falls off mid flight. thousands of passengers stuck at the airport and dozens of flights already canceled at sfo and cruise makes an offer to settle accusations that misled regulators after one of its cars dragged a woman in san francisco. >> the amount is far less than the fines the company is facing. then >> could pandemonium return to san francisco? the partnership that could be bringing a panda to the bay. >> good morning to you on this monday, january. eighth. >> wouldn't that be lovely? >> we'll get to that story in a moment. but let's talk about our forecast. >> yeah, it's cold out there this morning. we have frost advisories posted for a big portion of the area. we have temperatures well in the 30s and many cities right now. grab that heavy coat as you step out the door, the gloves, maybe even the winter hat. we're down to 30 in danville right now, 36 in cloverdale, 45 in the city, 37 in palo alto. so here is that frost advisory. it is in effect until 10 a.m. this morning. for

most of the north bay parts of the inland east bay, parts of the south bay, we just have temperatures in the 30s, if not the upper 20s. in some spots you may see some frost forming on your vegetation and your windshield. taking a look at how the day shapes up, we'll find more clouds rolling in as the day rolls on. partly sunny skies. temperatures only in the mid 50s for daytime highs. that's a look at the forecast. let's say hi to gloria. good morning. >> good morning drew. good morning everyone. we enjoyed a couple of nice weeks on the road with slower traffic with the holidays, but looks like some of that traffic is back on this monday. this is a look at your bay bridge toll plaza, and you could see that it is pretty busy out there this morning. the metering lights flipped on at 535 today and then a look at the san mateo-hayward bridge. again. some traffic here, but no major issues or delays there. >> developing news on a critical discovery in the investigation of that scary incident on board in alaska airlines flight. the boeing 737 max nine has a door plug, which is essentially a part of the fuselage. it fell

off after takeoff and it has been found. the ntsb says. a teacher in portland, oregon, found it in his backyard. as you can see, it left a huge hole on the side of the plane, forcing an emergency landing. officials say the door depressurized just after the plane took off friday, with more than 100 passengers and crew on board. >> it was described as chaos, and it was very violent. when the uh- rapid decompression and the door was expelled out of the plane, the ntsb chair says investigators are documenting the damage before sending parts to a lab. >> the cockpit voice recorder won't help. it was overwritten because the ntsb says maintenance teams didn't retrieve it in time. bay area airports are seeing delays and cancellations related to the faa grounding. of the 737 max, nine abc seven news reporter lena howland is live from sfo this morning. lena reggie, sfo is still feeling the impacts from

friday night's incident. >> as of about 330 this morning, there had already been 49 canceled flights here and 18 delays. now this all now alaska airlines and united airlines, two major operators of the boeing 737 max nine, canceling a combined 342 flights today across the country. this comes after the faa grounded all 737 max nine aircraft following friday night's mid-air incident, according to flightaware, 138 alaska flights were canceled today, which makes up about 20% of its schedule moments ago, i talked to one of our abc seven news producer reporters who was on his way back from buenos aires when his connecting flight to sfo in houston was abruptly canceled because it happened to be a 737 max nine airplane. now he has to take another layover in palm springs, getting home at least eight hours later than planned, of course. >> yeah, i'd rather be home right now, but at the same time,

i'd rather be on a plane that's safe. i don't want to be sucked out in mid-air or anything like that. so you know, if i have to be here a little longer, make sure i get home safe. that's fine with me. alaska airlines posting on x. >> we are deeply sorry for the disruption. the 737 nine max grounding has caused our guests. we expect the disruption to last at least through midweek. there have also been a handful of canceled flights in oakland and in san jose, so this is a very important reminder to check your flight status before you go live at sfo. lena howland abc seven news thank you. >> lena, we've been updating you with the very latest as we track information with alerts just like this one sent right to your phone for customized breaking news and weather updates, you can download the abc seven news bay area app and make sure to turn on notifications. >> developing news in the battle over berkeley's people's park today, workers say they will be finishing putting up a barrier of shipping containers around

