morning. we've been watching our camera on top of mt. tam. shaking throughout the evening and now throughout the morning. good morning on this tuesday, december 5th. jessica is on vacation this week, sue hall in for alexis. mike, i want to ask you p those winds in southern california because it's reaching almost hurricane gust strength. >> 70 miles per hour up in the mountains, about 35 through the valleys at least, so that's almost exactly what we dealt with during the fires in the north bay. so, yeah, it is definitely something that's out of control right now because those winds just keep pushing in farther and farther away from the firefighters that are trying to contain it. we still have some issues in two spots, look at fairfield, 26 and look at half-moon bay, 44 mile per hour offshore breeze right now. during an overnight hours the wind advisory did expire and we are slower in most neighborhoods. north 22 on top of mt. tappel pie. a little cooler in some areas 36 to 49. at noon we will be around 58 to

61, at 4:00, 61 to 62, back at 7:00 we will cool a little quicker, 49 to 54. the breezes will taper even more today. we are going to walnut creek where we have an accident this is southbound 680 near north main, a solo car vehicle partially blocking the left lane. chp and walnut creek police are on scene there, but you can see for yourself they are slow and go from the 242 slit in pleasant hill. vacaville eastbound 80 before leisure town road, a car flipped over, landed back on its wheels but is off on the right-hand side in the ditch. chp has to get on scene so we will get an update when they get there. i'm not seeing any slow traffic in the eastbound direction as of yet. we will follow that and check back with your bay bridge toll plaza where we are still down a tollbooth this morning. we are still monitoring that breaking news out of southern california where a massive wildfire is burning out of control. >> this is the thomas fire, it's now scorched more than 31,000 acres in ventura county. one person died while trying to

evacuate. this is new video into our newsroom, the fire has destroyed more than 1,500 structures and forced thousands of people to evacuate. we are talking about widespread power outages, several districts are closed and many roads are now shut down. >> i was in disbelief and shock. that's all. that's all. you never expected someone to come over the hills as it did. >> 500 firefighters are on scene, this he hope to start attacking the fire from the air at day break, the fire is now heading west. our los angeles sister station kabc has reporters on the front lines of this fire. >> this is from just about one hour ago. >> i just got here on foothill near day and we are surrounded by homes burning as i speak. look over my shoulder you can see fire crews these are the first to arrive on scene here and we can't even count the number of homes that they are now trying to put out, engulfed right now.

we see fire crew from compton, santa fe springs, and this fire is burning on both sides of foothill right now which is dangerous, even my photographer and i had had to figure out where we could pull over and park safely because we were seeing flames all around us. these fire crews are trying not just to put out these fires over here, if brine can switch here across the street you have a home burning right in front of us and countless since we have gone up foothill from day, maybe about a mile west of us where we are now is where they set up breaks for people to stop coming through. >> the story is changing by the minute. we are updating our abc 7 news app with breaking alerts so make sure to download it and enable those push alerts. emeryville police are investigating a shooting during a night of holiday shopping. happened around 6:00 in the parking lot of the target on 40th street. the number of bullet holes found on two cars show that several shots were fired there. police say two people were shot in all, both are in critical

condition this morning. one managed so walk to the home depot nearby where an ambulance picked him up. one suspect has been detained. officers recovered three guns. it is not clear what led up to the shooting but police say it appears none of the people involved were shogt. daly city police need your help identifying this man, they say he was involved in a road rage incident last month. police say he or one of his passengers through a glass bottle at another car. it is unclear where it happened. if you have any information you are asked to contact daly city police. one lane of the bay bridge toll plaza will remain closed for weeks as caltrans makes repairs after a truck driver plowed into the tollbooth killing the toll collector. >> si si han was killed minutes after starting her shift. her husband and several coworkers witnessed the horrific crash. one coworker says he was hired around the same time as he was.

