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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> record cold around the bay area is out of here for now. drew will let us know where records were set today in just a few minutes. but first, the news is little comfort for thousand of residents in contra costa county who can't turn on their gas-powered heaters. i'm carolyn tyler in for eric thomas. this is affecting more than 6,000 pg&e customers in discovery bay and byron. pg&e says the recent cold weather caused the outage that could last into tomorrow night. sergio is live in discovery bay where pg&e has opened two warming centers. certainly yow? sergio? >> carolyn, that's right. two warming centers.

this was the first one that was set up at timber point elementary school. the second was opened earlier this evening at the discovery bay community center at 601 discovery bay boulevard. both are open to residents who may not have heat in their homes because they don't have gas service tonight. teams of pg&e crews fanned out across the discovery bay and byron area. they are conducting pilot light tests. >> the gas is off and we are turning the valve off. >> melissa and her family have been keeping warm thanks to a wood burning stove. they noticed the gas-powered water heater was not working early this morning. some were without wood and electric heaters. >> she is an elderly and i told her to get cozy and stay warm. keep your blankets, and i don't think she's been outside at all today. >> pg&e crews may have to get

out to most of the 6,000 homes affected by this outage. that's a time-comsuming process. melissa says she's heard changing details on when the gas service interruption will be fixed. >> another 36 hours. >> not until tomorrow probably? >> tomorrow evening is what i heard would be the soonest. >> a pg&e spokes person says there is no estimated time for service to be restored. >> our crews are working to restore service safely. we do not have an estimated time of restoration at this point. >> the problem was caused by last night's cold snap, a surge in use that the customers may have overwhelmed the system and now crews may have to make repairs. inside the warming station set up by pg&e there are more pizza than residents, but this place will be open for anyone who needs to warm up, get a bite to eat and get a good night's rest. the pg&e spokesperson says crew members will likely be out in the community again tomorrow and if residents do

have any concerns for their safety, they are encouraged to ask those crew members for proper id before letting them on to their property. reporting live in discovery bay, abc7 news. >> all right, thank you, certainly yow. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma joins us with the records and how cold is it going to get tonight in discovery bay, drew? >> carolyn, the good news is not as cold as last night. we are coming off a day that has record cold. beating a record of 31 and 29 in moffett field. numerous locations below the freezing mark. looking at discovery bay over the next 12 hours it is not dropping below freezing, but it will still be rather cool with an over night low dropping to 38 degree. now live doppler 7hd is tracking a system that is moving through the area and bringing us clouds. we are tracking a few light showers as we zoom into street level along the peninsula. light showers around redwood city and san mateo and likely

some are moving into the east bay. we are seeing light showers around union city and fremont. we will keep the chance of a scattered shower, but into 2016 we are tracking a warming trend. >> thank you, drew. we want to thank our abc7 news community for sending weather pictures. mario shows the frost on his car this morning in burlingame. adrian sent us this picture of frosty vineyards in sonoma. you can share your pictures and video in social media. go to abc7 news with your pictures and we may use them on air or on-line at abc7news.com. authorities in solano county are looking for a woman they say abused her dog by throwing him to the ground. a security camera captured the incident on video and it has since gone viral. abc7 news reporter lilian kim is in the newsroom with more on this story.

lilian? >> carolyn, as soon as the video was posted on facebook, the people started watching it calling authorities which is how the incident came to their attention. >> she has been identified as brandy chin. she was seen holding her dog by the neck. the dog rolled over several times. >> my reaction was wow. >> and then perez. he is seen in the video picking up the pug who is coincidentally also named ben. they had a heated argument, but why she threw her own dog is beyond him. >> maybe she meant to hurt me by doing it. i am not sure. i can't speak for her, but i know the dog is fine. >> even so solano county authorities want to find chin and her dog and she faces possible animal cruelty charges although finding her has been difficult. chin moved out of perez's house as soon as they broke up. >> we were tracking down every lead we get and talking with people that know her.

