san francisco police. the chief wants his officers too treat suspects with more compassion, but what does that mean? >> jik lee live at police headquarters with some answers. >>. >> this is what we're talking about. sitting an a curb while being detained. it may soon change. you've probably seen this before in movies or real life. suspects sitting on the curb while being detained. police chief william scott would like his officers to stop using the practice. this draft says seating any handcuffed or unhandcuffed subject on the ground or sidewalk during an encounter should be avoided. dan lawson, a former police captain, who was in charge of the academy explains why. >> they feel it to be demeaning. sit down on the concrete, people walking by. and it almost is as if they're

being treated like an animal. >> lawson says many departments across-country have changed old policies like this one and for good reason. >> often would decrease tension. the individual felt like they were being treated with respect and valued even though they may have been a suspect of an investigation. >> in that, lawson says, would often make the detainee less resistan resistance. more cooperative. >> sitting someone on the ground, having them take a seat with handcuff lgs, that's part of academy training that has been taught in the past. >> sean is an executive member of the police officers association. the police union says it's received lots of feedback asking why change the policy now. what effect will it have on police safety? will it create more paperwork for officers who have to document their encounters? he says it's complicated. >> there are definite reasons to place someone in the back of car

and to have that's why this policy needs to be vetteded out. >> the department released a statement which says the policy which is still in draft form is aligned with 21st sechblgry policing, our department values and our commitment to providing safety with respect to everyone our officers encounter. again, this is a draft of a policy which needs to be discussed between the chief and the police union. abc 7 news. >> thank you. sad news. the father of governor elect gavin newsome has died. he passed away this morning at his home. >> a spokesperson for his transition team released a tamt reading justice newsome was a proud lifelong californian, a public servant and powerful voice for individual rights a environmental protection. >> he was a former judge for the state court of appeals and had deep rooted political ties in california. in 2004, he swore in his son,

gavin, as mayor of san francisco. something he would do again when his son was elected lieutenant governor. he went to st. ignatius with the son of jay paul getty. >> he hen attended the university of san francisco and stanford law school. he worked as a financial adviser for the getty clan and managed their family trust. he was 84 years old. financial concerns are forcing oakland unified to consider closing some schools. some parents are launching a strike to make sure their children are guaranteed a high performing school. that's up for discussion tonight before the board and that's where leah is live with more. >> hi there. parents are moving ahead with this even though we don't know if or which schools will be affected. one board member will be introducing this proposal tonight. oakland unified knows it has too many schools and not enough

students. >> comparing us to similar districts, similar size such as san jose. similar population. we have far too many schools compared to those. >> as families continue to move to more ard affordable cities, the district believes the most sense bable thing to do is close those with loeww enrollment. that never sits well with parents r or grandparents. >> it would be a tragedy if it shut down. >> while the district has no closure or consolidation lists, some parents believe the schools in the flat lans will be b targeted. de ly those families living in underserved communities. so groups are behind a proposal that would give these families something called and opportunity ticket, allowing them to select any charter or district school including those in the more affluent neighborhoods ch. >> we believe that public enl kags and a great public education should not be giffgiv just a few. not just folks who can afford to

buy in neighborhoods with good schools. >> the district says it would do its best to accommodate the students. >> doesn't mean they'll get it, but it will guarantee them to get into a better school. >> for so long, we haven't known we were at the back of the education bus. it's about time we sort of walk up to the front of the bus, get in the driver's seat and tell the system what we need from them. >> now any changes to the especially rollment policy here at the district would be of course decided by the members of the board. in the meantime, theed to have financial plan by february. i'm live in oakland. abc 7 news. >> thank you. sky 7 was out over the waters of san mteoy day. people hoping the swells will get big enough so they can host the big surf competition next week. matt keller is there live and matt, people are going to be stoked, dude.

>> yes, gnarly, larry. people from all over the world come here to see maverick. you can come here, smell the ocean air. come to the maverick survey v company, get a sooef souvenir, watch the contest at bars and restauran restaurants. you cannot get close to the waves. >> that's 52-foot seas. >> mark is a big wave surfer and also the lead surf forecaster for storm surf.com. >> i live for this stuff. it's like christmas. >> he says 50-foot waves are a possibility at mavericks on monday. that means 34 of the world's big wave surfers could be headed here soon. >> they're monitoring the condition and could call for the con te. however, windy conditions could derail the whole thing. >> the issue is when you have really large waves x the last thing you want is moguls on the hill. >> the pillar point harbor

patrol says they trained with the rescue team. >> they are very confident. they're also very humble and their very skilled and we're confident in their ability to protect the competitors. >> kerry smith says the cliffs will draw spectators and conditions on the water will be unsafe for boaters. his recommendation if umt to watch. >> locally, we have a lot of plac get the salt air and you can see it on the telecast. >> if the con it's happens on monday, this would be the first time ever it was held in december, also the first time contest founder and legend jeff clark is not officially involved. but if the waves get big, you can't keep him out of the water. >> if conditions are right, i'll go. you know. still love it, you know? >> another first for this competition would be that women will be competing in this year's mavericks contest that is if and when it happens. but even if these conditions

