well, i want to thank everybody. this has been some period of time and most importantly, we want to thank the great people of iowa. thank you. we love you all. >> former president donald trump is the projected winner of the iowa caucuses in a win that solidifies his place as the front runner for the 2024 republican nomination. good evening, and thank you for joining us for this special edition of abc seven news at nine. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan

ashley behind donald trump. >> florida governor ron desantis finished a distant second, and former south carolina governor nikki haley was in third. >> for the details, let's go to political reporter craig wahl in iowa at precinct sites around the state, like this one in west des moines, people lined up to make their vote count as the 2024 presidential election season officially kicked off with the republican iowa caucuses, this woman became an american citizen in june, getting a chance to vote for the first time. >> well, i'm so excited, but i think we are in a, uh, pretty hard moment tonight. >> let's begin to save this country that we love inside this recreation center, hundreds of people huddled with friends and neighbors for this very grassroots democrat process. >> this man supporting ron desantis. >> i just examples of how he ran. you know, florida is seems like a decent guy. i mean, i, i don't think i really look too negatively on any of them. >> have you decided who you're going to vote for? nikki. nikki haley and tell me why we need her strong dedication to the military. >> we need her strong foreign

policy. >> this race critical for nikki haley, but perhaps even more so for ron desantis, who made more stops in iowa than donald trump and haley combined. after slipping in the polls, he is in need of a strong finish. the bitter cold temperatures expected to have an impact on the final turnout numbers for what has been the coldest caucus on record. did you think at all about staying home? >> yeah, i did, i made it, yeah. >> donald trump, who came into the caucus as the dominant front runner celebrating his victory. >> well, i want to thank everybody. this has been some period of time. and most importantly, we want to thank the great people of iowa. thank you. we love you all. what a turnout. what a crowd. and i really think this is time now for our everybody, our country to come together. we want to come together from here. >> the candidates will quickly turn their attention to new hampshire. but with one less republican in the race, vivek ramaswamy, suspending his campaign in des moines, iowa. craig wahl, abc seven news and

california may play an outsized role in the march primary. >> paul mitchell, the vice president of political data, says state voters could use their votes to influence an opposing party's candidate. >> you could even see democrats and independents registering republican in order to vote against trump on the republican primary ballot. democrats and independents can reregister at any time to get a republican ballot and vote, either by mail or at a polling location. so we could see some excitement coming into california, he says. >> all eyes are on iowa and new hampshire next. both those races will set the stage for california's march primary. meanwhile, former president donald trump is gaining support among california republicans for the presidential nomination. that's according to a new poll from the berkeley institute of governmental studies. uh. trump's support has jumped from 57% last october to 66% this month, among likely republican voters under new california republican party rules. that's

enough to award trump all the state's delegates in the primary . >> and it's more than just the iowa caucus taking on cold conditions today. winter storms are hitting across the country, impacting more than 100 million americans record cold and wind chill alerts were issued for 26 states from northern montana to southern texas. montana going as low as -54 degrees over the weekend. interstate ten in houston was shut down due to freezing rain, sleet and snow. one tractor trailer flipped as you see there and blocked the highway. crews in nashville, tennessee are having a hard time clearing the road in the frigid temperatures that if you don't have to get out, don't get out uh- salt below 19 really doesn't work. a whiteout blizzard in new york forced the nfl to postpone a game in buffalo yesterday. today fans helped shovel out two feet of snow from the stadium and the bills played a chilly game against the steelers. >> that guy doesn't have a shirt on shirt. >> it was crazy. >> all right i hope you enjoyed

the ball game tonight. back here in the bay area. the 40 niners are getting ready to face the green bay packers in the divisional round on saturday. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has a look at what's at stake for fans and the team. >> this win or go home. it's about how good can you play in those three hours. and that's the team that usually uh- is happy at the end of the year. >> welcome to the nfl playoffs. the road to super bowl 58 for the red and gold starts this weekend at levi's stadium. >> i just think that everybody's excited. you know, niner football is always fun, but playoff football is another level. >> but standing in the way of that lombardi trophy is a familiar foe. the green bay packers. for fans, it almost doesn't seem like a normal playoff run without seeing these colors come to town. >> just seeing that yellow and green and then that red and gold and, you know, being a football fan and that tradition of football and it being a playoffs on top of that, it's that whole tradition, a tradition that dates back to the 1950s when the

