news. the san francisco unified school district could face a $400 million budget deficit in the next few years if it doesn't take action tonight. >> good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the school superintendent says that's why he's now suggesting the district cut more than 900 positions. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live in the newsroom and has the details. suzanne >> ama and dan 927 jobs, that is a lot. and the school superintendent says most of those jobs, all those jobs are already vacant. he says cutting those jobs will save the school district a lot of money. about $102 million every year. need to find out a good way. san francisco. >> unified school district is tackling a major budget deficit at the same time, teachers are

expected to get a big pay raise this tuesday night. >> the board of education is expected to approve an interim budget to make it all work. according to projected wins. the sfusd budget deficit will be about $421 million by 2025. that is just an illustration of what would happen if the board did not take action. >> in fact, by the board taking action to approve our first interim report. we will show that we have a balanced budget by the end of 2526, that action to be taken at tonight's board meeting includes cutting 927 already vacant jobs. one of the reasons we can eliminate these vacant positions is we've had declining enrollment. >> the superintendent will look at other areas to help balance the budget. we have a few other areas where we're looking at like where we spend money on consultant or on the district office or how we're staffing our schools. >> so we'll be looking at that through our budget planning process. >> abc seven news asked the superintendent if he planned to close schools or lay off staff. he said no. he says at tonight's

meeting, the first action is to approve the elimination of those vacant jobs to help save $103 million annually. then the school board can approve the salary increase. in october, san francisco unified school district agreed to pay teachers and staff more. we asked the superintendent about the distress payroll system. it will be scrapped or if a decision will be made. he says. people are getting paid. we are in a much better place than we were a year ago when i declared our payroll state of emergency and but we're looking at moving forward. >> what's the system that's going to best meet our needs, but we're not making any decisions right now on the teachers union says the school district has a history of financial mismanagement. >> it says the district could take steps to fix that by stopping unnecessary expenditures and increasing revenue of certain properties. >> the district could save millions by discontinuing certain borrowing practices, leasing unused properties and raising the market rent on entities like p-g-and-e's and the superintendent says the

board of education will approve the pay increases for teachers as well as staff. >> and then the budgeting process for the 22, 20, 20, 24 to 2025 school year starts in january and then goes through june. live in the newsroom suzanne phan abc seven. >> all right, suzanne, thank you very much. >> a person who jumped from the third floor of a burning building in san francisco is in critical condition and still hospitalized. the fire sparked around 3 a.m. yesterday near grove street in masonic avenue in the panhandle district. a second person was hurt but had minor injuries and is already out of the hospital. seven people were displaced, two from the building that burned and five from neighboring buildings, says san francisco. fire told abc7 today that people who lived in the building that burned may never be able to go home and that the building will probably have to be demolished. >> police officers returned to some santa rosa city school district campuses today for the first time in three years. the police department tweeted these photos of officers assigned to patrol the high schools across the city last weekend. the

district's superintendent asked the police department to station at least one officer at every high school for the next two weeks. last march, a student was stabbed to death on the montgomery high school campus. the school board will discuss a more permanent plan at its meeting tomorrow. the sunol glen school board in the east bay is meeting right now and is expected to select a new board president tonight. >> the selection comes amid the board's controversial decision last september to fly only the american and state flags at the one school in the district. the decision, which includes barring the pride flag, angered those in the lgbtq plus community. short time ago, one of the school board members explained why she voted in favor of the new flag rule. >> we have a small school. we're vulnerable to lawsuits. one lawsuit could take us down. and so i looked into it and asked a number of people, but got one very good person to tell me, it's in your best interest to vote for in favor of this resolution, to keep your school safe, which is what i did. it

had nothing whatsoever to do with lgbt rights. an effort is now underway to recall hurley and board president ryan jergenson, who also voted in favor of the new flag rule. >> also happening now, an emergency meeting in richmond to address air quality concerns. it's because of a horrible stench in the air started with several flaring events at the local chevron refinery just two weeks ago. then last week, a petroleum smell near chevron as well as a smell coming from the city's wastewater treatment plant. the cause was elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide. richmond's mayor says residents have been reporting headaches and breathing issues. >> all right. let's turn now to our work to build a better bay area and progress in reducing homelessness in san francisco. so today, mayor london breed spoke with us live on our 3 p.m. program getting answers to discuss the achievement we have helped over 13,000 people exit homelessness since 2018. >> when we are out there with our homeless outreach team, we

