this, is the main entrance to the chinese consulate. you can see charred doors and damage was contained to the outside. today, business as usual, but they couldn't miss fire canalling. many had strong opinions about what happened. >> terrorism. right? it's terror. it's the nature should be the same as any group attack, u.s. embassy consulate >> 9:35 raft last night a camera mounted on an apartment building shows a van stopping and moments later fire broke out. a witness says she saw two men inside of the kons slit. investigators say they poured two buckets of gasoline on to the front door the press called the act

despicable. >> this is a violent crime in the united states. >> posing a severe damage to the consulate facilities. >> state department says it's deeply concerned. >> we take this very seriously. bureau of diplomatic security working with the fbi and local authorities to investigate. the fbi doesn't not believe it's an act of terrorism. >> our assessment is that this appears to be a criminal matter opposed to national security matter. >> but just in case, san francisco police assigned a unit to the res dense. in 2008 a group poured a flammable liquid on a gate outside of the building. investigators believe it mae have had something to do with the crack down in tibet. a

source sneen a video says one of the arsonist saz man appearing to be asian, wearing glasses and jeans. >> a santa rosa neighborhood vows to rebuild a memorial honoring andy lopez shot and killed by a deputy in october. the memorial went up in flames this morning around 8:00 in this video shows the aftermath here. investigators are trying to figure out if this fire was an accident or intentionally set. the teen was walking through his neighborhood with a air soft bebe gun >> police made an arrest in the shocking murder of a northern california priest, taken into custody today police say he surrendered in gasherville

investigators believe he killed the priest after he broke in yesterday morning. >> there does appear to be blunt force trauma. the investigation, homicide revealed forced entry was made into the parsonage. and a violent struggle ensued. >> police say he had been in and out of the custody and stoent a hospital because of the he raltic behaviors. father freed had close ties to san francisco. on the third sunday of every month, he said mass in san francisco to members of the japanese catholic society. a shan jose man has been arrested after a crash that injured a pregnant woman. police say the 23-year-old hit another car with his mazda, and that other driver is pregnant. officers say he drove way, crashed and then took off running. police caught up with him, arresting him for the fifth

dui. >> a driver with uber is out of jail tonight. arrested following a new year's eve accident that killed a 6-year-old girl and injured her mother and carolyn. >> it's part of what is known as the sharing economy. tonight, question about who shares potential legal liability in tragedies like this, conthe corner, there is a small memorial to a small child. 6-year-old sophia lu. police identified the driver today. he faces charges of vehicular

manslaughter with gross negligence and failure to lead. today, saying they have deactivated his account. >> this is not the first time an uber driver has been involved in a pedestrian accident. in march this, geyser occurred after a driver and another car crashed, shearing off a hydrant. these pictures provided by attorney doug atkinson who says the client, a 25-year-old, a passerby was hit by the hydrant. >> she broke her leg and underwent leg surgery. she may require back surgery. >> in september, the california public utilities commission took the first steps in regulating what it calls transportation network companies. including requiring background checks for drivers and a minimum $1 million per incident of coverage. the

attorney says uber is not stepping up in this case >> there is still denial they're included in the lawsuit properly and have responsibilities for the negligence of the driver. >> we asked uber to respond, but the company declined. in francisco, abc7 news. >> chp arrested 437 people conducting check points from 6:00 p.m new year's eve until midnight, new year's day. there were four fatalities across the state. >> a court order in the battle

over a brain dead oakland girl being kept on a vent later. representatives of childrens hospital and family of jahi mcmath be being ordered to meet tomorrow. >> it's been quiet and we do sdpoekt seat family tomorrow afternoon along with attorneys from the hospital for a hearing in court on one of the many motions filed on behalf of jahi mcmath. >> this case attracted international attention. this morning there was a lone demonstrator supporting the family of jahi mcmath the balance battle over her fate moves to court. friday a judge will preside over a settlement conference between the family and childrens hospital.

