sorry for the businesses. you know that uh- that i work out of there. >> several los altos businesses gone in a flash now at five. investigators looking into how the early christmas morning fire started and a proposal for peace. now on the table, the details from egyptian officials working to broker a deal forward between israel and hamas, and a live look this morning at major bay area airports. it's been pretty smooth for people flying in and out of the bay. more on today's flight forecast. as people continue to travel for the holidays. good morning everybody. it is tuesday, december 26. we hope you had a merry christmas. we are back here looking at the forecast for you and today is okay.

>> today is a dry day. it's tomorrow that will bring some wet weather into the forecast. here's a live look outside the exploratorium camera. we have a little bit of fog out there right now across the city and along the coast, but visibility mode will switch it over to live doppler seven. we're not finding any thick fog right now. we'll keep our eyes on this map at tends to ebb and flow over the next couple of hours as we head towards sunrise, but right now we aren't dealing with any dense fog advisories. temperatures it is on the chilly side. you see, these numbers are starting out in the 40s for the most part. 48 in vallejo. good morning. 45 in san jose, 44 in brentwood, san mateo, starting at 46 degrees. we have a lot of cloud cover upstairs, and that's going to hang around for much of the day. so it's partly sunny skies this morning. mostly cloudy in the afternoon. we're dry today with temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s, but showers do return tomorrow. we'll talk much more about that. eight minutes. let's check in with sue and see how the commute is doing. >> all right. if you have an early morning flight this morning, it's no problem getting there. we are very light on the roads. taking a look at the east shore freeway, those streaming

headlights headed in the westbound direction of 80 past golden gate fields and berkeley and on into the macarthur maze for the bay bridge toll plaza is very light as well. we are looking over at 880 because we do have an accident on the 880 on ramp to southbound, or i should say the hegenberger on ramp to southbound 880 is not affecting your drive. this is if you're headed towards oakland airport this morning. i know we have family flying out. it is moving at the limit, but thank you to now we are talking about that holiday travel rush. >> it's happening right now. this is a live look at sfo and san jose international airport. according to data from tracker flightaware.com, 12 flights have been delayed only one canceled so far at sfo. now at sjc, travelers are looking at nine delays, no cancellations. this morning. it's a different story when we talk about air travel for christmas day, sfo and sjc combined saw more than 120 delays, each one with a canceled flight. now let's look at our

abc seven news oakland airport camera oakland international journal saw more than 40 delays yesterday. more than ten cancellations right now we're seeing about five delays this morning. now early winter weather is causing some headaches for americans traveling today. the midwest is already experiencing blizzard conditions impacting those driving cross country flight delays and cancellations are limited for now. abc news reporter liz landers has more on the travel conditions from washington this morning. >> a wintry weather storm is hitting the heartland, bringing blizzard conditions around the holidays. that was i-80 at a standstill for hours yesterday in nebraska, when whiteout conditions caused dozens of crashes. 50 mile per hour winds shut down part of i-90 80 highway in south dakota. christmas day two south dakota, north dakota, minnesota and iowa all under a winter weather advisory. an ice storm warning up to a half inch of ice could accumulate on trees and power lines. expect these conditions

through wednesday in the same storm system will bring heavy rain into the mid-atlantic by this evening and into the northeast by tomorrow. these conditions, expected to cause travel delays on the roads and in the skies as americans are eagerly back to traveling for the holidays 157 flights within into or out of the u.s. canceled. so far, and 2111 delayed as of late afternoon monday, according to flightaware . for one airline mix up, leaving a six year old boy in the wrong city, they told me, no, he's not in this flight. >> he missed his flight. i said, no, he could not miss his flight because i have to check in. >> tag spirit airlines accidentally sent an unaccompanied minor from philadelphia to orlando instead of his correct destination of fort myers, florida. spirit airlines saying the child was always under the care and supervision of a spirit team member. and as soon as we discovered the error, we took immediate steps to communicate

with the family and reconnect them. and it has been a record year for airline travel. tsa says that they have seen 12% more travelers this year than last in washington. liz landers abc news entire livelihoods for a group of small businesses in los altos have been turned upside down. >> we first brought you this story as breaking news yesterday morning right here on abc seven morning. that's when fire crews were called to an early morning, two story shopping center. fire at the corner of west el camino real. now, fortunately, no one was inside the building at the time, but this morning is still dangerous out there. abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live this morning with the latest lena kumasi, fire officials say there is still a big concern that this building could collapse outward, which is why they do have such a large perimeter set up around this building right now, with part of el camino real still shut down at this hour. >> this fire started more than

