details >> chanting to stop crews from closing off a long standing park . >> we need a place where community members can find each other and learn about their history of berkeley. that's a human right. knowing what your culture is having water, having food. >> these workers are creating a barricade with shipping containers. they want to keep people out of the park so the school can build a new dorm. >> what we're doing out here is taking advantage of a time of the year when we have very few students, very few people here to be able to do this as safely and as quickly as possible. >> the work started early thursday morning. police in full tactical gear arrived to close off streets and remove the remaining people living in the park. protesters tried to stop them, but police arrested seven of them shortly after is when they started stacking containers around the park. >> we are stacking those in a perimeter around the park to high, and that will effectively then be able to cordon off the construction site. >> they've set up this small barricade right here at

telegraph avenue to keep demonstrators away from people's park. it's just over there, and you can see down the road that's where they have these tall shipping containers stacked up around the park to keep people out. the university tried to close the park in the summer of 2022, but protests tore down the fence put up to keep them out. the new project will create a separate building for low income people, as well as 1100 units for students at the park, something the university says they desperately need. >> we house currently about 20 to 23% of our undergraduate and graduate student population, so that is the lowest in the uc system. our streets, our streets , whose university, our university. >> it's a brave space. people learn how to grow up. students learn, like myself, how to grow up here. and so we are trying to preserve a future in which uc berkeley benefits what they have is a future where you see an administration benefits. >> this project has now gone through numerous court battles. the plans are now before the

state supreme court construction cannot start until they make a ruling. uc berkeley says the containers will stay up until they get the green light for the project. in berkeley. ryan curry , abc seven news. >> people's park has a long history of protest dating back to the 60s. abc seven news anchor karina nova takes a look back. the land between hay street and dwight way was originally bought in 1967 by the university for housing, but in 1969, the decades long history of protests and activism began. >> on may 15th, 1969, a violent confrontation between police and antiwar protesters turned deadly. since then, any plan to change the park has been met by protest. in 1971, plans to put in a soccer field failed. in 1979, there was an attempt to put in a parking lot again. that didn't happen. then in 1990, protesters fought for the right of the homeless to stay in the park, and in 1991, demonstrators raged for a week over the

construction of volleyball courts. months later, in 1992, more protests over a plan to add a basketball court, dozens arrested more recently, the park has been home to tensions. campments then in 2022, plans build student housing at the location were once again thwarted. at least temporarily. and stay with abc seven news as we continue to monitor the situation at people's park in berkeley, we'll have coverage online and on air throughout the evening. >> now to the north bay. a new housing report there finds that landlords in marin county and two other counties, as well, are discriminating against latino renters and families with children. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard looks at the study and why some landlord advocates dispute the findings. >> the nonprofit fair housing advocates says rental housing discrimination is real in the north bay. >> in this case, we decided that we wanted to see how latinx parents were being treated at the pre-application stage right

at the rental inquiry stage, julia howard gibbons says between january and april of 2023, they investigated landlords at random, operating 60 rental properties in marin, solano and sonoma counties and found some level of discrimination at 58% of the property. >> his advocates say marin county had the highest incidence of discrimination, at about 66. in its investigation, the organization says 52% of test calls to landlords were made by trained testers, revealed evidence of discrimination against renters with children, and 31% showed evidence of discrimination against latino renters. >> the latina called up and they said, she said i believe she had two kids, so it would be her and two children for a one bedroom apartment. and they said, sorry, that's just too small for a family of three. and then the white tester called up and they said, yeah, that should be fine, no problem. we can make it work. the report says sonoma county saw a 35% discrimination level against latinos. >> solano county showed the least overall bias at 25%

against renters with kids. canal alliance is reacting to the report saying this issue has impacted our community far too long, denying latinos and families with children their right to equal housing. marin deserves better, and it's time to dismantle these discriminatory barriers and build a truly inclusive community where everyone can thrive. i'm not sure why they went with such a small sample size, but we don't know what their inherent biases were on their questions. but advocates for rental property owners questioned how the report was conducted. >> most of the owners that we talked to and deal with are well aware of fair housing laws and regulations. um, and, you know, it's just it's difficult to, to, to see the kind of racism that they're attempting to foist upon the owners here when that's just generally not the case, finding even one. >> i think is significant. right. we think that, you know, the fair housing act was passed in 1968. we want to believe that people are not still discriminating. >> fair housing advocates say they will send letters to landlords who they believe

