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scattered showers, downed trees, and freeway flooding. it's eased up a little bit, but do not put those umbrellas away just yet. tonight we are tracking the rain throughout the bay area. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. here's a live look at the conditions outside right now, and for the details and a look at what's in store for tomorrow. >> let's get straight to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya >> yeah, more wet weather is ahead tomorrow morning. dan. and let me show you live doppler seven right now. and you will see that it is pretty wet across
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the bay area. i'm going to get you into street level radar. we're seeing some light to moderate rain right around ignacio boulevard between marinwood and novato highway 101. as we move into the east bay from el cerrito to berkeley, san pablo, you will notice across highway 24, we are seeing some lighter showers and some light rain across the peninsula into the south bay from los altos to san jose. evergreen you will notice even right around highway 101 going into morgan hill. so this is what you're going to have to deal with tomorrow morning. there are two areas of low pressure. the first system is right here. and then there's a secondary low that is coming our way, which is why you want to hang on to the umbrellas for a few days. gusts to 44 right now in mount diablo. big rock ridge is 50 almost miles an hour. and as we go, hour by hour, tomorrow morning's commute will include those scattered showers. so definitely allow that extra time as we head into the afternoon. still those showers going. it's a level one on our storm impact scale.
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slight chance of thunder. certainly gusty winds and thunder chance, not just tomorrow. minor roadway flooding, but continuing through wednesday. i'll be back with a full look at the timeline and rainfall totals coming up. >> dan okay, sandhya, thanks a lot. let's show you how bad the flooding was in some parts of the bay area earlier today. this was the scene at alemany and bayshore boulevards. the flooding affecting the southbound on ramp to highway 101. this was about 3:00 this afternoon. it took hours for the situation to be resolved, but at about 730 tonight, the ramp was reopened. >> the slick road conditions outside have been a factor in several car accidents over the past few days. since saturday morning, at least seven people have died in car accidents in the bay area. the latest happening in concord tonight. weather conditions, speed and dui are all being considered as contributing factors. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has more than two chp officers in the rain, and along i-680 in pleasanton monday. >> after this, honda pilot went off ■the road, possibly hittinga tree. according to officers, two
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people inside the vehicle died. it's the latest in not one, 2 or 3, but at least four fatal accidents across the bay area over the course of the last three days. >> there was two babies. yes, one, i think, passed away and the other that i was holding was is looks like he's in critical condition. they were resuscitating him when i looked over after i was pulled away from him. >> candace turner is referring to this accident scene early saturday morning along highway four in martinez. the two babies she's referring to are kids, a five year old child that died, and an 11 year old child who she held in her arms and who survived, follow the speed limit. >> wear your seatbelts and just drive with caution. >> chp says the five year old, who died in this crash was not properly restrained. the person driving has been arrested for dui and manslaughter. the message from chp headquarters is clear slow down, drive sober,
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celebrate responsibly. >> have that designated driver. don't. don't risk like, you know, losing your life, taking somebody else's life. >> the two other fatal wrecks involved a 19 year old woman who died in an accident on the richmond-san rafael bridge sunday night, and two people who died after their vehicle crashed into a tree along the san tomas expressway in campbell on monday. chp maximum enforcement starts later this week, meaning all available officers will be on roadways. they're urging you to call in if you see someone driving who might be impaired. make that call. >> if you see that you know if you wouldn't want that person driving next to your family, to your friends, pick up the phone and call 911 and report what you're seeing, all with the hope that we won't continue to see more fatal crashes like this. >> j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> well, the wet weather here and stormy conditions back east
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mean delays at san francisco international airport. this is a live picture of sfo so far today. sfo reports 485 delayed flights, according to the website flight aware, there are arrival delays of about an hour and inbound flights are delayed at their origin on average of two hours because of the wind. there have been ten cancellations. in addition to the delays. now don't forget you can check out the abc seven bay area app for the latest on weather conditions and to access the same doppler seven weather radar that sandhya and our weather team use every day. search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it whenever you're ready. >> now to new details from oakland, where the city could finally have a new police chief in the coming days. yeah. >> last week, the city's police commission formally sent the names of three candidates to mayor shengtao. the mayor says she's going to now go through the process of vetting those candidates, intending to pick one as soon as possible. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following this story and joins us with the
