belly pain, decreased appetite, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting which can lead to dehydration and may worsen kidney problems. i have it within me to lower my a1c. ask your doctor about trulicity. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. why can't we get these schools ready to get open as soon as possible? >> anger and frustration, san francisco public school students will not be returning to classrooms in late january as originally planned. good morning, again, everybody, it is saturday, december 19th, i'm liz kreutz. we are joining you right now instead of good morning america because we are bringing you clenl football at 9:00 a.m. more on the delay for reopening public schools in the city and the latest on the vaccine and the coronavirus crisis.

but first as always let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> liz, good morning to you. hi, everyone, it has been awfully cold out there in parts of the north bay, we've had fog that is now moving into our east bay valleys, emeryville, it is sunny and temperatures are in the 30s from morgan hill to half moon bay, 36 in mountain view, 45 right here, downtown, from sfo, see just a little bit of low clouds over the hills. 29 from santa rosa, 39 with fog by the delta, inland valleys right now, walnut creek and concord, foggy, a half mile visibility for you and we're going to keep it that way for the next couple of hours here's a look at downtown where it is nice and sunny, numbers will climb through the 50s throughout the day today. some low 60s. in the warmer locations. and we'll talk particulars and a pattern change as we look at our extended outlook in a few minutes, liz? >> lisa, thank you. there is anger and frustration from parents and san francisco's mayor this morning after news that in-person

schooling will not be happening as planned in the city next month. the district and teachers union failed to come to an agreement on reopening. abc 7 news reporter luz pena explains the major sticking points. >> reporter: roughly 14,000 students between january and march were scheduled to go back to in person classes in san francisco. well, that's not happening anymore. >> this is a sad day for kids in the city. >> reporter: mayor breed said the teacher's union has unrealistic requirements. >> we won't be able to realistically test every student every week, and be able to make sure that a certain percentage of people are vaccinated before we open the school. >> reporter: according to the san francisco unified school district labor groups have proposed that no staff or students go back to in person classes until the city is in the orange tier. in a statement, the sfusd's superintendent said in part i'm disappointed that we cannot offer a guaranteed date for when we can

resume in person learning for our youngest and most vulnerable students. >> it's ridiculous, frankly, we're behind so many states. >> reporter: jennifer tse is part of the san francisco parents group open schools sf. she's concerned more students will fall behind when they go back to distance learning again on january 5th. >> the most vulnerable. that's what we were talking about going back on january 25th. >> reporter: this group of parents are planning to rally in sacramento on january 16, calling for state's intervention. in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. hospitals are stretched incredibly thin right now. in the state. statewide there is just 2.1% availability of icu beds. both the san joaquin valley and southern california regions are out of space. in the bay area right now, we're seeing 12.8% availability. the bay area is now in its first weekend under the state's strict lockdown. san mateo, napa, solano and santa cruz counties joined the rest of the bay area yesterday.

the rules kicked in after our region's icu availability dropped below the state's 15% threshold. that means restaurants can only do takeout and delivery. most other businesses are either closed, allowed to operate outdoors only, or are at limited capacity. and most of you probably got this emergency alert on your phone yesterday. you probably haerz it buzz. the earliest the order could be lifted january 8th, so three weeks away. and happening today, frontline health care workers at el camino hospital in mountain view will start being vaccinated later this morning. el camino health has received 975 doses of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine, employees will be vaccinated today. infectious disease doctor and night shift critical care nurse, respiratory therapist will be among the first to receive shots. and stanford medicine will

begin vaccinating medical workers today after 3,900 doses of the vaccine was delivered friday, following a protest on friday where stanford medical workers called into question who the university will vaccinate first. abc 7 news reporter matt boone has their concerns. >> reporter: stanford medical residents protested saying they work with patients every day but were skipped over while some physicians who work from home got vaccinated instead. >> to not be offered a vaccine when i am at the hospital face timing attendings from home so they can see their patients and i'm in the covid positive room and those attendings are offered the vaccine, it's very hurtful. >> reporter: stanford admitted they made an error in the process, writing we apologize to our entire community, including our residents, fellows and other frontline care providers who have performed heroically during our pandemic response. we are immediately revising our plan to better sequence the distribution of the vaccine.

