now news to build a better bay area, from abc 7. >> the a lot of people dream of taking a cruise. a new plan would put homeless people in some of the same accommodations in the port of oakland. i >> rebecca kaplan says contacted companies. >> talking about that plan joining us live from oakland. eric. >> cruise ships have been used before to house people in coastal areas following natural disaster like hurricanes. she also says oakland is suffering its very own crisis right now. let's show you cruise ship video we have with 3 to 4,000 people, homeless people sleeping on the streets. cruise ship hold several hundred people, some hold thousands of passengers, and have on board facilities with bathrooms and cooking.

it's part of the comprehensive plan to deal with the homeless crisis, and says she has received positive feedbacks from players in the cruise ship industry. >> they could provide rooms for a thousand people very quickly, and the magnitude of our homele homelessness crisis requires a broader response than what we have seen before. >> before they start talking about putting a bunch of homeless folks on a boat in the middle of the bay they should enforce what's already been passed. >> reporter: homeless advocate nita bee says kaplan's heart is in the right place but the city council passed a measure to use city land to build tiny housing, and that has not happened, maybe they should concentrate on that. back here outside oakland city hall, we reached out to the port of oakland for their reaction to this idea, and it would be an under statement to say they're not that crazy about it and there are several reasons for it. one of them being they don't have the facilities for it. we'll expand on that on our

story and abc 7 news at 5:00. at oakland city hall, eric thomas. >> thank you. from cruise ships to another opportunity, this is for people who live in their cars. san francisco is opening a parking lot just for that. it's off geneva avenue near the balboa b.a.r.t. station. >> abc 7 report explains how that would work. >> reporter: the latest count in san francisco shows there are over 700 occupied vehicles parked on city streets, way up from the tally the year before when there were vehicles. this parking lot on san jose avenue will start tonight, providing a new home, water services all on site with security 24/7 provided by urban alchemy. >> i want to make it clear this is not an open invitation to people in other counties to come

to san francisco because the fact is we have a long waiting list of people who we have identified. >> people like sandra hughes who grew up on the streets of bay view and found she's no longer welcome these days as she lives in her van. >> community members yell at me, not to park there, to move away. they treat me as if i'm less than human. >> san francisco officials visited this safe parking lot in oak near the coliseum after it opened in june, according to the oakland community housing services manager. she says they shared their program model and rules. the lot recently expanded from 28 to 46 spots, so they're putting names on a waiting list. the san francisco lot is calling itself a vehicle triage center with the goal of getting folks into permanent housing. >> this is only people that are screened and referred by the department of homeless and supportive housing will be allowed to come in here.

they can stay up to 90 days. >> the search is on to create more safe parking sites in san francisco because 70% of the increase in homelessness is due to people sleeping in their vehicles. i i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. if you take a look here, what's the technical word for this, split pea soup is that the technical word? >> is that what they teach in meteorology school? i don't know. >> it's just pea soup. revealing by way of radar the image that you saw by way of camera. we saw areas of heavier rain developing offshore. right now we're not getting much in the way of rainfall reports from our local stations, local reporting stations and you can see this has been the pattern the last couple of hours or so. earlier today we had more widespread showers over a wider portion of the area. this storm still ranks one on

the storm impact scales for tonight and tomorrow. this storm of light intensity will continue producing periods of showers or light rain, highest totals will be in the north bay. here's forecast animation for you starting at 6:00 p.m. notice, again, going into the evening hours, most of the rain that falls will be in the north by midnight or so and during the overnight hours, more widespread. once again, mainly light, rain, light showers, but there will be wet pavement for the morning commute. bear that in mind. complete seven-day forecast in a few minutes. kristen. we have been warned. thanks, spencer. breaking news in san francisco, right now police are trying to coax a man off a building. he has been climbing on the outside of it for hours. this is near the intersection of market and goth. the man has even been jumping from roof to roof of buildings. look at him there. officers have closed down traffic in the area as they try to take that man into custody. sfmta says service of the f market streetcar line is being impacted. they recommend people use subway