24 hours ago, just before 5:00 on christmas morning. during the firefight, there was some structural collapse, including the roof and the hvac systems. so firefighters were pulled to battle the flames from the outside, taking firefighters until the afternoon to get this fully contained. business owners tell us there's at least ten other businesses that were in this shopping center, including a salon, a bakery and sat prep center, and a judo and martial arts school. >> so i'm shocked. still you know, i just opened up my business. it's only been a year, so it was starting to go really well. you know, great location, nice building. and then this the santa clara county deputy fire chief says if the building contents have cooled by some time later this morning, then firefighters can take a closer look inside. >> they have not been able to make entry since before the roof collapsed. fire fighters also tell us that the cause of this fire is still under

investigation, but no one was hurt in this fire. live in los altos. lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you. lena developing news president biden is ordering the u.s. military yesterday to carry out airstrikes in iraq. officials say it was one of three options given to the president in a call with defense secretary lloyd austin. according to the white house, that strikes targeted three locations used by iranian backed militants. the strike was called in retaliation for a drone attack that injured three u.s. service members in northern iraq . one of them is listed in critical condition. new developments in the war between israel and hamas as a civilian death toll keeps rising. there is a new ceasefire plan being offered, but so far there's little, if any, support for it. abc news reporter andrew dymburt has the latest. >> this morning, despite growing international calls for a cease fire, israel is forging ahead with its bombing campaign in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, during a surprise visit with his troops, proclaimed we are not stopping.

netanyahu saying the war will continue until hamas is destroyed. just hours earlier, one of the deadliest airstrikes for civilians since the war began, the hamas run gaza health ministry says at least 70 people were killed in an airstrike on this refugee camp. dozens of women and children among the victims. also over the weekend, at least 17 israeli soldiers were killed, sparking renewed protests in israel to do a vote. the prime minister was heckled in parliament by families of israeli hostages held by hamas. >> we need someone to tell us what they're going to do. we need everyone to know that that romy and many more hostages are still had held in gaza. and we want people to remember them. and to not forget that they're there and they need to come home. >> neighboring egypt is now proposing a new cease fire plan. it includes a mediated release of hostages and the formation of a new palestinian government in

gaza. neither side outright rejected the offer, raising hopes for a new round of diplomacy. but there's also growing concern about a wider conflict in the region. iran says a high ranking iranian general was killed during an israeli airstrike in syria yesterday. an iranian political group now calling for revenge. the us is hoping to work with israel to scale down operations in gaza, axios reports. one of prime minister netanyahu's top confidants will visit the white house today, where officials plan to discuss a time frame for the next phase of the war. andrew dymburt abc news, new york. >> 509 will take you to san jose mineta international, where things are quiet. we have mostly cloudy conditions right now, and the cloud cover is going to hang around all day today. so looking at the morning drive, you can see it's a mostly cloudy morning. we're dry out there just a few peeks of sunshine. once that sun is up here past 7 a.m, temperatures starting out in the 40s and slowly climbing through the 50s as we head into the afternoon, here's live doppler seven along with satellite. you can see a lot of

cloud cover moving into northern california on satellite, it's all ahead of this cold front. this cold front will move through here tomorrow and bring a return of some showers. but ahead of it, we're getting a lot of cloud cover blowing off that front today. it's just a cloudy day before those showers return tomorrow. so here's the breakdown. region by region today. you see, it's a mostly cloudy day. we'll have winds out of the south, gusting about 5 to 15mph. and most of us will get into the upper 50s to the lower 60s for daytime highs. now if you travel across the state, we're not finding any issues. just cloudy in northern california. a lot more sunshine in southern california, but we're not finding any intense weather makers coming our way. the next 24 hours. but that rain is going to come back here by about wednesday midday on the abc seven storm impact scale to level one tomorrow. scattered showers and isolated downpours. it will create some slick travel. we'll go hour by hour in future weather. kumasi the storm coming up in about nine minutes. >> thank you drew. well tomorrow's weather could be a helpful tool to get ahead of a seasonal chore today. coming up,

the warning from the national weather service and new state laws impacting your finances. we're going to break down the new policies coming in 2024. the holiday is helping to reveal local, helpful heroes will show you who is helping build a better bay area

one in the past, including people who were never convicted or prosecuted. it applies to simple. possession, attempted possession and use of marijuana on federal land. and in washington, d.c. anyone who needs proof of a pardon will need to apply for a certificate. for a certificate from the justice department. once the calendar officially flips to 2024, a slate of new laws is set to hit the books here in california. for many of them, aiming to help you save money. so here are a few of the policies going into place. minimum wage is increasing to $16 an hour for all employers. fast food employers are required to pay workers a minimum of $20 an hour starting on april first.

