hate crime investigation has been opened into this incident. >> that menorah was destroyed overnight near the lake merritt amphitheater. >> abc7 news reporter ryan curry is live in oakland, where the community is taking a stand against anti-semitism. ryan. >> yeah, larry. kristin. good afternoon. this is the new menorah actually just brought over moments ago from the shabbat center of oakland. there will be a lighting ceremony later on tonight around 7 p.m, to light this new menorah. they're calling what happened overnight an act of hateful vandalism. a hook attached to a pole to get a menorah out of lake merritt, oakland police say someone destroyed it and threw its parts into the lake. it happened overnight wednesday. just four days after the city held a ceremony to light it. >> we came by and we found all these pieces scattered around, rabbi dovid lepkowski got a text message wednesday morning. >> broken glass and debris were everywhere around the edges of the lake merritt amphitheater. arabic graffiti that translates to free palestine. >> i don't know why anyone would

do this. i know that it's toxic. the air is toxic these days. um, and it's just it shouldn't be that way. and we should be better than that. >> rabbi lepkowski joined the mayor and city leaders sunday to celebrate hanukkah. he says the holiday is about shining light in dark times. oakland mayor shang tao called this an attack on the entire city. her office says this menorah is a long tradition for oakland. this was an act of vandalism and a desecration. >> the oakland lake merritt menorah is a long standing symbol of not only the oakland jewish community, but the jewish faith. >> people who walk by this amphitheater every day say they are disappointed to see this area vandalized. this is up every year, and normally it's fine. >> and that's a great thing. and we should all be able to celebrate beautifully together and you know, it sucks when it some jerks try to stop that. >> rabbi lukowski says people should be able to safely celebrate their religion in the bay area. the holidays are bring light to everyone, and i think

we got to rise above it. >> and you know, i'm upset about this. this this is awful. >> now you can see the chain wrapped around the pole next to the menorah, the oakland shabbat center. they don't want this thing to go anywhere. after what happened last night. now, the arab resource and organizing center also put out a statement. denounce what happened overnight, saying that they called it an act of anti-semitism. that menorah lighting ceremony again for 7 p.m. tonight. people are going to start arriving here shortly beforehand. we're live in oakland. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> ryan, thank you. the feds are investigating stanford university as part of its probe into anti-semitism and islamophobia on college campuses. the u.s. department of education added. stanford and ucla to its civil rights investigation. stanford joins a growing list of universities that already includes harvard, columbia and cornell. investigators are looking into at least 20 incidents of possible hate on higher education campuses. since hamas

attacked israel in october in los angeles, 75 people have been arrested after protesters calling for a cease fire in gaza shut down the 110 freeway. the demonstration started just after 9 a.m. and brought traffic on the southbound lanes to a standstill. chp officers had to break up several scuffles between protesters and frustrated drivers. oakland police say their effort to reduce crime in the city's fruitvale business district is working. >> today, the department reported a 43% drop in robberies and a 29% decrease in burglaries since a joint suppression operation began last month. that operation includes increased police presence, foot patrols and dedicated traffic enforcement. >> we have more officers on the streets now than we've ever had. we'll continue to push our officers out. we'll continue to push our traffic officers out. we'll continue to run our violent violent reduction program and our different strategies to ensure that people that come to visit our city feel safe, feel that they can come and shop in the fruitvale area without having their cars broken into, without being robbed.

>> oakland city council member noel gallo represents fruitvale and he says residents have noticed the effort. >> a plan to impose parking restrictions in one san francisco neighborhood has been postponed. the for our restrictions on winston drive near stonestown mall were supposed to take effect a week from today. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena has been covering this issue for months and joins us live in the newsroom with the new developments. luz. >> that's right, larry, sfmta confirmed to us today that they will now postpone the parking restrictions until next year, but they did not specify as to when exactly. for almost two years, chiapetta has lived in this rv on winston drive. >> my small kitchen for months. >> the sfmta parking restrictions approved to go into effect next tuesday have been looming over him. the restrictions would mean that everyone here would need to move their rvs every four hours. it was a very complicated thing. >> um, more or less more than 100 rvs moving on the city. so

