i app a-flying. what happened to one woman who was allergic to her seatmate. >> why would somebody shoot a pet that's not bothering you? it's shocking. >> it happened to this dog in menlo park. a beloved dog. his owner hoping he will recover. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. police are searching for the person who shots the dog as it played in its yard and rode off on a bike. >> anser hassan has more on the dog's condition tonight. >> when that shot was let off, i rushed out here. it was my first instinct. and all i heard was rumble cry. >> reporter: damian young has been raising his pit bull rambo since he was a pup. he gets emotional thinking about last night. he was the one who had to call 911 after rambo was shot in the neck. >> going back inside to call 911, i was crying the whole time. >> did you think your dog may not make it? >> that was going through my mind the entire time.

>> young says his dad took rambo out sunday night to play in the yard. a young man dressed in all black and riding a hoodie was riding a bike down the block. rambo saw the bike and ran towards the fence barking. that's when he was shot. >> the bullet was shot grazing his shoulder and heart and lung. it is so lucky for rambo. >> rambo is currently being treated at sage in palo alto. doctors say he will survive. collin, who has been living in the neighborhood for the past 25 years saying there is no reason for anyone to open fire at a dog playing in a residential neighborhood, even in self-dfrs. >> it's unbelievable. why would someone shoot a pet, a dog that's not bothering you? why would someone do that? >> young and his family are happy rambo survived the shooting. they have big plans when he comes home. >> he played it off so smooth. he has such a gold heart. >> menlo park say their investigation is ongoing. anser hassan, abc7 news. robbers use a stun gun to

help them steal electronics from a store in the peninsula. san bruno police released surveillance image of the two robbers. police say the men used a stun gun on a security guard as they ran out of the store with stolen computers and into a stolen car. the security guard was not seriously hurt. it happened last night at the best buy on el camino real. the men got away in a silver or gray cadillac or nissan. sky 7 was over gray whale cove where there is a search for a car that reportedly went over the cliff. someone saw a vehicle speeding over the edge around 11:00 this morning. cal fire says car parts were found in the water, but it's not clear if they're connected to this incident. organizers from mothers against drunk driving made an impassioned plea to state lawmakers today. they're supporting a bill by state senator jerry hill to expand the use of an anti-drunk driving technology in california, devices known as ignition interlocks require the driver to blow into an on-board breathalyzer in order to start

the car. maad member mary lost her son and beliefs the interlocks are the most direct way to deal with this problem. >> not only does sb-545 save lives, it allows the offenders to be able to work, to drive their children to school, to drive to and from treatment. they just cannot drive impaired. >> the bill would require even first-time dui offenders to install the device in order to retain their driving privileges. its backers say it's working to lower the cost for lower income drivers. you can expect extra officers on the road starting tomorrow for the new year's holiday. the chp's maximum enforcement period begins at 6:01 on new year's eve and ends at midnight on january 1. officers will be on the lookout for people drunk driving or high. just last week during their christmas enforcement, the highway patrol says ten people were killed and 271 people arrested on suspicion of dui.

today caltrans started cleaning up the trash at a park n ride in concord. residents have been complaining about the mess for a long time. laura anthony has a look at this effort to help build a better bay area. laura? >> well, hi there. a park n ride is meant to get people out of their cars and into commuting with others. but in this case here in concord, this park n ride had become so problematic that people were actually afraid to park their cars here. neighbors say it's been a long time coming. a major cleanup of a park n ride in concord that has been overrun by a homeless encampment, garbage and illegal dumping. do you park your car here? >> yeah. >> do you feel safe? >> no. >> the park n ride is on property owned by caltrans. so it was caltrans crews that moved in in force to do the cleanup.