discriminated against potential renters and could pursue legal action in the future here in marin county. cornell, bernard abc seven news helping news now the two men charged with the murder of oakland police officer tuan lei made their initial court appearances earlier today. >> 27 year-old mark sanders and 28 year-old alan brown are charged with ley's homicide. a third man, sebron russell, is being charged with a burglary that led up to ley's death. san was turned away from cameras inside a downtown oakland courtroom this morning while brown faced the judge, but did not show any emotio. both have waived their formal arraignment on murder charges, with the special circumstance scheduled to return to court on january 18th to enter pleas. oakland city council member noel gayo said he was asked to leave yesterday's news conference announcing those arrests. gayo telling abc seven news an unidentified officer asked him to leave. >> and who gave you permission or direction to come and approach me that i had to leave and, uh, he wouldn't say that.

who gave him the authority or the permission to come tell me to leave? and, um, so i don't want to create a scene in front of everyone and, and so i left. but now the council member wants some answers. >> gayo tells us he reached out to top brass at the oakland police department to demand to know who ordered him out. we've also reached out to city officials to get some answers, and we'll let you know as soon as we hear back. >> a former police officer accused of getting into a standoff that spanned nearly two days with pleasant hill police, was arrested today. lawyers for chun liam sacco say they entered a not guilty plea and waived satchel's right to a speedy trial. he faces a long list of charges, including attempted murder and shooting at police officers from an east bay state senator is behind new legislation that would strengthen california's red flag gun law. nancy skinner is coauthoring a bill that would expand the court ordered surrender of guns from not only domestic violence suspects, but also people with other types of

restraining orders. the bill would require courts to follow up to make sure guns are surrendered. >> now, we already told you about urban alchemy. that's the nonprofit that deploys people to address street level issues. and now there's a new study that finds this organization is leading to a dramatic reduction in crime in san francisco's tenderloin. abc seven news reporter luz pena joining us live in the newsroom with a look at the study. hi luz. >> hey, larry. this was an independent research by stanford university. the professor behind it. we're now with urban alchemy staff members for a year and a half. and found that crime went down by 52% after 12 months of urban alchemy's presence at intersections going down, they have 40 san francisco intersect covered in some of the city's hot spots. urban alchemy's, director of operations, says all of their staff members keep track of their daily interactions. >> this is the data for them right here, and it's data for them. have a positive engagement, inviting space intervention. >> the majority of what you guys

do out here, we do a lot of a lot of odds. >> we do a lot of de-escalating for years, this form was the main tracker of success. >> now a stanford university research shows how their work is changing the city's tenderloin. >> as we look at crime 12 months before urban alchemy comes on to a block and 12 months after urban alchemy comes onto a block and we look to see the reductions after a year and a half of going out with urban alchemy, staff members and comparing sfpd's data from before and after this group took over a block, professor stewart's findings show the overall impact. we ruled out that this was not a product of covid, and we ruled out the notion that maybe urban alchemy was displacing crime to other intersections. so we can narrow it down and say urban alchemy caused a 52% reduction in total crime and an 80% reduction in drug crime. >> in a press conference, mayor breed praised the group for helping the city for the past five years, despite 20-23 becoming san francisco's

deadliest year for drug overdose causes and over 4000 homeless people on the streets. >> no, we are not where we want to be, but we are definitely in a better place than what we used to be in fact, in the tenderloin, we've seen an overall 11% drop in crime. >> i'm randy shaw with the tenderloin housing clinic, sees the issues firsthand and wants this group to expand, but also wants police efforts to increase . >> yes, we're hoping for a broader police presence combined with urban alchemy because really, there's still too many blocks where we don't see any enforcement at all. and therefore that's where the dealers and users congregate. >> urban alchemist ceo says they're working on it. >> yeah, there's plan to expand, but it's always based on capacity. >> and when we're talking about the reduction in crime, the data shows about 320 crimes per week in tenderloin intersections and after a year of urban alchemy at 40 intersections, 150 crimes per week in the newsroom. luz pena,

