by the end of the weekend. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm dionne lim and i'm dan ashley. >> you're going to notice some changes in the weather over the next few days. today. spare the air alert has been extended through sunday. you're looking at a live look now at conditions around the bay area. earlier today you could see the haze in the sky above the bay in the winter. spare the air. alerts are because of wood smoke. it means no fireplaces or wood burning through sunday. >> now a storm is going to bring rain to the bay area next week. sandbags are now available for residents and businesses in san francisco. people can take up to ten sandbags for free to protect their property from flooding. now just how much rain, though, are we going to get? >> that's the key question. and for how long? abc seven weather anchor spencer christian is tracking that for us. >> spencer okay, dan and diane, many areas will certainly get a soaking from four days of periods of rainfall and of course, improved air quality as well. let's take a look at the storm. that's brewing out at sea right now. we are currently experiencing the calm before this storm arrives, and here's a

look at the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. because the first wave of rain is expected to arrive late sunday, it will be a level one storm producing scattered showers initially, then becoming periods of steadier rainfall. and here's the forecast animation starting sunday afternoon. so that first wave arrives sunday night into monday. monday gets a bit more intense and more widespread. a level two storm, likely on monday. then on tuesday, still more rain and still unsettled and wet on wednesday. so we have several days of at least some periods of rainfall coming our way and the rainfall totals just by monday night will exceed an inch, an inch and a half in the north bay, and anywhere between a half inch and three quarters of an inch south and east of the golden gate. that's just for starters. of course, there'll be a lot more rain after this, and i'll have the complete accuweather seven day forecast in a few minutes. dan dan. >> okay, spencer, thanks very much. in oakland today, a chase, a crash in an armed robbery. according to police, the car

flipped over around 630 this morning. police say the victim was followed by three vehicles for several blocks. a witness describes it as a chase, which ended when one hit the victim's car, causing it to roll over. the suspects got out of their vehicles. one took his personal belongings and took off on foot. they were. there were several gunshots, but the victim was not hit. he had minor injuries and was then taken to the hospital. now several witnesses and the victims say they called 911 during this incident, but they were all put on hold. our i-team recently looked at into the department's response time and found that they're taking longer to answer calls and falling short of the state's standard on responding in a timely manner. >> also from the i-team, two former san rafael police officers will stand trial accused of beating a gardener during a confrontation over an open beer in july of 2022. the i-team first showed you the body cam video of the confrontation with julio lopez, who had been drinking beer with his cousins

after a long day's work. the preliminary hearing for officers brandon nail and daisy mays was wrapped up today, the judge deciding that they should both stand trial for the crime of assault by a public officer. there arraignment is scheduled for later this month. >> a surprise today in a trial involving california's racial justice act, a contra costa county superior court judge told both sides that he needs more time before issuing his ruling. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the latest on this case and its ties to the antioch police department texting scandal, a judge tells attorneys he wants more time to come to a decision on in a case involving california's racial justice act. >> it's in court because of the antioch police department's racist texting scandal. >> it indicates to me he's very thoughtful. he's very thorough. this is a groundbreaking case. the impact this is going to have statewide on police departments. uh. it's appropriate that he decided to take more time.

>> attorney kamala caamano represents terri-ann pugh, one of four young black men charged with murder and attempted murder in connection to a drive by shooting, court documents show. pugh was the direct target of the racist texts. in briefing, she filed in the case. caamano maintains that a blue wall of silence allowed these officers to engage in, quote, despicable conduct. for years, she writes, the officers deliberately used private cell phones to communicate in order to hide evidence of their improper and untrustworthy investigation from defendants and the courts. their actions were done in order to obtain an otherwise unobtainable holding order. in its circumstantial case against defendant pugh, this was on going while they were investigating the charges against our clients. >> while they were appearing in court and testifying while they were writing sworn affidavit from which they omitted all all of this evidence, the defense is seeking legal remedies, including reduction of murder charges to manslaughter, the dismissal of all gang and

