palisades tahoe ski resort. >> the bus was like five minutes late and five minutes earlier i probably would have been in it. >> wow. i mean fortune just fortunate some somewhere. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil and i'm julian glover. >> we have some new video just into the abc seven newsroom of the scene yesterday. look at this. you can see one skier caught in the avalanche that killed 66 year old kenneth kidd from point reyes. the video you can see shot from a chairlift where you can see people digging frantically to try and rescue skiers caught in that avalanche. talk about when seconds matter. >> now. an aerial view today of the area where that avalanche occurred and while this area remains closed, much of the resort did actually reopen today. abc seven news reporter j.r. stone joining us there live right now with the latest developments, j.r. larry, we're no longer feeling those strong wind gusts that we felt yesterday. >> the snow isn't falling really night and day compared to what we saw and felt yesterday, but

it is extremely cold outside right now and everyone still talking about that avalanche. skiers tell us that this area that you're looking at is part of the k 222 ski run at palisades tahoe, a run that was closed thursday after a man died wednesday morning during an inbound avalanche right below the chair is the area known as gs bowl, where that avalanche was reported. >> so terrible. you know, it's not something you ever want to see someone go through. and so again, first thought was just surprise that people were actually here and up on the mountain. >> eric ratner was with his family and about to go snowboarding thursday when we spoke with him. in fact, as we were talking with him, we heard an explosion part of a process to groom the mountain. so it is safe for skiing and snowboarding after a snowfall, you know, have you heard any booms or anything like that for the usual, you know, blasting, right there in the background? >> you can hear that from, you

know, several miles away. but that's pretty typical. typically if it after it snows. >> in fact, we heard around a dozen explosions early thursday. we heard it again. >> there. yep. there you go. >> a lot of a lot of booms there. definitely uh- taking care of trying to prevent another avalanche. i'm assuming a possibility. >> yes, but loud explosions like that are said to be common on powder days like this. still, the talk among everyone we spoke with was the avalanche. palisades tahoe posted this photo of patrol teams searching the area with poles after the avalanche, saying our heartfelt condolences are extended to all who suffered loss and trauma resulting from this incident. >> i just hate to see it, but you know, they try to mitigate, i think, as much as they can. >> when i heard about yesterday, it was just like, wow. so random. and it's just rare and really dark. >> i think it just gives you an another reason to really take safety as the most important thing. when you're up here, um, you got to respect the mountain.

thank you. >> and back out here live at palisades, talking with skiers and snowboarders, so many of them actually told me that today was a great day to be up on the slopes. so much different than it was just 24 hours ago. one of the big issues today was the cold weather and some of the black ice that had formed on the roadways. when i woke up this morning, it was six degrees and chp was putting out warnings this morning about the black ice. as we saw semi trucks along i-80 just slide down i-80, but fortunately right now the weather is a little warmer than that six degrees at a warm 25 degrees at that. reporting live at palisades tahoe. j.r. stone, abc seven news. so j.r. i mean, it's a day after the avalanche and people are back up on the slopes. >> did any of them mention that they might be potentially worried about being out there today? >> it certainly came up. and it

came up in every conversation that i had. a number of people that i talked with said they didn't come out yesterday for that very reason. they didn't feel safe in those conditions, but they knew today was supposed to be a great day. and they came out today. they instead. but it certainly was on the minds of many. one snowboarder told me that his family didn't want him to come out, but he is a snowboarder at heart and wanted to come out. and a lot of comparisons made between the mountain and the ocean. talking about the unpredictability when it comes to weather on the mountain or in the ocean at that, larry jr. >> thanks. try to stay warm up there. i know it's really, really cold. >> well, today on getting answers i spoke with a man who survived an avalanche out in colorado a little over a year ago. he described what it was like to get buried in 12ft of snow. it's absolutely surreal. >> there's no way to describe it. i mean, it's the most terrifying thing that you could ever imagine. um it's all it's all kind of silent. um, you're just trying to do what you've

