good afternoon. thanks for joining us today. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. we begin today with a big storm moving into the bay area overnight. we'll take a look outside right now and a sign of things to come. already seeing rain and lots of wind on mt. tam right now. >> it's a little calmer at low elevations. you can see the storm clouds aove san francisco. spencer christian with a look at what to expect. >> reporter: >> this is the strongest storm to hit the bay area since march. at the moment we have light scattered areas of light rain, but up to the northwest there you can see the big storm that will be our storm for tonight and tomorrow. so let's take a look at the storm impact scale. the storm ranks number 3 on the storm impact scale, a strong storm, which will produce gusty wind tomorrow, gusts up to 50

miles per hour and one to two inches of rainfall for most areas and two to five inches may fall in the hills and coastal areas and possibly flooding and wind damage with us as well. notice after midnight up until about 6:00 a.m. we'll see areas of large heavy rainfall spreading across the entire north bay and down into san francisco, so it's going to be a challenging morning commute, but it gets even worse as we go into the midday hours and into mid-afternoon. we'll see areas of heavy rain over the entire area. the areas of orange represent the heavier rainfall and red represents the heaviest rains so you can see the evening commute tomorrow is just going to be a mess. we also have a high wind watch in effect from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and gusts up to 50 miles per hour and downed trees and power lines are possible and a flash flood watch is in effect for the burn scar areas in the santa cruz money tabs and coastal areas south of monterrey and flash flooding possible. i'll give you a closer look at

this storm and its various effects a little bit later. >> see you in a few minutes. as the stormy weather moves in people all across the bay area are getting ready. >> laura and the any is live in oakland with a look at the preparations in the east bay. laura? >> reporter: i'm actually at the ace hardware store in aisle 5, the go-to aisle for anyone who wants to get red for the rain moving in, umbrellas, plastic sheeting and rain suits, anything anyone could need for the next couple of days. >> that will get you so it will be all water tight and not leaking in everywhere. >> great. i'm waterproof now. >> reporter: with heavy rains moving in, east bay residents are gearing up at this ace hardware in lafayette where tarps are especially hot sellers. >> the type of thing that we recommend for people coveringle. here, it's the gray tarps here and we have them in various sizes and these will be waterproof type tarps.

>> reporter: in oakland east bay mud had its crews out at the estuary checking out a sensor estuary hat may have malfunctio falsely indicated there was an ore flow of sewage in the water there. >> there was no physical evidence of any overflow. however, out of an abundance of caution we posted signage and we let people know stay out of the water while we conclude an investigation to see if indeed there was an overflow. >> reporter: east bay mud will continue to monitor the situation as the next rains move through. and in piedmont they will keep a close eye on the football field and it flooded over the weekend and could very well do it again tomorrow. >> as we do when we get a large storm event, fields can flood to a certain degree typically because it's at the catch basin in many ways of piedmont storm drains. >> reporter: eastern mud reports overall storage was much better than this time last year, 80% of capacity and the snowpack in the

sierra is still well below average. in the east bay, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> reporter: king tides crept up on the unsuspecting driver of this white van near the bay bridge toll plaza in oakland. sky 7 was overhead earlier. the van was parked in a marsh area when the tides rose. firefighters rescued the trapped driver who wasn't injured. it's shaping up to be a great december for ski resorts in the sierra. snow began falling last night and it's still coming down and that's what it looks like right now in south lake tahoe. this camera is at heavenly mountain resort and snow could fall in the next few days. >> track the snow with the abc 7 news app and we have live doppler 7 and issue push alerts to your cell phone and tablet. >> a short time ago the dmv says uber has to stop the self-driving car service until it gets a permit. >> already some people are documenting issues with the self-driving cars. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has the story.

>> reporter: look, mom. no hands. >> my goodness. >> it's really happening. >> reporter: the spinning cylinders on top of these roberto xd90s mean self-driving ubers have arrived in san francisco. >> it sounds fun and innovate in spite of if matched with a self-driving uniex riders can opt out. >> it's dangerous. what if the whole operation were to malfunction? couldn't that cause like a catastrop catastrophe? maybe take a life. >> reporter: already today one taxi driver post-ed dashcam video of an uber self-driving vehicle running a red light though it's not clear if the vehicle was in self-driving mode at the time. in response uber says safety is its top priority, also that the incident has been reported and they are looking into what happened. since debuting its self-driving vehicles in pittsburgh three months ago, uber has said it has no significant accidents to report. uber has not obtained testing