are out there to offer help. we're out there to offer shelter , support services and the team that goes out to do this work. they're committed to this work and they're committed to helping people. so yes, it is really frustrating. but we are also very grateful when we do get at least one, two, three, sometimes six people to say yes to the help that we're offering, because that means six less people who are on the streets of san francisco. now, those are people keep in mind who accept help getting off the street. >> but the mayor says last month 60% of the time offers were of shelter, were just rejected. abc seven news reporter luz pena went to the tenderloin to speak with unhoused people about this. she is here with what they have to say. loose. >> that's right. dan several months ago i went out with the city street outreach team and we saw it. there are many reasons why people refuse shelter in san francisco. one of them simply because they're not being offered the type of shelter they want. but today, we also met people who haven't been offered shelter at all in san

francisco's tenderloin, we met jimmy thomas. he's been homeless for two years. jimmy and others have turned these two tents on turk street into a shared home. we all just take turns, like sleeping in the tents when we can. >> it's a lot more of us to like. they come in and we come. we go. >> how many of you sleep here? >> so about a good ten of us. >> san francisco's mayor, london breed said that according to their data, in the month of november, 60% of the time people on the streets refused to accept help. and move indoors. but out here, not everyone agrees. have you been offered shelter out here? >> no, no, no. i've been looking for shelter, housing. >> the mayor went on to expand on city data saying in october shelter was refused in 65% of the encounters in september, 60. sam dodge is the director of the san francisco street response team. they go out twice a day to the city's homeless hotspots,

offering shelter and keeping track of those who reject it. >> right now, we have more shelter available than ever in the history of san francisco. we have over 3000 shelter beds available every night. >> you know, if you have so much shelter, why are people still out here? >> we have a lot of shelter, but we have more people that are homeless than we have shelter beds and so that's a reality. and during our town hall abc7 take action. >> san francisco mayor breed blamed the homeless crisis in part to a lawsuit by the coalition on homelessness. >> the ninth circuit court decision happened and there was clarity from that case because we were not able to move people the way that we're able to move people now. so if we offer someone shelter there or any type of housing, they are no longer involuntarily homeless. >> the coalition executive director doesn't agree with the latest numbers. >> the overall majority of people that the mayor is saying are refusing shelter. they actually did not have a shelter bed for them.

>> the city's outreach team confirmed that when people are offered a type of shelter, they don't want, they're counted as rejecting shelter. that day, smiley would fall under that category. has anybody from the city come here to offer you shelter? yeah. yeah they have. why are you not in a shelter now ? >> i don't do shelters. i've heard too many horror stories from people in shelters and so i just choose not to go. >> and despite the city saying they have the highest number of shelter beds available, we checked the shelter waitlist and there are 436 people waiting for shelter in san francisco today. luz pena, abc seven news. >> wow. >> lucy obviously shelters are transitional. what about housing? how many units does the city actually have available? >> well then san francisco has about 10,000 units of housing for individuals experiencing homelessness and 2300 units of housing for families. but as demand grows, the city's waitlist also get longer. >> of course.

>> all right. thanks very much. now abc's seven spent an hour with san francisco's mayor, the police chief and the district attorney to tackle the city's chronic issues like homelessness, crime, drug use and the slow recovery of the downtown area. the entire commercial free hour is now streaming online. find it on demand on the abc7 bay area app available wherever you stream. >> would you buy bulletproof glass for your home? next here who's interested and how much it costs and we know p-g-and-e's rates will go up in january, but the utility wants to raise them in march. to >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures on the rise this week. i'll show you how warm and when things will get wet around here when abc7 news at but his vision dimmed with age. he had amd. i didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. his struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga.

