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were stolen from storage facility. we explained that crooks are getting crafty. >> it is a story that you only see here. >> i have never had anybody take anything from me, so to see it on video was like, it was a shock. reporter: she has been a hairstylist for 25 years. she owned the salon for 10 years. opening her second location in 2019 was a dream come true. >> i started from the ground up. i put in floors and everything, then the pandemic hit. we were shut down. i maxed my savings out to the point where i started using credit cards to pay my bills. reporter: in november 2020, she put everything in storage, closing. location for good. she planned to open a new second location this spring, but this
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week, got a call from the storage facility with bad news. >> three people with three dollies. it seem like it was about 10 minutes and they were out of there. reporter: as seen in this video, her unit was broken into. she says the manager told her that the suspect rented a unit and can be seen on surveillance accessing and removing nearly all of her belongings the next day. >> it is a slap in the face whef somebody steals your stuff that you work so hard for and it did not come easy. reporter: they say this them new m.o. for crooks. they rent a unit to gain access. all three companies have do not rent to list. she is unsure how much insurance will cover in estimates $10,000 in items were stolen. she is determined to find a new location and says it is the support of others that keeps her
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going. >> i have been doing this for 25 years. i know i will not get my stuff back, but i did work hard. karina: one storage facility employee told her that when crimes like this happen, they hit more than one unit of time. police are investigating. dan: after an eight-hour meeting that lasted into thursday night, the open city council voted to move forward to build a new ballpark. it would be along the waterfront . our reporter has been tracking the story and he is life with the latest developments. some progress. reporter: yes. the votes certified the final environmental impact report by a vote of 6-2. advocates say it is a major step forward, ensuring the team stays in oakland. >> last night, certification of
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the environment a report for the terminal ballpark in the water foot district neighborhood -- waterfront district neighborhood was a huge milestone, the point of no return for this project. reporter: the oakland mayor speaking at a news conference friday following the vote to move the new ballpark development forward. if approved, the final plans include building a 35,000-seat stadium, thousands of units of housing and millions of square feet of new office space at the terminal. >> this is not just a ballpark. it is a new waterfront neighborhood for oakland. reporter: the vote is welcome by the team. >> it paves the way to create binding economic deals between the city and the team. in the community. reporter: they say they are spending money to get the project over the finish line no later than the summer. >> e spending $2 million a month. -- we are spending $2 million a
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month. reporter: not everyone is happy with the proposal. one of two oakland city council member to vote against the report thursday night says he would rather see the team stay at the coliseum. >> everything is in place. you don't have to worry about the environment of issues, the high tides. you have bart, airport, freeway, everything is sitting there. reporter: he wants the team to remain in the east bay city come of it has concerns over the impact on jobs and port operations of the proposal. >> i was selected to represent the people of oakland, and not an institution, not a private business. reporter: while this is a step forward, everyone says there's a long way to go to get it done. dan: it is a long road forward. walk us through the next steps we are looking at. reporter: some include getting a development agreement between the team and oakland and a community benefits agreement finalized as well, so be on the
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lookout for those over the coming months. dan: thank you. karina: california making national news for a new proposed gun bill modeled after texas law that less private citizens take on abortion providers. the bill proposed today would allow individuals to sue gun manufacturers and gun sellers for harm they caused by the firearms they make and sell. >> if texas can use a law to ban a woman's right to choose and put her health at risk, we will use that same law to save lives and improve the health and safety of the people in the state of california, allowing you to enforce the illegal sales and manufacturing of weapons of war and assault rifles and ghost guns. karina: this is one of four pieces of legislation targeting the gun industry. the others would make it illegal to market assault weapons to children and crack down on ghost guns. dan: a bill aims to use cameras
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to reduce traffic fatalities in california. we saw 6% increase in 2020. the program would run in six cities, including san francisco, san jose, and oakland. cameras would be used on streets, school zones, and streets with a history of sideshows and racing. privacy advocates say they are concerned about enforcement of a camera usage, and surveillance. >> speed kills. that is why san francisco has been piloting traffic measures, including cameras. >> it is an open question as to whether this is what should be done that will be most effective. dan: more than 38,000 died in vehicle crashes in 2020 come of the highest since 2007, despite americans driving less because of the pandemic. an update on the health of an oakland firefighter injured this week while battling a high-rise fire. she is still in the hospital.