>> the family wants two procedures the family refuses to perform on the 13-year-old the family and attorney say they can't move her without those procedures. on monday a judge extended a temporary restraining order preventing the hospital from removing jahi from a vent later until january 7th. >> lack of rainfall is starting to make bay area wine growers nervous. some are voicing their concerns. wayne? >> wine makers will tell you there are pros and cons the positive side it gives a good, strong red. on the down side, we don't know what we have in store. wine makers tell us

they're concerned. here is a concept when clear skies and good weather become a problem. wine industry viewing it that way. >> beautiful weather. >> it bad weather at this point? >> a little bit concerning. >> humans seek balance, so do vines. napa county sefz 25 inches of p rain. last year, just four. if we didn't see a drop of rain, these vienz would still produce grapes. it's what they do. larger question is how a potential drought would affect quantity and importantly, quality. >> if we have earlier bud break there is a longer time to mature >> she and others worry about frost and having little water to

protect against it. or heavy rains. >> it's not just lack of rain. the rain comes at the wrong time, it can hurt us as well. that is the reason we love rain, now. >> tom dave yeez warns in a worse case scenario with smaller yield we might see a 5% or 10% price increase. >> this is my 35th vintage coming up. the driest i've seen it. >> so dry, hills are barren of yellow mustard seed. that the grass is barely visible. it depends on allocations of water. >> my guess is that they'll able to get by another year or two. >> we can see drought. we have seen both before

the wines will adapt to weather and growers to the vines. in napa county, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> so when might we see a chance of rain? spencer christian has that for us. >> it may happen into the week ahead we'll take a look at the slight chance of rain >> water worry sxtz city asking residents to cut back because of the low lake levels. >> and a move to gutierrez dents to ditch bags so successful one

a $0.10 per bag fee was set to jump to $0.25 this week but because shoppers are bringing in reusable wag bags they're getting a break. >> that is right. that $0.10 per bag incentive has proven so successful, san jose decided not to bump up the fee. >> some stores as many as 90% bring their own bags to avoid paying $0.10 for a paper bag. it's that behavior that is being

rewarded >> now people getting into the habit of having reusable bags in trunks and are using it. it's just part of what they do. >> some shoppers took business elsewhere. >> it hurt our business a little bit. people come here anyways. >> peggy booth is glad this fee will stay at $0.10. >> good decision. it's important. >> do you ever for get? >> on occasion but not often. >> so does that remind you? >> yes. definitely. >> i was in campbell. that is one of the things i have trouble remembering. i got over the

city. >> shoppers face a fee starting january 27th. this broker failed to get 3,000 valid signatures but will continue to collect them. >> so have other issues whether we'll be taxed on those, that is just another form of tax. >> facebook is being sued for allegedly using private messages to trigger ads it says private facebook possessages being intercepted to learn the contents of user communications. this is awill yous face book to profit from it by sharing information with third parties.

>> folsom dam operators dealing with a problem of unprecedented lack of water in the state. >> when they'd usually start thinking about leaving space for winter flood control, operators are trying to save every drop of water they possibly can. >> we started planning for potential drought conditions in may after first five months >> operators having to prepare for something that the designers apparently never dreamed of. >> what you can't see is where that door is >> mni is the fight that supplies water to the city of

roseville the city of folsom in that direction. a full reservoir stands at 480 feet. center inside of the dam is 317 feet water level today is 363 feet just 46 feet above intake. >> it's uncharted territory. one idea being considered is flowing a barge. right? >> to protect habitat there is four time as much water leaving the dam than is flowing in. operators will be asking if this year fish might be okay with a little less. >> those are things that needed balance is flows down american river.

>> george warren abc # news. >> yes. serious conditions. >> getting drier by the day. a hint of a little rain in just a moment. showing mainly clear skies with high clouds we have had record warmth today. 66 degrees in moffett field ask oakland downtown oakland museum 69 degrees a new record high for that location. on we go looking over san francisco. tomorrow will be the fourth spare the air day. 26th since november 1st. now a live view of the district

in downtown san francisco from roof top camera. 60 degrees in san francisco. and one more live view with silver of the moon in the western sky looking from emeryville. 45 in napa. one final live view of the ferry building in chilly locations and this pattern continues into next week perhaps a slight interruption. hazy sunshine tomorrow and next couple days actually. storm going to move north. however, starting at 10:00 next tuesday morning by tuesday night there

is a slight chance of rain fall. the storm grazing the coastline pushing south ward. not likely to bring in water to the bay area. if that materializes looking like a light rainfall. tonight clear skies and low around the bay. highs into mid to upper 60s around the bay and inland z once again, declining air quality. here is the accu-weather forecast. this mild pattern through monday. just a slight cool down. highs 60 degrees inland. still not looking at much of a pattern. >> yes. >> storms.