>> it's really sad what happened, especially she has one daughter. >> the chp is still investigating how this happened. theyaniel berk on suspicion of dui and vehicular manslaughter. han's name will be added to a plaque with other caltrans employees who have been killed on the job. oakland police are searching for two possible street racers involved in this deadly hit and run crash. the scene was international boulevard and 82nd avenue yesterday morning. you can see the destruction there. the bmw just crushed. police say the car collided with a dodge charger, when the cars crashed they hit and kid an innocent pedestrian. the driver and passenger in the bmw ran away. there is another delay in legal proceedings one year after the ghostship fire in oakland. the fire killed 36 people. derek almena and max harris with facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. their preliminary hearing was scheduled for yesterday but has been put off until tomorrow.

outside of the courtroom the mother of victim alex veg someone needs to be held responsible. >> it feels like it happened yesterday and at the same time it's been an eternity. i haven't seen my son in a year. but it feels like it just happened yesterday. >> attorneys for the two defendants say the fire was a tragedy but their client should not be facing criminal charges. the two men, the building's owner and the city of oakland are also facing a civil law knute case. in the aftermath of the north bay fires for sale fires are going up on burned out lots. according to the san francisco chronicle at least a half dozen charred lots from the most destructive firestorm in california history have hit the market in recent days. the burned properties are priced at about a third of the value they would have fetched if the home still stood. listing prices range from $160,000 to $300,000 and each will be cleared of fire debris before they're sold. local college students are rushing to the alter, the extreme measure in an effort to

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who knew? i just needed a crock pot and i would lose some weight. here is a look at our temperatures, 30 in gern vil and ukiah, clear lake 52, napa 56 there's still some breezes out there. 39 rohnert park, also san carlos, 37 san ramone, 48 brentwood and cupertino. sfo clear and 53 degrees. becoming calmer on the bay, exercising chilly this morning, mild in afternoon. grab the sunglasses if you will be running errands. a 29 mile per hour wind through the oakland hills. notice the temperatures start to reach near 70 by thursday. we could have near record highs and spare the air alerts coming our way. here is suh with an update on the bay bridge toll plaza. >> you can see the bay bridge behind you there, mike. we will take a look at your approach on the east shore freeway a solid stream of head lights through berkeley, emeryville and through the mcarthur maze told the toll plaza where we do have metering lights. tollbooth number 14 remains out

of commission which is -- we're seeing heavier than usual traffic. if you want to avoid this all together bart is running on time this morning, no problems there. san matteo bridge is getting a little bit busier due to overflow from the bay bridge. excuse me. walnut creek southbound 680 we have a problem there blocking the slow lane so traffic is beginning to bunch up towards martinez and we do have an accident eastbound 80 after leisure town, overturned off on the right hand shoulder. >> thank you, suh. out of state students at uc berkeley have found a way to save tens of thousands of dollars in they're getting married with students who are california residents to get huge financial breaks. the school will waive the $28,000 out of state fee and they qualify for lower tuition and more financial aid. university officials say these marriages are not unique to uc perkily and that is there is no way to determine if residency is

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we are tracking this breaking news out of ventura county right nouchlt take a look as the walls continue to cave in. you are looking at the ventura county hospital vista delmar hospital in that area and it is burning. this is a live picture right now. all patients and staff were evacuated last night but this fire certainly out of control. 31,000 acres burned so far in the thomas fire. 150 structures destroyed. just devastating for that community. and they are facing near hurricane force winds right now. firefighters certainly have a huge job ahead of them. we will continue monitoring the latest throughout the show. also download the news app. a 69-year-old man in jacksonville is being accused of planning a mass shooting at an islamic center. a source tipped off police. then an undercover detective met with the suspect and confirmed the information investigators

had received including a plan to shoot up a specific islamic center. he told the detective he illegally got a silencer. police then arrested him. a week after res deents had who live on a private street in san francisco got their street back they get to keep their pre sale property sale levels. the chronicle reports that the tax for residents who live at presidio terrace is $4.20 a year. this comes after the board of supervisor voted last week to overturn the street sale. a san jose couple bought it in a 2015 auction after homeowners failed to pay their taxes. happening today some kids in silicon valley are going to get a special shopping spree courtesy of the 49ers. this is the 9ers 11th annual shop with the player event to help kids from the boys and girls club silicon valley. they will also shop with families affected by the north bay wildfires. they will buy $6,000 worth of sports equipment, supplies for after school programs.