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crime. yeah, that's because the company installs bullet resistant glass. yeah, it's out there. >> and now abc seven news anchor dion lim is here with the story. we found this so interesting. yeah, it really is remarkable because we should mention that not all bulletproof glass is entirely bulletproof. >> however, there are products on the market that make it harder for a bullet or other weapon to penetrate. it does come at a hefty cost. but with these crimes we're seeing coming out of oakland, it is worth it to some. >> there's a special machine. it's like a multi-million dollar machine that builds these pieces at east bay glass warehouse in oakland. >> the varieties of glass seem endless. >> the polycarbonate. it can be pretty light, but it's one type in particular that's being requested now more than ever. the bulletproof glass is 3/8 inch all the way up to like

2.5in bullet resistant ballistic glass. >> this video is from manufacturer armtec, which provides glass to east bay glass and installers across the country. in recent months, i've covered a number of stories involving stray bullets going into homes. in september, a mother of two was killed as she slept when stray bullets were fired into her home in the laurel neighborhood. i was so scared. this video was from a man who requested anonymity after a bullet flew into his apartment sunday, moments after he moved in about a dozen rounds went through a vehicle and home along macarthur boulevard. on monday. >> and it's just sad that the condition that the community has gone in, joshua pritchard says while many homeowners may be curious about installing ballistic glass, the high cost can be a deterrent. >> probably about $100 to $120 per square foot. >> there's glass. it can go all the way up to $350 a square foot. that is not with the installation, often no larger organizations can afford the cost. >> for instance, like the city of oakland's permitting office, they wanted ballistic glass installed all the way across all

their permitting on the desk. it's also being used in the event of a break in or vandalism. oakland high school as well as a few other schools around the area. for pritchard at east bay glass, he calls the crime in oakland a double edged sword. >> it's good for business, but it's not the kind of business that you really are happy to take on, you know, i mean, it's justs . >> armtec the company that provides ballistic glass for east bay glass is based in utah. they tell me they, too, are seeing a demand from installers all across the country. >> sad sign of the times, indeed. thanks dan. >> okay, let's get to our weather now. we're still kind of waiting on that warm up. >> we are. and it's it is coming. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. sandra yeah, i know you guys are trying to be really patient. >> here it is coming up. but first, let's talk about the fog. good evening, everyone. dan and amy, as we take a look at a live picture from our sutro tower camera, you can see that the fog is shrouding parts of downtown

san francisco. this is something you're going to have to contend with tomorrow morning during the commute. it's not just a coastal thing. and in the city, but we also have the fog, the valley fog, santa rosa right now just over a mile. visibility there. it has been dense most of the day. novato, four mile visibility. take a look at what you can expect tomorrow. just like today, those high tides are coming up. coastal flood advisory begins at 8 a.m. tomorrow. runs until 1 p.m. high tide will be close to about seven feet. and coming in at 6.66 just before 11 a.m. so low lying areas could flood. just be careful out there as we check out your temperatures. san jose looking good tonight. 55 degrees there, 52 in the city. oakland, 53 along with san mateo and here's a live picture from our mount tam cam. and you can certainly see that fog there 52 in santa rosa, 48 in petaluma. you're looking at 49 napa, fairfield, mid 50s, concord and livermore. here's a look at what you can expect overnight. chilly with areas of fog later this

week. warming up close enough to records for a few cities. so we'll be watching that for you sunday through early next week. rain is going to make a return. so if you've been waiting patiently for that, that's coming up as well. futurecast showing you what you can expect. 7:00 tonight at not just areas of fog, but it's going to be dense temperatures as we head towards 10 p.m. 40s and 50s. the fog is just going to be around and it's going to be thick early tomorrow morning. so watch out for that. but tomorrow afternoon , most of you will see the clearing skies and temperatures will pop up into the 50s and 60s your morning temperatures will range from the mid 30s in places like lakeport, fairfield to the mid 40s. san francisco, oakland, san jose. once again, watch out for that fog. 36 degrees in livermore. i do think it's going to be colder tonight. so you might want to turn up the heat or put an extra blanket on the bed tomorrow afternoon. san jose, you're looking at 65 degrees. gilroy 68. i mean close to 70 degrees here in december, 62 in sunnyvale on the peninsula