they have advised us that the last known whereabouts was in vallejo. >> perez has mixed feelings about all of this. while he doesn't think chin should have treated the dog like that, she shouldn't face charges. >> i don't think she should be treated with anything like that. the dog loves her and she loves the dog. you can see that if you see them together. >> police and humane services want to know if she was violent to her dog before. lilian kim, abc7 news. a flight with a mechanical problem was diverted to oakland international airport. it was the second one in a week. the southwest flight took off from sacramento airport and headed to denver when it had a pressurizationy vent. the plane was circling over yuba city before landing safely. all 133 people on board were put on another flight and arrived in denver three hours

late. this is the second southwest flight to make an emergency landing in oakland this week. on wednesday one of the airline's planes had a landing gear issue encircled for hours burning off fuel. it touched down safely. no injuries were reported. in newark a family was homeless after a fire. a neighbor took pictures of these flames on birch street and shared them with us. abc7 news was there as firefighters were checking for hotspots. you can see most of the damage is to the garage and that's where firefighters say the fire started on a gas stove. a mom, dad and two kids were inside at the time. all got out safely and are now staying with the neighbor. >> they are at my house now, and they will probably stay there the night and whatever it takes for them to get on their feet. >> the fire burned a gas line returning -- running through the garage that caused a small explosion. when you see breaking news

happening take a picture or video and share it with us using the hash tag abc7 now. in san jose food left on a stove started a fire at a townhouse about 7:30 tonight. abc7 news was there as firefighters cleaned up. this one started in a kitchen on the second floor. two people and their two cats got out. no one was hurt. bay area muslims are calling for more help to stop hate crimes. people of all faiths showed up for the islamic center's open forum in alameda today. they shared concerns and spread ideas of how the bay area can come together in a time when many muslims feel their religion is under attack. this as investigators search for the person who threw a molotov cocktail at a mosque in tracy this weekend. >> mosques have been firing security guards to patrol the

area because of recent strings that affect other mosques in the area. >> vandals broke a window at the islamic center of alameda's former building a couple weeks ago. a woman was caught on camera throwing coffee at muslims praying at a castro valley park. and in richmond police detonated a pipe bomb at the home of a man accused of making threats toward muslims. still to come on abc7 news at 11:00, wild weather across the nation. tornadoes and floods killed dozens and heavy snow is creating chaos for holiday travelers. plus holiday wish granted. the surprise for a 4-year-old california boy who helped clean up the neighborhood. and later -- >> angry, furious, disgusted. >> on the defensive. a new documentary links peyton manning to a banned substance. why the man who made the claim is changing his tune.

the drought is affecting at pg&e we've definitely put a focus on helping our agricultural customers through the drought. when they do an energy efficiency project and save that money they feel it right in their pocket book. it's exciting to help a customer with an energy efficiency project because not only are they saving energy but they are saving water. we have a lot of projects at pg&e that can help them with that and that's extremely important while we're in a drought. it's a win for the customer and it's a win for california. together, we're building a better california.

henderson died this morning one month after getting a kidney transplant. he played from 1988 to 1993. he was part of the 1989 world series champions when the a's beat the giants. he said we mourn the passing of our dear friend. we will miss the person and the player and that smile. the manager of the teams described henderson as one of the glue guys that kept it together. he was very rare. it is like losing your brother. henderson was 57 years old.

severe weather killed people across 41 states. texas was hard hit. strong storms produced at least nine tornadoes and at least 11 people have died. extreme flooding and heavy snow is now creating problems. abc news has that story. >> the twisted sisters went across mile after mile of landscape turning neighborhoods into debris fields and towns into disaster zones. >> we pray and support those who have lost a family member. we pray and support those who have had their homes destroyed. >> for residents it was a night of terror. >> you can see the transformers blowing up. >> the tornado that tore apart the town of garland, texas was clocked as an ef4 with winds howling up to 200 miles per hour. in the neighborhood of roullette, the ferocious gusts made placings of trucks like

