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state of disarray. reporter: it's been a while day. the top trend hash tag is rip twitter. a lot of people are asking, what happens next? elon musk fired half the company's workforce just a few weeks ago. since then, things have gotten more tumultuous. in email, musk gave employees until 2:00 this afternoon to commit to working extremely hard core or be laid off in the company. according to several sources, many employees who got this e-mail did decide to resign including several work -- who work on targeting misinformation and hate speech. the company is in chaos. twitter has not responded for comments but elon musk has been tweeting throughout the evening including one to say that usage had hidden in all-time high. >> this is one of those really unusual cases that's going to go down in corporate history no

matter how it plays out. even if elon musk pulls it off. one of the weirdest acquisitions and first few weeks of someone taking over a company that i've personally ever seen. reporter: it's not just employees who have been bidding twitter farewell. thousands of users have been posting where you can find them on also -- on other social medias if twitter doesn't survive. it remains unclear how many twitter employees have resigned and how many remain working at the company. no one really knows where we go from here. one thing that is probably a reality is that twitter will be a very different place tomorrow than it was even just a few hours ago. abc7news. ama: so many local tech workers being laid off from several companies in recent months. we wanted to turn our attention to the mental health aspect of things and how this is affecting people's daily lives. amanda del castillo yo has the

outlook tonight. reporter: large-scale layoffs sending shockwaves through silicon valley with many learning very quickly, tech is not untouchable. how are these massive cuts across various companies impacting mental health? >> it will take a while for to emerge about how bad this will be for the psychological point of view. reporter: this psychology professor says the holiday season makes this an especially hard time to be hit with job loss. adding, this new generation of tech workers may not have any experience navigating life after being laid off. >> they may be thrown a curveball here on top of very stressful times. that's worrisome. reporter: he was a child during the 2008 recession. >> i asked my dad who experienced it what to do. reporter: he was laid off in mid-october by a bay area tech company. moving from a dual income to single income household, he and his fiancee turned their focus

to finances. >> it changes things. we are pulling back our budget on a lot of items and making sure not to tap into savings early. reporter: cutting down christmas spending and instead investing in self-care. he and his fiancee run a family business so he has managed to keep busy. >> waking up early, driving to ups, dropping them off. it's great working in the warehouse. it's nice. reporter: turning back to tech, he says the general consensus across the industry's cautious optimism that the new year will hold new implement opportunities. he admits there is concern over the unknown. his fiancee also works intact. >> it's not just the people who are laid off who have all the stress. there's the survivors, if you will, who still have their jobs. their friends, their colleagues, their -- when is the next shoe

going to drop? is it going to drop on me? reporter: abc7news. ama: if you are struggling with mental health, there's help. had to abc7news.com for local resources. dan: a man was found dead at a house fire in concord tonight. firefighters say it was set deliberately. the fire broke out around 7:00 tonight. not far away from concord high school. reporter: we've confirmed with contra costa founder -- fire that it was set in multiple locations throughout the house. fire officials say they found one man dead. >> 150 feet in the air. reporter: he began to record with his phone. >> the ash stream, you wouldn't have believed it. it looked like glitter from all

the embers. i was shocked. reporter: fire officials say this house was intentionally set on fire. the victim's brother wouldn't talk on camera but tells abc7news that his brother was 76 years old and owned the house. >> there was somebody in the house that passed away. there were multiple fires set at multiple locations on the property. that is scary to me. i don't like hearing that. reporter: the neighbor is thankful that it's a cold night and not very windy, given how quickly the fire could have spread to nearby homes. >> i'm surprised. i bet if it was windy, it would have been worse than this. reporter: family members of the victim say they still don't know the motive for the fire. abc7news. ama: tomorrow, elizabeth holmes will officially hear her sentence. the case that gained national attentional now focuses in on a san jose federal courtroom.

