eric. >> and sfpd wrapped up a news conference about a half hour ago. you may still see officers out finishing up their investigation into the bomb threats. in the city, more than a dozen businesses and entities got the e-mails. so far, no bombs found. one of the most disruptive were in the richmond district, the san francisco credit union got one of the e-mail threats and evacuated. the buildings around it evacuated. that included about 500 people in the jewish community center across the street at 3200 california. some were in the pool, were pulled out, giving a bathrobe, and sent out. about three blocks of california street were blocked off as police searched for an explosive device and found none. >> earlier, we received an e-mail communication at the credit union from an individual or entity who was notifying us they had planted an explosive device on site, and they were demanding payment. >> part of our investigation will be determine if the bomb threats received and reported in san francisco are related to those bomb threats received

around the country. >> the sfpd special investigations unit is now looking into this. the credit union and other buildings allowed people back in after about 2 1/2 hours. special investigations unit once again is coordinating with other local law enforcement and the fbi in an effort to find out who is responsible. the bad news, as you said, is this was sent all over the country, and other parts of north america. the good news is that so far, no explosive devices have been found and no one has been injured. live outside san francisco police headquarters, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> all right, eric, thank you. we have been sending out push alerts on the story on our abc 7 news mobile app which is free to download. enable the push alert feature to receive those updates. >> in the east bay, we have an update on the not so slick burglary suspect who got stuck in a restaurant grease vent. the alameda county sheriff's office tells abc 7 the man was released from the hospital.

he was discovered yesterday in san lorenzo after the owner of a neighboring business heard muffled cries for help. the man had been stuck for two days. investigators have handed the case over to the alameda county district attorney's office for possible charges. >> one of the men charged in the deadly ghostship fire is featured in "the new york times" magazine. the article details max harris' life in santa rita jail for the last 18 months. he's allowed to go outside once a week, harris says he's been trying to grow his compassion and hopes that something positive can come from the grief he feels over the fire. harris lived at the warehouse, did chores and collected rent. he and derrick almena, the master tenant, are set to go on trial in april. >> the lawyer for a psychiatric patient who escaped from a hawaii hospital and was captured in stockton says his client wants to, quote, get his story out there. randall pleaded not guilty today to charges of escape and identity theft. a trial has been set for march.

last year, he walked out of the hospital and flew to san jose using an alias. he was arrested in stockton three days later. he had been at the hawaii state hospital since 1981. after he was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. apple is branching out its operations right here in the united states, adding thousands of jobs. the company plans to set up shop in three new locations on the west coast and expand four other spots around the country. perhaps the biggest is a $1 billion investment in a new campus in austin, texas. reporter chris nguyen joins us live from the current headquarters in cupertino. chris. >> hi, ama. from a business standpoint, many say austin makes perfect sense because the city has the highest number of apple employees outside of cupertino. we're used to surprises from apple, but today's announcement centered on people rather than product. the tech giant announcing its plans to build a new $1 billion

campus in austin, texas. >> embracing of so many different cultures, races, people that have different backgrounds and experiences. make us so proud to have an incredible community. >> apple will initially add 5,000 jobs in texas, with space for 10,000 more. that's on top of a 6200 apple employees who are currently working in the greater austin area. at 133 acres, this picture gives us a better idea of how the new campus will be constructed. by comparison, the company's headquarters is 175 acres. >> growth in austin is complementary to what we do here in silicon valley, and we're not directly competing. >> brian brennan of the silicon valley leadership group says the decision is a smart one for apple. >> it complements their presence here because our companies go where their markets are, and certainly texas is a very important place for technology in this country. >> apple will also build new offices in seattle, culver city, and san diego, with plans to expand existing campuses