permits for self-driving technology. in a statement california dmv says 20 manufacturers have already obtained permits to test hundreds of cars on california roads and uber shall do the same and in a blog post uber writes the company does not believe it needs the permit because a person is still behind the wheels monitoring the vehicles. >> reporter: uber self-driving vehicles will be sharing the roads with cyclists, pedestrians and lots of driver. while some see danger other commuters along busy market street see opportunity. >> i personally would try it because it eliminates human error. >> reporter: love if or hate it self-driving ubers are now part of san francisco's fabric. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. coming up on "abc 7 news at 6:00," 7 on your side's michael finney takes a closer look at the legal aspects and whether uber is breaking hat law. >> are mixed signals coming out of today's nfl owners meeting about the raiders future in

oakland? commissioner roger goodell says there isn't a stadium proposal on the table that addresses the long-term issues in oakland and says the league will continue to work at this. his pes mission comes a day after oakland alomeda county leaders give ronnie lott's group the approval to try to negotiate a stadium deal with the raiders. mark davis is maintaining his commitment to move the team to las vegas. the league's deadline to file for relocation is february the 15th. a man was arrested today accused of making terrorist bomb threats against the vta. >> detectives say 42-year-old jonathan kind made calls to the customer service center and media outlets t.caused a lot of details as buses had to be stopped and searched. >> more live from the valley transit authority office. >> reporter: we checked with vta officials and law enforcement and as of right now they are not saying what made this man so upset burks they looked into the threat and they found no bomb-making materials.

>> valley transportation authority, trains and bus res back on schedule after a suicide bomb threat this morning. >> we did not shut down service, but we did stop buses at certain points and stop transit at certain points. >> reporter: three calls came into vta's customer service center and the first one shortly after 9:00 when a man threatened to jump into a train and minutes later he called again and then the third phone call came in at 9:31 when the individual threatened to carry out a suicide bombing on a vta vehicle. >> reporter: vta notified the office and transit control officers after the first call and two hours later officers located the suspect and 42-year-old jonathan keim at a fast food restaurant in san jose and he had also e-mailed a radio station which also notified vta. >> the transit officers arrested the suspect in the vicinity of highway 87. he did not have weapons or

explosives in his possession. >> sheriff's deputies did not find bomb-making materials and they say kei sm a known vta passenger. >> i don't see why there would be a terrorist thing to vta, nothing really wrong with vta. >> i keep my surroundings pretty aware an whoever i'm with i make sure they are safe as well, so it's pretty scary knowing that this happened this morning. >> reporter: keim is charged with making a false bomb threat n.san jose, lonni rivera, abc 7 news. a tennis coach also a registered sex offender in custody accused of sexual misconduct with an underage female. 61-year-old matt montana was arrested last week. he's been charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child and multiple counts of lewd and lascivious acts involving children. montana was providing private tennis lessons at west valley colleges. hay wad's police chief has been on administrative leave

since august and suddenly announced her retirement today taking effect immediately. she was placed on leave in august over a confidential personnel issue. today the city manager issues statements saying stewart had moved up her planned retirement by about four months and police captain mark kohler took over as the acting chief after stewart was placed on leave. 5.0 earthquake rattled the north bay today and the quake hit at 8:41 and was centered in the geysers 72 miles north of san francisco. there have been nearly two dozen aftershocks and the biggest one measuring 3.0. there are no reports of damage or injuries. coming cup on "abc 7 news at 4:00," yahoo hacked again. more than a billion accounts affected. what you need to know. plus, the silicon valley superstars meeting with the president-elect at trump tower today to mend fences. and there is something new in the air, the merger between virgin and alaskan airlines and what it means for customers. and taking a life like at the san mateo bridge right now.

looks better if are you heading westbound to the peninsula on the right-hand side. traffic coming into the east bay much slower on the lfnltds stay with us. we're back after a short break.

