morning, december 4th, they are investigating a collision that killed a bicyclist only the freeway in burlingame. >> and concord police are searching for whoever is shooting and killing several geese at a pap lore park. >> good sunday morning. widespread 30s and some patchy frost around the bay this morning. sunshine, but much cooler this afternoon. >> good morning to you. good morning to you and thank you for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. there is an investigation of a crash on highway 101 in burlingame that killed a man who was riding his bicycle on the

freeway. it shut down traffic lanes until early this morning. it was shortly before 11:00 last night when officers arrived and found all northbound lanes blocked at broadway and the man dead at the scene. preliminary reports indicate the unidentified victim was riding a bicycle on the freeway when several vehicles collided and struck him. all northbound lanes were shut down for an investigation that lasted just until 1:00 this morning. that incident caused a major traffic backup but things are now back to normal. some football fans are waking up with bumps and bruises this morning after the railing on a set of bleachers gave way last night. at the end of a high school football championship game at at&t park. this is video we shot seconds after the collapse. the railing apparently gave way under the weight of a surging crowd. some students went over the edge and fell on the players below but there were no serious injuries. police officers had to tell

people still standing on the exposed ledge to move back away from the overhang. we spoke with one student who fell. >> one of the players was like trying to catch me and then i got pushed really hard from the back and there was like no chance that he could have caught me so i just got slammed. >> they set up bleachers on the field so that our team would have a crowd behind them. and they were kind of junkie bleachers, i guess. >> that game wags the city championship playoff between sacred heart and their opponent. mike shumann will have highlights of the game a little later on in sports. a forecast game celebration at the end of big 12 championship game left 13 fans injured, two in critical condition this morning. maybe you saw the rivalry between oklahoma and oklahoma state on abc. as the clock ticked down the

final 20 seconds, thousands of oklahoma state fans dashed on to the field, ripping down the goal posts. officials say some of the injured were crushed in the crowd. others fell from high places to the concrete below. 11 people were taken to local hospitals with everything from sprains to broken bones. two people were treated and released at the stadium. it took police at least 45 minutes to get all those fans off the field. the parents of national guard soldier sean walsh laid their son to rest yesterday in san jose. he is the 29th member of the california national guard to die in iraq or afghanistan 9/11. the 21-year-old walsh died last month after an attack on his base in afghanistan. he was due to come home in two weeks. he wanted a career in law enforcement in the k9 unit for the santa clara police unit. his mom called this the hardest day of her life to bury her only child. >> you touched so many people

and i heard so many wonderful things about you. i'm truly blessed to be your mother and i'm grateful for all the time we had together. >> sean walsh was buried at oak hill funeral home. his mom started a fund to raise money to buy another dog for santa clara's k9 unit. someone is killing ducks in east bay. and also geese. several ducks were pound shot in the park. there have been other incidents in the past month. >> reporter: concord's new hope park has a large population of resident ducks and geese. the police responding to an anonymous tip found several geese shot to death and another one like this one with a wound on its legs. it had trouble walking. and others injured worked hard at swimming across the water. it's a park people make a point to visit, especially to feed and see the birds. >> and shooting them, that's pretty sad, actually.

>> ducks don't bother anybody, right? so, yeah, they just bring pleasure to the kids and the people out there. can't imagine why somebody would be wanting to shoot them. >> the police is also concerned. >> we have received reports in the last couple weeks at different parks in concord of having similar types of incidences. >> last month 8 birds were shot here and others at willow park. the birds were shot with a pellet gun or local better rifle -- a low-caliber rifle or shotgun. >> the fact that our community uses our parks for recreation and trying to escape day-to-day life and then having to come across this while they are trying to enjoy life is very disturbing. >> nicky doesn't understand who would want to shoot these birds. >> it's a horrible person. that person is horrible. it makes me very sad. >> in california cruelty to animals is a felony. it carries a maximum sentence of three years. the police are asking anyone

