at the martinez refining company. it's the second incident there in the past month . >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry shows why this incident is actually more concerning than the previous ones. >> tall flames at the martinez refining company once again, mrc is reporting flaring. the refinery issued a level two alert due to a strong odor from gases emitted during flaring. >> it was scary is i've never seen them like, raise it to a level two alert, which i didn't even know there was levels of alerts like that. >> elena cruz is already part of a lawsuit against the refinery for its previous incidents. >> they need to do something. it's just mostly concerning that these incidents were happening before. they're doing great with the alerts now, but they hadn't in the past. so you know, that's really is what concerns me. >> contra costa county health is still investigating to confirm the source of the odor. but most likely the refinery is to blame. >> we definitely have been seeing an increase in flaring at

our facilities. and this is something that, you know, the hazmat division is taking very seriously. >> the winds are blowing towards the bay. occasionally you can see little plumes of black smoke coming from the refinery, and there is a slight chemical smell in the air. a level two health alert means people with respirator issues should stay inside. people like cruz have been avoiding my house all morning, my dogs inside and it was still flaring when i kind of went close to the neighborhood just a little while ago, pbf energy, which owns the refinery, says the flaring happened after an operational incident. in a statement, they apologized for the odor and said flaring is necessary for safety. the flaring in late november lasted hours. friday's elevated health concerns. >> our hazmat team is going to be continuing to monitor, um, the air for both hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide. >> residents like cruz say the flaring has to stop.

>> i could probably vouch for the whole city and say that the whole city is fed up with it. >> in martinez, ryan curry, abc seven news. all right, let's turn now to the weather kind of a gray day, but the dry weather is about to come to an end, so get ready. >> oh, yeah. spencer, christine is here now with a look at your soon to be rainy forecast. >> it is going to be quite rainy. as a matter of fact, by the middle of next week. most of the bay area will probably have received a pretty good soaking. let me show you the storm that's coming our way. here's the satellite radar composite image and you can see it's rather clearly defined as it develops just out to sea and it's going to be moving into the bay area by probably about sunday. so the arrival of the first wave of stormy weather will rank level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale that will be late sunday into sunday evening. a scattered showers giving way to some periods of steady rainfall. but the rainfall totals from the first wave of rain will be relatively light. now here's the forecast animation starting sunday afternoon. notice the rain starts to move in sunday night

and then into monday. we'll get some steadier, heavier rain on monday into tuesday as well. wednesday some showers and then it looks like they will taper off late wednesday before we finally get some clearing, but we could see many locations around the bay area receiving two and a half or more inches of rainfall from the four days of rain. a closer look at that. a little bit later, larry and kristen. >> all right, spencer, thank you. preparations for possible flooding are underway in san francisco. up to ten sandbags are now available for city residents at a distribution site in the marina district that distributes runs until 7:00 tonight at the marina green east parking lot. and then again tomorrow from noon to 7 p.m. sandbags also available at the public works operations yard at marin and kansas streets. a reminder that you can check out the abc seven news bay area app for the latest on weather conditions. also, you can access the very same live doppler seven that spencer and the weather team uses. search abc seven bay area in your devices app store

and download it for free. >> in the rain comes during one of the busiest travel times of the year. check out the long lines of travelers today at oakland international airport. if you think this was bad. next friday is expected to be the busiest travel day for air travel and next saturday, december 23rd, is expected to be the most congested day on the road. if you're driving, head out early. the worst time to travel will be between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. new details about what caused the death of friends actor matthew perry, an autopsy report from the los angeles county medical examiner says the actor died from the acute effects of ketamine. >> the autopsy listed drug, meaning coronary artery disease, artery disease and buprenorphine as as contributing factors. perry was found dead in the jacuzzi at his home in october. the death was ruled accidental. he was 54 years old. from the east bay, concerned citizens are demanding action from oakland leaders in response to the

