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good morning, everyone. i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, december 10. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey there, carolyn. good morning, everyone. once again under a big dome of high pressure keeping our weather pattern pretty much unchanged. a spare the air alert today with poor air quality in the north bay, the coast and central bay, but we do have some breezy, offshore central winds that have temperatures to run the gamut to 64. 50 in oakland. you've come up quite a bit. speaking of the east bay, emeryville, 34 in santa rosa with low 40s over the east bay hills. from our peak camera, you notice a little bit hazy out there. temperatures will climb into the 40s and 50s.
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by noontime, we're in the 60s. 4:00 this afternoon, upper 60s once again and we'll talk about the extended outlook in a few minutes. carolyn? >> 3,000 city workers who walked off the job in oakland last week will continue their strike tomorrow, but there is a positive development last night. the union and the city agreed on a mediator. they plan to meet tomorrow. joining us now to talk more about that is oakland mayor libby schaaf, and so, welcome to you, mayor. >> thank you. >> where do we go from here. you've got the mediator but the union says it will still keep striking. >> we certainly hope to get our workers back to work because that is how they earn their paychecks. but more importantly, it's how some of our most vulnerable families are served. oaklanders need their potholes filled. they need to rely on daycare at our head start centers and after-school care at our rec centers. and thousands of people who rely on our libraries each and every day. we want our workers back at
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work, and we want to settle our differences because we just deeply respect our workers and really want to continue serving the public. >> but you have this impasse, and some of it is about working conditions and some of it is, of course, about money. it's a two-year contract, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> the first year everything is o okay, a 4% increase. then you get to the second year. >> that's correct, and what we have on the table right now for all siu workers is a guaranteed 1% raise, but it could be a 2% raise if we meet certain revenuv pro projections. but for some of our lower paid workers, we have a 10% raise for them. our sewer workers, our custodians, our dispatch, our fire prevention and building inspectors, we have an 8 to 9% raise on the table for them. and we also have premium pay for the workers that have to go and
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clean up the homeless encampments. we recognize that that is hard work. in addition to that, we have agreed to 75 different work condition improvements and procedures and things like uniform pay, so we made a great deal of progress over these seven months. the primary issue remaining is the basic wage increase. >> that 1% that you're offering -- >> the 1 to 2%, the union would like to see that -- the sicu would like to see that at 4%. sdp >> they say every time they get to this point, there is the sick rigmaroll from the city, we don't have the money. >> well, we don't have the money. lee is announcing budget cuts for the city of san francisco. we received official notification from calpers that over the next seven years, our pension is going to go up 47%.
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we already have an unfunded liability of $2.8 billion. these are real financial facts. and we cannot afford -- it's not good for the workers or the residents for us to give raises that will result in us having to cut services and lay off workers. that happened to us in 2010. we eliminated one quarter of the work force. and what happens to the remaining workers is that their workload becomes just unbearable. >> and that's one of the issues in dispute under this contrac. so you come to this impasse. something's got to give. > well, the state law has a process, and that's what we're following right now. we did request mediation and we're very pleased that sciu agreed to state mediation. >> but this is nonbinding. >> it is nonbinding. the next step, if we don't reach an agreement, is that sciu can invoke back finding. that's a longer process.
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it can take five to eight months but it involves outside experts that do the financial analysis. at the end of that, again, a nonbinding recommendation gets made to the parties. the city can either choose to accept that or it can impose a one-year contract as we get back to the bargaining table. >> so this has been eight months, i believe, the head of the union was quoted as saying, eight months of bad bargaining or bargaining in bad faith. why so long to get to this point? >> well, rob is brand new to the negotiations, so i'm sorry that he hasn't been involved for most of those seven months that actually have been very congenial and productive. 75 agreements. and again, the most recent offer does put half a million dollars on the table to convert some of those temporary part-time workers to permanent. as well as start to give the sciu a place at the table around how we're dealing with illegal
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dumping. that's another issue they've brought up. but we cannot afford to make irresponsible decisions. we can't spend money that we don't have. it's not fair to the workers and it's not fair to the residents. >> talk a little bit quickly about the impact it's having on your city garbage start to go pile up, all those offices closed. >> most garbage is picked up by waste management, which is an outside contractor, so you should not see a big impact certainly to your own garbage service. we do have on-call contracts to address emergencies with regard to sewers and drainage, street lights, emergency tree limbs falling down. anything like that, we do have the ability to continue to address those emergencies. but what pains me the most is the 400 families that rely on our headstart centers every day for their youngest children. again, hundreds of families that rely on rec centers. our frail seniors.
