part of building a better bay area. >> abc 7 news reporter liz kreutz brings some perspective. >> reporter: this is jay, a long-time b.a.r.t. rider who is paraplegic. once downstairs at the berkeley station, jade will ask an attendant to open the emergency gate to let her through. >> are you going to help me enter? >> reporter: but it's not always so easy. there isn't always an attendant there and because of recent changes to stop fare evaders, the emergency gates are often locked or too heavy to push open. she posted this open letter to b.a.r.t. >> i understand what this design is doing, but it's created some accessibility barriers in the process. >> reporter: so here's some of the changes that have been made at stations like here in berkeley. this gate used to be a lower, lighter gate that would open easily either way. but to stop fare evaders they have added this heavier, higher gate that's locked from the

outside and not as accessible for people like jade. b.a.r.t.'s general manager recently met with riders who had disabilities during a listening tour. a b.a.r.t. spokesperson said they were in the process of reaching out to jade. they would like to meet with her in person and plan to provide her with a 24/7 number to call where a remote agent could open the gates. >> we want b.a.r.t. to be available and accessible to everybody. >> reporter: jade believes more staffing could help and more training, but he wants b.a.r.t. to be aware there are challenges that come with these new changes. >> disabled people exist. we are everywhere. and we're going to start making a stink about it. >> reporter: liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >> part of our effort to build a better bay area focuses on our neighbors from becoming homeless, which is a huge problem in the bay area. today oakland mayor libby schaaf praised a multi agency effort to fight homelessness. laura anthony is live in oakland with the story tonight.

laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. this is a pilot program. the whole goal of the program, to keep people from becoming homeless in the first place. >> we want to keep oakland, oakland, and that starts with keeping oaklanders in oakland. >> reporter: 15 months in, mayor libby schaaf says a program to preventing people from becoming homeless in her city is working. >> keep oakland housed in the last year and a half has kept 2,117 households from losing their housing. >> reporter: the 2,100 households include about 4,000 individuals. for more than a thousand clients, the aid came in the form of legal services. 779 received financial help. >> i'm a retired physical education teacher. >> reporter: inez washington is one of those helped by the organizations that make up keep oakland housed. in her case with emergency funds to get caught up on her renting.

>> you have to keep a positive mind. i just can't -- even though sometimes it's real bad, hmm-mm, i'm not going there. i'm just going to stay positive. >> reporter: for those already homeless, like the dozens of people living at oakland, infamous encampment near home depot, it's time to clean up and move on, as the city plans to dismantle the camp over the next six weeks. those currently in rvs are being offered a space at a new safe rv lot opening across the street. >> if someone moves in, i'm sure it would be safe. but it's safe here also. >> reporter: now, of course not everyone in that camp are in rvs. some are in tents and cars, so the city is reaching out to them to try to offer alternatives, but the goal is to have the home depot encampment cleaned up and closed up by mid-march. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7

news. >> thank you, laura. in daly city it's a school district looking to help build a better bay area by hitting on two central issues, housing and teachers. we documented the challenges teachers face and finding an affordable place to live where they work came up frequently. luz pena shows us the plan jefferson union high school district has to help more than 100 employees. >> reporter: to you this may be just the sounding of construction. to the jefferson union high school district teachers and staff, this is the sound of victory. >> a lower rate is tremendous. that is a huge benefit for me and my financial responsibility. >> reporter: the four-story housing development project approved by the city will include 122 below market units for this district's teachers and staff. >> we have people living as far as brentwood and they travel quite a distance to get to work every day. >> reporter: in the upcoming months there will be a housing committee chosen to decide who

qualifies for these units and everything you see right behind us will be gone and replaced with housing. in june of 2018, the jefferson union high school district became the first school district in the country to pass a bond measure supporting housing for their faculty and staff. >> the district, the board, is also working on ways to incentivize people putting money aside to save so they can eventually purchase their own condo or house. >> reporter: with a 20% turnover rate daly city's mayor hopes this serves as a recruitment strategy and an example to other school districts in the bay area. >> as a matter of fact, i believe the jefferson elementary school district, they have a bond as well. they're going to be building. >> reporter: the first residents are set to move in as early as spring of 2022. luz pena, abc 7 news. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. join our better bay area group on facebook. let's udate you on the