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latest. tim. >> yeah. dan. now, those names of those three individuals are not going to be made public. that's because of confidentiality and privacy concerns. but remember, oakland hasn't had a police chief since february. and several folks tell me they believe the long process has hurt the city. >> the long wait in oakland may finally be coming to an end. ten months after losing yet another police chief, the city's police commission has sent a list of three candidates for mayor xiang tao to consider. >> just get it done. this has been an arcane process. barry donilon is the president of the oakland police officers association. he says the long period of uncertainty without a chief has cost both the department and the city itself. all of it coming during a year where crime has continued to rise. we need stability in the organization. we need stability when it comes to addressing crime, and we need a plan. whoever is ultimately chosen will have a monumental task ahead of them, says lisa hill, a criminal justice professor and policing expert at cal state east bay. i think it's really
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important that the mayor get this right, hill tells me. after years of going through multiple chiefs internal dysfunction within the department and sometimes strained relations with oakland city leaders, whoever leads opd next will have to work hard to rebuild community trust. >> oakland is a unique city, and so just picking a chief with with leadership skills is, you know, that's good. but i think you're going to need a unique chief. and it's not just the community relationship that needs to be rebuilt. >> according to hill, after former chief lauren armstrong controversial firing in february , hill believes the new chief could also have to address dissatisfaction within opd ranks to whoever takes on this department, potentially is taken on a split department. >> there are still some folks that are loyal to the outgoing chief. that's why hill believes one thing mayor tao will be looking for is adaptability. >> are they are evolving with their officers, with society as a whole, with the way crime is
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happening, the whole societal picture now, theoretically, one of these three final candidates could be former chief leronne armstrong. he has made it very clear that he does want the job. as for mayor, though, she said she would not rehire him in the studio. tim johns abc seven news so that seems like a long shot, to say the least. to say the least. >> thanks, tim very much. >> contra costa county has issued more violation notices against the martinez refinery today. the notices include air quality violations, public nuisance and an illegal burn after locals complained of a grass fire near the plant. the refinery issued a level one alert after the heat of a flare sparked the fire on friday. flaring from the refinery could be seen around the region. it was blamed on an operational incident. some of the protesters facing charges for shutting down the bay bridge last month were in court today. >> a total of 80 people are facing five misdemeanor charges each. today, hundreds rallied outside san francisco's hall of justice, urging the district attorney to drop the charges. last month, the protest, calling
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for a ceasefire in gaza, shut down the bay bridge for hours. and it was during the apec summit. today, 17 of the protesters faced a judge. >> all of this could have been prevented if these elected officials called for a cease fire. so people do what they feel like they need to do out of desperation. >> in a statement, san francisco's district attorney says the exercise of free speech is one thing, but it cannot compromise public safety. but this group says the da's response does not represent san francisco. last week, we reported on local disapproval involving the controversial bike lane design on san francisco's valencia street mission area merchants blame the bike lane for a drop in business after 70 parking spots were removed from the street. >> some local cyclists have also voiced the need for a new design. sfmta released a statement today saying the bike lane is still part of a pilot program, and that it's now exploring a curbside protected bike lane design for valencia street right in china, more than 100 people are dead, and search
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and rescue efforts are underway after an earthquake struck just before midnight local time. >> it happened in the north west province of gansu, near the border of qinghai, state media reports. it was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake. there are more than 400 people injured, at least, and reports of collapsed buildings, as well as damage to water and electricity lines. chinese president xi jinping is also calling for an all out search and rescue effort to minimize the casualties. >> new at 11. could there be a sudden surge in apple watch purchases before christmas? the precedented announcement from apple plus volunteers in the south bay show their gratitude and support to farm workers with a holiday tradition and a rare gold custom. air jordans made for filmmaker spike lee anonymously dropped off in a donation shoot in oregon. we'll tell you what happened next. that's a pair of shoes. >> all right. first, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right
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to bless same sex couples. the vatican says same sex couples can receive blessings without an exhaustive moral analysis. this news is deeply meaningful to gay couples who are catholic. >> this church has ignored the fact that there are followers of christ that are lgbt, who love jesus and are not going to be pushed out of the church. time to embrace it. and the pope is being strong about that, and that makes me ecstatic. >> the church still states that marriage is between a man and a woman, and the blessing must not be tied to any specific catholic celebration or religious service. apple is pulling some of its watches off the shelves right before the holiday, amid a patent dispute. >> starting this week, the series nine and ultra two versions will not be sold online or at retail locations in the u.s. this comes as apple fights a battle with medical device maker masimo over the watch's blood oxygen feature. the international trade commission's review ends december 25th, so apple is halting sales in case
