a gigantic farewell to the stick and one big party tonight. lively celebrations have been going on all afternoon. fans gather for the final game for 49ers in san francisco. good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil >> i'm cheryl jennings we have live team coverage, another live look, let's take a

look at the stick. you can see the sea of red and gold, beautiful evening for it. we're going to have fan frenzy in just a little bit. >> yes. we're going to take you back on a flash back to december 9, 1979. mike shumann getting bear hugged by dwight clark. a touchdown pass and niners won the game, then, he handed the ball to dwight the big spike, shuu has a lot of fond memories of the game at the stick. sit bittersweet knowing that this stadium will not be the home of the 49ers after this season? >> i think it is. for everybody ever played here. driving up here, i'm saying we're not going to see this anymore driving down 101. here is a flood of memories and every player here triggered

memories of other stories 43 years, you cannot ask for more mere here. i'm going to step away two major league baseball games. five super bowl champions. what a better way to go out on monday night football. you can see the lights. asking what his emotion is, in this final game. >> what is going through your night? >> you remember all of the good times. you look back and you think of standing here. 50

moments is just where it happened. >> two plays i've associated with you. run against minnesota. that should be be called the throw. not the catch, too. those are just two memories have you here. >> one came out of nowhere. trying to survive. i just live time kind of thing. joe, you just believe n big, strong kid. just so happened dur he left the hole open and he caught it it and was great. you can he

emotion because we're all working today. and i can't think of a better way to go out than on monday night football for the nation to see what a beauty this was. i have three good routes left in me. use me wisely. >> i will just run out on the field. joe montana wasn't overflowing with memories. he was saying the field was always soggy. >> he would like to think the guy who won super bowl here

would be here today. he connick moments were catches and throws and he will be here in spirit. 49ers taking on falcons. >> before you go are you going to be grabbing back a handful of sod? >> it's in my pocket already before everybody starts stealing some, it's in my pock writ. >> thank you. >> oh, my goodness. 49er faithful have been sharing favorite memories with us. wayne? >> a different view and food out here, none of these fans are going to go in that ballpark hungry. take a look. >> yes.

>> it's the end of a tradition we've got chicken and fajitas. >> keeping up with joness in a 49er tail gate party. >> i've been coming here since i was six years old. >> nothing is more bittersweet. >> something about the tree. >> it's a great thing for the family to do together. is in the last sniem i think so. >> when jennifer was ten this is the tree her father gave her. they did it again, and next. it became too big, they planted it

and decorated it every year. >> my dad lost a battle to cancer in 2000. and it became a way to honor his memory. >> holidays bring people together. so do traditional twit rit twals. >> at candle stick park wayne freedman abc7 news >> if trying to get to handle stick, you probably should have left yesterday. if sky seven could fly, that would be where you can make a fortune taking a look at the skyway, yikes. we're used to seeing

oncoming traffic that is jammed up. right side is the traffic heading to the game. years ago took me two and a half hours to get to the east bay for a game. one more traffic shot, you can see folks are breezing along, everybody in cash lanes, they're stuck. >> if you're stuck in that traffic any bets on whether they will sing "it's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday" >> 49ers tweeted out this picture of the book. >> there is another great story. larry and roxanne here shared their date on november 17th.

now, married with five kids and kif grandchildren. e mail us your photos. >> it's beautiful day. we need it. you saw how hazy the sky was. >> taking a look at air quality not looking good at mount diablo. sandhya patel is here now with the accu-weather forecast update. >> yes. it's poor air quality. i'll show new just a moment. a live doper seven skies and 15 spare the air alert. another alert up for tomorrow, tuesday from our camera. beautiful view looking

out towards the bay. temperatures are mild. 54 in half moon bay. it is in the low 60s if you're going to the niners game, they play falcons at 5:40. and make sure you take a sweat shirt or a jacket. forecast, clear, cool, temperatures into 50s and chilly tomorrow morning. mild, hazy, numbers in the 60s >> thank you. >> developing news, supporters valley behind 13-year-old jahi mcmath. doctors there say she is

brain dead a judge extended a temporary restraining order preventing her from being removed from a vent later until december 13th. her family says the hospital is pressuring them to remove her from life support. >> i know my daughter wants to live. she enjoyed life. and i know she won't like someone having a time limit on her life >> we continue to investigate the cause of jahi's death. main thing we want to emphasize is that our hearts go out to this family in this very, very difficult time. >> the judge ruled doctor fisher of stanford childrens hospital will determine whether jahi is legally dead. >> a young puppy is recovering after being found in the trash. the ten week old poodle found in a plastic bag in a recycling