niners and packers first played the franchise is now squaring up for a nfl record 10th time in the playoffs. >> the winner of this game not only punches their ticket to the nfc championship, but will sit atop the all time playoff win record in nfl history as well. >> this really is uh- nfl classic. >> retired mercury news sports writer mark purdy remembers covering the freezing matchups in lambeau as well as the big wins in the bay and he's anticipating another moment that will be etched in the history books again this weekend. >> the nfl is really for fans who want to take the ride, and if you've taken the ride with 40 niners packers over the years, you've seen a lot of great football and a lot of ups and downs and a lot of drama. i expect a lot of drama on on saturday as well. >> drama that you could take part in across the bay with 40 niners, sponsored watch parties in san jose, san francisco, oakland, even mexico city. but fans say there will be no place like home this weekend. >> i think having the home

stadium is definitely a huge advantage. the fans rocking loud at levi's stadium is definitely a huge advantage. >> niners fans are going to be so hyped up because i think this we hope this is a year. >> dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right, well, it has been nice to get a break from the wet weather today and yesterday. but more rain is coming. for details let's go to abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian. hi spencer. >> this break is not going to last very long. let's go right to live doppler seven. take a look at what's happening right now. conditions are very calm, but as you look at the satellite radar composite image, you can see that there's some active weather out to sea clouds will be thickening overnight and rain is on the way. now. the approaching storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale is a level one storm. so for tomorrow, we're talking about periods of lightrillionain and showers. maybe some isolated downpours, breezy and of course messy highway conditions. so the evening commute tomorrow will be a messy one. forecast animation starting at 5 a.m. tomorrow at about 9:10 a.m. we'll see a few pockets of showers moving to the north bay and for most of the

first half of the day, this will be a north bay rain event, but in the afternoon it becomes a fast and furious. it expands to all parts of the bay area with downpours, likely periods of heavy rain, the evening commute is going to be a real mess and then it winds down during the overnight hours tomorrow night into wednesday morning. rainfall totals will generally be between about a quarter of an inch and a third of an inch, but there's a lot more rain coming our way later in the week. friday, saturday and sunday, and maybe next monday. level one storms all lined up to come our way. i'll give you a close up look at those in my accuweather seven day forecast. a little bit later. dan okay, spencer, thanks very much. >> we don't know if wind and wet soil were a factor here, but take a look at this large eucalyptus tree that fell onto five occupied vehicles in san francisco's golden gate park early this evening. the san francisco fire department evacuated 11 victims, two of which were injured in those cars. it came down at 19th avenue and crossover drive, taking down a concrete light pole as well. oh i was in the

car with my family and next thing you knew, this big tree with the lamppost came in slow motion down on us. >> i couldn't see it because we had a glass roof and we're so lucky that i looked around. >> everybody was fine. there was a gentleman that came from some other car, then immediately opened our car to make sure all of us were out safe. >> so scary. the road was closed, causing major traffic delays. arborists are working with fire crews to remove the tree from the cars and clear the road. only the northbound side of 19th avenue is open. the public is advised to avoid the area now. >> new details today under the plane crash that happened off the coast near half moon bay, the plane's wreckage was found last night in ross cove, which is not far from the half moon bay airport. abc7 news reporter zach fuentes learned more about the plane and talked to a woman who heard the trouble just before the plane crashed. >> it was a startling evening for neighbors who lived just off the coast near half moon bay. >> i ran to my window, facing the ocean, and i could see that

