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probing and start trying to just find people. >> now concern takes hold of the lake tahoe area on the opening day of the run, and after the first big snowfall of the season , all before the busy holiday weekend. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. it is a devastating day for the ski community, a day that tragically changed in an instant. >> and we're learning about the 66 year old man with bay area ties who was killed by the onrush of snow. three others were hospitalized, then released . >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone has been up in tahoe tonight. he has more on the conditions there now and reaction to this tragedy from the community. >> reporter the snow is falling here at palisades tahoe where that deadly avalanche happened on wednesday morning. we're also feeling these strong occasional wind gusts this evening. i've been talking with community members about what happened. many are still very emotional.

>> like i'm a little shaken up about it. it's just weird to be, like living across from an area where, like, you know, something bad just happened. it's like a tragedy. >> this is a very sad day for my for my team. and everyone here. >> the palisades tahoe community reacting to news that 66 year old kenneth kidd died in an avalanche here wednesday morning, reacting also to these images of people digging other people out of the snow after that avalanche, marcus franklin tells us that he came down the mountain just after the avalanche happened on the ct 22 run run. >> as we were riding down under the chairlift, some some people on the lift started yelling at us that there was an avalanche. >> the placer county sheriff's office also confirms that at least three people were hurt. franklin says he and his friends were among several people helping look for those who had been swallowed or knocked elsewhere by the snow. we came across a man, um, who had lost his wife in the avalanche, so i unstrapped my snowboard and, uh,

asked where he had last seen her . some community members say they can't believe it came to this. >> i'm surprised they had it open for like, just given the variable conditions. >> were you surprised that it was open? yeah yes, i was i thought it would be closed with all the wind and the unstable surface. >> and it was pretty windy last night. super windy last night. it was howling all night. i could barely sleep, but those from palisades tahoe say they had been involved in avalanche control assessment since sunday. >> and based on our expertise and our experience and the history we have, we deem this condition safe. then we will open them. >> experts going on to say this appeared to be a rare inbound avalanche. the victim here, kenneth kidd, is a resident of both the truckee area and the point reyes area. it's unclear how experienced of a skier or snowboarder he was, but certainly our condolences go out to his family at palisades tahoe jr. stone abc seven news.

>> they do indeed all right. let me walk you through exactly where this avalanche happened and how uncommon it is really to see something like this on a resort run a groomed slope. palisades is on the north side of the lake in olympic valley. the ski run where this happened is called ct 22 that runs down one of the palisades ridges. as many know it as north america's favorite chairlift. this trail map gives you a better look. the ct 22 express trail includes a grouping of black diamond runs, expert skier runs, and it's at the top of that area called the gs gully, where tnche near the gs bowl you see on the diagram. >> and this is all timing up with intensifying snow in the sierra with winter storm warnings. and in effect, sandia is looking at it all right now. sandy. yeah. ama >> and if you take a look at this live picture from mount rose right now, you will see that the snow is coming down heavily right now. >> and as we saw from those pictures from jr, the winds are gusty as well. so you look at

this live picture, the snow is blowing sideways. that is going to be the case through the night as we take you back in time. the sierra has been dealing with heavier snow as the day has progressed. going into the evening, a winter storm warning until 1 a.m. tomorrow up to a foot and a half of additional snow expected over the higher peaks with gusty winds, you are looking at snow levels dropping down to about 2500ft. those snow rates about an inch to two inches per hour. i want to take you back in time. palisades tahoe. what happened to potentially happened? some of the factors to consider the snow pack at that location is 38% of average. now there are several layers. there's a bed layer, a weak layer and a slab layer. they're not very stable. and when you consider some of the factors like temperature, wind and precipitation falling on top of a very unstable layer, and then snowboarders or skiers going over it, that could trigger an avalanche. at the time, the powerful winds were nearby with gusts of 100 plus miles an hour. safety is something you want to consider, and where an avalanche beacon.

if you can live doppler seven is tracking a mix of snow showers over mount hamilton, mixing with showers as we widen the picture here. this was a level one i'm now dropping it from the storm impact scale. i'll be back with a look at what's ahead tomorrow morning. >> dan okay sandy, thanks a lot. great information there. now what happened at palisades tahoe is something that is certainly concerning to anyone who loves to go up and enjoy the slopes and the sierra, you know, and as mountaineer, as someone who spends so much time in the mountains, i'm very afraid of avalanches. >> right. but, you know, this is why we say know before you go, you have to be prepared. >> know before you go. so how do ski resorts try to avoid a disaster? and what can you do to stay safe in the snow? abc seven news reporter lauren martinez with some advice that could save your life. >> if the avalanche happened behind me, given certain conditions, avalanches are a risk on snow covered mountains.

