health dr. sarah cody. she and her team is not menacing words about the danger of coronavirus. it become the county's third leading cause of death following cancer and heart disease. case rates are up thanks to a surge of new infections following thanksgiving and a concern the same thing could happen over christmas and new years. the county's top doctors say we can't afford a repeat with christmas and have very clear instructions what we all need to do. >> pick up your phones, cancel your gatherings. do it for yourselves. do it for your loved ones. >> i urge, urge, urge anyone who is considering gathering to stop. >> they were very blunt today. stop. that's the message. that's not getting through to ca cavalry chapel in san jose. it become a legal matter. kris reyes spoke with the lawyers involved.

>> they are facing over a million dollars in fines, administrative fines and been held in contempt of court. we've gone back in for additional contempt proceedings not just against the church but against some of the specific individuals who are aiding and abetting these violations. >> that including mike mcclure, one of the lead pastors at cavalry chapel. the church has been in a battle for five months for holding indoor services with an average attendance of about 700 people in defiance of public orders. >> cavalry chapel, you know, they're in their right to exercise their first amendment right and gather and pray and celebrate christmas. >> reporter: earlier this week a federal court judge upheld governor new someso m's orders. the judge said the state has a compelling interest in curbing

the spread in the most deadly n infectious disease. the constitution is not a suicide pact. >> what i would say to the leaders of that church but across the country is that when people follow you, an obligation to do what's best for them. >> reporter: pastor mcclure said in the past he has no plans to shut down his services and he's willing to go to jail for it. so far, the church has not paid any fines. >> we're not going anywhere. the fines will be collected, and they will pay. we will continue to see this through and we will continue to vigorously pursue enforcement. >> reporter: will you be arresting pastor mike if he holds his christmas eve service tomorrow? >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> reporter: the next court date for the case is mid january. in san jose, kris reyes for abc 7 news. contra costa doesn't end there. newly released data from the small business administration shows the church also received a

pretty sizable taxpayer funded loan through the paycheck protection program. the federal lending program intended to help struggling small businesses survive the pandemic. stephanie coverage. >> reporter: they received three times more than most religious organizations and it's frustrating to other pastors playing by the rules. >> good morning. >> reporter: mike mcclure is the lead pastor. >> a blessing to hear the kids. >> reporter: in this clip hosted for public, he was preaching to the congregation this past saturday december 20th at 11:00 a.m. a violation of the county and state health order. >> if we do our part and stay within our household bubble, we can prevent people from dying. >> reporter: according to santa

clara county counsel, the church continued to hold indoor services without masks since august wracking up millions of dollars in administrative fines. >> it's beyond disappointing frankly the situation there is shameful. >> reporter: cavalry chapel in san jose isn't following covid restrictions but did manage to get covid relief through the paycheck protection program to the tune of $340,000. a brks krrbc 7's analysis found nearly three times more than what the average bay area religious organization received, which is around $115,000. >> it's troubling to hear that an institution that is thumbing its nose at the courts and at the public health orders from the state and local levels is simultaneously turning around holding out its hand and taking taxpayer money from the federal

government. that's quite concerning and a bit ironic. >> reporter: newly released data shows cavalry chap san jose received the loan on april 14th to retain 70 employees. according to the sba churches that can prove an economic need due to a direct impact from covid-19 can qualify for ppp loans. >> there are loans related to keep, you know, the economy going to be able to help it recover and help churches be able to keep employees on payroll. >> reporter: to churches not abiding by the rules? >> that's outside my scope to comment on that. >> reporter: abc 7 reached out to cavalry chapel four times over the past four days for comment and further clarification on how the more than $340,000 loan was spent. we specifically asked how many employees were retained but we were told over the phone our finance staff is unavailable until january 5th. >> when there is that lost revenue whether it came from the

families that attended the church services or any of the type of revenues they had, there is a need to be able to keep employees on payroll. >> the pastor had that need for his employees at cavalry united methodist church in san jose. he received close to a $28,000 ppp loan to retain four people but it wasn't enough. >> so we had to default for three steps so it is a very painful decision. >> lee stopped all indoor worship services the third week of march. for the past ten months, he's only offered online services. >> because during the lockdowns, we completely lockdown. >> reporter: something he wishes pastor mcclure would do. >> it is a very sad because that remind me of the history of how the church has been divided when

