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woo! upgrade your device with duracell optimum. (duracell chime) christmas eve services cancelled around the bay area, except this one church in san jose. why they say it was worth the risk to come tonight. >> last minute shoppers. wait until you see the line outside one restaurant in san francisco. >> if you are dreaming of a wet christmas, you got it. your forecast is coming up. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> am i dead? no. >> they say they have faith and no fear of covid-19. a megachurch in san jose held indoor christmas eve service. abc 7 news reporter matt boone

spoke to church-goers who said they were not worried. >> reporter: the calvary church in san jose welcomed parishioners, one of the few places to worship inside. >> the pastor is a shepard. he is giving his life for a sheep. >> that is tim. he said getting covid-19 or spreading it to someone else is only scary if you don't believe in god. >> if you think this world is it and you are gone and done after this, everything about protecting this moment and this life is everything. >> rick and his son richard had similar thoughts. >> god knows when i am going to die and i don't fear death. >> this is just one of the parking lots, an overflow parking lot. >> no matter how bad 2020 has been. >> the service was streamed live

on the church's youtube page. the pastor mike mcclure said he has no plans to clockwise indoor servi services despite racking up $1 million in fines so far. but a lawyer for the church said they have a constitutional right to be there. it comes during a month in which santa clara county has seen increasing transmission rates, not bound by church walls. >> i am asthmatic. always going to church. i am always around everywhere. am i dead? no. >> reporter: in san jose, matt boone, abc 7 news. >> your health is one of the five issues we focus on in abc 7 effort help to build a better bay area. icu in the bay area is now down to 9.2%.

we will be under tighter safety restrictions until the number reaches 15%. california is the first state to report 2 million coronavirus cases driven by a surge in los angeles. abc news reports over the last hour more than 2 americans tested positive for covid-19 every second. u.s. cases seem to have plateaued due to a decrease in the midwest, but even so there are concerns about a possible new spike due to christmas travel and gatherings. the pandemic reshaped how we celebrate the holidays. one example a booming to go order for a holiday dinner staple. >> never seen anything like this. i am very grateful for the customers to come here and we do our best to speed it up. it is something we have never

seen before. >> that is the owner of the house of prime rib restaurant in san francisco where hundreds waited in this line as long as four hours to purchase some of the 2,000 pounds of prime rib being cooked. >> i took a half day from work. >> san francisco institution. we are happy they are still hope. >> probably a quarter of the way there. been here about an hour. >> i didn't pay for it. my sister-in-law did. >> here at this target, no lines outside, but plenty of last minute shoppers inside. >> christmas eve, no more waiti waiting. >> i am not going to lie. this year has been different. >> reporter: we didn't see lines but lots of people with plans to get the last minute gift. >> we were just in there for 15

minutes. >> reporter: so many doing what they have to do to add a bit of flavor to the covid christmas. >> is it perfect? no. we are trying to do our best. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> if you didn't make it to the grocery store or don't want to cook, there are plenty of options for you to get a meal and support a business. there is a covid outbreak at the federal women's prison in dublin. 180 of 900 inmates and three staff members have been infected. bay area activists warn officials of the danger of the coronavirus in prison.

recent inmates include felicity huffman and lori loughlin. to the north bay the graton casino called off plans for a massive new year's eve party. no reason was given for the cancellation. large indoor gatherings are not allowed in sonoma county because of the pandemic, but they are a sovereign nation and are not subject to local or public health orders. all passengers flying from the united kingdom to the u.s. need to prove they tested negative for the coronavirus starting on monday. the test has to be taken within 72 hours before departure. a surge caused by a new strain of the virus is behind the restrictions. all of it comes as the tsa reports screening flenearly 2 million passengers.

