the news we saw students running out in single file lines with their hands up scared and we saw officers going in in little groups as three people killed on the university of nevada las vegas campus. >> the shooter also dead. now at five. we're hearing from a bay area native who is a student there and was on campus when that shooting started. >> and the numbers are in downtown san francisco. business owners detail their losses due to the apex summit with the city is considering to compensate them. >> san francisco's ban on street vending may have cleared the sidewalks on the mission, but it isn't getting great reviews from the legal vendors who are forced to move. some even saying they're willing to risk a fine

just to get back on city sidewalks. good morning. welcome to thursday, december 7th. >> let's check on the weather with meteorologist drew tuma. >> hey, good morning. so we have a little bit of drizzle out there. another round of showers on the way later on today. here's live doppler seven, you can see a little bit of green on the screen. we have some light drizzle in spots. but what we're watching is another quick moving cold front. the wider view showing you this front is going to swing through here right around midday today and bring us some light scattered showers for a couple of hours on the abc seven storm impact scale today. it's another level one light storm. we'll deal with today. scattered showers, a brief downpour here or there, but they will be very isolated and the biggest impact will be slick travel and some breezy conditions. let's break it down area by area starting at pretty clear inland today. it's around noon. you have the best chance of a shower. some clouds right now around the bay. not too bad. we'll have showers midday before we clear out in the afternoon. it's a similar story along the coast with those temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s.

reggie thank you, drew. >> developing news out of las vegas. the person suspected of a deadly attack on the unlv campus has been identified as a man in his 60s. and sources tell abc news he had applied to be a professor at the school but was not hired. jobina is at the live desk with what we know about the investigation this morning. jobina >> thank you, reggie. authorities credit the responding officers with saving countless lives when the gunman opened fire at unlv, killing three people just before noon yesterday. the sheriff says students were gathering outside a building that houses the business school. they were playing games and eating when the gunfire started inside the building, police arrived and told people to, quote, run, hide , fight. video shows students scrambling to get away. many barricaded themselves in classrooms. about 40 minutes later, two university detectives killed the suspect in a shootout outside the building. >> we heard a bunch of shots and the second police got there, they went in and more shots fired. >> everybody starts running in

the opposite direction. i nearly got trampled like some girl fell over herself, going down the stairs. >> police identified the suspect as 67 year old anthony polito. investigators are searching an apartment in henderson, nevada, believed to be his home police also say the three victims were faculty or staff, not students. stephanie jobina, thanks. >> abc abc7 news also spoke with a unlv student from the bay area. kaitlin tineo was at the university when the shooting happened. she was actually on the other side of the campus when she got the alert from the school. >> i ran to the student apartments across the street because i knew people who live here and then i've just been here ever since. i don't feel safe anymore at all. finals are next week and all of my finals are supposed to be in person on the university. >> she brought therapy dogs to help students and staff ease their fear and stress. the

campus will be closed for the rest of the week. in the east bay, richmond has called a special meeting next week to deal with numerous complaints about a citywide stench. >> the city's mayor says it comes from a private sewage plant and it needs to be addressed immediately. here's the statement from the mayor's office that reads there are some things that are non-negotiable unless you're completely desperate. governor moments have a duty to provide residents with these non-negotiables. the air we breathe is one of those things. now, this has nothing to do with the recent flaring incidents at a chevron refinery in the city. those resulted in air quality officials issuing several violations happening today. >> financial relief may be on the way for struggling san francisco's street vendors after they were banned from selling items along mission street. abc7 news reporter lena howland is live at city hall and lena, the mayor is expected to make an announcement as soon as this morning. stephanie good morning. that's right. abc7 news has learned that the mayor is expected to announce an emergency relief package for low

income households for these street vendors that have been struggling to make ends meet. >> just two weeks into the 90 day street vending ban, many street vendors are pleading for city officials to intervene and help them, saying they don't have the money to pay rent next month. the two locations where vendors are selling from rented out from the city aren't getting much foot traffic. the first is at 2137. mission street, with room for at least 43 vendors to sell indoors. and the second is lilac alley with nine spots for vendors at the first location. juan mendoza told us in the last two weeks he's made $250. before the ban, he used to sell three times that amount a week. now he grabs his merchandise and persuades people to go in. >> you have to do hacer, todos los dias. this is what i have to do every day to stand out here. >> edificio pienta and start promoting what's happening inside.

