and what appeared to possibly be a blood to it. chp officers have been combing the scene. we did not have a lot of details on what happened or if anyone was hurt there is no word when the ramp will reopen. we'll keep you updated throughout this newscast. thank you for joining us. >> let's move to tonight's big story. as omicron drives the surge of covid cases, we are seeing a slew of cancellations in all different ways. and of the south bay, the san jose police department is closing its lobby to the public for the rest of the month. that means limited fingerprinting. reports can be filed or requested online. this month's first friday in oakland has been scrapped because of the omicron surge. organizers hope to hold the event next month. >> sonoma county continued all criminal and civil cases into march. exceptions are made for trials

already in progress or those that cannot wait. san mateo county is suspending jury trials for several weeks. anyone called for jury trials -- for jury duty is excused. the san francisco ballet has rescheduled its gala from late january to march. the event includes a ballet performance, dinner and reception. >> it sort of feels like march 2020 again. we are going to see some impacts on hospitals, city services and the economy as a whole. how san francisco expects the search to player. >> i think the director of san francisco's health apartment some that up dust. dr. grant colfax said omicron is facing a wall of immunity as it moves through san francisco. hospitalizations are low but the key now is to keep those first responders from getting sick at the same time. how to keep city services

running despite the omicron variant is of concern to mayor london breed. as of today, there are 160 eight police officers and 135 members of the fire department who are in quarantine shared >> frontline workers will be putting in overtime to make up for their quarantined colleagues. trash is still being picked up. police are still on patrol and firefighter stand ready to respond. >> while the omicron surge has not peaked, there is some optimism. this time, hospitalizations are much lower related to the number of covid cases. >> our vaccinations and boosters are doing what we need them to do right now, which is preventing many people from getting sick and being hospitalized. the health department again vowed to keep schools open but reminded families that vaccinations and covid testing are key to keep students and staff safe. like many cities, san francisco has a shortage of rapid tests. >> because of supply chain

issues, these kids -- these cats are hard to come -- these kits are hard to come by. we expect them to arrive in weekly deliveries starting mid-january. >> we are saving>> we are the meantime we are going to experience some challenges with the economy. >> if you restaurants have been forced to pause because of staff that have had to quarantine. golden gate restaurant association told us reservations are down. >> you are starting to see avon my two restaurants really 20% of what you would normally see on the books for reservations. people are self-selecting to not go out as well. >> the golden gate restaurant association is advising workers to upgrade their masks to an n95 mask or if they cannot find one, double mask. the city is advising the same. the city will be giving out the n95's for those they believe

need them the most. hospital workers and first responders. as we all know, it is not easy to find one of those. >> it is not. they do need them as our frontline folks. let's talk about schools for a moment because you know have new numbers for san francisco. ghouls resumed yesterday after the holiday break. how bad was it? >> they resumed classes yesterday in san francisco. 269 teachers called out sick on monday. that is not so unusual. what is not normal is today's numbers. 620 six teachers and perry educators at san francisco unified called out sick out of 3600. the district did not break it down. they're telling us maybe they were sick or they stayed home to take care of a family member. if many of these educators have to quarantine for five days before they get a negative test, it is going to be a rough week

for students, for teachers, for the entire district. >> a lot of teachers will be out. that is roughly 20% of the teachers calling out. >> the data leaves no doubt we were in a surge. california's test positivity rate hit a new record. it has never been that high. the high transmissibility of the omicron variant has led the department of public health to recommend wearing n95 level masks. more than a million covid cases were reported in the past 24 hours. starting next week, the west contra costa unified school district will require all staff members to where k and 95 masks while on the job. the district superintendent says everyone deserves to feel safe and the spike in cases requires further action should >> in the oakland unified school district come about 900 students and staff tested positive over the break. almost all of them, the results

were in before the person came back to campus so exposures were avoided. 900 people -- the district says 40,000 students and staff. it works out to be a positivity rate of 2%. >> one marin county school district reports 81 students and 16 staff are out at three schools. even the superintendent is home with the buyers. -- the virus. >> winter break is over. classes have resumed. many students and staff are still stuck at home. >> on january 3, which was our first day back, we had 81 students out due to 19 and 16 staff members out due to covid 19. >> you are one of the positive cases as well. >> yes, i was. >> the district superintendent was one of the people who tested positive using a take-home test