the california national guard has begun dispursing vaccinations to the front line troops. they loaded the first vaccines to be sent to service men and women in southern california. nurses, medical personnel and wildlife support were the first to be inoculated when the medicine arrived. the guard wants every member of the service to be vaccinated to protect the force and to show the vaccine is safe and effective. well it has been a problematic year for california's employment development department, and it is being reflected in a number of criminal investigations. there are currently 255 cases. last year at this time there were 14. twhi there have been numerous reports of fraud, including a recent revelation that prison inmates were being paid for claims. it is estimated the cost could be in the billions. abc 7 on your side has been investigating the issues for months now, and you can find

their story at abc7news.com/7onyourside. we have been exposing problems and looking into issues with unemployment payments for months. we have the reports on our website. all right. now to the weather. a mostly cloudy night for santa this christmas eve. we do have rain on the way. sandhya patel joining us with the latest on the timing of some of the showers, but no worries. santa is immune from the precipitation. >> yeah. santa can fly through anything. it is a light system on the live doppler 7 that is coming in for christmas. as we check out the timeline here tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., isolated showers in the north bay, not out of the question. most of it comes through in the afternoon and the evening and behind the storm, we have another storm coming. it is a colder one for sunday. i will be back with a closer look at the christmas storm and

where santa is coming up. >> sandhya, thanks. >> despite the uncertainty we are living through this year, one holiday constant remains. also santa made special deliveries in the east bay today. his reindeer replaced by motorcycles. and a holiday concert imagined due to the pandemic. a bay area based chorus brings the celebration into people's homes and celebrations along. first a look at what is coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live." jimmy. >> please enjoy the free sample of our show. your sister, let's zoom in. your sister here, really --

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a return this year for the holiday dinner in san francisco. for the last 27 years the house of prime rib has been donating meals and this year 3,000 pounds of prime rib. instead of the sit down dinner the food was handed out in takeout boxes. they served about 1,400 meals and will given out another 1,300 meals tomorrow. they will hold a virtual church celebration tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. santa's helper wore a uniform and badge as oakland police handed out food to 108 families. officers identified the families

in need during the regular patrols. the donations were paid for by the police union. they have been organizing the give away for the last 30 years. the police department provided the video you see here in collaboration with walgreens collected more than 2,000 toys. the department bought more than 1,900 toys in a drive funded by donations from officers and staff. san francisco's gay men's chorus had an at home for the holidays annual concert. tonight the show went on virtually. what an undertaking. i appreciate the holiday sweaters. the tradition began 30 years ago at the castro theater at the height of the aids pandemic.

a tony award winner performed a special encore with her daughter ella. bianca del rio read a classic christmas story with a wicked twist. one word has many meanings in soul featuring the first black lead character in a pixar movie. it was supposed to be released in theaters but now will be streamed starting christmas day on disney plus. >> life is full of possibilities. >> joe gardner is a music teacher from queens given life by jamie foxx. >> i wanted to take part in the project because my daughter who is 12 now, 10 at the time. she was like dad you are going to be in a pixar film. yeah. you finally made it. >> joe gets his big break when he is hired to back a jazz

musician voiced by angela basset. >> how is soul different than the pixar movies that have come before it? >> it is told through the lens of the african-american characters. that, that i think hits you first off. >> joe's mom is played by felisha reshad. >> elegance and meticulousness. >> soul is grounded in the real world of new york city, but a mishap leads joe on a journey, first towards the after life and then to the great before. >> this is where new souls get their personalities. >> this is where tina fey plays a soul who is in no her i to be born. >> i really spent a lot of time researching big ideas and having amazing conversations and writing a lot of drafts. by the time we stepped in it was already really great. >> fey said she was free to

bring her own humor to the role. it is from disney and pixar owned by the same parent company as this station. >> your life is about to start. >> i am really looking forward to that one. soul debuts tomorrow on disney plus. all right. sandhya patel, tracking the weather and santa's progress. sandhya, where in the world is he? >> i can't even keep up. i have been trying with norad. let my show you where i last saw santa. the tracker puts him in arizona. that is where he was last seen. he is very close and will have no problems delivering the gifts tonight as he comes in to the bay area. lower 40s to lower 50s and mostly cloudy skies. don't worry, the kids will get their gifts. clouds and fog. you are looking at breezy conditions.

