fog and it's because of that low visibility that drew was just discussing. your speeds will be around 16mph there in the westbound direction . some live pictures outside for you. so you can see the impact to the commute. this is emeryville showing you 80 those headlights that are really just looking like little dots of glow coming through the fog or traveling in the westbound direction. and then this is in oakland or 8-80 at the coliseum camera. those headlights traveling south bound. it is difficult to see through this area. and at last check i heard abc7 news reporter ryan curry was traveling on 8-80. so let's check in with him and see where he is now. hi ryan and jobina. >> good morning. we actually just left 8-80 got on 92. we're on our way to go check out the

san mateo bridge because we hear that's actually one of the worst spots right now when it comes to this patchy fog. what i can say about 8-80, though, if you're on that road and that's a little hit or miss in terms of the fog, it's either really thick in some spots or it's not that bad at all. where we were just leaving on 292, visibility was totally fine. but if you're closer to oakland, it's actually really thick. you want to be careful about that. so let's take a look at 92. this is on your way to the san mateo bridge. as you can see, very dark, very dim. not a whole lot. you can really see, obviously, you can make out the red car, red lights in front of us from the cars that are right in front of us. and we are slowly getting to the toll plaza. you can even barely see that sign that telling you about the toll plaza because the fog is so thick, so just keep that in mind if you are driving out on the road because it is very difficult to kind of gauge where you are at, especially with some of the cars in front of you. obviously, you know the cars that are right in front of us

and the ones that are right next to us. but for those that are further up, up the road, it's difficult to kind of gauge really how far in front of it is. so taking it slow is probably the best way you can stay safe when you're out on the roads this morning. one thing we should also note is that the airports were keeping an eye on those because those yesterday were not in the best shape, especially oakland airport. so many delays coming out of there. passengers telling us that their flights were delayed for hours, some even sitting on the tarmac for hours. we counted about 90 delays, some going inbound and some going outbound. passengers saying they had to wait for hours just to even take off. >> i want to say about a good four hours, we sat on the plane for four hours, four hours. >> and they wouldn't let you off. >> you could at your own risk, but i don't want to take a risk. so a lot of us just sat there and a quick look at the airports today. >> we were just checking oakland. it seems like all things are going fine there right now. not seeing many delays for these early morning flights. same thing with san francisco airport as well.

everything seems to be going smoothly there. some flights are even listed as departing as we speak. so that's good news if anybody is trying to plan their flights this morning, obviously, you want to keep that in mind if you are heading to the airport just to kind of keep checking your flight status. but i do also kind of want to show you this is we're now making our way onto to the san mateo bridge. and you can just see, i mean, it's difficult to see really anything. we're gauging it kind of one streetlight as a time almost. but you can see they're kind of just fading in to our shot because the fog is so thick. and obviously, the cars in front of us as well, it's so difficult to kind of make out. so just keep an eye on that. if you're out on the roads this morning and just give yourself some extra time because it is thick. if you are heading out on some of these bridges. but for now, i'll send it back to you guys. >> thank you, ryan. happening today, faculty union members are set to strike at san francisco state university. organizers say more than 1500 members will be joining the picket line and this is the second in a string of four one day strikes planned at

cal state university campuses this week. so here's what it looked like yesterday when union faculty members at cal poly pomona walked off the job. the faculty members, including professors, ears, librarians and counselors, are demanding an immediate 12% wage hike. csu is offering 5% each of the next three years. now tomorrow, cal state los angeles faculty members are planning to walk out, followed by sacramento state. >> happening today, presidents from some of the most elite colleges in the country will testify before congress about anti-semitism on campus. that includes the presidents from harvard, mit and upenn. tens tokens have surged at some schools after last month's attack on israel by hamas. some lawmakers want to hold school officials accountable. many university leaders are struggling to balance protecting students and also allowing expression of all opinions. a historic multi-million dollar settlement with the maker of oxycontin is hanging in the balance at the supreme court. jobina is live at the desk with