provided by marin county schools. >> we have about 25,000 results coming in. about 700 have been positive. it is a significant number of people who have found to be infected through the testing. >> this is marin county public health director dr. matt willis. how many of the cases you are seeing are from asymptomatic people? ? the vast majority are not having symptoms. >> marin county is on of many counties that encouraged students to take a covid test before returning to class. it is giving health officials a better picture of how widespread the virus is. in the corte madera school district, nearly 6% of students are out this week. what is your message to parents concerned about sending your kids to school? >> school-based transmissions are extraordinarily low. school is a safe place to be.

dark the larger concern is keeping schools open longer term to if so many people keep testing positive. >> staffing shortages might threaten schools more than cases. >> to further reduce transmission, dr. willis says marin county will temporarily prohibit indoor gatherings such as assemblies at schools and prohibit spectators including parents and indoor school sporting events. >> a new guidance tonight from the cdc helps us make sense of the shorter isolation recommendations. the cdc says if you get covid, you should isolate for five days. day zero is the day you tested positive or the day symptoms started. after five days of isolation, take another covid test. if it is positive, go back into isolation for five more days. if it is negative, you can end isolation. wear a mask any time you are around other people for the next five days. even with a negative test, you

may still be able to transmit the virus. the cdc updated some of its booster shot guidance. it is matching the fda and recommending people who received the pfizer shot weight just five months after the second dose to get a booster shot. there is no change for people who got moderna or johnson & johnson. the san francisco symphony will require guests to show proof of a booster shot. proof of a booster pit you already have to be fully vaccinated to attend a performance and wear a mask throughout the concert. the abc 7 news vaccine team is here to help you answer your questions. headed to abc7news.com/vaccine and click on the big bucks. >> we are hearing from the elizabeth holmes former mentor one day after the federal jury convicted her of four of the 11 charges against her. stephanie sierra has their reaction to the verdicts.

>> elizabeth holmes once touted as silicon valley's rising star. now convicted on four counts of fraud. >> i was ecstatic that some just as was done. >> dr. phyllis gardner, a stanford professor, was one of the first people to be skeptical after rejecting her idea to create a patch that could deploy antibiotics. >> i said to her at the time that will not work. i'm sorry pit >> how did she respond? >> she just sat there eyes wide open. she did not have a deep voice. >> after advising her toys, he says she never listened. >> there was no compassion . she got a conviction on four counts. >> michelle is the widow of the former chief scientist who killed himself the night before he was required to testify about the company's technology. darker he told me he did not want his career to end like this. his words exactly. because he knew it was a fraud

and he didn't want to be associated with it. he died thinking he was all alone in this. duck with eight men and four women of the jury saw what gibbons did early on should some still remain surprised she was convicted on the four investor accounts but acquitted on all patient counts. >> patients would be very sympathetic to a jury. investors would not be sympathetic to if they had 100 million to lose, it is hard to feel sorry for them. >> says the verdict may be different if some of the patient-related testimony was not thrown out. >> the judge would not allow any discussion of the impact of bad results such as if you are over or under coagulated you can die. that would make it more impactful. >> as far as the impact to elizabeth holmes, we will not know her. for at least one to two months. her defense team has 14 days to

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>> calfire has ruled pg&e electrical line sparked the dixie fire. it burned for three month last summer through far northern california. the fire scorched nearly a million acres. the second largest fire in state history. it destroyed more than 1300 buildings. calfire investigators say a tree coming into contact with a logical distribution lines sparked to the fire near orville. the report is in the hands of the butte county district attorneys office. >> has the winter surge of omicron cases continues, hospitals across the bay area are reporting staffing shortages. medical experts say omicron is affecting the medical system medically. -- system dramatically. >> increasing transmission is a -- is affecting hospital capacity throughout the 8 -- throughout the state app account he reported no icu beds available.

