returning to the skies, alaska airlines is set to put those boeing 737 max nine jets back into service as soon as today. what it means for those flying out of sfo, then new overnight, a death investigation in the parking lot of a major shopping center in the north bay. >> and king charles admitted to the hospital overnight. >> how long he's expected to be there. and the familiar face in the same hospital. >> good morning to you. it's

friday, january 26th. >> a lot to get to this morning. we want to start with a check of our forecast. andrew good morning. >> so our dry weather continues today. but the clouds are thickening this morning. so today is a mostly cloudy day. the reason why we have a warm front that you can see moving on to the west coast. the bulk of this moisture associated with the warm front stays away from us. it's really aimed at the pacific northwest. what we're getting out of it is the cloud cover this morning, and that will linger tomorrow as well. temperatures right now were basically in the upper 40s to the lower 50s, 53 in the city, 49 in palo alto. good morning. 50 in concord, 51 right now in santa rosa. so we'll take a look at the forecast today. we'll keep it mostly cloudy throughout the entire day, but that warm front will allow temperatures above average will get you into the 60s for afternoon highs. but record warmth is coming our way for part of the weekend. we'll show you that coming up in about six minutes. let's say hi to gloria and see how the commute is going. >> good morning. so far, the commute is going pretty well out there, drew. and check out this live look from our bay bridge toll plaza camera right now. you

can see there are no waits at the pay gates. people are flowing through there, zipping through pretty quickly, and then the metering lights, they did flip on at 539, but it's not as busy as it usually is because of course, that lighter friday traffic. and right here, here's a look at your drive times for this morning. so far, the usual slow spot from tracy to dublin 33 minutes reggie aqui. >> thank you gloria. for the first time since a door panel blew off a plane, alaska says some of its boeing 737 max nine jets are ready for takeoff. if the planes to resume some flights today. abc seven news reporter lena howland live at sfo this morning. lena. >> reggie. good morning. many of those grounded 737 max. nine that have been grounded could be back in the air as early as today for alaska airlines, but that doesn't come without some added scrutiny from federal regulators. the faa put out its final instructions for airlines to make sure those planes are repaired and safe. that includes a 12 hour inspection process for airlines to inspect max nines,

the agency laying out an enhanced maintenance process which will require, among other things, an inspection of specific bolts, guide tracks and fittings, and detailed visual inspections of left and right mid-cabin exit door plugs. the agency says the process was developed by what they learned from inspections of 40 grounded planes. the ceo of alaska airlines telling nbc this week that many of the planes they inspected had loose bolts that are supposed to secure the door plug. >> each of the airlines will make sure that these four bolts are properly installed and tightened. boeing will be helping wherever necessary, but each of these airlines knows that their reputation is on the line to make sure that those airplanes are safe to fly. >> here's a look at some video boeing shared with us, showing a quality standdown happening inside of a 737 max nine production facility in washington state yesterday. boeing says thousands of workers paused work as the company held

work sessions to focus on quality and safety. meanwhile, united says they are preparing to put their 737 max nines back into service starting on sunday, and this issue is still being felt here at sfo with more than 45 cancellations so far this morning. live at sfo, lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right. thanks so much, nina. >> in the north bay, rohnert park police are investigating a deadly shooting in the parking lot of a shopping center. it happened at 630 last night, and the lot on golf course drive. there's a walmart and a see's candies in that shopping center. officers say when they got there, they found a man who'd been shot. they did cpr, but he died. police haven't released any details about a suspect. 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 that of 26 year old oakland resident cassidy ray pettit. pettit died along with her fiance, lochie ferrier, and two

other people. when they're plane went down january 14th. pettit and ferrier were just two weeks away from being married. federal investigators say it was a small home built plane. the cause of the crash is being investigated. police say the two suspects involved in the shooting of an alameda county sheriff's deputy in union city are dead. >> we first brought you the story yesterday morning. swat team officers discovered the bodies of a man and a woman inside a business on dow avenue overnight. after hours of negotiations. at first, police claimed both suspects died from self-inflicted injuries. but they later walked that back, saying the deaths are still under investigation. the wounded deputy is still recovered. >> oakland is facing another disappointing headline, according to the new citywide crime report, violent crime rose 21% last year. rob threes, burglaries, vehicle thefts all increased as well. it's coming as oakland is nearing one year without a permanent police chief. mayor shengtao fired former police chief laurent armstrong last february. an