firearm enhancements, and the striking of special circumstances which carries life without the possibility of parole. >> the credibility of many of these officers and detectives from antioch police in their conclusions about the case, their determinations that gang charges are warranted. there identifications of individuals in surveillance video that's all tainted by their racial bias. >> the prosecution declined to comment, stating they won't have comment until after a possible remedy or remedies are issued. the judge now hopes to have a decision within the coming weeks in martinez anser hassan abc seven news now to a new progress report from the california department of education. >> our state schools doing better or worse compared to pre-pandemic times? abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn is live in the newsroom with a look at that report. suzanne. well, dion, this is the first time since the covid 19 pandemic that the dashboard has been released. it rates the performance of every district and every school

looking at seven areas, including math and english test scores, chronic absenence 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. daetz 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 in santa clara county schools. a similar story of progress. >> it is encouraging to see some of the progress. yes, as we compare to pre-pandemic, uh, performance and my second takeaway is that 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. 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 we reached out to oakland unified for comment, but haven't heard back. 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. all right. much appreciated. suzanne. >> thanks. all right. coming up next, getting inspiration to build a better bay area by looking outside the bay area. see what abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez saw in reno that could help san francisco's homeless. >> and coming up at 630, groundbreaking on a new space to help teens and young adults who need a place to call home. also ahead and one of the artists said, it's a giant love letter to the people of the bay area. >> isn't that nice? a love letter to the people of the bay area. tonight i'm going to introduce you to one of the artists who contributed to this unique exhibition at the de

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out in nevada, the reno area seems to be making significant progress when it comes to reducing and supporting its unhoused population. >> that's true. abc seven news reporter leah melendez went to reno to see what they are doing. precisely. she's here now to explain what she found. >> yeah, we wanted to know why they were being successful and 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? 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 expanded 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. >> anybody 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, find, 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 daetz 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 where once there was a baseball field, those federal covid funds. were used to build the care's 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. >> the cost to pay for case managers and behavioral health counselors are also paid for by the county. as we saw, the campus is expand. >> 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. 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 >> okay. no >> 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 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. theirs 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 temporarily housed and see this. >> this is what i got today. helena showed us the letter. >> she's been waiting for, notifying 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. >> oh, she's 62 years old. and, you know, people over 55 years

old, they represent about 45% of that county's homeless population. and that's a problem. there are people suffering from mental health problems, and fentanyl is an issue. but not like here. we did not see anyone using fentanyl openly, like in san francisco. not a single one. no, no. and you know, they also told me that they are certain that they will solve the chronic homelessness problem, chronic homelessness, and also homelessness among veterans. that's their goal. >> we should do a follow up. yeah, absolutely. >> obviously they have a great intense focus on this problem. >> they they do. >> yeah. all right leanne thank you. >> all right. well leanne mentioned the town hall that we did take action san francisco with the mayor, police chief and da. it's really a great discussion. it's now streaming online on the abc seven bay area app. all right, moving on to our weekend weather situation. >> we've got some changes. >> we do indeed some rain is coming in. spencer christian is tracking it for us. spencer. right. >> are you ready for a little wet weather? well, ready or not,

it's coming our way. here's a look at the live doppler seven satellite radar composite image. you can see a fairly well defined storm brewing out there, not far from the central california coast. it's moving generally in our direction despite its proximity to us, though, we have very calm weather conditions right now. in fact, most locations have wind speeds under ten miles per hour. so this is literally the calm before the storm. and most locations are also several degrees warmer, right now than at this time last night. in fact, half moon bay is 11 degrees warmer than at this time last night. here's a view from mount tama clear on obstructed view. it's a bit hazy right now as you can see, it's a it was a spare the air day. we still have that haze tonight. 57 degrees right now at san francisco at hayward. and san jose, 51 in oakland, 56 san mateo, half moon bay, 59 degrees. nice, clear view, also from emeryville. looking back along the bay bridge. other temperatures at this hour are 51 degrees at santa rosa, petaluma 52, napa 5650 at fairfield and livermore. concord 55 degrees. and these

