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 gusty in spots. as you take a look at our computer animation, you'll see waves and moderate showers coming through tonight and continuing through tomorrow. i'll be back with a complete look at that timeline and have more on the system coming right up. dan and kristin? >> thanks, sandhya. you can always track the rain with the abc 7 news app. you can watch live doppler 7 to get the latest forecast where you live. today marks a pivotal moment for san jose as city leaders decide whether they'll approve a major deal with google that could ultimately lead to a massive transportation and transformation of downtown. abc 7's chris nguyen is live at city hall with the story tonight. >> reporter: public testimony is expected to last all through out the evening. on one hand you've got people who support the project. they say this is exactly what the city needs. on the other hand, others are saying, okay, you know what?

the city needs to have other things to focus on. this is not the project. inside san jose city hall, a packed house inside council chambers as residents await to the first phase of the google transit village. >> please reconsider your plan to sell to google. >> reporter: abc 7 news spoke to project supporters ahead of tonight's vote that will allow the city to sell several parcells of land to google. >> cities are changing every day. let's embrace the change in a way we can shape it. google has actually been very open to the process, the public engagement process. they've listened to the community. >> reporter: google would spend more than $100 million on the land itself, with the goal of developing more than 50 acres into a mixed-use community with commercial, retail, restaurants and open space. up to 25,000 jobs would be added downtown. >> in terms of jobs and taxes, that would be extraordinarily valuable i think and important

for our schools, our roads, city services more generally. things are vital for us. >> reporter: critics say the city hasn't done its due diligence. >> we have a right to know what's going on in our city. i think that's why there's so many people gathered here right now. hopefully the city council will realize that. >> rents are increasing. we've heard from developers going to the surrounding areas and eyeing property. it's going to get worse with google coming in. >> reporter: city officials stand by the public engagement process and call it one of the most transparent land deals the city has ever done. >> this is not the city of san jose being subservant to anybody else. these are two parties that are fairly negotiating a deal that is good for both. >> reporter: at last check, more than 100 people signed up to take part in public testimony. each get up to one minute max to speak. it's going to be a long night at city hall. chris nguyen, abc 7 news.

now we have an update on the death of long-time radio host ray taliaferro. police in kentucky announced that a preliminary autopsy report does not appear to indicate foul play was a factor. his body was found in a wooded area in kentucky. he had been missing since november 10th. his wife of six months says he disappeared with the rental car in illinois. he may have been suffering from a memory issue. a fifth man wanted in connection with a deadly shooting at a san jose apartment complex is now in custody. police announced the arrest of 36 injured jun li. he and four others are accused killing something jong li at the' long village apartments in october of last year. all are linked to a statewide prostitution ring.

an insurance company folded after not being able to play property owners, merced was looking at $64 million in liabilities, but the company assets were only about a third of that. the claims are being handled by a group that pays claims when ensurers go under. they will only cover claims up to $500,000. claims in excess will be paid out with a percentage of merced's assets after liquidation. a massive recall on possibly tainted beef products has grown to more than 12 million pounds tonight. this comes on the heels of a massive romaine lettuce recall and even one on cake mix. it's enough to make consumers' heads spin. what are the implications for our food supply. leslie brinkley got answers from an expert. >> reporter: another day, another food recall. >> what is your anecdote? >> i don't eat meat and i try to grow my own vegetables as much as possible. >> i'm concerned about that.

it's too much. >> reporter: are we seeing more outbreaks or are we better at detecting them? it's a question i posed to patrick bauer at uc berkeley's food institute. he's an expert at managing the ways in which we can prevent food born human pathogens from getting into the food supply. >> we have food that comes from all over this country, all over the world. goes through all sorts of distribution channels. our testing methodologies have gotten much better, but what that means is it also makes it difficult to compare what we knew ten years ago with what we know today. >> reporter: as we get better at detecting these food-borne illnesses, we can expect to have as consumers more recalls? >> yeah. the response from the cdc, from fda, our public health agencies is to get the word out. that's the way to prevent people from getting sick. >> we're going to see more of that? >> we're going to see more of that. >> reporter: going forward, the wildcards are new emerging

pathogens, the global food supply, climate change and our changing food preferences. the recalls are a sign the system is working as intested. in berkeley, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. many people are paying their final respects to president george h.w. bush in washington, d.c. let's take a live look inside the rotunda of the united states capitol. it's been like this all day, all night. in fact since midnight and every hour after that people have been streaming in, filing past mr. bush's flag-draped coffin. at 8:00 a.m. the president's service dog, sully, was also brought to the rotunda. among the everyday americans, veterans, personal aides, current and former heads of the cia. one poignant moment was when senator bob dole was helped up from his wheelchair to give bush a final salute.

