latest on the investigation. >> 33370 dow avenue shots fired. who are you hit? >> i got hit in there. >> that was the call that came in after that. alameda county sheriff's deputy was shot. deputies were trying to serve an eviction notice at a unit in a union city business park wednesday, when they were fired at. one deputy was shot in the arm and taken to a local trauma center with non-life threatening injuries. >> recovering. he's still in the hospital. he is in good spirits. union city police have taken the lead on the investigation. >> they didn't say much about possible suspects the day of the shooting and now in a thursday press conference, they revealed that they tried to negotiate with the suspects for several hours. they eventually got search warrants approved and our swat team members made entry into the into the business and located two um subjects who were deceased. >> um, those two subjects were believed to be involved in the shooting of the deputy investigators say that no deputies or officers fired

weapons at the scene. >> at first, officials said both suspects were killed by self-inflicted injuries but later walked that back, saying that the deaths are still under investigation. the two people, a man and a woman, were believed to be in some kind of relationship. no business license matches the address of the shooting. police say the couple may have been using the building as a residence. >> it's a business dwelling with that which may have contained some sort of, uh, um, converted living space. >> a business owner next door to the unit had his glass door and window shattered. in the process of the investigation, as he worked to clean up, he told us that he didn't know who had been next door. so do you know what kind of business was run out of there or anything? or if it was a business? >> i don't know anything. >> the alameda county sheriff's office did confirm that the eviction was for failure to pay rent, and eviction. >> that process that started in early november of 2023. the notice was posted to that dwelling on january 14th, and the deputies were there yesterday to serve that eviction

notice. >> investigators say the deputies shot was a five year veteran. his name is not being released as the investigation into what happened continues in union city. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> a second body has been recovered in that deadly plane crash off the coast of half moon bay. the coroner has identified the body as 26 year old oakland resident cassidy ray pettit, an obituary published online says pettit and her fiance, 27 year old loki ferry, died on january 14th when their plane crashed. isaac zimmerman and emma pearl wilmer chiles were the other couple on board at the time. federal investigators say the small airplane was a home built plane. the cause of the crash still under investigation. >> in san leandro, police were able to stop two suspects trying to steal an atm. it happened early this morning at the wells fargo on lewelling boulevard. you can see what's left of the damaged atm is now covered in black tarp. officers say when they got to the scene, they saw two suspects trying to remove

the atm, and then they took off. when police got there and the suspect still have not been captured in the north bay, a longtime nonprofit helping unhoused people and low income families is breaking ground now on a new facility. >> the ritter center in san rafael will soon expand its reach with medical care and social services at a new, larger location. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has more on what it means to a community. hey. san rafael mayor kate colin taking the first swings at demoing the walls of this former office building. >> the groundbreaking a big step for the ritter center, a nonprofit which has assisted unhoused and low income folks for the past 43 years. >> look around at the walls that will be disappearing. look around at each other because we are on this journey together as a community. >> so obviously it'll all look different once we do construction. but you can sort of get a sense, right? people will come in. >> ceo mark shotwell giving tours of the new digs after a lengthy renovation, ritter is

moving into this 14,000 square foot facility on a street providing wraparound services to those in need. it's replacing the existing location on ritter street, where a small yellow victorian and several portable buildings have served clients for decades. >> here we'll be able to have medical, behavioral health services, food pantry, all of our housing assistance that we do for people all under one roof. >> it's all about having a safety net. that is as robust as possible. and this is going to provide critical services for folks that are housing insecure or can't get medical appointments. >> shotwell says the new center will be able to serve 2000 more clients by 2028, but getting people into permanent housing remains a priority. >> since 2017, we've ended homelessness for over 700 people. the most vulnerable homeless in marin county 94% of those people are still housed. >> ritter says 1100 people in marin remain unhoused. ritter's current facility sits in one of