. temperatures in the low 60s from mountain view to los altos, 62 degrees there in millbrae, 61.5. moon bay, san francisco, 62 degrees. as we look at the north bay numbers, 62 and vallejo, san rafael, 63 degrees in santa rosa. so i think tomorrow you'll see a little more sun heading into the east bay. temperatures will look like this, 62, oakland, fremont, castro valley, 61, about where you should be, inland areas, 60 and concord, 61 degrees for livermore and pleasanton. now, i do want to show you where the temperatures are headed this week. this is san jose, mid 60s tomorrow going up into the upper 60s to low 70s, friday and saturday. that's going to be our best likelihood. friday saturday of seeing some records. but a sharp drop off in those temperatures come sunday and monday and that's when we have our best opportunity for seeing the rain. as you look at those rain chances, although saturday night, i think that some areas near the coast have an opportunity for seeing isolated showers. the accuweather seven day forecast does feature the first of fog chilly conditions

from our morning filtered sunshine with a mix of sun and high clouds. tomorrow and we're going to do that all over again. but bump up those numbers by a few degrees away from the coast, even warmer friday with that december warmth holding low 70s inland upper 60s low 70s bayside excuse me. upper 60s inland mid 60s coast and then temperatures are dropping. and here comes the rain. so ama and dan sunday through tuesday we'll need those umbrellas again. >> be nice to get the rain. absolutely. thanks, cindy. >> all right. get ready to pay more on your electric bill in january. p-g-and-e's rates go up, but now p-g-and-e's requested another hike that could take effect as early as march. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey has a look at the calls for change. after years of rate hikes. just in case your wallets weren't hurting from the holiday shopping season enough in just 20 days. >> p-g-and-e's rate increase will go into effect with it. customers will pay around $33 more on their monthly bills, and it might not be the end of the hikes. >> every increase that you hear about is just a tip of the

iceberg and every increase that gets approved by the california public utilities commission stacks on top of each other. and if p-g-and-e's receives approval for their latest rate increase request, customers are actually looking at paying around 50 or $60 a month more next year compared to 2023. >> p-g-and-e's request to the cpuc would be for an additional nearly $2 billion in rate increases that would go into electric rates in march 2024. the utility reform network, or turn, says the company wants to start collecting those increases from customers before the cpuc has even completed a proceeding with all parties involved. p-g-and-e's says they are working to make up costs from the last two years to make their electric system safer and more resilient, telling us, quote, to achieve those goals, we sometimes have to incur exceptional costs to reduce wildfire risk and or respond to emergency events like wildfires and storms, which exceeded what we've previously been authorized to spend in rate proceedings. >> it continues to go up. why? for their for their misdeeds.

it's ridiculous. why are we paying for them? not trimming the trees, turning off the power and high winds? why are we paying for their mistakes? it makes no sense. >> turn executive director mark tony agrees with the community's concerns and is calling for a change in policy to stop the hikes. he says unlimited increases are simply not sustainable and they are poised to launch a campaign for affordable power, aka cap. the current system. >> we have sets no limits on rate increases and that needs to be replaced by a cap on annual bills set at the cost of living adjustment provided by social security in the south bay. >> dustin dorsey, abc seven news. coming up next, troubles for toymaker hasbro. >> hundreds of employees are losing their jobs.

level since january of 2022. the dow went up 173 points. the nasdaq added 100 points. the s&p 500 rose more than 21 points. the federal reserve started its two day meeting today. investors widely expect the fed to keep interest rates where they are. the year's final decision on rates will be announced tomorrow. inflation continues to drop closer to the central bank's 2% target. >> meanwhile, new layoffs at hasbro, the maker of toys,