health care workers are seeing an increase in pay to $18 an hour. more sick time coming to california workers sb 6.16 ensures workers will get at least five days, or 40 hours of sick leave every year. it's up from the standard three day minimum, or 24 hours a year. this new law aims to standardize sick leave policy statewide, a ban on junk fees goes into effect on july 1st. sb 478 prohibits the active, deceptively advertising low prices, then tacking on those additional required fees either in the fine print or toward the end. now, state attorney general rob bonta says california now has the most effective piece of legislation in the nation to tackle this problem. also, starting on july 1st, a ban on expensive security deposits, landlords with more than two rental properties will not be able to require deposits that cost more than a single month's rent. now landlords that own only two properties, with a total of for units will be

exempt from this ab 12, which was introduced by san francisco's assemblymember matt haney, was signed into law back in october. when it comes to christmas day meals, not many have been doing it as long as saint anthony's foundation in san francisco. its ar 1500 meals to guests in the tenderloin yesterday, continuing its more than 70 year old tradition. abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow introduces us to some of the volunteers who've been around for decades. reporter for 73 years, saint anthony's foundation has been serving guests a hot meal on christmas and for 20 years, the wasserman family has been volunteering to help. >> this is josh and he was seven when we started doing this. >> it's a very important part of our tradition. >> it taught me at a very early age the importance of working community service into your life and your schedule. allison wasserman, now 32 and living in los angeles, travels back to san francisco to volunteer every year. >> i honestly like i can't remember not doing it. >> we love the mission and the

message and, you know, yeah, we could be doing anything, but we get up and this is what we do. it's now it's part of our tradition. >> we're just trying to help other people instead of staying at home. and unwrapping presents. >> saint anthony's foundation interim ceo brian young it's a great opportunity for us to connect with our community, connect with our guests and serve them a warm meal. >> but at the same time serve them a smile as well. >> christopher harris appreciated being able to spend his christmas here. >> i have no family here. they're all back in the east coast and this is a blessing. the difference saint anthony's makes extends beyond the holidays. >> david white says he used to sleep outside saint anthony's was addicted to crystal meth and with nothing left nine months ago, he changed his life with their help. >> my life is so much better now. >> now he works at saint anthony's in guest services. i was finally ready to change. >> i was i was at my wit's end. i had no hope left. hope with

saint anthony's is serving every day along with chicken, vegetables and a whole lot of brownies. >> this christmas in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc seven news in oakland. >> two restaurants showed off the giving spirit of the holiday. we visited jacqueline square, where the owner of chicken and waffles opened up his establishment to feed families in need. derek johnson, simply said it's something he had to do. >> i feel it's an obligation of every business, especially small business, to support the community and when i volunteered in the past, i go to shelters and i just wanted to open the restaurant up where people could sit down, have more of a family feel and they can get served. >> yep. all right. nearby, the owner of mama t's in oakland, tina johnson, also passed out free meals. she's been doing this for 16 years. this year, mama t's handed out about 300 warm meals. this is what we love to see. >> especially when those in need on holidays. it's just nice to

get a warm meal. >> and the food is good. yeah, and let me tell you, the house of chicken and waffle. >> yeah, it looks good. >> mhm. good for them. >> good morning everybody. if you have to travel today it's not looking too bad across the country. no intense storm systems brewing. here's the west coast. if you have traveled to the pacific northwest. it's a blend of sun and clouds from vegas to phenix. we are dry in the upper 50s to the mid 60s. quite chilly from fargo to kansas city. we'll have temperatures in the 30s with a mix of rain and snow, and along the east coast, the carolinas especially. we've been in and out of the showers the past 24 hours. that continues. even some thunderstorms are possible around pittsburgh, with fog in new england. so take to the skies just know that we're not tracking any huge delays on the horizon today. back here at home. locally, it's just a really cloudy day. we're dry today before showers return tomorrow. upper 50s to the lower 60s for daytime highs under limited sunshine tonight after midnight we'll start to see some light showers move into the north bay with that cover of clouds. we'll have our temperatures in the upper 40s to the mid 50s. let's bring in the

