now breaking news. >> passengers are being rescreened after a threat was met. you can see the plane is still at the gate. officials there tell us a threat was made via text message about alaska flight 837. it's scheduled to go from san jose to honolulu. tsa and the bomb squad responded before the flight took off. now, passengers evacuated the plane while bomb sniffing dogs searched it. they turned up nothing and authorities determined this threat was not credible.

alaska airlines plans to operate that flight business as usual as soon as everyone is safely rescreened. to get updates on breaking news like this, just download our abc 7 news app. it's free and you can enable push alerts to get it right away. thanks for joining us. i'm reggie aqui. the recent fire is the skirball fire near the 405 freeway. it's prompting mandatory evacuation orders. it's already destroyed several homes. abc's reporter has more on the story. >> reporter: they're having to pull crews to battle the ones flaring up today leaving damage like this in several communities. a new fire raging in los angeles along the 405, closing down part

of the major freeway. one of several wildfires burning in southern california today. the thomas fire in ventura county scorching more than 55,000 acres so far. at least 150 homes and buildings damaged or destroyed. 12 others still at risk. >> it's just devastating. >> this was supposed to by die in my house and the only thing is the house died before i did. >> we packed up. everybody's gone. >> reporter: 150,000 others forced to evacuate in l.a. county where the creek fires charred more than 11,000 acres. dozens of homes gone. ferocious santa ana winds fueling the flames. >> something blew over and caught the palm trees on fire. when they caught on furyk it just started. >> reporter: firefighters desperately trying to save houses engulfed in flames. one overcome by heat collapsing

in the street. some residents staying behind to help with the figre fight. >> it's something i never wanted to see. it's a terrible feeling. >> to give you an idea how unpredictable these flames are, this house destroyed. these strong winds making fire so difficult to contain are going to continue for the next few days. marci gonzalez, abc7 news. donald trump tweets. our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of california wildfires. i encourage everyone to heed the advice and orders of local police. sky 7 caught the aftermath after the apartment complex. the santa clara county fire didn't says the fire started

just before 10:00 last night. the flames wiped out seven vehicles in carport. ten other vehicle were damaged. no one was hurt. and that cause sunday investigation. happening now, day two of a major strike in oakland. 3,000 employees are staying home or taking to the picket lines as the city is trying to figure out how they can possibly end this. amy hollyfield live. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie. look at the big rally going on at city hall as they try to keep the energy going for day two. i'm hearing hope from both sides this could possibly get resolved today. both sides want these employees to get back to work. as they picket on day two of this strike, some workers are thinking about their jobs and how the work for the city of oakland is not getting done. wu librarian noted she knows the book drops are overflowing.

>> it's hard on the city financially, city services, we're not serving our public, we're going to have people coming to story time and they're not going to hear a story very b. >> reporter: but they say they're going to continue. >> i'm fired up. they're doing what they should have done last week so we can go back to wore. >> reporter: the city council is discussing things behind closed doors. the workers hope the counsel will agree to a quick fix, a one-year deal with a 4% salary increase and set aside the issues they can agree on for later negotiations. >> want them to really accept our one-year contract. it's the same as they offered us. let's do this so we can get back to work and we'll dewith year two in year two. >> do you think today's the day? >> oh, i hope so. i hope so so much. >> reporter: and if that doesn't happen, the workers say they're ready to keep the strike going. >> it's indefinite right now.

it's indefinite. if they don't come out of there, we'll be back here tomorrow. >> reporter: i just spoke with a city council member. he's optimistic the council will agree to that one-year deal, get everyone back to work, get this settled for at least the next year. that meeting is at 1:00 today. stay with us. we'll let you know how that goes. a spokesperson said they'd get back with me around 10:00. i haven't heard back at this point in time. reporting live, amy hollyfield. also this morning. it a big story. the a's search for a new land is dead. in september the a'snnounced that the 15-acre site at eight street and fifth avenue was their preferred location for a

35,000-seat ballpark. they say, we are shocked about his decision to not move forward. we're disappoint thad we will not have that opportunity. we're going have more on the impact of this decision this afternoon on abc7 news at 4:00. >> and new development this morning with allegations of misconduct against senator al franken. franken's office says he's going to make an announcement tomorrow as a growing number of his colleagues are demanding that he resign. kamala harris put out this tweet, sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by none or should not occur anywhere. i believe the best thing for franken to do is step down. kirsten gillibrand is one of them. she made this sharp statement about 90 minutes ago. >> enough is enough. i mean this is a conversation we've been having for a very

long time and it's a conversation that this country needs to have. and i think when we start having to talk about differences between sexual assault and sexual groping, you're having the wrong conversation. >> an aide said the minnesota senator tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of one of his radio shows. franken is denying that allegation. also new developments in the harvey weinstein scandal. six women have filed a lawsuit against the former movie mogul and are seeking class action status. they're accusing weinstein or sexual assault and also other crimes. 're suing mir max and his former board of directors. women like these who have been speaking out against weinstein have been inspired for "time" magazine.