>> there isn't necessarily a right way of doing it. there are lots of important factors. >> reporter: that's dr. louise aaronson, a professor at ucsf medical center, helping draft the state's tiered rollout guidelines as a member of the advisory board to the california department of public health. >> there's two sets of national guidance and then each state is coming out with guidance. >> reporter: once the hospitals receive the vaccines, she says they have a lot of leeway to decide who gets it first. >> they also don't know necessarily how much they'll have and how many people will accept and how many people will refuse. >> reporter: matt boone, abc 7 news. and on the national front more than 17 million people have been diagnosed with the virus in the united states, and more than 300,000 have died. pushing the fda to give the green light for emergency authorization of moderna's vaccine. abc news reporter karina mitchell has the details. >> reporter: coronavirus vaccine number two has been given the go ahead by the fda for distribution. 5.9 million doses could be

shipped across the country as early as tomorrow. moderna's version would be given to people age 18 and over in two doses four weeks apart. minor side effects include fever, fatigue and headache. >> as with any decision made by the fda this authorization was guided solely by science and data. >> reporter: an fda panel finding the moderna vaccine more than 94% effective in preventing symptomatic disease. early data also suggests the vaccine may reduce asymptomatic infection in volunteers after one shot. and could stop the spread of the virus. unlike pfizer's version moderna's doesn't need to be stored in ultra cold freezers making it easier to distribute to rural communities. >> between pfizer and moderna we should have enough doses just this month of december to immunize the first 20 million people in what we hope will be a big push to get this terrible virus behind us. >> reporter: president trump praising the fda's decision in a

tweet friday, dr. anthony fauci says he expects vaccination to begin early next week, karina mitchell, abc news, new york. and new this morning, less than 24 hours after the fda gave emergency use authorization to moderna's covid-19 vaccine the man in charge of operation warp speed says distribution has already begun. general gus perna says shipments are being trucked from moderna's facilities to more than 2,700 locations across the u.s. right now. deliveries should arrive by monday. ups and federal express are handling logistics and deliveries as they did for pfizer's vaccine doses last week when that vaccine was given emergency use authorization. general perna says he accepts blame for giving states inaccurate numbers of how much vaccine they'd be getting in the coming weeks. many states, including california, complain that they'd be getting far fewer doses than they were originally told. >> and so as we gave forecasts

to the jurisdictions, and governors and states worked their priorities against those forecasts when we had to decide what was going to eventually be shipped out, i had to lower the allocations to meet the releasable doses that were presented to me. >> california's allocation next week went from 327,000 to 233,000 doses. general perna says in all 7.9 million more doses of pfizer and moderna's vaccines will be delivered in the coming weeks. all right, in the east bay oakland's mayor is bracing city workers for some very painful cuts. the city is facing a major budget short fall made worse by the pandemic. abc 7 news reporter kris reyes spoke with counsel members about these drastic cuts. >> we know there will be difficult decisions to make. all the options we have and whatever combination of options, none of them are good, none of them are pleasant, none of them are going to make anybody happy.

>> reporter: mayor libby schaaf announced cuts are coming to address a $62 million shortfall that continues to grow. in an email to city staff she writes we know this is painful and scary news to hear, but if we work together we will get through this extraordinary challenge. leadership staff will be first in line to shoulder the cuts, taking ten unpaid days, deferring the upcoming 1% pay increase and any annual salary increases. appearing on abc's midday live earlier this week the mayor said her city is in a tough spot. >> we are out of those one-time fixes, this is a moment where we are seriously going to have to make service cuts if we cannot get aid from the federal government. >> i hope most of what we do is done in cooperation and through negotiations with our workforce. >> what are oakland's greatest needs and priorities and that is to meet the needs on the street of the safety, dealing with our homeless situation. >> reporter: oakland has about 5,000 city employees, city council will meet next week to

hear more details on other cost cutting measures. kris reyes for abc 7 news. let's get a check of the weather now with lisa. lisa, so pretty out this morning. >> it is, but, you know, some of our friends, liz, have that tule fog giting them from our east bay hills camera around concord and walnut creek. here's a look at san francisco where numbers are in the 40s. we have a chilly 29 in santa rosa. so lots of different conditions around the bay area. we'll all be pretty similar underneath sunshine this afternoon but a look at perhaps a rainy christmas coming up. >> all right, lisa, thank you. also next, demanding help during the pandemic, immigrant rights supporters say san francisco isn't doing enough. and how vaccine makers are beginning to focus on children. you'll hear one of the youngest vaccine trial participants in the world talk about her experience.