spread of the deadly coronavirus including patients here in the bay area. a husband and wife are now being treated at a san francisco hospital. they arrived at ucsf health this morning from san benito county because they needed hospitalization. the husband recently traveled to wuhan, came home and developed symptoms the next day. his wife also now has coronavirus. san francisco's department of public health says they, quote, represent no elevated risk to the public. and today abc 7 news spoke with oakland mayor libby schaaf about the possibility of coronavirus in the east bay. >> oakland is on high alert for the coronavirus but we've been very impressed with the proactive steps taken by the cdc. i know that there are a few cases of people who have recently come from wuhan that are being monitored in alameda county, but to date there has not been a case confirmed in alameda county. however, we have seen our first cases here in the bay area. >> a second case of coronavirus

was confirmed yesterday in santa clara county. it's unrelated to the first case which was announced on friday, although both patients have recently traveled to wuhan. the second patient is a woman, the first a man. each person is self-isolating at home and neither is sick enough to have to be hospitalized. now, the coronavirus can also hurt the health of america's economy. america's dependence on factories and items from china keeps prices low. david louie has that part of our story tonight. >> reporter: dan, our depending ens on chinese imports is staggering. by some estimates, 90% of the vitamin c, 70% of the apple juice and a quarter of the garlic we consume come from china so any glitch can be disruptive to that supply. americans should be worried about how long it takes to contain the coronavirus outbreak. so much of what we buy at bargain prices comes from china.

chinese factories might be impacted if workers are furloughed and told to stay home. >> i think anything that is highly labor intensive will go down first. right now when people are being soft quarantined, being told to work from home, that means that you can't have -- you don't have the staffing for the factories to do a lot of manual type of work. >> reporter: the professor is a supply chain expert at santa clara university. he and other business experts say consumers could see the impact on store shelves. >> absolutely, we could see shortages. we could see declines in the chinese economy that would ripple to other economies. we could see declines in chinese purchases. lots of things could go wrong. >> reporter: professor wood teaches strategic management at san jose state university. american vulnerability is greater than you might think. for example, 97% of antibiotics are made in china. >> i worry about prescription antibiotics. my husband was just on antibiotics a week ago so if

that became an issue, that would worry me. >> reporter: key factors are how long it takes to contain the coronavirus and how fast american companies can find backup choices for chinese goods. it should have started a year ago or earlier as trade tension mounted. >> if southeast asia is impacted, then where do you go next? >> reporter: now, keep in mind that goods made in china a few weeks ago or few months ago are still in the pipeline and are aboard ships crossing the pacific heading to the port of oakland and other ports on the west coast. but if there are interruptions or any other glitches, we could start seeing shortages. david louie, abc 7 news. [ bell ringing ] stocks rebounded today following several sell-offs due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus. the dow gained 143 points closing just shy of 28,400. the nasdaq was up 122 points,

the s&p rose by 23. we learned just about an hour ago that the death toll in china because of the coronavirus is now up to 425. total cases worldwide have now reached more than 20,430. the new figures come after china opened a new hospital built in just ten days. a second hospital with 1500 beds is set to open within days. there are now 11 coronavirus cases in the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo says officials are planning to evacuate more americans from china. >> we have a handful more flights that will be heading to china to bring americans back home. we anticipate that they will happen in the next handful of days. >> while the leader of hong kong says the semi autonomous territory will shut almost all but two land and seaboarder crossings with china's mainland at midnight in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. earlier today at 4:00, i spoke with chris mcginnis with coronavirus, a senior travel