these and tore trees from the earth. as the death toll rises, those who survived the devastation are giving thanks. >> just grateful we are all safe. all of this can be replaced. >> in missouri flooding like this lead the governor to declare state of emergency on sunday night. the same system is dumping snow from neck next to -- from new mexico to michigan and clocking the holiday index for traveler. >> i would call it a holiday nightmare. i would call it living hell. >> more than a thousand flights in the u.s. canceled and more than 4,000 delayed. the winter weather is on the move. chicago and a winter storm warning facing temperatures in the teens and winds at 60 miles per hour. the storm brings over a foot of snow to the panhandle and heads to the northeast making a huge mess by tuesday. abc news, new york. in southern california a wildfire near ventura is now

75% contained. fire officials say their new worry is land slides if rain hits the charred hills. that fire broke out on christmas night. it burned more than 1200 acres. evacuation orders were lifted over the weekend. officials believe it was caused by a downed power line. this may be the most unusual christmas gift request from a four-year-old boy. >> anything else you want for christmas? >> yes trashcans. >> just the trashcans? >> yeah. >> that is right. he asked for new garbage cans. the city of folsom near sacramento delivered. he is obsessed with putting away the garbage cans in his neighborhood. it is not just his family's, but 17 of his neighbors as well. the garbage truck drivers know him by name, and they are like rock stars to him. >> he loves garbage. he loves all things garbage.

you can't get enough of the drivers. >> it warms my heart, it really does. >> he says he puts the trashcans away to make his family and his neighbors happy. >> never heard anything like that sweet kid. >> drew is here now and he must have bundled up this past week. >> oh my gosh some locations haven't seen air this chilly for two years. now the freeze is out of here and what is replacing it is a little drizzle. live doppler hd is tracking a system and cloud cover to the region and a light shower. we will show you a quick moving shower from san carlos and moving into menlo park at this hour. and some light drizzle as well into fremont at this hour. we have a lot of dry air. you may have noticed your hands have dried out and become itchy, but it is eating away at this moisture you can

see on live doppler 7hd. a lot is not reaching the ground. look at this. earlier this evening we had a report about a mile north of cobb of new snow, three inches. it is an indication of how cold the air is. we are showing you a fair amount of cloud cover and the forecast will keep the scattered light showers in. the temperatures will be above freezing, and then we will track a warming trend into 2016. these numbers have not moved all that much from the earlier evening hours. 43 in oakland currently 45 in san francisco and 46 san jose. and we are faring better compared to 24 hours ago. most spots 5 to 10 degrees warmer than we were on saturday night. so as we look at san jose, we were right around 30 degree overnight last night. tonight it is not as chilly. by tomorrow morning we will be

in the upper 30s. oakland hit a record low of 30. we will be about 10 degrees warmer than that. by 6:00 in the morning you notice as we go hour by hour it is about 40 degree. a similar story for san francisco as well. numbers are holding steady in the lower 40. no freeze warnings are in affect. we will drop to 40. 38 in san jose. we drop to 35 in napa with the scattered showers. future weather shows hour by hour the chance of drizzle decreases by monday morning and then it is a mixture of sunshine and clouds for monday afternoon. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. tomorrow a little bit warmer than we were today. clouds and sun with the temperatures across the region and tuesday into wednesday a dry pat person and milder. here on new year's eve for thursday we welcome 2016 with sunshine. it is a january beauty on saturday and increasing clouds on sunday. we will get rid of the freezing temperatures for now and a gradual warm up as we welcome 2016. >> and going into 2016 no

rain. >> no rain. >> thank you, drew fnlt. up next, out of this world. the new "star wars" reaches new heights. what it did this

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i want for the life of me give you any kind of excuse for that. >> we were starting slow and finishing strong. it was opposite today. we have to find a way to put a complete game together and execute at a higher level. >> they will try to extend their streak to 33. curry is trying to get over a bruised right calf. it caused him to miss part of the big christmas day game against the cavaliers. >> you try to block it out as much as you can. i don't know how much it affects the results. when you are out there you can't worry about compensating or anything like that. hopefully tomorrow i will be pain free and ready to go. >> not much of a contest as stanford had its way with little carol college of montana. pickens was three of five from beyond the arc and finished with a game high of 18.

