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east bay. what we're learning as residents are still being asked to shelter in place this morning . good morning to you. it is saturday, december 9th. i'm gloria rodriguez. we'll get to that story in just a minute. first, let's get started with a look at your weather. it is chilly out there. let's get started here with meteorologist lisa argen. yeah, lisa, i went outside and i was just so cold. i had to get the big jacket out today. yeah >> and if you wait a few more hours, you'll be scraping the car. the frost forming. not yet, but probably now in some areas. by the time i left, it was still just liquid out there and cold. the look of the jet stream well up into the pacific northwest. and boy, we want some rain. not happening. but check it out right here. 35 degrees in napa with temperatures likely to drop even further. so highlighting napa, but look at santa rosa, 33 degrees, 30 nevada, we are 33 in san ramon with 35 in concord, 38 livermore. so a little colder in spots from the north bay to the east bay, 3 to 7 degrees colder in our freeze warning until 10:00 this morning. like yesterday antomoow as well.
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so we are under a dry, cool air mass. we will warm up though rather quickly into the mid and upper 50s by noontime. the winds are going to be light, so we'll see a few 60s as well before the numbers slide back into the 50s. by 4:00, a check on the accuweather seven day forecast coming up short gloria. >> all right. thank you, lisa. in the east bay a neighborhood is on lockdown for a second time in the last two days because of a former officer accused of shooting his wife. new this morning, pleasant hill police issued a felony warrant for the suspect's arrest. officers say he is a danger to the public. it all started on thursday night at around 7:00 in pleasant hill, right off of monument boulevard. abc seven news reporter tim johns tells us more about the investigation. an. fear an confusion on the streets of pleasant hill. >> why is he still there? why have they not done anything about him is my question. >> it all began thursday night
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when police responded to a home on cleopatra drive after a man had locked his wife out of their house and barricaded himself inside. and when the woman tried to enter the home, her husband shot her through a door with a shotgun for hours afterwards, swat and crisis team officials made numerous attempts at contacting the man. all of which were unsuccessful. means while the man live tweeting from inside. some of those messages. very disturbing. god forgive all of them. >> please, please, god, god. but after hours of trying to engage the man, swat teams determined he was no threat to the general public and left the scene. >> an unusual move, says dr. lisa hill, a criminal justice professor and policing expert at cal state east bay. >> what's a little irregular about this case is he had already engaged in lethal of force. he had already shot his wife. >> while the police say they continued to monitor the situation, their decision to leave the house unattended for
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most of friday has upset many who live and work in the area. that's crazy to me because now he's a danger to all his neighbors. >> if there's kids that live nearby, you know, they're at risk if he decides to do anything. >> if i lived on that block, i would be armed, you know, legally and protecting my family. around 530 friday night, police once again issued a shelter in place order for homes nearby and shut down neighboring streets. >> as for what happens next, dr. hill says law enforcement officials will have to do a cost benefit analysis to make that determination option. >> in addition to the safety feature, how much manpower there are willing to use in order to get this person to surrender. tim johns, abc7 news. >> this morning, the sherman acres neighborhood remains under a shelter in place order and there is an update on road closures. eastbound traffic on monument to buskirk is now open and the man's wife is expected to be okay. developing news authorities are searching for a suspect following a double
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stabbing in berkeley last night. the berkeley police department responded to calls of the stabbing after 6:30 p.m. near the oak ridge steps. officers are looking for this 23 year old man who has been identified and he is five foot eight with blond hair. he was last seen wearing a brown or red hoodie, black pants and a large black backpack. a shelter in place. order has since been lifted for residents near oak ridge road and el camino real. police say that the suspect might be armed. if you see him, do not approach him. call 911. in the south bay, a pedestrian died after he was struck and killed by a driver in san. video shows officers at the intersection of almaden expressway and camden avenue. police say they got the call about the crash at around 5 p.m. it's unclear if the driver of that car was injured or if more people were involved. and of course, we will keep you updated about this story right here and online at abc7
