into six massive fires, burning more than 200,000 acre, destroying 8900 structures and killing 44 people. >> half of those who were killed were killed by the tubbs fire. today's cal fire report clears pg&e of blame for this fire and says private electrical equipment is responsible for it. >> let's begin our team coverage with the abc 7 news i-team's dan noyes who is live in the newsroom. dan? >> ama and dan, the cal fire report made pg&e's stock jump, but attorneys for the victims say it doesn't change anything, that pg&e is still on the hook. the cal fire investigative report released today shows that just hours after the tubbs fire started, an investigator identified the possible ignition point. a home on a ten-acre plot on bennett lane in calistoga, owned by an elderly woman who was out of town at the time. the fire did not start with the pg&e equipment, that the tubbs fire was caused by a private electrical system adjacent to a

residential structure. >> what they can determine is it was some type of infrastructure or electrical failure within a private property. what exactly was unable to be determined because of the intensity of the fire. >> cal fire did not identify any violations of state law in how the fire started. pg&e issued a statement that regardless of today's announcement, pg&e still faces significant litigation, significant potential liabilities and a deteriorating financial situation. >> this obviously begs the question, now what. >> governor gavin newsom says the cal fire report raises questions about pg&e's bankruptcy next week, adding it is the utility's decision to make alone. >> my focus is not pg&e. my focus is on california and californians. my focus is on safe, reliable and affordable service. >> reporter: pg&e is receiving pushback on its bankruptcy plans. blue mountain capital released a statement. the news from cal fire that pg&e did not cause the devastating

2017 tubbs fire is yet another example of why the company shouldn't be rushing to file for bankruptcy, which would be totally unnecessary and bad for all stakeholders. >> this doesn't do anything to change pg&e's liability. >> wildfire victim's attorney michael kelly told me late today, pg&e had a responsibility to cut power to the region because they knew the conditions were right for a wildfire. >> pg&e had the knowledge of two days of red flag warnings. it had the knowledge of humidity below 5% on the ground, below 10% in the air, offshore winds, high temperatures. everything that's in their algorithm to turn the power off. and that basically is what negligence liability is about. we don't care about this question of -- >> pg&e's stock jumped more than 70% with today's cal fire report, but it's still way down from what it was year ago. i reached out to the woman who owns that property on bennett lane and have not heard back, dan and am map. >> thanks very much. in response to cal fire's announcement, the mayor of calistoga said this. quote, while it is important to identify the cause and the

source of this devastating fire, it only highlights the vulnerability of not only pg&e's electrical systems, but also those of private systems. >> the city of santa rosa issued a statement saying we will be reviewing the report with our legal team, and we'll have further comment on the findings and the city's next steps soon. >> the tubbs fire gutted parts of santa rosa, including the coffey park neighborhood. this is what it looked like days after the fire from sky 7. house after house just reduced to utter rubble. >> and today sky 7 returned for another look. using exclusive sky map 7 technology, you can see exactly which streets you're looking at. and you can see a lot more houses as well as cars lining those streets. signs of the recovery taking place in this neighborhood. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live from coffey park, where he has reported many times, speaking with fire survivors about today's announcement from cal fire. wayne, what are you hearing? >> well, it's interesting. if there had been las vegas odds, dan, for pg&e, who would have taken pg&e? it was a case of guilt by

association, guilt by assumption. the decision today a surprise. on a brisk winter day without a cloud in the sky, rebuilding continued in areas consumed by the tubbs fire, which killed 22 people and destroyed more than 5,000 structures. from the beginning, many victims and observers have assumed pge to be the culprit, but not all of them. contract joel chandler lost his home. >> i know what kind of fuel we had in those mountains, and i know that everybody was concerned about having pg&e come through and cut right of ways and wouldn't let them on their land. i feel like it's everybody's fault. >> and yet it's not that simple. while the tubbs fire was the largest, it wasn't the only blaze that night, and cal fire has named pg&e the culprit in some of them. lawsuits and the tubbs fire preceded today's report, among them a case filed by sonoma county for millions of dollars in damage. chair of the sonoma county