eating healthy could help out our environment. the study says an increase in food production increases greenhouse gases. it includes growing crops and raising livestock. take a good look at this cutie. don't we just love fiona the hippo. she's going to make her last public appearance today at the cincinnati zoo. this is her final photo op yesterday. she goes under, pops back up. the zoo says it's getting too cold for fiona to be outside. it needs to be 50 degrees for hippos to be out so we won't see her again until the spring. >> okay. i mean, if i were the cincinnati zoo i would have already started building an indoor enclosure that we could see her in because that's their am un. >> she is raking in the money. >> where are the stuffed animals? >> i'm sure they are selling

plenty of stuffed fionas. >> take it home with you. >> we could really -- they need us as a marketing team. good morning, everybody, here is a look at san jose 101 and 880 where it's 49 degrees right now. winds caper today. sunshine and a couple of haze. we will see more haze deeper into the week. spare the air beginning thursday. frost possible the next few nights, especially up in the north bay, building warmth to new record levels. here is the what has been coined by daniel swain resilient ridge. this is what is keeping us bone try for the first possibly two weeks of this month. 61 to 62 along the coast today, 63 to 67 for most of us, you go up to ukiah you are the extreme at about 68 degrees. lows tonight, look at that, 30 in santa rosa, napa 32, 33 livermore.

we will have frosty spots there. 36 in palo alto. san francisco of course the exception, one of the warm spots at 48. let's go back to the north bay and talk more about what you're dealing with in the orange here. low temperatures 28 to 32 degrees between 1:00 and 9:002349 morning so that means tonight through tomorrow morning. protect the plants, cover them. pipes to a lesser extent and the pets take care of them, just make sure you get that unprotected by 9:00 so you don't suffocate it with those sheets and blankets if you use those. here is a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. we will rebound to just about the same levels tomorrow as today. we will hold steady thursday with another frost possible in the morning. friday increasing high clouds and temperatures again about 60 to 66, and saturday and sunday right over the weekend where we could get near record high temperatures. here is sue. >> we're going to the san matteo bridge, taking a little bit of the fall off from the delays from the bay bridge due to that one tollbooth that's all it took to be out of commission. we are seeing heavier traffic at the bay bridge. throw and go across the span for

a 22 minute ride. westbound 92 up towards the high-rise over towards san matteo and foster city. traffic is we light past the north san pea droe exit. no delays towards southern marin and the golden gate bridge. a couple problem spots, we had the earlier solo vehicle accident just being cleared out of lanes southbound 680 near north main, traffic is stacking up towards pacheko on southbound 680. over towards hercules past highway 4, westbound 80 stall blocking the slow lane. we are seeing slow traffic there. towards the bay bridge we will check back on that in just a few. >> do you know what we should have done, invested in bitcoin. these guys did. so the twins who tried and failed to take control facebook used the pay i can't you have from that legal battle to become bitcoin well neris.

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to that. an out of control fire now about 30,000 acres burned and this started as a small fire just last night. thousands of people out of their homes, we have seen multiple buildings burned down including a hospital that has started to collapse as a result. we will continue to watch this throughout the morning. happening today congressman john conyers is expected to announce that he will not seek reelection in the wake of sexual harassment claims. this according to a family member who now plans to run for his seat. multiple women who have worked with conyers during his 53 year career in the house have come forward accusing him of unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate comments. he continues to deny the claims. instagram taking steps to make its users more aware of the sinister aspects of animal photos. when a person searches for a hashtag a warning will pop up. here it is. when someone takes a photo with a wild animal at a tourist attraction and uses any of

hundreds of hashtag combinations, this message will pop up. instagram says some wildlife centers mistreat their animals andm their natural lab at that time. oprah a $70 million richer this morning. she is selling a majority stake of her network to discovery communications. until now she has been a 50/50 partner with discovery. she will continue to serve as the chief executive. rachael hundley has a new beginning to look forward to after leaving her post. >> your time as mayor is end would go down and i was wondering if with one of why you are final acts as mayor if you could accept my marriage proposal. >> hundley got engaged during the city council meeting last night. fiancée sean hamlin works for mike thompson. congratulations to both of them. >> this is very sweet. >> remember in australia yesterday we saw one of the lawmakers there propose to his

boyfriend. >> it's taking serious situations and surprising your loved one with a proposal. very nice. coming up next, we are tracking more on that breaking news out of southern california. the devastating fires that are raging out of control in ventura county. a strike team from the bay area is ready to go to help. >> a new way to order your cup of joe on the go. how one auto maker is helping you a i void the line at the drive through. you will be asking where is winter the next couple afternoons after frosty cold temperatures, temperatures will be 3 to 9 degrees above average and that's just today. and that's just today. even warmer weather coming up

