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that's yes for less. be a rock star this season and save big on gifts they're gonna love. at ross. yes for less. tragedy on the playground. coming up an investigation into a young boy's death here at this san rafael school. the democratic debates wrapped up here in los angeles. some of the ihad lights coming up. there's a shortage at food banks throughout the area. how you can help. new at 11:00 a terrible tragedy at a north bay elementary school. a young boy died on an accident on the playground. this incident so distressing even first responders are being given counseling. it happened this afternoon abc 7 news reporter kate larson there live with what happened.
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kate? >> reporter: of course this is absolutely devastating and our hearts go out to the family and entire school community here. we don't know many details officially about the accident other than it happened on the yard and students and faculty witnessed what happened. on thursday around 1:00 in the afternoon a young student died after she was injured on the playground at mark day school. an independent k through 8 school in san rafael. in a statement the head of the school said members of our staff witnessed the accident, immediately called 911 and did their best to at minister care to the student. he was transported to kaiser hospital right around the corner from the school. unfortunately he didn't survive. a retired firefighter was at the school for an unrelated event and heard about what happened. >> it was a difficult call and it's tough for the parents and everybody involved and the first responders for them too. >> reporter: the school said they're working with authorities to investigate and that the
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section of the campus where the accident occurred will be completely closed off. their statement also says the death of someone so young is devastating for all of us and even more so under these circumstances and at this time of year when we are surrounded by sell breaks while we mourn. and counselors will be available here tomorrow at the school for students and faculty and counselors will be available to firefighters and police officers who respond here today to this tragedy. live in san rafael, i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >> no one will forget what they saw there today. in the north bay a smart train has hit and killed a man in
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service. >> remember you can track the next storm for yourself with live doppler 7. it's on the abc 7 news app. in tonight's headlines orinda's city council takes another step to restrict airbnb rentals following that deadly shooting on halloween. orinl orinda is extending a temporary ban on rental like the one where five people died when gunfire broke out at a halloween party. it requires airbornb hosts to b present when they rent out to ges. the san mateo county district attorney says justice was not served. >> as of today there will be nobody accountable for the murder. >> green is the father of lee's children. the jury acquitted lee who's
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already been released. in san jose firefighters believe a christmas tree might be to blame for a house fire, but they're praising an 1-year-old girl who saved the family. >> i woke up and went t t t t and i saw black smoke and black fire. >> this afternoon firefighters return with gifts for the family. those stories and other headlines are on our abc 7 news app. as we move on here seven democratic presidential hopefuls focused on the impeachment of president trump in their latest debate tonight. they also touched on several other key issues hoping to sway voters with just six weeks to go now until the iowa caucuses. >> the last democratic primary debate of the year began as predicted. >> we need to restore the
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integrity of the presidency, of the office of the presidency, reacting to president trump's impeachment coming just one day before. >> if the president claims he is so innocent, why doesn't he have all the president's men testify? >> but candidates quickly returning to those hot button issues they're hearing on the campaign trail like the economy. >> where i live folks aren't measuring the economy by how the dow jones is doing but by how well they're doing. >> we've got a government that works well for those with money and doesn't work well for anyone else. >> climate change. >> the issue is whether we save the planet for our children and our grandchildren. >> and america's role on the world stage. >> we see among our allies and among our adversaries case after case where the world is making plans on what to do, ignoring the united states because we're no longer considered reliable. >> and for democrats thursday
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night was also about diversity. seven candidates representing two women -- >> senator warren, you would be the oldest president ever inaugurated. >> i'd also be the youngest woman ever inaugurated. >> and only one candidate of color, andrew yang. >> why am i the lone candidate of color on this stage? you know what you need to donate to political campaigns? disposable income. >> yet all in agreement their primary target remains the man currently occupying the oval office. only 17 of the 15 candidates qualified for tonight's debate. now some of the candidates are pushing the dnc to modify restricts for future debates. >> thanks, elena and the fact checkers were hard at work again tonight to find out which claims hold up. there's a shortage of funds at food banks throughout the bay area. how you can help. and a really close call. see a shocking moment a truck
