it's saturday, february 23rd. good morning and thanks so much for waking us with us. i'm chris nguyen. let's start with a first look at the forecast. here's meteorologist lisa argen tracking live doppler 7 for us. hi, lisa. >> good morning to you. boy, is it another cold start. much colder than yesterday morning. no winds to mix the atmosphere and so we are looking at numbers in the 30s. castro valley 34. it is 38 in hayward. closer to the bay 45 doesn't sound so bad but up in the north bay, how about 34 in novato as well as san jose, 33 in los gatos so that brings us anywhere from 3 to 10 degrees colder than yesterday at this hour. we had the winds to thank for that. so this morning temperatures could drop into the upper 20s in

our inland valleys. otherwise 30s for most of you with filtered sunshine by mid-afternoon. we'll call it partly cloudy. chinese new year parade today. it will be dry and cool, but as we get into the second half of the weekend, we could see a slight chance of showers in the far north bay. then next week trending pretty wet. chris. >> lisa, thank you. san francisco public defender jeff adocci has died. he suffered an apparent heart attack while traveling. he served in the public defender's office for 33 years. he was first elected to lead the office in 2001. he was one of the few elected public defenders in the country and the only one in california. he was known as a watchdog for police misconduct and was a vocal critic of san francisco police during the racist scandal that rocked the department in 2015. he was a vocal advocate for bail reform. he ran for mayor of san francisco in 2011 with the hopes of fixing the city's pension problems. attorney john burress knew him

well. >> he was a bulldog and had a real sense of righteousness about his positions and he believed very strongly in the work that he was involved and that the prosecution had to prove it and that everybody was entitled to aggressive representation. >> adachi is survived by his wife and daughter. he was 59 years old. san francisco mayor london breed released this statement saying as one of the few elected public defenders in our country, jeff always stood up for those who didn't have a voice, have been ignored and overlooked and who needed a real champion. 5:02 now. to developing news. the search will continue for a woman buried after a cliff collapse in san francisco. it happened at ft. funston right off of skyline boulevard near lake merced. luz pena has the details. >> reporter: with shovels and even their bare hands, over 60 firefighters and some bystanders worked for hours to rescue a woman buried under the sand. >> bystanders were telling us

that they observed two female adults with a canine walking along the cliff side. they had their hand up against the wall and the cliffside gave away. >> reporter: the first victim was taken to sf general with non-life threatening injuries. firefighters brought in search dogs in hopes to find the second victim. for several minutes they stayed quiet and waited to see if they heard anything from under the landslide and even tried the victim's cell phone with no avail. >> we're suspending our search operations and will be moving this to a recovery operation. what this means at this time is we will be having cadaver dogs coming in. >> reporter: javier was on his way home when he got a notification about the landslide. he grabbed his shovel and arrived to the scene to help. >> right now it's somebody's family member. we'll try to dig.

heartbroken. >> reporter: he says that for hours firefighters worked together and formed a perimeter to dig every inch of the landslide until the very last minute. >> there's a person down there right now. they're trying, you know. they're trying. >> reporter: this is now a u.s. park police incident and the officers will remain at the scene the entire morning. in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. take a look, you can see the outline of the slide area showing a chunk of sand missing from the cliffside leaving a massive pile of debris on the beach. here's a look at this before and after comparison of the landslide. on the left is a google earth image from last year. on the right what the scene looked like from sky 7 yesterday afternoon. you can see a big portion of the cliff just collapsed onto the beach. this isn't the first slide in the area. an abc 7 viewer sent us this photo of ft. funston that was closed in 2015 because of a landslide. natural erosion was the cause. it closed the middle trail for several months leaving a 20-foot

drop in place limiting access to the beach. we first sent out the alert about this story at 3:44 p.m. yesterday afternoon. to receive breaking news updates like this one, yodownload the a and enable push alerts. new this morning, senator dianne feinstein clashed with a group of young children in san francisco over climate change policy. >> i hear what you're saying, but we're the people who voted you. you're supposed to listen to us. >> how old are you? >> i'm 16. >> well, you didn't vote for me. >> sunrise movement, a group that encourages young people to cmbat climate change posted this video on twitter. they met inside the senator's san francisco office yesterday. the children asked her to support the green new deal resolution, but says she doesn't agree with what the resolution says and that there's no way to pay for it. the group says the senator's reaction was with, quote, smugness and disrespect and that this is why young people desperately want new leadership in congress. now to the oakland teachers