with information to give them a call. abc7 news. on tuesday the santa rosa city council is set to raise water rates again. residents already pay the highest rates in sonoma county according to the santa rosa press democrat. this increase would be about 6% over the next two years. it's smaller than the 9% annual spike seen over the past decade, but this one hits even the customers who conserve water. most of the increases in the fixed portion of the bill that everyone pays regardless of water use. the average bill is expected to go up from the current $144 per month to $153 by 2013. occupy san francisco held its weekly weekend march yesterday. the topic? banks. >> we are unstoppable. another road is possible! >> they marched down the street

in the financial district and sat down in front of a chase bank. the group is targeting banks that they say are stifling the 99%'s ability to live, work and raise a family in san francisco. earlier yesterday a coalition of occupiers and housing rights organizations marched to san francisco's bay view district. the focus of the march, foreclosures. according to organizers the bay view has experienced a high rate of evictions and suffers from predatory landlords. coming up next, former penn state football coach jerry sandusky speaks out on his first camera interview since indicted on sex abuse charges. and that is herman cain calling it quits.

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> former penn state coordinator jerry sandusky is speaking out again, this time on camera. he talked with the new york times reporter for nearly four hours. and in that interview sandusky answered questions about the allegations he sexually abused young boys. abcs tj winnik reports. >> reporter: jerry sandusky says the allegations against him are false. the former penn state defensive coach answered questions on camera for the first time in an interview with the new york times . sandusky said former head coach joe paterno never came to him about any inappropriate behavior with young boys. >> i don't know that he didn't know. i know that he never said anything to me. i know that. >> and he told the times reporter that assistant coach

mike mccreary did not see him rape a young boy in the team's showers because it didn't happen. he failed to clarify that infamous remark he made in a phone interview with nbc reporter about being sexually attracted to underage boys. >> if i say, no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls, -- >> but not sexually? >> that's sandusky's attorney saying his client is not sexually attracted to minors. >> that's what i was trying to say. i enjoy spending time with young people. >> an attorney for one of the alleged victims responded to the interview. if he had any compassion for our victims or community, he would immediately accept responsibility for his behavior, express remorse for the pain he has caused and spare the community and their families for their trauma. he is free on bail charged with

molesting 8 boys over 15 years, 40 counts. a hearing is scheduled for december. it's the end of the line for the cain train. herman cain has suspended his campaign. >> i'm suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family. >> one of reasons i ran is because i thought i could change washington d.c. from the inside. plan b is that we are going to have to change it from the outside. >> all five women have accused cain of sexual misconduct. one of a decade-long affair. herman cain denies thal maggings. but does say he was friends with won woman that he kept secret from his wife. he said the accusation the have been especially hurtful for his wife. it prompted quite the discussion

on our facebook page. one said if the allegations is true, it says a lot about him to wait until now to think about what hurt his family. and steve said he should have toughed it out. he's exactly the kind of candidate this country needs right now. you can go to our facebook page to join in on the conversation. >> first class mail may not be as special as it sounds. tomorrow the u.s. postal service plans to propose eliminating what it calls overnight standards to save money. if approved, first class mail would take two to five days instead of one to three days. and in southern california tens of thousands of homes are still without power. utility crews are doing the best they can to repair the damage from last wednesday's windstorm but they are having a tough time getting to the troubled spots. some of the roads are so full of debris the trucks can't knack -- can't get through. city officials say the roverry effort could take months. here in the bay area about 400

customers remain without power. >> we did have some high winds there. >> and we will have more winds in the higher elevations tonight. but for today a chilly start. a dry air mass allowing temperatures to drop to near freezing. that's in the unprotected north bay valleys. you see the sunrise. a beautiful start but a chilly afternoon ahead. i'll have the details next. >> thank you, lisa. also neck, the sharks turning the puck over several times against the florida panthers at the tank. could they overcome those mistakes? mike shumann has the answers coming up in sports. [ woman ] hmm...game day party idea