throughout the country. most with more affordable housing and not nearly as bad traffic as we have here in the bay area. >> if they're going to push the jobs, what we have to be cautious about is do we create permanent jobs or are we just moving jobs from one play to another. >> the company says it plans to add 20,000 jobs to its joous workforce by the year 2023. tax incentives also playing a role in austin, texas, making the deal even sweeter for apple. we're live in cupertino, abc 7 news. >> all right, chris, thank you. >> let's turn to the weather. it is gorgeous outside. spectacular day in the bay area. look at this. this shot from our exploratorium camera, nice view of the bay. >> would be nice to be on one of those boats. >> a sailboat. >> just popping along. >> there are changes, though, coming in the weather. let's get to spencer christian. >> okay, enjoy the blue skies while we have them because clouds will arrive tonight along with rain tomorrow. it's dry, as you can see,

beautiful blue skies over the bay area right now. the view from mt. tam shows that, 60 in the city, 59 across the bay. low 60s at mountain view. san jose, morgan hill, and half moon bay. this is the view from the east bay hills camera. it's partly cloudy there. 61 degrees in santa rosa. napa, 59. mid to upper 50s in san rafael, concord, and livermore. we have an approaching storm. it will be moving in tomorrow and into saturday morning. producing mainly light rain and a few showers. less than a half inch of rain is expected in most areas. here's a forecast animation. starting at 11:00 tonight, because i want you to see how the clouds are going to increase significantly. light showers will develop on the coastline early tomorrow morning and the main event comes in in the mid day. tomorrow's evening commute will probably be a wet one. >> spencer, thank you. a u.s. appeals court has blocked the trump administration's rule to allow more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost

birth control, claiming religious objections. the three-judge panel said states were likely to succeed on their claim that the changes to former president obama's health care law were made without required notice and public comment. that law required most companies to cover birth control at no additional cost with exemptions for religious organizations. >> the oakland raiders are now saying they don't know where they're playing next year. the raiders have one more year until they move the vegas, but they have pulled their offer to pay rent on the oakland coliseum next year. >> this is after the city filed a lawsuit against the team. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield got reaction to the latest development. >> i was actually completely surprised. i did not see that coming. >> oakland resident started their day in shock. they knew their football team was leaving, but thought they had one more year. >> craziness. absolutely nuts. you know, the city needs -- it's going to lose a lot of income for the city. we have a lot of fans here, die-hard fans.

what do we do? i wish they could stay. >> it's sad. >> chris has had season tickets to the raiders games since 1995. he co-founded save oakland sports in an effort to fight for the raiders. but he figured once the city sued the team, the raiders would likely leave. >> i understand it. i mean, you know, if i'm going to sue you, it's going to be hard for us to have a relationship as well. i get that part, as a fan, it's very frustrating because you want to see your team play. >> he's also on the coliseum board and understands why the city and county had to sue the team. >> i want them to stay. i want them to play. however, i also -- we have to be fiscally prudent and we need to get them to pay the bonds back. >> in the middle of all of this, devoted fans who can't believe their team could be about to leave. >> i'm so heartbroken and everything, but it is what it is. and you have to leave it like that, i'll still be a die-hard raider fan no matter what. >> unclear if this is a

negotiating tactic or if the raiders really do plan to pull out for the 2019 season. but if that is the case, there's only one game left here at oakland coliseum for the raiders. in oakland, amy hollyfield. >> so the raiders' last home game of the season and possibly as amy said the team's final game at the oakland coliseum will be obmonday night football, that is christmas eve, december 24th, at 5:00 p.m. if you are not going to that game, you can watch it right here on abc 7. oracle arena is the best pro sports venue in america when it comes to food safety. not taste but safety. >> that's what matters. >> safety is important, especially lately. espn's outside the lines reviewed food safety inspection reports for all 111 stadiums and arenas from 2016 and 2017. only one of 89 concession stands at oracle had a high level violation that would pose as a potential threat for food borne illness. the oakland coliseum right next

door ranked 35th on the list. at&t park was 37th. levi's stadium was 88th. the venue with the worst food safety of all was the spectrum center in charlotte, north carolina. home of the nba's hornets. >> all right, getting ready for the next big one. new at 4:00, it may not look like much on the outside, but see how this building could play a vital role when the bay area has to respond to a major disaster. >> this certainly had a lot of people buzzing. california considering a tax on text messages but could a move made late yesterday by the fcc pull the plug on that? we'll explain. >> and later, nancy pelosi strikes a deal. the move she made to insure she'll regain the title of speaker of the house and what she's promising in exchange. >> it is 4:10 on this thursday afternoon. >> brutal all week. >> that is horrendous traffic on the skyway in downtown san francisco. i think that's the worst we have seen it this week. >> i think you're right. >> oncoming traffic trying to get to the bay bridge and the east bay, right-hand side for

