>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: mn set to visit judge i hours in what police are calling a revenge killing. 40's believe he killed the father of a men he blamed for his daughter's death. reggie: san francisco super vipers change their minds about letting sfpd use armed robots for now. kumasi: and traveler claims do not know the tsa rules and put the dog in the luggage. reggie: this is so wrong. kumasi: that is not even carry-on, that is a backpack. drew: this is giving you want to bring your service and more on what you don't have a service

animal. reggie: don't put your animals in danger like this. you know what the punishment for that should be? you have to go into a bag and go through security. we will put holes in it to breathe, but i want to know how that feels. my idea is not terrible, right? drew: but that is going to slow down the tsa line and that is already whole thing. do i take my laptop out? jobina: we don't do that, either. you don't pre-check? drew: i do but it is a whole mess. there nine categories? kumasi: you need to get cleared. drew: scan my eyes? for what? kumasi: we will go on a trip and you will be behind. jobina: you will be left.

reggie: do the weather now. drew: i did one-timed leave my husband because he did not have tsa pre-check. i was like, i am so sorry. kumasi: that is called. drew: i paid for it. i got him pre-now. we have cold temperatures in the north bay, where freeze warnings are in effect. from santa rosa to novato, we have used visibility. here is a live look outside from a golden gate bridge camera. you can see we have talked this morning but a lot of sunshine. get ready for temperatures in the 50's. rain returns tomorrow. we will talk about it more in a few minutes. kumasi: a man is accused and what police are calling a revenge killing, was arrested and the east bay. he was arrested after shooting another man in his driveway. lynn howland's life

live. reporter: luis lost his daughter two months prior, a death he blames on the boyfriend of his daughter. that is the motive investigators say he used in order to kill a man out of newark on friday. to bring you up to speed, daniel lopez was killed on a san jose entrance ramp to 680 after a fight with her boyfriend. she tried to cross the road and was hit by multiple cars. her family sought answers and alameda county district attorney tells us her distraught father confronted 40-year-old ray cantu in his driveway after driving down from vancouver, washington. he asked where his son was, said his son killed his daughter, and shot him twice, killing him before taking off. the suspect was arrested in san

jose, found armed with a , zip ties, and duct tape, along with the clothes lopez were during the shooting. he is expected to be in court and alameda county starting 9:00 this morning. we will let you know what happens. reggie: new developments after a week of outcry. san francisco supervisors have reversed course and voted to ban sfpd to use robots armed to kill. they said they plan to use the robots only in extremely situations like mass shooters or bombers. outcry said they would be too easy to abuse. they can either revise the original plan and send it back to the board or abandon this completely. triple threat of winter illnesses is upon us.

pediatric beds are pushed to capacity from rsv. covid rates are rising for a third straight winter and this is one of the worst starts to a flu we have seen in decades. the demand for children's tylenol has left drugstore shelves in the empty. entrance there are alternatives for families who cannot find the brands in the store. >> there are tricks people can use, like 200 milligrams or any adult form and depending on the size of the kid, crushing it and mixing it in chocolate milk. reggie: another tip is putting a towel or cool compress on a child with a low fever. kumasi: slow streets will be staying in san francisco, including lake street and presidio. russia voted to keep it after a debate at city hall. >> please keep all slow streets permanent.

>> my friends and i ride our bikes to and from school. kumasi: dozens people voiced support, citing a number of include in climate, space for recreation, and safety. lake street caused the most debate. some people want to the street fully opened to traffic. >> pedestrians do not need to walk in the street. lake street is a half-mile away from trails and presidio. >> people walking in front of me, tapping on my car, creating a hostile atmosphere. kumasi: including lake street 16 streets will become permanent slow streets. sf mta reminded people slow streets are not closed streets, all of these are open to residents. reggie: guilty on all counts, a jury has convicted the family business that made president trump a billionaire of tax fraud. jobina has what's next.

jobina: former president trump is coming the verdict "part of a witchhunt." the fraud went on for 15 years. the former finance chief testified in exchange for a lower sentence for tax fraud. trump was not on trial himself but prosecutors claim he was not ignorant to what was going on. his initials were found on pieces of evidence. lawyers for the trump organization call it preposterous. >> we will be appealing, of course, and a novel or interesting issue developed during the trial. jobina: the manhattan da since they worked to investigate trump and his businesses will continue. the company faces a $1.7 million fine. and the sentencing next month the bigger problem could come afterward. many banks have policies that ban them from working with felons.

