all. >> reporter: ready or not, here comes santa con. ready to party. >> we are all from l.a., jersey. here to have a good time. >> it is the holiday season. everyone has a great time. >> this is a place it can hold a lot of people. >> reporter: check out the line for the golden gate tap room. stretched around the corner. the security guard busy checking i.d.s and searching bags. >> just hope everybody has a good night, stay save. >> reporter: the city's remembering and parks department denied santa con a permit for safety reasons but santas still showed up. >> this is going to happen no matter what. whether the city likes it or not. >> reporter: some totally dread santa con saturday. this north beach cafe posted a

sign telling santas to stay away. extra police officers on duty keeping santas on the street. the chief says keeping everybody safe is no easy task. >> we want to make sure everybody is safe. a lot of people go out to the nightclubs and festivities. a lot of drinking. tupelo bar is totally packed. they removed all the traffic for the extra room. >> so far, so good. it will get worse later. at some point, it ends. everybody has a great time. it is what it is. >> reporter: she said despite the crowds and the chaos, her biggest day of the year. last year, they arrested ten people for public intoxication. no update for what happened this year. >> participants are encouraged

to bring a toy to donate. today, the san francisco firefighters toy drive was set up near union square. a popular spot. the arrangement works out nicely. >> people have reached out to us the last five or six years. this is a good garthing point for people enjoying the event. it ends up being one of our biggest donor grave enevents of the season. >> toy drive organizers say they gather about 150,000 tours. is recovering. he fell off the bmx bike at the end of the show. the performer is doing well. his condition will be monitored by staff. last night's 8:00 p.m. show was

canceled but shows will resume tonight. this comes months after another performer died after he fell to the ground in an aerial stunt in florida in march. new at 6:00, san francisco police are searching for a gunman that shot a man in the abdomen. it happened just after 3:00 p.m. witnesses say the two were arguing before it happened. the victim either walked or was helped to the north pd station. he was then taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. officers blocked the area to investigate. tonight, the search is on for a driver who took off after crashing into san francisco bay from highway 101. it happened in the morning. the man got out of his black mazda suv flagging down a car and then took off.

no other passengers were in the vehicle. teachers are looking at a work stoppage on monday. organizers will march to city hall where they hope to speak to mayor. the stoppage is not being sanctioned by the union. oakland teachers have been without a contract. they do want a race when it comes to inflation. new at 6:00, the national park service is wanting to learn more about a sea lion that was shot in the aide. a visitor saw the sea lion and snapped a photo which officials do encourage as long as you don't get do too close. he was seven years old and born on san miguel island. the person behind that shooting is unknown. six people are looking for a new place to stay after an early morning fire that spread outside

the house on lone tree lane. flames destroyed two parked vehicles just before 4:30 this morning. firefighters say nobody was hurt. they do believe the fire started inside the kitchen of the home. they are assisting six people displaced including two children. it has been one month since the campfire grew to the deadliest fire ever. it killed 85 people in beute county and destroyed 18,000 buildings. flames chars 239 square miles an area a little bigger than san francisco and san jose combined. millions of people breathed unhealthy air from the smoke and investigators are still trying to find what sparked that inferno. if you are interested in learning more or would like to donate, visit our website at abc

7 news.com. president trump announced today the chief of staff john kelly will leave his job at the end of the year. he has been chief of staff since july 2017. trump said today, kelly is, quote, a great guy and he doesn't know if kelly is officially retiring. kelly has not commented on the announcement. papers filed by mooul detail how they do believe president trump's personal attorney broke campaign finance law. he pleaded guilty this year to several charges including tax evasion and making illegal campaign contributions. he insisted today that his campaign did not clued with russia trying to influence the 2016 election. >> a very one sided situation

but i think it is all turning around very nicely. as far as the report we see. according to everybody i have spoke into. i have not read it. there is absolutely no collusion. >> mueller also sclaned why he ripped up a plea deal with mr. trump's one time tear manafort. he accused manafort of lying about contacts with an ex russian agent. an important addition to san jose state. spreading christmas cheer one smart train at a time. a winter wonder land in the mountains. the snowfall making skiers very happy. the resort that's opened ahead of schedule.

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in the south bay, san jose state is opening its first

permanent student feud pantry located inside the student union. it will be 1,000 square feet full of fresh produce, fresh and frozen meats and personal hygiene products. work to build this started ten years ago. san jose has the highest homeless student population. at san jose state, 13.2% are homeless. administrators are working with other organizations to come up with solutions. in the north way, all a port the holiday express train to ride the rails with santa. the area rail transit transformed one of its trains into a winter wonderland full of candy canes can't cookies.

they were encouraged to bring an unwrapped gift for kids who would otherwise do without this christmas. >> the response has been amazing. people have been very generous. we are really excited to get the toys to the kids this christmas. >> this is the third year smart has partnered with toys for tots to help during gift giving season. 500 north bay residents pitched in to spread cheer to american troops overseas. at nap au val yu college with volunteers filling care packages. they loaded personal boxes with personal items and snacks. the congressman explaied how what is inside is out weighed by what is paid by the troops. >> they are willing to lay down their life for our country. they are away. it is the holidays that makes even tougher.