supervisors david rabbit says the cal fire report changes nothing. >> it's one piece of evidence. we need to continue down this path and have everything be decided definitively. >> this is still going to court. we're still going to go before a jury. we're going to put all the evidence in front of a jury, and the jury will decide. >> that's noreen evans, who represents hundreds of tubbs fire victims. she says their suits will continue, that in her eyes, the cal fire report remains inconclusive. >> part of the problem with the cal fire report is there are so many redactions in it. it's hard to know exactly what cal fire was thinking. >> reporter: meantime, a slow recovery. a legal quagmire still unclear, despite cal fire's report. it is hardly background noise, but -- >> what does matter? >> that we get our houses put back. >> and as we come back live to coffey park, this is one of those houses coming back. in a neighborhood coming back to life. when we spoke with noreen evans today, who represents many of those plaintiffs, she said they had their own investigation, that their person has been

looking at all of the circumstances. he does not agree with the cal fire report. live in coffey park, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. and the tubbs fire wiped out almost all of the journeys end mobile home park. this is a side by side view. on the left is footage from droneview7 days after the fire. almost nothing left, as you see. on the right is sky 7 footage from today. the burned wreckage has been all cleared away. a few homes did survive the fire, however, no one is allowed to live there. >> now 7 on your side's michael finney has been looking into how today's cal fire decision will affect homeowners and how homeowners themselves are feeling about all of this. >> yeah, he joins us now. michael? >> the homeowners are conflicted, no doubt about it. this report has been a long time coming. and the findings themselves are, as we've been reporting, not what many expected. i've been talking with santa rosa fire victim bradsher wood since his house first burned.

here's what he's thinking today. >> well, i'm glad the report is out. it's one cloud of uncertain that is not taking over our heads now. we've been waiting for the cal fire report the last year. but now it's like another cloud of uncertainty is hanging over fire survivors. what does all this mean? >> interesting. he asked a very god questiood q. >> that's what everybody up there is trying to figure out right now. it is certainly not a great day for tubbs fire victims who are suing pg&e. this makes a lawsuit harder to win, i should say. but it is not the end of the road. we spoke to a couple of the major attorneys representing tubbs fire victims, and they tell me this report is not even admissible in court. they have their own fire investigators, as we just reported, and now the cal fire report gives them a road map. >> interesting. >> but this actually makes it harder. why is that? >> okay. okay. you're getting down to -- this is what it really gets down to.

there are two main causes of actions here. inverse condemnation and negligence. inverse condemnation gives property owners the right the sue pg&e for taking property without proper payment. now that's based more on what happened rather than what why, since pg&e has been at least partially let off the hook by cal fire, that appears to be harder to prove. so that still leaves open a negligent case. was pg&e negligent by providing power to the private property where the fire started or in any other way connected to the tubbs fire. >> but negligence is harder to prove, right? >> see, that's exactly it. the other is did it happen. with negligence, there are four elements to a negligence case. one of the toughest is was the resulting damage reasonably foreseeable consequence of the defendant's acts or failure to act? that can be tough to improvement. >> well, a lot to go over. thank you, michael.

>> now we first sent out an alert about this story to the abc 7 news at 12:49 this afternoon. the app keeps you on top of breaking news. just download it, enable the push alert feature and you'll get updated news immediately. all right. now to the future of one of the bay area's busiest transit agencies, bart. a two-day board meeting began today with the latest report card from riders fresh in their minds. riders satisfaction is at a record low of 56%. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas joins us live from the embarcadero station in san francisco with how bart plans to make things better. eric? >> and ama, bart's customer satisfaction survey results have been out there for a few days. but this was the first chance the board of directors had a chance to discuss it. and truthfully, they already knew many of these problems existed. the challenge is what to do about it. when it comes to everybody's biggest gripes about riding bart, pick your poison. >> it sucks. the trains do get crowded in the morning. it can be really difficult

coming in and out of the city. >> the homeless people sleeping on it, taking up seats, especially in the morning. >> the only thing i don't like is the fare evading and stuff. >> reporter: the board got a chance to discuss the findings of the satisfaction survey in a meeting held in san francisco's ferry building instead of the agency's oakland headquarters. new bart board president says the problems listed in the survey are tough to solve, but he promises they'll be addressed. >> they're the problems that we know are affecting bart, as they are affecting the bay area. >> bart does a customer satisfaction survey every two years, and the results today are worriso worrisome. would you recommend bart to a friend, this graph courtesy of bart said 85% of riders would in 2016, but last year that number was down to 73%. here are the areas where satisfaction numbers took the biggest drops. nearly 20% fewer people were happy about steps to curb fare evasion. more than 16% fewer riders thought their personal security

