live look. live doppler seven there. not much out there right now, but that's about to change. >> yes it is. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a first look at the forecast. sandhya yeah? enjoy the dry skies that we have right now. karina and kristen. because things are really going to change. come saturday. right now we just have cloud cover as we look at live doppler seven, we are tracking our next storm. it is going to be stronger than the one that came through yesterday. now this one is due in here on saturday, but ahead of the storm tomorrow night, you could see a couple of showers near the coast or the north bay. it's really late at night, 7 a.m. saturday. the rain gets going. the winds pick up as we head into noontime . rainfall intensity will pick up. that goes on 3:00 tomorrow afternoon or saturday afternoon. excuse me as well. it is a level two for saturday. rain, heavy at times. wind gusts between 20 to 40 plus miles an hour. definitely expecting rough and dangerous surf. that's not the only storm form as we look at the wider perspective here, the storms are lined up in the

pacific and looking ahead to the next seven days. six days, you're really looking at opportunities for rain coming in. most of this week, and some of the biggest concerns coming up is the pair of strong storms, level two storms saturday and monday will result in downpours, gusty winds, rough surf which means flooding on roads as the cumulative effect takes place. streams and creeks possibility of trees down and outages and early next week we are looking at the potential for some river flooding. russian river at guerneville and the san lorenzo river at big trees in the santa cruz mountains. i'll be back with a full look at your holiday weekend timeline coming up. karina all right, sandhya, thank you. >> in the north bay, many residents are on storm watch, getting ready for heavy rain and possible flooding. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is live in guerneville, where the community got a helping hand. today, cornell? yeah this river community definitely watching the weather today, getting ready for a lot of rain.

>> the local fire department stepping up, handing out these free water proof go bags in case evacuations happen. >> once you do that, it secures that fold. and we got air trapped in there. >> see that? these air tight water proof emergency go bags were free for the taking at this pop up event hosted by sonoma county fire district. >> these are really good. i was i was spreading the word these go bags dry bags will keep their items dry, right? >> if they have to evacuate or if it's super stormy inside each pack. we're also giving you a disaster preparedness checklist. karen hancock says the timing of this giveaway is no coincidence. >> back to back storms are heading to the bay area. >> we know that there are some storms coming in with significant rain between sunday and tuesday, and we're always here to help our community be prepared. >> i'm going to put a flashlight in here. so i've got that. a spare set of batteries. >> it's now locked in place. oh, awesome. >> chad carroll says he's concerned about flooding near his ranch when the high water

comes, we're far enough away from the river that we're not going to deal with flooding. >> but then we get trapped, like, isolated type of thing. >> i'm not looking forward to it at all. >> residents living inside the sycamore court rv park are bracing for the same flooding they saw several weeks ago, when many rv's were damaged from high water. sandbags are now standing by if it gets high enough, i'm sure they'll evacuate us again. >> definitely. >> definitely very nervous about the amount of water that's going to be coming in. >> michael mcdowell is moving his stuff to higher ground to be safe. we told him about the free go bag giveaway happening across town, and firefighters hooked him up. >> i think it's fantastic. i'm very glad that the fire department is able and has the resources to be able to do that. >> yeah, in fact, 150 of these go bags were given out today. firefighters suggest to folks to have an evacuation plan. they also urge everyone to charge their cell phones, have flashlights standing by in case

the power goes out. it could be a long, very wet couple of days here. we're live up in guerneville. cornell. bernard abc seven news. bernard >> thank you. you can track cornell. thank you so much. you can track the storm with the same live doppler seven that spencer uses. search abc seven, bay area in your device's app store to download it. >> now students and staff have been given the all clear after a hazardous materials scare at a vintage high school in napa and 25 students complained about nausea, headaches and fatigue inside the school choir room, six had to be taken to the hospital. >> the illnesses led to a shelter in place order on campus for part of the school day, but the source of the issue remains a mystery. >> we didn't find any any evidence of extracurricular activity, i.e. drug use and or anything else regarding that could have potentially cause this. >> p-g-and-e's did not find any gas leaks in the choir room. however, the fire department shut down the room as a precaution. city workers in walnut creek have cleared a