strike. after a second day on the picket lines, there seems to be no end in sight. as negotiations continue, the union is making it clear they are not backing down on their demands that include a raise, smaller class sizes, and an end to school closures. >> the community of oakland, parents, are standing strong for community schools and saying no to school closures. >> we're told if significant progress is not made this weekend, 3,000 ponchos have already been ordered for people to be ready to strike in the rain next week. rec centers and libraries aren't the only places oakland parents are sending their kids during the teachers strike. some moms are taking students into their own homes. here's abc 7 news anchor eric thomas. >> reporter: at tara stoops' home in the oakland hills, video games were only one of the stations the six kids she was watching could take advantage of. there was also math and reading. they even took a hike today.

here the kids admitted school was important, but they didn't mind having a friday off. >> i want the teachers to get better pay, but also some part my brain says it's fun not to go to school. >> i actually really enjoy spending time with the kids, but i appreciate the teachers and all of the energy that it takes to do that. >> reporter: it's lunchtime at jen houser's home which has been converted into what she desperately hopes will be a temporary day care. >> if you can hear me, clap your hands. >> reporter: in addition to her own two kids, she's watching ten others whose parents have to work. all are students at the oakland unified school district's melrose leadership academy. jen says she is ready and willing to help as much as she can. >> i mean we're very lucky to have a big backyard and flexible work schedules, so we knew there was no other alternative. >> reporter: the kids are in first through third grade. most would actually rather be in school today.

all of them support the striking teachers. >> the teachers work very hard and we want them to get paid enough. they don't get paid enough because the school district is saying -- >> sometimes maybe we don't have the nicest teachers but at least we get to learn stuff. >> reporter: both moms say they're in it for as long as it takes for the teachers to get what they want. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. 5:08 is our time. the 91st academy awards show is tomorrow right here on abc 7. one of the biggest movies to watch, "black panther." it's been nominated for seven oscars. dion lim is in hollywood with the three local men hoping to pick up one of those awards. >> reporter: one of the biggest elements making "black panther" an international blockbuster success is something you may noa but you most definitely felt.

>> there's an important message to convey with what this movie is doing and what is means to so many people around the world. but it's also got to be wrapped in the fun package of a marvel movie. >> reporter: steve bodiker, brandon proctor and benjamin bert all bay area natives and residents worked together with a team of about 15 on the sound design and mixing of the film, now nominated for an oscar for best sounded tinge and mixing, a team effort. >> on this job i was mixing dialogue. steve and i both shared music duties, which is kind of unique. >> reporter: thousands of layers of sound laid down second by second. nine long months of work here in marin county and in l.a. meant lots of sacrifice. >> i owe it to my wife a lot because she was pregnant at the time. >> we went out of our way to make sure we had a good time and the people that came to see us, the director, the producers, the

marvel people, felt that energy in the room. >> reporter: it certainly translated on screen. "black panther" is up against a tough field in both sound categories, including "bohemian rhapsody, " "a star is born" and "first man." the team isn't making any predictions for the big night. >> i have a really good feeling that i'm going to have a good time. i try not to think about it too much. >> you know, to be honest, the nomination already is the win. there's so many amazing sounding films and so many talented people working on this. just to be a part of thoe five films is amazing. >> reporter: take a look at this picture i tweeted. it is brandon proctor. o him at the burbank airport. this is not the first time brandon and his teammates have worked together. they were actually part of the ryan kugler film from 2015, "creed." if they win, this will be each man's very first oscar. i'm dion lim, abc 7 news.