we don't know where we can go. >> several months ago, sfmta director of streets said this area was dangerous, citing many injuries and the need for a bike lane. >> the plan is to build is to widen the sidewalks by building seven boarding islands for transit riders to safely get on and off the bus on lake merced boulevard, and to build a two mile long protected bike lane that will slow down the speed of the speeding traffic and separate cyclists from that traffic. >> but today, sfmta a confirmed they're taking a step back on their parking restrictions will now go into effect in 2024. right now, we do not have a start date, but we will continue to work with h'sh and the supervisor's office. it sounds like, um, you know, sfmta has communicated that she used. >> we're very grateful for that. we would love a more official delay or as much of a delay as possible. >> we contacted supervisor melgar's office. this is her district. they declined to comment on camera. the city's

department of homelessness and supportive housing said they've made contact with approximately 100 households in the area living in vehicles. as of november 10th, 2023, they' moved 24 households out of their vehicles a into housing, 30 households into the housing placement process. three households penng referral, 18 households still in the process of being matched to a provider, meaning at least 75 people are being helped. some didn't even know about this help the city hasn't come to offer you guys any sort of housing help. i know , and for over a year there have been conversations about the city opening an rv site for these residents. today, the department of homelessness and supportive housing said they have been unable to identify a suitable property for this specific type of service in the newsroom. luz pena, abc seven news. >> luz. thank you. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins has received some pushback for saying last week during the abc

seven town hall that the unhoused need to be made uncomfortable. today on getting answers, i asked abc seven news insider phil matier about this comment with with 50 to 60% of the people on any given night saying no to shelter, what do we do to somebody that just decides they want to pitch a tent? >> and she was very clear there wasn't something criminally that she could do. it wasn't going to charge them that wasn't going to be it. but she said, you know, we can make them feel uncomfortable. and that upset some people because they said, well, what makes you think it's comfortable to be on the street and to begin with? but her point i spoke with her, her staff today is that we can't just be compliant with it. and while she's concentrates now, much of her strength on going after the bigger dealers in the drug war on drugs right now that are selling openly. we also have a lot of users in those tents. phil added there is a clear philosophical shift at city hall when it comes to addressing homelessness. >> new developments now with san francisco's budget woes, the san francisco chronicle is reporting

that mayor london breed is looking to cut spending by at least 10. the mayor is also asking for department heads to hire an additional 5. that might be trimmed in case deeper cuts are needed. breed will present her budget to the board of supervisors in june, and the state is also bracing for some budget cuts today. governor newsom's administration sent a memo to state agencies calling for a freeze on spending. the letter asks state departments to spend money only on items that are deemed necessary to critical operation and security. california's facing a record $68 billion deficit in the next budget year. >> san jose is about to take action to increase safety along dangerous traffic corridors across the city. today, mayor matt mehan announced a nearly $13 million federal grant to make safety improvements at four intersections, including curtner avenue and highway 87, according to the city, four people have been killed at that intersection , including 18 year old kyle leblanc. he was standing in a bike lane when he was hit and

killed by a speeding tow today, his mother returned to the site for the first time since her son's death in 2016. >> it is my sincere hope that with these new changes, it will give pedestrians and cyclists the ability to get where they need to go without losing their lives or becoming seriously injured. >> the project will include a protected bike lane, a new section of sidewalk and installing traffic signal improvements. >> a decades long project to restore the shoreline of san francisco bay took a big jump forward today. construction crews punched a break in a levee at menlo park and that, as you can see there, allowed water to start pouring into a former industrial salt pond. 300 acres will slowly turn into the bay area's newest tidal marsh. and that's a pretty big deal, because it's estimated that the bay has lost nearly 85% of its natural wetlands to development since the days of the gold rush. >> a call for help oakland's 9-1-1 system reaches a new breaking point. finding shelter,