potentially dangerous scene involving low hanging wires, a garbage truck snagged the wires and got tangled up this morning along homestead avenue near ignacio valley road. that caused lane closures while the crew cleared the scene >> that's the dramatic moment when a natural gas tank on a semi truck exploded this morning in los angeles. the blast injured nine firefighters who had arrived just minutes before to extinguish the truck fire. two of the firefighters were critically hurt, one with severe burns. this happened in wilmington and industrial area near the port of long beach. a second compressed gas tank did not explode but was emptied as a precaution. >> san francisco is expanding its first year fee program that waives many fees for new business owners. >> abc7 news reporter luz pena spoke with business owners about this program, and she joins us live in the studio with what she's learned. luz. >> that's right. well, the city's first year free program started in 2021. since then, san

francisco says it's waived almost $2.6 million in fees. a huge help for many, but also not enough to keep some businesses open during the pandemic. andrea becerra found refuge in her kitchen as she grieved the passing of her dad. >> the first is fine. my hometown mexico city, all recipes are from my grandma's recipe. >> as andrea fell in love with cooking, she began to sell her meals to close friends. in april of 2023, her catering business outgrew her home kitchen, leading her to take a major step . the opening of el mil amores restaurant in the mission district. >> i have never opened a restaurant. i was cooking from home and it was very different. i talked to the office of small business. they helped me a lot and they told me that this was going to be possible. >> andrea is one of at least 6000 businesses who benefited from the city's first year free program, set to expire june of

this year. until today, we are excited, adding first year free for another year. >> supervisor hillary ronen first introduced this legislation in 2021, as an influx of businesses began to close during the pandemic, the more we have a vibrant, robust, small business community, no vacant business is. >> everyone benefits from it. >> the executive director of the city's office of small business says the fees have helped close to 4000 new businesses open in the city. >> any permit fees that are associated with opening the business, those are waived, as well as the first year of the business registration fee. >> but even after waiving permit fees, there are still businesses across the city struggling. one of them is the scarlet sage herb co, a business that has been around for 28 years. >> we're closing because we don't have enough foot traffic. we just don't have enough business. laura moved her business from the mission

district to the fillmore seven months ago, qualifying her for the first year free program because she relocated. we moved here to save the business, essentially, laura says many around her are holding on, but she can't any longer. >> despite looking for ways for the city to help. >> i think the biggest thing is the loss of foot traffic and the crime has increased so much that it's just really hard for people to keep shopping locally. >> we also followed up with the city's small business program and asked what resources do business owners have access to if they're struggling? like laura, they said, the city offers one on one business counseling, referrals to advisors for financial management, and connections to grants. laura said she tried to get a loan but was denied. luz pena abc seven news. >> thank you. santa clara county is losing one of its trauma centers. the operators of regional medical center in east san jose have decided to close its level two trauma center on august 12th. it's also closing

its stemi program, which treats some of the most severe heart attacks. both of those services are offered at santa clara valley medical center, but that is eight miles away. regional medical center says it's made that decision after seeing a decline in use over the last few years, a reprieve for another south bay business that recently closed. >> raging waters will reopen after san jose cut a deal with california dreamin entertainment. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dawsey has the details on the deal, like a scene from an apocalypse movie, an east san jose gem sits empty with green water and drained pools, a sad sight to see at raging waters. >> after the owners of northern california's largest water park announced their sudden and surprising close at the end of last season. but soon enough, the park will look like this once again, raging waters will be open this summer, providing the fun experience we all know and love. >> this is exciting to our

residents in district eight, in east san jose, raging waters is back. >> back like it never left. only better this time with food trucks and a wine garden to go along with the family fun, the city hopes to finding long time partner to keep the park open permanently. but for now, a short time agreement will keep it open and maintained. california dreamin entertainment will operate the park until at least september 2025. >> they're going to invest about $6 million of capital and operational investments to ensure that the community has a great experience this summer. the increased rent payment that we're receiving, we've working out with them. 6% of their gross revenue is going to go back to the city. oh it's a big economic and lifestyle boost, especially for east side residents. >> seemingly everyone in san jose, myself included, has memories of raging waters council member domingo candelas even applied to work there as a teenager, keeping the water park open brings jobs and business to east san jose while also providing safe, equitable and