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now, we have set up an alternative location to at least continue to provide meal service to 250 frail seniors. but the senior centers that often are elder care for families are closed down. those are the impacts that pain me the most. >> madam mayor, when you talk about not having the money, some of the union workers also look at the fact that oakland is in the middle of a building boom. we read about how oakland is growing. so if you're in the middle of this building boom, how do you deal with these workers with huge cost of living increases as well? >> i just want to be clear that in our last contract we gave our workers an 8% raise. we're now offering them a 5 to 6% raise that actually exceeds -- it actually exceeds the cost of living increase even here in the expensive bay area. and i wish we could offer them more. i'm not in any way saying they
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don't deserve it, they do. but our revenues are prepared by union workers, by local 21 workers. the financials are the financials. and if you look at our actual revenues, they have not been growing at a pace that can outpace our rising costs in health care and pension benefits. and so we are certainly hopeful that over time all the cranes in the air will result in much higher revenues for the city, but that has not happened yet. >> well, we wish you and the union good luck tomorrow with the mediation. hope it goes well and that the impasse is broken. we will hear from both sides tomorrow. thank you for joining us this morning. >> great. thank you for having me. >> have a good sunday. >> thank you. moving on to other news this morning, a decades-old cold case involving a north bay kidnapping is one step closer to being solved. a suspect in that case was flown into san francisco early this
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morning in a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. the suspect is accused of kidnapping a nine-year-old hillsborough girl back in 1995 and then hiding from authorities for 22 years. abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera has the details. >> reporter: back in december 1995, nine-year-old christine chu was kidnapped outside her south hillsborough school as she walked to her home across the street. the kidnappers demanded a ransom from her family and held her captive for nine hours. they gave up and released her when they learned her parents were away in taiwan. fast forward 20 years later. detectives arrested one of three people suspected in the kidnapping in southern california. that suspect, kevin lin, brought back to the bay area. hillsborough police took him into custody in l.a. you can see on his inmate locater page, he's being held on
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a $5 million bail. lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >> what happened to kenny lin? he recently applied for a passport in his name. they were able to match his photo with a wanted picture that they had from back in 1995. they then notified authorities in the bay area and asked if they were still looking for him. officials confirmed they were, and federal officials placed a hold on him. developing news in southern california. firefighters are working tirelessly trying to get the upper hand on six major wildfires. here is a live look right now -- well, we wanted to give you a live look. we'll tell you about the thomas fire. it's burning in ventura and santa barbara counties. it has grown again overnight to 173,000 acres. that fire remains 15% contained. abc news reporter marci gonzalez has a look now. >> reporter: this morning firefighters in southern california working tirelessly to
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tackle the flames and keep a hold on the progress made over the past couple days. >> firefighters are taking advantages of breaks in the wind. >> reporter: four of the six wildfires now more than 75% contained. the main focus now on the massive thomas fire that grew overnight in ventura county. it is only 15% contained. right now firefighters are intentionally burning some of this dry brush to try to control the wildfire's direction before it reaches these active power lines. nearby as flames move closer to homes, new evacuations ordered saturday while others were lifted. teresa bula returning to where the home she's lived in for more than four decades once stood. >> nothing left of the room that my dad built by hand. >> reporter: 15,000 other homes remain at risk. some of the evacuated residents allowed to briefly return to grab belongings. >> we're very, very lucky. the house is still standing. a lot of the neighbors around us are not.