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>> we were talk about our christmas trees. bogus got them yesterday or friday. >> yeah. could we see think any precipitation to bring a white christmas to the sierra nevada? but also the winds to contend with has been the real issue. from mount damage you see what a beautiful start to the morning it is. due to the watch winds, texas dropped. this morning we are setting at 34 degrees in mountain view. napa below freezing at 30. 33 in santa rosa. 36 in redwood city.

good morning, san jose. it's 35 degrees. so we are looking at still temperatures dropping for the next hour or two. so hopefully you brought in the plants and it's going to be slow to warm up today and the next several days as much cooler air has invaded the bay area. 22 degrees colder this morning than you were yesterday morning up in santa rosa. napa, 21 degrees colder. hayward 16 degrees colder. you were 67 degrees yesterday. so it did warm up in the afternoon. it was a beautiful day. we are going to shave off another five degrees from those afternoon highs. so patchy frost this morning. sunny and cooler today. the gusty winds return. high fire danger for the north bay mountains with the off short winds returning after midnight tonight right on through about 9:00 monday morning. and here is why. you see the dark area? this is a big ridge of high pressure and every weather system that wants to only our

way, we are being protected by it and they deflect over to the east of it. that is coming straight down from canada. those winds, usually north or northeastly, bring the gusty event. they get channeled threw some of the passes, the canyons, and also they bring down the relative humidity. the air mass extremely dry. we will be looking at temperatures cooler than we had. with all the winds the atmosphere was well mixed and the warmer air brought to the surface. but this is coming from canada, the next flow. we will see a due south movement from the cool air all the way down into northern and southern california. so the dry weather continues, the wind tonight into tomorrow. and we will be looking at a lot of sunshine, though, in between. in terms of high temperatures, a little warmer today in the northern sierra. 41. 50 in the southern sierra with mild temperatures and the wind returns in southern california. so we are talking high fire danger. northeast winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. north bay mountains tonight, 62

cupertino. 62 campbell. 69 san mateo downtown. and a couple upper others by the water and richmond and cass vo valley 61. more upper 50s from antioch to fairfield to walnut creek today. and monterey bay, 62 and watsonville. we will look for the winds to pick up again tonight. another frosty morning tomorrow. in fact, the next several mornings we should see that and slowly cooler by the end of next week. still dry right on through next weekend. >> thank you, lisa. coming up at 7:00 right after the newscast, good morning america. we are joined live from new york to tell us what they are working on. good morning. >> good morning to you, carolyn. nice to talk to you on this sunday morning. we have a packed show coming up. herman cain suspending his

campaign following allegations of a 13-year affair. and as he called it quits, his wife was standing right next to him. we are live from washington with the details. also coming up, angry reaction to former penn state football coach jerry sandusky's first on-camera interview. how his alleged victims are coping with seeing him and saying he did nothing wrong and why so much he said could be used against him when his case goes to trial. and we will hear live from people this morning. and mcdonald is back in the spotlight but not as a candidate. what he is doing and why it is dividing the gop field. i'll tell you, this guy knows how to ruffle up some feathers, carolyn. >> you wonder why some of the candidates are going to appear. i know others have said they around going to. >> i wonder if they will be drinking trump water?

[laughter] >> we don't know about that. you sound like you have a little bit of a cold. >> i have a little bit of a cold. nothing that a few days of rest won't, you know, get rid of. a little bit of a cold, a little raspy voice. excuse the annoying voice this morning. >> no, just wanted to make sure you are okay there. >> yes, i'm okay. >> okay. we will see you at 7:00. >> see you at 7:00. bye. >> we are going to turn to sports. this afternoon the 49ers an clinch the nfc west and have a playoff spot if they beat the rams at candlestick park this morning. the raider are in miami and later stanford finds out which bcs bowl they will go to after a huge day of college football yesterday. here's mike with all the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. let's kickoff with a little college football. in a game that directly affects stanford, number three, oklahoma state. and perhaps a date with the cardinals, but they have to beat oklahoma. oklahoma state looking to break an eight-game losing streak to