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authorities tell us that the woman will remain in the hospital for several more days as doctors monitor her recovery. she is one of three firefighters injured when a fire broke out at the apartment building on tuesday. the other two have been released from the hospital. karina: turning to our work to build a better bay area, redwood city sounding the alarm on homeless encampments, calling for a long-term plan. a reporter explains it is a big push to deal with what has become a bay area wide problem. reporter: the remnants of another fire at yet another homeless encampment, this one sunday in redwood city. the mayor quickly calling for action. >> addressing the immediate health and safety issues, that is absolutely important. reporter: taking to twitter, asking for lawmakers to come together to come up with an immediate and long-term plan, also pointing to caltrans. these tents are on its property.
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>> we have no jurisdiction over that, so if we see fuel and propane, we are not able to take action. reporter: caltrans answering the call. >> we received confirmation from caltrans that an immediate plan to clean up the encampments at those locations. reporter: the nonprofit partner life moves is helping mixer people have a place to go. isabella heads up the outreach services. >> we have been approaching the individuals for a while now that are in the encampments in redwood city and across san mateo county. reporter: working to get people the basic needs from health care to housing. >> our first approach is to connect them to the entry system , which means they enter into the county shelter pool and housing pools and services. reporter: across the bay area,
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more, encampment's are popping up in places not seen before, like san mateo county, in places where we have seen them, these images over oakland. redwood city wants to lead the way towards solutions. >> we put tremendous resource into this issue. i don't know another city in san mateo county that has dedicated that much money. i don't know another city that has built as much housing. reporter: next month, the mayor will devote her address to end homelessness and ensure housing. >> we are in the process of building a conference of set of policies to avoid displacement in the first place which is the best way of preventing homelessness, keeping people housed. dan: some transportation news, bart is doing something it has never done, have all fine lines in-service on sundays, beginning this weekend. trains will run until midnight sunday for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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bart says providing the five-line service reduces the need to transfer for morst users. the san francisco ferry will benefit from 3.4 million dollars awarded by the federal transit administration. the money will be used to build the zero-omission, electric fairy to connect the growing treasure island and mission bay neighborhoods with the downtown san francisco and existing ferry service. the man in charge says it is an expansion project just in time for other forms of growth in the city. >> a lot of the new neighborhoods popping up along the shoreline in san francisco are not accessible by fis surfae street. it is difficult to get out of those areas, and we have an effective way of solving the problem by adding more transit to the equation. dan: it already carries 3 million passengers every year. the goal is to get up to half of its fleet powered by zero-omission technology. karina: muni will be free this
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weekend in celebration of the lunar new year and tomorrow's parade. it begins at 5:00 a.m. in leicester monday at 5:00 a.m., all weekend, including cable cars providing direct access to the chinatown community and the weekend festivities. you will not need to tap your clipper corridor activate a ticket. -- card or activate a ticket. we are live with the forecast for tomorrow. hopefully things are good? >> absolutely perfect weather. i want to show you life picture from our camera. this indicates what is to come for tomorrow evening's parade in the city. it begins at 5:15, but you have to get there earlier, so for clock, bright, breezy, mid 60's. by 8:00, grabbed the jacket. bundle up. 55. chinese new year festival takes place both days with the community street fair.
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if you're looking for the warmth, that is tomorrow, cooler, cloudier, and blustery on sunday. after the weekend and all the festivities of the year of the tiger, i have rain to talk about. i will be back with that in a few minutes. dan: would you like a union with your latte? starbucks employees trying to unionize and show solidarity with workers across the country who are making the same effort. karina: tonight, we have a new warning about the quick pay app. warning about the quick pay app. we to be a thriver withers who metastatic breast cancer means asking for what we want. and need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. women are living longer than ever before with kisqali when taken with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pill that's significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant alone.