including transformers and play-doh. it's cutting nearly 20% of its workforce amid an ongoing slump in sales. that means about 1100 workers are losing their jobs. some employees will find out this week, this close to christmas. of course, it's tough whether their jobs have been eliminated while the rest of the layoffs will happen over the next six months. the cuts are on top of roughly 800 jobs eliminated earlier this year. the electronic entertainment expo is official dead. the video game trade group, entertainment software association says e3 is over. the convention, which was always held in los angeles, wasn't able to recover after the covid pandemic. it was canceled in 2020, went viral in 21 before being canceled again in 22 and 23. now it is shutting down for good after nearly three decades, the association says the last in-person e3 in 2019 attracted 66,000 attendees. >> three san francisco restaurants are celebrating being among the newest additions

to the michelin guide's 2023 list of best places to dine in california. adelita, in the presidio features mediterranean cuisine. the menu draws inspiration from the melting pot of istanbul and includes things like juicy short rib kebabs and sweetbreads. now, everything there is meant to share. so maybe take the whole family kiln features contemporary creations in a warehouse space, and that is on bell street near venice. it offers a 20 course tasting menu or an abbreviated bar testing bar tasting excuse me. lastly, movida combines mexican and persian cuisine in a swanky spot, steps away from oracle park. the environment feels like a restaurant meets lounge, but

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with the construction of the silvery towers in downtown san jose in 2018, a federal investigion revealed workers were noteing paid properly and made to live in extreme conditions. >> now, some members of the san joseity council are pushing an ordinance to keep it from happening again. >> abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes has the story. >> the silvery towers in downtown san jose near san pedro square stand tall today, but the construction of them more than five years ago led to controversy. uh, a subcontractor from hayward, was accused of recruiting undocumented mexican workers, forcing them to work more than 24 hours at a time and not paying them proper wages. they also lived and worked in unsafe conditions. >> they were in a ship container like warehouse where they were locked in at night after a

federal investigation, the hayward man was convicted and received a prison sentence. >> ruth silverton is part of the santa clara county wage theft coalition and the south bay coalition to end human trafficking. she was there five years ago to offer services to the workers in 2021. she says. the wage theft coalition found that more than 12,000 santa clara county construction workers were victims of wage theft. wage theft is really when employers do not pay workers, they don't pay them the wages they're owed. >> they don't pay them overtime. they make them work off the clock. >> now, more than five years after the silvery towers controversy, four members of the san jose city council say they want to better combat wage theft . they propose what's called the responsible construction ordinance, withholding long residency permits for buildings if the construction that you use on your project is with a developer or a contractor that has a history of wage theft. >> other south bay cities like milpitas and sunnyvale have passed similar ordinances.

>> but at tuesday's san jose city council meeting, other council members were hesitant to vote on it immediately, saying developers hadn't had enough time to give their feedback. the when to hear the issue was debated. most members, including mayor matt mehan, seemed supportive of an ordinance wage theft is something we will not tolerate in san jose and if we can strengthen local laws to support that without huge negative unintended consequences is i think we're going to all agree on that. an agreement, tubbs says, can't come soon enough. >> we need it in san jose so we don't have another silvery slash slavery towers in san jose. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> and one more note here, zach just found out within the past 30 minutes that the san jose city council voted to defer the decision on the responsible construction ordinance. they'll hear it next month on january 23rd. they say that will give them more time to get input from all sides. >> and tonight, we're learning there were warning signs before a dramatic partial building collapse in new york city. new video released today shows the exact moment the six story building in the bronx gave way.

you can see a pedestrian running as dust and rubble fall behind him. records show the building's owners had been cited for 178 code violations in the past two years. seven all involved the facade that gave way in my apartment, especially when my kids sleep. >> it's a big, big line. it's a crack and they just cover with the plaster. >> the cause of the collapse is still under investigation. two people suffered minor injuries. more than 130 are displaced at california's crackdown on retail theft has yielded another big bust. >> the chp shared pictures of a recent raid in los angeles and the loot it recovered. it says the theft ring targeted stores like lowe's home depot and harbor freight. all of the stolen merchandise was recovered at a hardware and plumbing supply business. and three suspects were arrested. the estimated value of all this

