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out tickets yet, but when they do, a ticket will cost you $238. you will want to be on board with this one to avoid that ticket. we talked to residents who are worried about what this means for other streets in the area, transit officials don't think it will be a problem. >> our transit engineers have been working to do studies to see where the traffic patterns will go. we're confident it will get dispersed through a wide network of streets. there's not one particular street that we think all the traffic will go to. we will monitor the situation and make adjustments if necessary. >> the city will be doing this to try to make market street safer. pointing out there were 123 injury accidents on market last year. commercial vehicles will be allowed along with emergency vehicles, of course, and taxicabs. this will be in effect for about a two-mile long stretch of
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market from about the ferry building to van ness. you can cross market in your car, but you can't turn on market. the new reality starts in about an hour and a half. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. if you still have questions about this big change, we have answers to the top seven on our website, abc7news.com. time is 4:31. good morning. we'll get a quick update of weather and traffic where you live starting with mike. >> hi, everybody. a little bit of fog around napa, it's since dispersed a bit. some around livermore. visibility around a milement winds are just too strong to let the fog tomorrow. once it does form, the gets calm and fog forms and winds blow through. if anything does form, it will move from north to south. the roof camera, you can see the
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winds there on the ferry building. so at 7:00, around 46 to 50. high clouds and sunshine. no umbrella today. sunglasses for sure. 56 to 57 is your lunch time temperature. 56 to 62 at 4:00. mid 50s for this evening. >> at the live desk, following a deadly shooting in east palo alto. look at this video coming in. police officers are at the scene. investigators say living near mountain circle called after hearing gunshots last night. a witness told police he saw someone slumped over at the wheel of a car. police found a body at the scene. they're investigating two other locations that may be related to the incident. police say they're still piecing together how everything is connected. no arrests have been made. i'll bring you any updates as they come in. a calabasas homeowner living next to the crash site where kobe bryant's helicopter went
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down has shared her ring security video with the ntsb. >> you can hear the final moments of the doomed flight. we want to warn you you might find this video to be disturbing disturbing. >> the woman living in the home says the helicopter flew above her house and then made a u turn before crashing into the hillside. there's another video that shows the helicopter circling in the thick fog for about 15 minutes before the crash. the ntsb says it doesn't know why the helicopter went into a steep dive but it knows the pilot was rapidly accelerating before taking a sudden turn and still turning when the aircraft crashed. >> the descent rate for the helicopter was over 2,000 feet a minute. so we know that this was a high-energy impact crash. >> the remains of all nine victims have been removed from
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that crash site. airlines are now taking action this morning. british airways announced it suspended all direct flights between the uk and china. united said it canceled dozens of flights. the white house says they are considering a ban on all flights between the u.s. and china. 200 americans evacuated from the epicenter of the virus in china are on their way back to the mainland in the u.s. a plane carrying u.s. consulate officials from wuhan is expected to land at march air reserve base in riverside county. the plane stopped in alaska overnight to refuelful >> big cheer let out when we landed. we are set to go through customs and should be back, wheels up in three hours. >> the cdc examined each passenger twice to make sure they don't have symptoms. passengers will be quarantined for 72 hours once they land this
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morning. one of san francisco's highest ranking officials is facing federal corruption charges along with a well known restaurateur. san francisco director of public works, mohammed nuru is alleged to have providing lefty o'dou owner nick bovis an advantage in the awarding of contracts. kate larsen has more. >> reporter: long-term leader of san francisco's department of public works, mohammed nuru is accused of taking part in bribery, kickbacks and side deals according to u.s. attorney david anderson. nick bovis was also charged with wire fraud. >> the complaint alleges corruption pouring into san francisco from around the world. >> it alleges they were involved in a scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner in exchange for the commissioner's assistance to win acontract for a restaurant lease at sfo. abc 7 learned that sfo
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commissioner is linda craton. according to the complaint, she turned down a $5,000 cash bribe. the city's department of public works needs to be overalled according to some. >> if you give somebody that much power wither they can do whatever they want without oversight, this allows them do this stuff. it's unacceptable. i think he needs to be fired and potentially he's going to spend time in prison. t o thae have tm this department. >> fbi investigators came to city hall on monday to gather documents from nuru's the statement says our number one priority is to ensure all public works staff stay focused on their jobs of providing critical services to the people of san francisco. nuru and bovis were both released on $2 million bonds and are due in court february 6th. sad news from the nfl.