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but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long-term. osteo bi-flex because i'm made to move. today, officials christened a new facility in the east bay that could prove critical in the movement and sores of people in a big emergency, like an earthquake. >> the central bay operations and maintenance facility is located on the bay side of alameda. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony live for us now. you say this has been in the works for a long time. >> right, larry. all the way back to 1989.

this ferry service is already crucial to the bay area's transportation system. carrying about 10,000 passengers per day. but in a big disaster, this system could prove to be life-saving. >> two, three. >> it's been nearly 30 years in the making. but the new water emergency transportation authority operations facility at alameda point is now a reality. the idea for the center grew out of the 1989 loma prieta earthquake when a section of the bay bridge collapsed, cutting off san francisco from the east bay. >> really, this facility comes from that earthquake. everything that happened after that, from the creation of the water transportation authority to the creation of the modern rita has really come from the reaction to loma prieta. >> the new central bay operations and maintenance facility has 12 berths for san francisco ferry boats to be

refueled and maintained. in the case of an emergency like a major earthquake, the facility would take on a different role under the guidance of emergency services. >> our role according to the federal and state plan, the primary use initially for rita resource would be to move the first responders. >> the $50 million facility includes an emergency operation center that would over see the deployment of ferry boats to the areas they're needed most. besides serving as transportation for first responders, they could also be used to evacuate thousands of stranded people from one side of the bay to the other. >> as we have seen up and down both the state of california, north and south, the need to respond quickly and to respond with the appropriate resources, this really improves that capacity right here in the middle of the bay area. >> now, the ferry has its regular afternoon service. >> well, i think we're losing laura's microphone. but you can get the gist of her

story there, as the ferry pulls out. moving on, uncertain times for the boy scouts of america. the 118-year-old organization is deflecting a "wall street journal" report it may be seeking bankruptcy protection. executive director michael surbah says the scouts are exploring all options to address serious financial challenges brought on by declining membership and sex abuse litigation. they're focused on keeping youth safe and preparing them for their futures. >> a new fcc ruling could block or delay a proposed text messaging tax in california. >> we're talking about the surcharge the state public utilities commission wants to add to your texts come january. this is confusing. we got this yesterday. kristen zee is here with some of the details. >> yeah, last night, the fcc reclassified text messaging as information services rather than telecommunications services. the move presents an obstacle for the plan to impose a surcharge on californians' cell

phone bills because information services cannot be taxed. but the regionl business association called bay area council said the puc can still find a way to enact the text tax. >> whether they take this as a signal to shelf this or whether they decide that this is something that they can move forward with and either challenge the fcc or find a different approach that would be within the definition of the fcc -- >> the cpuc says the proposed tax would not be a fee for every text you send and it would not apply to services like i-message. it would be a monthly charge as a percentage of your cell phone bill. now, you already pay some of those, for example, you pay about 3.75% for a charge called universal lifeline telephone services which funds discounts for low-income customers and about .4% for the deaf and disabled telecommunications program which funds free specialized equipment to customers who need them. the cpuc says it needs the text

tax because revenue that funds the programs is down suns people are making fewer calls and texting more. the pcuc has not commented on the fcc's ruling, but it is scheduled to vote on the tax on january 10th. guys. >> all right, thank you, kristen. a milestone flight today for virgin galactic's supersonic space plane. that's kind of a cool looking thing. that is different there. hmm. all right. the rocket powered plane vss unity climbed more than 50 miles high, the boundary between the upper atmosphere and outer space. unity was released from the carrier aircraft over the mojave desert. kind of weird seeing the three pockets there in a row. >> looks like three planes together. >> they welded thel together. now it's supersonic. the company plans to vechb wale take paying passengers on short trips to space. 600 people have already paid up to $250,000 for a ride.