service between the embarcadero. oracle is moving the open world conference out of san francisco to las vegas but the company is today signaling it would be willing to return if conditions are right. oracle spokesperson deborah helen j helenger issued in exclusive statement, if things change we would love to come back to san francisco. our goal at every event is to deliver a superior experience for 430,000 customers. she declined to specify what things needed to change to bring the conference back to san francisco once the three-year commitment in vegas comes to an end. a report says those things are san francisco's high costs including hotel rooms and street conditions. a new poll shows bay area residents are driving up a push to break up pg&e amid the many problems the utility faces. uc berkeley pollsters discovered 90% of bay area residents

surveyed are ready for changes at pg&e and 12% believe they should chart their future while the company emerges from bankruptcy. liable for deadly wildfires and turning off power to prevent similar disaster. >> i think it's somewhat ridiculous that big portions of the bay have to go without power for up to a week at a time. >> as consumers we should have options and then we should pick which is the best one. >> san jose mayor, sam is one of the leading voices for transforming pg&e as a publicly owned co-op. a new development in the saga of a stolen van filled with dogs. one of the lost pets is on her way home. that's one of the top stories people are following at abc7news.com. fable is one of at least two dogs that went missing after a dog transportation van was stolen monday morning in fremont. police found the van a few hours

later in oakland with 24 dogs inside. the owner of a second missing dog is pleading for his return. >> we're worried that he's lonely and/or scared and getting fed properly, and, you know, we just really want him back. no questions asked. >> police think the man who stole the van tried to sell the dogs. two people were detained in connection with the crime. new details in the harvey weinstein case. up next, the deal he has reportedly worked out with neurosurge nearly 30 of his accusers. and san jose announcing the unleash your geek contest, the city's invitation to civic minded tech workers, next. time is running out, the sign up for covered california so we're going to make it easy for you, the covered california hot line is open right now,

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two major developments today involving disgraced movie mogul, harvey weinstein, "the new york times" is reporting weinstein has reached a tentative $25 million settlement with his accusers that would resolve most of the civil litigation against him. it would not make him admit wrong doing. a judge in the criminal case granted a prosecution request to increase the 67-year-old's bail from a million to $5 million. he violated his pretrial conditions by mishandling or disabling his electronic ankle monitor dozens of times. he goes on trial next month on rape and sexual assault charges. a new law goes into effect that enables child sexual assault victims to file civil

lawsuits against their perpetrators no matter how much time has passed. >> many victims are coming forward for the first time in decades. abc 7 news i-team reporter has a preview of the story that will air at six. >> in anticipation of the new law going into effect on january 1st, george howell filed a lawsuit against the diocese of oakland, christian brothers congregation of holy cross and monroe catholic high school. howell says the abuse happened while he was a student at the catholic high school. he's breaking his silence in part because of the new law expanding the time victims can file civil lawsuits against that the perpetrators. a 3-year window opens at start of the year that will enable victims to bring a lawsuit no matter how much time has passed. at the end of the three year window it allows child sexual assault victims to file lawsuits

until their 40th birthday, previously it was until they were 26 years old. >> it allows people like myself to put it on record that this happened to them. >> the lawsuit asks for damages for physical and mental pain and suffering and past and future medical expenses. i'll have his story, including the response if the congregation of holy cross, and the high school. a new report says immigration and customs enforcement arrested fewer undocumented people last year. newly released data shows i.c.e. arrested 143,000 people living in the u.s. illegally during the 2019 fiscal year. that is a 10% drop from the year before. immigration officials attribute that drop to sanctuary city policies as well as their decision to shift resources to the southern border to help handle the surge of migrants coming in from mexico. in the south bay, the bay area's largest city is calling

on the community to help solve civic challenges, during an annual competition called unleash your geek. abc news reporter, chris nguyen has the story from san jose. >> reporter: calling dreamers, thinkers and invoe n, providing solutions to some of the urgent challenges the city faces. the unleash your geek competition will provide $100,000 in seed funding to help accelerate the development of ideas. >> we have five key challenges we're reaching out to the community with and hope to see those results in six months. >> new this year, san jose is working with the bay area organization called city f innovate founded around the belief that government can be a force for good. >> they have to prove themselves, drop their tools, get evaluated and at the end of the day, if everything works out, they get a contract and they can take that solution and help cities across the u.s. >> as part of the challenge, city officials are calling for drones that can help

