bay area from abc7. >> i guess welcome to the bayer. > yeah. >> never coming back. >> at least she is laughing about this. more than two dozen dogs stolen from a van in a hotel parking lot. and thanks to gps, that van and the dogs have been recovered. >> we suspect that one of the subjects that we have detained was going around oakland trying to sell the dogs. >> those dogs are being checked out before being returned to their caretaker. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. the dogs were stolen overnight in fremont where the van full of mostly rescue dogs was parked outside a hotel. it was recovered this morning in an oakland neighborhood. >> laura anthony has been tweeting about this story, including when the dogs were recovered. she joins us live from the oakland animal service center. laura? >> hi, larry. well, this is really a happy ending. at last word, these dogs, about two dozen of them are here at oakland animal services.

they are being checked out. they're being counted. they're really trying to figure out exactly how many dog there were in the van and how many have been recovered, just trying to make sure none of them were sold along the way. then they will be returned. we're expecting to this woman who tried to get a few hours' rest in a fremont motel, woke up in the middle of the night to find her van and our dogs missing. >> the dogs are all nice and safe. >> good, good. >> they were a bit agitated and some were shaking, but the more than two dozen dogs stolen overnight in fremont appear to be in good shape as they were recovered in oakland. >> i gave the officer a big hug, yeah. >> are you relieved? >> i will be when i see the dogs, and i know that they're all there. i just don't know that they're all there yet. >> oakland police say investigators tracked the van's movements with its built-in gps as the alleged thief was driving in the area of 81st and olive street.

>> we were able to ping the van and the location of the van. so officers were searching the area to rescue these dogs. >> police arrested the alleged thief and covered 27 dogs along with the van which was dirty and disheveled, but otherwise intact. >> i came down at about 1:30 or so in the morning and checked on them. >> julie bingham tells me she travels all over the country for her dog transport business and the van was left locked but with the engine running so the animals had proper ventilation, food and water. oakland police say it appears the suspect was driving the stolen van around town trying to sell the dogs out of the back. the second man detained by police told us he was just trying to buy one. >> trying to sell the dogs to me. try to buy a dog for him. the next thing i know, the police came. >> now julie bingham, she is out of florida. she told us she has been driving her van.

she does this every month for about two weeks at a imtoo. she left florida on december 1. she picked up a load of dogs in fresno. she said about seven of the dogs in the van were privately owned or are privately owned, and she is still hoping to continue her trip to drive up to oregon and washington to deliver those dogs. but first she needs to get them back from oakland animal services. live in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> is she in any kind of trouble for leaving the dogs in the van? >> as far as we know, not, ama. there is a law about leaving dogs or animals in a vehicle in dangerous conditions, but remember, this is her profession. this van was all tricked out with ventilation systems and things. she actually as we said in the report left the van running, locked it, left it running to make sure that the animals had plenty of air, plenty of ventilation, and she was only trying to get a few hours' sleep. she actually went out and checked on the dogs at one point

in the middle of the night and it was two hours later that she discovered they were gone, along with the van. >> all right, laura anthony reporting live for us this afternoon, thank you, laura. this weekend's storm created big problems for people living in san francisco's west portal neighborhood. you see the street flooding damaged their cars and basements. abc7 news reporter luz pena has been following this story since the weekend, joining us live now with the late ohs tonight cleanup and what city officials are saying today. luz? >> check it out. you can still see the watermark on this home, and at least 12 properties in this neighborhood were affected. we were here saturday and we saw many neighbors come out with shovels, trying to help each other. we spoke to city officials who said it was just too much rain to handle. >> oh my god. >> this was the sight neighbors atwah woken th wawona and 15th >> we were all awake. there is nothing we could do to stop it. it was so fast. it was the span of three to four minutes.