killing of a security guard at a 7-eleven store. >> sky seven flew over a protest held outside the store today. neighbors are calling for justice for 59 year old james johnson. he was shot to death while trying to stop a shoplifter at the store on harrison street in the adams point neighborhood near lake merritt last week. they say it's another violent crime that city officials must accept some responsibility for. >> leadership is action, not position. those in positions who are empowered to lead right now are on a very, very short timeline to show that they have the knowledge, skills and abilities to do this job and keep us safe. but we will remove them. >> a memorial to johnson outside the store continues to grow. >> police say the case remains an open investigation, but so far no arrests have been made. >> all right now for some help for hundreds of teens in santa clara county, they're transitioning out of foster care. abc seven news south bay

reporter dustin dorsey shows us the newest housing project, aimed at giving them a chance that many foster youth never had . yeah, one, two, three. >> yay! breaking ground on the groundbreaking new facility for the foster youth of santa clara county. >> and who better to share the impact than those who have lived the experience? >> today marks an important moment in the lives of current and former foster youth a new opportunity, a fresh start. >> it symbolizes a sign of hope, a place of refuge, a place where other current and former foster youth can benefit from and hopefully catch them before they fall. >> a place known as the hub, the newest housing and resource center dedicated to helping transitional foster youth ages 18 to 25. based on the original hub model in east san jose, this new facility will be the first to offer 40 housing units along with services such as showers, laundry and computer labs, as well as case management, various classes and job opportunities. hub founding member dante lartigue says it's a place

designed by former foster youth like himself to meet their specific needs. this is what this whole center was about. >> it's like bringing all the resources to one center, bringing all the partners to one center, getting young people the resources and services that they need, and to really just try to get them to understand they don't have to just survive anymore. this is an opportunity for them to thrive. >> lartigue went to supervisor cindy chavez's office more than a decade ago, with the hopes of developing a project like this. now, lartigue and these other former foster youth will spearhead the efforts, along with community city and county partnerships. the second iteration of the hub, now under construction here off of meridian in the parkmoor neighborhood, will go towards creating a better life for the 764 youth experience. homelessness in santa clara county. >> i just can't wait until i see the first person get housed. i just want to see young people be able to utilize this in the most effective way, so that they can build the future that they want, that they deserve, and understanding that like, no one's going to give it to them. but the resources are there and we need to be able to help them, like obtain them.

>> once the dust is settled in, the ribbon is cut, the hub will begin changing lives. in 2025. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news us now to a new progress report on schools from the california department of education. >> the california school dashboard is designed for parents and educators. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn joining us live in the newsroom with a look at that report. suzanne. >> larry. kristen, this is the first time since the covid 19 pandemic that the dashboard has been released. the dashboard rates the performance of every district and every school. it looks at seven areas, including math and english language test scores, chronic absence rates and graduation rates. looking at the big picture, the 2023 dashboard shows that students in california schools are graduating at higher levels than before the pandemic and are missing less class time. year over year. statewide the graduation rate for the class of 2023 is 86.2. it's a decrease of less than 1% from the class of 2022, but it's still higher than pre-pandemic levels.

>> that number is a great achievement and a great success. >> cassandra curiel is a teacher and president of the local san francisco teachers union in san francisco. >> 88.3% of our students are graduating from high school with their eligibility again across an entire district like ours, with over 50% um students points with a second language background. this is a huge a huge achievement when it comes to the san francisco unified school district. >> data shows a decline in chronic absenteeism rate for the 2022 to 2023 school year. it dropped to 26, from 29% from the year before. in response, sf, usd superintendent matt wayne stated, quote, attendance is directly tied to student outcomes. if a child does not come to school, they're not learning. we're pleased that we made progress last year in reducing chronic absenteeism, and we know that more work is needed to continue supporting students in coming to school

every day, marianne duggan is the superintendent for santa clara county schools. it is encouraging to see some of the progress as we compare to pre-pandemic, uh, performance. >> and my second takeaway is that the dashboard is going to provide us a lot of information and support, and there is much more work for us all to do in oakland. >> absenteeism is a growing problem. um, it went up 15% to 60, which means more than half of the students are chronically absent or miss 18 or more days of school. and oakland unified was unavailable for comment today. san francisco unified says it's monitoring all of the indicators on the school dashboard and will study the data to improve student learning. live in the newsroom. suzanne fawn, abc seven news. >> suzanne. thank you. a street in san francisco's civic center neighborhood has been renamed to honor an iconic musician, michael tilson thomas, who served 25 years as the san francisco symphony music director, was celebrated today