firefighters with emergency response. another request involves the city's office of immigrant affairs which is asking for someone to create realtime interpretation tools to help make community meetings more inclusive for limited and nonenglish speaking residents. do you remember the massive coyote creek flood, one of the solutions that came from last year's challenge is flood detection sensors like these still in use throughout the city. engineer raul gonzalez was on a team of students from sju and santa clara university, that helped create the technology. >> i feel great that i was a part of something that's making a difference and helping community members in a community i'm now a part of as well. >> applications for the challenge are due in late january. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> you have until sunday to enroll in covered california if you want hurnealth insurance to begin in the new year. >> let's check in with 7 on your side's michael finney getting you started with the health

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area, you're a couple making $101,000, you're going to be eligible for financial help. your family of four, 175,000, eligible for financial help. you got to go online and find out, call here, how it works is you'll get financial help but you pick the private plan that's right for you. great benefits and i got to tell you, the channel 7 put together a great crew of people here, they speak farsi, russian, they all speak in insurance. now is the time to call in and get help. >> reporter: we're going to continue to talk to peter on facebook live. if you want to continue with this conversation with us, go to facebook live. we'll keep talking. we're going to be here until 8:00 tonight taking your questions, talking about your concerns. reporting live from the 7 on your side offices, i'm michael finney. >> this is a great endeavor that michael takes on every year because there's so much confusion. now a different kind of covered california because we need to be covered given the rain. >> that was ask finny, now ask

christian. >> the endeavor i'm taking on is finding sunshine. we need this rain. it's good, the time of the year we better get it now or we might be in trouble but it still complicates things. here's live doppler 7. light rain and showers moving into the north bay, areas of heavier rain, or at least appears to be developing offshore, so we can expect more showers going into the evening hours. this is the view from our rooftop camera looking out over the embarcadero, currently 55 degrees in the city. 60 at oakland. 59 at gilroy, 57 at half-moon bay, and here's sort of a dream ri vi -- dreary view from emeryville. the current temperature readings in other locations right now are right in the mid-50s. 54 degrees at virtually all of these locations, santa rosa, pat li -- pat lieu ma. -- you can see how low the clouds are, and how dreary,

showers overnight, it will be a welt morning commute, commute, , continuing into monday. i should mention there's a high surf advisory in effect until 6:00 this evening. the wave heights are slightly elevated. there's a possibility of high breakers and dangerous rip currents so bear that in mind. let's get back to our current storm. it ranked one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity but it can complicate traffic conditions. so for the evening commute, it's likely to be a bit wet and slow. we expect periods of showers, mainly of light intensity, highest rainfall totals from this storm will be in the north bay. here's our forecast animation starting at 6:00 this evening. notice the rain will become a bit more widespread going into the late night hours, especially a after midnight and going into the morning commute. more widespread showers, more wet pavement to complicate the morning commute. bear that in mind. later in the day tomorrow, we'll see the storm really weakening, giving way to maybe even little pockets of partial clearing as we get into the late evening

hours tomorrow night, this storm will be just about over. on we go to rainfall totals, we project that by 11:30 tomorrow night, we'll see totals generally under a quarter inch. some locations along the peninsula, down to the south bay, we'll see a couple hundredths of an inch of accumulation from the storm, measurable rain. overnight lows will generally be in the low to mid-50s and tomorrows highs will generally be in the low to mid-60s. and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we expect more periods of light rain on friday, and even a chance of some showers on saturday, although saturday will certainly bring some partial clearing. it will be sunnier, dryer and cooler on sunday and monday, and then tuesday and wednesday, the wet pattern starts all over again. get a nice little weekend break there, though. >> looking forward to that. >> thank you, spencer. up next, the new test launch of a rocket that could one day take us into spac