we face this kind of situation. >> now we will stay on this and when cavalry's chapel san jose's finance staff is back on january 5th. we'll call again and get the answer how many employees they kept on payroll with this loan. for the i-team, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> all right. stephanie, thank you. stephanie put a lot of work tracking down ppp loans to local businesses including the disproportionately amount the french laundry amount they received. you can see her investigations on our website. >> statewide, california just recorded the second highest daily death toll ever from the coronavirus pandemic. 361 people lost their lives in 24 hours. the record was set last week when 379 people died in a day. so the trend is very discouraging. the number of hospitalizations and icu patients continues to set records, however the number of new cases is actually below

average and the seven-day positivity rate dropped every day this week from 13.3% on monday to 12.6% today. and with all of this is a backdrop, sonoma county's health officer is urging people not to gather with family or friends over the christmas holidays. >> we know at least 89 covid positive cases in sonoma county were linked to thanksgiving gatherings. in some instances individuals gathered with people outside of their household, 50 to 100% of gusts at the gatherings ended up testing positive for covid-19. >> the county also announced it has received 5800 doses of the moderna vaccine and is expecting another 3,000 next week. a state advisory committee wrapped up a meeting just hours ago to determine who will be next in line to get a covid-19 vaccine. abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone has been monitoring the meeting and joins us live with what he's learned, j.r.? >> ama, the question we keep hearing is when can we get this

vaccine? tonight from state health officials and going to a drafting committee working with the governor here in california next 1 b will involve several groups. the goal is to get these folks vaccinated in january and february. everyone 75 and over then essential workers including education and child care workers, emergency service workers like fire, police and corrections officers and finally, food and ag workers which include grocery store employees. now towards february, high risk 65 to 74-year-olds essential workers including transportation, critical manufacturing workers and facilities and services workers, doctors talked about the need today to vaccinate the elderly immediately. >> the data is clearly showing, i mean, 75 plus, they just are outlaws. they are ten times, 20 times

higher death rates. so they're obvious. there is less vaccine than people who need it. so we're just having to make very difficult decisions. >> those in state and local jails are included by late february and some who have experienced homelessness. as for evening else in the next tier, that sun likely to start up before march. everyone will want to keep a close eye to how their county will roll this out. dan, ama, now back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. j.r. on our 3:00 p.m. newscast, we spoke live with peter chin hong. we asked him about the new version of coronavirus that's appeared in the u.k. >> in this particular mutation, we call it a variant as opposed to a strain difference and that's an important distinction because with a variant, it's like a variation of the theme. we don't think it really jeopardizes facial coverings or other protection we use.

we don't think that it's going to cause more deaths. in fact, some people think it will cause fewer deaths because it's not as deadly and thirdly, we think the vaccine will still work because if you look at what the vaccine does, it presents these spike proteins to the body and you develop antibodies like 1,000 guns pointing at the spike protein and it's a repertoire. so if you take out one gun, you have 999 left. >> if you have questions about the vaccine, we have some answers for you. go to abc7news.com/vaccine. you'll see a big blue box. click on it. it takes you to a form that will send your question to the abc 7 news vaccine team. more to bring you here when we talk about building a better bay area. housing often comes up in solano county there are hundreds of homes that are sitting empty. so what is the holdup? the neighbors have something to do with it. we're not talking about one person but travis air force base. we'll have that story. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel tracking a pair of storms

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as part of our effort to build a better bay area, we're focussing on the economy and housing crisis. next to travis air force base, there are 300 homes that have been sitting empty for a decade, ten years. a developer has planed to renovate them and turn them into affordable housing so why are they hitting so many road blocks in the process? liz kreutz is leary with there

story. >> these were homes initially built in the early '90 for airmen. in 2010 they moved into new housing on the base and since then these homes have been sitting empty. now, there is a plan to finally put them to use but it's hitting a lot of red tape and it doesn't add up. >> as california grapples with the growing housing crisis, this george down property next to travis air force base in fairfield seals likeems like a mine. it's homes with basketball courts, playgrounds sitting empty for a decade. >> it's a little crazy that you've got these assets sitting there, these homes sitting there, not being utilized and over the past decade this part of california has gotten worse and worse. >> reporter: the developer of the property hunt companies committed to renovating the homes on their own dime and turning them into affordable housing units including roughly 15% reserved for veterans. affordable housing advocates