the sooners. great stuff for the cowboys. jeremy smith dives in for 60. two tds. oklahoma state up 7-0. sooners couldn't stop joseph randall either. 151 yards, two touchdowns, 24-3, cowboys at the half. things get no better for jones and company in the third. fanning on the throw and fumbling. thank you very much. it's 34-3, cowboys just pouring it on. smith breaking a tackle up the middle. he's gone, 37 yards to the house. cowboys go to the big 12 title and a fiesta bowl berth with a 34-10 victory. -- a 44-10 victory. meanwhile montee ball in wisconsin facing michigan state for the big title. the fourth and five, russell wilson, look at jeff duckworth going up and bringing it down for 36 yards inside the ten. next play,, montee ball up the. middle for a touchdown. his fourth of the game. and later in the fourth, wisconsin punting a way. martin takes it to the outside. there he goes down the sideline all the way inside the five.

a flag on the play, running into the kicker, first down for wisconsin and michigan state is out of time-outs. wisconsin is rose bowl bound. they will face oregon with a 42-39 victory. georgia and lsu in the sec title game. tigers looking dejected early on. first quarter aaron murphy. to aaron white. great throw, twelve-yard touchdown. georgia is up, 10-0. same score second quarter. matthew steps up on the punt return. great blocks, makes the cut, he's gone. 59 yards. replay showed he has handed the ball to the ref before crossing the plane, but no one caught it. 10-7, georgia at the half. tigers take over in the third. hilliard, 15 yards for the touchdown. lsu will play for a bcs title after a 42-10 victory. houston's chase keenum hoping to lock up a bcs bowl game, but they had other ideas. keenum picked off at the 26 yards. he threw two picks yesterday and

southern miss stuns undefeated houston, 49-28. high school football, sacred heart facing off for the ccs division three championship at the at&t park. jack on the keeper over the goal line. things get a little heated as the helmet comes off. sacred heart with the ball. bad snap, loose ball, danny is on it. he picks it up, runs it back for a touchdown. a big win last night. 21-14, the final. all right. to the other contest, hockey. southeast-west coast match-up. san jose and florida. they don't play often, but plenty of hard hits in this one. first period tied at one. michal handzus at one. buries it. mcginn's second of the year. second period, a colin white turnover in his own zone. a former shark, marco storms, slides it past greiss. sturm, second of the season. tied at 2. after the brent burns turnover. shot blocked by thomas greiss and knocked in on the rebound.

twelfth goal of the year. panthers with three goals in the second and they go on to win it 5-3. let's tee it up at thousand oaks where tiger woods was top of the leaderboard. tiger, three shots to start the day. that evaporated quickly on two. led to one of five bogeys on the day forwood. one at 16. tying he approaches. the the ball in the creek. tiger 1 over 73. he's one stroke back of zach johnson thanks to this beauty on 18. 163 yards out and nothing but net for eagle. johnson a 4-under 68. a one-stroke lead heading into today's final round. all right. now to some playoff spot with a win over the rams. raiders are in miami. both these game highlights are at five. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >> next at 6:30. a new effort to save lives along the interstate 280 corridor. why some think keeping track of deer can make a difference.