are the forecast headlines. so tonight hazy again overnight and into tomorrow. spare the air. tomorrow will be another spare of the air day. and even warmer than today. so it's going to be lovely weather, but the air quality will not be great. sunday. we expect the beginning of some improvement in our air quality as there will be evening showers. it'll also be the first day of several days of some periods of rainfall for tonight. dry conditions, though, just a bit of haze. overnight lows will be generally in the low to mid 40s, a little bit chillier in the inland valleys where we'll see lows of 38 degrees at concord and livermore, 34 over at fairfield. then tomorrow another sunny, hazy day and once again spare the a spare of the air, wood burning is prohibited on a spare of the air day. it will be a pleasant and warm day, though, with high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. just about everywhere down the south bay. look for low to mid 70s at san jose and morgan hill and santa cruz, a high of 71 degrees. tomorrow now let's take a look at the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. the

approaching storm for sunday evening is level one storm. best chance of rain is in the evening. hours scattered showers and maybe some periods of some continuous, steady rainfall. and here's the forecast animation starting with sunday evening. of course, with that first wave of rain. now on monday, the rainfall becomes steadier, more intense, more widespread, and level two. by monday. tuesday, still raining, still wet and adding to the rainfall totals. and wednesday looks like it will be the final day of rainfall, at least in those four consecutive days. as the storm weakens and travels to our south. rainfall estimates by 11:00 monday night. that's just two days into the rainfall period, will be between a half inch and three quarters of an inch south and east of the golden gate, up in the north bay, over an inch and a half of rain in those first two days. expected, expected in santa rosa. so by midweek or the end of the week, our rainfall totals should be quite impressive. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. excuse me, i mentioned that on monday it'll be a level

two storm back to level one on tuesday and wednesday as the weather remains wet and unsettled and the rain will probably end late wednesday if not earlier and thursday. we start winter with a dry day, partly cloudy, partly sunny, a pleasantly cool, seasonably cool i might say. and there's a little snowman there indicating that he or she is snow person or a snow person is looking forward to the arrival of winter. >> oh, you are so equitable with the forecast. >> that day is, like me, unsettled. >> oh, now, now. >> thanks, spencer. okay, well, a special holiday treat today for more than 2000 oakland students and staff. like the nutcracker because it's a very beautiful dance and my favorite thing is ballet. >> and to watch the artists come together is so inspirational. um

it makes me very emotional. so thank you for sharing everything . >> oh, that is so lovely. they were invited for free to the nutcracker by the oakland ballet coany. it is a full dress rehearsal, complete with the oakland symphony and east bay children's choir. now the oakland ballet's nutcracker performances are this weekend only saturday and sunday at the paramount theater. tickets are still available at oakland ballet.org. all right. >> coming up next christmas with the curries. how one of the bay area's most famous family brought some holiday cheer to kids in the 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

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will christmas with the currys. yeah, it's so nice. >> and abc seven news sports anchor chris alvarez was there. he joins us with what a special day this was for the kiddos. yes, during our second day, second decade doing this event. >> 11 so 1011 oh oh it sounds more impressive when it's second decade beginning. the second decade. yeah, it's pretty cool. christmas with the currys might just happen. you know, one day a year, but this takes 365 days of planning for their team. a holiday event of this magnitude is big. the currys, along with their eat, learn, play foundation unveiling big plans to remodel the play space at manzanita community school in oakland. they do so much good work there in oakland, stephanie asia. we're joined by dozens of volunteers. they were handing out food, books, other school supplies, clothes to about 800

students just in time for the holidays. warriors rookie forward trace jackson davis also joined in. he was the role of tallest santa claus ever. he's six foot nine and steph said he appreciates the support from his teammate. >> it was an easy hey, do you want to come and be santa claus at our christmas with the curry's event and help give out some some gifts to the kids? it was a quick guess. i don't know if that's just because he was a rookie or just because, but the fact that he's here and embracing, um, you know, the presence of the kids and big smile on his face, i think he got it immediately. >> it's just nice to see, like, the joy and the kids. what our team works so hard on all year long, finally coming to fruition and see that it is actually making an impact. >> when a veteran guy, someone like steph curry, asks you to come and be a part of his fundraiser and giving back to the community, you can't pass up that opportunity and just seeing the look on the kids faces, um, made my day. >> i think tracy looks good. earlier this week, a total of 17,000 elementary students across oakland unified school

district. they each got a book, five books in a box. so for those of those doing math and i'm not doing math calculator 85,000 books handed out this week. and then the food you saw the books, the clothes. all very good stuff. the warriors are back on the court tomorrow, steph, to wear the santa hat. maybe that'll be his new celebration. you know someone's wearing a santa claus hat. oh, that's a good. that's cute. yeah. we got something new. >> yeah. all right chris, thank you. >> hope he's watching. all right. still to come tonight? meet the families. surprised with cars for christmas and next. >> the sit in