president bush called for a kinder, gentler america. some aids activists say it was an indifference to aids.aids.ai. >> i just think ignore, ignore, ignore. >> reporter: that's how he describes george bush dealt with the aids crisis. for those who lived in the predominantly gay castro dikt during the bush presidency. he signed the ryan white care act. health care providers like paul who treated patients early say bush failed to take a leadership

role. >> it was especially hard in those days i think 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 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 many say he listened to the more conservative christian members of his party. >> aligned with the people that thought aids was god's punishment. there was very little sympathy. >> since then for the most part, attitudes towards gays and those living with aids changed in ways that bush never could have imagined. in san francisco, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. president trump declared tomorrow a national day of mourning.

that means there will be no mail delivery and the new york stock exchange and nasdaq will be closed. the memorial service is set to beginning at 8:00 tomorrow morning. abc news will have live coverage beginning at 7:00. we'll also be streaming it on our website, abc7news.com and on the nbc news news app. a shocker in the north bay. an award winning restaurant is shutting down. we've all seen the videos, porch pirates stealing packages, maybe yours. how to fight back from what some call a holiday prime epidemic. a new push to make preschool free across the

millions of americans will have their holiday packages stolen this year, believe it or not. that's according to several

consumer repofrtsz. the pirates are out every season in force. mail carriers have options to protect you. abc 7's gentleman vena is live. >> reporter: when you start to type in amazon package on google, stolen is the word that immediately follows at the top hit. it's not a surprise. if you check out the home behind me, there's no front porch, leaving them vulnerable like many people in san francisco. we have some information to help them out. if we can find the postal service and ups within a matter of minutes, so can porch pirates. that macy's box is safe at least for now. we found other packages just waiting to get snatched. >> he kicks it at first, like what was he thinking this was, takeout food? >> reporter: this already

happened to sharon this season. 26 million americans have holiday packages stolen. >> i felt really upset that this person came, took this item and then used my handrail to scurry off down the steps. >> his 4-year-old saw this video. the package was a toy for another child. >> he said two things. let's go get this guy. and the second thing he said which was really endearing, i hope he has a kid that can enjoy it. >> reporter: usps has a free app called informed delivery. >> they can actually customize the delivery of it and tell the letter carrier, by the way, if you deliver this, can you hide it behind the fence r ups allows you to send it to what they call an access point. >> the corner liquor stores, laundry mats, bakeries, anything that is a customer facing business. >> reporter: it's free and includes ups stores, too. fedex has programs as well.

it's clear people are trying to stay on top of security. ring video doorbells were a bestseller during cyber monday. that can't stop someone from taking your things. don't forget the season of giving is also for the taking. if you couldn't keep up with all those resources, that's all right. the links can be found on this story on abc7news.com. >> jovina, thank you. parking garages may become a thing of the past in san francisco. today the board of supervisors voted to eliminate minimum parking requirements for all types of development. it will be the largest american city to do so. the proposal does not require developers to do away with parking spaces in new projects, but it would no longer set a minimum number of parking spaces that need to be built. mayor london breed has not indicated if she supports that plan. an iconic restaurant, marketplace and meeting space is closing. after five years, the shed is

healdsburg is shutting down. these images are from the shed's restaurant. the owners say in a statement that business dropped after the wine country wildfires last year. the owners say they will look for someone to buy the barn-like structure that won a james spirit award for design. >> that's a big change. it is that time of year when so many of us hang holiday lights on the house. >> yu, but how can you make sure they're safe to put up. "7 on your side's" michael finney is here to tell us how. >> for many a big part of getting into the holidays, stringing up lights, either inside our outside your home. some lights they can be hazardous. here are tips for staying safe. >> if you're using the same holiday lights from years ago, they're probably incandescent. that means it's a good idea to check them for safety. >> you should check the wires and see if there's anything frayed, anything broken. make sure the plug is still in

good condition. >> reporter: make sure the wire is pliable, not brittle. if some bulbs are out, consumer reports say it's safe to replace them. what if the lights don't work? >> throw them away. you can't repair them. they can cause a fire. >> reporter: that's one reason jeff staples only uses l.e.d. lights for display. >> much less problematic. the bulbs are solid so they don't break. >> reporter: jeff has been installing elaborate displays, music included for the last knifed years. he programs the display through his computer. >> i really enjoy it. i'm outlining the perimeter of my house. >> reporter: even though he spent about $6,000 on the lights alone, he says you can't beat their efficiency. >> i can run a whole display for less than the cost of running a refrigerator. >> reporter: consumer reports says they can last for a long time, something jeff is counting on. >> the excitement of being able to interact with the kids, maybe they can program their own displays. >> reporter: one more note on

safety, if you continue to use incandescent lights, you might want to think twice before you're linking several strings together as they can cause a power overload. we've probably all experienced that. >> for goodness sakes, be careful if you're on a ladder. >> thanks, michael. on to the rain that's coming. >> now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> we're starting to see waves of rain moving in. good evening to all of you. let's check out live doppler 7. some roadways getting wet for the afternoon, evening commute here as we take you in to street level radar from around guadalupe canyon parkway. we are seeing some pockets of moderate showers. down the peninsula from belmont to san carlos in to redwood shores you'll notice showers around old county road in belmont. head farther south into the south bay and it's spotty light returns. not all of this is reaching the ground. we are seeing some raindrops right around santa cruz.