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immigrant families shared stories of their struggle in the crisis which has hit the community particularly hard. the group faith in action bay area presented its demands to city leaders which include rent relief and easing regulations for financial help. and with pfizer's vaccine already being distributed and with our efforts to build a better bay area we are at a crucial point in the covid-19 pandemic. abc 7 news is dedicating this entire week to what you need to know about the vaccines, vaccine manufacturers are now starting to turn their focus to a key sector of the population, children. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke with one of the youngest vaccine trial participants in the world about her experience, as well as pediatric vaccine experts about what to expect when it comes to covid vaccines and your kids. >> reporter: babies, toddlers, kids, and teens have largely been left out of the conversation about covid vaccines. as a result, parents have a lot

of questions. >> my concern is they haven't done a lot of testing with children his age. >> the foremost concern is about the side effects. >> we are not sure if it's going to be like fever or like pain or whatnot. >> i would wait at least until she turns 3. >> this is my first child so of course i'm going to be a little nervous about putting anything into him. >> reporter: for answers we went to the pediatric experts in the bay area and beyond. dr. patel, abc 7 news special correspondent and pediatric hospitalist, dr. maldonado, stanford epidemiologist and chair of the committee on the infectious diseases for american academy of pede@ticks. and dr. paul offitt, coinventor of the rote virus vaccine. voting member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee recommended pfizer and moderna's vaccine for emergency use. >> i think the reason children were not a priority here if you look at people less than 21

years of age they account for 26% of the united states population but only 0.08% of the deaths. that's why they haven't been the priority. nursing homes accounted for 40% of the deaths. >> reporter: is it even worth vaccinating children? dr. raafat says absolutely. >> children can get sick, suffer and occasionally die from this virus. as many children died this year from sars-cov-2 as influenza. and children can suffer longer term effects, so called 6 multisystem inflammatory syndrome of children, called misc, they need to be protected from this disease and hopefully early next year we'll generate the kind of studies that make us feel comfortable vaccinating children. >> reporter: pfizer and moderna have started testing their covid vaccines on teens in the u.s. it's likely astrazeneca and johnson & johnson will follow suit. >> i suspect over 2021 we'll see more and more trials in younger and younger children. our hope is that by the end of

2021 there would be vaccines available for young children as young as six months of age. if that's possible. >> reporter: which would be on time for the new school year. dr. maldonado is on the safety review committee and says the trials will likely involve different dosing regimens to determine the most effective covid vaccine schedule in children. >> in conducting and assessing vaccines in kids is always, no matter what the vaccine is, always safety, safety comes first. you're vaccinating healthy people. i do think that a lot more needs to be done to shore up confidence among families and we need to see the data so we can feel comfortable to recommend one way or the other what parents should do. >> reporter: so dr. patel, what do you expect to happen with children and side effects since in the pfizer trial up to half of the adults had some sort of symptom and nobody likes to see their kid sick? >> children may react differently to these vaccines than the adults in the trials did as well. may have a stronger response, the response may last longer, don't be alarmed, don't be scared, this is proof the

vaccine is working. if we're not really transparent about these responses and if people get freaked out because their child has muscle aches or a fever we may lose some of those parents for the second shot and we know that we need both of them to get the full effect, the 94% to 95% efficiency. >> this is a covid-19 vaccine trial. >> reporter: caitlin evans, one of the first teenagers in the world to get injected. in a covid vaccine trial. she doesn't know if she got the vaccine or a placebo. >> i've been monitoring my temperature and i've been fortunate not to have any symptoms at all. >> reporter: she's 16 and her family supported her as she volunteered for a phase 2-3 pfizer trial at cincinnati children's hospital in october. pfizer's vaccine is now authorized for anyone 16 and older. >> i'm anxious to go back to school and just try to get parts of my life that i'm never going to have another shot at. the more we listen to scientists and the more we do the right thing and try and keep our neighbors safe, the sooner we can get back to some kind of normal.

