first. some of the heaviest activity will hit the coastal areas at about the same time. this storm is of moderate intensity, ranking two on storm impact scale. highest rainfall total on the coast. winds gusting from 20 to 40 miles per hour. by 5:00 p.m. we expect coastal areas to be receiving some showers, maybe moderate to heavy downpours. as we get into the later evening hours, we'll see the rain heavier and more widespread. 10:00 tonight, 11:30 tonight, we'll see pretty stormy weather. i'll give you a closer look in a few minutes. dan. >> spencer, thanks very much. you can track the rain with our abc 7 news app. install it on your smart phone to check out live doppler 7 any time it rains. you get the latest forecast right where you live. president trump paid his respects today to the family of the late former president george h.w. bush. the president and first lady arrived by motorcade and were

greeted by george w. bush and his wife laura. mr. trump put his hand on the former president's back a few times. the bush family is staying at the blair house ahead of the elder bush's estate funeral tomorrow. thousands of people continue to stream into the capitol to pay final respects to the former president. president bush's body has been lying in state at the rotunda since yesterday afternoon. bush's flag-draped casket will remain in the rotunda until tomorrow morning when a state funeral will be held. we'll have more in a live report from washington coming up at 4:30. former senator bob dole paid his respects today. the 95-year-old was helped out of his wheelchair so he could salute the president's casket in the rotunda. bush was the last world war ii

veteran president. he said his passing marks the end of an era. the memorial service in washington is set to begin at 8:00. abc news will have live coverage beginning at 7:00 a.m. we'll be streaming it on our website, abc7news.com and on the abc 7 news app. president bush died on the eve of world aids day but is criticized for doing little to end the negative attitudes and beliefs about people with aids. leanne melendez spoke with people in san francisco who lived in the height of the epidemic. >> reporter: people often say one should never speak ill of the dead. for those who lived in the predominantly gay castro district during the bush presidency, it's hard not to criticize his legacy. >> just walking on this street in those days, it was almost a ghost town, but the coasts were living, were still alive because there were so many people that were sick. >> reporter: san francisco was

the epicenter of the aids epidemic and ronald reagan was president. bush was reagan's vice president, and even though aids had already affected thousands of people by the mid 1980s, reagan didn't even utter the word aids publicly until 1987. to his credit in 1990, bush signed the americans with disabilities act which also protected people with hiv. that same year he signed the ryan white care act, the largest federally funded program for people living with aids. but health care providers like paul volberding say bush failed to take a leadership role. >> it was especially hard in those days for people at that level to talk about aids but they should have. i think it could have really helped with the sense of stigma that our patients suffered with at that time. >> reporter: in fact, in 1991 president bush said changing one's behavior was a way to control the spread of aids.

he later expressed that being gay was not a normal lifestyle. >> kind of aligned with the people that thought aids was god's punishment. there was very little sympathy. >> reporter: when bush once called for a kind her, gentler nation, many in this community say he missed the opportunity to also ask for compassion towards gays and those living with aids. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. a tweet by president trump sent the stock market reeling over concerns of a new trade war with china. in a series of tweets, the president said the trade deal with china will happen but if not, he wrote, i am tariff man. it comes days after president trump and chinese president xi jinping came to an agreement to ease the trade war. both countries have until march to avoid a spike of 10% to 25%

of u.s. tariffs on chinese goods. the dow jones industrial average dropped 799 points. the nasdaq fell 283 and the s&p 500 slid 90 points. today the millennium tower association filed a permit application with the city and county of san francisco to retrofit leaning and sinking millen yes, ma'am tower. abc 7 news reporter melly woodrow is more on what seems to be a pricey plan. melanie. >> reporter: oh, it is. if you don't live in millennium tower, here with why you should care about this proposed fix. the structural engineer who designed it said there will likely be lane cleez yurs on mission street and fremont street. construction could take a year and a half. the lileaning and sinking mel l tower is one step closer to a makeover. understandably ronald tamburger is the structural engineer who came up with the proposed fix.

