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my memory improved. it was a game-changer for me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. started off a wet weekend and this morning we are expecting some more showers across the bay area, but coming up we'll tell you when it will start to dry out. good morning to you. it is saturday, december 30th i'm gloria rodriguez and meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the wet weather. lisa i know got a little rain this morning when i was driving into work. did you also a little bit. >> but you know, since it happened last night, many people
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wondering did it really rain? as hard as we expected? well, we are down to a level one right now behind the system. so this is what we call the post frontal showers. and you can see we've got some heavy downpours right along the coast and offshore from highway one. pescadero montara, half moon bay and on the peninsula. they are scattered from south san francisco. the sunset taking you further to the north. marine county up through petaluma and santa rosa. cloverdale and out towards fairfield, looking at scattered showers. the wetrillionoadways and into the east bay. 580 berkeley a little bit wet, but for the most part we are looking at the conditions to improve throughout the day today. level one system still the rough surf, the flooding on the roadways, scattered showers, coastal flood warning, high surf warnings 17ft breakers there off of bodega bay and the next couple of hours notice how we begin to dry out towards the afternoon. we'll talk about a basically dry holiday day before
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we return to wet weather for 2024. gloria, thank you so much, lisa. >> well, let's start in the south bay, which saw plenty of rain last night. santa cruz county is still cleaning up from thursday's high surf. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez is in san jose with how things are looking now, a stormy friday night didn't stop families from venturing out in downtown san jose. >> this is the final weekend to catch the holiday displays at christmas in the park. roberta gardner from spokane, washington , was determined to see it. well last year we went on the second and everything was torn down, so we wanted to see it live. some people were prepared for the wet weather, others were caught off guard before the rain hit santa clara valley water had their free filled sandbags outside available for residents who need any further south communities like aptos are still
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cleaning up from thursday's storm this is video taken from venus cocktails and kitchen beachside on their instagram. they said they had minor flooding and will reopen on saturday and sunday in capitola the close knit community continues to clean up the seawater and debris. the owner of zelda's on the beach, joshua whitby, said his goal is to reopen sunday for brunch. looking ahead to the new year, whitby said the storms just keep getting worse, so he's preparing for the next one. >> we're installing storm hurricane doors across the back of the restaurant just in preparation for the next one, so i don't have to come down and build a wall in the middle of rain or waves coming crashing over us. >> despite the cleanup, business owners in the treasured beach town of capitola want to let people who are home for the holidays know they're still open. lauren martinez abc seven news and the storm arrived in
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the north bay, bringing rain and strong winds. >> a large tree took out the deck of this home in cloverdale. firstrillionesponders are warning that heavy winds could hit holiday lights and decorations. one santa rosa resident says he'll take his chances. >> we're going to be laying low and not climbing any ladders to take down christmas lights. if we're smart over the next, next couple of days. >> and with street flooding likely, the santa rosa fire department is urging drivers to be super cautious. downed trees are reported in occidental and power outages are also likely. the chp is investigating a wreck and pacheco last night it happened in heavy rain just before 8 p.m, trapping the driver. witnesses say that he hit several parked cars near bloom drive. the truck continued about 400 yards before striking a power pole and then overturned . morning fire crews worked to extract the driver, who suffered moderate injuries. there's no word on what led to the crash,
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but emergency responders say that weather is likely to be a factor. a steady rain fell throughout the evening last night in san francisco, putting a damper on some plans, but abc seven news reporter tara campbell talked with many people who say they are embracing this wet weather year, from sandbags to swelling waves. >> friday's storm dropping in on san francisco. >> so we enjoy the rain and do some hike in this weather. >> we live up the road and so we were having a nice rain walk with my daughter and from the embarcadero to the edges of ocean beach, locals and tourists alike soaked it in. >> well, i do love the rain, so i don't mind it so much. >> bianca smith is visiting from austin, texas. got so foggy very quickly so it limited my time. >> on seeing the golden gate bridge, but that's okay. >> it's her first time in the city and she's not letting the rain put a damper on it. >> it's very beautiful here. the ocean. >> you can see how wild it is and it's just very pretty to