>> we're trying to help as many people as possible, but unfortunately, as you can see, people are not coming to the placita and people are really losing in their income right now . >> keep in mind, the city originally imposed the street vending ban two weeks ago as a strategy to get rid of unpermitted vendors selling stolen items on the sidewalk works in an effort to help these street vendors. the mayor is also expected to announce plans to launch a marketing campaign to better promote these marketplaces and local businesses in the area. live in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you, lena. we're now getting a better picture of how apec impacted businesses in san francisco. the summit brought tens of thousands of people to the city, but business owners say they didn't see an economic boost. the budget finance committee heard from them yesterday, according to a report from the yerba buena community benefit district, eight hotels in the neighborhood did very well, but a majority of the 113

restaurants and cafes did not. the number of visitors was down by over 33. revenue was down an average of 64. >> as apex started to step in, we anticipated a three day heavy closure with a little setup. it was much larger than expected. as we can all know, it really became a ten day shut down for the entire neighborhood. >> and they're saying that the advice for workers is stay home in fear of a lot of traffic. also played a role in their business downturn. the board of supervisors anticipated there would be some impact. they passed a resolution on setting aside $10 million to help small businesses, as it's yet to be determined how much money affected businesses will actually get. >> we have precedent for going up to around $50,000 per business. i think that's a good goal. the businesses would have to provide financial loss, although some of the money is actually going to go to cover overtime for 911 operators. >> they were mandated to work extra hours during apec as part

of the emergency response plan. the holidays are starting to come alive in san francisco and small businesses say that that is helping along. the ferry building held its annual holiday open house last night. shop owners say they get a lot more customers from november through valentine's day. and in chinatown, the chinatown merchants association hosted its holiday lights festival. >> the cluster of businesses is what makes chinatown special because you can be on the same block and there is entertainment, there is food, there is a bar, there is. there are small restaurants that you can visit. >> and some customers we spoke to tell us that they are shopping local for the holidays. san francisco city hall getting in the spirit as you can see, it was lit up in red and green last night for the annual civic center tree lighting 5 to 8 this morning. >> here's our san jose camera, a live look we have partly cloudy skies here and we're going to see another round of some light showers around lunchtime with our next cold front. but temperatures right now, most of us starting out in the 40s and low 50s. san jose, we're at 47

or at 50in the city right now, 47. that current temperature in concord, a little bit cooler in the north bay. we're at 42 in santa rosa, 45 in vallejo. clear lake this morning, waking up to a temperature of 44 degrees. here's a live doppler seven along with satellite, just some very isolated pockets of light showers. one along the peninsula moving through, let's say pacifica on its way into sfo. some light drizzle across parts of marin and sonoma county this morning. but later on today, another cold front will bring us some lighter showers. here's a look at the forecast as we break it down by region. you can see for the most part either on the coast around the bay shoreline, even inland, the best chance of finding a shower is likely going to be right around the middle part of our day. we'll finish out the day, the afternoon. here and there. but it is coolne with temperatures mainly in the 50s, if not the low 60s in a couple of spots. we still have a winter weather advisory in effect, slick travel currently on 80 and 50 additional snowfall , up to ten inches above 4000ft with ridgetop gusts to 45mph. we'll take a closer look at

today's rain and also preview that weekend coming up in about eight minutes. let's say hi to jobina. is your traffic is doing. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. so we are going to start here with our live picture from the richmond-san rafael bridge where we have the sigalert still in effect here. week nine of this. and we had a big backup in this area yesterday around 8 a.m. so we'll continue to track that for you. i wanted to show you the bay bridge because fog is not the story today for your commute. you can see everything clearly on the western span. so big change from yesterday. we are seeing an unusual slowdown on highway four right now in the westbound direction. you see it just flipped to red. so antioch to concord will be 45 minutes for your ride. tracy to dublin 39. reggie thanks so much. >> jobina snow is already coming down in the sierra. drew's been talking about it. next, the work caltrans is doing to keep everyone safe on the roads and just weeks after being voted out as speaker of the house, california congressman kevin mccarthy makes a major announcement about his political future. >> an environmental miracle. >> we're visiting the redwoods of big basin state park. now,

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solve the homelessness problem that has stuck with the city for years. during our take action san francisco town hall event, abc7 sat down with city leaders who told us things are changing by taking a more forceful approach. h. abc7 news reporter luz pena is looking at what the city is doing to solve the problem and what standing in the way. >> there are nearly 8000 homeless individuals in san francisco, according to the latest count and the city spends 5% of its $14 billion budget tackling homelessness. when questioning the top three city leaders on this crisis, the audience pointed out many of those living on the streets seemingly disappeared during apec and dreamforce and the audience wanted to know why and how it was done so quickly. >> we've made significa progress, and the fact is it wasn't because of apec. we made