abc seven news news. >> thank you. impressive numbers there. draymond green may be back on the court for the warriors relatively soon. he's going to return to the team's facility in the coming days to ramp up play. green was suspended indefinitely by the nba last month after he smacked jusuf nurkic of the suns in the in the face during a game with phenix now, draymond still has to meet several requirements and get approval from nba commissioner adam silver before he can play in games again. it's going to take some time to get ramped up. green will miss his 11th game tonight when the warriors host the denver nuggets. >> the golden gate bridge safety net, the second chance for survival for some in a desperate situation, a towering figure in architecture and the mind behind some creative new buildings in san francisco, and the chef who might have the last word on a controversial pizza topping. i'm meteorologist sandyha patel. >> enjoy the break while it lasts because we do have more showers on the way and snow for the sierra. i'll have the timelines coming up when abc seven news at four

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commute, and possibly later. >> the golden gate bridge, of course, it's iconic. it attracts millions of visitors every year, but there is a darker side. nearly 2000 people have died jumping off the bridge since it opened back in 1937. now, the $224 million safety plan to try to deter suicides is finally finished. so there now sits a suicide net that's been installed on both sides of the bridge. abc seven news reporter j.r. stone found some mixed reactions to this new addition. >> from a distance, you don't notice it, but look closely. just below the sidewalks on both sides of the golden gate bridge and you'll see a net. >> it provides people a second chance. >> it's a steel net, one that if it had existed, then may have caught kevin hines when he jumped off the golden gate bridge many years ago, a move that he says he instantly regretted. hines, though, was one of the few who survived, crediting the coast guard doctors and a sea lion that he named herbert for saving him. he

believes this steel net would have been a difference maker in his case. >> i would have hesitated. i believe with enough time for patrol officers to wonder, why is that kid just standing there, leaning over the rail, crying his eyes out? >> people who come to the bridge to harm themselves are in a tremendous amount of pain. pain, and they want to escape pain. a fall into the net is one that will be painful. it is stainless steel. it's a 20 foot fall uh- it will. it will be incredibly painful and may cause injury. >> and while paolo schwartz of the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district admits that the steel net might not stop all jumps last year there were 14 suicides here, well below the 30 that are usually seen at the golden gate bridge each year. but some have questioned the project, one that cost $224 million. >> i have not seen convincing evidence that we're actually going to be saving that many lives, or that the several

hundred million invested this way was the best way of saving the most lives. >> doctor john cruz wrote a column in clinical psychiatry news where he questioned the lack of data on regional suicide rates. after these type of measures have been put into place, saying he is doubtful that those working so hard to get to the golden gate bridge just won't go somewhere else. and it does not seem, on the face of it, logical to me to say that someone that determined to die is only determined to die because the golden gate bridge has such a magnetic draw that will make such a statement. >> statement. >> still, though, savais divers and family members of victims lost to the bridge are overjoyed by this net. >> i'm grateful every moment of every day to walk this earth and i think that all the people involved in raising the net are cheering. internally right now, and very grateful for this accomplishment. >> 95% of the barrier is up along the 1.7 mile bridge, with

just ten work left in the remaining areas. jr stone, abc seven news. >> house speaker nancy pelosi spoke with abc seven news today, saying the nets have already saved lives. >> the number of people who jumped were 14, which is half less than half fewer than half of what would have been the average in normal years. and it was because of a gap just because they were getting equipment, finishing up this or that. and hopefully then there will be no gaps and then more lives will be saved. >> if you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you can find local resources by going to abc seven news.com slash. take action. and for more urgent matters, the suicide and crisis lifeline can be reached by dialing 988. all right, let's turn to the forecast now. >> nice to see the sun out today. >> yeah i forgot to look up for the meteors last night. sandia

