moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. another day of rain is here, but more storms could mean more problems resident in one peninsula neighborhood fear flooding could push them out of their homes. good morning. it's sunday december the 26th. you're watching abc 7 news at 5 am live on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream. i'm julian glover in for liz kreutz this morning. we start off with the check of the forecast now with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. good morning, julian. everyone flowers, but they are going to be more scattered in the morning hours before they increasing coverage again later on this afternoon into monday. so it is a level one system right now. you can see the flow from the northwest to the southeast even a little bit of snow up here around clear lake as the air is certainly cold in the north bay

novato to marinwood down through mill valley a few scattered light showers. you can see the pink there that indicates the freezing precipitation, san ramon 680 little wet there as we get down towards hayward and 580 and the hills over to the east yes, that is know we've had snow in mount hamilton a band of rain moving across the bay right now. so the peninsula just scattered light showers and down around los gatos through morgan hill. it's been certainly damp but nothing too organized right now. look at the current numbers. we're in the mid 30s in santa rosa 39, san ramon 42, san mateo. this is much colder than yesterday four to 15 degrees colder and throughout the day today. we're going to see some scattered showers, but by the afternoon into the evening hours more focused band of coming in from the north that means even colder air. so we're talking the likelihood of a rain snow mix and parts of the bay area into monday the coldest day the week tuesday and a look at the end of the year coming up in a few minutes, julian.

all right. thank you lisa and check this out right here snow in the bay area. this is just south of livermore people in the area. saw some measurable snow. it's now covering san antonio valley road making driving treacherous there. this is an elevation of about 3,000 feet. and on the peninsula abc 7 found people preparing for possible flooding all of it happening near burlingame where plenty of sandbags were there for residents to load up with previous storms making a mess of things at the storage unit this man we talked to was not able to take any chances. he's trying to get ahead of the game and started raining pretty heavily this morning and i went down there wasn't any water on the driveway yet, but i'm sort of preemptively getting some bags in there. just in case for later. just in case the tree did come down as well in san bruno. it blocked crystal springs road between donna avenue and cunningham way crews quickly chopped that tree up got it out of there also on the peninsula

flooding on millbrae street has caused thousands of dollars worth. damage to people's homes and put a dark cloud over their christmas weekend that happened a few days ago on landing lane near sfo between highway 101 and el camino real abc 7 news reporter. tim. johns spoke to some neighbors who worry that the upcoming storms could cause some major problems. for residents of landing lane in millbrae flooding has become a persistent worry in the last few months. street has severely flooded twice once back in october and again earlier this week. we were sleeping and all the sudden i woke up about like seven o'clock. i found all my garage was flooded nora song has lived on this street for over 20 years. he says this past thursday his home flooded with about 22 inches of sewage water. just clean up the whole thing from last time, but i have to clean up again song says his family's christmas has largely been ruined. thanks to the station the recent flooding has caused he estimates that the damage to his property

this week totals in the thousands of dollars. my car has been damaged and my washer and dryer my refrigerator. my wine my my food, but residents here say it's not just the flooding that they're sick of. it's also the lack of solutions. if irwin also lives on landing lane, she says and her neighbors have been trying to get help from public officials for months, but residents say the city of millbury tells them the problem lies with a nearby airport pump and is out of their control caught in between two entities. irwin says she thinks a lot of the problems could be fixed if the area sewage system gets updated but a lot of it is just deficiency in our structure it hasn't ever been fixed, but for now landing lane residents say they live in fear of flooding happening again, anytime it rains and just hope someone can come and help them. i hope we could fix the problems because i love this neighborhood. and i love this community in

millbrae tim johns abc 7 news. happening now snow is hitting the sierra horde in the lake tahoe region. i-80 is still closed and there is no time table on when that may change highway 50 is closed at echo summit where several cars are stuck in the snow there accidents have caused some major delays chp posted this video yesterday showing i-80 after it closed in both directions. the interstate currently shut down from the about a state line to colfax palisades tahoe previously known as squaw valley alpine meadows sent us this video. you can see all of the skiers out there. they say the snow has been hammering them this weekend the national weather service has issued a winter storm warning through tuesday morning for lake tahoe holiday traveler say it's been a frustrating couple of days. it's already like noon and we're gonna head back to whom maybe in an hour or two. and abc viewer told us it took