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see. >> and while it may be beautiful, the san francisco fire department wants people to take precautions. we ask that if you don't have to be outdoors, you stay indoors. >> think about some good family fun, family, and friend fun events that you can do if you have to go out. >> officials say dress the part if you are out and about as a pedestrian, a bicyclist, or any other mobility devices, please consider wearing some bright clothing. and if you have to drive anywhere, be very cautious. >> slow down. don't drive through puddles, puddles can be a lot deeper than you think. >> and if you see a situation that looks dangerous, he says, turn around. >> if you see a hazard, please don't approach the hazard. call 911. if it's not impacting life or an imminent threat to property at the time in san francisco, you can call 311. >> tara campbell, abc seven news and you can track the rain yourself with the same live doppler seven that lisa and our weather team uses. >> just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store
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to download it. new this morning, a crash involving police in san francisco. you can see this video from the scene. and it shows the mangled patrol car. also another vehicle flipped on its side. the suv right there appears to be a government vehicle. the accident happened overnight on keith drive and casada avenue. it's unclear what caused the crash, and we don't know if anyone was hurt. we are waiting on an update from san francisco police . developing news out of the east bay. we're learning more about the oakland police officer killed in the line of duty early friday morning. 36 year old tom lay was shot while he and other officers were responding to a burglary underway at a cannabis business at embarcadero. and fifth, police say the suspects are still on the run. an abc seven news reporter, suzanne fan, has what the community is saying about the fallen officer. >> sadly, today one of our officers paid the ultimate
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sacrifice. >> devastating news. >> the death of a colleague, a friend, a brother killed while doing his job on friday afternoon. the flag draped coffin carried out at and a silent show of solidarity for a fallen officer, tuan lay, a four year veteran of oakland pd. >> hey, i got an officer down. >> according to the interim chief, police responded to a call about a burglary in the 400 block of embarcadero early friday morning when officers got there, they spotted several people trying to get away. one of them fired a gun several times at officer lay. lay, who was wearing plain clothes, was struck while he was driving in an unmarked vehicle. he died from the shooting. >> oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> friday night, the scene was still taped off as the rain came down hard on the investigators. officers tuan lay was the first officer killed on the job in oakland in 14 years. that's
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tough news for a lot of people to process. >> it's a tragedy for the officers who served with him. it's a tragedy for our residents and a tragedy for this city. >> yeah. it's pretty sad uh, so see, the people protecting us also getting hurt and getting killed. carl chan is with oakland chinatown chamber of commerce. he was there for us, you know, when we needed needed him especially, you know, remember during the, uh, the aapi hate era. and he's also the cousin of one of our board members. >> he was a great gym for our neighborhood and our community. >> as a community resource officer, officer lay got to know keisha anderson and kept a close eye on her neighborhood. >> and i left my garage door open one day. um, and i didn't know i left it open. he came and knocked on my door and let me know, like i one of your garage. i knew that wasn't the normal
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for you. um, i checked it and everything was fine. henderson says losing officer lay is losing a positive piece of her community. this is a tragic loss for the city of oakland, and that was suzanne fong reporting the last time that oakland lost an officer in the line of duty was the department's deadliest day. >> on march 21st of 2009, four officers were shot. it started with a routine traffic stop and macarthur boulevard. a convicted felon, lovelle mixon, opened fire, killing sergeant mark dunakin and officer john hagy. the search for mixon led police to an east oakland apartment complex. he shot and killed sergeant ervin romans and sergeant daniel sakai before he died in a shootout with police. and be sure to stay with abc seven news as we continue to follow this story and the latest on the search for the gunman. and of course, you can head to our website. that's abc seven news.com for updates anytime. this story is on our homepage.
