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livermore, 31, palo alto, 36, san francisco, 42 degrees, so we are on that streak still of five years without a temperature below that. tonight, santa cruz and the north bay coast. frost advisory with temperatures in the low 30's. the stronger cold air and damaging cold air will be the areas in purple with the freeze warning as temperatures in the mid to upper 20's. we still are at the jan. 6, 2017. but today could be tonight with a record of 48 degrees in san francisco, possibly 39, close to a record on friday. we will back to average by sunday. here are other areas that could set records. napa 28. santa rosa 26. remember, shelter everything that is cold, sensitive, pets, plants, and pipes. put that sheet over the
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windshield so you don't have to scrape ice tomorrow. larry: let's get to abc anchor liz kreutz, lies -- live in san helena. liz: you know, the sun is the napa valley. as mike said about how low the temperatures are getting overnight, this region lives and dies by the weather. a few degrees can make a big difference. you add the extremes you see in the past few weeks and growers say it is a concern. >> even though we had some cold weather last night, it is too early to see if we had any damage. liz: at the winery in napa valley, steven wals through his vineyards, looking for signs of damage from the freezing cold weather. steve: this is breka here. liz: the recent temperatures caused grapes to blood earlier than usual and the whiplash is putting them at risk of frothing over. steve: what has been a typical
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is how warm it has been, not so much we would have cold nights, but we wouldn't be in this position if it had been warm. liz: across the north bay, a freeze warning is in effect. a picture earlier in the month when people played pickle ball and swimming under 80 degrees heat. heating centers have been set up in sonoma county to keep people warm. julie dennis came to work on about. julie: it was so nice. last week, i thought we were back in springtime and winter came back. i don't understand this. >> we were basking in 80-degree weather. i knew we would pay the piper at some point. now, perhaps we are. liz: tom davies is the president. he says the plummeting are comfortable and concerning to the bottom line. if the code streak continues, grapes might not survive. he has when machines on standby to prevent damage that occurred
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or -- could occur overnight but that might be not enoguh. >> if it gets colder than 29, 28? >> then it is up to mother nature to see what happens. liz: these are the wind machines he's talking about. they mix warmer air above with colder air closer to they can raise the temp a few degrees but can only help so much. the growers hope temps don't drop. liz kreutz, abc7 news. larry: anyone driving to southern california should avoid interstate five over the grapevine. kristen: look at this. this video shows traffic turnaround near the community this morning after the chp closed the freeway for several hours due to snow and ice. this happens from time to time. the freeway has reopened with
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officers escorting vehicles over the pass, the grapevine. not a great day for air travel. poor weather conditions across the country forced airlines to cancel 2,900 flihghts. american airlines had the biggest hit. it canceled or delayed 40 flights at its dallas hub alone. sfo canceled two dozen flights today. you can track cold temperatures where you live anytime on the abc 7 bay area streaming app. it is available on your roku, amazon fire, android tv, and apple tv. larry: the cold turned deadly for people trying to stay warm in san francisco overnight. a homeless woman died in a fire and three other people were critically hurt. amy hollyfield with details. amy: the victims were trapped inside a cement crawlspace overcome by smoke and fire. one woman died. firefighters rescued three other people who suffered critical
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injuries from inhaling too much smoke and were taken to the hospital. >> it is devastating that people are living in conditions where they're inside a freeway to stay warm. i mean, i't's just, the humanity of it is heartbreaking. amy: running the project that provides daytime shelter at st. john's church in the mission, she worked with the city to try and find a warm place for people to sleep last night, but says there are hundreds of beds and thousands of people who need help. she says this is a complicated issue in the city could start by creating more shelters with fewer requirements for entry. amy: there is lots of reasons people don't get the shelter. couples can't alwyas stay together, but they can stay together in a tent. amy: the fire happened in glen park under the on ramp to interstate 280 at bosworth in san francisco. the supervisor for the district
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says he has tried to address the homeless issue and says his legislation didn't get far in sna francisco, where there are so many opinions. he says he will try again. >> i have a hearing at the committee last april. it was strongly opposed by the coalition on homelessness and its advocates. i will make another round of inquiries with my colleagues to see if we can get this going again, but we have an immediate, urgent problem, and we need shelter. we need to get people off the sidewalks and out of encampments. >> it is supposed to be cold again tonight in the fire department says they need everyone to be their eyes out there in the city tonight. if you see someone who looks like they neighborly from a cold, the fire department asks to call 311. amy holyfield, abc7news. larry: in the south bay, sam liccardo joined volunteers this