interim chief has led that department since then. now in december, mayor tao rejected a list of three finalists submitted by the police commission, effectively restarting that process of finding a new chief. >> 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. >> open recruitment for a new chief is happening right now. february is the evaluation period. march 1st. the final names will be sent to mayor tao. she will then decide who to hire . this morning there's an update on the effort to recall mayor tao today. the recall campaign will take the next step, posting an official notice in a newspaper called the intercity express. organizers have formed a recall campaign committee. they plan to start collecting signatures next month and hope to gather 25,000 signatures to present to the city. a first

overnight, a new method of execution used for a death row inmate in alabama. the convicted murderer was put to death using nitrogen gas and gloria. the state says it's humane, but a lot of people disagree. >> kumasi critics of this method of execution have called it cruel and experimental. the supreme court rejected a bid to stop it late last night. justice sonia sotomayor writing a dissent, saying that alabama is using kenneth smith as a, quote, guinea pig. smith was on death row after being convicted of killing a preacher's wife in 1988, in a murder for hire plot. alabama made the decision to use nitrogen gas after their first attempt to execute smith by lethal injection was botched. smith's spiritual adviser witnessed the execution and described the moments when he died. >> she is one of the three methods of execution, so the inmates choose it then. that's the method we will use.

>> the office says there is no scientific evidence to prove that execution by nitrogen inhalation will not cause grave suffering. lawyers for the state of alabama have argued that the method is painless, with people becoming unconscious in a matter of seconds. however, smith appeared conscious for several minutes, and the execution lasted for 22 minutes. kumasi >> thank you, gloria. coming up, san francisco's mayor trying to give police more authority to track and pursue suspects. how she's addressing fears that the bill could violate privacy, then mission over one of the busiest nasa spacecrafts has to be retired. >> 608 this morning, a warm front has brought cloud cover back to the forecast. today that lingers tomorrow. but behind the warm front sunday sunshine is back and record warmth is possible. we'll take a look at how your friday

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in 2021, has flown its last flight on the red planet. the 4 pound ingenuity chopper has logged 72 flights over the past three years, traveling 11 miles. that is 14 times farther than. planned. images sent back to earth show the helicopter's rotor blades were damaged during its last landing, and they no longer operate. so nasa says the mission has been so successful it plans to add two mini helicopters to a future mars mission. oh that's a bummer, but at least the future is bright. >> we'll take it. live doppler seven, along with satellite, we have a pretty strong storm out in the pacific. the moisture, though associated with it, is really aimed at the pacific northwest. for us, we're just seeing the tail end of a warm

front that's adding cloud cover to our sky. today we will remain dry today, but the skies are pretty overcast. we'll get you into the upper 50s, lower 60s along the coast today around the bay shoreline. you can see it's just a pretty cloudy day. not nearly as bright, but that warm front allows us to get well into the 60s. this afternoon. inland, it's a similar sky, you see mostly cloudy and those temperatures going into the low 60s. now tomorrow we have the chance of an isolated shower. kumasi and then sunday temperatures are going to take off where records are possible. we'll detail your weekend coming up in about eight minutes. thank you. >> drew. still ahead, you can own a piece of designer clothing from a former san francisco mayor. and it all goes to a good cause. and when asked who's going on tour, justin timberlake says it's going to be may when he is coming to the bay area and we're heading to break right now and taking a live look outside at 612. we'll be

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would give police more leeway in vehicle pursuits. it would also clear the way for drones to monitor specific crimes and allow license plate readers and public safety cameras in high crime areas. now, opponents of this bill worry about privacy, and the mayor addressed that yesterday. 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 their 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. the city of hayward just became the first in the nation to pull investment from companies that invest in israel. it's a protest against the country's response to the october 7th hamas terrorist attack, where 1200 people were killed and 240 others were taken hostage. now, four council members voted yes on that motion. two others and the mayor voted no. now, the four companies targeted are the caterpillar, intel, chevron, hyundai. the mayor says there was no time to review, vet or analyze the policy before voting. and he adds, this vote can be reversed if we find what they're doing are good practices and good corporate responsibility. >> uh, then absolutely, we're going to reinstate them. >> 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 action in palestinian