for -- four years after the fall of her blood testing startup, the question now is how much time if any she could serve in prison. federal prosecutors have asked the set -- judge to sentence her to 15 years in prison and a fine of $800 million. >> the court will be looking at somewhere on the low-end of two to three years. i think on the high-end, somewhere between seven and eight years. under 10 would be my guess. ama: attorneys argue she is already paid a price for her crime and will continue to deal with the aftermath for the rest of her life. dan: now to the end of an era on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi announcing today she will no longer serve as democratic leader in the chamber. she will remain in congress representing san francisco. rachel scott has more on pelosi's message today and the response from her colleagues. reporter: today on capitol hill,

congress coming to a standstill. a historic passing of the torch. >> the house will be in order. reporter: nancy pelosi announcing that she will no longer lead house democrats. something she's done for 20 years. >> for me, the hour has come for a new generation to lead the democratic caucus that i so deeply respect. reporter: pelosi is a singular factor in american history. >> when i came to congress in 1987, there were 12 democratic women. now there are over 90. we want more. reporter: the first and only female speaker of the house. her father, a congressman himself, politics in her blood. first came motherhood. raising five children before she switched careers. >> never would i have thought that i went from homemaker to house speaker. reporter: pelosi worked with

four presidents, often going toe to toe with donald trump. >> the power of the speaker is awesome. awesome. reporter: president biden calling her the most consequences speaker of the house in our history. the announcement comes three weeks after her husband paul was visually -- viciously attacked. >> to my dear husband who has been my beloved partner in life and my pillar of support, thank you. we are grateful for all the prayers and well wishes as he continues his recovery. thank you so much. reporter: pelosi says she will remain in congress, just not in leadership. in january, republicans take power but only with a slim majority. >> last week, the american people spoke and their voices were raised in defense of liberty, of the rule of law, and of democracy itself. reporter: abc news, washington. dan: right now, we have a full look back at speaker pelosi's

rise in politics starting in california from a behind-the-scenes player to the top democratic fundraiser in history and a force to be reckoned with. >> to get women to run for public office. she also saw that people of color needed to be in public office. dan: our complete coverage of her career in politics is on the front page of our website. ama: a live look from our sfo airport camera as it gives up -- gears up for an influx of thanksgiving travelers. abc 7 committed to building a better bay area, including focusing on the economy. 54 million people expect it to travel over the holiday. this will be the third base asked thanksgiving travel day since 2000. we were at sfo tonight and spoke with passengers. >> i've noticed an increase in traffic. i try to get there two to three hours early, just in case. you never know what's going to happen. ama: roads are also supposed to

be packed next week with the busiest travel day being wednesday. dan: more to come. san francisco building flooded twice by broken water pipes. the owner hit with another problem. ama: a recall for parents tonight. the concerning issue with this yellow onesie. dan: a trusted review for your weekend plans. yelp names its best brunch and all of california and it's right here in san francisco. sandhya: gusty wind and warmer weather tomorrow. if this pattern is going to stick around through the weekend, coming up. ama: a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> thanks. tonight, let's watch each other. >> how long were you on grey's anatomy? >> 11 seasons. >> do you big -- do you get better attention at the hospital because of that? >> absolutely.

ama: the owner of a san francisco high-rise that flooded twice is being hit with another lawsuit. another 56 tenants claim management violated safety laws, broke promises during repairs and charged rent while he was on have -- uninhabitable. the first water leak happened in june. heinz real estate group denied the allegations. the building will be unoccupied until next year. dan: now to your voice and your vote. an update on key alameda county elections still not called. in the race to become district attorney, pamela price has widened her lead by a full four percentage points over challenger terry wiley. the race for oakland mayor was very close.

lauren taylor's lead is within just 500 votes. alameda county official savo tate -- counting is taking so long because of mail-in ballots coming in close to election day. >> it put a lot of pressure on us in a very short time to process a couple hundred thousand votes as quickly as we could. we will be looking at processes that we can put in place and some equipment that can help us. this is the new normal. dan: there are more than 60,000 votes left to camp at the registrar says most of them should be done by the end of the day tomorrow. ama: new developments in a story we brought you last night. uc berkeley law school is joining forces with yale and harvard to pull out of u.s. news & world report rankings. in a letter to the community, the dean of uc berkeley says participating in the rankings outweighs the cost. he echoes the dean of other two schools, saying the rankings

don't appropriately value efforts to attract diverse students. u.s. news and reports released a statement saying it will continue to rank schools whether or not they submit data. new 11:00. an ultra popular kids brand is recalling some 50,000 pairs of these infant pajamas. they are footed yellow pajamas with a heart pattern. the u.s. consumer safety product commission has concerns they are -- they have small wires that could injure young children. no injuries have been reported. if you own any, request a wit -- refund on their website. dan: a live look across buffalo. a monster winter storm moving into hit upstate new york. the region could see more than four feet of snow piling up in the coming days. the state of emergency was declared new york counties today. there have already been multiple car crashes with some highways partially shut down.