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just tragic. and of course we'll continue following that for you right now. let's get a check that forecast with lisa. good morning lisa. >> hey there gloria. good morning to you. some scattered lightrillionain showers. we're behind the system and we've got a level one system throughout the next several hours. anywhere from over a half inch to three inches of rain overnight. we'll talk about that. and the look ahead for 2024 next. >> all right lisa thank you so much. and also ahead, your p-g-and-e's bill is likely to go up and likely more than originally anticipated. the filing just made by the utility company. and still to come from the abc seven news i-team. a look at the benefits of a new federal law. it could help with a story that we've been covering in solano county
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clean up. the aftermath. after a
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massive wave flooded the ventura county coastline. beach closures are in effect through later today as the area remains damaged and flooded. more high tides are expected through the new year's weekend as a storm moves into the region. seven streets, cars and homes along the coast were flooded as waves as high as 12 80ft crashed into the ventura pier, and meteorologist lisa argent has been tracking this wild weather. i mean, lisa, we've been having rain on and off for the past few days. are we going to continue seeing that for this weekend? we're going to see the rain throughout the first half of the day today, and then we're going to begin to dry out. >> the next system is going to head down to southern california for new year's eve. so there is a chance of some isolated showers, but we still have our coastal flood warning and our high surf warning. and an advisory for the sierra nevada for some very light snow. although temperatures above freezing right now, it is raining in the mountains. here's a look at our satellite and radar. live doppler seven
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showing you the nice break in between this system that is very linear from northern california to southern california and pushing steadily to the south and east. so a closer inspection here shows the wet weather really set up along the peninsula. the showers here from the southern marine county, just a little bit over into the east bay. the roadways, though, are certainly wet, and you can see how these cells are holding together here right off the coast of 101. so not out of the question to get a downpour, maybe an isolated shower. chance of a thunderstorm. monterrey granada. they're looking at the wet weather and will continue to watch the north bay begin to dry out a little bit. but really, this system is narrow from the north to the south. and we all are seeing the scattered showers early this morning here and there. and then as we get into the afternoon, even a few peaks, some sunshine. so rainfall totals 24 hours, 1.57 santa rosa, ben lomond over three inches san francisco 0.911.22
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oakland. boy, you needed that. a concord 0.61 and even san jose. milpitas over an inch of rain 0.82 for san jose. there's a look at the mid 50s there from san rafael to oakland. 53 in fremont, a wet exploratorium with the drops on the lens so showers the thunder chance this morning. level one system and then by the afternoon, we're still under the coastal flood warning. the high surf warning through 2:00 and then new year's eve. cloudy skies, an isolated chance of a shower, and then we'll be looking at some sunshine into new year's day. here's a look at the next several hours. the smattering of showers, maybe some downpours. this is 730, but look what happens by 1030. still a few showers out there into the early afternoon, but for the most part , we're trending dry for your saturday afternoon. rainfall amounts anywhere from a couple hundredths to a 10th. redwood city, maybe 2/10 in mountain view and into the mountains.
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still a couple of inches of snow expected, but rain, snowfall amounts not happening. we have really seen a dismal snowpack for the sierra nevada as these systems have stayed pretty warm. 59 in san mateo as well as santa rosa going into some afternoon sun level one system this morning. new year's eve, cloudy into new year's day, a dry start, cloudy skies on tuesday. overnight could see some showers. level one system on wednesday. and then we're looking at another break the end of the first week of the new year. gloria thank you so much lisa. >> a scary scene yesterday afternoon in san francisco. so a car got crushed under a fire truck near lyon. and california streets. you can see it right there. the fire department says three fire engines were on their way to calls at separate locations around 4 p.m, and then two of them crashed into each other. they then slammed into three parked cars. now three firefighters were hurt. they are expected to make a full recovery. nobody else was
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injured. a father and son arrested and charged with starting a massive wildfire in the lake tahoe area in 2021, will not be going to trial. the caldor fire burned hundreds of buildings in all, but wiped out grizzly flats in el dorado county. judge ruled yesterday that there was not enough evidence to go to trial. the two men, however, still face weapons charges if you're a p-g-and-e's customer, get ready to pay more for your electricity and gas, state regulators approved an increase of 12.8% last month. it takes effect on january 1st, but in a filing yesterday with the california public utilities commission, p-g-and-e's bumped up the estimated increase by $2 and now projects that residential customers will pay an average of around $34.50 more. originally, it was $32.62. the utility plans. to use the money to bury power lines
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underground just ahead, we revisit maui almost five months after the devastating wildfires. how they are rebuilding today
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and he returned five months later to lahaina to see how the area is recovering. >> it's a sort of sort of sudden discovery here. everybody stopped right on fire. >> a relentless monster, the flames approaching from every direction. with each second, the situation becomes more dire. >> everybody's got to evacuate. evacuate? >> in this police body cam video. you feel the desperation in the chaos. come out, come out, come out as officers, heroes. not only try to survive,
