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good morning, everyone. i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 7. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey, carolyn, good morning to you. hi, everyone. it's a little chilly and we do have some fog around the bay area. live doppler 7 showing some cloud cover, two-mile visibility at san jose. but at the airport we're down to 42-minute delays. that's an improvement from over an hour, just last hour. 49 in the city, it's 47 in san jose, 50 in oakland, and from this vantage point, you can see the low cloud deck. 39 in napa, 50 in livermore. we do have a winter watch in effect. you can see the snow in the sierra nevada. we need so much more and it is
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on the way. cloudy today. looking at mostly cloudy skies midday. a few peeks of sun. it will be a cooler afternoon, but it will be dry. take advantage of that because we're expecting very heavy rain and gusty wind at times tomorrow. i'll time it out for you with my accuweather 7-day forecast coming up. >> lisa, thank you. new this morning, police in fremont are looking for four people involved in a shooting during an auto burglary. it happened just after 2:30 this morning in the area of summit drive and meadow way. investigators say the suspects shot two people who tried to stop them. the suspects are two men and two women all in their 20s. the victims are expected to survive. developing news out of fairfield this morning where the search is on for a gunman who opened fire, leaving one man with life-threatening injuries and seven others hurt. police tell us this was not an accident. the gunman targeted the victims in an act that led to the closure of neighboring streets
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and freeway ramps for hours. abc news reporter tiffany wilson has details. >> reporter: so at this time we don't know whether it was an exchange of gunfire or not. what i do know is that the victim was in a silver honda accord and that a vehicle pulled up next to him and shots were fired in his direction. >> reporter: the shooting happened around 3:30 saturday afternoon. the driver of this honda accord was hit multiple times. the other car sped off. >> the driver was incapacitated and his vehicle veered across and subsequently collided with other cars. >> reporter: first he crashed into this suv and then this car. >> he is somewhat coherent. he is at the hospital now. >> reporter: the driver is in critical condition. a total of seven other people were in the other two vehicles. some of them were injured as well. >> they were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, some just precautionary. >> investigators believe
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additional cars on waterman boulevard could have been impacted by the injured driver. >> we just have some information that maybe there were a couple other vehicles that fell victim to the collision that were no longer on scene when our officers arrived. so we're asking especially those drivers to give us a call. >> reporter: police are reviewing nearby surveillance cameras hoping to identify the suspect's vehicle. in fairfield, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. a man from the los angeles area faces charges after investigators say he planted a camera inside a mill valley home to spy on a boy. the marin county sheriff's office tweeted this picture of 32-year-old marcus allen williams being taken into custody friday night at sfo. we're told he's a friend of the boy's family and was actually on his way to visit them. the boy's mother found the camera last week and called the sheriff's office. investigators are trying to determine if there are more victims. the owner and founder of san
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francisco's four-barrel coffee company has agreed to step down after employees filed a sexual harrassment suit against him. the chronicle reports that eight former employees filed the lawsuit against four-barrel owner jeremy tooker. he's seen here in this facebook photo. he's also accused of creating a toxic workplace for female employees. san francisco is embarking on day two of illegally selling recreational pot to adults after saturday's big debut. customers lined up for more than three hours before the doors even opened at half a dozen marijuana dispensaries in the city. abc 7 news reporter carlos asere shows us the fanfare. >> reporter: for some it was like the grand opening of a new retail store. for others it was more of a holy experience. >> it was like i was going to heaven and you're waiting, you know, for some saint to open it for you. >> reporter: a handful of sf
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dispensaries with permits to open recreational weed opened the doors to long lines. >> it's been a whirlwind just getting temporary ones. the last 15 hours have been crazy. >> reporter: unlike others who began sales on january 1st, other businesses had to wait for issues to be ironed out. >> there were people who frankly didn't understand cannabis. >> happy to be open now. everything has its due course. >> reporter: he didn't mind the wait but wasn't too thrilled after jeff sessions announced this week a federal crackdown on states that legalized marijuana. >> i can't say it's the end because federal government still is not friendly to it, but certainly in california and san francisco. so big hurray for letting it happen. >> reporter: pot users are celebrating this momentous occasion. >> people my whole life have been fighting for this day to
