syrup because denny's new fluffier, tastier, better rudolph pancakes are here for the holidays. >> where you live, this is abc7 news. >> i am so sorry. what do you want me to say? the founder of the ghost ship art collective runs to the scene of the deadly fire this morning. derick ion almena gateses more questions as officials identify more victims of the fire. >> i am regular. >> i am kristen sze. all the investigation into the cause continues crews working around the clock report more progress. 85% of the rubble has new been searched. our reporter, amy hollyfield, is at the scene in check's fruitvale district. >> the death toll stands 36 victims have been found.

lock behind me. can you see the crane. they still removing debris from the building. we have seen buckets of debris being hauled out of there and the power is still out to 12 customers. the sergeant said as long as you see the crane will you know the power is turned off because of the power lines. there is still a corner of the building they cannot go into unil it is shored up. crews stood around waiting for the all-clear from inside the ghost ship building. a corner of the building still needs to be searched but is considered too unstable right now. and at risk for first responders. who want to work and understand why they can't. >> this was the right call. the rue distant call. we are glad they difficulty. >> officials say they do not think they will find anymore victims in the untouched section. >> we have not found any victim recently and we do not expect to, certainly we hoping we don't. more than anything we would like did clear the building and say

it is clear. >> at the coroner's office they working to identify victims, enough names and determine cause of death. ought autopsies that have been completed every person died due to smoke inhalation. that is not uncommon for fires because the smoke is so deadly. >> as in the debris they are removing, they are preserving it, treating it as evidence, because the district attorney has launched a criminal investigation here and she said it is too early to say if charge are going to be filed but they could range from murder to involuntary manslaughter. the man would ran the ghost ship art collective said he is incredibly sorry about want. derick ion almena made a quick appearance at the fire site to do a national television interview and our camera last rolling as he paused looking somber and emotional and was agitated when asked about any responsibility he may share for

the fire. >> i did not do anything ever in my life to led me to this moment. [ inaudible ] i would rather get on the floor and be travel medical by the parents. >> he said that the ghost ship was not a "horrible place," some who have been inside and lived through for a time as described it as a death trap. >> this morning we on more of the fire victims. here is what we know of the ten peoples would names remain released. 29-year-old feral pines of berkeley, a picture of her just came in to the newsroom, pines grew up in connecticut. >> jennifer kiyomi taouye is an oakland resident and was at the party painting people's nails.

>> 21-year-old jennifer morris in foster city, a student at uc berkeley. >> michela gregory lived in south san francisco, her boyfriend, alex vega was at party and remains "missing." >> 35-year-old alex ghassan, from oakland, father of two, a filmmaker originally from brooklyn. >> micah danemayer a sound and video artist and his girlfriend, elaina contain is -- kane is missing. >> edmund lapine is from utah and a musician. >> 33-year-old em bohika from oakland, 33-year-old chelsea dolan of san francisco, and 32-year-old benjamin runnels of oakland. >> for more information on all of the victims, head to our newsup or abc7news.com. in the meantime can you share this badge or page through the photo gallery we have put together to honor the victims.

>> an effort is underway to connect those people who were displaced by the four with those who want to help. >> matt is in berkeley with that part of the story. >> this is a unique building, a former mortuary and outside they teach outdoor skills to kids and adults. now, inside, they are doing something good for the victims of the ghost ship fire, collecting donations for all the people who were displaced by the fire. those people escaped with their live but not much else. one works here during the summer and the business decided to collect donations and the community has responded in a big way. >> people need hugs in these situations, they need somewhere to connect and do have direction. we trying to provide that direction. >> oakland get as bad rap but when something like this happens...whether it is here in deck or anywhere else we are supportive. it is nice to see people

experting us. >> our workers are picking items that were donated looking for practical items that people can use during the winter months, warm clothes, backpack, electronics such as 15s and computers and different cards for restaurants and retail stores like target. this is in berkeley. they are accepting donations through tomorrow evening. >> a donations are pouring in for the individuals of the oakland fire, and there has been is much support of people showing up at the sight of the fire law enforcement are asking if you want to help to do it online. jessica castro has more from the live desk. > they have been overwhelmed with all of the support, so much so that during the press conference the oakland police department asked well-intentioned folks to use crown funding websites set up to help the victims. they said the page were set up by the oakland mayor and the red cross. >> at the site we are spenting