the park. uc leaders are trying to build student housing on that land. you can see here on the map. it's just a few blocks south of cal's main campus. crews started to clear the park last week. they dismantled what was left of an encampment. people faced off with. excuse me. police faced off with dozens of protesters, making seven arrests. neighbors are reacting to the new barrier going up. some of them say the park should be preserved. preserved. others are in favor of that housing project. i represent a part of berkeley that's been here a long time. >> people's park is not usable. i mean, i used to i used to work on telegraph avenue, and i was here in the early 70s. construction at the park can't begin until after the state supreme court settles a lawsuit over the park's future. >> the university believes the ruling will be in their favor. oakland mayor shengtao has until the end of the week to respond to a letter of intent to remove her from office. >> the letter was sent by certified mail over the weekend to the mayor. grounds for the

recall include creating a public safety crisis, delaying the oakland police department's exit from two decades of federal oversight. it also cites mayor tile's role in missing a retail theft grant. organizers hoping to recall her say crime is another driving factor. >> there are too many. there are too many lives that have been lost, too many cars stolen, too many people who've been robbed coming from a bank followed home. too many things. too many businesses have closed. just, just, you know, this mayor has blood on her hands. she has blood on her hands. it's very disturbing that an individual that was released from the police commission for a number of factors is a part of an effort to unseat a newly elected mayor, council member pfeiffer is referring to brenda hartman. >> forte. you just saw her at the post office there. she was released from the police commission by mayor tao oakland officials against the recall say the recall could cause more divisions in city hall. abc seven has reached out to mayor tao's office for a response on

the matter. we have not yet heard back in the south bay, a former top san jose city employee is suing the mayor for defamation, according to our media partners at the mercury news, stacy katz. >> brown filed the suit last week. she says her firing and the narrative around it has impacted her career. she was hired as the budget director last year and spent less than a week in the position. brown claims matt mahan, the mayor and chief of staff, jim reid, accused her of leaking information about his pick for vice mayor. the suit claims she was wrongly accused and new development san francisco based cruz is offering $75,000 to settle accusations the company misled regulators about an october crash in san francisco. >> that crash involved a woman who was hit by a human driver and then dragged nearly 20ft by one of the company's driverless cars. cruz ended up having its permits pulled by the state and is facing over $1 million in fines. in a filing friday, cruz said it hired a law firm to

investigate its interactions with the state and plans to make the findings public before a hearing next month. a spokesperson said in a statement to our media partners at sf standard, cruz is committed to rebuilding trust with our regulators and increased transparency and cooperation with the cpuc and providing the data and information the commission needs to ensure that av service is safe, equitable and accessible. >> new this morning, san francisco is on the short list of contenders contenders to receive a panda from china, and the news is coming. as the chinese foreign minister promised that giant pandas could return to california by the end of the year. gloria is at the live desk with the details on that. hi, gloria. >> good morning. kumasi many are excited about this. abc seven news obtained a letter from mayor london breed to chinese president xi jinping, and in it, she says that after apex, she wants to grow our friendship to greatly benefit our youth and to continue our joint efforts on panda conservation. she suggested a partnership with the san francisco zoo to host the

giant pandas. the letter also reveals how mayor breed first made the panda request to xi, while bidding him farewell on the tarmac as he departed from apec. multiple sources close to the effort confirmed to abc seven news anchor dion lim that san diego was also in the running for a possible panda. however, given the relationships that were built and strengthened during apec, it's believed that san francisco has the advantage and this comes after the end of a 50 year conservation program with the chinese government that expired in november. as a result, zoos across the country returned their pandas to china. and i know a lot of people would love to see a panda right here in san francisco. >> guys, thank you. gloria. a winter storm over the weekend in the sierra nevada causing blizzard conditions. blizzard like conditions. the road conditions for those who made the trek. >> plus the latest on rescue efforts for five people trapped in a cave. the mission planned for today, 610 this morning. >> we have clear skies out there

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in two guides are stuck. rescue divers say they have to wait until the water level drops to get them out, but that will be challenging because they're dealing with low visibility inside the cave and near freezing water temperatures. winter weather is causing problems for millions of people this morning. they're digging out as another storm is moving to the east. heavy snow and powerful winds created hazardous conditions on major highways, including in boston. the city saw its first major snowfall in two years. a second storm is expected to hit much of the country this week. it's pushing east with blizzard conditions in some states and in the south tonight, there's a high risk of flash flooding as heavy rain and wind are in the forecast. large hail, even a chance of tornadoes could hit late into the night and into tomorrow. from houston to tallahassee. now here in california, ski resorts in tahoe finally celebrating fresh snow. but it made for some serious problems on the roads all