live where you live. this is abc 7 news. now at 6:30, breaking news. this is a live picture from southern california, a huge fire forcing thousands of people to evacuate ventura county and this morning bay area tier are headed to help. >> that's the vista delmar hospital. everyone evacuated there but this fire already deadly, one personon a we continue to track that news. first want to start with weather and traffic conditions here at home. >> we are starting to calm down a little bit. we do still have breezes up in the hills running around 15 to 25 miles per hour so be careful at least through lunch and then they will start to taper. down at the lower elevations 26 at fairfield and still

ridiculously fast at half-moon bay about 45 miles per hour and blowing offshore. that's why it will be warm everywhere today. 37 to 47 and then by noon the breezes start to taper as we reach the upper 50s to near 60, low 60s at 4:00 and 46 to 50 as we head towards 7:00. so temperatures will cool just a little bit faster this evening without those breezes. sue. let's take a look at our traffic maps just to give you an overall feeling for your commute this morning. we do have red obviously coming out of the central valley for about an hour drive now up and over the altamonte pass. your nimitz busy, east shore freeway is busy, all not a surprise. let's zero in on a couple specific incidences. westbound 80 near hercules, slow lane blocked with a stall, traffic starting to back up cords crockett. southbound 101 under highway 87 that accident just cleared off to the right hand shoulder, you will see some residual slow traffic on northbound 101 but nothing major at this point. we will be back and take a look at the bay bridge backup in just

a few. back to the breaking news in ventura county where a massive fast moving wildfire continues to burn out of control. >> taking you pack live at the conditions from the air. this is called the thomas fire. at day break fixed wing aircraft and helicopters are expected to join the attack. strong winds are hampering efforts this morning and so far the fire has killed one person. it has burned more than 31,000 acres, destroyed 150 structures, including a mobile home park, an apartment complex and behavioral hospital. right now 27,000 people and about 8,000 homes are under mandatory evacuation right now. there is widespread power outages, several districts school districts closed an many of the roads shut down. all morning long we have been bringing you coverage with help from our los angeles sister station kabc. their reporters are on the front line of this fire. >> the reporter says the number of destroyed homes is quickly growing, here is what he showed us in a live report 30 minutes ago. >> reporter: i gave you a figure earlier of eight homes in in area it has to be upwards of ten

now, this is off of high point drive. this has been developing over the past 30 to 45 minutes. into he is two homes that are now still standing but fully engulfed they were not on fire when we first arrived, especially that home, and in the garage you might be able to make out as my photographer pointed out one of the gas lines with that blue flame in the middle of the garage, we've been heard a lot of explosions from various houses this morning over the past two hours or so. this is a higher point on the the eastern side of ventura off of highway 126, it's quite a distance from where the fire started over closer to highway 150 in santa paula. that's how quickly and how far this fire has traveled. >> wow, they are so close to what is happening there. take a look at these before and after photos of one neighborhood leveled by the thomas fire. obviously this is the before, a mobile home park in wheeler canyon and using sky map technology this is what it looks like this morning. if you download the abc 7 news

app and enable push alerts we will send you the latest breaking news on the fire. on to developing news in the east bay, 3,000 workers are striking today and oakland is bracing for a shut down. >> amy hollyfield live in oakland with the impact you can expect. amy. >> reporter: they are off to an early start, look behind me, employees already on the pickett line in front of oakland city hall. you are going to see liberians, parking meter attendants, after school program employees, all city employees, nonemergency employees, are planning to strike today, 3,000 of them. emergency service workers will be on duty today. the seiu union says it hopes the strike will help the 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 agreed to enter into mediation, she says the city has negotiated in good faith for more than seven months but that

they need more time. union leaders say they are listening, but they are planning to go on strike today. >> i'm available and can convene the team within an hour so they have my phone number, them 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. most city facilities will be closed today, head start will be closed, after school programs, rec centers, 3,000 employees are set to strike here in oakland. police and fire 911 dispatchers will be at work. this dispute over wage increases and staffing. no negotiations are planned for today. reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> you will find the entire list of services affected by the strike on our website abc7news.com.

make sure to enable push alerts on the abc 7 news app to get major developments in the strike as well as breaking news as it happens. 6:35 now. defense lawyers plan to appeal a gun possession conviction against the man acquitted on murder charges in the death of kate steinle. josé ines garcia zarate's lead attorney believes that the gun charge is inconsistent with the jury's decision. prosecutors accuse him of intentionally firing at steinle at san francisco's pier 14 in 2015. he remains in jail this morning. he faces federal immigration charges. families in san jose 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. the map you see shows the five schools they discussed at a meeting last night. students, parents and teachers making their case. >> at st. teresa the teachers are caring and helped my struggle and gave me confidence i never knew i had. >> luckily two of our lucky stars ended up at glider.