him seven hours to get from south lake tahoe to san francisco yesterday. ouch. he said it was slow going in the snow and then it rained the entire trip back. bay area and beyond this is unmistakable sound of hail in santa cruz mountains this pummeling everything there that video taken in the lompico and belt area which are in santa cruz county. and you can always keep an eye on the weather including live doppler 7 any time you'll find it on the abc 7 bay area app. it's available on roku amazon fire android tv. and apple tv and now to a story you'll only see on seven ucsf scientists research and covid have discovered a connection between a previous variant and overcron abc 7 news reporter luz pena is a part of our vaccine team dedicated to getting you the latest information. she spoke with the lead scientist behind this discovery that could bring relief as the

omicron variants spreads. after nine months of research ucsf scientists have made a vital discovery that could lead to an end. we think we've uncovered a key connection. that we could ultimately fight not just this variant, but future variants that we don't even know about yet. diving kro how mutations in the alpha variant are allowing the virus to evade our immune response the same key mutations outside of the spike protein. we're also found in the delta variant and in the omicron variant certain proteins being produced at a higher level. in that particular virus once the virus infect our cells and these particular proteins are able to inhibit our immune response our it's inhibiting our cells from fighting off infection omicron accounts for more than 73% of covid cases in the us dr. kroegan believes the

key to stain one step ahead is understanding previous variants. we come to a point where there's going to be just combinations of the mutations that have already existed in these previous. he says vaccines boosters and pharmaceuticals will continue to be key in this fight. i think there's virus will ultimately become endemic just like influenza will have to be dealing with this. for the rest of our lives, but it won't be as a deadly. that's the hope every year will probably need a booster shot of some kind researchers believe this discovery could lead to beating omicron as well as predicting future covid-19 variants ahead of community spread in the newsroom loose peña abc 7 news. well the rain wasn't the only thing soaking a street in san francisco a water main break flooded part of kenwood way. you can see the water rushed down to staircase. this is between 19th avenue and i-280 where there were initial reports that the water flooded

some homes there the water department responded yesterday afternoon. san francisco's glide memorial church celebrated christmas online as well as in person. people had to show proof of vaccination where mask at all times and social distance the recent surge in covid cases led to many churches scaling back their christmas plans this year last year, of course many services were strictly online because of the pandemic now we check back in with lisa for look at that forecast. alright, julian. you know and corralit. os an inch to over an an an really everyone getting a good dose of rain, we have a bit of a low in the action for the first part of the day then it picks up again, when will we see a break i'd be answers next. all right. thank you.

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you are looking live at our san mateo bridge camera. where rain continues to fall across much of the bay area this morning meteorologist lisa argen fine-tuning that forecast. she has the answer of when we might see an end to all of this wet weather. and now to the sad news this morning desmond tutu the first black archbishop of cape town south africa revered for his dedication in the end apartheid has died. he was 90 years old abc news reporter lindsey davis has more on the man. the country's president calls a patriot without equal. he's alone. he will be remembered as a man of peace even though bishop desmond tutu spent most of his

life fighting inequality poverty and injustice as a child. he lived under white south africa's brutally enforced segregation. it was his tireless anti-apartheid activism that first propelled him into the international spotlight. the world's conscience from a global pulpit calling for an end to the violent apartheid regime. and non-violent. he was the first to campaign for economic sanctions tutu, encouraged disinvestment in 1985 when the us and uk stopped all investments in south africa. it crippled the south african economy forcing the government's hand to in the international community awarded him the nobel peace prize in 1984. he accepte o movement on behalf of those

committed to the course of justice of peace and reconciliation everywhere. that signal the beginning of the end for a part-time free elections were held in 199. or and it's 63 years old tutu cast his first vote. he then set the bar even higher and served as the chairman of the truth and reconciliation commission a group created to probe human rights violations during apartheid in 2009. we saw tutus signature smile as he received the presidential medal of freedom, desmond tutu possesses that sense of generosity. that spirit of unity that essence of humanity that south africans know simply as ubuntu continues the world came to know him as a voice for the oppressed that voice will live on lindsey davis abc news. the east contra costa fire protection district is getting a $24,000 grant to support efforts during the pandemic.

