zplnchts live where you live, this is abc7 news. ♪ >> choir is a team sport. this was his team and family. >> an emotional good-bye to the youngest victim of the ghost ship fire. that was not the only benefit for the 36 victims. thank you for joining us. in oakland federal invest fwa or thes say the rain didn't. the youngest victim of the fire was honored tonight in song. the school of the arts held a memorial concert. former classmates performed in honor of 17-year-old dravon

mcelle. >> it was an emotional good-bye for a teenager who clearly touched everyone who knew him. the school of the arts is close knit sen is grieving the loss of two victims. e9 ♪ >> a touching memorial for dravon mcgill, the youngest victim of the ghost ship fire. he was a vocalist and student at the school of the arts. saturday a performance was held in his honor. >> a schichoir is a team sport. >> the director of the vocal music was also his teacher. she says the teen loved electronic dance music and hip hop but was trained in classical. the concert included songs he lov loved. >> having to say good-bye to him

has been very, very difficult, and this is our way to honor him and to remember him doing what we've done together for the last three years which is making news music together. >> classmates hung notes outside the theater share memories and say thanks. the school collected donations to help his family, including his father who is a sheriff's deputy. ♪ >> the school is planning a full performance january 13th to honor both victims a former student at the school. there were several benefits for the fire victims' families tonight. ♪

>> abc7 news was at the bottom of the hill as bands played a special concert with all proceeds going to the victim's families. barrett clark was one of the victims, a long time sound engineer at bottom of the hill. >> you never realize the reach of these people until something like this happens. everyone comes out of the wood work, the bands, so many different groups that worked with barrett who passed and some of the other victims and the patrons are on board. >> organizers say the turnout has been incredible. two more benefit concerts are planned tomorrow and next wednesday night. there are plenty of ways to help the families of the victims. more than 60 $0,000 has been donated to the. another one has gathered more than $400,000. we have the links on our

website. find this badge on our page on facebook. the entire bay area got a good soaking that caused down trees and power outages. we are live in san francisco with the story. >> reporter: any time we have these extended rains, the downed trees and branches like this one seem to be the biggest problems. this needs to be cut apart. we even saw entire trees come down. >> one of the biggest impacts this storm left was on this 200 foot tree that came down across state highway 13 in oakland. officers arrived to find the tree blocking all four lanes and a car trapped. >> the driver is trapped inside his vehicle. my partner and others go to extract the driver, get the

driver out, and the driver was uninjured. >> the chp officer did the driver spotted the tree falling and didn't know if he should speed or slam on the brakes. he stopped and got caught. southbound lanes were closed for about three hours until it was cut apart. rain soaked tree roots are a problem across the area. there was another one that fell onto an on romp on 880. in san francisco drivers were squeezed down to one lane because of the flooding. there were other weather related issues, but it didn't dampen the spirits of several people who dressed up. >> it's a city. it's always like this. i love it. >> the annual santa event had a good turnout. umbrellas became a popular accessory to the santa suit. a look live outside right now from our camera. it's quiet, but the real question is when are we going to

see the sun next? we have a look at the forecast. >> we are going to see some sun shine tomorrow. we'll show you live doppler 7. the system exited. over the past few hours it's moving southeat. right now fairly quiet. some clouds over the bay area. and check out these impressive rain totals, and you can see why they were telling us about with messes. mill valley over two inches. san francisco got .83 inches. oakland got over an inch and san jose made it to .4 inch for today. now, here's the temperature right now. things are cooling down quickly. temperatures already dropping into the 40s. 44 in santa rosa and napa. 50s around the bay. we are cooler compared to 24

hours ago. the trend will continue into tomorrow morning but we'll have a dry break. however another storm heading our way next week with impressive rain totals. i'll have that next. >> another fallen tree kept p ge crews busy. ten homes and businesses lost power. the tree landed on power lines. drivers encountered flooding when a creek overflowed. search and rescue will be out in the morning looking for a skier. it happened on a closed ski run on the nevada side. crews searched the back country for the missing 60-year-old man this afternoon but had to suspend the search because of weather conditions. the skier was with another man who got out of the avalanche. in the south bay a woman died when officers tried to pull her over.

her car slammed into a a light pole. police say the car was stolen and the woman sped off. she was rejected from the vehicle. investigators said they were not pursuing the driver when they crashed. a seven year veteran of the police department is in jail accused of domestic violence. fellow officers arrested daniel bird early this morning. when they responded to the call just over midnight a woman he had been dating had visible injuries. he has been placed on paid leave. for the first time since callen kaepernick announced his protest, his parents are speaking out. they say they do support him. they say they wanted to release a statement because they kept seeing articles saying they don't support him, but they assure everyone they're proud and admire their son's courage in kneeling in the rights of parts.