we love glider. >> the gym at bernal intermediate school packed with people who do not want to see their school closed. the district blames declining enrollment of the eight schools on the list the consolidation committee will recommend three to five for closure to the school board and they will make the decision in february. president trump is praising a move by the supreme court to allow his travel ban to go into effect for now. it covers people from chad, iran, libya, somalia, syria, yemen and north korea. the high court's ruling may not be the final board on the ban, though. federal appeals courts in san francisco and richmond, virginia will hear arguments this week on whether the latest version of the policy is lawful. from the live desk this morning one of the women accusing alabama senator 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. abc's kenneth moton is in washington with the details.

>> reporter: good morning. roy moore is getting a lot of help in this final week. former white house chief strategist steve bannon will rally with him tonight one 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. >> roy moore denies it. >> reporter: this morning the "washington post" reports it interviewed an accuser who says she has new evidence against moore whom she dated when she was 17 and he was an assistant district attorney. the paper says the woman recently discovered handwritten notes from moore congratulating her on graduating from high school. moore's campaign called the accuser a democratic operative who is helping opponent doug jones. moore has denied all allegations from 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 romney's comments irresponsible. the rnc is also back in this race providing resources to moore in the final week. friday president trump will rally in the florida panhandle just across that alabama border. reporting live here in washington this morning, kenneth moton, abc 7 news. i thought we would start by talking about temperatures o outside, we will go down to the south bay where we range from about 35 in morgan hill right now to about 50 as you can see from mountain view, sunnyvale, santa clara, campbell, milpitas 55, 44 in los gatos, al thumb rubbing 41, san jose 49, we also have 49 in newark. lafayette 36 degrees, novato 34, almost freezing cold there. 51 in san francisco and with that offshore breeze 57 right now in half-moon bay. in fact, we have an east wind blowing across the golden gate bridge at 11 miles per hour, it's been as fast as 20 this

morning. be careful there. in fact, the roads not quite as breezy, the wind advisory expired during the overnight hours. chilly in morning, mild this afternoon for mass transit. no small craft advisory if you will be on a ferry today. 75 with all the winds down in l.a. today, 62 monterey with sunshine. freezy in morning in yosemite at 55 and tahoe at 41 but those breezes will taper. unfortunately not a single chance of mother nature bringing us any snow up there. temperatures will be cool enough at night that they will be making snow and we are under the same pattern, look at this, absolutely no chance of rain for us but near record highs and possible poor air quality coming up next. we will take a look at your tuesday morning commute. long stream of head lights headed in the westbound direction. that's the university overcrossing in berkeley, that's golden gate fields to give you a perspective, traveling westbound towards the mcarthur maze and ultimately if your goal is the bay bridge toll plaza and san francisco things are i a little bit light in the cash paying

lanes but ent don't be fooled, the fast trackers are backed up for a good solid 20 minute delay into the berkeley curve and mcarthur maze. on the span sluggish on the eastern side. slow and go is typical out of the central valley this morning, ace trains are running on great time so not a problem there. let's take a look quickly, 55 bart trains looking good. full shutdown today and tomorrow for sausalito ferry, take a golden gate bus, you will not be able to take a ferry out of sausalito today and tomorrow, they are doing dock repair there. a 7:00 a.m. departure added for the harbor bay ferry due to maintenance on the peralta out of the system for a couple of months. san francisco ready to allow testing of these delivery robots. the rules of the sidewalk they will have to obey. and while we are on the subject of unusual sights, why are llamas such a bit hit at cal? first here is a look at what's coming up at 9:00. good morning. >> hi there. >> coming up on live actress

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it is 6:44. this is a live picture from our sister station kabc in los angeles. as you can see this wildfire in ventura county is still raging out of control, a number of homes burning in this neighborhood. >> bay area first responders are now on the way. tiffany wilson live on the edge of the richmond san rafael bridge with that story. good morning, tiffany. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. three of the five oes engines are here right now, we are still waiting on a few more, they are coming from tiburon, san rafael, kent field, ross valley and marin county. fire departments a total of 22 tier in all are heading down to the thomas fire. now, they knew about this fire last night and they knew that they were going to be strong santa ana winds going through the ventura county area so they were not surprised when they got the call at 4:45 this morning to head down to the thomas fire and help out the firefighters down there. now, joining me now is the strike team leader jeff rowan.