was being properly addressed. incidents like this fight on a pittsburg to sfo train monday night are part of the reason. >> you're going to see this year work on reducing fare evasion, better fare gates. and we're going to see a lot of initiatives. >> he says homeless outreach programs are already under way in san francisco and contra costa counties, and drug use has been reduced, but not completely eliminated at the civic center station he calls cleaner and safer. >> we're working on what the public wants, but this is a -- this is a tough year. and we're listening, and we hear and we're sorry and we're going to do better. >> but he is already pursuing partnerships with local police agencies to try to reduce crime on bart, but he would also like to see, he says, as sort of ambassador program with people from the community who would be in bart stations and ride bart and try to diffuse things before you ever need the police. at embarcadero bart, eric thomas, abc 7 news.

>> all right, eric, thank you so much. well, transit is one big challenge in the bay area, of course. another is housing. >> and many believe the influx of tech companies for driving up prices. next, see whose on board with a half billion commitment to making this place -- making this a place where more people can afford to live. i'm spencer christian. we have another clear and beautiful night coming our way, along with another very chilly morning. i'll have the accuweather coming up. and at 6:30, the latest on the federal government shutdown and why failed votes don't equal failed negotiations. stay with us. oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events

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will count the homeless in san francisco. hundreds of volunteers will be out to get it done. the homeless census is done every two years. it is required by the federal government in order to allocate funds. san jose needs help doing its homeless count next week. the city put out this call today for volunteers. santa clara's homeless census will take place on tuesday and wednesday, the same day as alameda county's. so if you would like to help, you can get involved. the last census was done in 2017. again, as i said, it's done every two years. it found more than 2700 in oakland, more than 4,000 in san jose. san francisco had more than both of those cities combined, close to 7,500 without homes living on the streets. two days after salesforce ceo marc benioff blamed the tech industry, we heard from another mogul who wants to be part of the solution. lyanne melendez is live to tell us about the big money being raised for affordable housing.

lyanne, the question is will that money make a difference in the bay area's housing crisis in measurable ways. >> well, it's certainly more than a drop in the bucket, dan. $500 million. it is a motivator. and i'll tell you why. priscilla chan today said that two to three years ago, tech companies would say, you know, it is not our problem. this housing crisis, it is not our problem. she said today that is absolutely not true. these five self-described agitators came with ideas on how to solve the housing crisis in the bay area. for one, involve the private sector. in the bay area, facebook and genentech are committed to help fund a $500 million partnership with the idea that other companies will follow. here's priscil t chan zuckerberg initiative. >> they're important constituents of the bay area that have been driving a lot of the bay area economy, and now

wanting to be a part of the solution. >> already they have secured $261 million. where will that money go to? the goal is to preserve and produce more than eight thousand homes over the next five to ten years. besides building more housing, they could fund nonprofits that are already buying properties and revitalizing them with the purpose of keeping them permanently affordable. the money will go to projects in five counties, san francisco, alameda, contra costa, san mateo and santa clara. >> it is designed to be a fund that will be around for about 18 years. >> an additional $40 million will go to counties and cities that show they are actively involved in introducing housing initiatives. >> and from a policy point of view, supports tenant protection as well as preservation activities. >> among the five, one of them a homeless advocate said his wish is to some day be unemployed. >> i run a homeless shelter and homeless programs in four counties.

and 14 cities. put me out of business. >> put me out of business. now clearly these tech companies followed microsoft's lead. now microsoft pledged $500 million towards affordable housing in seattle. but of course we are live here in san francisco, i'm lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> all right, lyanne, thank you. there is a new push to make sure all the skyscrapers in san francisco are safe from earthquakes, and the mayor has a plan to make it happen. abc 7 reporter melanie woodrow breaks it down. >> san francisco will be strengthening the resiliency of tall buildings based on recommendations from a report looking at 156 buildings over 240 feet tall in the downtown south of market area. it's estimated the city has a 72% chance of experiencing6. magnitude or greater earthquake before 2043.