been trained to do. get your get your hands in front of your face to create an air pocket. um, which, unfortunately, i was not able to do. um, and at the time that i finally came to rest and had tens of thousands of pounds of snow on top of me. um, you know, i was really only awake for 30s before i went completely unconscious. so um, pretty terrifying moments. i thankfully the buddy he was skiing with had that shovel, beacon and probe. >> scott says he was buried for 12 minutes before he was actually rescued by a team of folks there. >> remember seeing that video was frantic. it's scary. oh, absolutely. yeah. all right, turning now to our weather. nice day today. that's going to change all of a sudden for once, right? >> that was nice. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a first look at the forecast. hey, sandhya. hi there. >> yeah, julian and larry. it was nice to see the sun behind me. you can see the sun is shining. and let's take a look at that live picture. at this hour, you can see a mix of blue skies and some high, thin, wispy clouds. as we look from our

oakland airport camera, we do have a level two storm headed our way for saturday. this one is going to be stronger, and it has the potential to bring not only flooding, but some wind damage. so we're going to time this out ahead of the storm tomorrow night we see some light showers developing and then as we head towards saturday morning , the rainfall intensity begins to pick up. it gets heavier as we head towards the afternoon hours, particularly in the north bay, and then eventually to other parts of the bay area. this is going to bring some more heavy snow to the sierra. winter storm warning 7 p.m. tomorrow night until 4 a.m. sunday. we're talking 1 to 2ft of snow, gusty winds. snow levels will be around 3500ft and then right seeing between 4000 506,000ft. travel may be difficult to impossible. here's a live view of the snow on the mountains. statewide snowpack 42% of average. i'll be back with your holiday weekend forecast coming up. >> julian. okay thank you so much, sandhya. we have some new details here on the flag band controversy involving the seattle school board. the

alameda county registrar of voters has approved the petitions to recall two of the trustees. while the board ignited a really big controversy last year when it voted to ban all flags from being flown except the state and u.s. flags. well, this stemmed from a pride flag that was raised on the sunol glen elementary uh- yards, but later torn down. the two trustees, facing recall, voted in favor of that ban. all users have until february the 20th to gather enough signatures to put that recall on the ballot. >> scenes like these people going over under through bart faregates without paying have led authorities to look for a solution, and they may have found one that works. that solution is new fare gates. now the gates are taller, harder to get through without paying. you can see they go head to toe right here. bart. now expanding this program. and today announcing the stations that will soon be getting these new fare gates. here's abc seven news reporter anser hassan zara. >> emma just returned to the bay area. she uses bart a lot, but this was her first time through

bart's new fare gates. >> the gates open the gates closed. and there was just something about that. and i didn't feel unsafe before. but i could imagine, you know, late at night and you're just kind of if people aren't are jumping the gates, then, you know, it's something happens on the platform. it just feels kind of like a free for all the new fare gates were just installed a few weeks ago at the west oakland bart station. >> the goal is to stop this. people who don't pay to ride bart. on thursday, bart announced eight stations that will be getting new gates next. antioch richman and fruitvale in the east bay across the bay, it will be sfo civic center, montgomery, powell street and 24th street. antioch mayor lamar thorpe believes the new gates add a sense of security. well if you can't jump the gate and you're someone who's not paying because you're there to create trouble or problems for passengers, i'm excited that that we'll be able to create a new layer of protection for folks. bart estimates that fare evasion costs them more than $15 million a year. as bart board director deborah allen says, the

new gates are a game changer. but not 100% fix. you know, this project was never designed, and at any point to stop 100% of fare evasion. >> this is a technology. it's a machine. learn. it's the first layer of improved mount. >> bart's board says it will cost $90 million to replace all 700 fare gates, which they hope to accomplish by 2025. the work on the next eight stations is set to begin in may. >> we showed a time lapse video at the meeting today, and they literally got these fare gates. the old ones removed and the new ones in place within two days in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> cal trans crews spent the day fixing a massive pothole about 3 to 4ft long. >> that caused big problems on southbound 680 near vargas road in fremont. today, up to ten vehicles were damaged after hitting the pothole. >> a person in front of me swerved into the left lane and left me to hit the whole which. which was fine because i didn't