are you expecting thisvery simiy fires you just fought. >> yes, it should be pretty similar depending on what the winds do down there. we could go to another fire, this he could have other fires that happened down there when we get down there but right now we're headed down to ventura. >> talking to some of the other firefighters who said it's pretty unusual to be sent out in december. >> it is pretty rare to come out in december, at least up in northern california. we do know that fire season never ends in southern california, though, so we're always ready to go. i can think of one time maybe a couple years ago we went up to reno and carson city, they had a fire in december for a few days. >> reporter: you're expecting to take six, seven hours to get down there, you will arrive around 2:00 p.m., what do you expect from there? >> we will check in at base camp, depending on what the fire does this morning and early afternoon i expect to get assigned to do some sort of structure protection or whatever they need when we get down there. >> reporter: jeff, thank you so much. best of luck to you and the entire crew. again, at least 150 structures have burned down there already, this he expect to see much of the same house and hillside type

fire they were fighting here in wine country earlier this year. live in san rafael, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> i know that those folks in southern california will be grateful to have them. thank you. if you ave friends or family in southern california we are sending out push alerts to keep you updated on the conditions. to get breaking news updates anytime just download the abc 7 news app and enable the push alerts. happening today, first responders from santa clara and santa cruz counties will be honored for their work fighting the tubbs and bear fires. the santa clara board of supervisors will recognize firefighters, law enforcement officers and medical staff. dave cortesy will lead the ceremony. happening today, the u.s. supreme court steps into another battle over gay rights. earlier this morning -- actually, we are taking a live shot on the steps of the supreme court. people are already gathered there this morning. the justices will hear arguments in the case of a baker, he is

citing religious grounds when he refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. now, a lower court found his refusal was unlawful discrimination, the baker says this violates his rights to religious freedom and free speech. the case is the first involving gay rights since the supreme court ruled in 2015 that states could not prevent same-sex couples from marrying. state assembly leaders say they will hire an investigator to look into sexual misconduct claims against matt dababneh. >> he represents the san fernando valley. two women have openly accused live of sexual misconduct. one is lobbyist who says the assemblyman cornered her in a bathroom and exposed herself. the other says he was her former supervisor. >> i thought maybe it very clear that i do not want to be here and that there is no misunderstanding and 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. >> dababneh denies wrongdoing,

he says he looks forward to clearing his name. women are replacing stars accused of sexual misconduct. christiana amanpour is taking charlie rose's slot on pbs. her public affairs show will be shown on pbs starting next monday. next flicks is confirming "house of cards" is moving forward without kevin spacey. robin wright who plays clair underwood will take the lead now. no word on how spacey will be written out of the show. san francisco supervisors will consider the best way to test delivery robots on city sidewalks. up to three companies could be allowed to test them in light industrial areas of the city under strict rules. so the robots won't be able to go faster than three miles per hour, also human operators would have to be on hand. the devices would have to have warning lights and sounds to alert pedestrians. and now to your morning money report, the grinch is stealing christmas. >> they're called cyber scalpers, people who use computer programs or bots to make mass purchases online, it's the same technique that can make it difficult to find tickets to

concerts or sporting event, now it's being used to buy up popular toys before christmas. many of those items are being sold on ebay for more than 100 times the retail price. some lawmakers are calling on retailers to help crack down on online scrooges. >> stores and people who make the products can block the bots and they should be protecting their customers. >> the national retail federation says it is working to strengthen enforcement and take away the tools being used against innocent customers. you remember the scheduling glitch that left american airlines with thousands of flights without pilots before christmas. it could cost the airline $10 million that's according to analysts. much of the money will be spent on overtime for pilots now who will be getting double pay for some flights analysts say the $10 million hurts but it's better than all of the bad publicity that they would have endured by canceling so many flights. new this morning, ed sheeran

is spotify's most streamed artist of 2017. spotify says the british singer has 45 million monthly listeners and a total of 6.3 billion streams this year. drake started from the bottom and now he is number two this year. >> i see what you did there. >> the weekend, kendrick lamar and the chainsmokers round out the top five. >> where is our female representation? what's going on here? >> taylor swift could have been on that list if she put her album on spotify before last week. >> she wants to make all the money. she's very smart. drivers of some general motors vehicles can order starbucks and hot wings through their car, truck or suv. >> this feature is called gm marketplace, it will be available on more than 2 million vehicles with 4g service. partners include starbucks and wing stop. so it means you could hypothetically order your latte and hot wings right from your dashboard. >> living your best life. uc berkeley has a unique with a i to help students