stolen stuff is about half $1 million. >> now to the conflict in the middle east. president biden said today he told prime minister benjamin netanyahu that israel is starting to lose international support over how it's carrying out the war. president biden added netanyahu must change his government, but he pushed back. even with the disagreement. the us is pledging support. >> i also ask congress for funding for israel to take on hamas and confront multiple other threats backed by iran in the wake of the october 7th assault, nasa security advisor sullivan will travel to the region this week and meet with the israeli war cabinet. president biden is supposed to meet tomorrow with family members of americans held hostage by hamas. >> and we saw more protests over the war today in the bay area. dozens of people converged outside the san francisco office of senator alex padilla. some made it inside the building where they held a sit in, while others rallied outside calling for a cease fire. they're

demanding padilla reject any additional military aid for israel. a much smaller rally took place outside meta's headquarters in menlo park. they're demanding the social network end. what the protesters say is the censorship of palestinian voices, as meta responded by saying it has introduced a number of measures to address spikes in harmful content since the war started, and it applies the policies equally. >> ukraine's president vladimir zelensky, visited washington today, meeting with the president and rallying for critical us funding to help ukraine defend itself against russia. republicans want to tie additional aid to increase security along america's southern border. abc news reporter melissa adan has the very latest. >> president welcome back. president biden and ukraine's president zelensky meeting today at the white house. >> biden encouraging lawmakers to approve the aid package before the year end holidays thanks to ukraine's success, success in defense as other european nationse from the russian aggression.

>> unlike in the past, but without supplemental funding, we're rapidly coming to an end of our ability to help ukraine respond to the urgent operational demands that it has. >> earlier in the day, president zelensky on capitol hill for an in-person plea for funding meeting with lawmakers as negotiations over whether to provide additional aid for ukraine remain gridlocked. but the speaker, mike johnson, saying he stands with ukraine against russia's invasion but has received insufficient responses from the white house for a clear strategy on the war. >> what the biden administration seems to be asking for is billions of additional dollars with no appropriate oversight, no clear strategy to win republican is adamant they will not pass additional funding to ukraine without major changes to immigration policy, including beefing up security along the southern border. >> some gop lawmakers oppose any additional aid for ukraine at all. senate majority leader chuck schumer saying if congress does not pass ukraine aid quickly, it will send a message

to the world that the us is abandoning ukraine. >> president zelensky's message was direct ukraine will win the war against russia if more aid is approved. >> the pentagon has announced a new $200 billion military aid package for ukraine, which will include air defense missiles and anti-armor systems. it will be paid for using existing funds and won't require congressional approval melissa. don abc news, washington. >> we brought you presidents biden and zelensky's remarks live today. as a result, general hospital did not air at its usual time. you won't miss it though. today's episode can be seen overnight, so set your dvr for 3 a.m. >> coming up next, the new concerns when it comes to wildfires. what stanford scientists say is left behind in dust and ash that could be hazardous to your hea

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teachers at stanford are raising concerns about a potential threat to firefighters and other teams working in wildfire areas. >> now, this threat is not coming from the flames themselves, as you might imagine, but something that is literally underneath the feet of firefighters. >> abc seven news reporter stephanie sierra explains. >> teams fighting the raging wildfires that sweep through california are trained for potentially deadly risks. but now researchers at stanford's dorje school of sustainable city believe they may have to add one more to the list. toxic metals. >> a big part of the findings of our study are to alert first responders. scott wendorf is a professor of earth system science and coauthor of the study. >> he and the stanford team analyzed soil samples from the wildfire ravaged areas in northern california. they found that the intense heat from those fires can transform natural elements in the soil into chromium six, a toxic metal believed to cause cancer. >> as we heat up the minerals in

the soil, in many cases, the soils have toxic metals in them. and specifically in this case, chromium. that gets transformed from a fairly benign form to one that becomes very toxic and that is in the very small particles matter. >> and that particulate matter could be the key threat if it carries the metals into the air and ultimately the lungs of firefighters and others. dr. sharon sindhuraja traits and researches breathing issues at stanford, and particularly when we inhale it can actually travel to the farthest branches of your respirator tract system and then and then essentially get embedded there. professor wendorf says the study was not designed to trace airborne metals, but he believes the discovery so far should raise an alarm. >> given what we're seeing in the on the surface of the soils, the land. there is no way that you can have those fine particulate particulate matter that isn't also being