>> mike reitzel, president of the organization ski california, said wednesday was a tough day. >> there is a profound sadness that goes across the industry. i mean, there's so much passion and skiing, writing, um, people care about other people that want to be part of this ski. >> california represents 36 resorts in california and nevada , reitzel says. the one thing they all have in common is they do not compromise on safety. >> the same things that resorts do on a daily basis. >> they're going to do that. they're going to analyze the snowpack. they're going to look at the weather. they're going to look at historical data. >> bay area ski and sporting goods stores sell avalanche safety equipment like outdoor adventures in fremont, recco is a rescue technology that can locate people buried or lost outdoors. for many brands, it's already embedded in jackets or backpacks. >> i think everything that i wear just has a recco in it. i haven't even tried to necessarily do that, but almost all the gear just comes with it. these days. um, which is great

because resorts have an ability to find those wherever they are. so that's a very helpful tool for sure. >> yeah, a life safety gear may not prevent the power of a deadly snow slide, but it could help locate someone. >> just be prepared for the types of conditions that are out there. >> um, know your limits. know your ability. um, on the mountain as well. >> in 2017, ski california created a mountain safety guide so resorts can provide a common message of safety to educate skiers and riders. >> we'd love people to read that and take those things you learn from the guide onto the mountain in the south bay. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> and as we know and as we saw today, these avalanches can hit just at a moment's notice. and the sierra has seen its fair share. >> it has the last major one at palisades tahoe happened in march of 2018. a wall of snow buried five people, including a bay area couple, near the olympic lady chairlift. everyone survived. >> the last deadly avalanche happened at the alpine meadows

resort that was january of 2021. skier was killed, another seriously injured. >> the deadliest avalanche in state history also took place at alpine on march 31st, 1982. seven people were killed when snow buried dozens of skiers and staff, and bear in mind that most avalanche deaths happen in the back country, according to the website ski california, 5% of all avalanche fatalities in the u.s. since 2010 have involved guests skiing or snowboarding, in-bounds so what happened today is particularly rare. >> now our team has been on top of these updates all throughout the day as new information comes in, you can get the same breaking news and custom weather alerts just like this one through the abc seven news bay area app. just be sure to turn on the notifications as our mission in building a better bay area is all about finding those signs of progress. >> and tonight, our abc seven news breakthrough is bringing back downtown san francisco. >> this week, the city is hosting the jpmorgan chase annual health care conference, billed as the biggest in the

world, it injects tens of millions of dollars into the economy. >> yeah, but after some hiccups last year, abc seven news reporter tim johns tells us this time, things seem to be going smoothly. >> well, it might not have the fanfare of a pac or dreamforce. the jpmorgan chase health care conference rolled back into downtown san francisco this week. the conference is advertised as the largest gathering of health and biotech professionals in the world. it is a mega million dollar affair. abc seven news inside phil matier says given the conference's high profitability, city leaders have been keen to continue their streak of impressing high profile visitors. so far this year, the conference has gone on without any known incidents. good news for a city that's seen a big dip in its reputation in recent years. >> conventions are booked years in advance and so bad press, you start feeling it now. good press. you're going to feel for a couple. it won't take a couple more years for that to happen. >> last year's conference saw complaints over the high prices of hotels in the city. something

that matter, says local leaders are aware of but can only do so much about it. >> got to a point a couple of years ago where hotels were charging a minimum of $150, just to sit down and use a table for a breakfast meeting. >> but those high prices are worth it to many. on wednesday night, the italian trade agency hosted an event for italian business people in town for the conference, italy innovation and innovative ecosystems are less known than traditional sectors to american investors and silicon valley experts. sergio strozzi is italian consul general in san francisco. he tells me the conference is a valuable opportunity for italian attendees to connect with top bay area talent, even if some had reservations at the start. >> to be very frank, um, uh, i can't hide the feeling that we were all a little bit scared and coming here while many of those at this event say san francisco's reputation reached them, even in europe, they've been pleasantly surprised by what the city has to offer and