i immediately think of this whole steph curry thing. fascinated with the moon, suddenly. would you go? you want to go to space? >> no, i like it right down here. i'll watch. >> okay. spencer christian with the weather. >> not a risk taker, except with the forecast. a look at live doppler 7. clear skies right now. calm conditions, but things are about to change as we expect clouds to increase during the overnight hours. let me give you a look at the live view of the western sky from the regional camera now. light thin clouds in the distance, these are the forecast features. next storm arrives tomorrow, continues into saturday. then a second storm on sunday. that will be a stronger one, continuing into early monday. then we'll have a dry pattern beginning next tuesday. the approaching storm, the first one, ranks one on the storm impact scale. a storm of light intensity moving in in the early morning hours into the north bay and spreading later in the day to other parts of the bay area. light rain and showers are expected mainly from the storm. most locations will see under a half inch of rain from the storm. it will be breezy at times.

forecast animation starting at midnight tonight. notice how the clouds increase quickly. overnight tonight, and sprinkles by early afternoon, and more widespread rain over the north day, and later in the day, it sweeps southward and eastward. a wet commute tomorrow evening, and it will taper off into scattered showers early saturday morning. that first rain event will be over. we'll look at rainfall potential and you can see most locations will receive under half an inch. in fact, many locations under a quarter inch of rain from the storm. it's not going to be a big one. overnight, increasing temperatures, and tomorrow's highs under showery conditions, will be right around or just above 60 degrees in most bay area locations. now, skip ahead to the second storm which as i pointed out will be stronger. it ranks two on the impact scale. that will come in sunday, continuing into monday. rainfall totals will range from an inch to an inch and a half. we expect rough and dangerous

surf and gusty winds. here the animation for that. starting late saturday night because that's when the first light showers will arrive, but they get heavier and steadier overnight into sunday. sunday will be a wet day. periods of moderate to heavy rain before the storm moves out. well, probably about midday on monday. and that storm is expected also to produce some snow in the sierra. now, as you look at this accuweather seven-day forecast, we have a period of active weather coming our way. tomorrow's storm, once again, ranks 1 on the impact scale. giving way to just some spotty morning showers on saturday. we have partial clearing later in the day saturday, and then in comes a wetter storm on sunday, continuing into monday with showers lingering maybe until midday on monday. partial clearing after that. a drier pattern tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. not much change in the high temperature range, right around 60 to 62 degrees around the bay and inland, and upper 50s to 60 at the coast.

the big change will be from dry to wet and back to dry again. >> all right. thank you, spencer. ever dream of joining the circus? you can get the experience right here in the bay area. we're going to take you inside one of the premier places to learn the tools of the trade. >> can't do any of that. three people have quite a story to tell after being rescued from an abandoned mine. wait until you hear what they were looking for when they got trapped. >> taking a live look at traffic over san jose. kind of the same as usual. although the carpool lane on the southbound side is backed up as well. usually it's moving a little better than this. northbound clear as always.

abc has a new brand. it's called locallish. we share stories of places you may not know about. >> ever haven itch to run off and join the circus?

if so, you can learn from some of the best in the world. >> i started out as a rock climber. a lot of rock climbers aren't very flexible, but they're big and strong. i really like doing a standing split. and the audience loves splits. my name is david within. i'm a student and acrobat here at the circus center. >> circus center is a circus training and performing arts center. if it involves the human being and doing extraordinary things, we offer a class in it. >> the thing that makes this place special is that anybody can walk in off the street and take a class with one of the best in the world. circus center was founded as the training arm of a famous circus called the pickle family circus. they broke away from what a lot of americans knew of the three-ring circus, with something going on at all corners at all times in a gigantic tent.

they were doing something much more intimate. they took the european one-ring circus model and brought it to the united states. our mission is to inspire passion for the circus arts. >> spinning, it just feels so much fun, like you can't really see anything. i got into acrobatics about two and a half years ago. i was just so amazed at how awesome it was. this year is an aerial. it's essentially this one giant round steel ring that hurts a lot. and super heavy, so it will keep spinning. before i used to get super nauseous. thankfully, gin and tonics really help with that. but now i don't get dizzy anymore. i feel so free, very relaxed. there's a lot of community here. and it's small. and everyone knows each other. so when you meet someone new in the community, more often than not, you have a lot of mutual friends. it is very much like a family.