want to swerve and hit anyone on the left side of the traffic. so it looks like right there that white car got hit by another driver because someone avoided the pothole and bounced them into that wall. >> yeah, you hate to see chain reaction crashes like that. the damage to that man's front left tire was so severe he had to call a tow truck. well, if you commute in and out of san francisco, this might not come as a surprise. but rush hour traffic in the city was ranked among the worst in the u.s. last year. shocker, right? according to mapping software firm tomtom, san francisco commuters spent 20 minutes and 30s on average just to drive 6.2 miles. the track marked the third slowest time on the list. new york no surprise coming in at number one, followed by washington, d.c. >> you got to see this video right now. a man in fresno is sharing this video. you see what happened right there? i mean, this is a near-death experience. ruben almaraz came within inches of being hit by an out of control car while he was checking his mail. i mean, so fortunate you can see two cars

collided at the top of the screen there at the intersection. sent one skidding right towards him. fortunately he was able to jump out of the way before being struck and was not hurt. >> you've got to buy a lottery ticket after that one, like a group of p-g-and-e's customers saying enough is enough when it comes to rising electricity bills. the coalition to stop the p-g-and-e's rate hike they rallied outside of the cpuc headquarters in san francisco. today, the group is demanding immediate uh- revocation of the 12.8% rate hike that began on january the 1st, as well as a 7.8% hike proposed for may 20 million people in california already live paycheck to paycheck. >> every aspect of our cost of living has gone up since the economic crisis pushed on us by the covid pandemic. we cannot and should not have to take on yet another financial burden like this, p-g-and-e's says. >> the rate hikes are necessary to underground power lines to help prevent wildfires. the group says the utility should pay for infrastructure improvements with its $18

billion in profits. >> crab season is finally opening in the bay area. while commercial fishermen can go out and drop their traps, there will be restrictions as the state is requiring a 50% reduction to try to keep humpback whales from getting entangled. migrating whales are the reason that the season has been delayed since november. fishers can start collecting their catches as of next thursday. >> all right, well, from hotel to housing, the new plan to help get people off the streets and the controversy over the first proposed reservoir in california in decades and it's like a go fund me for small businesses. and it's not just the business that could see the benefits ...katie porter's whiteboard is one way she's: [news anchor] ...often seen grilling top executives

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winter temperatures serve as a reminder of the crisis on the streets in san jose, with thousands left out in the cold with no place to live. but help is on the way. we're getting people out of encampments into an old motel that's being immediately renovated and turned around to get people off the streets, something that has led to a positive curve in the unsheltered. homelessness numbers in san jose. but city

leaders say this housing solution is even more beneficial . >> while this project is not just another housing project, but it is a beacon of hope for a more inclusive, vibrant urban landscape that is open for everyone. >> this land, along south second street will help immediate housing needs. first 72 emergency interim housing units will join 482 others developed since the start of 2023. then, in a few years time, the site will be expanded and converted again into a mixed income housing development, with 1000 units available. >> we've been talking about this. we said we need immediate solutions to homelessness. we've got to get people out of encampments today, but we also need more housing at all levels of income from affordable housing to market rate housing. this project literally does all of that. it's a model. >> mayor matt mehan says he wants the state of california to embrace allowing state funded homekey dollars to be flexibly spent to include an interim hotel conversion, as well as a long terme housing development. but mehan says this pacific motor inn project could only be made possible thanks to

partnerships including with private developer west bank corporation. they did the work necessary to adjust an existing project on this land to include affordable housing to help a wider variety of residents. >> thousands and thousands of hours went in to have an innovative solution like this that had never been done before. but having a government behind you that actually wants to see innovation is really what causes, uh, large problems to get solved for the benefit of thousands of residents right here very soon in san jose. >> dustin dawsey abc seven news, bay area cities and counties are getting a look at new rapid response shelters to help address the homelessness crisis. >> there's a company called pallet that stopped in san francisco today to show off its two new shelter options. now they're called the sleeper. the sleeper is 70ft■!s. they also he the 120 square foot ensuite, which, as the name indicates, includes a bathroom and a shower . >> they have a little more space , which is something that residents asked for a little more room for storage and

