i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. north coast. so we have activated three of our operational emergency centers. >> getting ready tonight, people around the bay area are bracing for another round of rain this weekend, and it could be intense . good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm on a date tonight. >> we are on storm watch as we get ready for the level two storm on our exclusive abc seven storm impact scale for a look at

what we can expect and when, let's begin with abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel. >> sandy, dan and omar expect a drencher tomorrow. >> heaviest rain will be focused in the north bay. it's a level two as you both just mentioned on our exclusive abc seven news. storm impacts scale. rain has already begun along the north coast. it will reach us as we head towards later tonight. going into tomorrow, the rain tonight is out ahead of the storm, so 7:00 you will notice it's up around mendocino county at 11 p.m. a few showers beginning to move into the bay area and then here comes the heavy rain. san day morning. still focused on the north bay before it shifts. you're going to see downpours at times with this storm, along with some heavy snow in the sierra. winter storm warning starts tonight at 10 p.m, runs until 4 a.m. sunday, 1 to 2ft of snow gusts to 55 miles an hour. the snow levels will rise from 3500ft, going to about 4500 to 6000ft. tomorrow morning. i would not advise traveling tomorrow. i would hold off on it because it

will be very difficult to impossible. let alone dangerous and hazardous. it's a level two on our exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale rain, downpours at times, gusty winds, flooding on the roadways and the creeks, and the biggest storm concerns here are flooding. it's going to be a high likelihood tomorrow. trees down going into that high likelihood. power outages moderate and sierra snow will be high. i'll be back with a full look at the rain timeline, how much you can expect, and how the rest of your weekend is looking in just a few minutes. >> okay, sandy, thanks very much. well, don't forget you can track the forecast anytime with the same live doppler seven that sandy uses. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it. now now, the palisades tahoe ski run, where a deadly avalanche struck wednesday, has reopened a resort. officials say the ct 22 express run is back in business as of this morning. that follows two days of avalanche mitigation work by crews, including control explosions. wednesday's avalanche, as you know, killed one person, three other skiers

were injured, another avalanche at palisades tahoe occurred yesterday afternoon, though no one was trapped or injured in this case. >> the supreme court is agreeing to hear a high profile case on homelessness. the outcome could change how california cities deal with tent encampments. the case stems from anti-camping ordinances in san francisco and a number of other cities. the court will consider whether cities can ban or limit people from camping in public spaces, including sidewalks, streets and parks. a ruling is expected by the end of june. in a statement, governor newsom wrote, quote, california has invested billions to address homelessness, but rulings from the bench have tied the hands of state to address this issue. the supreme court can now correct course and end the costly delays from lawsuits that have plagued our efforts. >> uc berkeley has installed razor wire now on top of one of its barricades at people's park. the university says it's another security measure. while they wait to begin construction on a new student housing complex, abc

seven news reporter ryan curry is in berkeley, welded shut and stacked on one another. >> it's now been over a week since workers installed these cargo containers. people cannot get in to people's park. we asked berkeley residents what it looks like to them. >> it's so big and so, so aggressive. >> i mean, essentially what's been put up here is a border wall. >> there are lights and cameras on the side, security on every corner. plus this razor wire on the west side of the structure. the university says it's a security measure. >> they they definitely wanted to quell any, you know, potential resistance. >> lisa teague used to be unhoused and lived in the park for years. the historic park was home to many like her. it is such a pivotal place in the history of berkeley. >> in the history of student resistance, in the history of antiwar movements, the university claims the encampment led to an increase in crime

protest ers have constantly pushed back against building on the park. >> police made several arrests during the day. the containers went up. uc berkeley not available for an on-camera interview today, but they did tell me the reason why they put the wiring up around the park is because of the building next to it. they don't want anyone to go from the roof of that building onto the containers, and then into the park. >> the symbolism of this, of having this in berkeley is kind of astounding, but what does it enclosing and what is it keeping out? i think is the issue. >> harvey smith is one of the leaders of a group challenging the university's ability to build a people's park. he says new housing should have been built elsewhere. >> it would have been completed by now, or nearly completed if they would have picked one of those sites. uh. what they've done is totally irrational. >> noel smith and his group are looking into whether the school is legally allowed to put up razor wire. uc berkeley, meanwhile, cannot begin construction until a decision is made by the state supreme court.