you know what? >> you weren't alone. okay actually didn't see any. so and, larry, let me show you right now what it looks like the last 24 hours, we have seen the temperatures change. six degrees warmer right now in santa rosa, three degrees warmer in san jose and up five in livermore. it does feel good outside. as larry mentioned, we have sunshine, 63, in santa rosa. it is 60 in napa and fairfield, 61 in concord and 59 in livermore. from our walnut creek camera, we are looking at bright skies right now, mid to upper 50s from san francisco to oakland, 60 degrees in san jose and 58 in san mateo. let's check out live doppler seven. right now we do have some clouds that are off the coast. they'll be heading in our direction later on tonight ahead of a weak system that is going to bring us a couple of showers, but it's not a game changer for tomorrow morning. certainly seeing the wave heights will be coming up as we head towards tomorrow. so a beach hazard statement has been issued. it starts at 6 a.m. tomorrow, runs until 10 p.m.

current wave heights are 5 to 10ft. large breakers ten feet or higher. there is a risk of sneaker waves, and of course these waves can come up on you without warning, so never turn your back to the ocean. just watch from far if you can. obviously. let's go hour by hour looking at those wave heights building tomorrow afternoon around 2:00, you can see 14 footers approaching the coast and the wave heights will remain elevated going into the weekend. even into sunday before the winds. the wave heights come down. so it's something to keep in mind, especially if you want to go to the coast to enjoy. here's a look at the headlines as we look at san jose camera here tonight. increasing clouds, high surf tomorrow with a beach hazard statement and for saturday we do have cold showers coming our way with breezy conditions. let's go hour by hour with that disturbance clouds increase tonight. you see a couple of showers friday morning. really early before many of us wake up 4 a.m. still some spotty showers. so if you do have early commute tomorrow,

just be aware of the fact that there may be some wetrillionoadways 8:00 saturday morning. this is when most areas will see those scattered showers. light to moderate in intensity, but fast. a.m. those scattered showers are going through the central bay and by noontime already into the south and east bay. a few more showers trail into the evening hours. most of the rest of your saturday evening is looking just fine. rainfall projections is under 2/10 of an inch for most of you, so it's not going to be a lot of rain, but it is going to be a colder system. lower snow levels, winter storm warning 4 a.m. saturday until 6 a.m. sunday for the west slope of the sierra, 1 to 2ft of snow gusts to 55 miles an hour. travel is going to be difficult to impose, so be aware of this. snow levels dropping 2000 to 3000ft sunday morning down to 1500 feet. your morning temperatures in the 30s and the 40s. we do have chillier mornings coming sunday and monday morning here in the bay area, and tomorrow afternoon you're going to see plenty of sun mid 50s to low 60s. your

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were cheering them on, i think that this show has touched so many lives, and we feel that we've really made a difference in people's lives. >> we knew we were right for each other. we knew that we were willing to take the plunge as soon as possible, so we wanted to keep it going. we wanted to keep that message out there for people. this rose, oh my god. >> and guys, we saw gary earlier. he is looking cool and calm. and you can watch it all right here on abc live in southern california. sophie fly abc seven eyewitness news. >> all right. thank you sophie. it's incredible how many people are so into gary's story. yeah we're going to be tuning in tonight at 8:00. >> all right. well glynis johns who played winifred banks in the disney classic mary poppins, has died while disney chose johns to play the iconic role as a suffragette in the 1964 film, johns was versatile, winning a tony award in 1973 for her role in a little night music when she

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designed by a woman, jeanne gang is a global architect that's making her mark in the bay area, and she has some ideas on how to rebuild san francisco reporter tanya babich from our sister station in chicago, has more about this towering figure. >> there's a lot of attention now being made to like, what kind of activities can be brought into the buildings at the ground level if they're losing retail or if they're losing population. >> a blueprint designed to bring san francisco back to its golden era, jeanne gang is one of the world's leading architects. she's the creative genius behind mirror the eye catching, twisting tower that dazzles in the skyline gang has dedicated her life to building, building skyscrapers, building boardwalks, building community centers. but here in san francisco, it's all about rebuilding. i think the city will turn around eventually, but, um, there needs to be real attention to more housing.