the plane was turning around and it was losing altitude. >> it all started after seven sunday night. that's when the san mateo county sheriff's office said they got a call from someone at the moss beach distillery. the person reported a plane flying erratically and sputtering before losing sight of it. this witness described what she heard. we heard this like motor engine, like puttering, like you hear in the movies when a plane's about to crash and you hear the sputtering of the engine and it came around the corner here, and it's kind of a bi plane, very, very visible. >> we figure something was wrong because it was so close to the to the restaurant. >> michelle whale, who lives near the distillery, said she heard the plane two though planes in the area are normal. she said this was different. >> this one was unusually loud. loud and i looked out the window and i saw it and it was way lower than normal and it was taking a different flight path. normally they take off and head straight north. they're not allowed to fly over the marine

reserve behind me, but it was turning out toward this direction and over the marine reserve. >> emergency crews responded with drones and a diver. sunday night around 830, they found the plane in the water without passengers. now monday, the plane was pulled from the water near ross cove. pieces of wreckage were also found in other places just off the coast. >> the plane was actually upside down in the water and this morning, with about 30 search and rescue volunteers, emergency service bureau, we're beginning to see some of that wreckage come up onto the coastline. >> the faa confirmed monday that it was a single engine, cozy mark four airplane with two people on board the san mateo county sheriff's office said that while the search was going on, a woman's body was found in the water by a commercial fishing boat, though they're still working to confirm her identity, they believe she is associated with the plane crash. the coast guard announced just before 11 monday morning that they had suspended their search for survivors. the ntsb is now investigating, though authorities confirmed that the plane originated from an east bay airport, they're still not confirming which one in half moon bay, zach fuentes, abc

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good fight every day. >> the crossing part of a symbolic route in monday's martin luther king jr. day march. as those gathered reflect on bloody sunday in march of 1965, when supporters of doctor king were beaten by police as they crossed the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama, at the beginning of a 54 mile trek to montgomery. >> for me, it's a blessing to be here, to walk in unity with all these people of all races, because martin luther king's dream and i'm here for the civil rights marches in selma, paved the way for the voting rights act, solidifying black americans right to vote. >> those in attendance on this monday behind the let it shine say the key to harmony is first, through education, many passing out fliers and holding up signs. >> it's overwhelming and it's so great to see so many generations of people here, especially the young people, to understand that if you know your history, then you can move forward in the future. >> the message of unity and

solidarity were on full display. i come here and i see so much community. >> i see so much joy, and i think there's so much love to that. >> it's an opportunity for us to really show that we are a coalition of many organizations, doing all kinds of work and coming together in service of justice and love. >> the march continued through mission bay and culminated with song, dance and celebration at yerba buena gardens. i am the power. >> i am the love. >> these grounds home of our country's third largest memorial to the late doctor king, whose message of standing up against hate rings true even for the littlest. we came out here to show the politicians and everyone that it's not okay, and it needs to be fixed. elected leaders also took to the stage and reflected upon years past, while encouraging us to move forward. we celebrated together different races and people of all backgrounds, people who spoke english and people who did not.

>> and every single step of the way. it was joy. >> joy in san francisco. dionne lim, abc seven news. the annual mlk celebration train brought hundreds of people into san francisco for the march, which. >> ho ho ho ho ho. >> some passengers sang and danced as they made their way up the peninsula to san francisco. >> the trip commemorates the historic 54 mile march that doctor king led from selma to montgomery, alabama, in 1965. >> it's a gathering of like minded people to celebrate doctor martin luther king jr. uh- peace. love. kindness. hope >> they got to bring him and show him where we came to and where we came from, you know what i mean? he's a young cat, two years older than me. you know what? >> i'm saying? so it's. >> nothing's impossible to accomplish. you know, he became a doctor at a very, very young age. so anything is possible. the journey began at san jose's diridon station and included stops in palo alto and san

mateo. >> in oakland, a group called the anti police terror project organized a rally to honor doctor king with a message of activism and resistance. this is the 10th year the project has held a march through downtown oakland to honor doctor king's legacy of peaceful resistance. the group rallied in front of oakland city hall, highlighting king's progressive values. participants also spoke about the situation in the middle east, calling for a cease fire in gaza. >> in the north bay, a community wide mlk junior day celebration in marin city featured music and speakers who reflected on doctor king's legacy. >> as abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows you people also honored doctor king by improving their community. you ought to be more so. >> me. >> there was music and song praising the work and legacy of doctor martin luther king junior . >> our theme this year is let us fan the flame of the dream into a reality. >> residents of marin city and