with only two hospitals in the entire county, napa already had a limited number of icu beds. what is making matters worse is a genetic staffing shortage fueled by an increase of omicron infections. >> i definitely am concerned mainly because we are seeing our cases increase and we are not even at rp yet cared >> one of the major factors contributing as california's law of patient and nurse ratio. one nurse is needed for every two patients in intensive care. >> you might have 20 icu beds what if you only have enough stuff to take care of 10 patients, your capacity is reduced. >> would you say is the main reason why napa county is facing the shortage? ? one of our hospitals is having covid cases among health care providers. when they are put in their isolation, they are taking out of the workforce temporarily. you're also seeing winter senses where you have people who get

hospitalized for other tackle reasons. >> the chief of the emergency department at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital is reporting an overwhelming staffing shortage with staff members who were exposed, infected or taking care of a family member with covid. on top of this, many are exhausted after two years of the pandemic able to take care of critically ill people and will always have that as our primary mission. where we are stretched is our ability to serve for the nonemergent issues that many people need. >> they are having to transfer patients to other floors as they deal with limited staff and add capacity. >> we have 59 beds in the emergency department. 57 beds we open up being fully open. you're generally running somewhere between 36 and 44.

often times including patients waiting to go upstairs. >> another factor playing a role is the number of days hospital staff members need to isolate after infection. san francisco's deputy health director confirmed isolation days have been reduced from 10 days to five days for negative covid test. >> thank you very much. >> speaking of water, rain. >> water is coming from the sky. you can see a area of light rain or showers. only santa rosa is reporting ring at this hour. that was a couple minutes ago. it is probably hitting the ground in other places. looking back on a portion of the san francisco skyline. 55 degrees in the city. mt. view is the warm spot. on we go to the view at san

rafael. does not appear to be wet but there are somewhat spots in the north bay. 53, santa rosa. napa, 53. concord, 55. here is the view from our rooftop camera looking toward the bay bridge. showers returned to the north bay overnight. dry tomorrow afternoon through thursday. our next storm will arrive on friday. the weekend looks dry so far. we will have lots of clouds. moisture passing through. a lot of it will not have the ground. between midnight and 5:00 a.m., we expect wet weather over the north bay. the money can be could be wet in some spots. on we go to low temperature -- let's go to the sierra. we still have a winter weather advisory. it will expire shortly at 7:00 p.m. showers above 6000 feet. maybe two more inches. the roads are still slick. visibility is still down.

lots of clouds tonight and moisture. overnight lows will be in the upper 40's. tomorrow's highs will mainly be in the upper 50's to 60 in santa fe and morgan hill. friday morning, 5:00. another storm will be swimming -- will be swinging through. why any the late-night and overnight hours as the storm begins to swing southward. all parts of the bay area will pick up some rainfall from the system. when flat estimates are for 1500s of an inch or less from the peninsula. it will be wet or good the system follows a pattern many of our storms follow with locations at the north bay receiving a quarter of an inch to a third of an inch or more. start drying out late wednesday to thursday, a dryer day. morning fog may linger. friday, our next storm arrives. going to the weekend, drawing

begins again should a chilly morning on sunday. monday and tuesday, we resumed the drive pattern. >> talk of surges these days. it is just about covid cases. it is about people leaving jobs and in record nu

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>> your numbers show a record number of americans quit or changed jobs in november. given jobseekers the upper hand. the data and what we are seeing at the local level. ? the impacts of the pandemic on the job market have been an economic roller coaster. two people are leaving jobs more quickly than they have been in the past. that was a trend we saw pre-covid. when covid hit, people are holding onto their jobs. don't go the latest data shows a record 4.5 million american workers quit their jobs in november. san jose state assistant professor of economics says the reasons varies can >> because they see had good job market. there is thing i can take that risk. part of the code -- part of that could be inflation. >> instead of only getting data on the state and national level released monthly come this tool releases economic data daily

that targets silicon valley. daca looks at things as number of businesses open, foot traffic businesses rca and to a certain extent, what employment looks like. >> when the pandemic first hit, he says the permit rate was at 12%. now it is 3%. >> low unemployment. we are seeing business pick up. everything suggests we have a fairly robust labor market in california and silicon valley. >> the federal data released by the labor department is based off information gathered before the surge. he says it is hard to speculate what the upcoming data will show. he thinks the impact of the surge will not be shown until later. my gut is we will not see a lot of differences in the december data. january will be more telling. two know you're worth if you are