shelving, and then they have an improved energy efficiency, which is really important for municipal cities. it saves them a lot of money on operating costs. >> palace first generation shelters are in 40 cities across california, including san jose and oakland. the shelters can also be used for emergency shelter following natural disasters and mobile workforce housing in ocean water flooded some roads and parking lots today in mill valley, the city issuing an advisory about expected king tides, which are projected to reach 6.9ft. >> king tides are also expected in the area tomorrow, and saturday. as we talk about that, we're also thinking about the rain in the forecast. absolutely >> i was going to say sunny skies today in soak up every ounce of sun you can. >> we almost forgot what the sun looked like. yeah. my goodness. checking it out with sandia for a look at the forecast and the rain on the way. hey, sandhya. >> hi there. yeah, larry and julian, we do have some rain on the way. and we're going to talk about when it arrives right now, let's take a look at a live

picture from zephyr cove, where we do have the snow up there. if you are traveling this holiday weekend, mostly cloudy, gusty over the peaks, but tomorrow's fine to get up there. heavy snow expected on saturday 38 degrees. some rain at the lower elevations. a slight chance of a few snow showers on sunday. in the morning and we're going with partly cloudy skies for martin luther king junior day and a little bit milder. so really the best opportunity to travel will be tomorrow and on sunday. here's a look at live doppler seven right now. and you will notice that there are some clouds along the coastline and starting to increase in the north bay. look at this storm system on live doppler seven. it is pretty impressive. it has a tropical moisture on tap. this system is going to dump heavy rain some parts of northern california could see up to a half a foot or more of rain in places like eureka. lisa. that's what the model guidance is showing. and there's potential that we here in the north bay, at least the northern part of our viewing area, could see excessive rain, low 50, san

francisco, oakland, 54 degrees in hayward, 56. san jose. currently 50, in half moon bay. did you feel the chill this morning? it was cold and we did have frost right now from our san jose camera. higher clouds moving in mid 50. santa rosa, concord and fairfield 53, livermore 52. in napa. and one last view from our oakland airport camera as we are seeing some wispy clouds overnight into the morning, it is going to be cold and frosty. saturday a stronger storm than the last one that came through comes in and martin luther king junior day. it is going to be dry with a mix of sun and clouds. in case you have plans tomorrow morning, make sure you protect any tender plants. we do have a frost advisory for all areas shaded in blue. they're 3 to 10 a.m, temperatures dropping down to 32 degrees for the coldest spots, which means frost will form 32 in fairfield, 34 in napa tomorrow, 31 in lakeport, 34 livermore. it is going to be cold in san jose, 38 degrees 40s around san francisco, oakland and half moon bay. high temperatures tomorrow you're looking at 50s for most of you.

lakeport 47 degrees king tides bringing once again a coastal flood advisory from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. peak high tide will be close to seven feet in the morning level two for saturday. it's a moderate strength storm. heavy rain at times, gusty winds, possibility of flooding, the small streams and creeks uh- roadway flooding so keep that in mind. tomorrow night the showers arrive ahead of the storm. rainfall intensity picks up as we head into saturday morning and afternoon in the north bay, and then it's just dropping heavy rain in the afternoon for much of the bay area into the southern part. later on in the day. rainfall projections are pretty impressive. highest totals up to the north, one to almost three inches of rain. lower totals in the inland east bay. accuweather seven day forecast. cold morning tomorrow. wet and windy saturday with that level two. we have more wet weather in the forecast tuesday into wednesday, but martin luther king junior day is nice. julian and larry looks good. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> sandy in investing in small