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come. >> reporter: please remember you can still be carded. you must be 21 years old to buy no more than an ounce of cannabis. in san francisco, abc 7 news. president trump is still upset over the book "fire and fury" which paints a picture of a chaotic white house. the president tweeting this morning, i've had to put up with fake news from the first day i announced that i would be running for president. now i have to put up with a fake book written by a totally discredited author. he says, ronald reagan had the same problem and handled it well. so will i. abc news reporter david wright p>> thank you very much.ngton. it's great to have you at camp david, a very special place. >> reporter: on one of the coldest days of the year, president trump was boiling mad about the new book by journalist michael wolff and its disparaging look at trump's first year in office. >> i consider it a work of
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fiction, and i think it's a disgrace that somebody is able to have something, do something like that. the libel laws are very weak in this country. if they were strong, it would be very helpful. you wouldn't have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes to your head. >> reporter: the president took particular issue with the assertion that trump's own colleagues view him as mentally unstable. actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart, trump tweeted. i went from very successful businessman to top tv star to president of the united states on my first try. i think that would qualify as not smart but genius and a very stable genius at that. >> i went to the best colleges, or college. i went to -- i had a situation where i was a very excellent student, came out, made billions and billions of dollars. >> reporter: the president insisted he never sat down for an interview with wolff and
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blamed his former chief strategist steve bannon for giving wolff access to the west wing. >> i guess sloppy steve brought him in quite a bit. that's one of the reasons sloppy steve is now looking for a job. >> reporter: the president also downplayed the situation by special counsel robert mueller. >> everything i've done is 100% proper. >> reporter: again insisting there was no collusion between his campaign and the russians. >> i guess the collusion is now dead because they've found after one year of study there has been no collusion. there has been no collusion between us and the russians. >> reporter: david wright, abc news, washington. >> at that same meeting with reporters at camp david, the president also took credit for the upcoming talks between north and south korea. the two countries will meet tuesday to discuss the north's participation in next month's olympics. the president believes it was his threats and taunts that are
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bringing the two koreas together. >> if i weren't involved, they wouldn't be talking about olympics right now. he knows i'm not messing around. and a reporter in south korea tells us that everyone she talks to supports the talks, saying they're tired of living on roads brimmed with artillery, all guns pointing north. this morning someone in new hampshire is $570 million richer. that person bought the only winning ticket in the second largest jackpot in powerball history. 12, 29, 30, 33, 61, and the powerball number 26. the opportunity to win more than a half million dollars touched off powerball fever all over the bay area, but especially at this store in daly city. a ticket sold there on friday matched five of six winning numbers in the mega millions drawings worth $1.8 million. >> i'm a little upset because i always buy my tickets here, and of course it's the one day i didn't buy them here. it's thrilling.
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you never know. you could quit your job tomorrow because you're a millionaire. >> well, next wednesday's powerball jackpot is now $40 million. lisa, are you in? >> oh, i'm in, i'm always in, but i've been a loser lately. tomorrow we will be winners with the rain. we need it. it's going to be a lot in a short period of time. a live look outside right now. our exploratorium cameras looking at the fog. it's near 50 degrees downtown. still some 30s in the north bay. mountains and san jose, you have fog right now. we'll talk about that and the timing of the rain when we come back. >> thanks, lisa. these homes made of metal containers are built to withstand wildfire. could they be the answer for families who lost their homes in the north bay? and it's official. coach john gruden is returning to the raiders. a look back at what he's done since he
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welcome back, everyone. it is 9:14. hope your sunday morning is going well. this is a live look from our walnut creek camera. it is 39 degrees in that city as we speak. climbing to a high of about 61 degrees today. all of us should get ready for tomorrow. quite a ch-ch-change. wet and windy. lisa along shortly with a full accuweather forecast.