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>> reporter: smoke lingering in the area bringing air quality to hazardous levels and fires again today considered an emergency.% >> it's a horror. we can't minimize it, but we want to recover from it as quickly as possible. >> reporter: more evacuations were ordered this morning can concern the flames could spread more. as you can probably see and hear, the winds are expected to gust up to 50 miles an hour today. marci gonzalez, ventura, california. >> in southern california, that smoke has reached all the way to the bay area. a spare the air alert is in effect through today. that means you should stay indoors, especially if you have asthma. sky 7 shot these pictures of smoke on the horizon. remember, no woodburning during spare the air days. victims of the north bay wildfires face an important deadline tomorrow. monday is the last day to sign up for federal disaster relief.
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people can apply for fema to cover losses that are not covered by their insurance policies. businesses and non-profits can apply to the small business administration for low interest loans. you can find more information on our website abc7news.com. well, lisa here now talking about our chilly start to the day. >> another frosty start out there. and hopefully you slept through it over here in the east bay. started out at 37 in oakland right now. how about 50 degrees with some hazy sunshine? we are in the upper 40s in san jose. still plenty of 30s in the valley, so another mild afternoon with some haze around. i'll have a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast next. >> thank you, lisa. cloaked in secrecy, less than a week until the new "star wars" movie comes out in theeterthee
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theaters.
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"star wars" took over downtown l.a. last night. the world premiere of "the last jedi" was held in the shrine auditorium to a select group of vips. the movie is one of the year's biggest releases. nick watt spoke to the stars on the red carpet. >> this is not going to go the way you think!
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>> reporter: "the last jedi" so cloaked in secrecy, i'm not thinking anything. and cairo put out his hand. >> does he? >> he does. i've seen the trailer. >> show me my place in all of this. >> reporter: john vega a little train trouble in real life. i didn't think you were going to make it. >> in your face. >> this all picks up where it left off. but no one is talking. you quite enjoy keeping the secrets of these films? >> i do. i do. >> reporter: can you confirm you're actually in this film? >> no, i cannot. >> reporter: are we going to get answers here or just more questions. >> you'll definitely get answers and some more satisfying ones. >> reporter: walker is back. >> what could happen to this guy
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that he would say something like that? corp carr >> reporter: carrie fisher's leai in it, filmed before she passed. here's the new director. i think you're nervous. >> i've been doing a bad job of pretending i'm not nvls. >> we wanted to find someone that didn't feel like they belonged in the universe. if that gives you any hints. >> reporter: there is a new guy playing chewy. you're quite tall. >> i'm 7 feet. >> reporter: i'll just get back up here, then. mre emotion than i've ever seen in any "star wars" film, and i've seen them all. this is a spoiler-free zone, but i can tell you there will be stormtroopers in this movie, and cameos in those moments include prince william and harry.