the money will be used toward the attic cost of entering high volume of coals in 2020. the district could not respond to all calls because of severe underfunding the great is a part of million dollar allocation. each 2021 and 2022 budget east contra costa fire services nearly 130,000 residents in brentwood oakley and unincorporated community. christmas was delivered to thousands of people in san francisco by the salvation army. we were provided this video of volunteers loading up to distribute meals to those in need at. season they plan to hand out a total of 4,000 meals but organizers say there's something else that might be an even better gift this time of year. what's more important than the food is maybe perhaps just a visit from one of our volunteers because many of these people will go the whole day without a human interaction or someone to wish them a merry christmas. while donations are always welcome the salvation army says

it's greatest need right now is for non-perishable food items. all right, let's be honest most of us have regifted a christmas present at some point in our lives but a book of candy you can see it here turns out to be the gift that keeps on giving for two brothers, even though neither of them want it at all the wasson brothers from new hampshire. have been gifting that book filled with lifesavers back and forth for 34 years each time. they try to outdo the other finding creative ways to conceal the candy all started back on christmas in 1987 when ryan wasson got some lifesavers for his brother eric as a joke problem was eric didn't like them. i didn't eat them. and so the next year i thought hey, i'm think i'm gonna give it back to him. you'll never remember i immediately recognize this all the little rite aid sticker on the back frozen the block of ice before put it in. jello. he one time sewed it into a teddy. that is dedication. other people have gotten in on the joke over time family

co-workers even the local sheriff's department in last year expired candy was on the menu for christmas dinner. good sense of humor there. well this soggy start to the holiday did not stop mitting from finding ways to enjoy christmas abc 7 news reporter. ryan curry shows us how people stay dry and celebrate it together. it's a re. union futura family after being two years apart. i'm not sure what we did. just visited over zoom dad. yeah. yeah, we all zoomed from like our like dining room tables. they are from southern california every year since 1999. they've gathered as one big family on christmas day just like 20 to 25 of us the second generation here cousins just love it because they just never get enough of each other last year. they only met virtually but this year they felt safe enough to rent a big place in san francisco. a lot of us are growing older and three of us moved from la to the bay like one of my cousins goes to berkeley now two of them

are working out here now and so we thought like we would meet them up here this time. they're gathering is just one example of how people in the city ignored the damp weather to have some fun. weather be beach riding the ferris wheel at golden gate park or touring the fascinating exhibits at the california academy of sciences. we get excited about it. our staff are really enthusiastic to come here melissa. says the museum is open every day of the year inside was filled with masks santa hats and beards being able to offer people a fun activity is their main goal. this is a great family activity that you can do often families. at least on the holidays. they may do their holiday celebration at home, but then they're eager to get out. and about so whether it's learning about the environment. or embracing loved ones for the first time in a while many in san francisco seem to have looked past the rain and make the most of this holiday. we weren't able to see each other at all during the pandemic

and you don't really know how good you have it until you're missing it. like i never like i was taking it for granted how often we could like see each other in san francisco ryan curry abc 7 news at a rare sight in los gatos lights snowfall developing. this evening. it happened above soquel demonstration state forest. also on mount hamilton recent storms brought a layer of snow there highway 130 to the lick observatory is closed due to dangerous road conditions the visitor center is expected to reopen tuesday. if conditions lessen widespread snowfall expected at high elevations for out the state in the next upcoming days and we check back in with meteorologist lisa argen who is tracking the forecast. it was a white christmas. some here at the bay area. yeah, our fantastic landscape with all the hills there. allow frigidaire comes in cast ed two row into tuesday right now. it is 28 degrees on top of mount