weekend with multiple accidents and spinouts. things have come down this morning. there are no chain controls on either interstate 80 or highway 50, but let's take a look at palisades tahoe. the resort has gotten at least a foot and a half of snow, and it's attracting everybody out to the mountains. but many say it's been challenging to drive variants coming up here. >> there was a lot of snow. we've seen maybe 3 or 4 accidents. well, we were trying to make it to tahoe donner, but we underestimate how long it was going to take. there in the snowy conditions last week, the berkeley snow lab recorded just 30% of the average snowpack in the sierra. >> that was compared with 185% from the year before a bay area native ended up making history at the golden globes. >> ali wong, who is from san francisco and grew up in pacific heights, won best lead actress in a limited series for her role in beef. she became the first asian american woman to win that

category, and her costar steven yeun won for best actor, making him the first asian american man to win in that category. the big winners last night included oppenheimer. it won five gold and golden globes, including best drama director, best actor and best supporting actor. poor things won best comedy or musical film, beating out barbie on the tv side, succession won for best drama series and best actor actress and supporting actor. >> did you all watch last night? >> i did. >> the texts were flying. >> my apologies to you. i'm sorry. i was like, okay, okay, okay, keep me informed. >> thank you. >> it to keep you informed or not. okay. all right. i think drew and i were on the same page. >> um, i saw, okay, i guess. >> stop talking. >> i was curious because i was sleepy and i fell asleep early. >> no, i wasn't watching it. it was. >> it was cool that it was like

a variety. there wasn't just like one thing that just, like, steamrolled every category because you thought, like, barbie had the most nominations and barbie actually didn't get that much love. um, i think the only one. >> two. right? >> yeah. and it wasn't for major. >> they got a music. they got the song. yeah >> and it got a new made up category. >> yeah, i didn't i didn't really know what that was about. it's like the please like the general audience. >> yes. >> it was okay. >> um, well, good for them. >> all right. here's a look at sfo right now. and it is quiet out there. we do have clear skies and some chilly temperatures. frosty morning with a frost advisory in effect until 10 a.m. take that heavy coat with you. maybe a few extra minutes. warm up the car. you may actually have frost on your windshield tomorrow morning. light scattered showers back in the forecast and then wednesday will track another round of showers moving through. today we'll have clear skies giving way to some clouds this afternoon. it's partly sunny late in the day and temperatures only in the mid 50s overnight. tonight it's a blend of stars and clouds. we stay quiet, but not as cold as we are right now.

we'll stay in the 40s for the most part, so not anticipating another round of frost advisories later on tonight. here's future weather. our next system on tuesday in the morning first arrives in the north bay. there's not a lot of moisture with this system. it moves through very fast. by the middle part of the day, we're pretty much wrapping up this system. sunshine appears for the back half of our tuesday, and then another impulse of energy moves in here on wednesday. again, the showers are light. they're very scattered in nature. when you look at total rainfall tuesday into wednesday, no huge totals. most of us will find less than a quarter of an inch of rain as this system moves through northern california, we'll get some snow in the sierra. winter storm watch begins tomorrow evening. we're thinking about a foot to a foot and a half in many locations. some of our highest peaks. likely seeing that foot and a half will likely see some chain controls in effect, especially wednesday morning, as some of this heavy snow starts to fall down. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. next seven days you frosty this morning. some sun this afternoon. showers tomorrow

morning. giving way to sunshine. another round of scattered showers on wednesday. looking sunny on thursday. we're actually trending drier here on friday, but it does look like showers come back into the forecast over the weekend. gloria. >> yeah, you know traffic is looking pretty good out there this morning though. we are seeing a little bit heavier traffic than we've seen the last few weeks because of the holidays. this is a look outside of your 8-80 camera at the oakland coliseum. and you can see traffic is flowing smoothly north and southbound through oakland. and then as far as the ferry, if you take the ferry, keep in mind that today there are some cancellations for san francisco bay ferry. now these include the 7:05 a.m. departure from the main street alameda ferry terminal, and then also the 720 departure from oakland to south san francisco ferry terminal. so keep that in mind if you ride the ferry. >> thank you. gloria. now we're checking in with ginger zee, who is live with what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger reggie and kumasi. >> nice to be with you. so it's a monday here. and we have so many states all 49 except you