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quickly running out. >> it looks like it's only about three to four weeks of food we have on hand at any time. >> reporter: the alameda county food bank feeds 1 in 5 county residents. >> this year the gap we have to make up is substantially higher. >> reporter: that gap is meeting their fund-raising goal for the end of the year, and they're not the only ones falling behind. the alameda county food bank is short by 2 1/2 million dollars. second harvest food bank serves san mateo and santa clara counties are short by $11 million. and sf marin food bank is short by $2 million. >> for the last few years it's felt that our fund-raising hasn't been as brisk as it has been in previous years. >> donations to wildfire victims has slowed usual donations to food banks, but he's hopeful they can catch up. two thirds of the food bank's annual budget is raised during
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the months of november and december. >> that's why we're really trying to get the word out if people are intending to donate, we hope they can do it sooner rather than later so we can bear how we're heading into the new year. >> links to specific food bank can be found on abc7.com. new details about pg&e's power shutoffs. they will continue for at least the next five years. this news came as they okayed rate hikes. it will rise 31 cents for people who receive both gas and electricity services. that would bring the average monthly electricity bill to almost $114 and the average monthly gas bill to about $55. well, check out this remarkable video. a truck slams into a rental car counter. look at that. this happened at a florida airport. then the white pickup barrelled
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to the cinder block wall next to the baggage conveyer belt. incredibly police say no one was hurt besides the driver which is rema remarkable. they believe the driver was under the influence. no charges have been filed yet. we will see. let's turn our attention to christmas on the horizon. the weekend is about here. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the weather. >> for now we're going to give those umbrellas a rest. we are watching some fog that has been developing. visibility is poor and down to dense fog in petaluma, just over a mile there in santa rosa and napa half a mile. that's where the thickest fog is tonight. temperatures in the 40s, 50s. it was a milder afternoon than we had expected and live picture from our east bay hills camera. as we look across the bay visibility is good from this
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vantage point. next storm arrives late saturday, and winter begins saturday at 8:19 p.m., so that storm will be bringing some snow to the sierra novato. and few 50s around san francisco, oakland. watch out for the heavy fog, concentrated in the north bay but we will see some patches out towards the inland east bay, towards the delta, so definitely some visibility concerns for the early commute. for the afternoon you're going to see temperatures that range from the 50s, 60s, and little more sun from the coast to the south bay and a little less sun in the south where we see cloud cover thickening with the next storm. 8:00 a.m. saturday starts to get breezy out of the south. you'll notice those winds ramp up. close to 40 mile an hour winds and that trend continues into 10:00 p.m., and then the winds really will actually increase a bit briefly and then as we head
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towards sunday afternoon, here's a look at the time line of the rain. saturday if you're traveling or just want to get some stuff done for the holidays you'll find in the morning it's at night the rain begins in the north bay and spreads as we head into sunday morning. we'll continue to see the wet weather throughout the afternoon and evening, and it is definitely going to be one of those days you'll want to stay inside as much as possible. monday, we'll have a few trailing showers before it's all over. the models have been backing off on the amounts. but over an inch possible in the north bay. for the rest of you, far less than that through monday afternoon. a winter weather advisory saturday night through sunday night and for the sierra up to 15 inches expected interest the peaks. travel impacts are definitely expected. so tahoe's forecast partly cloudy tomorrow, two days and you're good to go. accuweather seven day forecast a dry tomorrow after the morning fog and level 2 for saturday
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first this season in l.a., only 78 yards passing. rams 0 for 9 on third down, 0 for 9 on fourth down. even though the rams have been up and down kyle shanahan knows what can happen on any given sunday. >> when it's one game doesn't matter who the better team is. just matters who the better team is for 3 1/2 hours and the best team isn't always on but there's different things you expect to beat with ease you're going to see that doesn't happen, and when it doesn't you can't be shocked because you've only got one chance. >> former running back roger craig one of the finalists. he won three super bowls and was the first player in nfl history to have a thousand yards rushing and receiving in one season.
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ex-raiders receiver chris branch, his blazing speed a key part of the attack and coach tom flores also among the finalists. the warriors have their next five games at home starting with the pelicans tomorrow night. a battle of the bottom two teams in the west. warriors just crippled by injuries. the one up side, an opportunity to give younger players a chance to develop. >> you just have to play music during practice and keep things light, keep things fun and you can't dread coming into work because you're losing games. you still have to look forward to enjoying your surroundings, your teammates, enjoying the process, getting better. >> i've been on teams where they don't like each other and you're losing, and it's a weird environment. it's a bad working environment. that's one thing i've really got to say about this organization. the work environment is crazy.
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