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next week, you'll be able to see the movie, too. abc news, los angeles. >> disney is the parent company of lucas films and abc 7. good morning to you. live doppler 7 showing our huge ridge of high pressure, our persistent ridge. the stagnant weather pattern that continues over the bay area and a red flag warning with those gusty santa ana winds blowing through the canyon through about 8:00 tonight. you follow the color contour and these east winds continuing to channel in the very, very dry air. 25 to 30 miles an hour through 10:00, then there will be periods of some gusty winds. but it looks like this pattern is going to remain in place until next friday. so that would be 13 days of this offshore wind component. then eventually it should shift around to an onshore component. really, it's going to be touch and go with periods of gusty winds. walnut creek, you can see some
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blue skies. san francisco 52, oakland, 50. 47 in mountain view and san jose. even novato and napa warmer than yesterday because of those easterly winds. here's santa cruz. we were in the 40s, today in the 70s. i think points south of san jose could even see a few records, and temperatures in southern california have been in the 80s. 34 in santa rosa, 50 in napa. that's due to that east wind. 52 in novato. same deal there. 58 by the delta. livermore, numbers were in the mid-30s this morning. so breezy, upper elevation winds north to northeast. you can see 20 to 28 miles an hour from oakland hills to mt. tam. that is in line for relative humidity to be very dry even for this time of year. so sfo nice and sunny. the poor air quality continues, though, looking at chilly nights and a dry pattern into next
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week. so as we look at our forecast animation through the week, all the systems push to the north wednesday, thursday, eventually friday as it wants to shift a little to the south. that will shift our wind component, hopefully helping the entire state out to recover with some of that dry fuel. more upper 60s on the peninsula with 65 in san mateo. hazy conditions san francisco. 65 for you. nup t up in the north bay, we'll be looking at 55, 60s. big dramatic swing with that dry air. 68 in hayward. you head inland and we have more mid-60s from concord to pittsburgh, and tonight another frosty one from the north bay, low 30s. east bay, mid-30s and the breezy winds keeping things much milder around the bay.
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40s in oakland to upper 40s in san francisco. we have more sun, more mild air, more cold nights, and download our accuweather app and you can keep track of those temperatures which has really been the story the past several days. we're keeping it dry, perhaps a pattern change maybe right before christmas, so things do change, of course, in that extended outlook, so we'll be watching. >> all right. thank you, lisa. well, just ahead how technology is helping an injured sea turtle have a chance for a better life.
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an injured sea turtle has a chance for a better life thanks to 3-d printing technology. the turtle was found partly paralyzed four years ago with a gap in its shell. that gap became a serious problem as the turtle grew. researchers in san diego teamed up with a digital media lab to build the turtle a brace using 3-d printers. the brace is made of plastic and precisely fits the turtle's shell. the turtle will need another brace when fully grown. still to come here on abc 7 mornings, the final push for the alabama senate seat.
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welcome back, everyone. we're starting this half hour with a look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning, carolyn. hi, everyone. north to northeast winds have been blowing from the north bay to right here on top of mt. tam. you can see some of the breeze right there, and that has allowed for a variety of well mixed atmosphere in some areas and temperatures not as cold. 52 in the cities, 52 in oakland, how about 54 in half moon bay. 42 in gilmore. you can see the flag is flat there, but we will see those winds occasionally. pretty breezy along the coast. 34 santa rosa. how about 50 with that east wind in novato 52.
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your forecast today. we're calling for not only hazy sunshine. you're looking at san jose. we have the spare the air alert in the north bay, central coast and the shoreline. hazy afternoon conditions, 5 to 10 degrees above average again, and 50s by 9:00 tonight. carolyn? >> lisa, you know as we're enjoying sunny skies and mild temperatures, it's a different story back east. meanwhile this morning, the controversial race for the senate seat -- well, we're going to go -- okay, guys. we're going to talk about the sunny skies and the mild temperatures, but back east it's a bitter cold snap, a lot of snow spreading from maine to florida. abc's rob marciano has the details. >> reporter: this morning millions waking up to messy winter conditions. plows taking to the streets across much of the northeast.