rrnd ideal for monday and it doesn't happen on monday, the good news is there's another system behind that could bring potentially bigger waves next week. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> going to be a big party if the event is a go. look how beautiful that is. what can we expect on monday? for that, let's check in with sandy. >> larry, the waves are going to be huge. let's take a look at live doppler 7. tracking a couple of systems here. so here is the first one. we have another system that is behind it. and that one is coming in right behind it. two storms, both will kick up the swells. here's the deal. so sunday afternoon, the swells begin to build. sunday night into monday, we start to see the west, northwest swell with breakers 30 to 40 feet. could be up to 50-foot waves. so that's why mavericks could be happening as early as monday as matt mentioned, but it may have to wait a little longer.

typically, we see mavericks happening in january, february. this is a little early. >> all right. thank you. mark davis is hedging his bets as to where his team will play next season. davis spoke to reporters at the nfl owners meeting after the city of oakland announced it is suing the raiders and the league over the move to las vegas. he called the suit malicious and said all options are on the table as to where the team will play next season. that includes oakland, but according to pr pro footballtalk.com, the team has pulled its offer to lease the coliseum. >> they don't have a will the of good options. looks like steph curry might be in for a field trip. today, he said he was joking when he doubted about astronauts landing on the moon and would accept the tour. the controversy started when he

appeared on a podcast with other players questioning the apollo moon landing. he kind of kept quiet in recent days as a way of just how dumb the controversy has become. kyrie irving did the same thing a couple of years ago when he said the erearth was flat. >> he says today he was 1,000% joking. >> always kids who hang on for dear life when they get on the ice. these kids, it was part of their reward. >> taylor swift concert in california used facial recognition, who should be getting ready for their close up? >> and can you go a year without your smart phone? >> a year? >> that's a long time. the challenge and the reward for doing just that. >> i'm michael finney. do you need health insurance? w have you kickocovered. you can go on my facebook page or give us a

a group of first graders took a trip ice skating. the teacher was intent on making these kids dreams come true. >> on this cool winter day, first graders from san jose are taking their learning outside! it's really scary, but no matter what, you always keep trying. >> for many of these students who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, the unique chance to hit the ice for the first time. >> some of the shy ones you normally see that are huddled and quiet, they are amazing on the ice. >> it's one of nearly two dozen schools supported by the always dream foundation. >> to be able to step out of the arena where you competed and go

out into the community, it's been incredible. >> off the ice, the olympic figure skating champion and p best-selling children's author is now focused on the development of early childhood literacy skills. today's field trip was to reward students for their hard work at l school. >> maybe we'll have a future skater on our hands if they really decide they love it and they had a lot of fun and they ask their parents to bring them back again. >> two-time national silver medalist was there with her rink mates to perform for the kid sz. >> to see them be so excited and to have their eyes just light up because we're skating under the palm trees outside next to christmas in the park. >> the skating community coming together to teach a value bable lesson. >> even if you get hurt or anything like that, if you fall, you just get right back up. >> in san jose, abc 7 news. >> talk about adorable right there. zblncht new report says a security team for taylor swift

used facial recognition technology to look out for stalkers atepiding her concert last may in pasadena. ♪ according to "rolling stone," crew set up a kiosk to show highlights of rehearsals and they recorded the faces of onlookers thencommand post in n teams tried to match those to the singer's known stalkers. the article didn't say if any were caught. this is video from her concert which installed facial recognition technology this year. no word on if it was used at the concert. nancy pelosi has cut a deal. she's promising to serve no more than four years as speaker. brokering this deal to win the job back when the new congress begins next month. the plan calls for her to step aside by the end of 2022. she'll be 82 then and likely retiring from the house. that deal has to be approve d i

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it must include the hash tags no phone for a year and vis vitamin water will select a person. >> if the contestant can make it six months, they'll get ten grand and if full 100,000. >> i'll do it for 75. the contestant has to take a lie detector test. we're on the honor system? >> oh my goodness. >> please. >> all right. what do you think? >> should we trust larry? good evening. let's take a look at live doppler 7. we had dense fog, even mist and drizzle. a love lly view, post sunset sk. temperatures are fall ng the mid to upper 50s from san francisco to san jose and oakland half moon bay, 55 degrees. now this afternoon, we made it

