never had a chance, despite bending over backwards to try to convince raiders owner mark davis to stay. >> it's a big step. lyanne melendez is live at city hall with details tonight. >> reporter: well, let's make it clear, the team is gone and most fans will tell you, you know, we don't know even want them back. now it's a matter of oakland getting back what they think they deserve. when the raiders leave oakland, the city will lose revenue and taxpayers will be left with an $80 million stadium debt from 1995, back when the team moved from los angeles. >> the city of oakland has made a huge investment in the raiders over the years and we're gngge t investment back. >> reporter: the suit argues the nfl and team owners acted in concert with raiders owner mark davis to disregard the city's effort to keep the team inha f forever oakland have argued.

>> oakland never had a chance. as soon as al davis died, probably a week aer from people i know on the inside, mark davis was talking to roger goodell about going to l.a. with his dad's body still warm in the ground. >> reporter: goodell is the commissioner of the nfl. in 1984, a california federal court forced the nfl to adopt relocation policies to make sure teams follow very specific rules when determining if they should move to a new city. >> how is the fan base, are you making money, what's the size of the market. in each instance, allowing oakland to move to violates thoseas vas criteria. >> reporter: oakland, he says, came up with the offer that davis wanted, but in the end was never considered. uit, has saidnot respond to the woul not sn l2020 season in raiderths' new las vegas ed. stadium may not be completed by

then. >> if they want to go to las vegas, the name, the colors, the history, everything stays here. >> reporter: not sure if that's going to happen, but they will certainly try. now, monday night football is less than two weeks away. fans telling me their voices, their demands will be heard then. stand by. i'm live in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> okay, thanks very much. google's ceo endured more than three hours of questioning in front of a house judiciary committeeng ssmen and women ask about complaints of political bias, censored searches in china and consumer privacy. >> google is compiling information about virtually every movement an individual with a smartphone is making. >> he all but confirmed that a few minutes later. more on today's hearing and what it means for consumers from abc

news reporter chris nguyen. >> reporter: capitol hill google's ceo found himself in the hot seat testifying before the house judiciary committee. >> i lead this company without political bias and work to ensure the company operates that way. to do otherwise would be against our core principles and our business interests. >> reporter: in addition to concerns over privacy and data collection, a partisan battle also played out over whether google's search and other products are biased against conservatives. >> google is compiling information about virtually every movement an individual with a smartphone is making every hour of every day. >> reporter: questions about the inner workings of the search engine also followed. >> if you google the word "idiot" under images, a picture of donald trump comes up. i just did that. how would that happen? how does search work so that that would occur? >> reporter: the ceo basically giving members of the committee freshness, algorithms

popularity, how other people are using it, and based on that, at any given time, we tried to rank and find the best results for that query. >> reporter: he side stepped questions about the tech giant's entry into the chinese market but remangd calm and collected. >> the internet companies have been unregulated because we have freedom of speech and freedom of information, so we left them alone. >> reporter: but as congress debates a federal privacy bill, cyber security experts say some sort of regulation should eventually come. >> it's more than a wake-up call. this is shaking every single tech company about how they deal with the data. they cannot just do with it whatever they want. there are consequences for that. >> it is concerning, but i feel like there's nothing that i can do about it so i just accept it. i still need to use google. i still need to search for the product that i'm looking for, so i just accept it.

>> reporter: consumers getting caught in the middle. in the south bay, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. a 32-year-old truck driver from sacramento was killed in dublin today after a big rig tried to pass his big rig on i-580. sky 7 was over those westbound lanes near fallon road this evening where the two right-hand lanes are still shut down and not expected to reopen for another hour. the chp tells us both semis were traveling westbound around 12:30 when one tried to pass the other, clipping it and forcing it to overturn. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. traffic was snarled for hours. the other truck driver is cooperating with inve highwa 17 throughst theat s cruz mountains is a treacherous stretch of road. more people are driving it every day, and crash areth rise. abc 7 news reporter matt keller joins us liv now with advice from emergency workers on what to do to avoid the danger. matt? >> reporter: good evening, kristen. a lot of cars here on highway 17 for the big commute home.