can't get the green light. they say it's at least in part because of their neighbor. >> this is a classic case of this time the nimby neighbor is the air force. >> reporter: they control the water for the development and refusing to turn it on. >> we've been telling them we'd pay for everything. the ironic thing is the pipe that we need them to turn on that brings water to georgetown, we built and gave to them back in 1989. >> this property is literally right next to travis air force base. in fact, those homes are on the base. it is just this fence that divides the two properties. hunt says if security is an issue, they will pay to build and fortify a safer wall between the properties but still, no luck. we reached out to the city of fairfield. they are also not supporting the project. the city has raised concerns about the development being in a food desert and far from a school bus stop. they said the only access road crosses a railroad freight line

that could lead to inadequate public safety response times. assembly member jim frasier is supportive. he says while those concerns are valid, the city could try to find solutions to them. >> this is a gold mine. this is the super bowl, you know, all wrapped up in one and it's a chance to put families in shelter. >> obviously, the economic engine from the base is massive and so the city, you know, we think just doesn't want to do anything to upset the base. >> reporter: right now, housing advocates say they are stumped and simply frustrated by the red tape. >> there were an estimated almost 150 homeless veterans in this county. i don't think i have to do the math for folks to understand how much of a dent 48 units for veterans and their families could make. >> it just is irresponsible we just ambandone them and let them rot. they are good homes that shouldn't happen to them. >> now we did get a statement from travis air force base that

says in part the georgetown housing area lies within the city of fairfield and the instillation respects the city's autonomy to make the decision how to permit the land. the department of defense does not routinely provide water, sewage or electricity to private off base entities for u.s. government affiliated ventures, dan. >> interesting response from the base. they also say there is no precedent, liz, for this. so what is the developer saying about that? how do they respond? >> so we brought that response to hunt. the developers and they disagree they provided examples in fact to the base at times the d.o.d. provided water to f non-governmental agencieagencie. they provide water to the local schools in the area. at this point it seems like perhaps the base doesn't want people living at this development, if so, the question and histomystery is still why? >> more to come. thank you. >> thanks. california secretary of state alex pa dill widilla willt

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was never able to vote. her father first voted after he moved to california. president trump says he is against the covid-19 stimulus bill approved by congress saying americans should get more relief money. he wants checked increased from $600 to $2,000. oakland congresswoman barbara lee today told abc 7 that that's the amount democrats were fighting for. >> this man comes back and tells his republicans go for 2,000. so i'm not surprised but i think what is so tragic is that people need this help and he's playing with people's lives. >> lee says the president's position could be a ploy to gain republican support in the two on going georgia senate races. for the second time in 24 hours, president trump issued a list of pardons including former campaign chairman paul manafort and long-time ally roger stone. both were indicted by special counsel robert mueller and were convicted of multiple crimes. manafort initially agreed to

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we are inching our way closer to a storm, dan. >> we are.

this is good news. we need the rain. the only downside is in addition to the bike i was hoping for a scooter to christmas and i wanted to be able to ride that out on the street, sandhya. >> i can just picture you on a scooter that banana boat bike seat. i tell you what, dan, and ama, there will be a window saturday afternoon evening where you can get out with your new bike or scooter. we'll get a break in between the storms. here is a look at live doppler 7. there are two storms that are developing for christmas and one late sunday but before we get to that, we get a little teaser with this system here and that's just going to bring us for clouds like we're seeing now and sprinkles tomorrow. here is live doppler 7. those clouds are coming in from the southwest. we'll continue to see them increase. temperatures in the 30s to 50s. it won't be as cold as it was this morning when some areas were nearly slightly below

freezing. here is a live look from the explore tor camera. possibility of sprinkles tomorrow turning wet and windy on christmas and a colder storm arrives this weekend. so let's check out your temperatures first thing in the morning down to 33 lake port 34 santa rosa 36 livermore, 42 oakland 37 san rafael and 44 san francisco. bundle up if you're heading out tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, maybe a sprinkle or two. it's not a game changer. mid 50s to low 60s for your high temperatures. about where you should be. and on our storm impact scale level one storm for christmas. 9:00 friday morning notice damp roadways very light spotty returns expected but then the more moderate rain begins to move in along with light rain around 12:30 in the north bay and spreading across the entire bay area as we head towards

nighttime. that's when we'll see most action. the rainfall will move through pretty quickli lly early saturd morning. you get that breather. that's important. the seven-day forecast increasing clouds followed by much-needed stormy weather on christmas. level one. santa will have no problems. early morning showers saturday and colder storm sunday night into monday and we need all the rain we can get but of course, we doesn't want to dampen dan's plans with the scooter, right, ama? >> i picture him on just this tiny little scooter. >> exactly. it's a little kid one, the razors. i'll post pictures after i'm released from the hospital. >> thanks. >> oh, no. [ laughter ] >> all right. well coming up here next, layoffs loom for one local transit agency but workers got good news, they get to keep their jobs. find out why. a group of homeless men show up expecting to receive their