>> while at least 12 basements flooded, water kept gushing out from underneath these homes. two days later, these neighbors are dealing with the aftermath. there. >> could be mold that's going to grow because they don't want -- i don't know if it's wet behind here. i don't know if there is water under there. so i'm waiting for one of those like flood service comes to call me back. >> and there was a lot of waiting today. this family pushed all their wet furniture out of their home and waited for someone to pick it up. but primarily they waited for city worker, and during our interview this happened. >> all the stuff is in the drains. the next time it rains, it's going to come up again. they haven't sent anyone. oh, maybe that's the first one. >> the sight of city workers clearing the drains is what many had been hoping for, only they wanted it before the storm on saturday. why did it take so long for crews to arrive to 15th avenue? >> so i would say specifically we just had so many calls for service and so our crews went

out as quickly as they could. >> we questioned a san francisco public utilities commission on what is being done to help areas prone to flooding. in west portal, the answer there was no drain big enough. but they say they have a plan. >> we're working on the zidesig phase of a program that will increase the storm drain system in that neighborhood. >> and that drain system the city is working on won't be implemented until 2021, which means the next time it rains, the chance of this happening again in this neighborhood are very high. back to you. >> so luz, we know what the long-term answer is. short-term, what options do those neighbors have? because we have more rain coming. >> we do have more rain coming. and honestly, the short-term answer to that is more sandbags, brace themselves and more sandbags. and file the claim against the city for property damages. that's pretty much it. we did ask the city when was the

last time the city workers came to this neighborhood and drained this area, and the answer to that we're still waiting for it. live here in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> all right, luz, thank you. we're right in the middle of this lull where we're not experiencing deluges. but obviously it's going the rain again in the next few days. >> exactly. let's check in with abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma for a look at what's ahead. drew? >> that rain over the weekend in san francisco, it fell so hard in such a short amount of time. that's why it caused localized flooding in many spots around the city. it was wet weekend for a lot. santa rosa more than 2 1/2 inches of rain. san francisco an inch and a half. close to an inch in oakland. san jose half an inch. the rain was not the issue today. it was the dense fog. right now conditions have improved. but tomorrow we're going to do it all again. that fog is coming right on back. early tomorrow morning, visibility is going to be greatly reduced. and for the morning commute on tuesday, we do expect again spots with very low visibility. so tomorrow morning again, use

caution like you did this morning. we'll have the areas of dense fog. use your low beams. good idea, add extra time and extra distance between the car in front of you. we'll start the day with fog, but finish it tomorrow with some light showers for some of us. we'll detail who will see the wet weather in the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> drew, thank you. the death toll is still rising from a massive volcano eruption in new zealand. there are now five confirmed deaths with at least eight others missing and feared dead. the disaster took place on white island as dozens of tourists explored the volcano's moon-like surface. stunning new images of the eruption are coming in, including these pictures san francisco resident michael shade took from a boat 20 minutes after he left the island. nearly 50 people were on the island when the eruption took place. 31 of them were injured. officials are praising helicopter pilots who flew to the island shortly after that eruption to search and rescue those left stranded. 24-year-old congress cord woman has won a reprieve from

u.s. immigration to stay here for another two years to receive life-saving medicine. guatemalan immigrant isabel bueso moved here when she was 7, taking part in a clinical trial for a rare genetic disorder. in august she faced deportation when the trump administration briefly ended the program that allowed her to stay. isabel said, quote, while we are temporarily relieved to have our deferred action status granted, we're also looking forward to working with our legislators on a long-term solution. a los angeles county church is using a nativity scene to make a statement about the trump administration's separation policy. the nativity scene depicts jesus, mary and joseph separated in cages topped with barbed wire. the baby jesus is wrapped in a foil blanket similar to that of children detained a the border. the cages sit outside at claremont united methodist church which is known for its nontraditional nativity scenes. the church's pastor says the image is meant to provoke a

reaction to the question what would happen today if the holy family showed up at our border to seek asylum. the effort is working. >> it really makes me think. it puts a mirror in front of us right now. so that bothers me. >> so this is making a very clear and bold statement. >> the nativity scene is drawing some criticism on the pastor's facebook page with one person calling it inappropriate and a false analogy. for the first time in 67 years, there will not be a sausalito art festival next year. it's one of the bay area's most popular labor day events. the festival foundation says it's dealing with several uncertainties, including access to its waterfront location, the competition for musical performer, and the skyrocketing cost for security. largely because of the gilroy garlic festival shootings. the festival says it will take a year off to try to iron out the issues. bart crackdown targeting fare evaders. bart's new approach to try to catch the fare cheats.