with the unveiling of way. congresswoman nancy pelosi and mayor london breed were on hand to dedicate the section of grove street between van ness avenue and franklin street to tilson thomas, way is right in front of davies symphony hall, where, of course, tilson thomas has led so many performances as you set the bar of what it means to be a noble, honorable person in the course of the work that you've done in your music career. >> and we are so thankful and appreciative for everything that you've done to make san francisco such an extraordinary place for the arts. >> though tilson thomas is battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, his schedule includes performances with his beloved san francisco symphony at davies in january and february. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. possible solution to the homeless crisis. one city that could hold the answer. the newest giant to join the team. his welcome to the city today

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week. >> i always have loved to play area from coming here as a young ballplayer. i am here to win and will always give my best for teammates and fans. let's go giants! thank you. >> got the team spirit? >> yes. instant appeal right there. jungle is going to wear number 51. he comes to town after being named the korean baseball organization, an mvp award winner in 2022. he's also rookie of the year in 2017. i presume. so oh my gosh. >> yeah. look so proud. >> so young. how well especially young. yes. >> he's got a great sense of humor. he put on the jersey and then asked handsome. yeah yes yes. >> all right i think so, yeah. >> all right i didn't get shohei. they got they got him. let's see who else they get. steph and ayesha curry returning to oakland this afternoon for their 11th annual christmas with the currys. the currys along

with their eat learn play foundation, used this event to announce their plans to remodel the play space at manzanita community school in oakland. they were joined by dozens of volunteers helping hand out food, books and other school supplies to about 800 students. it's nice. >> it's just nice to see. like the joy and the kids and, and realize that what our team works so hard on all year long, finally coming to fruition and see that it is actually making an impact with the kids, it's important for, you know, us to continue to plant our flag in that space. >> and these are tentpole events around the year that we know are going to be ones that we look forward to, that we pour into, and that everybody can can be a part of in school. we're in school. >> yeah. the bell went off. warriors rookie forward trace jackson davis also joined in. he played the role of the tallest santa claus ever. he's six nine. >> oh my. all right us marines on a toys for tots mission today. this morning they swung

by the abc seven broadcast center here on front street in san francisco to pick up toys donated by abc seven news employees. it's a cause we've been contributing to for years now. toys and tots, toys for tots has been providing toys, books and other gifts to children in need at christmas time and beyond since 1947. you can donate by going to toys for tots .org. shoppers on the streets of san francisco's union square got a holiday treat from some very gifted singers today. tony jobina chelsea holiday loooooong holiday union the grace cathedral choir of boys caroling by cable car. the choir climbed aboard at the cable car museum, performed a few christmas favorites on the ride to union square. then on the main stage at union square plaza, the singers are part of the choir that regularly performs at the grace

cathedral's sunday evening service. >> they sound great, although i'm not sure it's going to be great caroling weather this weekend. >> and maybe indoors. >> yeah, yeah, a lot of indoor caroling under the porch. >> yes, yes. all right, let's check in with spencer and see about that rain. >> well, great caroling weather on the first part of the weekend. tomorrow is looking much like today. even warmer, perhaps the sunday changes begin to happen. here's a look at the change that's coming our way. looking at the satellite radar composite image is a big storm brewing out there in the pacific, and you can see it's clearly defined here. notice it's counterclockwise swirl. but before we get to that, let's talk about the calm conditions we have right now. it's not very breezy out there. the wind is calm at the surface and we've had quite a warm up since yesterday. the 24 hour temperature change shows it's about 3 or 4 degrees warmer in most bay area locations right now than at this time yesterday. so let's move along. take a live view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco under hazy but bright skies, we have. we've had an increase in particulate matter in the atmosphere, so today is a spare

