abide by these evacuation notices. we saw the disasters and the losses that happened up north in sonoma and this is a fast, very dangerous moving fire. >> reporter: about 500 firefighters are on the scene, they hope to start attacking the fire from the air at day break. the thomas fire started around 6:30 yesterday evening. it was initially reported at just 50 acres but, again, now it is 31,000 acres, threatening about 8,000 homes and it's spreading. live until the newsroom, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> tiffany, thanks for watching that. take a look at these before and after photos of one neighborhood leveled by the thomas fire. you will see on the right that that's a previous image of a mobile home park in wheeler cap i don't know. on the left using sky map technology you see that same exact neighborhood blanketed by flames. you can download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts to get the latest breaking news on this fire. in emeryville police are investigating a shooting during

a busy night of holiday shopped. it happened in the parking lot on the parking lot of 40th street. bullet holes show that several shots were fired. two people were shot, both are in critical condition. one managed to walk to a nearby home depot where an ambulance picked him up, one suspect has been detained. officers recovered three guns in all, it is not clear what led up to the shooting but police say it appears none of the shoppers were rofd. if you are just joining us, welcome. let's get a quick update on your weather and traffic. we start with mike. >> hi, everybody. just a quick side note, i was looking at the winds in l.a., 35 in the valleys and up to 70 miles per hour in the mountains. that's as fast as some of our winds were during our firestorm. here is a look at the temperatures, you can see kind of all over the place because of the winds once again some of us warmer, some of us cooler. it's freezing cold in ukiah, 31, novato 37, gilroy 38. cool spots, 50 in antioch,

oakland 53, san francisco the same, half-moon bay 57, 52 mountain view, hayward 53, cooler in san jose, 47. we will take a look at our chances of freezing cold temperatures coming up. here is sue. going to the bay bridge toll plaza where we still have tollbooth 14 out of commission due to that fatal accident on friday. these are the cash lanes on the left, on the right, you are seeing a little bit of a delay there and the fast trackers seem to be getting through nicely. yesterday the metering lights were on a little bit earlier. we will follow that for you this morning. slowing out you have tracy for a 35 minute drive over into the livermo livermore. mass transit for your tuesday morning, bart is on time, there is a full shutdown today and tomorrow of the sausalito ferry, they're doing dock repairs, so no service today and wednesday, you can take a golden gate bus or takes the larkspur if errey as an alternate. they have added a 7:00 a.m. departure on the harbor bay

ferry, that departure will be in effect until at least spring. we will be back with road work in a few minutes. developing news in the east bay, 3,000 workers striking today and oakland is bracing for a city wide shut down. >> city buildings closed, city programs i should say trans canceled. amy hollyfield with the impact we can expect today. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. they will tart picketing at city hall at 7:00 this morning. this will impact city services but not emergency services. the seiu labor union says it hopes that this strike will help this city realize how important these employees are to oakland's daily life. the mayor says she wants to avoid the strike. she says the city has entered into mediation or agreed to enter into mediation, she says the city has negotiated in good faith for more than seven months, but she says they need more time. union leaders say they are listening, but the strike is scheduled. >> i'm available and can convene

the team within an hour so they have my phone number, they can give me a call whenever they want. >> we are continuing to ask city workers to at least allow us to have the opportunity to put their offer in front of the city council but we cannot do that until wednesday afternoon. we are amenable to mediation with a party of our mutual choosing. >> reporter: most city facilities will be closed today. head start will be closed. after school programs, rec centers, 3,000 employees are set to strike. now, police and fire and 911 dispatchers they will all be at work. this dispute is over wage increases and staffing, no negotiations are scheduled for today. live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> you will find the entire list of services staekt p affected by the strike on our website. make sure to enable push alerts on the abc 7 news app to get major developments in the strikes as well as breaking news when it happens. families in snl are fighting

to keep their schools from shutting down, the oak grove school district claims there aren't enough students to keep all eight schools in operation. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story. ♪ we're standing here showing our cheer ♪ >> reporter: with song and heart felt testimonials students, parents and teachers made their case. >> the st. teresa the teachers are caring and helped my struggle and gave me confidence i never knew i had. >> luckily our two lucky stars ended up at glider. >> reporter: the gym was packed with people who do not want to see elementary schools in the oak grove district shut down. eight schools have been identified for possible closures, the district blames declining enrollment. >> some of our elementariment ri schools have populations in the 300 to 400