into the to upper 60s. this is really eye candy from our emoryville camera as we look back towards san francisco. 58 in santa rosa. 63 in san rafael. concord, 59 degrees and livermore, 55 degrees. you can bet those temperatures are going to go down. here's a look at the forecast for the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning. patchy dense fog, a chilly morning ahead. sunnier and mild r tomorrow afternoon and we're look iing a two storms between friday and monday. the fist one is a weak one on friday. the second one sunday, monday is a stronger system. our lovely view from our east bay hills camera as we see the whispy clouds that add eed eck a color to the sky tonight at sunset. the friday system is not really going to bring us much snow in the mountains. it's really going to be high snow levels, but the sunday system, you will see some snow accumulating up in the mountains, so if you're traveling there, watch out for strong winds though with that friday storm up in the mo

mountains. first thing tomorrow morning, temperatures, 30s, 40s, chilling in the air, it is going to be dense. tomorrow afternoon, you're looking at sunshine with temperatures in the low to mid-60s. nice looking day. 62 in san rafael. 62, san rosa. oakland, fairfield, antioch, 64 degrees in san jose and 66 in santa cruz. light to level one system friday through saturday. mi mainly light rain. here's a look at the forecast. friday morning, maybe a couple of sprinkles. by noon, you see a few. you wait until friday afternoon, 3:00 p.m. the north bay, you start to see light rain. 6:00 p.m. stretching across the central bay then the system falls apart with a new showers on saturday. saturday is not a game changer if you have holiday suf to do and you need to get outside, don't have to worry about it. actually being a washout for saturday. we need the rain as you know. but that system is not going to bring us a lot on saturday. so rainfall totals up to a half

an inch with the friday saturday system. sunday looks stronger. by sunday afternoon evening, is when we start to track some of that rain. it becomes moderate at times. wet, wendy and we are looking at some dangerous surf in mavericks happening monday with those wave heights building. rainfall totals with the system will be adding up in some areas over an inch. highest totals will be up to 2, 2.5 inches. dry tomorrow. a light level one system for friday afternoon into saturday. chance of showers saturday is what we're going to categorize it as. level two on sunday. rain, wind, rough surf and monday morning, showers linger and fog tuesday going into wednesday, pret the much comfort bable weather. so looking good. >> we trust you. just clarify that. >> that much. >> thank you. computer

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a computer pioneer who unshackled secretaries from their typewriters is being remembered for her work. she died on saturday. she was honored in san jose three years ago as a fellow at the computer history museum. she made reference to how much previous fellows and how much things had changed. >> they were talking about the many people they knew and all the things they had done and all the schools they had gone to about computers. and all the places that they taught about computers and so on. and i, when i looked, i thought you know, it's very different to have started before all that. >> this video is from the computer history museum. she created what many considered to be world's first word processor. her company grew into one of the company's, the top companies in the united states.

she built one of the original computerized airline reservation subpoenas. she did it all. it had a one second response time and it worked for 11 years without failing. she was 93 years old. one more note about computer history. it was on this day in 1980 that apple went public. it opened at $22 a share or 100 times earnings. at the time. massachusetts actually barred investors from buying shares in apple saying too risky at that price. if you bought 100 shares that day for $2200 and held them, you would have close to a million dollars. >> just think how good those in massachusetts would be today. one candy store has been making it for

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first time tonight, we'll hear from an employee of the local student loan debt relief company whose ceo is in hot water with the fbi. and a burglary suspect in a tight spot. see where this man spent two days bf someone finally heard his cries for help. that's coming up in a half an hour at 6:00. >> thanks. >> bad spot. we got a tour of the sees factory today. >> the production manager takes us through the process. >> we're making cashew brittle and this candy is tedegrees. we hand pour it on a cooling slab. and then we roll it. and they're about to cut it. so what we see here, we're

taking the cashew brittle made in the kitchen and we're placing it on conveyer belt and it's entering the second bottomer for second lair of chocolate and it will go through another cooling tunnel to the main coder. but we're hand decorating the brittle. we have coconut and chocolate mixed together and applied by hand. science and art together. z >> we have all the famous candies wrapped in beautiful holiday packaging. we have several different assortments for all tastes and budgets. we're not on the cutting edge of trends, but we keep our classic flavors and that's what made us famous. we're part of so many family traditions. after dinner, people sit around and eat sees and share stories of the year. it's just great. >> and did you know that it began operations here in the bay area in 1936. got a gift card right now. after seeing this story, i want

to run right out and use it. >> i thought you were going to give it to me. >> maybe. merry christmas. world news is tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. michael cohen is going to prison. president trump's long-time personal attorney and fixer is sentenced to three years behind bars. cohen telling the judge this was, quote, blind loyalty, to cover the dirty deeds, in his words, of donald trump. what the judge then said to michael cohen. also breaking, the bombshell that came just hours later. the owners of "the national enquirer" now flipping, helping prosecutors. what prosecutors say they have now admitted to to help donald trump win. the deadly terror attack at the christmas market, and at this hour, the urgent manhunt. the new image of the suspect tonight who opened fire on so many, and then jumped into a cab to escape. the major storm here at home.