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dan: here are the pandemic headlines. the daily average of covid-19 cases in the u.s. is at its lowest point in two months. california's test positivity average is 5.4%, matching levels we have not seen since december. experts warned 96% of u.s. counties are reporting high transmission, including the entire bay area. meantime, there is a new covid-19 testing option in alameda county. it opened its second location today, a drive-through at the county fairgrounds. >> it has a bigger appeal, more space, so safer for us and the people coming in. i think we can handle bigger traffic. as a company, we can do anywhere from from 1000 1500 tests per day. dan: it is open from 9:00 to six rpm through march 4, no appointment needed. karina: starbucks employees
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across the country are working to join a growing union. employees rally today in support of seven employees fired in memphis, many sang in retaliation for their effort to unionize. -- saying in retaliation for their effort to unifie unionize. we have more. reporter: dozens rallied outside the starbucks is of the first in the state that moved to unionize them a part of a growing trend across the country. >> we saw the way it happened in new york, then 100 union petitions filed around the country. reporter: the lead to union organizers says the company worked for before covid has changed since the pandemic. >> they are facing covid safety. starbucks has been terrible throughout the pandemic. we are fighting for wages and job security. reporter: starbucks says they
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have followed cdc guidelines, and wage increases are coming this summer. they say we are listening and learning from the partners in the stores as we always do across the country. they also say they are better together as partners without a union between them, though employees continue their work to unionize. the afternoon rally centered around seven employees in memphis who were recently fired. the employees say the firing is retaliation for their efforts to unionize. tarbox says it is in part because of this interview done with the memphis tv station about the unionization efforts. starbucks says that employees violated company policy by reopening us or after closing and inviting non-employees to come inside him including behind the counter and back rooms. >> these are policies they are picking to have the people that is supposed to be voting to be fired and let go to turn the tide for their election. reporter: in santa cruz, the lead organizer says they will continue pushing until memphis employees are reinstated, and they help more employees reach their goals. >> it will keep growing and we
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will not stop until every starbucks that once a union gets a union. karina: thanks. the weekend is here. it is friday. let's talk about the weather. i am so happy. dan: this is fantastic. >> exactly. that is why everyone is smiling. i want to show you some absolutely gorgeous views from our tower cameras. you can see some wispy clouds passing through as you look from emeryville, san jose, golden gate, just a sign of what is to come. those high clouds courtesy of low pressure spinning up those high clouds. there are some radar returns, but unfortunate we will not see the rain in the bay area. it is just moisture in the clouds getting picked up. there is rain coming. we will be tracking it tuesday next week. temperatures now in the 50's and 60's. high temperatures from the mid
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60's today to the low 70's today. getting ready for the lunar new year celebrations in the chinese new year parade. salesforce tower. the year of the tiger. san francisco. sunny and warmer tomorrow. coolecooler and win and win andn winter chill. showers and snow tuesday over the highest peaks. get ready for a dramatic change. upper 30's to upper 40's tomorrow morning, some high clouds and patchy fog. for the afternoon, milder than today, warmer in many areas. 72 in san jose. 74 gilroy. you will need the sunscreen on the peninsula. 60 five half moon bay. 68 in the city. 66 daly city. sonoma, napa, east bay, well above average, oakland, hayward, 70, 71,
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fremont, mild, warm, 72, 71, san ramon, fast-forward early next week when the cold storm comes in, could be some isolated sprinkles monday night, but it is really the sierra that starts to see the snow first, then it continues to accumulate into tuesday. we get our wet weather here, not a lot, light showers, but there is some pink over our higher terrain, indicating there might be some snow over our highest peaks as snow levels come down to 2500 feet. certainly southern california will get some rain and high elevation snstates mt unr f an inch. ot models showing more. we will see what happens. we will need the umbrellas and heavy winter coats. no coats needed tomorrow. warmest afternoon. cooler sunday. president's day cooler, gust year. tuesday, nguy windy with comingr
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way. dan: thank you. ♪ dan: it is a hit song song songg disney's latest hit movie.
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karina: a disney movie is returning to the editors. it has been a huge success.
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to celebrate, it's back this weekend. george pennacchio caught up with one of the stars of the animated movie to talk about its popularity. >> i am so excited. we know all the songs. i'm ready. i am so excited. >> in the film, she voices the role of dolores, who has amazing hearing. she possesses the gift of song. she uses it in the movie. it is set in a magical colombian village. she also gets to be part of this number. ♪ it has become a smash hit. ♪ >> things i had to struggle at the beginning of my career are now wide open.