the fact that they can connect with people here at home and get these boxes, it really means the world to them. >> what a great turn out. >> this marks the 12th year of operation love from home. they've send over 15,000 care packages. skiers across the bay screaming let it snow and it has. opening the entire mountain before winter even

more than 100 volunteers took part in the 13th annual planting day. introducing more than 1,000 native plants. abc 7 news was in san francisco for the event. an effort to engage the community in restoring the nearly 270 acres of the area which is about 20% of the park. >> it is a 30, 40-year project to slowly piece back the area that were lost when this was an army base. >> volunteers helped to remove army land phils, reintroduce

native animal species. some serious snowfall has people hitting the slopes. kirkwood opened the entire mountain today. heavenly opened the california side. north star opened the backside and zephyr region. the slopes are open ahead of schedule. since october 1, some parts of si era have seen four to five feet of snow. we are running above average this time of year. seshlly a healthy snow pack to start the season. we are tracking showers. so live doppler 7 giving you the active sweep across the region. we are dry tonight and will stay dry overnight as well.

we have an issue with fog overnight. a dense fog advisory has been issued. some fog from the central valley may try to spill into the delta where visibility may be as low as a quarter mile first thing in the morning. on top of pier 15. beautiful lights celebrating the holiday season. right now, we have partly cloudy skies across the region. a step outside. it is not all that chilly. we are near 60 degrees in san francisco. near 54 near free montana. the school spot is brentwood coming in with a temperature of 48 degrees. we'll start to see cloud cover thicken over the next 12 hours. that will slow down the cooling process. so upper 30s to mid-40s is what we'll bottom to in the next 12 hours first thing on your sunday morning. high pressure pretty much sit

waited over central california. that brought us the dry weather today, comfortable conditions continuing overnight and into tomorrow as well. we are tracking a quick moving cold front. you can see the thin line of cloud cover that will swing through early monday morning and bring us a chance of wet weather. tomorrow is a dry day. your 12 hour day planner on sunday. call it partly sunny by noon. temperatures similar to where we were today in the mid-50s, if not low 60s. pretty average this time of year. a good day to put up any decorations. it will be dry and comfortable. 62 in san jose. 58 in concord. rain does return to the forecast on monday. a level one light system. really light showers, minimal

winds. skies will turn dry by the end of the day. not a long lasting event. as we go hour by hour early monday morning. i do expect by monday morning but it begins to fall apart as it moves south. the south bay and other communities may end up dry. toerjs dry and partly sunny. a chance of shower on monday. we are dry midweek and a chance of any rain comes friday night. automatic three finalists for this year's hiez hiez hiez z were running backs. the winner is. >> the

>> kyler mury. the oakland prospect. throwing for over 4,000 yards against seven interceptions. he was a cool threat running just shy of 11,000 yards. here is the emotional winner thanking his head coach. >> nobody knows how hard this past couple of years have been for me. you were my family. through it all, you pushed me, you kept me going and kept me focused. you pushed me harder than any coach ever has. i just want to say thank you for believing in me and allowing me to be the quarterback and the leader of this team, so thank you, coach. >> 119th meeting between army and navy. opening up on a

82-game drive. the teams didn't like to pass. they only combined for 9 of 26 passing. navy trailed 10-0. lewis drives in from a yard out. that made it a ten-second making it field goal. army wins the commander and chief trophy for the third year in a row. your final 17-10. >> you got a bunch of guys that will never quit. we got guys that chase endlessly about this brother hood wechlt don't quit. >> the tie end jared cook has played like a pro bowler. he's going to reach into his wallet. he's been fined for unsportsmanlike conduct. pittsburgh has lost three straight at the column.

if you are looking for some positives for this season. derek carr is one of them. he has completed 69% of his passes and hasn't thrown a pick for some games. gruden thinks this progress is something to build on. >> this is a tough league. you'll be in it for seven or eight years and you'll have years you really have to prove your mental toughness. we'll keep building and laying some bricks. >> on the other side of the bay, the 2-1049ers host the broncos tomorrow. they knew it would take a while to turn this team into a contender. after the success of the regular season last year, people thought it would be quicker. fans are upset but they said now is not the time to do anything drastic. >> i know that's what people want. they want drastic change and quick answers. if you think the key is to get

it right and to do the best thing possible to win. that's what we are going to do hard after this year. >> to the ice, the sharks playing back to back against the coyotes in the desert. scoring 22 goals last season. here he gets the redirect. just 50 seconds later. diggs to the back hand. his tenth of the year. just like that is 2-0. he puts it to the back of the net. the sharks lead 3-1 in the second. getting back to the heisman trophy, murray becomes oklahoma's seventh winner. a big surprise there. the good news is that he still

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