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in the south bay today, a group made up of mostly senior citizens held a protest. >> they say th're living in unacceptable condions in two san jose apartment complexes, and want their landlords to listen. >> abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes explains what they're demanding. fight, fight, fight and five months of frustration have brought these tenants to this building. >> the dozens that came to this sit in demonstration represent

more than 100 tenants at cortez village, and delcastillo apartments in san jose. >> both of these complexes are high majority vietnamese monolingual speakers. according to seniors, everybody is a senior there. >> cindy tran is with the law foundation of silicon valley. she's been working with the tenants who recently formed associations in response to concerns some of them having to do with safety and security, their garage. >> people come in and they break in. um, there was an instance where one of the tenants got their car stolen. >> another big concern for the mostly monolingual community is communication with other staff on site, who are able to communicate with them. tenants say important notices are not being translated despite multiple requests. >> these are basic necessities that they've been trying to fight for. >> friday, the tenants came to the santa clara office of rome corporation, which they believed was an owner of the complex, as the plan was to sit in the office until they got a response from the ceo. instead, police were called to escort them out. when we spoke to them, they said they're just a construction company. >> they're not the property

managers. we reached out to the company listed as the property manager for both complexes, and have not heard back. >> the tenants say they also reached out to them and have not been successful in getting a sit down meeting. the fight has caught the attention of both santa clara county and city of san jose. leaders the council members made promises to facilitate communication on the tenants behalf. >> so i can assure you that their their their concerns will be addressed when we work with the county, when we work with rome corporation promises. >> the tenants and advocates say makes friday's demonstration a win now is just trying to apply more pressure to have that face to face meeting so that the tenants voice can be heard and the tenants will always tell me this. >> they're going to continue to fight until their last breath in the south bay. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. new details in l.a. county autopsy report shows friends actor matthew perry died from the acute effects of ketamine. >> the actor was using the drug to treat anxiety and depression. perry was found dead in the jacuzzi at his home in october.

>> a washington, d.c, jury has ordered rudy giuliani to pay nearly $150 million for defaming two georgia election workers. giuliani was sued for lies he spread about the workers after the 2020 presidential election. the jury awarded each woman $75 million in punitive damages and roughly 36 million more for emotional distress and damage to their reputations. >> stocks on wall street were mixed today after a record setting week. here's a quick look at the numbers. the dow rose nearly 57 points, closing at another record high of 37,305. the nasdaq advanced 52 points. the s&p was flat. >> now to some help for hundreds of teens in santa clara county who are transitioning out of fost care today was the official grounreakg for a new resource center on portmore avenue. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey shows you this is aimed at giving them a

chance. many foster youth never had one, two, 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 dontae 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 and will go towards creating a better life for the 764 youth experiencing 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 resource are there and we need to be able to help them, like obtain them. once the dust has settled in, the ribbon is cut, the hub will begin changing lives in 2025. >> in san jose. dustin dawsey

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jeopardy! confirmed the news to good morning america in a statement, which read in part that the syndicated program will have one host, ken jennings, to maintain continuity for viewers as an exhibit at san francisco's deyoung museum is shaking up some traditional ideas about major exhibitions. >> and for local artists, it's 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, deyoung 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. >> nakatani joined hundreds of bay area artists who submitted their work for an exhibition called the deyoung open the floor to ceiling format recall shows. the famous salon exhibitions in 19th century paris. qahtani'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 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. thank 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, um, 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. >> we were just talking. we love some of these works, so just fantastic. >> the breadth is amazing, right? >> the museum is offering free saturday admission to the deyoung open, which runs through the first week of january. check it out if you can. yeah, that looks fun. >> well, coming up next, get a look at when the rain will arrive this we

