>> reporter: you don't hang ten on waves this big. 50-foot waves are way out of my league. maybe 10 or 12 on a good day. but no contests, but the crowds were here. you wouldn't know the mavericks contest has been called off from next year from the surfers catching massive waves, the crowds on shore getting too close and the photographers perched on the bluffs with their long lenses. they were all here to see this, waves with 30 foot, 40 foot, 50 foot faces. >> once you're committed, there's no turning back. it's like your worst nightmare and a dream come true at the same time. it's awesome. >> reporter: luka is here on his 17th birthday. he first surfed mavericks at 13. >> i'm hoping today is the day i'll have the biggest wave of my life. >> reporter: some of the waves were so big, they left unridden.

the waves are spilling into the channel that is normally calm enough for the boats to take. >> today, getting there with our channel entrance and the size of the swell is very difficult. >> reporter: dangerous also for the surfers. we saw one wipeout where a surfers came so close to the rocks and the safety crews had a hard time finding him, but he's safe. mason barns came up from southern california and says he caught three good waves using a jet ski to tow him. >> a couple of guys fell and got pushed to the rocks, which is the worst case scenario. so there's some carnage going on. >> reporter: the world's surf league has closed the contest window for this year. but with this start to the big wave season, they are hopeful for the coming months. coming up, fascinating surf technology and safety gear that

surfers are wearing right now. >> dan, you surf, i surf smaller waves in hawaii. would you go out there in these conditions? >> reporter: i wouldn't go out there in the most pristine conditions. that's just too big for me. one, i'm getting older. but my biggest wave i surf is 10, 12 feet at ocean beach. and that's pushing it for me. so 50 feet, these are elite athletes, they have the special gear to stay safe. and the impact, that's the other thing. you feel the impact of these waves like when you're on a boat. you can feel the impact in your chest. it's way out of my league. >> can you explain, because there's a lot of confusion about this, guys will surf 50 or 60-foot waves either at mavericks, a pipeline in hawaii, in tahiti. but we're told that the

conditions were too big in this particular case to hold the mavericks contest. can you elaborate on -- is it just too dangerous because of this particular break? give us some insight, please. >> reporter: it wasn't just too big, larry, it was also the contest window. they need a solid eight hours of pretty good conditions for all th different heats, and this year, you have women who are competing. so you need eight hours of clean conditions. the other thing is the wind was changing a lot today. so for one minute you would see it glassed off. and then the wind would change on shore. and it would chop up and the surfers were having a harder time handling the surface of the wave. so it was the changing wind condition. they could have handled the size, i think. >> dan noyes reporting. thanks so much. you have to be fearless to ride these waves. >> a special breed. those waves are exciting to look

at, and that's why authorities are concerned. the conditions are prompting a public alert to stay off the beach and away from the water. cornell bernard is live in san francisco with details. cornell? >> reporter: kristen, it's been a wild day of watching the waves here at ocean beach. the surf is much rougher than it was over the weekend. the waves much taller. several hundred feet of the beach has pretty much vanished. despite a safety warning, many came out, as you can see, any way. >> pretty rough and wild. >> big waves for breaking, the rough surf crashing into a sea of rock. >> angry looking. >> reporter: further south, more drama at ocean beach. a crowd of onhookers was not disappointed. >> it's amazing. the biggest waves i've seen in 40 years of living in the bay area. >> reporter: the surf warning

forced the closure of the great highway. the dire warning on these electronic signs was hard to miss, urging people to stay off the beach. the water was getting close to the sea wall. >> our rescue swimmers they not be able to go into the water. >> reporter: many took their chances any way. >> it's beautiful, yeah. i'm not afraid of it. i do have any back to the waves right now and they tell you not to do that. but i'm doing it today. >> you better turn around. >> i'm all right. >> reporter: we asked the national park service why not just close the beach? it responded saying, that would be a last resort. unfortunately, we don't have the resources to do that. >> they're asking people to stay off the beach. why did you want to come down? >> that's quite unreasonable. as long as you use your judgment and don't get in the water. >> reporter: luckily we haven't seen anyone in the water.