it's time to take action. >> the big one is coming. we don't know when, but it's coming. there is no question about it. >> mayor london breed's executive directive issued today instructs city departments to work with community stakeholders, asking them to develop regulations to address geotechnical and engineering issues, as well as clarify emergency response and safety inspection rules, and to establish a disaster recovery task force, all by the end of the year. city administrator naomi kelly says the tall buildings in the downtown south of market area are a critical component to san francisco. >> not only are they the economic engine of our city, there are many people living in this part of san francisco right now. >> kelly says the city will be working to build community consensus about next steps. the mayor's executive directive outlines specific responsibilities for each agency involved, including community outreach to inform stakeholders about the tall building safety strategy. they'll be sharing information with other cities that have tall

buildings and face a similar seismic risk. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> and it is a good time to remind you to get prepared for an earthquake. >> yeah, really. why not do it now? go to abc7news.com/prepare norcal to learn how to make an earthquake kit and an emergency plan for your family. let's take advantage of this time before we need it. >> take advantage of the weather too. it's pretty nice. >> it's hard to beat. i talked to my brother today in south bend, indiana. it's like minus 2 or something. i told him it's 70 here. >> why doesn't he move? >> i know. i keep telling him. >> with is rea great weekend coming our way, including tomorrow as part of the weekend. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have clear skies across the bay area right now. it was a milder day today than even yesterday, and even now as with the sun having set and temperatures dropping, it's still pleasant outside. here is a view from our abc 7 exploratorium camera, looking back at the skyline. it's 59 degrees here in the city and 59 across the bay. in oakland, 57. mountain view,.f

d a lovely view looking westward from emeryville. just a few clouds off in the distance. it's 55 at santa rosa. napa 53. 50 at fairfield. temperatures dropping there. 58 at concord. 55 at livermore. and from sutro tower, an unobstructed view looking down on to san francisco. these are our forecast features. it will be chilly overnight as has been the pattern all weekend long. there may be patchy fog which may slow down the commute a little bit. sunny and spring-like days through the weekend, and the dry pattern will continue into next month. overnight look for fog over in the central valley. some of it may spill through the delta, the carquinez straight. overnight lows in the inland valleys will be generally in the 30s. we'll see low 40s right around the bay shoreline. tomorrow's highs under sunny skies will climb to the upper 60s. in some inland areas, mainly mid-60s around the bay shoreline and low to mid-60s on the coast. thinking about going to tahoe for a few days?

tomorrow, saturday and sunday, mainly clear skies. saturday into mid-50s. on sunday, certainly some pleasant weather in tahoe, and i'm told the snow on the slopes is still quite nice. here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. and our pattern remains quite dry, but quite pleasant. sunday will be the peak of warming with inland highs around 70 degrees, or perhaps even a degree or two higher. almost 70 around the by shoreline and mid-60s on the coast. that's amazing for late january. really nice. >> thanks, spencer. it's the end of the world as we know it. almost. a look at today's doomsday clock countdown. >> and what or two is being blamed for this

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improvements in relations between the united states and north korea, but it criticized the lack of progress to fight climate change. still to come on abc 7 news at 6:00, a senate showdown on two bills to end the partial government shutdown. the votes didn't go well, but there may be progress. also -- [ honking ] >> san francisco taxi drivers sound off over a new regulation they call devastating. and later, the startling number of pythons

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live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> we're on day 34 of the partial federal government shutdown, and there are new developments. first the bad news. two duelling bills to end the shutdown failed in the senate. >> but good news. there are new talks between lawmakers and the president. abc news reporter kenneth moten is in two competing bills to ren the government went nowhere in the senate, but sparked bipartisan talks between lawmakers and the white house. >> today didn't open the

government. i think the message that we've heard loud and clear from americans is enough already. >> president trump now open to funding the government for three weeks, but demanding a large down payment on the border wall and a commitment from democrats that they will negotiate a broader deal on border security. >> one of the ideas suggested is they open it. they pay sort of a prorated down payment for the wall, which i think people agree that you need. you need the wall. >> earlier, the senate built a proposal for the wall in exchange for three years of daca protections the president previously took away. >> we need a compromise that can pass both chambers and earn a presidential signature. >> the democrats' plan, which also failed provided no border wall money. >> a vote for the president's plan is endorsement of government by extortion. >> trump declared on twitter we will not cave, but the president is backing down after house speaker nancy pelosi delayed the state of the union until the shutdown is over. >> thank goo maer to rest and we can get on to the subject at hand.