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so to see where i started 20 years ago having to scratch and pays my way with blood trying to accomplish something, it comes out now and it is the coolest thing. ♪ >> opportunity knocks. opportunity has not. >>, m -- has knocked. >> i am forever grateful. i can't believe i'm here. we broken so many records and made us all feel seen in feel like we have been heard. ♪ and always believe in your dreams, because a dream is worth coming true. >> she has been dreaming about disney for years, beginning with the little mermaid. ♪
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for me. i knew i wanted to be singer after i heard it. 1989, that was the to sing forever. dan: fantastic. you say it is great. karina: i saw it twice in a row. my niece made me watch it. dan: awesome. karina: it is in theaters and on disney plus per disney is the parent company of abc 7. dan: president biden things russia might invade ukraine in the next few weeks. announcer: see what one bay area company is doing to get its employees to safety in that country. >> wells fargo customers lose thousands of dollars in a scam.
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he expects the attack to happen in the coming days and that russian troops will target the ukrainian capital of kyiv. pres. biden: as of this moment, i am convinced he has made the decision. >> you are convinced president putin will invade ukraine, is that what you just said? pres. biden: yes, i did, yes. dan: he says the united states will not be sending troops into ukraine, but will provide support. these promising severe sanctions should the invasion happen and once russia to return to the negotiating table. meantime, bay area companies with employees in ukraine are preparing for a possible invasion. some are being moved away from the russian border. karina: our reporter talked to an employee of one online site in ukraine about the ways the country is already under attack. reporter: ukraine's 41 point 5 million people are well aware of the military buildup along its eastern border with russia.
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the threat is a big concern for san francisco's just answered. 252 people live in ukraine. >> engineering and critical functions are done there, so it is very scary. even more scary on a personal level because it's are our friends. reporter: we spoke with one person near the border who believes russia has initiated cyber attacks. >> we are experiencing cyber attacks on different websites, banking systems, government websites, so it is real. reporter: she has an 18-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. their safety has already been threatened. >> two times in the last four weeks, i had to pick up my kid from school because there was someone older with a bomb in the school. reporter: it puts the current threat level at moderate to high because of military activities. as the threat rises, that will
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initiate more action to protect its workers. >> we are moving from the east to the west as we speak. we are giving them time off, putting them in hotels, and actively helping them move across the country from the more dangerous parts of ukraine. reporter: stress rising. schoolchildren are drilled. it frightened her daughter. >> she was asking me, when are we supposed to expect the real war to come here. why are the russians doing this? why are the people starting the wars? i can really big killed now -- be killed now. reporter: he lived in ukraine prior to the russian threat. the people and the culture captivated them. >> we have been working with him for a long time and are committed to that. dan: we have been reporting about a widespread scam using a popular quick pay app to steal money from bank of america
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customers. that scam is happening again and targeting wells fargo customers. several came to us and we have their stories tonight. they will not -- reporter: no, this is where the money is now. scammers are using the same tactics that dan has been reporting on, this time posing as wells fargo bank employees. they claim to be helping employees -- victim stop the fraud in the but they're tricking them to sending money to crooks. >> the money is gone. it is gone. it like disappeared. reporter: cynthia is still in disbelief. she was convinced it was her bank on the phone, helping her stop fraud and sending her money safely back to her account. instead, the money is gone. >> it is scary. reporter: like so many others, it began with a text. >> they were asking if i approved the transaction, and i
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said no, and then i received a call and the number was from wells fargo. reporter: the woman said somebody was withdrawing her money. she had to stop it fast. >> they told me to transfer funds to myself. reporter: the woman told her to cancel the phone number on her account and instead put her own name, so it seemed legit. these messages seem to show she sent herself $1000, then $700. >> it clearly shows it was deposited. reporter: it wasn't. it was going straight to the imposters using her name to receive her funds. >> my money was gone, so when i went to look, i had six dollars left. $3500 was gone right then and there. reporter: it was nearly identical to the scam that hit thousands of bank of america customers last fall. >> it was an eye-opener. i was shivering and crying. >> i kissed the money goodbye. reporter: now the scam is
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hitting wells fargo customers. >> i was home on a saturday night. reporter: she got a text saying wells fargo bank fraud alert. did you attempt a payment? >> i said no. almost instantaneously, i received a call. reporter: the man said somebody was draining her account. >> it was complete panic. reporter: the man said she better quickly reverse the fraudulent transactions. >> i had to go into the mobile app and remove my phone number. reporter: kelly was skeptical. >> i said, how do i know you from wells fargo? reporter: a man told her to check the caller id, showing the real wells fargo phone number, spoof or she did not know that. she followed his instructions, transferred her funds and read him the transaction code. >> as soon as i gave him the code, the phone conversation disconnected. reporter: and the money was