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>> live breaking news. >> it is confirmed a shooting has shut down all of westbound interstate 580 near i-80. it has been closed for over an hour. there is no estimate on when those lanes will reopen. sky seven over the scene showing us shattered glass and blood on the road. his chp officers searching for evidence. traffic on 580 is backed up jan highway 24. i the morning, the traffic would be a lot worse. >> san francisco's board of supervisors is having second thoughts about the emergency declaration for the tenderloin

neighborhood. they voted to have another hearing on the proposal they approved less than two weeks ago. numerous supervisors have been raising questions. one wondered if city hall has been getting in the way. >> can you help me understand why we can possibly have a situation where we have so many hundreds of positions funded but unfilled and only through an emergency we are able to fill these positions? is it truly there is such bureaucracy and barriers that prevent hiring that it takes a declaration of emergency to be able to do it? >> the discussion is still going on. there's no indication if the board of supervisors will take further action tonight but we will let you know. when it comes to san francisco, is the heart of the city hurting the soul of the city? >> is the city's reputation for compassion getting in the way of fixing problems? it is a topic phil matier toggled today with former sample cisco mayor willie brown. >> held that does the city look

to the rest of the world? >> looks pretty bad. there is no way to hide it. when you walk in certain parts of the city, you cannot even walk on the sidewalk. without getting permission of the people who control the sidewalk and the homeless. >> when you were mayor, it was the homeless. out appears most of these are drug addicts and mentally ill people and they are compounding in the tenderloin. they have taken over that neighborhood. >> anything you do in this town with reference to homeless is a political risk. >> why? >> it is simple. san francisco has a reputation of being so humane and are so many organizations and individuals who want to display that. they don't want you and they don't want san francisco accused of not being humane. >> so what you're saying is san

francisco, there is no shortage of carrots going around to help people but it refuses and has over the years refused to pick up any kind of stick. >> no question because once you want to help the homeless, sometimes the home was want to be helped. if you don't have any legal way in which to force it upon them, you have a real problem. >> the walls are on the books. why does san francisco choose not to enforce them? even the ones -- it is against the law in san francisco to sit on the sidewalk and blocked the sidewalk. they routinely choose to ignore them. >> that is about to change. >> you think so? >> i do think so. i think london breed is committed to the idea that we ought to make san francisco fair everybody. -- san francisco for everybody. >> all important do you think it was that cameras were out here showing what is going on? >> from the journalistic world, they have got to do the story,

which is what caused in my opinion the mayor's reaction. >> if it was not for the press like channel 7 showing the video at nieman marcus, she would not have moved? >> all those people running. no politician would move sibley because there is no reason to. >> what is it about san francisco and the bay area where people say what you say but when it comes to boating or getting involved, -- when it comes devoting organ involved, they say i won it to be humane. i don't want people having the choice between rehabilitation and jail? >> they are all of the opinion that they must under all circumstances have the reputation of being humane. >> if san francisco decides not to do it, what will happen? >> they will elect somebody else. >> if this turns out to be another -- >> it will be trouble. >> how can we get in any more trouble? >> you can. just believe me. if you allow the city to

continue to run rampant, tolerating indifference to all of us using the city, that is a problem. >> if you want to help old a better bay area, take action. good abc7news.com. find ideas and resources. >> apg&e employee is suing the utility pair the utility says he faced discrimination and was retaliated against including being denied promotions when he raised concerns. >> race and culture reporter julian glover has an interview you will see only on seven. >> i am still standing and i will continue to stand and i will continue stepping -- continue speaking up. >> emanuel langford has worked for the utility company for more than 15 years. now he is a substation supervisor. in a lawsuit, he has said he faced discrimination and was subjected to a hostile work environment partly because he is black.

>> it has been one thing after another. being overlooked for promotions. being retaliated against for speaking up and speaking up against retaliated against. >> in the lawsuit asking for 15 lien dollars in compensation and venus have damages, he alleges he was denied bonuses and overlooked for promotions. all things he said were awarded to white counterparts. >> i interviewed for the management position. did not receive the position. it instead went to a white female who has no substation experience. >> pg&e said in a statement on december 28, pg&e holds a strong commitment to providing a discrimination free workplace and takes all claims of discrimination seriously. the company has not been served but is aware of the lawsuit and we don't comment on pending litigation. it is the second lawsuit filed against the utility in as many months. a former black pg&e filed a lawsuit in sacramento.