it reads he is carrying a heavy load and following a difficult path he truly believes in. he's putting his entire future and possibly his life on the line for those beliefs. still ahead. explosions at a turkish stadium leave almost 30 people dead and dozens injured. we have new video of what happened. and the democrat's last chance to close the gap in the senate. the results are in and clearly only one party is happy with the outcome tonight. and one day after the cia declares russia hetried to

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one of two deadly bombings was caught during a newscast in turkey today. a car bomb went off after a match between two of the country's top teams followed by a suicide bombing less than a mile away. 29 people including 27 police officers were killed. 166 others were hurt. there are ten suspects now in custody. republicans will now hold a four seat edge in the u.s. senate after a run off decided america's last race of 2016. this comes after donald trump campaigned for kennedy. tonight the team faces more questions about russia's influence on last month's election. mary bruce tells us more. >> reporter: prime seating for the president-elect. donald trump taking a break from the transition to take in the

army navy game in baltimore saturday. even answering questions for cbs sports. >> it is humbling. it's a great honor and a great responsibility. >> reporter: before he got to the game trump hit twitter lashing out at concerns that while at the white house he'll stay on as an executive producer of "the apprentice". the trump team is fighting back against an article that a secret cia report found russia interfered in the u.s. election to help trump win. individuals connected to the russian government reportedly provided wikileaks with hacked e-mails to boost trump and hurt clinton's chances. trump's transition team was quick to respond questioning the credibility of the cia saying these are the same people that said saddam hussein had weapons

of mass destruction. >> why don't you believe it? >> i don't know if they're behind it. i think it's public relations. >> reporter: now "the new york times" is reporting intelligence agencies found russia also hacked the rnc but did not release the information they gleaned from the republican networks. >> they're writing the conclusion they came to was based in part that the rnc was hacked. it wasn't. >> he is attacking the cia to defend vladimir putin for a sitting president-elect to attack a u.s. agency to defend russia is quite an amazing situation. mary bruce, abc news, washington. a celebration of rising from the ashes. holy cross catholic church had a special ceremony as they rebuild after a devastating fire two years ago. music filled with hall doubled as a place for religious

services. today the holy cross community blessed the ground where the new church will stand. >> it means a lot. a lot of people have grieved a lot here, seen the old church going up in smoke, so to say, but now they're hopeful to see the community gets back on its feet. >> they hope to have the new church finishes by april of 2016 17. >> one of san jose's police helicopters helped santa finish his journey from the north pole. people worked aside santa to bring cheer to children battling cancer. santa brought each children a gift from their wish list, and a sibling. >> thank you for this event. i love it, and it's awesome. >> a lot of these kids, this is the memory they're going to have. it's an important day to share

with everyone. >> cops care cancer foundation volunteers spent three days stuffing the helicopter hang gar with toys, games and snacks for today's special guests. good evening. we're seeing the rain leave the bay area right now. replaced by some high clouds, and we've also got some fog reported in santa rosa where visibility has been reduced down to 1.25 miles. and fog could develop over night. a pretty shot of the bay. winds are light. you see a clear picture of the bay bridge lit up. san francisco and oakland. currently it's 52 and a lot of mid 50s right now. mountain view. san jose at 56. half-moon at 52. this time we're looking toward the bay bridge from the east and into san francisco. here's what you need to know. we have the clouds diminishing

overnight and a dry day tomorrow. partly cloudy with high clouds moving through. we'll get quite a bit of sun shine for sunday and get ready, another storm coming in next week. so midnight tonight we'll see some of the clouds over the bay area and then that sweeps south. we'll wake up to fairly clear conditions and that allows for some cool temperatures when you wake up tomorrow. but it will be a nice day to head outdoors. it will be dry, although on the cool side with a few high clouds in the afternoon. morning lows will be dropping down into the chilly 30s for parts of the north bay. discovery dale, 38. santa rosa 37. low 40s for inland areas. san francisco at 47 as well as h san jose. tomorrow cooling. san francisco hitting 53.

look for mid 50s through napa and high clouds passing through. on our storm impact scale rated from one light to five severe our next storm will be moderate. that's level two. this is going to hit us tuesday through wednesday. we can expect about 1 to 3 inches of rain in the north bay, so quite a soaker as well, and then around the bay look for anywhere from three quarters to an inch 1/2 and less than that as we head south. i want to go through the animation. we'll be dry through monday. tuesday we'll wake up fairly dry. the rain moves in. tuesday after afternoon and continues into the evening. wednesday will be wet as well will a little break in the evening. and then thursday and then friday is when we get a nice break again. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. get ready for the wet one and enjoy the two-day dry spell.