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a bombshell from afternoon from yahoo. more than a billion users may have been exposed to a hack. the hack took place in 2013. the stolen information may include names, phone numbers, addresses and they believe the credit and bank account information wasn't compromised. yahoo is notifying users who might be affected and forcing them to change their passwords.

the company says the incident is different from a hack in september affecting 500 million people. silicon valley leaders sat down with president-elect donald trump today, a summit that brings together former foes. >> and many tech leaders backed hillary clinton in the presidential race. kristen sze is here with today's high-profile fend-mending. >> reporter: laurie -- larry and ama, jeff bezos, tesla ceo elon musk and google's parent company alphabet ceo laurie page with the salt-and-pepper hair there, all accepting mr. trump's invitation to the roundtable. >> i want to thank everybody. this is truly an amazing group of people. i won't tell you the hundreds of calls we've had asking to come to this meeting. >> the summit aims to improve the rocky relationship between candidate trump and the tech community. in trump criticized apple for

make products outside of the u.s. and elon musk has questioned the president-elect's character. today no sign of tension as mr. trump promised to support trade and innovation. paul holland says it makes sense with tech leaders to come to the table. >> the responsibility of the organizations is to do what they can to have a voice on things like immigration, on immigration, on tech policy and taxation and so forth. >> all right. it's always interesting, right, to see who sat where. i'm going pause video for you. right there, mr. pence and mr. trump, and right here you have jeff bezos, larry page, c.o.o. of face sheryl sandberg and over here peter thiele, one plaintiff trump's biggest supporters in tech who helped arrange this meeting and next to thiele is tim cook right there and next to him oracle's sava katz. also interest, none of them spoke with reporters when leaving. the vice president-elect pens tweeted productive as many mitt

today with tech leaders focused on job creation and innovation. larry and ama? >> thanks so much, kristen. today's decision by the federal reserve says a key interest rate could be the start of a trend. today's quarter of a percent of a hike marks the second time the fed has raised rates in more than ten years. the last time was six months ago. the fed board had delays a rapid rate increase to help stimulate economic activity by making it cheaper to borrow. investors fully, pektsed the rate hike and even so stocks fall across the board. the dow dropped more than 118 points after flirting with the 20,000 mark for a brief time today. the nasdaq lost 27 points and the s&p 500 fell 18 points. amazon is now testing a system that delivers packages by drone in the united kingdom. this service is called prime air and promise thoz deliver packages of up to five pounds within 30 minutes. this is video provided by amazon. now these drones fly no more

than 400 feet above the ground. they are guided by gps and amazon says it will use the data compiled in this beta test to expand the service over time. >> well, alaska airlines and virgin are an item but now will continue to operate separately. >> here's abc 7 news reporter lieian melendez with more on the merger. >> reporter: alaska airlines employees were greeted by their future co-workers from virgin america. together as one they will create the fifth largest carrier in the country. >> is this a good day? >> yeah. >> what do you think of the airplane? >> reporter: don't get used to it. the plane was designed just for the celebratory flight. what comes next is a big unknown. for now the slogan is more to love. >> the other thing i love about this purpose statement we're not

done. >> reporter: for now the airlines will continue to operate separately. the details of the merger will be hammered out beginning next year. alaska air group purchased the burlingame-based virgin america for $2.6 billion and alaska made it clear it wanted to become the dominant west coast carrier with a combined fleet of 226 planes and nearly 19,000 employees. san francisco mayor ed lee said it will give silicon valley companies more options. >> as they work really hard up and down the west coast, they need to go over to the east coast, do the ipos on wall street and come back and do the hard work. >> reporter: alaska's ceo promises no layoffs in positions like pilots, flight attendants and mechanics and expect some managerial positions to be cut. >> there are roughly 600 management positions at virgin and roughly 300 of those positions and in time, might be one to two years down the road will become redundant.

>> reporter: alaska will work on bringing together the two mileage programs to benefit all members. at fso, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. might be a good time to fly. because it's going start raining here very quickly. >> oh, my gosh. it's going to pour and winds will be strong and we may have power outages and right now we're looking at relatively calm conditions. here's live doppler 7. areas of scattered light rainfall but it's not going to be scattered or light for long. a live view from i'mliville looking under cloudy and gloomy looking skies. everywhere, san francisco, mountianview and gilroy 63 and san jose 65 at half moon bay. as you can see by the raindrops on the camera lens, 50 degrees and 60 at napa and 61 at livermore and one more live view, abc 7 looking out at the

embarcadero, strong storms arrive in the early morning and everything rainy throughout the day and that includes the evening commute. i's going to be messy. storm impact scale. this approaching storm ranks 3 on the impact scale. a strong storm with gusts up to 50 miles per hour and likely in the higher elevations. we expect 1 to 2 inches of rainfall generally across the bay area 257bd to 5 in coastal regions hand in the higher elevations and the possibility of wind damage and flooding. i need to emphasis, forecast animation by 6:00 tomorrow morning. entire north bay as well as san francisco will be covered by moderate to heavy rainfall as indicated by the vivid colors of orange and yellow and then rain spreading to all parts of the afternoon hours and just intensifies and a few areas of red there flashing on the screen representing the heaviest downpours of rain so you can see going into the evening commute tomorrow it's just going to be wet and messy and wind and by 11:00 tomorrow night the storm will be winding down.