showers developing. spreading by 4:00 p.m. scattered showers for the evening hours. live now on doppler 7 we have the cloud cover. temperatures will not drop as much because of the insulation of the clouds. 40s, 50s, a live look. just a glorious view tonight. wet and breezy. a colder storm gets here on sunday night. on the storm impact scale it is a level one. christmas through early saturday, light to moderate rain. up to 30 miles per hour. some lingering showers early saturday morning. you will notice just an isolated shower in the north bay. by 1:00 the north bay is getting wet. spreading by 4:00 p.m. it is light in intensity. it is a fast mover. might be pockets of rain. friday night showers continue and into the hours of saturday morning before they taper and wind down. so your late saturday afternoon

and evening will be dry. terms of the rainfall total it will be a couple hundredths of an inch to up to .6 of an inch. this will turn to snow in the mountains up in the sierra above 5500 feet. expecting up to two feet of snow for the highest peaks. travel will be difficult. we are all in shelter in place. not even a point. 8-18 inches of snow is expected at the 5,500 level. the next storm lower snow levels. temperatures first thing in the morning, mainly 40s. watch out for the dense fog in the valleys and plenty of cloud cover, breezy conditions. you will need the umbrella. upper 40 s to the lower 60s. it might feel muggy out there.

it is a level 1, a christmas storm, the gift of rain for tomorrow. rest of your saturday is fine and the storm sunday night to monday will be followed by crisp, dry days. wednesday to thursday we might be tracking another opportunity for rain for new year's eve. i will not be here until next year. merry christmas. see you in the new year. >> that sounds great. all the best to you and your family. happy holidays. >> thank you. >> well, just coming up to the rescue, coming up san francisco fire and police joined forces to save a stuck pup. >> musical duo for king and co

>> police body cameras captured just about everything, and that includes dog rescues. san francisco police had to pluck a labrador retriever that slipped and went down a cliff side. the dog named loki was understandably scared and needed encouragement before finally taking a few steps towards the officer who then grabbed her. other than a few minor energies s enjoying the holidays at home. chris alvarez is in for larry beil tonight and has a look at all things sports. chris. >> coming up in sports, george kittle is back for the 49ers anf

>> sports on abc 7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. >> nba has a five-pack of games tomorrow and you will see three of the five on abc 7 including the warriors and milwaukee. bad news, warriors coming off of a blowout loss in the season opener to brooklyn. good news, 71 games to get it right in the regular season. draymond green missed the first game and won't play on christmas day but he will be back sooner rather than later. >> draymond feels good today. he just participated in practice, 100%. he will get a good workout in tomorrow, pregame and then one more practice in chicago the following day, and hopefully he will be ready to go against the

bulls. that is the plan. >> 49ers get a big boost of energy when george kittle returns to the lineup against the cardinals. kittle battled multiple injuries. although the niners are out of playoff contention, he said the decision to play was easy. he said do you want to play. i said hell yes. it sounds good. >> i know he is excited to get out there and play. i know our team is excited to get him out there. >> i get two more opportunities to play football. if we beat the cardinals it puts pressure on them to make the playoffs. let's have fun and make someone's life more difficult. >> it is the new mexico bowl, hawaii, rainbow warriors taking on houston. hawaii up 7-0. this one to calvin turner and major yards after the catch. there he goes.

14-0 after the 75-yard touchdown. cougars on the comeback trail. he is wide open. seven-point game after that touchdown. ensuing kickoff, hawaii gets all of the points back. calvin turner makes moves and says aloha. 92 yards to the house. there he goes. hawaii wins 28-14. this abc 7

>> one last track of where santa is. he is making his way towards southern california. we will be in the bay area soon.

merry christmas. have a wonderful evening. see you bright and early in the morning. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, zendaya. diego luna. and music from paris jackson. and now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: hello, i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thank you for watching from wherever you're sheltered in place. we're coming to you from los angeles, where what they call a safer at home order is in effect. aren't we always safer at home? i know i am. our mayor, eric garcetti, is urging residents to cancel everything and hunker down. one thing about 2020 is we've never used the word "hunker" more than we have this year. you know who's hunkering down in l.a. for a while, lebron james and anthony davis. [ cheers and applause ] they just signed to stay with the lakers. the champions. a.d. signed a five-year deal,