kumasi: volodymyr zelenskyy has been named time's person of the year. the magazine share the latest issue calling him a hero for being a symbol of defiance and democracy in his country's war with russia. ukrainian say they have been inspired by zelenskyy to keep fighting. he beat out other nominees including china's president, the u.s. supreme court, and elon musk. coming up, the latest state-of-the-art technology that could be coming to sfo. reggie: after dangerous propandpushnt we have freeze warnings and effect until 9:00 a.m. for the north bay for cold temperatures. live doppler 7, expect a lot of sunshine on your wednesday. becomes our next storm system about to bring us wet weather.

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drew: as viggo hour-by-hour today, expect a lot of sunshine. i didn't :00 a.m., low 40's and 50's. this afternoon it will feel comfortable out there. mid and upper 50's for our highs today. clouds will be on the increase later tonight ahead of our storm tomorrow. enjoy the try date, 55 in the city. 58 in san jose and concord. 57 in santa rosa after that cold start. the next three days -- today is dry with sunshine. tomorrow, our next storm arrives in the evening. a light storm on the storm impact scale. a break friday morning but more wet weather friday evening and that storm will intensify saturday.

we will talk about what to expect over the weekend in nine minutes. let's check in with jobina. jobina: you're following a new crash in richmond beginning to cause a significant act of on westbound 80. these beats are down to 15 miles per hour and that backup extends past san pablo. i will keep you posted on how things progress there. i know drew has been mentioning it, i just want to reiterate along the 101, and a lot of fog in that area so be aware of low visibility. the metering lights are on the bay bridge toll plaza so you are facing a backup. very smooth on the san jose checking out 101 and wrapping up our drive cabs, tracy to dublin is slow. highway four beginning to slow down, too. antioch to concord is going to be 24 minutes. reggie: coming up, the push to make food safer in the u.s..

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reggie: there is a new effort to stop a growing problem across the bay area. oakland has introduced legislation to punish not only the drivers in sideshows but people around the sideshow. cleo rodriguez is in the newsroom with this proposal and buy some say this isn't a good solution. >> one city councilmember bringing forward a proposal aimed at stopping sideshows. is hoping the council passes it. proposal came days after another sideshow in san francisco left many people frustrated. oakland city councilmember

proposes something has to be done. he is proposing a law not only cracking down on of those performing sideshows but those advertising them and coming to watch them. >> if you are promoting, they will fine you. if you are out there, they will impound the vehicle and cine you --fine you. >> i think criminalization does not solve the issue. that will keep incarcerating fight and about adults. >> alex thinks the city would be better off investing in city activities as any alternative for young people. for the city councilmember says this is about safety. the san francisco city council postponed to vote on the measure. they are still working out details like potential penalties. kumasi: a new city councilmember

was picked in a rare name trying to might have seen alive on the abc7 streaming app. they put their names in a red gift bag and the city clerk drew the winning name. to try cap into because the candidates had an exact tie in the november election. each of them cost 1921 votes. -- each of them got 1921 >> i am not feeling great. i would like to say that is democracy in action, i am not sure that applies to look over the drop. reggie: the beta -- zapata history as the first caveman elected to city council. a previous tie was settled by a dice roll in 2018. reggie: facialchnology forassenr screening could be at sfo next year.

they are piloting face scanning technology in airports across the country, lax and sfo are those testing it already. officials say they don't have any facial recognition prevalence and sfo but sfo is testing facial recognition for a control on international flights. lots of things can be confiscated during the preflight screening process. someone tried to run their doctor the tsa screening machine this week in wisconsin. you can see the outline of the dog writer there. that backpack went through the x-ray machine. officers not know the dog was there and they were surprised by that discovery. >> they sent the whole thing through and officers are looking at x-ray images and they see a dog on the screen and they say this isn't right. reggie: the person who sent their dog through was naive about the screening process. okay. tsa officials remind all

passengers pets need to be in carrying cases. once you get to screening, you take them out and send the empty cage through the screening. really? kumasi: tiktok has released its list of the most watched, played, and danced to videos of 2022. the artist with the top views is a lizzo. she had several songs that posted on the top and showed dance moves to her 25 million followers. the people who topped the list are a chef who made a chocolate giraffe, corn kid. you can also find us on tiktok. drew: what? kumasi: just search abc7 bay area. watch drew dance. just getting. drew: i was like, what? kumasi: you can dance the weather. drew: but do i want to add