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now, news to build a better bay area, from abc 7. >> cleaning up the tender loin but this is about more than just feces and trash. >> the tender loin is a wonderful neighborhood that is being smothered by lawlessness. >> the new effort to stop crime in san francisco. this is all an effort to build a better bay area. federal authorities sthouannoun the arrest of three drug dealers until the tender loin related to the deaths of a man and his toddler. vic lee is live in the newsroom with the story. >> here is the criminal complaint filed by the u.s. attorneys office. it was a high profile sad case, the deaths of the santa rosa man and his child. the arrests were announced today

at a news conference held by the u.s. attorney. september 14th, a horrific discovery in this house in santa rosa. police found patrick o'neill unresponsive, his 13-month-old son dead. the toddler died after accidentally ingesting fentanyl which o'neill had consumed. he died later at the hospital. u.s. attorney david anderson announced that three alleged drug dealers have been arrested. >> the defendants are charged with the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. >> federal agents were even able to trace the origins of the drugs that killed the two. >> where these drugs were distributed in the open air drug market that exists here in the tender loin neighborhood of san francisco. >> the tender loin that has tentacles that extend beyond its 40 or 50 square blocks in san francisco. >> the tender loin, in august, the u.s. attorney announced an initiative cracking down on the drug trade. 15 federal law enforcement agencies partnered with an equal

number of federal prosecutors, executing arrests in the neighborhood. in a letter to supervisor matt hany who represents the district, anderson said since august they made more than 100 arrests. 46 have already pled guilty. but anderson also pointed out the lack of collaboration with local authorities. partly to blame, he said the city's broad interpretation of its sanctuary policy. >> the way those policies are being applied this san francisco is also resulted in sanctuary indeed in some instances, perhaps immunity for those engaged in criminal conduct. >> crime happens no matter what so to attribute it to a policy is i think unfair. >> reporter: their example of the lack of corroboration drcit by the u.s. attorney is the fact that the sfpd withdrew from the joint terrorism task force two

years ago. we checked with the police commission who decides on participation with the task force, it appears there's nothing on the agenda now or in the immediate future. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> thanks a lot. district 6 supervisor matt haney here with us today. thank you for coming? >> thank you for having me. >> you must be gratified the arrest. >> yeah, i'm happy there's action being taken. i think people who live there and visit there know that this is a neighborhood that has been plagued by street level drug dealing for far too long. they are fed up with the status quo and we're demanding a change. >> let's talk about how to get that change through collaboration with local and federal, and you heard in vic's story that u.s. attorney david anderson, he says city policies made it pretty much impossible and in this letter he sent to you, he focused specifically on san francisco police department's withdrawal from the joint terrorism task force in 2017. he goes on to say that if san

francisco is victimized by an otherwise avoidable terrorist task, the absence from the task force will be inexcusable. he's saying san francisco is endangering the public. what do you say to that? >> so he has the ability to enforce federal law, and i think he should do that and is doing that. we have the ability to enforce local laws. we are doing that. what he's taking issue with are some things that i think have been disagreements with the federal government for some time around our sanctuary city policies which basically says that as a local jurisdiction, we don't enforce immigration law, and we think that's the best way to keep our communities safe and actually have trust with law enforcement, so you know, i have disagreements with him about the sanctuary city, but i don't have any disagreements with him about enforcing federal law. for us, having a proactive, coordinated response to address drug dealing in our communities. >> you disagree with his statement that essentially city policy is making it harder to

enforce city law at places like plaza where you wanted it to be cleaned up. >> we have made positive changes in addressing what is happening at federal plaza. i'm not letting the city off the hook. i think the city has for far too long has used the area as a containment zone, not had an effective comprehensive zone for dealing with this. we're demanding changes. i'm not letting the city off the hook. i don't believe that, for example, the participation of the joint terrorism task force is related to either him being effective with his initiative or us being more effective dealing with this locally. >> let's talk about a different kind of clean up which is also very important. we told our viewers about the plan to steam clean and pressure wash every block in the tender loin every week, i have to ask you how is that going, and what kind of reaction have you gotten? >> people are excited about t. before it was happening just once a month. i yelled and said this should be happening at least once a week. in reality it needs to be closer to once a day, but once a week is four times as much as it was happening before and in addition