territories. >> the department of justice and the security and exchange commission are now investigating the autonomous car company cruise. it follows october's incident where a cruise vehicle dragged a pedestrian ■about 20ft in san francisco after that pedestrian was hit by another car cruise paused all operations on public roads in november after the dmv revoked the company's permits. cruise says it is fully cooperating in all investigations. if you use bart to commute, the agency wants to save you money, according to our media partner, the san francisco standard. there's a proposal to consolidate fare payments. when you transfer between agencies. so, for example, you can take bart but then get a discount next on muni. or maybe you go to the east bay. you can get a discount on ac transit. bart hopes to start the program when the new clipper card system rolls out later this year. bart s board could vote on that proposal next month. >> on the same day, he released his new single, justin timberlake confirmed he is

getting ready for a world tour and his third stop is right here in the bay area. the grammy award winner announced the news yesterday. he also released his first single, self ish, off of his upcoming album i'm everything. i thought it was is set to come out march 15th. this is his first album since 2018. he will bring his forget tomorrow world tour to sap center month day may 6th. pre sales start tuesday morning at ten. we're going to be recovering from the lovers and friends concert. >> wait a second, is that half? >> are we doing this? >> yes we're doing this morning. >> yes. the presale is at 10:00. i have signed up. we should get the text. okay. >> you know, we're we're going to be in a meeting at that time. >> right. but you know what? i'm going to give you all the luck in the world. you are going to get them. okay >> are you not in on this. >> no, i already i, i have a friend's birthday that weekend that i already committed to with money and i said how good of a friend, how much money. >> why not?

>> that's the thing. it's not they're not just nonrefundable. uh. i know there's a lot that's a lot you have. may the fourth, you have cinco de mayo, you have justin. you've got lovers and friends, people are just out here making tours left, right and center. they are? >> yeah, like a lot going on. >> everybody is on tour. >> if he doesn't cry me a river from the set list, we protest at noon. >> oh, i do like that song i know, i know, i know, i know, but i do like that song. >> it is a good song, but maybe not for a show. right? and it's upbeat and everything, and you don't want to. yeah. that too. i know. but yeah, i know, but it's not like we didn't know that video was about her. >> i mean, right, literally her doppelganger in that video, we didn't know the trauma. you don't have to say what you did. i already know. what did she do? all right, let's talk about what happened. my goodness, this is a whole, whole nother debate right here. >> well, okay, let's take you to sfo this morning. >> it is quiet. we are dry today , but we have a lot of cloud cover out there thanks to a warm front. so it's a mostly cloudy

end to the week today. but that warm front is going to allow temperatures to go above average low and mid 60s for daytime highs. we'll keep the cloud cover tonight. you'll find those temperatures mainly in the low and mid 50s heading into the start of the weekend. now saturday those clouds are sticking around. here's future weather 8 a.m. it is a mostly cloudy morning out there. we do expect limited sunshine to start out the weekend. saturday evening. future weather is trying to bring us a light, isolated shower, but the bigger story is sunday. those clouds are out of here. the sunshine is back to finish out the weekend and those temperatures are really going to rise quickly in the wake of that warm front. here's a look at future tracker temperatures showing you on sunday. we're going into the 60s and mid 70s now. a lot of records on sunday are in the upper 60s and lower 70s, and that's where a lot of us are going to flirt for daytime highs. i think san jose is a really good chance of setting new records. even oakland santa rosa, it is just going to be a warm end to the weekend, which

means for the niners, we're flirting with record temperatures 73 degrees for kickoff under mostly sunny skies, but rain is back in the forecast. starting on wednesday of next week, and the pattern looks to get pretty active across the entire west coast, so we will see that rain return on the seven day forecast. here's a look at it. the aqua the seven day cloudy today and tomorrow record warmth possible on sunday . sunshine continues monday. then the clouds roll back here on tuesday. rain is here on wednesday. it is the level two moderate system with those showers continuing on thursday. gloria. well do you mentioned san jose a little bit ago? >> so why don't we go right to our san jose camera. this is our one on one camera in san jose. you can see that traffic is flowing smoothly right now in san jose. and then a look at our drive times throughout the area. you can see all of this green, which means we really don't have any slow spots right now except out of the central valley. but the usual friday pattern is that there are less cars on the road, and so less incidents to report. reggie >> thanks, gloria. now we're going to bring in ginger zee