>> we're calling the perimeter pile upgrade. >> reporter: 52 concrete piles along the north and west sides of the building that will transfer 20% of the building's weight to the existing foundation system to bedrock 250 feet below. >> we will actually jack the building against those piles, much like a bumper jack on a car when you have a flat tire. >> reporter: despite the pressure literally and figuratively, hamburger is confident in his design. >> really nothing is keeping me up at night with this design. >> reporter: no word on who will pick up the $100 million bill. >> it's a matter of litigation and i don't know. >> reporter: the spokesperson for the homeowners association -- >> we hope that the fix we announced today will help resolve the outstanding lawsuits related to the building. >> reporter: a top ranking realtor in san francisco tells abc 7 news millennium tower

units are sellingali at a disco of 20 to 33% but also that many owners love the building and don't want to sell. the department of building inspection will do a rigorous review with its own engineers. hamburger estimates it will take three months to get a building permit. work could begin as early as this speak. live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. state senator scott weiner is reviving a bill for dense housing near transit spots. the bill changes zoning laws to allow four to five story apartment complexes near b.a.r.t. stops and frequently used bus stops. he made similar changes to a bill that died in committee last year. in the south bay santa clara supervisors are considering a vote that could eventually close

the reid hillview airport. it's located next to cunningham park and the east ridge mall. people both for and against closing the park packed today's county supervisors meeting. activists call it a playground for the rich and want to replace it with low income housing. >> it's just not a good fit. it only benefits the small number of pilots that fly out of that airport. >> it's a shame because it really is a valuable transportation piece of the infrastructure for this valley. >> emergency planners say the airport plays a critical role for the airport to fight wildfires. it can't close for at least 12 years due to future funding commitments. the first ever trade delegation to end yeah, assembly

member from san jose is traveling to new delhi, mumbai. the lawmakers will look for areas of agreement between california and india. agriculture, transportation and india. he's the first indian american elected to the state legislature. from renewed fire concerns in the north bay tonight, that's after a power line ignites tree branches in a sonoma neighborhood sending sparks and smoke into the air, plus -- >> tragedy is never good, but it brings out the best in everybody. something is brewing in the south bay. how local firefighters are helping with a special batch of beer to

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today marks the first anniversary of the thomas fire in ventura and santa barbara counties. at the time it was the largest wildfire in modern california history. more than 530 homes were destroyed and two people, including a firefighter died. hundreds gathered last night outside ventura city hall with cappedals to remember the disaster. a north bay neighborhood is on edge after a downed power line set fire to trees. it happened in the diamond a neighborhood of sonoma. it's making neighbors take a closer look at fire safety. abc 7's katie utehs shows us the video. >> reporter: you can hear the crackle -- >> i walked out. stood here for a minute and saw the multiple smoking trees, dialed 911. >> reporter: bart hanson lives in the diamond a neighborhood. his video shows a power line

igniting tree branches early monday morning. >> the interesting thing was is that there was no wind. it was still like it is now. obviously just tired wires i guess. >> reporter: the neighborhood lost power for several hours before pg&e finished repairs. neighbors say the water pumps here are lech atlantic, so if the power goes out, so do the hydrants. the incident is sparking fresh debate about tree clearing. overhead power lines and evacuations as images of cars stranded in the camp fire still feel fresh. >> i don't think it's nearly well enough maintained. >> reporter: richard cooper has lived in the community of some 200 homes for more than 50 years. >> when they get fires like we've had, i don't know where a safe place would be. >> reporter: cal fire says it's not evacuating via grove street, the only access to diamond a. >> we always say we're one way in and one way out. >> reporter: instead, residents should evacuate to the diamond a

community center where a large open space provides protection. cal fire is cutting fire breaks in the area. pg&e is working on tree clearing in extreme fire-risk areas of the county first, then will work in elevated risk areas like diamond a. in sonoma, katie utehs, abc 7 news. it survived the north bay fire, but not the downturn in business that followed. carrows restaurant shut down this afternoon. it comes 45 years to the day that restaurant opened on cleveland avenue. it was founded in santa clara back in 1970. its most recent parent company was bought out by an oregon firm in september. the hottest housing market in the state could well be chico. in the past three weeks more than 200 homes have been purchased in that city, many of them for 50 to $100,000 above the asking price. chico is just 15 miles from paradise which was largely destroyed by the camp fire.