something else to my plate? reggie: the plate is full. you had to get entry. you had a plate and you said, just give me the tray. drew: i want to besides, keep everything contained. idea to off my tiktok -- i pop off my tiktok this summer. now it is all negative and are -- it is all megan traynor. reggie: what is that some? megan traynor songs are all the same, right? no one is going to join me on this? drew: i don't know. reggie: it sounds like you are at a sock hop. right? it is not giving that a little bit? no one is backing me up? i like her, i am just saying

they are all -- drew: kumasi is like, i am ending this conversation. here is the view from the exploratorium camera. we have dense fog in the north bay and freeze warnings lasting until 9:00 a.m.. the next round of rain is your thursday and a stronger storm comes saturday. it is cold out there, take the heavy jacket with you. humanity gloves, the hat, the scarf, especially in the north bay. later today it is all about sunshine and temperatures vaccine out in the mid and upper 50's. today we find increasing cloud cover covers and numbers tromping into the 30's and 40's as we head into thursday. the storm impact scale, a level one tomorrow. the big issue will be slick conditions for the thursday evening commute. here is the front moving in, thursday evening at that :00 p.m. we are -- at 9:00 p.m.

saturday seems to have a stronger storm slammed into southern california, likely heavy rain here and heavy rain into the sierra. rainfall totals into thursday and early friday with our first system, probably .25 inches to .5 inches of rain. those numbers really climb. saturday's -- saturday seems to be a really wednesday. we will track that as we get closer. there is a stronger storm on saturday, a level two. a moderate storm on the storm impact scale. reggie: now we will bring in ginger with a look of what is coming up on "gma." kumasi:we begin in georgia, the reaction to the burn off race where rafael warnock won reelection and what it all means for president biden. we have this exclusive with the couple on the crews hit by a deadly rogue wave.

they are speaking out about their journey. new details on kirstie alley's death after a battle with colon cancer. we will tell you how despite the warning signs. baggie is slipping out little-known outlet sites offering big price drops for a big pants. and catherine zeta jones is here. kumasi: just threw that in there. reggie: when i think of catherine zeta jones, i think of "chicago." >> that is the music we had playing this morning. it has got to be one of my plate -- one of my favorites. reggie: when i saw that movie, my mouth dropped. the whole movie. i mean, the whole cast. >> the whole cast, but her. reggie: dislike ginger, a triple threat as we call it in the business.

reggie: -- kumasi: for the second time in a few weeks, someone has tried to throw an egg at the king of england. a man in his 20's was arrested after hurling an egg at king charles. charles was meeting people outside a town hall when someone through that big. security guards moved him to a different area and he continued shaking hands. and different man was arrested last month for throwing eggs as the king and his wife. two women are suing apple sing airtight devices put their safety at risk. they say their ex-boyfriend's used -- their e to track them stock them -- track and stock them. apple said it added more safeguards to keep people safe but the lawsuit alleges those safeguards have not done enough. apple has yet to comment.

the fda is in need of a major overhaul when it comes to food safety according to a new report from an independent group. it is sent to the fda needs to act with urgency and under new leadership. the fda asked for a thorough review after the baby formula shortage this year. the majority of food supply is recognized as safe. administration says they need to be more proactive dealing with foodborne terms to protect americans. reports that jimmy g. will miss the season might be premature. the update from an nba -- from an -- from an nfl insider.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: democrats rejoicing t morning as raphael warnock calls onto his senate seat. the impact of the democrat

majority for the next two years. a former business partner of elizabeth holmes will learn his fate today. how long prosecutors want him to spend behind bars. the will of a tale, a beluga swimming by integrating onlookers. -- swimming by and greeting onlookers. probably not giving a high five. drew: would you settle for a high five? i would want a hug. kumasi: i would settle for a high five. we would still have a moment. we are happy you are with us here at 6:30 and things are looking better today. drew: we have a lot of sunshine today. a freeze warning is in effect for the north bay until 9:00 a.m. don't be surprised if you have frost on your windshield. visibility is an issue in the north bay and livermore. down to zero miles of visibility.