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morning to account the homeless population in santa clara county. this is the first count since 2019. organizers say the data informs local strategy to address and end homelessness. volunteers will count tomorrow bright and early at 5:00 a.m. kristen: in the east bay, they antioch police department has a new interim chief. dr. steven ford previously served in the san francisco police department for 31 years. >> restoring and bolstering community trust is critical and i look forward to establishing community relationships with our schools, businesses, neighborhoods, faith-based groups, and most importantly and specifically, our youth. kristen: antioch mayor lamar thorpe says the department path to change previously focused on internal candidates and that does not work with the antioch of today he says. mayor thorpe: change is difficult but that difficulty can never get in the way of our pursuit to be a better city.
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kristen: he is advancing a h measure to create a deputy chief position in the police department, focused on long-term planning, particularly in addressing the operational effectiveness. larry: a man wanted for burglarizing more than 50 businesses in the south bay has been arrested. the crimes took place in san jose over the course of at least a year. abc7news reporter zach fuentes tells us the arrest is a huge relief for the victims. zach: take a look at this surveillance video shared by the san jose police department. you see the suspect throwing a rock into the window, breaking in before shuttering it all together. he then goes inside and steals i cash register from the business. san jose police department says the suspect has done that same thing at more than 50 businesses in san jose. >> the detectives are still working on the case and looking for other victims, small businesses affected. zach: the arrest bringing peace of mind to the owner of the business, the scene of the
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january surveillance video. >> finally happy. zach: the owner, still holding onto the rock the suspect used to smash the window. >> it was scary. zach: the business owner tells me this affect only got away with a little under $50, but the cost to repair the damage was in the thousands of dollars. >> every time this has happened, we have to spend more money, to protect our business, protect myself. zach: she had to close a business for a day while trying to find a new track -- cash register. police have been investigating the burglary as the suspect is believed to be involved since fibroid 2021. they say many of the vehicles he used were stolen. they would not elaborate on how they caught up to him. they said a similar way in which he broke into the businesses helped connect the dots, leading to what they needed. it is business as usual at cj's barbecue, so new and extra security precautions in place. >> it has to be stopped.
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kristen: teamsters protested
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ups. the company san francisco hub. they are upset over the decision to ln amy -- eliminate the extra pay, despite record profits in the fourth quarter last year. >> these were increases they paid over and above the contractual wage to help attract and retain employees. they are literally taking six dollars an hour away from these part-time people in some of the most expensive parts of the country, let alone california, to live. kristen: similar protests in planned -- are planned in other parts of the country this week. we reached out to ups but have yet to hear back. larry: soft bay residents made their first court appearance today, suspected of running a ghost gun operation in san jose. county leaders are taking a stand against the illegally created firearms. dustin dorsey explains how a new proposed ordinance hopes to cut down the rising rate of ghost guns in the county. dustin: as one santa clara
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county crisis winds down, another is rising. many have focused on health and safety during the pandemic but keeping people safe from violence and crime is becoming a growing problem due to the increase of so-called ghost guns. > in 2015, we recovered for ghost guns in our county. last year, 293. >> ghost guns in the hands of criminals are a growing problem for law enforcement and the people who live, work, and play in our community. dustin: the district attorney says ghost gun usage is rising in hate crimes and were involved in the highest profile crimes in the county this year. a carjacking suspect used one in a shootout with police in january in san jose and yesterday, three were arrested for a full-scale ghost gun factory in willow glen. part by illegal part, they are brought into the county at a level we have never seen before. people are getting robbed, murdered, and we will not stand
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by it. lee -- otto lee and cindy chavez have partnered in our birds -- partnered on an ordinance preventing ghost guns, to build on a regulation log going into effect in july to ensure safety in the county from what officials call deadly diy projects. >> anybody who is thinking about trying to purchase this and by this online, do not. this is a crime. prevention, the laws, and ordinances, police operations, and prosecutions, to make these ghost guns disappear. dustin: the proposal will go. . before the board of supervisors march 8. in santa clara county, dustin dorsey. kristen: pacific gas & electric promises additional steps to reduce the number of public safety power shut off. in the months and years ahead. utility officials addressed a commission during a virtual public hearing today.
