abc7 news begins with breaking news. the breaking news is in san francisco. sky 7 is heading to school district headquarters. school officials just telling us of a threat received similar to the one that shut down every public school in los angeles on tuesday. the district is calling parents to inform them and to let them know everything is okay. local and federal authorities investigated and search every school and found nothing suspicious. >> students are fine. we should tell you. school is in session. on the regular schedule. officials are going to give us more details at 11:30 is we will have detail on the news app. >> the threat that closed los angeles schools was pound to be

a home coming after school board members received e-mails detailing an alleged lot. school officials in new york and dallas received similar e-mails but schools there remained open. >> thanks for joining us. i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. >> moms squaring off and sound off over the chance place of a field chip to see santa. a school could see a mass student walk out tomorrow if the controversy is not resolved. the storm is brewing in san jose after a parent complained about the long had standing tradition. matt keller is at the school with more. >> a war over christmas at the elementary school and the battle lines are being drawn. >> field trips will be canceled. i want response. >> peace on earth and good will toward men. maybe at another school.

>> i am sorry. that was in your class. >> parents are against each other at the elementary school in san jose. students in three kindergarten classes have taken a field trip each december for the past several areas, drink hot chocolate and visit santa. this year it was canceled when this summer want to the principal and school board over her concerns that the christmas tradition was not inclusive. this is where they does not want her five your old left out of a assignment. >> it was tied to two writing workshops to write to santa, and there is a reindeer party, and other christmas-related activities. there is nothing continue for the jewish festival or ramadan, with a -- or hindu.

>> now they are sent to thank you letters to the owner of the coffee shop and arrangements for santa to be at the cafe after hours but the whole field trip was canceled. the mother has other parents supporting her. >> in the world of intolerance anything we can do to help in understanding is going to be a benefit to everyone. >> many say her complains and the school board actions are intolerant of christmas. this mother volunteers each day in class and said they do similar lessons on hanukah and kwanzaa and others say the point of the field trip is twisted by rumors and half truths. say the letter writing assignment was not a letter to santa but an assignment to write

letter to santa, a grandparent or friend. >> talking about diverse traditions but, yet, our christmas now has been taken were. it is removed. how can it be diverse if christmas is not even mentioned? >> the parents are planning on protesting at the school board meeting tonight and many parents say they are going to pull their kids out of class tomorrow and marching them down to the coffee shop with or without the school's permission santa is expected to be here, as well. >> happening now, the funeral is underway for mario woods shot to delegate by five san francisco police officers early this month. outrage over his debt led to a policy change in the department and officers must report each time they draw their firearm on someone. we will have coverage on the funeral through the day on twitter@abc7newsbayarea.

word of a key decision on whether a mass murder suspect will go to trial for a mass killing at an oakland university. the shooting spree took place if april of 2012, seven people died at oikos university and our reporter is at the courthouse in oakland. the suspect's mental state is the key. all the judge found him mentally income tonight to stand trial. no one is happy about the decision, not the victim's relative or the defendant himself. he is 47-year-old juan go and he admitted to the killings and said he wanted it die and he not participate in his defense. the john said the question came down to, is that because he is full of remorse or because he is men steal incompetent and she ruled it is because of the hearter he is charged with killing seven classmates in april of 2012 and has been diagnosed with a disorder that has been committed to the napa state hospital since 2003.

some of victims, relatives say after the ruling, that it is time for him to stand trial. >> this is justice denied. we cannot heal until this is taken care of. he took seven lives and injured three, one of them my girlfriend and we have kids without parents, children without mother s and brothers without sisters and he still gets to go on. >> it is not what mr. goh wanted, he does not want to be found incompetent. i don't consider this is a victory but a stage of the process. >> prosecutors will now seek a conservative sure for goh a civil creditment for criminally dangerous people. the judge addressed the relatives saying this does not mean a trial will not ever occur but there will not be one u.n.