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in need of their own form of transportation. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena explains what happened when they showed up, hoping to be one of a lucky few to get a life changing gift. >> all right. can you keep a secret? there are ten families that showed up here today thinking they were coming to the last interview to potentially get one of the four cars being donated today. one of them is blanca sanchez. so i tell them, if we get it, we get it, and if we don't, it's okay. we made it this far. blanca is a single mom who lives paycheck to paycheck. >> i work at a school local for in windsor, and so they. i just been trying my best to get them

to be where they need to be and have them be stable. that's my goal. >> ali is also a single mom of three. her vehicle was damaged in a car accident in september. >> so i can get to my two jobs. so i can get to my kids schools and daycare to, um, bring them to their doctor's appointments. >> nancy was nominated by her friend michelle. >> i pay my rent and i pay my daughter's tuition, and those are the most important things. a car is important, but that my daughter's education is more important as far as my money goes. so she had to come first and i gave up my car. >> everyone here hoping to drive a car home with only four cars in sight. not everyone would be selected. >> i'm hoping for whatever god wants. >> every year the cross family foundation receives letters from sonoma county residents in need of a car. in the last decade, they've donated 255 cars, choosing who to give them to is hard. >> there's a lot of demographics that state funding goes to help

with food stamps or cash aid or even the county. and we're looking for the people who make maybe 3 or $400 over the mark to receive those services. >> as they all waited to see who would be the lucky for surprise, all ten of them would drive a car home. >> my brain is just i can't i don't know, i just i'm so happy i have no words to express how happy i am. jodi of these cars were donated by allstate insurance and refurbished by the team at gmc auto body. >> for sean, this is personal. his dad started the foundation and passed seven years ago this thanksgiving and i. >> i think often what he would think of what we've done with our foundation, what we've done with his legacy, the business and, you know, i hope he'd be proud in santa rosa. >> luz pena abc seven news. >> all i know so sweet. right. >> the look on their faces. >> let's update. we've got some weather coming in. yeah. >> spencer standing by with a little bit more on the timing. >> yes. okay. diana right now things are very calm, as you

know, we're under a spare. spare the air alert through sunday. so tonight, a little bit of a haze, but otherwise mainly clear skies, low temperatures ranging from upper 30s in the chilliest locations to mainly low and mid 40s. then tomorrow, more haze with sunshine. spare the air day . it will be warm tomorrow with high temperatures generally in the mid to upper 60s and even some low to mid 70s in the south bay. but then the storm comes our way. and here's a look at it on the satellite radar. composite image. it's moving in our direction just a day and a half away. and on our exclusive abc seven storm impact scale this storm, which arrives on sunday, will be at a level one when it first hits us sunday evening, bringing showers and periods of rainfall. here's the forecast animation showing us the arrival sunday evening, along with the intense location of the storm on monday, it will be more widespread, heavier rain hitting all areas of the bay area in fact, it will be a level two on monday. then a level on tuesday it continues and on wednesday before it weakens just

a bit and dips southward and that will be pretty much the end of the rainfall. but the total is going to be very impressive even by monday night. we'll be looking at over an inch and a half in some spots. certainly by wednesday, those totals will be even higher. here's the accuweather seven day forecast level two storm on monday, with the heaviest rain in the morning still wet and unsettled tuesday and wednesday. the showers linger but will finally end late wednesday and then thursday marks the beginning of winter on a drier note. >> nice all. right spencer. thank you. okay. >> all right. a fun moment with the giants today. >> yeah larry joining us now. they have a new addition. >> they haven't had a lot of fun moments this off season. they needed a win today. giants introducing a player they hope will be a huge star in san francisco. jongho lee made quite the impression today