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boston receiving as much as five inches of snow. slick, sleeting conditions causing cars to overturn. action is in new york city, too. new haven, connecticut covered in a number of hours. despite the snowfall, many still out braving the elements to get their holiday shopping done. >> i think it sucks but you have to come out and shop. >> reporter: parts of alabama receiving over a foot of snow, the most it's ever seen this early in the season. >> all you could hear was crack, crack, crack, boom. >> reporter: downed power lines making a major mess in atlanta. still 40,000 without power from alabama to new jersey. the snowy conditions delaying and cancelling thousands of flights. air force i even delayed in jackson, mississippi where they haven't had this much snow in three decades. >> that was rob marciano
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reporting. about 4 to 6 inches fell in the northeast and the storm is not over yet. another cold blast of air is on the way. now to that controversial race for senator in alabama. it is just two days away, and at this late juncture, president trump has thrown his support who wholeheartedly for roy moore, a move many people see as choosing party over country. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: this morning, embattled alabama senator roy moore getting an extra boost from his most prominent supporter. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> reporter: just two days after flly endorsing moore, president trump recording an automated phone message, going out today to alabama voters, saying, if alabama elects liberal democrat doug jones, all our progress will be stopped full. roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make america great
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agenda. moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct with several under d underage girls, has gone high stakes himself with just two days left in the race. overnight his democratic challenger, doug jones, taking aim, staying moore is hiding out. >> roy moore will not even answer the question -- hell, he don't answer any questions anymore. >> reporter: jones trying to motivate black and white voters in the deep red state to get out and vote, saying, this is a time for change. even releasing this latest campaign ad. >> roy moore lied to attack nine courageous alabama women. now he's lying about doug jones, too. >> doug jones has put the k ku klux klan in jail. nobody has been able to do that, but he did it. >> what he stands for, he's completely opposite of roy moore. >> reporter: stephanie ramos,
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abc news. developing news from the fire zone in southern california, the thomas fire, the largest wildfire still burning is once again out of control. this is a live look at the thomas fire. evacuation orders have been issued for the towns of montecito and carpenteria. firefighters were said to get the upper hand on the thomas fire, but now it's exploded this morning and burned more than 173,000 acres. thousands of customers with without power. drones like this one from the air national guard give officials another look at the flames from the sky. the drones hover twice as high as most helicopters. special sensors can see through the smoke and deliver live video feeds to commanders on the ground. some economists in santa cruz worry that the transition
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to legal status for cannabis farms on january 1st could spell doom for mountain lions. the lions go out of their way to avoid humans, and according to the santa cruz sentinel, the fear is they will lose their habitat if infrastructures such as cannabis farms continues to grow. one ecologist is aware of the high price of cannabis farming said to go into effect the first of the year. the costs, they believe, may keep down the number of growers. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, a local charity is on a mission to help children growing up in poverty. how oakland schools are benefiting from the program and how you can contribute this holiday season. and here is a live look from our walnut creek camera. you see the hazy skies out there today. it is another spare the air day, meaning no wood-burning fires today and you might want to stay
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indoors if you have asthma or other illnesses like that, respiratory illnesses. for the rest of us, it's a sunny day, so you can get out there and do your holiday shopping. lisa along shortly
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how's it going down there? that's good. lica misses you.
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i'm over it though. (laughter) that's fine. i miss her more than you anyway. ♪ ♪ hey, my window is closing. yeah that's okay. alright miles. i love you. (phone hangs up) ♪ ♪ yeah i love you too. ♪ ♪ >> it's right next to the cal campus. 200 artists will have their best wares out for sale from jewelry to sculptures. it runs from 11:00 this morning to 6:00 this evening.
