hanukkah begins. in washington the lighting of the national menorah in front of the white house symbolizing the first of eight nights of hanukkah. second gentleman doug emhoff delivered remarks condemning antisemitism. celebrated across the country and the world, hanukkah marks the victory of jerusalem over foreign invaders. according to folklore, when the jews repaired their temple after the invasion there was only enough lamp oil for one night but somehow it lasted for eight. traditionally, children receive a gift on each night of the holiday. happy hanukkah. that's "nightline" for this evening. catch full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here same time tomorrow. thanks for the company, america. good night.

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warning sandhya. >> yeah, and it's ama and dan. the north bay valleys as temperatures have already started to drop. so let's take a look at a live picture right now from our mount tam cam. just a sparkling view of the city by the bay as skies have cleared out. we're looking at temperatures in the 40s and 50s right now from san francisco to san jose, 43 degrees in livermore, north bay is where some of the colder readings are. 39 right now in santa rosa and napa, 36 degrees in calistoga. you can see why they issued a freeze warning that begins shortly here at midnight. runs until 9 a.m. tomorrow. temperatures as low as 28 degrees. frost and freeze will cause damage to any tender plants. so make sure you protect them. also, bring in your pets. and don't forget about wrapping any pipes, water pipes outside to prevent damage. freeze watch is going up for the same area saturday morning. so it's not going to be a one day cold weather event. hour by hour, we go tomorrow morning right down near freezing at 5 a.m. in santa rosa, dropping even lower than that as we head towards 7:00 am.

now on live doppler seven right now. all is quiet. i'll be back with a full look at your accuweather seven day forecast, which does include the weekend coming up. >> dan okay, thank you sandhya. tonight is the first night of hanukkah and there were numerous menorah lightings around the bay area. but this normally festive holiday comes as war rages in the middle east, which has coincided with a rise in anti-semitic attacks. abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez takes a look at what is different with this year's celebrations. >> as we stand, proud and strong on the first night of hanukkah, the jewish festival of lights, many felt moved to celebrate during such a dark time. >> with all the hostages that are still not home with their families, it's much more meaningful than in other years that i can remember. that's why we came out tonight. >> the ceremony was held at almaden lake thursday evening, where the congregation from the chabad of san jose watched as the first candle on the menorah was ignited. this powerful force

of evil reared its ugly head. >> exact two months ago today, amid the israel-hamas war, rabbi mendel weinfeld said more people from the jewish community have come out to mark the beginning of the eight day festival. this is a time for us to come together and strength. this is a time for us to come together in our resilience shefs in union square, members from the chabad san francisco held the 48th annual lighting of the giant menorah. >> do something extra for your friend, for your neighbor. >> earlier in the day, we spoke to rabbi michael copeland, who said her congregation in the castro district is toning their commemoration down this year is a celebrate thing. >> it might be a little bit more subdued than in past years. we like to go over the top and joy and dancing, and this year that doesn't feel quite right. we still need to bring in the joy, but we're also go really deep and sadness as well. >> state senator scott wiener

says the jewish community has been shaken up by recent anti-semitic attacks. so it is a somber time, but a hanukkah is a ultimately a story of resilience and being willing to fight in the south bay. lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> the story of hanukkah has of course always been one of hope and resilience. those words tonight from second gentleman doug emhoff. he spoke during a lighting ceremony at the national menorah outside the white house. the national menorah has become an international symbol of religious freedom ever since the first lighting, which was in 1979. >> new at 11, a bay area pilot accused of attempting to crash a plane headed to san francisco international airport is out of jail tonight. his wife spoke moments after he was released. abc7 news reporter j.r stone has what's next in the case. a emotional moments showing ex alaska airlines pilot joseph emerson and his wife after he was released from an oregon jail

on thursday. >> emerson is accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit back in october. >> i'm i'm so happy my boys are going to be so happy to have their dad home. it's been a long time. and i'm just i'm just glad that that this is happening. he deserves to be home right now. >> emerson is from pleasant hill. his federal indictment was lessened from 83 counts of attempted murder to 83 counts of reckless endangerment. at least three passengers have filed suit against alaska airlines, saying they suffered emotional distress from the incident. >> i know that it's impacted more than just joe. i hope that they would also understand the condition that my husband was in during that that flight. and eventually that will all come out. >> emerson previously told authorities he had been struggling with depression and took psychedelic mushrooms two days before the flight. his

attorneys have said he was in a dreamlike state and had a panic attack when he tried to cut the engines of a horizon air flight from washington state to san francisco. emerson was released around 5 p.m. thursday after posting bail, which had been set at $50,000. he must now undergo mental health services, stay away from drugs and alcohol and not come within 30ft of an operable aircraft. >> is he criminally responsible? no. does he need help? yes >> emerson's attorneys say they're client and his wife will now drive back to california while he awaits trial. j.r. stone, abc seven news. and developing news, three people are hurt after a car crashed into a christmas parade in bakersfield. >> the victims were all waiting for the parade to begin. when the car entered the route. the driver was taken into custody. the parade was delayed by two hours and had to be rerouted. the cause of that crash is still

