thank you for joining us. >> i'm liz kreutz. california reported a record number of hospitalizations due to covid-19. more than 8200 people are in the hospital right now nearly 1900 of them are in icu. another alarming trend is the positivity rate, which is a good indicator of the transmission rate of the virus. the 14-day average jumped to 6 .5% today. it was 6.2 yesterday. this tracker shows the number of cases in the bay area. each blue bar represents a singing day since the start of the pandemic and the yellow line is the rolling daily average. the current surge is setting records for the number of new daily cases. and the yellow line is lie high than the record set during the summer surge. >> those rising cases could lead to new restrictions in san francisco that could start tomorrow. rules can keep us safe and healthy and help build a better bay area.

melanie woodro outlines the possible changes coming. >> reporter: san francisco's covid-19 cases have tripled over the last lee wethree weeks. >> dangers have arrived. >> reporter: with cases spiking, mayor london breed says the city has to take more restrictive action. >> what we're seeing now is a spike unlike anything we've seen since the beginning of this pandemic. >> reporter: after thousands of people traveled for the thanksgiving halladay, dr. grant colfax says the worst is likely yet to come. >> we have more virus circulating than ever before. >> reporter: dr. colfax said the city could see a shortage of hospital beds by christmas if current trends continue. saturday san francisco entered the purple tier prompting more indoor businesses to close and a nightly curfew. city officials plan to issue guidance this week as early as tomorrow. the city is looking at reducing the number of people that can gather indoors and outdoors.

officials are also looking to santa clara's travel order that requires a mandatory 14-day quarantine for those returning from a trip 150 miles outside santa clara county's borders or farther. when asked whether indoor dining could be banned entirely. >> it could be a possibility. we can't say right now what that mean would in a timeline. >> reporter: in san francisco, melanie woodro, abc 7 news. san francisco mayor london breed's office is explaining a dinner she had with a group of people at the french laundry restaurant. the chronical reports the dinner happened after governor gavin newsom went to a birthday party at the same restaurant. last month the mayor attended a friends and family birthday dinner at an open air table. then napa county was in the orange tier that allowed for indoor and outdoor dining. state guidelines discouraged

social gatherings and imposed a three person limit. she has dined out to support local businesses and adds quote, but she has always been cautious when dining out. in the meantime, san jose's mayor is apologizing for going against covid-19 recommendations during thanksgiving. he says quote i understand my obligation as a public official to provide exemplariry roles. at one point there were eight people from five households there. the state guidelines limit out door thanksgiving day gatherings to no more than three households. with coronavirus cases continuing to rise, governor newsom said a new stay-at-home order is under consideration and said this would likely be for the counties in the state's most restrictive purple tier.

>> reporter: as we wait to see how the thanksgiving holiday impacted california's covid-19 case rate, we heard governor newsom said another stay-at-home order could be coming. >> we're assessing this in realtime over the next day or two. >> reporter: nothing is announced yesterday but remember, the last time newsom hinted about a purple tier restriction, the curfew happened a few days later. what might a new stay at home order look like? we asked dr. george rutherford. is this going to be exactly like we saw in march or sort of a modified version? >> you know, no, we've learned a lot of stuff. >> reporter: dr. rutherford says a stay-at-home order for purple counties would not necessarily need to include shutting down all outdoor dining and non-essential retail, rather counties may need to reduced and the allowed capacity. >> you can probably keep some retail shopping open that would help out a lot of small businesses. after dining with low density and everybody wearing masks, you know, maybe. >> reporter: and what about schools? >> you could conceive of keeping

preschools open and maybe continue to open elementary schools. >> reporter: something else to consider, newsom mentioned deep purple counties. >> deep purple moves in those purple tiered status. >> reporter: suggesting that not all purple counties would be subject to the same restrictions. >> it is basically creating a second tier, fifth tier on top which i don't think is inprudent to do. >> reporter: the silver lining, a vaccine is coming very soon. >> this is not infinite. this has an end. this has an end point in it. >> dr. rutherford said whether or not these restrictions continue through the christmas holiday will be depending on how much cases go up following thanksgiving. we're still waiting to see that. he said if we want any chance of having a less restrictive christmas, stay-at-home order or not, we really need to be hunkering down now. a covid-19 vaccine could be at your walgreens and cvs pharmacies in weeks. just hours ago, a vaccine