this contest never in doubt. roscoe alan drives in for two of his 15 points. with seven minutes left in the first half the cardinals lead it 36-5. marcus alan with the lay up and he scored 15 as stanford wind a laffer 83-38 and alan with a two-hand slam. the cardinals are 7-4 entering their tray. they could have suited up the tree mascot and still won tonight. later in the show a crazy day in the nfl. all of the highlights coming up then. >> looking forward to it. thank you. coming up, peyton manning is playing defense. the popular quarterback is lashing out after he is accused of doping. and a special gift exchange for two families. how these total strangers are connec

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-- broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good evening. i'm carolyn tyler. in tonight's headlines it is a cold night for people in byron and discovery bay. crews are working to fix a gas outage. a surge in use during this cold snap may have caused the problem leaving 6,000 homes with no gas heat. they say the service won't be restored. a woman was arrested for throwing her dog on the ground. she was arguing with her now ex-boyfriend at the time. her pug was not hurt, but police went to find her and talk to her and take a look. they believe she may be hiding out in vallejo. severe winter weather is causing problems all over the

country. clean up continues near dallas. at least nine tornadoes up to 200 miles an hour tore through homes on saturday night killing 11 people. major highways are closed in the texas panhandle, new mexico and oklahoma because of heavy snow and record blizzard conditions. in missouri that same system is bringing heavy flooding. the governor there has declared a state of emergency. a new twist tonight after football star peyton manning's reputation is attacked. he is accused of using a human growth hormone banned by the nfl. manning is not backing down. a player known for his dominance on the field is now playing defense. abc news reporter mary bruce has more. >> it is a joke. it is a freaking joke. >> tonight star quarterback peyton manning is fighting back telling espn that allegations that he used

performance-enhancing drugs are not true. >> it is completely fabricated and complete trash, garbage. there are more adjectives i would like to use. it really makes me sick. >> explosive allegations against a member of the first family of football. the denver bronco is a five -- is a five-time league mvp. they say manning's wife was supplied human growth hormone, a substance banned by the nfl while he was being treated at a clinic after neck surgery. the report features someone as a former pharmacist who spoke with an under cover reporter. >> all of the time we would be sending ashley manning drug, a growth hormone all the time, florida. it would never be under peyton's name. it is always under her name. >> manning said it never happened. >> have you ever used hgh or performance-enhancing drug? >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> tonight sly is recan'ting

his story in this on-line video. >> the statements or recordings thattal al jazeera plans to air are false and incorrect. >> sly said he made up the story to test the under cover reporter and according to the clinic sly did not intern there until two years after manning was treated. >> al jazeera is not commenting on sly or manning's claims that the reports are false. it is slated to air as planned. mary bruce, abc news, washington. in san diego a man distracted by an electronic device fell 40 feet to his death from a cliff. officials say he was visiting from indiana. he was at sunset cliffs to watch the sun go down on friday night. after his fall three people tried to save him by giving him cpr, but it was too late. in a facebook post his mother said her son died while taking pictures. in chicago new protests after police officers shot and killed two people on

saturday. one was a 19-year-old man suspected of threatening his father with a bat. the other one was his neighbor, a mother of five who opened her door to see what was going on. the reverend jesse jackson gathered with protesters in front of the home and calling for change. >> why do you have to shoot and then ask questions later. >> seven times my son was shot. this needs to stop. no mother should have to bury her child. no mother. >> i want the mayor to understand this is a message to you. you failed us before, but now it is your time to step up. or step down. >> chicago mayor rahm emanuel is asking for a review of police training in crisis situations. police are keeping a close eye on a shopping mall in kentucky after they say up to 2,000 teenagers caused a large riot. police say several fights spread throughout the shopping center. on saturday night the teens were harassing customers and