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talk about change. john gruden is returning to the raiders. it's official. the raiders confirmed everyone's suspicions in a tweet last night, saying welcome back, coach gruden, let's get to work. abc 7 sports anchor has the full story. >> reporter: well, he was the youngest coach at 35 years of age. he was then traded four years later to tampa bay. after seven years as head man of the bucs and the past nine years in the broadcast booth, john gruden will be reintroduced tuesday as the raiders coach. he will be paid 10 million a year for the next ten years. the contract will be redone so he can take advantage of no state taxes. this is a different league and the modern day players' attention span is not what it used to be. his first project will be to get
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quarterback derek carr back on track. ten years is the longest contract ever handed out in the nfl. raiders owner mark davis taking on his legacy in john gruden and the lost raiders. a sacramento homebuilder may have the answer for north bay fire victims looking to rebuild. it's a house made of metal containers like the type you see stacked up. they range in size from 160 square feet, which is the size of one container, all the way up to 2500 square feet. the homes also come in handy in disaster situations. >> they're using these for mercy medical relief facilities outside of just housing, and you've seen them all the time out for construction yards. >> they say these container homes are virtually indestructible. they're fireproof, they're built to withstand hurricane-level winds. starting price, $55,000.
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happening today, if you want to see a movie at the new theater in murago, you have to do it tonight. the theater will be closing after tonight's showing. the owner tells the east bay times that it's just too expensive to keep up. movie theeteaters are having a tough time competing with netflix and amazon for customers. they will celebrate their third anniversary as it does every year by giving away a car. that's right, abc 7 news was at the church at antioch last year to see the giveaway. the church selects one deserving family from a pool of nominations that began pouring in over the fall. it is the belief of church leaders that their congregation should make community service and engagement a part of its purpose. good sunday morning to you. outside on the roof, and it's cloudy, certainly cool here, but not as cool as it is in the
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north bay. as we look at live doppler 7 right now, you can see all the cloud cover. visibility has improved some, but look at petaluma and santa rosa. not good there, and mountain view, san jose, palo alto still pretty fog free. we widen the perspective and you see two cloud masses offshore. these two masses will submerge from the north, and they'll bring in heavy rain for the day tomorrow. walnut creek, partly sunny skies. oakland, 50. some fog for you in san jose. numbers are in the upper 30s in napa, 43 by the delta, 50 in livermore and a final stop for mt. tam. pretty gray out there, but some neighborhoods getting into partly sunny sky. look for mainly cloudy skies, a few sunny breaks and rain at times tomorrow. as we bring in our storm impact scale, we rate our systems from 1 to 5. this is a 3.
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we probably had 3 or four 3's. heavy winds, heavy rain and some flooding concerns where we had the burns and the wildfire in the burn scar area. 9:00 we have heavy downpours. by noontime look at the yellows there in the north bay. by the afternoon and evening commute, we have heavier rain in the north bay. it continues at 8:00 at night from the south bay, the peninsula. in the overnight hours it begins to get a little more scattered. your tuesday morning commute is looking at some showers as well. monday afternoon through the evening, could see at least half an inch per hour, and that's why we could see debris flows and mudslides. as we go throug the afternoon, it begins to break up. could see a thunderstorm here, but your evening commute looks much better. we'll be talking snow in the sierra by then and rainfall estimates for the two days look
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like this. an inch and a half in san francisco, over two inches in santa rosa, could see upwards of three inches in santa cruz mountains. can you believe that, an inch and three-quarters in san jose? with a loft rat of rain coming in a short period of time, we could see some flooding and gusty winds at 20 miles an hour. our south winds will be sustained, but as we go through the period of heaviest rain, look at that, 41-mile-an-hour wind gusts through tomorrow night and it stays gusty through your commute on monday night. winter storm watch, rain, then snow. coming down to 6200 feet on tuesday. the accuweather 7-day forecast, we're dry, kind of a cool afternoon, a few peeks of sun and then tomorrow windy. heavy downpours at times, then a chance of thunderstorms on tuesday. then we're dry. not only are we dry, carolyn, we're going to warm up the rest of the week.