storm impacts for your wednesday. it is a level one light storm. we're tracking tomorrow. scattered showers, some isolated downpours. the biggest impact will be slick travel and some gusty winds from time to time. here is future weather tomorrow morning. here's 830 showers starting off in the north bay, and as the system moves south, it's just really scattered in nature. it's not raining the entire day, but we'll be in and out of some of these showers through wednesday afternoon. look, atrillionainfall totals with the system highs in the north bay, up to a half of an inch is possible in some of our north bay cities. and then those totals really drop off as this system moves south again. slick travel your biggest impact with this system on wednesday? here's the accuweather seven day forecast. cloudy today, rain and wind tomorrow. we'll have a lingering shower thursday, but our next storm system arrives friday night into saturday. right now, new year's eve and new year's day are looking dry with temperatures in the 50s. sue if you are headed out this morning, you can expect light traffic conditions. >> here's the golden gate clear as a bell, no fog and just a few cars headed southbound. they haven't even reconfigured your

lanes to be in the four southbound direction. we'll watch that for you to the bay bridge. it is looking light as well. no delays on the upper deck heading into san francisco. just a smooth ride all the way around. one. no problem. you may encounter this is in san jose. we had an accident reported earlier this morning on the transition ramp from south to 80 to south. 101 that is in the clearing process, and i'm not seeing any delays. kumasi. >> thank you, sue. coming up, the seven things to know this morning and we are taking a look at some of the best and most memorable stories of the year, from mariachi singer to opera star, abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez showing us the man sharing his gift. more than just his audience

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>> go number three. a great excuse to get a jump on packing in your holiday decorations. >> the national weather services is advising to take advantage of the weather today ahead of the high wind tomorrow, inflatable santas or other decorations could blow away and before we are taking a look at your tuesday morning drive, i mean, you're not the only person on the road this morning, but conditions are very light. >> the san mateo bridge, with those taillights headed in the westbound direction number five, a proposal for peace in gaza. >> egypt presented a plan for a phased release of hostages, then the formation of a transitional government to rule over the gaza strip and the west bank. so far, no indication that israel or hamas is receptive to this proposal. the white house national security council is declining to comment. number six, the national park service is replacing railings at the base of golden gate, the golden gate bridge. the new railing started to go up along marine drive at four point. >> they are made up of aluminum.

>> they can blend into the grayish background and full work will be complete by late january. and number seven, kwanzaa starts today. there will be special events to celebrate in san francisco. the village project will be kicking off its annual 18th annual kwanzaa celebration at city hall. it starts at noon. everyone is welcome to come out. there will be seven days of events through january first. city hall will also light up in festive colors for the first night tonight, building a better bay area is our mission here at abc seven news. this 2023 ends. we're looking back at some of the best and most memorable stories of the year. we've compiled them all in a special you can stream on demand, but here's a taste of what you can expect from reporter dustin dorsey. >> hi, i'm dustin dorsey and my favorite story of 2023 is the christmas in the park sheriff's work program. because we learned why giving back to the community can be so important during the holiday season. christmas in the

park holds a special place in the hearts of many. and for those who take part in bringing it to life, the love is on another level. >> i love bringing my friends and family around and showing them like i painted that i helped build that. >> you don't understand what it takes to create this display a bond built not by choice but by necessity. >> a second dui left san jose's catherine thompson at a crossroads between jail time and community service. the santa clara county sheriff's work program brought her here. santa san jose workshop, the operational warehouse of christmas in the park. >> when i was ordered to my 60 days of community service, the judge mandated three days a week, he said. i firmly believe you need more structure in your life and the structure that working here gave me actually really did help put my life back into perspective and help me focus on what i wanted to do once i had completed my job here. >> thompson was just one of the dozens of weekly participants with nonviolent misdemeanors in the program that has been a part of christmas in the park for nearly half its existence. the duties include general cleanup of pathways and fences,

maintenance and upkeep of displays, and keeping the holiday cheer alive in san jose. >> we would not exist without them. they're not just picking up trash. they're doing something that 700,000 people a year will appreciate when they come to christmas in the park. >> the program also gives participants an alternative sentence. other than jail time and the opportunity for a second chance. >> that is our main goal and our belief in the individuals that we serve. that ability to self reflect and know that they're more than what has happened in their life. we have to remember that almost everybody who comes into jail is going to get out, and the three things we want them to have is a job, a purpose and a community. >> the jail system is all always known for taking. it's good to give back to the community. >> thompson completed her time and now has a new job and is getting married and this christmas she could walk through the park knowing the impact it left on her life. >> it makes christmas in the park so much more special to me than it already was. and it was a big part of my christmas memories and a big part of my core. like san jose identity. and now it's cemented in that in

san jose. >> dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> oh, we love that. >> building a better bay area best of 2023 is now streaming on demand. >> you can stream it on our website, abc seven news.com, or from our abc seven bay area apps on your phone or your tv. available for roku, amazon fire, apple tv and google tv. a new creative way to ditch the dating apps coming up at 530. how one woman is going viral for her innovative use of her annual christmas card and new apple watch is off the shelves. why? yesterday was the last day to buy many of those newer models nationwide, and a live look outside at 527. we'll be right back.