>> yes. >> we do. >> thank you. >> still ahead an unusual merchandising deal. >> the family behind duck dy

frol being breaking news in san francisco. there has been yet another serious traffic accident involving a pedestrian. you're looking at a live picture

of the scene. police say the pedestrian is a man in his 20s. no word yet on who is at fault weechlt learned he was outside of the crosswalk. the driver remained at the scene. this is the fourth serious pedestrian accident in the city in three days. >> tonight stocks started on a decline with s and p 500 on the year down the dow fell 135 and p fell 16 points. duck dynasty family producing a line of guns. partnering with gun maker to produce nine different guns the pistol scombun rifle will

have military style designs with large capacity magazines. >> there is more still to come including a big winter storm hitting the east coast. >> hack tack n snap chat exposing thousands of names and phone numbers. what tech experts ever saying about privacy. >>

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a huge winter storm forced airlines to cancel or delay flights because of weather conditions there are delays for flights from chicago. in san jose international airport one flight to boston has been cancelled and there are delays for flights to, and from chicago and boston. no flights from oakland have been

affected so far. this is a live look, you can see snow coming down in washington, d.c. more now from the powerful blasts hitting there uk see snow coming down here in new york city. and tremendous snowfall. more than 100 million americans are in the path of this fierce winter storm. in north dakota 13 inches have fallen. >> i just cleared the car off. about three and a half, four inches. >> piling up quickly. >> yesterday morning and evening, here we are again. >> under four inches isn't bad a above 4, 5, 6, this just becomes

harder. >> new england, the worst expected to blow in. >> here in the new york area, commuters rying to get home before the port authority warned the storm may shut down area airports. 8300 flights have been delayed or cancelled. traveling by car is worse. >> roads starting to get icy. nerve wracking. so i guess we're going to extend the holiday. but for school children snow and cancel jagsz are just good news.

and word that long island expressway will be closed down. i'd love to be with you in that weather, i've got to say it's still beautiful out here in new york. >> it is beautiful. thank you very much. and just dozens of passengers aboard a russian research ship since last week have been evacuated now. this video posted by a passenger. the scientists and tourists taken to an australian ice breaker to get them home. 22 crew members will stay on board. >> snap chat gain add tenning as an app that is a teen sense yachlgs now, it's getting a different type of attention after exposing names of more

than four and a half million users and what it means for snap chat, and you. it's a simple idea snap chat let's you send photos and videos. reality is more complex. >> this is a sign they neat need to take their act together. >> a nirm australia warned them four months ago when it never responded the firm published the weakness online. hackers saw it and used it to build a computer program impersonating the mobile app, up loading a dummy aggress dres book and servers respond with a list of user names they blacked out last two

differentits of every number. their beef is with the company. >> there are certainly loss of anom anymore ti. if a parent n wants to see, they can probably look that up. the breech is mainly a wake up call for people who use snap chat. >> this is proof it's not a deal at all. >> he worries this won't be the last >> scary thing is that a lot of them are teenagers, right? >> he points out snap chat is a small company and says this won't have happened with google or facebook >> this is focused on viral

growth. and just focused on gaining more customers. >> coming up new hope for hundreds of pet owners after a long time veterinary hospital

we've told you about 40 years in oakland >> animal was out care or medical records michael finney is here to explain what happened. >> we've been keeping track of this. lake veterinary hospital served generations of animals and pet owners in the east bay. tonight the hospital is in bankruptcy the former owner facing charges of embezzlement. however, now there is a ray of hope. this is what pet owners found in oakland. >> i came down here, they're closed. with a note. >> dana cruz had been taking her dog sophie to this hospital and

suddenly, it's bolted shut. >> everybody is stunned. there is no access to records. >> starting march 24th, she couldn't get into the door. >> lost patience without the care they needed and without medical >> she planned to reopen the hospital >> she's undergoing a court case >> in supreme court charged with embecauselment of funds and theft of $100,000. but pretrial hearing slated for january 14th we tried serl several times to roach by phone but

unanswered. and the hospital is now in bankruptcy. facilities are locked in court. their fate is in limbo. >> chaos. >> she had been taking her dog to lake hospital before it closed >> i was worried something would happen and i won't have my vet. >> however, she need not worry any longer. >> so this is againy. >> the hospital is now back in business. >> it's critical the neighborhood could not survive without a veterinarian. >> lauren is a former vet narinnin teeming up with dr. dunne to open a new practice, in the same location.