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we need the break, but it would be nice to spread out the rain a little bit. but no, we're getting it all on one day. >> all right, keeping the weather app handy as well. thank you, lisa. some doctors are saying this is the worst flu season in 15 to 20 years. pharmacies are even running out of medicine to treat it, and emergency rooms, they're packed. one doctor in the east bay doesn't recommend you go to the emergency room for flu-like symptoms unless you feel especially bad or have a chronic medical condition. medical experts say this year's flu season may be outpacing last year's, because it's peaking earlier. many people were jolted awake this weekwhena magnitude 4.4 quake hit the area. just ahead, the n
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happening today, spacex is scheduled to launch its zuma mission from cape canavaral. the rocket is scheduled for liftoff beginning at 5:11 our time. this is the first the company has flown for the government. in may they launched a satellite into orbit. in september a space plane for the airports was put into space. spacex has not said what tonight's rocket will be carrying. thursday's magnitude 4.4
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earthquake centered in berkeley has a lot of us thinking when that big one will come. for more than a century, scientists have studied earthquakes there may be even a better instrument for the job and it's buried beneath our feet. >> the sensors that power today's seismographs hasn't changed much, but now berkeley's lab has plans for something even stronger. they're the fiber optic cables that make up the internet. the first dot-com boom installed a huge amount of fiber underground with the expectation that the internet would become a big thing and people would use it all the time. >> they were right, but they installed too much. now the unused dark fibers could be the key to learning more about earthquakes. >> the basic idea is to
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short pulse of light it. >> this is the mexico 8.1 which happened back in september. >> reporter: they get messages like a seismograph in places where they can't go. >> the massive amounts of data generated from these fibers is quickly filling up piles of these hard drives. it turns out that data can be used for a lot more than studying earthquakes. chan do is using fi vovibratio passing cars and trucks to get sound. >> you're getting a picture of where the better interface rock is and some of the changes in soil type. >> it could track water in aquifers and here in california, to plan for the big one. >> knowing how stiff the soil is can help us to allocate first
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aid emergency response in a smart way. >> reporter: in berkeley, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. if you are still hanging onto the holidays, you can enjoy san jose's christmas in the park one last time today. plaza de chavez has has has hass transformed into a holiday once more. many schools and businesses are bringing awareness to causes they care about. admission is free. christmas in the park opened just a short time ago at 9:00 this morning. still to come here on abc 7 mornings, the biggest recall involving airbags in cars is getting even bigger. >> that water surprised me. at this point i'm not really surprised by anything. >> a new type of water gaining popularity in the bay area, but health experts say it's
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welcome back, everyone. we're starting this half hour as we always do, taking a look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, carolyn. good morning, everyone. i'm out in it. it's a little cool here, but the fog is still with us in many parts of the bay area. as we look at walnut creek this morning, a few peeks of sun, but it's certainly cool. numbers ranging in the upper 40s in san francisco, 54 half moon bay, and this is the fog. our sutro camera showing it low-lying in the city. 50 in livermore. with the cloud cover, we've got visibility just over two miles in san jose. santa rosa and petaluma still in the thick of it for another hour or two. then by the afternoon we'll see temperatures come up through the 40s into the mid-50s, oakland and san francisco. 58 san jose, but notice the cloud deck.
