live where you live, this is abc 7 news. a day aftered sudden death of san francisco's acting mayor, london steps into his place for her first full day on the job. thanks for joining us today. of course the city is still coming to terms with the loss of mayor ed lee. since that one day that has passed, barely any time, there is a growing memorial for him. abc 7 news was outside city hall this morning as well wishers stopped by to leave flowers for the late mayor. they're glad to see he's being remembered lovingly. full of flowers. his staff says it's hard to work during this difficult time, but they also know the mayor would want them to continue on with his mission.

the city has not released information yet about funeral arrangements. we will certainly keep you up to date. acting mayor london was supposed to hold her first public event today, but this time yesterday she was holding her first event inside city hall to address the city. today she was scheduled to talk about kurk homelessness, that event got cancelled. it wasn't the right time because the funding is part of ed lee's legacy. bree does have one other event she's expected to meet with the police chief bill scott at 1:30 this afternoon. now mayor lee was a big supporter of glide memorial church and it's programs serving people in need. abc 7 news was inside with the grocery giveaway. passing out food to homeless people in the tenderloin. each bag contains everything needed for a holiday meal. >> it is a problem that's getting worse, one in four people in san francisco are struggling to feed themselves

every day. >> this afternoon, glide will also deliver grocery bags to families in need in other parts of the city. the church will serve 4,000 people today. we have a lot more on the life and legacy of ed lee on our website, abc7news.com. we'll bring you updates on the news app. enable push alerts so you get the information as soon as we do. developing news in millbray where police are searching for suspects in a carjacking and police chase. officers responded to reports of a stolen car around 2:30 this morning. they chased a honda accord into milbray with speeds reaching 100 miles an hour. the car crashed through a gate at the green hills country club, and then fell into an embankment. >> everybody we have in custody seems to be okay. there is no nobody injured at the residence, nobody was injured along the way. overall, pretty successful pursuit for us. >> police arrested two women and a man at the scene.

more people may be involved. police are asking anyone with information to call 911. this morning, democrats are celebrating a victory after winning alabama's senate seat. doug jones defeated republican roy moore who had been dealing with sexual misconduct allegations. jones won by a razor thin margin of 1.5%, dangerous of just under 21,000 votes. it trims the gop majority in the senate 49 to 51. abc news reporter maggie ruly is in montgomery, alabama, with the latest. >> fighting all my life, and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> reporter: for the first time in a quarter of a century, deep red alabama is sending a democrat to the senate. >> we have been cross roads in the past, and unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fort, tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. >> reporter: doug jones beats roy moore. riding a wave of support from african american voters, young people, women, and even from the

most unlikeliest of places, former lifelong republicans. >> i feel like holding my party to a better standard. >> reporter: we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we have shown the country the way that we can be unified. >> reporter: the republicans lock on this alabama senate seat was up and bid just 34 days ago with allegations of sexual misconduct against moore were made public. including accusations of sexual assault against two teenaged girls when moore was in his 30s. moore denies the allegations. and blames them for his loss. >> part of the problem with this campaign is we've been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. we've been put in a hole -- >> reporter: president trump tweets that the deck was stacked against moore and he knew the judge would have a hard time winning, but moore has yet to concede. >> wait on god and let this

process play out. >> reporter: moore may insist the fight is not yet over, but the alabama secretary of state says a recount is highly unlikely. maggie ruly, abc news, montgomery, alabama. >> the white house is apparently reeling from the loss, that word according to john carl, he was on gma this morning. >> key worry here at the white house is that this will be a harbinger for the merm elections, this could mean that the president will face spectacular losses in the house, maybe even lose control of the senate in the midterms, that's what one top advisor to the president said to me was their fear here this morning. >> the other big top aid in washington this morning, president trump's lawyer is wanting a second special counsel appointed to investigate where fbi agents working on robert mueller's russia investigation had a conflict of interest. ve view of 375 text messages found statements including this one on march 4th, lisa page writing, god, trump is a

loathsome human. later, fbi agent peter struck texted would he be a worse president than ted cruz? these kinds of comments were in center stage at a hearing on capitol hill today.today.today.. >> department of justice investigations must not be tainted by individuals imposing their own political prejudices. >> we recognize we have employees with political opinions, and it's our responsibility to make sure those opinions do not influence their actions. >> the agents have since been removed from the investigation. happening now, four fires continue to burn in southern california, but the thomas fire is the only one that is still a major concern. it is charred nearly 240,000 acres and is just 25% contained. santa clara county fire released this video of their strike team helping out last night. it's a short clip, but you can see the incredible amount of embers being blown by the winds. this strike team is one of several bay area crews in southern california.

happening tonight, the oakland unified school district expected to vote on $9 million of proposed budget cuts. this has been an emotional issues, parents, students, and teachers have been pleading not to make cuts. cuts would be spread across the system. nearly $5 million would be slashed from the central administration and more than $4 million would be cut in school sites. protesters are planning to march to the meeting at 5:30 this evening. so many people looking to finish up their holiday shopping lists, one san jose boy is collecting toys for others. chris told you about joey childs last year, abc 7 news reporter matt keller caught up again with the boy and why he's wanting to deliver ever more than before. >> reporter: at the bottom of the stairs of this will bow glenn home is the office of joey childs. 12-year-old toy collector. >> right here, about ten boxes. >> reporter: all of these toys -- >> we have 574.