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a shelter bed can be a really difficult process. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez joining us now to show us exactly what it takes to actually get one of those beds. >> yeah, you know, i learned a lot during this story. and, you know, you really when you learn and understand how the system works, then you become a more empathetic, i think because says, i'm going to state the obvious here. being homeless is extremely hard. as we found out, the process process of getting a permanent shelter bed in this city is complicated and not practical for many. quite often, people think that the unhoused line up every night waiting to get access to a shelter bed, to day. in san francisco, it's far more complicated every other place i've lived before here, you can just walk in and get a

shelter bed if they had an opening. >> but here you can't do that for many, the first point of contact is the homeless outreach team. >> hot. they help people get on a waiting list for a shelter bed. if not through them. a phone and the internet are other options, so let's check it out. first, i dial the number and i wait. your call is very important to us for spanish press one. so here i'm supposed to talk to somebody or leave a message with my name and contact information. >> you can easily submit your waitlist request online and now i'm being encouraged to go online. >> let's remind people that these are the unhoused housed. some don't have a phone. they may have lost it or had it stolen. >> you're sleeping. you're not watching it. and so you lose your phone, your hot team, your homeless outreach team, worker calls says there's a spot. and then you you don't have your

phone to answer. and what happens? and then you back. you're back at square one. >> so how do they contact you if something becomes available, like a shelter bed? >> um, i give them my email. the department of homelessness and supportive housing says it's working on making the process more seamless because. >> cause once the city contacts a person, they only have up to 72 hours to respond. we found john waiting outside an emergency shelter. he moved here from iowa two months ago after thanksgiving, he finally got on the waitlist. but for a more permanent shelter bed. what number are you? i am, i checked yesterday, i'm at 195. >> that's where i, um, am at currently. and you started close to 500? i think it was 490. yeah john, like hundreds of others, is waiting to get into one of the city's three largest shelters. >> can house 410 people next door 334

and sanctuary 200 people at these three locations are allowed to stay indefinitely without having to pack and leave early. the next morning, someone we found yvonne and her dog zeus at one of them. how long have you been at this shelter? >> a couple of years. two years, a couple. i've been at all of them during those two years. >> you couldn't find some kind of more permanent supportive. >> they offered. i did not want what they offered. >> what they offered her in terms of housing was located primarily in the tenderloin, known as a hotbed of illicit drug use. yvonne told me she wasn't about to give in to temptation. live it. >> been there, done it. got the t shirt to prove it. you know what i mean? i don't want to go backwards. i want to go forwards and i don't want to make bad choices. >> currently, san francisco has a total of 48 shelters, offering more than 3200 beds. yet those

who don't get in more than 4000 people have no option but to sleep on the streets. among their stock are the interfaith winter shelters, four of them, but they only operate from november through march. they come in late afternoon and stay till 7 a.m. the next morning, and during that time they get a home cooked dinner. >> at night. they sleep in the facility. it's nice and cozy and warm, and then in the morning we come in 5 a.m. and cook breakfast and serve them breakfast. and then they have to go back out onto the street at seven in the morning when john leaves any of the emergency shelters, he's now left and navigating life as an unhoused person. >> john. so this year, the department of homelessness and supportive housing spent. 22% of its $672 million budget on shelters alone. still more beds are needed and their plan. is to add 1000 shelter beds over the

next five years. and let me tell you a little bit about john. so he leaves his emergency shelter at 9:00 in the morning. he goes to the library. the library doesn't open until 9:00 in the morning. so he has to figure out what to do out on the streets so they also have to figure out what where to do their laundry, you know, and where to charge their phones. and he's in a wheelchair. okay. so he has to figure out how to, you know, where to where to charge that wheelchair so that i don't get stuck somewhere. and by the way, he's not from san francisco. he came here, as i indicated, from iowa, because of the services there. much better than there. interesting. like so many. >> right. but it's a lot more complicated than just saying, okay, there's your unit, head on up. it's not that simple. >> yes, it is very complicated. >> yeah. thank you leanne. thanks. >> volunteers are making sure hundreds of unhoused people in marin county will be remembered this holiday season. homeward bound of marin hosted a gift wrapping party today. the program is the primary provider of services for the homeless in