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>> welcome back. san jose leaders meet to discuss pension reform to put before the voters. today's mercury news reveals a startling jump in the number of

retirees collecting at least $100,000 other year. our media department analyzed new figures covering the past two years. some city workers take ten percent salary cuts to close yearly budget gaps and others have been taking advantage of sweetheart retirement deals. one in three retired police officers and firefighters receive at least $100,000 a year. that figure was one in five just few years ago. some get automatic cost of living increases above the inflation rate, getting paid more in retirement than when they were working. collisions between cars and deer along interstate 280 have become a focus for researchers at uc davis. the most recent accident last september killed a driver near stanford university. now state game wardens have started the process of tracking deer along 280 between belmont and woodside.

we have details on the effort. >> reporter: from dawn to dusk, kristen and her team have been tracking deal. >> it looks incredibly like hunting but it is a tranquilizer dart gun and it delivers a flying syringe. >> reporter: and as the day winds down, this doe is their final capture. she gets a check by a vet and a collar installed, which is key to their work. >> transmissions are sent to the satellite every two hours. you get a step by step route of where it is heading to, where it's been, what happen at that time it is using and when it's crossing the highway. >> this capture and collar project is a joint effort by many state agencies, including caltran, which identified 280 as especially dangerous. >> there are more than 200 deer on this highway being killed by motorists. which means there's more than a potential of more than a hundred people being killed on the highway. >> of course, to gather the data the team needs to take great

care with each deer they catch. that's the job of department and game veterinarian, pam swift. they gather all kinds of information. >> some of the deer maybe don't even cross the freeway. we don't no such about the deer in this area. >> once the data is collected in this 18 month study, solutions, like a possible deer crossing uni280 can be made. she monitors vital signs and then gives her an injection to help wake her up. >> she's been tagged, got a quick physical and you see the radio tracking device has already been installed. for this point we are waiting for her to wake up and run off. >> after about a half-hour the deer comes out of her stooper wearing the collar that will transmit data for about six months. then slowly she walks off. along 280 near san mateo, abc7 news. california kids are out of shape and some of the most unfit kids live in san francisco. according to a new study published by the los angeles times, fewer than one-third of california middle school

students were able to pass a statewide physical fitness test. in san francisco the results are even worse with only 20% of fifth-graders, 30% of seventh grader and 33% of ninth graders passing the exam. that test measures flexibility and body fat and also includes running a mile and doing pushups. >> in the one year, this one year, 90 billion messages have been sent on san francisco-based twitter. the people at the social network looked back to come up with the most extraordinary tweets, the ones that tell the story of 2011. we got an exclusive first look. >> it might seem impossible choosing the best stories of the best tweets of the day, but they did

>> they showed us how. 1400 characters, maybe? >> amazing. >> helicopter hovering above a botobot at 1:00 a.m. is a rare event. >> the world's first clue bin laden in had been killed. the clean up after the london riots and the arab spring, marked by a three word rally cry, welcome back egypt. and a life changed. a homeless new yorker tweeting looking for my daughter after an 11-year search makes his plea on twitter, posting her name and photo. it only took one day for her to call, and then a reunion. nba player kevin durant tweets his board during the lockout. a group of oklahoma state

buddies invites him to a game of flag football. to everyone's surprise, he shows up. >> technology is great t reminds us of our humanness and connects us in a very, very human way. >> sometimes it was as simple as connecting a hungry man with a steak dinner he craved. when he jokingly had for the steakhouse to deliver a porter house dinner, it was there when he landed. it's the world we live in in 140 characters or less. abc news, san francisco. >> let's tweet for free breakfast. [laughter] >> at least some coffee. >> we are starting out with very cold numbers. the coldest air we've seen in quite some time because we've been so warm in the afternoon. even yesterday it was 67. you see the clear sky. the warm spot right here, 49 degrees. but in the south bay we are talking low to mid-30s. patchy frost and a cool afternoon in your forecast next. >> also ahead a race to repair