the lowest spots of downtown in san rafael. that's a problem in the wintertime because when it rains, it floods here. back in 2021, storms left ritter underwater, forcing the food pantry to close temporarily. the new facility sits higher with better flood control. >> i'm from the east coast. i got to california on december 13th. >> bruce tucker is unhoused. he's getting assistance from ritter and is looking forward to using the new facility they're helping a lot of people and they are kind of, um, crowded here on most days. >> uh, yeah. they need a little more space to so they can help more people, ritter says. >> it's collecting donations for the $14 million expansion construction should be complete by the end of 2024. in san rafael, cornell, bernard abc seven news volunteers hit the streets in san mateo and alameda counties today, conducting the federally mandated point in time count of the unhoused population in some 450 volunteers, fanning out all across oakland, counting the number of individuals living

in encampments and their own vehicles, the count is conducted every two years. >> the last count in february of 2022, revealed more than 3300 unhoused people in oakland. >> we do anticipate seeing some growth, but we're very excited about validating that number so that we can draw down the resources from our state, county and our federal partners. >> all in all, there were more than 9700 unhoused people in alameda county and 1800 in san mateo county. at the time of the last count back in 2022, oakland is facing another disappointing headline today. >> violent crime rose 21% last year. that's according to the new citywide crime report robberies, burglary and vehicle thefts all increased as well. that comes as oakland nears one year without a police chief or permanent police chief. mayor chantel fired former chief leronne armstrong last february. an interim chief has led the department since then. in december, mayor tao rejected a list of three finalists submitted by the police commission, so the process of

finding a new chief had to start over again. >> i do believe that the city of oakland deserves the best of the best, and if we can just name one person to be chief of the police department and think that, you know, crime is going to go away, that's not how it works. we have to ensure that we have the right person in this role, will open recruitment for a new chief is happening now. >> february is the evaluation period and on march 1st the final names will be sent to mayor tao and she'll decide whom to hire. >> a show of support today for a ballot measure in san francisco that would give police more authority to track and pursue suspects. mayor london breed, speaking in favor of proposition e on the march ballot. prop e would give police more leeway in vehicle pursuits. clear the way for drones to monitor specific crimes and allow license plate readers and public safety cameras in high crime areas. the mayor, addressing privacy concerns. >> i can't have a private moment. you know, heaven forbid i take my wig off when i go to

get my hair done. like it's like i got the mayor on on video taking off her wig. there's no privacy. everyone has a cell phone. everyone has recording devices, everything. like there are cameras everywhere, you know? why can't other people do it? and the police department can't. >> the american civil liberties union of northern california is a main opponent of this measure. >> we've reported on the exodus from san francisco center extensively, but is there light at the end of the tunnel? a new management group is promising to keep it open, even with numerous big businesses leaving. it's currently at about 50% occupied. i spoke with kevin nguyen from our media partners, the san francisco standard, about the plan to draw people back. >> the message from the custodians were that, hey, this mall is here to stay. it's open. our job here is to preserve the cash flow until this mall could be sold off to a new owner. so they're going to invest in more security. and also they're thinking about bringing events and live programing to the mall

to activate those spaces. again, this year. >> five stores have already announced they are going to be closing permanently. >> coming up on abc seven news at four pothole problems. did you know you can make a claim if a pothole damages your car? uh, you might not want to even bother. we'll tell you what we found out. another new investigation of autonomous car company cruise and later navigate those controversial navigation centers. do they really make a difference or do they cause more harm than good? >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. soak up the sun while it lasts. because we will have a stormy pattern. return before you know it. i'll be back with those details coming up. when?

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to vehicles caused by potholes spiked last year, but so far caltrans has approved less than 1% of those claims. abc seven news investigative reporter melanie woodrow digs into the data. >> reporter obviously, it's a busy monday morning, as always, going down six 8-80 i basically saw a large lump of concrete fly out of the road, hit my front wheel as i managed to swerve and try and avoid it, ripping the tire apart and, uh, damaging the rim. it was loud. it was like a huge crash under the car on july eighth, 2019, simon harrison

says a pothole on 680 caused more than $1,000 worth of damage to his brand new mini. >> i think my heart was just racing a bit of an adrenaline rush on a monday morning prior to having coffee. he filed a claim with caltrans for the damage and wasn't alone. >> multiple cars have been hit. that morning. we were about eight of us pulled over with the chp writing up reports as the road was just disintegrating at that point. >> but on september 10th of that same year, he received a letter from caltrans saying the california department of transportation had determined it's not liable and rejected his claim. >> how did i feel? i think frustrated. uh, this is bureaucracy at its finest. >> abc seven news data journalist filed a records request with caltrans to get a better look at how many claims the agency is approving and how many it's denying. a little more than five months later, the numbers were in from 2020 to mid 2023. only 177 bay area claims were approved, 4803 were denied, with approximately 2650 still pending. in essence, less than