diablo with mount hamilton. checking in at 30 and 33 degrees on top of mount tam so that cold air certainly in place and look at all the snow in the mountains the pinks locally at home indicating that we do have some of that snow coming down. look at this around clear lake and rumsy. it has been wet in terms of the snow out there and as we look towards parts of the east bay not a whole lot going on but some scattered showers from 580 taking you to the higher elevations where we have that rain snow mix. altamonte past and the band of showers. just moving over the bay into hayward 580 and fremont into 880 certainly some wet weather and then more scattered showers from half moon bay down through 35 campbell los gatos looking at the wet roadways and as we get into the higher elevations around mount tam you saw the snow more could be likely even at lower elevations as we see that snow level lower to even less than 500 feet monday into

tuesday. big question is will the pre a cold air aligned to see the snow in some of our local neighborhoods. look at south lake. we're looking at more heavy snow anywhere from one to two feet with three the four feet above 7,000 feet and those ridgetop wind gusts 100 miles an hour. so many these resorts unfortunately have been closed not only due to the road closures but because of those gusty winds so as we look at the resorts in particular through tuesday morning, you can see it just keeps coming unbelievable. so do get a break likely the second half of the work week. that's the time to head up to the mountains and probably have a lot of company as well 40 and campbell is 39 in mountain view with 38 in lafayette. there is a bit of a breeze out there. so it feels like it is just above freezing in parts of the east bay 41 in alum rock in a festive look from our exploratorium camera scatter showers this morning more rain later today into early monday in the coldest morning will be

tuesday. here's a look at the next 48 hours. do i forgot to put my paws points in there? we have rounds of showers coming into play. the rain will increase as we get towards like one two o'clock in the afternoon. so by three four o'clock, the rain is more concentrated and then into your sunday monday. we're looking at that rainy morning commute. so i'm adding up sunday and monday right now and we're looking. 3/4 of an inch by five o'clock monday afternoon in oakland san francisco up through santa rosa, perhaps an inch in some areas. you can see once again down around the santa cruz mountains ben lomond looking at more healthy precepts. so let's take you through tuesday where we've got a few scattered showers. remember how cold it is and then by wednesday things really begin to sort of dry out into your friday new year's eve into january 1st, 2022 looking. haven't said that in a long time so only upper 40s to low 50s today. it's a level one system in the

accuweather 7-day forecast that concentrated rain coming in late tonight into tomorrow, then level one tuesday wednesday, then we're dry to bring in the new year julian and go play in the snow. maybe even around mountain we who knows you just have to remind yourself that we need the rain. it's a nuisance, but it's all for the greater. yeah, i think really happy about it. exactly. all right. thank you lisa. just ahead this morning if you didn't get what wanted this holiday season. don't worry. i'll tell you what, you should know before returning any gifts and t

expected to be higher this year compared to last year and when there are more gifts, that means they're inevitably will be more returned abc news reporter morgan norwood has more on what you should know before you return any of those gifts. well, if you didn't get what you were wishing for this holiday season and you want to return some of your presents the good news, is that this year

retailers are being more generous with their return windows. i'm at this year and last year due to the pandemic and increased mean for our flexibility. we saw those holiday return windows starting even earlier and getting more generous encompassing gifts that were purchased as early as october about 30% of presents purchased online are returned to each year in retailers are now making it easier to return those gifts too a lot of cases. you can return gifts that were purchased online in store to a retailers in store location if you're more comfortable with that so that can be a lot easier for people rather than you know having to figure out how to ship a gift. back when you're ready to return here's some tips from consumer reports if you unwrap a gifting, you know, you want to return it. don't open the box if the original packaging isn't intact stores may refuse the return or charge a restocking fee of 15% or more keep your gift receipt if you get one, and if you don't have a gift receipt or the original receipt stores may not let you return the item or you may get store credit instead of