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but save as many as they can. hey, we can take four. >> we can take four. come on, come on, come on, everybody out, everybody out! >> it is an incredible display of heroism, but getting everyone out was impossible 100 people died. so many more came very close. anybody else? i was there on vacation, amazed by the powerful winds. but then the flames broke out a couple of miles away. when the smoke settled, i hiked in to find out what it could. with every step the scope of the tragedy unfolds . this must have been hell on earth. i meet john singer home at the front street apartments. a total loss. still in shock, he describes what had just happened. >> and then all of a sudden i said, i. i smell smoke and the second i saw the big smoke and i noticed the incredible amount of wind, i just said, we're history. >> despite the pending doom, he
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fought that fire with a garden hose from his rooftop. with tears in his eyes, he recalls the moment he gave up. >> and i ran with, you know, um, a lot of heat at my back. and i ran to the left over here. and we live very close to the ocean, and i ran to the ocean and just i gave in. >> so you literally saved yourself by jumping into the ocean? yes and when you turned around and looked back, what did you see? >> devon station. everything long gone from the houses to the markets to the businesses. it's like a nuclear bomb went off here. there's nothing left at. >> at the pacific disaster center, we get a shocking illustration of how accurate john's description is. >> when we're we're looking at at this area in lahaina, we can zoom in very close, close and be able to see what the status is of these buildings. oh my gosh. and so we know what's damaged.
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do we know what's not damaged. >> these are experts who analyze disasters all over the world. but this time it's different. the pacific disaster center happens to be headquartered on maui, and we were able to bring in by 11:03 a.m. on the ninth. >> imagery of what lahaina looked like. so you can see the smoke still burning with remarkable accuracy. >> tsay. they can illustrate the details of the disaster. all that red indicates buildings destroyed or heavily damaged. almost all of lahaina. >> now, if you're interested in looking at the vehicles, these are all the different, um, vehicles and where they were found. >> you could even see that line of cars i shot on front street, all stacked up. >> hey, john. >> hey. hello david. four months after the fire, i find john singer in a rural community on the north side of the island called haiku. his smile is a
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breakthrough. he loves the animals. the fruit trees, the garden. but don't be fooled. he still has a long way to go through disaster assistance. he's able to live here for the next few months, but when the money runs out, then what? >> being homeless is that i think that's at the top of the agenda of everybody's fear. where am i going to put my body? i have no where am i going to sleep? the waiting list for a low income housing on maui is four years, and that's the thing that we need most desperately on maui is low income housing. >> he still dealing with the trauma from that horrible day, even though the wounds are still fresh. he worries the story isn't and that america has moved on. >> i'm not going to even, uh, sugarcoat it. i'm surprised to see you guys here. why why? i just did not expect to see incredible journalism going on
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like you guys are doing. like telling the real story. it's aftermath. it's what happens after the people, the lives, the devastation, how it's address. >> just get in, get in. uncle, if it's addressed, you know, in the right way with a lot of respect and dignity to all the people who live here. >> does anybody need medics in here? and that's really the story. >> david ono, abc seven news. >> and now gio benitez joins us from new york to tell us what's coming up at seven on good morning america. >> hey there. good morning. coming up here on gma a major storm threat in the west california bracing for more dangerous high surf. plus the damage from that rogue wave that washed ashore. incredible pictures. there and the new year's eve forecast from coast to coast. our weather team of course has it all. and the safety preparations underway across the country ahead of those new year's eve celebrations. what you need to know plus, monday night football moves to tonight. a preview of the detroit lions and dallas cowboys and the bowl games being
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played on new year's day. and there is still hope to walk into the new year a millionaire. the powerball jackpot tonight. the payout you could take home that is all ahead right here on gma a happy new year. >> all right dia thank you so much. happy new year to you too. well still to come on abc seven mornings a family restaurant in the east bay was set to close after 46 years of business. how a community is coming together to keep it open. plus the mayor of san jose is entering his second year in office in 2024. he tells us the vision that he has in store for the city from the state that's already helped millions of people like you get and pay for health insurance. with financial health to lower the cost of health coverage,
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powerful storm last night. this is a live look outside from our roof camera and you can see the embargo there. that's where new year's eve celebration will be taking place. so the big question will it clear up for the fireworks on sunday night? i know a lot of people are wondering about that as they plan their weekend. lisa, how's it looking for today? so far? well, you know, the heaviestrillionain is behind us. >> the cold front has moved on through the winds. not much of a factor, but boy, the flooding from the coastal flood warning to the high surf warning that takes us through 2:00 this afternoon. still a concern in. and we do have some downpours here off the coast. so we go in closer and you'll notice the darker green the yellows there that's going to move into to say half moon bay, pescadero right now from pacifica to 8-80, some wet weather and. taking you further south all the way down to fairway drive some downpours there up to the north, just off the coast of marin county, bolinas, inverness and wet weather through marin county.