4% of the claims filed during that time were approved. why are the percentages so low? >> we're trying to settle it out . if the evidence is there. >> hector chinchilla is a public information officer for caltrans people have the right to make a claim if they feel that something in the road or caltrans related caused them. >> some harm or some cost. >> the number of bay area caltrans claims under $10,000 spiked in 2023, and that same year, the something in the road was potholes. in 2023, 90.3% of the claims in the bay area under $10,000 mentioned potholes as well. >> we definitely saw last year was historic rains. the condition of the road was such that it was crumbling. >> it was crumbling all the time . >> but while caltrans invites drivers to apply for reimbursement, if a pothole damages your car on a state road , it doesn't appear they're paying very many of the claims they receive going through our process. >> this is not just a courtesy to the public, but also to our

court system, one that doesn't feel particularly courteous to drivers like harrison in his rejection letter, stated he had six months to file a court action on the claim. >> but he says when he called caltrans, he was discouraged from filing in small claims court and told caltrans would fight it, and the judge would rule in caltrans favor. i cannot speak to the claims office and what they told them, but again, they still have the right to follow that process if they want to. but it seems not many people do. caltrans tells abc seven news in 2022, district four received approximately 1028 claims, and of those, only nine people pursued their case in small claims court and only two of the nine won their case. i asked caltrans why harrison's claim was denied. caltrans told me it does not comment on specific cases. >> it really doesn't surprise me that they would deny the claims. they, as i say, they are the adjudicator for their own claims. that cannot be a good thing. >> we have to trust the process that is being that is being done

fairly. >> unfortunately, the people we're talking to do not trust the process. and what is your response to that? >> i mean, see, okay, that's where i'm confused. so trust the process. it's i mean, i don't have a note for that. >> chinchilla later reiterated that if you don't agree with the decision that caltrans uh- claims department made, you're able to take it to small claims and have it be heard under a judge. >> ultimately, harrison paid out of pocket to repair his own car and that was that. >> thank you, caltrans, for the i-team. >> melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> it's so frustrating. >> you cannot keep up. >> well, yeah, i mean, the rain last year destroyed the roads. but but here's the thing. i can see caltrans. i mean, you can't just pay out everybody's claim, but but if you if you're the driver, what what are you going to hold a camera outside. you know of your of your car window to have that to show that you went into like, i mean, how do you prove that?

>> and then you run into a problem with but officer, really, i was just trying to protect myself. >> that's a whole other. yeah consequence. yeah. i don't know that there's an easy solution to this no good situation. >> yeah. all right. >> the department of justice and the securities and exchange commission are now investigating cruz, the autonomous car company owned by general motors. the investigation follows october's incident in which a cruz vehicle dragged a pedestrian about 20ft in san francisco. cruz paused all operations on public roads in november after the dmv revoked the company's permits. cruz says it's fully cooperating in all investigations, and mountain view based waymo wants to expand its driverless car service to the peninsula and the south bay. right now, the robo taxis operate only in san francisco. waymo has filed paperwork with the state puc to expand into sunnyvale, palo alto, mountain view and san mateo, as well as los angeles. the request comes as san francisco is suing to try to rein in the expansion of robo taxi services in the city. all right, let's turn to the

forecast. >> sunny. beautiful all i'm anticipating the skies as bright as your dress on sunday at 330 in santa clara. for a little game. >> a little game that i think will be drier than the last little game. >> yeah, that's absolutely right. >> it is going to be bright and sunny and soaked in sunshine and santa clara with a temperature in the low 70s. yeah. larry and kristen, i think it's going to be a beautiful day for the game. it is certainly gorgeous right now. from our mount tam cam you can see some blue skies there. high, thin, wispy clouds are coming in ahead of another system from our south beach camera filtered sunshine right now. upper 50s san francisco, oakland, 62, in san jose and 58 degrees right now in san mateo. here's a live view from walnut creek camera, and certainly some sunshine there as well. 59 in santa rosa, low 60s from napa to concord to livermore on live doppler seven, you can see the increase in the cloud cover. there are a few radar returns off the coast, but that's not going to come into the bay area