just keep trying and keep a smile. keep a positive outlook

to keep from crying. mhm. travel frustration boiling over in the planes and the midwest. >> now at 530 the winter weather responsible for the added holiday stress. >> devastating. devastating. i still can't believe it. it's gone. >> mm. that's a tough one. business owners in los gatos had a loss of words after losing their shots in an early morning fire this morning. investigators say they're still danger at the site and no big jackpot winners this christmas. powerball rising once again as we get closer to the new year. good morning everybody. it is tuesday, december 26th. we're going to start this. start with a check of our forecast with drew. >> good morning. hey good morning kumasi will take you outside our sutro tower camera this morning. a live look at golden gate bridge. we have good visibility out there. we're not finding any pockets of dense fog. first thing this morning, so if you're up early, have to go somewhere the next couple of

hours. you should have good conditions in terms of what's outside right now. temperatures are in the 40s and in the low 50s, 40 in palo alto. good morning. 50 in the city, we're at 42 in san ramon in the north bay, a little bit cooler, but all in all, pretty typical for this time of the morning. 45 in mill valley. we're at 47 in napa today is one of those days where the sunshine is pretty limited. we have a lot of cloud cover streaming in from the west, so it's just a mostly cloudy day. we are dry today. those temperatures going up to the upper 50s to the lower 60s. but tomorrow we do have rain returning to the forecast, we'll show you that coming up in eight minutes. let's check in with sue and see we're doing out there on the roads. good morning. >> pretty light drew pretty light this is expected to be a light commute week anyway. the kind of dead week between christmas and new year's. we take a look at the richmond san rafael bridge, just a few cars headed towards the toll plaza. it's a smooth ride over towards marin. from the east bay side of things. we also have smooth sailing in san rafael, just a little bit farther north. those tail lights headed south past the civic center and up

portezuelo hill to central marin, and the whole ride all the way to the golden gate bridge is fog free, and at the limit. no delays. overall take a look at the green. even out of the central valley. so if you've got somewhere to be at 530 this morning yet, it's pretty, pretty easy going out there. >> kumasi thank you. sue dreams of a white christmas became a nightmare for thousands of people traveling across the middle of the country, people traveling to the central and upper midwest are dealing with snow covered roads, spinouts, and airport frustration, delays and cancellations are building up. here's reporter jen sullivan reports a powerful storm pummeling parts of the plains and upper midwest. >> more than 725,000 people across south dakota, parts of colorado and nebraska under a blizzard warning monday, omaha could see between 5 to 11in of snow by tuesday. the weather crippling christmas travel, the slick and dangerous conditions causing multiple semis to jackknife on interstate 80,

forcing officials to close eastbound lanes between grand island and lincoln. the nebraska department of transportation tweeting a warning to drivers not to travel the same system, causing dense fog in chicago and snarling travel plans. >> it's just a lot of disappointment, man posted left yesterday. i'm just trying to get to my family in texas. >> the low visibility causing dozens of flights to be canceled or delayed at chicago's midway airport. >> it's terrible. i'm just i'm just keep trying and keep a smile. keep a positive outlook to keep from crying midway is the fourth busiest hub for southwest airlines, the weather causing at least 58 flights to be canceled. >> a spokesperson for the airline saying they have all hands on deck to find alternative flights for passengers. i'm jenn sullivan, reporting. >> fire investigators are expected to be back at the scene after a fire ripped through a commercial building in los altos. it broke out at the corner of el camino real and san antonio road early christmas morning. fortunately, no one was

inside the building at the time, but this morning, crews are monitoring it. abc seven news reporter lena howland live for us this morning with the latest. lena kumasi, fire officials say there is still a big concern that this building could collapse outward, which is why part of el camino real is still shut down. >> more than 24 hours after the fire. you can see the perimeter around this extends well into the road. i want to go now to the dramatic scene just after the fire started, right around 450 yesterday morning. during the firefight, there was some structural collapse, including the roof and the hvac systems. so firefighters were pulled to battle the flames from the outside, taking firefighters until the afternoon to get this fully contained. business owners tell us there's at least ten other businesses that were in this shopping center, including a salon, a bakery and sat prep center, and a judo and martial arts school. we also talked to a manager for a construction