the fire department responded to a surfers in distress at china beach about 2:30 today. the surfer made it out on his own but was exhausted by that rough surf. cornell bernard, "abc7 news." >> looks beautiful out there. the high s attracting a lot of wave watchers along the coast. and this is not so beautiful. this is dangerous. "abc7 news" was at the pacifica pier when the surf pounded the sea wall. that street is now closed to traffic, but that didn't stop folks of trying to capture an image of the waves. one woman explained her strategy for getting close but not too close to the oncoming surf. >> i'm watching the other guy. unless he runs really fast, then i try to hold my ground. >> it's fantastic. i feel like a little kid again. this is really good. >> watch the other guy. if he goes down, you start

running. one wave crashed into a restaurant and broke a window. >> that is no joke. meteorologist drew tuma has been monitoring the conditions all day and joins us now to show us what's going on. >> we've been watching these waves for several days. right now the heights are incredible. take a look at this. monterey bay, wave height at 26 feet high. off the san francisco coast, 17 to 20 feet high. on a calm day, the wave heights are roughly four to six feet. so you can see why we have a high surf warning. that ocean is ferocious. so where are we going? let's look at tomorrow. midday on tuesday, we see the waves back off a bit, 10 to 12 feet along the coastline. we're watching another ripple of energy late on wednesday night that could cause heights to get close to 15, 20 feet once again.

and then the ocean will calm down as we head into friday. kristen, larry, the next couple of days, that ocean stays active for the upcoming weekend, we expect it to calm down. >> thank you. we saw some incredible video of the surfers out there today. just the waves in general, you could just watch this over and over and over again. if you would like to do that, we have it for you at abc7news.com. the storm that moved through overnight caused other problems. the highway near simpson beach has reopened after a bus got we wedged under fallen trees. the bus went off the two-lane road and became stuck in a ditch. >> upon coming across any hazard, i would recommend turning around and taking an alternate route.

>> there was one passenger aboard the bulls. the bus was towed and crews cut the fallen trees up to clear the roadway. rain caused problems overnight in the south bay. several vehicles hydroplaned, and there were at least three separate crashes involving five to seven cars. several people had to be treated at the scene by first responders for their aparmpparent injuries. we now know the name of a skateboarder arrested for attacking the san francisco security guard the sunday after this was. he's a sponsored skate we are a large following. he appeared in court this morning and we have the details with a story you'll only see on 7. >> reporter: several skaters showed up today to hear the

judge's decision. you could feel the tension as a line of skateboarders moved past the friends and family of 57-year-old dan jansen. moments earlier, a judge ruled that jessie would not have a bail set. >> it made me feel good, because nothing will change what they did. but i don't want it to happen to somebody else. >> reporter: he's facing a few charges, inchutding assault with a deadly weapon for attacking jansen in san francisco in late november. jansen experienced brain trauma and had part of his skull removed. he's out of a coma now but still isn't well. >> our primary concern is his well-being, so we're very focused on that. >> reporter: he's a well known sponsored skateboarder, featured in several publications. we found this video showing what appears to be him skating in front of the old bank of america

building. we asked other skaters who know him well for an interview, but they all turned us down. jansen's family give us this flyer monday. at the bottom are pictures of individuals police are still looking to talk to in this case. >> we've just always been really close. i can't imagine this horrific thing happening. he's just such a nice guy. >> reporter: jesse will be back in court january 4th. if anyone recognizes the individual in the flyer from the story, contact police. san jose police are looking for driver in a fate ral hit an run accident overnight. a woman was hit around 1:00 this morning and died later at the hospital. the woman is 29-year-old nicole stanton of san demas in los angeles county. concord police have tracked

down the man whose gun accidently went off inside a packed sun valley mall yesterday. that person is employed by the california department of corrections and rehabilitation and that he was carrying the gun legally. officers say it accidently fell out of his jacket and went off, hitting the counter. he left before officers arrived. police referred the case to the cdc division to determine if the employee will face division. a review by our media partners found that the technology that was supposed to alert residents to the camp fire failed. the review found several problems, including residents not signing up for the system, officials did not trigger warnings for every neighborhood, and overloaded cell networks failed to deliver warnings. the sheriff will conduct an analysis and issue a report on the system. still to come on "abc7 news" at 4:00, many drivers are