advisory committee comprised of top doctors and health officials across the country voted on a distribution plan that is awaiting approval from the cdc. stephanie sierra is live breaking down the guidance and the controversy that comes with it. >> that's right, dan. 15 committee members of the acip, the advisory committee on immunization practices deliberated for more than three and a half hours before voting to recommend this distribution plan. if approved by the cdc, here is exactly who gets the vaccine first. a detailed plan to distribute 40 million doses of covid vaccines expected to vaccinate 15 to 20 million americans before the end of the year is underway. the first rollout involving 6.4 million doses could be shipped to retail farm sees in a couple of weeks. that's if the fda approves emergency use authorization for pfizer or moderna. who gets it first? >> health care workers are at the top of the list including

health care workers who work in nursing homes where the most deaths have occurred from this virus. >> reporter: members of the advisory committee on immunization practices or acip is recommending to the cdc health care workers should be vaccinated in phase one a. this includes staff and patients at hospitals, long-term care facilities, which includes both skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, outpatient clinics, home health care, pharmacies, emergency medical services and public health offices. acip committee chair dr. jose romero said this group will have no preference order. >> no preference is that correct? >> that's correct. >> reporter: they cited 243,000 covid cases. that figure worse for long-term care facilities. 730,000 covid cases infecting both residents and staff as of

late last week. this is why california's advisory committee is pushing for both groups to receive doses at the same but mike wassermann fears there will be hesitation. >> the numbers are concerning. 20% in some cases of front line nursing home staff say that they will take the vaccine. okay. so that means anywhere from 60 to 80% are going to refuse or not going to be comfortable. >> now, the second phase of distribution would include essential workers. this means police, firefighters, corrections officers and transportation staff. now, the third phase would include adults 65 and older and those with high risk medical conditions. stephanie sierra, a bc 7 news. >> before you go, are there exceptions to health care workers that should receive

priority? >> that was brought up several times today, dan but the committee made it clear priority is any health care workers and long-term care facility staff and patients that qualify. now this does include health care workers at correctional facilities and state prisons. >> interesting. okay. stephanie, thank you very much. all right. the pandemic hasn't been easy and it's impact hasn't been evenly felt, either. now, students are filing a lawsuit against the state saying they're not getting the education they deserve. wow. look at that. that's the basement. >> abc 7 news anchor cheryl jennings returns with a tour of the damage done to a beloved wildfire at a camp we've talked about so many times over the years. learn how you can help the camp rebuild on this day of giving. >> i'm spencer christian, it looks like this dry mild undecember like weather will be with us for awhile. i'll have the accuwea we are the thrivers.

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so did mine. [80's music] what? i was an 80's kid. it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. . welcome back, families across the bay area are suing over their children's education due to the pandemic. those families are taking the state to court. >> reporter: this oakland mom wants to remain anonymous. but her third grade twins kye and kayla are among say plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the state of california. she says they only had class two days last spring because of connectivity issues. >> only two days out of 90. i was like you left us for dead. i don't know.

it's just very frustrating. i feel very unsupported. i feel lost in a way. >> this lawsuit is the first in the country to hold a state accountable for failing to provide distance learning on equal terms to black and latin x students particularly low income students. parents are feeling really excluded at a time when they're being asked to do more than they have ever had to do before. >> reporter: the pandemic affects an kayla and kye are painfully apparent. >> at that age you're learning how to add and subtract and supposed to be moving on to mull tip case now and they aren't able to do that because they missed so much school in the spring. >> they're still into it. my girl twin is but my boy twin, he's become more aggressive, very more frustrated. >> reporter: a parent run advocacy group is behind the lawsuit. >> this is about holding the state of california accountable for doing a horrible job and

making sure all students receive the type of education they need, whether they're in person or in remote learning. >> reporter: the lawsuit seeks to get california to use remote learning models that they claim are working. the premise is the state has a constitutional responsibility to provide a basic education to every student. in the east bay, i'm lessly brinkley. >> you can watch those stories on our abc 7 bay area app on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. search abc 7 bay area and download for free. abc 7 is proud to support giving tuesday with the day of giving to help local non-profits during the pandemic. for almost two decades, abc 7 followed a beloved camp for children with cancer. but in september, a massive

wildfire devastated the camp. one of the co-founders john bell invited our own cheryl jennings to take an exclusive private tour of the site as soon as it was safe to do so. cheryl and abc 7 news photographer kathy were there and bring us the special story about the vow to rebuild. >> wow. look at that. that's the basement. i didn't think they would be trees still standing like this. >> reporter: this is the camp now in the fall of 2020. it is destroyed after two fires merged and roared through much of the 500-acre property. >> we're going to bring bulldozers out and start taking the debris into piles and getting rid of it. >> reporter: the drone footage was shot by the son of the