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ruin their holiday season, just take a look at what those security cameras caught. this is security footage from a a a apez floral. items were stolen from the floor, including this flower urn, a valuable heirloom belonging to one of their clients. >> we're talking 4:40 a.m. when they got here, they went straight only to my office. the containers were in this particular spot. whatever they can ended up taking from here. >> the owners say they filed a police report, but it's their facebook community that has been more helpful with tips and leads. >> everybody is texting me. today we got a hint of like the names, the possible names for the people. there is another person that ended up calling us. and she works with the homeless and with the people in need. and she is i'm familiar with who that person is. >> they're in a complex in

willow glen, a community full of independent businesses. in october, their neighbor, karma bikes, a nonprofit was hit twice by left theft. we spotted broken glass in the mark, and efren says there has been a number of break-ins and vandalism just in the last year. >> i think people also are tired at this point to just be doing the reports, right? to the police. because no one is doing anything. >> san jose police was not available for an interview. they also have not released 2 identity of the suspects wanted in this case. now if you can help, we'll put more details on our website, including a link to the flower shop's facebook page. in san jose, kris reyes for abc7 news. >> thank you. if you're interested in ocean research, now is your chance to set sail for adventure. the ocean going research vessel sally ride will be open tomorrow at pier 15 next to san francisco's exploratorium. the ship is part of a government research fleet operated by the

scripps institution of oceanography. it's used to gather critical data on everything from climate change to the giant garbage patch floating in the pacific ocean, all with the latest high-tech gear. >> measuring the physical properties of the water, the temperatures, the density, the sound speed of the water, properties of the atmosphere. so really, what makes a research vessel unique like this is its ability to sense the environment and record the data with very high fidelity and quality. >> the tours tomorrow are free, but you do need to book reservations on the san francisco exploratorium website. all right. this is the best. the raiders, we know they lost yesterday, but there was a hall of fame worthy play made at the coliseum, orchestrated by frankie castro, his girlfriend laura sigala here. she is walking and has no idea what is about to happen. people are handing their roses during the morning tailgate, and she has no idea why until the

they'd been in the parking lot for about three hours, and frankie here, he was nervous. he was pacing around. can i pull this off? this is his moment to pop the question. >> she said yes! woo! >> i'm glad somebody shouted that. >> oh, yeah, she said yes. frankie and laura, they've been dating for about two and a half years. he used to coach her son in youth football. that's how they met. he'd been planning this for months and pulled it off to perfection. they live in watsonville. and i talked to them this afternoon. now they got a wedding to plan. this is fantastic. >> that's wonderful. >> i told them, i said frankie, you have ruined this for every other guy on the planet. >> nah, there are lots of great ideas to be had out there. >> how are you going to top

that? i mean, that cool. awesome. off the top of your head, you have a better way or another idea? >> well, i think whatever is special to you guys. that's special to them. whereas if you did that to somebody who is a niners fan, that's not going to go over well. >> they might not be together if one was a niners fan. but they love the raider and love each other. >> congrats. >> really nice to see. >> all right, drew? >> weather-wise, cloudy start to the week. not so great. and tonight we'll see the cloud come on back dense again for the morning commute. we're going to feel slow commuting hours again. live doppler 7 showing you no precip. we are rain-free. rain wasn't the issue today. it was all the cloud cover. so the golden gate bridge camera right now, a live look. we had some very dense fog earlier today. really made it hard to see, and it's coming on back tonight. and fog is basically a cloud right on the ground. made up of tiny droplets of water floating in the air. and when you're coming off of several days of wet weather,

that just adds more moisture into the atmosphere. here in the bay area, we see two types of fog. first, we see what's called advection fog when warm moist air moves in over cooler ground or water like the bay or the pacific ocean, and this is the type of fog we see in the summer time, the iconic fog that flows through the golden gate bridge that some of us nickname carl. what we will see tomorrow is known as radiation fog. that's what happens on calm, clear nights when any heat attained during the day is allowed to radiate or escape into the atmosphere, and that means temperatures near the surface cool until the air is saturated, and that fog forms with all that moisture in the atmosphere, like we had this morning. that fog was really dense. so take some extra time this morning and extra distance between the car in front of you as the fog forms. right now we're in the 50s. 55 in san francisco. 56 in oakland. 57 in san jose. brentwood right now coming in at 59 degrees. so overnight tonight, the big