alarmed of the changes coming to the car pool lanes in the east bay, and it's all about those stickers. also -- >> ran out four days ago. >> later, the message nasa is sending to actor robert downey, jr. about his heigplight in his movie. >> a little rain on the way. i'll tell you all about it. take a look at traffic now on this back-to-work monday. it was light coming into the city. it is not anymore. this is the skyway in downtown san francisco. looks like a light haze over the city. folks heading to the east bay right hand side is worse than normal for those trying to get to work on the

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big change is coming in two weeks governing which solo drivers can use those car pool lanes. the color of the sticker is changing, part of an effort to decongest the lanes. david louie shows us this new sticker color. >> reporter: green stickers like this one, along with white ones, are out. only vehicles sporting a red sticker or purple one will be allowed to use hov lanes with one person. about 215,000 vehicles will lose access to the car pool lanes as the state disqualifies vehicles registered before 2017. if you were issued a green or white decal between january of 2017 and march of 2018, you can apply for a red decal good

through january 1st, 2022. auto dealers are seeing a rush to lease or purchase new vehicles, such as the chevy volt or bolt as drivers adjust to a new kind of sticker shock. >> if the cars are 2017, yes. that year, the cars still qualify for this hov sticker. >> reporter: tesla owner chris kelly loves the access to hov lanes. >> i can get to the office in 20 minutes on schedule and worse case scenario, 25. >> reporter: but justin stoudemire will be losing that privilege january 21st. his older tesla doesn't qualify and he's not going to buy a new one. >> no. this one works well and i hate getting rid of something that works really well. >> reporter: for anyone wondering if there's a grace period, the dmv says no, they will be enforcing the new law. david louie, "abc7 news."

b.a.r.t. is losing millions because many are taking ridesharing services to local airports instead of trains. ridership has plunged 10% since peaking in 2013. that's a loss of $4 million in fares. business has fallen 6% for oakland's airport connecter. b.a.r.t. opens an appappappp discount also make it more competitive. an estimated 1700 scooters have landed on city streets this year. san jose currently has no rules about these scooters. so tomorrow, the city council will consider issuing permits that companies would have to buy to operate in san jose. google plans to spend more than $1 billion to expand its operations in new york city.

the mountain view based tech giant will call its new campus google hudson square. several thousand google employees already work in new york. they intend to move into their campus by 2020. google's move follows amazon revealing it would build one of its second headquarters in new york's city borough of queens. >> the rain is gone. we have some beautiful sunsets there. >> stunning sunsets, a lot of color in the western sky. here's a live look, and you can see some rain falling to the northwest right now up along the coastline. maybe even a spripgle or two beginning to hit the sonoma county coastline. this is the main event right here, just making landfall you might say. check out this view of clouds of san francisco, from the sutro tower. clouds in various levels and temperature readness the upper

50s. san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose, and half moon bay. that's dramatic. great view of the setting sun from emeryville. you can see the various levels of the cloud. 54 right now in santa rosa. 55 at san rafel. 61 at concord. 58 at livermore. a nice view here looking towards mt. diablo. we may see sprinkles in the north bay tomorrow. otherwise, a quiet pattern, except for the possibility of more sprinkles thursday night into friday morning. 40-hour rainfall totals. over the weekend, it was pretty wet. so mill valley just over an inch and a quarter of rain. san francisco and oakland both had almost three quarters of an inch. we had an inch and three quarters or more at ben lomond.