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news.com. a south bay couple is asking for help after their food truck was heavily damaged and the food truck is how they make their living. it was struck by another food truck that someone had just stolen. abc7 news reporter laura martinez talked to the couple about how they're trying to rebuild. >> and then this part has completely gone through the window. i don't know if you can see the shattered window. luckily we were able to start it, but we can't really drive it anywhere. >> the owners of bahria kitchen, a food truck based in san jose, are scrambled to fix their main source of income on november 26th. the owners say their truck was sideswiped by another food truck being stolen out of the same shared lot. it was parked in. >> someone drove through this gate with their service window out, which kind of caught into ours. and then they just kept going through the winter time is the slow season, but this crash couldn't have come at a worse time. >> their insurance company ended their coverage on november 8th. no longer providing renewals for
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commercial automobiles. now they're on their own with repairs while business is stalled. this is what pays for my rent and our rent here at the kitchen. >> it pays for our bills right now, the couple is trying to find a mechanic to repair the frame and find a new insurance company among a list of other things. >> we're trying to figure out what catering orders we can do. we've had other community members reach out and be like, hey, you can use our truck if you need to use our deep fryer. like just to get us going. >> rodriguez said. running the small business that's half kitchen and half vehicle has never been easy. but he founded bahria in 2017. in memory of his mother and her filipino cooking. >> this is how we share our story as a first generation asian american. filipino american. you know, like we're very underrepresented. you know, it's still kind of like the underdog in the culinary world. >> the couple started a gofundme and said, this speed bump won't stop them from pursuing their dream. >> as every hurdle we've had,
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we've gone over it like we can't turn back now. we're going to keep going. we're going to keep pushing. we're not giving up. >> in san jose, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> the national retail federation is retracting its claim that organized crime led to billions in inventory losses. now experts say there is no real way to estimate the data behind it. bay area residents say that retail theft is a major problem with local businesses. retailers have left the area citing rampant shoplifting and that includes target, which closed three bay area locations. happens to numbers from two different years, both with inventory loss across the industry. >> the reason it was half is retail sales grow every year. plus, the numbers aren't adjusted for inflation. >> the revision of the group's previous organized retail crime report follows an analysis from retail dive, which found mistakes in the data. retail dive is an online news site that
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covers retail trends in the east bay. there is another stinky situation in richmond and this time around the area of the chevron refinery. a strong odor was reported there yesterday afternoon. soon the air district posted a notice of it online saying that inspector crews were on site investigating. they got in contact with chevron to identify the cause in order to take corrective action. this is the same refinery that was recently issued violations because of flaring. could we soon see an unlit fitted clipper card? testing is entering its next phase to include 6000 employees with uc san francisco currently called bay pass. it's only available in a pilot program and allows people to ride bart and other modes of public transportation for free. the next phase will include a total of about 20,000 people. it will run through 2026. the metropolitan transportation commission is taking applications. let's get a check of your forecast with lisa. good
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morning, lisa. >> hi, there it is 47in the city and 45 down at the airport. but what a pretty picture here, right? temperature is near 60 in many locations today, maybe even a little milder. but we are down into the 30s and all of our inland valleys. so we'll check in on how cold it is and how mild it'll be throughout the day today and a look ahead into the future. coming up. >> lisa, thank you. and also coming up, the michigan school shooter sentenced. what he had to say during his hearing in front of the victims family members. and survivors. plus, new grads in the east bay. we hear from the only female officer in the class. and what this all means to her. there is nothing like it
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the killing. four students and also injuring seven others. the relatives of the victims and survivors spoke at a sentence hearing yesterday. >> the thing that stands out to me was what my wife said put her head in her hands and said not my baby boy. i am a really bad person. i have done terrible things that no one should ever do. all i want is for the people i hurt to just have a final sense of culpability that justice has somewhat been served after crumbley's defense attorney says her client is remorseful and looks forward to rehabilitating in prison. >> new this morning, president biden's arrival prompted protests in southern california this weekend. pro-palestinian demonstrators gathered near the president's fundraiser in beverly hills on friday. lapd