issue once again is that dense fog will reform after midnight. numbers, it's going to be a cool night once again. mainly dropping into the 40s over the next 12 hours. so let's time out that visibility for you early tomorrow morning, 3:00 a.m. on tuesday. you can see that visibility is reduced to zero in some spots. this is in miles. that is some dense fog we have, especially around the bayshoreline. as the morning commute gets under way tomorrow, you can see a lot of spots registering zero miles of visibility. it's going to be a slow morning commute and the fog will be very slow to burn off. by noon, we're seeing clearing skies. but still some foggy spots in some areas. highs on our tuesday. it's a cloudy day. once again, basically in the mid- to upper 50s, a similar setup to where we were earlier today. what we're tracking tuesday night, here is a weak moving cool front that is going towards the east, towards california. it's going to fall apart for the most part. but some sprinkls will linger in the north bay. that's the best chance of

finding any wet weather tomorrow night into early wednesday morning. it's a level 1 light system. we're talking very light showers, really minimal rainfall, minimal impact, but nonetheless some of you in the north bay will need to use the umbrella late tomorrow night or ellie wednesday morning. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. there is the chance in the north bay tomorrow after the morning fog. a shower mei-linger in the morning, but it's all of cloud cover future a lot of us. it's mild on thursday. our best bet of finding substantial weather is friday night. still cool. temperatures in the 50s. you've decked the holidays. what about safety? pointers to keep the christmas tree from becoming a hazard. plus, serving up inclusion and a little bit of joy in each and every cup. i'm dion lim in san francisco. and this is -- oh! oh! oh!

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challenging their friends, raised more than $220 million in that year alone. so a huge impact. pete frates was only 34 years old. well, with the holidays upon us, we have some good safety advice today. get got some on midday live. >> lieutenant jonathan backs or the with the san francisco fire department addressed how to keep christmas trees from becoming a serious hazard, you bring it home and you have to have a plan. i'm hoping everybody has an escape plan in their home or business with at least two ways out. you don't want the put that tree in any of those locations. don't put the tree next to a hallway or a doorway that leads to you getting out of the building. if you have a window that's part of your escape plan, don't put that tree in front of that window. if you absolutely have to place it next to one of the windows or a hallway, come up with a secondary plan for you and everybody who lives in that establishment so you have a game plan if something happens. we're hoping it doesn't. we're looking at the tree, we want to make sure we're watering it. our recommendation is that you

water the tree daily, make sure that it's well hydrated so it doesn't get dry. when it gets dry, simple items such as the lights you hang on the christmas tree can actually cause enough heat, depending on how he hydrated that tree is can cause a fire. when we're plugging them in, we want to make sure we're plugging them into a single source. >> lots of good info. >> be careful with candles and space heaters. space heaters should be five to ten feet away from anything flammable and should be plugged into their own dedicated outlet. water that tree. >> absolutely. a crackdown on bart. the ongoing sweep and the focus on fare evaders. but is that the best use of resources? and a snack worth $120,000.

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now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> bart is taking another step in its new approach to cracking down on fare cheats. it's just one way it's working to build a better bay area. >> do you think it's the right place for their focus? go to abc7news.com/vote to weigh in. fare evasion actually costs the transit agency about $25 million a year. >> abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has a look at today's crackdown. >> morning sir. ticket, please? >> bart trains in the

embarcadero station were delayed a bit for this morning. not because of a technical problem, but because inspectors stopped the train and asked to see everyone's proof of payment. we didn't hear any complaints about the delay. >> people that are causing problems that usually don't have tickets. so i think it's incredible. i hope they keep it up. >> if they found someone on board who didn't pay for their ride, they were taken off the train. this enforcement drew a lot of praise from commuters. >> i pay every morning. everybody should pay every morning as well. it's not fair it's coming out of my pocket to ride bart but people are riding on bart for free. i mean, money doesn't grow on trees. >> bart officials estimate that the agency loses $25 million a year because of fare evaders. but it's not just the money that is driving these sweeps. officials also want to put a stop to the bad behavir they often see from farers lik panhandling, sleeping and spreading out on the seats and verbal and physical abuse. >> one day they didn't show up, and there was this guy that was down there, he was like cussing everybody out and, you know, and

i kind of feel uncomfortable with my kids. >> bart police have been doing the sweeps at the embarcadero station in the early mornings since the end of september. they estimate that they remove 75 to 100 people from the trains every time they crack down. >> it's about time. i think, you know, the way that bart is lately with all the crime, it is great to have a strong police presence. i think it's a little bit too late. but at least they're out here now doing it. i'm very thankful. >> bart police can issue citations of $75 to fare evaders, and they say they're handling all of these on a case-by-case basis, but another option is they can also connect people with resources if they're interested in getting any kind of help such as shelter. in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> building a better bay area contributor with "san francisco chronicle" insider phil matier is here. we saw amy's report that was based on your findings that you had on bart's fare evader crackdown. the question, is it enough? so far 90%, not a scientific