affordable family fun for all. >> i had my eighth grade trip there, so i resonated 100. so this is a commitment from the city to make sure that we are doing everything we can for the community. and i'm excited to be able to enjoy the wave pool this summer. so this is an exciting opportunity for, for not just residents of district eight, but the entire the entire valley. >> the council will vote to approve the deal on february 27th. if passed the best spot in the bay area to beat the heat since 1985 will reopen again this summer in east san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> sfo is getting a financial boost from the faa. the san francisco international airport is being rewarded or awarded $31 million under president biden's infrastructure law. the funding will be used for upgrades to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system inside the international terminal. the money is part of a $970 million fund going to more than 100 airports around the country as we prepare for a new storm. >> others are still cleaning up, but in one community, neighbors

came together to help one homeowner. a san francisco boycott ended last night, but you might be surprised about why it ended and one local baseball team finds a new home while another searches for a

oakland's new professional baseball team has picked a home field. the team will play at historic raymond park in west oakland. baseball legends like frank robinson and curt flood grew up playing there. the ballers are investing more than $1.5 million to renovate this park that includes a new video scoreboard that can also be used for community movie nights when the team is not playing. the ballers start playing there in june for a 48 game home season. how fun! >> oh yes, and joining us now is abc seven news sports anchor casey pratt with some other stadium news. that lease extension with the a's that you've been following very closely. >> yeah. there was a meeting today to discuss. how did it go, casey. so i have spoken to people in the room of that meeting. >> i was told it was cordial and it was quick. there weren't too many things discussed just yet. the city has a very clear stance. the a's obviously don't want to give up too much, so it is a negotiation, and they're

hoping something will get resolved by the summer. but there is another meeting already getting scheduled. >> so how many years are we talking about? and what does oakland want in return for this extension? >> for things okay. for things. right. so if the a's want to stay for 25, 26, 27 until theoretically their 28 ballpark is built, the. city is going to ask for this one. they want the a's name and team colors to stay in oakland. two, they want an expansion team from major league baseball three three. they want john fisher's half of the oakland coliseum site back in city control. or ask the group that has the other half now they want that purchased at fair market value. and four, they want lots and lots of money. you guys, because the a's need the city far more than the city needs. the a's are right. >> and especially with vegas looking shakier and shakier by the day, 5050 is what i was told. >> i was just in vegas in the top, top notch vegas.

journalists all told me 5050, which is a lot lower than i would have had it. >> you can't count on that. so let me ask you this. oakland has expressed a desire to do something with that site right? with or without the a's. right. so what does the future hold? you think? yeah. >> well, right now i know of one sports team that's ready to play their games at that site, and it is not the a's. it's also not the ballers who just announced raymond park. yeah. so what you actually have to look at here is right now the a's are paying the city about 1.25, $1.5 million to play their games at the coliseum. that's not a lot of money, because any other special event there, the city actually gets a share of all the concessions, all the parking and a share. the ticket revenue for the a's, it's just a flat rent fee. so anyone else that plays there actually makes the city way more money. yeah so the a's are going to have to really jack up the price if they want to get that lease extended. >> but what other options do the a's have? so we talked about sacramento, salt lake city, maybe even oracle park and playing on giants turf. what are we looking at as you know

potential other options. >> let's just say it's a bumpy road for the a's right now right. they were just in sacramento salt lake city. they're talking about maybe could they play in vegas. now they're saying they can't temporarily play in vegas. they don't have any good options. and the reason they don't have any good options is if they leave this market, they lose $70 million a year on their local tv contract at 70 million. they are not going to walk away from $70 million a year anywhere other than oracle park or the oakland coliseum. they lose that money. hey, john fisher, that's good money. >> they are highly motivated to play their games in oakland again in the in the city isn't because the city is like, okay, well give us a bunch of that 70 million then. all right. thanks see thank you so much. continue to keep us posted i will yes. >> all right. let's talk about the weather now. uh we got a little bit of a break. it was nice to see the sun, but there are storms moving in. >> oh, and just for the weekend to sandia. yeah. >> kristen and karina. it happens to be the holiday