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issued an order to disperse as protesters started throwing items. the police. chief says that no arrests were made and no officers were injured. president biden is visiting for a three day fundraising swing in los angeles. new. help in the fight against crime in oakland. the police department is welcoming 22 new cadets. s the newest graduates from the oakland police academy got their diplomas. this marks the end of six months of training in areas of physical fitness. they use of guns as well as courses in law and ethics. the biggest round of applause went to new officer mark chandra wilson, the only female cadet in the class. >> getting back to me is protecting the young ones. that's where it starts. we have to make sure they're safe. they get home from school safe. we have to make sure they get jobs. we have to make sure as a family we come together as a community. we're a family, sir. >> the new officers still undergo, though, 16 weeks of field training, and they'll
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likely start patrolling the streets of oakland around june, bringing the total police force to 724 officers. the city of oakland is promising to streamline the process of recruiting new 911 operators. that's after the discovery that about 1000 applications from potential dispatchers went unprocessed for about a year. >> it is a priority for us to make sure that we are processing these these hirings in a timely manner. and so i think we are demonstrating progress in doing that. and so we have up to 74 positions authorized. there's 16 vacancies at this time. however, in the previous month we've hired an additional four dispatchers. we have another 11 in various stages of training and another six coming online after after the holidays, the mayor's office. says the city hasn't made contact with all of those applicants, encouraging them to reapply. >> the city is in the process of overall upgrades to the 911 system. now to a big boost for
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california's high speed rail. 15 years after voters approved the project back in 2008, president biden awarded more than $8 billion for ten rail projects and that includes a high speed rail between la and san francisco. as well as between la and las vegas. abc7 news reporter is zach fuentes tells us though that some people are not happy about it. >> the california high speed rail has been a long talked about project that for some has generated a lot of excitement. >> people that are living in fresno could be working and in silicon valley or downtown san francisco. >> but after hitting a series of roadblocks, the long awaited rail line still is not here. friday though those in support of it are cheering after the announcement from president joe biden, part of a $2.2 billion. >> we're making ten major rail projects across america, nearly 6.1 billion of the $8 billion is coming right here to california. >> nearly half to the brightline west project to connect las vegas to los angeles and the rest of the high speed rail
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project that would connect los angeles to san francisco. >> this investment has concrete benefits that will keep us on schedule to open that initial operating line. it's could not be done without this investment. >> the project has seen deadline extensions and cost overruns for years, and though the new funding keeps it on track, the current deadline is still years away. >> all of this will be completed will be an initial operating segments in that 20, 30, 20, 31 window. >> roughly the long project has had an impact on many in the central valley, like this fresno business owner impacted by the construction lots of street closures. >> people have had to find different ways to get to chinatown, to central fish, even though the new funding comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law. >> not all lawmakers are excited about it. in a statement, the vice chair of the state's assembly transportation committee, assemblymember vince fong, said in part, today's funding is a drop in the bucket as costs continue to spiral out of control. what will democrats cut from the budget to keep funding this money pit? former governor jerry brown, who led the earliest efforts to get the project going, spoke friday
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about the new funding and a call that included speaker emerita nancy pelosi inherent in a big project like this are difficulties and plenty of critics. >> but the fact that the president, with all his experts, have felt it appropriate to put up billions of dollars, that's a big vote of confidence. zach fuentes, abc7 news, a heads up. >> if you're planning on coming into san francisco today. santacon is back so you may find bart is a little more crowded as well as the area around union square. that's where the event starts. you should expect to see plenty of people dressed up like santa or other holiday characters. participants are encouraged to bring a toy to donate before they go bar hopping. and lisa, i was reading that thousands of people come to santacon. they're definitely going to need those jackets today, right? yeah, it is pretty cold. >> san francisco holding in the mid 40s right now. but our inland valleys, north bay and east bay in the mid 30s we have low 30s for the north bay. so