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kelly-moore paint is furloughing 700 employees. the paint company is facing thousands of lawsuits related to asbestos in its paint from decades ago. it's hoping to find new investors to keep the company running. kelly moore moved from the bay area to texas last year. >> small businesses can get a helping hand through a small business loan. smcs is a san francisco based company that lets the public help fund loans. >> it's got a similar to go fund me, but instead of donating the money. abc seven reporter ryan curry tells us it's more about investing in the small businesses. >> growing a small business doesn't always have to involve getting a loan from a bank. for jessica sullivan and laurel robinson, some of their money is coming from the community. >> we are true small business owners in san francisco. we've been, you know, raising money for this through private equity, just the two of us, really. you know, pitching anyone who's willing to listen. >> these two own poppy, a new brunch restaurant set to open in the mission. they started by going around the city, serving

at different locations. later this year is when they hope to open their permanent space. >> we are are going to be in the mission on the corner of 18th and harrison, and we're a daytime concept, so we're a full service lunch. annette serving breakfast and lunch all day. >> their restaurant is one of many small businesses listed on smcs. it's a website where owners of brick and mortar places can earn money from the public. benefits sano is the ceo. he says anyone can ship in money. we connect local small businesses with, um, people in their community who want to invest in them. >> it could be the instagram followers of the business. it could be customers of the business, people in the community that know about the business. it also could be a good financial investment for those giving the money. >> it's a loan for small business owners. the money they get, they will have to pay back with interest. so if you donate $50, lozano says, you will get more back in monthly installments. >> they come and directly buy

bonds that are issued by the businesses listing the bonds on our marketplace. and then the business. instead of paying back , um, uh, the loan to a bank pays back their community, principal and interest monthly. >> dozens are listed on the website right now. lozano says they launched the company in 2020. since then, he says, small businesses have raised thousands. jessica and laurel have already raised over 30,000. it's money they say feels different when they spend it. >> it's like, i think jessica and i both agree that, like particularly in san francisco, small businesses are what kind of make a difference. like we're going to show up for our block in our neighborhood in a really different way because we're so invested in our in our space and our neighborhood and our community and in the city in general. >> to them, this website means more than borrowing from a bank. having it come from people planning to eat their food means the community cares deeply about their restaurant. >> you were very community driven and, um, business owners and we just want to provide a

space for the community to come and gather during the day. >> they say they plan to use the money to make their restaurant one of the top brunch spots in the city in san francisco. ryan curry, abc seven news well, here's a question for you already know your answer. >> would you take a pay cut to get a better work life balance? oh yeah. the surprising amount of people that were joined. >> larry, hard pass proposal to build the first new reservoir in california in decades. we'll tell you why. environmentalists say the an is all wet

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i dented it appears to have rolled into a fence, causing some minor damage. this is at cronyn drive and sousa way in vallejo. still waiting for details from the sheriff's office. we'll have an update just as soon as we get that information. >> now to that news about the daughter of good morning america's michael strahan, 19 year old isabella. isabella battling a malignant brain tumor . >> symptoms began last september and now isabella has decided it's time to share her story with all of us. here's abc's robin roberts. >> i'm feeling good. not too bad . and i don't know. i'm very excited for this whole process to wrap, but it you just have to keep living every day i think through the whole thing soon after starting college at the university of southern california this past fall, the then 18 year old freshman begins experiencing excruciating headaches unlike any she's had before, knows anything, was off cell, probably in september, like october 1st. that's when i

definitely noticed headaches, nausea, couldn't walk straight. >> and what did you think was going on at the time? >> i thought i had vertigo because i, i looked that up and associated that with walking straight. so that was my problem. >> you knew she was having headaches, but did you have any idea how extreme the headaches were? >> no, no. and, you know, 18 years old at the time. you're not thinking this. maybe it's vertigo. maybe it's something else. but she's young, she's strong, she's healthy. look at her. she looks great. >> a few weeks later, on october 25th, her condition taking a turn for the worst, i woke up probably at, like 1 p.m. >> i dreaded waking up, but i was throwing up blood and my sister, i was like, hmm, this probably isn't good. so i texted her who then notified the whole family, and then that was when we decided, you need to really

go see a get a thorough checkup. >> and thank goodness for the doctor. i feel like this doctor saved her life. >> she did an ekg there for my heart and like other stuff. but she didn't have an mri machine, so i went to take it somewhere else. and then she calls me and she's like, you need to head to cedars-sinai right now. i'm going to meet you there. >> once the doctor saw the results, called her and told her, just get to the hospital and but did not tell her why. >> doctors suddenly telling isabella she's developed a fast growing four centimeter tumor in the back of her brain, its size larger than a golf ball, and you , who knew about the brain tumor before? yeah. isabella yeah, we all knew. >> i don't really remember much. i just remember trying to figure out how to get to la asap. >> isabella's diagnosis, medulloblastoma, which accounts for 20% of all childhood brain tumors, about 500 children per year are diagnosed, most commonly between ages 5 to 9.