correspondent for sfgate.com. he has some advice for protecting yourself on a plane. >> you can sit in a window seat. you're kind of more protected from people walking up and down the aisle. if they have germs, they're crop dusting those germs. if you're sitting on the aisle, you may ending up more exposed. i think we'll see flight attendiatten attendan attendants, they will probably start wearing face masks and more likely you'll see them wearing gloves. >> we used the abc 7 news app today to send out a breaking news alert when we learned that two coronavirus patients were in a san francisco hospital. we just talked about that here a moment ago. you can customize the app to get alerts on the topics and places that you're most interested in to make sure you know the latest about this dangerous and often deadly disease. coming up next, sparks fly over the future of pg&e. >> see the confrontation over the possibility of turning california's biggest utility

company into one owned by the public. i'm spencer christian. it's going to be very cold overnight along

new at 6:00, two suspects wanted by oakland police were caught today in alameda. sky 7 was over the scene. you can see the heavy police response there. all the action caused the alameda adult school and alameda high school campuses to be locked down for a time. it's not clear what the two suspects were wanted for. also new at 6:00, a third suspect has been charged in the deadly laptop theft in oakland's montclair district. 18-year-old kay juan higgins faces special circumstances

murder charges as well as a felony counting of second degree robbery. two other suspects are already in custody. shue zeng died after he chased after the thieves that swiped his laptop at a starbucks. new details on the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant, his daughter and seven other people. 911 calls have been released. >> i'm walking on the trail. i could hear this plane, i think it was in the clouds but couldn't see it and just heard a boom and a dead sound and then i could see the flames. >> and what was on fire, sir? >> the hill. but whatever crashed into the hill was also on fire. >> so you're online, go ahead. >> i'm here, yes. a helicopter crashed into a mountain. we heard it and now i'm looking at the flames at malibu canyon and agora road. >> and you saw the helicopter go into the hill? >> yeah, and we're looking at flames right now on the hill. >> the cause of the crash is still under investigation. the weather is just one factor investigators are considering.

sparks were flying over the future of pg&e today. the confrontation started as state senator scott weiner unveiled legislation to turn the company into a publicly owned utility. dion lim explains what started it all. >> reporter: the senator gathered with city officials at civic center telling the crowd it's time for the government to step in and effectively manage pg&e's role as a power provider. >> it will put an end to the dangerous roller coaster ride that we have been on with pg&e over the past decade. pg&e is a failed company. >> reporter: weiner says the bill would create a new entity called the northern california energy utility district. he said he'll work with governor newsom and local lawmakers on the restructuring and transition and promised to attack safety issues like the rash of devastating wildfires, which he blamed in part on the utility's business model. >> tens of thousands of homes

incinerated, entire communities disrupted or destroyed. >> reporter: but within minutes, weiner found himself disrupted by an angry crowd of union members. they are employees of pg&e and fear a state takeover would put their jobs and retirements in jeopardy. >> if the state takes over, our pensions are not guaranteed. there's folks out here with 35, 40 years of time with pg&e. ibew 1245 loyal members, skilled workers, union workers. >> safety now, safety now, safety now. >> reporter: the union says it will fight any takeover that would threaten jobs or pensions. as for weiner he promised to work with the union to address their concerns as the legislation moves forward. in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> pg&e reacted in a statement to abc 7 news saying, quote, we oppose senator wiener's proposed

framework and pg&e's facilities are not for sale. additionally, changing the structure of the company would not create a safer or cleaner operation. that statement from pg&e today. >> all right, so sunday was like a windstorm. today not quite as windy. still cold. >> it was like a frozen tundra. spencer christian is here with the forecast. >> that tundra will be frozen tomorrow morning as well. here's a look at live doppler 7. it's not cold yet but it's a bit chilly outside. skies are clear and temperatures are going to drop sharply during the overnight hours. here's looking across the embarcadero where traffic is quite light at the moment. it's 54 in the city, 56 across the bay. redwood city 53, san jose 51. 47 at gilroy and 48 at half moon bay. at the golden gate, traffic conditions are pretty good. 47 in santa rosa right now, petaluma 51. mid to upper 40s at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore.