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it's going to be few and far between to seeing peeks of sun. 7:00, we're still in the 50s because of all the mid-level clouds. it's going to be a cool afternoon. we have to bring in some rain overnight, but the heaviest rain unfortunately comes in with the morning commute. carolyn? news this half hour, a cruise ship nightmare for thousands of passengers. they were heading home to new york from the bahamas when they came onto a storm. we talked to some passengers who weren't sure they would ever make it off that ship. >> reporter: as a powerful bomb cyclone slammed the east coast with snow and whipping winds, a cruise ship sailed right into its path. >> i just sat there holding my children like, i can't believe i brought my kids here and thinking, i don't think we're going to make it back. >> reporter: the norwegian breakaway cruise left the
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bahamas tuesday with about 4,000 people on board. by wednesday, this is what passengers were facing. hurricane force winds and huge waves rocking the ship. all that water flooding in, pouring down the staircase. >> you never want to be on a cruise ship and the water is coming out through the boat. >> reporter: even the water from the pool churning, spilling out. towels at the doors. a down pour outside. black tape put across pictures on the wall, holding them in place. anything not held down, tossed around. some guests not feeling safe in their rooms moving to the ship's atrium. >> terrified. they were all crying, people had life vests on. >> i knew if we had to get those life jackets on and evacuate the ship, there was probably no way we were going to make it. >> reporter: finally friday, hours late for arrival, the ship made it to new york. but this morning, many of the passengers want answers. >> i will never understand the fact that they made a choice to take over 4,000 people through a
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storm. >> reporter: norwegian apologizing to guests, saying, the ship encountered stronger than forecasted weather conditions. the safety of our guest and crew is always our top priority and the ship's captain adjusted the ship's speed and itinerary accordingly to maintain the safest possible route, delaying the ship's arrival. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. airports on the east coast are still struggling to catch up after the snowstorm. jfk in new york is dealing with long tarmac delays. at least 12 international flights have been diverted because all gates are occupied. some travelers say they've been stuck at the airport since friday morning. the japanese company takata is examining its recall for airbag inflaters. 3.3 million of the inflaters are being recalled. they can blow up a metal
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container inside the bag, showering both driver and passenger with hot shrapnel. at least 20 people have been killed worldwide. more than 180 injured. the latest recalls are part of the largest series of automotive recalls in u.s. history with 19 automakers recalling up to 69 million inflaters in 42 million vehicles. gopro. the san mateo-based sports camera maker and reportedly cutting up to 300 jobs. it was all in the company's aerial division that makes the karma drone. the karma is not selling well due to its high price and competition from other drone makers. the company has yet to make any public statement about the reported job cuts. the oakland a's are headed downtown, their team offices, at least. they currently use the coliseum site but are going to shift most of their operations to some
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office space in jack london square starting tomorrow. the team touts the move is full of amenities for employees. the a's will keep offices at the coliseum for day-to-day responsibility. untreated drinking water appears to be gaining in popularity in stores that carry the so-called water are selling out. food safety advocates, though, are worried about how that water could impact your health. abc news reporter lillian kim has the story from san francisco. >> reporter: at rainbow grocery in san francisco, customers looking for untreated raw water straight from the spring are out of luck. >> we're out of it. we've been out of it for a while. >> reporter: the only thing in stock, the dispensers that sell for about $60. rainbow has been carrying raw water for about six months, bottled and market bid ed by an oregon-based company.
