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owners want you to think of them when you think of the holiday season. tracking an atmospheric river. here in san jose you can see people have come by to pick up sandbags in anticipation of the big storm that hits the bay area tomorrow. abc 7 news starts right now. and that breaking news is out of fremont. a driver hit and killed a woman and her dog. it happened around 8:30 northbound niles boulevard expected to remain closed in the area for the next few hours. police say the driver stopped, walked over to the woman, then got back into his car and drove away. the car iol a lig colored four door sedan. we'll bring you any updates on that hit-and-run investigation on our free abc 7 news app and on our website. but now let's get right to abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya

patel with the rain we'll get. >> it's the first atmospheric river event of the season and the moisture stretches all the way out towards hawaii. this system is going to be a slow mover. it's going to hang around for several day, which why we're going to be feeling its impacts. expect rain that is going to be heavy at times, strong gusty winds even the possibility of thunder on sunday. flash flood watch has been issued for 1:00 p.m. tomorrow until 3:00 a.m. monday. this is for the north bay and includes the kinkade fire burn area and that's because several inches of rain may lead to high flooding. also have a flash flood warning for the coast. 10:00 a.m. tomorrow until 3:00 a.m. monday. those winds may be strong enough to cause damage. by 10:00 a.m. a few showers are starting to move onshore, but the heavier stuff doesn't really quite get here until later on in the night. and it doesn't end there. i'll be back with the rest of

the time line coming up. >> sandhya, thank you. in the south bay people are aurmd making preparations for this weekend's rain. in san jose people have come by to pick up sandbags. and for those who need a safe place to stay dry warming shelters are now open. open. >> reporter: yeah, good evening, ama. san jose has two warming shelters. they're opened from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. from now until april. this is one of them. it's a nice place to get a warm shower and warm place to stay for the night. and with the heavy rains coming it looks like everyone's looking for a place to stay dry. friday's rain that hit the south bay is light compared to what was predicted for saturday. she says she's excited for the rain and cold weather. she likes the wet forecast. what she doesn't like is how

unpredictable the rain can be. >> it literally changes so fast in just the same day so we dress in warm layers. >> you've got the parka, the hat. you ready for the cool weather? >> yes, i'm ready for the cold weather. >> for some getting ready means picking up sandbags. for others it means getting out of town. see and her husband came up from the central coast to spend thanksgiving with family in the south bay. they already plan to leave tonight to beat the weekend downpour. >> my husband is a professional driver, so we definitely stay out of the crazy weather. >> i'm wearing about five layers and a scarf. >> their daughter says she'll stay indoors with her baby. >> roads get very sleepily working in the er, so don't want to see a lot of people with road injuries so definitely stay safe while driving. >> reporter: definitely some good advice.

once again the bulk of the rain is expected to hit saturday afternoon. reporting live in san jose ansar hassan, abc 7 news. snow was pounding parts of the sierra. this is i-80 which is closed between hol fax and the nevada state line. another 6 to 8 inches of new snow fell in the sierra over the past 24 hours. steady snow is expected to start tomorrow and continue all day sunday. you can always keep track of the weather conditions where you live with the abc 7 news app. you can get updates from your weather team and monitor live doppler 7 on the go. residents from one san francisco neighborhood are assessing the damage after three separate water main breaks flooded their homes last night. all three of them run along 22nd street along kansas and in por

trarra hill. water rushed down the streets seeping into garages and basements. the san francisco public utilities commission identified damage to 12 8 by 6 water mains. >> water was coming down the hill so it was like a flood. this is the third time during the week they'd had our water shutoff. so it's a bit of a challenge, but these guys have been working very hard all night long and we appreciate that. >> highway also poured on the 101 forcing chp to close the northbound lanes for a short time. the utility admits its equipment may have started a recent one. pg&e says its distribution lines sparked no damaging wildfires since it began public safety shutoffs. but in a court filing today the company did not rule out the possibility that failed transmission commitment may have started the kinkade fire last

month in sonoma county. the cause of that fire is not yet known. fremont police have been arrested five suspects in connection with the robbery and shooting at target last night. sky 7 was over the store where four adults confronted a teen and a juvenile. one suspect fired multiple shots in the air as a get away car pulled up. they jumped in and took off. a patrol officer spotted that vehicle about a mile away. a short chase ensued that ended in newark where the group was arrested. no one was hurt. in san francisco tonight the christmas tree was lit up in union square, but city leaders are actually hoping people wait to see the tree and maybe avoid the mall tomorrow to participate in small business saturday. luce pena spoke to small business owners to talk about what they're doing to attract customers to their stores.