know save south dakota or north dakota with some sort of alert on it. we've got so many storms to be covering. and that third one, i know you all are talking about blizzard warning for the first time in more than a decade around seattle, but there are high wind alerts if you're traveling well anywhere in the coming days, check ahead because there could be some big implications. even tornadoes along the gulf coast tonight. also, other big headline that we are following the new developments in that in-flight emergency. we all saw the videos frightening over the weekend of that boeing jet, and a piece of it falling off at 16,000ft. so this morning we check in to see what the ntsb is saying about the investigation. also we have an abc news exclusive with jonathan majors. it's his first interview since being convicted of misdemeanor reckless assault and harassment. and what to know about the buy now, pay later programs that were so popular over the holidays because the due dates are starting that and so much more on gma. >> i'm sure you all are also talking about the golden globes. i don't know if you if you saw

them or saw any of the movies, but i'm excited about the oscar season now because i really like these movies. yes, i saw it always inspires me to start being, you know, like go like it reminds me i watch a lot of tv. >> i don't watch a lot of movies. that's what i learn every and that's what i had that same feeling last night. >> i did see poor things over the weekend and that is wild. i recommend it. i want to see that one. >> yeah. the director of it is. he did the one of the other british right. like the royalty ones and i really would love to see that because he also did the great or had something to do with it. and i'm a huge fan. so yes, please. >> he's extremely creative. so i was i was very impressed. i think that that's going to do something at the oscars, something. yeah. okay. so we need to all get on it. i'll get on kumasi. i need you to i need someone to talk to about these things. >> i know, so please, let's get some homework done on it. >> i'll get on it. okay okay. >> call me out. okay i got to go

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ice on your car's. drew has the forecast, but then in san francisco, mayor london breed asking voters to help revitalize downtown the propositions on the ballot. >> she says, can help the area recover. >> and we're going to take a look at the adorable mountain lion cubs at the oakland zoo. having a little fun with a tub of water, that's all. it's just mountain lions and water. >> oh, good morning everybody. happy monday. it's january the 8th. >> first checking that forecast.

yeah, it is chilly again today drew. it is chilly. >> maybe some extra minutes to warm up the car because we do have frost advisories. in effect we're down to 38in oakland 30 in danville. bill we're at 32 in napa. you get the idea. it is quite cold this morning. here's the frost advisory in effect, all areas shaded in blue until 10 a.m. this morning where temperatures not only in the low 30s, some of us have been in the upper 20s to start out our morning. a live look from sutro tower. we have clear skies up above. we will find clouds moving in from the north as the day goes on. partly sunny this afternoon. we're dry but is a chilly afternoon with temperatures in the low and mid 50. showers back in the forecast tomorrow. we'll show you that coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with gloria and see how we're doing on traffic. >> yeah. you know, it feels like the traffic is back after the holidays. check this out. this is the bay bridge toll plaza, and you can see it's pretty busy out there this morning. the metering lights flipped on at 535. and right now the backup is approaching powell street in emeryville. and then we're going to get a look at our six 8-80 camera in walnut creek. and it

is busy on 680 through walnut creek, but no major delays. right there. kumasi. >> thank you, gloria. developing news. the door panel that broke off of an alaska airlines plane mid-flight has been found and recovered by the ntsb. a teacher in portland, oregon, found it in his backyard. and this morning, bay area airports are seeing delays in cancellations related to the grounding of the boeing 737 max nine. abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live at sfo with the latest on that. hi, lena. >> hi, kumasi. we are at the alaska airlines ticket counter inside of sfo right now. where we are seeing quite a few people trying to get some help right now at the ticket counter, as sfo is experiencing a total of 49 cancellations and 19 delays. so far today, alaska airlines and united airlines, two major operators of the boeing 737 max nine, canceling a combined 342 flights today. this comes after the faa grounded all 737 max

nine aircraft following friday night's mid-air incident, many of which we saw parked on an sfo tarmac away from terminals on sunday. earlier this morning, i talked to one of our abc seven producer reporters who is stuck in houston right now because of this. and that's because his connecting flight to the sfo got canceled because it happened to be a 737 max nine aircraft. >> get this thing that says that, you know, we're putting you on another flight. and i didn't look at the times until later. and yeah, i have to go through palm springs and then to san francisco. and then i have a four hour layover here in houston and another one in palm springs. so i'm getting back home about eight hours later than i had originally planned. >> the faa is saying it's first priority is keeping the flying public safe. we have grounded the affected airplanes and they will remain grounded until the faa is satisfied that they are safe. alaska airlines apologized for this disruption, and they