>> it's so cool. you can check out abc's new at localish.com. i surprised my husband with a class at the circus center. it's so much fun. anybody can just go and do the trapeze. it's really mind-blowing. >> did you do it? >> i did. i can't say i was very good. >> where's the video. >> there's video. >> moving on, one of the biggest memorial day traditions, bikers riding through the streets to honor those who gave everything to our country. why rolling thunder says 2019 is going to be its last ride. next, the fallout from president trump's former personal lawyer and fixer michael cohen heading to prison. how the president is responding to cohen'

live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. a preliminary report about those twoedamckra at the salesforce t center, that report came out today. the cracks were first discovered in september, forcing the center to be closed ever since. coming up at 5:00, our reporting explains how the cracks can be traced back to an issue in fabrication. still no date for a reopening at this point. >> bomb threats demanding payment in bitcoin were e-mailed to hundreds of locations all across the country today, also canada. abc 7 news reporter eric thomas was at the san francisco fire credit union, just one of the

places that were effected. an investigation is under way, but fbi agents say the threats have been deemed not credible. >> the chp is cracking down on carpool cheaters. reporter leslie brinkley rode along with an officer to see how many people are breaking the law. you can watch her report at 5:00. >> also y,acdato asigare pinst lawyer michael cohen. this comes after cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for various crimes he pled guilty to, including campaign finance violations. tara palmieri with more from washington. >> president trump distancing himself from his longtime lawyer and fixer michael cohen, saying he never ordered the hush payments made to two women in the 2016 campaign. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. he's a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money. >> cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for what a

federal judge called a smorgasbord of financial and campaign finance crimes. including arranging hush payments made to porn star stormy daniels and playboy bunny karen mcdougal just months before the election at the direction, according to prosecutors, of then-candidate trump. >> when michael cohen pled guilty to something that's not a crime. >> trump even expressed doubt cohen repaid national enquirer parent company ami $150,000 for buying macdougal's story about an alleged affair with trump to bury it in a practice called catch and kill. trump denies he had an affair. >> i don't think they even paid any money to that tabloid. okay. >> cohen claimed his blind loyalty to trump for his slew of crimes, saying, quote, i felt it was myut at the same time, another trump ally, ami ceoiol nd a enquirer publisher david pecker cooperating with the u.s. attorney on the same case. according to court documents,

pecker admitted months after president trump announced his candidacy, he, michael cohen, and trump met to talk about how the tabloid would buy and then bury stories about the candidate's relationships with women. reporting from washington, i'm tara palmieri, abc news. >> and tomorrow morning, michael cohen will appear exclusively on "good morning america." he'll talk to george stephanopoulos about what the president has been saying about him and his recent sentencing. that starts at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> it appears nancy pelosi will once again be speaker of the house. yesterday, she won over several democrats by agreeing to limit her tenure to no more than four years. she said democrats running the chamber will make it -- will make initial moves toward getting president trump's tax returns. presidents traditionally release their returns, but president trump has said his are under audit. >> there is popular demand for the -- for congress to request

the president's tax returns. they will have their path, as we go forward. i'm sure the white house will resist. >> pelosi also said she told president trump earlier this week that she prays he will resist shutting down the government later this month. he has threatened the shutdown if he doesn't get $5 billion for the border wall. >> a new report says the number of gun deaths in the united states last year reached its highest level in 38 years. an analysis by the centers for disease control and prevention found that nearly 40,000 people were killed by guns in 2017. that some 10,000 more than in 1999. that report also showed 60% of those killed by a gun last year died by suicide. 24,000 lives lost, and that's the most in 18 years. the highest rates of gun suicides occurred in three states, which happen to have the greatest gun ownership. montana, wyoming, and alaska. the cost of rescuing those three people from an abandoned