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>> something as simple as converting office space to housing thing and being able to do that without going through a process is something we've already done as erickson is with the emerald fund, a san francisco real estate developer company. >> we spoke with him after the town hall. he says tax incentives from the city and the state are a must. >> over a 60 year period event annually, the city will collect roughly three times the amount of taxes. by abating it right now. >> others we spoke with last week described an office to housing change as anything but simple. >> we definitely need new housing, but it's very difficult to make those kind of conversions. but i think that we will start to see some happen fairly soon on a smaller scale. and then if the proper incentives are put in place, you know, maybe two, two years plus from now, that's colin yasu kochi, who's the executive

director of the tech insight center at cbre, which focuses on the tech industry and how it affects commercial real estate. >> yasukichi believes that the office to housing type of conversion could likely ramp up in two years, but only if interest rates drop during monday's event, the mayor would not say how long she believes it will take to bring san francisco's downtown back. erickson says there's no quick fix here. cutting the red tape is likely to take a year and a half in his opinion. then at least another eight years to make a dent. if you take 5 million out of 25 million, that's a significant percentage. >> and if you and if you then chew up the remaining space at 2,000,000ft■!s per year, you get down to a reasonable number within ten years. >> mayor breed also spoke about bringing things like a soccer stadium, college classrooms or even a european spa concept to the downtown area. loosely thrown out ideas of what the

future of downtown san francisco could look like. j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> if you missed the town hall, there are still ways to watch and it's worth your time. the take action event is now available on the abc7 news bay area streaming app. find it wherever you stream and the full conversation will air on television this saturday right here on abc7 at 9 p.m. and sunday at 6 p.m. >> new at 11 crab season is being delayed for a third time this season. the california department of fish and wildlife says humpback whales are still migrating off the coast and they can get entangled in crab nets. officials will assess things again in two weeks with the holiday season upon us, so too is the rush to send gifts and cards to loved ones at one east bay mail processing center, staff are working around the clock to make the holiday a little brighter for bay area families. abc7 news reporter tim johns got a tour of the facility tonight. >> the postal workers around the country are the busiest time of year has arrived at the united states postal service's oakland

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parks department. donna sachet for a lot of years. that is a fun, fun evening. >> yeah, it looked like a good one too, because it looked dry, which is nice. >> we've had some good amounts of rain here the last couple of days. abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with the forecast. sandy. >> yeah. and dan and anna, it's been nice to see the rain. it's also been great to see snow up in the high country right now. i want to show you what you can expect over the next three days. so in case you're already thinking about the weekend, frosty tomorrow morning with sunshine. then temperatures in the 50s, 60s winter like morning chill for both saturday and sunday. but you will notice milder conditions for the afternoon. here's a live view from our san jose camera where right now the temperature is 50 degrees. but some of our cooler spots, 47, oakland, 48 in half. moon bay, san francisco, 50 degrees from our emeryville camera. you can clearly see back towards sutro tower. upper 30s. these are our colder spots. santa rosa, petaluma, napa right now 45 in concord and livermore 43 degrees. live doppler seven. pretty quiet compared to what we

were looking at earlier in the day. and the fog has formed a visibility is down to a half a mile in napa, just over a mile in santa rosa. livermore reporting three mile visibility. so be careful tomorrow morning for that commute. now, we did have the rain move through here earlier today. you probably remembered those showers that began in the morning in the north bay and then started to spread by early afternoon. certainly snow in the sierra nevada as well. so when we take a look at our rainfall totals over the last 48 hours, most noticeable is kentfield, one of our wettest spots picking up over an inch of rain, 2000/900 in san francisco, napa, 7/10 14 hundredths. in redwood city, livermore oakland picking up 13 hundredths in san jose 707 inch. this is a live view from mount rose where you can see snow is covering the light post there and snow is still falling right now, but the winter weather advisory was dropped 24 hours. snow totals 15in at palisades tahoe, a foot, sierra at tahoe,

sugar bowl, we'll take it kirkwood, nine inches of snow and here's a look at the forecast headlines. so tonight, patchy, dense fog has formed tomorrow, we're going to notice cold and frosty conditions in the morning with that freeze warning for the north bay and the weekend outlook. a chilly morning, dry days on saturday and less chilly on sunday, but still going to be dry. so as we go hour by hour for tonight, the high clouds will be moving in, going into tomorrow with some patches of fog and then really just occasional high clouds, plenty of sun for your friday afternoon. tomorrow morning. bundle up. it is going to be a cold one. temperatures below freezing in some spots. low 30s to mid 40s. as we check out the afternoon highs with plenty of blue skies. you're looking at 50 and 60s. here's your accuweather seven day forecast we'll go with a frosty start tomorrow morning with cold conditions is sunny day and we repeat that on saturday really temperatures near average on sunday a little

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