weekend. and we have the storms coming. it's a pair of storms. so let's look at a live picture right now and we'll talk about what's going to happen. hey soak this up. it is just absolutely beautiful outside right now. yeah we have a lot of cloud cover in san francisco and other parts of the bay area, but as you look from sutro tower, it is a lovely view. so on live doppler seven clouds are just moving in ahead of our next storm. our next storm is going to be stronger than what we experienced yesterday. here it is in the pacific. it is a level two and it will bring heavier rain and stronger winds along with some issues later on in the weekend. so right now a lovely view from our golden gate bridge. camera 58. in the city it is 60 in oakland. look at these temperatures. 65 in san jose, 61 in san mateo and 55 degrees in half moon bay from our oakland airport. camera. we have clouds on multiple layers. upper 50s from santa rosa to napa, low 60s, concord and livermore and a lovely view from our san jose camera right now with the sun kind of peeking through all those clouds

tomorrow. mostly cloudy and mild . saturday level two storm arrives sunday night through wednesday. another potent storm. this one is going to stick around for several days and has the potential to cause some issues. so for your saturday storm that level two moderate strength storm on our storm impact scale will bring rain heavy at times. wind gusts 20 to 40 plus miles an hour, especially over the hills and along the coast. rough and dangerous surf is expected. high surf advisory 10 a.m. saturday until 4 p.m. sunday. current wave heights 4 to 11ft. but really, those breakers those 18 to 22ft and in favored locations up to 2 to 8ft. so it is going to be dangerous to be out swimming or surfing. keep that in mind tomorrow night the rain is barely approaching the north bay coast, but it's really saturday that the rain starts to move in. in the morning at 6:00 at 8 a.m, most areas are seeing the rain except for inland east bay, and by the time we head into the afternoon, the rainfall intensity and coverage is going to expand. so keep that in mind.

heavier rain at 4 p.m. saturday. this switches over to showers going into the early part of sunday before our next storm gets here late sunday. going into monday, just for saturday. system over an inch in the wettest north bay locations and the santa cruz mountains. the rest of you between 2/10 and about 8/10 of an inch of rain. so it's going to be a good soaker. the winds are going to come up initially saturday morning out of the south, 2530 miles an hour, and then as the afternoon goes on, still gusty heading into the latter part of the evening, the winds will begin to ease a winter weather advisory for sierra ten, a m saturday until 4 a.m. sunday, expecting several inches of snow, 4 to 8in above 6000, up to a foot over the peaks. gusty winds. it becomes a winter storm watch 4 p.m. sunday until 4 p.m. wednesday. up to four feet for the peaks and gusty winds will make travel difficult. your morning temperatures in the 40s and 50s. your afternoon highs will be on the mild side under mostly cloudy skies in the 60s.

and here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. you have another dry day to enjoy level two for saturday, one for sunday. the next storm late at night becomes a two for your monday. it's a stormy start for presidents day later in the evening. it's a wet and then one for tuesday and wednesday. we do have a chance of thunder, by the way. on monday, karina and kristen thank you. >> a mission to the moon, the history making launch and what it means for the future of space travel. all

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now to the historic mission to the moon that launched into space today. abc news reporter adam diemer has a look at why this is so important. >> overnight at kennedy space center, liftoff of this rocket is carrying what could be the first american spacecraft to land on the moon since apollo 17. in 1972. it's a quite exciting time, and i wouldn't want to be anywhere else. the private company intuitive machines built the moon lander known as odysseus. if all goes well, odysseus will touch down near the moon's south pole later this month and help carry out a host of nasa experiments. why the south pole? nasa wants to know if that's a good spot for future manned missions to the moon, and liftoff of the first united launch alliance vulcan rocket. already this year, two

other attempts to land on the moon went awry. should this mission succeed, it would mark an important first step in exploring not just the moon, but points far beyond the moon has one sixth the gravity of earth, and no atmosphere, so it's a much easier place to launch deeper into the solar system. >> it really is the launching pad into human exploration, out into deep space. >> andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> and five other lunar landers could head to the moon this year. a japanese lander recently analyzed rocks that could provide clues about how the moon formed. wow >> yeah, so many questions could be answered. that's amazing. well the price of doing business , how pride and politics may have proved to be costly as san francisco took a stand on national issues, staring at a budget shortfall and potentially more toll hikes. what one lawmaker is doing to make sure people who walk across the golden gate bridge don't end up footing the bill