plant. it appears someone just threw the puppy away. animal care and control says she's eating well and socializing. >> she's recovering from injuries and trauma she endured out there >> someone called from connecticut willing to fly out to take the dog. i had a rescue group saying they're going to take the dog. she would take the dog and treat it. >> little puppy there was adorable. investigators want to know how the dog got into the trash. animal control workers are calling the puppy a gem saying she's like a diamond in the rough, she looked adorable. >> glad she's going to be okay and has a lot of offers to take her home. >> still ahead a critical ruling in san jose that could affect city workers. >> a weekend of twitter mishaps and steve martin apologizing

after embarrassing tweets. >> taking a look outside, you can see the sun game, maybe. everybody

a judge ruled to overturn a

measure to call for tough pension reforms david louie joins us to explain the decision. david? >> ever >> there is no question this is going to have strong implications. you might say santa claus gave a nice christmas present but ended up leaving a lump of coal for the mayor and members of the city council. two sides have been embroiled in a lawsuit after voter as proved pension reform by a 70% vote that had police officers forecasts and other city employees a judge agreed with the city on some points but with employees on others and the labor groups see it as a victory. that the city was taking steps to ease a short fall in pension funding. key points is that city can

raise pension contributions talked to both sides. >> we've been saying reform measure, measure b was illegal. and this judge gutted, gutted measure b. >> this isn't the end of measure b. i'm confident that both sides will appeal the judge's decision that didn't go in their favor and we'll work through the courts and to the supreme court >> but police union indicated it may have more to say about the court ruling. the president has agreed and acknowledge there's is a need to address pension liabilities and willing to sit down to iron out differences now, another key point, the judge did agree the city can

spend savings including police officers and restoring library hours as well as other city services cut back by the tight budget. live in city hall, abc7 news. >> more money news, apple gets a deal in china stocks rise to get another record high. >> cory johnson is here with the report, cory? >> yes. i am. has subscribers and this after

more than six years of talks. tim draper wants to split up the state of california into six separate states. a press conference held to outline some of the reasons why he wants to make it quote, properly represented saying a divided state would provide more appropriate representation and help boost productivity. sea gate technology buying xyratech. saying it will expand solutions and strengthen the process and u.s. stocks sending all three major indexes to an all-time high. tony is selling grace note

for $170 million. sony paid more for the company but selling in a lower price in an attempt to get rid of nonessential businesses. from bloomberg studios i'm cory johnson. back to you. >> thank you. >> spencer christian is away but sandhya patel is here now. >> yes, and weather looks fantastic. >> temperatures are mild. and air quality continues to be high. we're not looking at any rain. temperatures into low to

upper 60s half moon bay was 48 degrees. spare the air alert up again, tomorrow, take a look atted visibility so poor, three miles in half moon bay. here is a view of san jose. a mild afternoon, mostly clear skies and chilly tonight. child conditions tuesday with spare the air alert again, tomorrow, sunshine expected for christmas day. we're looking at dry mild conditions for the holidays we're not expecting any storms here any time soon. it's going to be 34 in santa rosa. low 40s

in san jose. oakland 44. mainly clear conditions tomorrow afternoon, high temperatures 66 redwood city. in pacifica, 63 in the sunset district. downtown 64 degrees and hard to believe end of december and going with 70. 68 sant whera rosa. a down sloping wind keeps numbers on the mild side. oakland, fremont,

66 degrees. tomorrow, christmas sunshine, no problems for santa delivering gifts. temperatures approaching 70 degrees around the bay and a slow drop off in numbers heading into the end of the week. storms going to miss us. >> unusual winter. >> and coming up we're going to introduce you to a 95-year-old bay area woman whose generosity is above and beyond. >> parents collecting card

to those who've been denied ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. a bay area family will be on tv for a colorful light show they've been putting on for 44

years. tonight they will compete against three other families on great christmas light fight. this family are disney fanatics. can you tell? >> a lot of people like to volunteer during the holidays. a 95-year-old has been volunteering at project open hand about 25 years and is there every week of the year. >> it keeps me going.