the defense attorney told me that he believes goh will never be free and could face trial down the road. he described goh's exist ensaying he looks his door, he does not read, watch movie but sits on the edge of the we bed, all day, and stares in the distance and wish he could die. >> thank you. developing news out of san bernardino, a long-term friend of the gunman in the mass shooting is likely to be charged, maybe later today. investigators accused enrique marquez of slying the military-style rifles used in the shooting that last 14 people dead. enrique marquez was a rend and neighbor of syed farook. tomorrow, president obama will travel to san bernardino to meet with the victims' families. >> firefighters went to work putting out this fire burning at a home if vallejo. it break out at 1:00 a.m. causing a transformer to blow and knocking out power to the block. this is in word if pow enter

become on. firefighters say there was a heavy fire in the garage and flames coming through the roof when the crews arrived. everyone is okay. there are no reports of injuries >> police are giving an autopsy date on this woman consider add suspect in the deaths of two children. tami huntsman is the aunt of two cringe steps missing, delylah tara and shaun tara. investigators are trying to determine if they are the girl and boy found dead inside a storage unit. delylah tara and shaun tara were missing while in huntsman care and video has surfaced showing her last month in a he tell lobby with her boyfriend gonzalo curiel accuseed of authorityturing nine-year-old niece. the whole fair worker said repeated visits showed no evidence of children at risk. our this woman now facing criminal chars after being accused of attacking a muslim man with hot coffee. cell phone video shows denice

slatter this month and the police say she tapped several about their faith. she will appear in court to answer misdemeanor charges of battery and violating the victim's civil rights next month. >> new this morning, federal agents busted this man, martin shkreli on fraud charges, a former hedge fund manager. many americans vilified him after being a pharmacy company and jacked up the price of a life saving drug 50-fold. the charms have nothing to do with his tie at that company, and the presents accuse him of running a ponzi scream. >> to the investers, they lied how the investments were doing and in the sense of the health care he lied about what he was doing with the money. >> the 32-year-old called himself the most eligible bachelor on twitter and is on custody awaiting the first court

appearance in new york city.: >> fremont police are telling drivers to avoid the area where a dump truck spilled the load scattering rocks. all northbound lanes of the boulevard are closed and so is a southbound lane. this is expected to last another three hours. >> regifted merchandise that belongs to you and re-gifted stolen rot and you get a visit from the police wherein againties found the stemmen gifts wrapped and under the allege's thief's christmas tree 689 we have that story for you. >> around holidays we see the package thieves, sheriff deputy have the gift if this case but not the suspect. they found the stolen items under the christmas tree of the thief. mess in santa cruz got a tip when someone recognized the thief on a camera that played during a news conference. you can see the woman pulling to the house in white car, walks to

the front porch and headed back carrying a big box. the whom own said it was full of christmas gifts. the suspect has been identified as employ -- emily everyone under her tree matching property stolen from the homes throughout the county much the sheriff in santa cruz is working to return the stolen items to the right. owner. they will post pictures and information on-line later today. she has not been arrested. deputies are still looking for her. >> thank you. the wait is over. "star wars" is finally here. the fans count down the final hours of the big premiere and we will tell you what the police are doing to keep everyone safe amid the mad dash to the theater. >> a look right now outside a gorgeous view of the golden gate bridge and meteorologist mike nicco is.

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>> this is the day "star wars" fans have been waiting, "the force awakens" is here. the movie hits theaters are tonight. police are deploying extra officers to deal with massive clouds were the goal is to make sure "star wars" faithful are not easy targets of the dark side. san mateo police made a youtube video reminding everyone to be safe and do not leave valuables in the car.

autumns of valuable including flashers and storm trooper outfits, anything you are bringing with us. >> the force will be in the east bay where walnut creek police have extra officers on duty in anticipation of sold out clothes. and maybe an invasion of clones. >> imagine going to the hours for 16 hours and 40 minutes? you need the force? the fans have it. they got if line outside san francisco's theater to experience the "star wars" marathon. they are watching all of the "star wars" filming starting with the beginning and ending with "the force awakens". >> what it is like? >> i did sleep a little bit during...if way i could make it through the whole thing. during the first couple. >> "the force awakens" is expected to be a huge box office hit with reviews good and the shows tonight at the theater are sold out and bay area theaters