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states that defy the values of the city, but the ban ended up hurting san francisco more than the other way around. >> and last year that ban ended. >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here with a look at how it cost san francisco dearly. leanne >> well, while that ban was finally lifted, what we discovered is that there are multiple other codes and conditions related to doing business with san francisco. this is only a partial list of what is required. and we only

printed 25 pages of a very, very long document. one supervisor told us this is why it takes so long to get anything done in the city. by now, you've probably heard of the infamous noe valley public toilet and how san francisco was ready to dish out $1.7 million for its construction, rather than pay for a much cheaper modular model from a company in nevada. here's why san francisco could not would not do business with any entity in that state. san francisco had a ban on doing business with 30 states that had laws that undermined lgbtq and voting rights, as well as blocking abortion access. it was those states against san francisco, and that eventually became too costly for city government. the noe valley bathroom is not a one off case. >> that's a problem that is replicated throughout our city government. or we couldn't buy toilet paper from where we historically bought toilet paper. >> these market players are

smart enough to know that they had a captive audience, and they could raise their prices. >> it's economics 101 competition results in lower prices. also because of the ban, public employees were not allowed to travel to one of those 30 states to potentially lure companies to bring business back to san francisco. so the city tried to get around it by granting waivers. and between july 2021 and 2022, 335 city departments approved a total of 538 waivers. the problem there, even the process of granting waivers was costing the city more money in added staff and paperwork. in one case, the recreation and parks department had to get a waiver to do business with a local lgbt vendor who had recently been acquired. you guessed it, by another company. in one of those 30 banned states. >> because of that, we couldn't use her services until we got a special dispensation, which took

a really long time. and was frustrating for us and for her. >> time is money and a report by the budget and legislative analysts found that while it is difficult to measure how the city's contracting costs have been affected by the legislation, researchers have found that full and open competition for contracts can result in savings up to 20. after that report, san francisco finally cried uncle and last april, the board of supervisors voted to get rid of the ban in stead, san francisco government now allowed itself to do business with any individual company that aligns with its values. >> then we'll do business with that company regardless of where it's located and so we had to adjust the law because san francisco was getting hurt at some point, though, the city lifted some of the restrictions on who they do business with. >> it still has a long list of conditions and requirements that companies, industries, states, and even countries must follow in order to do business with san

francisco. up to now, only one city department has been given a reprieve to operate outside of some of those rules. the department of homelessness and supportive housing. that's how they've been allowed to expedite the construction of shelters and housing. it saves us at least three months on every project that we open and has allowed us to be nimble and take advantage of opportunities to open new projects and spend the resources that the public has entrusted us with that department is asking for a five year extension of its streamline process to circumvent the still lengthy list of off limit places and vendors, except that it's getting some pushback from a few in city government. if the extension is not granted, projects like the proposed 60 tiny home cabins on gerald avenue and a youth supportive housing building at 42 otis will be delayed. >> and i am comfortable with the legislation. >> as supervisor rafael mandelman calls it, the molasses

of city government. and i don't think we're actually advancing our social policy goals. >> one bit. and in fact, we're holding them back to the extent that we make san francisco to this great blue progressive city look like a basket case that can't get anything done. >> so just this week, the health department became the second city department allowed to circumvent the lengthy contracting process so that it can purchase beds, beds for those with mental health and substance use disorders. because the city had to do all those checks and balances, san francisco was losing out to other cities and counties when it came to purchasing beds. now, mayor breed had to introduce that legislation, and the board of supervisors had to approve it. on tuesday. can we say the word cumbersome? >> yeah, yeah. long >> how many more obstacles in the obstacle course? yeah. >> and it hurts us. >> and you just want to. >> was there any benefit to it? yeah looking at what was lost