young, happy. >> neda doesn't wait for sandy to take her to her shift. she takes muni and starts helping out as soon as possible. 95 years young. >> she looks fantastic. i love her spirit. >> grace period to get new insurance and president's symbolic gesture >> new complaints against target. what customers are saying the company is not doing. a cat stolen from a shelt marry made it's way back home. >> and remembering a major moment in history

well thanks for the memories candle stick park. this will be a nostalgic night and a big, big party, no doubt. i'm thinking most fans are outside of the park. >> there is a lot of people on 101 and a lot of tail gating going on. now new information

about that massive security breech invfling target credit card customers. target working with the department of justice to investigate the hacking that affected 40 million customers. some say it's not just true. abc7 news reporter vic lee joins us with details. >> one of the identity theft victims says he's been trying to get help from target unsuccessfully. you can't get through on hot line phone or answers through social media sites and his problems with the company are growing. jack robertson checked a statement after being told he can no longer make a purchase on the target red card. >> there were charges in

southern california >> the charges from west hollywood and los angeles totalling $150. this morning guess what else he found? >> can't get a hold of them, been checking the account. this morning now, all charges are duplicated. so now all charges for the statement show double. >> grant's credit card had transactions from missouri and ohio. >> 15 went through. adding up to several thousand dollars. >> the security from his bank helped identity thieves. >> i had overdraft protection. >> both shopped at target from november 27th through december 15th. millions of the accounts now reportedly showing up for sale in the black market.

today, target legal counsel held a call with investigators. legal staff from california attorney general camela air's office also participated. target says no shopper will be held financially responsible saying it's doubled the number of staff because of high volume of calls. target says 17 million customers contacted them through social media. >> great news for one family just before christmas a kitten stolen has been found. today the playful kitten named arizona arrived back. a lot of energy there. frisky. a manager

saw the picture, called authorities and a family had been set up for adoption with arizona and they will pick her up tomorrow afternoon. >> she had been my crow chipped the officer scanned her and scomb it matched up. happiness all around. >> arizona no worse for wear. the climbing skills intact the shelleder says it's possible the cage wasn't maybe locked properly. >> well, people are just swamping covered california web site today. today is the deadline z california to enroll for coverage. officials say people having trouble accessing this web site will get a grace period to enroll. the government

extended the debted line until tomorrow. and so far a million people enrolled. >> people have the not been signing up in big numbers. >> the president also signed up today his staffers signed up up as a symbolic act. his premium, $400 a month just for himself. >> in utah a judge is allowing same-sex marriages to the judge overturned a ban on same-sex marriage friday. >> looks as though astronauts at international space station will get christmas day off. the

astronauts got a lot of work done, nasa concerned about their safety after an astronaut had water built up in his helmet in july. nasa may cancel a walk for christmas day. >> and this evening, and morning with the second day. >> historic moment in space exploration remembered today by a man who was a part of it. read a bible verse to mark the anniversary of apollo 8's mission. astronauts on that mission read bible verses. according to nasa, millions tuned in during that original broadcast. a dog in trouble with new best friends now after this

rescue from a frozen river. >> lessons learned. >> i'm sandhya patel. hazy skies now, it and continues tomorrow, how long this weather will last to your travel forecast coming up. >> throughout the bay area, roadways are packed. traffic on the right side traveling towards berkeley and a lot of traffic going towards san francisco and trying to get on to 101 south. good luck at this point. kick off about an hour away. back

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a poor pooch in massachusetts got himself into a hes mess. there he schl the golden retriever named crosby fell in the chilly >> as i broke through, just climbed across the ice. and

broke through and got to the dog >> imagine how told cold that had to be. a second rescuer went in to help get the dog out. firefighters warmed him up before returning him. >> noble beauty there. >> yes. nothing like that here >> only ice is in the cups. >> here is where you have to go to see winter weather. snow tomorrow, 16 in nargo. for dallas, 52. new york, 40 degrees there. 46 portland and

seattle. 51 in tahoe. los angeles no problems and sunshine. here in the bay area, continuing with hazy skies and sunshine. temperatures mild. this is like spring. francisco. 67 morgan hill, santa cruz. all we can do is enjoy weather. temperatures running above normal. >> santa will be wearing shorts >> short sleeves >> thank you. >> if you have a smart phone for christmas, don't forget to install new abc7 news smart phone app. we have a section for all stories you're going to want

to share. just go to abc7 news/apps for details. >> coming up, twitter mishaps and apologies from one executive >> how a sold yefr's christmas was saved after robbers took the gifts. >> creative parents recycle card board boxes into ♪ checkin' target off my list, ♪ ♪ last minute deals on toys and gifts. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday, ♪ that's my kind of holiday. ♪ wrap it up, pop, lock and shop, ♪ ♪ buyin' presents that i forgot. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday.