>> reporter: kate larson, abc 7 news. so fascinating and you'll find all of this week's special in depth stories online at abc7news.com/vaccine. lisa, one week until christmas, less than a week, i guess now. >> wow, i guess you're right. good morning, everybody, it is going to be a pretty nice day if we can get out of our frosty corner of santa rosa where it's only 29 #. fog by the delta, a dense fog advisory here until 11:00. so around american canyon and fairfield, and that fog now, that tule fog settling into parts of our east bay valleys. here's the loop of some sire rus clouds moving in, actually, high pressure is building on in over the weekend. it's going to allow for the storm track to head to the north and here's a look at some of that fog, the san pablo dam reservoir right here, a pretty view, but you can see the low clouds, 44 san francisco, 42 in oakland, upper 30s for you in mountain view, san jose 41 and

morgan hill 37, half moon bay much colder at the coast this morning and here's a look if your exploratorium camera, 29 santa rosa, down the road to novato, it's 37, 39 in napa with these 30s from concord to livermore and now that fog has moved on in. so visibility, anywhere from a half mile in concord and walnut creek, to just over two miles in fairfield. so it's going to be another couple of hours before this begins to evaporate. so do be careful. looking at santa rosa, two-mile visibility and elsewhere four miles on the coast. this is our pier 39 camera, nice and sunny here in the city, so cold this morning with foggy spots, mainly sunny over the weekend. and we'll be looking not only at winter arriving on monday but this should be one of the warmest days out of the next seven as we cool off, and hopefully get that pattern change. so as we look at saturday and sunday, we're dry. into monday, a weak system wants to move in to extreme northern california and for us it's

really going to bump up the ridge before it moves beyond the bay area and then as we get towards wednesday, a little cooler, as well as thursday, here is christmas day. where this system wants to really plow into the bay area, bringing us some rain, perhaps midday friday, christmas into saturday, maybe a third, to a half inch, hopefully that all pans out and holds together. but in terms of our temperatures, notice livermore, for the week ahead, today and tomorrow mild upper 50s to low 60s, holding into the first day of winter on monday, and then here comes that more winter like air temperature and then hopefully the rain will follow with that. today, upper 50s in sunnyvale, look for 61 in san jose. a cool day but sunshine for you in menlo park and palo alto, 59, downtown, upper 50s as well. so a little change for you with that rewind and repeat performance we've had day after day. 62 in -- 60 in san le and row.

upper 50s san ramon valley and 60 today in brentwood. the accuweather seven-day forecast little change our cold mornings and mild afternoons, through the first day of winter on monday. holding steady, maybe a little cooler mid-week and hopefully we can bring in some rain here on christmas day. liz? >> lisa, that would be nice, thank you. just ahead, from looking forward to looking back, we talk to a bay area teenager who got her start in act

as this year winds down abc 7 news is looking back on the most memorable stories and people of the year, it's part of our new immersive story series, facing 2020. one of those people is tiana day as george floyd's death sparked protests around the world the san ramon teenager organized one of the bay area's biggest demonstrations and became one of

the faces of a movement. a movement spilled out onto the golden gate bridge in june from sky 7 you could see the passion of the black lives matter movement as protesters stopped traffic and chanted the names of those who have died at the hands of police. the peaceful march was a powerful turnout, one that tiana day, the teenage organizer of the protest, could never have expected. >> this came together in less than 24 hours. my friend made flyers and we pushed them out. >> we posted them all over social media. >> all over social media and it blew up. >> reporter: the protest briefly stopped traffic on the span, giving a new generation a platform to have their voices heard. >> honestly, all these protests are just really inspired, honestly i feel like the whole youth as a whole, this whole generation, we are really speaking out and speaking up for each other and fighting for equality, it's a beautiful thing. >> in the first week of my activism, the first protest i led on my own. >> reporter: she grew up in san

ramon and graduated from high school this year, plans for college were put on hold when the pandemic hit. >> no justice, no peace. >> i got there and there was thousands of people already lined up, news cameras in my face, and i was like i have no idea what is going on, like is this for us? did we do this? >> reporter: inspired by that turnout, tiana is on a mission. >> speaking on climate change, we need to talk about black lives matter, do to talk about lgbtq rights, women's rights. marginalized communities, we need to bring attention to it. >> reporter: to help give a voice to the voiceless she's founded an organization to enable more more youth. to make a difference. >> i started a nonprofit called youth advocates for change. so far we have 50 students who are mainly in california but we have some sprinkled throughout the united states too and we pair with a bunch of other nonprofits to do amazing things that are youth led. >> reporter: in a year filled with so much tragedy tiana has hope for the future. it happened when she took a leap of faith and decided to stand up for what mattered to her. >> it's changed everything.