the chp told me that by 3:00 this afternoon, they had already seen seven crashes on this stretch of road over the santa cruz mountains. the santa clara county fire department told me they're seeing steady increases of crashes through the years, and these are going to all happen in between the s and losummi gatos. highway 17 through the santa cruz mountains is for its twists, turns and crashes. so who is to blame? >> 17 can be a very scary road to drive because t p oepln a res make it feel like ay ra tourist you get so many people unfamiliar with the road that they're just not set for the conditions. >> reporter: santa clara county emergency workers have seen it all. that's why they held a news conference today for the safe on 17 campaign. >> accidents on highway 17 present one of the greatest hazards to our public and to our responders. >> reporter: 63,000 people travel over highway 17 every

day. seeing crashes like this one at the blossom hill overpass is not uncommon. the chp believes this person may have had some type of medical event before he lost control of his suv. he was talking with medics before he was taken to the hospital. d dry. when the rain starts to fall, watch out. >> it looks like a war zone. >> yeah, there's car bumpers, there's headlights. it reminds me of that johnny cash song. one piece at a time. cll aar parts. ly build a car >> reporter: what are the biggest causes of crashes? speed, distracted driving, too close andfoowin unsafe lane changes top the list. >> when we have that driving behavior, we'll havecollisions. weiteithtmaromehat c tipres ono keep you safe and how to keep first responders safe here on highway 17. we set up a link on our website, abc7news.com. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. authorities in fremont say

the dense fog may have contributed to a fatal hit-and-run accident in fremont early this morning. police say a vehicle hit and killed a unidentifiedn man as he crossed outside a crosswalk on paseo padre parkway near dakoto road. authorities are now searching for the driver. you can see from our exploratorium camera in san francisco just how thick the fog was this morning. you can't even see the city in the background, literally pea soup. here's the same shot this afternoon. big difference, obviously, after the marine layer lifted. let's go to abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel for when the fog is expected to return. sandhya, it's nice once it burned off. >> dan, we have a few patches out there tonight. i want to take you pack in time. remember this morning, it was really thick right down on the deck. you can see a look back at ic f this morning. visibility has since improved. right now most areas 10 miles.

half moon bay 5-mile visibility. later on that visibility is going to drop. look at 11:00 p.m., down to a mile in fairfield, three miles in santa rosa. tomorrow morning you'll see visibility around many parts of the bay area on the low side so be prepared. here's a live look from our walnut creek camera, one of those spots where there is some patchy fog still lingering. i'll be back with an hour-by-hour look at your morning commute. a car crash in emeryville caused a chain reaction that resulted in a fire at a well-known bakery. >> alameda county fire tweeted this picture of a volvo in flames after it slammed into the bakery on san pablo avenue. >> it all began when several cars collided on the street. one of the vehicles then h then side of the bakery. firefighters put out the flames. no injuries reported. california's top firefighter is retiring on friday. chief ken pimlott will leave cal fire after 30 years with the

agency. >> pimlott is saying good-bye to e post issuing a b warning to the state.al he sdiforhod coanningomes. >> and he says the santawild rosa fire showed the state that definition of vulnerable areas should expand to nearby subdivisions. pimlott says communities should require fireproof construction in similar ways that they require seismic safety. a photo op turns into an oval office showdown. >> the fact is, we do not have the votes in the house. >> nancy, i do. >> and it only got worse from there. 16 uncomfortable minutes all televised for the public. the only home for elk, some on capitol hill say that may be too much. homreeselses thn we all know is a crisis, buw data shows it may be worse than we thought. plus -- >> the surface appears to be very, very fine grain. >> the first landing on the moon

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the nation got a possible preview of what negotiations may ndidentrumxt year between congressional democrats. listen to this extraordinary exchange in the oval office between the president and democratic leaders, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. the topic is the border wall. >> but we have to have border security. >> mr. president, please don't characterize the strength that i bring to this meeting as leader of the house democrats who just won a big victory. >> elections have consequences, mr. president. >> let me just say -- >> and that's why the country is doing so well. >> one thing i think we can agree on is we shouldn't shut down the government over a dispute, and you want to shut it down. you keep talking about it. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it down. >> no, no, no. 20 times -- 20 times -- >> i don't want to do what you

did. >> 20 times you called for i will shut down the government if i don't get my wall. >> you want to know something? >> you've said -- >> you want to put that on me, i'll take it. you know what i'll say? yes. if we don't get what we want, one way or the other, whether it's through you, through the military, through anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. >> okay, fair enough. we disagree. >> and i am proud. i tell you what, i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck, because the people of this country don't want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. so i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. the last time you shut it down, it didn't work. i will take the mantle of shutting it down. i'm going to shut it down for border security. >> but we believe you shouldn't shut it down. >> thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> afterwards, nancy pelosi said he held back her comments because she didn't want to tell the president, quote, you don't know what you're talking about in front of the cameras. a fight between north bay