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kind of a familiar scene where we had our freeze warning saturday, friday morning. now saturday morning and likely again on sunday morning. but the rest of us certainly cold, but not as cold as those protected valleys. so to the north of us, the jet stream riding very high into the pacific northwest again. and we have this beautiful sunrise from mount tam . isn't that gorgeous? 47in san francisco, 41 in oakland. and hayward. so all the 40s here from san jose to san mateo and much milder half moon bay, you are in the upper 30s. yesterday but we head into our inland valleys and you can see it is quite cold from 28in petaluma to 33in santa rosa and fairfield with 35in concord and napa, 38 in livermore. so be happy you're not 28 degrees. most of us in the 40s from the peninsula to the south bay. but the cold air certainly settling into the lower valleys. it's dry near the
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dew point and so that's allowing for the freezing temperatures for this morning. and even into sunday morning where you're already feeling it. and then as we get into sunday afternoon, we'll see more high clouds. so overall, the sunnier day is today, but temperatures will be mild into the 60s. and then looking at even milder weather as we head into, say, the midweek time frame of next week. so here's a look at your hour by hour forecast today. notice just a few high clouds from time to time. it's 430 and you'll see that we still have sunny conditions. but as we get towards your sunday afternoon, soon, a little thicker in the cloud cover taking you into monday, 1:00 and we'll see sunnier conditions. and then we get on our way to some warmer weather. so high pressure is in control. we've got some 60s for you from santa clara to san jose. so actually throughout the mid afternoon, pretty mild there on the peninsula. the winds are light. so you'll have no problem reaching that 60 with sunny skies. san mateo this afternoon, downtown upper 50s to near 60.
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so kind of a nice day, but certainly cold to get going with 30s mainly all around the north bay. then some low 60s up towards wine country vallejo at about 60 this afternoon and over into the east bay we've got 61 in oakland and fremont and heading inland little cooler taking a minute there to warm up through the upper 50s for you in san ramon with 60 in livermore and then overnight tonight night once again that freeze warning likely for our north bay valleys with low 30s, some mid 30s out towards the east bay and some low 40s for you on the peninsula. so the accuweather seven day forecast we've got the cold mornings, the afternoon sun today a few more clouds sunday milder monday and then a mix of clouds and sun as we get towards our mildest days. tuesday wednesday, thursday is looking pretty good as well. but you'll notice that we are lacking any rain around here. so we're going to work on that for next week. stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop.
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and good morning to you. so good to see you on this saturday. coming up here on gma. the overnight decision, the texas supreme court pausing a lower court ruling that had granted one dallas woman with severe pregnancy complications. her request to have an emergency abortion. the details and significance this morning. it is the first major challenge since roe v wade was overturned. also coming up here, winter weather warning the major storms sweeping the country. the states under watch and where 40 million americans are under flood watch. and holiday health alert. as you gather with your families for the holidays, there's an uptick in covid 19 and flu hospitalizations. what medical experts want you to know. that is all ahead right here on gma. >> all right. thank you, gio. san francisco's downtown may be scenic, but its buildings are increasingly vacant. it's an issue that impacts san francisco's economy and livability. during our take action, san francisco live event on monday, city leaders outlined some potential changes. and this
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morning abc7 news reporter j.r. stone has a look at the ideas and also a timeline. >> we broke news last week that downtown san francisco's vacant office space rate is at an all time high of 35, meaning that more than a third of all office space in the financial district is sitting empty. something that san francisco mayor london breed addressed in our abc7 take action san francisco discussion monday night in my economic recovery plan and it has everything to do with changing what downtown what we traditionally know downtown to be. mayor breed said that her vision of change doesn't just involve filling those downtown offices where in many cases companies have gone remote. it also has to do with housing. >> something as simple as converting office space to housing and being able to do that without going through a process is something we've already done.