the effort came only after local blog, claycourt.com posted a story on the lot and commuters' fears about using it. >> this should have been done a lot sooner. >> the sales manager of the car dealership next door says he is synthet sympathetic to the homeless, even giving them food and hot water, but the issues in the lot have become an issue for employees and customers. >> needles, bottles, blankets, food. it's not safe for anybody. i mean, my employees, there are nights that they leave at 11:00 at night, 12:00 at night. >> i understand where they're coming from, but they don't understand where we're coming from. >> antuan says he has lived at the parking lot for six months. so where do you go? >> wherever we can. there are not too many places we can go. >> reporter: do you have a new year's wish? >> get a job and get off the streets. >> reporter: now caltrans told us late this afternoon that the campers here are not officially being evicted, that today's

effort was strictly a response to complaints about all the trash out here. the status of these encampments remains to be seen. in con court, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> okay, laura, thanks a lot. sky 7 was over the raiders headquarters in alameda. there is the home of the silver and black for the moment as the team begins packing up for its move to las vegas. we saw two people outside give each other a brief hug. the team lost to the denver broncos yesterday, ending any hopes of making the play-offs. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is in alameda where die-hard fans showed up as players returned to the lockers and cleaned out for the postseason one last time for real. wayne? >> good evening, dan, and so did the fans. how do you tell a real fan these days? they stick with the team through thick and thin, through wins, through losses, through many years. how about sticking with a team through a departure? we had some of that in alameda today. end of the season, any season. any player can talk about the

memories contained in sweaty workout clothes or the pile of shoes. but what we saw in the locker room at raiders headquarters this morning will never happen again as the team abandons oakland for new digs in las vegas. >> any sentiments about leaving oakland? >> i mean, we'll miss it, you know, but we're still here in the off-season. we're not going anywhere yet. >> so tell that to the diehards outside. it's their last time here too. >> i wanted to say my last goodbye to the raiders to let them know how thankful i am for their time here in oakland. >> bittersweet, but i'll still be a fan. >> and the question is why. >> it was just the vibe. >> the vibe passed down through generations in some cases. why else would frank gonzalez take this day to travel all the way from modesto with his 5-year-old son who he named -- >> raider. >> you name is raider? >> yeah. >> was that the plan? >> for him to be raider for life? yes, it was. my wife didn't want it too much. my mother-in-law didn't want it too much. but it's something we had to do. >> like today being something

else they just had to do. join other citizens of the raider nation say thanks one more time and maybe get an autograph. >> how you doing, man? >> that's kyler ross signing for the raiders. you're not going let him take the football in the parking lot you? >> no, no. this is going to go in his room somewhere. >> bye-bye. >> and unreich the team, it will stay awhile. in alameda, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> and wayne freedman still live in alameda. this field behind us, this building is going to remain open according to the raiders, at least for a while through the postseason. but they're not saying how long this building will remain here, nor will they say how long that sign back there will say oakland instead of las vegas. many questions in alameda. wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> sad to see them go, wayne. thank you so much. still ahead, this last monday of the year, pets on the plane. what happens if you're allergic to them?

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breaking news in vallejo. sky 7 went over eastbound interstate 80 just a few minutes ago. the freeway is shut down at the magazine street overpass, and you can see the resulting backup. that's caused traffic to back up all the way across the carquinez bridge, in fact. just look at this. there is a person standing on the magazine street overpass surrounded by police. we're not sure what he or she wants. traffic is moving in the westbound direction, but not at the usual speed as drivers slow down to see what's happening. whether it's a service animal or emotional support animal, it's rare these days to be on a flight that doesn't have a pet. but what happens when someone has a pet allergy? it happened on a recent flight

from oakland to seattle. and tonight we're asking what you think. should passengers be alerted when someone is flying with an animal? we have a poll open right now at abc7news.com/vote. you can see the options on your screen. we're going keep the poll over as melanie woodrow tells us more. >> if you traveled by air over the holidays, you may have noticed some furry passengers getting on planes. this past thursday at oakland international airport, erskine patton was a passenger on alaska airlines flight 335 to seattle. >> as i was boarding, i noticed that a woman. >> that passenger seated near a dog was having an asthma attack. airplane ops called for help. >> engine 27, needed for an asthma attack. patient on board alaska flight gate 14, terminal 1. >> i was just concerned for this woman. >> patton tweeted at alaska air, why are dogs allowed on board when allergy risk is possible? we don't know the status of this

poor woman and many passengers will miss their connections. alaska air tweeting back. unfortunately, we simply cannot guarantee that animals will not be on board as many are service animals. alaska airlines writes if a passenger is allergic to pets, our policy is to move the pet and its owner to the back of the aircraft, which is what happened in this case. the woman was evaluated by medics and returned to the plane and her original seat. alaska airlines says the delay was caused by a small unrelated maintenance issue. >> but also annoyed with the delay. >> a spokesperson with oakland international airport says policies regarding traveling with pets vary depending on the individual airline. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> okay. so let's look at the results from abc7news.com/vote. you can see on the bottom of your screen, should passengers be notified if an animal is going to be on the flight? right now 92% of people say yes, where 8% are saying no.