beyond, coming together as they do every year to celebrate doctor king's birthday. it's time of the year where all of marin county comes together. >> so it's a it's a unity thing and we love it. >> florence williams says this event, now in its 25th year, is celebrated in a place where mlk. s name and image is everywhere. reminders of king's work to achieve equality for black americans. >> we want to hold up his legacy of unity, love, togetherness uh- justice, equity, all of that. >> we have many years of hard memories, so this day is a great day for celebration and it's nice to see white people involved because that makes it all more beautiful and makes martin luther king rest in peace at mlk academy in nearby sausalito, volunteers are spending this day tending to the school's garden, cleaning up and replanting. today we are reimagining doctor king's dream, which is that we provide a

service which is fair, clearing out beds, and we're planting all of our gardens, provide food for the school breakfast and lunch programs. volunteer gabby muse says. besides creating food sustainability, this event is about building community bridges. my kids are multiracial, but mill valley is predominantly white and it can be a really isolating experience to be anything other than that in the community, and this is a way to create connections across, um, across different parts of our community. a day of service to honor one man and his dream. >> i think he'd be so amazed that all of the people that are here from all the different schools, different, diverse backgrounds, i think he'd be so happy that we exemplify his dream in marin county. >> cornell bernard. abc seven news. >> as americans honor doctor king today, one man is asking, are we collectively missing the point of the holiday? jonathan eigg, a critically acclaimed author of the biography king a life, says he feels americans

have strayed too far into celebrating the late civil rights leader. >> we focus only on the parts of his message that make us comfortable. i have a dream. let's judge one another by the content of our character, not the color of our skin. and we forget the radical call that king was issuing to the country to really fundamentally change our economic balances so that we eliminate inequality, that we provide care for the poor. he was a radical and part of the consequences of this holiday is that we have watered down his message. >> i says he encourages all of us to honor doctor king as a radicalist by actually reading the full text of his i have a dream speech before king started improvising in the part we all know, the scripted portion of his speech addressed deep economic woes in america and why there persistent ike says that's a message we can think about now and look for ways to change this country for the better. we have a compilation of some of doctor

martin luther king jr. s most impactful and meaningful quotes, words that help shape the nation. we're remembering the civil rights leader with his own words at abc seven news.com. you'll find a link right there on our home page. >> all right. let's switch gears. find out how our weather is going to fare this week. >> yeah, we more storms rolling in spencer christian tracking that for us and spencer this weather. and so much of the country so brutal and extreme. oh my gosh. >> you know that polar vortex that uh- dip of very brutally cold air down into the nation's midsection is chilling places in the deep south. so we have nothing to complain about just because we have a little rain coming our way. in fact, it'll be more than a little. here's a look at live doppler seven and the satellite image looping to show the approaching clouds and moisture that will probably begin to produce some rainfall here in the bay area in the early morning hours. right now, though, everything is calm. the winds are calm. we have wind speeds at the surface under ten miles per hour. the 24 hour temperature change shows us a bit cooler in most locations by

several degrees than at this time last night. so let's take a look. excuse me. looking from sutro tower out over san francisco, 52 degrees here in the city right now and in hayward, 50 in oakland, san jose, 51 mid to upper 40s at half moon bay. and san mateo. a clear view. so far from the emeryville camera looking along the bay bridge is 44 degrees right now at santa rosa. petaluma 41 low 40s also at napa and fairfield. concord and livermore, both at 47 degrees. and let's take a look at our forecast headlines tonight. we'll see increasing clouds, especially in the late night overnight hours tomorrow in the afternoon and evening hours, we'll feel the greatest impact of the approaching rainfall. and this weekend, heavy rain is possible. in fact, uh- in the next in the coming week, we'll have more rainy days than dry days. the approaching storm that's coming in tomorrow on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale is a level one storm. so for tomorrow afternoon and evening, lightrillionain and showers with some isolated downpours, it will be breezy and expect a messy evening commute tomorrow. forecast animation starting at 5 a.m. shows the