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gone. >> wiped my account out. reporter: she calm wells fargo. >> i have been a customer for 15 years. they will help me figure it out. they didn't. >> they said we don't guarantee that app. why not? >> it was just, you lost the money. >> sorry, you authorized it. there is nothing we can do. reporter: each filed a claim. each f aim was aim was aim was s bank of america has rejected claims, saying they authorize the transaction, and the app offers no fraud protections. federal law requires refunds for fraudule m out bank of custers.e llfargo did not. the bank tells us it is disheartening that scammers are actively pursuing and defrauding victims, and we understand their frustration and anger expressed. since the mobile app is a form
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of payment, recovering funds typically isn't possible. >> they truly, truly did nothing. >> whether i have one dollar or $1 million, i should be protected. reporter: many victims tell me they had no idea a color idea could be faked, but scammers do it all the time. i have reported on it dozens and dozens of times. they can send funny text messages. if you get a call or fraud alert that seems to be from your bank with a caller id, call your bank directly. wells fargo says it does investigate each case, and i posted the bank's complete response to us at abc7news.com. we need a new law on this. we needed to treat this just like a credit card, so if the money goes out in a bad guy gets it, the customer is not responsible. dan: that will incentivize the banks and everyone to crackdown.
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invasion of ukraine led to another day in the red on wall street. the dow lost 232 points. the nasdaq dropped 168 points. the s&p was down 31. this is a second straight week of losses for all three indices. dan: the number of americans who identify as something other than heterosexual has doubled in the past decade, now 7% of the total population. these are the results of a recent gallup poll. percentages have been stable over the years with older generations, but are rising rapidly in younger generations. 20% of gen z, born in the late 1990's or early 2000, identifies as lgbt, 10% for millennial, 2.5% for baby boomers. among those identifying as lgbt, the majority say they are bisexual. karina: america will mark a
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dan: morrow, 80 years -- tomorrow, it has been 80 years since japanese-americans were incarcerated. services are being held as the focus shifts to solidarity. our reporter spoke with a local filmmaker who is documenting how the japanese and african-american communities are standing together to demand reparations. reporter: february 19, 1942, a day that will live on in infamy, a notch in the past of hatred and xenophobia. >> it is a story that not everybody knows about. reporter: president roosevelt signed executive order 9066 two on scepter pearl harbor. the order called for the incarceration of one hunter 20,000 people of japanese ancestry, the vast majority -- 120,000 people of japanese ancestry, the vast majority american citizens. >> they incarcerated everybody.
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reporter: he was incarcerated at the relocation center outside of the border with thousands of other japanese-americans in 1942. stripped of homes, belongings, and forced to live in awful conditions, like horse stables, until shortly after the war ended. 80 years later, japanese-americans are vowing to remember. >> it means healing and remembering for the community who experience the injustice. reporter: the u.s. government apologized to japanese-americans in 1988 with the passage of the civil liberties back, signed by president reagan, and with that of a reparations for $20,000 to surviving japanese-americans. >> our families did receive reparations, and so many of us feel a certain amount of responsibility to speak out for other injustices that have yet to be atoned for. reporter: today, one san
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francisco filmmaker uses his voice to call for multiracial solidarity once again, this time for african-americans to receive aberrations for slavery and decades of jim crow. >> as a community who struggled for decades, it is a moral obligation to support the efforts. >> this black american cries out as loudly as my asian american brothers and sisters. >> communities across the country are having these events, and many are talking about the topic of lack reparation. reporter: the film will be shown at an upcoming films of remembrance virtual film festival, followed by a panel discussion. >> we as japanese-americans know something about prejudice. reporter: the only non-black memo of the task force will also -- member of the task force will also serve in that panel. >> as we remember our community, we are reminded that each time america has owned up to its wrongs, repaired them, and
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become more inclusive of it has become stronger as a nation. reporter: california is the first and only state to convene a task force to explore reparations for african americans, now gaining support from familiar allies, to repair our countries deepest moral failing on a day we can never forget. karina: of the forecast. we have the chinese new year festival parade going on this weekend. hopefully the weather holds out. dan: that is key. sandhya: the weather will be beautiful. let's show your live doppler just some clouds passing through the bay area now. tomorrow afternoon, sunny, warmer, mid 60's, mid 70's for saturday. check out the chill that will begin sunday. 50's, 60's, colder on monday. temperatures fall below average.