a live look, we are starting to see that son, with morning fog giving way. we will max out in the mid 50's. today is a driver tomorrow rain returns to the forecast. reggie: the father accused of shooting a man and what the alameda county -- is calling a revenge killing. that suspect blamed another man's son for his daughter's death. lena's life with all of that information. reporter: luis lopez will face judge today here in alameda county after he is accused of shooting and killing the father of the man he says is responsible for the death of his own 16-year-old daughter. to bring you up to speed, 16-year-old daniel lopez killed in san jose entrance ramp after a fight with her boyfriend. investigated say she tried to cross the road but was hit by

multiple cars. her family sought answers and according to the district attorney's office distraught father drove down from vancouver, washington and confronted ray cantu in his new york driveway when he was sitting in his car. they say he asked where his son was, said his son killed his daughter, and shot him twice before taking off. a nearby ring security camera captured video of the shooting. >> they tracked him down to the city of san jose with the assistance of the san jose police department. they were able to take him into custody saturday, december 3. reporter: they found a handgun and a 30 round magazine, zip ties, and duct tape along with the clothes lopez wore during the shooting when he was arrested. lopez is expected to appear for

his arraignment in alameda county at 9:00 this morning. we will let you know what happens. kumasi: sunny balwani out his punishment today for duping investors and -- they felt blood technology. he was sentenced sentencing comes three weeks after his former business partner and girlfriend elizabeth holmes received 11 years in prison. prosecutors from the justice department are seeking 15 years for sunny balwani. 's lawyers think he deserves a more lenient sentence. sentencing is set for 10:00 this morning. reggie: we are learning about more tech layoffs in the area. our media partner revealed some of these companies have filed a notice with the eee. jewel labs is cutting 116 jobs in san francisco. intel is planning to lay off 90 workers.

asterisk based is cutting -- astraspace is cutting 60 jobs. this comes after other companies announced layoffs. we know a lot of you have been searching for this information about which companies have layoffs, so we put together this list. you can find it now at abc7news.com. kumasi: the final battle for the midterms is done. profile warnock has won reelection in georgia after a runoff. this means democrats have a true majority in the senate. jobina: profile warnock's win -- rafael warnock's win means the democrats take the majority 51-49. he has won with 51% of the vote, battling out herschel walker. this puts democrats in a better position since the republicans took back the house. >> moving forward, they get an advantage on committees.

they are able to push aside the occasional dissension. jobina: the election broke records in georgia with 1.9 million people voting early and another 1.3 million voting on election day. next up is going to be the start of the next congress begins next month. reggie: a new study is taking a look at a controversial linchpin of water systems, reservoirs, and the dams built to create them. the study involved measuring the relationship between dams and food security. researchers focused on what is known as storage for irrigation. they estimate it could feed more than one billion people worldwide. that includes new dams proposed for construction and a thesis -- in that face food security. >> having more storage would be critical because it could drive increases in food production. reggie: researchers acknowledge the significance -- the

significant environmental damage dams do to river basins. they recommend alternatives. researchers believe if properly managed, the world's dams could store more than half of the water to water irrigation crops. kumasi: san francisco is -- according to san francisco travel, the city's tourism spending is expected to double in 2022, rising from $3 billion in 2021 to $6 billion this year. that is two thirds of what was spent in 2019. officials say it is a sign that the city is on track for a full recovery. today is pearl harbor stay, working the anniversary of the attack that led to the u.s. drink world war ii. 80 years ago, japan launched an attack on the naval base and other locations in hawaii,

killing more than 2400 service members. president biden is urging federal agencies to fly flags at half-staff in honor of those who died. reggie: dozens are under arrest in germany accused of trying to overthrow the government. thousands of officers carried out raids against a suspected far right extremist. these extremists reject germany's postwar constitution and called for a coup. the group believes in a variety of conspiracy theories, including a qanon ideology that germany is run by a deep state. kumasi: we are in the middle of the holiday season, a time that is supposed to be happy and joyful. for many, the holidays can be hard. psychology experts say if you are struggling, self-care can help. >> keep a routine, keep to your sleep, encourage nourishment, take part in physical activity. give yourself some space, stay

away from helpful comparisons -- from unhelpful comparisons, especially on social media. kumasi: some other tips from those struggling, unplug and take a break from your devices. if you are grieving, give yourself time to process. take time to relax if you can. if someone you know is struggling with mental health, there is help. go to abc7news.com. reggie: the 49ers made it jimmy garoppolo back this season. jimmy g. will not need surgery on his left foot which means he could return in seven to eight weeks it is his rehab goes well. that would put him in b back on the field. the 49ers play sunday against the box -- the milwaukee bucks. a movie inspired by "tiger king" is set to go in motion. kumasi: we are up 50 points on the board. reggie: metallic offense beware,