the fire level more than 13,000 homes there. tonight the chico city council will try to ease the housing crunch. it will discuss loosening restrictions on granting units. santa clara county firefighters who put their lives on the line to battle the fire are continuing to help. their new mission is to brew a special batch of beer to benefit the victim relief form. amanda del cos still low has the story from rock bottom brewery. >> reporter: beer to help butte county fire victims. it's what's on tap tuesday for these off duty firefighters. >> we're working with rock bottom brewery. >> reporter: a welcomed change of pace for these firefighters. >> they were right in the middle of it, saw what happened. they saw what those poor people went through and what this town went through and they're really

excited to be here. >> reporter: which is why they're helping brew a special batch of beer. the recipe is being taken on by more than 1,000 breweries across the world including rock bottom brewery in campbell. >> obviously tragedy is never good, but it always brings out the best in everybody. i think that's when you see what community is all about. >> reporter: proceeds will benefit the very people these firefighters have already worked so hard to help. >> resilience is what they're showing to get their lives back together. >> reporter: amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. tonight's inductees of the california hall of fame, robert redford, joan baez, late san francisco mayor ed lee will be honored posthumously as will nancy mcfadden. former dodgers pitcher fernando val len swale la, arlene blum,

chef and restaurant tour thomas keller and television news reporter belva davis. >> congratulations one and all. if animal rights activists get their way, we'll soon be saying bring home the tofu, not the bacon. common expressions like bring home the bacon or kill two birds with one stone fall out of favor. groups like peta love this. it's urging teachers to stop using phrases like beat a dead horse, claiming they perpetuate violence against animals. time to turn to the weather, more rain. >> it's arriving right now in the south bay and the coastline. some pockets of heavy showers arrived already. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see the areas with the

yellows and oranges representing the heaviest rainfall. the heaviest rain is still offshore. it's getting wet over land areas in the south bay as well. let me give you a closer look. you can see heavy downpours just off the khost line of san mateo county. a lot of wet weather in the peninsula right now. light showers, mainly light to moderate showers and cloudy conditions everywhere. this is the few from sutro tower looking westward. should see rain arriving in the city pretty soon. we have low 50s at oakland, mountain view, san jose, morganville. half moon bay is the warm spot right now. current temperatures in the north bay 57 at santa rosa. shifting eastward just a bit, vacaville 53, livermore down to 49 degrees right now. here is the view from mt. tam, looking at cloudy skies again. we don't see rainfall here.

first alert forecast features rainy and windy overnight, scattered showers tomorrow morning and a dryer pattern later this week. during the overnight hours as the showers continue to fall, low temperatures in the mid to upper 40s, just a little chillier in the north bay valleys where lows will drop to the low 40s. our storm ranks two on the storm impact scale, moderate intensity producing showers and scattered downpours tonight and early tomorrow. highest rainfall totals along the coast, wind gusts of 20 to 30 miles per hour with occasionally higher gusts in the higher elevations. starting at 5:00, more areas of showers developing, pockets of moderate to heavy downpours pushing into the north baby 5:00 this afternoon. we'll see more areas of moderate to heavy downpours at that time. heaviest rain, looks like it will arrive about 10:00 or a little after ten and then into the overnight hours we go. we'll see the storm breaking up

into scattered showers. there could be isolated downpours as the scattered showers break up, and into the morning commute we'll see less widespread rain. there will certainly be wet spots in the pavement and continued gusty wind until later in the morning when the storm starts to weaken and taper off into the morning hours. not much of a range tomorrow, mainly mid to upper 50s about everywhere. we may see a couple locations in the south bay topping out at 60 degrees. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. by tomorrow the storm will rank only one on the storm impact scale. scattered howers mainly earlier in the day. we'll see partial clearing later in the day. lingering clouds on thursday, mostly sunny skies on friday and saturday. sunday we have another storm coming in in the nighttime hours, continuing into monday morning. that storm will rank one on the storm impact scale. we'll have just partly cloudy conditions on tuesday. tonight, look for occasional downpours. if you're going out, you need to cover up. pretty windy at times. >> thank you, spencer.