>> we let you decide which dress dion will wear to the dress on sunday. there were four options. with 54% of the vote, silver wins. dion is reporting from the oscars all weekend long. tomorrow our coverage starts at 1:30 p.m. on the red carpet. the opening ceremony begins at 3:30. the awards themselves start at 5:00 p.m. the post awards show will go on around 8:00 p.m. it's all right here on abc 7. the time now is 5:11. meteorologist lisa argen tracking the accuweather forecast for us. >> it's certainly cold out there this morning. had to use the defrost and the wipers, maybe even getting the credit card out there to scrape the windshield. it's in the low 30s in the north bay. 32 in gilroy, 44 san francisco, so you get the idea. a frosty start out there for some of you and filtered ahd.ine i'll titoming up also ahead, we know potholes

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good morning, everyone. it's 5:14. we're taking a live look outside from our exploratorium camera pointed at san francisco's financial district on this saturday. lisa argen tracking the forecast for us. we'll check with her coming up in just a little bit. first, police in florida issued an arrest warrant for new england patriots owner robert kraft on charges of soliciting prostitution. police say they have videotape of the 77-year-old man paying for a sex act inside a day spa. the arrest came as part of a six-month multi agency

prostitution and human trafficking sting operation that ended in multiple arrests. >> yes, sir. he is one of the individuals. >> explain who he is. >> that would be mr. robert kraft. >> robert kraft, the owner of the new england patriots? >> yes, sir. >> and what is he being charged with? >> he's being charged with the same offenses as the others, and that is soliciting another to commit prostitution. >> kraft will be charged with a misdemeanor and will have to appear in court. the patriots issued a statement. quote, we categorically deny that mr. kraft engaged in any illegal activity. because it is a judicial matter, we will not be commenting further. the trump administration is dealing a blow to planned parenthood. it is stripping money from family planning organizations that refer women to abortion providers. the $286 million program supports family planning for 4 million women. planned parenthood will fight this through every possible avenue. insurance officials are on the ground combing through areas

damaged by the camp fire in butte county. the department of insurance says staff members are helping victims complete their insurance claims. nearly 14,000 homes were destroyed and 86 people killed in the november inferno. california's insurance commissioner says the agency will do whatever it can to speed up the process but it's going to take time. >> i'm not kidding myself. this is going to take a long -- it's going to be a long process to recovery, but it's critical that people reach out to us so we help navigate that for them. >> last month insurance officials reported more than 11.4 billion dollars in insured losses. that number is expected to rise in april when new numbers are released. the oakland a's are stepping up their efforts to address environmental concerns around their waterfront ballpark. yesterday the team announced a partnership with the west oakland indicators project. the ball club plans to work with the organization to develop what's called a community benefits agreement for the ballpark and the surrounding area. the a's are hoping to build a

34,000-seat ballpark near jack london square in time for the 2023 season. san jose received a record 50 pothole complaints in a single day after last weekend's heavy rain and more is on the way. for repair crews, it's a never-ending job. we learn just now drivers can get action when they encounter potholes. abc 7 news reporter david louie followed a road crew in san jose. >> reporter: this morning, this road crew was in the eastern foothills of eastern san jose. a short time later it hit willow glen and then blossom valley. always on the move, filling holes with asphalt, spending one to three minutes at each location. how many potholes a day? >> we do about 60 to 125 potholes a >>ephat's a lot. >> yeah. that's what we average a day of potholes. >> reporter: are you keeping up with the potholes? >> yes. >> reporter: it's true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. san jose says its pothole repair priority is based on complaints that are made by phone or on the

my san jose mobile app. >> if we know about a pothole, you let us know, we'll send somebody to check it out. if we determine it's something we can fix quickly, we'll do it right away. >> reporter: natalie has been running across lots of pothole but didn't know how to report them. she has one street in mind. >> it had a pothole every ten feet and they were deep and it was making my car like swerve and i just couldn't believe that that was in san jose. >> reporter: another driver told us how a car nearly collided into her because of a pothole. >> i was just maybe a few feet like to the side and they almost swerved into my lane trying to avoid a pothole because it was pretty big. >> reporter: with 2400 miles of streets, san jose's transportation department logs 11,000 pothole complaints per year. it needs to hear from the public to remedy the ongoing problem as storms and heavy traffic cause road wear. san jose has a very ambitious goal to try to repair all of the potholes reported to them within 48 hours, so what's their success rate? currently 95%. in san jose, david louie, abc 7