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hall of famer and former 49ers defensive end chris dolman passed away after two-year battle with cancer. the 58-year-old had surgery to remove a brain tumor two years ago. he played for the 49ers for three seasons during his 15-year career from 1996 to 1998. he was selected to eight pro bowls and recorded 150 1/2 sacks during his career. he was inducted into the hall of fame in 2012. survivors of the north bay wildfires are victimized again. see what a group of teens did in a newly rebuilt home. and riding e-scooters on sidewalks is illegal but people are still doing it. a bay area company says it has a way to catch them. the support red and gold uniforms. we put fans to the
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if they know the difference. >> is this red or gold? i mean red or -- >> scarlet? >> i'm sure you have your wrap with you also this morning because it's chilly. 41 in san leandro. 40 in castro valley. mid to upper 40s where you live along the east bayshore. 50 at alameda. other neighborhoods, low to mid 40s from the south bay, mountain view, san carlos, albany, pacifica at 47. mid to upper 40s in the east bay valleys. a 39 at livermore. 40 in napa. 45 in novato. trying to feel more like winter. here's south beach. a few foggy spots driving. otherwise everything is good today. we'll be dry all day, just breezy on the bay. nothing too aggressive. so the peninsula, 47 at 7:00. 50 at 9:00. nearing the upper 50s to low 60s from noon to5:00 with high clouds and sunshine. we'll need the sunglasses in the east bay valleys.
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chance of fog through 9:00. temperatures holding out in the 50s. low to mid 60s from noon to 5:00. down in the south bay, a mix of high clouds and sunshine, 47 at 7:00. upper 50s at noon. low 60s from 1:00 this 3:00, 55 by 7:00. we'll show you those 70, and when they get to your neighborhood coming up. jobina? >> starting off with a crash in concord right now. two cars are involved, northbound 242 to eastbound 4. looks like two lanes are blocked. one is sideways in the middle lanes, one in the center divide. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, things are light foo rafa, 10i'll bring up our drive for you. we do have albany to the maze, 4 minutes. fremont to san jose, 13 minutes.
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highway 101 to cupertino. we'll be back with more news, weather and tr to deal with the problem.icians but they wouldn't. so we took it to the voters and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. we fought oil companies for new clean air laws and closed a billion dollar corporate tax loophole to fund public schools. by going directly to the people we got results. that's not something you see a lot of from washington these days. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. let's make change happen.
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around chico and eureka, 76 to 73 around l.a. and palm springs. tahoe, travel will be fantastic getting up there. nothing to worry about except a few snow showers sunday. that will leave a couple inches. otherwise warm temperatures into the upper to mid 50s friday and saturday before the 30s return monday and tuesday. >> thanks. in the north bay, a house being rebuilt after the 2017 tubbs fire was broken into and then trashed. the owner says surveillance video shows teens entering the empty santa rosa home for a party friday night. the next morning this is what the owner found. bottles, broken glass, furniture destroyed, walls with holes in them. the family was set to move back in in a few weeks. >> just looking at the dream of my beautiful finished house being just destroyed. that feeling of newness gone.
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it's like someone pouring gasoline inside a brand-new car. >> this is horrible. the owner said they were able to identify some of the partygoers through a video they posted on snapchat. san jose and lime teaming up to keep e-scooters off the sidewalks. lime has developed technology that can tell the difference between riding on the street and riding on the sidewalk. it uses the vibration detected by the scooter. sidewalk violators will get a push alert. right now there's no plan to penalize them. lime developed the technology in coop rag with saeration with sa. the city let them test it out in the downtown area. if you're on the scooter, you're supposed to be looking at your phone when you get the push alert? >> you probably -- first of all, you know you're not supposed to be on the sidewalk. then you'll get a vibration and it will be like i need to get off. >> then you look at your phone and crash? >> don't look at the phone.