>> reporter: black friday is almost over and small business saturday is next. tomorrow is small business saturday. are you going to go shopping? >> i wasn't planning on it but now i might. >> reporter: small business owners really hope you do. >> this is cactus based polish and it's also a face krub and really moisturizing. >> reporter: the owner of the store says she has one of a kind products. >> for me as opposed to a big box store your money not only stays in the community but you're getting the experience you're not going to get at a big store. >> reporter: a 1% increase in spending at local restaurants and retailers will generate an additional $113,000 for the city's economy. they say that increase in revenue is more than necessary. >> in the last couple of years we've had about 20 businesses close here. a lot of that has to the do -- i call it the amazon effect, the

online effect. >> reporter: the san francisco chamber of commerce has several strategies. >> we do things like small biz connect where we ask local residents to pledge to purchase from small businesses and we ask large employers to commit 5% of their purchasing to local businesses. >> reporter: and that's why business owners are staying positive, having their sales and keeping in mind tomorrow is a big day to shine. small business saturday. >> you evolve or you die. and you must listen to your customers. it's a war on cardboard. all those boxes from the holiday season have to go somewhere. the push in one bay area community to cut down on the clutter. is twitter ceo jack dorsey leaving san francisco? sort of. what he's revealing about his plans to live in africa. and the warriors in miami looking for back-to-back wins for the first time this season. that's ahead in sports. first here's a look what's coming up tonight on jimmy

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london police are calling the attack on london bridge today a teartist incident. officials say the suspects had been released from prison last december after being convicted of terrorism offenses in 2012. the suspect allege started stabbing bystanders, killing two and injuring three. a group of samaritans wrestled him to the ground a held him and the police rushed in. and abc 7 reacheditute to the san francisco police department and we were told patrols are going to be noedible threats to. three minors were taken to the hospital on a main street crowded with shoppers.

all three of the victims have been released from the hospital. dutch authorities have not called it a terror attack. it's been called the cardboa cardboard economy, one that only heats up with the holidays. the number of packages that shift each year in the u.s. is approaching 200 billion. one north bay county that's looking how to reuse all those boxes specifically the ones that arrive from amazon. >> reporter: tiz the season for cardboard and lots of it. the kind generated by all that holiday online shopping and the home delivery that comes with it. so much so that some in marin county are calling for amazon to rein in its own waste. what do you do with the boxes? >> we just put them in roik and hopefully it gets recycled. >> reporter: in june abc news introduced to carolyn who launched a petition asking amazon to require drivers to not

only drop off packages but also pick up the empties. >> have delivery trucks pick them up on subsequent deliveries and return them to amazon warehouses for reuse. >> reporter: her petition now has more than 7,000 signatures and has picked up the support of seven communities. the town council was still considering whether to support the initiative. >> we have too many things traveling to our homes in boxes. and we have a whole lot of extra cardboard right now. >> reporter: more than a few of the black friday shoppers we talked with say they do feel guilty about all the packaging that comes with their online deliveries. so what are you going to do with the box? >> i am actually going to cut it up and use it for another package that i'm mailing to support the package. so a little bit of recycling there. >> reporter: abc 7 news was unable to reach amazon for comment on the marin initiative.

in marin county laura anthony, abc 7 news. twitter ceo jack dorsey will be spending less time in san francisco. he tweeted this week he'll be living in africa for 3 to 6 months. he isn't sure where on the continent he'll decide on. in his tweet he said the continent would, quote, define the future especially the bit coin one. we have a sweet update we have for you now. a dying man and his family have watched the new star wars movie. a hospice in england had written their patient may not make it until december 20 kt, the rise of skywalker release date. we told you last night the ceo approved a special screening and today the hospice posted this photo of the star war party they threw. disney is a parent company of abc 7. the weekend is here. let's get to sandhya and that

storm coming our way. >> that storm is going to bring us wet, windy conditions for upcoming weekend but i want to show you what it looked like today. it was a beautiful double rainbow from our exploratorium camera. we added a few spotty showers around our region today, a bit of hail at times and then that gorgeous rainbow. it was quiet and wasn't like that earlier today. we did have snow showers over hamilton as well. temperatures right now in the 30s, 40s, 40s, and chilly overnight tonight but not as cold as this morning. santa rosa hit 25 degrees, that was a record low for this morning. the last time that happened was 19141. our wet pattern continues well into next week. our our storm impact scale it's a level 2. rain will be heavy at times, strong gusty winds and a chance of thunder on sunday.