>> reporter: will be delivered to the marines for the toys for tots campaign. but with more than a week left to collect, e joey's toy drive is still revving up. >> it makes me feel good and accomplished that i can collect that many toys and i know that it will actually help the marines in reaching their goal and their total. >> reporter: if joey looks familiar, that's because we did a story on him last december when he delivered about 200 toys to the marines. >> i think he's got some good discipline. i think he's got a good base for that and he'll be an upstanding marine if he chooses to take that path. >> reporter: he started when he was just six years old. it started with neighbors and classmates, this year, he's getting help from local businesses. >> we have the boxes in the lobby, some corporations are giving gift cards where he's going shopping and bringing home toys that way. so he's turning it to the next level. >> reporter: joey's looking to quadruple the number of donations this year. he knows each gift can make the holidays a little brighter for a child out there. >> every toy is one happy person. >> reporter: he's collected a

lot of toys, especially for the younger kids, he says there's a real need for presents for teenagers, if you'd like to help, you can go to our website, abc7news.com. we put his information there. in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. some people in walnut creek are getting their packages delivered a little late, but in this case it's a good thing. the police department tweeting out photos of officers personally delivering stolen packages to homes. the officers were, as you could see santa hats and beards, having a little fun with this. investigators say it appears the packages were stolen from a mail carrier's trucked and dumped in bushes, but at least they're getting their packages. coming up in your morning monday report. holiday haggling, how you can beat online prices in the actual store. and special delivery at the oakland zoo. a look at the orphan cub the zoo is now taking in. good morning, i'm your meteorologist mike nico. we're going to open up the weather window and maizy as you would expect on this spare the air day. let's talk temperatures, six to

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this surprised a lot of us here in the newsroom today. you can go into a store and haggle your way to a better price? abc news's becky whoey explains, all you have to do is ask.

>> reporter: online shopping, finding the lowest price is easy, not as easy when you're in a department store. the mall, you could just stop right away. here's the question, i can get my local stores to match an online price just by asking? and will it be awkward? i'm heading into a bunch of different stores to pick random items and see if they'll match or even beat the prices ie find online. 160 on the box, yikes. first i just ask for a discount. is there any discount that i'm not thinking of? >> i can bring it down to 144. >> 144? >> yeah. >> reporter: all right. okay. i'll take that. i found the same shoes for $25 off. next time, i'll show them the online price first. i do have a question for you. this facial cream costs $110 in the beauty store. i price checked it and i found it for $68 on amazon. can you match that? >> nope, we don't do it -- you

don't know if that product is fresh or if it's a knockoff. >> reporter: ah, but they give a 15% discount on my purchase. and couldn't have been nicer. not awkward at all to check on price matching. next these boots, priced in-store at $179.99. can you price match these to something i found online? >> let me double check. >> let's do it. >> reporter: you can do it? not only did he match the online price of $146.59, he beat that price by five cents. next online discounts. can you get them in-store too? this sportswear store at 25% off the whole site. >> yes, we have it 25% off right now. >> reporter: and i can use that in-store? okay. and this place has 20% off any one item. sure enough. would i get 55 bucks off? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: oh, that's good. yet again, ask for the online discount and got the online discount. >> i am trying that the next

time in the store. the better business bureau has a warning about computer scams. people pose as tech support and then persuade you to pay to fix a problem you don't actually have. scare make victims believe they have to act immediately. investigators say any one of us can be a target. >> a lot of victims never complain to law enforcement, a lot of people don't even know they've been ripped off. >> microsoft says it receives 12,000 complaints worldwide every month. now it's warning customers to just hang up the phone or close out your browser if there's any unsolicited call or pop-up. still ahead, it's the end of the year and that means we get to look at what the world googled most in 2017. and here's a live look right now at the east bay hills camera. mike nico with

zplrges hi, it's my job to answer questions. there's no easy answer to ending hunger. i know a great way to help. text feed to 80077 and you'll donate $10 to bay area food banks. now your accuweather forecast with mike nico. >> yeah, they turn that $10, bifold even more so than what we can buy food with. it's a great idea. hi everybody, here's a look at walnut creek. one of the many areas if you follow tower cams on our website or app that looks hazy. we have a spare the air. all of our air quality is below the threshold of unhealthy, it's moderate. and on the left side all the different zones. let me show you the zone that may have the poorest air