of the air day because of smoke from wood burning. otherwise, though beautiful day 61 degrees right now in san francisco. oakland 58. we have low to mid 60s at hayward, san jose, san mateo is at 60 and 63 at half moon bay, looking toward the golden gate from the east bay hills. camera. you see a bit of that haze off there in an otherwise bright sky. other temperature readings right now 61 at santa rosa, petaluma 5763 at napa. we've got 60 at fairfield and concord, 56 at livermore, and these are our forecast headlines tonight. the haze remains with us again, a reminder. it's a spare the air day. and night going into tomorrow. another spare of the air day tomorrow. it will be bright though with a little haze warmer than today. believe it or not. but then on sunday things change. sunday evening showers begin and that will be the beginning of a rainy pattern. actually, for tonight, look for low temperatures, mainly in the low to mid 40s. a little bit chillier and some inland valley locations like concord and livermore, where lows will drop

into the upper 30s. fairfield the chilliest spot at 34. otherwise though, we're talking low to mid 40s and then highs tomorrow 67 at half moon bay. this will be the warmest day of the week so far. looking or going into the weekend i should say mid to upper 60s all around the bay shoreline tomorrow 69. likely to be the high at fremont, 68 down to palo alto. we're looking at 70 in the south bay, 73 san jose tomorrow 74 and morgan hill. but now let's take a look at our storm impact scale. the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, because sunday we get that first wave of rain coming in. it'll rank level one on the impact scale, bringing scattered showers and some periods of steadier rainfall. best chance of that rain arriving is in the evening hours. and here's a forecast animation starting sunday afternoon actually showing that arrival of the first wave of rain continuing into monday. it will be steadier and heavier on monday, and perhaps even into tuesday. wednesday we can expect some lighter rainfall before the system drops southward and moves

away from the bay area. rainfall totals by the way. by monday evening will be well over an inch in many locations, so by the end of the week, we expect pretty impressive rainfall totals in fact, as you look at the seven day forecast, you can see on monday, we're talking about level two storm. so a little bit more intense than what we expect on sunday. back to level one on tuesday and wednesday. then on thursday the rain we expect to have ended by then. the winter solstice arrives. so first day of winter is thursday. it looks like it's going to be a dry day, but a cool one. and that cool weather remains with us into the end of next week. >> all right, chris, i like it when it's cool and clear like that. >> yes, chris. >> yeah, and a whole lot of green on those maps coming in a few days. >> yeah, yeah. be prepared. get the rain gear ready. >> thank you. spencer. >> yeah. >> all right. a couple of local entrepreneurs are going face to face with sharks. >> the solution is fly with wine. and the vineyard valley's the vineyard valley's is a wine suitcase that allows you to check your wine right on the airplane. it comes.

>> i'm getting this for spencer for christmas. >> yeah, that's got his name on it. yep >> that's ryan neergaard and his partner, ron charman of napa, pitching their company, fly with wine and their line of wine suitcases and backpacks on shark tank. ryan and ron appear today on midday live and shared with us the inspiration for their products. >> well, this actually came from a personal journey that my wife and i had in 2016. we went to burgundy and we went to a number of wineries. we loved the wine and our only options were to go to mailbox etc. and pay an exorbitant sums to ship it and wait a month to get it back. >> product. you can check out their pitch tonight on shark tank at 8:00, right here on abc seven. >> spencer does need clothes. just fill it with wine. he'll be fine. yep. you buy clothes? clothes wherever you are. uh, coming up. uh, serious stuff. warning. if you're thinking of giving money to charity this year, what you should be looking out for to make sure that charity is legit and later, the newest high tech way to find

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harassment. the jury awarded each woman $75 million in punitive damages and 36 million more for emotional distress, giuliani has conceded in court documents that his accusations of ballot fraud were false. >> a warning now from the california state attorney general for anybody who is donating cash for the holidays, rob bonta wants people to investigate before they donate. he stopped by a san francisco nonprofit to share a list of ways to avoid charity fraud. and at the top of that list, recognizing there are bogus groups out there who will try to scam you by using the good name of another organization. for example, the american red cross of california. >> sounds good. american red cross has a great name. rightfully so. um, it sounds like the red cross we know and trust, but it is not. that was actually the name of a now defunct organization that the doj ordered to cease and desist back in 2019 for misleading donors as well. >> so you got to be careful right there. the attorney general stopped by the family

connection center because he calls it a reputable charity that's doing good work. the center provides crucial services to low income kids and families, building a better bay area by helping the homeless. yes. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez hits outside the bay area to one city that appears to be successful. i can't begin to tell you what it felt like finally, it was my time to live like a human being. what they're doing in the city of reno to help get people off the streets