>> it's like many cities. it needs more housing. >> housing is and has long been a critical issue in the city by the bay. the recent exodus of retailers and workers has left downtown streets peppered with empty office buildings and boarded up storefronts. but gang remains on optimistic it needs safe space. >> it needs, um, just more people to come back to it. i mean, i think this is so important for cities. it it's like in new york, in the subway, for example, when no one's writing it, it feels less safe than when people really just embrace it. so we have to make sure that our infrastructure here is, uh, working, working at capacity, um, so that people feel comfortable using it. and that's already like a step to making isafe. >> san francisco's neighbor, silicon valley, is a hub for innovation and creativity. de gang believes it will take creative solutions to help turn around the city's housing crisis . that includes repurposing

commercial properties that now sit empty for residential use. >> when we design something from scratch, even thinking of the reversibility of it, how could it be made into more easily, made into some other use in the future so that makes the city more resilient as well. just the ability to change and evolve. >> in the heart of silicon valley lies another big project for gang design, being the new door school of sustainability at stanford university. >> they really want to have an impact and help find solutions for climate change. >> gang doing her part in finding solutions with sustainable buildings and collaborative communities. >> we see, you know, climate change is more and more visible and it's impacting everyone in, um, it there is, um, social issues. there are there's polarization in our society. acting are doing something every day that is addressing these issues is, um, helps me to feel

more positive toward what we can do as a society working together . >> tanya babich, abc seven news and you can hear more from jeannie gang and her vision to recreate skylines by watching towering figure jeanne gang. >> we have a link at abc seven news.com, one of the most widely recognized public art projects in the world, is celebrating 20 years in san francisco with a new exhibit, the 2024 hearts in sf collection will be unveiled at the ferry building on monday. >> the hearts will be on display until the end of february. they're created by local artists and are auctioned to raise money for the san francisco general hospital foundation. >> and we are part of bringing back and revitalizing downtown and being a part of the solution, um, to help the city in terms of, um, supporting the community, the homeless community, people with mental health and addiction needs, those are the people they come

to san francisco general hospital, and we care for them. >> the auction takes place at the foundation annual gala on february 8th at the conservatory at one. sansom. >> all right. coming up, who's thinking about getting a sleeping divorce or sleep? divorce and the fight over pineapple on pizza actually moves. to italy. the ford

trend that's gaining new traction in homes across the u.s. well, it's hard to sleep with somebody bashing you with a pillow, but sleeping separately from your partner, some or all of the time is what we're talking about here. experts say. while it can help with sleep and overall health, it can negatively impact intimacy. so can snoring. yeah just just an observation. who wants to jump in on this? >> well, i'm not going to name names, but when i got home last night, there was a dog on my side of the bed. and someone else right in the middle of the bed, and i was not pleased. and i did say something because i need to fit in there somewhere, right? so i could see it being you know, sleep is essential. so maybe you're a light sleeper, right? ama i don't know. it depends, but i need some room.

let me in because i can't sleep. >> if you have no place to lie down. i you know, i get it because sleep is so important. and it doesn't help if you're crabby and irritable with one another. all you know, the next day. but, you know, i'm not a big fan of it. if you can work it out, it's, you know, it's nice to stay in the same bed, i think. >> yeah, dan, that's why i sleep in the sports department at night, you know, between shows that's, you know, i got to catch up on my rest, right? yeah. >> all right, well, valentine's day isn't just for couples anymore. the candy maker behind sweethearts is releasing situationship boxes for singles this valentine's day. situationship a mashup of situation and relationship, and is a tourm for an undefined relationship status. sweethearts promises those boxes will be full of mixed messages so the guys will be giving them out. i'm sure your just kidding. i know sandhya, what do you think? hey, you know what? >> there's nothing wrong with this ama. i mean look not everyone is in a relationship,