poll, but 90% of viewers who are responding rite now think it is a good use of resources. >> well, let's take a look at some of these resources. it's more than just fare evasion that costs bart $25 million. it's about the bad behavior that comes with people jumping over the gates or passing through them without paying. oftentimes it results in panhandlers, people sleeping on the trains, or crime. and bart police are trying to cut down on that. now one option was to replace those gates that you see people jumping over with higher ones that wouldn't be so easy to open up. but that cost $150 million, larry. so instead what they decided to do was get down there on the trains and start checking them. they've done it before. but what makes this one different is they're picking one station and they're checking all the trains going through. first thing in the morning. so when you get on that bart train, you're not going to be seeing somebody taking your seat by sleeping there. they're going to have had their ticket checked, and if they don't visit, they're out. the other thing that is

interesting. they've been doing this the last couple of months without any publicity that usually bart does whenever they do such tactics. >> but the numbers i saw 36 sweeps resulted in 75 to 100 people removed. >> a day. >> okay, that's per day. that is statistically significant then. i thought that was in total. but if that's per day, that's a different story. >> and what they're doing, in the past what they would do is issue a ticket. now the catch -- >> if i don't have the money to pay for bart, i don't have the money to pay the ticket. >> that's the issue. they were being filed and not paid. so instead what they're doing is they're showing the door. they say if somebody asks for services, i need a place to stay. this is the best i can do in the weather, bart will hook you up with that. but homeless saying there is nobody up on that street level to hook you up. you are on your own once you get back there. and there is no place for you to go. but this is about building a better bay area and trying to get people like your daughter back on bart who don't think it's safe right now.

>> her argument is she wants to close her eyes and take a nap, and she just doesn't feel comfortable because if she has an hour-long drive somebody is going to yank out her headphones or steal her phone or god knows what else. >> bart is trying to hire more police, but it's going to be a while before they do so. some stations you have one copper two stations. that's not the safest equation out there. we have a sustained presence where they're going out there and checking. it's interesting to note the station they picked is the embarcadero station from which most of the trains going east and west go through. and, you know, i think they're doing that for a number of reasons. >> to me, this seems logical. until we can get all the big barriers in, we're going to have more of a physical presence there. but we saw the case with the guy that was eating the sandwich. he felt it was racial profiling going on. where does bart stand on that? >> that's interesting. what you were talking about is the incident we're seeing there that went viral and national.

he was selected. he was picked on he says he says he was eating a sandwich while black. they see other people eating. i talked with civil rights attorney john burris about this. the key to that is you can't just pick one person and say larry, you're eating a stand witch, stop it. they've got to do everybody. and that's what they're doing. they're doing everybody on the train. it's not select people. it's not looking like you're homeless or sleeping. they were picking everyone. and the station is the embarcadero. it's not in some underprivileged neighborhood. it's right in the heart of san francisco. so you can say everyone's getting the same treatment whether they've got money or not. it doesn't matter who they are or where they are, everybody is getting the same treatment. they're getting checked. and bart wants that to happen consistently because that's the key to making it better. you can't just do it once. you got to do it consistently. >> well, we'll see. and then we'll reevaluate because that is not a problem that's going away any time soon. a reminder that you can see phil's columns in "the san francisco chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. and of course you see him on tv

here. it's fantastic that he is here. abc7 news devoted a week to covering bart as part of a commitment to building a better bay area. all these players up on one place, our website, abc7news.com. >> all right, thank you. and now let's get on over to drew. he has been keeping track of our weather and when the next rain is going to arrive. >> ama, tonight what we'll find is the fog will reform again and it will be dense in spots. tomorrow morning's commute will be slower like this morning's commute was. mid and upper 40s over the next 12 hours. we'll break down the day tomorrow. we have the dense fog early on in the morning. very slow to clear once again. in the afternoon, a lot of cloud cover, limited sunshine. temperatures mainly in the mid-50s to upper 50s, close to 60 degrees. so where they should be for this time of the year. tomorrow night, though, we do have a chance of some light showers. that best chance will be in the north bay with a level 1 light system. really minimal rainfall, minimal impact, and most communities outside of the north bay won't notice wet weather. here is the accuweather for the

next seven days. there is the chance tomorrow night. mild weather moves in by thursday, but a better chance of rain for everybody come saturday. ama, larry? >> thanks, drew. just ahead, we're helping you to count down to the holidays. christmas is in two and a half weeks. >> can you believe it? >> i haven't started shopping for you. >> get on it. >> tips about tipping coming up. plus, what about wish lists? are they a good idea for kids? and have you ever thought about