melanie tweeted an online poll. so far 64% of those say they would want to know ahead of time. >> interesting. two bay area hospitals make a national top 20 list, and we'll see new food labels designed to give us the full picture. 7 on your side's michael finney is here with those stories tonight. michael? >> eating better is going to be just a little bit easier to pull off now. new fda rules require nutritional labels to be a bit more specific. from now on, many packaged goods will have to say not just how many calories per servings and how many serving per package, but how many calories in the entire package. that's important because many times you take a quick glance and do not get the full picture. for instance, take this little bag of macaroons. a quick glance shows you the calorie count is 170, but there are two serves in this. so 340 calories in the bag.

that will now be much more clear. bigger companies have to tell you this january. a little bit smaller food packaging companies will have to tell you the next january 1st. time is running out for people impacted by california wildfires to file a claim against pg&e. the deadline is tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. it covers victims impacted by fires that occurred before january 29th. now that includes the camp fire in butte county and the north bay firestorm. people can submit a claim online or in person at pg&e service centers in napa and santa rosa. those who miss the deadline risk getting no compensation from the utility company. u.s. news and world report's latest best hospital ratings lists two bay area hospitals in its top 20 list. ucsf medical center in san francisco and stanford medical care stanford hospital in palo alto. this is the 30th year the

publication has released its hospital rankings. u.s. news says it researches 25 adult medical specialties, procedures, and conditions. it also says it evaluated nearly every community hospital in the nation. top two. congratulations. >> that's big news. thanks, michael, very much. the new year will bring some monstrous waves to the bay area's coastline. waves in excess of 35 feet are expected to break near mavericks and san mateo county wednesday evening. sky 7 gave us a preview when it flew past pillar point earlier today. surfers are excited. many are flying in to try to catch some waves. the national weather service is warning, though, of dangerous sneaker waves that could pull unsuspecting people out into the open ocean. >> that's intense. all right. let's take a look as we start this week and end this year at the forecast. >> and look at the sky behind us. >> gorgeous. >> how about that? the year is winding down on a nice mainly clear note. it looks like we could have good viewing conditions tomorrow night for the fireworks display.

right now live doppler 7. skies mainly clear. a few high clouds around. they're just moving through in waves right now. we're in a clear wave, looking at the skyline of san francisco from the abc7 exploratorium camera at pier 15 in san francisco. currently 55 degrees in san francisco and oakland. 58 at redwood city, and throw mid-50s at san jose, gilroy and half moon bay. check out this view of the bright orange and yellow western sky, looking westward from emeryville. other temperatures 58 degrees at santa rosa. 56 at fairfield and livermore. concord 58 degrees. and the view at the golden gate, just blue sky here. and notice how good the traffic flow is right now. these are our forecast features. we'll see occasional high clouds moving through from now through new year's eve. it will be a dry start to 2020 on wednesday. there is a slight chance of rain developing up in the north bay over the weekend. we'll get to that later. first, let's focus on the rough

surf that's develop right now and the growing wave heights. a beach statement in effect from 1:00 p.m. tomorrow to 9:00 p.m. wednesday. there is a risk of dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves. so bear in mind if you expect to be down along the coastline. and wave heights could exceed 20 feet at some point. so we'll keep watch on that. here is our forecast animation from midnight tonight to midnight tomorrow night. notice during the overnight hours tomorrow night going into tomorrow morning, we might see a few high clouds moving through 8:00 or so tomorrow morning. 2:00 in the afternoon, another little wave of thin high clouds will swing through. it's going to be a bright day. evening hours tomorrow night, as we approach midnight, and we anticipate the fireworks. we'll see another wave of high clouds moving through. but again, it looks like it's going to be a wave of thin high clouds. so it shouldn't really interfere much with our view of the fireworks at midnight tomorrow night. overnight tonight, look for a few high passing clouds, and we'll see overnight lows mainly in the upper 30s to 40 in the