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but look at the east bay. it has cleared out a little bit, but more rain on the way. this level one system, this morning, bringing the scattered showers. they're numerous, but they'll become more isolated. a slight chance of a thunderstorm. and look what happens as we go through the morning hours. we begin to dry out. breaks in the clouds along with a few showers and we'll talk about rainfall totals today and new year's eve, new year's day, and 2024. coming up, gloria sounds good. >> thank you. lisa. well, it should be a little drier later today for anyone who's going to check out the final weekend of christmas in the park in san jose. they have beautiful lights up there. as you can see, abc seven news spoke with visitors yesterday who did not let the rain stop them from seeing all of this before it was over. well last year we went on the second and everything was torn down, so we wanted to see it live. >> okay, christmas in the park is free and itrillionuns through new year's day, so you have a couple more days to go check it out.
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>> well, five people are under arrest after police busted with a calling in illegal casino and brothel in north san jose. take a look at this. officers seized 33 firearms, 150,000 rounds of ammunition, 500 pounds of marijuana and $20,000 in cash. police say that it special operations unit uncovered the casino on automobile drive in december, for the warrants were served on wednesday. five suspects are now in jail on various warrants and felony charges. a new law goes into effect next year that will change how many companies report information to the federal government. solano county congressman john garamendi says the corporate transparency act could help his constituents. abc seven news i-team reporter stephanie sierra has the details . >> starting january 1st, a new federal law will bring big changes to small businesses, corporations, or other domestic and foreign entities that filed documents with the secretary of
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state. the corporate transparency act, passed in 2021 to combat illicit activity, hiding behind llc, including tax fraud and money laundering. >> the purpose of it is to find out who is doing business in the united states, is the people who are receiving benefit from the corporation will have to disclose who they are. >> the beneficial owners are someone who has substantial control over the company, or controls at least 25% of the ownership interests. congressman john garamendi says the new law will prevent secrecy, like the billion dollar land acquisition in solano county that was kept quiet since 2018, the corporate transparency act would provide some information, perhaps not the total detail that would be necessary, but at least knowledge as to who the beneficial owners are. in september, the i-team sat down with california forever ceo jan sramek. >> we provided the whole investor list to the federal government a long time ago. >> and when you say a long time ago, when was that?
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>> at least six months ago. >> six months ago. but these purchases started back in 2018. >> that was the first time anyone asked us. >> and to this day, even though we have some information, we still do not know where all the money comes from under this new law, certain companies will be required to report beneficial ownership information or boe to fincen. >> the financial crimes enforcement network. garamendi says there are 23 exceptions to the law, including domestic government authorities and banks. but it's still unclear if any of them will apply to california forever. it will force, at least in the case of california forever, flannery and associates, to come forward with additional information about the various law. llcs that provide the money for california forever, or for flannery associates for the i-team. stephanie sierra, abc seven news. >> a decades old fremont restaurant that was set to close this weekend will now remain open. it's all thanks to a new
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collaboration with the city, dino shared on facebook. we are honored to have the support of our esteemed city mayor, who is committed to helping local businesses thrive. dino's has been serving the community for 46 years, but business has been down since the pandemic and they say the new collaboration isn't a partnership or funding. instead a focus on hosting larger community events. and they plan to share some more details about this very soon. abc seven news sat down with san jose mayor matt mehan to look back and also look ahead to a new year in 2024, he says in his first year in office, he worked to address major issues like crime, blight and homelessness. san jose saw a more than 10% drop in unsheltered homelessness year over. year, but mehan admits that the housing crisis is still a key area that needs work. >> it's going to be creating a spectrum of solutions safe sleeping, safe parking, interim housing and so on, up the ladder