they've said they're confident the court will rule in their favor in berkeley. ryan curry abc seven news a car accident in richmond killed two people today. >> it happened near the intersection of carlson boulevard and florida avenue around 715 this morning when police arrived, they discovered a black sedan that had ripped into three pieces with the rear of the vehicle resting on the median. both people inside were pronounced dead at the scene. >> it's heartbreaking. i mean, especially for uh- just going about your daily life and having something like that happen. i mean, it's heartbreaking for both the families, for our community, for everyone who's in the neighborhood who watched what happened, it was something that was very heartbreaking. >> although the crash is under investigation, officers say speed was definitely a factor. the impact obviously just overwhelming. >> mayor london breed has signed legislation to install new automatic license plate readers across san francisco. at least 400 cameras will be installed in

an effort to combat crime, including retail theft and motor vehicle theft. breed reportedly directed her staff to cut through any red tape or delays to get these cameras installed as quickly as possible. all the cameras are being paid for with part of the $17 million in funding. san francisco got from california's organized retail theft grant program. >> a large number of drivers are abusing the toll lanes on bay area freeways. researchers examined traffic on six 8-80 in contra costa county and the express lanes on 8-80 between july and september of last year. carpool and toll lane tickets on six 8-80 went up a whopping 123% within a year, enforcement stops were up 59, and 34% of chp traffic stops in the area resulted in carpool citations. the metropolitan transportation commission and association of bay area governments met today to discuss the findings. some members say they need more proof that the express lanes are actually working before expanding. >> we don't want at least in san mateo county. we don't want a toll lane that generates money.

we want a toll lane that reduces congestion. >> and the toll lanes do seem to be speeding up traffic. cars moved almost 20mph faster during rush hour. >> some politics a new poll shows representative adam schiff leads in the race to fill the late senator dianne feinstein's seat. the poll, conducted by berkeley institute of governmental studies, shows schiff, with 21% support. that's four points ahead of fellow democrat orange county representative katie porter, republican and former baseball star steve garvey is in third place, followed by oakland representative barbara lee. the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the november general election. under california's top two primary system. >> coming up, increasing immunity against viruses with just one shot, even if we've never been exposed to them, that's the idea behind a research under research underway at stanford. we're gng to have the details when abc seven news at

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has been saddled with decades of lawsuit stemming from the use of asbestos in cement and texture products. the company will maintain slim operations at its union city distribution facility to try to fill existing orders. kelly-moore has 60 stores here in the bay area. >> well, now to the new effort to prevent the next worldwide pandemic, researchers at stanford university think it's possible. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey looks at how one of our body's oldest immune systems may contain the solution. doctors say the covid 19 virus will always be with us, but some experts wonder if the pandemic could have been avoided altogether. >> what if there is a way in which our bodies fought off a new infection using different immunities? stanford university professor bali pulendran and his

colleagues think they may have found an answer. >> imagine if you had this universal vaccine that could have been delivered to humans that induces broad protection. we don't know exactly what this virus is. we don't know what it takes to make a conventional vaccine. but nevertheless, we've ramped up our innate immune system that's giving you a broad degree of protection. >> traditional science utilizes antibodies. our t cells that remember specifics of viruses introduced by vaccines to fight off infection. but doctor pulendran says the innate immune system found in all creatures can be used to fight off more kinds of sicknesses, even viruses. we've never been exposed to a single shot protects against influenza against the covid omicron. strains, against the covid beta strain, against other coronaviruses. >> so just one shot seems to imprint broad immunity. that seems to protect against many, many different strains of viruses. >> i mean, that would be an absolute game changer. then in

our society that's struggling with these three major viruses, right? >> absolutely. or any other virus actually, we should aspire towards creating vaccines that are already available and could be deployed immediately upon the first signs of a pandemic. the innate immune system vaccine won't replace traditional antibody vaccines as its broad, but can only prevent infection for a few months at best. >> but a universal vaccine could create a stop gap until specific treatments can be developed. the research has shown great success in laboratory mice and doctor pulendran hopes to move to human trials in the next two years, all in the hopes we could prevent the next global pandemic . >> in a way, it was too late for the covid pandemic, but i do think that it is timely. in a sense, it's stimulated a whole new field uh- that, god forbid, if we have another pandemic that this should then be in prime time for then. dustin dawsey, abc seven news. >> coming up next, could king tides soon be the new norm? a look at the increasing flood