progress because we got clarity on a court decision. mayor breed blamed part of the homeless crisis on the ninth circuit court decision that prevented the city from moving people who declined shelter. we were not able to move people the way that we're able to move people now. >> the court decision came after a lawsuit was brought forth by the coalition on homelessness. the executive director for the coalition was sitting in the front row when the mayor pointed out the legal challenge. >> swease have groups that are suing the city for the things that we are and aren't doing. did you notice that she looked at you when she talked about suing the city? >> i did notice that, yeah. and i you know, the lawsuit is a way for us to push the city to have more shelter. guess what? they added more shelter beds since we filed this lawsuit. >> according to the mayor, the city offered 300 people housing and shelter in the month of november. only 100 accepted. the executive director for code tenderloin pushed back on why many tell her they decline

shelter people are turning down shelter because it's not a safe place for them. >> we have to come with out-of-the-box solutions. >> in a recent san francisco report found 54% of people experiencing homelessness declined. shelter district attorney jenkins, is there anything legal? >> all that can be done. so no, i think the recourse is obviously outside of the criminal justice system. >> but is it? it is. i mean, the criminal justice system is just say no, i'm camping here. well, no, they have to be made to be uncomfortable. is the truth of the matter. we cannot make it comfortable for them to pitch a tent on our sidewalks and stay. >> abc seven take action. san francisco brought opposing views face to face after the town hall , we noticed chief scott and the executive director for the coalition on homelessness talking. we asked about it. >> the end of the day, you know, they asked not just for jennifer and me, but i think for everybody. so we have to work together on these things. we're not going to always agree after one hour of tough questions for san francisco's top leaders,

there was consensus that what we need more of is more of this. >> we need to have more sessions, more working groups where people can come together in san francisco, lou pena, abc seven news. >> if you missed our town hall, there are still many ways to watch the take action event is now available on the abc7 news bay area streaming app so you can find it wherever you stream and the full conversation will air on tv this saturday at 9 p.m. and then again on sunday at 6 p.m. we are tracking storm watch for the sierra today. >> here's a live look at tahoe city this morning. you can see some snow fell overnight. a foot or more of snow could fall in the sierra at highest elevations by this evening. if you're traveling there, caltrans says interstate 80 is safe enough for travel, but the drive is not as smooth as some would hope. the agency is still working on emergency road repairs from last winter storms for now, the repairs are on pause as the sierra gets its first snow of the season. not all drivers are

prepared. >> is your car prepared for the snow? >> no, no, no. if i have to get changed, i might have to go see one of those people out there. >> chains are required on i-80 and caltrans shut down westbound traffic on i-80 through truckee due to multiple spin outs. just last night. drew, how's it looking? it doesn't take a lot to really cause trouble on 80 and 50. >> so we still have snow coming today. if you try to go to tahoe, tomorrow's just fine. but today we still have some wet weather to talk about. here's a live look outside from sutro tower. we are calm this morning. some isolated pockets of drizzle. but what we're watching is for midday, some showers on the accuweather headlines. showers the best chance between, say, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today with the level one light storm behind this front, we get some chilly air moving in. a frost advisory will be in effect tomorrow morning for the north bay for temperatures well into the 30s. we'll show you those numbers coming up in a minute. the weekend outlook, it's looking very nice. some cool

mornings, but the afternoons are looking dry and they are looking sunny. here's our next cold front on live doppler seven along with satellite. this will swing through here later on today. and bring us some light scattered showers. it's a level one light storm on the abc7 storm impact scale today. a brief downpour is possible, but those will be very isolated. the biggest impact is just slick travel. here's future weather 830 later on this morning. showers beginning to move into the north bay around noon we'll have very scattered light showers through the city. parts of the east bay as this front continues its trek off to the south and east. by 230, the showers are wrapping up and then we'll start to clear out our skies. and in the overnight period, that's when we drag in that cooler air under moonlit skies, rainfall totals today, very low numbers. we're just talking about a few hundredths of an inch of rain in most spots. maybe the north bay could pick up a 10th of an inch of rain. so it's a low impact storm. later on this afternoon. highs today, it is chilly. temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. then tonight, we get that frosty air moving into the north bay. look at some of these numbers dipping into the

30s from santa rosa to napa. low 40s around the bay shoreline. here's the accuweather seven day forecast scattered showers for the middle part of your day today we're drying out this evening. it's a cold morning tomorrow with a lot of sunshine. the weekend looking nice with sunny skies and we're warmer and staying dry for early parts of next week. jobina thank you, drew. >> good morning, everyone. so we are beginning in emeryville showing you a live picture of 8-80. those headlights are all traveling in the west bound direction and it's a bit slow through this area and no blocking issues, though. it's just a little heavier than yesterday, say in san jose. a live picture of 101. you're nice and clear all throughout the south bay right now. and no advisories from the chp in that area. but this mysterious slowdown from antioch to concord is continuing to get worse. it's up to 54 minutes. we're checking in with the chp to see what's going on there. but that is unusual. she usually it should be around like 20 minutes. so we'll check in on that. stephanie jobina, thank you. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning just weeks away from the republican primary

elections, candidates took the debate stage once again. >> a look at some of the exchange is as they all trail behind frontrunner donald trump. >> and a live look outside from our sutro tower camera looking at san francisco. time now is 519. we'll be right back.