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it executed five power shut off in 2021, down from six in 2020 and seven in 2019. the shutoffs took place in 41% fewer counties than 2020, impacting 88% fewer customers. officials expect better results moving forward. >> we anticipate significant improvements to our forecasting capability, and invest in the infrastructure to target the highest risk for shutoffs and reduce the impact for customers. kristen: utility officials say the number one goal for 2022 is preparedness, making sure customers have an emergency plant before any psps. larry: we will need the heat on, electricity tonight, mike, because another cold stretch. how long will this last? mike:. through. friday morning saturday will be average. speaking of pg nd, thinking about your bill being higher for gas to stay warm then it was the
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last time around. here is a look from the roof cam. it is a little breezy in some spots and making 50 degree temperatures feel cooler than that outside. freezing the next few nights. sunny, cool, and clean-air the next two afternoons. milder saturday and unsettled patterns start. we have the medium-range models and it is a split decision on whether we received rain and where it is. several chances through the seven-day forecast is significant. let's look at what is going on. 20's and 30's this morning in the north bay and most of you are in the 50's, behind at 52 in sausalito at 50 one. 50 san francisco and cupertino, 53. alameda 54 and lafayette, 55. winds up to 22 in san francisco. that is as fast as i get. 24 santa rosa and it will come down during the evening as the low pushes away. the winds will taper but it will
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leave behind another night of cold temperatures. if you are running errands, already in the upper 40's by 6:00 to 43 by 9:00. you will want to dress warm. once again, the freeze warning in the purple, upper 20's, frost advisory, mountains in the north bay, temps in the 30's get anything cold sensitive could have a hard time surviving. i'm thinking 20's and 30's across the board with a record 39 in red -- san francisco, 26 santa rosa, livermore 28, 34 redwood city but places like palo alto dropped to 31. san jose 32. a degree or two warmer tomorrow than today and temperatures in the 50's with wall-to-wall sunshine. let's look at the european model starting saturday afternoon and look at this, it has a nice push of wet weather, mainly north of us and another series of storms,
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the second one coming monday. it mainly north again and another one tuesday and wednesday, it pushes south through the rest of our neighborhoods and we are out of it by thursday. if you look, almost average. 2.15 inches. the gfs model, the american model, says we will get nothing during this time. we have to wait until we are closer. a couple of cold mornings followed by cooler average afternoons. increasing clouds means warmer warnings -- mornings and afternoons. at 60 to 66 through the weekend and 70 possible tuesday, one of our warmest days between chances of showers. larry: big day for bay area restaurants and chest that have made a list of semi finalists for the 2022 james beard awards. the house of prime rib in san francisco, a semi finalist. they are in the best hospitality
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category. kudos to the owner of the tea house in san francisco, upper outstanding restaurant tour. among the other local semi finalists, corn barbecue in oakland and the best restaurant category, reams in oakland and san francisco, upper outstanding shaft, and crystal and david of oakland in san francisco, semi finalists in the emerging chef category. winners will be announced in june secured >> after a two-year closure, the brooklyn restaurant is reopening. in an instagram post, it says it will resume service march 8. reservations open monday at 9:00 a.m.. to dine there, you will have to prove vaccination and a booster for those who are eligible. the restaurant is hiring to build its staff backup. larry: and east bay woman says she was treated like a second-class citizen by a
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larry: an alameda woman is calling into question how she says she was treated on a delta air lines flight. she reached out to abc 7 kristen: after she was forced kristen: to move seats to accommodate two other passengers on board she says. now that abc 7 stepped in, delta is investigating. larry: race and culture reporter