news. well, we're looking at a very chilly start to the day. here's live doppler 7 and you'll notice no rain, but that is going to change as we get towards the workweek. but we have the weekend to enjoy where numbers are starting out quite cold. 32 in napa, 31 in livermore, 30 in santa rosa. closer to the bay not as cold. we still have about another hour and a half towards sunrise and then after that temperatures will begin to warm up a bit. here's a look from our exploratorium camera and looking at a cold start again this weenmainly dry. chance of showers through the late and overnight hours on sunday in the far north bay, but otherwise we will be looking at that dry weekend for most of you and then the widespread rain. we're still looking at some conflicting amounts into next week. here's a look at this computer

animation for today. notice that we've got increasing high clouds around and filtered sunshine, so not as bright as it has been the past few days. as we get towards your early monday morning, rain begins to slide south from sonoma county. looking at a rainy afternoon. this is about midday on monday. then the rain begins to pick up in the north bay. we'll bring in our storm impact scale for this system because it looks like we're going to see several waves of rain. the heaviest is focused in the north bay. monday and tuesday looking at a 2 on our storm impact scale with anywhere from 3 to 5 inches. now, some models have up to 7 inches in the north bay with about an inch and a half to 3 inches in parts of the valleys and about even less than an inch in san jose. so still a lot of discrepancy in the forecast models and several days away. so the broad brush view looks at the rain moving in on monday, staying with us for your monday

evening into tuesday. as we get into wednesday morning, still showery. thursday it looks like a break but then we're looking at more rain coming back into play by next friday. so still a long ways out, but this is the more conservative forecast model that brings less than a half of an inch in the south bay. we'll see up to 2 inches. remember, i said this triples and even quadruples with our other forecast model so we'll just call that one an outlier and blend the two of them for now until we get more consistency. but with this system, already a winter storm watch issued for the sierra nevada. the west slopes, it's a warm system bringing in the rain. looking at anywhere from 2 to 4 feet at our highest peaks, but 5 to 12 inches above 5,000 feet and looking at that heavy wet snow above 5,000 feet. today chinese new year parade and looking at dry conditions. so 4:00 this afternoon, 54 degrees. bring the jacket, after 6:00 it does get chilly, 52. then we'll be dropping through the 50s at about 8:00.

so no rain this year for the parade. looking at temperatures today a little bit milder than what we've been used to, but remember the increasing clouds, especially in the north bay. 55 today for you up in santa rosa, look for 58 in fremont, 59 in san jose with upper 50s in santa cruz. overnight tonight increasing clouds allowing for the temperatures to mitigate a bit. instead of those 20s and 30s, we'll be in the 40s underneath cloudy conditions. the accuweather seven-day forecast, high clouds today. 1 on our storm impact scale for monday but then the rain increases especially in the north bay on tuesday, a 2 on our storm impact scale. download our accuweather app and you'll be able to track live doppler 7. the temperatures with the rain on the plus side coming up a bit so it certainly has been cooler than average. we'll fix that, but in terms of the rain, still a little muddled in terms of how much we'll see. >> it was sure nice to get a break from it this past week. lisa, thank you. just ahead, another controversy for facebook dealing

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5:25 the time. a live look this morning at the richmond-san rafael bridge. caltrans says there is more work to be done on the 63-year-old span. an additional 31 joints on the upper deck will be replaced after work finishes on the failed joint that dumped concrete two weeks ago. the initial issue closed the bridge for hours, snarling traffic. work will continue for several months. later this year caltrans will replace 30 more joints on the lower deck. in the south bay, an app alert this morning for smartphone users. "the wall street journal" reveals social media giant

facebook is collecting sensitive and personal information shared on completely separate apps. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo has our story from san jose. >> reporter: fitness, finance and ovulation apps are among the few sending sensitive data to facebook, a setting privacy settings can't correct. >> part of the tool is sending back information to facebook, so you have to be more technical to understand how that goes. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" tested more than 70 popular apps on apple's ios store and found at least 11 sent exact data or potentially sensitive details to the social networking service. height, weight, pregnancy and other notes. >> it's all really private information so that does concern me. >> reporter: the information being shared isn't meant for the masses and you don't have to be a facebook user to be impacted. the app flow period and ovulation tracker records and reports the user's last logged period.