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of the bigger issues facing us, including homelessness. >> now, there are those who say this issue is never going to be fully solved. yet in the reno area, they seem to be making significant inroads when it comes to reducing and supporting its unhoused population. >> yeah. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez went to reno to see why they seem to be getting it right. leanne. >> yeah, you know what stood out for me? and i'm going to quote them. they say everyone who wants a place at their shelter will have access to services. so that's huge. now, why reno? well, in preparation for our town hall, which abc seven news hosted, we sat down with the director of a nonprofit here in san francisco, and we asked him, is any city having success at solving the homeless crisis? and he immediately said, reno. so yesterday we drove to reno and saw for ourselves what's working . this was downtown reno in 2020. early in the pandemic, nearly four years later, the landscape has changed. after

washoe county drastically expand its shelter capacity because the county has enough shelter beds, the cities of reno and sparks can now enforce the no camping rules. this is downtown reno. there used to be a lot of tents here. now it has been cleaned up. everybody got a shopping cart. we found reno's downtown ambassadors patrolling the streets 24 over seven, making sure people move along and no one sets up a tent. that also means many of the unhoused, like 62 year old helena oliver fillled, really have a warm bed and food. >> finally, it was my time to live like a human being. >> what led to their success? federal funding during covid and a well planned, coordinated effort between the cities of reno, sparks and washoe county. >> the county is essentially the lead, and we are ensuring that everyone works together and coordinate services for each

individual instead of five different caseworkers from different nonprofits, each working on one person, we've got one caseworker working on one person and coordinating with all of our nonprofit partners. so it's a coordination issue to where once there was a baseball field, those federal covid funds were used to build the cares campus. >> in 2021, about 600 people live in a huge tent and in sleeping pods that was one of the factors that helped to reduce the homeless population here in half. >> right off the top, we're seeing a decrease in our use of emergency services, less calls to law enforcement, less calls to our ambulance service, and reliance on the emergency rooms. we're also seeing more people be able to move into housing almost instantly. when we brought in all of those case managers, the county contracts with volunteers of america to run the everyday needs of the campus as the cost to pay for case managers and behavioral health counselors are also paid for by the county.

>> as we saw, the campus is expanding. >> now we're adding in all those services. so this is our welcome center. this will house all of our case management and our behavioral health, all the training and all the dining facilities will be in this one building. we've also brought in some showers, restrooms and laundry into permanent facilities. >> pets are also welcomed and there are rules to be followed. no drugs, no alcohol and no visitors. but people can come and go. if i leave for the entire day, do i lose my place? no, no. for two days. >> yes. >> that, she says, minimizes any disruptions and keeps people on track to getting support and eventually permanent housing. county officials have previously said they needed to get ahead of their homeless issue for fear they would turn into another san francisco. so when people think of san francisco, so here in reno and sparks and the county, what comes to mind when it comes

to the homeless? >> i think that it seems like there's not a handle on it. i think the coordination is a concerning factor, but we had that to washoe county has 500,000 people. >> san francisco has a little more than 700,000. they spend just shy of $32 million on homeless services. the budget for san francisco's department of homelessness and supportive housing is $672 million for fiscal year 2023, granted, our entire homeless population is much larger. well over 7000. there is roughly 1700. it's no secret that san francisco attracts many homeless people from other cities. reno does not, in part because of the winters here, not everyone is ready to commit to a shelter bed at the cares campus for them. there are day services at the resource center. those on the streets of reno or sparks who