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>> as soon as i drank raw water, a sense of peacefulness entered my building. >> reporter: raw water is not cheap. it's $260 for a 2 and a half gallon jug. jusera found doug evans has been posting about it on social media. but a leading expert we talked with said it's just a matter of time before someone gets sick. >> deer and bear and raccoons and whatnot don't really think about where they're doing their business, and it may well be in the stream right upstream from where you're getting that bottle of water. >> reporter: but the risks don't appear to be discouraging people who are committed to getting their water off the grid. not surprising for the workers at rainbow. >> coconut water surprised me. so at this point, i'm not really surprised by anything. >> reporter: raw water becoming a hot commodity, at least for now. in san francisco, lillian kim, abc 7 news. still ahead here on abc 7 mornings, one of the biggest
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honors for movies and tv. the golden globe awards are tonight. why hollywood stars are vowing to dress in black for the ceremony. and here is a live look from our south beach camera. wow. visibility is really limited. you could call this, though, the calm before the storm. big weather change ahead. windy and extremely wet weather is on the way. lisa will be along shortly with the full
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happening tonight, the 75th golden globe awards. the awards honor the best in american tv and film, and the ceremony is often a forum to make powerful statements. this year the me too movement against sexual harrassment will take center stage with celebrities wearing black in solidarity. >> i'm definitely going to be wearing black for the golden globes and standing with the women that are standing up for other women.
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>> i will be in a black dress and be proud to be standing there with the other actresses. >> nominees in the best actress category include sally hawkins for "the shape of water" and francis mcdorman for "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri." need to catch those movies, lisa. >> absolutely. tomorrow might be a good day to do that. from the roof camera, the wind is pretty gentle right now. we have a wind warning in effect for tomorrow. we could see gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour. big storm coming our way. stay with us. i'll time it out for you, coming up next. thanks, lisa. also next, steph curry continues to be red hot after returning to the court after an ankle injury. he led the warriors who handled the clippers for the 12th
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gray evening. we are in for rain certainly starting tomorrow. lisa will be back with her accuweather forecast in just a few. right now let's check out sports. the san jose sharks are looking to bounce back after friday night's overtime loss. today they face off against the w winnipeg jets. the puck drops at noon. the warriors beat the clippers in l.a. steph curry showing no signs of cooling off in just his fourth game back after missing 11 games due to an ankle injury. here's schu. he's got the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. the warriors ended a three-day road trip matinee yesterday. the clippers out with a sore calf, but they did beat them for
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11 straight. steph curry had four 3's in the first quarter for 17 points. stops and pops here. bad news for the clips. they take an inadvertent elbow to the head. he was diagnosed with a concussion and had to leave the game. a monster dig by willy lead. he's getting out of the way so he doesn't get pulverized. up nine at the half. no defender in front of curry, so you know he'll drop it in. another 3. he had 48 points and he only played three quarters. mcgee finishes it off with an alley-oop from draymond green, and the warriors beat the clippers for the 12th straight time, 95-105 the final. >> if you don't have that confidence, that's not who i am. when i'm out there playing, every shot you take, you feel like it's going in. >> it's easy to find that kind
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of juice when you got ititititit know. >> criswehris welch had six poi. bears turned over problems all year. they did a good job last night, but they still had 10. justice suing led the bears with 22 points but they were really never in this contest. the brewers had 17 threes. ucla goes on to win 107-84. falcons and rams in l.a. second quarter freeman punches his way in the end zone, so they deserved to spike the football. playing in his first playoff game through one touchdown, 40 yards to cooper kupp. meanwhile, matt ryan slips on the field, still manages to
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throw a perfect pass to julio jones and the falcons win it 26-13. they'll face the eagles next week in the divisional round. in the afc, chiefs hosting the titans. chiefs down 23 at the half third quarter. first career pass and catch to himself. second player ever to do so, chiefs still up 11. derek henry would run for 156 yards and this 30-yard touchdown makes it a one-possession game, and then mariota's second pass to the game give the titans the lead for good. their first playoff win since 2003. the chiefs have lost six straight home playoff games. we'll have highlights for you tonight at 5:00. that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike schuman. have a great day. hi there, everyone. sunday morning, cloudy, cool, and a bit foggy in spots. live doppler 7 right now showing you the cloud cover, and as we look at the visibility in miles,
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you'll see that santa rosa is at a quarter of a mile, zero in petaluma but 45 miles in the south bay, so improvement there. satellite picture shows two areas of cloud cover offshore. now, these two areas will merge. we've got moisture from the subtropics and a system from the north allowing for a pretty good rainmaker tomorrow. at the airport, 42-minute delays. it's 49 downtown. 50 in oakland as well as gilroy, and from our sutro tower camera, you can see some of the fog here with 41 santa rosa, 45 in fairfield. winter weather advisory here in the sierra nevada. they picked up about eight inches above 8,000 feet. we're looking for rain to begin this system in the mountains. it's going to change over to snow. so areas of fog here, cloudy this afternoon. heavy rain and wind at times tomorrow. this is a 3 on our storm impact scale. that means it's a strong system and it's going to bring in gusty winds and flooding concerns because it's going to come down pretty heavy in a short period of time.