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the fair is also open the next couple of weekends. looks like fun. >> getting hopefully a little vitamin d and not too much smoke out there. we have to take advantage of the dry, sunny conditions while we can, if we can. the golden gate bridge, the sky is blue here, but we do have hazy conditions with our spare the air alert. low 50s, but offshore winds today allowing for another day of about 7 degrees above average in the city. that brings you to 65. a look at the rest of the bay area in just a few minutes. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead the 83rd heisman trophy was awarded in new york last night. find out which college football standout took home the
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in sports 49ers fans are looking forward to seeing quarterback jimmy garoppolo his start for the team. the raiders have a huge game with the chiefs with the afc west on the line. both teams kick off in about 10 minutes, at 10:00 this morning. tonight the sharks will try to win their third straight game when they take the ice against the minnesota wild. the puck drops at 6:00. last night the sharks skate to do an easy win against ottawa. here's sports. good morning, we face the
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ice with the sharks and ten shark goals in the past two games. first period, kevin lebank passed to logan couture. sharks get two more in the second. no deflexion, need to go straight past craig anderson. that made it 2-0. then joe feeds malcolm in the front. 50 shots on goal. picked up his third career shutout and the sharks win it 5-0. the 83rd heisman trophy handed out yesterday in new york. mayfield from oklahoma, brice love and last year's winter quarterback of jacksonville from louisville. baker mayfield, a rare senior to
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stick around for his entire career. he led the sooners to the final four this season with a 12-1 record winning the big 12 title. he's the first walk-on to win the award in the season. he has five interceptions for over 4,000 yards. he got 78% of the first place votes. >> this is unbelievable for me, you know. being up here among these greats, it's something that words can't even describe. one, first, i'd like to say congratulations to brice. good season, man. heck of a year. you played well. [ applause ] >> getting to know your family as well. heck of a family. no wonder you turned out great, man. >> great story down on the coast. half moon high school football's team hosting sacramento sutter last night. the cougars get the victory and for the first time in the
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school's history, they're going on to state finals. the entire community supporting their local athletes. a slam past to jake safety chase hoffman with a huge gain. blocks the field goal attempt here. kougers led 14-0 at the half. chase also scored two touchdowns. check this one out. carries the defender on his back. half moon bay went 28-7, advance to go their first state title game in school history. >> i've known these guys since they were young, and they've earned every bit of this. >> i feel great. you can't explain how much i love these guys and how great this feeling is. this whole town feels great. everyone is out here supporting us and putting off work to come supprt us, and we're having a great time doing it. >> what a great story. that's the way the ball
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bounces. raiders are in houston to face the texans. we'll have more at 5:00 p.m. i'm mike have a great day. chilly temperatures this morning, or mild temperatures. it certainly matters where you're situated and what kind of wind you're having. really quite similar to what's going on in southern california, some gusty offshore winds, but yet we sit with much cooler temperatures, 5 to 10 degrees above average. 52 in san francisco. looking at 15 oakland. mountain view upper 40s. half moon bay, we lost the reading, but we've been ranging from 55 to 65. we have a couple different locations we check there. and fichnally looking at the noh bay where you've recovered nicely. 47 santa rosa.
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that east wind doing what it does best, mixing the atmosphere. fairfield, concord and livermore, you are all in the 40s. you can see the wind blowing here. that will allow for temperatures to aid in our warmup, but it's not doing much to clean out the air. usually we get the wind and it's going to clean out some of the atmosphere, but we have obviously several layers of the atmosphere where we transport th winds, and we're getting a bit of a southerly component, too. so while we're getting some smoke, we also have a dominant ridge of high pressure that is putting a cap on the atmosphere, and that's why we have the stagnant air, the poor air quality and the spare the air alert. so here's the ridge not moving, and we are looking at those gusty santa ana winds traveling quickly through the canyons. earlier this morning, san diego had wind gusts of 70 miles an hour. they are still very much in the thick of the red flag. warning to 8:00 tonight, but beyond that, you'll have an offshore flow here that will weaken somewhat, but it's going
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to last for 13 days. all last week, all this week, and by friday we should see a return to an onshore push. with the offshore flow, the easterly winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. this is 10:00 tonight. so really, things don't change that much, but by the later evening, we'll get periods of some gusty winds, so a bit of a letup there. right now we are looking at our gusty ridgetop winds from 23 miles an hour. the oakland hills to better than that at mt. tam and even above half moon bay, some breezy winds. you'll notice the direction is either out of the east or the north and that's the offshore flow. and from sfo looking at clear conditions. we could see some records south of san jose. yesterday we saw upper 70s in watsonville, salinas and monterrey. chilly through the overnight periods, and this is the look ahead which remains dry. notice the next five days, the storm track continues to the north. this is thursday into friday. that's when we get this wind