coming up, more on the controversy over a classic christmas song. >> some radio

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the san jose sharks will soon be getting a new rival in the pacific northwest. today nhl commissioner gary bettman announced the board of governors unanimously approved adding a franchise in seattle. it prompted this celebration at a watch party in seattle including an ecstatic guy, as you see, in a sharks jersey. the new team will begin play in 2021 to allow time for renovations to the arena. producer jerry bruckheimer is one of the team's owners. a classic christmas song continues to make waves today after radio stations band it because of its suggestive

lyrics. >> some are defending "baby it's cold outside." we want to know your thoughts. we have a poll at abc7news.com. let us know what you think. it's free to vote. >> you can see right now 62% are saying ban the outdated song. 40% saying play it. >> kristen sze is here with the controversy. >> bay area radio station koit dropped the song from the christmas playlist after an ohio station was first to do it, saying the lyrics are  inappropriate in the me too era. the duet was written in 1944. five years later it was used in the film "neptune's daughter." the man tries to convince the woman to stay the night because the weather is cold outside. she says no and he keeps pushing ♪ bibby it's bad out there >> i don't think people will hear the song on the radio and say, i can behave this way and have my way.

it's a song. music should have an edge. >> oakland music journalists say there are plenty of songs in various genres that might offend or provoke. do we stop playing them all. many of you expressed strong opinions on this on our facebook page. so let's take a look. meg again hanson says ridiculous, things have gone so well. francis says i always hated the song when i first heard it. and i always thought, wow, this guy really wants to get her drunk to have his way with her. what do you think, dan and ama? >> thank you, kristin. let's take another look at our poll. >> do you think radio stations should play the christmas classic or is it time to ban the outdated song. play it, 84%. 17% say ban it. it's changed a little in the last few minutes. >> voting continues at abc7news.com/vote. >> we'd love to hear from you. in a small colorado town, it

took a 9-year-old boy to do away with an old law that banned snowball fights. dane best found out about the law while visiting the town hall. it prohibits residents from throwing objects at people including snowballs. last night the town council voted to legalize snowball fights. dane got to throw out the first legal snowball. of course it was aimed at his brother. >> naturally. where else. former vice president joe biden is still considering a run for president in 2020. up next, what he said to a crowd in montana and when he'll likely make a final decision. frustration from senators over the refusal to punish saudi arabia in the killing of a "washington post" journalist. what they had to say after a briefing from the cia. today's storm is level two. that means moderate rain. gear up before you go out and drive safely.

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spencer christian tweeted our next storm is just offshore. we'll have the latest on the timing coming up in the accuweather forecast. we're getting new information on a fix of san francisco's leaning and sinking millennium tower. melanie woodrow tweeted this picture describing the $100 million fix. the proposal needs to go through the approval process. a live look now at the somber silent stream of people at the capitol rotunda. you see them there paying their respects to former president george h.w. bush. this afternoon president trump offered his private condolences to the bush family during a visit to the president's guest house, the blair house. kenneth moton has the latest from the capitol. >> reporter: it's been a day of tributes and absolute to the former president. we've seen people from all over, from different backgrounds, from all over this country. many choosing to focus not on

george h.w. bush's politics but his life of service. setting views aside to honor a late president, president trump took the short trip from the white house to blair house to honor george h.w. bush and the bush family. the masses have poured into the rotunda, praying, saluting and remembering the 41st president of the united states, george h.w. bush. >> it's an honor. to be able to shave in this privilege with my boys. >> reporter: among every day americans, veterans, personal aides, 1988 gop presidential primary challenger bob dole, this incredible moment, the 95-year-old getting out of his wheelchair for a final salute. colin powell, cia directors past and present paid their respects. leaders from across the world are expected at the funeral from prince charles to angela merkel. the obamas, clinton and jimmy carter will attend.