co-founder john bell. john junior drove his father to camp for their first look at the damage. hi his pictures show you the remains of the forecast that once brought beauty and created shade for children living with cancer. their siblings and families. this is what the camp used to look like after it was built here in 2000. it's located in berry creek in butte county. it had been a safe haven for children and families affected by cancer. 3500 people a year were helped for 39 years from hospitals throughout northern california. >> do you get bullied at all when you're not here? >> we all do. everybody here did at least once and if they didn't, they're lucky. >> it's a place where everybody is like you and you get support. i mean, they all have the same -- that happened to you? they're finally able to say it. >> reporter: what do you think about camp okizu.

>> it's fun and everybody is kind of like a big family because we all know what each other has been through. >> reporter: even children who are very ill could come to camp because there was an infirmary. the infirmary was staffed by doctors and nurses who volunteered every summer. dr. mike emelon is a pediatric bone mar marrow specialist. they brought the property and funded the construction with sizable loans. you and dr. mike had almost paid off all the loans. >> oh, yes, well, darn it. we did pay it all off. i mean, this camp was so good. we could do so many things here. especially with the infirmary. i mean, there was probably two dozen kids at least could not have been here because we wouldn't have been able to do what we needed to with them here

without it. >> reporter: this is all that's left out main lodge and you can see the stone chimney is still standing and outside in the front, the kids would stand in line to go in for lunch and once inside, the counselors would stand on that hearth and make announcements and lead the dancing. children and families healed while making lifelong friends laughing and playing in a variety of activities. it took years, prior to that all the stuff was in a shipping container and once a boat house was built it was a center of joy for everybody. the fire raced through here and this is all that's left. what does the word okizu mean? >> it's an indian word coming together, to heal from a hurt but make everybody whole. >> reporter: the camp has taken care of others for decades. now it needs time to heal

itself. camp was cancelled this summer because of the covid-19 pandemic. so camp okizu treated the problem by holding virtual camps for kids and families. >> anybody in a hospital bed can be at camp. it's just been an amazing thing. >> okizu has insurance and did not cover everything for rebuilding but for future progra programs he survived brain cancer. he was able to visit when he was 6 and his parents got emotional support at family camp. they sent this message of love and thanks #. >> going forward i never doubt that there will be okizu next year and someplace as i've always said, there is kind of us in a field somewhere with a

couple kids, that's camp okizu. cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> been such a magical place all of these years. so wonderful to see our dear friend cheryl once again. you can help camp okizu keep virtual programs going. contribute to the fund and get updates from our website a brks krrc 7 news.com/take action. looking out over the city, can you believe it's already december 1st? we're in the last month o welcome to 15 days of saving up to $500 on fast, in reliable internet and... mobile with nationwide 5g on the most reliable network. welcome to family-connecting, holiday-shopping,

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look outside from the sutro tower. no clouds in front of the camera lens and hard to find a cloud anywhe anywhere. 50 mountain view and san jose 57 degrees. nice view from the east bay hills camera looking along the bay bridge westward. we have clear skies now but may have little pockets of patches of clouds developing later. 52 santa rosa and 54 napa and 46 fairfield. that's our chilly spot and 53, 54 at livermore and concord and a nice view of the portion of the skyline of san francisco from the explorery camera. these are forecast futuew featu clear overnight. dry and mild pattern will continue into next week and temperatures will be near or above average for december for the foreseeable future. here is the forecast animation. notice 5:00 tomorrow morning, there won't be much in the way of cloudiness but high clouds

will sweep in followed by mid level and high clouds later in the day. we'll have filtered sunshine tomorrow with the high clouds above but we'll also have bright skies. overnight lows will drop into the mid to upper 30s in many inland valley communities. it will be chilly there. not quite so chilly near the bay and coast where low temperatures will be in the low 40s and tomorrow's highs on the south bay, mid 60s for the most part, 66 morgan hill. on the peninsula, low to mid 60s. 64 redwood city and mainly upper 50s on the coast and downtown san francisco, a high of 61 tomorrow. moving up to the north bay we'll see highs of 64 in san rafael and 65 sonoma and 67 santa rosa and east bay, oakland will top out at 64 as will hayward and the inland east bay will have highs mainly in the mid 60s, sort of low 60s, lowish at san ramon and let's look let's look