also said that they expect this disruption to last through at least mid week. live at sfo. lena howland abc seven news. thank you lena. >> neighbors in san francisco's fillmore and western addition neighborhoods are angry this morning about a plan to shut down a safeway store. the community says it's about more than just a bag of groceries. we first told you about this last week when safeway announced plans to close the store, which is on webster street. the company says they're selling the property. they're going to turn it into a mixed use development. but some residents are worried about the impact on seniors and the disabled. they believe the plan will have long terms, negative implications for the city's black community. some are blaming mayor london breed and for london to not even fight for the black community to have this store stay here for the blacks, it seems like they're just moving all the blacks out. >> so you're blaming the mayor on this? >> i blame linda because i think linda should have done more. she was raised in this area. mayor breed has told our partners at

the sf standard quote, this is a real and rare opportunity to add a significant amount of new homes in this part of our city, and even a new grocery store >> san francisco police are investigating a deadly weekend shooting near chase center. police say it happened somewhere between the mission rock resort and the arena on saturday night. when officers got there, they found a person suffering from a gunshot wound, and that person died at the hospital. police say witnesses said there may have been a vehicle involved but did not give any more details. >> voters in san francisco be asked to help the downtown area recover and take on the drug crisis. mayor breed is asking voters to get behind three proposals she outlined props c, e and f. prop c is aimed at revitalize housing downtown. it would incentivize investors by waiving the city's transfer tax on office buildings that are converted into housing. prop f would require people struggling with addiction to be enrolled in

treatment in order to continue getting welfare. >> i'm not requiring them to be clean and sober, but requiring that they be in a treatment program if they want. benefits of the city. we're not taking away shelter options. we're not taking away housing options. we're not taking away the door that opens to help people struggling get the help and the support they need. >> then there's also prop e, which looks to lighten the load of paperwork for police officers . right now, it's taking up about a third of their time. the measure also makes way for the use of surveillance video drones and facial recognition in the north bay. >> marin county supervisor leaders have set a hearing on a controversial proposal for new rules for short tum rentals under these proposed rules, people could only operate a single short tum rental and the total number of rentals allowed in the county would be capped. operators would also have to meet other requirements, like a county approved septic system, and have adequate parking. the rules would apply to western

marin and other unincorporated areas. the special hearing is set for thursday at 5 p.m. at the marin county civic center. >> this week we could see san francisco leaders vote on a cease fire resolution for the israel-hamas war. a committee hearing on the measure is scheduled for today. the resolution calls for a sustained ceasefire, humanitarian aid, the release of all hostages and the condemnation of anti-semitism, islamophobia and anti-palestinian remarks. if approved, san francisco would join oakland and richmond and publicly condemning the war in the middle east. house and senate leaders say they've agreed on a spending deal for government funding in 2024. it's the first step to averting a partial shutdown next month. the deal would set spending at $1.59 trillion for this fiscal year, more than $880 billion will go toward defense spending, 704 billion will be used for non-defense. there's also a $69 billion side deal that could go toward additional domestic spending. the agreement reduces the chance of a shutdown, but congress will still have to

approve stopgap funding bills before it's finalized. and voted on house republicans have set a hearing for wednesday on a plan to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> the move would make mayorkas the first impeached cabinet secretary in nearly 150 years. gop members have been seeking to remove mayorkas over his handling of the us border crisis . mayorkas has downplayed his impeachment concerns this morning. there are questions about defense secretary lloyd austin's recent hospitalizations. officials say he had an unspecified surgery last month and then was readmitted into intensive care about a week later and kept all of it secret. and gloria, there's now frustration among white house aides about the lack of information. >> there is kumasi. secretary austin's condition was withheld from most top officials, including the white house and congress, a pentagon official tells abc news that secretary austin had what was described as a minor elective procedure. on december 22nd, and he returned home the next day. the white