just yet. look at the storm system. it is a strong storm, but the energy with this is going to go well to our north into the pacific northwest and far northern california. we're going to get scraped by the tail end of it. so tomorrow, in the following day, the north bay has a possibility of a few showers. here are the headlines tomorrow. on saturday, cloudier. slight chance in the north bay. sunday. warmer with possible records. yeah, you heard right. and the middle of next week. it does turn stormy once again, so be ready for that as we go. hour by hour increasing clouds by 9 p.m. pretty much most of you are looking at cloudier conditions as we head towards tomorrow morning. there may be a few showers in the north bay. you will notice the clouds continue to stream in and saturday around 1230. once again, that opportunity for a shower or two. this is not a game changer. so if you do have plans outside, just have the umbrella handy. could be a few sprinkles in the southern part of our viewing area late saturday night. when you look at the rainfall

projections, though, only measurable rain is expected in the northern part of our viewing area and even that is very light. ukiah will pick up more, which is about a third of an inch morning temperatures in the 40s and the 50s. it certainly will be cloudier. and then tomorrow afternoon you're looking at mostly cloudy to cloudy skies. temperatures in the 50s and 60s, but considering how foggy it was this morning across parts of the bay area, it turned out to be a nice day today. if you like what you saw today, then you're going to love sunday's weather, but it's going to be warmer. look at these projected temperatures, 60s 70s, particularly in the southern part of our viewing area where the niners will be playing. it is going to be in the 70s. even monday is still pretty mild to warm a look at the accuweather seven day forecast, and it does feature the mostly cloudy skies tomorrow. mild conditions though. saturday chance in the north bay. it is going to be a warm day for the niners nfc championship game against the lions on sunday. low to mid 70s for our warmest spots. still

above average on monday and then tuesday night we have a chance of some showers. certainly wednesdays are two and thursday's a one. and really kristen and larry get ready for a stretch of wet weather beginning on tuesday. going all the way through possibly the first week of wow, she's given us like three days. yeah, it's winter. >> okay. >> we've been warned. enjoy it while you can. enjoy the sun. thank you. sandhya >> contra costa county is already thinking about fire season today it announced it received a $3 million grant from cal fire to create a fuel break that spans parts of lafayette and walnut creek. the money will go to the contra costa county fire protection district to help clear nearly 270 acres to prevent wildfires. >> we have the funding we have incredible hand crews back there. we are able to get this work done and i'm just very, very excited because with this wet winter we seem to be having, we know that come spring and summer, there is going to be

fuel up there that really needs to be mitigated. >> the goal is to complete this project by the end of next year. coming up, coming home. >> we'll take you to jared goff's north bay hometown as the lions quarterback gets ready to try to take down the 40 niners this weekend, and a bizarre new trend eating fried toothpicks. >> yum. >> why you really don't want to

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us against the country's response to the october 7th hamas terrorist attack that killed 1200 and left 240 others in captivity. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more on what hayward is doing. >> item passes for three. thank you. >> in a historic vote, the city of hayward becomes the first city in the united states to divest from companies that invest in israel. because of its response to the october 7th attack. >> these are companies that are either, you know, contracting directly with the state of israel or their illegal occupation of the west bank. >> alexis villalobos is an organizer with hayward community coalition. the four companies they targeted are caterpillar, intel, chevron, and hyundai. >> similar to the divestment that worked to pressure apartheid south africa to dismantle the apartheid system, there to divest from israel. >> hayward city council is not

allowed to take a stand on international issues, so activists organized around the global bds movement, which uses boycotts, divestment and sanctions to protest israeli actions in palestinian territories. >> yesterday, first thing in the morning, uh- staff called our investment portfolio manager to have those companies removed. i disagreed with that. >> hayward mayor mark salinas voted against the motion. he says there was no time to review vet or analyze the policy before voting. he adds the vote is not an endorsement of the bds movement, and it can be reversed if we find our good practices and good corporate responsibility uh, then absolutely, we're going to reinstate them in the scheme of things, $1.6 million may not seem like a lot of money, and maybe it isn't, but the symbolic importance of it, i think, is huge. george bisharat is professor emeritus at uc law, san francisco. he says unlike nonbinding cease fire