and is still lost. >> right, right. >> very few leanne. >> thank you. thank you. uh, san francisco legislator wants to make it illegal to charge people to walk or bike across bay area bridges. assemblyman phil ting is introducing a bill in the state capitol that will ban tolls on pedestrians or cyclists on all bridges in california, including the golden gate bridge . advocates say only cars and trucks should pay tolls because of the wear and tear they cause to roads and bridges. >> but walking and biking on the other hand, cause almost nowhere to the infrastructure and keep our air clean. this bill should be a model of how we share the real costs of the modes that we choose to get around, and the golden gate bridge has charged pedestrians, tolls in the past from its opening in 1937 to 1973, pedestrians paid at a turnstile to walk onto the bridge. >> concerned families in oakland's montclair neighborhood are meeting right now to try to save what they call their kids. safest path to school. they're fighting a caltrans plan to

demolish a pedestrian bridge that crosses over highway 13 through the area. >> many families have come out and signed a petition with over 200 signatures that said, we use that bridge for our kids to just run to the supermarket to try to avoid more congestion, which is only getting worse. >> the bridge has been in use since the 1950s, and neighbors say the city should consider repairing it rather than closing it. >> another new battle in the recent war against social media companies and apes. they're just like us, really

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visit your volvo car retailer for special offers during our presidents' day sales event. legal battle over the effects social media has on kids. new york city is suing tiktok, instagram, facebook, snapchat and youtube, claiming they're designed to get young people addicted. the city demands those companies restructure their apps and cover the cost of mental health treatments. similar lawsuits have been filed. but companies are often protected under federal law. but the federal government may not be as hospitable. you saw the recent hearings on lawmakers grilling mark zuckerberg and the likes. what do you what do you think, casey? use social media a lot. you're kind of a social media king. >> not only do i use it a lot,

it's probably detrimental to my mental health, but my kids are ten and six, and i already see how linked into those ipads they are. and i really do have concerns about instagram, in particular facebook, because it really does project kind of an unreal body type. there's an unreal image and life that gets shown in those screens, and i feel like it does hurt. mental health. >> yeah. you guys, we all see that, right? >> yeah. and it's so hard to be like, okay, just don't use it or you're not going to be on social media. that's what they do these days. i mean, if all their friends are on it, it is hard for a parent, i'm sure, to say no. i mean, that's for a while. >> i was trying to limit that and my son was like, you know, all my friends are on it, so you want to cut me off from my friends, right? >> you're limiting my social, you know, interactive ness with my friends. yeah. oh all right, let's talk about apes. a new study shows that apes are just like us. they like a good ribbing. scientists in san diego and germany observed chimps, orangutans and bonobos and gorillas. and after hours of research, they found they like

to tease each other for fun. their favorites include body slamming, poking and hindering movement and pulling each other's hair. so kind of just like middle school takes you back, right? sandia thoughts on that? didn't we evolve from them just i mean, i'm not surprised when we went overseas, i remember when we were traveling, i was younger, karina. um, and we got some peanuts and all of a sudden our entire vehicle was like swarms of apes, and they were, like, moving the vehicle. and i was like, oh my god, this is a van. and it is shaking. they have a personality. they have similar traits to us. they do. >> they have emotions like other studies have shown. right? they love, they cry, they they go through all the same things. and i mean, i knew they were like us. and i saw planet of the apes. i mean, you know. >> right? >> i mean, i find it hard to believe this is even news. i mean, jane goodall probably told us this decades ago. and i think that if you look at them at the

zoo, just watch them. they're playing with each other and having so much fun running all over and messing with each other. i think that's pretty obvious. i don't know why this is news, guys. >> yeah, yeah, somebody paid for that study. >> speaking of fun and study is the tooth fairy these days. guess what appears to be a little more generous? yeah. kids are now getting a lot of cash from the tooth fairy. even gifts like video games and iphones. as a poll by delta dental shows, the average payout for each tooth lost was a little over $6. and that's up a dollar from the year before. okay, so we got to go from those of us with kids who are a little older now to casey to see how how that's evolved. okay. so i used to give my kids like i don't know, five bucks. sandy, how about you? yeah, about five bucks or so. okay and, um. >> oh my god. yeah i was about to say the tooth fairy. >> give the tooth fairy kids five bucks watching. so sorry. >> let me interject here because i have breaking news on on the set. everybody um, my daughter just just lost a tooth yesterday