open up government. >> more and more federal agencies, unions and workers from the fbi to air traffic controllers are sounding the alarm. >> no one will get out of this unscathed if we do not stop this shutdown. >> tomorrow will be the second missed pay check for 800,000 federal workers since the shutdown began last month. kenneth moten, abc news, washington. job posting site glass door, which has its headquarters in mill valley says the number of federal workers looking for jobs on its site increased by 10%, while federal agencies are seeing a staggering 46% drop in applicants. fewer people are interested. and the shutdown itself may have a lasting impact on the attractiveness of federal jobs. >> well, as you heard earlier, the shutdown has also put a hold on the state of the union. president trump announced last night he will not make the speech until the shutdown has ended in line with the request made by house speaker nancy pelosi. reggie aqui spoke with abc political director rick klein

for his reaction. >> he didn't take this as an opportunity to go outside of d.c., have a rally like he is very comfortable in that setting and have a bunch of people who are not in their heads and giving him standing ovations, which would not be the house within the house of representatives. why did he do this? >> keep in mind what the past couple of weeks have brought to the president. he's had a couple of chances to address the nation, one of them in prime time on television, and in both it didn't move the needle. this has been aer have unpopular shutdown and president trump is taking more blame. there is a sense he is losing as he goes out there. >> so far there is no date set for the state of the union. >> let's turn now to state politics. california democrats gained a seat in the assembly by an unusual means. former republican assembly member brian mansheim of san diego announced he reregistered as a democrat this morning. the four-term republican said he is switching sides over disagreements with republican leadership. >> leaving the republican party is not easy. i can either keep fighting to change the republican party or i can fight for my constituents.

i choose to use my energy and my skills to fight for the people that i represent. >> california republican minority leader marie waldron says this is all politics. mansheim won his seat by less than half a percentage point last november. starting next week, some taxi drives will not be able to make trips to sfo. that's a lucrative trip for them. david louie talked to cabdrivers today who said with the ride sharing companies like lyft and uber taking more and more of the taxi business, this is the last thing they need. >> this is why taxis may superbeen scarce for about an hour. dozens of them were circling city hall to protest a new regulation that restricts hundreds of them from picking up passengers at san francisco international. with increased competition from ride share oviders, taxidrive$2 obtain medallions from the city are being given preference at

the airport over those who paid fractions of that a decade ago. >> we're already making about a fifth of what we did two years ago because of uber and lyft which they should have never allowed here, and now they're putting the final nail in the coffin with this proposal. >> one of the demands of the protesters is they want to talk to the san francisco mayor, london breed. that's what the sign says. however, the timing is no perfect because she's out of town at the conference of mayors meeting. four members of the board of supervisors are planning to introduce a resolution next week to put a temporary hold on the new regulation to allow more time to reach a better solution. >> everyone might not like it in the end, but we're not going to divide the taxi industry and pit people against one another. i can guarantee you that. >> the agency that regulates tax exis and came up with the plan says it takes effect in a week. >> we believe this will provide more value to those who have purchased medallions and ensuring that taxi service is a vital part of our transportation system going forward there. >> has been no reaction from the mayor's office because she is out of town. in san francisco, david louie,

abc7 news. >> the city believes there are too many taxi drivers waiting at sfo, often clogging the taxi lot. that's the main reason behind this regulation. in the east bay, a groundbreaking for a long-awaited construction project to upgrade the 680 and highway 480 exchange. it will expand highway 4 and allow for express lanes on 680. it will take two years. the interchange was built in the 1960s. it hasn't changed much since. on the peninsula, a new rewards program will pay people up to $100 in gift cards to carpool in san mateo county. current i will only about 10% of drivers in san mateo county share a ride. the program will hand out about $400,000 this year to get more people to give it a try. >> if you either live or work in san mateo county and you use carpooling, with is rea rewards program that will provide that incentive to you to at least give it a try.

it's not something you have to do all the time. but for every ten days of carpooling, you can earn a $25 reward. >> riders need to register their carpool rides to qualify for these gift cards. you can do that by creating an account at commute.org. coming up, they are the champions again. >> see today's celebrations for a bay area high school football team. state champions for the third year in a row. and leaving you for the moment with a live look from our east bay hills tower camera. we are expecting beautiful weather this weekend.

a well-deserved celebration at oakland city hall today. >> yes. team that not only scores on the field, but also in the classroom. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the story. >> who's house? that's what i'm talking about. tradition for the small west oakland high school with a huge heart, the mclimon's warriors. >> when they ask us what comes out of the west, i get to say very proudly champions.