marin county. for the first time ever, they've teamed up with the salvation army for a holiday gift handout. 750 people in need will receive christmas presents. it's a symbol for uh- >> you know, just letting letting them know that we love them, that we care about them, and that marin county is a community. >> the gifts are primarily clothes and supplies that will be useful for homeward bound recipients. they were all donated by the community. the glide foundation in san francisco. is making sure those in need have holiday meals. today. volunteers loaded up grocery bags with entrees, fruits, vegetables, bread and dessert tomorrow with the help of meals on wheels. the food will be distributed to residents in san francisco's bayview, visitacion valley and potrero hill neighborhoods. >> that's a great program right there. and so many people need it. uh- turning to the forecast, it's going to be a little, little chilly and then maybe some rain. >> let's talk about that rain. sandhya >> yeah, it's going to start as early as sunday. so you still

have a few more days to enjoy the sunshine. and kristen and larry, let's take a look at a live picture right now from our golden gate bridge camera. you can see a little bit of a breeze there, a mix of blue skies and a few wispy clouds. this afternoon . soon your temperatures 60 degrees in san francisco, oakland, hayward, mid-fifties, 61 in san jose. and it is 55 in half moon bay from our walnut creek camera, we are seeing the sun as well. temperatures in the 50s from santa rosa to petaluma, napa. considering how foggy it was this morning, we've cleared out nicely. 60 in fairfield, 62, concord 58, in livermore. as you know, we had some dense fog this morning. high pressure is in control of the weather for the time being, at least through saturday. and then as we look out over the pacific, an active pattern is setting up. so beginning on sunday, we're going to start to notice the rain moving in. and that's going to continue off and on through the middle of next week on live doppler seven, you can see the high cloud cover overhead once again, just like the last couple of days, we have another coastal

flood advisory that begins at 11 a.m. tomorrow. runs until 2 p.m. and that's because the high tide it will be coming up just above six feet before 4:11 a.m. tomorrow morning, or just around 11 a.m, and then coming down after that. so, you know, the low lying areas will flood. be careful if you are going to be out and about tomorrow looking at filtered sunshine with a mix of sun and high clouds of friday and saturday, warmer, nearing records for a few of the cities sunday through the middle of next week. a wet pattern is going to set up and so you will need to start looking for those umbrellas. but until then, here's a look at your hourly forecast this evening. 50s and 60 high clouds continue to come in. if you're stepping out tonight at 815, you are looking at some 40s popping up so it will get chilly. and as we go towards tomorrow morning, upper 30s for our coldest spots to high clouds will insulate us. i don't think we're going to see as much fog as we did this morning, and it's not going to be quite as cold. so tomorrow afternoon you start to notice those temperatures coming up into the 50s and 60s. for many

of you, your morning temperatures will range from the upper 30s and the coldest valleys north and east bay. the rest of you in the 40s and once again, a lot of high clouds around tomorrow afternoon, a mix of high clouds and sun. your temperatures will range anywhere from the upper 50s to the upper 60s head down towards the gilroy area and you'll get up into the 70 degree range. now our rain chances will begin to increase saturday first around mendocino county at night and then for the bay area sunday through tuesday. so a quick look at what you can expect. these are early rainfall estimates, but through wednesday we're looking at anywhere from. one to two and a half. nearly three inches of rain here in the bay area. so finally getting the soaking that we have been waiting for. the accuweather seven day forecast does feature milder weather. temperatures will come up into the 70s around the bay friday and saturday. certainly the possibility of records those are will be our warmest spots. and then level one for sunday through wednesday. periods of rain

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news. a big recall from tesla today. the company is recalling nearly all of its electric cars in the u.s. because of an issue with its autopilot safety system. >> this recall comes after a federal investigation into a series of crashes. abc7 news reporter lena howland with the details. >> more than 2 million teslas are being recalled across the country over their autopilot system, documents posted wednesday by u.s. safety regulators say the update will increase warnings and alerts to drivers and even limit the areas where basic versions of autopilot can operate. >> they are saying that, look, we are going to enhance our our security in terms of to make sure the drivers are actually paying attention while using this feature. the recall comes after a two year investigation by the national highway traffic safety administration into a series of crashes that happened