west virginia coal mine could amount to $1 million. >> thank you. >> the two women and one man hugged rescuers last night after they spent four days underground. they entered the mine on saturday night and got lost while reportedly looking for scrap copper wiring. a fourth person found his way out and gave searchers information about the others. relatives say they never gave up hope. >> i watched a few people trying to give up hope. but i never -- god's amazing. now i get to tell my grandson i love him and hold to my word. >> those four, they could be in even more trouble for their escapades. they could face charges of theft and trespassing. >> the annual rolling thunder motorcycle ride is coming to the end of the line. organizers announced next year's ride at the memorial day weekend

will be the last because of rising costs. it began in 1988 to honor service members killed in action or taken as prisoners of war. they ride into d.c., ending at the vietnam veterans memorial. organizers say last year's event cost about $200,000 in various related expenses. >> we have breaking news in union city. major traffic issues while workers repair a water main break. sky 7 is live over the flooded lanes in union city. you can see right in the middle of the screen there. sky 7 will show you where this is happening, right off union city boulevard. there are detours in place until the water recedes. the city says the break was caused by pg&e. they were apparently working on a gas main at the time. delays are expected for the next several hours. are you in need of something to do for the weekend? if so, we have you covered. if you haven't knocked out your holiday shopping, we have something made locally that might move to the top of your list.

she's in. janet jackson getting the call to the rock and roll hall of fame. the other musicians and bands will be joining her in cleveland. >> i'm spencer christian. looking westward, the sky is aglow in shades of gold and orange

but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long-term. osteo bi-flex because i'm made to move. the u.s. mint is marking the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with new

commemorative coins. the children of apollo 11 crew members neil armstrong and buzz aldrin displayed giant replicas of coins today at the u.s. mint in philadelphia. congress directed the mint to strike and issue 1.3 million coins in gold and silver. they'll be available next month. next july will mark the 50th anniversary of the first man moon landing. steph curry. by apollo 11. >> a pop music diva from the '80s and '90s tops this year's inductees to the rock and roll hall of fame in cleveland. ♪ >> janett jackson will join her brother michael as a member of the hall's class of 2019. it was her third time as a n nomin nominee. six others acts will be enshrined including three first-time nominees. stevie nick whose is saurld in the hall as a member of fleetwood mac. def a rock band

roxy music. inothers are radiohead, the cure, and '60s pop group the zombies. the induction ceremony will be held march 29th in brooklyn. >> you have only two weekends left to get your holiday gifts together. if that's sending pain or regret or fear down your spine -- >> yes, panic. >> are you? >> i'm done. >> you're good? >> i'm done. >> wow. impressive. i'm not done. >> yeah, you never are. reggie from abc 7 mornings challenged himself toind the best christmas deal that would apply to the most people on your list. >> our segment this week was inspired by my pitiful looking backpack. it gets replacing. high quality bags are sort of the ultimate christmas gift. they're gender and age neutral and expensive. but not this weekend. so i see the sign says handmade in san francisco, and that is true. >> oh, yes. so here we are in our san francisco factory here in the mission district. we have been building bags,

custom made, since 1989. >> timbuktu makes the custom vufrbss of their backpacks and luggage and even fanny packs at their headquarters. once a year, they have a huge warehouse sale. bags are up to 70% off. this is not heavily advertised so you have to be in the know. this is saturday and sunday, goes from 10:00 to 6:00 in the mission. >> give me an idea of what i can get? >> this is the copilot which is an amazing travel seller. it's around $209, it will sell for about $100 this weekend. this is great travel backpack. normally about $140. we'll sell it for $40 this weekend. this is our classic messenger bag. normally retails for about $90. this weekend, probably $30, $35. >> good-bye. >> i wasn't kidding. i need a new bag. the bonus, each bag comes with a lifetime guarantee. i actually met the woman who repairs your bags when you send them in. how did i do? know of a good christmas deal.