they're honoring the women and the men called the silence breakers. check it out. it features women and men who have come out and spoke out on we even have local susan fowler with uber. it launched major changes with the company. to view the full gallery, log onto our website abc7news.com. a buyer's guide for parents to be-. so many strollers to choose from, but what picks? the top picks on "good morning america," and we have the list. >> that's good to know for all of our colleagues having babies. hey, everybody. let's talk about what a gorgeous view it looks like at the ocean. doesn't that water look inviting? temperatures stay about 3 to 9 degrees warmer. there's record highs

here's today's morning money report. this morning on "good morning america" the buyers guide to stroller picks was revealed. gma is putting the research to the test. >> reporter: stroller after stroller, the options seem endless. wire cutter, a website that talks on products.

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santa came a little early to san jose. we're live inside a target store where kids are getting to check their list with some men and women in blue. and a live look at our camera in san jose along the 101. wow, looks really clear. meteorologist mike nicco coming up with today's weather forecast. >> hi. my name is michael finney. i do know a great way to help. text

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spot with winls for us, but it's the only spot. they're gusting up to 40 miles an hour right now at the highest elevation. be careful. you can see all the way to the goalen gate and beyond. the air is relatively clean. no spare the air today. we're 0 in san francisco. 61 on half moon bay. on the other end, san jose, 66. here's a look at south beach. gorgeous this morning. bay bridge, looking pretty good. sunshine, wall to wall today. more mild heise. we tied a record yesterday at the airport. we'll probably set one today. it's the santa rosa airport. we'll keep an eye. there's no watching or warnings like there was this morning. it's going be very isolated and a pattern that's going to be very stubborn, very stagnant over the next possible 14 to 16 days. hardly a cloud to be found out tere. highs today, 61 to 66.

that could be anywhere, teen coast. look at santa cruz, 65. 61 at half moon bay. along with richmond and san mateo. 63 in con today. there you go. the asterisk next to santa rosa, close to 66. how about that 12-hour accuweather planner. the temperatures in the mid-60s to low 50s. how often does that happen? it does when we have a bit of an offshore breeze. you can see some 40s showing up at 5:00. dress for that. in fact, we'll drop down to near freezing. some parts of santa rosa freezing this morning. possibly once again but not as widespread. mid to upper 30s inland and maybe to upper 40s around the bay and except for palo alto. now, as the air

y that means a possibility of a wood burning ban for all of us. that was taking a look at the winds in southern california. this're going get rather darjs tonight through tomorrow morning. some of the fastest gusts could get back up to around 40 miles an hour. it just depends on which day. we'll have a few more high clouds. we're a wash and sunshine with above average temperatures with near record highs. >> which is great, but we do need rain. i hope rain gets in the forecast sometime this month. >> i'm glad you mentioned that. it's a win/win sometimes. the solar panels are getting a lot of energy but if we don't get rain by the middle of the month -- >> -- we're going to get in trouble. thank you. let's talk about kids of south

chance to celebrate with the finest. joel ward was there to celebrate. they're filling out their christmas lists. he's at the san jose target with a little friend -- a big friend. hi, matt. >> a big friend. bull's-eye the dog here at target. we're helping out everybody. we've got the kids and officers shopping at the checkout line. this is the moment they've been waiting for all year long. shop with a cop. 70 kids from the school were told from the leaders in the readers campaign. they were chosen after dealing through a traumatic event like loss of a parent or other strategy. each gets to shop for a gift for their families and themselves. >> we do have a list and it's very structured. >> what do you like? necklaces?

bracelets? >> that's kind of the biggest joy for me. giving back. >> slime. >> this is so awesome. i can't believe it. >> i guarantee, if you ask any officer here, they would not want to be somewhere else right now. >> this is all done to humanize the people behind the badge and create a relationship between the police and the kids and so many people are helping out. we've got los gatos police department helping their kid from the elementary school. they get 10% off as well as target and we've got elves, the lion's club representing us. they're filling up the garbage bag. a lot of these students are buying their gifts for their family members, so they want to keep it a surprise at least until december 25th. they'll be here until noon today when they wrap up and all the christmas gifts have been bought. >> you tell bull's-eye what's

up. >> thank you so much. >> yeah. thank you. bad news if you're hoping to land a job at facebook. it may have gotten harder to hecht in the door. we'll show you why. download the abc 7 so you can trap it on the go. it's free to download. you'll get

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