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>> each day i'm confuse about what to wear. it is cold and then heats up and you think it will be reasonable. >> we are saying good buy to the '70s for sure and upper 60s. getting colder out there, but if

you like the kind of dry pattern, you are in luck because it will stick around. we will see a return to the wind overnight in some spots. the official sunrise, isn't that pretty? 7:09. the clear skies and a couple of high clouds. with that dry air mass in place, boy, did temperatures drop. they continue to drop with just 34 degrees in mountain view this morning. it's 35 in san jose. good morning, napa. 30 for you. 33 in santa rosa. even here by the water, 44 in oakland. we started out when i came in this morning it was 51 in san francisco. 48 right now. mid-30s in the livermore valley. so that dry air mass in place and that wind is gone. look how much colder it is from yesterday morning. 9 degrees colder in oakland, even san francisco 7 degrees colder. but you get further out from the water, and my goodness, 22 degrees colder in santa rosa with some of those protected valleys definitely seeing some

of the patchy frost this morning. it won't only be this morning, we will be back to that this morning. although the winds will kick up in some parts of the day area tonight. this afternoon sunny and cooler and the wind advisory overnight for the north bay mountains where we are looking at dry relative humidity and a return to those northerly gusty winds. not as windy, though. talking 20 to 30 miles an hour winds instead of the 50 miles an hour winds. only place for the incoming storm systems to go is up and over the big ridge of high pressure which is anchored over the pacific. you see it here. weak trough after trough continues to come on down. now from the gulf of alaska. as it does it shoots over the side of the ridge and that's when we get the down-sloping winds, the offshore winds and some of the gusty areas, as well. this pattern will remain in place not only tomorrow, all week long. the winds, though, should ease up by the late morning tomorrow.

so it should be just a weaker one-day event confined more to our north bay mountains. with that in mind we are looking at cooler afternoon highs. kind of hard to recover from the overnight lows near or around freezing. 50 in yosemite. and we have temperatures in the 20s in the san joaquin valley this morning. 61 in san diego with more win in southern california tonight. our wind overnight tonight primarily for north day mountains tomorrow. 61 sunyvale. san francisco in the upper 50s. couple temperatures from the low 60s from cloverdale to napa. oakland, union city and castro valley with upper 50s here. cool for danville. down by the monterey bay, 58 monterey and 352 gill ray. another cold night but the winds will be picking up. north bay mountains, high fire danger. a look ahead.

upper 50s to low 60s with a dry pattern continuing through next week and possibly even next week as well. >> and in terms of the weather, way off in terms of christmas? >> no, we can't go that far. but it goes at least until maybe the 20th. still dry. >> wow. that means waterworks on christmas. >> possibly. >> usually the way it works. thank you, lisa. >> the small town of crescent city is the biggest exporter of dungeonus crab. they were also hit by the tsunami. in fact, waves destroyed the harbor last spring. with the north crab season opening last week, we sent jonathan bloom to crescent city for this morning's assignment 7 report. [siren] >> we are a tsunami magnet.

we have more tsunamis here that do more damage than any other harbor on the west coast. >> in march waves crashed into the harbor from the tsunami in japan and ripped it apart. a bystander shot this video as boats broke free from their moorings and collided, dragging pieces of docks that were already cracked and weakened from another tsunami in 2006. >> it took the damaged docks and swirled around like a big mix-master and shattered them all over the place. we had docks and boats all piled up in the far corner. there were like twelve or fourteen boats sunk, maybe more. >> harbor commissioner, pat bailey, showed us what is left of those boats after three months of the bottom of the harbor. >> into the dumpsters they will go. there's very little you can salvage out of them. >> now on a barge, a giant excavator is working to dredge up the 90,000 cubic feet of sand the tsunami brought in, making it too shallow for boats. one scoop at a time, the work is slow and the deadline tight. >> usually at this time every year the entire parking lot starts to fill up with crabbing

baskets. >> to mayor charles, those crab pots mean jobs. the season is about to start and the fishing industry makes up more than a third of crescent city's economy. >> if we miss this season, it would be absolutely critical. if the harbor coughs, the city sneezes and the county shivers. this is a fishing harbor and it's very critical we keep it a fishing harbor. >> so he picked up the phone and asked for a big favor. this is what he got. old, creeky wood that came all the way from san francisco. call is serendipity that san francisco was remodeling its west marina and gave them their old docks for free. >> turns out they fit very well here and we are tieing boats up to them as we speak. even with new temporary docks replacing some of the old broken ones, the harbor is designed for more 200 boats will only fit about 80. that takes care of the local fishing fleet, but for the