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the commission upholds the alleged patent infringement case in the south bay, a holiday tradition turned into a community event, and it is all to help hundreds of families working this holiday season. >> abc seven news reporter lauren martinez is there now. >> this is a day making party. nearly 100 volunteers rolled up their sleeves on monday in san jose to make 2400 tamales. it was a labor of love by the nonprofit farmworker caravan. on wednesday, the organization will deliver these tamales to 200 farmworker families. >> so everybody's family here today and we're making tamales with love to deliver to these people who work for us. 365 days a year, delivering food to our tables. so today we want to deliver food to their tables. >> hundreds of hands helped prepare the filling. the masa folding and eventually steaming. there was even at the mall making 101 class. the mexican dish is a tradition in many latino households. around christmas time, mine included. aside from the assembly of
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tamales, small business owners held a christmas market. sandra martinez, andrea started garcia market by making bracelets first, and then added items made by her grandmother in mexico. she made this napkin cloth. >> she actually hand stitches them and so i thought it would be you know, really great to also make a part of all this. i feel like all the creativity came from her. >> claudia lopez sells handcrafted jewelry and home goods from guatemala and mexico. her boutique is in san juan bautista. >> i really want to show everyone, share the culture and really show that we have of beautiful, handcrafted items. for me, it's just a great opportunity to be here to market myself and my business support and give back to the community. that way, by monday evening, volunteers were still cooking and packaging the tamales that will be gifted to farmworker families in half moon bay in the south bay. >> lauren martinez abc seven
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news. wonderful gesture. >> now to an example of building a better bay area. ucsf is expanding its bimonthly food pharmacy, where they hand out groceries for food insecure patients. the idea is that food is medicine. when a physician also gives healthy cooking lessons and nutrition advice on a monthly basis, doctor gina moreno john started this resource a few years ago after seeing a need in the community. >> we found out in 2018 that about 1 in 4 of our patients doesn't have enough food to eat, so in 2019, we started this program called the food pharmacy. it's a food bank in clinic that really tries to center what the patients need so they can have food to get healthier and to reduce their stress. and uh, you know, and concerns around budget as well. a new grant is helping to expand this service to all of ucsf's 11 primary care clinics in san francisco, happening tomorrow. >> san francisco's airport commission will consider naming the international terminal in honor of senator dianne feinstein. last month, a group
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that calls itself the dianne feinstein 100 plus committee submitted an application for the naming. the group includes speaker emerita nancy pelosi, mayor london breed and former mayor willie brown. a public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for next month. feinstein died in september at the age of 90. >> today's san francisco opened up eight new pickleball courts in the sunset district in an effort to keep up with the exploding demand for the sport. the inclement weather didn't stop the opening ceremony in larson park. there are now more than 80 pickleball courts in the city, up from the mere 12 that existed back in 2018. the larson park courts are now the largest pickleball complex in the city. wow it's going to be planet pickleball soon. >> that is such a fast spreading and popular sport. all right, well, tough to play pickleball in a lot of rain. >> yeah. let's get to sandhya patel for what's coming for tomorrow. sandhya. >> yeah, we're going to have more wetrillionoadways tomorrow. ama and dan. so let's check out live doppler seven right now. and let's talk about what it
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looks like a live view from our exploratorium camera and you can pretty much see raindrops dotting the lens. so here's what you need to know. an accuweather alert. your morning commute will include wet roads, minor flooding, and reduced visibility. remember wipers on, headlights on, and drive carefully. we're basically looking ahead to off and on showers all day. and speaking of on live doppler seven, we do have the rain falling right now as we get you into san francisco. street level radar the peninsula you will notice around mission street, california street we are seeing the wet weather also right around pacifica. some light to moderate showers in the north bay from marinwood heading towards black point at sonoma area. we are seeing some showers there and scattered showers from the santa cruz mountains. all the way down towards the los gatos area and morgan hills. so definitely give yourself that extra time for the morning commute. first low that brought the stormy start to your monday with the first band of wet weather is starting to move off
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to the east. a secondary low is going to drop down and that's just going to reinforce the wet weather that we are experiencing right now. over the next couple of days, winds are gusting to 24 miles an hour and half moon bay right now, so we'll keep those winds going, at least for another few hours before they subside. now, rainfall since sunday, we're picking up quite a bit of rain in the santa cruz mountains. you expect that over two inches, but even santa rosa getting close to three inches 1.41. san francisco almost an inch in oakland getting just over that in napa, brentwood as well as san jose, 6000/300 of an inch. livermore if you're not in the rain shadow, you got 8000/200 of an inch and you're still counting. all right. temperature is 50 to 60. it's really mild out there compared to 24 hours ago. running warmer, just about everywhere up seven degrees in san jose compared to 24 hours ago. so here are the headlines the week ahead. overnight showers, breezy conditions. the next few days. periods of rain. and this weekend we are looking at cold mornings with plenty of sun