arrival of some little pockets of light rain in the north bay by about 9 a.m, then about 1:00 in the afternoon, we'll see more widespread rain, heavier, steadier rain sweeping southward and eastward, hitting all parts of the bay area. 6:00 tomorrow evening again, a wet and messy evening commute, but it winds down rather quickly. should be all over by early wednesday morning. rainfall totals will generally range between about a quarter of an inch and a third of an inch overnight lows tonight. low to mid 40s. highs tomorrow, generally in the upper 50s to about 60 degrees and just skipping ahead to look at the futurecast a little bit more a little bit later in the week starting on thursday. notice the next wave of rain coming in friday, followed by another one on saturday, another one on sunday, and even more rain on monday. it's going to be a wet week ahead. here's the accuweather seven day forecast two. dry days are ahead of us before all that other rain comes in wednesday and thursday, they'll be mostly cloudy days, but they will be dry and give us a chance to sort of dry out before the four consecutive rainy days on friday, saturday,

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>> they don't provide immunity against the strains that have mutated and are making people sick right now. but a universal vaccine could solve that problem. >> there's a couple of ways that this could work. so one is if you get a vaccine that's intranasal, for instance, where you're actually getting a good immune response from your mucosa , that actually can work to reduce the amount of transmission that happens. because we know that the current vaccines, they don't do a great job at preventing you from getting sick, but they prevent how sick you get. so we need vaccines that just stop transmission altogether. and a universal vaccine would be one where regardless of the types of common mutations that are happening, you retain a pretty durable immune response. um, now this is tricky because with rna viruses, they mutate very rapidly, and there's no guarantee in which way these viruses mutate. the next big mutation could actually make it more virulent, where it causes more severe disease, it could make it more transmissible. and there's really no guarantee viruses act in the ways in which they want. there's a lot of randomness in that. as well. so, you know, it's i wish i had a more reassuring news. the one

reassuring point is that because we've been exposed, our immune systems have an advantage that they didn't have back in 2020. >> so that is at least encouraging. doctor karen went on to say a universal vaccine could help boost our immune system so we can all get over being sick more quickly. unfortunately he doesn't know how soon it could realistically be available. once stanford research is complete, their proposal will still have to go through a rigorous approval process. of course, with the fda, oakland unified school district sent out new covid guidance to its families today. >> the directions are based on the recently updated guidance on isolation and testing from the california department of public health staff members and students are now being advised to stay home until they haven't had a fever for 24 hours without using fever reducing medication, and until covid symptoms are mild and improving, they should also mask up when they're around other people indoors for ten days. after you become sick or test positive. >> a go fund me was set up to support the recovery of two children caught in the gunfire

of a freeway, shooting over the weekend. the gofundme has already raised $5,000 of its $15,000 goal. the chp says they were in the back seat of a car headed north on 880 near hacienda avenue on in san lorenzo on saturday. police say one was shot in the leg, the other shot in the stomach. they were taken to the hospital and we are glad to tell you are expected to be okay in the south bay, san jose has recorded its first traffic fatality of the year, happened just before 2:00 this morning when a woman was trying to cross monterey road near a crosswalk at skyway drive. >> police say she was hit by a passing suv, and she later died at the hospital. now, as you can see, this video conditions were foggy at the time, but police haven't said whether visibility was a factor. the driver of the suv stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. >> and then there's this unbelievable scene in the city. san francisco a driver is in the hospital with critical injuries after her car careened off an off ramp and into the second story of clock tower lofts in

the rincon hill neighborhood. it happened last night on the 80 westbound off ramp at the intersection of bryant and sterling streets. listen to this now, as a resident describes the moment the car slammed into the building, it felt like an earthquake. >> yeah, you know, it's a great neighborhood. once in a while we have something like this happen. but, um, it's still a great place to live. >> fortunately, no one inside the building was hurt. >> a bay area man is among the four victims of a deadly hot air balloon crash yesterday in eloy, arizona, 65 miles south of phenix. he has been identified as 24 year old atahan chilcote of cupertino. abc news reporter melissa don has the latest on the investigation. >> four people are dead and a fifth is critically hurt after a hot air balloon crash sunday in the arizona desert south of phenix, officials say 13 people were aboard the hot air balloon, including eight skydivers, four

