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♪ it's the final night heret fire station 30, but neighbors here in union city are sounding the alarm about safety. they may have been evicted, but tonight the homeless moms from oakland are refusing to give up the fight. san francisco implements a new diversion program helping offenders with kids avoid jail time, but there are critics. abc7 news starts right now. >> now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> in the east bay tonight, we are just hours away from a closing of fire station 30 in union city. >> the city is shutting down the station on easton court because they say it doesn't get enough calls for service. >> abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo joins us from union city where some are already sounding the alarm. amanda? >> yeah, dan, ama, the decision

to close fire station 30 came down in july. tonight there is still a fire crew inside, ready to respond until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. neighbors in the area are asking what's next. neighbors near fire station 30 in union city are sounding the alarm on safety. wednesday's 8:00 a.m. closure is leading to a list of concerns and questions. >> my question would be why in this economy when everybody and everything is doing well. and the other concern i have is about response time. >> so we asked the city's mayor. >> the purpose of the closure first and foremost is because it was underutilized. >> the mayor says on average the station received 1.7 calls in a 24-hour period. she says underuse was costing the city more than $3.2 million a year. union city is currently facing a budget deficit. >> it's a puzzle to us, the firefighters, especially with the public safety tax that they are already collecting from citizens who voted to pay the money to maintain the firehouses

that they have. >> reporter:. >> but the city says it was a data driven decision, one mike augustine says will ultimately put the public in danger. it could add an extra six to eight minutes response time. >> that's a long time to wait in a bad situation. >> data shows 85% of calls to station 30 were for medical response. she adds the city is considering whether to put ambulances and other emergency services a the stay, i hope they put it out to the public before they make a decision. from whoever i talk to, they're not in favor of closing the stations. >> the nine firefighters working here will still be with the alameda county fire department, but they'll have to reach out to other stations for placement. in union city, amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >> thank you. new developments i evicted m just this morning. >> moms for housing held a cookout to keep fighting for affordable housing after

deputi from a home they took over in november. >> two of the women were arrested and released hours later. they say it has given them new momentum. >> it was never about taking over the house. the statement and the movement was way bigger than that. and that's the within we're standing in front of mom's house today, because it was never about being on the inside. >> a judge issued an eviction order. the moms say deputies used strong-arm tactics to get inside the house. >> they used a battering ram and a robot. deputies say the doors were barricaded from the inside. sonoma county has been looking for a place to relocate a homeless camp along the joe rodota, part of the effort to building a better bay area. the board of supervisors voted to move the encampment to the los guilicos park. the location is remote and is not a fix to the and money beca can go out there.

people are trying to get a job. they got to do all these things. they can't be all the way out there. >> the county's goal is to have the trail cleared by the end of the month. a facility to house the homeless is expected to have 60 portable units. a potential tax on empty san francisco storefronts has expanded to include 12 more districts. the move today by the board of supervisors brings the list of districts to more than 30. the measure will be put to a vote in march. it applies only to designated districts and the property would have to be vacant for more than six months before being hit with a tax. san francisco's new district attorney has just announced his first policy since being sworn in. parents convicted of certain crimes in san francisco could avoid jail a7 news reporter cornellfound,l law has its critics. >> my own parents in prison. >> reporter: san francisco's new d.a. knows what it's like. his parents went to prison when he was a baby for being getaway

drivers during an armored car robbery in new york state. >> and i saw so many other children over the decades who were separated from their parents due to incarceration. >> it's why bodine announced the creation of a diversion program for parents who are primary caregivers to their kids to help reduce the physical and emotional problems that come from a child's separation. nonviolent offenders are eligible, but must go through a program that may include everything from parenting classes to drug treatment. >> if they do that for a period of between six months up to two years. >> jonathan madison thinks it's a great idea. he ministers to inmates most weekends at the county jail. >> i think nothing could be better than actually get them treatment, get them time with their children. that's how you're going to reduce the rate of recidivism. >> critics say the new law is too broad and could risk public safety. >> many people will no longer be going to jail that really puts