for me. without this one moment my life would be so different. >> reporter: at the same time spreading a message of hope for a better future. read more about tiana in the immersive story series facing 2020, live right now on abc7news.com, we went back and checked in with more than a dozen memorable people from this year, you can find out how their lives have changed, the lessons they've learned and what they hope 2021 brings. all right, still to come on abc 7 mornings, congress working this weekend, still trying to reach an agreement on a covid relief deal. also, the i-team revisits a pacifica yoga studio, still holding classes, they've been violating the rules for months. why isn't something being done about it?

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forecast with lisa argen, hey, lisa. >> hey, liz, good morning to you, hi, everyone. we have fog and chilly temperatures in our east bay valleys, here is a look at some of it there, you can see mt. diablo. 44 san francisco. upper 30s in san jose. 37 half moon bay. as we look towards san jose right now you can see the blue sky awfully cold from is a santa rosa 31, 35 in livermore with 36 in concord where you have the fog. and anywhere from about a half mile visibility in concord to over two by the delta. another couple of hours for this fog to lift. you can see six mile visibility in santa rosa. light north winds this morning, by the afternoon we're in the upper 50s, a lot of sun to low 60s out there. it is going to be a slow warm-up today, and we'll talk about how long our dry weather lasts, but we do see an end in sight. and perhaps a pattern change by the holiday. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you. all right, we're also going to now get to that developing

news from washington, d.c. president trump has signed a two-day short-term funding bill to keep the federal government open through sunday night. congress is working through the weekend trying to reach an agreement on federal funding. that includes a round of much needed covid-19 financial aid. abc news reporter marci gonzalez is here now with the immense pressure that congress faces. >> reporter: with just hours left before a partial government shutdown was set to begin congress buying itself more time. voting to extend the deadline to reach an agreement on a covid relief deal. >> there's no reason why the federal government funding should lapse while we hammer out our remaining differences. >> we're very close to an agreement but the details really matter. >> reporter: the nearly $900 billion aid package is tied to a larger federal spending bill. congress now has until sunday at midnight for a deal to be struck, dragging out the already months long wait for millions of americans depending on financial help. >> if this country means

anything, if democracy means anything, if the u.s. government means anything, it means that we cannot turn our backs on this suffering. >> reporter: the bill is expected to include $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits and a $600 direct payment to many americans. missouri republican senator josh hawley tried and failed to get that direct payment amount raised to the $1,200 given to americans back in march. >> we could start with reasonable, modest relief. to the working people in need in this nation. >> hawley is aligned with democrats who would prefer another multitrillion dollar rescue package. republicans continue to want less. >> i want to help people. i voted to help people. i voted for the $2.2 trillion cares act. but i also am concerned about our children's future, and the fact that we are mortgaging it. >> reporter: more than 10

million americans stand to lose part of their unemployment benefits if a covid relief deal isn't reached by the end of next week. only adding to the desperate situation so many are already facing. >> people are driving upwards of an hour to two hours to get here, and then sitting in a line for three to four hours. before they're able to get their box of food. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. all right, new developments, the fda is now authorizing that second coronavirus vaccine for emergency use as we mentioned. millions of doses of moderna's vaccine are expected to start shipping out. >> we worked quickly, based on the urgency of this global pandemic, not because of any external pressure. the transparency around our review of moderna -- of the moderna covid-19 vaccine should assure the public that this vaccine met the fda's rigorous standards for quality, safety and efficacy. >> since last friday only pfizer's vaccine has been