how scammers are taking advantage of people trying to get their hands on the band's new music. stay with us for abc7 at 7:00. we streamlined every weekday from 7:00 to medical game. download of the app wherever you stream. drew: you are looking at a foggy view from sutro tower showing you the golden gate bridge. we are dealing with areas of dense fog in the north bay. you can see the fog hitting the deck of the bridge. visibility is not too obscured as you go across. temperature-wise, we have cold waking up in the 30's. there is a freeze warning and effect in the north bay. bubble up as you step outside, but we will have a lot of sunshine. here is left of the seven. our storm system is off to the south. we are in between two storms. today is dry but the system

armo returofain. future weather as you go hour-by-hour, but in :00 a.m. we are climbing to the 40's and 50's. with a lot of sunshine, which about in the mid and upper 50's. it is six in oakland. 55 in the city. 58 in san jose. 57 in santa rosa. half moon bay coming in with a cool but nice-looking day. the next three days, starting today with a lot of sunshine. we are dry would be bring back the storm impact scale with evening rain on your thursday. this is a level one a length storm. another storm will work in here friday evening but an even stronger system will slam us saturday. we will talk rainfall in nine minutes. but let's see how we are doing with traffic on this wednesday. jobina: we have a positive update on that track -- on that crash in richmond. it has cleared. your facing residual delays on

westbound 84 carlsen boulevard, speeds around 35 miles per hour. in the north bay, a reminder along the 101 that traffic is slowing due to the fog. a live look at the richmond-san rafael bridge, it is packed for people traveling westbound. speeds will pick up around the center span of the bridge. be aware there is roadwork and one lane is closed right now. we will wrap up here with a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. -seriously? -why do you do it? -you ignore the signs and the flashing lights. -that's my dad. -that's my mom behind those cones. -how would you feel if that was your family? -flashing lights mean "move over."

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-listen up. why do you drive so fast?? you're ignoring the and the flashing lights. please slow down. pay attention. how would you feel if that was your mom? flashing lights mean move over. kumasi: after netflix's "tiger king" captivated audiences, congress passed a bill that will end the practice of printing and treating big cats. big cats would be limited to wildlife sanctuary's, universities, and his use.

other ownership regulations are included. people who already had a big cats before the regulation will have their animals grandfathered in. one of the proponents of the bill is the big cat rescue co-founder, carol baskin. reggie: metallica posted a warning on facebook about fake youtube live streams that use a qr code to link fence to phony cryptocurrency giveaways. these scammers are using the release of a new album to promote fix. old footage is used with claims it is new video. metallica claims all of its social media accounts are verified. kumasi: you may have noticed an increase in how much lettuce costs, this is because of a virus impacting crops. it has infected and damaged lettuce crops in the salinas valley. warmer winter weather is explained for the impacts and it

is being felt in the bay area. >> check the price of the lettuce. it was -- we are thinking about prices, but it is not easy for us to explain such an issue to our customers. kumasi: the prices could come back down when farmers and arizona and other regions make their seasonal switch to groin lettuce. reggie: walmart's ceo surge in shoplifting could mean raising prices or closing some stores. he says theft is becoming a bigger issue at stores across the country. the ceo says prices will rise and stores will have to close. walmart is not the only one with this issue. target set shoplifting has costed more than $50 million this year. jewel labs has reached a

settlement after thousands of -- juul labs has reached a settlement after thousands of -- for advertising practices. many of the claims involved how juul marketed to teenagers. juul has settled cases from 37 states and territories. the company says its goal is to transition adult smokers from combustible cigarettes while combating underage use. and live look at the new york stock exchange and we are down flat 10 points. kumasi: a judge says a lawsuit can continue over tgi friday's mozzarella sticks. tgi friday's will not be liable for damages. a woman bought the tgi friday's branded its rela sticks snacks but claims they and not mozzarella.