now called grand lake veterinary hospital. iets been here since the 06s to have this practice closed down was a huge, huge cloe bloe to the community. and everybody is just thrilled we're back. >> it's nice to have a stable space to be here. >> the two veterinarians now trying to obtain old records for patients the court controls records and will probably put them up for sale. soits not clear what will happen to them. doctors are happy to know their patients are well. >> doctors and nurses back from the typhoon zone. >> up next their stories and emotional

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a team of bay area doctors returned from the philippines after delivering much needed emergency care to victims tonight there is a personal look

at that experience through video and photographs they captured during their mission. >> their houses are gone. they lost their loved ones. >> for this nurse arriving in the philippines was an emotional home coming. unable to reach the family on the island, she landed with other volunteers from stanford not knowing what to expect. >> i know the shows gone. children are fine but the house, minor injuries there are tl is no food oochl she was part of a response team known by the name semper, including brandon bond. and wf the team leader, they'd treat patients in crowded clinics. >> it's a matter of getting supplies and people. directed to the right area.

>> there are after the least 400 people waiting >> the team saw several hundred patients taking just brief breaks. >> this is the culture in philippines in times like this, we help each other. >> started raining in there working on caring for a wound. next thing i know rain there is a individual with an umbrella over my head inside. it happened time and time again. >> the team brought medicine and supplies from the bay area. >> and we're prioritizing patients by five and younger and 65 and older >> looks like a hillside of patients >> there is a moment i had to

pinch myself. i'm here as a nurse to help them. there is a part of me. i'm here because of one of you. i wish i can do more >> from suffering an amazing story of resilience among children waiting with their families at the clinic. >> 75 kids i took the group way from the clinic, starting a game of duck, duck. goose. iets right outside of the clinic z here are these toys running down the street. loving life. in the middle of a disaster zone to see children just enjoying life, that is an amazing image. >> it is, isn't it. semrer is

short. >> things are calm here in the bay area. you can see with a powerful winter storm. let's take a look at this area under a winter storm warning until 10:00 in the morning and a blizzard warning is in effect for virtually all of long island and new york, eastern massachusetts until 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. behind this storm, a blast of arctic air into upper mid west may have affects on the playoff games in green bay in lambeau field. it rb minus two degrees and just over three hours later minus eight degrees so niners will be playing in cold weather. here is the accu-weather

forecast. for us, spare the air tomorrow, dry, mild weather continuing throughout monday. cloudy skies on tuesday and wednesday. just a slight, slight chance of rain tuesday night. >> all right. speaking of niners... >> larry beil is here and that's got to be cold oochl got to be nice to watch in front of television. >> everybody's plan for dealing with cold are we looking at ice roll part two?

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sunday's nfc wild card game. remember back to 1967, packers hosted cowboys called ice bowl, 13 below a kickoff. a niners defensive tackle never wears long leaves but considering it for this game. >> everybody is going to be in it. so there is no tough guy stuff. just go out there and see how you feel comfortable. go from there. >> we do practice in it. and so i think we're going to be better through it. once the game starts who can execute in this cold weather. that is about taking care of the football and making big plays. >> niners beat packers in season opener. the strategy starts with this. al davis would say

quarterback must go down hard. here is packers defensive tackle. >> stop the running. hit the quarterback. that is if you can hit enough, it goes forward. >> easier said than done. so that is why it feels rewarding. it's not easy getting to him. >> i think they want to hit him. there is a bed in this game. losing mayor will read to kids and teach a lesson about sportsmanship. also zil to send a care package of chocolates and desserts to the winning city. this game is meaningful.

butteful and we'll have a playoff dedecision sunday night for a one on one conversation. vernon's view, it is here. these victories came against oer lando tonight in miami against champion miami heat. the cross over in the house and this is what the heat do. a slam. but warriors have a spectacular game. look at the passing. david lee with a reverse in the first half. he has it stuck with 14 at the half. warriors up by as many as 15. warriors up 118 to 107

late in the north. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> thank you. >> finally tonight what really matters. lillian noelle born two seconds after new year's day. i wonder what she has in store. perhaps beyond imagine what live will be like in still be issues that divide us? will our streets be more or less violent? will cancer still kill? in the next 48 years she will see so much. iphone doesn't exist seven years ago. what will change by the time she reaches second grade?

what matters is not what gadgets she will have, but how she lives her life. tech molg will change. what women not be compassion, meaningful work. that is what we can hope is in store. i love to hear from you. follow me on dan ashley abc7. >> thank you for

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