passengers and a pilot. before the crash. the skydivers exited the gondola or basket. officials say the skydiving was intentional and was successfully complete before any issues with the hot air balloon were evident. skydivers were able to exit the balloon without incident and completed their their planned skydiving event, and then shortly thereafter, something catastrophic occurred with the balloon, causing it to crash to the ground. >> witnesses on the ground telling officials the balloon appeared to be flying up and down before the impact, which was shortly after the skydiving. >> they saw the last 10s before the impact and they said that the material of the balloon portion was just straight up. >> four people were killed, including the pilot, 37 year old cornelius van der walt, and a young nurse, 28 year old katie bartram. katie s mom telling abc 15 she was a registered nurse from indiana who loved skydiving and adventure. >> it's just kind of somber here at home. >> we're just crying on and off

and talking about her on and off and still trying to real make it real. >> a 23 year old woman from scottsdale was hospitalized from the crash and in critical condition. >> i know how how devastated they are. >> ntsb officials say they have separated the balloon from the basket, and everything appears to be intact. they're going to do a close examination of the balloon to see if there were any problems. this as police are working with the ntsb and faa to investigate the crash. melissa don abc news, los angeles. >> new developments boeing will conduct more inspections of its 737 airplanes. the commercial airplane company will inspect the installation of its planes, plug. doors manufactured by spirit aerosystems. the announcement comes after the federal aviation administration grounded all max nine planes. after that plug door blew out mid-flight. it happened earlier this month during an alaska airlines flight carrying 177 passengers from oregon to california. no. one on board was

injured. >> today marks the 15th anniversary of the miracle on the hudson. few can forget u.s. airways captain chesley sully sullenberger, who lived in danville, landed a plane on the hudson river following a bird strike shortly after takeoff from laguardia. today, passengers joined local officials to thank the first responders who pulled the 155 people to safety from the frigid waters. >> i was inside the plane, waist deep in 36 degree water for about seven minutes until the plane shook and the plane shook. i felt the plane was going down. i thought it was going to go down at that moment, so that's why i jumped and swam. >> sully sullenberger, now 72 and retired, did not attend the event. but he told people magazine, quote, my definition of success for that flight was complete. absolute had even one person perished, i would have considered it a tragic failure. >> what an amazing day that was. well, still ahead. could gas prices be going back up again? we'll tell you why. some analysts fear that may be the

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evacuate yesterday as a swarm of small earthquakes indicated an imminent eruption. the eruption was the second in less than a month with lava bursts through the fish through two fissures. is now to the latest on the conflict in the red sea. >> today, us officials announced that a houthi ballistic missile struck an american cargo ship today. it caused minor damage and fortunately, no injuries. but the ongoing attacks are creating concern that gas prices could soon be on the rise as oil tankers begin avoiding that area. reporter jenn sullivan has the details. reporter the sound of uk fighter jets lifting up part of a us led effort to go after houthi militants based in yemen, backed by iran.

>> these militants, who say they're taking revenge for israel's war on hamas in gaza, have been attacking container ships in the red sea since november. it's one of the world's most important trade routes. the violence has forced commercial shipping companies to avoid the area, and now oil companies are following suit. >> what you're seeing is a number of those oil tankers are no longer traversing the red sea. >> oil prices are already starting to tick higher. on friday morning, u.s. crude climbed as much as 4.5% to $75.25 a barrel. >> we see that the shipping is more restricted in the red sea. the price of oil is going up. >> gas prices remain relatively low for now, according to triple a, the national price of gas was $3.07 on monday, but low prices may not be around for long. >> we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single day, and that will certainly have a an effect on price, summer says roughly 18 million barrels of