, and the tooth fairy brought $5. that's what the tooth fairy is currently bringing in. anybody that tells you otherwise is wrong. >> yeah, because the tooth fairy was just at our house last night. >> $5? >> yes, $6 and no, $6. >> no video games, no ipads, five bucks. >> now, was she okay with that? casey? >> very excited because she then takes that five bucks and turns it into robux on the app roblox. and that's a whole other thing, you guys. >> yeah, okay. >> five bucks it is settled. okay we are expecting a wet and chilly weekend, so having ice cream might be a bit counterintuitive, but hear me out. how about some unique chocolate flavors? and since tomorrow is national almond day, one even has almonds. oh, so exciting. joining us now is rebecca funk with salt and straw, which has locations in san francisco, burlingame and palo alto. okay, we have five different flavors here right now, all with chocolate. yes, all with chocolate, but all very unique. can you talk about some of these really unique flavors? i think this. one is cake batter

. >> yeah. tell us what you got here. >> the cake batter is fantastic. i think that's probably my favorite flavor out of this series. we have. a passion fruit truffles. we have a chocolate almond gold bar. uh, we have our chocolate nibs and frangipane. and then we have our cloud forest magic sauce, which is almost like a nutella. it's super cool. >> oh my gosh, they are really delicious. i will say i love salt and straw because you have a good amount of, as the name implies, salt in them and that really brings out the flavors. >> we definitely have a solid balance on everything. they've worked really hard to find these recipes and get them fine tuned so that everybody likes. everybody's got something that they like. >> so how come the chocolatier series and why right now? >> well, we're doing it as kind of an homage to valentine's day. um, our founders, when they are our r&d team. when they did this, they were thinking of like a box of chocolates. so you have your five little chocolates. um,

each of them is a little bit different. kind of like a regular box of chocolate where you have like some fruity ones, some nutty ones, some caramel ones, some super chocolaty ones. so there's a little bit of everything in there. >> oh, everybody. what's your favorite? mine is the dandelion chocolate nibs and frangipani frangipane. >> yes. >> frangipane. >> okay i'm going to go with, uh, this cake batter. this is incredible. it's really pretty too because you have the bright colors in there. >> yeah, i was drawn to the cake batter right away. i like the sprinkles. >> yeah, the cake batter was delicious, but i tasted like the passion fruit, i think. and that was perfect. like, tangy and sweet. so a little something for everyone. >> pleasant surprise. yeah, yeah. >> you guys always have the most creative, unique flavors. um, especially for halloween. i think sometimes you put cricket or little blood in there. what do you have coming up for spring ? >> um, spring. we have a lot of interesting things coming on. um, we are doing a collaboration with taco bell that they just announced. we're going to be doing our own version of a choco taco. so that'll be really cool for people. there's going to be, uh, cheesecake dip that comes with it. and three, uh, really

special signature sauces. um, so everybody can kind of make it their own. um, but other than that, we have some really fantastic, um, up and coming flavors that a lot of people are going to be very excited about. >> i'm excited about choco taco because i think they discontinued it. i remember doing a story about it that was actually really upset. i ate it a lot in high school. um, but thank you again for being here. salt and straw with these delicious chocolaty flavors that we all love. thank you, by the way, thanks for having us real quickly, rebecca, before you go, is it only at the stores or do you have them in grocery stores too? >> it'll be just in shop. okay >> sounds good. thank you so much

patel is here with a look at the forecast and what we should prepare for. sandy. yeah prepare for downpours at times and gusty winds. carina and kristen, it's a level two for saturday. rain will be heavy at times. wind gusts 20 to 40 plus miles an hour and watch out for rough and dangerous surf. here is that storm for saturday. it is a classic storm that's wound up and as we go, hour by hour tomorrow night, it is right off the coast at 7 a.m. saturday it is raining. the rainfall becomes more widespread by noon and we will see downpours at times, especially in the afternoon hours. by evening it switches over to showers. now, when we look at your high temperatures for tomorrow, it's still going to be mild with the mostly