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to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. ( ♪ ) cold front is approaching the region. looking at the morning commute. we are dealing with calm conditions as rain chances really ramp up right around lunchtime. >> number two, the man suspected of killing three people on the campus of unlv has been identified. sources telling abc news 67 year old anthony pulido had applied to be a professor at the school but was not hired. all the victims were faculty or staff, not students. >> number three, some san francisco street vendors say they're making as little as 5 to $20 a day, selling indoors after the city implemented a 90 day ban on vending along mission street. abc7 news has learned relief may be on the way. the mayor's office is expected to make an announcement as soon as

this morning. >> number four, chatgpt is getting some competition from google. the mountain view based company launched gemini yesterday. google calls it the largest and most capable ai model it has ever built. >> number five, hanukkah begins tonight, and so does the annual menorah lighting at san francisco's union square. the giant menorah will be lit each night through december 15th. >> number six, the slowdown that we're seeing from antioch to concord may be the result of residual delays from an earlier construction project on highway four in the westbound direction. they were down to one lane earlier this morning. >> number seven, here's something fun. starbucks is offering half price drinks every thursday in december, starting today. the discount is valid from noon to six via a coupon in the starbucks app. starbucks is calling the promotion festive. thursdays all right. former house speaker kevin mccarthy is resigning from congress as the republican from bakersfield says he'll leave at the end of the month. it follows his high profile and historic removal as speaker of the house earlier

this year. no word on what's next for mccarthy, but governor newsom is required to call for a special election within the next two weeks to fill his vacancy. >> your voice, your vote for republicans took the stage last night for the fourth presidential debate. and once again, donald trump wasn't there . here's abc news reporter liz landers. >> only four candidates joined the stage for the fourth republican presidential primary debate, but there were plenty of fireworks and insults to go around. >> and i love all the attention, fellas. thank you for that. former un ambassador nikki haley has seen a recent surge in the polls and took much of the criticism on stage wednesday night. >> business man vivek ramaswamy using his first question to attack her. >> you actually started joining the service on the board of boeing and now you're a multi-millionaire. that math does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupt in terms of these donors that are supporting me. >> they're just jealous. they wish that they were supporting them. >> florida governor ron

desantis, who has seen a drop in the polls, also swiping at haley , she wrote a love letter to the chinese ambassador saying how great a friend china is. you can look former governor chris christie defending haley. >> we disagree about who should be president of the united states. well, we don't disagree on is this is a smart accomplished woman. you should stop insulting. >> candidates spent some time debating issues like the borders, student loans and digital currency regulations. former president donald trump was absent from the stage, having now skipped all four debates on tuesday. he declined to rule out abusing power. if he returns to the white house, under no circumstances you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power or as retribution against anybody except for day one. >> i want to close the border and i want to drill. that's not that's that's not. no, no, that's not. we love this guy. he says you're not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no. other than day one, christie taking on trump directly, saying he doesn't think trump is kidding about his future plans as president.

>> don't let me make it clear his conduct is unacceptable. >> the biden campaign responding to those comments from trump, saying that it's, quote, no surprise when you look at everything that he's been saying every single day on the campaign trail in washington, liz landers, abc news. back lash after a hearing on capitol hill coming up at 530. >> students and alumni are some of the nation's most prestigious universities now calling on their presidents to resign. >> and talk about bad timing. the jersey mix up in the mail for 140 niners fan the same week as the team's big rivalry game. >> but first, a live look outside. it's 526. >> this is abc 724 seven liv san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose in concord. >> live in oakland. yes. you're watching abc7 news live at anytime anywhere. we are. we

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controversy across oakland unified school district. now, at 530, the unsanctioned teach in that has some critics calling the topic anti-semitic. >> plus, we haven't been able to sell anything in here. now, bandido nothing. nada, nada, nada, nada. >> come in. >> out of sight means bad business for legal street vendors in san francisco's mission district. why? they say the city's plan to move them just isn't working. >> an engineering marvel. the bay area dam now getting national recognition. good morning. >> it's thursday, december 7th. >> we start with a check on the