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>> 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. >> eventually, 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. >> yasu kochi believes that the office to housing type of
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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 yea, 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, abc seven news. >> we have posted the entire commercial free town hall event online and on the abc7 news bay
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visit these retailers or find other retailers near you at abrysvo.com. [deep breath] news. >> good morning. i'm gloria rodriguez. let's start this half hour with a look at your weather . here's meteorologist lisa argen and, lisa, i know we've been talking about how chilly it is this morning today. yeah for sure. >> we're below freezing up in the north bay. that's why we have our freeze warning until 10:00. but check out this fiery
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sunrise. how gorgeous is that? 713 is the official sunrise setting at about 450. most locations and here are the warmer numbers from 47 in san francisco, 48 half moon bay. that's seven degrees warmer than yesterday with low 40s in between from oakland, hayward to san jose and san mateo. and from our roof camera here is where we are freezing from 28 in petaluma to 33. santa rosa fairfield and 35 in concord and napa. so certainly cold there. and our 24 hour temperature change, some of you colder, some of you on the peninsula. not so bad, but most of you here from sonoma to napa to petaluma and san rafael, very cold. so as we stop this at 9:00, you can see we're mainly in the upper 40s to near 50. see some high clouds and 60s arriving in this dry air mass. we'll talk about another freezing cold night tonight. coming up. >> thank you, lisa. new this morning, the us vetoed a united nations resolution demanding an immediate cease fire in gaza. us
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leaders say they made the decision because there was no language condemning hamas. october 7th terrorist attack. the resolution was backed by all other security council members and dozens of other nations. the united kingdom abstained. nations supporting the cease fire fear that more civilians will be killed as israel and hamas enter their third month of war. this morning, we are learning more about the deadly mass shooting at unlv. president joe biden sent his condolences to families of the victims as authorities released more information about the suspect. abc news reporter derek dennis tells us about the chilling 911 calls about the alleged gunman in friday. >> newly released 911 calls paint a chilling picture from the mass shooting on unlv's campus. >> 911 emergency. how many shots have you heard? >> like five. i'm hiding under my desk. i closed my door. it's locked. have you heard anything
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else before or after? i heard some screaming security video shows the final moments of the shooting when an officer encounters the gunman. >> the suspect seen here wearing a long coat, goes after the police officer who then turns around and shoots the suspect, killing him. president biden on friday calling for gun safety legislation. there've been over 600 mass shootings in america this year alone, plus daily acts of gun violence that don't even make the national news this is not normal. >> and we can never let it become normal. i'm not going to rest. and we do all we can to prevent more families and more communities from being torn apart by gun violence. >> the clark county coroner identifying the third person murdered in the unlv shooting, 69 year old associate professor naoko takamura died from multiple gunshot wounds. police say the alleged gunman, tony polito, had been rejected from professor jobs at unlv and other nevada schools before walking into the building armed with a pistol and target list. investigators believe when polito couldn't find those
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targets, he shot three professors who just happened to be there. derek dennis, abc news, new york. >> president biden is reportedly open to making a deal with republicans on border secured city. the biden administration says it is willing to talk with gop leaders on border security in order to approve funding for ukraine. a deal means approval of $60 billion to ukraine's war against russia. funds for israel, taiwan and us border security measures. republican leaders say the president will have to make serious concessions on the border before legislation is passed. biden says he is ready to discuss the option. >> means i am willing to make significant compromises on the border. we need to fix the broken border system. it is broken in. thus far. i've got no response. >> he also claims that he has opened a raising the credible fear standard for migrants, which could make less migrants eligible for asylum. former san