forecast animation for the week ahead. tomorrow afternoon, notice each day just about each day we'll see a little disturbance moving into the pacific northwest but that moisture is going to remain north of the bay area. the closest it will come to us will be probably saturday when we'll see a mix of rain and snow in the northern most corner of the state but it will not reach down into the bay area. we have our continuing mild and dry pattern and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. high temperatures in the upper 60s in some inland areas tomorrow. a slight drop off in temperatures thursday. they bounce right back on friday. mild weather and dry weather will continue into the weekend and then early next week look for high temperatures inland monday and tuesday in the upper 60s to around 70. how is that for december weather, dan and liz? >> i like it. thank you. liz does, too, right? >> yes. i do. yes. pay versus perks. the pandemic is changing how we work and what we work for, actually. tonight a look at what gig

workers now value the most. santa clara county is getting tough on businesses ignoring restrictions. just how many were cited

the pandemic prompted so many changes how we work. our changing workplace is resulting in changing priorities for where freelancers want to work. the change in workplace is part of building a better bay area. >> it certainly is. david louie looks how tech companies may have to reevaluate perks. >> reporter: we've seen the trend towards remote work with some employees enticed to work out of state. now, a new survey indicates the pandemic is causing a shift to gig work project based freela e freelancers more interested in pay and time off than in perks so common in silicon valley such as free or subdisidized food. >> are all of these other perks providing, are they hurting the bottom line in a difficult economy? those conversations will be happening. >> reporter: prounlimited is a

san francisco firm that helps companies manage gig workers. 43% are white collar engineers and managers. >> she's going to work on a project for google or apple or facebook for nine months and go to tahoe and ski for three months and come back next year and let everybody bid on her services again. >> reporter: at what point will this lead to cut backs in perks. >> if you're the only one cutting down, you're going to suffer. if the entire geographic area does, it becomes the norm. >> reporter: google are well-known models and thought the values of the company mattered. does that mean idealism matters. >> the ideas aren't as lofty sometimes as you might think. they have to do with flexibility, personal freedom and maximizing income. >> that could lead to a rebranding, david louie, abc 7

news. >> officials in santa clara county stepped up enforcement efforts over business compliance as covid cases as we've talked about continue to surge. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen looks at the new finds and whether they actually do any good. >> the grace period is over in santa clara county as officials take more of a hard line approach to getting businesses to compile with the covid-19 health order. throughout the holiday weekend, the county issued more than 180 violation notices with fines totaling $115,000. many of the businesses were located inside area shoppig malls. the most common violations failure to submit and display a social distancing protocol and failure to post the revised capacity limit. >> the most of the employees are in a safe working environment signals to the public this is something that this is a safe space for them to enter, a safe business for them to patronize and for the whole community, we're all doing our part. >> the enforcement comes as the county braces for another

holiday related surge. today officials reported 384 new covid-19 cases bring the total number to more than 35,000 county wide. >> the county is indicating the seriousness of the situation. >> reporter: public health policy experts hope some of the county's measures will slow down the spread. >> without putting in place even stricter measures to limit people's activities and so i think this effort, unfortunate, is an example of the county trying to strike that balance. >> reporter: this week the county implemented a mandatory director for people traveling from more than 1r50 miles away. >> i want people to see the disadvantages of not following the rules. >> reporter: with a vaccine in sight, a reminder better days are ahead. >> we need to be hyper vigilant for a few more months and we're there. none of us want to be the last soldier killed in war before the peace treaty was signed.

>> reporter: chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> two positive covid-19 tests are forcing the warriors to delay the start of individual player workouts. >> i don't think this is unexpected with all the guys coming back in from market proves that the protocols and testing are working, that was the whole point to catch these things before we began. >> that's warriors general manager bob myers. he can't release the names of the players due to privacy rules and the bargaining agreement. the team was supposed to begin individual play, workouts today. they will begin tomorrow. the players must test negative for covid-19 three times in a matter of days in order to participate. the warriors begin regular season play december 22nd perhaps the 23rd. it is giving tuesday and you can join abc 7 and the parent company disney to feed the love this holiday season. disney is partnering with three organizations to help families in need and you can make your

donation one simple wish grants wishes for kids in foster care. feeding america is the nation's largest hunger relief organization with a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. abc 7 and disney is proud to donate $15,000 to provide fresh fruit to second harvest of silicon valley this year. >> we're providing food to over a half million people every single month, which is literally double the number of people we were serving prepandemic. one of the things that's been really hard about this pandemic is just how many people have lost their jobs or had their hours cut back and are having to make tough choices between paying rent, paying their bills and being able to afford food. >> proud to support the toys fored tfo for tots foundation. visit shop disney.com/toys for tots to donate for toys for to thes and disney will donate a dollar for each toy. you can find out more about