with a look at what's happening on gma. >> hi ginger reggie kumasi. >> it's nice to be with everybody. so it's a friday. and of course we got to talk about whether you all have your own parade of storms and the dangerous stuff. but we've also got that serious flooding concern from the deep south to illinois this morning with flash flood emergencies because of ice jams. so we'll get into all of it. and the latest on the idaho student murders. the suspect is due in court and we are sitting down with the parents of kaylee goncalves. they're going to share their exclusive never before released images of her and we've got a football forecast for you getting you ready for sunday's big games. we also spoke to kylie kelce on what she really thought of jason's viral shirtless moment. there when molly ringwald, john cena and snoop dogg they're all in the program. we hope you'll join us. >> that's a good lineup. >> it is. >> uh- kumasi was talking. >> it really is about what she did with this hair today. >> yeah, i love it. i love the braid. it's giving. >> thank you. yeah >> it's fishtail. what she did

is she was waiting on this one and she waited for this dress. yes. because i have sometimes i have things hanging like in the queue. and she said you better be ready because i've got a fishtail for you. and it's like, reggie, i like the dress, the braids. >> i like the earrings. the double hoops. it's a look ginger. >> thank you. you know what? and the funny part is, i was all dressed together. and max colombo, who we talk about often, he's a meteorologist with us. he said that's very like all the prairie on the and i was like, do you mean little house on the prairie? and he was like, yes. and i said, all the prairie. i don't know about all the prairie, but the whole, all the prairie on the little, i think is what he said first. it's always a struggle. but we deciphered it and here we are. >> we got we got there. it's like playing the pyramid and the pyramid game. you eventually given up clues and you can finish the conversation. >> laura ingalls got it. >> laura ingalls laura ingalls wilder was that the name? oh, it's just laura ingalls. there's no wilder nice. there's no

wilder. >> i think it was in the writing. >> no, it's laura ingalls wilder. yeah. okay, good. phew. that's half a brain cell left. we will see you at seven. ginger and we'll be

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now at 630, brazen thieves rip off a south bay collectible shop, and the whole thing is caught on camera. >> new overnight the top un court demanding israel contain deaths and damage in gaza, but stopped short of ordering a cease fire and up close and personal, the not so baby shark that gave a diver a little nudge. >> this this video says it's too early. >> oh no, my heart. oh, no. >> that person was very calm. a much different space. >> am i the only one who doesn't want to swim with the shark?

>> my heart is really. >> oh, i thought you're gonna say you want to know. like kumasi. oh my gosh, i'm really just even watching that is making me a little. >> anyway. happy. >> hey, happy friday drew. >> good morning. we have another dry day. it's just a little different in terms of our sky condition. it's not as sunny as yesterday was. we have a lot of cloud cover rolling in. and the reason why live doppler seven along with satellite. there's a warm front that is moving in along the west coast. now, the moisture, the rain staying away from us to the north. what we're getting is the cloud cover out of this storm, and it's going to linger today and tomorrow. temperatures right now get you out the door. upper 40s to the lower 50s. mostly cloudy conditions throughout the day. we'll have some peeks and pokes of sunshine here and there, but the clouds really do rule the forecast today. but that warm front look at this getting us into the 60s later on this afternoon. but record warmth is possible over the weekend. we'll show you that coming up in nine minutes. let's say hi to gloria and see how the commute is going. good morning. >> well, we have an update for you on mass transit. if you take

the san francisco bay ferry, the departures today from san francisco to richmond have been canceled. so that's your latest update. we'll keep monitoring this for you today and see if there's any other updates on mass transit. kumasi gloria, new this morning, the united nations top court has ruled on south africa's allegations that israel is committing genocide in gaza. >> the international court of justice stopped short of ordering a cease fire, but it is demanding israel to try and contain the number of deaths there. the court decided not to throw out the case and ordered six provisional measures to protect palestinians in gaza. but this decision is just an interim one. it could take years for the full case to be considered. israel denies the accusation of genocide for the first time since a door panel blew off a plane, alaska airlines says it plans to safely resume flights of some of its boeing 737 max nine jets today. >> the faa, faa has cleared the way to do so, abc seven news reporter lena howland is at sfo. lena reggie.