>> both cases involvelvelve retaliation. both cases involve people who have made complaints about discrimination. both cases involve plaintiffs who happen to be african-american. both cases involve misconduct on the part of pg&e management. >> he believes this lawsuit was his final option. >> i ultimately just want some change. some meaningful, sustainable change. >> the verdict in elizabeth holmes's trial could lead to changes in silicon valley. legal in the lists expect her to be sentenced to three to 10 years. the jury found the former ceo of the blood testing company guilty on a conspiracy charge and three fraud charges. the jury deadlocked on three charges. david lui has a look at the broader impact.

hairy audacious ideas create a modern day gold rush. it is where someone's vision for a new product or service can create a billion-dollar business provided investors buy into the promise of a start up. elizabeth holmes was a dreamer with a blood testing device that failed to deliver. the nightmare that was theranos, will it be a wake-up call for other startups? mark schwartz has headed several biotech companies over four decades. he says startups must be transparent. >> they're going to have to generate the data and do it legitimately and not lie about it. i would think most founders, most biotech innovators don't lie about their data. >> venture capitalist in silicon valley are risk takers. they realize the failure rate of startups is high. by some estimates, between 50 and 75% go belly up for various reasons. all hope for big success and a

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>> a holiday family reunion hit a sour note and they said the airbnb they rented was not as advertised. michael finney stepped in to try to help. >> this is not the first time we told you these kinds of stories should family describes a unit they rented as uninhabitable. the discovery forced them to scramble to find alternative

arrangements on a busy holiday weekend. musician and filmmaker daniel improvises a few chords from the song he would write about his experience with airbnb. >> it would be dark and a lot of distortion and at the end, it would be bright and sunny. >> these are pictures of the unit posted on the rental marketplace. these are photos daniel and his wife took the way they found it when they arrived. >> the driveway is full of trash, garbage. garbage cans, broken furniture. >> they >> they grass, electrical outlet covers missing, scuff marks on walls and a broken window. >> you could tell there was some sort of raging party there that trashed the place. >> the host asked the couple to return and promised unit would

be back to normal soon. they left. a few hours later, described the rental as any the same condition they found it. the host told them they would need to get a refund from airbnb. airbnb declined to the company wrote in line with our guest refund policy for your case to qualify, we would have needed you to contact us about your problem within 24 hours of check in. at that point, she felt she had run out of options. >> i thought there was nothing we could do because the doors were closed. airbnb said no. >> as a last remark -- last resort, the couple that -- the couple contacted abc 7 and seven years side contacted airbnb. the couple confirmed it will give the couple a complete refund. daniel is now playing a happier tune. received their refund. we will be sure to let you know

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>> in the world of science, there is something to celebrate. >> it has been a year of discovery. the california academy of sciences has discovered dozens of new species of plants and animals critical to understanding effects on our planet like climate change. if you are not sure the world needed six new species of scorpions, california academy of sciences researchers learn as benito may beg to differ. >> we talk about how we can serve species, what we are talking about is how we can serve humans. the tiny scorpions are full-sized. >> esposito points to the unusual bark of she and her colleagues collected this past year. instead of residing in the ground, they live in the tree canopy of tropical rain forest in mexico and central america peered when that canopy is disturbed enough, they drop from site. not unlike recent fires in

california. doug and the forest dwelling scorpions in california that live in the forests are going to they're missing from that ecosystem. who knows how long it is going to take them to come by. >> document and previously undescribed creatures is a core mission at the academy. this last year alone, researchers identified more than 70 new species of plants and animals from sea stars around eastern island to a pygmy pipe horse living near the coast of new zealand. from endangered fish native to madagascar to easter egg weevils discovered on the mountaintops of the philippines. two different species have different significance. things that are top creditors like sea stars or sharks, when they are lost, top creditors can have immediate effects on how this ecosystem is running. >> chief of science shannon bennett says pressures can range from climate change to human activity. identifying the unknown species