refuse to go into any kind of shelter faced jail time or a fine. this is a rare thing most of the time we can get folks to go to the cares campus. the average stay at the campus is less than eight months because the goal here is to get people into permanent housing. >> are helena invited us to see the small pod where she's been temporary housed, and see this. >> this is what i got today. >> helena showed us the letter she's been waiting for. notice showing her that an apartment had finally become available. this was today? yes ma'am. we brought you luck. >> yes, ma'am. it's my time to shine. and to rise. i'm like the dirt. still i rise. >> she's 62 years old now. people over 55 years old. there represent about 45% of that county's homeless population. that's a lot. now there are people suffering from mental health problems. fentanyl is an issue, but not like here in san

francisco. we did not see anyone using fentanyl openly like in san francisco. not one. whoa >> so could that model work here ? >> well, we have so many shelters because we have the need right? they have one huge shelter all in one location. so that's really controlled. and they have the caseworker. everybody there. we're here. we have so many different shelters with maybe one has a case manager. maybe they don't we don't know. it's not as coordinated here as it is there. but it's smaller. it's smaller as i mentioned, you know, not as many homeless people. yeah >> need more organization and coordination. >> yeah. correct. >> great. great stuff. thank you. leanne. >> sure. leanne. help host a one hour live conversation with san francisco's mayor, police chief and district attorney to tackle the city's chronic issues, including homelessness. take action. san francisco is now streaming online. you can find it on demand on the abc7 bay area app. we

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winning abc's great christmas light fight recently. they were forced to move after getting sued by neighbors over this display. the show is now back and in a parking lot in a nearby town. yeah i want to go. you know, i don't i mean, that's a little far to go. there are a lot of good shows here in the bay area, though. a lot of homes that are fully decked out. oh yeah. yeah. right. >> but have you seen anything quite like that though? it's i mean, it was almost blinding. >> i couldn't even watch it on the screen. >> yeah. >> our producer probably knows which one in the, in the east bay that i'm thinking of. >> the one with the, like, 700,000 lights. >> yeah. oh, yes. yeah yeah yeah, yeah. >> i'm not sure, but we have to find it. we can find to me though, it probably is best in the parking lot as opposed to like, i'm driving down my block and suddenly, you know. yeah totally. >> and the traffic. could you imagine the lines of people blocking the street because of this? yeah i get it. >> yeah. wow. debbie downer neighbors are like, we just love this. >> that's that's deion downer

okay. >> all right, all right. >> uh, billionaire jeff bezos is bullish on ai. in an interview. the founder of amazon said ai is more likely to save humanity than to destroy it. well he also said he'd like to see the human population grow to a trillion, with most people living in huge cylindrical space stations. it doesn't that sound appealing, he added if we had a trillion humans, we'd have a thousand mozarts and a thousand einsteins. yet spencer, we'd also have like 997 billion. that's just like us, which is not that appealing, actually. >> what do you mean, us? no, i, i, i applaud his optimism, but he sounds bullish in another. way to me. >> oh, maybe maybe misspelled the bull and the inch. >> uh, you got it. >> no. but what do they say

about people who are very successful that are geniuses? they're also a little out there, right? like there's a little something off there. >> yeah, it goes hand in hand. right. you're right. dion. look, i think he's probably right in that there are more ways that i could save us, but it only needs to destroy us once, okay? it could save us a thousand times. truly. and then that one time, a good observation. >> yes. >> speaking of downers, uh, sorry. >> uh, now, a new way to use ai. abc news reporter becky worley has a look at how it can help us with our holiday shopping list. >> the most 2023 thing you could do. ask an artificial intelligence bot for help. >> so we built a tool really for people on your list who are hard to shop for. >> google labs chatgpt and other shopping specific ai bots like mercury's merchat are all spitting out buying advice. >> what we're doing is kind of shifting the workload instead of us manually browsing the internet, we're saying, let's offload some of that exploration to the ai. >> ai. try it by firing up the google app on my phone. what is a good gift for a 54 year old

man with no hobbies? the ai options are kind of interesting. here are a few gift categories to consider. gourmet foods and beverage gifts. tech gadgets the results aren't so different from what i might get from a traditional search, but the fact that they're in sort of human language form makes it feel a little bit more like a friend is suggesting ideas to you. to keep myself on budget, i asked chatgpt for thoughtful gift ideas under $50, and it gives me a long list of ideas. and it reminds me the most important aspect of a thoughtful gift is the consideration you put into it. experts say artificial intelligence being santa's little helper, is only the beginning. >> this is something that we're going to see continue to evolve, but the notion of customer service is something that you can expect to change, um, within the next couple of years. we already accustom in many respects to having chatbots for customer service. well, those chatbots are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