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julian glover spoke to the passenger. >> that is who i fly with. julian: that all changed after her recent trip with delta airlines. she and her boyfriend were heading to atlanta on delta hub to visit family. >> my mom lives there and i went to visit her and her sisters, who have some kids. julian: on the return flight that were a third, musical chairs in the air. she was seated in row 15 in the window seat but by the end, she was sitting in row 34. she said the two women next to her in the aisle seats were upset about their seat assignment. >> they felt they were ticketed first class seats. they could not provide the ticket. julian: after the complaints went on for an hour, the flight crew recorded the exchange. >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] julian: camille says that was a delta flight attendant speaking with the two passengers next to her. eventually, he proposed a solution to get the women more
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space, but camille would have to move. >> there is a cpac there -- seat back there with more space. >> i don't want to make it a race thing so instead of asking the two white women, and attempt to accommodate then, they made me move. i don't know why had to move because that was a seat i paid heoved to r newthe plate plane. she was embarrassed by the experience. >> as i walk back there, it is humiliating, like having the entire flight look at you, and everybody is asking what is going on. julian: after getting back to the bay area, she spent days trying to contact delta airlines. camille: submitted an online complaint. julian: after hours of holding, she got a supervisor on the phone and told her. camille: you're basically saying there's is nothing you can do. julian: not satisfied with the
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response, she reached out to abc7news after we stepped in. delta provide about thus the following statement. "delta has no tolerance for discrimination in any form in these allegations are counter to our values of respecting and honoring diversity of our customers. camille feels these words are hollow after her experience. camille: i was displaced to make two white women comfortable. that does not make sense. julian: do you think you will fly delta anytime soon. camille: never again. larry: you can get in touch with him on twitter and facebook @ juliang. on instagram, he is @julianglovertv. kristen: it is part of a first in the nation effort to look at slavery and how it affected the lives of black americans. the committee is meeting today and tomorrow to discuss the economic impact and begin to
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prepare a report. that is expected to be finished by june. the committee is expected to vote tomorrow on who is eligible to receive any potential reparations. the vote is expected to set a historic precedent, especially since california is the first state to do so. larry: new signs today that a russian invasion into ukraine is imminent. coming up, we will hear from a woman living in ukraine about the growing worries there. ♪ kristen: more signs the pandemic is easing. i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida.
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>> this is abc7news. larry: new signs of russian invasion into ukraine is likely imminent. a senior defense official says
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russia has about 80% of its forces in forward position and ready to go. ukraine has responded with the state of emergency and in the u.s., president biden announcing more sanctions. the rain shot in washington with the latest. julian: a senior defense official saying russia has 80% of forces around ukraine in forward positions and are as ready to go as can be. >> it will not be bloodless. there will be suffering. there will be sacrifice. all of that must -- reporter: ukraine declaring a state of emergency, confirmed by parliament, placing heightened security managers and curfews in part of the country under government control. ukraine is holding onto hope for a diplomatic solution. there foreign minister tells the u.n. general assembly strong action can force russia to drop the potential plans. >> it is clear, president putin
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will not stop by himself. >> this is president putin's war of choice. if he choices -- chooses to escalate further, russia, and russia alone, will bear full responsibility for what is to come. reporter: president biden today announcing new sanctions against norwich stream to pipeline. earlier, germany poured -- pulled certification from the critical pipeline from russia. >> we ensured this is an $11 million prize investment that is a hunk of steel sitting at the bottom of the sea. reporter: the european union putting in place more tough sanctions, targeting two russian banks and blacklisting all of russia's parliament, who sided with you -- prudent to send troops into ukraine. ukraine said the cyberattack has knocked government sites off the internet and multiple banks were having issues. kristen: the much of ukraine russia wants to control has spread fear across the rest of the country.