not only on the field, but in life. >> right here, right here, yeah! >> with a student population of just over 300, mclimon's defeated garfield high, a school with 2500 students in december. these guys were all part of that victory. >> we've got a great coach in michael peters. and he just bring us all together from every neighborhood and we play as a team. and then everything else falls into place. >> for these young men, being a part of the mclyman's team is more than playing a sport. it's about being a family. >> we like to play football, and we just play our hearts out. so really, we just leave it all on the field. whatever comes, it comes with it. >> and each of these players knows that being a win other tonight field extends to how they conduct themselves in the classroom and out in the community. >> you know, it's a true testament to their hard work and

resilience and their brotherhood. >> i just want to thank the oakland community for all their support. this 2020 class, get the job next year. >> these guys aren't just winners on the field. they're also excelling in the classroom. the average gpa for this year's team, 3.56. n oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> incredible. >> 3.5, that's fantastic. >> by the way, they weren't the only bay area school to celebrate a state football championship in year. get this. there were four others. >> the school were liberty lyons of brentwood, the wilcox chargers, the menlo atherton bears, and the lincoln high mustangs of san francisco. congratulations one and all. god work. >> mclyman's are the these are the pythons. >> a bay area

the peninsula humane society always gets a steady stream of cats and dogs. >> now it's seeing an uptick in another kind ofptab >> dion lim explains, instead of four legs, these guys have no legs and no shoulders. >> mariella cares for exotic

reptiles at the humane society in burlingame. and lately she's had a full house, thanks in part to a stream of visitors that might seem more at home in the branches of a forest. >> ball pepythons. originally from africa. >> they have an intimidating resolution for chasing down and swallowing small prey in the wild. but they sometimes get intimidated themselves. >> they're famously known for curling into a ball as a defense mechanism. >> hence their nickname. the ball pythons do turn up at shelters from time to time, but managers say this year something is tipping the scale, so to speak. >> on average, we receive about five or six ball pythons a year through our shelter, yet in the last 12 months we've received 10. so it's almost double. >> she says owners turn them in for various reasons, and adopting them out is often a matter of education. despite their hunter swallower origins, the ball pythons are

gentle and even affectionate. >> you can hold them and have them hang out with you. they'll be pretty calm. they use your body heat to stay warm. >> and a lot of our adopters will tell us how they'll be sitting on the sofa watching the latest thing on tv, and the ball python will be wrapped around their next. >> these days the ball pythons typically eat freeze dried prey from pet stores. >> i would keep it in a cage in my room. >> and while they may not be for everyone, the humane society is hoping to find adopters willing to wrap their hearts around a different kind of pet. in burlingame, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> all right. well, handlers say the ball pythons grow to be about five feet long or so on average and need to be kept in a humid environment. >> that's not too bad. nice pet for someone. new details about a rescue of two hikers who became stranded along a remote section of muir beach this afternoon.

you can see a flight officer hop out of the cn. they appear to be okay, walking and chatting with the officer. the victims told them they slipped and fell while hyperboling on the trail. chp says both men were loaded on to the helicopter and flown back to safety. >> great that they're doing okay. it's this kind of weather that makes people want to get out and hike and hit the trails. >> it sounds like it's going to continue through the weekend, spencer? >> it is. it's going to continue to even get milder and perhaps nicer, depending on what kind of weather you like. here is a look at live doppler 7. clear skies over the by area right now. it will be chilly overnight. look for low temperatures dropping into the mid- to upper 30s in most of our inland valleys. maybe a little patchy fog will develop in some of those valleys, and lows in the low 40s near the coast and bay. tomorrow high temperatures continue to rise into the upper 60s inland. mid- to upper 60s around the bay and mid-60s along the coast. remember three weeks ago the state snowpack was so low? 69% of average. i'm happy to report that today it's at 114% of average. so the recent snows have helped

a lot. if you are thinking about going up to tahoe this weekend, the next three days will be nice and sunny. no snow-covered roadways to contend, but i'm told the snow on the slopes is nice. sunny skies, highs in the upper 40s tomorrow and saturday. mid-50s on sunday. and here is our accuweather seven-day forecast. it will be a little bit milder tomorrow and saturday, and then sunday will be the peak of the warming with high temperatures at or above 70 degrees in our inland areas. upper 60s to near 70 around the bay shoreline, and mid-60s on the coast. and notice each day going into next week, the temperatures drop off just a degree or two. not a sudden drop. so even next week will be mild, but it will also be dry. we see no rain in sight until maybe early february. >> we need the rain, but if it's not going to be here, just enjoy the sunshine. >> can't athing about it. >> victorious very much, spencer. the government may be shut down in washington, but the warriors are not. >> never. and like the snowpack, i'm 114% of normal. i'm so normal, i'm abnormal. >> what does that even mean?