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a couple of football fans in washington state are using the holidays to call attention to one of the most controversial moments from this new mexico season this year. >> yes. shelly and steve snyder created this tree-topper depicting cleveland browns defensive end myles garrett hitting mason rudolph in the head with rudolph's own helmet. >> i didn't realize that it moved. i thought it was a statue type thing. but that's next level. let's take a look at the real event, which earned garrett an indefinite suspension. >> not cool. >> i think we can all agree on that. the snyders create their own tree toppers every year based on major pop culture events. they're not fans of either team, but they chose the event because they said it was, quote, ridiculous and jaw-dropping. >> it's good. >> at least there is no actual contact i believe in this version. >> it just keeps going every five seconds you get a hit in the face. this would be a great white

elephant gift, if you have one of those parties you go to. kind of funny to give it to somebody. >> i would love to see them mass produce that. there are a lot of steelerss than that would go for that. >> what do you think of kids creating online wish lists? >> pop sugar pointed this out saying that amazon lets you create a wish list. target has one for kids though they highlight you can use it no matter the occasion. so the upside, kids get exactly what they want. it can reduce the stress of trying to find the right gift and you won't give the same gift as someone else. the downside, some people believe it goes against the holiday spirit and some people like looking for gifts. a baby girl has a gift list on amazon. she doesn't really need anything. but you know family members are going to buy her things anyway. this is a way to put some things for them that we think she would definitely like or could use. >> okay. >> and it makes it easy for them. but then the people who want to look future a unique gift can

still do that. this is just an option for the people who are i want to get their something she definitely needs or that they have the space for as opposed to here is a huge doll house that we can't fit in our place. that sort of thing. >> i'm a child of the preinternet age. and by parents, they tried their best to get the exact thing i wanted, but it was always kind of off. it wasn't that hot wheels car, it was this hot wheels. so you have an exact link, i'm all for it. >> that's bad parenting. >> oh! >> for the record, they were great parents. it was always one little detail. >> as long as the kids aren't in there typing in their own lists. >> she can't even say what she wants. how about holiday tipping? a bank rate.com survey found millennials, millennials age of 23 and 38 least likely to tip. >> no, no, no. that's absolutely wrong. >> consider your budget. etiquette experts suggest you tip people who take care of your home like housekeeper,

landscaper, newspaper delivery person. >> have i none of those. >> will, you will tip the other people more. >> i wish i had a housekeeper. >> most people never tip the mail carrier. well would always buy our mail carrier a gift. trash collector, teacher or child care provider. a lot of people aren't tipping. the question is how much should you tip? experts tip between 10 and $25, or a housekeeper consider the equivalent of one day or one week's pay which is what we do in terms of a child care person. >> if i clean your house, what are you tipping? >> it depends. i don't know how you could clean it. you would be i dusted. >> i'm very thorough, drew. >> but for the mail carrier we do give him a gift every year. but i don't have a housekeeper. i don't have a big house. it's san francisco. >> all right. >> seeing snow for the first time can be an exciting experience for dogs. this is cavalier king charles

spaniel that couldn't contain itself. it bounced around and dug up the snow as the flakes fell. the national weather service issued a winter storm warning for new jersey. has louie ever seen snow? ama's dog name is louie. >> he had a whole year and two months of life before we got him. but with us, he has never. he would hate it. he hates the rain. he is like get me inside. i want to be warm and cozy. so i don't think he would like the snow. >> well, i'm surprised. i know i have seen a lot of animals that don't like the rain, but snow. >> everyone loves it. >> that's good stuff right there. >> that will be on louie's bucket list. we'll make that happen. >> you got to take him to tahoe.