store employees. some people had minor injuries after being pushed down or shoved. police are looking whether the entire incident was coordinated on social media. it was a three-way gift exchange this holiday like no other. total strangers now connected forever by the present that arrived just in time. here is abc news reporter. >> the day that jay and jackie married in milwaukee, they had just been given some of the best news they would ever hear. >> we were doing the rehearsal and looked at our phone. >> and heard this message. >> your tests look good, very good. >> meaning that for jay who needed a kidney transplant, a match had just been found. found hundreds of miles away in georgia where a man they had never met, blake underwood, had volunteered one of his own kidney for the newly weds. >> i was grateful to be in a position to help. >> here is the twist. blake was hoping to give his

kidney to his own mother who needed a transplant too, but he was not a match for her. guess who was. jay's bride, jackie in milwaukee. >> she is passionate about helping others. she stepped up right away and volunteered. >> so the two kidneys traded addresses and saved two lives. now two families who couldn't be more connected have connected for the first time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i we share that same feeling and we are grateful. >> i am so grateful to them for coming forward and thankful a match was made. >> and from us, congrats on your marriage, your mom and the new future for all four of you. since not all gifts this time of year come in through the chimney. abc news. >> extraordinary story. coming up on abc7 news at 11:00, new year's eve prep. the time square ball will have

extra shine and the message on the new crystals. plus -- >> this is the time of year that ribbon takes center stage. tonight seven on your side looks at a holiday season star. >> we won't be hitting any record lows tonight. we have clouds that are over us acting like a blanket and keeping us warmer. they are giving way to a few light showers. the latest look at live doppler 7hd next.

holiday presents this year there are two things that are necessary. paper and ribbon. here you don't have to settle for run of the mill ribbon. >> if there is one thing we all agree on during the holidays it is this. ribbon. ribbon is found on packages and tied to street posts and in store windows. a lot of store window. this store has all of the others beat when it comes to ribbon.

here tucked away in san francisco is the ribbon. >> you want it that tiny? >> the store's proprietor knows a thing or two about ribbon. she has been selling it for more than 30 years. >> what is a definition of ribbon? >> wow. it is tiny fabric. it is miniature fabric that is used as an embellishment. >> and here the ribbon is sold the old-fashioned way, a yard at a time. the cost is anywhere from 10 cents to $48 a yard. beverly discovered the ribbon before thanksgiving. >> have you seen a selection like this? >> no where. all of the big box chains and things like that, nothing. nothing like this. >> julia henderson and her mom on the other hand have been coming here for years. >> i like it. there are so many different

ribbons. >> it is a holiday tradition for us. i have two daughters and they like the fancy christmas degrees which i make every year and we come to do the stashes. >> i absolutely love what i do. i never get tired of the ooh's and ah's. >> i am told ribbon is in demand year-round. michael finney, 7 on your side. >> workers are putting the final touches to the iconic timeses crystal ball for the new year's eve celebration and in the heart of new york city. the waterford designers use a crystal cut pattern to cover the nearly 12,000-pound ball. 2016 is a gift of wonder. 288 new crystal panels were specially created to reflect that theme. the design is part of the greatest gift series that will continue through 2023. you know you are invited to ring in 2016 with dick clark's new

year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest and then a break for abc7 news at 11:00 for a look at how the bay area is celebrating. and then the countdown to 2016 will continue at 11:30 with more "new year's rockin' eve." and drew you said we are going into 2016 on a dry note. >> it will be dry. live doppler 7hd and we are turning wet in some of the locations. live doppler 7hd we will get you down to street level where you notice around mill valley light showers are falling and even in san francisco the sunset district and even into richmond and 101. yes, the golden gate bridge. you do notice it is wet on the roadways and we will be dealing with wet roadways over the next few hours. they are tracking the light showers and approaching burlingame through south san francisco. more showers are moving through fremont and newark. the line even extends as far south as sunnyvale and santa