authorized and remember yesterday governor newsom said california is going to get a lot less in the second allocation of vaccine doses than initially anticipated. >> we were hoping to get vaccination, or rather doses allocated to the state in that second allocation but we were told yesterday by cdc hhs that they're cutting that by 40%. so unfortunately it went from 393,000 down to 293,025. an fda panel found the vaccine more than 94% effective, this is for the moderna vaccine in preventing covid-19, and early data also suggests the vaccine may reduce asymptomatic infection in volunteers after one shot and could stop the spread of the virus. now most bay area businesses are doing their best to comply with changing rules but some owners are directly defying authorities. we told you before about a local yoga studio that's been holding maskless indoor classes throughout the pandemic. so the question is where is the

enforcement? i-team reporter stephanie sierra has been tracking the case for months. >> the county and state regulations require that everyone have a mask inside. >> yeah, well, it's optional. >> what? >> everybody's option is to wear a mask. >> it's a state requirement. >> i'm not making them wear a mask. >> reporter: thomas antoon is the owner of pacifica beach yoga. we tried to explain the health order to him back in october. after 16 complaints with concerns over health and safety were filed against his business. >> it's my business, right, it's my choice too. >> reporter: not exactly. his yoga studio qualifies as an indoor fitness gym, which according to county restrictions were required to close indoor operations around three weeks ago, on november 29th. on december 4th, antoon posted this on facebook, we just keep bringing the heat, no fear mongers here, and continued over the past two weeks to advertise indoor classes, at least 14 people who appeared not to be wearing masks entered the business for two separate

classes. i want to understand why you're continuing to offer indoor classes right now. can you explain that? >> because i have a right to. >> reporter: actually, he doesn't. heather forshey leads a covid compliance unit. in san mateo county. the unit has received complaints about pacifica beach yoga and is currently investigating. will you make a priority for the complaints to look into this. >> certainly we'll be investigating it. >> reporter: the unit was launched in mid-october to help ensure businesses comply with the state's orders, as of today the units received 723 complaints about businesses across the county. that's prompted 80 written warnings. >> the vast majority of businesses just want to do the right thing. and they are after some guidance. >> reporter: but in antoon's case -- >> it's currently a violation of the health advisory. >> go away. >> reporter: the covid compliance unit has received specific complaints about pacifica beach yoga and is currently in the process of investigating.

we've reached out to pacifica police for an update but have yet to hear back. for the i-team stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. and a south san jose neighborhood is lit up for the holidays, you've got to see this, attracting big crowds safely from all around town. it's a tradition on sunset glen drive that started 25 years ago. resident donovan monero had a vision to light up every house and tree on the street. the display has grown every year with lights criss-crossing the street and a live deejay playing christmas hits. pretty cool. and one san jose family is taking holiday decorating to the next level, this is the mattos family, they transformed their apricot orchard into a winter wonderland, even featured on the great christmas light fight. ♪ >> here in san jose we take christmas displays seriously,

houses, neighborhoods, even public parks transform every holiday season but no one does it quite like the mattos family orchard. >> it's always been a tradition to take my kids year after year ever since they were little and i'm just grateful that nice people put these decorations out for us to enjoy when there's not much to do in times like this. >> my favorite part is the walk because i got to see the different kind of decorations. >> i think it's wild. i'm really impressed like, you know, especially during these times, like you have people out there trying to spread joy to everybody. >> we have a traditional mix with a light show display which is more unique and getting more popular because you have that christmas tradition along with the fun lights and music. >> about three years ago i kind of stopped counting but i know i'm over 100,000 lights, and i'm over like 200 glow molds, there's a lot to see and we're spread out throughout the orchard. you're going to have to drive up and down the street a few times or walk around to see everything.

>> the last 12 to 13 years my husband has gone bigger and bigger every year. he would go with his grandpa or his dad or all of us after christmas and buy out everything the hardware stores have left and so each year it grew and grew and grew. >> seeing how excited they are and how they're singing the songs, super into what i created, it's a really awesome thing. it's hard to explain. it's really cool. i'm jr mattos and i created the mattos orchard lights. my family has been doing their display for over 30 yeyeyes and kind of took over 12 years ago. just going big. and turning it into what it is today. we have a range from modern pixel lights to traditional glow molds and everything in between and homemade animatronics. and all kinds of stuff. >> i think a lot of people come by and don't even know where they would start if they were to do it. programming the lights. we push all the lights into the props, all the singing faces