house, top pentagon officials and the secretary of state were all unaware of the surgery until after it happened, about a week after that surgery, austin was admitted to the icu on new year's day after experiencing severe pain. it wasn't until three days later that officials say the white house was informed , the pentagon said for privacy reasons, it's not able to provide additional information. but some argue that level of privacy is not afforded to cabinet secretaries who are high up in the presidential line of succession. some even say that congress was blindsided by the revelation. >> it's pretty shocking on this because when you're the secretary of defense, you need to make everyone aware that you're actually going to be out of pocket. >> the white house is publicly standing by austin saying that president biden and austin spoke on the phone over the weekend, and that the conversation was warm. the pentagon says austin is recovering well and resumed duties on friday. reggie, students impacted by the deadly

school shooting in iowa planned to march at the state capitol in protest today. >> sixth grader amir jolliff was killed and seven others were hurt when a student gunman opened fire at perry high school last week. it was the first day back after winter break. today, students are planning to walk out around lunch and also deliver a letter to their governor. they're upset over what they call an action on gun violence. >> a court this weekend once again blocked a california law banning concealed guns in public places like libraries and amusement parks. on saturday, the ninth circuit court of appeals reinstated the hold on the concealed carry law. it was temporarily halted last month by a district judge. the judges say the measure violates the second amendment, and that gun rights groups would be successful in proving it unconstitutional. the governor's office says the decision puts the lives of californians on the line. >> all runways that were a part of the fiery two plane crash in japan are now back open at tokyo's haneda airport. the crash happened between the planes on the same stretch of

runway, where both aircraft then became engulfed in flames. five members of japan's coast guard died on board one of the planes. that last runway had to remain closed for the investigation. all flights have resumed normal operations except for a handful of j a l flights, which are canceled through tomorrow. coming up, a big announcement from a former golden state warriors executive. the new franchise they're joining joining in a totally new sport. and a live look right now at the big board. >> the new york stock exchange down right now by about 170 points. another update on the markets next. >> the first mission to the moon in 50 years. just took off. how it could be the first step toward space tourism. and stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at seven for abc seven at seven. we're live every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m. to download the app now, wherever you stream. >> 642 look at this beautiful picture outside from our rooftop camera. kgo we have clear skies, frosty temperatures this morning we will see some cloud cover,

build in as the morning goes on for the morning commute. no issues when it comes to any rain. today we are dry but it is chilly out there this morning. most of us starting well in the 30s for our morning. temperatures will start to climb into the 40s by 9 a.m, but you notice we start to see an increase in some cloud cover later on this morning. temperatures right now down to 30 in san ramon. good morning. 38 in oakland, 34 in palo alto, 31 in livermore. it is chilly in the north bay. 34 santa rosa, napa, right now, 32 degrees. grabbed the winter jacket. live doppler seven along with satellite. some high clouds moving in from the north as the day goes on. it's all associated with our next system that's currently in the pacific northwest. will bring some light showers here tomorrow morning. we'll find though, the next three days. we have a couple of chances of showers. today is dry, but tomorrow the showers are found in the morning and then wednesday will still have some scattered showers in the forecast. let's talk about tuesday morning level one for scattered showers less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall is expected. we're going to go hour by hour in future weather.

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a never before used vulcan centaur rocket blasted off from cape canaveral. cape canaveral in florida last night. it was loaded with a lunar lander called peregrine, which is carrying a scientific experiment . now, this is where it gets very interesting because there's also a payload from the space burial company celestis. human remains and dna samples from 70 people, including us president john f kennedy and george washington and star trek creator gene roddenberry and actress nichelle nichols. >> he and the first lady of star trek, along with a number of the other cast members from star trek, along with countless other prominent wonderful people. their ashes and their dna are going to join together and be

launched out. humanity is going where no one has gone before. >> kumasi should anything bad happen to me, i do not want this. okay okay, i think i can handle that. >> thank you. okay. the lander is set to touch down on the moon around late february three. >> the mission is set to become the first commercial moon landing as part of nasa's collaboration with private companies. >> new. this morning, a surprise announcement from former warriors gm bob myers. he announced he is changing sports and joining the washington commanders football team's front office. myers left the warriors before the start of this current season after winning four nba titles, six conference titles, he had been appearing as an analyst on our sister station espn. myers will assist the commanders in search for new coaches as warriors star draymond green is now allowed to be back with the team after serving a 12 game suspension, he hit another player during a game. now to the impending and highly anticipated return. his