>> with the first of their 737 max nine fleet, um, set to resume flying today. alaska airlines says that they will be adding more of these planes back into service every day as more inspections are completed and each aircraft is deemed worthy. all of this, following three weeks of investigations into that door plug that flew off the alaska airlines flight 6000ft into the air, effectively grounding nearly 200 of the boeing jets operated by both alaska and united and the faa and boeing sending out its final inspection instruction to the airlines to make sure those planes are repaired and safe. alaska says their first max nine flight will take off at 2:00 this afternoon from seattle to san diego. the airline says this grounding has cost them $150 million. >> it's for bolts properly installed, properly tightened, and if they're in and they're properly inspected, these airplanes are as safe as any

airplane in the sky. the fix is simple regaining the trust of the flying public is the harder part. >> and here's a look at some video boeing shared with us, showing a quality standdown when they shut down its entire 737 factory for 15 hours, mechanics, quality inspectors and engineers standing down to focus solely on quality control visually inspecting the work areas, alaska says they they expect inspections on their max nine fleet to finish up over the next week. meanwhile, united says they plan to put their 737 max nines back in the air, starting on sunday live at sfo. lena howland abc seven news. thank you, lena. >> today, one of the two suspects accused of carjacking and kidnaping in the east bay is expected to appear in court. 34 year-old el morro will be arraigned today. earlier this week, oakland police say he stole a car with a two year old

inside. surveillance video shows the suspect driving the child off near a warehouse complex in san leandro before driving away. police later found him and a second suspect at a bus stop in marin county. because the boy's mother left her phone in the car, she tracked it using the find my phone app. >> we're getting a look at a break in at a collectible store in san jose. tofu's trading. share the surveillance video from wednesday night of three people breaking in san jose. police officers responded. they say the suspects were already gone, and the store manager says the thieves took cash from the register and the actual register, and more than 35,000 pokemon cards each range from a buck to a few hundred dollars a special set of cards that is only released once a year comes out today. the store says the suspects most likely aren't aware of that rare collection. i don't think they were in the hobby necessarily because they didn't know what to take. >> a lot of stuff is releasing this week and we thought it was

funny or like, oh, these people don't realize that it released on friday, not like on wednesday at 2 a.m. the total cost of what they stole is still being calculated with insurance. >> we're getting a first look at a north bay nonprofit's new facility. san rafael mayor kate collins took the first swing, demolishing the walls of this former office building. the ritter center just broke ground on this new space that will provide expanded medical care and social services. it's replacing the existing location, which is a small yellow victorian house and several portables that 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. they say that this new center will be able to serve 2000 more clients by 2028. >> however, getting people into permanent housing is still the priority. construction should be done by the end of the year. >> volunteers are spread out around sonoma county. right now.

they're doing the annual point in time count. it's a homeless census taken on a single day, getting an updated count of the homeless population is critical for federal funding. here are some pictures from san mateo county. volunteers went out before dawn yesterday to take a tally of the homeless there. alameda county also did its count yesterday about 450 volunteers fanned out across oakland, counting the number of individuals living in encampments and vehicles. contra costa county held its count wednesday. san francisco will do it next week. results will take a few months to be processed and released. >> contra costa county is already thinking about fire season. it announced itrillioneceived, a $3 million grant from cal fire, to create a fuel break that spans parts of lafayette and walnut creek. this 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 an 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 the project by the end of next year. this morning, new numbers are showing that the us economy is growing at a faster rate than expected. >> data from the commerce department shows the gdp grew at 3.3, and artists thought it was going to grow just 2. in interview with abc news, treasury secretary janet yellen said she thinks 2024 will be a good year for our economy. she admits there is still room for improvement in some parts of the country. >> parts of the country that have really not seen much economic progress, they haven't seen good jobs created and some that existed have disappeared in large swaths of the country. and that's something that has to change. >> a survey this month from the federal reserve found the number of americans who expect their financial situation to improve

within the year is at the highest level we've seen in almost three years. >> the republican national committee has canceled a move that would make donald trump the presumptive presidential nominee if it were approved, trump would benefit from fundraising with the rnc and other organizational help. however, that resolution was withdrawn last night. it comes after trump posted on his social media platform truth social, that the rnc should not move forward with it. he said he appreciated the effort but was against it and wanted to finish the process off at the ballot box. >> and more. on donald trump now legislation to address the border crisis might have to wait until next year because the former president is urging republicans to stop a bipartisan senate deal. trump says the bill's passage would let democrats share in the political win. some republican lawmakers who support the deal are expressing frustration. >> i don't doubt that he wants a perfect deal. so do i on it. but we've got to be able to figure out how to be able to do something right now to get as