guys out there picking up trash before who previously had to walk by the feces and grime and such, and now they are armed with their own little pressure washer, so innovation, common sense stuff, you know, i think can make a difference. the city has a responsibility to fix this honestly and it's disgusting, it's an embarrassment and for people who live in these communities, it's unfair and unimaginable that they have to walk out and see this every day. >> we've got have youer questio -- some viewer questions. >> are they using a disinfectant that will kill the germs in the water. >> absolutely. it's not just water. it includes cleaning solutions and these kinds of things, and you know, the deep cleaning, the steam cleaning machines in particular are the ones that do the best job. >> and especially since you acknowledged there's chemicals, this leads to the next question from kathy, as the streets are power washed, where does all that water go? >> into the drains.

>> and it's safe? >> it's absolutely safe. a lot of other cities steam clean and pressure wash sidewalks on a regular basis. in soma, downtown tender loin where we have become notorious for dirty streets and sidewalks, it seems like a no brainer. this is something i have been pushing for in addition to trash cans that actually work, bathrooms, accountability, the city should keep the streets and sidewalks clean. >> thank you so much, and we understand the pit stop program was extended, congratulation,s, we'll see how that goes. supervisor matt haney, thank you for your time. and these questions came from our viewers on abc7news.com. question or pitch your stories. thank you so much, and go bears. >> go bears, finally. >> had to get that in there. larry. >> it's always about cal. tender loin residents got a bit of help today. look at this line right here. this is the line outside church,

annual holiday grocery give away this morning, and amy hollyfield took a look at the huge effort to feed the hungry. >> reporter: here's a look at line for food outside glybe memorial church, it stretches down ellis street for a few blook blocks. it takes a couple of hours to get to the front where a bag of groceries waits. >> every year i'm in awe of the line, overwhelmed by the line. >> glide's ceo says today's demand is huge but they have partners who help fund the give away. it's the daily demand the nonprofit can barely keep up with. >> what we're doing is stepping up in more ways than ever before to meet the need, and some of that is that we're going out to new neighborhoods to encampments, going to places to meet people where the need is. >> that new program is called glide to go. volunteers will take about 2,500 bags of groceries out into the

streets today. here at the church, they have about 1,700 bags. demand is so high, a scuffle broke out when a section of the line thought others were getting ahead of them. >> i think what happens is people don't recognize that we have enough for everyone, and extra, and i think they're worried that they're going to be at the end of the line as opposed to where they thought they were and there won't be enough but there is. there's enough for everyone. >> cricket brown glad is on glide's board and is volunteering today. she says glide has been there for her family, and she is more than happy to be here today for others. >> i have children who have had addiction issues and glide has fed them when they have been out of the house. i have two kids who are sober now, and i am grateful that glide was here for them. >> here's a look at the fresh food they will be handing out today in these bags. guide's ceo says one in every four san francisco is food insecure. this won't solve that but she hopes this healthy meal will

bring joy this holiday season. in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. still to come, the s.a.t. suit, the effort to put an end to testing for college admission requirements. who's the person of the year, we'll meet "time's" person of the year. and you know about it, some growing pains. s insurance hot line is open for business,

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time for the four at four, our new feature, four stories that will generate conversation. the first one we have been debating for about 40 minutes now off camera. two lawsuits demanding the university of california system stop using s.a.t. and a.c.t. scores in admissions. the suit claims they are violating civil rights by requiring students to take the test which the plaintiffs say discriminates against people with disabilities, low income students and minorities. uc officials say the suits are disappointing claiming they are already making efforts to address the concerns. i yield the floor to you. >> you know i have no opinion on this. >> like everything else. i'll say this, i have been through it twice with my girls, the system is a complete mess. it needs to be fixed. i don't know how to fix it. >> right. right. okay. >> i'm going to sound like the grumpy old-timer, there has to be some way to measure academic

