now an abc 7 news friends gather at the site of a freak accident that killed a teen in the east bay. live doppler shows thick clouds blanketing the area. find out when rain will arrive this weekend. they don't realize they might be the cause of the problem. >> how holiday lights can pose a danger to people thousands of miles away. abc 7 news starts now. >> this is abc 7 news. >> it doesn't feel real at this point. >> memories and hugs shared between friends of an east bay teenager who suddenly died while climbing a tree in oakland. thank you for joining us. this accident happened last night on the shores of lake merit where jack lewis and his

friends were gathered for a birthday party. abc 7 news reporter is live in oakland. you spoke with the friends, cornell? >> reporter: hi, natasha, i did. they talked about a young man who was kind, full of life. things certainly not the same at lake meter today. flowers have been left in the spot where jack lewis lost his life when a tree limb gave away. >> he was really great guy. >> reporter: clare brooke is dealing with the unbelievable loss of her good friend jack lewis. >> it doesn't feel real that the point. >> clare said she and jack came to celebrate a friend's birthday. the group was hanging out by the lake. some were climbing trees. >> there was three people sitting on the branch and jack jumped up to hang on it. it fell. >> reporter: police say the 16-year-old was crushed by the enormous weight of the tree limb which broke off killing lewis.

flowers and condolence cards have been left at the site. the tree and broken limbs removed by the city crews overnight. >> he was full of life and joy. he never had anything bad to say about anybody. >> reporter: in a statement mayor libby said yesterday's tragic accident was a heartbreaking loss for our city. i join with oaklanders across our city in expressing my deepest sympathy. jack lewis was a junior at oakland tech. a guidance told me that the school staff was notified about the tragedy today. she said that lewis was thinking about going to college. >> a super handsome dude. like, he was super nice to me every time i saw him he was super happy to see me and everyone. >> i feel sorry for his family. >> some parents say many trees have been impacted by the drought. >> i go to diamond park and i see a lot of trees there that are kind of dying. i get more concerned about it. >> reporter: the city said public works crews will examine the tree to find a possible

cause of why the large branch broke off. in oakland cornell bernard abc 7 news. to the latest on the shooting rampage that left 14 people dead in bernardino. france's president offered condolences and made a renewed pledge to help in the international effort to wipe out terrorism. isis said the attack was carried out by two supporters of the extremist group. it stopped short of claiming responsibility. investigators tried to learn more about the couple that opened fire. they won't have access to five years worth of their telephone record. abc news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: shooting. gunshots. full of coworkers at the christmas party when two shooters unloaded at least 65 rounds. another victim denise described

the horror to her sister. >> she said as soon as the gunfire started everyone dropped to the floor. they were underneath desks and she was trying to shield herself with a chair with the man next to her. >> that man shannon johnson held his arms around her telling her "i got you." he did not survive. >> we're investigating these horrific accidents as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: officials are trying to find more about the husband and wife shooters sigh yesterday farook and tash tash she declared her lee jense isis. >> it wouldn't be surprising to see a woman take an operational role. >> reporter: isis recruiting videos entice young women.

>> they're prioritizing martyr dom of all other aspects of their life. >> reporter: the male suspect's sister is trying to understand what happened. >> he was so happy with her. how he could leave an only child and how can the mother do this? >> a couple's neighborhood is left wondering. >> it's like they were anonymous to all of us. it's weird. >> reporter: authorities are now questioning the person who first bought the two high powered semiautomatic weapons and sold them or turned them over to farook. >> thank you. our coverage of the shooting continues now on the abc 7 news app. you can sign up for push alerts to get the latest updates. we're tracking the rain approaching the bay area now. let's check in with abc 7 meteorologist. are we in for a wet saturday night? >> if you saturday night plans they will not feature any wet weather. showing you a dry picture despite a thick layer of cloud

cover overhead. as we widen out you can see showers right off the coast associated with a frontal boundary that will slowly dip to the south and east overt next 12 hours and bring rain showers. a nice look outside. the cloud have arrived and thickened and the showers are not too far behind. so your saturday night planner features mainly cloudy skies by 8:00. cloudy and dry by 11:00 the cloud cover keeping us on the mild side with temperatures in the upper 40s to mid 50s. when to expect the first drop. north bay napa counties between 4:00 tonight. the heart of the bay area between 4:00 and 7:00 tomorrow morning. we'll talk about how long the showers stick around on sunday and how much you can expect in the full weather forecast. traffic is moving again through san francisco's broadway tunnel after police determined a suspicious object pose nod harm. drivers faced delays and detours starting just after 9:00 this morning.