transported in the air. >> he says the metals are contained in specific types of plants and soils and identifying them could help create a kind of threat map to warn both firefighters and also. clean up crews working in a high risk area, plus help better protect them from the toxic metal threat. at stanford, stephanie sierra, abc seven news. >> many people may be familiar with chromium from the film erin brockovich about contamination in a town's water supply. but experts tell us airborne particles, if they're identified, could be even more dangerous than other kinds of toxic metal pollution. >> that's right. all right. we're starting to see some rain in the forecast. sandia will show you what to expect coming up. and don't forget, you can check out the abc seven bay area app for the latest on weather conditions and to access the same doppler seven that sandy uses every day. and our weather team as well. search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it. it's really handy. we'll be right

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because it's happening tomorrow and get your mugs out for national cocoa day. the national cocoa day website there is one recommends mixing your cocoa powder with heated milk or water and adding some sugar for the perfect sip. americans frequently use the terms hot cocoa and hot chocolate interchangeably, but hot chocolate is actually different, blowing my mind right now. it's made from ground chocolate containing cocoa butter, mixed with hot milk. >> now, that is interesting. >> we need a taste test so we can see if we can tell the difference. well, in honor of the holidays, starbucks is giving out free hot chocolate every saturday and sunday in december. a little bit of a detail here, though. you can receive a free short cup of hot chocolate with every grande or larger handcrafted drink you purchase at deals available at participating stores, drive thrus and online orders for starbucks rewards members. >> it's a gift with purchase. yes. all right. >> do you share the holiday spirit by tipping your rideshare driver or maybe food delivery person just a little extra this time of year? >> yeah. today at 3 p.m. on abc, seven's getting answers. anchor

kristen sze. talk to our media partner, the san francisco standard, about the new rules of christmas tipping contests. >> as i got from drivers, you know, they ask for a little more during the holiday season. but how much they ask for extra differed from rider driver to driver. one driver i spoke to mentioned he'd like to see a tip of like 30 to 40% as a way to be extra grateful to your rider. he mentioned he's got kids, he's got to buy presents for another rider. a driver i spoke with mentioned add an extra 5 to 10% might be appreciated or appreciated. so a little extra during the holidays is helpful is what i've heard. but the actual percentage can can differ from driver to driver. but certainly if you want to show your thanks to your uber driver, you know another 5 to 10% is a good way to do it. >> i do that. i know you do. and they appreciate it so much. >> yeah, i do it for everything like even getting the pedicure toward the end of the year. oh, sure. >> extra. because everybody needs a little extra money this time of year. all right. let's

turn our attention back to the weather forecast. >> we need a little extra degrees on the thermometer. yeah. oh, i know. >> you want me to crank the heat. all right, almond dan, it is going to warm up later on this week, so hang in there. but right now, let's talk rain season to date, we're still behind 30% of average in san jose, san francisco, 45. santa rosa, 47. and you will notice oakland is at 22% of average. so we'll take some more rain coming later this week. sierra snowpack statewide, 32% of average. you'll notice the breakdown from north to central to south. and we do have snow coming, mixing in with rain for the sierra. now, if you want to check out the geminid meteor showers tomorrow night into thursday morning is the best viewing as it peaks. if you're lucky, you could see up to 120 meteors per hour, depending on where you are around the country. but there will be some passing high clouds. so try to find a dark spot away from the bright lights. fog tonight on live doppler seven. it is pretty thick across parts of the north bay valleys and along the coast and will be tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at upper 50s to the mid