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the capital of kyiv is a likely target. connecting with the teacher who once lived in soviet-controlled ukraine it is resolved to live in the democratic country. reporter: residents of eastern ukraine have hunkered down in shelters in their homes as russian troops shelled the luhansk region. a power suffered damage as did a school, causing fear across ukraine. >> i try to say, ca-- stay calm, but i have difficulty falling asleep. reporter: natalia lives in a small town, one hour from the belarus-russian border. her town lies in the path of russian troops expected to advance on the capital city of kyiv. seeing russia take back our country is unsettling. natalia: i do not want to have anything to do with russian culture or
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a threat to my country, to my family, to my city. >> with gunfire, others are under cyberattack. >> today, i class and internet collapsed. reporter: she is confident ukraine's military and civilians can defend their nation, but also believes help from the west will be needed. >> it is about the equpment. it's about the weaponry. it is about ecy.in this particue need help. reporter: it is expecteder: it i is engaged in espionage to gather intelligence about american support. >> the defense contractor and defense industry, one interest for russia, to get information about what kind of weapons would be sent to ukraine. reporter: as troops continue to
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move in, natalia ponders the impact on her. natalia: freedom always costs something. and i hope that it won't cost our life. reporter: david louis, abc7news. larry: scary to the latest covid-19 developments, transmission is decreasing in parts of the bay area. marin and san mateo counties are in the moderate tear, meaning 10 to 49 cases per 100,000 people, and five to 7% test positivity rate. vallejo city council voted unanimously to lift the cities and/or mask mandate for vaccinated people and google is dropping its vaccine mandate. the company plans to require most employees to come into work three days a week but a date has not been set. kristen: the lengths some people will go to to keep kids off social m
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larry: time for the four at four. there is a new study that tells you of wine or coffee that are good or bad for you or dark chocolate, whatever it is. today, no different. a study from the journal of american heart association finds doing chores like cooking, vacuuming, and gardening provide enough movement to protect against heart disease in women. the study study study study stuy
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chores to show that any physical activity is good of the comments on one article say it sums it up, one person wrote men complete have the household chores greatly improves the physical, mental well-being of women. i'm going to approach this delicately here. would you like a hoover or a dyson for mother's day, just so we know in advance? kristen: he uses a dyson. i'm healthy anyway, right? i am not taking the dyson. let me tell you. i always think with studies, you have to look who did the study and funded it. it without the questions to that, i cannot speak to the validity of the study. uc sanuc sanuc sanuc sanuc sanun who funded it? who funded it? larry: i think you might be
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taking this too seriously. mike: i know my wife did not fund that. larry: i want to see the methodology. happy wife, happy life. kristen: this is why you have been married so long. how much would it cost you to convince your child to stay off social media for six years? i said six years. for one mom, only $2000. >> would you ever want to stay on social media until you were $1800? >> being 12, i didn't have a great some -- concept of money so i was like, absolutely. is on snapchat and instagram and got the 1800 bucks. he plans to buy a tv for his dorm room when he starts college. he got into a great college
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because he was off social media during all the time his peers were off social media. larry: i like the way the mom said $1800. 12-year-old says well. i am rich. kristen: i would do it for $100. mike: it is not too good for you to try that. larry: stay off social media and learn how to negotiate better. always ask for more. mike: you domike: you do $1800 to stay off social media. i will just do it your larry: a lot of people feel that way. larry: to a very different kind of mother-son interaction, this mom is her son's biggest fan. all she wanted to do was say hi. take a look here to >> this is my mom, hold on.