let's take a look at our projected rainfall totals anywhere from an inch of rain tomorrow expected in mounta mountianview in san jose and over an inch and a half in oakland. napa and novato and 2 inches in half moon bay and just under 3 inches, and it's going to be real, really wet and windy. tomorrow winds will be gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour. generally higher gusts expected over the hills and the coast and those winds will cam down a little bit late tomorrow night and in the sierra a winter storm watch is in effect from noon tomorrow to 6:00 p.m. friday. we expect 1 to 2 feet of snow and low visibility and slippery roads and chain controls and travel delays are likely. tomorrow's highs, well, we can call them. low 60s for the most part. here's the accuweather-seven-day forecast. very calm conditions on friday and maybe a longer shower or two in the early morning hours on friday and we'll see at least

partial clearing and notice how much cooler it gets. cold air behind the cold front and over the weekend and next week mainly sunny skies and cool conditions. it will feel like winter and winter, by the way, actually begins next wednesday at 2:44 a.m. pacific standard time. won't be all up there to greet it the. >> maybe not. >> thanks. >> coming up, a close call during a yacht race in australia. look out y.would the boats so close? >> plus the sign of the season. hollywood honors some of its own. the late award season nominees. >> this is the golden gate bridge. you can see it's very foggy. in fact, you can't even see the back end of the bridge and traffic moving nicely in both (my hero zero by lemonheads)

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guild award. >> the nominees are -- >> ali is an oakland native and two days ago he was nominated for a golden globe. "manchester by the sea" picked up the most nominations with four including best actor for casey affleck and emma stone and natalie portman were among the best actress nominees and netflix dominated with 17 nominations. >> an actress is in san francisco to senator an iconic musical. aches 7 caught up with lorna lust to perform in "white christmas" and daughter of judy garland she says this makes it a good christmas production.

>> you cannot get more of an american feeling show at christmas. this was written by a man who adored our country. ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪ >> "white christmas" is performing until christmas eve at the golden gate theater. there are close calls and there's look out! my goodness. this is jaw-dropping video of some white-knuckle navigation on a yacht. just look at how close this yacht comes to not one, not two but three boats on the snid harbor yesterday. what's going on here? the boat barely squeezed between two government patrol boats and a sight-seeing. all the boats had the right to be there and probably not in the same location. race organizers believe there could have been better planning with the city. you think?

>> probably. well coming on "abc 7 news hat 4:00." more v.i.p.s were at trump tower today as the president-elect works to finalize his cabinet. >> and why the lights went out tonight on the eiffel tower in paris. >> plus, a mail truck went up in flames and the postal w afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. significant rain is headed to the bay area in the next day. what it looks like on mt. tam this afternoon. it may be what you experience where you live tomorrow. a blanket of rain is expected to descend on the bay area early tomorrow morning. spencer christian is back with the forecast in just a few minutes. abc 7 news reporter matt keller tweeted this of the vta bomb threat suspect who was arrested today. jonathan keim was taken into custody late this morning. vta officials say he threatened to bomb one of the agency's vehicles. all vta vehicles were searched this morning. >> the suspected pizzagate gunman who authorities say was influenced by a fake news story is facing federal charges this afternoon. edgar welch was arrested last week after authorities say he fired an assault rifle multiple times inside a pizza restaurant in washington, d.c.