>> because the went variant is rare, 10% get it, but rarely someone whose 1819 years old is the one that they feel very confident they can treat. >> the following day, on october 27th, isabel ella, undergoing emergency surgery at cedars-sinai. it sent a signal of how serious it was and they said, hey, you shouldn't risk trying to put her on a plane to get her to the east coast, to or to another doctor. >> we know what it is and you should get it out as soon as possible. >> the procedure urgent to remove the mass the day before her 19th birthday. happy birthday to you. isabella's recollection of her recovery remains foggy, like taking her first sips of water. does that feel refreshing and learning how to walk again? >> looking good with the help of her twin sister, sofia, strawberry. oh oh yeah. >> after a grueling month of rehab, isabella then moving on

to several rounds of radiation treatment. >> i just finished radiation therapy, which is proton radiation, and i got to ring the bell yesterday. it was great. it was very exciting because it's been a long 30 sessions, six weeks. >> what's next for you as far as the treatment is concerned. >> so i'm going to start chemotherapy at the beginning of february at duke. so that's my next step. i'm ready for it to start. and one day closer to being over. >> i mean, just seeing her smile yeah is fantastic. yeah. >> and so lucky they caught it when they did. >> absolutely. absolutely. isabella is now partnered with duke's children's hospital to document her journey in a new youtube series to help others diagnosed with cancer. >> well, another low for the warriors and the calming effect of a warm cup of tea. we all have all of that covered for you comi

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of the last two home games. obviously you're not used to that. um, how do you how do you handle that if you're supposed to lose sleep over it? >> i tell you what warriors owner joe lacob is losing sleep over. not so much the booing, but the performance of the team. think about this. the warriors salary this year is going to be higher than than anybody has ever hit before. over $400 million. when you count luxury tax and salaries to be on a team that's not even close to making the playoffs julian. >> yeah this is really tough to see. i mean if they'll even make the play in at this point, play in is within question. right. like this is this is tough. they desperately needed this win before going on this four game road stretch here. >> and you know what those boos could translate to is you know boos for paying hundreds of dollars for seats. right so you know that is the big concern. hopefully we don't get to that point and that people aren't spending that kind of money on seeing a warriors game. but i

did think that steph curry had a good response. and he said i was booing myself. >> yeah, there's a lot of booing going on all over the place with the warriors right now. >> yeah. and maybe they might be thinking about some pay cuts for next season i don't know. we'll see. see what i'm doing here. yeah. would you take a pay cut for a better work life balance. that's the question we're pondering right now because a new survey from ford motor company, of all places, found 52% of people said that they would be willing to take a 20% pay cut. the majority who said they would take less pay for a better life balance were millennials. the survey also found that 77% of people say a balanced life was more important than career advancement. what do you think, sandy? >> i would not take a pay cut for a better work life balance. and i'll tell you why. julian you can rearrange your schedule and try to make it work so that you allow yourself a little more time to just kind of relax, do whatever you need to in between.