weather. hi, drew. >> hey, good morning, guys. we have more showers later on this afternoon, but right now, some areas of fog. it's not widespread. it's mainly limited to the north bay. right now, santa rosa, one of the lone problem spots right now coming down to a quarter of a mile. visibility live doppler seven showing you just some scattered light drizzle overhead right now , some steadier showers are on their way with another cold front. the wider view, this is our next front that's going to swing through here right around lunchtime and bring back some scattered light showers. it's a level one light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale today. the biggest impact will be some slick travel, especially around noon today when these showers are crossing through here. here's how your day shapes up. we'll start out this morning with partly cloudy skies at 9 a.m, there's the chance of a shower in the north bay. but i think the best bet for most of us is right around noon. that's when we'll have those scattered showers. temperatures only in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. but it's a quick moving front. by 4 p.m, we're already drying out. the sunshine's coming back and that is going to

lead to a chilly but clear night on the way. later on tonight, we will take a look at rainfall totals. also frost advisories are posted now for tomorrow morning across parts of the north bay. we'll take a look at how low we go with those numbers coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with jobina traffic. traffic doing. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everyone. we are going to begin at the san mateo bridge. no advisories here coming in from the chp right now and it's pretty clear in both directions. eastbound and westbound. but you can see at least on the eastbound side, some reflection there from the headlights. so it appears to still be a little slick from earlier rain 8-80 at the coliseum camera here in oakland. it's nice and light their headlights in the southbound direction on our biggest issue is actually the drive time from antioch to concord. it keeps inching up and up. we're already at an hour in four minutes at jobina. >> thank you. the owners of a san jose daycare where two children drowned in a pool in october face a new charges. the two women appeared in court yesterday, but the case was put over because both asked for an

interpreter. the new charges stem from a separate incident involving a different group of children. prosecutors did not go into detail about what happened, but they added seven misdemeanor counts. the women face felony charges in the drownings, and the defendants had one job most important above all, which was to return them to their parents safely. >> they did not do that. >> neither the women nor their lawyers commented after yesterday's hearing. they are due back in court at the end of the month. new developments on the israel-hamas war. today marks two months since the war started and israeli troops and hamas militants continue battling in the center of gaza strip's second largest city. the ground offensive has prevented aid groups from delivering food, water and other supplies. the us and its g7 allies are calling for crossings from gaza into israel to be open for the transfer of humanitarian aid. officials say more than 80% of households in southern gaza are suffering from inadequate food

aid. the un says nearly 2 million people have left their homes and many of them have been displaced. multiple times. >> street vendors say the city's 90 day ban on vending along mission street is leaving them with no money to provide for their families. abc7 news has learned relief may be on the way. abc7 news reporter lena howland is live at city hall where the mayor is expected to make an announcement as soon as today. good morning, lena. good morning, stephanie. >> that's right. abc seven news has learned that announcement could come as early as this morning. the mayor is expected to announce an emergency relief package for low income street vendors struggling to make ends meet. just two weeks into the 90 day. street vending ban. many street vendors are pleading for city officials to intervene and help them, saying they don't have the money to pay rent next month. the two locations where vendors are selling from rented out from the city aren't getting any foot traffic. the first is at 2137 mission street with room for at least 43 vendors to sell

indoors. and the second is lilac alley with nine spots for vendors. some vendors are now considering breaking the ban. >> for me, there is no way i can stay in here for another week. so what's your plan to go out and if i have to break the law. sorry. i try to do my best. i try to comply with the city, but obviously it doesn't work like they're okay for this number because through through november they have been saving. >> but then the worry is what's going to happen in january, how am i going to pay my rent, how i'm going to pay my bills? am i going to have to choose you know, from paying rent and eating and things like that? >> the city originally imposed the 90 day street vending ban two weeks ago as a strategy as a strategy to get rid of unpermitted vendors selling stolen items on the sidewalks. part of the mayor's announcement expected today also includes plans to launch a marketing campaign to better help promote

some of these marketplaces and businesses in this area. live in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena, thank you. the san francisco born college student who was shot in a possible hate crime in vermont has now been released from the hospital. all. hisham awartani was walking with two other palestinian students when they were shot over thanksgiving weekend. and he's now paralyzed from the chest down because a bullet is lodged in his spine. the shooting suspect is now in custody. it's being investigated as a possible hate crime because two of the victims were wearing traditional palestinian scarves. >> the presidents of three of the most elite universities in the country are facing criticism over their comments during testimony on capitol hill. jobina the remarks were about anti-semitism on campus and calls for genocide. >> and reggie, the president of harvard, mit and the university of pennsylvania, are facing calls to resign. it comes after lawmakers accused them of not doing enough to crack down on anti-semitism and hate on campus.