that are dancing back and forth. and we sit there and the tall tree back here too and we sit on the ground and punch all those lights in and get some good blisters, there's a lot of work. >> my personal display takes about three weeks. to put up. my display is divided up into lands. you're kind of like at the north pole, santa's factory, so i have the snow factory. i have the toy shop. i have the sleigh loading. some of the things that i like in my display is my lightbulb factory area. that's where the animated christmas light show is, but then i think my personal like section that i like pride myself most about is the johnny's tree farm, i go by jr, but my real name is john and i'm actually the fourth, my son is the fifth. all five of us have an elf in that section. pretty cool. my great-grandfather, my grandfather and my dad also. >> three, two, one! >> being on "the great christmas light fight" was pretty amazing.

i've been lucky enough to be in the audience a few times in the past. and for it to be my chance to be on, it was pretty incredible and the experience that night in my whole family, my kids will never forget being on the great christmas light fight. it's been really cool to continue on with the family tradition that my family always decorated the orchard for years and then i kind of took over with my grandfather and we kind of went crazy and then i took over solo and went beyond crazy and turned it into what we have now, which was good enough to be on "the great christmas light fight" which i think is actually good enough to win "the great christmas light fight" and it will always be up in some way, somewhere, but maybe not in the orchard but it will continue for a really long time. looks fun, still ahead on abc 7 mornings, embracing the giving spirit in the east bay, the special drive-through experience

that will help out a lot of people. as we head to break a live look outside as well this morning, so pretty there, you can see from santa cruz. a lot of fog in some parts this morning, a little chilly but also a very pretty weekend ahead. we'll chat with lisa when we get back.

in the east bay a holiday drive-through continues this evening spreading the christmas message. valley christian churj in dublin partnered with city serve of the tri-valley to show the christmas story, and to take a sneak peek at santa's workshop. it's also an opportunity to bring nonperishable food items for local residents in need. last night they raised more than $12,500, and collected 110 bags of food. all right, lisa, it's going to be pretty dry this weekend so people can go out and do that type of thing. >> liz, we've got high pressure building in, emeryville, temperatures in the low 40s, how

about 20 degrees of warming today to take you up into the low 60s, down the road for our friends in concord, walnut creek, very foggy, talk about when the fog lifts and a look at our accuweather seven-day forecast including wet weather. san jose has a huge game today against boise state in the mountain west conference, we'll have all the sports coming up. stick with us. ever since you've been hanging out with jack there's something... different about you. ♪ everyone's feeling the late night vibe with my $4 sauced & loaded tots- with cheddar bacon or jalapeño ranch.

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the warriors are set to open their season tuesday night in brooklyn against kevin durant and the nets. there's even rumbles that lin sanity could be making a return to the dubs organization. here's abc 7 sports anchor chris alvarez with the details in sports. >> good morning, bay area native jeremy lin last played in the nba in 2019 as part toronto raptors team that beat the warriors in the nba finals, numerous reports he was signing a deal with the warriors "g" league team. in santa cruz. lin tweeting, whoa, everybody chill, this isn't what it looks like, no decisions made, he last played last season in the chinese basketball association, recently working out with the "g" league developmental team in walnut creek. we'll have to stay tuned there. warriors open the season in brooklyn on tuesday, kyrie irving burning sage in the boston garden, not something you see every day, late first quarter, here's kevin durant, the former warrior hoop and the foul. kd, just getting warmed up. midway through the second now, durant in transition, the

pull-up three is good. he had 14 at recess. this game was all nets and kd looking good as he worked his way back from that torn achilles, the right-handed hammer, 25 points, six rebounds in 27 minutes, nets win big 113-89. >> espn reports the nhl and the players have reached a tentative deal to play a 56 game regular season beginning january 13th, pending the approval of each side's executive board and canadian health officials, training camps expected to open between december 31st and january 3rd. it's unclear whether games will be played in home arenas or hub cities, a modified all divisional schedule is expected though. at 6-0 the san jose state spartans cracked the top 25 earlier this week, they're number 24. the biggest challenge, the mountain west championship later today against boise state, and check this out, the spartans new home away from home, sam boyd stadium in las vegas is prepped and ready to host that game, spartans logos all over the field. they've been road warriors playing a home game in hawaii, now settling in vegas due to covid restrictions, head coach