increasing clouds on monday making way for our next storm tuesday and wednesday that moderate storm level two where we could get several more inches. showers continue to thursday, and stay on top of the weather and track the storm with our app. you can always download it. ? thank you very much. still ahead a new journey in the galaxy far, far

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three games of five. this is a matchup of the best offense against the best defense. first quarter, memphis 11-2 run. an alley-oop. ws just 15 minutes in the first quarter. second quarter, griz up 15. kevin durant, the only warrior to show up on offense. had 21 points. 61-38 memphis at the half. warriors couldn't find a spark in the second half. grizzlies score 30 on 2 warrior turnovers. williams throws it down. they finish with seven players in double digits. warriors lose 110-89. they face minnesota tomorrow afternoon. sharks hosting carolina at

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efforts to figure out a cause today. a forensic mapping team is taking pictures inside and that should take another couple of days. classmates of the youngest of the 36 victims of the ghost ship fire held a moving tribute concert today. he was a student at the school of the arts in san francisco. the school collected donations to help the 17-year-old's family, including his father who is a sheriff's deputy. >> people helped at the scene and at a different artist colony across down. abc7 has the story. >> reporter: this scene is still hard to grasp. but those we talk to admit a little bit of art helped with the healing. >> i was nervous about coming not because of the piping but i thought seeing that site for the first time, and it's horrifying. >> reporter: one week after the tragedy people are honoring the warehouse fire victims. >> artists understand what other

artists' lives are like, and there but by the grace of god go i. it was such a garagtragic event. >> the close knit community of artists are coming together through their artwork at an art gallery in oakland. >> 10% of the profits are going to the relief fund. all of our pieces are one of a kind, and that's half the fun for me is working with this unique material. >> reporter: the pipe and drum band simply played to remember all 36 victims who died in this warehouse fire. >> my feoff ynephew is one of t musicians who lives in the warehouse. he lost two of his house mates. >> reporter: she wanted to honor her nephew's friends.

>> he's running a lot of gatherings at his place to pull people together. >> reporter: sometimes music says what words can't begin to express. in oakland, abc7 news. other news now. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have called for a federal probe into russian interfeesh in the presidential election. "the washington post" and cnn kro cited intelligence sources believe a covert russian operation used hackers to gabe access to personal information of democrats and republicans but the republican information was never revealed to the public. the president ordered a review. the president-elect's team said these are the same people that said saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. the election ended a long time in one of the biggest electoral college victories in history. it's time to move on and make

america great again. top republicans are worried about the man expected to be named secretary of state because of his close ties to russia. rex tillerson is a friend of vladimir putin and has even earned the award order of friendship from the russian government. as ceo of exxon mobile he's worked on projects in russia since the 90s. lindsey graham and john mccain have both questioned the pick. >> i have obviously concerns of relationships of his relationship with vladimir putin who is a thug and a murder, but that's -- we'll have hearings and that issue, and other issues concerning him will be examined. donald trump's team will make a final decision sometime this week at the earliest. as lots of people get drones for the holidays, a reminder to be aware of the rules. >> at a wedding in new hampshire this drone hovering own the dance floor would later crash

into the crowd. two guests are suing the groom and the wedding venue. . claiming broken bones and cuts. >> the groom took the drone out of his car and launched it. he was flying it around and taking pictures. i said that's ill lel. i explained why. he said okay and put it away. >> the groom calls the lawsuit ridiculous. he insists he was not at the controls when it crashed. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, it's perhaps becoming a new holiday tradition. do you have one? next meet the man who opened a store just to sell ugly sweaters. and the world's oldest known bird has a lot of fight left. >> and we're getting a break from the rain, the dry spell will continue only until monday. get ready for another storm that may bring an additional several inches of rain

it's that time of year you're allowed to maybe encouraged to pull out the ugly christmas sweater. there's a man in texas who started a man selling them. his hiring practices are as unique as his products. ♪ >> reporter: you're looking at a christmas time job interview. here's another one. ♪ >> reporter: and another. ♪ >> reporter: looks like an audition but it's an interview because here is the boss himself. jeremy turner, the singing sweater salesman. owner of the dallas-based ugly sweater shop. >> everybody loves the sweater shop. >> reporter: and needing extra hires he told applicants like this mother and daughter, talk

about yourself in a tape. >> we love to work hard. >> reporter: and then dance. ♪ >> reporter: so did die nan, made her case in rhyme. >> i'm a solid honest worker, not a slacker, not a shirker. >> reporter: and then. >> the swim, the bop -- >> reporter: and why dancing? >> it showed us that you were willing to have fun. >> reporter: here's what jeremy did. he hired everybody. so there's diane, selling those ugly sweaters. >> you just can't get worse than this. >> reporter: just like jeremy likes to sing about, though we say ugly is in the eye of the beholder. abc7 news. i was beholden and they were ugly. the world's oldest known sea bird is expecting in the chick. the u.s. fish and wildlife service showed videos of this albatross named wisdom that is believed to be at least 66. they spotted the mother bird