much done as we can possibly get done. >> just reject the idea that we should reserve a crisis for a better time to solve it. >> and the feedback's not just coming from capitol hill. texas governor greg abbott says he's fed up. he's ordering more razor wire to be deployed along parts of the rio grande. even though a supreme courtrillionuling lets border control take it down, an incorrect food label is being blamed for the death of a young dancer. >> she ate a cookie that contained nuts, which she was severely allergic to. gloria is at the live desk with more on what happened. gloria >> good morning kumasi the grocery store and wholesaler are pointing fingers at each other about who is to blame for this terrible incident. 25 year old orla baxendale died after having an immediate reaction after she ate vanilla florentine cookies at a gathering in connecticut. this happened because the cookie was mislabeled fillled. after the ingredients were changed and the grocery store chain says they were never notified about the change. but the wholesaler has produced emails showing they did change the label to say the

cookies contain peanuts. they also say that they send their cookies to the grocery store, and that the store then repackages them with their own boxes and labels. orla's family attorney says her death was due to gross negligence and reckless conduct. because the manufacturer and or sellers did not properly identify the contents of the cookie on the package. >> in because orla was so vigilant and so careful with everything she touched, she actually googled soy nut, which is on the package, thinking wanting to make sure that a soy nut wasn't a nut. >> the cookies have been recalled and since they were sold in december, it's unlikely they are still around. peanuts are among nine major food allergens that federal law requires to be listed on food packaging. guys >> thank you gloria. coming up, the future of the struggling san francisco downtown mall still in question. the new management pledging to keep it open even as it continues to lose businesses, and a live look right now at the

big board at the new york stock exchange up right now about about 50 points. >> another update on the markets next. >> and the 40 niners lions game is on track to be the most expensive nfc championship game ever. how much a ticket will set you back? and stick with us here on the abc seven bay area streaming app at seven for abc seven at seven. we're live every weekday from 7 to 8 a.m. you can download the app now, but you have to stream us to see us. hi, jrue, take a second look at this picture. >> whoa. a live look from santa cruz. nice sunrise on the way. you can see we do have a fair amount of cloud cover in our sky this morning. it's all associated with a warm front that is along a pretty potent storm. but this rainfall is really staying to the north of us. we're just getting the cloud cover from it today and tomorrow. we'll get the morning drive. no issues. we won't have any fog out there. it's just mainly cloudy, but it is mild. thanks to that warm front temperatures climbing through the 50s this morning. so let's break it down region by region. it's just a cloudy day everywhere along the coast, upper 50s to lower 60s for

daytime highs around the bay shoreline a bit warmer into the mid 60s by 4 p.m, but again, we're seeing mostly cloudy conditions and as we head inland, we'll have those clouds in our sky today. and those temperatures getting into the low 60s. thanks to that warm front. now tomorrow the clouds stay with us. there's the chance of an isolated sprinkle in the evening, but that warm front moves through. and by sunday, sunshine is back. temperatures take off. records are possible. many of us have a chance to go into the 70s. we'll break down the shower chance tomorrow and also show you those temperatures on sunday. we'll have the niners forecast coming up in about nine

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answers to talk about the plan to draw people back. >> 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 so they're thinking about bringing events and live programing to the mall to activate those spaces. again >> the mall is currently more than 50% vacant, with as many as five stores closing since the beginning of this year. >> now it's your morning money report. san francisco based salesforce just announced they are laying off 1% of their workforce, according to the wall street journal. that's 700 jobs globally. however, it was also reported that salesforce still has 1000 jobs open to applicants across the company. they also said in september that it would hire more than 3000 people after cutting jobs. last january in order to drive up margins. now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading

gets underway on this friday, you can see that we are in positive territory, but barely up about 57 points. >> a new study finds that more parents are helping support their 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. we're just two days away from the nfc championship at levi's stadium. >> the 40 niners hosting the detroit lions this sunday. the winner goes to the super bowl. some good news from the team. the star wide receiver deebo samuel seems to be back and playing shape. he had to leave last weekend's game against the packers after hurting his shoulder yesterday, a practice our camera spotted him running around and dancing. seems like he's in good spirits, head coach shanahan tells us. the team is zeroing in on the end game in the playoffs. >> always feel different. just everyone is so alert. everyone is so on it, everyone's so patient outside of here in terms