relieve the stress of finals, llamas. students took selfies with the llama yesterday. organizers say this is a way for students to destress before finals week next week. gio caldwell has been caring for llamas for the past 35 years and says the llamas have a special connection with people. >> students from all these different cultures inherently just know i can open up, i can just love these guys and the llamas know that they can do the same thing. >> cal has brought llamas to campus for the past four years. >> look at this generation we live in. everybody is like taking selfies with the llamas, everyone has their phones out. way more people taking photos with the llama than touching the familia or commuting with the lla llama. >> that would take zero stress away from me, but good for them. if that's what works, then that's what works. >> llama ate my homework. whatever it takes. all right. let's talk about the king tides,

manzanita park and ride, a tide of about 6.7 feet, at about 12:37 tomorrow we will be back below the threshold we use but we will be close at 1:28. when we get another full moon towards the beginning of the new year and again at the end of january we will have more king tides. a look from south beach, looks like a gorgeous day unfolding. it's definitely going to be calmer and mild with a touch of haze. we will see more as we get deeper into the week, possible spare the air alerts future. we will have frosty inland valleys tonight and tomorrow night. no signs of winter, whether it's rain or cool afternoon temperatures. 61 to 62 along the coast, 63 in san francisco to 68 in ukiah. our spread around the bay and inland, tonight we are all over the place, 30 in santa rosa, san francisco 48, most of us will stay in the mid 30s to mid 40s. it's up in the north bay we have our best chance from 1:00 in the morning to 9:00 in the morning of freezing temperatures, that could hurt your pets and your plants so make sure they're

protected. thursday and friday those could be our first winter spare the air alerts we have had in a long time. my accuweather seven-day forecast, low to mid 60s through about friday, even with those chilly mornings and then low 60s to upper 60s for saturday and sunday, near record high temperatures. hi, sue. good morning. we are going to the golden gate bridge. what a gorgeous morning here. it is perfectly clear and the traffic is flowing beautifully off the waldo grade on to the span so no problems here. four lanes in your southbound commute and two lanes in the northbound commute. overall our traffic maps are showing some red, that's fairly typical for your tuesday morning drive out of the central valley. we had a couple different problems, a stall blocking a lane at greenville and another accident near north flynn. that's out of lanes on the right hand shoulder but you can see traffic is very heavy until you reach livermore and then speeds do pick up towards the junction at dublin interchange. an hour and just about 20 minutes into dublin, pleasanton west 580. antioch to concord a slow ride

on highway 4 westbound. the golden gate bridge nice and clear san rafael all the way to the city. next the seven things you need to know before you go. first our instagram photo of the day. if you haven't yet follow us @abc news bay area. >> here is a live look outside with abc 7 news now. now, that is mundane. that's an every day thing. that's an every day thing. >> that's

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including after school programs and senior centers. number four, breezes becoming less of a concern in our neighborhood after the morning hours, 36 to 49, we do have microclimates this morning, we will be more homogenized under total sunshine and calmer conditions this afternoon, upper 50s, low 60s at noon. number five, following your tuesday morning commute the stall is the high-rise of the san matteo bridge. things are bumper to bumper with brake lights. hope they get that cleared out of the lanes and back to the toll plaza, lane number 14 still shut down, delays as well. steph curry limping off the court in new orleans last night in the final minute of the game. it hurts to watch him rolling his ankles. so far x-rays came back negative. the world's biggest starbucks opening its doors in shanghai. starbucks provided this video showing its new coffee shop. that's really an understatement because it's 30,000 square feet. >> goodness gracious. >> we're coming back in 25

minutes with an abc 7 news update and gma is starting right now covering the massive wildfires burning to our south. good morning, america. breaking news four viewers in the west. a deadly fire exploding this morning, torching thousands of acres in just hours. forcing mandatory evacuations and rescues in california. people trapped in homes pleading for help. first responders going door to door trying to rescue them as wind gusts hit 68 miles per hour, and now a new fire erupting. overnight, roy moore bombshell. the republican national committee reverses course, joins president trump in endorsing the embattled alabama senate candidate despite those sexual misconduct allegations. and a new accuser comes forward against representative john conyers. the big announcement he is making this morning. terrifying hit. a pittsburgh steeler star seriously injured on this tackle as millions of stunned fans watch.