>> i am asking specifically calling for the genocide of jews . does that constitute bullying or harassment? >> if it is directed and severe or pervasive, it is harassment. >> so the answer is yes. >> it is a context dependent decision. congresswoman. >> it's a context dependent decision. that's your testimony today calling for the genocide of jews is depending upon the context. >> the backlash was swift among alumni, students and donors who are now demanding action. the governor of pennsylvania called pen president liz magill's remarks, quote, unacceptable and shameful. he's urging the board of trustees to convene in response, magill posted this video last night. >> i was not focused on, but i should have been the irrefutable fact that that a call for genocide of jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate. >> this controversy is far from over. the department of education is already

investigating seven schools for complaints over anti-semitism and islamophobic islamophobic discrimination on campus. that was really something, reggie. it certainly was. >> jobina thank you. in the east bay, there's some controversy surrounding what's called a teach in about palestinian issues. some oakland unified teachers voluntarily participated in the teaching yesterday. they say it's a learning experience where educators provide sources for students to learn the history behind the current war in gaza. one community organizer supports the idea. >> it is rare in american education settings, or at least it has been in my experience for palestinian voices, for palestinian experience to be centered. meanwhile some jewish advocates believe the teaching creates bias and increases anti-semitism. >> all this does is exacerbate existing tensions already in our community. this is a way to scapegoat jews in america for something that is happening halfway around the world. >> osd superintendent dr. kyla

johnson-trammell sent an email saying the school district does not support the teach in calling the action harmful and divisive. >> well, it's withstood the 1906 and the 1989 earthquakes, and now it's being recognized as a national historic civil engineering landmark. the lower crystal springs dam was completed in 1890 and is still going strong. there is now a plaque to mark this feat. it's part of the watershed that serves about 1 million people in both san mateo and san francisco counties. the dam is located in san mateo county and is right next to interstate 280. the san andreas fault runs less than a mile from where it's located. the redwoods and big basin state park in the santa cruz mountains are still standing three years after the ccu lightning complex fires caused major damage in the area. >> this morning, researchers say they now know why the redwoods are making a miraculous recovery. according to biologists, some redwoods have up to a foot of bark to protect the inside of the tree. they say

new sprouts also called called bud trees come from inside of the tree and they lead to new leaves. >> trees produce sugars from photosynthesis and then they kind of have two choices. they can use it for growth or metabolism or something, or they can store it for later. they have these really old 50 to 100 year old carbon reserves that have accumulated for many decades that they can draw upon to build new leaves and do new photosynthesis. >> the trees grew. these bud traces thousands of years ago in a biological anticipation of an event like a wildfire. >> still ahead, the former pilot accused of trying to bring a plane down on its way to sfo is now back in court today. now facing new charges after being released from federal custody. more on the scuffle between the 40 niners and the eagles on the sidelines of the game on sunday. >> what the player involved and the head of eagles security are now doing to move past the altercation. but first to check on the weather with drew. >> hey, good morning. we'll

begin with a view from sutro tower. and you can see we have good visibility 8-80. we don't have any widespread fog this morning. we do have some pockets of drizzle and we are awaiting another cold front later today that will bring about some scattered showers. it's a level one light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale. looking at temperatures currently it is chilly in some spots, especially in the valleys of the north bay. upper 30s, lower 40s from novato to napa to santa rosa at 50 here in the city, 47 right now in oakland. good morning. 43 in palo alto, 49. that current temperature in san ramon. let's break your day down area by area inland today we're starting out with mainly clear skies midday is your best chance for showers before sunshine breaks back out a similar story around the bay shoreline. noon is when we'll see those light showers move through the afternoon. we dry out with some peeks and pokes of sunshine. this morning along the coast, we have more cloud cover to begin our day. but again, temperatures in the upper 50s right around noon and those showers coming back. we still have a winter weather advisory in effect for tahoe. additional snowfall up to ten inches above

4000ft in those ridge top gusts going to 45mph. behind this cold front tonight. it does get rather chilly. a frost advisory will be in effect friday morning for the valleys of the north bay where temperatures could drop as low as 32 degrees. we'll take a closer look at your overnight lows. we'll also go hour by hour on future weather show. you that front as it moves through later on this afternoon. ann thanks to skyrizi i'm playing with clearer skin. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin