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good news for 150 golden gate transit workers facing lay offs in a matter of weeks. today the breach district voted to reverse the layoffs. >> but only if the new $900 billion federal coronavirus relief bill is signed into law. cornell bernard says many are optimistic the money will come. >> it's a great christmas present for us. >> reporter: golden gate transit bus operator was just told she's not being laid off after all. january 4th would have been the last day on the job after four years. >> i have three kids so not having a job and it's absolutely terrifying. >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you that motion passes

unanimously. >> a conference call vote by the transit board wednesday rescinded the layoffs of 146 bus and ferry workers. bay area transit agencies are expected to get more than 900 million from the new stimulus package passed by congress this week. but president trump hasn't signed it yet demanding bigger stimulus checks for individuals. both union and management are optimistic. >> either the president signs it or if it's vetoed, congress over rides the veto. >> it continues to depend on the president to sign the bill. whatever is going on in washington, there will be a change. we also know that the money is still going to be coming. >> reporter: the transit agency faces a $48 million deficit due to a sharp decline in ridership and bridge toll revenue. the stimulus bill will help for now. chris paxton a ferry deckhand is keeping his job. >> i've been talking to a few of the guys around here and honestly, we're super relieved. we get to go into the holidays

like feeling confident we're all going to be able to pay our bills. >> reporter: in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. it's been a fixture in the east bay for more than 70 years and now it's closing for good. albany bowl is the economic casualty of the covid-19 crisis. the bill yard room restaurant and sports bar was a popular spot for u.c. berkeley students and high school kids. the owner spent $700,000 out-of-pocket since the shutdown and just can't keep going. a group of homeless people in the south bay says a company which promised to deliver stimulus checks to them failed to distribute them as promised. 7 on your side spoke to a co-founder and michael finney is live with the story tonight, michael? >> reporter: dan, the company says it tried to do a good thing, to get stimulus money to those who lack a physical address, a phone or i.d. it says it is vowing to make good on those checks.

rafael is one of many homeless people who comes each saturday to hope's corner in mountain view for a free meal and shower. he says he was at st. james park in san jose last month when he received this business card from representatives of a company known as docuprep. the web visite says it created easy way for people that are non-filers to get stimulus checks. rafael gave them his social security number and other personal identifiable information for his application. he says he received these instructions to show up near the emanuel house, a homeless shelter which has no association with docuprep. >> all i know they gave me the business check to pick up the check december 3rd and i went there and nobody knew anything about it. >> reporter: armando is another homeless man that benefits from hope's corner. he signed up with docuprep butut

waiting for his check. >> they have my social security. >> reporter: we reached out to docuprep and a man that identified himself returned ev r call. he said a mailbox store he c declined to name became suspicious when they received so many checks from the irs. the company shut the mailbox down and refused to release his mail until last week and he says u.s. bank is refusing to let him deposit the checks also out of fear of fraud. the bank declined to comment or to confirm if docuprep was a customer. a volunteer at hope's corner. she also came to emanuel house earlier this month to assist the homeless in getting their stimulus checks. >> we are very angry. we're very angry at these people. we want the government or you to do something so they can get the

money back to the people that need the money. >> reporter: docuprep promises they will be near emanuel house january 3rd to distribute the checks to the customers who qualify. both the santa clara county district attorney's office and the irs confirm they are aware of the situation and they are looking into it. dan, i will of course, stay on top of this and keep you updated. >> as you always do, michael. what an interesting story. thank you very much. tonight, only abc 7 news brings you a story of perseve perseveran perseverance. you'll see it in a coronavirus patient fighting to recover and his son making sure his dad received a life-saving organ transplant. i'm wayne freedman in oakland with a story of a young man and a steph curry jersey he really wanted and what he wound up doing with it.