you can see where the temperatures are dropping rather early. looking out over san francisco -- over san jose, i beg your pardon, under clear skies, these are our forecast features. we'll see freezing cold conditions in all of our inland valleys but especially in the north bay. dry, sunny pattern will continue through the weekend and there will be gradual warming by mid-week. let's take a look at our freeze warning which will be in effect for most of the north bay, including parts of marin, sonoma and napa counties from midnight to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. for solano county, the warning is in effect from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. temperatures will drop from the mid to upper 20s in the coldest locations. in fact perhaps even a little lower than that in some spots. it might be a good idea to protect sensitive pets, pipes and people for that matter. overnight lows, over in the inland east bay, upper 20s to low 30s. down in the south bay about 30 at morgan hill, 35 at san jose. right around the bay shoreline we'll see lows in the midor mid

to upper 30s and upper 30s on the coast so pretty cold just about everywhere. tomorrow will be much like today. another sunny day, a little less breezy than today but still pretty cool. highs ranging from mid-50s to mid-50s just about everywhere from the coast to the bay shoreline. inland areas will probably not get above 57, 58 degrees. 58 at santa rosa, 57 at san jose. the rainfall potential over the next ten days here in the bay area is very, very minimal. perhaps 0.01 of an inch. there is a system developing early next week that's likely to affect southern california and many of the interior sections of the state with a bit more precipitation than we're likely to see here. but we are dry as a bone for a long and maybe a long while. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's certainly going to be chilly for a while. not only do we have a freeze warning tomorrow morning but wednesday morning is likely to be almost as chilly with

temperatures down near freezing in the coldest spots. in the afternoon on wednesday a gradual warming trending will begin. by thursday, friday and saturday look for high temperatures inland and around the b bay shoreline in the mid-60s. upper 50s to around 60 at the coast. temperatures taper off to a more seasonal average level on sunday, monday. by the way, i want to thank roosevelt elementary school in redwood city for inviting me this morning to talk to the kindergarteners about weather. of course they talk to me about weather as well, so the learning goes both ways. i had a couple kids ask me how old i am. >> they want to know the pertinent information. >> all they knew was i was older than they are. >> thanks, spencer. >> not by much. well, the 49ers return home today without the lombardi trophy that they had hoped to

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well, there won't be a parade but fans still cheered and said thanks when the 49ers returned home today after losing the super bowl to the kansas city chiefs in miami. >> and with good reason. they had a great season. the 49ers charter jet landed at mineta san jose international airport around 2:00 this afternoon. a handful of fans lined a fence near where the players stepped off the plane. >> got to support the team. they have been awesome. they brought back the spirit, saved me as a fan since 1981. >> the right leadership, right coaching, right players, they're the right team.

it's just getting started. >> they then boarded buses for the short ride back to the team's headquarters. welcome home. >> our abc 7 news team is also on the way home from miami. casey pratt tweeted this video you just saw, running home to see my family, complete with his super bowl unicorn. he also tweeted this picture that his 6-year-old daughter drew of katie she retweeted it and said this, tell your daughter that her picture is beautiful and it means so much to me. thank you for being an amazing girldad. voters get to weigh in on their picks for the 2020 nomination. >> the iowa caucuses in a tight and unpredictable race. california isn't waiting until june anymore. early voting opened today. tonight the information you need to know

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>> democratic iowa caucus goers started gathering in groups based on which candidates they support at 5:00 tonight and we're awaiting the results. >> here's a live picture from a high school in iowa city, iowa, one of the many caucus sites. based on early entrance poll estimates, it seems to be a four-person race. >> that's between joe biden, pete buttigieg, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. three numbers will be released tonight. the first preference, the final preference and state delegate equivalent results. >> the candidate with the most state delegate equivalents will be declared the winner of the iowa caucuses. there are 41 democratic delegates at stake. >> i like a lot of the candidates. i think we have a really diverse profile this time. >> iowa republican caucus goers voted by secret ballot tonight with just two long-shot challengers. president trump was declared the winner. and you can start casting ballots today for the march 3rd primary in california. there are about 20 million registered voters in the state