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jose mayor sam liccardo made it official. he is running for congress. liccardo officially filed for nomination on friday morning. he wants to replace representative anna eschew, who has decided not to seek reelection. california's primary election will be held on march 5th. new this morning, kaiser permanente made cuts to its it departments impacting dozens of bay area employees as the medical center announced more than 100 information technology roles were cut in november. 65 of those positions were right here in the bay area, including in oakland, pleasanton, walnut creek and south san francisco. that's according to our media partner at the san francisco standard. it comes only two months after dozens of kaiser workers and its human resource division were laid off. now to a major medical breakthrough. the fda approved two new treatments for sickle cell disease. one of them is the world's first gene editing therapy. it targets certain dna and it changes it to
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fight the illness. abc news reporter faith abubey tells us how it works tonight. >> the fda approving the first two breakthrough therapies for sickle cell disease, offering what some researchers call a functional cure for many patients with the debilitating blood disorder. the treatments have the ability to edit patient's dna in targeted areas, leading to the production of healthy cells and alleviating the excruciating pain and organ damage caused by blood cells that mutate into a crescent or sickle shape. one of the treatments is the first ever approved therapy that uses the novel gene editing tool. crispr cas9, a kind of molecular scissors, which has the ability to remove and replace highly specific sections of dna. >> as we continue to advance the science and the data collection behind it, it is hoped that we can then expand those who are using it. >> connecticut 15 year old jonathan lubin was one of the youngest patients involved in the trials. his family says
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before he received the crispr cas9 therapy, he was hospitalized every few months. now, the teenager says he hasn't had a painful attack in over a year. >> before this whole treatment, it was always in maybe, oh, don't go, because you might have a pain crisis. but now i'm not that. i have free rein, but i'm able to do a lot more stuff than i than i used to be able to. >> and the treatment is only approved for patients 12 years and older. it comes with many risks and hurdles. it's expensive. it requires patients to stay in the hospital for several weeks, and it may jeopardize fertility. but still the medical community is excited that it offers hope for sickle cell patients and that it could help treat other diseases. faith abubey abc news silver spring, maryland. >> still ahead on abc seven mornings, health care, hot food and haircuts. how the unhoused community is responding as the city of san jose tries to find new ways to get people off the
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rising makes for a beautiful shot. we'll have a check of your forecast coming up. in florida, flames and smoke filled the air after a tanker carrying diesel and gasoline crashed. the driver managed to escape with no injuries and no other vehicles were involved. it happened near boynton beach in south florida on friday, causing miles of backups on the highway. the basic necessity cities are often hard to get for members of our community experiencing homelessness. we're talking
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about clean clothes, hot food and access to health care. but in san jose, those things were provided at an annual fair for the unhoused. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey was there . >> the annual unhoused health fair provides more than services for our community's most vulnerable. it offers the boost many need to push forward. >> it could change your whole life, you know, remember a feeding somebody a hot meal that can change your whole life. it can make you feel more confident, more positive, and give you the encouragement you need to have hope. >> a hot meal is hard to come by, and it's one of the more than 40 services provided at the fair. from dental and health screenings, checkups for pets and even mobile showers and haircuts, i looked like a dog gone shaggy dog before i got for my haircut. >> now i look presentable. ernest cortez also received a new fresh look. >> it was his first haircut. this year. what is it going to feel like to have a nice, fresh haircut? >> it's going to feel clean. it
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keeps me going from one day to another. it's all positive. it's all good for the people. confidence and what have you. >> the event is a partnership between many local groups who offer these free services, and state senator dave cortez's office, with nearly 10,000 people experiencing homelessness in santa clara county. senator cortez says it was important to provide these services to the people who need it a tremendous amount of outreach was done to make sure that the homeless, the unhoused, knew about this and had access and can get here. >> in some cases, people are being shuttled down here. so we're very appreciative of everything that's going on. >> advocates are also appreciative of the work being done to help the unhoused. but robert aguirre says he wants to see local leaders put more of an emphasis on long term solutions. instead of just providing day of quick fixes like at the event. >> i think what needs to happen is we need to put in more information on long term fixes. we need to talk about permanent supportive housing. we need to talk about mental health care,