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breaking news from emeryville. a lot of first responders. they're outside a building on hollis, right off powell, not far from the bay street shopping center. the alameda county fire department says somebody just before 3:00 were in a lab. they put a chemical in a tub of water. they were doing some sort of a test. there was a reaction. it caused a fire. the room got hot and they called firefighters. people have been evacuated from that building. we're told nobody was hurt in

the incident. it's not clear what chemicals were involved. but we'll stay on the story, bring you more details as soon as we get them. >> most definitely. if you wear eyeglasses or contact lenses, chances are you've considered laser eye surgery. >> 7 on your side's michael finney spoke to bay area consumer's checkbook about what you need to know before getting lasik. >> bay area consumers checkbook executive editor kevin brasser joins me now in the studio. you see the ads everywhere. almost everyone you know seems like they've got it. so it must be working, right? >> either everyone has gotten it or they're considering it. you know, overall i think there is no question that people who get the surgery are the most part satisfied wit. >> oh, okay. >> and there is no question that in terms of surgery, and it's still surgery, you need to be aware of that. but in terms of surgery, it is probably the safest procedure out there. the risk of serious complications, blindness, for

example, or even a serious infection are very, very low. but one thing i think most consumers aren't aware of, in a lot of these surgery centers would probably admit that they don't advertise very well or discuss very well with their perspective patients is that while the risk of serious complications is low, the risk of minor complications like dry eyes and seeing halos at night and things like that is actually pretty high. "the new york times" had a study, put out an article last year really kind of discussing this and the fact that minor complications are a lot probably more common than anybody really know. >> does it last? >> well, and that's the other thing. some of these surgery centers advertise never need your glasses or contacts again, never need the hassles again, permanent fix for your vision. it ain't permanent, okay. and so as you age, you will still likely need readers or a second surgery or maybe a third surgery. and at some point, they're not

going to be able to do the surgery anymore, and you're still going to need glasses. >> you just run out. >> so i thin you need to know there is kind of a sweet spot in terms of age of having this surgery. it's anywhere between 27 and say 40 or so, early 40s. and after that, you can still have effective lasik surgery, but still at some point are likely to need readers. i think more surgery centers should be a little more up-front about how that works and why that's the case. it doesn't mean that you still won't be happy with the surgery. i know lots of people, including my wife, who has had this surgery, and her vision was so lousy before it that yeah, she still needs to wear readers, but she is happy with it. >> let's talk about pricing. >> definitely need to shop around. we contacted all the surgery centers here in the bay area, our undercover shoppers for 20-60 vision, a typical correction. we're talking about thousands of dollars of savings sitting out

there because your insurance very likely is not going to cover surgery. i urge everyone to collect prices in advance for their treatment. and if places won't be transparent, if they won't easily give them price quotes, move on and find some place else. our undercover shoppers found it kind of difficult to get pricing from these places. and that shouldn't be the case. they should be sensitive to the fact that their patients care about costs. >> kevin and bay area consumers checkbook will let you access their entire study about lasik surgery. you can get it for free. go to abc7news.com for details. kevin, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, michael. >> and you can join michael on wednesday beginning at 4:00. enrollment specialists will be on hand to take your questions by phone or via social media about covered california. the deadline to insurance coverage is coming up this sunday. so heads up there. you can send michael your questions using the #ask finney.

now to the man and his $120,000 snack. take a look. the banana you see taped to the wall is an art installation at art basil in miami. on saturday new york performance artist david detuna ripped it off the wall, peeled it and ate it. the gallery said two had already sold for around $120,000. today he explained why he did it. >> it's not like i eat art. it was like gallery said. it's not banana. it's concept. and i just eat the concept of the artist. so i think this is cool. this is fun. >> didn't eat the banana. he ate the concept. detuna admits he told friends in advance to call a lawyer if he got arrested. he still doesn't know if he will be charged or forced to pay the full amount for the fruity artwork. >> it's not like the mona lisa. just get another banana and tape it up there.

>> 20 cents a pound. >> we're all good. take a look at this. it's a traffic jam. i got to get out of the way here. this was near the snow basin ski resort in utah. and look at all the elk, racing through here. unbelievable. richard tilton was heading out for skiing. he came across the elk. obviously the you're stopping. the question, why did the elk cross the road. >> oh! >> sorry! to get to the other side, because they had thanksgiving to get to or early something going on. but it's a big day for for richard, am that. >> thanks, larry. okay. serving up little joy. a coffee shop fills that daily cup of joe and jobs. coming up on abc7 news at 5:00. kristen? >> new at 5:00, a local golf course may have to close. we'll explain why. plus fremont's housing market and the new restrictions some people want because of it.

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