send me a tweet and let us in on it. >> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> clear skies over the bay area, but clouds will increase over night. morning lows will range to the mid 40s. then highs will be around just or above 60 degrees for most of the bay area tomorrow, and then a second storm will come in on sunday. this will rank a 2 on the storm impact scale, bringing periods of moderate to heavy rainfall and possibly rough and dangerous surf. here's the seven-day forecast. tonight and tomorrow's storm ranks only 1 -- tomorrow's and saturday's i should say, storm ranks one on the impact storm. a stronger storm ranking two saturday into sunday morning, and tuesday begins a string of dry days to the middle of next week. >> sounds good. thank you, spencer. >> up next, computers that think like humans. we have an expert from ibm joining us to look at the big advances in artificial

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the following portion is produced with and sponsored by ibm. >> artificial intelligence, an emerging technology, we're seeing all kinds of advances that could change the world as we know it. joining us is jeff, with ibm's research lab, and we talked for a few minutes. he's really smart. i know that already. tell us what ibm is up to with your lab in particular. we have seen watson and watson is omnipresent. >> my research lab is in san jose, one of the largest of ibm's 12 research labs around the world. we work on everything from a.i. to quantum computing. we released a retrospective on the highlights and a sneak peek affwhat we think will happen in 2019. >> i think it's important to

talk about the specifics of a.i. what pops into people's heads is arnold schwarzenegger and the terminator. but waze, siri, it covers a wide spectrum. >> we take for granted how much it helps us in terms of language translation or finding the best way home, but we're trying to municipal from the narrow a.i. areas tohow we can make it more broad. helping us make decisions, helping us to understand better how it's coming up with information it's giving us so you can make it part of more of our daily work. >> what do you see happening in 2019? >> a few things. first of all, trust and getting rid of bias is one of the biggest issues we have in a.i. right now. 2019, we see the possibility of l headway there. we eaki rngreleased a tool kit this year that helps developers make sure that they are developing systems that aren't having unintended biases. it alerts them if there's an issue. that's the main focus. secondly, teaching a.i., the difference between things that are correlated and cause and

effect. i think humans know that when the rooster crows and the sun comes up, those two things didn't cause each other, but when you flip a light switch, it's the switch that causes the light to go on. >> there are a lot of people who are fearful. elon musk has talked about this because the a.i. can get to the point where it takes over. i'm fairly sure i'm going to be enslaved for sports scores at some point. but seriously, where are you on this? once you cross this line, it's hard to go back. >> right now, what we're seeing is the ability for it to continue to augment what people do. so a.i. is good at finding patterns in things. really large scale, and then it still takes a person to take the patterns and figure out how i'm going to make a decision, how i'm going to do something useful with it. the ability to do the general a.i., which is i think what some people fear, is decades away at this point. >> you have no fear then? >> no fear at this point. we're moving forward on things that can help people in what they're doing rather than in actually any way causing an issue. >> really interesting stuff. i'm sure we'll talk much more

about it in the future. thanks to jeff from our sponsor, ibm. >> thank you. well, we're about to see more of those ford go bikes around the bay area. the company tweeted this announcement this morning saying it's adding hundreds of bikes to it will also make a number of e-bikes available to rent starting tomorrow. in jos jose. e-bikes have a maximum speed of 18 miles per hour and were developed by a fremont based company. >> starbucks tapping into its customer base and a booming economy doesn't necessarily mean more pay for many americans. >> michael finney is here to explain. >> yeah, 6 out of 10 workers did not get a pay raise this year. that's according to a new bankrate.com survey. it shows 62% of workers who did not get an increase is up ten points from last year. now, all of this despite a strong economy and a hot labor market. a quarter of employed americans say they'll look for better

paying jobs in the new year. lower income households and older baby boomers are the least likely group to see a pay increase or get a better paying job in 2018. 91% of working americans still say they have the same or greater confidence in the job market than they did a year ago. >> starbucks says its customers have demanded it so they will offer their nitrogen infused cold brew company from the tap in all of its u.s. stores by the end of next year. the expansion is part of starbucks' plan to sell more products as frappuccino sales slip. the cold sugary drinks used to help drief sales for the coffee giant, but increasingly health conscious customers have moved on from those drinks. >> now, i want to take a moment to say thanks to the california contractor state license board. the state agency which oversees the regulation of contractors. well, today, the agency honored