inland valleys. generally in the low 40s around the bay shoreline and on the coast. and then tomorrow, bright skies with, of course, the occasional high clouds. high temperatures will be in a relatively narrow range in most locations. on the coast, rather, and around the bay, and in most inland communities, we'll see highs only between 58 and 60 degrees. however, it will be a little milder farther north. 62 in santa rosa. 63 at cloverdale and ukiah. wednesday, new year's day, it will be a little milder, especially inland. we'll see low to mid-60s. pretty much the same picture on thursday. friday, a cooldown begins. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. so clouds will increase on wednesday, but it will be a dry start to the new year. mix of clouds and sun as well on thursday. slightly cooler on friday. cooler still on saturday and sunday, with an increase in clouds and a chance of some light showers over the north bay. there on monday, we start the week under bright mainly sunny skies and a cooler pattern will

develop. >> all right. thanks, spencer, very much. the rush to comply with california's privacy law.

major u.s. retailers are adding do not sell my info. >> walmart, target and home depot are among the stores rushing to come bly the california privacy act, which regulates data collection practices of u.s. companies. >> it allows shoppers to opt out of allowing retailers and other companies to sell their personal data to third parties. the new law goes into effect january 1. enforcement begins six months later on july 1. juul is having a tough time getting its employees to stop openly vaping in the office. the practice violates local laws in san francisco and in new york city, where indor workplace vaping is explicitly banned. but employees are ignoring threats of discipline and continuing to vape. one juul staffer tells the

journal there is so much smoking the office resembled "madmen" set in the 1960s. tesla has rled out its first cars made in china. the carmaker made over 15 key bobs to employees who worked on the model at the shanghai factory. it was far smoother than november when supposedly unbreakable glass windows, well, they shattered. today's event even turned romantic when one of the employees used the moment to propose to his girlfriend. it quickly started trending on social media. i'm assuming she said yes. >> i think so. were those flowers? >> she did say yes, we're told. >> good going. whistling in berkeley. why sometimes it's not allowed. that's next. first, we want to thank rush for this picture from treasure island looking at the bay bridge. share your pictures with the #abc7 news now. you may see it on our air or online at abc7news.com.

superior accuracy in the palm of your hand. the new accuweather app from abc7 news. minute by minute forecast, plus realtime radar and alert. keeping you safe. search accuweather in your app store and download now. coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, thousands of spectators, tons of preparation. tonight we are live in san francisco to see what it takes to put together the city's new year's eve fireworks show with the producer who is about to do his final display. and summing up the year in

seven stories. michael finney revisits the top 7 on your side stories from 2019. new year, new laws. we'll explain what could affect where you live and work, starting on wednesday. its all coming up in half an hour on abc7 news at 6:00. and on that note, this time of year there is an awful lot of talk about the new laws that go into effect starting wednesday, january 1. >> in fact, that's one of the most popular posts on our website, abc7news.com. but we wanted to pivot off that and look at some of the laws already in place in the bay area wth the particular focus on those highlighted on the website, lawyer in blue jeans. >> the website says in berkeley, you cannot whistle for your lost canary before 7:00 a.m. just bad form. now illegal. in redwood city, gravy cannot be fried. >> it does sound like a crime, right? in burlingame, the only legal space to spit is on a baseball diamond. and in san francisco, sunshine is guaranteed for the masses. >> if we ever outlaw spitting on baseball, we're lost.

>> that's true. >> "world news tonight" with david muir is next. >> i'm ama daetz. for spencer christian, michael finney, thank you for inviting

tonight, the deadly monster storm, as millions prepare to ring in the new year. more than a dozen states on alert. snow and heavy rain from the dakotas to maine. drivers facing blizzard conditions. tens of thousands without power. the forecast for the final day of the year. ginger zee timing it all out. inside the six seconds of terror. the deadly church shooting in texas. the hooded gunman identified. what his family is now saying. and for the first time, we're hearing from the hero who took him down. new details about the hanukkah stabbing attack. the suspect now facing federal hate crime charges. the surveillance video shows him moments after his rampage. what authorities say they found on his phone and in his