resolutions, this is a tangible action that could have a snowball effect. he points to the current bds boycott of starbucks in the middle east. >> the boycott was called against it, and it had real impact in the arab world in particular, more than 30 states have anti-bds legislation, including california. >> but villalobos says they will continue to fight, confident that the people of hayward will stay organized and continue to stand with the people of palestine and make sure that their tax dollars are not being used in a way that oppresses the people of palestine. >> we will find a way to make it stick in hayward, anser hassan abc seven news. >> a vote today will determine if nearly 20,000 student assistants at csu campuses will unionize. if approved, this would create the largest undergraduate student employee union in u.s. history. today's vote comes after student assistants submitted a petition for the union election last april. right now, most student assistants make minimum wage and have few benefits. >> the controversy surrounding those navigation centers in san

francisco. terrible. >> i don't understand it. do you want me to talk, or do you want to yell? >> our neighbors clearly don't want them. but do they really bring down the neighborhood? would you say that the community here is more involved in what happens in the surrounding areas than other places would be? >> abc seven news reporter liam melendez looks at the good. the bad just

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move some of the homeless into permanent housing and begin building a better bay area. >> now, navigation centers have always been controversial. >> opponents argue that crime goes up and property values go down when one is built in their neighborhood. >> abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez, joining us now with a closer look at those centers and the impact they have. >> yeah, so we looked at the numbers and found the opposite to be true. so that's positive. now in the case of one of the navigation centers, the city had to prove to neighbors that by just being there, it would be able to reduce homelessness in the area. it was august 2019. a surveillance camera caught a resident of a building near san francisco's embarcadero being attacked by a homeless man with mental health issues. the timing could not have been worse, as the city had announced just several months before that. a navigation center for the unhoused would be built just a few paces from where the attack occurred. >> terrible. i don't understand it. do you want me to talk, or

do you want to yell? >> a battle ensued between residents of the south beach and rincon hill neighborhoods, and city hall, arguing that the navigation center would bring in more homeless and attract crime and more drug use. it turns out it never did any of those things . let's compare crime incident report in that area before the navigation center opened with the most recent incident reports provided by san francisco police. it turns out the neighborhoods with navigation centers like the rest of san francisco, have seen crime go down. some of the residents overlooking the bay and the courtyard of the navigation center have also argued that they've been financially affected. >> the people that own here in this condominium probably lost about 15% of their value of their home, according to the data. >> residents here have lost 13 to 15% of their value, but they can't blame the navigation center because as every neighborhood in san francisco has seen a similar or higher

decline drug use at this nearby open space area has always been a problem. but today there's less of it because crews from the navigation center come out every two hours to clean the surrounding area while asking those who are loitering to move on. >> if there is an issue with an unsheltered individual in crisis , or perhaps some trash or something happening around the perimeter of the facility, we can respond to it and see how we can help. if somebody is overdosing, we'll administer narcan. >> the center told us in the past four years, narcan an has been administered to 170 people, either inside or outside the facility. five keys is the nonprofit running the center with 197 beds. currently the staff at the center meet with local residents every three months to make sure any complaints and concerns from neighbors are addressed. there's also a hotline where neighbors can call the navigation center directly 24 over seven, so would

you say that the community here is more involved in what happens in the surrounding areas than other places would be? >> in my experience, they are more involved. yes. okay. and that's a good thing. >> i put it puts pressure on you guys. >> oh for sure, we're being held accountable. just like we want to be held accountable. we're accountable to the community and having somebody hold you accountable is not a bad thing. >> it's not always the case at other navigation centers, where it's nearly impossible to control what happens on the outside. take a look at the navigation center at division circle on south van ness avenue under the on ramp. this one is run by the nonprofit saint vincent de paul. the area has long been a site for tent encampments, loitering and garbage. this is a mixed use neighborhood comprised of mainly businesses and a few homes. oddly enough, some of the businesses we spoke to didn't even realize that this huge white tarp with beams was a navigation center. still, they told us they've seen fewer