company that had an office on the second floor. >> devastating. devastating. i still can't believe it. it's gone. >> did the fact that we have a lot of fire damage, the building is structurally unsafe, so we've moved back to more, giving it a perimeter fire officials tell us they haven't been able to get inside to assess the damage since the roof collapsed in the middle of the fire yesterday. >> they say if the building contents have cooled by sometime this morning, then they can take a closer look inside. and fire officials tell us the cause of this fire is still under investigation at this time. but luckily, no one was injured. live in los altos lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena this holiday weekend, many in the community stepped in to help people in need and to build a better bay area. the bay area rescue mission in richmond is one of the organizations that helped out. abc seven news reporter anser hassan shows us that they do much more than cook a

christmas meal. come on in, everybody. >> welcome. >> as folks lined up for christmas dinner at the bay area rescue mission in richmond, behind the scenes cook comfort mensah makes sure to capture the holiday flavor with some. >> it's a holiday christmas, so we make sure everybody you know eats some ham and yum and corn mush, potatoes, gravy, pie and salad. >> she knows how important this meal can be for those who are struggling. a few years ago, she was in line for food and she says it isn't just about the meal, it's also about a sense of belonging and being seen. >> very, very important. very important because you got a one going to depress and confuse. don't have no family. so when you come here, we all family together, there's no separation in. so that makes it wonderful. >> i think that people have a misconception of the homeless population. i think a lot of people in the bay area are one

paycheck away from homelessness. >> david smith, better known as pastor dave, has been working with the homeless population for more than three decades in that time, he says, a lot has changed. >> ten years ago, god bless you. ten years ago, it was people from the ages of 45 to 60. now you're seeing men and women in their late early 20s. and in our program, we have of, you know, 19 and 20 year old as we get seeing a lot of young mothers. >> pastor dave says that the bay area rescue mission, they don't just believe in handouts, but instead what he calls hand ups. they offer more than just food and shelter. their year long vocational program helps people get off the streets and on their feet. comfort is a graduate of their culinary arts program. >> i'm so grateful they have a program like this and richmond to be able to help individuals. they need. >> but tonight the focus is christmas and community. >> but it's nice to share a meal, and it's nice to share a

meal and good company right in richmond, anser hassan abc seven news. >> well, it is never too late to give back, even as the holidays are wrapping up. we've compiled a entire list of local vetted organizations to choose from. everything from food banks to youth camps and social justice causes. the bay area rescue mission is in there, too. you can find the full catalog on the front page of abc seven news.com. and speaking of the giving spirit, during the holidays, powerball definitely not in the spirit for yesterday's $638 million drawing. nobody matched all six numbers, but someone in anaheim did get five out of six. so that means they got more than $2 million. if you missed out, you can still buy a ticket. the drawing tomorrow is now estimated to be $685 million. holiday shopping wrapping up now a season of gift returning begins. up next. what you'll need to know before preparing your receipts and searching for love. one refrigerator at a time. the creative way a woman is using her christmas card to

find other singles. first, though, we're checking on our forecast with drew. >> yeah. good morning kumasi, we'll take you to live doppler seven along with satellite. a lot of cloud cover streaming into california this morning. it's all ahead of low pressure and a cold front that will move in here tomorrow. and bring back wet weather into the forecast for wednesday. but today is going to be a mostly cloudy forecast across the region. we'll break it down. that should say tuesday's forecast. you can see it's a lot of cloud cover with temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. if you're traveling today across the state, we're not finding any real inclement weather. it's a lot of cloud cover in northern california. brighter skies across southern california. but again, you'll be dry today. tomorrow, though, is a different story, especially if you're traveling to tahoe today. it's partly sunny. we're not finding temperatures too chilly in the upper 40s. tomorrow though, we get a rain snow mix with that cold front moving through and fortunately we're not going to be adding to the snowpack. it's more rain than snow with this system. perhaps an isolated rain shower on thursday, but we're

mainly dry on thursday afternoon . look at the snowfall forecast. i mean, our highest peaks. just picking up maybe an inch of snow . this is unfortunately a warm storm once again, we hate to see it, but it is going to be more rain than snow over the next 48 hours. back here at home tomorrow we do bring in the abc seven storm impact scale for wednesday. is a light system. we are tracking the biggest impact is going to be slick travel. we'll break it down hour by hour on future weather. shea in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy.