look forward to coming back for next year's conference, because it was much safer, at least in the areas where we were around union square and, and, and it looked much better than last year in san francisco. >> so tim johns, abc seven news now to the dubs in action here on abc seven with draymond green. >> back with the team. but a performance that is one to forget. >> oh man. almost a 40 point loss to the new orleans pelicans. and it now has the team really questioning everything. >> yeah the abc seven after the game. crew of sports director larry biel and adonal foyle try to put it in context. >> well you and i have been doing this for a while and you know, rarely am i speechless, but i don't have a lot of words to describe what i witnessed. 141 105 warriors giving up the most points they have this season, and it wasn't never close. >> yeah, this was a tough game to watch. and i think you know what makes it difficult is that the competition, the competitiveness wasn't there right. is that you expect a team

to be hot. right. but when you you expect a response. and the warriors did not have a response tonight. you know for the pelicans. and that's pretty disappointing. and the turnover is the constant theme. we've been harping on all season. uh obviously it was a big concern tonight. >> if you're steve kerr what do you tell your guys as you get set to embark on a four game road trip. >> no one is coming to help you and you have the people in this room to be better, right? you could be better. and what you need to do is take care of what you can take care of. god. your guy. that's the first step. go get a rebound. do something to help your team be successful. >> we're expecting draymond green to return imminently, probably sometime on this road trip. you look at a game like tonight and they need his fire and intensity sorely lacking. >> no question. one of the things that draymond bring to this game i think better than anybody else is his ability to communicate on the defensive end being in the back, i call it the quarterback in the back telling people where to go, what's happening that is so important. the team tonight, it was so quiet. you didn't hear those

that communication and we need to see that. and i think that's something draymond green with his in his ability to bring to the floor. >> yeah. coach kerr mentioned we're like the quietest team in the league. and that that can't continue indeed. all right dan harbor back to you. >> yes. all right. thank you larry and o'donnell honoring fallen officer tuan lei. see how oakland showed up to pay tribute to its very own. >> plus the desantis and haley showdown in iowa. the two spar on stage with just days until the first votes are cast and the change to this year's girl scout cookies. >> that is not so sweet. >> all of that's coming up. but first, here's a look at what's ahead on jimmy kimmel live! tonight. right after abc seven news at 11, jimmy. >> thank you, dan and ama tonight we've got robert downey jr from the bear iowa debris music from friday. and we welcome draymond back to polite society next on jimmy kimmel live.

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see a few emotional moments, often from all party officers from all over the bay area gathered today in oakland for the memorial for officer tuan lay, even one coming from as far away as france. that's right. >> and it was the final farewell for officer lay, who was killed while responding to a burglary last month. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more on the memorial for one of oakland's own that all passing under the american flag. >> over 500 uniformed oakland police officers lined up to greet officer tuan lay for his

memorial service at three crosses church in castro valley. >> your hurt is our hurt. your grief is our grief. every member of the oakland police department feels the pain of your loss, and i, along with the entire department, stan, before you completely brokenhearted, interim police chief darren allison called officer lay a hero, an officer who brought compassion to policing. >> lay, who was 36 years old, was working undercover when he was fatally shot while responding to a burglary at a cannabis business on december 29th. >> he had a true, true heart for service. his desire to better the lives of others was ingrained in his identity. it was just simply who he was as a person, lay was a vietnamese refugee who came to the bay area when he was seven years old. >> lay grew up in oakland, graduated from oakland high in 2006. like he was so oakland to look at the pictures even from his engagement, like wherever

they were on that time that he proposed and he was still representing oakland, he had an oakland hat on. >> and just to see his joy, um, gave a measure of calm in the midst of just the weightiness of just grieving. >> the family also spoke at the memorial. his brother in law called officer lay a superhero interim police chief allison told lays mother that she should be proud of her son. >> thank you for all the times you covered us and supported us. your brothers and sisters and law enforcement. thank you for all the times that you answered the call. i know this was not how it was supposed to end, but you can rest easy. you have given us hope. you've given us love. you've held the line. you are a true hero. just to know we have the watch from here. anser hassan abc seven news. >> let's move now to your voice. your vote and the showdown tonight on the debate stage in