while the autopilot partially automated driving system was in use. tesla cars are tracking your eyes while they are. while you are driving. i think they are going to use that more, more use that feature more. so that to make sure you are paying more attention to the car. so it it's going to make it harder for you to fake the system. >> let's say you're distracted or you know, you're like not fully like you are supposed to put your both hands on it. but let's say for whatever reason, you're not fully grasping it and your car just swerves. you could easily hit the car next to or go. >> in response to recent criticism of its safety systems, tesla posted on x earlier this week, saying regulators around the globe have a duty to protect consumers, and the tesla team looks forward to continuing our work with them towards our common goal of eliminating as many deaths and injuries as possible on our roadways. this recall applies to models y, x, three, and s all made between october of 2012 and december 7th of this year. you can find a

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problems with oakland's 911 system is now failing to meet the state standard when it comes to responding to emergency calls , as the i-team found out, the problem is now threatening access to some critical funding. >> i-team reporter stephanie sierra has been following this and is here now with more. steph. >> yes, larry and kristen. new data shows oakland not only has the worst 911 dispatch response here in the bay area, but the worst in the entire state. people in life threatening situations are telling us they're being left on hold for 10 or 20, up to even 30 minutes. in some cases. >> positas the emergency. >> oakland's 9-1-1 system is reaching a new breaking point. >> 15 07911 would even pick up failing residents not once or twice, but tens of thousands of times. >> that's according to new data analyzed by the abc7 news i-team

. whether it's people calling to report human trafficking operations and nobody do nothing , says this owner of an east oakland auto body shop who's tired of being left on hold. it's the same problem for residents attacked and robbed at gunpoint, stuck with a busy signal. >> just ridiculous. oakland is no longer oakland anymore. >> the stories go on. opd's 911 center receives more than a half million calls each year, according to a recent civil grand jury investigation. the city's emergency communications center failed to answer about half the calls within the state's requirement of 15 seconds. that needs to happen 90% of the time to be in compliance. >> if we would have the support, for example, jesus pelayo told the i-team he had to wait more than 20 minutes to reach a 911 operator as his friend was having a heart attack. it's unbelievable. unbelievable. but it truly happens. >> pelayo says he had to rely on

people calling 911 in neighboring cities to get his friend help. so it's very difficult. >> it's very hard. >> and he's not alone. the state has threatened to withhold funding to oakland if the city fails to improve its 911 response times within a year. that's according to this letter from the california office of emergency services, sent in july . that was more than six months ago, and the response times have only gotten worse. data obtained by the i-team shows the average time it took for a dispatcher to answer a 911 call in 2020 was 28 seconds. this year, that figure is nearly double. at 55.8 seconds. and that's not accounting for the whole time. there are times when folks are hanging on 911 for 30 minutes or longer, and we're talking about real emergencies. >> preston turner works for oakland city councilman noel gallo. >> he says he hears dozens of complaints like this every week. >> too many to count. according to a recent alameda county grand jury report that the city's

emergency communications center is not well prepared for a major disaster and lacks a disaster recovery plan. >> the city agreed with this finding. so what's actually being done about it? in september, mayor xiang tao announced, we are also preparing a major upgrade to our computer aided dispatch system. >> as you we all know this as the cad system, which this will help connect, respond orders to the scene of a call. >> the grand jury report also found opd's cad software supplied by motorola is 20 years old, and the technology that the city purchased in 2018 was never implemented. and now city officials worry it's too late to even use it since motorola recommends making major upgrades to their technology every five years. >> that money is supposed to go to technology upgrades. >> so did it. or was that 2018 investment wasted? the i-team asked the mayor's office about this, but staff could not provide us with a direct response. they also could not clarify if any upgrades have actually been completed. we did,