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on bernie sanders, michael bloomberg and andrew yang. it's on the abc 7 news app, youtube and amazon fire as well. the historic impeachment trial of president trump wraps up this week. today both sides offered closing remark remarks. >> reporter: a final plea by both sides in the impeachment trial of president trump. >> innocent people don't try to hide every document and especially those that would clear them. that's what guilty people do. >> the only appropriate result here is to acquit the president and to leave it to the voters to choose their president. >> reporter: house managers summarizing their case against the president and making the point that the votes senators cast whether to convict or reject the impeachment articles wednesday will reverberate through history. >> whether or not the office of the presidency of the united

states of america is above the law. that is the question. >> reporter: but the president's lawyers argued the process is what failed. >> a question to be asked, did the house judiciary committee rush to judgment in fashioning the articles of impeachment? >> reporter: 66 of 100 senators are needed to remove the president, and that's not expected. a censure also seems unlikely, even though one of those key moderate republicans who voted to block new witness testimony offered a warning echoed by other republicans this past weekend. >> inappropriate was the way i'd say, improper, crossing the line. but hopefully he'll look at this and say, okay, that was a mistake, i shouldn't have done that. >> democrats also looking for an admission of impropriety. >> after the nixon impeachment process, after the clinton impeachment process, both of them made public apologies to the nation. >> reporter: apology not anticipated, as president trump speaks to the nation during the state of the union tomorrow, tweeting out today during the

proceedings, insisting he did nothing wrong, writing i hope republicans and the american people realize that the totally partisan impeachment hoax is exactly that, a hoax. before wednesday's vote each senator is given ten minutes to speak on the senate floor. many expected to use their time to explain their position. reporting on capitol hill, serena marshall, abc news. >> tomorrow the president will give his state of the union address, something that's happened during impeachment only one other time. watching the speech in person will be a special guest of bay area congressman, he's invited a 24-year-old guatemalan woman who came to the bay area for a life-saving medical treatment and was nearly deported. she moved here in 2003 to take part in a clinical trial for a rare genetic disorder. the family received regular extensions until last year when immigration eliminated the program that allowed her to stay. she fought deportation and even testified before congress. the trump administration

eventually reinstated a program granting temporary reprieve from deportation for immigrants facing life-threatening medical conditions. you can watch the state of the union live here starting at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. coming up next, a story that will make your heart sink a little bit. >> it's about the theft of artwork that to this family is priceless. you'll hear details next that could help you solve the case. state lawmakers want a whole new recycling system. but for now, consumers say they can't get their deposits back. i'm michael finney.

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a family is devastated tonight after more than 100 pieces of art by a late san francisco businessman were stolen. the paintings were to be hung in the metro hotel. but the u-haul they were in was stolen from right across the street. dion lim has the story and how you can help. >> i thought my eyes were playing a trick on me. i just -- and then my heart sank and went into pure like panic. >> reporter: that panic set in around 6:00 friday morning at shanya, co-owner of the metro hotel and her co-owner gene returned from a trip to sonoma

and realized the u-haul they had packed filled with 120 paintings by her late father had been stolen. >> the art is priceless to us. i feel like it carries the energy and spirit of my father who passed about 13 years ago. >> reporter: ted solis was a well-known artist and died from a brain tumor in 2007. his art was to be displayed throughout the hotel as a way to keep his spirit alive. >> he wanted to share his art with other people. it gave him great joy. >> reporter: a representative from u-haul tells me insurance can be purchased for the vehicle itself but not for the contents inside. sfpd recommends loaded moving vans never be kept outside overnight, a risk jean understood but never thought could happen to them in just three hours. >> we hengd endured and pushed through to unload the paintings. >> reporter: all that's left of ted's body of work is what

remains in the lobby and some guest rooms and photographs that his widow has taken. >> i've been holding on a little too tight because i felt like i could hold on to him. >> reporter: for now surveillance video isn't available and sfpd continues to work the case. this family can only hope that someone will step up and do the right thing. >> i just pray that the people who took it have the decency to consider what this art means. >> reporter: if you see any of ted's artwork, you can identify it by his name, signature and date on the back. please contact the family here at the metro hotel. i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >> beautiful work. let's hope it gets back to its rightful owner. from the stage to the screen, we'll get to see the smash hit musical "hamilton" as we've never seen it before. this version will be in movie theaters. ♪ hamilton's creator, lin-manuel miranda says the film version