four-legged friend sully by his side. his son, points of light foundation chairman neil bush led members of the non-profit into the rotunda, started decades ago when bush 41 invited the nation to take action through service. >> i want a kinder and gentler nation. >> reporter: the state funeral tomorrow morning at the national cathedral will be a major event here in washington with more than a dozen current and former heads of state attending. bush 41 will be taken back to texas where there will be a second service for his family on thursday. ama? >> kenneth, tomorrow is a national day of mourning. what exactly does that mean for americans? >> reporter: well, president trump has closed the federal government for this national day of mourning. that means no delivery from the u.s. postal service. many banks will be closed. here on capitol hill, congress has delayed votes and canceled

sessions all in honor of former president george h.w. bush. >> kenneth mouton reporting live, thank you so much. tomorrow's memorial service at the national cathedral is set to beginni at 8 clom. we'll be streaming it on our website, abc7news.com, and it will be on the abc 7 news app. lawmakers in both parties say they're convinced more than ever that the saudi arabia crown prince ordered the execution of "the washington post" columnist. it came after gina haspel briefed senators on the murder of jamal cash shogi inside the saudi consulate. top republicans say they are absolutely positive that prince mohammad bin salman ordered and monitored the killing. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, monitored the killing.

if he was in front of a jury, he would be convicted in 30 minutes. >> there's not a smoking gun. there's a smoking saw. >> critics like tennessee senator bob corker say president trump's lack of condemnation and action over the killing sends a message it's okay to kill journalists. president trump says he's unsure if the crown prince was involved and used u.s. arm sales to stand by the saudi regime. authorities in costa reeg ga arrested a man in connection with the case of a missing florida woman. they believe a body discovered yesterday is that of carla stefanak. a security guard at the airbnb where she was staying has been arrested. they found blood in his room. she's been missing for more than a week after traveling to costa rica to celebrate her 36th birthday. we could learn more about what special counsel robert mueller has.

his team must file a memo recommending sentencing for lopez has more. former >> reporter: sentencing day for michael flynn is set for december 18, more than a year after he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi, cooperating with special counsel robert mueller's investigation ever since. today is the deadline for mueller's team to submit a memo to the judge recommending sentencing for flynn. that memo expected to shed light on how much flynn has cooperated with the investigation and whether he may have provided any information on president trump. >> michael flynn was part of the campaign at critical moments and the white house early on. >> reporter: flynn was a close campaign adviser to trump and then national security adviser before having to resign and pleaded guilty to the fbi about being in contact with russian officials today there's no information released about whether his level of cooperation

has met special counsel's satisfaction. >> mueller has put things out in legal filings before. he hasn't provided that many public updates around this investigation. >> reporter: as far as what's in store for flynn, federal guidelines recommend zero to six months in prison. there's even the possibility of probation. and mule ir's memo is expected to influence that sentencing. linda lopez, abc news, new york. the fbi's investigating a major hack of the national republican congressional committee in the run-up to the 2018 election. according to a story on politico, an intruder breached the computeers and accessed e-mail accounts of the committee which is the fund-raising arm for house republicans. reportedly the e-mail accounts of four top republicans were monitored for several months. the fbi is investigating if the cyber attack was conducted by a foreign agent. it could be the strongest indication yet that former vice president joe biden may run for president in 2020. during a book tour stop in montana, biden said, quote, i

think i'm the most qualified person in the country to be president. he said the issues facing the nation today including foreign policy and the plight of the middle class are the same ones he's been working on for a lifetime. biden says he'll make a final decision within the next two months. one of the president's most vocal critics announced he will not run for president in 2020. michael avenatti represents adult film actress stormy daniels in her alleged relationship with the president. avenatti was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and could face misdemeanor charges. another ride sharing app is trying to break into the u.s. >> this one is different. how you can negotiate your fare with the driver. i'm spencer christian.