when the info is communicated to facebook, a custom app event is created. >> it's just inappropriate that all this stuff is happening. it's just crazy. >> reporter: cyber security experts say in the app world data collection is more valuable than cash. "the wall street journal" says facebook is telling flagged apps to stop sending data users might find sensitive. >> people say, well, you know, we just received the information, we didn't do anything about it. you should not receive that information. that's the bottom line. >> reporter: facebook hasn't responded to our request for comment. in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. still to come on "abc 7 mornings" new details in the effort to clean up a sausalito hillside after a mudslide devastated a local neighborhood. it could soon be harder for pg&e to raise our electric rates. plus we go live

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thanks for joining us. i'm chris nguyen. we're starting this half hour with a quick look ngheondition wlogist lisa yo li. >>y, chris. it is a cold start todayit clear sky and light wind, radiational cooling allowing temperatures to drop into the low 30s in castro valley. it's 43 in fremont, union city 37, hayward 38 as well as richmond. looking at numbers right below freezing from santa rosa, los gatos, 37 mountain view and 44 san francisco. so we're looking at 24-hour temperature change almost ten degrees cooler in our east bay valleys and down around morgan hill. so by 10:00, mainly in the 40s. a few numbers near 50 by the bay. and then looking at 2:00, we're looking at increasing clouds. 56 in concord, 57 in san jose. the rain stays far to the north 6:00 tonight. the chinese new year parade will

be dry. it will be a little cloudier tonight. that will insulate us a bit. we're talking about another dry day for the second half of your weekend. chris. >> lisa, thank you. in just over 24 hours we'll know who takes only oscar gold. abc news reporter on the red carpet with what we can expect. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. this year will not be like years past. there's no hope for the show and there is plenty of mystery about how producers plan to keep the show moving. the red carpet is out and the countdown is on. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. >> reporter: oscars announcer, randi thomas has practiced her script. >> i'm not allowed to talk about anything i see. >> reporter: hair and makeup is bracing for those last-minute touchups. >> sometimes we do a touchup in less than 30 seconds. >> reporter: the centerpieces for the governor's ball, the

academy's post oscar celebration are being arranged. >> everybody is working on overtime because we've got to get it all done. >> reporter: the pressure is building not just for those behind the scenes -- >> it's a good feeling. i'm not going to lie. >> reporter: -- but also for the celebrities who are waiting to see if they will win hollywood's coveted prize. the 91st academy awards will be different this year. >> it's somewhat uncharted waters, but it's not like award shows haven't gone hostless in the past. >> and the oscar goes to -- >> reporter: for the first time in three decades, there's no host. and producers are aiming to announce winners in all 24 categories in just three hours. >> run that clock. >> i cannot just stand by and let you destroy me. >> reporter: the competition is stiff this year, "the favorite" tied with "roma" with ten nominations each. keep an eye on rodney malic for best actor and glenn close for best actress. when it comes to best picture, it's just too close to call. >> "green book," "bohemian

rhapsody," "black panther," "roma," all of those have won an award that looks like best picture. they have every bit of a puncher's chance. >> reporter: and whoever wins is going to have to move fast. that's because the 90-second rule will be in effect. that means winners will have just a minute and a half to get from their seats to the stage to finishing their acceptance speeches. reporting live from hollywood, danya bacchus. >> it's not just about the acting. who would you say are the most highly anticipated performers of the evening? >> reporter: well, we are hearing that bradley cooper and lady gaga will be performing together, so everyone is looking forward to that. bette midler, adam lambert and queen and jennifer hudson. we're told there's going to be plenty of more that we just don't know about yet. >> we'll wait and see how it all plays out.