will feature the original broadway cast including himself as hamilton. it's had huge success on the stage, winning 11 tonys and the pulitzer prize for drama. disney is behind the film version. the movie will feature a performance in new york city at the richard rogers theater where the show first opened. "hamilton" is set to be in movie theaters october of next year. you can watch the oscars in less than a week only on abc 7. the 92nd oscars airs this sunday, february 9th, only here on abc 7. coverage starts at 5:00. and on monday, by the way, "live with kelly and ryan" will hold its annual after oscar show for the ninth straight year. the show will celebrate the night's biggest stars and moments. according to wendy mcmahon, president of abc owned television stations, the success of "live" is a testament to the partnership of kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. and they are dynamite together. you can catch the special oscars edition of "live with kelly and

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when hundreds of california recycling centers suddenly closed last year, consumers complained they had no easy way to get the deposits back for their bottles and cans. >> lawmakers now are calling for a complete overhaul of the bottle deposit law, but proposals are bottled up in the legislative process. >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here. that's left consumers wondering whether they can recycle at all or how they should do it. >> i started reporting on this a couple of years ago and people weren't even taking it seriously. we're on the same page at least that it's a mess. the state's 34-year-old bottle deposit law is now considered out of date. recyclers no longer earn much for your empties. the state's largest recycling company is gone.

grocers don't want your bottles and lawmakers want major changes to our recycling system. now, change could be a long way off, probably is. for now consumers say they're left holding the bottles. it used to be a 10-minute drive from james montgomery's house to a recycling center in san mateo. now he says it's a big hassle to redeem his bottles and cans. >> the farther you have to go, the more frustrating it is. >> reporter: he used to take these empties to a replanet recycling center near his home. now it's shut down along with all 284 replanet kiosks across the state. it just leaves three recycling centers in all of san mateo county. >> the fewer there were, the more frustrating because the lines are longer. you spend an hour waiting to turn in your stuff. >> reporter: j & d recycling was jammed with customers, a line of cars stretching down the street. >> where i got frustrated is if

they're not going to take my cans and bottles, why am i paying a crv. >> reporter: many consumers brought the same concern to 7 on your side. >> the line is so long that my 92-year-old dad is fed up. he's not going anymore. >> reporter: this state senator proposed a bill to privatize the bottle deposit system, putting beverage distributors in charge instead of the state. >> california is becoming somewhat the laughingstock in the recycling world because of our ineptitude and our inability to modernize. >> reporter: he envisions a system of reverse vending machines that take bottles and give back money. the bill was rejected by a senate committee last week, but he's not giving up. >> we need to completely redo this program. it is stuck in the mud. >> reporter: this state assemblyman wants to require manufacturers to use recycled bottles instead of creating more of them.

for now a stop-gap measure provides funds for remaining recycling centers. james is resigned to haul his bottles 10 miles up the freeway to get his money back. >> it's $10 to $20. it does help keep the environment better. >> and it's his money. now, we counted 49 recycling centers remaining in the nine county bay area. most are in alameda and contra costa county. i've posted a link where you can find the ones closest to your home. check it out on abc7news.com. i want to hear from you with any questions or concerns. 7 on your side hotline is open monday through friday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. the number is 415-954-8151. you can also reach me on my facebook page and through abc7news.com. >> excellent, thanks, michael very much. let's get one last check on

our weather and it's cold. >> chilly spencer is here to update the forecast. >> if you don't like it, finney wants to hear from you. don't tell me. here's a look at live doppler 7. we've got clear skies now and temperatures are dropping. it's going to be very cold tonight. it's pretty breezy still over the hills around the bay area. we have gusts from 15 to 30 miles per hour and higher in some spots so it will feel even chillier than it actually is. actual temperatures are dropping so low we have a freeze warning in effect for much of the north bay, including all of solano county. the warning goes into effect at midnight for most of the north bay and remains in effect until 9:00 a.m. temperatures drop into the mid to upper 20s in the coldest spots so protect sensitive pets, plants and pipes. boy, that's hard to stay, and people. overnight lows in other locations besides the north bay will drop into the low 30s, even some upper 20s in the inland east bay, low 30s in the south bay, mid-30s in the bay shoreline.