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of acting a bit like uncle scrooge. it alleges musk withheld $5 million in year end bonuses last year from his employees at x on friday, a san francisco federal judge allowed the lawsuit to move forward. it may mean musk would have to make good on his promise for those

bonuses. if you were hoping for an after christmas sale to get a new apple watch, you are out of luck. starting today, apple stores can no longer sell any apple watch series six or later, or any model of the apple watch ultra for the us international trade commission determined a feature that reads blood oxygen levels violates a patent held by a medical device maker. apple watch is without. the feature can still be sold. president biden had, until today to overturn that ruling in today's gma first look. today is day. millions of people will start to return their unwanted holiday presents. here's abc news reporter erielle reshef with what's different this year in this morning's gma. >> first look after a busy holiday shopping season. another holiday tradition gets underway with customers expected to return $173 billion in gifts this year us. but that surge in returns now coming with an increase in return fees and a lot of cases, says you can return gifts that were purchased

online, in store to a retailer's in store location. >> if you're more comfortable with that, so that it can be a lot easier for people rather than, you know, having to figure out how to ship a gift back, experts say. >> make sure to pay attention to deadlines to return or exchange any items you're not planning to keep because some windows are more forgiving than others. and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll tell you which stores will be charging you to send back those items and why. a return could lead you straight to sales with your gma first look i'm erielle reshef abc news new york. >> if you got a gift card this holiday season you may want to use it sooner rather than later. the national retail federation estimated americans will spend about $30 billion on gift cards. about half of adults already have at least one sitting around, with an average of $187 on it, according to bankrate. by law, gift cards can't expire for five years, but experts say waiting a while to use them means that inflation decreases

the value. a minnesota woman is helping her friends keep her christmas card on the fridge as long as possible in the new year, because she's using it to find love. so here is the card that 27 year old julia mcclelland sent out. it looks traditional, but it has an untraditional message. it reads, are you seeing this on my friend's fridge? are you a single male between the ages of 25 and 35? hi i'm julia, i'm in marketing and i make music on the side, so i'm like constantly thinking of, like, creative ways to get a message out. >> and so i thought, i haven't done that in my dating life. and the dating apps weren't super fun this year, so why not? >> well. since posting the tiktok a few days ago, she's had a few people reach out to her. she says this unique way to find a partner is also about breaking out of her comfort zone. in 2024, because i will read your christmas cards on your first. >> you read all i do like to. i'm a nosy. i don't know who's

this person. how do you know that? >> but do people really put well, people do put a lot of messages, you know, usually like a something generic. happy holidays. happy holidays. from our family to yours and whatever happened in the year, she's getting creative. >> she got a couple of bites. so she i say go for it a little qr code right now. >> not a quickie like. all right, i'm get turkey for men. skid report. i need to know more. i need to know more. that's true. good morning. let's go outside. here's a live look at the exploratorium camera. click for more uh. we will find a little bit of fog out there. we're not seeing any dense patches. no dense fog advisories in effect. here's your accuweather headlines. it's mostly cloudy today. we're dry. a cold front will move through here tomorrow. so wednesday it is wet. we have showers and gusty winds in the forecast tomorrow and then more rain is coming here friday and saturday will likely end the year with some showers right now it looks like new year's day is dry.

we'll talk about that forecast in one second today. it's all about a mostly cloudy sky, some peeks of sunshine here and there. but clouds really rule the forecast today. it's dry upper 50s to lower 60s for your daytime highs overnight. tonight we'll keep the cloud cover. after midnight. we'll start to see showers begin to move into the north bay before the sun gets up. here on our wednesday. and then those showers will sink south on the abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level one light storm tomorrow. scattered showers and isolated downpours, gusty winds and your biggest impact. know a lot of us may be traveling on wednesday. a slick, slow travel as this front moves through. here's future weather 830 tomorrow morning. rain mainly focused in the north bay and then after eight it starts to move to the south and east. so scattered showers around lunchtime and through the afternoon. we're not talking about a lot of rainfall with this system, but from time to time it may lower visibility underneath a downpour and slow down that travel. rainfall totals highest in the north bay, some areas up to a half of an inch in the north bay, and those

totals drop off, with most of us seeing less than a quarter of an inch of rain through the end of wednesday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast next seven days for you. it's. cloudy today. rain and wind on your wednesday. a lingering morning shower, possible thursday, but most of us thursday is dry. rain returns friday night into saturday. it's a level one again on the storm impact scale, and then we're drying out for new year's eve and new year's day. sunday and monday. >> so pretty light conditions. if you're not sleeping in this morning, it's a the roads are very light, so it's a good time to be driving if you have to be up and out. take a look at walnut creek. those headlights are headed in the northbound direction, taillights headed towards highway 24 interchange and the southbound direction. and everybody's moving at the limit. we will take you over to san jose. that's 280 at highway 17. headlights headed up towards cupertino about a seven minute drive from downtown san jose to cupertino and speaking of drive times, let's take a look at few. a few of them and very light. everybody's in the green. it's about, oh, a 21 minute drive

from hercules all the way into the bay bridge toll plaza. and if you're headed to sfo from the city under ten minutes. kumasi. >> thank you. sue. new at six. what to expect when golden gate fields opens for its final season starting today. first, though, taylor swift on track to break another record for the first week of 2024. the title she could soon have over legendary elvis presley and the live look outside. right now, it . is 549. we'll be.