what happened in the courtroom. hi, jobina. hi, stephanie. >> thank you. the supreme court seems divided as it reviews a landmark bankruptcy settlement for purdue pharma. that's the company behind the powerful painkiller oxycontin. the drug is linked to tens of thousands of overdose deaths. the justices heard arguments over whether the owners of purdue pharma, the sackler family, can be protected from future lawsuits. under the terms of the settlement, under the bankruptcy deal, the sackler family would pay about $6 billion to settle lawsuits with opioid victims and state governments. but the biden administration says by guaranteeing immunity, the deal violates federal law. justice elena kagan questioned if the government should end an agreement that was approved by opioid victims. it's overwhelming the support for this deal. >> and among people who have no love for the sacklers, among people who think that the sacklers are pretty much the worst people on earth. they've

negotiated a deal which they think is the best that they can get. so i'm wondering why one nutcase holdout should hold up something like this. >> members of the sackler family have denied wrongdoing, saying the company developed oxycontin to help families. the court's ruling is expected some time in june. kumasi. thanks, jobina. >> and even smaller field of republican candidate vice presidential candidates will be facing off in the fourth primary debate tomorrow in alabama. the republican national committee announced ron desantis, nikki haley, chris christie and vivek ramaswami qualified for the debate. former president donald trump once again not expected to take part. trump is scheduled to be at a campaign fundraiser in florida tomorrow. police in san francisco are investigating after ten cars were broken into in the hayes valley neighborhood. >> this video was captured along ivy street yesterday. and take a look. you can see someone just breaking right into that car parked on the right side of the

street. some residents, though, say these break ins don't make a lot of sense. >> it's really frustrating and really annoying. and yeah, and yeah, and they and they didn't even take anything. like i looked around, i was like, there's nothing missing wrong. not even my sunglasses as the hayes street shopping area has been identified as one of the city's top trouble spots, along with fisherman's wharf and alamo square, residents worry that as the car burglaries are pushed out of high visibility areas, the criminals will target the surrounding neighborhood. >> well, just a few hours after those burglaries, san francisco mayor london breed and police chief bill scott touted new progress in stopping car break ins in the city. mayor breed says they're down 50% in the past three months. but to put that in perspective, the chief pointed out there's still been 18,000 victims this year down from 31,000 in 2018. the mayor credits the drop in car break ins to the police department's

use of bait cars and stepped up patrols, as well as the work of district attorney brooke jenkins. most of the break ins are being committed by organized theft rings. the mayor says it is important for the city to adjust its strategies as the organized rings committing most of the break ins adapt to the crackdown last night. abc7 news hosted take action san francisco, a town hall conversation to tackle some of the city's most pressing issues. mayor london breed, police chief bill scott and district attorney brooke jenkins all took the stage to answer direct question about the city's challenges and what it means for the future of the city. abc7 news anchor reggie aqui pulled the audience on who's being 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? well i think we already are on our way. >> 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 most importantly, i think we're arresting the right people. you had tremendous success this past year with the new bait cars, you know, going out there and planting and keeping an eye on them and then grabbing people. >> but we've been doing that years ago and we stopped. why did we stop up? >> well, you know, things change. and the tactics used by the people that do these types of crimes change. >> now, if you missed the town hall, there are still ways to watch. the take action event is now available on the abc7 news bay area streaming app. you can find it wherever you stream and the full conversation will air again here on abc seven this saturday starting at 9 p.m. and

again this sunday starting at 6 p.m. today. >> san francisco supervisors will discuss legislation to make it easier for residents to beautify their neighborhoods. the ordinance would streamline what's called the love our neighborhoods project. it includes the popular little free libraries, planters, tiled staircases, benches and the murals that residents contribute to at their own expense. >> today, san francisco supervisors are set to vote on new restrictions on rechargeable devices like e-bikes and electric scooters. the ordinance is sponsored by supervisor aaron peskin, would set new standards on how residents and companies can charge lithium ion batteries. it would also ban use of damaged or refurbished lithium ion cells. san francisco fire department data shows rechargeable batteries have sparked at least 215 fires in the city since 2017. plane tickets as low as $25. >> how amazon is helping some students make it home for the holidays and it's no exagerar