however, receive the following statement from mayor tao saying, quote, oakland's hardworking 911 dispatchers need more support to ensure they have the resources they need to answer. dispatch emergency calls in a timely manner. >> we have also taken steps to harden our phone system against future power outages like we saw this past summer. >> but councilman gallo says the problem is back. >> but even last friday, i came to my office and the phones weren't working. well, this phone wasn't working or my emails weren't there. >> this points to concerns over the lack of it. invest >> it's really important that we make sure that our 9-1-1 system, our 9-1-1 dispatch system, has the state of the art best technology available, a process councilman dan kalb says is long overdue. >> since 2020, the grand jury has been told the rollout date for this critical software and hardware update would be in another six months, but this report says that still needs to be implemented and personnel still needs to be trained. the delay in implementing this software is impact. the ability for dispatchers to map locations

of incidents requiring a response in real time so they can direct calls to police. >> we want to undo the cycle of for short staffed. they're working overtime and that creates a lot of pressure. and therefore they want to kind of find somewhere else to go. >> and kalb says the recruitment has been overlooked. a new report shows 1000 dispatcher applications were not processed from april of last year to april of this year. >> it's inexcusable. now so now we're trying to catch up. >> according to an email obtained by the i-team, opd has budgeted for 76 dispatcher related positions, but to date, there are still 14 vacancies and the victims dealing with it hope those mistakes stop. >> that's the change that we wait for. >> now. the mayor says she's working on recruiting new dispatchers and taking steps to retain veteran dispatchers. i want to point out four were hired last month and 11 are currently in training. as for the hr mishap, we're told a continuous hiring system has

been implemented to prevent that from happening again. but a thousand applications that were just sitting there on somebody's desk or in somebody's folders, it was a big problem. >> and the fact that these investments that were promised back in 2018 were never installed, it's just an example of a promise being made and not being followed up on. so that's exactly what we'll stay on top of this. all right. >> i know you'll follow up. yeah. thanks steph. >> if you have a story for the i-team, stephanie and also dan and melanie, you can call this number on your screen. go to abc7 news.com slash i-team. >> oh here we go again. draymond green. did he go too far this time again. and regifting for the hodayes or no.

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he was ejected last night for hitting jusuf nurkic of the phenix suns. and that is quite a wallop right there. this was during the game in phenix. draymond has been ejected three times this year including for putting a choke hold on timberwolves center rudy gobert. that's this incident where he was coming to klay thompson's defense. green was fined five games without pay. that cost him $769,000 for that incident. and who knows what this is going to be. you know draymond afterwards came out and said it was not his

intent to hit at a jusuf nurkic that he was trying to sell that he was the foul that he thought should have been called. and he lost his balance. so on and so forth. the problem, dan, is that , you know, you're a repeat offender. just last month we went through this with him. so the question is are what is the proper penalty. is it two games. is it five games. is it ten games or more. just to say you cannot keep doing these things? >> well, i think your point is well taken. it's a repeat offender. it did look a little like it wasn't like he turned squared off, squared up and punched him. right. it did have that look to it. but you know it's becoming a problem. maybe what he should do is just he's a great athlete. switch sports mma might be for him. >> i had not thought about that. dan it's coach say he needs help about draymond. >> yeah you know i don't know what he meant by that. but also i do know that if you're a repeat offender even if it's intentional it's going to look like i mean unintentional. it's going to look like you know you

meant to do it. >> yeah. it's the same guy same stuff. if, you know at some point it has to stop another cruise line getting ready to set sail for a three and a half year tour of the residence, swease is offering a journey around the world. this would be starting in may. this ship holds 924 passengers. they got three restaurants, four lounges, a spa and medical center. price range from 100,000 to $250,000. the announcement of this long terme cruise comes just weeks after another cruise line canceled their three year offering, so three years for $250,000. i i mean, that's a lot of money, but sandy, it seems, you know, somewhat reasonable if you're talking about three years, you know, for food, you know, you're and you get a chance to i mean, travel the world over the course of three years. >> i think it's reasonable, larry. i mean, i don't know about staying on a cruise ship and then going and visiting all these places for three years. but i know people that are retired might want to do this and enjoy it. i don't think it's unreasonable. i mean, that's, you know, covering a lot of the