the public at risk from repeat drunk drivers and other serious criminals, just because they have children. >> other counties in california have the option of adopting the new law. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. move on the presidential politics. with the iowa caucuses less than three weeks away now, six of the democratic candidates battled it out on a debate stage in des moines tonight. abc7 news reporter trevor ault has the highlights. >> tuesday in iowa the seventh democratic presidential debate had high stakes, but the shrunken crowd of only six candidates not necessarily leading to more aggressive sparring. >> joe and i have a fundamental disagreement, in case you haven't noticed. >> the candidates did, however, tackle the elephant in the room elizabn018 tt a woman couldn't win the election. >> well, as a matter of fact, i didn't say it. >> the only people on this stage who have won every single election that they have been in are the women. >> in the midst of looming

tensions between the united states and iran, the candidates spending an extensive amount of time on foreign policy. >> we can continue to remain engaged without having an endless commitment of ground trierngs when it comes to iraq right now, i would leave our troops there, despite the mess that has been created by donald trump. >> senator bernie sanders comparing his record on the ongoing iraq war to that of vice president biden. >> i did everything i could to prevent that war. joe saw it differently. >> i was asked to bring 156,000 troops home from that welcome back, which i did. >> but the moment generating perhaps the most interest happened post debate, senator sanders appearing to offer to shake senator warren's hand, and she possibly rejects, but the two then getting into what seems like a serious discussion. the iowa caucus is now less than three weeks away. the latest des moines register poll shows senator bernie sanders at the top of the race, but in a four-way tie biden, elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg.

in des moines, trevor ault, abc7 news. >> the fact checkers were again hard at work tonight to find out which claims oath hold out. go to abc7news.com. the house will hold a historic vote wednesday to send the articles of impeachment over to the senate. the articles accuse president trump of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for pressuring ukraine to launch investigations that would help him politically. the house will name impeachment managers. these are members of congress who will act as the prosecutors. once this is done, the managers will carry the articles across the u.s. capitol building in a procession. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the trial will likely begin next tuesday. supreme court chief justice john roberts will preside. no sitting president has ever been convicted. this will be only the third trial of an american president, joining that of andrew johnson and bill clinton. richard nixon resigned before he could be impeached. all right. ght it dryoingife look oomhecara

meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the next storm coming in. sandhya? >> and dan, you will notice the next storm. it's a moderate strength storm level 2. it's going to be a cold storm. typically what we see in the wintertime. now as it comes in, tomorrow night the winds will increase, going into thursday morning. the heaviest of the rain begins at 4:00 a.m. it's a level 2, will bring moderate to heavy wind, gusty winds. chance of thunder and snow over our highest peaks. i'll let you know if it's going to impact the entire thursday morning commute. how about that thursday evening commute? i'll be back with all of those details, plus a look at the weekend coming up. dan? >> thanks. if you want to see when the rain will hit your neighborhood, you can always track storms on live doppler 7. it's on the abc7 news app and it's free to download. with nowhere else to go, some san francisco students are spending the night in a school gym. why the city says this is a sign of success. a school playground left covered in jet fuel? hear from the kids and how

exactly this happened. and here's the clue. the greatest jeopardy player of all time. find out who took home the title. first a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live right after abc7 news at 11:00. >> thanks dan and ama. i know i ask a lot, but please watch this. >> what age did you start acting? >> at what age did you start acting? >> that's a good question. >> is it, though?

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abc7 news reporter kate larsen got a rare glimpse inside the program and the families it's helping. >> on any given night, about 30 san francisco unified students sleep inside this school gym. most of the kids come from single parent families who have nowhere else to go. juan is 16 years old and says he likes galileo high school. he fled el salvador with his mother and siblings last summer. they ended up homeless in san francisco and have been staying at the buena vista horace mann school for a week. >> i would be happy in a house my mom rents. >> they were threatening to kill me or my kids. i had to leave because it's not safe. they killed someone in front of my house. >> anna is juan's mother. she is seeki ining asylum for h family. thanks to the shelter, they're not on the streets and they have support. seven nights a week, employees from dolores street community services set up for the so-called stay-over program at the mission district school.