says the team has been preparing for this moment since march. >> and so, you know, climbing the mountain, this idea that, you know, you don't climb a mountain in one single bound, you do it one step at a time that's been something that started with us, they attacked the offseason even though it was the strangest, most unique offseason in the history of college football. >> pac-12 championship game number 13 usc hosting oregon. the ducks replacing washington who had covid issues, ducks in the red zone, anthony brown to wide open travis dye, fourth under three minutes to go. slovis rolling right and jamal hill, look at this interception, what a play, slovis threw three picks, two by hill. final play of the game. usc needs a hail mary, slovis pressured and the intentional grounding is going to end it. oregon wins 31-24, end usc's perfect season. that's your look at sports. let's send it back to you. let's get a check of the weather now, lisa, cold this morning. >> very cold, liz.

we had a 29 degree temperature in santa rosa. really, everyone's in the 30s except if you're closest to the bay shoreline. there's that delta fog and tule fog through fairfield, the southern sacramento valley and this expires, this dense fog add sizery, in the next hour. so the fog will continue to lift, and visibilities will improve. a weak system, we should just say some high clouds move through earlier. it's high pressure building in, and this is going to make a return performance for the fog again tonight. so we will see some patchy dense fog but the afternoons remain dry, and sunny. here's a look at alcatraz where temperatures are ranging from 44 in san francisco, low 40s in oakland. 45 in mountain view. good recovery for you, in the mid-30s, 39 san jose with 37 in morgan hill. half moon bay was in the 30s. it was 13 degrees colder this morning along the coast and as we look at the south bay, you'll

notice that temperatures on this panel all in the 30s from 31 santa rosa, 39 in novato, mid-30s concord, livermore, you still have that fog and looking at upper 30s from napa and the delta. visibility, a half mile to over two miles, it's gotten better in santa rosa. as the high pressure ridge builds in we'll see the mildest numbers today and tomorrow, through actually monday, the first day of winter. here's a look at our roof camera and the winds will be light. we've got the cold morning, and foggy spots to start out for the next few hours, and then it's sunny and dry this weekend. the winter solstice arrives at 2:02 # on monday and this morning the sun was up at 7:20, setting at 4:53 and we'll lose another couple seconds of daylight, making for that shortest day of the year on monday. here's a look at a weak system arriving on monday, it's going to miss us, moving well to the north. we're a little bit cooler by midweek and this is the next

promising system that looks to arrive perhaps on christmas, spreading some rain from the pacific northwest into the bay area and mountain snow as we carry this out further it becomes less and less certain, but still as we get into sunday, looks like the pattern remains progressive with perhaps a little bit more wet weather into the last week. of the year. 61 today in oakland, look for 59 in fremont, palo alto and napa, 60 up in san rafael. a long ways to go for that, 57 along the coast. and then tonight, another cold night with some fog arriving, perhaps once again moving through the delta, numbers in the low 30s to about 40. and the accuweather seven-day forecast we've got the cold mornings, the mild afternoons today and tomorrow, winter arrives on monday. temperatures will still be pretty much in the 50s to upper 50s, and then as we get towards the end of the week, our next best chance of rain could arrive on christmas day. still a chance but getting more certain hopefully in the days

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oakland, san jose in concord with about 60 in san rafael. upper 50s downtown. chilly one tonight with fog and the accuweather seven-day forecast featuring very little change, except for some slightly cooler weather midweek, but by the end of the week we are setting our hopes on a christmas present, which would bring rain to the bay area. >> we do need that, all right, lisa, thank you, and thank you all for joining us here on abc 7 mornings, i'm liz kreutz, along with lisa argen, a huge day of espn college football on abc is ahead with three conference championships being decided so next at 9:00, number 10 oklahoma takes on sixth ranked iowa state in the big 12 championship game at 1:00 p.m., number three clemson battling notre dame in the acc championship game and at 5:00 p.m. number 23 tulsa faces ninth ranked cincinnati in the american athletic conference championship game, abc 7 news continues at 8:30 tonight then, thanks again for joining us, have a great day, we'll see you tonight and again tomorrow morning.

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