>> unfortunately we are at a place where we have to make some very difficult decisions. >> reporter: parents say there are better solutions. >> they need to ask us as realtors who is moving into the area. they are all families with young children. >> the schools that should be closed are the ones that are performing at the lowest academic level in the district. >> reporter: of the eight schools on the list the consolidation committee will recommend three to five for closure to the school board. the board will make its decision in february. in san jose katie marzullo, abc 7 news. happening today, san francisco transportation leaders scheduled to vote on parking meter surge pricing. hourly rates for each of the city's 30,000 meters would go up or down as demand changes. most meters would top out at 8 bucks an hour, but they could hit $18 an hour for special events. >> no. >> yes. >> officials say the plan is intended to increase the

availability of coveted city parking spaces, particularly in areas and at times where demand is high. happening today, the u.s. supreme court steps into another battle over gay rights. i want to take you live right now -- we just lost our live shot, but we can tell you moments ago there was a long line of people at the supreme court building. the justices will hear arguments in the case of baker who cited religious grounds when he refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. a lower court found his refusal was unlawful discrimination. the baker says it violates his rights to religious freedom and free speech. it is the first involving gay rights since the states ruled that states could not prevent same-sex couples from marrying. president trump praising a move by the supreme court to allow his travel ban to go effect at least for now. it covers people from chad, iran, libya, somalia, yemen and north korea. the high court's ruling may not be the final word on this ban. the federal appeals court in san

francisco and richmond, virginia is lawful. a begun possession conviction against a man -- joée ines garcia zarate lead attorney believes that gun charge conviction is inconsistent with the jury's decision to acquit his client on more serious charges. they accused garcia zarate of intentionally firing at steinle. garcia zarate remains in jail and faces federal immigration charges. san francisco mayor ed lee will be one of dozens of mayors to join former president obama in chicago. they will discuss climate change. this comes after president trump pulled out of the paris climate accord. 36 u.s. mayors expected at the north american climate summit. they man to sign an agreement that lays out how cities plan to reduce green house gas emissions and expand access to public transportation. crews will be cleaning up the mess left behind from strong

winds in the bay area. the branch blocked harrington street for a few hours and nearby homes lost power. neighbors were worried about drivers plowing into the fallen limb before it was removed last night. i had nothing that big fall but i definitely have a lot of limbs and smaller branches in my yard today. here is a look at the king tides today, a couple more days of flooding at the park and ride today, it happens -- well, the king tide peaks at 12:53, tomorrow at 1:43 and then we are finished until the end of the month and then they will start over again. look what the winds are doing, remember yesterday walnut creek was 32 degrees. 52, 20 degrees warmer because that particular sensor happens to be in a windy area. it's 38 right now in sheltered areas like danville and ramone, san ramone, pleasant hill 39, lafayette 36, but we're 50 right now in places like antioch and brentwood, 45 pleasanton and livermore.

let's look at your commute planner for today. everything is going pretty good. not as breezy on the roads, chilly in morning, mild mass transit, ferry ride no small craft advisory. it will be breezy in morning in the sierra, 41 at that toe, 55 yosemite, breezy and 75 in l.a. 62 in monterey. my seven-day forecast for tahoe, again, i don't even want to talk about it, let's just move on. >> the good news is traveling up there will not be an issue. >> there's the bright spot. >> a beautiful week and weekend. we have a live shot at the bay bridge toll plaza you see green cash fast track green, green and then, boom, closed with the red light. that is tollbooth number 14, the one that got wiped out saturday with that fatal accident. they have no estimated time of reopening that lane and you would be surprised, one lane closed for your morning commute does affect your drive. so expect delays there again today. bart so far so good running on schedule. road work out in lanes, this is north wound 101 after the robin

williams tunnel, right lane blocked. they should be picking that up relatively quickly if not already. i'm not seeing slow traffic there. various right lanes are blocked northbound 880 between marina and hagen berger and up to 23rd. expect various slow downs, a 20 minute delay until they pick those cones up supposedly by 5:00 a.m. new support and possible trouble for roy moore. we are live in washington with the evidence one of his accusers says she has. san francisco ready to allow testing of those delivery robots. what you will see if you encounter one of them. steph curry on crutches, we are my name is valerie decker and i'm a troubleman for pg&e. i am a first responder to emergencies 24 hours a day, everyday of the year. my children and my family are on my mind when i'm working all the time. my neighbors are here, my friends and family live here, so it's important for me to respond as quickly as possible and get the power back on. it's an amazing feeling turning those lights back on.