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actually provide services in the hopes that no one has to live unhoused in our community in san jose, dustin dawsey, abc seven news. >> and now let's get a check of your forecast with lisa. good morning, lisa. look at that beautiful shot. yeah, 41 degrees at 10,300ft. >> and in the valleys below, it's below freezing. so we're out of the upper 20s in petaluma . it's beginning to see some mid and upper 40s elsewhere around the bay. so a pretty nice day on the way with milder conditions for this afternoon. i'll have your full accuweather seven-day forecast coming up just gorgeous out there thank you lisa. >> and also next another loss for the doves abc seven sports director larry biel tells us how the warriors left steph curry out to dry against the thunder
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morning from pier 39 as the sun
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is rising right now. and you can see the sky star ferris wheel right there at fisherman's wharf just a beautiful look this morning. it is a little chilly out there, though, so we'll get a check of that forecast coming up in just a bit. with lisa now, let's turn to sports on the court. it is the same problem over, over and over again for the warriors. turnovers are turning out to be terrible for the team. this season. abc seven sports director larry beil has your morning sports. >> good morning. last time the warriors played okc, the dubs chose not to foul in the final seconds that allowed chet holmgren to hit a three to send the game to overtime and the thunder eventually won. last night warriors they did foul late and they still lose in ot warriors committing a season high 29 turnovers leading to 35 oklahoma city points most turnovers by the dubs since 2002. steve kerr was not happy with that at all. the dubs built a 14 point lead but couldn't hold it, despite 22 points from klay thompson, shay gilgeous
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alexander unstoppable 38 points, driving with just over a minute left okc up one steph curry he almost won the game by himself under a minute left sweet reverse layup and then with 19 seconds left curry the classic step back three splash so they're up three. curry goes for 34 eight seconds left this time we're just going to foul. they're going to foul draymond green. he fouls chet holmgren in the act of shooting got to get him before that three free throws send the game to ot and steve kerr wasted a challenge that he ended up needing an overtime and he didn't have and shay closes it out from there. 138 136 thunder were in an overtime coming off their biggest win of the year in philly. the 49 ers cannot afford a let down against the desperate seahawks. niners beat the seahawks on thanksgiving night. on sunday, the hawks come in to levi's stadium, potentially your classic letdown scenario for the niners. >> there's a lot of things that worked really well for us. there's some things that didn't work well for us, so it's just kind of a cat and mouse game of what are they going to change? what are we going to change? who's going to change anything
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at all? >> we look at the tape the same as if we hadn't played them at all. and you know, obviously you're going to look at some stuff that they did last game, some stuff that we did last game and make adjustments when needed. but each week you got to bring it. >> comedian will ferrell, big seahawks fan. he appeared on kaye adams fanduel show and was asked what he would do if he was seattle coach pete carroll. >> i'd say, guys, we're going to punt on third down every series. we're not going to control the ball. let's not worry about it. i don't know what you do about the 49 ers, right. what do you do? i mean, they're they're loaded. they're loaded. hang on. for dear life. that's my. that's my. that's my. hang on. for dear life. >> it looks like we'll just roll out of bed for the interview. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> thank you, larry. now let's get a check of that forecast with meteorologist missed lisa. arjun and i know lisa, we were talking about santacon today. a lot of people are going to be coming into the city dressed as santa. is it going to be chilly for them? >> yeah, a little on the cool
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side. certainly not as cold as it is in our north bay valleys. the east bay also in the 30s, the valleys there are jet stream still riding well to the north in the pacific northwest and will we see it slip to the south? this this in fact, this weekend into next week. the short answer is no. but we're still looking at possibly some big changes is by the end of next weekend, 47, san francisco, oakland, 41 and hayward as well. you can see it looks pretty nice out here in san francisco with half moon bay in the mid 40s. you were in the 30s yesterday and we have a glimpse of the national ocean and atmospheric administration there. their boat docked at the exploratorium camera. kind of neat and looking at temperatures from the low 30s from santa rosa and fairfield. petaluma temporarily was at 28. we're in the mid 30s from concord, livermore is at 35 and our forecast highlights we've been talking about the cold, cold, freezing temperatures in the north bay for a while now.