on court issues over the years have been well documented. he did not play last night. the warriors lost to toronto, but some fans we talked to are excited just to see him back. >> i actually i thought the suspension was was deserved. he crossed the line. but you know what? he he paid the price and now he's back and hopefully he'll learn from it. >> he's done the work to return to be, you know, a better player , to be a better teammate. uh- yeah, let him come back. let him play. let's let's get this championship. we need number five. >> green has been undergoing counseling and having meetings with the nba as well as the warriors. it's not clear when he'll be officially back on the court, but espn is reporting that he'll need about a week before playing. and it's a pretty big week with the dubs on seven, the warriors are hosting zion williams in the new orleans pelicans on wednesday. covers starts at 5 p.m. right here on abc seven, followed by after the

game. now it's your morning money report. >> the country's largest radio broadcaster has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. odyssey owns and operates bay area radio stations like live 105, kcbs and 95.7 the game. the company says it needs to eliminate about $1.6 billion of its $1.9 billion debt. odyssey ceo says a sharp decline in radio ad spending over the past four years is to blame for the company's financial situation. he said the company does not expect any operational impact, and taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning, you can see that we're down about 165 points. >> san francisco home made famous in the disney's in disney's the princess diaries, now has a new owner, according to tmz, the owners of the mansion on lion street accepted an offer for $6.5 million. now in the movie, the house served as the fictional high school attended by anne hathaway's character, the former ceo of

just desserts owned the home for the past 15 years. he told the wall street journal he bought the 12 room villa when his daughter was seven and a fan of the movie. >> this morning we're getting another update on a pair of orphaned mountain lion kittens that are so cute. they're the oakland zoo. they were rescued in november after the zoo shared this new video of the cubs. it says they're continuing their enrichment and discovering an enticing new world. willow and maple got a tub of water to play with, and that was enough. they were fishing their colored balls out of the tub before they finally took a little tentative step into it. >> something about the name maple. it's just so sweet. >> i do like it. >> this is very cute. it's different. >> mhm. >> now can we get the panda? >> yes. let's claim that back to the panda. >> it all goes back to the pan. >> i'm obsessed with the panda i love the i really think the panda is key to unlocking the new san francisco. >> it'll bring people in. it will definitely bring in union

square. >> no. >> hey, bring them down. >> we have plenty of space. we do? >> yeah. >> if the panda hears y'all, it's not coming. the panda does not need all that stress and responsibility. >> the nordstrom uh- nordstrom empty. nordstrom revitalized. >> nordstrom make it panda world. >> put an experience at some floor. the panda on the top. listen you got to be dress up as a panda and learn what it's like. >> what about pier 39. >> now they've got the now you to the ferris wheel. bring. now bring the panda in. >> and they have the sea lions. sea lions. see how the sea lions react to a real live panda. >> i'm gonna call this panda as soon as this show is over. think about it. >> we gotta get it on this campaign. yeah. kumasi >> we're going to win you over with this. >> y'all are going to work this poor panda. stress it out. >> we sure are. >> okay, okay. >> oh! >> oh, man. >> the panda wants to be seen. >> sure. does. frost advisories in effect until 10 a.m. this morning. it is chilly out there with mainly clear skies. will turn partly sunny this afternoon ahead of showers returning tomorrow morning and then

another round of showers in the forecast on wednesday. it's chilly out there in the 30s. we top out in the mid 50s today with increasing cloud cover. today we're dry overnight. we're dry as well with a blend of stars and clouds. not as cold tonight as we are right now thanks to that additional cloud cover, we'll stay mainly in the 40s heading into tuesday. now tuesday morning, future weather showing you here. 6 a.m. some light showers in the north bay. but this next system it is fast and it does not have a lot of moisture by noon, we're pretty much drying out from the system for sunshine. and another weak impulse of energy here on wednesday. right around the middle part of the day will bring us another round of some light showers. rainfall totals on the low end. this is not a big storm by any means. by wednesday night will likely have about a quarter of an inch of rain in many cities. this will bring some snow to the sierra as well. a winter storm watch will be in effect tomorrow evening, 12 to 18in of snow is very likely. snow levels down to 2000ft, sometimes this is a cold storm. travel is going to be