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from the live desk this morning, one of the women accusing alabama state candidate roy moore of inappropriate sexual behavior says she has new evidence against him. this comes as moore gets a boost of support from the gop just one week before election day. kenneth moton is live in washington with the details. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning. roy moore is getting a lot of help in this final week. former white house strategist steve bannon will rally with him tonight, a day after president trump's endorsement. >> one week to go until election day in alabama and gop senate candidate roy moore now has a

powerful ally, president trump. the president making the call from air force one to officially endorse moore who is accused of molesting teenage girls. >> this morning the "washington post" claims they interviewed an accuser against moore who he dated when she was 17. the paper says she recently discovered handwritten notes from moore congratulating her from congratulating from high school. moore has denied all allegation all of his accusers. many washington republicans jumped ship. 2012 gop presidential nominee mitt romney tweeted moore and the senate would be a stain on the gop and on the nation. the moore campaign called those comments by romney irresponsible. the rnc is also back in in race providing resources to moore in this final week. friday president trump will rally in the florida panhandle just across from the alabama border. reporting live here in washington this morning, kenneth

moton, abc 7 news. state assembly leaders say they will hire an investigating to look into sexual misconduct claims against assemblyman matt debabnay. two women have come forward to openly accuse him of sexual misconduct. one is a lobbyist who says the assemblyman exposed himself and another says he was her former supervisor. >> i thought make it very clear that i do not want to be here and that there is no misunderstanding so i said several times, no, i will not touch you. >> at events or fundraisers he would eye up women in the room and talk about his conquests, who he had slept with. >> he denies any wrongdoing, he says he looks forward to clearing his name. san francisco supervisors will consider the best way to test delivery robots on city sidewalks. after three companies could be allowed to test them in light industrial areas of the city under strict rules.

they are not going to be able to go any faster than three miles an hour and human operators would have to be on hand. the devices would have to have warning lights and sounds to alert pedestrians. so it's basically the equivalent of a cart. >> that makes lights and sounds and, yes. >> but goes slow. >> real slow. >> okay. good. hi, mike. >> hey, guys, good morning. let's talk about the clear conditions on live doppler 7. grab those sunglasses you will need them. a touch of haze the next couple days as the winds start to taper which they will do this afternoon. right now they are out of the north to northeast at about 19 so that's about half what they were yesterday at this time on top of mt. tammel pies. my accuweather highlights, calmer this after noon, shine. if you are waiting for the winds to calm before you clean your yard, you can probably get to it. frosty overnight. cold and rain. i mean, look at these temperatures. we should be in the upper 50s to

near 60. we will be 61 in santa cruz to 62 in half-moon bay. those are the cool spots. 63 to about 67 for the rest of us, ukiah may even jump up to 68. santa rosa 67 and napa we have 65 concord, fremont, san jose, 64 oakland, san francisco at 63. tonight 30 in santa rosa, 32 in napa. 33 in livermore. we will have some 40s around san rafael, richmond, oakland, san matteo, san francisco and out towards half-moon bay. here is a look at my ak cl seven-day forecast. better chance of freezing cold temperatures tomorrow and thursday. we do have a freeze warning, i will show you that in six minutes. the temperatures almost near 70 for saturday and sunday. what a great weekend to be outside. let's go back to the bay bridge toll plaza, we are down one tollbooth, number 14. these left hand cash lanes are stacked up for a minor delay, otherwise getting by nicely