cattle ranchers and environmentalists will head to capitol hill tomorrow. a u.s. senate committee will consider a bill to allow the hunting or removal of elk who live in the point reyes national seashore. ranchers and dairy farmers claim there is not enough grass to feed both their herds and the elk. naturalists argue it's the elk's native habitat and private ranching doesn't belong on public parkland. many california farmers are claiming victory tonight after president trump eased rules aimed at protecting privately owned wetlands. this affects millions of acres across california. the old rules ignited a debate over what farmers can do on their own property. farmers across california rallied behind a wheat grower who was fined more than a million dollars after planting his field. california still has laws in place to protect state-owned wetlands. golden state warrior superstar steph dcurry has stirred up a debate off the basketball court. he apparently doubts that people

have been to the moon. scientists are now weighing in on this. the story from abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow. >> the surface appears to be very, very fine grain. >> reporter: warriors player stephen curry creating quite the stir, questioning whether we've really been to the moon. >> have we ever been to the moon? >> no. >> no. >> they're going to come get us. sorry. i don't want to start conspiracies. >> you don't think so? >> hmm-mm. >> reporter: at the space and science center, there's no shortage of exhibits dedicated to moon exploration. perhaps none greater than this moon rock. apollo 15 astronauts brought it back to earth in 1971. >> when you take a sample of moon rock and put it under analysis, you find that it's lacking in water. >> reporter: staff astronomer ben burress has one question for curry. >> why do you believe we didn't go to the moon? >> reporter: it even played a role in the apollo program. >> our telescope rachel was used

as an optical tracking observatory. >> reporter: nasa astronaut scott kelly tweeting steph, so much respect for you, but regarding the moon landing thing, let's talk. dm me. after i asked nasa engineer popularly known as the mohawk guy what he thought, he tweeted back send him over. even curry tweeted a cool-looking smile emoji wearing sunglasses, along with a cnn article that nasa had offered to give him a tour of one of its lunar labs. astronomers here say nasa probably has more to show steph curry, but he's welcome to come here any time he likes and check out their moon rock and telescope. in oakland, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. a new report suggests that the homeless crisis in the bay area is worse than it seems. official figures put the homeless population in our region at 20,000, but analysts at the real estate website zillow say that number is 6,000

people short. while the government relies on visual counts every two years, zillow used algorithms to get its count. based on its estimates, san francisco's homeless population is undercounted by 2,000 people. santa clara county by 3,000 and alameda county is 1,400 short of the official count. an early christmas present for book lovers in contra costa county. the board of supervisors today voted to eliminate overdue book fines as of january 1st. it cited concerns about the areas high cost of living and the large number of patrons who currently have their borrowing privileges suspended because of those fines. an estimated 18% of the 650,000 library users countywide currently have their cards blocked. nearly one in five. 43% of the 21,000 young card holders owe fees. hi there, everyone. our short-term concern is the

fog and we do have some rain coming later on this week, so let's talk about live doppler 7 right now. no rain on our radar, just high clouds in the north bay. we're starting to see some patches of fog developing and will be spreading during the overnight hours. we are tracking a system, this one most of the energy is in the pacific northwest where they're getting some rain. we're just going to get some high clouds out of it. the next system will bring us more than clouds. emeryville camera, is that beautiful or what? 56 in the city, 54 oakland, san jose, 51 in morgan hill. we look across the bay. visibility will be changing by the morning commute. currently 59 in concord. temperatures have reached up into the mid-60s for some of the mildest spots this afternoon, considering we had so much fog this morning. so here's a look at the forecast. dense fog again for the morning commute. we're looking at dry and mainly sunny skies through thursday except for occasional high clouds. then showers return friday

afternoon and evening. so i do want to show you a live picture from our south beach camera looking towards sutro camera and the clouds are stacked up. here's what you need to watch out for. areas of dense fog for the morning commute, heaviest in the valleys. make sure you use your low beams and allow extra time for the commute. just like this morning, you're going to need it. hour by hour we go. 7:00 tonight, we'll see some fog developing into the morning commute. so if you're stepping out tonight to do some holiday shopping, make sure you allow a little more time late in the evening going into tomorrow morning, definitely some thick fog for the morning commute. 7:00 a.m. you will nice in the valleys there. 8:00 a.m. even around the bay. by 11:00 that fog starts to burn off and we'll see sunshine. temperatures upper 30s to upper 40s. enough of a chill you'll need to dress warmly and watch out for the fog. tomorrow afternoon a nice day. temperatures will rebound to the upper 50s and low 60s. mix of sun and occasional high clouds. 61 in santa rosa and san rafael.

