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things got heated in brentwood after a man hung a dummy with an anti-biden slogan on it off of a noose. >> in san jose the city's primary inspector for massage parlors is under arrest accused of extortion and sexual assault on the job. >> the first cold storm of the season brings significant changes tomorrow. >> the presidential election keeping people on edge. mental health experts and cannabis dispensaries seeing a surge in business. abc 7 news starts right now. tonight the agonizing wait goes on for a handful of states to determine the presidential election. north carolina, nevada, georgia,

pennsylvania, arizona. >> joe biden is leading with 253. president trump has 214. 270 are needed to win the electoral college. >> developing right now though philadelphia police are investigating what they say was a planned attack at the place where the ballots are being counted. police received a tip about a group driving from virginia to pennsylvania to target the center. officers arrested one person but have not said if he is connected to the investigation. they impounded a hummer and a weapon. biden has gained pennsylvania and georgia as well. >> we start with matt boone live in the newsroom with the totals. >> both candidates spoke today. one urged patience and the other claimed he should already be the winner. addressing the nation for the first time since election night president donald trump refeimaid

defiant. >> if you count the legal votes, i easily win. if you count the illegal votes they can try to steal the election from us. >> reporter: the president pushing baseless claims of widespread voter fraud without evidence. as our abc 7 insider said his tone changed. >> this had the sound of the air coming out of the tires. >> focus intensifies on five states. nevada, arizona, north carolina, georgia and pennsylvania. >> democracy is sometimes messy. it sometimes requires a little bit of patience as well. >> biden remains behind president trump in pennsylvania though his campaign confident he will come out ahead as mail-in ballots are tab lated from philadelphia which was forced to stop counting briefly as a pennsylvania judge granted the trump's campaign to more closely

observe poll workers. >> it is so one-sided. i know it is supposed to be the advantage of the democrats but they are so one-sided. >> reporter: in georgia officials say they will not stop until every ballot is processed. >> fast is great. we appreciate fast. we more appreciate accuracy. >> reporter: as we await results they are optimistic the system will work. >> democracy is easy when it is a landslide. it is tough when it is tested in big, tight races. >> reporter: here is a look where things stand right now with biden gaining ground in georgia and pennsylvania in the last hour. in arizona with 11 electoral votes, biden leads president trump by more than 47,000 votes. georgia has 16 electoral votes and the narrowest margin, the president with a slight lead of 1,200. in nevada biden leads by more than 11,000.

the largest gap is in north carolina where president trump leads by 76,000 votes. in pennsylvania, the largest number with 20, the president leads now with 18,000 votes. in the newsroom, matt boone, abc 7 news. another night of protests outside the elections office in phoenix. hundreds of president trump supporters, some of them armed are rallying to stop the vote count. the crowd was energized when alex jones showed up. maricopa released the results of the ballots earlier tonight. more results are expected to be released in the morning at 8:00 a.m. >> a similar rally took over the streets of southern nevada with hundreds of protesters chanting stop the steal. officials plan to deliver results from 51,000 ballots

tomorrow morning at 9:00. >> tense situation in the east bay. police were called to a brentwood home after an apparent joe biden mannequin was found hanging. j.r. stone is in brentwood to explain why no charges will be filed. >> tension in brentwood between protesters and a resident in this neighborhood that supports president trump. this is after another resident named eric harvey hung a dummy from a noose off of his roof with a sign saying sleepy joe cheater. >> that is not okay. not okay for him to be allowed to do that. brentwood is not racist. it is beautiful. beautiful people here. we don't support that. >> the dummy has been taken down. harvey said he was upset about what happened wednesday night

with the presidential vote count. the dummy's face was covered in what appeared to be a black hat or cloth. >> why did it have to be a black person? >> brentwood police said according to the d.a.'s office a crime wasn't committed but the crime forwarded the case to the secret service. as for the tension thursday night. no one was hurt and officers stepped in to escort the trump supporting neighbor out of the area. in brentwood abc 7 news. the emotional investment in the ongoing election has led to heightened stress among many. many in the bay area are turning to mental health experts and some to cannabis. >> reporter: before election day dispensaries across the bay area

saw a rush of customers, people loading up on products expected to last them a few days. at this point deliveries are climbing and she believes customers are hunkering down. >> we have one printer. receipts pouring out constantly. you never get to the bottom of the stack. >> reporter: from marijuana to mental health. the election is a main stressor for his clients, different from 2016. clients consider this presidential election to be hugely consequential. >> it is prolonged. there is a conflict component to it these days. it affects your livelihood and your standard of living and maybe your health now. >> doctor on demand saw their biggest day of visits up wednesday. beyond the pandemic financial worries and upcoming holidays, the election remains at the top of the list of things people

cannot control. >> reliable election results, you know, for example. what i really encourage the patients that i see every day to do is to focus on things that you are in control of. >> reporter: exercising, setting boundaries on social media may help. we have been updating election results on the website for all of the races. for the latest any time go to abc7news.com/election. well, wet weather is about to return to the bay area. it has been a while. >> it has. wet and cold. more now on what to expect the next few days. >> winters coming early and you can expect a chill and showers beginning tomorrow. a light level one system on the storm impact scale. cold storm originating in siberia moving on out into the bay area. kicking up the surf. high surf advisory 2:00 p.m.