home to catch on fire on christmas day. so this is what

it looked like after houston fire crews put out the flames early yesterday morning. no one was hurt, but you can see it caused a lot of damage. the knowles family hasn't lived in that home for decades, but fans still consider it a landmark. taylor swift is set to break elvis presley's record for the solo artist, with the most weeks at the top of the billboard 200. her 1989 taylor's version album is number one right now. it's a 67th week. she's had an album in that spot. she's tied with elvis record now, but will break it if she hangs on to the number one spot for one more week. building a better bay area is our mission here at abc seven news is 2023 ends. we're looking back at some of the best and most memorable stories of the year. we put them all together in a special that you can stream on demand, but here's a taste of what you can expect from reporter gloria rodriguez. >> hi, i'm gloria rodriguez, and the favorite story i worked on

in 2023 was for latin heritage month. it's about world renowned opera singer arturo chacon cruz. i caught up with him when he performed at the san francisco opera. he got his start in mariachi music, and it was just so great to highlight a success story in my latino community and to share his talent with others. i hope you enjoy it as well can bring you to tears with his italian arias. but tenor arturo chacon cruz started his musical journey by singing popular spanish mariachi songs like these es un corrido muy aumentado, mariachi is almost like opera. >> i say almost because the we tell stories in a very, very short period of time. we tell a whole story in one song and sometimes the songs will connect. mariachi has the life, has the joy, has the incredible expression through the voice and

the music behind you. >> chacon cruz has performed in 30 countries at the most prestigious opera houses around the world, but san francisco holds a special place in his heart. >> they were doing this opera, il trovatore, 20 years ago, and i said to my wife, then fiance, wouldn't that be awesome? if i can sing that here one day and 20 years to the day it's happening. so it's a dream maker as well. >> chacon cruz is helping younger artists achieve their dreams, like moisés salazar, his understudy. >> i think my favorite thing about him is that he is such a nice guy, and that's kind of, you know, that's one thing you always hope that when you meet your idols, they're nice people. >> placido domingo gave me lessons and scholarships. i studied with the greatest of the greatest and i feel like i didn't deserve it at the time. i was so young, i hadn't done anything. so i feel like life

has given me an opportunity to give back some of those blessings. he was one of the first tenors, um, that i heard was like a mexican tenor, you know, and being mexican myself, it was very inspiring, encouraging, singing, seeing a mexican tenor. >> salazar also started his career in mariachi music, then transitioned to opera. >> opera puts this, uh, illusion sometimes that it's inaccessible to everybody. and so i grew up, um, in southern california, in a ghetto and a part of town, and you just kind of like, it just seems really far away. and so. so when i realized i could sing it, i was like, oh, i can do this, chacon cruz says, being a mexican singer in the opera world hasn't been easy. >> i was, um, urged by an early agent to change my name to something italian so i would be accepted more easily into the into the opera world, which i didn't think it would have been good for my soul. so i said no. and i kept i kept my name and i

kept my culture and i kept who i am in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> oh, i love that story building a better bay area best of 2023 is now streaming on demand. >> you can stream it on our website, abc seven news.com, or from our abc seven bay area apps, on your phone or on your tv. it's available for roku, amazon fire, apple tv and google tv. >> time now. 556 we're looking at the travel forecast across the nation. if you're taking to the skies later on today across california, no trouble. we'll find a couple of snow showers in boise at 34, some isolated showers in seattle at 50 degrees to the middle part of the country. it is quite chilly from rapid city to fargo to kansas city, with some mixed precept rain and snow, but nice. in chicago and then along the east coast, it's the carolinas that will feature some showers, some fog from new york city into boston. this morning. taking a look at the three day forecast here, you'll find cloudy conditions today with rain returning tomorrow. kumasi. thank you. >> drew ahead at six. what brock

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now at six, on the brink, crews worried a damaged a building damaged in a christmas morning fire could collapse. what caused the fire is still under investigation. this morning. then our weather in the bay area nothing like what's going on in other parts of the country where a blizzard is halting life for tens of thousands of people and a delivery man gets a surprise when a giant gingerbread man runs off after him. i love a good prank. >> that's a good one. >> good morning everybody. it is. tuesday,