achievement, you have to know what a kid has learned and measure aptitude for hiring learning. there has to be some sort of standardizing testing, does it have flaws yes, does everyone say i'm here at school, take me. >> i will say that uc is very aware of this. they have a faculty task force studying this, possible replacements, they are supposed to issue recommendations in march. i wouldn't be surprised if the lawsuit is a nudge at the task force to recommend perhaps getting rid of it, which a lot of people including the chancellor wants to, but then what is the metric that will allow you to measure someone from alaska, alabama, georgia, here in california, texas, how do you look at them on the same landscape. >> that is so hard. >> so much tamer now than when you were barking at me five minutes ago. anyway. two new sweet treats, lucky charms cookie dough, two sweet favorites in one cookie dough stuffed with famous lucky charms

marshmallows, spencer is grimacing, each package has enough to make 12 glorious cookies. >> and 12 sick kids. >> how about this one, general mills and hersheys are teaming up for hersheys kisses cereal, each piece is shaped like a hershey kiss and turns milk chocolaty almost immediately. >> not what you want your kids to have. >> are your kids eating this? >> no, but, i mean, you two don't even touch sugar, spencer and lar i ary, you have a sweet tooth. >> i do, but dessert is dessert, when you try to package it in the form of breakfast, no. >> it's way too much sugar for most humans, for all inhabitants of the planet. >> okay. how about this one f you're looking to buy a new ugly christmas sweater, we're not all like larry with a lot of ugly sweaters. >> okay. all right. i love the way this segment is

working out. >> me too. >> when's alma back. >> pop eyes on the sweater, featuring its cajun flavored chicken sandwich, the sweater with christmas trees and snowflakes went on sale for ugly christmas sweaters.com for a mere $45 apiece. i think that would look good on you, larry. >> i'm not saying anything. >> you had a chance to be on my side. >> i don't think you should wear an ugly sweater, especially if it costs 45 bucks. >> i mean, i get that they sell out of their chicken sandwiches, right. >> but this, i don't know if they're going to sell out of those. >> make the sandwiches, better. ditch the sweater. >> go ahead. >> we all know someone who spoils their pets, right? >> mm-hmm. >> she's not here today. but a dog owner in arkansas may

top them all. that's resident brandon, taking extreme measures to make sure his miniature dachshund doesn't get wet. hans hates the rain in the wet grass so when they want him to go outside, they have no choice but to use the umbrell. >> you know what's interesting is that we used to have a dog that had separation anxiety and he hated the rain. he was like, you're coming too, you're coming with me. i went out there with the umbrella more for me than him. so on we went. >> it's got to be tough on the dog. >> i was just thinking if you did that for me, maybe i wouldn't torment you so much. >> and that's it for, most likely our final edition at four at four. up next, "time"

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it's really fun. just like my space back in the day, they integrated music. >> it's also an app bullies use to taunt young victims. karen north is a professor of digital media at usc. >> so nobody knows exactly why there's so much bullying on tiktok. it sort of lands itself to it, in part because it's the popular spot to go but people don't have to be directly connected for the most part, so there's an opportunity to go react to, engage with, or bully people. >>you can modify settings so that children can only be contacted by people they know. and in addition to using the privacy features on the app, perhaps there are conversations that you can have. >> you wouldn't send a little kid out to cross the street without explaining how to cross a street, and the digital world is a bunchov of streets that ki don't know intuitively how to cross. >> lawmakers have raised questions about possible national security risks owned by the chinese app.

tiktok says its u.s. team adheres to u.s. policies. conversations north recommends having with children to determine if or when using the app could be appropriate. >> always an individual decision, but i would, if i were looking at the appropriate age for this kind of app, because it is such a sort of wild west free spirited engagement, i would probably say middle school at the youngest. >> abc 7 news. you think about what's out there with facebook and twitter and instagram, and snapchat, and now you got tiktok and a lot of social media experts believe tiktok is if it's not already there, going to be the next big thing. remind e you can get the latest news anytime with our abc 7 news app with enhanced live video features or customization, and the personalized push alerts to get more of the news that you want delivered to your phone and you get it all in realtime.

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