nation. >> some songs by taylor swift and beyonce are literally saving lives. we'll explain why the american heart association is crediting some of their well known tracks. but first, let's check in with drew. >> hey, stephanie. good morning. it's all about that dense fog throughout the rest of your morning. a live look at the san mateo bridge. and this is very thick fog right now. so we're looking at your travel impacts and the brighter colors, the pinks on your screen that is very thick fog. and you can see mountain view, san carlos. we're down to zero miles. visibility this is impacting to 8101 in the region, 82. a lot of our freeways and our highways are slow go this morning because of that thick fog. as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza and across the bay bridge, some areas visibility down to a quarter of a mile. and it's a similar story in the north bay where you have that dense fog advisory until 11 a.m. from napa to petaluma to santa rosa, anywhere from a quarter to a half of a mile visibility. this is a live look, our south beach camera, you should be able to see the lights of the bay bridge. you can't see a thing. so that dense fog is with us

until 11 a.m. it's going to take its time thinning out, but it actually leads to a pleasant afternoon with bright sunshine around 4 p.m. and mild temperatures in the 60s and in the 70s tomorrow, rain is back in the forecast. the abc7 storm impact scale is a level one for wednesday. we'll go hour by hour on future weather show you this why did you get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia? i help others. but i need to help protect myself. honestly? i couldn't afford to get sick. i want to be there for this one. i can't if i'm sick. pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease. you may be at risk if you're 19 to 64 with certain chronic conditions. or if you're 65 or older. don't pause a moment longer. ask your doctor or pharmacist about getting vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia today.

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is. >> yeah, you can hear the excitement in his voice. he also just opened the newest seacrest studios at a children's hospital in salt lake city, utah. you can hear more about that and his foundation coming up at seven on gma. and you can watch wheel of fortune weeknights at 730 after jeopardy! right here on abc seven. expel congressman jorge santos is finding a way to earn money. >> he now has a profile on cameo , a celebrity video message platform, and he's charging $200 for a personalized greeting and $10 for a text message. the house voted last week to expel santos after he was caught in lies surrounding his education, career and family background. he's pleaded not guilty to 23 federal crimes, including identity theft, fraud and money laundering. starting today, amazon is helping students get home for the holidays with plane tickets at a really low prices.

the company is offering 3000 prime students a chance to buy $25 domestic plane tickets. the discounted tickets go on sale at six in the morning. now, only 1000 tickets will go on sale every day until thursday. if you miss out, you can still get a promo code for $25 off of your next flight through amazon prime. students have to be between 18 and 24 years old and enrolled in a 2 or 4 year college. >> well, have you ever wanted to visit santa claus? now you can with the help of airbnb. get this the company is giving away three free nights of a stay to a family at a santa inspired cabin in northern finland. how cool is this? take a look. it's called santa's cabin. right next door is what they say is the official santa claus post office. you can actually volunteer to help sort through letters and even get to try on an elf outfit outfit while on duty. kumasi, i know you want to do that.

>> i don't want to work. i just want to be on vacation in the house. but okay, i know it does look really relaxing, right? >> i was going to say i'll wear the elf outfit. well, booking for this starts on december 11th at 2 a.m. >> i like that. that's fun. >> well, good for the heart in more ways than one. taylor swift and beyonce songs are now on the american heart association's list of music that can help with cpr. songs like taylor's you're losing me. welcome to new york. and sparks fly and beyonce's virgo's groove and break my soul are on the roster. officials say the songs match the ideal tempo rate for cpr. the association reminds people that hands-only cpr is for under responsive teens and adults only. if you're doing cpr for a baby or a toddler, it is different. >> all right. i don't know what to think about this. there's a trend happening between married couples apparently called sleep

divorce. and experts say it could be one way to save a marriage. >> yes, experts say many couples are opting for separate beds, even separate bedrooms, in order to get a good night's sleep. dr. alicia ross says it's not necessarily a bad thing. she's specially ises 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. perhaps one of them snores. another possibility one person may enjoy staying up late while their partner prefers going to bed early. lee on this schedule, i was going to say relatable. >> yeah, some choices. >> i'm a deep sleeper though. yeah. are you a deep sleeper? yeah. yeah and i go to bed so much earlier, it's like i'm in there by myself anyways. and then i don't know when he. i