cost, you know, it's expensive, but it's there's a lot of value in it. >> i suppose, i mean, for what you're getting. but that isn't, i mean, sort of a fantasy. you're just vanish and disappear for three and a half years and have fun. but that's an awfully long time to be away. yeah yeah. i wonder if you get breaks like if you fly home for periods of time or if it's just continuous. you're on the ship, then rejoin the ship somewhere else. >> three and a half. that's a long time. that's don't be getting any ideas, dan okay. >> the holidays are a time of celebration, but for many of us, it's a time of stress. a petaluma based family therapist joined us today on getting answers to share her holiday survival guide. her number one tip you don't have to do it all. >> this is really important. i'm going to say it again for us, mom and us women who have historically felt like we need to be the sort of magic makers. so lean on your partner if you have one, or lean on friends, family community to make this season an, you know, joyful without feeling like you have to be the one to do it all and be

it all. >> so she also recommends creating boundaries, especially when it comes to family. >> and you can say no or you can say, i'll come, but i've got to leave by this time, which makes a lot of sense to me. and the whole not needing to make magic thing like, does anybody else feel like they need to for everyone? i mean, i don't feel like i need to, i want to yeah, i want you to, kristen. >> but i also feel like i'm now at peace with it doesn't have to be perfect. i mean, if i don't get that one gift, if i don't get to stop at everyone's house, it's okay. you know, you make the most of it. >> as long as that one gift isn't the one you're going to give me. >> okay, i'll remember that. >> dan, by the way, dan, last week we were talking about holiday cards, and you claimed to have sent one to me. that just is not a lie. it's funny how that worked out. >> mine hasn't arrived either. dan that's what your gift is missing. you're you're p you're way down on the list. >> i signed a bunch today. as a matter of fact, it's coming. i swear. you know there is. we all want to try. and i think we always want to try to make make

the holiday special and memorable and create those memories. but there's a lot of pressure associated with that. and you can't do it all. yeah. you can't do it all. >> okay. as you think about the perfect gift for somebody this season, are you considering regifting? etiquette experts say it's okay to regift. done. well, it's a great way to reuse, recycle, and repurpose. here's some rules to follow, though. be sure the item is in its original packaging. don't regift a home made item. avoid regifting in the same circle of friends and be sure to rewrap it. you don't want to give somebody a gift that has a tag to martha on it, and give that to dan. oh, whoops. >> i true confessions i did that one time with a golf buddy. >> uh- just a bottle of wine that i wasn't going to drink, and i didn't realize there was a tag on it, and i regifted it to him and sure enough, it said merry christmas. dan and his name. his name was chuck. >> so you know what? >> i think that's totally fine, dan. and regifting is fine as long as you're just as thoughtful about it as you would if you were to go out and buy

something. right? it's like, would you like this? would larry beil like this? uh- pink fluffy teddy bear? if the answer is yes, i have no problem. regift ing it right here. >> well thank you, i can't wait. >> somehow i don't see pink fluffy teddy bear with larry. kristen oh, i do yes, that's. >> i, i snuggled one in the sports office every night when crying because i haven't gotten dan's card. >> all right. nice work. all (♪)

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the shop today. >> i always get a large latte. >> the coffee is really good. >> red bay coffee just made it on to oprah's list of favorite things. the coffee roaster is based in fruitvale, east oakland. >> i wouldn't expect anything from fruitvale to end up on oprah's favorite things. so that's that's pretty cool. >> aaron joseph, a small business owner who lives and works in oakland, appreciates the distinction. >> it's exciting to see, you know, my favorite coffee shop have anything to do with oprah? i have an oat milk latte. >> oakland resident nayomi munaweera also appreciates the love red bay coffee and the

fruitvale neighborhood are getting. i'm glad that there's a revival of this neighborhood really needs it. >> it's an immigrant community. see, we've had, like, lots of crime and whatnot, so it's really nice to have good, positive uh, you know, like, um, reviews making it to oprah's list is made is put red bay coffee, our headquarters on the map. >> right. for sure. >> the ceo and founder of red bay coffee was thrilled that his coffee was included. >> and oprah likes nice things and, you know, and what's not to like when you're talking about especially coffee roasted to perfection and served with love and respect? >> kayba conteh admits it's been tough for small businesses in fruitvale and oakland. >> it's tough throughout the city. there's some real hunger. there's some real poverty, there's some real issues. people are struggling and crime is a reflection of our policies. >> but with more police presence, a community commitment and small businesses like his, conteh believes, you know, oakland will come back. >> san francisco will come back. the bay area will come back.