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coming your way. so take a look at what you can expect. standing water on the roadways, localized flooding, a moderate to high likelihood, or a medium to high likelihood. power outages. we've experienced some of these tonight and still a possibility, at least for tonight. sierra snow. it's been rain and then switching over to snow above 8000ft. those snow levels will be coming down to about 7000ft tomorrow. so tonight through wednesday, level one scattered showers, gusty thunder chance. minor roadway flooding expected to continue tomorrow morning. those scattered showers will include some brief downpours 6 a.m. as well. so give yourself that extra time by noontime, the focus is on the north bay, but then those scattered showers continuing through the evening going into wednesday. this is when we are expecting that secondary low to bring us some downpours. wednesday morning, and that is going to be the likelihood of some thunderstorms as well. rainfall estimates will range anywhere from a few inches in the north bay and along the coast over three inches to about a third to a half an inch in our
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inland areas, your morning temperatures in the 50s. for most of you, it's pretty mild out there. definitely grab those umbrellas before you go. and then tomorrow afternoon, another mild day is expected with those scattered showers, 50s and 60s. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a one for tuesday wednesday, thursday morning, thursday evening is when winter begins and then we're going to go with a dry pattern for the weekend. definitely cold, cold mornings for saturday and sunday. but christmas is looking a okay dan. and so i mean you know maybe a little drizzle. that's okay. >> hannah's got windshield wipers. >> that's right. >> and rudolf thanks, andy. (♪) (♪)
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proceeds will benefit the portland rescue mission that serves people struggling with homelessness, hunger and addiction. yeah, so lee wore his pair to the academy awards when he accepted an oscar in 2019. >> the man who discovered the shoes while sorting through donations is formerly homeless and was left in tears, as made me cry. >> yeah, i had to lick my tears away. anyway um, it's remarkable how this whole thing came about. i'm just fortunate to be a part
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of this. yeah and this is gonna take care of so many people, so many different ways. so thank you so much for this opportunity. >> isn't that nice? the donated sneakers were not lee's pair, but were among a few made to give out to his inner circle. now being put to very good use. that's nice. >> absolutely. well, the 40 niners got some help from one of their arch rivals tonight. >> they did sports director larry beil is here larry dan i'm a 40 niners 11 and three. >> a lone atop the nfc thanks to a little help from the seattle seahawks who took down the eagles with a very late fingertip touchdown next
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rooting for their division rivals from seattle. but that was the case tonight and the seahawks beat the eagles, thus helping the niners move one step closer to locking up the one seed in the nfc in seattle on a rainy night. the eagles in town. jalen hurts playing sick in seattle trying to break a four game losing streak. hurts on a three yard run, capping a 75 yard drive. they were up ten three at the half. to the third quarter we go and kenneth walker the third is back and he is
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healthy again. and look at the quarterback drew lock. he's out front blocking 23 yard touchdown run. and we are tied at ten apiece 1713 eagles. seattle one last drive started from their own eight. third and ten d.k. metcalf 34 yards. incredible catch. then another third and 1030 three seconds to play. lock to jackson smith and gigaba for the touchdown. seahawks win 2017 philly drops to ten and four after their third consecutive loss. niners alone atop the nfc at 11 and three with three games to play. christian mccaffrey scored three touchdowns in the 40 niners 4529 win over arizona yesterday, and his reward was hanging out with eli and peyton on the manningcast. by the way, those mascot games are unbelievable. >> they hit you full speed like you. you know, we kind of went in like, this is a fun ordeal. i still remember to this day. half our team was like crying. any play that works, i'm a fan of i get the question. all like you like to you like to run touchdowns or catch touchdowns, but like, i don't care how how
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it happens. i like the plays that work. >> touchdowns good. last night in portland, the warriors won despite steph curry not making a three for the first time in 268 games. last time, it happened was 2018. and while draymond green sits out on suspension, that opens the door for rookie trace jackson-davis, who scored a career high 14 points. he's going to get more minutes going forward, 30s done a lot of heavy lifting. >> um, the first half of the season. so having guys step up and just contributing contribute , shooting, being ready to play, um, it's great. and we just got to have more of that and continue it through the rest of the season. >> the bahamas bowl was moved to charlotte for a year and they renamed it the famous toast bowl . western kentucky came back from a four touchdown deficit to win 3835, in overtime, which gives us an excuse to run the post game celebration or meal, i should say feature toast. toast we get it. sports on abc seven, sponsored by river rock
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tacular display today. the eruption began shortly after 10 p.m. local time. does not currently pose a threat, but there's a lot more on this story for you on our website. one of the top things people are clicking on it's up for you on the top news sidebar at abc seven news.com. all right. >> thank you. so much for watching tonight. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for cindy patel larry biel, all of us. >> we appreciate your time right now on jimmy kimmel adam sandler and henry winkler. >> good night. have a great one. previously on "jimmy kimmel live" -- >> lou: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live!"
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