clara and it has some light showers. keep the chance of a light shower in the forecast overnight. that will keep temperatures not as cool as we were last night. good news there. mid30s to lower 40s. and then on monday itself it is a mixture of sunshine and clouds. the temperatures are topping out in the low to mid50s across the region. here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast. tomorrow there will be -- we will be tracking the showers tomorrow. and then a beauty setting up for the first three days of the new year. >> sounds good. thanks, drew. not so good over in 9er land. >> yeah, if you bet on football games you probably lost money today. a lot of crazy games. coming up in sports, a day in the nfl with plenty of upsets. we'll have the highlights including the falcons trying to fly past the

brought to you by xfinity. >> unbeaten carolina and the falcons go got some revenge. matt ryan scrambles before going deep to julio jones who makes a tremendous leaping catch. jones with a 70-yard touchdown. down by seven and panthers have one more chase so the falcons hand carolina the first loss of the season 20-13

and the panthers are still 14-1. >> we know what we are capable of. we put ourselves in a situation we can use this as fuel to the fire. >> i am not concerned. we will find out what type of character we have. it was a disappointing loss. we came here with every intention to win a football game and hopefully clinch, but we didn't. now we have to go baying to work. >> cardinals' quarterback carson palmer celebrated his 36th birthday with a win over green bay. former cal star aaron rodgers took a beating. he was sacked eight times and fumbled twice. both were returned for scores. he says get out of my way. arizona wins it 38-8 with a record of 13-2. they clinch a first round bye. the seahawks are tough to beat at home, but the rams are not intimidated. they pick it up and take it to the house for a touchdown.

it was 10-0 st. louis. the rams extended their lead as he goes deep for kenny brit. st. louis pulls off the upset 23-17. it is the first time the rams have won in seattle in 10 years. the vikings' new indoor stadium is not yet done so they had to play the giants in 13 degree weather without the success spended -- the suspended o'dell beckham the offense was a no show. adrian peterson rushed 100 yards and a touchdown and the vikings win big 49-17 with a record of 10-5 they clinch a playoff spot. all six playoff spots in the nfc are now filled, but the first round match ups have not yet been decided. despite a torn ligament, drew brees played well against jacksonville. nothing wrong with his arm. he goes deep for a 71-yard score.

brees finished with 412 yards passing and three touchdowns. this one to cadet who makes a nice move. saints win it 38-27. brees by the way only missed one game in the past 10 seasons. the patriots trail the jets almost the entire game but with two minutes left tom brady finds james white. they go to over time and tied at 20. new england won the coin toss, but chose to i can c the ball instead of receive of that was a mistake as ryan fitzpatrick drives the jets 80 yards in five plays. eric decker with the score. new york wins in over time. 26-20. the pats have the afc's best record at 12-3. he was the fourth quarterback to start for the texans. he was solid against tennessee. he puts it up for the big play receiver. it is hopkins' 11th td. he goes to the other side and this time to former titan nate washington. houston cruises 34-6 and close

closes in on the afc south title. the colts had to win to keep playoff hopes alive. frank gore looked like his old self. he had 85 yards and a pair of touchdowns. the dolphins had a great chance to win in the final seconds, but after having first and goal at the five they fail to score and tannehill is sacked. indianapolis wins it 18-12. chiefs quarterback alex smith has a hot hand. he threw for a pair of touchdowns against cleveland. down by four and johnny manziel tries the late come back and he completes this pass, but the browns run out of time. kansas city wins it 17-13. it is their 9th straight victory. with ryan mallet at quarterback the ravens stun the steelers after being out of the league for two months. he threw for a career high 274 yards and a touchdown in his baltimore debut. down by three with two minutes to go and roethlisberger, his pass on fourth and long falls in complete.

he was picked off twice as the ravens win it 20-17. that loss may cost them a spot in the playoffs. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by xfinity. and yes the niners still lost. >> that is it for tonight. i'm carolyn tyler. abc -- abc7 news continues tomorrow morning. thanks for joining us. enjoy your holidays, everyone.

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