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i feel pretty good. surrounding myself with a great team. de'aaron we're going to take a quick look at your knee with ultrasound. everything is looking great. but not just for me. for them. it's great to see you again man. thanks jb. for all that is me, for all that is you, kaiser permanente. has been released from federal custody. what happens today could determine if he's allowed to come home to the bay area. joseph emerson will face a judge on state charges in oregon for an arraignment. he's facing 84 charges for endangering an aircraft and other people. his attorney spoke after the federal hearing yesterday in hopes emerson will be allowed to come

home. >> joe is getting released from federal court today. we're very happy about that. his family's here and they're all happy about that. and tomorrow, hopefully, he'll be released in state court. we expect that to happen. and we're very happy about that. >> if emerson is released today, he will have to drive back to his home in the east bay. part of his release from federal custody bans him from flying. the pastor of an east bay church for central american immigrants now faces 16 charges involving the sexual abuse of four victims. >> abc7 news i-team reporter dan noyes broke this story and has the latest from the contra costa county superior court. >> pastor victor hernandez pineda appeared before a contra costa county judge for the first time in the child sexual assault case against him. deputy da greg chiarella is the prosecutor on the case. any time that someone in a position of trust has apparently betrayed that trust, it is a very serious matter. >> the pastor's attorney asked for the arraignment to be continued to january and did not enter a plea on hernandez's

behalf. >> i am very new to the case. i just received the formal complaint in court today and i have received no evidence at all. >> i first confronted the 53 year old pastor of a iglesia pentecostal movimento da gloria in richmond for our report. last friday. victor i'm dan noyes from channel seven. i need to talk to you. would you do an interview with me, please? about what? i'd like to talk to you about the accusations that young girls and young women are making against you of sexual abuse. will you talk to me, please? the 21 year old daughter of a church elder told me when she was 13, the pastor tried to convince her it was god's will, that they have sex. >> me, cerca de la escuela. >> he took me to a hotel near the school, and at that moment i told him that i didn't feel safe. i didn't feel good, and that we shouldn't do it. but he made me do it. >> police arrested hernandez friday and prosecutors charged him with 16 criminal counts, several counts of forcible rape

of child under 14, forcible rape of person over 14. lewd act upon a child. and child molestation. also tay in court, the prosecution asked for protective orders that the pastor stay away from the alleged victims and not buy or possess fire arms. >> as i believe you are aware, there is some information that this defendant may have access or have had access to firearms. >> i showed the pastor's assault weapon in our first report and the photograph he took of karen cifuentes holding it during the time she says he was sexually abusing her. pastor hernandez's family attended the hearing, did not comment as they left and two former members of the church approached me. >> i'm a father of two daughters and now members of the church as well. and we believe in god, you know, and we can't believe that something like that happened. >> i saw your news and i just wanted to come in person to say thank you, you know, because you're done a great job bringing this guy to the law. >> the richmond police are investigating new leads into

more possible victims. so there could be additional charges as the case moves forward for the i-team's in martinez. dan noyes, abc7 news. if you have a story for dan or for stephanie who is anchoring this newscast with me this morning, you can call this number on your screen or go to abc7. >> news.com slash i-team 40 niners linebacker dre greenlaw has apologized to philadelphia eagles head of security who is known as big dom. it comes after sunday's sideline incident in which both were ejected from the game. greenlaw exchanged words with big dom, who initially pushed his shoulder away. then greenlaw swiped at dom's face, making contact. as of now, the nfl has not taken any additional action. greenlaw says both sides exchanged formal apologies. it's something he says he wishes didn't happen. >> all right. this isn't what any 40 niners fan wants to see before a rivalry game. and it happened with a mix up in the mail. matt quinn and paul kemp

are two lifelong friends. paul ordered matt at die hard 40 niners fan, a custom made $195 niners jersey for his christmas present. >> i get to work and then it's there on my desk. so i open it. i'm like, pretty excited. i'm like, all right, cool. so i open it up and then i'm and i'm like, okay. so i'm expecting it to be scarlet red. and then this is what i'm looking at. okay, so this is what i'm exactly what i'm looking at. >> no, no, no, not that. >> no, not that. no, no, no, no, no. >> it was a seattle seahawks jersey. the niners main rival. and the team, the niners are playing this sunday fanatic said the jersey was accidentally switched with a different customized jersey during packaging and the company gave paul a full refund. when we reached out to them about this. but, boy, what a mistake. >> ooh, i don't know. >> what do you guys think? >> yeah. >> not cute. not cute. how do you feel about the lime green? i was just going to say that, you know. okay

>> how i feel about it is what in the fluorescent highlighter is going on. >> that's an interesting choice. >> well, of all mistakes to happen, i mean, the biggest rivalry to i mean, if i was i know he doesn't have an outfit. >> yeah, he'll find a way. >> yeah, he'll find a way. >> don't you worry. >> and also throw something else in there. yeah >> when you make a mistake, right? yeah >> refund and something. yeah i don't know. yeah. >> yeah. a fluorescent highlighter, maybe like a niners hat. >> just a thought. yeah something like later. >> let's go to oakland. this morning. here's the abc7 oakland airport camera where you can see the tarmac is a little wet out there. we are tracking more showers right around lunchtime today with a level one light storm on the abc7 storm impact scale. here are your accuweather headlines. we do have showers right around the middle part of our day today. behind this front we are going to have some frosty weather moving in here. a frost advisory will be in effect tomorrow morning for the north bay for temperatures dipping