but i think it's come to a point where companies need to understand that people inherit, want a better work life balance, right? i mean, it's not about taking 20 years ago. yeah >> well, also, sandy, when you have a cushy weather job, you already have a great work life balance. it doesn't even pertain to you. >> one of the most hardworking people here, trina, ask her how many newscasts she's doing tonight. we got to fire up the boos for larry beil here. >> larry. see, i've got karina and julian on my side. >> larry, i know i tell you this with freezer, i feel like andrew wiggins at chase center last night. >> exactly. all right, now to more quirky gadgets from this week's consumer electronics show luna is a $380 companion robot might be my only friend at this point. that uses chatgpt to let users interact with the device. there's also rosie that can help with chores around the house, so the barracuda mental health mirror is available as well. that that helps identify your

mood and gives daily affirmations for you. i think they know my mood. i think i think my mood was well determined, angry. >> larry. >> no, no, i've never be like that. are you interested in any of these gadgets? anybody? karina, you look like you might be a gadget person. >> actually, a robots freak me out. so i wouldn't get one for myself, but i think they're great for maybe people who live alone or are elderly and just need some companionship. right i mean, we know that loneliness is a problem in the united states, especially for the older population. so if there's a robot around the house that's, you know, checking in on you, a thing that you could talk to, maybe checking on your health too. i think it's great. so you would give it as a gift to an elderly person? yeah. actually, my something my grandma would probably really appreciate when she figured out how to use it. >> and if it didn't go rogue. but yes. yeah. >> how to turn it off too,

right? >> yeah. >> i thought she was. what do you do? how do you turn this thing off? >> i thought she was going to say she was going to give one to me. that's so glad i avoided that. oh, we're talking about lonely. yeah, or old. all right. anyway, well, on that note. oh, yeah. let's get some tea tomorrow is national hot tea day, and it's going to be the perfect weekend to curl up with a hot cup of tea. >> darjeeling lounge in san francisco has weekend afternoon teas featuring their own tea blends. they also have tea and chocolate pairing classes, and their teas even have fun names like mother of dragons and the red keep. for those game of thrones fans out there, i like that one. >> yeah. pauline meyer is the founder and creative director of darjeeling lounge, joining us this afternoon. first, welcome and happy to have you with us. let's let's talk about before we get to the tea. look at this, this feast that you've prepared. what do we have here? >> yes. so i made a little bit of a combination for everybody here. i have two classics on there.

>> i think the signal is frozen for a moment. hopefully we can get it back. yeah, but let's talk about some of the teas that we have here. >> i have the taj mahal and it is delicious. what do you have there, karina? >> i have her majesty, the secret service black tea blend, uh, jasmine, sunflower petals, notes of vanilla, velvety and creamy finish. i'm telling you, this is probably one of the best smelling teas i've ever had and tastes delicious too. so this, along with the yummy food, is perfect. >> talk about soothing. yeah, what do you have? >> sandhya uh- julian i've got cabana boy playful and fragrant. >> cabana boy who did the pairings here. >> this is great. >> all i have to say is it's delicious. >> who cares what the name says? is there a picture that went along with that tea packet? no no picture. oh, darn. >> sandhya personally, she requested cabana boy, that's what i heard. my gosh, that's what people are telling me. what are you sipping on? i got i got some nothing is fancy as when you guys. i got parisian earl gray, uh- it's a black tea. we'll try to get pauline back if

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more wet weather tuesday into wednesday. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you so much sandy. now we want to get back to pauline. my over with artie lange lounge. pauline we were sipping on this delicious tea while we were trying to get you back there you are. if you could just tell us what we're also feasting on here, too. >> okay, so in front of you, i actually made a combination of different things to kind of sort of feature what darjeeling is all about, really, in terms of food. you have two classic flavors on there. you have a smoked salmon with fresh dill and a honey mustard, and the other one is a fresh cucumber, fresh radish and some micro arugula. and then one that is really outside of the box, um, and sort of a classic. at the same time, it's efficient chip in a tea sandwich. uh, typically, you know, you have that as a pub fare, but we turn it into a tea sandwich. and then the fourth is sort of a nod to, uh, the lunar new year coming up, um, on the 10th of february,

which is a asian flavored, uh, uh, tea, smoked tea braised egg with a kumquat chutney. that's all made in house. so those are your four, and then you go to a sausage roll. very british, very classic. and then finally a scone, which is a og version of our scout, which is a combination of a, um, an old, old recipe called a rock cake. and a scone. so it's a combination of those two recipes that i basically combine to create, sort of our own own take on us going crispy on the outside, sort of savory, uh, moist on the inside, basically something for everybody. >> so tell us about your family's history with tea. >> um, yes. so this is a question that comes up a lot, uh, when folks come into the tea lounge, where do you how do you end up doing this for a living? and for me, i had to really think back and it goes back to my mother, who is who grew up on a tea plantation. uh, her family, um, was in the tea business, and so she grew up