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by tuesday, mostly in the 50's. a few upper 40's. sierra nevada picking up a couple of inches to 10 inches of snow. the seven-day forecast, nice for the weekend, but cooler. a level 1 storm brings wintry conditions with the chill to follow. dan: ok. thank you. karina: let's get to sports with larry. larry: warriors up the sights and sounds of all-star weekend. there is somebody bigger and a celebrity game.
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announcer: now abc 7 sports with larry beil. larry: good evening. two players playing in the big game on sunday. one player in the dunk contest. one in the rising stars challenge. late invitation because of an injury. correcting a glaring omission. he is electric. only 19. still in the process of getting acclimated to the nba. he is learning every day from the veterans. >> i'm watching those guys every single day, the way they work and carry themselves on and off the court.
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helping me. larry: earlier tonight, putting the spell on him. it is the italian high jumper. how about him? do you think he works out. for the browns. coming in hot. 271 pounds. look at the past. -- pass. that is sweet. you know who was to take a charge when he's coming down the lane? nobody. the oakland city council approved the final environment to impact report for the stadium that it the terminal. a major -- stadium at the terminal. a major hurdle overcome. specifically the amount of money that will go towards community benefits.
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kabc7's spoke with the president of the oakland a's. he is a marathon runner and is used to going 26 miles. >> maybe we'll do it like a marathon. what mile are we at now? >> this was a big mile to clear. we might even be at 20 miles. to have it certified, that is an incredible accomplishment. it's like a 4000-page document. $35 million has gone into creating it. it paves the way to create binding economic deals to the city and the oakland a's in the community. >> they are clearly committed. they are putting their money where their mouth is. i don't see anything near that level of activity anywhere else besides oakland. larry: those remarks specifically targeted to las vegas. that was the good news. here is the flip side. mlb announcing the postponement of spring training because of a
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lockout. the players association pushback , saying the lockout is not necessary. the owners oppose this. negotiations could go on simultaneously. good point. free agents can't sign contracts until you have a labor agreement . the delay puts opening-day in jeopardy, scheduled for march 31. talks will resume next week. circling back to myles garrett, if they locked me in a weight room for 10 straight years. karina: not going to happen? larry: i would still look like a little boy next to him. dan: granite. larry: chiseled. dan: gibraltar itself. larry: yes. dan: thank you. karina: coming up tonight, jeopardy national college tampa ship. 20/20 at 9:00. the news at 11:00. dan: finally, some thoughts about what matters. freedom of speech matters a lot.
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our country was founded on that principal. it is a linchpin of democracy and that a free people, but i rentce years, our instinct seems to be to shout down and shut down people we disagree with. it has happened a number of time in recent years at uc berkeley, the home of the free speech movement. as we reported last night, former vice president mike pence spoke at stanford. there were protesters, but no trouble. one demonstrator told us she was there not to stop him from speaking, but to let everyone know she disagrees with him. another student we talked with disagrees with his point of view, but listen to his remarks to better understand that perspective. discourse, the exchange of ideas is vital for a healthy democracy. bad ideas tend to fall by their own weight, but before that can happen in the what matters is they have to be heard, not left to fester and grow in the shadows. i always love to hear from you.
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let me know what you think. follow me on twitter and facebook. karina: that is it for this edition of abc7news. dan: for all of us here, we appreciate your time. i hope you have a nice evening and we see you for the news at 11:00. -- we will see you for the news at 11:00. ♪
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♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants-- an attorney from columbia, south carolina... a communications specialist from st. paul, minnesota... and our returning champion, an elementary school teacher from moraga, california... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now, hosting "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone. you know, we always counsel our contestants on "jeopardy!"-- never count yourselves out. case in point-- on yesterday's show, elementary school teacher matt takimoto
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was in a distant third midway through double jeopardy!, over $8,000 behind the leader, and then staged a remarkable comeback to win the game and secure an emotional first victory. yeah. bridget and carter, welcome. i hope we have another exciting game to end the week here. let's get into the game. here are the categories in the jeopardy! round. ♪ we'll start with some... ...comes next, then... and then... matt, you stuck the landing yesterday. where do you want to start today? let's start with gymnastics for $200. - matt. - what is a perfect 10? - yes. - gymnastics for $400.

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