people sleeping in front of their buildings. >> that's gotten better because sometimes we would come into the office and there would be somebody sleeping up against the bricks or, um, up against the gate. but now there's almost none of that. >> navigation centers were created as a way to provide services on site while helping people find permanent housing. the goal was to make that transition within 90 days. our out of tents, off the streets and into permanent housing. >> but the pandemic drastically delayed those outcomes. >> for example, in the past four years, the center on the embarcadero has only been able to place 160 people in permanent housing. san francisco mayor london breed says the city needs more navigation centers, saying they should be built in every neighborhood. but that hasn't happened. so you have a question of the city as to why they don't have more of these navigation centers. let's say in pacific heights all the time.

>> and i think the answer is the opposition and well-organized communities and their ability to put the brakes on projects. >> but that same community, you know, tried to put the brakes on you. >> they did. unfortunately, there was also a vacant lot that was large enough to fit a facility that can serve 190 people on a daily basis. >> recently, when the navigation center's lease was up for renewal, not a single resident challenged them. one can argue the center has been able to appease most neighbors for now, but they seem to be helpful and helpful with people who are in crisis on the street. >> so i'm really glad that it's here and that people are having more of a kind heart and have accepted it so the city leases that land for $37,000 a month. >> now it's owned by the port and will eventually be used to build housing once they come up with a plan that center will have to close. so that center is not going to be there forever. and i think a lot of people,

including the city, are very disappointed that they haven't been able to place more people into permanent housing. but the pandemic had a lot to do with that. >> sure. so, i mean, this is your classic nimby scenario. yeah yes. we want to help the homeless people, but not next to my house. right yeah, yeah. >> true. >> it's hard to change minds, you know? yeah. interesting story. thanks, liane. >> all right, coming up, more adults than ever are not leaving the nest. oh boy. >> it's like go, go. >> yes, and a pinch of salt, perhaps in your tea or coffee.

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adult children. the report by the pew research center found that a third of young adults between 18 and 34 are still living with a parent. many of those still have student debt, however, young adults are more likely to have degrees and earn more money than their parents did 30 years ago. but when you first come out of college, you get all this debt that you got to deal with. kristen, i don't know if you want to take the floor at this point and send a message to your kids as to what the future will be for them. >> um hum. i mean, your kids are a little older. mine are, you know, legitimately still being somewhat supported by their parents. but i will say that can't go on forever. and but i do think the fact that even if

they're making more money got more degrees, but they're still kind of coming home and ask for help and staying around is because things are more expensive to like. who can afford to buy a house, even if they're making more money and have good jobs? it's a hard, you know, getting a house these days here, you know that. sandya. oh, absolutely. >> i mean, the cost of living has gone up, but kristen, larry and karina, i mean, in my situation, i guess you can call me a softie. i told my kids they can come back and live with us for as long as they want. and my husband goes, don't you dare threaten me like that. >> you better work that out. yeah yeah, it's a little too early for corrina, corrina. >> you had a long time. >> no, no, no, this guy's out at 18. done >> all right, your turn. >> all right. i'll take this. the iconic tutu skirt from the opening credits of sex and the city is worth a whole lot of money. somebody paid $52,000 for the skirt worn by sarah jessica parker in the show. the skirt originally cost the costume designer on the show just $5. it was found in a bargain bin in manhattan's garment district. no

word yet on who bought it. but when they show up on instagram, getting all the likes, then i guess we'll know. >> so then it'll be worth that $52,000 or or not. >> well, yeah. >> i mean, if you get a lot of likes, then you could be an instant influence answer and put it out on tiktok and maybe they're going to have some shtick. they're going to do with wearing it. i mean, you could you could make up the money, but $52,000, i don't know. yeah, it's iconic though. i mean, it's in the opening. you know, thing that you see every time the show comes on and it's still on their, you know, their replaying it. so it's kind of cool. but 52,000, it's an investment. yeah. yeah sure. they could resell it. i'm sure they can auction it off for double right uh- now it'll bizarre new trend out of south korea. >> people there are deep frying and eating starch toothpicks. you heard that right. this trend went viral with people seasoning them with spicy flavors or cheese powder. however the