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opportunity to study the effect they could have for years to come. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has more on what we're seeing this week, and could see long terme. >> it's captivating. video a tide so high that it's creeping onto the walkways of san francisco's embarcadero. the sights are all thanks to king tides. there are about 1 to 2ft higher than your average high tide, and they're happening across california right now. experts at the california king tides project say that so far, the king tide seen on thursday and friday have been moderate, but they're giving a glimpse of sea level rise a larger problem that can be traced back to burning fossil fuels. jeremy smith is a coastal engineer with the california coastal commission. he says that the first part in determining how to deal with climate change is

working to understand how it impacts communities where flooding might occur and where how it's going to impact our sort of infrastructure systems, smith says. sea level rise could impact those infrastructure systems and in turn, impact communities that aren't even by the water. heavy rainfall is that rain needs to get to the low spot. >> and so when that rain is draining on our streets and through our storm drains, a lot of a lot of times those storm drains outfall into the bay or into the ocean. and so if you have a higher sea level that can sort of slow down how fast the storm drains can carry that water. >> now experts are using the king tides to help better determine sea level rise. smith says pictures sent to the california king tides project by the public are being used to help government officials, and climate change experts do that. >> we're able to sort of use these photos and we can see how high the water was at a certain time, and we can use that to sort of improve our models of flooding. and that can be really useful for trying to figure out how climate change is going to impact our communities. >> the california king tides

project is so far received around 200 photo submissions from thursday and friday's king tides, with the next king tide event expected february ninth. they're hoping for people to take and submit even more, keep a good distance, especially when there's waves involved you want to be make sure that you're sufficiently far back that can even help with photos. >> sometimes, right? like you want to get a good a good range of stuff in those photos. >> if you have photos to submit, you can do that at the coastal commission website. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> all right. oh my goodness. that just blew me away real quick. that's beautiful. sorry, sandy. i was going to go right to you. but boy we need more of that. yes that's gorgeous. no need to apologize. uh, dan and ama, it is a picture perfect sunset right now. so let's look at it again. why not? it's so stunning. from pier 39. camera. those high, thin, wispy clouds made up of ice crystals, giving us that extra burst of color. and we take. a look at those clouds moving in on live doppler seven. rain is up along the northern california coast. it

eventually gets here. moisture is already getting picked up in the clouds here in the bay area. this storm has quite the moisture plume extending all the way out towards the hawaiian islands. it is going to bring a drenching to parts of northern california. here in the bay area, we're going to get our share with some heavy rain tomorrow. so right now on live doppler seven, we are monitoring the cloud cover and the rain that is off the coastline. temperatures at this hour in the 40s and the 50s. this morning we had some 30s at our official reporting sites. so it was pretty chilly out there. level two storm soaks us tomorrow. winds ramp up strongest in the late afternoon evening, and martin luther king junior day. it is going to be chilly in the morning, but it's a dry day. if you do have outdoor activities on our storm impact scale, this is a level two moderate strength storm rain downpours at times tomorrow. gusty winds, flooding certainly a concern. turn on the roadways and smaller streams and creeks. the russian river at hopland is expected to near its flood stage. could exceed it

sunday morning, so a flood watch has been posted from parts of lake and mendocino counties, all the way up towards the north coast. it starts at 10:00 tonight, runs until early sunday morning. remember to monitor, especially if you live near one of these rivers. while most of the bay area rivers are going to be okay, we're not expecting flooding on those thatrillionussian river at hopland, fire officials tell you to get out. get out. excessive rain potential from the north coast all the way down towards the north bay. it's marginal, but it's there. so let's time it out for you tonight at 7 p.m. light to moderate rain up north. 9 p.m. a few showers moving in. this is in advance of the storm system, which gets here tomorrow morning. it is going to pound parts of the north bay with the heavy rain for several hours before the rain starts to shift into other parts of the bay area. do expect downpours at times. look at this in the evening hours might be coming down hard enough to where you want to take your plans inside. if you do have outdoor activities early sunday morning, this system will wind down and