>> i can't stand the chat bots either. >> i'm not a fan either. >> so who wants to use ai then? i mean, i don't know about you guys, but i have one of those dads that is impossible to shop for. >> i mean, as a kid i would make him gift. he'd cast him aside, things like that. i have no doubt i will fail at finding my dad. did you say you made him a gift and he would cast him? >> cast it aside? >> yes. we found it in the basement many, many years later. wow. it explains a lot about me as an adult, doesn't it? >> yeah, that's scarred for life. >> poor thing. >> yes. wow. take pity on me, larry. yeah. >> maybe you could use this then. and then when he cast it aside, you can at least go. what was the i. whatever. i'm not taking shifting the blame. >> yes. okay okay. >> yeah. excellent. uh, it appears the old horace greeley phrase go west, young man, still resonates as new census data shows. men outnumber women in the west, with san francisco at the top of the list. it has 106 men to every 100 women in santa

clara county ranks fourth, 104 men to every 100 women. women outnumber men in the largest urban counties east of the mississippi river. spencer. how does it feel to dominate like this? >> i guess i haven't been very dominant in my early life, so yeah, finally, i'm in a dominant position. no, i, i find it kind of surprising. i mean, that i guess ages ago you could have explained the fact that there are more men in the west than women by that old pioneer san spirit thing, you know, but women have the pioneer spirit, too. so i don't know, probably more money in the west unless you want to go all the way back east to new york. >> yeah. >> i mean, it's not that surprising, given that this area is heavily tech. >> and in the tech industry, we know that men still outnumbered to women in. but diane, let's not say anything and let larry retain the illusion that he's dominant. or i should say delusion. >> i like your thinking, kristen. yeah i'm right here, by the way.

>> right here, right here. and i thought it was spencer who was dominating. not not me. >> uh huh. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> right. there he is. >> spencer's not delusional. >> yeah, well, i don't know about that. >> let's not. let's not go there , all right? >> you may not know me so well. >> we're done. he's done ...thanks to dupixent. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. and can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks... and can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. imagine that. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection.

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artists. dan. >> yeah. chris and larry, this is a really innovative and frankly fun idea. and for local artists, this exhibition is a chance to expand both access and appreciation. >> you know, it's like a free form in a way. you know, as as it comes along for san francisco artist ken sakatani. >> art is often about freedom and inclusion or the lack of it. ideas expressed both in his work and now in a unique exhibition. >> so i think, again, the young for taking that risk because it is a risk for them to put it out there and say, okay, you know, we have a community here. >> sakatani joined hundreds of bay area artists who submitted their work for an exhibition called the de young open the floor to ceiling format recalls the famous salon exhibitions in 19 century paris. kakutani's painting is titled closed till further notice. he says it was inspired by the world war ii internment saga of a japanese american family that was uprooted from their home and job

tending the nearby japanese tea garden in golden gate park. >> they never were able to. you know, live in their family home again, which had been promised to them originally. so that sort of that injustice, if you will, that sort of inspired me. >> and in this exhibit, inspiration comes from nearly every walk of life. nearly 900 odd works lined the walls like neighbors in a crowded apartment building, leaving visitors to peer through the windows. >> i like the atmosphere once they've got like a kind of moody tone to them. >> every style and subject you could possibly imagine is represented in the deyoung open. it took nearly the entire staff to organize it, and one of the artists said, it's a giant love letter to the people of the bay area. >> curator timothy anglin burgard says the exhibit is a deliberate departure from the high profile exhibits. the deyoung is known for. i think the deyoung open really represents a big paradigm shift from traditional perceptions of museums as guardians and gatekeepers of culture to a much