country's food ministry has warned people do not eat toothpicks. they are not an edible product. >> don't you mean regular wooden toothpicks? well, this is a starch toothpick, so that's edible, right? >> no, they're saying they're not edible. um but people are eating them. okay, well, and that's why they're being warned not to. i don't, i don't i, i how would anybody even think of that as an option? >> i'm glad they're just not eating them pointy. right. at least there there cooking them and making them more safe to eat. >> i was just thinking the opposite, that they should make him pointy because then you can pick your teeth at the same time while eating them and then eat it. wait, why would you even eat them? >> i don't get the draw. >> yeah, no, we don't understand any of this. i mean, maybe if you cook it long enough, it's. it's like spaghetti. i wooden spaghetti, i don't know, i don't know. >> we're reaching i don't know, but okay.

>> so let's talk about something much more edible and much less bizarre. um, even though it's a little unusual for some people, folks are getting salty over the quality of tea. some in the uk are boiling mad over what a us scientist claims makes the perfect cup of tea. that would be a pinch of salt. michel frankel says it's not enough to taste, but just enough to cut the bitterness. the us embassy even dove into the debate by claiming that salt is not part of us tea policy. i didn't know we had a tea policy. all right, so it's tasty thursday today. so we kind of are doing our own experiment and giving it a try. so what we got tea and coffee guys. is that what we have. and one with salt and one without salt. right. all right. ask for salt. >> wait. so two teas, one with salt, one without salt. >> yeah. so try the one without salt first and then compare the salt. >> and i can't believe i'm actually going to try one. so i just i just had the coffee regular coffee. >> this is the salted coffee. >> the salted coffee does have a little less.

>> it does cut the bitterness. >> right? >> i mean, i have to factor in my own level of bitterness, but that's a different thing. uh, sandy, you've got tea and karina, you've got tea. >> yes. >> both teas. what do you think? >> the salty is less bitter. but i kind of like bitter drinks. larry um. what? come on. my personal set herself up for you. larry. what a shock. >> i didn't want to do it again. uh, karina, what do you think? yeah. >> so it is less bitter, actually, i was expecting to taste a little bit of salt. you can't taste the salt, so i don't know how much we put in here, but not enough to taste it. yeah, but i grew up drinking tea. i mean, that's what we did in our household. even as kids. and you would never do that. i mean, that's just no. no sugar, honey, jam, anything but salt. and if you don't want it as bitter, you just don't leave the tea bag in as long, or you don't pour in as much of the tea with the hot water. but what if you want it strong, like in terms of

the flavor? karina okay, that's a good point, right? >> okay, i'll just throw one thing out there that's related to this, but not really. so himalayan salt. um, the idea nutritionists will say if you sprinkle some himalayan salt in water, it helps remove toxins from your system. so i don't know how much salt you'd have to use or whether it would work in the coffee or the tea, or may be too overwhelming, but that's out there as well. if you want to look at potential health benefits of salt. yeah, consumption. >> all right. wow. that's more discussion i thought we'd ever take with salt. but that's. >> yeah. yeah. how does baby like it does work though i know it's controversial to say, but it does work. >> it cuts the bittern

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represent his former team, the detroit lions. speaking of the lions, their quarterback jared goff, returning to the bay area to play against the team that he grew up rooting for, he wears 16, after all. abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke with his high school coach and teammates at cal about his journey. >> beloved by his teammates and fans, jared goff is one game away from playing in the super bowl, but in order to get there, he has to first beat a team he grew up supporting. jared is

from nevada and played high school football at marin catholic. he's one of the most famous alumni to graduate from the school. he made it look effortless. >> it was very smooth, fluid. athlete at. and at that point you could tell like, hey, this guy's got a lot of potential. he was the team's most valuable player in 2011 and 2012. >> his coach, matt moir, says goff took the program to new heights, setting all kinds of school records which still stand to this day. >> you can see it when he first got here, you know, when he was a freshman and you see him throwing the ball around and just, you know, look really easy. >> he went to cal and spent three years as the bears starting quarterback. he played so well. he became the top nfl prospect for his position in 2016. the los angeles rams made him the number one draft pick in 2021. the rams traded him to detroit this year. he led the lions to their first home playoff game in over 30 years. >> the kind of person it takes to have success at cal. um, it breeds you and it gets you ready