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and holding people accountable for coming in doors. >> unhoused advocates maintain that affordable housing needs to be the solution the city has struggled without because of the high cost of construction. times square is getting ready for the iconic new year's eve celebration, and they were testing the air worthiness of the confetti to make sure that it flies on the night. so check this out. the master of ceremonies through out the month , colored confetti and a few trial runs. volunteers from planet fitness and the times square alliance helped to do the honors. people from all over the world come to times square and they write their wishes on the new year's eve. confetti and over 40 languages you can ring in the new year right here on abc seven. dick clark's new year's rockin eve with ryan seacrest kicks off at 8 p.m. on sunday. abc seven news is on at 10 p.m. then we'll take you back to ryan seacrest at 1030 for the
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countdown to midnight. so that's going to be a lot of fun to watch. well, still ahead on abc seven mornings, slow release. >> fertilizer in the hair is one of the things we're about to test out. putting it to the test. >> see how hair can help plants grow in the presidio and in your own home? let's get a live look outside right now from pier 39, in san francisco. so far, quiet morning out there. i think those are sea lions on the right side of your screen. kind of hard to tell in this darkness, but we'll check in a little bit later. we'll also check in with lisa argen to get a look at your forecast. so stay with
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here in the bay area. abc seven news anchor dan ashley explains the process. so i'm trying to be very precise. >> even a single little sprout
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can indicate that this plot already has some more seed in it. for noah teller, precision is a passion, especially when he's trying to learn how to make things grow as ecological and restoration coordinator at san francisco's presidio, he's testing a variety of fertilizer measures in a tiny square by square competition. >> and if you think he's splitting hairs, well, you wouldn't be far off. >> we're ready to apply our restoration treatments so we. already have the hair spread out here. >> yes, you heard that right. hair with cars whizzing by above. noah is methodically planting garden patches and covering them with hair collected from humans and animals. he spreads it all like a mulch blanketing the borders of native plants and seedlings. we want to see how the hair compares to commonly used industry material. presidio trust ecology lew stringer says the hair releases key elements as it decomposes. >> what we know about the hair is that it's full of nitrogen ion, and as it decomposes through fungal breakdowns and bacterial consumption, it makes
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it available for the plants that need it. >> the presidio is working with a group called matter of trust. >> the san francisco nonprofit is driving an international movement to repurpose donated hair for environmental uses. matt is woven from hair, have already been used to help soak up oil from disasters like the 2007 cosco busan spill in san francisco bay. but founder lisa gautier believes soil restoration could grow into an even more widespread use in your own flower pots uh- window boxes , and you can put it in your garden, she says. >> the hair is collected from sources around the world, sometimes small donations in envelopes, sometimes large shipments. >> so we get hair from hair salons and barbers. we get people that are just cutting off braids that they've, you know, grown on their own from households, uh- and of course, you know, lots of groomers, uh- ranches that have alpaca uh,
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bison wool. >> back at the presidio, lou stringer and his team are trying to learn whether the hair is more effective than mixing other types of mulch and fertilizer. >> so this slow release fertilizer in the hair is one of the things we're about to test and see if that's better than just using fertilizer alone. >> and then i'm simply going to come through this pin flag. and at each intersection i'm going to touch the ground and check is there a plant there combing through the brush, as it were, for a hair based solution to restore native grass and plants? >> hmm. well that was abc7 news anchor dan ashley. >> if you're interested in learning more about the hair donation project, we have a link on abc seven news.com. very interesting stuff there. lisa. oh yeah, and the weather has been anything but dull, right? >> from santa cruz. temperatures right now in the low 50s. south winds more rain to come through about 9:00. and then much of the final days, the last few days of 2023 will be dry before we bring more rain in for 2024. i'll tell
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you when next. >> thank you lisa. and also next gary payton, the second back on the court for the dubs. abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez explains after the break .