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contact your volvo retailer to learn more. popular here. giants signed him to a six year, $113 million deal after they missed out on shohei ohtani. lee is fast. he has some flair. played in the korean baseball organization. as you can see, he also has a really good sense of humor and some handsome. >> i always have loved to bay area from coming here as a young

ballplayer. >> i am here to win and will always give my best for teammate and fans. let's go giants! thank you. >> let's go. giants signed some more players. uh- feels like the warriors are in freefall. lost three in a row. 12 of their last 16. and they're going to be without the suspended draymond green indefinitely. the dubs host the brooklyn nets tomorrow night. needless to say, the warriors did not expect to struggle anything like this. but the combination of just ever present turnovers and fouls every game has them in 11th place in the west and caused an early reassessment of goals. today steph curry said the team is looking for just little victories right now, hoping to build on that identifying what you have to kind of overcome to be the team that you want to be. >> so we're in that period, right now. uh- obviously all the different circumstances that we're trying to overcome. the biggest thing is it allows us to

remove like april, may, june from you know, the mindset and just think about how we can be prepared on a nightly basis to win. so the small victories for us are a big focus right now. it could be refreshing to reinvigorate some energy, you know, approaching it that way as opposed to just talking about, you know, championships and all that type of stuff. like, we know we can get there, but but let's just win on saturday. >> one game at a time, 40 niners visit the arizona cardinals on sunday. they'll see kyler murray for the first time since the 2021 season. murray remember, he was drafted by the a's, got a big arm and mobility that can wreak havoc. plus, the niners could be without defensive lineman eric armstead and javon hargrave, both nursing injuries, as the niners go for their sixth straight win. well you knew this was coming, but the raiders really sped up the decision on brandon staley after they scored 63 points last night in a rout of staley's chargers today. the team fired head coach staley and gm tom telesco. the chargers have a roster that is loaded with talent, but a five and nine

record. the cal bears they face texas tech in the independence bowl tomorrow in shreveport. cal tailback jayden ott. oh, did he scare a lot of bears fans today with the video post about transferring out. >> i'll be entering the transfer portal this upcoming season, and, uh, yeah, respect my decision. please. playing. i'm going to stay. >> sheridan. >> don't do that again. but you know what? i love the way he sold it. and he's like, hey, this is a gut wrenching decision . he when i first saw it, i was like, oh no, for a cal april fools. exactly. no >> smiling a little bit, coach justin wilcox was asked in a news conference, you know what he thought about the video? >> he said that was the worst joke ever. >> i got. not as funny to him.

>> yeah, not. yeah clearly, but good acting by jayden. thanks, larry. all right, well, coming up tonight on abc seven at 8:00, it's shark tank, followed by 2020 at nine. >> then, of course, don't miss abc seven news at 11. and a quick reminder abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want. wherever you happen to be. >> all right, finally, this friday, a few thoughts about what really matters a remarkable story from the central valley, where tonight there is a new young lawyer on the job in the tulare county district attorney's office. and by young i mean young. just 18 years old, he passed the bar at 17, when most kids are worried about what to wear to the senior prom. peter park started high school at 13. while similar, starting law school, which he finished in four years. i don't know about you, but when i was in high school, i was just trying to survive algebra. never mind torts, civil procedure and intellectual property law. it's a great story and a great

achievement. but is it a good idea? well he's clearly brilliant, but that alone may make it hard to fit in. as will being so much younger than his colleagues. after all, he can't join them for a beer after winning a tough case. but as we scrutinize the data from the dashboard report card on california public education that was released today and we reported on earlier, perhaps what really matters is the inspirational and aspirational achievement of peter park, the power of education, determination and hard work. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and social media at dan ashley abc seven. all right. >> and that's all the time we have for this edition of abc seven news at six. i'm dionne lim and i'm dan ashley for spencer christian, larry biel, all of us. >> we appreciate your time. hope you have a great evening and that we see you again at 11.

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originally from lafayette, louisiana... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. and welcome to the finals of this "jeopardy!" champions wildcard competition. over the next two games, we will put our finalists yungsheng, tyler, and gary to the test as they strive to emerge as our winner. that is, the player with the highest combined score at the end of monday's game two. only one of these three can be named our champion and advance to the tournament of champions. so with a lot on the line, let's get into the first round. here are your categories in the jeopardy! round. we begin with a little game of... then we have... followed by... and... yungsheng, you make the first selection. i grew up in a trailer park. so trailer park for $1,000.