>> we'll buy that. >> the warriors in the nation's capital. no drama for them this year in d.c., unless you consider the all-star voting. the votes are in. the starters announced. the warriors will have two in charlotte. i'm guessing you can guess who

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. yeah! now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. last year the warriors had four players make the nba all-star game. this year it looks like steph curry and kevin durant. lebron james led all

vote-getters in the west. he is the west captain joined in the front court by kd and paul george. it will be curry has made the all-star team six straight years. that happens to be a warriors record. in the east giannis antetokounmpo, the greek freak, he is the captain. up front kawhi leonard and joel embiid joining him. joel embiid in the backcourt. tonight warriors in d.c. facing the wizards. boogie cousins looking more and more comfortable here. gets a wide open three. you have to come out and guard him. he can shoot. and serving up a plate of rejection for thomas bryant. posting up. he is like a load. 270 pounds. he had nine at the half, did boogie. kevin durant, ten-time all-star, as of today. with authority.ors the rebound. steph knocks down a three. he is heating up in the game. he has 33 points at last check. then boogie dishing to durant,

uncontested. he's got 17. and right now warriors leading just entering the fourth quarter, 104-92. the sharks, they will have three players in the nhl all-star game. it's this saturday night in san jose. and today is media day. in fact, it's going on as we speech. joe pavelski and brent carlson will represent team teal this weekz. carlson, he is going to play after missing two games with a lower body injury. there is some question about that until moments ago. sharks pumped to have this game on home ice. >> it gives a chance to other guys, you know, their families and stuff to see some of the beauty around here. hopefully i know it gets kind of crazy around here, but they get to chance to go see santa cruz or pebble beach or san francisco, napa valley. hopefully all the other teams go to napa valley and get a couple of red wines in them before the game. >> hopefully. that would make the game somewhat easier. in 2002, tom brady won his first super bowl, defeating the rams. jared goff was 7 years old.

rams coach sean mcvay was sophomore in high school at that time. goff and the upstart rams, they've got a collective five super bowl appearances on their entire roster while brady and the patriots roster have collectively played in 86 super bowls. this will be number nine for tom himself. this will be brady and belichick, in fact, both have nine together. also, a stark contrast between the head coaches just in terms of their ages. sean mcvay's press conference opened up in song, really. belichick's session was a little bit different. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday dear coach >> there you go. ♪ happy birthday to you >> all right. thank you, guys. i appreciate that. >> i think everybody looked at them at the beginning of the year and weren't surprised that they were where they are, nor should they be. yet they do a really good job. >> could you imagine ppl

singing, reporters singing at belichick's news conference? that's enough with the birthday song, please. it's been 11 years since tiger woods last won a major. if he stays healthy, 2019 might be the year his drought ends. torrey pines, the farmers open. tiger missed a lot of putts. so it helped when he got the ball close to the hole on the 9th hole, his third shot on the par 5, makes this for birdie. tiger finished with a 2 under 70, eight back of the leader, jon rahm. jordan spieth is in fifth place after shooting a 7 under 65. nice birdie here on 1, and he is just three back. the contrast between sean and bill belichick. bill belichick is twice as old. he is 66 years old. >> and has twice the charisma. >> he is that way with the media. when he is just having dinner with friends. >> different guy? >> he could be the life of the party. he has personality. he is humorous. >> that's hard to imagine. >> he has puns like spencer.

well, maybe not that. but he is a whole different human. a totally different human. he has one face for us, and then he is different. >> we thought he was robot all these years. >> thanks, larry. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy tv 20, cable channel 7/13. joe montana is hoping to score big in an up and coming industry. how he is getting involved in legal cannabis. that's at 9:00. on abc 7 news at 11:00, bart cracks down on fare evaders. tonight abc 7 gets an inside look at how inspectors are making sure you pay your way. >> coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 is "grey's anatomy." then at 9:00, catch "a million little things" followed at 10:00 by "how to get away with murder" and then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> then jimmy kimmel life. actress lena heady. >> look for breaking news. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. see you a little bit later.

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