incubating the egg. she returns every year to use the same nest with her mate. a biologist first tagged her in 1956. that's a long marriage. it's looking good tomorrow. the doppler showing us the rain has left the bay area. we are still seeing some clouds but that's going to clear overnight and temperatures will be on the cool side, especially in the north bay. chiliy -- chilly dropping into the 30s. tomorrow sun shine, but temperatures will remain on the cool side only in the 50s for most everyone. san francisco at 53. oakland, 56. and san jose at 57 degrees. so on our storm impact scale rated from one to five, the next storm heading our away is a level two, a moderate storm tuesday and wednesday. the biggest impact will be in the north bay. one two three inches possible. less than that as you head

south. and we could still use the rain. we're just a little bit below normal. heyward and in san jose. above normal elsewhere. here's the seven-forecast. a dry break tomorrow into monday. next storm is tuesday, and hang onto your hats on wednesday. it will be raining and gusty as the showers continue into thursday. >> all right. thank you very much. it wasn't really rain. it's tears in stanford. >> it's true. it's christen mcccaffery is

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we've launched a one host, one home policy. so hosts may now only rent space at one address in san francisco. and we want to work together to improve the city's permit system so that it's simple, fair and effective. together, we can make the new rules work for all of san francisco. earlier this week stanford's chris mccaffery announced he'll go to the nfl. he said this was a dream of his since he was six, and it's time

to move on. >> mccaffery. >> he's one of the greatest college football players to ever play this game. made the announcement that he's moving on to the nfl. >> i've had some success in my college career, but after talking to the coach and my dad and a lot of other mentors in my life, i just thought i'm ready to go. >> the head coach who had a front row seat watching him destroy stanford national records was supportive and understanding for his decision to leave stanford a year early. >> it's a financial decision to can a young man like this who is highly recorded, can he raise his stock, and the answer is no. >> his father who played over a decade in the nfl was instrumental in helping his son make the final choice. >> he was supportive of my decision. i feel like i'm ready and he does, and after going over the pros and cons, it really does

make sense. >> he can do it all, but there are detractors who aren't sure how he'll fit in the nfl. >> trust me. there are a lot of teams right now licking their chops at a guy who is a swiss army knife of a human being. there's not much he can't do and do it well. >> he's the ultimate team player did not want his decision to be a distraction leading up to the sun bowl, so he made it this week. one of the most exciting players in college football and he will be missed. speaking of college football, it was partly built on the army navy game. it's the best rivalry in college football. army's 14 game losing streak against the navy is the longest stretch in this rivalry. the black knights setting the tone on the first drive. 14 yard carry. a fumble. the offense takes it the other

day. army takes a 7-0 lead. second quarter davidson scores his second td of the game. zach avi scores in the third and in the fourth fakes the toss. breaks several tackles. 41 yard for the score. navy takes a 17-14 lead. nine yard score. 316 yards on the ground for the black knights. army wins, ending their 14 -game losing streak. 21-17 the final. maryland storming the field. here's the army head coach on their win. >> for every soldier in a fox hole all around the world, for brandon jackson for the long gray line, i mean, just it was a

long time coming. i'm so proud of this team the way they fought. what a second half. i wouldn't be more proud. and college men's house. first half bears go on an 18-3 run. moore had four steals in the game. beats the buzzer from halftime. more for four of five from beyond the arc. cal won the game. they've won 26 straight at home which ties a school record. >> toronto hosting seattle north of the border. 108 minutes. fray makes an amazing save. this game ended in penalty kicks. the game winner. seattle wins their first ever mls cup. 5-4 in penalty kicks.

the franklin temple shoot shootout. the silly season of golf. matt kuchar teamed up with harris english. they won the event in 2013. combined for a round of seven under today. that's a kick in boird. 17th hole, english. got it. 28 under for english and matt kuchar. kelly needs this birdie to take the lead. slides by. matt kuchar and harry english win the shootout. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. we're ready to bust the champagne out. >> looking forward to the game and hopefully things will turn

around. that's our report for this saturday night. we want to lieave you with a special tribute to the victims of the ghost ship fire. they are gone but never forgotten. good night. ♪ >> any time we lose a community member, we feel it. >> they're the human side of this tragedy. >> what he would have been if he had survived. >> he always wanted to be remembered by his work. >> you don't forget people like that. you just don't forget. they loved each other very much. >> he immediately made his presence felt very strongly. he touched everybody very deeply. >> she comes in and she's an

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