thank you. dion lim in is los angeles for the oscars and tweeted this photo with an oscars super fan yesterday. you can watch dion's reports all week long right here. as for the tomorrow coverage starts at 1:30 p.m. on the red carpet. the opening ceremony is at 3:30. the awards themselves start at 5:00 p.m. and the post awards show will go on around 8:00 p.m. it's all right here on abc 7. 5:34 is the time. new details about that mudslide that store through sausalito. the city will hold meetings with affected homeowners, tenants and landlords after the valentine's day incident. contractors will remove an uprooted tree from the slide area around sausalito boulevard later today. crews with the national park service will be out there tomorrow and monday to survey the slope for its stability. city staff will hold another meeting on tuesday for updates on the repair work. the mudslide displaced 15 people. five-term san francisco public defender jeff adachi has died.

he suffered an apparent heart attack while traveling. he served in the public defender's office for 33 years. he was known as a watchdog for police misconduct and was a vocal critic of san francisco police, especially during the racest scandal that rocked the department in 2015. most recently his office convinced an office to find an undocumented man not guilty of murder in the kate steinle case. attorney john burris knew him well. >> he really made the public defender's office vibrant and made it like a real defense firm. all defendants got treated very well. he was a warrior. he was adamant and felt strongly that people less fortunate who were caught in the public defender system should be treated as if they were being represented by private counsel. >> funeral plans have not been announced. adachi leaves behind his wife and daughter. he was 59. san francisco's police chief, william scott, also tweeted his condolences saying he was deeply saddened to learn of adachi's passing. in the east bay, a stabbing

on campus put union city's james logan high school on lockdown. police raced from the campus to a supermarket off mission boulevard in hayward where the suspect, a student, was hiding out and arrested that student. it happened around 11:00 yesterday morning. the victim was stabbed three times requiring surgery. another student was nicked but didn't go to the hospital. a state lawmaker from the peninsula wants to raise our rates. democrat jerry hill introduced legislation yesterday that would require state lawmakers to authorize any rate change that results from the utility's bankruptcy. the proposal aims to protect customers and give the legislature a say in the utility's reorganization. pg&e filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month citing an estimated $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires in 2017 and 2018. still ahead on "abc 7 mornings," another important step to reopening the salesforce

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5:39 the time. we're tracking breaking news this morning in venezuela where there are violent clashes between the country's national guard and residents. this is a live picture. you can see a fire in the street there, some roadblocks have also been set up. a situation is all over humanitarian aid. venezuela's government is blocking that aid. residents are trying to dismantle the roadblocks so trucks can come through. we'll keep monitoring this and

bring you any updates throughout the morning. r & b singer r. kelly is expected to appear in court in chicago today after turning himself into police on sexual abuse charges. this is the singer's mug shot. three of the four victims were younger than 17 at the time of the alleged incidents. the singer's attorney dismissed the charges and calls the accusers liars. r. kelly has been under investigation in chicago, georgia, and new york. the charges stem from the lifetime documentary series "surviving r. kelly. ". another important step took place in the eventual reopening of the salesforce transit center in san francisco. the center has now been closed for 151 days since cracks were found on two steel girders over fremont street. the pier review panel signed off on the final design to fix the first street section of the structure. any additional repairs should be completed next month. >> methodically going through the process of finding any other areas, if needed, for further

review. we'll know more in march if there are any others to be found. >> repairs to the transit center won't be finished until the first week of june. an independent review panel would need to give its approval before the center can reopen after that. the time now 5:41 on this saturday morning. lisa, you've been keeping track of the forecast for us. for those of us who have been fans of no rain, get ready for changes, right? >> yeah, that's right. they'll come with warmer temperatures, but we're talking about excessive rain potential. right now, san francisco the balmy spot. how about 44 degrees. outlying areas 15 degrees colder. that's stradropping you below freezing this morning, so it is certainly frosty again. another day of sun for some of you. i'll explain coming up. >> lisa, thank you. also next, the warriors get set for the team that arch riva.