tod tomorrow's high will be mainly mid-50s. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. notice how chilly the next couple of mornings. not only tomorrow but wednesday morning as well. but a little warmup does begin mid-week. thursday, friday and saturday we'll see high temperatures in the afternoon in the mid-60s inland and around the bay shoreline. then temperatures drop off just a couple of degrees going through oscar sunday, which by the way will be award winning, the weather will, and monday as well. >> are you bucking for a statue? >> i don't have one. i'd like one. i've got room in my home for one. let's do it. >> i'd have it lit in my home. i just need the statue. next in sports, the 49ers say they're going to use the super bowl as fuel for next season. the players believe the future is bright.

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as we showed you a little while ago, the san francisco 49ers returned home this afternoon after coming up short in super bowl liv, but even before they got on the plane, the team was already thinking about next season. in their final report from miami, abc 7 sports director larry beil and chris alvarez look ahead to what they hope is a bright 49ers future. >> if it's possible to look past the anguish of a super bowl loss, the 49ers have a lot of reasons to be optimistic. i mean they were 4-12 last year.

they had the number two pick in the draft. nobody realistically saw this niner team going to the super bowl. >> no. the guys, the young guys made a lot of big strides. afterwards, mike mcglinchey said this is going to be one of the toughest moments in their football careers but a lot of guys echoing the sentiment that the future is very bright in san francisco. >> it's a long way down the road but we've got a young football team, very talented football team. it's just one of those things that you've got to remember this feeling and let it fuel you in the future. >> losing sucks. that's just what it is. losing on the biggest stage is not fun. a lot of emotions. not a lot of fun ones. but yeah, ultimately your goal is to win the super bowl so i'm going to do whatever i can to come back. >> we're built for this, so, you know, it's not about -- it's not about how hard you get knocked down, it's about how you get back up. i feel like this team is going to be back up and running in no time. >> you work so hard for something and then you fall short. you know, that's just how life

is. but this team, we're going to get back up and we're going to look forward and keep getting better and keep our heads up and just keep moving forward. >> yeah, we'll lick our wounds, we'll get over this. we'll be fired up for next year. we've got a lot of people coming back. i think we surprised a lot of people this year. we knew we had a good team. i'm very proud of the guys and how much better they got throughout this year. i expect to get almost all these guys back and plan on adding a few more. so we're going to rest a little bit, get over this some, but we are -- we'll be very fired up for next year. >> the 49ers have a lot of youth on the roster. that's a good thing, especially financially. you've got to believe it's going to be a long off-season for kyle shanahan. outscored 46-0 in the last two super bowls he coached in the fourth quarter in overtime. what do you do with emmanuel sanders, re-sign him? >> you could put that money toward george kittle but maybe they pay him early.

h a lot of questions in the secondary. the 49ers in a good spot. 30 other teams would have liked to have been in this game. >> absolutely. let's fly back to the bay, shall we? we'll see you there. >> thanks, guys, see you soon. you're going to like the warm weather you had in miami. the nba trade deadline is thursday and the biggest question surrounding the warriors is d'angelo russell. the minnesota timberwolves have been trying to get russell for a while and the new york knicks reportedly also have an interest. but keep in mind with steph curry and klay thompson still out, there's no need for golden state to make a trade right now. still, if the offers get too good, who knows, we'll have to see. >> all right. so be sure to join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> santa clara county sheriff's office calling it an ambush. fresh new details in the case of a deputy shot on this remote road in morgan hill. own a piece of san francisco history and this one is now being offered at a discount.

and coming up tonight at 8:00, catch three hours of "the baelor" and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> as always, stick around because jimmy kimmel live comes on at 11:35. look for news whenever you like on the abc 7 news app. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for spencer christian -- >> that's me. >> that's him. the entire abc 7 news team, thanks for joining us. >> wait, you're spencer christian? >> yeah, can you believe that?

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