someone called police after spotting a suitcase inside one of the tunnels. officers determined the suitcase pose nod harm. the tunnel was closed for about an hour. a new detail on a hazmat incident in fremont that sent five firefighters and two police officers to the hospital. all seven have been released at this point. they were responded to the scientific research lab yesterday afternoon. investigators said four kinds of acid inside a drum had a chemical reaction and spewed out gas. 11 buildings had to be evacuated. the ceo said they carried out the same procedure for five years now and there hasn't been any problems. results of tests on the waste container are expected on tuesday. we have new details on a crash in hayward that killed a man on interstate 808 overnight. around 1:30 this morning the man's car rear ended a van in the northbound lane here 238. he got out and ran to the southbound lanes. several vehicles hit him as he

was running across the freeway. investigators are trying to find out why he ran. >> we don't know. we have to contact any witnesses that may have seen the collision. we don't know his intentions. >> within 20 minutes of the first crash, chp said there were three more accidents in that area that forced them to shut down most of the highway for a couple of hours. today san francisco's police chief said he understands community frustration after the deadly police shooting of a man in the bay view neighborhood. at a town hall meeting hosted by police last night there were calls for chief greg suhr to be fired. police shot and killed 26-year-old mario woods thursday afternoon. police say he had knife and refused several commands to drop it and moved toward an officer. they say another cop fired at him in self-defense. >> people have a right to be upset. even people in the meeting said there's so many great cops out

there and there really are. >> he was wanted in a stabbing. his mother told abc 7 news that he suffered from mental health issues and needed help. more to come on abc 7 news at 4:00. take a look at this. it's pluto's close up. we've never seen it like this before. what space explorerers were able to capture. and a record-breaking reunion one north bay

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these may be the clearest close up images of pluto's surface we've seen in decades. nasa's new horizon spacecraft snapped these in july during the closest fly by of pluto. it shows craters, mountains, and glacial terrain along a strip for 50 miles wide. even though it passed it in the summer, it will take about a year to transfer all the photos and data from the fly by. a lot of you tweeting about the happy and record-breaking reunion. you're taking at stephen and nancy payne along with their cat ginger. this picture provided by the marin humane society. she was microchipped. the paynes got a phone call they

never thought they would receive. the humane society said eight years is a new record for them for reuniting a lost pet with its family. christmas came early for the bay area pet population. abc 7 was where brought to see santa paws. they are hosting santa photos for the seventh year now. a photo cost about $20 and all the money raised goes to help animals who are up for adoption. >> it's great to see so many people with their petds taking photos with santa. >> 20 families with pets showed up in the first hour there. today's event just wrapped up. y you can go next saturday from noon to 4:00. wow. abc 7 news was at the aquatquat

park this morning when dozens of police officers ran into the cold waters. it's brave the bay challenge to raise money for the make a wish foundation. police officers say it's fun and the chill is worth it to help the kids. even san francisco police chief greg suhr jumped in. glad it was this weekend rather than last weekend. it was cold last weekend. >> yeah. despite that, chilly running in the upper 50s. >> burr. >> definitely a wake up call this morning. we are showing we have skies but a thick cloud cover overhead. out there right now on this saturday afternoon an evening we're holding the 50s in most spots. currently 53 in hayward. 58 in san jose. right now i'm checking on the temperature of 51. with this cloud cover overnight not going to fall too far from where we are now. generally spee most spots in the mid to upper 40s and our mildest

location like the bay in san francisco overnight dropping into the low 50s. that rain will arrive shortly after the midnight hour. on the storm impact scale we're giving this one a number one. it's a light and has minimal impacts on the bay area. future weather as we go into motion we'll show you saturday night into early sunday morning. by 4:00 in the morning you notice the moisture confined to the north bay. as we get into the 6:00 or 7:00 hour on sunday morning, you notice the light showers working to the heart of the bay area. but watch what happens as the system dives to the south. it encounters a lot of dry air. by 10:00 sunday morning as it approaches the south bay it falls apart and loses a lot of moisture. by midday in the early afternoon we're drying out our skies. in terms of total rainfall this is going to be light in terms of amounts. north bay around a quarter of an inch. maybe a little bit above that. most locations outside the north