taking tea to various sort of eastern way. and then a father who basically went abroad to school in france and also in the uk and, uh, brought to the family sort of an, a western way of taking tea and of course, when i came along that, uh, the combination of the two, uh, sides, uh, took me to, to this point today. >> all right. well, the teas are absolutely delicious. uh, the names are really fun and playful, too. i have taj mahal. i think sandy has cabana boy. tell us what goes into making a tea blend for something like cabana boy, for example. >> yeah. so usually you for any tea blends that are on you all having a blended tea today versus, you know, a straight tea , um, or a purist kind of tea. >> um, all of those are blended. so cabana, for instance, you start with a base of a tea. so we usually start with a base. so typically, uh, green black you know boy. both which is taj mahal. um, and then on top of that, you add flavor profile. so in cabana case, you have bits of fruits, uh, strawberry bits of

papaya in there and sort of round it all out, a natural oil flavoring oil, or like an essential oil that food grade. so that is how you sort of impart that flavor in. >> so pauline, thanks. i know you're at third and bryant, darjeeling lounge and we appreciate your time. thanks so much. thank you so much. >> enjoy. all

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at the center of this debate is a proposed reservoir in northern california. abc seven meteorologist drew tuma has a look at the site's reservoir. reservoir project gliding over the rolling hills and the winding creeks. >> it's hard to imagine this valley northeast of the bay area being anything but peaceful. but plans to create california's newest reservoir are pitting supporters like governor newsom against environmental groups now suing to challenge it. jerry brown is the executive director of the sites project authority, created to run the proposed sites reservoir, which would draw water from the sacramento river. >> the project has been considered for more than 60 years. there's reasons why it hasn't proceeded up to this point, but as i said, those reasons are dwindling away because of our circumstances. because of population growth, because of climate change, he says. >> the plan does not require

damming the sacramento river itself, instead, head water would be diverted and captured during wet years and flood cycles, and held in the newly constructed reservoir. really a means by which we divert water out of the river. >> we still take water out of the river, but we don't dam the river itself, meaning that we pump it in and we open a valve to release it out, he says. >> the design is adapted for climate change, especially if the yearly sierra snowpack becomes a boom or bust cycle with warmer, wetter years triggering surges of runoff and flooding. instead of a steady snowmelt. michael anderson is california's state climatologist . >> the challenge with warming world is we get to experience things first as an extreme, and certainly the last decade. take your pick. right. we've kind of been bouncing between extremes, and we kind of expect that to amplify as we go. >> but environmental groups are concerned that the diversions, even during wet periods, will harm species like salmon and

steelhead. governor gavin newsom used a new fast track law to speed the project through the environmental review process. john bussey is an attorney with the center for biological diversity, but it's still taking water out of the sacramento river system at times when salmon are migrating. >> and that's that's an important thing. these are these are uh- federally protected fish . >> and he points to increase popular strategies like groundwater recharge as an alternative storage solution. early last year, abc seven profiled a farm in the central valley that's being turned into a kind of overflow basin to capture flood surges on the kings river and divert it onto shallow fields. >> the heart of our lawsuit is the failure to consider a range of alternatives that would look at more environmentally sound means of storing this water. >> there are also proposals to expand the capacity of existing reservoirs like los vaqueros near livermore, which could also face opposition. but the backers

of the sites project believe the plan is environmentally sound, and they argue that the pressure to capture and store an increasingly unpredictable water flow could soon become critical for california. >> the handwriting is on the wall if the last 10 to 15 years of the swings that we've seen in our precipitation don't make it clear to people that we need to do something in san francisco, drew tuma, abc seven news now, if approved, construction could begin sometime in the next two years. >> all right, that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry biel, abc seven news at five. it's coming up next

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