until midnight. large breaking waves, 18-22 feet. winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour ahead of the storm system. and it will be even higher as we head towards the hills with gusts up to 50 miles per hour. your morning is fine. you are going to have drizzle, sun, clouds. as we head into the late morning, afternoon, evening. that is when the showers begin to develop to the north and slide southward. the rest of your hour-by-hour forecast, including what you can expect the showers to wind down. your weekend forecast is coming up. dan. >> in san jose, the city's primary inspector for massage parlors is now under arrest, accused of extortion and sexual assault on the job. i'll have the story. >> security cameras capture a brazen looting of an oakland pharmacy. why it took police so long to respond. >> first a look at what is coming up on "jimmy kimmel live."

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a san jose code enforcement inspector working massage parlors has been charged with extortion, rape and other sex crimes while on the job. >> reporter: in his final full year as a san jose code enforcement inspector bill gary made $178,000 in pay and

benefits and resigned last year and moved to texas with his wife and kids and became active in the church hosting song and prayer sessions on facebook. now he is back in san jose, but behind bars charged with 14 felony counts of extortion, bribery, rape and other sex crimes and has been accused of preying on the owners of the massage parlors. for others when money was not an option or sex was an alternative mr. gary would take it as payment without the consent of the victim. >> reporter: prosecutors believe he got more than $140,000 from massage parlor owners. >> the victims are the most vulnerable people in the community and come from a background where they don't trust law enforcement or know where to turn to abuses of

power. >> reporter: gary's attorney would not comment nor would his two sisters who drove from texas to attend the hearing. court records include text messages and e-mails. william, please give me my money back. $34,000. >> some of the victims are exploring a lawsuit against the city. >> this is a textbook example. >> reporter: the attorney is preparing a civil rights lawsuit on the behalf of two plaintiffs. he expects more victims coming forward. why is the city culpable in your mind? >> the here is scale of the conduct. dozens of cash payments, multiple sexual assaults, victims, locations over years. >> reporter: he says that it is improper to send a male inspector to these types of businesses alone. >> you can talk to any vice or enforcement officer.

it is a complete violation for this type of enforcement. >> reporter: the judge set bail at $600,000. we will follow up with you on the next hearing. oakland police said they arrested suspects of the roving caravans of robbers. the looters struck at least 11 times since monday. it is thursday, right. hitting stores in san lorenzo and oakland. a group raided an oakland cannabis store. a police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old oakland man. drivers trying to escape the scene left four officers injured. a gang of looters used a blow torch to break into an oakland pharmacy. ransacking the store stealing drugs and other merchandise. all of it captured by camera. they were inside for five hours

before police arrived. police said they have to prioritize calls when someone's life is in danger. last night a group broke into a big 5 sporting goods store. officers recovered four firearms and high capacity magazines with suspects believed to be connected to robberies. all right. let's turn your attention now to the weekend forecast which is finally here and it is changing. >> yes. how much rain could we possibly get? it will be light stuff but just enough to dampen the ground and give us a chill. this is a level one. tomorrow afternoon and evening, spotty showers, thunder, hail chance. we are looking at wind gusts 25 to 35, up to 50 at the higher

elevations. here is a look at the cold storm. it is going to be already producing pacific northwest wintry mix and it will be sliding south and eastward, and as it does we will see the impacts. 50s, 60s, not as chilly as it has been. hard to believe that we have record heat in november, but believe it or not sfo and kent field 80 degrees today. it was definitely warm. that will be changing. 15 to 20 degrees cooler tomorrow as the cold system comes in. 11:00 a.m., to be a widespread rain event. it will be scattered or spotty in nature. still a few showers lingering. the rest of the saturday is fine until sunday, we have another shot of seeing a few showers in the morning. look at all of the snow in the mountains. it will be a nice wintry mix up

there heading into sunday evening, this all winds down. rainfall, nothing to write home about. .002 in san mateo. tomorrow, about 5,000 feet for the mountains, travel difficulty with gusty winds. up to eight inches in the peaks, turns into a winter storm warning for the weekend. foot up to the highest peaks. travel is not recommended. snow level down to 4,000 feet. as you take a look at the snowfall totals, tahoe city ten inches by sunday evening. tomorrow morning, temperatures will be in the 40s, 50s. this is not your chill. wait until you see what is coming later on. temperatures tomorrow afternoon, it will be a dramatic drop. middle 50s to 60s. chilly with showers, gusty winds ahead of the storm.

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