traveling fishing fleet, so vital for the economy, they have been racing to implement plan b. >> 2,000 pounds right there. >> they are giant corkscrews drilled into the harbor. visiting boats can tie up to them when they are full if they pass the stress test. >> 6,000 pounds right there. >> more? >> a little bit. that's the end of that gauge. >> the anchor held so firmly it broke the rope they were use to go test it. >> i would call that is a successful test. >> yeah, i think so. >> crescent city will be ready for crab season but the harbor master knows this is just the beginning. >> this is where the san andreas fault runs offshore. >> it is shaped like a funnel. amplifying the force of tsunami waves no matter where they come from. in 1964 a great wave wiped out most of downtown, and it's only a matter of time before it happens again.

that's what these boulders are for and this concrete wall. over the next year crescent city will rebuild it's harbor to withstand exactly the kind of wave that destroyed it last march. >> it will be stronger and better than it was before. it just takes time and money to get there. >> where is all the money coming from from? >> well, that's a good question. >> federal emergency grants will pay for most of it, but the harbor district is still $4 million short. they are determined to find the money quickly pause tsunamis wait for no one. >> we know they will be coming but we don't know whether it will be this year or 30 years from now. >> in crescent city, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >> meanwhile repairs continue at the santa cruz harbor, also damaged by the march 11th tsunami. a spokesperson said construction will remain in full swing all winter long. repairs might not be complete until mid-2013. don't go away, 7 on your side is next. >> the coupon savings are out there if you know where to look.

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>> there are the numbers from the super lotto plus. no one picked all twelve numbers so wednesday's jackpot is estimated at $13 million. san francisco's ballet, the holiday classic the nutcracker opens in just a few days. last week members of the company brought ballet to those who probably won't get to see it on the stage. here's abc7's arts and entertainment reporter, don sanchez. ♪ >> the waltz. a glittering snow queen. ♪ the resounding russian dance. ♪

the passion of spain. members of san francisco ballet's production of the nutcracker bring it to children at the hospital, sharing an experience. >> people are in need of a little joy or cheer, something from the outside that wouldn't necessarily be able to come here and enjoy it. >> this is why we dance. this is why i dance. >> to share my art, to share my love and to share performance and this gift that we have been given. ♪ their work turns into awe and into inspiration. >> i think it was pretty cool. it was my first time seeing ballet in a live performance. >> that's what is cool about doing the performance. we know we will spark curiosity and interest in maybe a young person who wants to become a dancer. >> clair is here from the nutcracker. turns out clair is dancing in the miran nutcracker. >> nice to meet them all. i think the girls' dresses are really pretty.

they look really pretty. >> check out the costumes up close. it took 80 hours to create this one. every one of those sequens is hand sewn. you won't find this often in a hospital, but then this is personal. >> it has become a tradition and what it's all about for them and the young people here is therapeutic. it does make a difference in their lives. the nutcracker plays december 9th through 27th in the opera house. abc7 news. >> lisa is dancing her way through the weather. >> you know me. we are talking about shiver around the bay. what a beautiful start to the day. 7:09 the official sunrise. this is the roof camera. warmest spot here. upper 40s downtown. elsewhere in the 30s this morning. later on, the niner game, upper 50s.

that's six degrees below the average. bundle up. winds pick up again tonight in the north bay mountains. >> all right. that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. our next newscast starts at 9:00 this morning. i'm carolyn tyler, along with lisa. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter at abc7 news bay area. you can talk about it at facebook.com/abc7news. good morning america is next. have a great sunday! [ female announcer ] today...is the day best foods and holiday leftovers become irresistibly creamy turkey casserole. real delicious best foods. make it real. make it different.

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