dry conditions overnight. increasing clouds, especially in the north bay and inland east day, maybe a little fog. overnight lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. down to about 40 in antioch and livermore. starting at 1:00 a.m., notice how the clouds surge in. little spotty showers moving in over the north bay during the morning commute and continuing midday, mainly in the north bay. clouds in other areas, but not likely to see any rainfall in other areas. so our projection for rainfall totals as of 11:00 tomorrow night, only 0.02 of an inch at saratoga. and no measurable rain expected in other areas. highs tomorrow will range from about 60 at the coast to 61, 62 in the mildest locations around the bay. and inland. as we look ahead at the accuweather seven-day forecast,

here's what we can expect. sprinkles in the north bay tomorrow. brighter skies on wednesday. partly to mostly cloudy thursday and friday with a chance of a late-night shower or two thursday into friday morning. brighter skies on saturday. and might get a storm that is strong enough to rank one on the storm impact scale late sunday into monday morning. right now doesn't look like a strong system. but we'll boost it up to a one right now because of the probability of rain is high. >> so santa will have to contend not with snow but rain. >> yes. i'm dreaming of a wet christmas. just ahead on "abc7 news" at 4:00, the latest evidence that the duchess of sussex meghan markle, wants nothing to do with his dad and he has plenty to say about it. the increase in the number of american teams who are vaping. this hasn't been a spike in kid's substance abuse in more than 40 years like this. and traffic on 101 heading

south, leaving the silicon valley. that's 880 above 101. both crowded right now, so pack

duchess meghan markle's father says he's not heard from his taughter after trying to get in touch with her. she married prince harry earlier this year. thomas markle did not attend the wedding. speaking to british news program he says he sends her a text every day, but she's not replied. >> i don't plan to be silent for the rest of my life. i love my daughter very much. and she has to know that, and i would really appreciate if she would just reach out somehow to me. >> thomas markle says he's worried he'll they have meet his grand child.

the duke and duchess are expecting their first child in the spring. jeff bridges is about to receive another award. the hollywood foreign press association announced today that bridges will receive its highest honor for outstamtdi ioutstandi contributions to the world of entertainment. he'll receive this award during the golden globes next month. past winners, meryl streep, denzel washington, and oprah. bridges won the oscar for best actor in 2009 for "crazy heart." he's amazing. as well as "dumb and dumber." >> that's called range. >> and now he's getting ready for broadway. so he can do it all. the latest avengers trailer captured the attention of nasa. >> robert downey, jr.'s character finds himself in dire

straits. [ indiscernible ] >> oxygen should run out tomorrow morguning. >> nasa said, first thing you do is listen to mission control. if you can't communicate, use all resources to scan the skies for your missing man. and robert downey, jr., tweeted back, always good to know nasa has your back. "endgames" hits theaters in april of 2019. >> i'm going to guess he gets rescued. also, it was jeff daniels, not jeff bridges on "dumb and dumber." still to come at 4:00, a judge strikes down part of obamacare. the president loved it, but his

administration is sending recipients a different message. tcocoa's companion. the silver back

live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >> here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. a high surf warning is in effect. the mavericks contest is not happening, but surfers were out

there today to catch some big waves. the national weather service is warning people do not approach the shoreline today. it can be really dangerous. we're getting a look at rain totals from the storms. most fell in the north bay. in the south bay, meteorologist drew tuma says it's rare that san jose gets a bigger soaking than oakland and san francisco. a man is pleading for the state department to allow his wife to travel from egypt to oakland to say goodbye to their terminally ill 2-year-old son. laura anthony will have that story at 5:00. a new response from the trump administration after obamacare was ruled unconstitution unconstitutional. a judge struck down the law and our reporter has this story from washington. >> reporter: an attempt by the federal government to reassure millions of americans for their health care nothing will change

for now. a texas judge ruled obamacare was unconstitutional friday, striking down the individual mandate. monday, in a statement the department of health and human services said the judgment is not final, so we'll enforce all aspects of the aca. >> if the republicans and democrats get together, we are going to end up with incredible health care. >> reporter: the president attacked obamacare deductibles saying, a confirming supreme court decision will lead to great health care results for americans. ultimately, the case expected to land at the high court within the next couple of years. hhs says the trump administration stands ready to work with congress on policy solutions, including protecting people with preexisting conditions. >> you have to look at the history of this president for two years has done everything in his power to put an end to the protections included. >> reporter: after more than 60 atevenlts to get rid of, the gop

