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>> good morning, everyone, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 25th. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi carolyn, good morning. some high everybody he will vision winds are bringing the tully fog into our valleys. we have the high surf sizery and low visibility in some areas. a quarter mile santa rosa, concord 2 miles and just a mile and a half in livermore. it's going to get a little worse before it gets better. after the 10:00 hour we will see more sunshine, hazy conditions on the spare the air day. poor air quality today and

tomorrow in the north bay. getting better on tuesday and tuesday begins a new parcel of air that's going to head our way and really mix out the atmosphere enough that maybe we could see some rain. we will talk about it coming up. carolyn. >> lisa, thank you. >> a word of caution for anyone taking advantage of the warm weather and headed to the beach. be on the lookout for sneaker waves. abc7 news lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> reporter: they were taking in the lights, the sites, and the warm temps along the embarcadero. getting outside was top of mind for just about everyone this winter day. >> i don't know if this has anything to do with global warming or climate change, but i'll sure enjoy it. >> it wasn't hard to find people in shorts and a t-shirt. it was 70 degrees in pacifica. typically this time of year it's in the 50s here. >> it's beautiful, especially since there's no fog along the coast. but below the surface, a potential for problems is brewing. there's a high surf advisory in effect.

shark park is at risk for sneaker waves. this is low tide. the coast guard was out keeping an eye on things all morning at ocean beach. the advisory was out, but surfers were all still in. >> we get maybe five to ten days like this in a surf season each year, so definitely have to take advantage of it when it's here. >> in oakland people flocked to lake mary to enjoy the sun and record heat. >> it's been nice to enjoy this weather since we had all that rain. >> but the state isn't in the clear. we are still in a drought and the rain is necessary for the air quality, as well. this is another spare the air weekend. >> it's like a dome over the area. it's capping all the air in our region so we don't get those normal breezes that blow out the pollution. >> that means anyone caught burning wood will be fined. patrols will be out all weekend looking for violators.

lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. the supplier of the steel rods that cracked on the bay bridge back in 2013 never told caltrans the same thing happened with nearly identical rods made for a washington state bridge in 2009. it was released by california bridge officials. it states the ohio corporation knew of problems six months after shipping 96 of them to california in 2008. 32 of the rods sat in rainwater for five years, exposing them to corrosive hydrogen. they snapped after being laid down in 2013. it cost toll payers $45 million. dyson corporation has not responded to requests for comments. >> napa county has reported their first flu-related death of the season.

it's the fifth death linked to the flu in the bay area. others announced last week have been in san francisco, sonoma county and san mateo county. officials have not released details about the latest victim but experts say it's a sign of the new increasingly active flu season. they advise everyone to get flu shots, wash your hands and avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. >> at a rare council meeting in oakland no, legislation was passed, there was no agenda, but there was a public forum that allowed residents, city officials police to talk about recent protests and tensions. sergio quintana was there. >> at the center of the conversation, the difficult relationships between some oakland communities and the police department. something the police chief acknowledged, but something he says has changed. >> the oakland police department of 2015 is not the oakland police department of the 1960's, department i joined over 20

years ago, and it's not even the police department of occupy oakland. >> oakland city council meetings often have unique moments, and at this one there were two. the first centered around a group called the black friday 14. they chained themselves to a platform after thanksgiving for two hours are and changing charges. one council member tried to coerce one to sign a pledge asking the charges be dropped. >> that the $70,000 in restitution not be asked for and that no community service or sought. >> at this time i cannot make that commitment. >> the second moment came ms. lewis spoke. she was arrested during that black friday protest. she also organized an early morning demonstration outside mayor libby's house this week. >> we weren't able to meet with her when we came to meet with

to city hall on friday so we chose to go wake her up. >> i do appreciate the chief of police acknowledged the wrong the harm and the hurt that's been done to this community by bad police actions. >> she had been in washington, d.c. and returned for the meeting. abc7 news. >> lisa, you are kind of tempting us there with a hit the post of rain. >> i know. i don't want to get too excited about it. we are talking about the warmth today. you can see the haze out there from the roof camera. temperatures in the mid-40s here and we will look for near 70 downtown, and yet the change is in the air for the early part of the week but only some neighborhoods could get a sprinkle or two. i'll explain coming up. >> thank you lisa. also ahead "the batkid" hits

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>> isis is striking again n a gruesome new video the terror group executed one of its japanese hostages and now they are making a new demand. brian ross has the story. >> this morning his family and government are desperate to save the life of japanese television

journalist. they posted this picture of him. force today hold part of the body of his cellmate. asking for a prisoner swap instead of $2,900,000,000 ransom demand. >> they no longer want money. so you don't need to worry about funding terrorists. >> in japan, the prime minister called the new video an outrageous and unforgivable act. and his mother told reporters her son sounded extremely nervous and she added this is no time to be optimistic. >> we will look closely with the japanese and among europe and this is a team effort among all the nations to find the individuals. >> the prisoner isis individual demanding to be freed is a failed suicide bomber in death row in jordan who islamist

groups they have tried before to free. she was part of an attack on a jordanian hotel that killed 60 people attending a wedding. >> brian ross reporting. this morning president obama is in india talking climate change and what he called a break-through understanding on nuclear power. the defendant was invited by india's prime minister. president obama is the first u.s. president asked to attend the republic day parade. a celebration of india's democracy. he will also visit gandhi's memorial. then on tuesday president obama heads to saudi arabia to pay respects to king abdullah. >> u.c. berkeley officials are warning about car thefts. they said nine cars have been burglarized in this month alone.