and in bakersfield people want answers as to why police shot and killed an unarmed 73-year-old man outside his home and the man had a crucifix, not a gun. >> reporter: ama, the family of that elderly man is now asking the department of justice to investigate this as is civil rights case. we're also told there's no connection between the shooting and a change that's just happened and the police cheese. this california community swearing in a new police chief as controversy mounts over a deadly officer-involved shooting there earlier this week. >> it makes it that much more worse during the holiday season. >> reporter: the police department oifrg the man of an unarmed 73-year-old grandfather killed by a police officer sunday. tuesday night outside of the

man's home a sea of candles and tears and family accusing police of gunning down their loved one. >> my dad was treated like a criminal, and we feel he was left to die alone without his family by his side. >> reporter: just a few days earlier, this was the scenech the deadly run-in with law enforcement. police responding to a call about an armed man in this neighborhood. >> mid-60s, brown jacket, unknown if under the influence. armed with a revolver. >> reporter: authorities say the man walked out of his house and the 9111 caller identifies him at that armed man. >> walked deliberately across the street towards the officers and ignored several commands to stop and show his hands which he had concealed in his jacket. >> reporter: one officer fired seven times killing the man who was found to be unarm. his family says he suffered from dementia. and what police say they did find, not a gun but a crucifix.

only a single officer fired and there were many on the scene and that officer has been on the force just over a year. he's now been placed on routine administrative leave. lauren lyfter, aches 7 news. >> thanks so much. florida prosecutors say they will try a third time to convict a fwhom a murder another hire case. the decision comes after the judge declared a mistrial after the six-member jury dalia dip legalitio was tried once and her 2011 conviction was run out on appeal. donald trump finalizes his cabinet in new york and today he met with a specific group of business leaders. here's abc 7 news reporter karen travers. >> i'll be there for you, amend you'll call my people. you'll call me. it doesn't make any difference. >> reporter: silicon valley is not exactly friendly terrain for trump. back in july a group of more

than 140 tech executives and entrepreneurs wrote in an open letter that trump would be, quote, a disaster for innovation due to his views on immigration and the global economy. none of today's attendees signed that letter. trump announcing he's pegged former texas governor rick perry to lead the department of agency, an agency he once said he would eliminate and he's offered the interior job to congressman zinke, a retired navy s.e.a.l. it's his pick for secretary of state that's drawing bipartisan concern over potential conflicts of interest. last night trump launched a public defense. his choice to be the nation's top diplomat. exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson who has had had a long relationship with russian president vladimir putin. >> rex is friendly with many. leaders in the world that we don't get awrong. >> reporter: no surprise, the

russians had been effusive in the praise for the oil company ceo. >> it's like the bond movie "from russia with love." he's getting more love from russia and people in russia than he is from the united states senate. >> reporter: donald trump is not yet hey nonsed his picks to lead the department offing agricultu and veterans affair. the work on the transition team will continue all the way into the holidays. karen travers, abc news, washington. and mr. trump may be forced to dump his financial interests in his new weeksy hotel. democrats believe he'd be in breach of his lease to use the government-owned building because there's a clause that says no elected official shall be admitted to the lease. the general services administration says it won't make a decision on this until after mr. trump is in the white house. syrian rebels say a crease fire deal for the evacuation of fighters and civilians from eastern aleppo is back on hours after it collapsed. the announcement comes of a syria government forces swept into former rebel-held areas today. the scene was described as a

complete breakdown. humanity. the u.n. says it has information that some 82 civilians, including women and children were executed by pro-government forces during their advance. the city of paris is just solidarity with those facing danger in eastern aleppo by switching off the lights at the eiffel tower. the famous landmark has been used before to express solidarity with other countries n.june it lit up in rainbow colors after the massacre at the pulse nightclub in orlando. people are still being kicked out of their homes in central tennessee after a collision between two semi trucks leaking to exic chemical. the collision happened 30 miles southeast of nashville. one is carrying chlorine-based chemicals and caught fire sending a toxic plume forcing the evaccination of one neighborhood. one of the truck drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries. the famous postal worker motto does not include fire. she rushed to pull the packages

out of her truck. the truck caught fire in wake falls. the fire started in the vehicle's engine compartment. a big chill is moving across the west. the alerts covering nearly half the country >> and a dramatic video of some wild winds in india. >> i'm spencer christian. here's the view at mt. tam where it's raining and windy and this pat certain going to comfort entire region heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care.