is sometimes a painstaking process of evolving high-resolution imaging and dna analysis. researchers say it is often a race against time. >> with new technology like dna sequencing, we are doing this faster and better but we need to continue to increase that rate if we are going to stand a chance of reducing biodiversity loss. >> you can learn more about the species in a virtual event happening thursday. we have links on abc 7.com. we will link you to the weather to take a look at tonight's conditions. there may be a few sprinkles or showers in the north. tomorrow, a cloudy day with highs in the upper 50's to near 60. we expect dry conditions from late tomorrow through thursday. another storm level 1 storm arrives friday bringing light rainfall. dry conditions again starting over the weekend.

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witness the return of klay thompson. or sell the tickets and pay off your mortgage. prices are rising fast. we are not sure if he is going to be back for that game. after warm-ups last night, he walked off the court holding six fingers. six would have been a number of days until sunday. out the past two years. seemingly endless hours of rehab. the countdown is on to his return. dr. lloyd at the end of the tunnel. you can see it. i was excited to see him walking off and embracing the love. holding his hands up. it is great. i have seen what he has been through the last two and half years and it is not pretty he is excited and anxious to be back out there. you all are feeling the same way. we are feeling the same way. his fan base is feeling the same way. the world of basketball is feeling the same way.

everybody is looking forward to klay thompson being back on the floor. >> this could be a real problem for the 49ers. three members of their secondary now on the covid reserve list. safety jimmie ward joining dontae johnson and k'waun williams. the new world to destiny will say they have to only be up five days. it will and everybody in the secondary healthy against the rams. that is a must win game on sunday. jim harbaugh started his nfl coaching career with the raiders in 2002. might he return to the silver and black? the athletic reports he might be interested in the raiders vacancy. jacksonville could also be interested. he would command huge dollars. the harlem globetrotters back in the bay area. chris alvarez spent some time at chase center ahead of their stop in san francisco. >> here at chase center with my guys from the globetrotters.

they're coming here saturday, january 15. some trick shots and maybe they will let me play. maybe. ♪ i know you show my shot over the deck you so much out of there. >> i did. >> i am pretty proud of myself. buckets. like it was easy. your nickname is hobbs. a much hobbs do you have to have to have that nickname? >> i think you have to be able to dump the basketball. i take pride in being real -- being really creative. two elements of this that are important, you want to shoot straight and give it some arc. >> so pure. one take. zeus. how do you get the nickname?

>> same way you got chris. i was given that name at birth. you are in your name at the loeb trotters? >> they gave me that name for my thunderous dunk and my godlike physique. > the goal is to be not terrible. let's go. yes. buckets. how excited are you being here on saturday the 15th yucca >> super excited. we have not been to the bay area in over two years. we have a chance to spread this game, spread this love and have fun with you guys. >> lighting it up. he said he is passing up the offer to join the globetrotters. he is going straight to the golden state warriors. 10 day deal. help out with the shooting woes. >> if clay does not come back. >> we still don't know. might not be sunday.

chris is ready and able. >> coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, it is judge steve harvey followed by abba elementary. that is queens at 10:00 followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. thanks for joining us. >> for spencer christian, all of us here, we appreciate your time. we will see you again tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience,

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♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants-- a writer from tiverton, rhode island... a consultant from washington, d.c... and our returning champion-- an engineering manager from oakland, california... ...whose 24-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now hosting "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [ applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone, to "jeopardy!" season 38 has certainly been the season of the super champions here on the show,

most recently our current winner, amy schneider. we've done some analysis of big winners in "jeopardy!" history, and what you find is that on an average show of the 60 clues available in the jeopardy! and double jeopardy! rounds, our big winners tend to average more than 30 correct responses per game. and amy's right up there, averaging 31 right now. what that means, of course, is that she's leaving less than half of the material to be split between her two competitors. will those percentages hold up today against george and gregg? welcome, gentlemen. good luck to all three of you. let's go to work in the "jeopardy!" round. here are your categories. first, some... then... we'll be... and finally... notice the letter n in quotation marks there. amy. model railroading, $200.