state senator kevin parker scrutinize social media activity and online searching of handgun license applicants, then disqualify those who make violent or hateful posts. the 51-year-old democrat says mass killers like the pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect often provide warning signs on social media posts. critics says it raises privacy and free speech concerns. more evidence of uber's

aggressive push into emerging countries. they announced a mini bus service in cairo, egypt. uber ceo announced the service today. he hopes to add tract egyptians into ride sharing and away from cars on cairo's crowded streets. uber is also investing more than $100 million into its customer support center in cairo. a russian company is taking on uber in new york. the app is called indriver already operating in 11 countries. it works like this. a user enters their destination. the app shows a suggested fare which the user can accept or counter. drivers can negotiate the prices as well. drivers can still make a profit because it only charges a 5% to 10% commission. uber takes up to 25% of the fare. rain has arrived.

it started in the south bay. we've got reports in napa of light rain right now. rain is also pushing into sonoma county near santa rosa. we're getting wet weather out of the storm which ranks two in the storm impact scale. we'll see showers tonight, down powers, highest rainfall totals on the coast. overnight, as the showers continue, look for low temperatures dropping mainly into the mid to upper 40s. tomorrow as the storm breaks up, going into the afternoon hours, we'll see a few flashes of sun and highs will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, the storm will rank one by tomorrow morning. there will be scattered showers by the morning and gusty winds as well. morning commuters may have wet pavement to deal with. mainly sunny on friday and saturday. sunday night into monday we'll get our next storm which will rank only one on the storm impact scale.

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claimed he altered the dna of twins in utero to make them resistant to the aids virus. he claims a second gene-edited pregnancy was in the early stages. a woman is suing the hilton hotel chain for $100 millions. she says she was secretly filmed by showering and then blackmailed. >> reporter: one of the biggest hotel chains in the world is facing a $100 million lawsuit after a woman claims one of its unidentified employees filmed her in the shower in order to blackmail and extort her. the woman whose face abc news is not showing says she fierce for her safety after she says she was recorded without her consent while taking a shower in hilton's hampton inn and suites in downtown albany in 2015. in a newly filed lawsuit the jane doe alleges she didn't

realize she was recorded until this september when she says she received an e-mail with a link to the video. the message reading, this is you, right? >> all i could think was my life is over. if this gets out, my life is absolutely over. >> reporter: according to the complaint the next day, the extorter threatened to post videos of her on other sites unless she sent a new private video in exchange. you have until midnight to send me something good or i will post videos, your name, your info everywhere, then i send to people you know. you can enjoy being famous. she alleges when she didn't respond over the next couple weeks, the extorter posted the video on more sites and then created an e-mail address and uses her name and e-mailed the video to friends, colleagues along with this message saying, dear friends, i'm trying to recruit some friends to help out

a friend's art project. it's a little daring. >> it's traumatizing. these are people i went to law school with. they're friends, co-workers, and they're sent a link to what looks like an e-mail i sent. >> she alleges the person then sent another e-mail demanding she send thousands of dollars to a bitcoin address in exchange for pulling the video. you're bying peace. easy, right? >> you don't go into a hotel room thinking something like this will happen to you. it happened to me. if we can spare one more person, that would make it worth it. >> reporter: she alleges in the complaint she might not be the only victim. >> we've investigated extensively as far as we can go without hilton's help and that investigation reveals that there is at least another victim. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the hotel responded overnight telling abc news the safety and security of our

we'll continue to investigate and see that he, she is accountable. >> the how tell underwent a complete renovation and during that time no recording devices of any kind were uncovered. marriott is dealing with a massive hack that could expose the data of 500 million people. >> michael finney has more. >> a lot of pressure put on the hotel. marriott already promised to give customers identity theft monitoring services after that massive data breach. but now it is going one step further. the hotel chain says it will pay for new passports for those affected by the hack on its computers. the passport numbers of some 327 million people may have been exposed in the breach of marriott's starwood reservation system. marriott says it will reimburse customers the $110 passport fee