overwhelming amount of support of people coming in, bringing food and asking how can they donate financially, and it is overwhelming here and set up on-line to where you request make the donation. >> he assured the public the funds would be appropriately distributed and the site that is set up said money will be used for funeral and medical and health spents but the general fund for the site has raised $411,000 with a secondary page raising more than $314,000 at this point, supported by the oakland a's, the raiders and the warriors matching up to $150,000. we have listed the links for you on our own website abc7news.com. and on our news app. >> oakland mayor schaaf postponed an appearance scheduled for this morning to announce a major grant to help artists being displaced in her

city. >> rising republicans are driving a lost artists from oakland and many in the creative community are mourning fellow artists lost and wore about oakland launching a citywide crack down on other collectives because of unsafe conditions inside the ghost ship. people we specific with say most of oakland's artists areas follow building and fire codes. >> our coverage continues now on abc7news.com and we will toen to send alerts through the news app when new information is released. >> i want to look at big changes coming to our forecast. >> mike? >> you may have noticed cooler temperatures but it is clear right new. looking across the bay, the bay area is getting become on storm watch. >> over to meteorologist mike nicco, what are you saying? >> i saw a lot of cold conditions and you probably felt them. now, a look at the official low temperatures, 30 in santa rosa and napa at 31 and 34 and the

frosty 32 degrees. what to expect tonight? areas frost and remember to protect the plants and keep them warm and cover the plants if you are inland because temperatures will drop to freezing levels again, and even mid-30s around the bay and as arm as it gets, around 41 in san mateo. so that is the cold weather. you talk about storm watch, a "2" on the el nino a moderate storm is on the way with more on that coming up. >> it will to come, the community coming together in the wake of the program difficult in stick. the moment you may have missed from the massive vigil at lake merritt. >> the trump transition where the president-elect is taking his victory tour today and the controversy unfolding in some states that helped him win the

>> a vision it in lake merritt remembered the 36 people who lost their lives in the oakland warehouse fire and bridge the community together even strangers wanting do do anything they can to help bring comfort. >> this is really desperately tragic and someone el had the sign and i was, live, i really want to offer hugs because it feels like the best way do share the empathy of the grove we are all experiencing.

>> other mourners made what appears to be ships named at the ghost ship warehouse, pictures of victim on the mast. victims' name were written on papers including this message that said "they were young people who just wanted to listen to music." >> you can show your support by sharing this badge on facebook on our page at facebook.com/abc7. >> this is an investigation after a him owner shot and killed an intruder. we were at the scene as police and paramedics responded yesterday. the intruder was shot several times. a 27-year-old who lives in the house called 9-1-1, grabbed a gun. he her the suspect kick in the door and walk upstairs and they were face to face the resident opened fire and escaped out a window. the suspect died at hospital. >> at mayor of los angeles joined commuter in riding the subway after a threat was made

against the transit system. the mayor waited for the train at the metro station, following a let that mentioned the station would be targeted today. above ground sheriff deputies searched bags as people entered the station and put up extra barricades to protect the entrance. president-elect donald trump is ready to fly to north carolina to part two of the thank you tour, video of his plane at la guardia in new york, the president-elect will be in fayetteville to salute the supporters and will hold rallies in iowa and michigan last week in ohio on part one of the thank you tour, the crowded chanted "build the wall," and he called the media dishonest. all the recount of the election is continuing in michigan and wisconsin the green party presidential candidate jill stein who asked for the recount has suggested with for evidence that votes may have been tampered with the republicans are calling the recount a wild goose chase. the recoups are not expected to

change the votes to overturn the results of the election. >> next, a holiday wish list warnings in your child wants headphone, the health risk that will have you thinking twice. >> a look from the sutro tower camera looking at the golden gate bridge, it is clear, but are things about to

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>> a big win for samsung, the supreme court is throwing out apple's $399 million judgment

against samsung over a patent dispute saying they only used a component of the apple design not an entire product. the jury had ruled that samsung infringed on three iphone patents and now it holds back to the court of appeals to determine what portion of the samsung profits it must pay out to apple. >> if head phones is on your child's christmas list some are harmful to the hearing. a study suggests one in five teens suffer hearing loss and doctors are blaming the headphones. >> kids as young as seven would have had noise induced hearing loss listening to their headphones at full blast and you are talking about listening to a rock concert each day. >> too loud but i did like them. >> there is in governor weeing board that oversees headphone volume and if the volume is as loud as a blender it is okay and over, that it is not okay. a tech guy tested 30 headphones

and the best rate ford children was right here. >> now, the accweather forecast with mike nicco. >> three chances of wet weather in the next seven days starting with this morning, a gorgeous morning, and check out this sunshine from our exploritorium camera. can you see it was muted with orange, a little bit of pink, and later in the morning we mad a sun dog where 22.5 half degrees away from the sunday, right there you can see a round rainbow, and that is because of the location of the sunday and it is shooting through the ice crystals, a rare treat for us. from south beach, beautiful mixture of mid level clouds and high level clouds and it will be the case the next couple of days, and then it will be thicker tomorrow. thicker tomorrow.