60 san jose, 62 in oakland, 59 in livermore. storm impact scale, friday afternoon, early evening, it's a level 1. it is going to be breezy at times. that's a weak system, we're not expecting much out of it. 2:00 p.m. you see a few light showers developing on friday going into 6:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. a little more widespread. then showers will linger into saturday morning. you will notice here right on through saturday afternoon and evening hours. saturday is not a game-changer. sunday you may wanting to take your plans inside. this will be a level 2, so sunday night heavier rain coming in. rough surf expected right on through monday morning, some scattered showers. here's a look at the rainfall totals. both systems combine, friday is not expecting a lot. be aing up the rainfall and many of you will be in the 1 to 2-inch category. track the temperatures on live doppler 7 any time you want. morning fog giving way to sun.

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the postal service is taking steps to make it easier for people to get their holiday packages mailed out. san francisco's postmaster announced today that selected post offices in the city will be open for full retail service this sunday. hours will vary from office to office. the post office says nearly 3 billion pieces of mail, including 200 million packages will be processed and delivered during the week of december 17th to 23rd nationwide. >> this is such a busy time of year. all of the pushing and shoving, i hope i don't hurt anyone. >> and that's just what dan is doing. >> need help choosing a gift for the holidays? don't fret. >> 7 on your side's michael

finney is here. thank goodness, michael. >> maybe you're thinking about giving one of those smart watches or activity trackers as a gift but aren't sure which one is best for your fitness fana c fanatic. here's some easy shopping tips to help you make the right choice. >> it gives me text messages, alerts, things like that. gives me my alarm too. i don't have to have my phone on me all the time so it's a little more convenient. >> you might be thinking about giving or getting one as a gift this holiday season. when it's time to shop, consumer reports says think about what you're going to use it for. >> if you just want something that's going to count steps, maybe track your heart rate, a fitness tracker probably covers what you need. if you're going to do more reading e-mails, if you want the latest sports scores, the weather, you might want to look at a smart watch. >> some trackers may have textll crs you should also think about how tech savso tsfls a whistles won't mean much if you don't know how to use them. >> the good thing about devices

that don't do as much is they're oftentimes a lot easier to use. fitness trackers are a good example of this. they're easy to pair. they can count steps, track your heart rate. they'll even track your sleep pattern. you really don't have to do a whole lot. >> when it comes to charging, fitness trackers will last for days, while some smart watches need to be charged every night. but during the day, smart watches with cellular service let you leave your phone in your pocket or even at home. >> that comes at a price. not only does the watch cost more, you're going to have to pay your carrier more for that privilege. >> for a smart watch, consumer reports recommends the apple watch series 4 and for a fitness tracker, cr likes the fitbit charge 3. one last note, fitness tracker bands made of synthetic materials have been a problem for some consumers. we've reported on it here, causing rashes or even falling apart very quickly. >> thanks, michael. >> thank you very much. a white christmas, why is such a rare sight, next.

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up abc 7 news at 6:00 -- >> that is a violation of federal law. >> san francisco's district attorney is now the target of a lawsuit. tonight a whistleblower's allegations that george

gascon broke the rules not once but several times. also, we'll show you how just a couple of storms have made a huge difference in one county's water situation. and she's transformed the lives of generations of kids. at 6:00, we'll reintroduce you to a 93-year-old bay area woman who refuses to slow down. that's all coming up in just a half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. kristen, dan. >> okay, ama, thanks very much. finally tonight, a rare and beautiful sight in ohio. >> a bunch of deer in the yard. one is an albino. >> that's the voice of a homeowner in mansfield, ohio, who uploaded this video to facebook and it is capturing a lot of excitement on social media. >> the deer would be easy to miss because it's easily camouflaged by the snow. this may be the first and only time spotting this type of unique animal in person, and he will never forget it. >> "world news tonight" with david muir is next. we appreciate your time.

>> for sandhya patel and michael finney, all of us here, thanks for inviting us into your homes. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. the terror attack at a christmas market. families running for cover. the death toll rising in france at this hour. many others rushed to the hospital. the manhunt right now for the shooter. the images coming in from the scene. here at home tonight, the other breaking story. three officers shot, one of them in the face. and now, the police standoff. we'll go to the scene. breaking developments in an american mine. three trapped tonight. rescuers now going deeper into the mine. the shouting match breaking out in the oval office. president trump and chuck and nancy, as he calls them. it did not go well. and you'll see it. the new storm, and the third one now to sweep across the country from west to east,