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ames. one of the dubs is set to make his return to the court against the dallas mavericks. abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez has your morning sports. good morning warriors guard gary payton, the second will return tonight against dallas. >> gp two is going to have a minutes restriction though, after missing the last 13 games with a calf injury. golden state dropped their second game in a row to a shorthanded heat squad that was missing four rotational players. stephen curry held to just 13 points on three of 15 shooting. the 13 points were his
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second lowest output in the game this season. my guess steph will have a big bounce back game tonight as the warriors continue this seven game home stand. peja stojakovic watching his son stanford cardinal open pac 12 play against asu. they led by as many as 12, but frankie collins gives the sun devils the lead with 30s left in the game. last chance stanford down three. michael jones three point attempt is blocked by jamia neal and stanford falls 7673 not pictured. saint mary's defeated kent state by 20 uh. here's the cal band men's hoops pac 12 opener for cal, hosting number four arizona second half down 25. jalen tyson. he tied for a game high 22 points a hoop and the foul there with this guy. arizona's caleb love. and this is a poster so nice. we show it more than twice. tough night for the bears as arizona wins 100 to 81 college women's hoops. cal men's head coach mark mattson and stanford women's head coach tara vanderveer catching up hundredth meeting between number nine stanford and cal brooke dimitri deep three beat the
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first quarter buzzer. cardinal five after one third quarter. they're rolling cameron brink two of her 13 and stanford wins the pac 12 opener 7851. the 40 niners play the commanders on sunday. san francisco can secure the nfc's top seed with wins at washington on sunday and at home the following week against the rams. >> but i remember losing three in a row earlier in this week. earlier this year. and you know our guys came back strong. and it's the same mentality every week. it's just about getting better every single day and executing on sunday. you got to get back to work, get right back to work. you know what i'm saying? like, we can't let this you know, affect our confidence as a team. we know who we are. we got to come back on a short week and go on the road in a big game and find a way to win one game in a radio interview on friday with 95 seven, the game recently retired astros and former longtime giants manager dusty baker says he and giants ceo larry baer have had conversations about him taking a potential role with the team. >> dusty has expressed a desire to stay in the game in some
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capacity and resides in the sacramento area. that is your look at morning sports. have a great saturday. send it back to you. >> thank you chris, and a reminder for those of you at home monday night football returns to abc seven today. that's right. even though it is saturday, the lions and the cowboys square off in a battle of playoff teams. one of them could eventually face the 49 ers in the postseason. coverage starts at 430. it's followed by our sports show after after the game. now let's get a check of that bay area forecast with meteorologist lisa argen lisa we've been seeing thatrillionain on and off the past few days. is that continuing this weekend? well you know next 2 to 3 hours gloria. >> we'll see more rain showers. they'll be widely scattered all throughout the bay area. and then things really drying out for new year's eve, new year's day. we have this big break right here before we get caught up in a late tuesday and wednesday system that will bring some more downpours. you can see it's a statewide event as we get in closer. the north bay has
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showers from inverness to bolinas as well. from san rafael to richmond. not a whole lot going on, but these are all going to move across the bay here. so right over the san pablo bay, some showers and then right along highway one from half moon bay to montara. but more to come here. this will sweep on in through about nine 10:00. so as we get into the second half of saturday, we may even see some sunshine. this is a level one system and we'll continue to watch this system dry on out for the next several days. and that's some good news because as much as we need the rain, we need the breaks. as well. 54 san francisco, oakland, hayward, 55, san jose and half moon bay and a wet looking golden gate bridge. we still have our high surf warning and also our coastal flood warning, so that's going to allow for some tricky travel with a lot of people out and about today. 53 santa rosa, 51, in livermore. but as we look at the rainfall totals, not bad. 1.57 santa rosa
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2.87 ben loman, san francisco not quite an inch, just over an inch, maybe an inch and a quarter by the time we're done today in oakland, concord .61.82. in san jose, milpitas picked up over an inch of rain, so showers isolated. chance of a thunderstorm through about 10:00. level one system continues and then we'll get into dry skies. coastal flooding the dangerous waves throughout 2:00 in the afternoon. cloudy skies mainly dry for your new year's eve, but an isolated chance of a shower out there. here it is. the showers offshore, moving onshore throughout the next several hours. this is 730 into about 1030 this morning. then we're quiet and we're getting into some sunshine. the central valley gets the rain. the sierra nevada and rainfall amounts anywhere from just a couple of hundredths in novato. maybe a 10th santa rosa as well as fremont, perhaps 2/10 around mountain view. so in the mountains, temperatures above freezing, a couple of inches of