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so it develops during the morning commute. if you're out at 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow morning, you'll get some light rain, but by midday tomorrow, we're looking at some very heavy rain. look at this. noon all across the bay area. when we have rain rates at half an inch to an inch an hour right there in the north bay with nothing to hold that soil in place, we could find some debris flow, some flooding problems and rapid rises in creeks and streams. 8:00 monday night. we've got wind accompanying the heavy rain, then we get a bit of a break. but tuesday morning we have scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. flash flood watch from the national weather service monday afternoon through the evening with high rain rates in a short period of time, and that's why we could see some of the flooding here. so picking this up tuesday morning, we still have some showers. it's becoming more scattered through the lunch hour. and by your evening commute, things are looking much better into tuesday. we've got three commutes involved here, the worst looking like monday afternoon. so rainfall totals anywhere from
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about an inch to three-quarters to conquer to perhaps 2 to 4 inches in the higher elevations of the north bay. strong winds will accompany the rain from the afternoon into tuesday morning. south winds 20 to 30 miles an hour, but the gusts are going to be over 50 miles an hour. this is a map that shows the gusts by 5:00 monday night. we have 40-mile-an-hour gusts on the coast, 30-mile-an-hour gusts from santa rosa to palo alto. 24 inches up in the highest elevations. looking at 59 today underneath cloudy skies. a few peeks of sun. san jose 62 and the accuweather 7-day forecast showing we're dry today, a 3 on the storm impact scale tomorrow. download the accuweather app and you can track the weather. you'll be able to see where the heaviest rain is. unfortunately, it's all coming down in a short period of time,
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carolyn, but we'll be here to watch it for you. >> yeah, this is a big deal, lisa. >> it is. >> thank you. there is a downer clouding the high over the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults in california. since pot is illegal under federal law, banks, credit unions and other lending institutions are not very receptive to opening accounts. now the state and local governments are trying to figure out how to help dispensaries safely handle those massive amounts of money. marijuana is mostly an all-cash business. where there have been robberies before with medical pot, recreational sales will boom to $7 million, possibly attracting more violent crimes. henry bikowsky is pushing to open the doors of financial institutions to his clients. >> somebody is going to get hurt. people may be killed.
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it's something that shouldn't have to happen for people that control the banking industry and congress to realize that this is something that needs to be addressed. >> marijuana remains illegal in the eyes of the feds which makes banks reluctant to open accounts. having no place to stash cash is not just a concern about crime. attorney wikowsky tells us people he represents are asking for help to come in from the cold. >> we want to buy houses. we want to send our kids to school. we need to have checking to be able to do that. >> reporter: strategies are being discussed on both the state and local levels. california treasurer john chung recently convened a working group that suggested, among other ideas, opening a state-backed financial institution. san francisco supervisor malia cohen has set up a task force to consider a city-owned bank to support small businesses, including the cannabis business. >> how do they bank and carry
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out their transactions in a safe, manageable procedure? so these are all very important questions that the municipal bank is looking to provide answers to. >> and supervisor cohen will hold a hearing next month. by the way, the cities of oakland and berkeley are also looking into the idea of a municipal bank. coming up from lincoln to lamborghini where you can check out some of the hot
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