for what's next in life. and for jared, that's nfl and that's, you know, helping the detroit lions, uh, get to where they're at today. >> the last time the lions won a road playoff game was in 1957. it was against the 40 niners at kezar stadium. now 67 years later, they can do it again with the north bay native leading the way. >> the niners better bring it because jared goff is going to play. he's going to play very well. >> his hometown is ready for this sunday. finnegan's restaurant is one of jared's favorite places. the goff burger used to be the bomb burger and so you know i think in his time it seemed to be his favorite, uh, item on the menu, which is actually majority of the town's many here are 40 niners fans, but there is also a lot of love for the novato native. >> i'm still 40 niners fan, but i think if anybody deserves to be in the spotlight, it's god, i think a lot of people are rooting for him one way or the other. >> in the north bay, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> the 40 niners have hosted more nfc championship games than any other team. sunday will be

the 11th, but unlike last saturday's weather, when the niners had green bay packers slogged through cold and wet conditions sunday is expected to be a beautiful day. in fact, we should see the highest temperature of any championship game. the niners have hosted the previous high was just 58 degrees at kickoff. didn't sandy say we might be in the 70s or close to that 70 and sunny sounds delightful, especially with deebo samuel. >> perhaps healthy and weaving his way down the field. yeah. >> looking good at practice. yeah, yeah, yeah, san diego, what do you say? >> it's going to be a winning forecast, kristin and larry take a look at levi stadium's weather. mostly sunny. it's going to be warm at kickoff. 73 degrees. make sure you have your sunscreen. yeah, plenty of sun and then fourth quarter. still mild, fair skies. temperature of 64 degrees. so you will need your sunscreen. maybe a baseball cap. live doppler seven right now showing you increase in the cloud cover. there are some showers off the coast. you may see some in the north bay. the

next two mornings, but nothing major in terms of your high temperatures. tomorrow the sun will get dimmed by cloud cover, 50s and 60s. pretty comfortable in terms of your numbers. and then if you're looking for more rain. so here comes the next system. tuesday night. chance of showers wednesday looks to be stormy across the region. of course, this is days out. thursday still wet. this is going to mean a rain snow mix in the sierra. and this pattern just keeps going. uh. so the first week of february looking wet as well. the accuweather seven day forecast, mild and cloudier tomorrow. slight chance of a few showers between tomorrow and saturday in the north bay. and for the niners game it's going to be warm. larry kristin. >> all right. thank you sandra. speaking of levi's stadium, it could keep its name for the next 20 years, if not longer. the niners and levi's just announced a proposed ten year extension to their partnership. that includes the naming rights. now, the name was already set through 2033, so this extension could keep it through 2043. the stadium authority board just needs to approve this at its next meeting on tuesday. and this comes as

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wine in napa. the lighted art festival is up and running and it's free. we spoke with two people involved in the project about the experience. we are very excited to have the light at art festival running in napa right now. >> it's also muster season you see in the visual behind me that beautiful yellow, um, magic carpet is blooming in napa and you can taste wine during the day and then stay for the evening, uh, and see the wonderful exhibits all over downtown napa, free and open to the public. very family friendly , um, and a really great opportunity to walk about downtown napa and see some incredible lighted art installations for the next 4 or 5 weeks. so we love having something fun to do in the evening, in addition to all the great things you can do during the day in napa valley. >> we love it. we love providing a little bit of entertainment and joy and otherwise, a street that people normally know. we always provide a little bit of surprise, so i think that's the imagination coming through when we make so really enjoy being

being at these festivals. there's there are 12, um, exhibits that will be there throughout the festival. >> we've got three that are extra special projection art that are up through this weekend. >> some cool looking stuff and worth checking out. you can get more information at visit napa valley.com. that's it for abc seven news at four, abc seven news at five is coming up next

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today, san francisco. mayor london breed made her case for the city ballot measure that would give police more authority to track and pursue suspect. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm karina nova. san francisco voters will soon decide a proposition that would empower the city's police department to use more aggressive tactics and tools, but