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another day of it for this morning but then into your sunday morning as well. our freeze watch going for a freeze warning. the national weather service later on will move that to a freeze warning again. and then as we get into your sunday, we'll see some more high clouds riding a little bit further south. and then for next week, we're not seeing any rain. in fact, temperatures will be coming up into the mid 60s around the bay. so we will also have those more typical overnight lows. so it's been awfully cold having to crank the heat for sure throughout the day today. the high clouds around, but mainly sunny into your sunday little bit thicker cloud cover. we reverse that trend into monday where we get into partly cloudy skies. temperatures, well, their coolest this morning, obviously. but look at the afternoon, low 60s for you from mill positas 61 today how about 63 and morgan hill. so temperatures here really mild with some sun in the afternoon. and in fact at the
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peninsula climbing to the low 60s for you as well. from palo alto to redwood city. so starting out for most of you, a little bit warmer in the 40s. yesterday we had a few upper 30s , 60 downtown numbers near average as we head up towards the north bay. what a recovery right from the 30s to the 60s. today with 61 sonoma cloverdale at about 63. so that low sun angle keeps it pretty nice throughout the mid afternoon. but then boy after sunset, temperatures really tumble. that's as early as four 5060 orinda today and san leandro. it's been pretty cold in the 30s there for the morning hours and upper 30s to upper 50s today for concord. 59 overnight lows tonight another frosty one for the north bay valleys with even out towards the delta at about freezing and then we'll see upper 30s on the peninsula. the accuweather 70 forecast there we have some sunny days right on through the weekend. a few more mid level clouds tomorrow load
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them in 60s so pretty mild and then the temperatures getting warmer as high pressure kind of reestablishes itself and systems move to the north and east of us can't make any of them come our way just yet, but we will i think by the end of december. we're going to see some pretty good rain around here. >> we still need a little more rain, right? we need a lot more rain. >> we're running way behind in the mountains as well for precept. >> yeah, for the snow. >> and it is way, way early. we can make up for that. no problem. that's true. >> we still have some time. yeah thank you, lisa. well reminder, you can watch all of our newscast live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it is available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. so download the app now and start
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>> the lighting of a candle marking the start of hanukkah just two months after one of the darkest days in israel's history. in kibbutz be'eri, at least 89 of its residents were killed and at least 27 are still being held hostage amid the survivors still living in temporary housing. coming together to mark the eight day jewish festival. >> yesterday, my son came over and show me mom. i found it. >> this hanukkiah that special candle holder. one of the few things she was able to salvage from what's left of her home. it's a part of my life. >> i have almost nothing. i went out with my underwear and nothing. barefoot and i have nothing. and i got it yesterday day. it just unbelievable. >> at the wailing wall in jerusalem, the holiest site in judaism, groups locking arms, singing and praying as reslience
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a 138 candles were lit in tel aviv, one for each of the remaining hostages. the festival of lights celebrated from kiev to berlin. all the way to the space station. happy hanukkah in the us menorah is lit from new york to washington, even as some events were scaled back or altogether canceled amid the rise in anti-semitism. >> i think this is one of the main things of hanukkah unites everybody. >> elad kadare's two parents were murdered by hamas. his father used to build the kibbutz menorahs, and he'd be pleased, he says, to see the kibbutz beginning to pick up the pieces. >> and that was de la. no more salman. that's the concern of native alaskan ricko dewilde. native tribes have been sounding the alarm about the overfishing of alaskan salmon by international companies. they say it is now wiping out the main source of food and cultural
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touchstone for native alaskans, which also impacts the state's ecosystem. >> the last two summers has been zero fishing for salmon along the yukon. so it's something that we've never experienced in our lifetimes. and that demand that you see for alaskan seafood is what's crippling the river system out here. now that those salmon aren't around those bears and those wolves are having to go harder at herbivores and calves. it's a terrible domino effect that i see coming in alaska, and it scares me. i wish more people would realize what's going on with this fishing industry out here. it's big money. it becomes like a fish mafia out here. >> you can learn more about alaska's salmon problem and how native alaskans live on life below zero. first alaskans. new episodes are available on nat geo. previous seasons are streaming right now on disney plus and hulu. disney is a parent company of abc seven. two cast members from disney's lion king show made a special visit to dr. martin luther king academy in sausalito, a
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nonprofit called performing stars help connect the pair with a school to teach a dance class workshop to students. and next week, students will get to see the performance happening at the orpheum theater in san francisco. organizers say that students have been very excited for these events. >> they are having a ball. i mean, they were excited. and the principal, david pinon, told me how excited they were when they knew that this was going to be happening. but they are. you could tell they they're learning a lot and just short amount of time, too. and it's right here in the bay area. so it's important that we're able to bring these type of experiences to our community and students will also be given a chance to meet the cast after the show. >> very cool. well, thank you all so much for joining us this morning. i'm gloria rodriguez, along with lisa origin and abc seven news continues at 8:00 this morning. have a wonderful this morning. have a wonderful morning.
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