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tonight a remarkable story of faith, perseverance and victory over covid-19. it happened for a patient at stanford. as deion lim discovered, the exclusive story how he got there is just as inspiring. patrick shannon watched his father john experience some of the worst that covid-19 can dish

out. first, the infection, then an immune response so severe it ravaged his organs. >> if you would have looked at him the first day that i saw him, you would not have thought he was alive. >> reporter: with lungs and kidneys failing, he says doctors in tacoma, washington gave his father little chance of survival. rarely leaving his bedside, patrick didn't give up. emailing major transplant centers including stanford. had concerned. >> we did a video call. he was so weak, he couldn't lift his head off the pillow. >> reporter: doctors left the door open to a transplant if john could regain strength. it took months of recovery and video phone calls. >> i was thrilled and said all right, let's bring him down. >> reporter: challenges still lay ahead. a surgical team would spend parts of two days performing a

lung transplant and then a kidney transplant. the destructive toll from the covid-19 infection was clearly visible on the operating table. >> it's destructive. it really, really basically took his lungs. >> i didn't go to sleep that night. around like 2:00, 2:20ish in the morning one of the surgeons called me to tell me that the transplant went perfectly well. so there is that, the ankle weights. >> reporter: from temporary housing near stanford, his son showed us the ankle weights and exercise bicycle he's been using. free of covid and with new lungs and kidney, john through himself into the challeging process of rehabbing his body and after three months of work, the results are nothing short of a miracle. >> looks amazing. it's extraordinary. >> reporter: after months after being hooked to machines, john now walks out aid taking strides

to a new life. it's a recovery in tribute to the determination of his son. >> he was at his father's bedside basically the whole time his father was in the hospital. >> this is a great medical story, but this is also a great family story. >> reporter: and those voices still weak, john's feelings for his son are strong. at stanford, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> incredibly inspiring and the family has created a go fund me page to help with medical expenses. patrick and john are looking forward to returning home to washington state. >> gosh. what an ordeal, a journey. did someone ask for rain for christmas? looks like it's going to arrive on time. sand sandhya is track the storm. the warriors playing on abc 7. watch them play the bucking live at 11:00 a.m. after that, catch the nets celtics game and the mavericks at the lakers all on

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dan, i'm pretty sure you were the one who asked for rain. it was bike, scooter rain or bike, rain scooter? rain, scooter, bike?

>> you got the order right. i may throw in roller skates, too, sandhya but at least we get the rain, which we need. [ laughter ] >> okay. you're going to slip and slide in roller skates with the rain coming. yes, we definite he need it. dan and ama, it's coming in on christmas. take a look at live doppler 7 now. that will be the first storm. as you noticed, there are a lot of clouds coming in from the south, san francisco into the east bay. seeing the cloud cover it's all in association with the system off the coast. it looks impressive but it's heading towards southern california. what we're going to see is just a couple of sprinkles. the hour by hour look will show you those clouds thickening and maybe a couple sprinkles tomorrow. not a game changer. tomorrow afternoon you're looking at temperatures in the mid 50s to low 60s. about average for this time of year and a one on the storm impact scale. light system, spotty morning showers on christmas. wide spread rain by the afternoon and evening so if you're trying to plan it out as far as when you can step out to get fresh air, the best

opportunity will be in the morning. gusty winds 20 to 30 miles an hour in terms of rainfall, it's a fast-mover so rainfall totals will be on the lighter side for most areas anywhere between .2 to about .5. clover dale three quarters to about an inch of rain is expected through saturday. that's the first storm. it will stump snow in the mountains. 10:00 a.m. until saturday 10:00 a.m. the saturday level will be slightly below. travel will be difficult. expecting 12 to 18 inches of snow for the peaks, up to three feet, which is great because the statewide snow pact is at 48% of average. accuweather seven-day forecast, level one storm for christmas and that is going to include wet weather going into early saturday morning. rest of your saturday is fine. another system, that one is colder sunday night into monday. it will bring us less rain but certainly will drop the snow levels and that will mean more

mountain snow for the sierra nevada we need to take any time we can get it and the best part about it, these storms don't have to be wrapped up. dan and ama? hold off on the roller skates, dan. [ laughter ] >> thanks, sand ya. >> better stick to the indoor train set and stay safe. from san ramon tonight, a lesson on unselfish holiday giving and from a 12-year-old who can teach us all a thing or two, actually. wayne freedman has more on a gift of curry. >> reporter: let's talk obsession for a moment, the good kind you find in a 7th grade basketball player like griffy williams. >> he's out here six days a week and has practice daily. >> reporter: and usually wearing steph curry gear. >> when i wear the jersey, i feel like i can make all my shots. >> reporter: in his bedroom curry all the time morning and night but one item he doesn't have that he wanted, one of these official nba steph curry

jerseys. >> he wanted it pretty bad. >> reporter: his mom katy felt griffy should earn it so he did literally a nickel and dime at a time but when it came time to buy a revelation. >> i could buy it for myself or give it to somebody that needed it more. >> reporter: fast forward to this meeting. griffy had never met these two but they share basketball and a love for curry. >> any idea what is going on here? >> no. >> reporter: blame griffy's grandma for putting it together. she's with the alameda county school board and knew just how to ask to find that someone. >> she called back within ten minutes and she says they have just the boy. >> reporter: it was him. >> merry christmas. >> thank you. >> reporter: first the jersey. then shoes for javier and as one more bonus, the latest kicks from steph. talk about a christmas surprise. >> seeing the joy in their eyes, seeing the young boy open something that he never dreamed he would be able to own.