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nearly half the united states is on a winter weather alert. a stretch of cold air is sendings chills from maine to nevada. in michigan temperatures are already 30 degrees lower than normal. the danger of frostbite and hypothermia is rights. residents in upstate new york, well, they have it covered. >> we're used to it. i'm used to this. >> last year was a honeymoon and this year is going to be a little difficult. >> i dress warm and bring out the scarves and gloves. >> vets have good advice for people with pets. if you're cold, your cat or dog probably is, too, so limit their time outdoors. >> we'll take a look at this incredible video of a cyclone in india lifting a car off the ground and flipping it over. can you see another car next to it ended up on its hood. the cyclone killed four people and forces tens of thousands of

evacuations >> well, our weather won't be that intense but by bay area standards pretty intense by tomorrow. you can see we have scattered light rainfall but it will get a lot heavier with a storm coming our way that ranks three on the storm impact skill and it will begin pushing into the area during the early morning hours and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour at times and in the higher terrain look to one to two inches of rainfall generally across the region from this storm and 2 to 5 inches in the hills hand in the coastal ranges and flooding and wind damage are a possibility. forecast animation. we'll start at 5:00 as the morning commute begins. heavy rain or moderate to heavy rain across the north bay. it will quickly spread across the entire region during the daytime hours. it will be a mess for the evening commute tomorrow and the storm will wind down late tomorrow night and we'll get at least partial clearing on friday and for tomorrow's rush look for heavy rain. wet and dark and expect travel

delays. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it will clear up pretty quickly on friday and then starting over the weekend and continuing into next week. sunny days with cool conditions and winter officially begins next wednesday. 2:44 a.m. >> thanks, spencer. >> still ahead. ever hear of sleep training. one mom's decision to help sleep train her newborn is stirring up a lot of controversy. a popular holid

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professional or over the top to hire a professional train sneer working mom of two katie calls it the best money i've ever spent, paying someone else hundreds of dollars to sleep train her 3-month-old baby. >> since we were planning on hiring a sleep trainer and we had an upcoming night away we thought, you know, why not save myself the heartache. >> reporter: in an online article for "redbook" magazine the 33-year-old wrote at $30 an hour bringing in a professional to manage the process seemed like a no-brainer. she then planned a getaway to ma luxury california sma and resort because, quote, i didn't want to be in ear shot of bo's weeping. treating ourselves to a restful retreat meant we could try to enjoy ourselves instead of dwelling on what was taking place at home. >> i was so they are vows and kept coming up with reasons why he wasn't ready to do it yet. >> reporter: sleep training babies can be a controversial

issue. >> it's usually not that black and white. often it's a blend of methods depending on the baby and what the parents feel comfortable with, what may be right for one family may not be right for another family. >> i know that it's controversial for people to sleep train but for me being a working mom of two it was just something that i felt strongly about. >> reporter: her article has now been shared thousand of times online with many people commenting, one person writing this is so selfish and another saying if a woman doesn't have time to be a parent she shouldn't have kids, but many came to her defense. one person wrote, quote, i'm all for making home life hammy and rested for both parents. jessica castro. abc 7 news. >> all right. time now for ask finney. 7 on your side's michael finney is here to answer questions sent to you via facebook and twitter and e-mail. when is the best time to buy crab? >> right now.

the crab season is in full swing. it was put off for a while and now it's going. the supply is up and prices are down. i don't mean cheap. going for 7 bucks a pound though my niece nancy found is for 5 bucks on sale so if you look around there's some deals out there. >> going to nancy's. >> when is the best time to buy a laptop? >> another good question. right now is an excellent time. going into the holiday season the prices are really, really good. still a few. most of the really good deals are already taken and prices are down. mac, just released some new max so because of there that there's great deals there as well. the next time to buy is going back to school. that's when the next time to buy computers. >> all right. and a viewer asks via twitter i dropped off some stuff at a

consignment store. i didn't feel like i was getting a good deal. how do you know if you are or not? >> what you need to do is do research. talk to friends and family. make sure you do that. then you want to go to yellp and other online resources and it's really, really important and this is what we've seen a little bit is if you are selling clothes go to a clothes consignment and furniture furnitu furniture. find out what they are specializing in. >> if somebody has a question for you, i want to hear from you. the 7 on your side hotline is opened monday from friday from 10:00 to 4:00. 415-954-8151 and reach me as always on facebook and through abc7news.com. >> thanks, michael. we're about a month away from the peak of flu season and a new governmental report finds a lot of people haven't gotten a flu shot. the centers for disease control and prevention say 47% of americans haven't bothered to get a shot and that's 52% of

millenials don't plan on getting the vaccine. doctors say we should because the fewer vaccines means more flu in the community and, well, of course, more people getting sick. >> all right, speaking of health news, one in six adults have taken psychiatric drugs. >> and teens are vaping less. here's jane king. >> reporter: the price of insulin has risen sharply leaving health care providers with concerns about patients who can't afford to bite drug. they may skip doses and put themselves in giant and eli lilly proposing a stlugs will help at least some patients. they do have to order the including and then pick up the neighborhood at a neighborhood pharmacy for the generic version and one in six american adults take psychiatric drugs. they have found one in five women report filling at least one prescription. that's about two times the number of men who had and whites were twice as likely to have