myself, the seven on your side team, and abc 7 with a certification of appreciation for our work exposing unlicensed contractors and scams. the certificate reads in part, dear 7 on your side unit's professionalism as well as your careful, fair, coverage of issues are greatly appreciated. your work is appreciated to us. thanks. >> now, i want to hear from you. those 7 on your side hotlines monday through friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 415-954-8151. you can also reach me on my facebook page and through abc7news.com. cslb is a wonderful state agency. they do great work every day. >> it's nice they recognized your staff. you're tirelessly, morning, noon, night, your guys are always on it. >> work very hard. >> thank you, michael. >> let's get to kristen to find out what's coming up.

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winfrey opens up about the final moments with her mother who passed away on thanksgiving at 83 years old. deborah roberts has the powerful interview. >> i thought, what is the truth for me? that there isn't going to be an answer in a book. >> it's classic oprah winfrey, honest, open, instructive, even with a deeply personal loss. the final days with her dying mother who passed away on thanksgiving day. >> i just walked in with my iphone and something said, voice said play some music. >> talking with people tv, oprah sharing her mom's struggle with diabetes and the lessons she learned about saying good-bye. >> i could see that it opened her a little bit, because my mother has been a very closed down person. and i could see that the music gave me an opening to say what i needed to say. and what i said was thank you. >> over the years, oprah and her mom have been honest about their strained relationship. but at the end, the daughter was

right by her mother's side. offering forgiveness and support. >> as a young girl, having a baby in mississippi, no education, no training, no skills, 17. you get pregnant with this baby. lots of people would have told you to give that baby away. lots of people would have told you to abort that baby. and you didn't do that. and i know that was hard. and i want you to know that no matter what, i know that you always did the best you knew how to do. and look how it turned out. >> after her mom's passing, oprah posting this family photo to instagram, thanking everyone for their condolences, saying she lived a good life and is now at peace. oprah winfrey always absorbing and sharing life lessons, using her painful moments to help others who may be struggling. >> i would say to anybody, and if you live long enough,

everybody goes through it, say the things that you need to say while the people are still alive. so that you are not one of those people living with regret about what you woulda, shoulda, coulda said. >> powerful words. and again, that was deborah roberts reporting for abc news. oprah says she struggled over what to say and even wrote a hospice book to frame her final words. she prayed for her final thoughts to release her mom and herself in the final moments. >> you have enhanced live video features, more customization and personalized push alerts to get more of what you want delivered to your phone. that's going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> recording for at least five hours. >> five hours? >> five hours. >> that's a lot of time for one man to spy on people in north bay hotel rooms. what police confiscated and how

they say they have never seen a case quite like this. >> police dogs called out, traffic snarled, and people leaving with robes obtheir backs. the latest on the threat here and across the country. >> so what caused those steel beams to crack in the salesforce transit center? we're a little closer tonight to an answer. plus -- >> exit the freeway. do not stop here. exit the freeway. >> no one wants to hear that. the crackdown in the east bay to catch carpool cheaters. >> and steph curry on camera finally talking about moon madness. >> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> we don't know what to expect. don't know if it's real or not. >> that woman is in atlanta where a number of schools received bomb threats today. threats were also made in tennessee, massachusetts, florida. all across the u.s., even canada. here's a map of the many locations and it does include

california. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen zee. several bay area organizations or businesses received those threats, including abc 7. this e-mail was sent to a 7 on your side mailbox demanding bitcoin as payment in exchange for not detonated an explosive device. but the fbi determined these threats were not credible. >> eric thomas live outside san francisco police headquarters with the latest details on the bay area investigation. eric. >> that's right, guys. even though the hib and the nypd counterintelligence unit decided pretty early on these were not credible threats, sfpd treated them like they were. instead of traffic, drivers in the flee,000 block of california street were being detoured around a web of yellow crime scene tape because someone e-mailed a bomb threat to the san francisco fire credit union. >> earlier this morning, we received an e-mail communication at the credit union from an individual or entity who was

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