more democratic model that really foregrounds the voices and visions of local artists and with styles and sensibilities flowing in every direction, visitors are left to judge for themselves. >> it's just so rich and so full of everyday people that are artists, and it's really so lovely. yeah yeah, yeah. it really is ultimately democratic. >> it's not judging someone by their reputation and just being very playful. >> for ken sakatani and his fellow bay area artists, it's also a chance to be seen and appreciated as a community. >> i just encourage anybody that goes to the exhibit that they sort of give some time to it, because it's so much artwork. >> there a rich and raucous tour of the bay area's diverse art world. boy, it sure it's just really remarkable stuff. and in that spirit, the deyoung is offering free saturday admission to the deyoung open, which runs through the first of the week of first week of january. and larry and kristin, as you can obviously see, it is well worth

your time. really fascinating stuff. fantastic >> as somebody who can't draw a straight line, i marvel when i see the artwork. yeah, thank you dan, but can you think in a straight line? i can think in a straight line and i can draw like sprinkles on a piece of paper. >> yeah. and we'll need to be doing that very soon. spencer, you're right about that. >> lots of sprinkles and more are coming our way. here's a look at tomorrow's forecast. another spare the air day coming our way tomorrow. hazy sunshine, but a nice warm day. certainly warm for mid december. but coming our way also is some rainfall. we have the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale here, indicating that the arrival of the first stormy weather ranks level one. that'll happen on sunday evening, but we've got several days of some periods of rainfall coming our way late sunday into monday into tuesday into wednesday. as a matter of fact, before it all winds down. so a quick look at the accuweather seven day forecast shows a four days of rainy weather with a level two storm on monday that will be a little bit more intense than the

other days, but it'll all end before winter begins, which is next thursday. larry and kristen. >> all right, spencer, thank you. >> get in the holiday spirit anytime with this. the yule log. we're streaming at 24 over seven. you can find it on abc seven news.com. or put it on your big screen with the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. just ready for the hot chocolate, right? >> look at that. now to another origin story in theaters. this one, though, comes decades after the original ladies and gentlemen of the gallery gourmet . >> my name is willy wonka. >> wow, this isn't your parents, willy wonka. we'll have a preview stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough,

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fictional character or chocolate . or for that matter, george pennacchio has a look at wonka as you have never seen him before. >> what are you doing? >> i'm making chocolate of course. how do you like it? dark white? nutty. absolutely insane. >> golden globe nominee timothee chalamet stars in the movie musical wonka. it's a prequel that tells the origin story of the iconic candy man from roald dahl's 1964 book charlie and the chocolate factory. did it take you a long time to say yes? no. >> almost immediately, yeah. especially when i saw how clever the origin story was and that

this isn't the cynical willy wonka we know from the earlier adaptations that this was like a joyful, optimistic hatful of dreams, young man. i thought, oh, that's very clever that he would have started there. i wonder what would have happened for him to land in another place, a chocolate to be simple. >> where is this? it's just weird when you put on your costumes, could you feel wonka? >> yeah, absolutely. >> because, um, in this wonka, this this wonka was unformed and fresh off the boat and with, you know, handkerchiefs spilling out of his pockets and the edges of his coat are singed. and i just, uh. yeah, from the second i put it on, i felt like we were in this vision of willy wonka. do not tell chocolate in this town. >> keegan-michael key plays a somewhat crooked cop who on chocolate. tell me about the joy you get just from bringing a lightness into the theater. >> it's one of those things that you have to be really honored about. and feel grateful for,

that you have the opportunity to do that, that you have the opportunity to make a film of this nature and bring it to the masses. and so for me, it's humbling and, and honor filled, i should say, you know, it's a really great it's a gift. it's a gift to be able to do this. >> it was definitely more rewarding than than almost anything i've worked on, you know, um, just just a joy. >> one is in theaters now. now in los angeles. george pennacchio, abc seven news set design looks incredible. >> that's it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry biel abc seven news five is up next you should feel that, like, right back here. oh, yeah, i felt that! good, that is so much better than last week. thanks, i've been doing 'em every night while i'm watching tv. - oh, what are you watching? it's a mystery. high quality care that meets you where you are.

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