60s. unless you're out towards morgan hill, it's going to be in the upper 60s. now, air quality for most of you tomorrow. moderate good for the inland east bay and going with moderate air quality. thursday we'll expect an improvement in that air quality as we have some rain coming our way. now their best opportunity is going to be sunday into monday with some lingering showers on tuesday, rainfall projections. these are early, but just keep in mind, some areas in northern and central california, including us, could pick up 1 to 2in of rain over that several day time period. accuweather seven day forecast, morning fog, then filtered sun. we're going to go with a warmer pattern by friday. saturday, some 70s and then storm impact scale sunday through tuesday level one nine coming our way. dan and emma good to see thanks andy. >> i need the yule log. >> i need hot cocoa. i need a hot night for the warriors, for the warriors. >> got to turn things around here. coming up in sports, words, getting ready for a very loud game in phenix. we'll explain that. plus, we'll heat up the hot stove. the giants

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hundred and $13 million contract. espn's jeff passan confirming the first report from john heyman. the team is set to make this official, though the 25 year old centerfielder won the kbo mvp award in 2020 to

plagued by an ankle injury last season. he's an outfielder and during his seven year kbo career. 3 to 40 hitter, 65 home runs. he's a second generation star. his dad played over there as well. he's an amazing nickname, which is the grandson. one of the wind that is pretty cool. the warriors take on the suns in phenix tonight. top of the hour, the suns will be without kevin durant dealing with the left ankle sprain. and the last time they were in phenix, the warriors lost by eight. afterwards, head coach steve kerr complained about the loud house music the suns play during the game. so naturally the suns dj used kerr's rant to make a remix. uh- this building you can't hear anything because it's like a club. >> it's like a it's like a south beach club. it's just it's thumping techno club music. trust me, i know i had about 100 people send me the tweet thumping techno club music. we may not be able to actually even hold a time out, so i'll just tell the guys, go get him and

we'll see what happens. >> steve kerr walked into phenix tonight. he had those headphones on as he walked in. the player to the locker room. that's good stuff. highlights at 11, though 49 ers are the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season and now can clinch the nfc west with a win sunday in arizona. debo samuel had a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown in sunday's win against the seahawks. and earlier today on kay adams fanduel tv show, he had plenty of praise for his starting qb. >> i actually kind of one of the last reasons in the play and once i seen brock lined up, i had because i really wasn't running 100% at the time. but when i seen the wind up, had to kick another gear because they ain't gonna lie. that was probably one of the one of the best balls i've seen. brock sling down the field. >> it's amazing. and i tweeted it out. i said, this is a rough day for the brock can't throw down field crowd man because brock was letting it go i'm talking about died after dot after dot meaning on target on those deep balls from brock college football's bowl season kicks off saturday cal plays texas tech in the independence bowl saturday 615 pacific on

espn. >> just a week later, san jose state will be in action. why not with this music? hello highs. larry biel would say the spartans preparing for coastal carolina and hawaii on saturday, december 23rd. also on espn, a good vibes down in san jose yesterday after starting the season one and five, the spartans have won six straight to become bowl eligible for a seventh straight win was secure their first bowl win since 2015. >> i mean the best part about going to the bowl game, the most important part is finding a way to finish it. and we haven't done that. the last two bowl games we've been to. so i think there's a real urgency from our team understanding that and it is going to be fun and it should be fun. there's also really the most important thing at the end of it is playing good football on saturday against coastal carolina. >> what was your initial reaction when you saw coach come out? >> that's the kind of coach he is. i mean, he's a player's coach and he came in with his with no shirt, his surfboard with beach shorts. i mean i mean, it was a fun time. and we were all excited once we saw him. we knew they were going to the hawaii bowl. >> the vibes are good down in

san jose and you saw coach carter there, the dancing he was a backup dancer for mc hammer back in the day. so he has he got the moves? yeah, he definitely has. coach brandon though, bringing out the surfboard. >> that was a great moment to announce the hawaii bowl. yeah bond with his team. all right. thanks very much, chris. got it. >> all right. coming up on prime time on abc seven at eight. it's the classic santa claus is coming to town. then at 9:00, it's the great christmas light fight. and do join us for abc seven news at 11. remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. >> i love santa claus is coming to town this holiday spirit. >> all right. that is going to do it for this edition of abc seven news. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley for sandyha patel, chris alvarez. all of us, we appreciate your time. have a great evening and we'll see you again at 11.

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