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the time right now is 5:44. welcome back. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. it's pretty chilly outside, at least for bay area standards. we hope your saturday is off to a great start. we'll get a check of the full accuweather forecast from meteorologist lisa argen coming up. in sports, the warriors are back in action tonight and will face james harden and the rockets. coverage begins at 5:00 with nba countdown. then catch toyota after the game at 8:00 p.m. abc 7 sports director larry beil has a preview of tonight's game in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody's. the warriors will face the team that has spent all of its energy the past two years targeting the champs, the houston rockets. tonight 5:30 right here on abc 7. steph curry may have started the

three-ball revolution. he hit ten threes against the kings on thursday night. but james harden and the rockets, they take this thing to extremes. they attempted -- in one game they attempted 70 threes. that's nuts! steve kerr says, yeah, times have changed. >> you can look at the three-point numbers, the attempts have gone way up for everybody across the board. but so has pace. so part of the idea is get the ball up the floor as quickly as possible. that was never really something that was done when i was playing. you know, if you shot a quick three in transition, the coach would look at you, i don't care who it was, look at you and say what are you doing? we can get that shot any time we want. >> chase center under construction under way for a little over two years. for the first time steph curry toured the premise. the house that steph built will open in september. steph and company toured the plaza, checked out the arena bowl, visited the player campus area, which i imagine will be pretty nice. the arena is going to be

spectacular. on the court, a wild one. russell westbrook 41 points. assist there on the tying basket. they go to overtime and then double overtime. paul george had 45 points. down one, five seconds left, splits the defense and then over the eiffel tower, rudy gobert. look at the arc on that thing. thunder win it 148-147. spurs and raptors tomorrow. demar derozan first game back since being traded. late fourth quarter, he loses the ball to the kawhi he was traded for, kawhi leonard, throwing it down. raptors up one with 15 seconds left giving the spurs one last chance. who do you go to? you go to dave bertans? high school ball, the boys final. senior thomas gregorios,

one. de la salle captures the crown. a's/mariners. ichiro is technically retired, but they actually expect him to play when the a's and m's open the season in japan. drove in a couple runs right there. shawn murphy with the first run of the spring with a solo home run. the a's come up well short losing by a final of 8-1. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> the time now is 5:47. turning to weather and the bay area forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. hi, lisa. >> hey, chris. it is chilly out there. temperatures are wide ranging anywhere from the 40s around the bay to the low 30s in some of our protected valleys. there's emeryville behind me and it looks pretty calm, the winds are light and that's pretty much the key factor as to soe will look for the frost on

your windshield to certainly thaw by the time you get outside because that sunshine will mitigate those temperatures pretty early this morning. but as we look at the current numbers, 44 san francisco, 41 in oakla oakland, 37 mountain view, 34 in san jose with 30 in gilroy. 39 in half moon bay. check out the north bay, it is cold with 32 in santa rosa, 33 in napa, 34 at novato, the delta. look at that, 39 in concord with 31 in livermore. so the exploratorium camera shows a pretty quiet look in san francisco, but with the cold numbers this morning, it is probably going to be a little tough to get out of bed, so you may want to stay there for a while. look at the 24-hour temperature change. from the east bay to the south bay, you're probably feeling that chill this morning. but we do have a lot of sunshine on the way to start the day so you may want to get out there and enjoy it because increasing clouds will be with us, especially in the north bay, and then once again it's almost like deja vu. we have a system coming down from the north, a system from

the tropical area around hawaii, the subtropics here. those two are going to merge and aiming the heavy rain across the bay area. in particular, perhaps the north bay will see excessive rain amounts, but it's a little too soon to tell. the golden gate bridge this morning quiet, dry, and chilly temperatures for all of us. so mainly dry this weekend. a slight chance of showers late tomorrow in our far north bay. otherwise we're looking at widespread rain returning next week. here's our forecast animation that shows the clouds around the bay today. so they'll be increasing. this is your sunday, so not as cold tonight because we'll have that insulating blanket of cloud cover. as we get through the rest of the day, the rain wants to stay to the north. this is monday, 4:00, and it zippin sinks south by the afternoon. a 2 on our storm impact scale for monday and tuesday. anywhere from 3 to 5 inches. some forecast models looking at 7 inches in the north bay but we