the families are given food, access to showers and lockers for their belongings. >> she is sleeping in the gym. she has hope for better future for the kids. >> reporter: jacqueline portillo is the manager of the shelter who originally was opened just for buena vista horace mann students in need. but it was underutilized so last year they expanded the program and occupancy jumped 60%. >> here we're making together to make this kid be successful in the school. >> city hall reports nearly two-thirds of the families who have exited the program are on the path to secure housing. kate larsen, abc7 news. >> and we do want to hear your ideas about building a better area. you can share them by joining our building a better bay area on facebook. new details on the delta plane that dumped jet fuel on five elementaries as it returned to los angeles international airport as some of the children were playing on a playground at the time. a total of 56 kids and adults had to be treated by the los angeles county fire department

for skin and lung irritation. however, no one was taken to the hospital. that's the good news. the fuel was described as being kind of a mist. >> so what happened was that a plane was coming over, and it was throwing gasoline. and it spread it on my friends and me. and then it got in my eye, and i'm blurred. >> the plane was headed to shanghai when it declared an emergency because of an engine problem and it turned around. the federal aviation administration is of course investigating. the answer, the greatest "jeopardy!" player of all time. >> the question, who is ken jennings. >> ken jennings! you are the champion! >> jennings defeated legendary champs brad nngs to more t$4.3 million. you can catch "jeopardy!" every isouamwa prett

fascinating. >> that's going to draw a lot of eyeballs. let's draw some eyeballs to the weather forecast, because some rain is coming. >> yeah, sandhya patel is here with what's ahead. sandhya? >> take a look at live doppler 7. it is this storm that is gathering steam. it's a level 2. and it is going to bring some problems on thursday. the morning rush will be a mess. minor flooding expected with hydro plaeng, gusty winds. that's what you're going have to look out for. the evening rush, brief heavy showers, slippery roads and possible thunder. so now i ready this storm as yeres right w. thellin y it's getting so cold. we have a dry air mass other than high clouds. not a whole lot to insulate. tomorrow morning, expect the chill and some patches of fog.

27 degrees at lakeport. down to freezing in santa rosa. ukiah. 33 livermore, napa, definitely bundle up. even 30s and 40 around the bay and coastline. afternoon high 40s, 50s. it's still dry tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow night things will be changing. from our emeryville camera, enjoy the view right now. we do have a level 2 storm coming in thursday. moderate to heavy rain, gusting winds, chance of thunder and snow over our highest peaks. so the winds ramp up first, and that's tomorrow night. 11:30, you will notice out of the south you're going see the winds up to 30 miles per hour. those winds getting even stronger in the wee hours of the morning, over 35-mile-per-hour winds. going into 5:00 a.m., the commute is going to be rough as you see 34 to 36 miles per hour wind gust there's. and then by 8:00 ds x. but the rain i gng to get goin ashersday mo 5:00ee thehowers developing in the north ba

you'll have to w downpours begin. 5:00 a.m., the north bay is going to be rough. lake county will be seeing snow in the hills. 7:00 a.m. is crossing the central bay. you're going to see drenching rain at 9:00 a.m. cross other parts of the bay area, snow over mt. hamilton, as you will notice. and then scattered showers behind that front with a possibility of thunderstorms and hail. now in terms of your rainfall potential, anywhere from about a half an inch to an inch and a half of rain is expected through thursday night. it turns to snow in the lake county hills above 2,000 feet winter storm warning tomorrow night into thursday morning. and in the sierra, it is going to bewhiteout conditions. expecting up to 3 feet of snow for the highest peaks. 6:00 a.m. thursday to 6:00 a.m. friday, definitely a good idea to hold off on travel. now it's going to be great looking weather for the nfc championship game. 62 at 3:40 on sunday. mild weather dropping to 36 v 56 degrees. accuweather seven-day forecast. late night wind and rain

tomorrow. level 2 for thursda, our stormiest day and then weaker systems later on in the seven-day. >> thanks, sandhya. we're just getting some breaking news. reports of a small 2.6 earthquake near richmond, just as we came on the air about 11:00 tonight. >> so far no word of any damage or injuries. >> very small earthquake, of course. but we're on it. we'll keep you posted on it. tomorrow on "good morning america," a very special show to celebrate robin roberts' 30 anniversary at the walt d

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