quality, our sixth consecutive spare the air and the seventh which is tomorrow, and the north bay today and north bay and central bay tomorrow. friday and saturday, keep your fingers crossed. temperatures if you're stepping out right now, bhoel lot of 50s out there. one of our warmer spots this afternoon as you'll get near 70. 46 in yucia. oakland, 51. about 53 in san francisco where you can see that will hazy sunshine as we look down the em bark dare row. and that's my first highlight. that and the spare the air. that's creating it. watching the weekend for fire conditions. winds will pick up friday night and stay around through about sunday afternoon. so we may get pushed into wind advisory, if not, maybe a red flag warning, something we're going to keep an eye on, next week's storm. it's like, yeah, i flirted with you yesterday, today i'm over you. yeah, it's moving off to the east. here's a look at our storm tracker. you see the vacation from the

bay area continues today. in fact, our next best chance of rain may possibly not be here until the 28th. 70 to 75 along the coast, the rest of us from 60 in fairfield to about 63 to 67 degrees as you get closer to the bay and also our inland neighborhoods. here's the way it looks. look at your accuweather planner, we'll be in the mid to upper 50s except for the coast in the 60s. 70s, back in the 40s and 50s by 9:00 an 40s by midnight on the way to 30s and 40s tomorrow morning. remember back earlier in the year, in the month i should say, the first and second and third, we actually had some rain. it wasn't much, but that was the last time. and we're going to go another seven days without rain because of that storm pass staying well to our north. here's a look at my accuweather seven day forecast, mid to upper 60s, all the way through sunday and monday. maybe low to mid-60s tuesday and there's the possibility where

that storm passing us next week where we could drop those temperatures down label the more. definitely not in the 50s where we should be for this time of years. huh, the whole state is warm right now. yeah, the entire state is warm and rain-free until possibly the 28th. >> okay. not really what we need, but -- >> no. >> okay, we'll just hope for rain in the new year. >> and hope the winds maybe die down just a little bit. especially southern california. breaking news right now, this is out of oakland and you're going to see sky 7 above the scene. this is at 12th street, surrounding streets there are closed off because there is a suspicious backpack. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkly is on the ground there. if nobody claims that backpack soon, they are going to have to destroy the backpack as a precaution as we zoom out, this is adjacent to the courthouse, that is where the hearing for the two suspects in the ghost ship warehouse fire is taking place. it's unclear right now what impact that may be having on the hearing. of course, as soon as we get more information about this, we'll let you know here or on

our wbz 7 news app with a push alert. new morning, kevin spacey, and melania trump just some of the names making the list of the most searched on google. the number one spot though goes to matt lauer. of course, long-time nbc "today" show host was fired last month after being accused of sexual misconduct. you see actress megan markell is number two. a lot googling here after she was engaged to prince harry and in third place, harvey weinstein, the hollywood mogul accused of sexual harassment and assault by numerous women. still ahead, orphan cubs have a new home at the zoo and celebrating new additions

u. we are 24/7 on our abc 7 news app. and today if you go to the site, we have posted a slide show of the late san francisco mayor ed lee. through the years, if you're logening to abc7news.com from your dpoen, be sure to download the abc 7 news app to get breaking news alerts, then tune in for the latest news and weather right here on our next newscast, that would be abc 7 news at 4:00. now a special delivery at the oakland zoo. and it may leave you wondering what is inside that box? well, i'll leave the mystery for

just another second more. it's two orphan mountain lion cubs. they were taken in by oakland zoo. and this has been a long trip. both of these found in orange county, separately, two weeks apart. we're told one is pretty feisty and the other is actually pretty shy. and cautious. are they brothers? well, according to to the zoo, based on their ages and geographic proximity to each other, they could be related. dna tested will be conducted to determine if they are siblings. we want to thank the oakland zoo for sharing. bon jovi will lead the 2018 class of rock and roll hall of fame inductees. bon jovi made it after being shunned by hall of fame voters since the ban's first year of eligibility in 2009. also making it, singer nina simone, moody blues, the cars, and dire straits. the late gospel pioneer will be honored with the award for early influence. inductees are chose i by a vote

of 1,000 industry experts, fans also are able to vote. the cast of star wars met the royal family at the prenear london last night. and you see both princes there, william and harry walking the red carpet with fellow cast members from the last jedi. that's right, i said cast members because they have cameos in the movie. the two princes play storm troopers. but this is our favorite moment, check this out. you see there in the foreground, rolling up to the princes, and you'll notice if you look carefully, his head bows down to them. >> of course. >> they are royalty. the last jedi hits theaters in the u.s. on friday. disney owns the star wars brand and the parent company of abc 7. >> the princes are cast members like us? so we're on equal footing with them? >> well -- >> no. >> few more perks. when they go to disneyland, that

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