right. i'm in very invested. >> i'm another oakland item landed on the coveted list. it's from sweet july. ayesha curry store. >> we have our day and night face towels. this is what made the list. >> those towels are sold out online but still available in store. manager jasmine edwards says every bit of positive attention helps oakland businesses getting, you know, business back here and having people, you know, spend their money in oakland. >> with covid, a lot of businesses have suffered and crime in oakland in general, you know, definitely delays people from coming in. but when we have things like this being featured on the oprah's list and, you know, any type of coverage definitely brings traffic and people into the space. >> in oakland, suzanne phan vaughn, abc seven news. now to a light show to remember the annual geminid meteor shower is expected to peak tonight. >> expect to be extremely active this year. in fact, during peak activity and in perfect viewing conditions, you should be able to see up to 120 meteors an hour . that is, weather permitting,

provided that you know the clouds aren't pervasive where you are so for that, we will have to see. yeah. sandyha patel what's what's the verdict? well well, you're going to have to be very smart about where you go, larry. >> and kristen, because as you take a look at the forecast for tonight, we are going to have some high clouds around the geminid meteor shower. the best viewing is between late tonight and early tomorrow morning. as you mentioned, up to 120 meteors per hour. the problem is we got those high clouds, a new moon, so move away from the bright lights and if you're lucky, you'll get to check them out. take a look at our calendar for this month. december is one of our wettest months, but it hasn't been very productive so far. only four days of measurable rain. we are running behind as we take a look at a live view from our pier 39 camera. it's absolutely beautiful. high clouds on live doppler seven. we're going to bring in the rain, but that's not coming until sunday. tomorrow you have another day of a mix of sun and high clouds, temperatures, 50s 60s as we look at the future, here comes the

change in our weather pattern on sunday. going into monday, look at this rain snow mix in the sierra. certainly more wet weather coming. your way through at least the middle of the week. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. and we're going to bump up those temperatures 70s by friday and saturday. don't get too used to this idea, because we do have wet weather coming your way as we head into sunday through wednesday. >> thanks, andrea. you have to be smart about it, larry. >> well, i'll just leave that right there. >> uh- lighting up the holidays. >> the small town display that brings tens of thousands of people to a tiny new york state town 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. like straight lines that seem wavy, blurry, or missing visual spots that make it hard to see faces

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for the most lights on a residential property. abc news reporter trevor ault went to check out the display. if you're dreaming of a light christmas, this is the dazzling home display in one small new york town that puts clark griswold to shame. >> honey, i think i know what's wrong with more than 720,000 lights. all programed to music. timothy and grace guay of unionville, new york, say since 2014, they've held the guinness world record for most lights on a residential property. >> it started very simple, with just 600 lights on the two trees by the front steps. my brother

suggested put lights around. pond. that was actually the spark that ignited, adding more lights each year. >> the family says it takes them three months to set up the display. with 40 miles of lights and eight miles of extension cords, all carefully choreographed to the music through a computer program from. now it's an annual event. their small town of only 4500, drawing anywhere from 50 to 100,000 visitors. >> i was so mesmerized. i'd just drive around as many times as you want. >> many locals say the event is a literal and metaphorical bright light and a massive fundraiser. the gays collect donations from visitors, as they say, over the past three decades, they've brought in more than $665,000 for charity. much of that going to children's organizations. and the family says their goal is to hit a million dollars in donations and they believe they can do that in the next few years. now, if

you're like me, you see this? you wonder, what is the electric bill like? the family says, because they're using blinking led lights. last year, the bill was only $350. trevor ault, abc news, uniondale, new york $350. >> i would have thought it would be way, way, way higher. uh- chance for you to get in the holiday spirit any time we've got the yule log streaming 24 over seven, you can find it at abc seven news.com, or put on your big screen with the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. all right. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is up next. there is nothing like it dancing is my passion.

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