difficult with those gusts at 50mph. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. morning frost to some sun today. morning showers to a brighter afternoon tomorrow. we'll have some lingering showers midday here on wednesday. thursday is totally sunny and dry now. friday is trending drier, but it does look like showers. return to the forecast over the weekend with a level one system. gloria >> drew. >> we had a couple of slow weeks traffic wise with the holidays, but the traffic is back at a live look right here at our richmond-san rafael bridge, and you could see that there is quite a bit of traffic there this morning. of course, they still have that sig alert that's been in effect for several weeks with the right three lanes blocked, but again, heavier traffic on this monday day and the backup is approaching the toll plaza. that's about two and a half miles right now. and then a look at your drive times for this morning. right now we have our usual slow spot from tracy to dublin that is 45 minutes right now. thanks gloria. >> a very special honor at yesterday's 40 niners game.

please join me in giving a warm welcome and thank you to our front line hero of the game, colonel napoleon. >> a little hard to hear the announcement, but that's nicole mann, a nasa astronaut. >> this is during the game at levi's yesterday. mann is from petaluma. she worked aboard the international space station in last year, became the first native american woman in space before becoming an astronaut, mann served in iraq and afghanistan as a combat fighter pilot. really cool to see her. an influential food critic who is nearly 16 million followers on tiktok, is coming to the bay area. keith lee shared this video on social media. he's a former mma fighter and started posting videos in 2021 as a way to deal with his social anxiety. he tells his fans if they know anyone who has a great mom and pop shop that has great food and great customer service, but could use the marketing to reach out to him, many people recommending their own businesses and businesses that have been hit hard by crime.

it's unclear when lee will be here, but it's cool that he's about to shine his light on someone else when i tell you that people have lost it ever since he posted that video, they have. >> they are tagging him. >> come over here. i mean, it is like micheline keith, i don't know, it's like willy wonka the golden ticket. >> it is back to the panda. i do not hate the idea. drew putting the panda in union square. it's an outdoor area. he can have both indoor and outdoor space. come on now. >> no, no, it belongs at the zoo. >> and if you were at the mall where the nordstrom is, there's already a panda express. okay, so there's already chances. no, no no no marketing. there's a tie in. >> no. >> i hope the panda doesn't hear this. >> no no, no. can you make it a let's think about it a discuss it. >> up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch all of our

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all of the airlines boeing 737 max nine planes have been grounded now for inspection. the airline is warning flight cancellations will continue this week. >> number two, a campaign to recall oakland mayor shang tao is officially underway. a notice of intent was sent via certified mail to the mayor over the weekend. she has until the end of the week to respond. >> number three today, workers are expected to finish building a shipping container barrier around people's park in berkeley . uc leaders are trying to build student housing on the land. protesters want the historic space preserved. >> number four, house and senate leaders say they've agreed on a spending deal. the agreement reduces the chances of a

shutdown, but congress will still have to approve stopgap funding bills before it's finalized and voted on. and number five, it is a chilly morning out there. >> live look from our santa cruz camera showing you the crescent moon. we have mainly clear skies early on, allowing for those cold temperatures. here's the frost advisory in effect until 10 a.m. this morning. a lot of us starting out in the 30s, a few areas even in the upper 20s. now, today we'll have clear skies giving way to some clouds later on this afternoon. we're dry today. showers return tomorrow morning. it's a level one system, and then we'll have more scattered showers on wednesday. total rainfall over the next couple of days. only about a quarter of an inch. >> and number six. heavier traffic on this monday compared to the last few weeks because of the holiday. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights flipped on at 525 this morning, and right now you'll have stop and go traffic as you approach the toll plaza into the city. number seven san francisco is on the short list of contenders to receive a panda from china after

apec mayor london breed wrote a letter to chinese president xi jinping suggesting a partnership with the san francisco zoo. >> she says she wants to grow the city's friendship with china . >> and we had ideas. >> we have lots of ideas for this. >> this is not worth any of them . >> no, no, not. >> but none of them involved. actually putting them in the zoo , i know. >> right? that's what i was thinking. like we have the zoo. we could just put them there. but yeah, that's the plan. >> that's the obvious choice. but you know, we've been inventive. the mall, union square, pier 39, all good idea. >> i love >> good morning america for our viewers in the west. a blast of winter and dangerous new storms on the move. millions digging out. more than a foot of snow falling in parts of the northeast. the first major snowstorm of the season.