oil travel every day through what's known as the strait of hormuz. >> but the situation in the red sea is so tenuous that oil tankers and commercial ships are taking a totally different route all the way around the cape of good hope in south africa. that adds days to the journey. energy prices could spike and so could the price at the pump. for consumer watch, i'm jenn sullivan, us military forces are set to deploy to the region of japan, hit hardest by a new year's day earthquake. >> details of the mission are expected to be revealed tomorrow . more than 220 people are confirmed to have died in the quake, which destroyed thousands of homes and other infrastructure in the isolated noto peninsula, authorities have been warning survivors to guard against freezing temperatures with heavy snow hitting the area in recent days. >> is all right. coming up, we're halfway through january and if you're one of those people abstaining from alcohol, there's one place in san francisco you may want to know about. we're going to take you to ocean beach cafe. find out

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wherever you are. it is dry january, a time when some people try to abstain from alcohol, and that means many bars around the bay area are creating specialty mocktails. >> but in san francisco, one restaurant is master ing the nonalcoholic beverage experience. all year. here's a look at ocean beach cafe. have an adult nonalcoholic cocktail that is the apollo's champagne sour. >> when i describe ocean beach cafe, it just sounds like, oh, it's just a cafe. it's much, much more than a cafe. are uh- are looking to drink less alcohol. it's products like this that's really helping out in that pursuit. this is one of

the first nonalcoholic bars in the world, and that's owned by bartender and a food and beverage professional. i really like that aspect of it because hospitality, service experience like the activity of going to a social space to have drinks shaken up for you and in pretty glasses, that's that's the whole thing. and it's just amazing thing to get to get to do that. now it's still in the food and beverage industry, still bartending, but under completely different circumstance. it's been amazing. we go the best in the nonalcoholic beverage world. yes, there is amazing nonalcoholic wine out there. i brewed a lot of beer in my time, so i really geek out on the beer selection and the adaptogens, elixirs, functional elixirs, the stuff that may they pick you up a little bit, de-stress you a little bit, wind you down a little bit. they actually have a function to

them, and they're not trying to copy the alcohol world. that's the stuff i really like to focus on because that's the new stuff. and where the industry is really moving into, it's this flavor profile that, like you've never tasted before and it's absolutely delicious. so the industry did really start out like trying to copy or have analogs to the alcohol world. nonalcoholic whiskeys. mezcals gins. i do have some of them in here, but i'm much more focused on things that are actually going to do something for the customer. the three spirits number one sellers, something to pick you up, something to make you feel a little more social with the damiana and b vitamins. then they have a nightcap as well, which what it means for like the way that we socialize in the future. it's absolutely going to shift that as millennials and gen z is drinking less these are the things that we can do now and we will be doing. i left hawaii several times to bartend in

other cities. i chose bartending as a career. at 26, i really got into liquor, beer, and wine, and i was fascinated by it. i wanted to learn all about it and just try and drink every bottle. but but that wasn't a very healthy pursuit. the hangovers. and in the mid 30s and it just it became something else and it wasn't as much of my character. and i was like, this has got to stop. i took a year off drinking late 2019 and 11 months later this happened because i had no hangovers and i was really productive. i picked up my first nonalcoholic craft ipa and drank it. i was like, it's on. we should did not think that three years ago. um, it could be quite like this. it's been it's been really special. there is still times

i'm just like, huh? like i own a cafe, but it's a nonalcoholic bar and uh- and bottle shop and that is one of the biggest subjects in food and beverage in bars and restaurants right now for the world. and like, that's what we're doing here. and it's what gets me up in the morning for sure. >> good for him. that's great. >> that is really neat. yeah. we should check that place out. i know right. >> all right. >> well, i've been wanting something warm lately because it's been cold out. yeah, exactly. >> spencer's back with the forecast. reggie actually, it's going to get a little bit warmer later this week, but it's going to be raining and getting warmer at the same time. here's a look at what's going on right now on our satellite radar. composite image. you can see the clouds getting closer and the moisture. so rain is on the way. it's going to make an early morning arrival. right now though, everything is calm out there. the wind is very calm with wind speeds under ten miles per hour and the 24 hour temperature