of, i mean, at least for me, sleep at the office if you need to. don't worry, you make sure you get it right. and i'm sure the players are the same. everyone just knows it's it. if you don't win in a radio interview with knbr, 40 niners general manager john lynch announced that joe montana and barry sanders will be honorary captains for this sunday's game. >> lions quarterback jared goff is returning to the bay area to play against the team he grew up rooting for. goff is from novato . he played football at marin catholic high school, then went to cal and spent three years as the bears, starting quarterback. in 2013, he was the number one draft pick and went to the la rams. and then in 2021, he was traded to the lions. this year, goff led detroit to their first home playoff game in more than 30 years. >> the 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. and that was against the 40 niners at kezar stadium. now ticket prices are soaring ahead of the game on sunday. the cheapest ticket we found, $520 on stubhub tickets. masters verified resale tickets start at 566. now they do have several options for various sections. if you feel like you want to be vip , there's an option for you. it's going to cost you more than $9,000 a ticket, though. also on the ticket marketplace vivid seats, the average price is going around $941 a seat. a tiger shark makes friends with a diver friends after a close encounter in the bahamas, the diver named michael shared this video. >> watch this. this >> wow. >> absolutely not. see how that why are you all because i've gotten over the shock. >> i love how do you know?

>> in the bahamas they just had a deadly shark attack. they really do. and then another shark attacked a child at the atlantis resort. so i would not be messing with the bahamian sharks right now if i were this person. but maybe he didn't read the news reports. >> well, maybe they have a different relationship. >> okay, well, he says he's had lots of experiences with tiger sharks, and i guess they've gone well, okay, tiger sharks are known for being aggressive. they are second only to great whites in number of shark attacks on humans. but but this person said on instagram, fear is like oxygen. the right amount keeps you alive. >> wow. and he's so calm about it. oh, that'll freak me out, you know. >> did y'all watch that, um, documentary free solo? >> mhm. yep. and it talked about how some people's brains are wired differently where they have just a higher tolerance for fear. >> and just extreme things that most people would be like. absolutely. yeah. but i think like alex honnold, they looked

at his brain and like him doing a free solo on el capitan was like, okay, yeah, it takes more to get that rush. yeah. where everybody else is like like, no, thank you. >> i think that's fine because these people are famously doing something alone. >> this is a shark. the shark doesn't know poses a real danger. >> yes. you know, i did swim with leopard sharks. have you guys heard of leopard sharks? i guess they don't pose a threat, supposedly to humans. so i did swim with them in catalina island. but when i looked down and i looked at their big mouth, i was like, ah, it's still it's still scared me because no, i don't know if shark is in any part of your name. >> not happening. i'm not a part of it. not looking at you. you can enjoy your home. i will be out there on the sand. >> i definitely don't pet it like that guy. just petting it. i don't know, is he a professional who knows he's a professional? >> good for him. yes. >> good thing he wasn't hurt. yeah, well, you guys, let's chat about traffic, because, you know, fridays tend to be a little bit lighter. um, it is a

little busier, though, right there on the bay bridge. and you can see the cars that are driving on there, but no major delays, just your usual traffic for this time of the morning. and on a friday, no waits at the bay bridge toll plaza. so that's some good news, right there. and then let's look at your drive times for this morning. pretty much in the green except from tracy to dublin. that will take you 33 minutes. drew how's it looking out there weather wise? hey, gloria. >> we're in for some warm temperatures. that does include tahoe. we are looking at mild air. unfortunately, we do get a little precip on saturday morning, but it's in the form of rain. uh- uh- taking a look at sunday and monday. if we could go back to the graphic, hopefully there we go. so we're looking at the tam cam out there. here's a live look from our high vantage point. we do have a lot of cloud cover overhead thanks to a warm front. so today we'll find mostly cloudy skies, but that warm front actually gets us into the 60s. so despite limited sunshine, it will feel mild out