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just get off the sidewalk. >> okay. just four more days to super bowl liv. in miami this week a lot of people walking around wearing their read and gold. >> that's because both the 49ers and the cheers hachiefs have al exactly the same colors. amanda del castillo talked with fans to see if they could pick out the right red. >> reporter: we know the 49ers will be donning their white and gold away uniforms for sunday, that way both field also not be taking the field in red. we hit the streets in south florida to ask football if they could tell the difference. can you tell the difference between the chiefs and 49ers red? >> the chiefs red i think is lighter. >> our red is specific. >> stripes are different on the sleeves. you know the difference if you're a fan. >> according to team color codes.com, here's the one. 49ers red is pantone 187c, chiefs, 186c, essentially just
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one digit off. we downloaded the shades and put fans to the test. >> looks like san francisco red. it's a little bit lighter. >> little bit lighter. >> ye. >> that one looks like the chiefs. >> wrong. >> kc. >> kc? i'm going to show you the second one. you standing by your answer? >> shoot. >> he eventually got it right. >> that's chiefs actually. that's 49ers. >> got it. you're right. >> if there's any confusion, one fan put it simply. >> it's 49er red and it's a gold rush red. their red and gold is like mcdonald's, just saying. >> hey, he said it. we didn't. the question is can you spot the difference? head to abc7news.com and click on the story to click the correct red. in miami, i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> i think we got it right, friend. >> you know what? i was thinking mine is a little too kansas city. >> oh. >> i know. i feel this is more niners.
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>> okay. >> mm-hmm. >> to me. i loved her story. that was cute with the ipad. that's cute. >> he said it looked like mcdonald's. >> i agree. >> not that there's anything wrong with mcdonald's. okay. we'll leave it at that. >> our jerseys are better looking than their jerseys. we have the better looking quarterback, supposedly, and the better looking jerseys. ho how can we not win? >> that's true. >> let's look at the weather. 4:47 on a wednesday. we are looking from emeryville at partly cloudy conditions. a few high clouds out there. milder highs on the way. high pressure will take over our forecast. that will lead to patchy clouds and fog tonight but also warm temperatures until winter comes crashing back sunday and monday. here's the storm tracker. look at that atmospheric river that will pummel the pacific northwest. all the rain we're missing, they
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have it. this high pressure with this clockwise flow will build to the northeast and take over our weather. you can see a few high clouds from this atmospheric river. that's what we'll have during the afternoon hours. temperatures today, from about 60 in yucaipa and san francisco. 65 in napa and santa rosa. vallejo at 64 with concord and san jose. 61 to 62 around the bay. tonight dropping down into the mid 40s. livermore at 43. even a few 50s around san rafael, san francisco and half moon bay. here's my seven-day forecast, rising temperatures to near 70 tomorrow. we should reach 70 in many neighborhoods friday and saturday. super bowl sunday will feature a dry cold front. breezy conditions. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. temperatures will be close to average if not a he can agrdd
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cooler next monday and tuesday. >> a commuter alert for the posey tube. that full closure happening weekdays from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. that work will continue through march. it's still in effect now. it will wrap up in about ten minutes or so. a live look at the golden gate bridge. things are looking smooth. no problems there in that area. nice clear ride in san mateo or on the san mateo bridge. a few cars beginning to stack up there as they make their way westbound towards the peninsula. we have this crash we're following in concord. it looks like the chp worked out details there. it appears one car is involved. an ambulance was called to the scene. it's facing sideways and blocking two lanes, this is northbound 242 to eastbound 4, the connector, right in that spot. the justice department is asking a judge to shut down a scheme involving hundreds of millions of robocalls. >> and strong iphone sales push apple earnings to a record high. >> in today's tech bytes, the justice department is fighting back against annoying robocalls.