congress eliminated the individual mandate. the 2018 midterm election puts more pressure on republicans. >> there are many good provisions of the law. those should be retained. >> reporter: health care analysts warn wiping out health care without a replacement would bring chaos to the health care system. there's currently no plan b. hospitals and health ensurers slumped today because of the judge's ruling. anthem lost more than 3%. and united health was down 2.6%. the dow plunged 500 points. the fourth big decline this month. the dow, hnasdaq down. former fbi director james comey accused president trump of lying today after testifying about accusations of federal

officials being biased before the 2016 election. comey returned to capitol hill for another session of closed door testimony. some republican leaders have accused justice department officials of conspiring against then candidate donald trump in 2016. comey fired back by blasting president trump and the gop. >> republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. the words of a president matter. the rule of law matter and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? >> the timing of his testimony is key. republicans launched the probe, but they'll lose control of both commitees next month. that's when democrat also preside over the house when the next congress begins. a new report out today claims russian interference in the 2016 election was much wider than thought, trying to suppress the voter turnout among african-americans. a report details an all-out

campaign on behalf of candidate trump. it revealed active and ongoing russian interference still exists on social media. researchers looked at undisclosed data provided by fab, twitter and google. a business partner of michael flynn faces criminal charges of trying to illegal the u.s. government. prosecutors claim that flynn worked with the suspect to have a turkish exile extradited back to his country. he has pled guilty to charges of lying to investigators about being in contact with russian officials. president trump is threatening to have part of the federal government shut down friday if congress can't reach a deal on his border wall. the president says he'll only sign a temporary spending bill if it includes $5 billion for the wall. democrats and some republicans argue there are cheaper and more

effective ways to secure the border. a shutdown will cut off pay for about one quarter of federal workers. the family of a 7-year-old migrant girl who died in custody disputes homeland security's claim that she succumbed to septic shock. she began having seizure and had a fever of 106 degrees, and hadn't eaten anything in days according to a report in "the washington post." officials are investigating whether there were communication problems. the father said his daughter was in good health. a judge has ordered the woodside based gorilla foundation and the cincinnati zoo to resolve a custody dispute over the companion to the late cocoa the gorilla. the 37-year-old gorilla was loned by the zoo to the foundation in 1991 under the assumption he would be returned

after cocoa's death. that has not happened. the zoo filed suit against the foundation, ordering the return, arguing the gorilla is living now in isolation. the foundation says a transfer would harm him. a judge today recommended out of court mediation. still to come on "abc7 news" at 4:00, take a look. can you tell what that plob blo? >> not really. >> it's certainly drawing the attention of wildlife officials. the sun is setting and sprinkles are

what does help for heart fait looks like this. entresto is a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium.

ask your doctor about entresto. ♪ the beat goes on. yeah! all right. what is that bronze looking blob you see there? >> it's hard to figure out. >> it is a turtle swiming under the ice of a frozen pawn. the u.s. fish and wildlife service tweeted the image. >> that's amazing. >> it's not rare to see turtles going for a swim under a sheet of ice. but you don't usually capture one on camera. >> that is remarkable. >> here's look at live doppler 7 hd. we have increasing clouds in the bay area. seeing some rain developing,

likely to seep throuweep throug overnight. overnight, increasing clouds up north and over in the inland east bay, along with some fog. overnight lows in the low to mid 40s. here's your day planner for tomorrow. we'll start with some lingering clouds and areas f fog as well. by midday, some north bay sprinkles developing. the rest of the bay area will be dry tomorrow. late afternoon when we hit our highs for the day, we'll have a seasonal range. and evening, sunset at 4:52 and temperatures drop. highs tomorrow just above 60 degrees in most locations. here's the seven-day forecast. look for a chance of north bay sprinkles tomorrow. certainly a dryer and brighter day on wednesday. and late thursday night into friday morning, another chance of scattered sprinkles. winter begins s at 2:23 p.m. late sunday and monday, another

light rainstorm coming. >> you have to admit these are well-sized storms, not overwhelming you at once. >> that's right. >> a few days to drain and more rain. christmas just a week away. >> oh! just ahead, michael finney teams up with consumer reports. some important toy safety information. newlyweds usually like to party after they get married. but one oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪