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shift and we should see more of an onshore push and that allows the relative humidity to come up. oakland to san francisco 67. low 30s in the north bay with some frost. about 33 in livermore. the valleys almost as cold. and around the bay we're looking at temperatures slightly milder for the overnight lows. the accuweather 7-day forecast, nothing but sun and hazy conditions with the air quality pretty much the same. that spare the air alert today and we're looking at mid-60s around the bay. good week to get some things done and hoping to break through the ridge maybe in time for christmas with some rain. we'll have to stay tuned. >> that would be good. have a little bit of rain, at least, to end the month. >> yeah. >> thank you, lisa. a local charity kicks off its annual toy drive in burlingame tonight. the group is called moms against poverty. its mission for the past 10 years have been to help children who live in some of the most
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difficult circumstances you can imagine. abc 7's cheryl generjennings shw the group is helping children in the bay area and around the world. >> reporter: how many children have you helped in the last 10 years. did he say ray fonahe helped found moms in poverty with other moms after a harrowing experience. it burned the need in her heart to help children. years ago, she and her husband were in the process of adopting a third child from iran, a little girl who was 11 at the time, when that girl's friend at the orphanage also asked to be adopted. it was heartbreaking. >> she said, why not me? why can't i be here? i made a promise to her that i'm not going to allow myself or other people to forget her. there are some people born to lives of comfort and privilege, and some children have to suffer
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all throughout their childhood. >> reporter: so moms against poverty was born in an orphanage to ease the suffering of children. it has grown to a growing organization which provides orphan care, education and hunger relief. >> how this works is once a month we're able to map and safeway delivers our food. they provide a deep freeze for us, which is really exciting, and you'll see an assortment of healthy protein and frozen vegetables. >> reporter: jamie lolly is the school manager at frick impact academy. she says the program is structured in a way that allows lo low-income parents to maintain their dignity. there is a side entrance. no one ever has to know. moms in poverty started five years ago with leslie brooks. >> they wanted to come into oakland, and they had some difficulty, so i told them i could help them work that out. they've adopted six locations in
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my district, one rec center and other schools. >> reporter: this is just one way moms against poverty are helping. >> this washer-dryer is a blessing for our school site. >> reporter: there is the hygiene program for school uniforms and pe clothes. >> we've been taking all of these home. a staff member, everyone in this front office, has taken clothes home to wash over the weekend. >> we need to do what we can to support and raise up these children. >> reporter: anya is a leader for moms against poverty in schools. she also adopted a child from iran. >> help them be positive citizens in their community and to feel good about themselves. >> i just feel extremely, extremely blessed and honored to work with the women, and it's just changed our community and i'm excited to expand and grow. >> one of the things that has been really special about map and they don't want to do
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anything out of charity. they want to do it out of a sense of what's right. >> reporter: it makes a huge difference when the basic needs of children are met. then they can focus on education. >> if you really give them that gift, they can bring themselves out of the poverty. all they need is the tools. they all have the desire. >> cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> moms against poverty collects gift cards and toys over the holidays and then gives them to low-income parents. you can help by going to our website at why hundreds of peon
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happening today and only in san francisco kind of event, the san santa skivvies run. it's a festive romp, and all the proceeds go to the san francisco aids foundation. they wind at the castro and end up back at the lookout. you can see from this video it was raining last year. definitely won't be wet this year. >> they say the fun begins. you call that fun? >> for the guys who are doing it, i guess so. good morning, everyone. you'll have some sunshine and
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temperatures by the afternoon, though, in the mid-60s this morning. it's in the 50s in san francisco. later on today, upper 60s and low to mid-70s. perhaps records south of san jose. north of san jose, it will still be mild. east bay and north bay is where you'll notice a very cold morning. stay tuned. we hope to break through this ridge before christmas. >> don't forget the spare the air day because of the fires in southern california. we're thinking about the people there, wishing the firefighters well, and we'd like to thank you for joining us on abc 7 mornings. i'm carolyn tyler along with my buddy leels a argisa argen. the news continues now on twitter, facebook and stain ginm the news returns at 5:00 p.m. have a great day, everyone, and
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