not everyone is married. uh- in terms of a serious relationship is what i'm saying. so i mean, there's already that mixed messages going on with some singles, so i mean, why not just add to that? >> so how does that work? like, you open the box and you present these sweethearts to your sweetheart and who knows what you get? yeah, i you know, i use a little sour. >> i used to be into you, but yes, now you're the sour one. >> something seems a little risky. yeah, exactly. better pick your pick. your sweetheart carefully there before you present it. backfire. pretty good. yeah. that's. yeah, that's danger. danger. a true expert is now weighing in on a controversial subject. it's pineapple on pizza, right? that is. that is controversial. actually, the chef, gino sorbillo, has added a pineapple pizza to his menu at his restaurant in italy. that's big. the new $7 pie includes a tomato base with three layers of cheese and a caramelized pineapple. that's actually cooked twice. the chef says he wants to make so-called forbidden ingredients

more acceptable. you know, for years, because coming from hawaii, i always used to order pineapple pizza. you know, pineapple pepperoni. and people made fun of me for years. this is my time now. >> so do you still eat pizza with pineapple on it? yeah. >> i mean, not as not as, you know, not as often, but but, you know, usually people go, you, you know, as soon as they hear the pineapple. what are you. >> you know, i like it. i'll eat it. but it's not i wouldn't order it, you know, i don't i don't dislike it, but it's not my favorite, to be honest. so. >> okay, i'm with dan. i mean, i don't really i mean i like pineapple, but i would not eat it on pizza, i love pineapple. >> that's true. yeah. >> should i even say that? i'm with larry on this one and i don't know the people i accept, i guess for you too, who are like, no pineapple. you like it? yeah. especially pepperoni. and pineapple. it adds a little sweetness i like on a barbecue chicken on pizza, or i agree, that's a good combo. >> like i said, i'll eat it, but i wouldn't order it. it's not something i would crave. >> what's your go to then?

>> uh, pepperoni and onion and oregano. mm. okay >> interesting. >> sandia veggie? yes >> veggie. >> well, i've been mocked for a long time. it's about time we start putting these pineapples on pizzas. >> all right, well, you probably already know that boba and milk teas are extremely popular. and now there is a new twist. twirl milk tea is a taiwanese style milk tea company that sells both teas and boba pearls. everything is organic and plant based and the company is right here in san francisco. >> and joining us right now is one of the founders, pauline ang , pauline, thanks so much for your time. what made you create this line of teas? and i'm going to drink while you talk. >> hi. um, well, well, i've always loved boba milk tea. ever since i was born or ever since i grew up. um, my parents had milk tea the old style way with, um, hot tea with milk and, um, when i went to college, there was a huge boba milk tea boom. it was everywhere. cafes and i was drinking way too much and getting way too much weight. so i wanted to create something that i could drink every day and

not feel guilty about. and that's how turmoil free was born. and you mentioned hot tea because this can actually be hot or cold. yes. so we can heat it up in the microwave. it smells really great, especially the jasmine flavor. or you could chill it in the fridge. i think you have it chilled right now. and you can add our boba toppings to it as well. >> and these are plant based products right? >> yes. so we, um, only use plant based milk. it's actually a pea protein milk. and we use it because it's actually the most sustainable milk. it uses 85% less dairy. uh, carbon emissions than dairy and a lot less water than oat milk and soy milk and all those other milks. so and it's actually really mild and, and, um, uh, great for sustainability as well as it's regenerative. what are some of the flavors i have the hojicha roasted green milk tea. yeah. so hojicha is actually, um, exactly that. it's a roasted milk tea. so it tastes a little bit different than a green tea. it's got like a nuttier chocolaty flavor. we also have a taiwan style milk tea that i'm drinking right now. um, and that's sort