into the 30. then the weekend outlook is nice. we will have sunshine both saturday and sunday. but we do have some chilly mornings, both days live doppler seven along with satellite. here's our next rain maker. you can see it approaching the coastline right now. this front is a fast moving system. the rain is not going to linger all that long. it's about a five hour window today between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. that our level one light storm will bring scattered showers, an isolated downpour. and the biggest impact is just some slick travel. here's future weather by 9 a.m, showers moving into the north bay as we approach noon. those showers are breaking up the more scattered in nature. but we'll still track them into the early afternoon as this front crosses the east bay and the south bay. and then after about 2 to 3 p.m, we're done with this storm. the skies will clear and we'll have that chilly air moving in. rainfall estimates really low. just a few hundredths of an inch in most spots where we see those showers for the middle part of our day. highs in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. today we are a bit below average because of this cold front. look at these numbers in the north bay. later on tonight, going well into the

30s and that's why we have that frost advisory overnight tonight. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. scattered showers for the middle part of our day today. it's a cold morning tomorrow but it is sunny and that creates a stretch of sunny weather and dry conditions. warmer temperatures start to move in for the early part of next week. jobina >> thank you, drew. good morning, everyone. so one thing that's not going to make that highway for a commute move any faster is a crash now reported in pittsburgh. this is going to be on westbound for before loveridge road. you can see the speeds there are down to around seven miles per hour. the drive time from antioch to concord is one hour and two minutes. so not great there at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights flipped on a little earlier than usual. it came on at 516 and the backup is beginning, but not bad at all. and then we will end here in walnut creek with a live picture showing you 680. reggie, thanks. >> jobina new at six. the latest cvs that will close its doors in san francisco. >> but first, a new restaurant chain being launched by mcdonald's aims at challenging starbucks. we'll tell you about the new coffee cafe and where it

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sowed of squid game. the challenge revealing the winner of the $4.5 million prize. here's abc news reporter trevor ault in this morning's gma first look. >> the netflix phenomenon squid game the challenge doling out an eye popping $4.56 million prize overnight during its finale, the show started with 456 contestants and a huge piggy bank visible from their dorm, gaining $10,000 for every person eliminated. and it all takes place on sets designed to look identic nickel to the hit show. it's based on. but will the show's popular pretty signal a

new era in reality tv? it is life changing money for some people that gives them an opportunity to change their family's life. >> when you up any kind of prize fund, more people are more attracted to joining a show like that. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, the first interview with the winner just revealed along with the final three only on gma with your gma first look, i'm trevor ault abc news new york. >> we were telling you about this very recently cosmic x a new cafe that mcdonald's is testing out and the internet was right because this is going to be a starbucks challenger. it will focus on cold, sweet beverages, which can be modified berages on the menu coffeest and stuff. the mcdonald's ceo told investors cosmic is just a test. at one location opens in illinois this week, but then nine locations are expected to open in texas next year. >> well, speaking of starbucks, nice deal offering today. half off drinks every thursday in december. that begins today. as

i just mentioned, a coupon for 50% will be available to reward members in the starbucks app. so you've just got to log in. customers are allowed one discounted drink each thursday from noon to six. and starbucks is calling the promotion festive . thursday. yes, thursday, thursday. there we go. >> thursday, all right. here's a live look from our sfo camera this morning. we have good visibility out there. another round of showers will move through here right around lunchtime. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. this is our next front. it's really fast moving. so the showers we're dealing with probably only linger between about 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today. and that's how the day planner really shapes up. so let's break down your day this morning. we're dealing with stars and clouds. we have some pockets of drizzle along the coast. but really the best chance of some widespread shower activity is right around noon. and that's when we include those shower chances with our level one light storm. but again, it's a fast moving system. by 4 p.m, we're drying out and we're leading to a clear and chilly

evening on the way. highs today because of the rain moving through and this cold front. we are going below average. take the umbrella with you. we'll go into the upper 50s and lower 60s in most cities today. >> stephanie drew, thank you. new at six the site of one of apex biggest meetings is now a booming tourist hotspot and small bay area businesses say the holidays are helping their bottom line as customers are shopping local. and the perfect espresso. a group of scientists revealed their secret to creating the best drink possible . while many people who are on housed tell me they don't think city hall is doing enough to help them, many downtown retailers have already said enough is enough. >> they've closed shop and they've left. >> do you ever wonder what could help fix the fentanyl crisis in san francisco? >> the mayor, the da, the chief of police, one hour of direct questions about the city's biggest issues and the future of san francisco. take action. san francisco. real answers for a better bay area now streaming

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