des moines, iowa. florida governor ron desantis and former south carolina governor nikki haley squaring off in their first one on one debate. both are vying, of course, for the republican nomination for president hours before the debate, a surprising announcement from another candidate, former new jersey governor chris christie. he dropped out of the race, saying he feared his presence might enable former president trump's campaign. ron christie was also caught on a hot microphone criticizing haley's chances. she's going to get smoked, and you and i both know it. >> she's not up to this. >> meanwhile, vivek ramaswamy made an appearance via ipad at a campaign stop, and trump countered the debate with a town hall on the fox news channel. all of this comes just five days before the high stakes iowa caucuses, where voters will have their first say in the 2024 race for the white house. things really begin to pick up speed from here. >> all right, we do need to get a check on our weather. yeah >> rain today. how much more is coming? abc seven news

meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya. >> yeah, dan. >> and i'm just a little bit more for the night. and then we're going to be done, at least for a few days. let me show you a live picture. they're not done up in the mountains. it has been dumping a snow right now. has let up just a little bit at mount rose, but it has been snowing heavily. if you want to get up to the mountains tomorrow is your best day. mostly sunny, 32 degrees up in tahoe for today is mostly cloudy, gusty over the peaks, but still okay. just need to take it easy as you're heading up and then heavy snow saturday, so that is probably not a good idea to even try to travel. i am assuming that they're going to issue another winter storm warning for the weekend. i think you'll be okay after that. and here's a look at south lake tahoe 24 degrees right now. visible is nine miles. winds have let up at the tahoe valley airport, but not the case elsewhere. right now, six miles an hour chain controls on all roads, 80, 50, 88. and for going up to the mountains, the snow showers continue. even though they are winding down.

they're not completely done yet here in the bay area. really, things are winding down. we've had a couple of isolated showers still pop up along parts of the peninsula, taking a look at the rain totals 2800 since san jose. third of an inch san francisco mill valley 1800s in oakland. but look at santa rosa. you barely got anything. 100th of an inch so far. 4000/600 in half moon bay and a half an inch in ben lomond. winds have been gusty over 40 miles an hour at times, especially along the coast and over the hills. 39 right now in oakland, gusts to 29 in half moon bay. that is helping to hold the temperatures up a little bit. so 40s and 50 right now. but by morning they fall. and a frost advisory goes up for these areas from 3 to 10 a.m. that's when frost is expected to form as temperatures plunge as low as 32 degrees. one thing to keep in mind is a coastal flood advisory from 9 a.m. to noon. for these areas shaded in green, just like today where we saw the king tides causing minor low-lying flooding, we're expecting it again tomorrow. peak high tide

is going to be about seven feet close to seven feet. shortly after 10 a.m. tonight, a few showers, gusty winds tomorrow. cold and frosty morning. friday night through saturday where our next storm arrives. and that's when we'll need the umbrellas again. but this system pretty much winding down. which is why the storm impact scale has been dropped. morning temperatures anywhere from the low 30s to the mid 40s. you will notice that the skies are mostly clear to partly cloudy tomorrow afternoon. plenty of sun and temperatures in the 40s and the 50s. look at the accuweather seven day forecast bundle up tomorrow morning before you leave for work or off to your travel plans, because it's going to be a cold morning with frost, chilly friday clouds up level one for saturday. early morning chance sunday martin luther king junior day is actually dry now and we do have another level one coming our way on wednesday. ama and dan we'll

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but injured his calf and will need an mri up and down evening for steph 15 points and 23 minutes. four of 13 from the field. the dubs cut the deficit to 11, but that was it. second half jonas valanciunas just grabbing every rebound. good to be seven feet tall. warriors do not have the size to stop him down low. work at the pick and roll with authority 21 points nine rebounds stephan disbelief the dubs get booed at home for the second game in a row. 141 105 i think you get to a point where you're trying to like, explain it away, trying to figure out what can change, like specifically that can help us and that's, you know, the conversations that are happening in between games and, you know, but it's headed the opposite way. >> and i don't i don't i don't know what to say about it. just because, you know, we're not used to this kind of vibe around our team. >> college hoops, mark madsen, cal coming off that big win at ucla hosting colorado were down by as many as 20. but look out below. jalen tyson with a hammer

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