of based on an homage of the original boba milk tea that was found in taiwan. we also found newest flavor in ube milk tea, which is inspired by where i grew up in hawaii. and, um, there was ube flavors everywhere, and i knew i had to create something for that, and that was pretty good. >> it's good. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, it's actually, um, one of my favorites. that one's made with a mulberry tea. so we all have, uh, loose leaf brewed tea from, um, small organic family farms. and we also have a jasmine flavor as well. >> well, i also grew up in hawaii, so there's a zillion places to get boba, uh, you know, drinks, and they're always fantastic. but where can people buy these? here you don't have a store, right? is it online? >> uh, yes. it's online on our website, on amazon. but actually , it's super exciting news. we just launched in whole foods and in sprouts, so you can find it in both of those locations, uh, whole foods, where regional california, hawaii, in the north atlantic, uh, sprouts were nationwide. and you can also find our boba toppings and

sprouts as well. it's not easy to get shelf space at any store, is it? >> that's that's a real coup to be able to pull that off. >> yeah, yeah. we've been working on it for a long time. i have an amazing team. my co-founder, olivia and i have been we're pretty much our own salespeople, so we're we're a small but mighty team, by the way. >> i don't know if people can see this on television, but this is like the coolest thing i've ever seen. this is a boba tea keychain. whose idea was this? this is fantastic. this is brilliant. >> yeah, yeah, that's. you know, we've, um. you know, we go to asia a lot to source our ingredients and to get inspiration. and we saw those and we just had to create our own, um, just something a little bit fun for people to remember us by. um, because we do have, um, we have both items. we have the milk tea and we have the boba topping. so, um, yeah, just something you can create at home. so everything we call it cafe style, because you can create your own cafe style milk tea at home, um, and, and have a better for you version in under

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but i can't guarantee it both days this weekend because we do have some wet weather coming. larry and omar, let's take a look at a live picture right now from our zephyr cove where it's a pretty view looking out there. it is dry right now, but there is some snow coming. we are expecting by sunday morning 1 to 2ft of snow, 19in at kirkwood, 12in at donner. looking at live doppler seven right now. clouds up to the north. those will increase throughout the night. we are expecting some icy showers early in the morning. 430 is when they'll be passing through 630. very isolated in the east bay and they're gone. but then we do have more wet weather coming your way for your saturday. that's when a level one system moves in. tomorrow afternoon, 5060s, you get another day of plenty of sun and then here is a look at the accuweather seven day forecast level one for saturday cold showers. sunday is your dry day, along with monday before more wet weather arrives tuesday. going into wednesday larry nomar all right. >> thank you sandhya just ahead celebrating general hospital and what makes the daytime soap

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it's the golden bachelor wedding, followed by general hospital. 60 years of stars and storytelling. and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. well, tonight's primetime special we just talked about celebrates general hospital's 60th anniversary. this is a look back at all the soapy goodness that made this show so iconic.

reporter george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles, has our preview. >> the most famous general hospital wedding was luke and laura's in 1981. >> i'm lucas lorenzo spencer. take the laura webber baldwin general hospital 60 years of stars and storytelling. >> takes a look at 60 years of iconic scenes, dramatic moments, and wild storylines. >> it's going to be incredible. there's some amazing people involved, um, and it's going to be a great, great show, i know it. congrats on 60 wonderful years. >> cast members, past and present, tell behind the scenes stories, share funny bloopers and they might even have some special surprise prizes up their sleeves. the fans are going to love this special because it kind of gives them this trip down memory lane. >> it's going to be a really beautiful gift, right? to the fans, because that's basically

what this episode of prime time tv is about is a gift to the fans to say, we couldn't have been here for 60 years if it wasn't for you. >> general hospital is the longest running scripted drama and the longest running soap opera that's still in production . it's won the daytime emmy for outstanding drama a whopping 16 times. >> when you do something like that and you bring the history of all the actors and how many emmys they won it. uh, it was a beautiful thing to do the last couple of days. >> general hospital's 60 years of stars and storyteller airs tonight right after the golden wedding. happy 60th anniversary. >> free girare uncle george pennacchio for abc news. >> and you can watch general hospital weekday afternoons at 2:00 right here on abc seven. again, tonight's special begins at 10:00 pm after two hours of the golden bachelor wedding

special with gary and his bride. abc seven news streaming for you 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. all right, that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five with dan inaba is up next

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