this comes eight years after a lake effect system hit the area with five feet of snow and left for -- 13 people dead. the storm is expected to last through sunday. they are used to snow in buffalo. not quite like this. pretty serious for them. let's turn to sandhya patel with our forecast and what a situation in upstate new york. sandhya: this could be of historic proportions. it is going to impact travel as the heavy snow is hitting the area. you will notice right now on live doppler 7, they are expecting this to last several days. some areas around buffalo expected to get over four feet of snow. they've already seen up to a foot. as we take at the warnings that are up, lake effect snow warning on the buffalo side. winter storm warning and pink here. you will notice winter weather advisories and purple. definitely going to be blowing heavy snow. low visibility. it's going to be paralyzing for

that area. for us, we have an inside slider. a system that is moving into the northern portion of california. it will move down the spine of the sierra. as it moves down, high-pressure is going to come in. high-pressure builds in. the winds funnel from the high to the low, right through california which means gusty winds. strongest winds in southern california tomorrow. that will bring a fire weather watch this weekend. into affect on saturday. high wind watch coming up tomorrow night through saturday and a wind advisory for the weekend. definitely be careful if you are traveling down south. here's a look at the forecast. 71 in los angeles tomorrow. the sun will be shining. reno at 44 and partly cloudy. 58 degrees. as we look at statewide conditions, here's the latest from the drought monitor. minor improvements across the state in just about every category since last week which includes us here in the bay area.

the exceptional categories frank. we are looking at severe to extreme drought continuing in the bay area. nothing on live doppler 7 right 's..temperatures in the 30's to feeling the chill in our inland valleys and from our san jose camera. gusty winds in the hills. warmer tomorrow afternoon. chilly mornings, cooler days this weekend. slight chance of showers in the north bay tuesday. tomorrow afternoon, picking up over 30 miles per hour across some of our north and east bay hills. it continues tomorrow night and dries out the atmosphere. we have enough moisture in the visitation to where it lessens the fire danger. be aware, mid 30's to upper 40's. low 50's tomorrow morning. fog at the coast. higher coast -- clouds up above. low 60's to low 70's. sunshine for friday. rain chances fading quickly. right now, looking like tuesday, it will state of the north now.

slight chance for the north bay. accuweather 7 day forecast. gusting and warmer tomorrow. temperatures drop for the weekend and a slight chance of showers in the north bay. thanksgiving is dry. ama: thank you. sunday is transgender day of remembrance. a time to memorialize those killed due to anti-transgender hatred. an of that day, we are releasing our latest abc seven original. >> she was a typical teenager. we only knew her for 17 years. >> she was trying to figure it out. that was the most vicious attack i could think of. >> she tried to escape from that house and was pulled back in. >> i want people to learn from this. >> the media and public learned about trans lives and trans deaths. it was a moment of change. ama: you can watch starting

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ama: a san francisco restaurant had the best brunch in california.

it's a tie in fusion restaurant located in lower nob hill. it opened in 2018. it has a 4.5 star rating on yelp with more than 1200 reviews. the menu includes chicken and waffles. i know you don't like that but i do. dan: i will make an exception. ama: ube latte and more. i'm so cultured. the rankings were based on the total volume and ratings of reviews. nine other restaurants from san francisco made the list. dan: i have to get that list. pretty good stuff. the 49ers played mexico on monday night. what are they doing in colorado? ama: larry beil is here with sports. larry: you ever hear the phrase, your attitude determines your altitude? the 49ers are at altitude trying to get ready for elevation. that's ne

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larry: the 49ers getting acclimated to high altitude as they prepare for their monday night game against arizona. what they didn't count on was snow. the niners practicing in colorado springs, temps in the 20's. they will play in mexico city monday night on abc seven. temperatures in the 70's there. christian mccaffrey grew up in colorado so the cold was fun for him. >> i love it. it reminds me of my childhood. obviously the altitude is the reason we are here. it's nice to be able to adjust to that. it's a lot of fun. played in a lot of games in this kind of weather and high school. definitely brings me back to the

good old days. larry: he works out. thursday night football. frozen trump -- tundra of lambeau field. trickery. derrick henry, jump past. austin hooper had a couple of touchdown catches in this game. aaron rodgers trying to get back in. packers down 27 -- 20-17. no communication. just frustration. 27-17 titans. to the ice we go. sharks wearing their special purple warm-ups on hockey fight cancer night. going for their fourth straight win. erik karlsson sends it up on that. it's 4-3 now on his eighth of the year. 2.5 minutes later, carlsen assisted on the first three goals. 4-4 on his 11th of the year. great season.

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