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new warnings about a concerning increase about the number of teens that are vaping and what these chemicals could do to developing minds. >> reporter: it's the biggest one-year spike in kid substance abuse in 44 years. >> we wouldn't grab a cigarette, don't grab an e-cig. >> reporter: one in five high school seniors have vaped nicotine in the last month, nearly double the number from last year. something that dr. jen ashton says could have long-term effects on this generation. >> when the brain is developing, we don't have long-term data

about what these chemicals do to lungs, mouth, and the brains of developing children. >> reporter: a study looked at teenagers who vape and found a laumdry list of dangerous chemicals in their body, many associated with increased risk of cancer and lung disease. parents should know what these devices look like and look for signs of nicotine addiction in their kids. >> difficult concentrating, sleep disturbance, irritability. they need to help them with that nicotine dependance. >> reporter: many teens have the misconception that e-cigarettes are safer than smoking but emphasizes that is not the case. in addition to the dangerous chemicals, doctors say using them during those critical years of development can make you more likely to be an addict as an adult. >> the stress that holidays can take a toll on our health. a new study from sweden finds the risk of having a heart

attack rises 40% on christmas eve. researchers look at the timing of over 280,000 heart attacks over 15 years and found the greatest risk happened around 10:00 p.m. on christmas eve. mornings before 8:00 and monday mornings were the other times for high risk. the study's author says they still need to find out why these spikes happen. the study is published in the bmj. christmas is a week away, and just like most years, toys are among the hottest holiday gifts. >> while they bring lots of joy to little ones, they can be harmful. more than 250,000 children were sent to the er because of toy-related injuries last year. >> 250,000. >> mind boggling. >> michael finney received some tips from consumer reports director of product safety. >> reporter: the holidays are here, and we're buying a lot of toys. that brings a lot of joy, but there are concerns. more than 250,000 children were sent to the er because of

toy-related injuries last year. so joining us with some buying and safety advice is director of product safety don humor. thanks for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. glad to do it. >> let's start with age guidelines on toys. are they accurate or worth following? >> yes. it's very important that when shopping for toys that parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles pay attention to the age labeling that's on the product. the consumer product safety commission encourages manufacturers to clearly label all toys with age guidelines and the agency requires that those age labels be accurate. to that end, the agency offers age determination guide loinlin. those help identify the correct safety standards applicable to each product. for example, small parts regulation ban any toys intended for use by children from younger

than 3 from having small parts, including my pieces that may break off from a toy. a small part is defined as anything that fits into anything the size of a toilet paper tube. that's a handy tool that parents can use to measure what they're small parts or not. >> i may be buying for the older child, but the younger one is still right there. >> that's right. you may want to reconsider buying something if there's a chance it could fall into the hands of a younger sibling. if older children are playing with toddlers, parents should supervise play to be sure that children under 3 do not have access to the small parts. >> a few years ago, there was a lot of talk around magnets. is that still an issue?

>> yes. the real danger is if these high powered, round magnet balls actually get in the hands of children and they were to swallow them, significant harm can be used. we have urged them to establish a safety standard for all rare earth magnets and urge companies not to put dangerous products like these on the product. >> batteries a couple of years ago were catching fire. are they still an issue? >> the biggest problem we have are with coin cell batteries. they're dangerous to young children because they can cause a great deal of harm with chemical burns and are poisonous. any toy that you buy that runs on these batteries needs a battery compartment that requires a tool for opening, so it would be difficult for small hands to open that battery co compartment and have access.