if it is determined they were affected by the hack. this comes after government officials and consumer advocates called on the company to pay the passport costs. the food and drug administration is expanding a dog foot recall. the agency says high levels of vitamin d could make your pet sick. this started with a voluntary recall last week. now the expanded list of dry dog food products include ntrisca,r, natural life, anf, elm pet foods and all those on your screen. i posted a complete list and have more information. you can check it out at abc7news.com. the holiday season is ripe with secret santas making shoppers' days. someone recently went to a walmart near philadelphia and paid off nearly $30,000 worth of layaways. that secret santa wanted to

remain anonymous. a walmart official says the company is honored to be a small part of these random acts of kindness. walked in, said how much is it. i want to hear from you. the "7 on your side" hotline open monday through friday 10:00 to 2:00. you can reach me on my facebook page through abc7news.com. it provided a thrill for both kids and police officers. >> more than 150 south bay students rnd the right to shop with a cop today. kristin is here with what's ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. new at 5:00 porch pirates. holiday packages already arriving on door steps. how to make sure they don't end up in the wrong hands. getting into the holiday spirit, making sure your lights are safe to put up. why some of the best soccer plays at one local school were off the field today. those stories and more when i join dan for abc 7 news at 5:00.

tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, catch "the connors," followed by "the kids are alright." at 10:00 catch "the rookie," stay tuned for abc 7 news at 11:00. matt keller was the emcee once again for the shop with the cop breakfast in the south bay. more than 150 kids were paired up with law enforcement officers. after the food they headed to

target for a shopping spree. matt was there for the fun and tells us how these kids earned it. santa claus rode in on a different kind of sleigh today. helpers from more than 20 different law enforcement agencies made sure he arrived on time at target on coleman avenue in share. police officers stepped up for the 11th annual shop with a cop heroes and helpers holiday shopping spree. 152 kids, most of them from four east san jose elementary schools were given $150 gift cards. >> we have $45 to spend. >> one of the goals is to foster relationships between the kids and the police officers. >> warms my heart. i'm so moved by it. i love it. >> reporter: what's he like? >> kind of friendly. >> reporter: just kind of

friendly? >> friendly. >> it's a day where i get to have a positive encouragement on the community and build relationships with them. hopefully in a setting outside of this, it can be just like this. >> reporter: these kids earn their way here. they take part in a reading challenge and must make significant growth and have perfect attendance to qualify. >> they've shown huge growth, started carrying books around with them at school. you can tell it's developing that lifelong love of reading in our students, beyond just the goal of being able to attend today. >> reporter: after all the shopping is done, the officer and the student will come here and get claus. in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> the girl had to think about it for a second. mostly friendly. what a great event. you calls get the latest news any time with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more customization

push alerts. that's going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00, i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. walkable and bikable streets. >> thousands of needed jobs. >> a new downtown center with parks. >> a big push for google in san jose. some say it's too good to be friend. we're live as a controversial vote can come any moment. the first wave of rain is here. it's the second round that could have quite the impact. a beef recall doubles in size. is the food that unsafe? we'll dig into the story to find an answer. what some call president bush's kinder, gentler indifference. local activists challenging his record on aids. from mt. tam to san francisco to san jose, rain is starting to hit the bay area once again. this first wave won't be nearly as rough as the next one.

ashley. ing. >> i'm kristen sze. >> starting to look ominous out there sandhya. >> i will tell you right now i've just dropped the storm to a level one. it's not as impressive as it originally looked. let me show you live doppler 7. we'll see showers, no doubt about it. take a look as to what it looks like right now. from san francisco down the peninsula, we're beginning to see the atmosphere moistening up. not all of this reaching the ground. as i get you into street level radar, we are seeing pockets of moderate showers down towards the peninsula and into the south bay. palo alto, los gatos, san jose, light returns. up to the north we're seeing spotty returns around fort ross. let me show you why i've dropped the system. the main energy with this storm, the area of low pressure is cut off from the moisture source coming from the south. it's a level one tonight through

tomorrow, light to moderate showers. breezy to