and in almost all of the cases they say valuables were left in sight and the car's windows had been smashed is. some precaution us can take? don't leave your valuables visible and lock the doors. police say you should avoid parking next to occupied vehicles. who can forget batkid? as you recall, thousands of people, some 25,000, packed the streets of san francisco back in 2013 to cheer on miles, a five-year-old boy recovering from leukemia. he was granted a wish to become a superhero for the day. yesterday the documentary "batkid begins" had it's world premiere at a film festival in utah. we take a look behind the scenes. and how the crew pulled it off. >> the famous golden gate bridge, the beauty of the city getting ready. >> fire trucks pulling into place and batman suiting up. >> we didn't tell him anything about the wish. >> that's miles mother natalie, in on the secret wish

about to the granted by "make a wish." >> it was scary. will it meet their expectations? >> miles, just five years old, on his way back from visiting relatives in idaho. we came back the phone started blowing up. >> gotham city needs you. this is the police chief only hoping you can hear my voice. call me right now. >> listen to miles. >> and it was batman ready to pick up batkid but miles had no idea. >> funny because he just did this. after he found the costume. >> there he was, their son transformed. descending the stairs with the bat mobile awaiting. and i'm like, okay, well he's other car thief and there's a lot of cops around. and i'm okay, there are a lot of cops around. >> batkid waiting. crowds and the windows, 25,000 gathering in the streets. and just look at miles waving back. the first is on twitter, the message from make a wish, here he comes. egypt, the philippines, the white house. >> way to go, miles, way to save

gotham! >> even troops in afghanistan aware of another hero back home. >> who are you? saving the day, and the mayor giving him the key to the city. [cheers] >> we talked to miles right after. we kept that photo. batkid is back home. his leukemia in remission. in the fields, on the farm. still wearing that cape, still wearing that smile. >> nice to hear he is still doing well. lisa is here to talk about spare the air, warm weather and much more. >> yeah the east winds and as well as the fog. it stays rather dense in parts of our east bay valleys. here's a look at live doppler 7hd. by the delta visibility is

reduced. another beautiful day at the beach. surf is high. the sierra nevada, what happened to the snow we may get a slight dusting come tuesday in the mountains. 46 in san francisco, 45 san carlos. 50 at the coast. northeast winds are already warming up the shoreline. you see the haze. here is san francisco with 42 degrees, and the fog is lingering. napa, petaluma had 3. 41 fairfield. and concord still gray for you. visibility a mile and a half livermore. a mile in napa quarter mile in fairfield and the east winds 25 to 35 miles an hour. the higher elevations really cooling in the tully fog. you see the direction here. these will linger. and emeryville will warm to near 07. record highs likely again today. a slight chance of showers, the best chance is in the south bay

come tuesday. we still have the high surf advisory through 3:00. pretty dangerous all the way from sonoma down to big sur with the unpredictable action and strength of these waves. here's a look at the coast. you can see them there. we will look for highs today with 11 to 16 degrees above average. 74 in san jose. here's through tomorrow. low cloud cover. you look at the green here popping up from time to time through tuesday. that's all we can manage. but maybe a dusting of snow in the mountains. the santa anas will be weakening today. still warm in los angeles, 9. temperatures in the upper 50s. and 58 concord, 57 in antioch 70 livermore. and morgan hill. accuweather seven-day forecast record warmth today. looking at low 70s and more clouds tomorrow and then a slight chance of showers, upper 60s tuesday.

sunshine returns wednesday. thursday, friday saturday, you have seen this before, more warmth more sunshine. can see what is showing up on live doppler 7hd anytime on the abc7 whether app. it's free. more information on abc7news.com /apps. a tiny chance coming tuesday. >> it's likely this will be a january with no rain? >> yes, the driest of. >> thank you lisa. a group of devout christians is ready for some football. what one area convent

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spots. a mile and a half in livermore. look at santa rosa. still can't see much in front of you. but the afternoon highs will reflect a warmer day for everyone. 70 in fremont and upper 60s by richmond and concord. 59 in the city. 75 santa rosa, 74 san jose. today the warm he felt day. we will see more high clouds and cooling tomorrow and a slight chance of showers, mid-and upper 60s, we are talking just a few sprinkles. partly cloudy wednesday and then a ridge of weak high pressure is with us friday and saturday. >> that will do it. thanks for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. you are wondering why we are off early today? it's because of basketball, which is coming up next. the news continues online, on twitter and facebook and all your mobile device was our abc7 news app. abc7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. have a great sunday and a great week

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