cash back check the return policy of the store carefully retailers have different return windows and some specific items may have shorter windows experts say the week between christmas and new year's is a great time to return gifts. it may be find a good deal on something else. there's some really great sales going on right after christmas retailers. now people are going to be in store returning things so they try to make it worth their while we with abc news, los angeles. if you're feeling stressed in animal rescue rant in santa clarita has the cure to better your mood. it's called cow therapy and you can see why ranch owners at gentle barn are using their cattle to improve visitors' mental health therapy cows were rescued by gentle barn and now they're rescuing people with hugs during the pandemic cal therapy was in high demand. and we hear stories about people who wouldn't leave their homes about people who are just lonely and locked away in isolation that they got out and were able to come here. cal therapy helps visitors feel

a sense of calm and feel connected with nature for over two decades over half a million people have hugged cows at their three locations nationwide. they can catch the full story on gma at 7 am right here after abc 7 mornings and still to come on abc 7 mornings travelers scrambling this holiday weekend airlines cancel hundreds of flights over airline staffing issues tied to covert. plus a new view of the universe the telescope launched into space to give us a look at planets beyond the solar system.

moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. it's sunday morning. you're watching abc 7 news live on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream and we're starting this half hour off with a look at the forecast. we checking out with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. good morning. julian is kind of like the gift that keeps on giving we've had a lot of rain and of course the snow we are going to see the

showers become more. widely scattered this morning. so if you want to head out for a run or walk the dog the early to mid-morning hours would be the time to do it because we will see. tick later on today and tonight. there's a look at some rain snow mix just east of clear lake around knoxville very scattered in the north bay things have quieted down there as we look over towards the higher elevations. we have a little bit of snow there east of san ramon where the weather is wet from the 680 over to 80. that's the most concentrated area of rain around. union city and fremont widely scattered as we get down the peninsula and 280 you can see around mount hamilton a little bit of snow temperatures below freezing there 38 in castro valley. good morning to you with 45 in san carlos and 36 in santa rosa. it's colder and more cold. there is on the way five to 16 degrees colder this morning. so look at how we have all the cloud cover from nine o'clock through about 11 and then after that well in the early afternoon

towards two three o'clock. rain increases and in fact in the system is on the way it will get into the evening hours and the overnight hours as we have heavier cells visiting us and it will be a level two towards your monday morning. so rain still with us even snow. we'll talk about the likelihood of our own local peak scene more snow in a few minutes, julian. all right. thank you lisa. well airlines have canceled hundreds of flights because of staffing issues tied to covid-19 more than 150 are already canceled for today, but flightaware.com. the airline tracking website does not cite a reason for these cancellations. here's abc news reporter christine sloan. happy day in store today on the roads and in the skies as americans begin to make their way home some people who tried to make the trip on christmas day ran into some headaches, michigan. and with your flight canceled it was yeah what now?

so we rebooked. yeah we rambles united delta jetblue and american grounding hundreds of flights the airline citing staff shortages amid a surgeon cases of the omicron variant whether also playing a factor famous really nothing you can do about it. it's one of the things that's out of your control. so you just take take a deep breath and try to find the best alternative. there were also headaches on the road in, minnesota. a crash involving dozens of cars forced the closure of an interstate in oakland, california crews work to clean up mud and debris washed down from the el dorado and apple burn scar at this time. it might be best is to delay travel until we can get a better evaluation of most of our routes the tsa expects to screen a total of 30 million passengers during the period from december 20th to january 3rd. travel experts. say if driving to your

destination your best off leaving before noon the worst times to head out are one to seven pm christine, sloan abc news, new york. the nationwide travel trouble is impacting bay area airports at least 23 flights have been canceled for today at sfo yesterday airport officials say there were 31 cancellations and more than 180 delays several travelers told us that with with that plus winter weather and the omicron variant. there was a lot of things making anxious about their plans. we're checking. yesterday all day we heard the news. we actually changed our flights to come home today. we were occasion and we were a little bit worried about all that's going on flight cancellations and omicron and all that stuff. travelers at monetta, san jose airport had some better luck there the airport had just seven cancellations and only a handful of flight delays. none longer than just a few minutes oakland airport reports