without any problems, no delays into san francisco at this hour. we do have some slowing along the san matteo bridge because there is a high wind advisory for that span and that lower causeway section can really get that crossed winds, so be careful there as you make your way towards the highway. you are looking at a 17 to 20 minute drive from 880 over toward 101. filling in over the altamonte where we have a second wind advisory over the altamonte pass. you are looking at a 40 minute drive into dublin pleasanton. we will check back on this and more in a couple minutes. the warriors had an epic come back last night in new orleans, the concern this morning is steph curry. curry as you will see there had a problem on the court in the final minute, he rolled his ankle so he was on crutches after the game. x-rays came back negative, an mri is next. it's unclear how much time curry might have to miss but he

appeared to be in good spirits after the game. the warriors won 125 to 115 and the road trip continues could tomorrow this charlotte. jimmy kim he will's son recovering from a second round of heart surgery. he underwent emergency surgery right after birth. his second was scheduled for october, that had to be postponed because of colds going around the kimmel household. an insurance fraud ring is out of business this morning. the scam investigator said 18 people used to collect on claims. the big story this morning, though, is what is happening in southern california. a major fire there burning out of control. at least 31,000 acres have burned in ventura county since it broke out about 6:30 last night. flames have destroyed about 150 structures. we are watching it live for you throughout the morning.

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something you may be asking yourself the next several days, possibly weeks. where is winter? temperatures today 3 to 9 degrees warmer than we should be, we should be in the upper 50s to near 60, we will be in the mid to upper 60s. back to our breaking news i% southern california, we are closely monitoring. take a look at this live look at the major wildfire burning out of control. you can see that entire hillside, the fire line burning before dawn. at least 31,000 acres have burned in ventura county since

this broke out last night. mike was telling us the winds they were seeing that helped this spread so quickly, the same winds that we had with our own north bay fires. about 150 structures have gone up in flames. we will keep tracking this this morning also on the abc 7 news app. the search is on for a missing hiker in marin county right now. abc 7 news was at mere beach yesterday at park rangers led a search near pirate's cove trail. they looked for any sign of silva. 18 people face charges in santa clara county for staging car accidents to collect on auto insurance. investigators say the group faked 18 car accidents raking in more than $200,000 in phoney insurance claims. the district attorney's office says two brothers masterminded the scheme. happening today first responders from santa clara and santa cruz counties will be honored for their work fighting

the tubs and bear fires. they will recognize dozens of firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency medical staff before today's meeting. supervisor dave core teasy will lead the ceremony, today's meeting starts at 9:30. let's take a look at 12 hour planners for some of our microclimates. we will start in the south bay. 44 degrees at 8:00 this morning. look as we head towards noon, 58, a comfortable afternoon in the low 60s. back to 52 degrees by 8:00. up to the north bay, how about mid 30s this morning, 10:00, 47, already by noon, 58, you will be 64 at 2:00, but 47 at 8:00. you will be the coldest tonight, freeze warning from 1:00 tonight through 9:00 tomorrow morning. temperatures around 28 to 32. so those very sensitive plants and pets make sure you take care of them. here is sue. we are headed back to the bay bridge toll plaza with a live shot of the closed

tollbooth lane number 14, smack dab in the middle of your screen, there is the red light, all these green cash fast tracks and over to the right-hand side as well, but you have to avoid that lane and it's already starting to show slow downs for those cash paying folks and fast trackers at the toll plaza. 40 minutes from tracy up and over the altamonte where we have a high wind advisory, be careful driving out there. bart had 37 trains on time, no sausalito ferry today or tomorrow, they're doing dock maintenance there. as of yesterday the harbor bay ferry has a boat of service so they are adding a 7:00 a.m. departure to help with your morning commute. we will look at your drive times in just a few. coming up next, budweiser served a craft brewing company a keys and desist letter. bullet holes left in cars outside the target in east bay. plus our breaking news plus our breaking news coverage of the

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live where you live. this is abc 7 news. now at 5:00, a fire in southern california is out of control and homes are burning as we speak. than 150,000 people p continue to spread these flames. >> the wind impacting us in the bay area as well, a live look from our mt. tam camera, those strong gusts expected to continue through the morning. we will get to what's happening in southern california in just a couple minutes, but we will start with what's happening with our weather locally. hi, mike. >> nothing like what they're dealing with. they have gusts at the lower elevations at 35, up in the mountains to 70 miles per hour. for us we are actually looking at this eve