5:00 p.m. saturday the winds start to ramp up out of the southeast gusting to 40 miles an hour in half moon bay. close to 60 miles an hour at 11:00 p.m. this is why there could be some wind damage like power lines getting knocked down or trees going down. and then those winds will dial back, but still remain gusty on sunday. here's your hour by hour forecast if you want to start getting some holiday shopping done. tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. it's dry. but things start to change by the time we go into the about 12:00 p.m. widespread rain begins to move in. the heaviest rain doesn't come through here until later on. so 7:00 p.m. the oranges and yellows indicating some moderate to heavy rain moving onshore. 11:00 p.m. you're going to see some downpours. and sunday morning possibility of heavier rain coming through 3:00 a.m. certainly the rab will continue on through sunday afternoon, evening, even going into monday. so the rainfall potential for this storm will be anywhere from

about an inch to 2 inches in some areas. but if you're in livermore only about half an inch. santa cruz mountains is where the focus of this atmospheric river is going to be and ben loamened expected to pick up close to 5 inches of rain. if you're doing some traveling and want to head up to the mountains, you still have time. tomorrow morning is your best bet to get up there. tomorrow afternoon and evening you're looking at snow and treacherous possibly impossible. sunday is going to be a rain-snow mix. same thing on monday, so difficult travel. tuesday you have an opportunity to enjoy some fresh powder. winter storm warning 3:00 p.m. tomorrow until 6:00 p.m. monday. 2 feet of snow or more expected. the snow level 3 to 4,000 feet and rising to 6,000. this is warm storm so travel will be impossible during that time. just make sure you know that it is going to impact the travelers anyhow though. temperatures upper 20s to low

40s. it is going to be a cold start but not quite as cold what we saw this morning thanks to the extra clouds. and tomorrow afternoon, rain, wind. 40s, 50s on your highs. and level 2 with high winds and heavy rain for tomorrow. still gusty and wet sunday. level one for monday and scattered showers. and basically this weekend we will see some minor low lying flooding on the roadways, ama, because the rain comes down pretty

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second quarter now bowman hero not to be deterred. moments later pool with a splash. he had five threes and finish with a team high 20 points. draymond green finds -- wide open. the heat would pull back away, though. miss the lob, no matter chris sylva with a hammer over chris. let's end on a warriors highlight. poole behind the back, stein throws it down but warriors fall 122-105. >> first two or three weeks of the injury was tough because i was still in that competitive mind-set figuring out how our team was going to be this year and i was going o help lead that kind of charge. now i get to pick and choose my spots where i get present and that kind of stuff. >> if that's one way to get some

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all right, enjoy what's left of the dry weather because we're in for it, right? >> tomorrow afternoon will be when the worst will start and tomorrow afternoon even heavier. >> thank you so much for watching. for everyone here at abc 7 news we thank you for watching. and inning us

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- he's here with us. - i'm doing great. - i call him brother not because we're both black because i feel like we're related now. two days in a row talking to him, we're cousins. marlon, you have great-- - yes, ma'am. - --news to share. what is the news? - i have my job back. [crowd cheering] - yeah, they were resented [indistinct]. i am back. - i am so happy for you, marlon. the whole purpose in why you used the n-word with the student who had repeatedly called you, you said it was a teachable moment. the student who called him the n-word was of color but he said it didn't matter the race of the student. this was about the power and the hurtrtfulness behind that word and you took a stand. how do you feel now having all the support from the students, from our audience, from people around the country and you're back on the job?

- the keyword i guess is overwhelmed because it's not just the country, it was the world. i had people from turkey and australia and finland, everywhere were giving support. so i'm so thankful and i'm so humbled. love you, guys. - all right. marlon, thank you so much. glad to see you back at work and keep teaching. keep teaching. isn't that something? it's so powerful that those kids really took a stand for him and now he's back at work. meanwhile, there is backlash over a video that i'm sure many of you saw online. it's gone viral. surveillance video of a high school football coach stopping a potential school shooter by giving that student a hug. you see it play out there when the incident happened last may in portland, oregon. but the video was just made public. people around the country celebrated this moment of fearlessness and compassion because obviously that coach did not know how this was gonna play out.

and he thought love would conquer the hate and pain and it did. well, now the school district is criticizing the decision to release that footage. they believe it may have been the wrong decision. joining us now from portland from our affiliate katu, the morning anchor there, angelica thornton. angelica, thank you so much for joining us. why is the school district taking issue with the release of this video? - well, you know, the superintendent was very upset. he blocked the release of the video previously several times. he says he didn't want it to be made public. he was worried about the privacy of his students and staff. he was worried about how they would feel seeing this video. again, their family, their friends, the community members because although the outcome of this incident was the best it could be, no one was shot, it was very traumatic for that school community and he was upset that it would have a negat. this district attorney is now apologizing

for releasing that video not warning the school before he released it but he said it was within their legal right to do so. that's where we're at this morning. - all right, angelica. thank you so much for the update. let me bring in caroline polisi. she's an attorney. caroline, thanks for joining us again. you know, district attorneys make the decisions about this. i would imagine all hearts were in the right place because people believe seeing this video, the powerful response that folks had to it was one of relief. why is this problematic to have released this video? - well, i just wanna clarify that the video was actually released pursuant to a public records request from a local tv station to the county district attorney's office, so-- - which is freedom of the press. - exactly. freedom of the press, first amendment issues. there are question of balancing at play here. and the district attorney has come out saying that while they regret not having disclosed the information to the school