just one cancellation yesterday. and coming up on this week with the omicron variant now the dominant strain of covid in the us dr. anthony fauci will talk about president biden's plane to combat the surge and fda approval for two antiviral pills. you can watch the full interview on this week with george steph. willis at eight this morning right here on abc 7. got some new details here about a shooting at lake merritt oakland police. say a man has died after being shot along lakeshore avenue friday night investigators. haven't said what led up to the shooting. they are working to notify the victim's family. anyone with information is urged to call oakland police. british police arrested and armed intruder at windsor castle where the queen was celebrating christmas police say security was within moments in the man never got inside any buildings that intruder was identified as a 19 year old from southampton. he was curing a weapon when he was arrested. the royal family has been

informed and they are all safe this morning. president biden and first lady jill biden shared a virtual christmas message with us troops around the world the pair thanked. america's military men and women for their dedication and service. i just want to know how much we care. we're grateful for your courage your sacrifice. not only your sacrifice but your families sacrifice holidays really bring into sharp focus being a part. is it's just part of the job? but it's a hard part of the job and it's but it's who you guys are. here's your commander and you might have noticed the biden's had a special guest with them for their christmas message commander the new first puppy joined the couple in the couch. he's a 16 week old german shepherd commander just arrived home at the white house on monday. nasa has successfully launched the largest ever telescope into space that could give us an entirely new view of the universe.

emotions and lift off the collage decolage liftoff from a tropical rainforest to the edge of time itself. the james webb space telescope lifted off from the french guyana yesterday morning. it's been decades in the making and it will take 10 days for its mirror to unfold and then another six months to get it all calibrated. the telescope is powerful enough to find new galaxies and give scientists a look at deep space planets. well, of the solar system. we're familiar with well expect to see weird things. we hadn't seen before those would be pretty obvious. they'll probably be different molecules. they'll be different chemistry that we've seen in planets and our solar system and elsewhere. it's going to be a bit before the public gets to see this work of this 10 billion dollar project. it could be a year before the telescope delivers its first images. forming on abc 7 mornings reluctant to return to church

how covid is impacting church attendance here in the bay area and across the country. we're taking a live look outside from our camera looking at the golden gate bridge a few people out and about on this sunday morning. and you might see some raindrops there as well. lisa argen has a look at her full forecast in just a few minutes. minutes. ww's all-new personalpoints program is made just for you. you take an assessment, enter your goals, the foods you love and ww builds a plan just for you. i lost 26 pounds and i feel incredible. oprah: no two people are alike so no two plans are alike. with ww, i lost 30 pounds. this new program changed my life. live the life you love. lose the weight you want. the all new ww personalpoints program. join today for 50% off at ww.com. hurry, offer ends december 27th. want to save on fast, reliable home internet? switch to xfinity for a great low price of $19.99 a month for 12 months. or, did you know you may be eligible to qualify

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it's the start of the seven day 16th annual kwanzaa celebration in san francisco community based nonprofit the village project and the museum of the african diaspora. they're hosting events all week long kwanza marks the celebration of african culture and community this year. it'll be celebrated virtually on social media because of the pandemic. it's full of cult. entertainment keynote speakers and music all events are free. there will also be an in-person event at city hall tomorrow.

a teacher from washington dc promised her students. they would get hot chocolate if she made a full court shot. well, no need to call off the glass because you switched it in and you could hear the students. they go nuts. be able to scream outside good on her promise and the kids got their treat. well, we check back it down with lisa standing by with a look at the forecast it certainly been some good days recently lisa for some good old hot chocolate. oh, absolutely a hot toddy, maybe but you know as we look outside. certainly a wet pavement as we look towards the east bay scattered showers with us this morning. there will be a lull until very early afternoon. we get back into it. so if you want to head out, i'd say in the morning is your best bet we'll pinpoint the next

system and talk about percentages of average for the mountains we come back. also next the warriors played on christmas for the ninth straight year how steph curry and a new splash brother helped golden state land of victory over the sun. chris alvarez has the highlights coming up in sports.