there. we'll keep the overcast skies tonight. and those numbers in the low and mid 50s now. future weather tomorrow. so get used to the cloud cover. it sticks with us for the first half of the weekend. future weather. trying to show an isolated shower in the evening. but the bigger story once that warm front passes through sunday is looking fantastic. sunshine is back and those temperatures are going to soar. look at future tracker temperatures 60s and mid 70s. a lot of the records on sunday are in the upper 60s to lower 70s, and that's exactly where a lot of cities are going to flirt for their daytime highs, which means for the niners we could see record warmth at levi's stadium, a kickoff temperature of 73 degrees under mostly sunny skies. but rain is back in the forecast later next week. starting on wednesday, the active pattern returns across all of the west coast, and we are looking at a couple of days where rain is in the forecast. here's the accuweather seven day cloudy today and tomorrow. sunshine back on sunday with thatrillionecord warmth still above average monday clouds are

back here on tuesday and the rain is back on wednesday. it's a level two moderate storm on wednesday with the showers continuing into thursday. hey, gloria. >> hey, drew. well we know a lot of you like to go to tahoe for the weekend, so let's get to your toyota tahoe report. if you are heading out to the resorts this is a look at your drive times for today. now, none of these resorts, any chains, palisades, tahoe, north star or heavenly. it will take you a little over three hours to get there with heavenly taking you the longest of these three, three hours and 14 minutes. and then if you're heading over to sugar bowl, sierra tahoe or kirkwood, no change required there either. the sugar bowl will take you two hours, 52 minutes to sierra at tahoe, two hours 54 minutes, and then kirkwood three hours and 17 minutes. so if you're going to tahoe, have a great weekend. there guys. >> thank you. this is my favorite story of the day. a man who helps bring disney magic to life is receiving a big recognition for his work. this is lainey smoot. he created the extendable lightsaber used in disney live entertainment amongst so many other things.

he'll be inducted into the national inventors hall of fame this may. it's a really big deal because there's only been one other disney employee who has ever received that recognition, and it was walt disney himself. and it's for the multi-plane camera, which, by the way, you can see if you go to the walt disney family museum right here in the presidio. disney is the parent company of abc seven. can i say one more thing? he invented? if you've ever been on the haunted mansion. okay. and you go into madame liotta's room, she is the seance thing, and she's floating around her head is floating around in this crystal ball around the room. he did that? oh that's his thing. this is really amazing. >> he did a lot of other things, but people especially know madame lily said he didn't see anyone doing what he was doing to reach this level. >> he didn't know any black engineers and didn't even see one until he was a black engineer. yeah, so he really carved his own path. i love that , yes. >> up next, the seven things you need to know today. you can

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number one, alaska airlines says some of its boeing 737 max nine planes could be back in the air as soon as today. these planes have been grounded since earlier this month, when a door plug blew off mid-flight. >> number two, the department of justice and the securities and exchange commission are now investigating the autonomous car company cruise. it follows october's incident when a cruise vehicle dragged a person in san francisco after they were hit by another car. >> number three san francisco based levi's, laying off 15% of its global workforce, which is more than 2700 people. levi expects the expects these cuts to save about $100 million this

year. >> number four, king charles has been admitted to a london hospital. he's undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. it's not clear how long he's going to be hospitalized. >> at number five, we'll take you to our abc7 oakland airport camera. it is a cloudy morning out there and it's a mostly cloudy day, so not as bright as yesterday, but it's actually warmer thanks to a warm front moving through, giving us the cloud cover later on this afternoon. temperatures going into the 60s. now, the three day forecast shows you the weekend starts out cloudy and isolated. shower chance possible in the evening. but then sunday is looking much better. sunshine is back. records are possible. a lot of us flirting in the 70s with those records. >> sounds beautiful. and number six, we have a mass transit update for you. if you take san francisco bay ferry, the departures today from san francisco to richmond are canceled. so find a different way to get to where you need to go. >> number seven win or go home for the 40 niners. they're playing the detroit lions on sunday. the winner of that game goes to the super bowl. the

loser will go home. mhm. >> mhm. >> the winner will be in vegas. >> vegas. >> i know my husband was at the game last weekend and it was raining so much. and this weekend they're going to have a really nice game. sunshine boy is it gonna be sunny >> good morning america, for our viewers in the west. the new storm on the move, as we head into the weekend. dangerous flooding. heavy rain forcing evacuations in the south, leaving cars underwater. now who's in the bull's eye for more flooding this morning? ginger is tracking it all. donald trump testifies for three minutes in the civil trial to determine how much he must pay for defaming e. jean carroll. with democrats and republicans