>> don, i appreciate your time today. >> okay, thank you. >> interesting conversation there with michael. thank you. one more sing, the hotline is open monday through friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and you can reach michael on his facebook page and abc7news.com. a new hampshire christmas display proves one person's trash is another's treasure. melissa howard plopped this big, ugly share in front of her home, but no takers. neighbors were complaining and urging her to take the chair to the dump. she had another idea. >> we got the book, someone put a bud light in there. we got the red sox world series hat going on. >> it's all about the sox. howard says she'll take this chair to the dump eventually. she has no plans to bring back another big, ugly chair next

year. for most couples, the wedding celebration is about them, but a couple from florida wanted to do something extra special for others. branded a jessica bond invited their wedding party to target tt buy toys for toys for tots. >> i have the more amazing wife. if we can give back a little bit, then what better can we do on our wedding day? >> that is one marriage that's going to last,sesesesese guests were given $10, but etch spent so much more to buy toys. >> how thoughtful is that, on your wedding day? just ahead at 4:00, and the winner is -- miss philippines wins the miss

universe title. big day for the filipino-american community. >> dan is here with what we have coming up at 5:00. coming up tonight, airport bragging rights. there might just be a little something for everyone here. a mother who wants to hold her dying son one last time, and the new push to help make that happen. plus, you don't want to be on this list, but odds are pretty good that you are. it's the worst passwords of

coming up tonight on abc 7 -- california is home to the largest filipino population in the entire u.s., with more than 320,000 living in the bay area alone. today, many of them had the same thing on their minds last night's miss universe pageant. a contestant from the philippines won for a fourth time. >> the new miss universe is -- philippines! >> reporter: overnight, the 24-year-old has become the most admired person in the philippines. but i wanted to know how filipinos in the bay area felt about the newly crowned miss universe. i started in san francisco's south of market area, often referred to as the filipino

cultural district. who knew? there we stopped at home of the best tacos, mixed with filipino cuisine. >> i was really proud to hear that miss philippines won the miss universe contest. it's an awesome representation of the filipino community, great example to joining women everywhere. >> reporter: next stop, seafood city supermarket in south san francisco described as the place to find true filipino goodness. how does it feel? >> of course, everybody is happy. have you been watching the whole night? >> oh, my gosh. i didn't know. >> do you live under a rock or something? >> no. >> she's really smart and intelligent. >> she has a lot of confidence and when she answered the questions, she was right on the dot. >> reporter: finally, people are focusing more on a contestant's brain and less on their looks. >> they are beautiful women. >> reporter: oh, well, that was

short lived. we know this, gray was born in australia, her father is scottish and her mom is from the philippines. and then al santos here filled us in on the rest. >> she was miss world candidate prior to this two years ago. >> reporter: people here are proud to say that gray is the fourth filipino to clinch the title. that's something they don't mind bragging about. >> oh, yes. filipinos are very proud. >> reporter: in south san francisco, leeann melendez, "abc7 news." >> speaking of winners, football players at five baip high schools -- five bay area high schools returned as state champs. the schools are liberty of brentwood, wilcox of santa clara, lincoln of san francisco, and mcclimbens of oakland. the victory for them, the third straight state title. congrats to all. thanks for joining us for "abc7

news" at 4:00. i'm larry beil. "abc7 news" at 5:00 starts right now. time's running out. please help us get my family together again. >> a father's emotional plea. he says her wife needs to see their sick son. >> sentencing day for a suspected terrorist. a man accused of plotting attacks in the bay area. hanging on every word and hoping to hear something positive. an update on people living in limbo after their homes were gutted more than a year ago. and the monsters at mavericks and the surfers trying to tame them. live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >> the largest muslim civil liberties organization in the country is pushing back against president trump's travel ban tonight. the group says the policy is keeping a mother in egypt from seeing her dying 2-year-old son in oakland. good evening.

thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. the family is doing everything it can to get the mother here to say goodbye to her son in person. >> the little boy is at children's hospital in oakland. laura anthony is there live tonight with the story. laura? >> reporter: they said they know what they have to do, that is turn off life support. but they are still holding out hope that this boy's mother will be allowed to come here before it's too late. >> my wife is calling me every day, wanting to kiss and hold her son. >> reporter: he knows there's little time left for his young son, abdullah, who turned 2 years od two days ago while on life support at children's hospital. all ali wants now is for his wife to be able to say goodbye to their son. >> time's running out. please help us get my f