center in los angeles is officially now crypto.com arena and it'll take some time to get used to that and what's believed to be the richest naming rights deal in sports history the home of the lakers clippers los angeles kings and other major sporting events now bears the name of the cryptocurrency platform the deal is for 20 years at well over 700 million dollars. the arena had been known as the staples center. since it opened in 1999. in sports this morning the warriors have two days off before their back at in action at home on tuesday. the dubs faced the denver

nuggets tip offset for 7pm there. well yesterday the warriors spent christmas day on the road against the other top team of the west abc 7 sports anchor chris alvarez has the highlights in this morning sports. good morning, the warriors extremely short-handed entering their christmas day showdown yesterday against the suns but have no fear. otto porter jr. was here santa's youngest helper watching the suns and warriors. wait first half stephen curry had his best career game on christmas. he had struggled prior hit five triples in the game game high 33, but the dubs trailed at the break it was close late and then auto porter jr. catches fire baseline jumper, that's good and then dribble and a fade away. he had 13 of his season high 19 in the fourth the warriors win 116 107 and it was porter down the stretch who was i did i drew up every every play every bit of. completely organized every single aspect. so thank you for the complement. he's just added so much to our

team with his shooting from that position and also his rebounding and his defense. he's the hell of a player teammates did a good job of finding me and you know, i was able to step in and knock some size down and they kept finding me. lakers hosting the nets of the newly renamed crypto.com marina saint mary's product patty mills scored 34 hit an nba christmas day record eight threes lakers were down 23 in the fourth. but here's lebron james the triple and then moments later malik monk. well that ties things at 1:15. so the rally was on but the nets finish it off james harden alley to nick claxton and the foul brooklyn wins. 122-115. la has lost five in a row bucks hosting the celtics giannis and cows jalen brown going up for a re and the celtics guard might be asking for a new tooth out fourth quarter, milwaukee down 11 until here comes the honest monster slam. he had a game high 36 milwaukee took the lead late and then needed some defense. oh, yeah honest with the block

bucks win 117 113 nfl christmas action cardinals hosting the colts this fan feeling it third quarter cards down 12-6 kyler murray up top to antone wesley 24 yard connection, arizona 13 12 fourth quarter now. 1513 carson wentz pressured buys time and finds desmond patton for the score colts win. 22-16. arizona's lost three in a row. they're out of first place in the fc west the rams now lead the division aaron rodgers and the packers hosting the browns late first quarter the cal legend becomes the packers all-time leading touchdown pastor. this gives him 4:43 for his career breaking brett favre's franchise mark rogers through for 202 and three total scores, cleveland. had a chance late, but baker mayfield four interceptions in this one ball game packers win. 24-22 green bay improves to an nfl best 12 and 3. that is your look at sports. let's send things back to you. it was certainly a white christmas up in tahoe got some video here to prove it families enjoying some fresh snow to

celebrate the holiday and now we're getting a check of snow and the forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. so all right lisa, are we in for more snow in store? i know folks in livermore were probably surprised to get dusting yesterday, right and you know, our rain snow mix and we are in store for more sierra snow at least until tuesday, and it looks like by the end of the year, we are going to get a break the second half of the upcoming work week take a look at how active it is right now, especially in the mountains where it is 19 in truckee 20 at the tahoe valley airport and back home plenty of 30s and 40s have allowed for the inland valleys here from rumsey to clear lake to see a little bit of snow things quieting down in the north bay as well as the east bay except you can see right here or east of highway 84 and around 680. we've had some light showers but upper elevations. it has been all the mountains from hamilton to mount tam and mount diablo just near 30 degrees or below and so that's