done so than blacks or hispanics. e-cigarette use for teens dropped in 2016 reversion an upward trend that prompted the u.s. surgeon general to recommend increased taxation and regulation. among high school seniors 12% said they used them within three months. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. a popular holiday staple could be in short supply this money. there's an industrywide shortage of canned whipped cream. >> oh, no. >> this is big. recent explosion at a florida nye truss oxide plant is to blame for this specifically affecting the reddi whip brand. stores are stocked for now, but there is a backup shortage, so they are suggesting you get your canned whipped cream now. >> goodness. "abc 7 news at 4:00" does

condition. >> what i like about him is he gives toys. >> yeah. santa claus made an early visit to san francisco today and the children were really excited to see him. >> that's what i like about him, too. kristen with a look ahead at what's next hat 5:00. >> coming next, a community on edge, the death of castro valley woman has police looking for cruise and neighbors nervous. also hey head, the privacy policy that's not so private. the bay area company sparking public outside an dogs starring in a new christmas classic. those stories

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here's a look at tonight's prim thyme lineup starting with "the gold bergs" followed by "speechless and then designated survivor" followed by the abc 7 news at 11:00. christmas came early in san francisco's tenderloin district. >> santa came with toys donated by a restaurant owner who was deeply touched by a story that he saw several years ago here on abc 7 news. >> here's abc 7 news reporter vic lee. ♪ swingle bells, jingle all the way ♪ >> they gathered at the assembly hall. there was christmas in the air, and -- >> we have someone here from the north bowl to visit us. please say hi to santa claus. >> reporter: there were gasps and special hugs and a special trip from santa to this inner city school. lots and lots of toys given to each student. >> is that what you wanted? >> i got a doll.

>> what do you think about santa? >> what i like about him is he gives toys. >> this is the fourth year santa has come to city academy. it all started with a news story, a story that touched the hearts of many people including nick. the older of this restaurant. in 2012 just before christmas we heard a story about some heartbreaking journals that these young kids wrote about the challenges in their lives. gripping entries like this one. my mom and dad were on drugs. when i was little was homeless. i was poor. and ones like this, living without my dad is like living without a heart. no emotion come through me without him. ever since that story, he's come here with santa and toys. >> a rough environment and rough times, and if we can make them happy one day we did a good job. a lot of students. this is the only christmas that

they may receive this holiday season. ♪ feliz navidad >> the annual food bag giveaway got under way this morning at glide in san francisco. thousands of people lined up before dawn to get a free food bag. some of the bags had a frozen chicken inside and others for people without a kitchen had microwavable food and others say there's something else in the bag. >> here givingous bags of grocery and bags of love. people are here to feel cared about during this holiday season, and we're here to do that. so many people showed up that they had to cut off the line early. glide is still accepting food as well as toy donations. >> actually fortunate that the

giveaway is today because tomorrow we'll be in the middle of torrential rain. >> thanks for joining us for "abc 7 news at 4:00." i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. "abc 7 news at 5:00" starts now. >> uber's no-hands policy. >> a billion e-mail users braempt the developing story about yahoo affecting most of the customers. >> and a community on edge. the death of a castro valley woman has police looking for clues and neighbors living in fear. we're hours away from getting slammed with a big storm. sandhya patel has what you need to know. the red light violation that has uber red-faced. tonight the newly launched self-driving cars could be pulled off bay area roads. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm krinsy.

thanks for joining us. >> the state is telling uber to get the cars off the streets immediately or else, and some drivers are already documenting issues with the self-driving cars. here's abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow with late-breaking details. >> on the same day irish ruled out its self-driving vehicles in san francisco the california department of motor vehicles sent uber a letter saying it must stop the service until it gets a state permit writing any action by uber to continue the operation of vehicles equipped with autonomous technology on public streets in california must cease until uber complies. uber has said it does not believe it needs a permit because a person is still behind the wheel monitoring the vehicle. >> it's dangerus. i mean, i mean, what if the whole operation were to malfunction? couldn't that cause like a catastrophe and maybe take a life. >> one taxi driver posted dashcam video of what