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in a move the doj filed temporary retraining orders against two companies that allegedly allowed calls they knew were fraudulent. >> apple boasted record earnings in what they call a blockbuster quarter. >> they credit iphone sales for the numbers after the devices brought in 556 billion. and some lucky drivers could soon be allowed to add emojis to their license plates. >> a vermont lawmaker proposed the bill which would allow drivers to display one of six options on their plate. the bill doesn't say which emojis those will be. >> which would you use? >> i want angry face, because i'm that type of driver. >> icrying laughing. >> those are your tech bytes. santa clara county okaysntyy action plan to fight homelessness. an old water well springs to
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america's getting sicker. sick of donald trump, there are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. and he's repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without health coverage can get it, and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. while capping fees to lower costs. as mayor, he helped expand coverage to seven hundred thousand more people. and championed women's reproductive health. as president, he'll give access to everyone. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. for me, it was heart-wrenching. bea: it takes a toll on everyone. i mean, it's a depressing disease
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to watch unfold before your eyes. you just don't see -- the person's soul is, like, gone. lisa: this disease just ravages a family. it changes your life. the magnitude of it is indescribable. art: now is the moment. if we work together, we can stop this epidemic. grace: contact brightfocus and learn more. welcome back. let's check out the forecast for the lucky folks that will be at the super bowl. look at that, 68 with sunshine right before kickoff at 6:30. look at that, 67, 65, 64. it's going to be a gorgeous night down in miami with a
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little bit of a breeze to start the game. weather has no effect on this game. >> thank you. the santa clara county board of supervisors is taking new action to try to combat homelessness. they signed off on recommendations that came out of a summit in september. the number one priority is to identify feasible short-term housing and shelter solutions. the goal is to create 2,000 new shelter beds. there are currently more than 8,000 unsheltered people in santa clara are county that includes people living in tents, motor homes, cars and vans. a large sinkhole is creating a huge headache for homeowners in santa clara acounty. this developed in doug lily's living room. it's about the size of a bathtub. six feet deep, filled with water, homeowners say they have to pump out 17,000 gallons every day. >> it's almost a swimming pool a day is coming out of the house. >> not only can you have
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potential for structural damage, house movement, settlement, but also you have got water underneath the house that is creating an environment where mold can grow. >> oh. well, the owners have sued the homeowners association last year for negligence. an attorney for the homeowners association would not comment because there's a pending lawsuit. >> interesting. can't wait to follow up on that. here's the roof camera. let's talk about our warmest days ahead. they will be tomorrow, thursday and then into friday. we'll get a little bit of an offshore breeze. you can see from the ferry building, a bit of an offshore breeze now. that is just the transition from the wet weather we had yesterday to the high pressure building in. you can see low to mid 60s tomorrow, and then 70s showing up friday and saturday especially in the south bay and also in the north bay and east bay. looking into next week, i've
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been talking about this. looking at the rain, not a good chance. 60 to 70% chance of below average rainfall. where is the rain? the front range of the rockies and in the southeast. jobina? >> thank you. od morning, wednesday to you. a commuter alert regarding the caldecott tunnel, bore closure here. eastbound direction of highway 24. 10:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. this will impact travelers going from oakland to orinda. be aware of that. walnut creek, 680, live look here. things are moving. n. proble no problems there. san jose, 101 right now. santa rosa to petaluma, 13 minutes. castro valley to the maze, 13 minutes. 280 to highway 58, 11-minute ride. next at 5:00, going live to miami. jimmy g. is days away from making his first start in a super bowl. what his teammates are saying about him.
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>> we're not going to be able to joke at his hall of fame ceremony. >> wow. an extremely emotional shaq talking about the passing of his former teammate, kobe bryant. when we expect to hear from the lakers for the first time since his death. and the local city that just voted to decriminalize magic mushrooms.
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good morning on this wednesday, january 29th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's mike with our look at the day ahead. >> good morning. hi, everybody. we've got some of our super commuters coming over the altamont pass, dipping into the livermore valley and finding fog, thick fog, down to less than a quarter mile. this is slipping down to the south and through the gap there as you head through the sunol grade. the fog could leak through there and cause 680 to become foggy. let's talk about what will happen as far as your forecast, from the east bay hills, quiet morning out there. cooler, 46 to 50. temperatures, 56 to 57, high clouds and sunshine. it's a sun glass day. 56 at the coast. low 60s at 4:00. 53 to
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