>> reporter: and a timely selfless act from grifry who gave up the jersey he always wanted and exchanged it for something better. >> the reward of giving. >> reporter: in oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> okay. that will make you cry. >> wow. >> yeah. what an awesome young man. that is amazing. >> way to go, griffy. that is really beautiful. what a great christmastime story. larry, i'm tearing up. i don't know about you, literally. >> you know, i'll tell you what, seeing that story, i want to make sure we pass that onto the warriors. i have a feeling that steph might come through for all of those kids and maybe everybody gets rewarded. i think griffy already did his job. now it's a chance for him to get rewarded and i know the warriors, they will handle this properly and i have a feeling it could be a very nice christmas for griffy after this. out of the bubble into trouble. covid cancellation on night two of the nba season, yes. plus, will steve kerr get his own christmas present?

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good evening. after getting blasted by the nets last night, the warriors move to milwaukee to play. giannis and the bucks on christmas day. that's an 11:30 a.m. tip off here on abc 7. no draymond green.

he's nursing a sore foot. an injured klay thompson texted steve kerr during the blowout loss. not sure what he said but steve might have texted back help. james wise man providing help. one of the few positives, 19 points but the rest of the rotation a work in progress. limited practice time for this group so it might take 20 games before everyone is comfortable in their role. >> it's not that surprising either given that it's been a really brief camp for a team that's been thrown together and we got a lot of moving parts. trying to get everybody coordinated on one page is not going to happen right away. but we had a good practice today, good film session and i think we'll be better in milwaukee. >> i feel like steve is in a dark hotel room on the couch there. clearly, the nba not in a bubble anymore. they didn't get 24 hours into the season before a game was postponed because of covid. the rockets didn't have the minimum eight players for

tonight's opener against o.k.c. three players were positive and three others quarantined and james harden ineligible because of video on social media showing hi him maskless in a gentleman's club was fined $50,000. the nhl schedule is out. each team will play a 56-game schedule. normally 82. the sharks are not going to play a home game until february if santa cla ra do santa clara county allows it. the sharks will open with the coyotes due to the covid restrictions in the south bay and then the sharks have an eight-game road trip before perhaps being allowed to play in san jose. the head coach trying to find the positive. >> if you had asked me last season what this team probably could have used from a chemistry stand point, i'd say a training camp we get away together and have no distractions and road t

to start the season. i think that maybe this is a little more than i wish for but i think it's going to be a good thing for us. we need to spend time together. >> they will have a lot of time together. arizona's loss is san jose state's game. the wildcats hired jed fish as their new head coach. brent brenham will stay with the spartans with a new contract extension. terms not disclosed but the second year in a row brandon has gotten an extension. he took the spartans from a one win team to an undefeated conference champ in year four. >> what made this journey magical and special is the people and we get to keep going with it. i'm really, really excited. obviously, a lot going on right now. most importantly, the best thing going on is the spartans are in a freaking bowl game. >> i guess they are. a freaking bowl game. they will play in the arizona

bowl. some stuff needs to be worked out here because technically speaking, after being in vegas, the spartans should be on a ten-day kwourn teen quarantine not leaving to go to arizona. they are working with county officials to sort this out. frankly, the rules may be bent in this case to allow them to go but the school and the county will have to work out the situation here because clearly, something has to give. they can't be at home for ten days and play in the bowl game so somewhere they will meet in the middle i guess. >> i suspect they will play it off. thanks very much. >> all right. be sure to join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. covid is the third leading cause of death in santa clara county. what that means for the virus. >> a judge cracks down on a poultry plant following a covid

outbreak. at 8:00 catch "santa claus is coming to town" followed by two hours of "the great christmas light fight" and we'll be back at 11:00. >> look for the news any time on the abc 7 news app. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for all of us, appreciate your time and hope to see you again tonight at 11:00.

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