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>> i'm trying to work right now. don't be holding up traffic. larry: mom. trying to work. miles harris works in columbus ohio and posted on social media, writing typical sandy, and that video took off. that is so huge. it isn't that fantastic? kristen: he just throws up his hands. he is like, mom, what are you doing here? larry: it is traffic and stuff. kristen: you probably know me well enough to know that could be me. that mom driving by. do you need anything? larry: that is at the volleyball games. every practice and everything else. mike: we are hungry. let's go to where they are working or by a baseball game. kristen: i have been good about not showing up at my sons
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current workplace. he has bandmate. >> that is what happened. kristen: kanye west, highly anticipated gap and balenciaga collaboration has hit stores and it is a hit. the collection includes logo t-shirts, hoodies, and a denim jacket with jeans. eight items went on sale today and minutes after their release, several of the limited edition audits sold out. prices range from $120 to $440. well, what do you think? mike, would you pay for that? mike: that is me. that, i would wear to the pool. this morning. i would have loved to have had that. >> your swimming when it is 30 degrees every morning? it is like, where is the water? >> that is a better story than the comedy story.
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didn't he have the hardy on backward so i covered his face at the super bowl? wasn't that the thing? kristen: something like that. i feel like the denim is the most decent of them all. larry: like the 1980's. kristen: compared to that flashback thing? that one? larry: is that with the label says? draft -- trust back? mike: it is not my style but if you bought one of those, would you be able to sell it for a lot more? kristen: if it is limited-edition and a certain amount of people could get them. larry: entrepreneur kristen. the hoodie sold out? kristen: it will be selling on ebay like the ipod for $1200. you saw that yesterday? kristen: i actually still have one and never governed of it. with a wheel and everything. larry:
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larry: black finds is celebrating its 11th year with the festival this weekend, the best by usa today voted. it is a community celebrating black-owned wineries, which represent less than 1% of winemakers. kumasi aaron talked with the founder this morning on abc 7. >> we are all about just creating safe space for folks to be themselves, luxury, yet
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unpretentious, wine experiences. larry: the event is sold out but you can find the black finds experience sunday in oklahoma. kristen: if you are heading to black finds, you can check out a sparkling wine delivery service, started right here in the bay area. larry:, crn spoke with the founders who say they started their business because they were concerned with how wine it was marketed to black women. >> we have grown up together and known each other since college. we are wives and moms and needed time for each other, so we started our own date night and with that, we got into sparkling wine tasting. we noticed that one, we wouldldd spend a lot of money on a bottle we were excited about, but one of us would like it, one of us would hate it, and we didn't know why. we wanted to explore what was the main brand and in doing that, we noticed there was no place for us to find the
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solution. kumasi: i love it. love it. this was just before the pandemic. that is one emotion was high in the pandemic hit and you are like, oh, my goodness, and you kept going. was that challenging? >> we get that question get th and for us, we started january 2020. we do not know anything else than a pandemic-driven business. we started doing festivals. that is how we met our subscribers like back -- black joy parade. march 2020 hit and we pivoted. we were already making commerce business so for us, we knew that was great. we wanted to be recession-proof and we didn't know it needed to be pandemic-proof. studies show everybody started to purchase online, which benefited for us, and when you think about the pandemic, people were not able to celebrate
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birthdays together or see their families from across the country and so what this was able to do is facilitate the happy moments so they were able to send celebrations and a box to their loved ones. kumasi: how do you feel when you think about starting? here we are at the beginning of 2022 and just to see how this has taken off. >> it feels amazing. i think we came in the right moment with the right product for the right people. for us, it is like, as moms, we are excited to set that example for our daughters. i think that the reception we are getting in the wine industry, we thought it would be harder than it was, but our goal and mission whne we joined was to start our own table and not try to conform. that is what has worked for us, feeling our girls night that we had fun and discovered that was judgment free is what we are giving to our sippers and women
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could not be happier to receive that. kristen: you can check out this sip this weekend at the black finds wine festival in berkeley saturday and the black joy parade in oakland on sunday. larry: hopefully, it will be warmer the -- this weekend because we are cold! mike: we will trade a little bit of sunshine for mild temperatures this weekend, and yes, it will be 60's both those afternoons. here is a beautiful shot as we look out across the blue sky and the clean-air. what we are looking out into the evening are temperatures dropping rapidly into the 40's by 6:00. even some 30's showing up by 11:00. look at the clean air that will continue all the way through the weekend. once again, letting you know we have the freeze warning tonight, 2:00 to 9:00 and tomorrow night from 2:00 to 9:00 a.m. i want to show you what is going up in tahoe. look at the beautiful shot.