heaviest rain thursday and friday and another storm on monday and tuesday. now a look at the clouds coming in, and the next 24 to 48 hours it will be filled with clouds and 47 in livermore and santa rosa at 48 and everyone else low-to-mid 50 but, cold air is moving in as we speak and i don't think we will get much warmer than 54 or 2355 or 56 degrees. position position from mount tamalpais you can see the cool breezes working toward us, and at 2:00, low-to-mid 50s and we will stay in the upper 40s to low 50s at 4:00, and we will be in the 40s from 6:00 on. so address warmly. in fact, we will go from needing a winter code tomorrow morning to an umbrella by the evening hours and something to stay difficult. wednesday evening to thursday, that when the next storm comes in a (2) on the storm-impact scale which is moderate, and moderate-to-heavy rain could cause minor urban flooding because there are a lot of look

on the ground the get them away from the drain. 7:00 in the morning to 1:30, clouds and a new sprinkles are possible from 1:00 to being, and at 4:00, to action, you can see the rain is reaching the gouged with yellow show up and we are going moderate with moderate waves of rain all wednesday night into thursday and by the evening it is tapering and on friday another push of wet weather and two-thirds of an inch in san jose to around .5" to 1" to 1.25" in the north bay and another rounds on friday it is a "1" and saturday and sunday it is looking dry with more sunshine on saturday than sunday and, then, monday to tuesday, that is our next storm so it will be a wet one, but to go from freezing temperatures in the morning to rain in the afternoon hours it does future happen very often. at the sierra, on wednesday night into thursday, freezing rain is possible. >> drive carefully. >> black ice. very addition. >> parents, this you are a good role model for very kids for

watching tv? or play on the computer? many parents do think they are good role models and spend a big part of day on their own devices. common sense media surveyed 1,800 parents and fond they spent on average almost 9 1/2 hours a day. >> what? >> 9 1/2 hours a day staring at the screens. 7% of the parents say they were a good role model for their kids, and 94% of those surveyed say they found technology is helpful for the kids and 56% said they feared their children could be addicts. >> i fear it but i don't think i'm a good role model. >> warriors superstar klay thompson is celebrating after a game for the ages. he was a one man show last night, scoring a career high 60 points in a blowout win against the pacers at oracle arena and

what make his more remarkable, he did midnight 29 points, the most point, ever, by someone who play less than 3 minutes in a game. at half time the pacers had 50 points and klay had 40. >> before he mat sound he accounted for more than what and no reason to risk injuries in the last quarter mazing show and we want to see itcontinue.@%-he

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>> creating a safe space for a bay area artist worried about a crackdown, the growing fears after the deadly fire in oakland. and public wi-fi and on-line security, "7 on your side" reveals what you can do to avoid being hacked tonight at abc at 5:00. all the countdown to christmas is on less than three weeks to go. a man's effort to spread the holiday joy is gaining nationwide attention. and the host of "right this minute," explains. >> e-l-f is offering kindness in

the form of cash surprising people with money to pay for their gas but people do not know what to expect and the reactions range from hilarious to heart warming. if you want to see more reaction and find out how to join in, watch the show. >> we will talk about that later on "right this minute" >> you can catch the show today jeffrey weekday starting at 3:00, right here. >> i'm all for the spirit but if someone comes to me at a gas station with a fishing pole it is not the reaction he is going to want.

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>> this show has had a lot of amazing moments over the past 15 years. will today be another one for the highlight reel? let's find out. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] our returning contestant started reading dictionaries and encyclopedias when he was only two years old. what took him so long? and he is in the middle of a great game right now. from newark, california, please welcome back michael rankins. [cheers and applause] michael. good to see you, buddy. [cheers and applause] ♪ [applause] come on. come on. two years old, you're reading? >> two years old. i was reading at the age of two. other kids were