don't know when he gets there. yeah, i don't. you wake up, he's there. yes. it's like at some point in the evening he did appear there but i don't know it just pops pops up. i'm like oh okay that's nice. >> i feel like if you're a night owl and your partner is kind of like an earlier personality, would you really match? i don't know. it would be hard. >> i got to say. that would be tough. yeah, it's always interesting about the snoring, right? that becomes a big part of the conversation. >> i don't know. >> some nights i feel like you. you'll to hear about it or nights you won't, right? >> i don't know. i'm saying i don't think thankfully. but i just, you know, here. plugs, right? yeah. see that being a part of the conversation. yeah. so now. >> yes. yeah. yes a little sound machine. >> yeah. sound machine. >> get that google home going. yeah, yeah. play the rainforest. that's what mine is too. >> yes. the rain on the tents. yes, yes, yes. >> nice. >> it is nice. >> all right. this morning, we are dealing with a lot of fog out there. unfortunately, this is going to stick around for the rest of the morning. not until

probably 11:00 am. we find better conditions. so look at some of these numbers where you see zero. that is just thick fog from sfo down through mountain view. it's not much better in the north bay. even parts of the east bay oakland, we're at a quarter of a mile visibility. so future weather, the fog forecast, again, it's not until about 1030, 11 a.m, this fog is finally lifting, but it does lead to a pretty nice afternoon. i know it's hard to think with all this fog this morning. we want to see sunshine later on today, but that's the case in temperatures in the mid 60s to the low 70s. but tonight it looks like we'll have this fog once again before we track rain moving into the forecast for your wednesday. here's our next front. it is approaching us this will cross us about the middle part of our day tomorrow and bring about some light rain and occasional downpours on the abc seven storm impact scale tomorrow. it's a level one light storm with slick roads being the biggest impact. here's future weather. let's go hour by hour tomorrow morning we have that fog. first thing leading to wetter conditions as the morning goes on. here's about 1230. the front's basically on top of our

region and it continues to slide through here into the afternoon. and we are anticipating about a 10th to a half of an inch of rain through wednesday evening. here's the accuweather 70 forecast. dense fog this morning to afternoon sun rain showers tomorrow with some lingering showers on thursday. behind this front, cold air moves in here and that leads to some frosty mornings starting on friday jobina. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everyone. so an update from the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights flipped on at 535. traffic is into the maze and this is really important to know because that traffic is stopped there and it's hard to see. i'm specifically ■talking about the maze so be careful. take your time, drive slowly. there's low visibility all through this area. in oakland, the chp has an advisory there also for the carquinez bridge, san mateo bridge and golden gate bridge this morning. in terms of the fog, it's clear at the richmond-san rafael bridge, but you're still dealing with that ongoing sigalert that we are in week nine of three westbound lanes blocked, no wide load vehicles allowed there. we're seeing our drive time slow a bit, but nothing is too, too

bad. but i do want to just before we go point out the carquinez bridge, it's been proving due to the fog, there, we saw speeds around nine miles per hour at one point this morning. stephanie jobina, thank you. >> well, new at six. why that next piece of sushi may be doing wonders for your memory. >> first, though, a high school dance proposal gone wrong. >> a student now suing a school district after he was run over by another student speeding through an intersection in

crash. abc news reporter erielle reshef tells us why. the student says the school is at fault in this morning's gma first look, prom posal gone wrong in any instant.

>> he could have passed away. >> you can see a porsche driven police say, by a student, his girlfriend in the passenger seat barreling through a stop sign into a motorcycle. the rider, 18 year old william vanessa, thrown into the air, plummeting to the ground. >> okay. can you move your leg at all now, vanessa? >> filing a notice of claim against the school district and the city stating the student driving the porsche had permission from the school resource officer and the principal to run a stop sign in the school parking lot as part of the student's plan to ask a girl to an upcoming school dance . overnight, the victim's family speaking out to gma for this incident to happen like that was very shocking to us. >> and unfortunately, william will have lifelong injuries and we'll have much more on this promposal gone wrong coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma. >> first look, i'm erielle reshef, abc news, new york. we have a dense fog advisory lasting until 11 a.m. this morning for a huge portion of the region shaded in gray. >> you can see why this is our south beach camera. you should

be able to see the bay bridge fog early on giving way to sunshine and a pleasant afternoon with temperatures in the 60s and 70.

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