change shows that it's a little bit chillier than ama might like. uh, 2 to 4 degrees cooler than at this time last night, but we'll get some milder weather later in the week. right now we're looking at over san francisco where it's 52 degrees. also 52 in hayward, oakland, 5051 at san jose and mid to upper 40s at san mateo and half moon bay. looking along the bay bridge from emeryville. all the temperature readings right now 47 at both concord and livermore, 43 at santa rosa and fairfield, napa 44 and 39 in petaluma. these are our forecast headlines. we'll see increasing clouds tonight during the overnight hours. then tomorrow afternoon and evening rainfall will develop. it looks like the evening commute is going to be a wet and messy one. and for the coming weekend, heavy rain is possible as there will be several days of rain later in the week. the approaching storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale is a level one storm. a storm of light intensity by tomorrow afternoon, we expect to see light rain and showers with some isolated downpours in the late afternoon and evening hours. here's the forecast animation starting at 5

a.m, at which point we expect it to be dry. but by 9 a.m. we'll see a few little pockets of showers moving into the north bay. those showers will expand across the north bay mainly, and down toward the golden gate. uh- approaching the midday hours, but then in the afternoon and evening, look out for some much more widespread, steadier and heavier rain and some localized downpours just in time for the evening commute, which will probably be a slow and messy one. but this storm sort of winds down by late tomorrow night and going into early wednesday morning should be all over by then, leaving rainfall totals ranging generally from about a quarter of an inch to about a third of an inch overnight. low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 40s. high temperatures tomorrow will be in the upper 50s to about 60, mainly, but up in the north bay where it will be raining. it won't get quite that mild. we'll see mainly mid 50s up there for high temperatures. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast level one storm tomorrow, followed by two mainly dry days and a little bit milder on wednesday. and thursday, but mostly cloudy so not the most

uh- not not the brightest skies we've ever seen. then later in the week, friday, our next level one system moves in and the rain will continue into saturday. mainly lightrillionain friday and saturday, but sunday we expect some heavier rainfall. still though, a level one storm and another level one on monday. so again, the level one storms are storms of light intensity, but their impact could be significant if it rains four days in a row. sure >> okay. thanks, spencer. all right. >> it is almost closing time for the ice rink in san francisco's union square today is the final day of skating at the rink until the holiday season next year. the rink opened for the holidays on november first. today, dozens of families and kids took the opportunity to enjoy one final skate. the rink closes in just about an hour at 11:00. >> the postal service is getting some negative response to this year's lunar new year stamp. our news partner, the san francisco standard, reports many people in san francisco's chinese american community are upset with the year of the dragon design. some

say it doesn't evoke happiness or good luck and doesn't look like a dragon, but more like a monkey or a cow. the postal service says there is often a variety of interpretations and it always welcomes suggestions from the public. >> all right, coming up, warriors forward draymond green was back on the floor with his team tonight after missing 16 games. but was he able to help them pull out a win. we'll have details just ahead. >> this is abc. 724 seven. >> in san francisco live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. yeah you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are. we are, we are we are we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app. join us and start watching

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at 1030. then join us for abc seven news at 11. >> all right. the warriors welcome back. a critical part of their team today. the return of draymond green. green was back on the court for the team's matchup against the memphis grizzlies. his first action since serving a suspension for striking another player back in december. they really cracked down hard on him. missed 16 games. draymond finished with seven points, had seven rebounds. not bad for his return back. not great, but he did okay. however, it wasn't enough to help the warriors pick up a win tonight. they lost to the grizzlies 116 107. the 75th annual emmy awards aired this evening. >> succession nearly swept the major drama categories tonight with 27 nominations. the show took home the award for best drama series, and ali wong won best actress in a limited series for her role on netflix. beef

also, abc's abbott elementary star quinta brunson won best actress in a comedy series. she's the first black woman actor to win the award since 1981. next up, the oscar nominations, which will be announced next tuesday, january 23rd. you can tune in here to abc seven news to watch. >> that's going to be interesting. oscar time already. all right. that is this edition of abc seven news for spencer christian. all of us here. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz wheel of fortune and jeopardy. >> our next we will see you again at 11:00. enjoy this nice look outside.

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