cloudy skies, mainly in the 60s. we're going to fast forward to that next storm the sunday morning. you just have a few spotty showers. it's sunday night going into monday that we have that second level two storm coming in, and it is not going to budge. it's just going to hang around through wednesday, keeping us in this wet, unsettled pattern. so do expect the rainfall to add up. we're basically looking at rainfall and inches by wednesday night over a half a foot in santa cruz mountains, the north bay will see 5 to 6in everywhere else between an inch and a half and three inches. your accuweather seven day forecast. you have one more dry day to prepare for a two for saturday, and monday, a one for sunday and then tuesday. wednesday we'll make it a one, but we will certainly have some issues as we head towards monday, tuesday, wednesday time period. christine and karina. >> all right sandhya, thanks. well, for many, the cleanup is still underway after the last big storm that battered the bay area, especially along the san mateo county coast. right after the atmospheric river. one montara man was trapped, unable

to leave his property. >> abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez looks at how the community came together to help one of their own at about 2:00, i heard a snap and then heard this huge thump. >> you feel the whole house shake when things this big come down and there were two of them, two huge trees that came down outside. >> richard newsom's house in montara. he was trapped, unable to get. out of his driveway. his car smashed. then something incredible happen. >> and for about four hours, it was like an army of people out here with chainsaws and for the for the most part, i knew who they were. but some of them people came that i didn't even know with chainsaws. my first instinct was to get a get to work. >> neighbors like gary and nancy smith jumped in to help. >> we just came out and started. i started cutting and piling the, uh, the debris out on the edge of the street. but i know county and fire and everybody else is real busy. and so it's

important for us to be self-sufficient. >> this was during the storm. so it was still really windy and rainy at times. heavy rains. but people kept helping even despite the weather. >> about ten people showing up, including scott lueck. it was very heartwarming and, uh, it was nice to see so many diverse people from all over in this area come together. >> it all happened on hart street, and hart is certainly something neighbors showed that day. >> it was just amazing. they're like little angels that came out of nowhere. >> it made me cry a little bit, and it was like being up. george bailey and uh, uh, a wonderful life at, uh, when everybody shows up to just help him, that's that's how it felt. it was a community thing. i mean, this this whole community was amazing. absolutely amazing. >> in montara, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. so nice to see

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abc seven news at 11. american idol returns this weekend to abc reporter george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles, has a look at the upcoming season. >> it's one of the great moments that every contestant wants to hear, and it is. you're going to hollywood. right on cue. >> we're geared up for that. >> i say that in my sleep now you're going to hollywood, you're going to hollywood. >> lionel richie, katy perry and luke bryan are back for their seventh season as judges on american idol. ryan seacrest has been at the helm as host since the beginning of the competition series. do they have fun? no doubt. >> look, that literally is my guitar. >> but they also know that for many of these contestants, there's something much deeper going on here. >> sometimes we're kind of investing in the future to these kids come from these backgrounds that nobody ever helped them in their music journey. so we

always like in life, you know, we're in life. so we like to some sometimes roll the dice on somebody to see how they grow. it's just magic. they create magic and you can't take your eyes off of them if you didn't know. >> baby, i'm crazy about you. >> we want the best for them. and you know we're going to put them through their paces because we want them to win. but yeah, i know, like, i can read the room anywhere i go. that's like my little special intuitive skill. and she can and i've been and where i'm going, even when i didn't know it, i know that they don't understand the journey that we have, the ability to take them on. >> and so i'm sitting there holding in our collective hands here an opportunity for them to go forward. >> tell me why we will want to get to know the contestants this season. >> great stories, great voices. >> we think every time i know

you guys talk about it, what's going to be out there, what's left to find? what can we mine from this great nation so well a lot. and they did it in los angeles. >> george pennacchio, abc seven news and the season premiere of american idol starts this sunday at eight, right here on abc seven. >> abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want. wherever you are. that's it for abc seven news at four. abc seven news at five with dan and ama is up next

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closing it down because of the business. a life saving medical service is being cut in the bay area's biggest city. >> good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> we begin with that developing news