how to donate to any of the organizations that we support. just go to abc7news.com/take action. and coming up here, our own abc 7 news weather anchor spe s spencer christian will share his story about one of his favorite charities, big brothers,

new record highs on wall street today. the nasdaq and s&p 500 jumped 1% today beating the all-time highs on friday. the dow jones was up gaining more than 185 points but closed shy of a record. attorney general william barr is disputing president trump's claim of voter fraud in the 2020 election. the justice department uncovered no evidence of wide spread fraud and has seen nothing that would change the outcome of the election. the decoloration, comes as president elect joe biden formally unveiled his economic team today which includes several women and people of color. biden says the group will help lead the country out of current economic crisis and make conditions better than before. >> we're going to create jobs,

raise incomes, reduce drug prices, advance racial equity across the economy and restore the backbone of this country, the middle class. >> biden's nominees include former fed chair janet yellen as treasury secretary and wally adeyemo and >> today is world aids today. the red ribbon flag was raised outside the lgbtq plus community center today. the ceremony was virtual and broadcast on the center's facebook page. >> it was uiet. it was heart felt, and we were really glad to do it in the middle of this. >> the center islight vidual

zoom. director of ucsf dr. monica ghandi joined us today. >> the infectious disease community in this city has been so focused on hiv, so focused on reduction and prevention and treatment of infectious disease that we pivoted, many of us pivoted to the covid-19 pandemic and it's been exploring that at the same time. i'm hoping we're learning lessons from the hiv pandemic as we go to try to stop this one. >> dr. ghandi says the lack of a coordinated covid-19 response from the federal government is the biggest failure in the country but hopeful about the future with the new administration. okay, we enjoyed a sunny start to december today, which turned into a pretty wild evening. look how pretty it is outside. coming up next, a look at the we are the thrivers. women with metastatic breast cancer,... ...standing in the struggle.

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by this neighborhood light display goes to the family of someone battling cancer. this year it's a 14-year-old discovery bay boy. >> and we feel blessed to be able to gather all of the money up that is just flowing with generosity from the community and being able to hand it to a family who is really in need. it's a special thing. >> the tunnels of joy is named after a woman who died from the cancer several years ago. you can check out the light display from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. every night. nearly 100 homes will take part. it's fabulous. we mentioned at abc 7 news is proud to support giving tuesday to support local nonprofits during this pandemic. >> joining us is weather anchor and our dear friend spencer christian to talk about one of his favorite organizations. a great one. big brothers, big sisters. >> it is a great one. i'm glad you said one of my favorite organizations as i've supported and we all have supported numerous non-profits. big brothers, big sisters will always hold a special place in

my heart. i talked to the bay area chapter about the really important work this agency is doing. ♪ ♪ >> right now, our affiliate here is serving all nine bay area counties and our mission is to create and support one to one mentoring relationships that ignite the power of the youth and that's an important distinction for us. we believe young children and people in our program have amazing power and resilience and potential within them and our job is to help them realize that through mentorship. so we serve around 700 children per year in our program. we're really proud to say we've still been serving and bringing new children into our program throughout the year through covid. >> i'm glad you used the word mentor because i was going to say that the relationship between what we call the big and the little is a mentoring relationship but it's also generally develops into a

lasting friendship, right? >> yeah, absolutely. it's interesting a lot of the mentors in our program shy away from the term mentor because they feel that it doesn't really speak to the love and the commitment and really the family type relationship really the brotherly sisterly bonds that are created there. >> yeah, that's true. i can reflect on my own experience as a big brothe many, many years ago back in 1973 when i was early in my tv career, i was working in richmond virginia and i was paired with a little brother who was from a single parent home. we lived with his mom. so jose became my little brother an we quickly developed a friendship like uncle and nephew, almost about as close to father and son as you can get without being father and son and then as my career took me away from richmond, we didn't have regular in person contact but our friendship lasted all these

years and we're talking, what, 47 years later. >> we still often get to hear wonderful stories like yours about people that kept those relationships going lifelong and even moentors who become grand mentors and their little becomes a big and pays it forward. it's such a wonderful way to expand our communities and how we connect with each other. >> if you need help or can offer help, we have information for you at abc7news.com/take action and having been a big brother, i can assure you that the experience is just as enriching and personally rewarding for the adult volunteer as for the little brother and little sister. it's just an amazing organization. >> you get so much out of it yourself, i know, spencer. >> you're saying -- excuse me, they are still matching people now? >> they are. just visit the website if you're interested and you'll never forget the experience. very meaningful to me.