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snow, not much at all. there we could really do with a much colder system, but this one not the case. upper 50s to near 60 today, 62 in san jose. so that is my fillled breaking out into some sunshine and the accuweather seven day forecast. cloudy with an isolated shower, perhaps new year's eve monday. it's a dry start to 2024. we're cloudy on tuesday. overnight rain develops. wednesday. we're rainy and breezy. level one system and then drying out thursday and next friday. gloria lisa thank you. >> as we know, 2024 is almost here for a lot of people, it means setting new goals, but sticking to them is not always easy. abc news reporter reena roy has some tips on how to keep your new year's resolutions shines as we ring in the new year, people will be making new year's resolutions, but many times they're difficult to keep. >> we find out that february is a time that most resolutions are dropped. psychiatrist doctor diane metzger says that you're more likely to achieve your resolution if you don't
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overshoot what you can accomplish. ish. >> i got my new organizer. i got my treadmill. okay, life is going to change completely. and that's just not reality. so if you are a person who is not active and now you have a new year's resolution to run four days a week, that's not attainable, how about we walk two days a week, keep it simple. one time i had a person whose resolution was to simply fold laundry on the same day that they do it. simple and that might seem like a really small task, but not for everybody. >> and focus on just one goal. if somebody resolution is to get physically healthier, they may say, okay, i'm going to work out three times a week and i'm not going to eat fried foods. >> we should just focus on one. the brain responds better when we're trying to change habits. one at a time. >> once you set your resolution, doctor metzger says to prepare for potential obstacles. >> nothing is just a straight path, smooth journey. there are going to be times that you know you may not make the progress you want to. if you predict your obstacles, you'll be able to prepare for success and consider teaming up with a friend, having a buddy and a check in system.
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all right. how'd you do this week? just having that accountability leads to positive results. >> doctor metzger says. if you feel ready to give up, remember, it's not all or nothing. >> don't give up just yet. don't be discouraged. what i want them to do is actually reflect back. you kind of look at it through a different lens, or you realize, okay, you know what? i am making a positive change. even though it's not exactly what i thought, but it is a positive change. >> reena roy, abc news, new york. >> good tip there and next, just days away from the rose parade, we catch up with the students making their own float and the history behind it
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and nobody matched all six numbers. so the jackpot now rolls over to $114 million in tuesday's drawing. and one of the largest powerball jackpots ever is up for grabs in the final drawing of 2023. tonight. the prize is currently estimated at $760 million, and this would be the sixth largest prize in the game's history. so if someone wins, the cash prize option is $386 million. that drawing is at 8:00 tonight, so not bad. that's a lot of money. well, an incredible flow is taking shape for the rose parade on new year's day in pasadena for students at cal poly pomona and san luis obispo are putting the finishing touches. you can see right there the theme of this year's parade is celebrating a world of music and cal poly is honoring that. their float is called shock and roll. powering the musical current. and what makes this project
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extra special is it's the only float in the parade that's designed, built and driven by students and it's not just current students. cal poly graduates return year after year, even decade after decade to work on that float. >> it's generations and generations of people who are just pouring in to this program and that type of support and community tsay i think it's just one of the most special things i've ever had the chance of experiencing. >> and the float includes a yellow electric eel, also a purple stingray, and it has 10,000 days. they're donated from the central coast and 24,000 purple flowers very cool flow. and if you want to check it out, you can see it on monday. abc seven will be showing the rose parade live on new year's day, starting at 8:00 in the morning. that's a really neat float. and i know lisa, two of your kids went to cal poly, right? >> i love it down there. and
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that is beautiful. nice work. always impressive. and in fact, the rose bowl should see some drying out and they are getting hammered in southern california right now where we are on the back edge of this system, a level one system bringing the rain throughout the next three hours or so. half moon bay, highway one, marin county point rays. this is all going to slide to the east. so throughout the eight 9:00 hour it will be getting wet in your neighborhood in the east bay. but then we dry out new year's eve, maybe an isolated shower, some sun late today into new year's day, next rain late tuesday into wednesday . wow. >> well thank you so much lisa. happy new year to you and to all of you at home. we'll be back here today at 9:00. join us then. have a wonderful morning.
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