why you see the pink there the white over on mount hamilton where still certainly looking at a little bit of snow in the sierra, nevada. it is just been all about bonus snow where we're picking up another one to two feet, but above 7,000 feet three to four feet. unfortunately. the wind gusts have been up to near 100 miles an hour at the ridgetop. so if you look at tahoe city an additional one inches and as we get down towards kirkwood 47 inches 52 around donner, so they've got some work ahead of them to plow those roads and it's been certainly almost impassable and impossible to get up there with so much snow happening and a lot of folks on vacation 39 in mountain view right now. it is 47 in san francisco 36 up in napa. there is a gusty wind around half moon bay up to 24 miles an hour. so it feels like it is in the low 30s in some spots. look how much colder it is in concord 10 degrees colder 15 degrees colder in santa rosa and

a look outside certainly festive out there scattered showers winding down this morning, then we're going to see an uptick this afternoon into early monday the cold this morning will be tuesday widespread twenties and our inland valleys this sierra snowpack 121% of normal for lake tahoe into yosemite 129 percent look at the southern part of the state overall. 30% of average and more to come. here's a look at the timing today and the shower activity 8 o'clock. you can see more showers and then we stop this at 4 clock where they're beginning to pick up again some moderate and as we go through the overnight hours, this is midnight another line of some heavy downpours. this will bring us into a level two to start early monday morning and then as we get into the afternoon, we're looking still more scattered showers we are for a bit of a break as we get into the middle of the work week. so this is today and tomorrow picking up about three quarters of an inch of rain redwood city

even mountain view, san francisco and oakland, maybe a third of an inch in san jose. so we get bob we're still pretty active into monday and tuesday some showers wednesday things begin to push to the south thursday new year's eve new year's day. we're looking dry for a change, so that will be a nice break guys today chilly upper 40s to 50 level 1 system into a level 2 system for your early monday and then it's all about the rain snow mix julian where we've already seen it around mount hamilton, mount diablo mount tam who knows even into the valleys of the north bay snow levels could get as low as 500 feet. i didn't say sea level, but that's the next thing that we would be looking at because this is really really some cold polar airheaded our way. yeah certainly been frigid out there. as of recent in seventies across the rest of the country. we're missing out but it's all good. it's all good. thanks, lis.

a well for many attending a worship service is a part of the holiday season despite relatively high vaccination rates in the bay area church mosque and synagogue attendance is still far behind pre-pandemic levels. i take a look at the numbers and speak with faith leaders. nearly two years into the pandemic. there are more empty seats in churches synagogues and mosque than prior to the pandemic signaling worshipers are reluctant to return some communities are still very concerned and wary about coming back and they're really quite cautious others are really just coming back and groves catholic bishop oscar cantu at the diocese of san jose said despite ongoing covid safety protocols, like masking up and proper spacing south bay mass attendance averages between 60 and 90% of prepandemic levels depending on the church. so we're trying to keep that balance of inviting people back and yet maintaining the safety protocol now concerns over the omicron variant ahead of the christmas holiday are throwing

congregations another curveball an abc 7 news data team analysis of cell phone information estimates attendance at worship centers is down 22% nationwide comparing january 2020 numbers to october 2021 in santa clara county. a 24% decrease in church attendance, alameda contra costa napa and solano county have seen near identical dips in attendance. i still think we have a long ways to go to be at attendance of pre-pandemic levels rabbi. mosha longer of chabad san francisco said attendance for services at the synagogue are only half of prepandemic levels. despite san francisco having one of the highest vaccination rates in the bay area. our number one goal is to people and create community, so it's been very difficult for us to do that with all the different variants coming out according to our data team analysis. san francisco. had one of the lowest dips in attendance at worship centers at just 5% followed by highly

vaccinated marin county at a 6% tip and attendance and san mateo county with a 9% dip in attendance my wish is is that san francisco and the bay area can hopefully heal from this pandemic the rabbi said he's beginning to see that healing he was able to welcome more than a thousand people to light the bill graham mama menorah in person for hanukkah this year. whereas last year the event was only live streamed in the south bay services continue to be livestreamed across the diocese in some congregations continue to worship outdoors to slow the spread as the church looks ahead to 2022 i'm looking for hopeful, you know in simple terms of a kinder gentler society. most of our counties with the highest vaccination rate saw more people back in pews showing vaccines or working and breaking congregations back to their

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