have some tickets available after tonight's show. can you imagine? watching all of the movies? you will need a last coke. >> a car that will not run but is worth a ton, a rare find you have to see to believe. >> and meteorologist mike nicco, speaking of rare finds. >> thank you. i take that as a compliment. >> don't need the umbrella today. you need it tomorrow. and for part of the weekend and every day next week with a wet seven-day forecast coming up. >> thanks, mike, a half court shot viral and the big win a mother scored with a bucket that has the whole town buzzing

santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> check it out, mussel car people, for car collecters this vintage dodge found in a barn is like finding a picasso in the attic, a guy discovered it in alabama and rescued it and the 69 dodge charger daytona is looking for a new home. the car will hit the auction block in florida next month after it is clean up. if you can look beyond the peeing red paint and the torn up seats it can fetch up to $180 ,000. something similar they cleaned up and sold off, another charger sold for $900,000. >> you are kidding. i was considering that for christmas. >> get me that charger! >> meteorologist mike nicco has a million dollar forecast. >> yes, the fast car hike that

cannot own outrun our next storm or the rain rolling into the forecast. on live doppler hd let me show you the storm, hanging around northern california all the way up to vancouver and green and red and white snow. for us, this is how it has looked all morning with increasing high clouds as we look from sutro tower toward the north and some of the lower clouds roll in. that is why we could have sprinkles across the north bay, light sprinkles this afternoon. over the next three hours you can see a few radar returns popping up. this is how it looks from emeryville, you can see the sunshine is limited as you can see the increases clouds, height to moderate rain tomorrow coming drops next week. as far as this afternoon the temperatures are from 56 in richmond to livermore and san jose and palo alto and san mateo at 59. tonight, we will have a better chance of the light rain reiching the round in the north

bay and no frost the clouds keep us in the low-to-upper 40s and light-to-moderate rain indicated in yellow and orange, moving into the north bay, and hanging out until about 4:00, 4:00 or 5:00, it moves into the heart of the bay, just in time for the evening commuter on a friday before a possible holiday weekend for a lot of you. at 8:00 it is well entrenched in the south bay and it will stay that way a couple of hours as the storm slows down and you can see by midnight alonging at light-to-moderate rain and waking up saturday morning at 5:00, to 8:00, with a chance of showers and it starts to clear out and we should have a quietance and early sunday morning. by sunday afternoon we will have more rain back in the forecast. .25" to .5" in the so the bay, and half inch to 1" in the pot bay with not much wind at the lowest level "1" this light in the storm impact scale. we could have ponding on the

roads. do not expect a lot of flooding. up to lake tahoe tomorrow it will be fine and when the clock strikes midnight, light snow develops and it will be light and not rat on saturday and snow showers from sunday and monday and the same rain on monday is tuesday and wednesday next week means light-to-moderate snow in the sierra and the best chance of heavy rain could be on christmas day. the temperatures are companily in the mid-50 to around 60. when you get the umbrella out, keep it handy. you will need it. >> thanks, mike. >> we want to share big news with you. tomorrow morning, that is the last morning newscast for eric thomas and me folk, i will anchor the midday news and starting december 28 i will anchor the 5:00 p.m. news with dan and i will be anchoring the weekend evening news and looking forward to starting this new chapter at abc7 and getting some sleep. >> getting some sleep.

>> we have passed the baton to our colleagues giving them alarm clocks and coffee mugs and you can see it on our website, we gave them: they give usent froms, as well, a doll for you, and for me a "star wars" t-shirt i am hiding to no one can steal it and we have our interviews with natasha zouves and reggie and we thank our viewers and those who posted nice messages and thank you, a whole new world. >> thank you for your loyal support. >> scoring big, a mom's unexpected skills helped her cash in to benefit her daughter's school and her

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in. she made the shot $4,000 off her daughter's tuition next year with that shot. >> well deserved. for all of us at abc7, thank you for joining us. >> a gorgeous shot of the golden gate bridge.

>> hey, everybody, it's armed forces appreciation week. we're honored to have some of the courageous men and women from our nation's military with us today. let's see if they can battle their way to $1 million right now on "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready for a special "millionaire" today? [audience cheers] me too. we're in the middle of a good game. our returning contestant is a 26-year-old lieutenant in the u.s. navy who's known amongst his fellow sailors as the ship's entertainer. from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, please welcome back lieutenant rylan collins. hey, rylan. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> so the ship's entertainer. >> yes. yes.