>> yeah. >> weather is very meaningful to me. >> i think i should do a little forecast for you. here is a look at overnight conditions. we're going to have mainly clear skies, maybe a patch or two of low clouds near the coast and over in the delta area. overnight lows will generally be in the mid to upper 30s in our inland communities and right around the bay shoreline low 40s. tomorrow we'll have filtered sunshine with bright skies, lots of sunshine but high clouds as well. high temperatures will range from upper 50s at the cosas 50s low 60s and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's going to remain dry and mild with mainly sunny diays through the forecast period. look at monday and tuesday into december 7th and 8th. high temperatures near 70 degrees. this is very undecember like but i don't think many people will complain about that. nice and mild. >> for sure. we'll cross our fingers for rain but enjoy this.

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the warriors were supposed to start individual workouts today but as we told you earlier, two golden state players did test positive for covid-19. activities pushed back for a day. warriors general manager bob myers did not reveal which players tested positive but they will be out for a minimum of ten days and then have to test negative twice in a span of 24 hours. remember, the warriors were not part of the original nba bubble in orlando so this is new to them. >> at this point in congestion with the nba, we've been told we're starting tomorrow and again, i wish this covid thing is -- my medical degree is merging at this point but i haven't graduated and honestly, i'm not here to deflect, either but no knock, there is 134 pages of rules from the nba. >> we can't control the environment like the league did with the bubble. so we're going in to this thing with eyes wide eeeee

star kevin durant is beginning as a member of the nets. he spent last season rehabbing a torn achilles tendon klay thompson is facing. this is a challenging injury to deal with. >> learning how to walk, learning how to run, jump again, i think that's under estimated. people don't realize that. achilles, that leg is one of the strongest ligaments in your body, so for that to pop, you got to build that up and that takes awhile. >> college hoops, williams stanford taking on north carolina in the maui invitational in north carolina. williams steal and slam and gets called for a technical for hanging on the rim, which he could not believe but he held ten points. just over a minute left, leaky black, given to him by his grandmother, he scores. unc up three. under 15 seconds left. stanford needing a three to tie.

good look from spencer jones off the marks. tar heels hold on 67-63 will face texas in the maui invitational. the 49ers will be spending the next three weeks on the road because of santa clara county rules banning contact sports so the plan is the niners will leave for arizona tomorrow. they will play the next two games in glendale and another in dallas against the cowboys. after all the injuries this team endured this season, it's yet another challenge in 2020. >> you always expect bumps in the road no matter what you're doing. the biggest bump, which is the shock of finding how how long it was and, you know, the day before we play. that's the biggest thing. i think our guys are pretty good once they hear the parameters of stuff and just dealing with whatever, especially this year, we're used to getting away for a week or so. i can't tell you how sick we are

of each other after a week in a hotel. >> we know the feeling. >> they are going to fly to hawaii to play the rainbow warriors this saturday. there was some consideration about moving that game up to humbled county because the spartans worked out previously there. instead, the spartans are bound for paradise. i'm thinking maybe i should volunteer my services to go cover that game just to document it all and spend a few days in hawaii. >> tough. >> i'll take one for the team. >> yeah. you're nothing if not selfless and we admire it. >> yes, yes, yes. >> thanks. >> that's me. >> thanks, larry. >> mr. selfless. >> for sure. all right. join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> tech giant hpe is leaving the bay area for houston. should silicon valley be worried of a tech exitos? oakland unified announces

its plan to get kids back in classrooms. tonight, what must happen first plus teachers share their biggest concerns. all right. that's it for this edition of abc 7 news. look for us any time on the abc 7 news app. i'm liz kreutz. >> for all of us, appreciate your time and have a good evening. look at the moon. >> gorgeous. >> have a nice night.

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we'll talk. all right. let's get into the first round of play. here are the categories. first off... not "hodgepodge." we'll deal with... you identify the president for us. and finally... ryan, you're the champ. you go first. sports idioms for $1,000. - ryan. - what is a chequered flag? - that's it. - sports for $800. - ryan. - what is the final stretch? no. t.j. or denise? [ beep ] you're on the right track. what is the homestretch? back to you, though, ryan. sports for $600. answer--