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you have anywhere from a foot, a couple more inches of snow yesterday and it will be colder than average the next several days and they have a chance for snow monday and a better chance wednesday. our seven-day forecast shows as freezing cold mornings in the 20's and thursdays --- 30's. you can see the more manageable weather starting saturday. kristen: it was a magical day at san francisco city hall. mayor london breed raised a flag to celebrate the return of harry potter and the curse child. the play started up again last month. tomorrow is the official opening night. cursed child open 1 october 2019, but like everything else, shut down march 2020. >> it has been quite a journey to get back to this moment of celebration. i want to express how grateful we are to the city for making this moment possible. >> just amazing to have it in san francisco as we focus on our recovery and open the city and as people and tourists come
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back. york are the only cities in the u.s. you can see the play, which is fabulous. tomorrow night, city hall will be lit up in the colors of the hogwarts houses, even green slytherin. larry: you know what is nice? we are starting to see momentum with things coming back in place, shows. kristen: things that make us smile. larry: yes! twists and turns for you. safe haven turning into old nightmare for a woman seeking safety.
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larry: tonight, we start out at 8:00 with the goldbergs, the wonder years, the connors, and home economics, than a million people things, followed by abc7news at 11:00. you want to get away from the cold with the new movie? a new thriller streaming on hulu on friday takes bad weather and makes it worse. reporter george pennock from our sister station with a preview. >> the -- leave and you are back in jail. it ♪ george: our young woman in rehab rakes out in an attempt to get to her critically ill mother but a blizzard sensor to a shelter instead until the storm passes. inside this safe haven, it is actually where the real danger lies.
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>> i have a feeling in your life, you have loved a good twist. >> the first time i read a novel, i remember being gob smacked. i did not see one thing coming because you think you can see it. >> i think what they did to the film, it is so twisty and turning. i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. you think you have not and then it runs away from you again. george: little girl sets this movie in motion. who did it and why? >> it is a genre. the story is about people who go on a journey and change and grow. they are more about how actors reveal under intense pressure. george: of anna rose lou plays the lead. she got bruised a lot during the filming she says but growing up as a dancer, bruises are no big deal she says. >> i am used to throwing myself
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on the hardwood. i think a lot of the physicality of this character, i felt like the right person to play the part for those reasons because i felt capable of putting my body in circumstances that might feel dangerous or typical. i really enjoyed the stun aspect of this. >> i have to go now. george: no exit takes place in the dead of winter, but -- >> in truth, we were sitting -- shooting on a soundstage in auckland, new zealand in summer. george: the magic of the movies. you can enter only on hulu beginning friday, rated r. in los angeles, george pennock. larry: the call is coming from inside the house! abc 7 is launched all-new, all local streaming channel, 24/7, mix of live news and local programs, livestream available to everybody and it is free. you can watch on your phone or tv at the abc 7 bay area streaming tv app and join us
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whenever you want. that will do it for this edition. i am larry.
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. >> firefighters are calling it one of the most challenging fires they have ever fought after responding to a fire inside the crawlspace of a freeway overpass. tonight, one person is dead, and calls to address the crisis are increasing. dan: you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00. it happened here in an overpass on interstate 280. as hour reporter explains, homeless advocates are now calling for action. >> trapped by flames inside a crawlspace under an

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