winds beginning to pick up in the hills, gusting to about 27 at mt. diablo, 24 on mt. tam. look at the view from tahoe. they'll be getting a few more inches with the current system. snowshowers developing in the sierra. we'll continue to see that moisture moving up from the south. this storm has its eyes set on southern california. most of the energy with that storm heading into so cal. a few inches of snow expected. by thursday evening looking at two to three inches. we'll take anything at this point. i've downgraded the storm from a level two to a level one. tonight through tomorrow expect light to moderate showers. breezy to gusty in spots. it is not going to cause scattered power outages. the winds will not be quite as strong as we had anticipated. from the south beach camera, a lovely view looking towards san francisco. sales force tower, temperatures in the low 50s for midwest of

you, from san francisco to san jose. 57 at half moon bay. here is a view from the san rafael camera. clouds stacked up. looking at the traffic which is backed up. temperatures mid 50s santa rosa. they were seeing a few raindrops a short time ago. waved of rain and breezy tonight. scattered showers tomorrow. we're expecting a dry pattern thursday through saturday. hour-by-hour we go. 6:00 tonight you start to see more showers moving in through 10:00 p.m. some will be moderate as we head towards the latter part of the night and the wee hours of the morning, turning lighter in intensity, more scattered in nature. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, expect wet roadways. mike nicco will be here 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. tracking the system. by tomorrow evening going to isolated showers. here is a look at your temperatures first thing in the morning. upper 30s to the upper 40s.

we'll have a few showers around. make sure you have your umbrellas with you. for tomorrow afternoon, cool days still, mostly 50s, 60s with an isolated shower not out of the question. you can. the accuweather seven-day forecast. scattered showers, mostly the first half of the day. clouds giving way to sunday thursday. friday is your break, milder, upper 50s to low 60s. if you have holiday shopping to do -- i'm nowhere near done -- this is your opportunity. another level one system sunday night into monday. kristin and dan? >> you're not finished yet? >> nowhere near done. i haven't even thought about it. >> thanks, sandhya. we voted on daylight saving time last month. now comes the next step. at 5:30 on world news with david muir. >> coming up tonight, the stock market plunge. the american woman on vacation.

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on free preschool for 175,000 children across the state. the bay area lawmaker who led the successful ballot initiative to make daylight saving time permanent is taking the next step to try to make it happen. he reintroduced legislation today in sacramento. his bill must be approved by two-thirds of the state legislature and then would have to be approved by congress. that's no guarantee. a similar effort by the state of florida is currently stalled on capitol hill. we'll see what happens. soccer is popular for a reason. it sure was big at one local school today. why some of the best plays were off the field. that's next. first, we want to thank adrian for this picture of the sunset off the sonoma coastline. just gorgeous. share your pictures with #abc7now. >> you may see it on air or online at abc7news.com.

. i'm ama daetz. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, take a look. this is video of a power line igniting tree branches. only on abc 7 news tonight, what kept it from becoming a disaster and how pg&e is responding. also, the possible fix for san diego's sinking millennium tower. plus -- ♪ baby it's bad out there ♪ what's in this drink >> the me too movement prompts a local radio station to ban a

christmas song. some say it went too far. that plus much more coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. finally tonight, a spirited game where everyone came away a winner today. >> part of an innovative program to help foster understanding among students. >> abc 7's drew tuma has the story. >> reporter: all the pomp and circumstance of a soccer match. more than one goal in mind. >> to create as inclusive an environment as possible and treat these students like anyone else on the school campus. >> reporter: the teams come from half a dozen high schools, each made up from the skol's special education program and general student body. the idea is to team up and break down stereotypes. >> i tell them keep your head up in the game, don't never let anybody get to you. >> reporter: the program is a partnership between special

olympics of northern california and the city school district. many of the kids have struggled to overcome a wide array of disabilities, and on a day like this, they can celebrate their drive and spirit alongside their classmates. >> i love soccer so much and i really want to play with them. >> lots of friends that can play sports, too. i can do lots of things, too. >> reporter: for their classmates in the stands, the game was ultimately a chance to learn more about fellow students who bring diversity and determination to their campus every day. drew tuma, abc 7 news. that's the winning spirit. >> just a remarkable program. organizers brought it to about 700 schools in northern california. so they're reaching a lot of kids. world news tonight with david muir is up next. it's kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. hope to see you again in half an hour. >> meantime, have the umbrellas nearby because the bands of showers as sandhya mentioned

will be passing through the bay area. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. just moments ago, president trump and the first lady, arriving at blair house here in washington. former president george w. bush and laura bush waiting to greet them, as a nation honors a president. the other breaking news. the stock market plunge today. closing late today, down nearly 800 points. what's behind the scare. the breaking headline. the american woman on vacation. a body now found. they are investigating this as a murder. the stunning headline here on capitol hill. the director of the cia, and the closed door meeting about the murder of that "washington post" writer. what she revealed about the saudi crown prince, just days ago smiling on the world stage.