bay i think generally around .10. i wouldn't be surprised if some cities pick up more. the key point to take away with the next system. the majority of the rain will fall overnight while many of us are sleeping. the highest amounts in the north bay and the lightest amount will occur in the south bay. a cloudy afternoon and dry evening on the way for sunday. so highs for tomorrow with this early morning shower and the cloudy afternoon it's going to be cool. 57 the high in san francisco. 59 in oakland, 60 in san jose. up to about 56 in have a lay hoe. hanukkah begins sun down on sunday. temperatures around the mid to lower 50s. we'll be cloudy but dry. fast forward future weather into thursday morning. that's when we're expecting the next rainmaker. it looks to pass a little bit of a bigger punch early on. by 7:00 in the morning we could be doing steadier showers. it looks like the system wants to hang on for the majority of

our thursday. of course, we'll keep fine tuning the details as we get closer to thursday of next week. here is the seven-day forecast. tomorrow we'll track the morning showers. we're dry into the afternoon and evening. clouds to sunshine on monday. dry tuesday and mild. increasing clouds on wednesday ahead of our next system with rain likely on thursday. a few sunny breaks on friday and another chance of rain happening on saturday. so it's good to see the pattern with chances of rain each and every day. >> yeah. it's one of the normal winter pattern. >> it is. january is our wet season. >> thank you so much. i have high hopes today. >> i know. your usc chargers. it's about a half hour away. and a final four position with a

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a lot on the line tonight. facing usc playing in their first conference game. rose bowl or final four ramifications on the line. we're joined by rick. a lot to play for this evening. >> reporter: that's right, mike. there's a lot to play for tonight. especially for stanford who has a slim chance of making the national championship playoffs. we're 20 minutes away from kick off. should be another great game. the last six games have been decided by ten points or less. this year the pac-12 is celebrating this 100th anniversary. former sanford quarterback john elway was player of the century. and ronnie luck was the defensive player of the century.

early in season they upset usc 41-31. i asked the two hall of famers about the keys for tonight's contest. >> this is a simple game, man. you have to win the clock. you have to win the clock. so you to win the clock with running the football but getting on third downs and getting turn overs. as you know, not too many people beat them when it comes to working the clock. and david shawl has been phenomenal managing games >>well, but i think they have to continue doing what they've done all year and running the football and have kevin make plays and play defense. last thing you want to do is turn it over. the team most careful with the ball and able to make the big plays in big games. >> reporter: other members of the team will be honored before tonight's contest. christian mccaffrey needs 216

yards tonight to set the single season record for all purpose yards. he's trying to break the record set by we abarry sanders. it will be exciting to see if he can do it. reporting live from lee i have stadium. we'll see you after the game. >> thank you, rick. we'll see you after the game. warriors trying to make it 21 straight. we have the updated highlights as we continue.

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warriors continue the seven game road trip today in toronto. looking for their 21st straight win to start the season. i've never seen anything like this. we'll see if it continues in toronto. andrew out with back spasms. steph curry picked up right where he left off. early gets hot. second later from the corner. going to 16-0. curry is 4-3 of the first quarter. warriors up with 15 points in the first. the nba a game of runs. toronto the second. starting to break. and finished the game tied at 45. how about an injury? runs in for the shoulder. goes down hard. injured the right eye in the collision. he wasn't out of the game long.

fourth quarter now. what else? just under five minutes left. baseline gives 37. bradfords in front. warriors leading by two with over a minute to play. we'll update that later in the newsca newscast. avoiding three of four at wyoming this afternoon. second half bears lead by as many as 12. wyoming tied at 62. 30 seconds to go a game high of 32. tie roan wallace misses and goes to overtime. now tied at 69. 90 seconds of play. wallace hits to make it a four point game. the bears escape in overtime 78-72 that final. baseball now the san francisco giants signed former a jeff samardzija. he went 5-6 of 16 starts.

he signed a one year deal with the chicago white sox. started hot but went 1-8 to finish 11-13. his worst season after giving up a league high of 29 home runs. after zach greinke made a $200 million deal with arizona. dodgers looking to sign a starter. college football coming up on abc 7. we'll check in on the earlier action later. >> no doubt about it. he okay? >> he's fine. >> i was worried. take a look at this. you are not seeing triple. why santa traded in the sleigh today for a boat. the also, on abc 7 news holiday displays that could get you in trouble with the law. an expected safety risk with certain lights. a famous name makes a plea during an

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live breaking news. we're learning more about the breaking news. a fire that damaged a home on san jose's east side. it broke out inside a house on decker avenue. it happened around 3:15 this afternoon. drews brought