♪ thank you grandma for the dolls. ♪ ♪ i love it! ♪ i'm ninja kicking through the halls. ♪ ♪ i love it! ♪ mom's posting pictures on your wall. ♪ ♪ that's my kind of holiday. >> live on the field at candle stick. we expect it will be a final game by the niners you can see the sign there. in 1987 you were part of a special event. >> we were afrng shoring as the

pope preached mass. >> so many epic moments. >> and november doubt people will be tweeting about that because they can. right? but you want to think before you tweet. a former pr executive is apologizing for sending a tweet about aides in africa many found offensive. >> this morning a top publicist until now repped internet giants is unemployed and apologizing because of this tweet. going to africa. hope i don't get aids, just kidding. i'm white. now, she tells abc news, words cannot express how sorry i am. she posted friday before jumping on a plane from london to cape

town. she was off line for the nearly 12 hour flit but the whole time, millions were online. an explosive reaction. her reputation, imploding. that hash tash hasjustinlandedyet seemed everywhere. >> it's amazing how her life changed. >> this photo reportedly shows her when she landed on the phone apparently learning of the uproar, she deleted the tweet, then, the account. >> the response was to delete the account. that is a start but didn't go far enough to repair the damage. >> she sent a message saying it's easily to be cavalier about a epidemic one has not witnessed firsthand i am ashamed her former bosses calling the tweet outrageous, her family

saying this is not indictive of the type of person she is. and she, and the family are devastated. >> that is abc reporting. good seems to have come out of this. web sites have been set up to help and receive donations >> steve martin also apologizing friday, martin asked to submit their grammar questions to his twitter feed one user asked is this how you spend lasagne, he responded it depends are you in an african american restaurant or another

place. >> the grinch almost stole stole christmas for a california soldier who returned home after 18 months in afghanistan. chris petrossian bought $5,000 worth of electronics and had them mailed to his house, then rushed home to be with his family. but thieves got there first. >> i did most shopping online. because i don't have time when i come home. it was on the desk. they just ripped open packages and helped themselves to everything. >> that is so wrong, donations came in to replace most gifts and his daughter cookie got a present the thieves could not take, her daddy home for christmas. >> nice now to, parents who have too much time, lilly and leon macky

made a move from new zealand to australia with a new baby and boxes. and they decided create scenes from movies. for star wars fans this, very good acting on these scenes for die hard fans this is called yipee kaya, mama and papa. >> i wonder if they have a twitter site. >> coming up, san francisco mayor wants the city to host the next america's cup. >> he says it's going to be different. >> coming up, bay area puppy dumped but getting a jump on life. interest in adidn'ting him going coast to coast. we'll have the latest. plus, turning silicon valley into a state. and

the plan to split california into six easy pieces. those stories and more at 5:00

san francisco mayor asked to host the america's cup once again. >> the winner gets to choose the location for the next case the mayor is hoping they will go go with the city by the bay. >> we will do better. >> the mayor says this time, negotiations won't include controversial land development rights for ellison and former supervisor who with, a number of others, sued over parts of the

race. >> there is no reason people should be subsidizing the hobby of larry ellison. >> the city promised to raise $22 million but so far, raced less than half the economic institute believes there was a big enough payoff to justify hosting again. >> we'd say yes. at least $364 million going on in different parts of the city that would not have been there otherwise. >> critics call that >> we cover from lack of experience and confidence. now

we have that experience. and will do better. >> the 46th cup is expected to take place in 2017 n san francisco, abc7 news. >> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00 the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> a family gets a wish. today's court decision on the future of a young teenager on life support. plus... calls to adopt a dog rescued from trash. tonight how close this puppy came to getting killed. >> it feels like everyone is tail gating tonight. >> it's great weather, felt more like spring. i'll let you know

if this is going to continue coming up. >> a teen-aged girl staying on sup support. this value raly to continue the fight. and a family has been granted another chance to keep their daughter on a respirator for now, at least. >> jahi mcmath was declared brain dead after suffering cardiac arrest. a court appointed an independent doctor to examine the intent of the brain damage. the chief of child neurology and director of the center for brain and behavior at stanford. >> that neurologyist has been evaluating her condition all

afternoon here at childrens hospital at the request of a judge, today the judge ordered she can stay on life support for another week. >> this is a paper that stood between her and having life support pulled. >> the lawyer shows off a court order that will keep the teen on life support. >> without this, they could have pulled the plug. this keeps her alive until at laeft the 30th. that gives the family time to find alternate arrangements and for jahi to come back to life. >> this is family wants jahi moved to an extended care facility. her father ask stepfather were back in court a judge ordered an independent evaluation naming a pediatric neurologyist dr. fisher to determine if jahi's brain shows acti