you will get a chance to have a dry sunday afternoon. now, if that storm stalls, that could change. but right now the rainfall totals about a half an inch in san jose to about close to two inches in ukiah, you will notice those two three even higher 2 to 3 four inches in terms of rainfall up to the north. so winds will kick up as well. starting out kind of breezy and then getting gustier in the evening hours 3036 miles an hour. winds will remain gusty over 40 miles an hour later in the evening, a winter storm warning once again for the sierra. 10 p.m. tonight until 4 a.m. sunday. definitely do not travel tomorrow with those gusty winds, it is going to be dicey. your morning temperatures in the 30s and 40s not as cold as it was this morning. tomorrow afternoon highs will be in 50s and it's going to be a wet and windy saturday. sunday is your better day to be in outside level two on the accuweather seven day forecast for tomorrow, and then you get a break after early morning sunday showers chill in the air for monday.

martin luther king junior day, but at least it's a dry holiday and then we get more much needed rain coming in here the middle of next week. ama and dan. >> all right. thanks, andy. >> san francisco's castro theater has unveiled its final movie screening before it will close its doors for a year long renovation project. the iconic movie house will show the 1982 julie andrews film victor victoria on february 4th. after the final screening, the castro theater will be transformed into a multi-purpose venue. another planet entertainment, a berkeley based concert promotion company, took over the 100 year old theater last year. >> all right, in case you missed it, it was a stunner in santa clara last night for all good with the foul. oh, that was the basket that helped the santa clara men's basketball team upset 23rd ranked gonzaga. santa clara alum steve nash was in attendance as fans stormed the court. it's the first time the broncos have defeated the bulldogs since 2011. the win snapped a 26 game losing streak

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news anchor dion lim found a tiny dog in vallejo, is providing inspiration for us to never give up. >> when vallejo resident amanda tal met then seven year old chihuahua mix socks, it was love at first sight. >> i think so, yeah, she's pretty easy to love, but little did amanda know, her precious pooch hadn't always been over here. >> a ball of energy when i saw her pictures after i got her, i was really stunned when she arrived at muttville, a senior dog rescue in san francisco. >> this girl is in the running for the most obese dog we've had here, maybe ever. >> socks was more accustomed to being carted around. it was hard for her to get up, even given the name sweet tomato. weighing in at a robust 30 pounds, she was a. >> we call him potatoes when they were little, chunky, her

senior owner. who fed the dog a steady diet of bacon and eggs, had fallen ill and could no longer take care of a pet. >> so began sweet tomatoes. weight loss journey. combination of regular exercise and some tlc . thanks good girl and a dedicated foster to keep her on track. >> oh my gosh god. >> in about three months sweet tomato dropped 10 pounds. a whopping third of her body weight. >> now you know the world is her oyster. >> by the time amanda adopted her a few months later, the stroller was long gone. her chihuahua mix had shrunk to a cherry tomato and was renamed socks. >> now she she can run and jump. jump. >> while things were challenging for this former heavyweight. >> she wouldn't eat. >> by day four. she was getting used to her new lifestyle and diet. a home cooked all their food and is now a svelte 10 pound. her perfect weight. >> her life has been given back.

yeah. >> so while many of us are having a hard time sticking to our new year's resolutions, take a moment to think about little socks. >> i think what she proved needs is inspiration. when you want to quit. >> cheers to never giving up. >> i hope for us is that we have a long life together in vallejo. >> diane lim, abc seven news. >> so cute. >> socks has more willpower than i do. >> more willpower than most of us. exactly all right. we still have much more news ahead. >> let's go to abc seven news anchor karina nova for a look at what's coming up at 530. karina. thanks, dan. >> and tonight we're going to take a look back at the case that captured national attention after being acquitted of murder. hillsborough heiress tiffany lee is paying up i-team's dan noyes shares more details about a multi-million dollar wrongful death settlement filed on behalf of her own young daughters and their grandmother. plus, a look at abc seven's new documentary about people released from prison and how they're finding a

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