can't come into agreement this far out. looking at an inch and a half to 3 inches in the valleys and less than a half inch perhaps in those rain shadow areas of the south bay. so as we get through your monday, it gets increasingly wet. into tuesday you've got the wet weather and even wednesday. it looks like we'll see a break on thursday but another push of moisture headed our way into next weekend. so this is very far out. things will change. we're looking to add wind in addition to the heavy saturated grounds with the rain coming down, perhaps heaviest in the north bay. so by thursday looking at the conservative model, almost 2 inches in the north bay, less than that in the south bay. probably shouldn't even show you that because the other one is so wild that we can't come to consensus. but anyway, winter storm watch for this system monday into wednesday, 5 to 12 inches above 5,000 feet. chinese new year parade dry, temperatures in the 50s. it will get chilly but with clouds increasing it shouldn't be too bad in the city.

58 oakland, 57 santa rosa. the accuweather seven-day forecast, a dry weekend. rain begins in the north bay monday, heaviest on tuesday, and then after that, all bets are off. download live doppler 7 and you'll be prepared. >> glad to see that the rain is holding off at least for today, for the parade especially, but also expect the traffic too. lisa, thanks. a lot of people are dropping cable and satellite tv and opting for tv antennas and streaming video. 7 on your side's michael finney explains that he was surprised by some of the people endorsing cord cutting. >> there are several websites featuring articles with enthusiastic claims from experts. famous nasa scientist reveals how seniors can get free cable tv. japanese scientist reveals how to watch any movie, show or tv channel for free. go further into these websites and you'll find another expert. me. there is a video report ofs ago

>> there are quotes attributed to me. skylink is the real deal. there is even a timeline of my extensive tv antenna testing. all of this is leading to questions like those from harlem globetrotter alum and santa rosa resident jerry smith. >> are you endorsing this product? are you looking at this? did you talk about it? did you look at it? did you review it? >> jerry isn't the only one with these types of questions. basil out of petaluma wrote 7 on your side, is that true or is some scammer just using mr. finney's name? jeff in san jose asks are you actually endorsing that product? well, the short answer is no. i do not endorse any product. an abc 7 news producer researcher tried to track down the informational sites using my name. he was unable to find the companies listed as owners. the sites link to two different

antenna providers. one is skylink. >> the concerns that you expressed to us are not just legitimate but completely shared by my client. >> john is an attorney representing skylink. he says an online affiliate marketer went rogue. those are the guys who get paid to drive traffic to websites. it's that murky world where the affiliate names are hidden by the networks that hire them. he says skylink had its networking company shut down the affiliate or remove it from skylink's account. that appears to have happened. >> we hate deceptive marketing practices like the misappropriation of your likeness and the false presentation of your endorsement as much as you or more. >> i reached out to the other antenna company, live wave, but haven't yet had a conversation with decision-makers there. jerry called me a good move and here's his advice. >> there's a lot of people out there that look at this and they say, oh, this is great, and they automatically buy it and it

turns out later they'll have to contact you anyway. and so you'll come up and say, okay, let me take care of this. >> so be careful out there. when something doesn't seem quite right, let me know about it. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. next, countdown to the oscars. a look at what's inside this year's swag bags for the stars.

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it's saturday, february 23rd. thanks for waking up with us. i'm chris nguyen. since we have no rain, we're going to focus on the temperatures. the reason why we're doing that with sunrise less than an hour away is because at that time these temperatures will be getting a little bit warmer. so right now you are just above freezing in castro valley at 33, but down in fremont, a milder 43. the rest of the bay area, boy, it's cold. pleasanton 30 degrees, 32 in los gatos with 30 in santa rosa, 44 on the coast. so we are much colder this morning, the winds are calm. for the chinese new year parade with the clouds increasing, it should be a pretty nice afternoon. mid-50s for you downtown and then dropping through the 50s by about