she sued the manufacturer of the food and the restaurant. bencic says it is reasonable for her to expect mozzarella in the snack but the restaurant only allows its name to be used in the product and should be dropped from the lawsuit. a woman is seeking damages, it is not clear how much. most of us feel good if we learn to play one instrument as a kid. one in northern california kid did that and more. gloria introducing us to a kid that plays more than 100 instruments. >> he says he can play 117 different instruments. he says his parents noticed his talent when he took a free drum class when he was six years old. >> after one drum lesson, i was playing like a pro. i was like, how did i do this? my parents and my drum teacher were shocked. after that my parents decided to give me another instrument which

was the guitar. after learning the an inspiration to learn more instruments. i just wanted to get going -- to keep going. ♪ reporter: age of 13. that is very talented. he has a music book about all of the instruments he plays. we will have more on this during our streaming newscast coming up at 7:00. reggie: i wonder if he also started on the recorder playing "hot cross buns." kumasi: what. reggie: you played that, right? drew: yeah. reggie: that is the first thing you learn.

you didn't have a recorder? kumasi: i played the flute. drew: she is like, i played an actual instrument. i tried everything and i coul not take. reggie: i could not get it. i could not play the piano. drew: my mom tried to teach me and i got frustrated. i just gave up. kumasi: well, i turned out all right. drew: can you still play the flute? kumasi: yeah, once you have it, you have it. you don't play the recorder still? [laughter] reggie: let me get out "hot cross buns" real quick. drew: a lot of fog in the north bay, fog coming across the city as well put away from the coast. freeze warning in effect for the north bay until 9:00 a.m.

the next round of rain arrives thursday and a stronger storm is here saturday. right now it is about chilly temperatures starting out in the 30's. later on today, it is sunshine and totally dry. no rain to speak of. mid and upper 50's for afternoon highs. we find clouds on the increase following storms tomorrow. numbers following into the -- falling into the 30's and 40's. for thursday evening, it is level one light storm scattered showers and downpours. the biggest impact will be slick conditions for the thursday evening commute. we will get you into thursday evening, not :00 p.m. here is our next front impacting us with showers and downpours. we are focusing on saturday because this storm is stronger and it is likely to bring heavy rain locally and feet of snow into the sierra. rainfall estimates with our thursday system, we will likely end up with .25 inches to .5

inches of rain in most cities. over the weekend, saturday these numbers add up. i would anticipate saturda gty wis. a lot of cities will get one to two inches of rain saturday. we will keep our eyes on that. seven-day forecast, try today and rain returns tomorrow evening. level two moderate storm on the storm impact scale creates a way start to the weekend. kumasi: fourth-graders at autumn elementary in nevada are headed for a field trip they did not think would happen. >> surprise, you guys are going on your field trip. [cheering] kumasi: the field trip was canceled because of a nationwide school bus driver shortage. a parent reached out, made some calls, and gary bauer stepped up. >> i have an eight-year-old

myself so i realize how important these events are for these kids. >> it is fun retro with your kids on a bus -- fun riding with your friends on the bus. kumasi: transportation did not start offering school rights until -- in the pandemic. reggie: look at these lights. a couple has been putting up a festive christmas display in vallejo for decades. this is bob and melinda taylor. this year looks like it will be their last. it features everything from carousels and first wheels and even sometimes a visit from santa. there is a deeper meaning behind this. it started after bob lost his daughter to a plane crash. >> i had to make it bright enough associate -- so she could see from 7 -- so she could see

it from heaven. next year it got bigger and brighter and every year after that was bigger and brighter. reggie: take a drive to check in on the taylor's. they are willing to give of their decorations to someone else who wants to keep up the tradition. you can see this house from 5:00 to 11:00 every night and it goes through new year's day. david louis has received another honor. kumasi: santa clara supervisors adopted an accommodation that recognizes david for his dedication to improving the way of life through media coverage. he retired in september after 50 years at our company. david was a fixture in the south bay for years covering the biggest stories in santa clara county and serving as our business and technology reporter. reggie: congrats, david.

kumasi: a beluga whale gives some people on the water and moment they will never forget. reggie: this well was spotted near norway showing off his high five skills with a board -- with a vote of volunteers. there it is. [laughter] the video shows the friendly whale approaching the boat with his fin raised ready to read the team. about this one whale. in kumasi: can i tell it? this well got to norway in 2019 and had on a russian harness used to interact with humans. reggie: what does that mean?

kumasi: they are working to give him a reserve that would give him protection. i don't want to tell people the wrong thing. reggie: there are some errors in that script. kumasi: he gave them a high five. reggie: and we love it. the rest of it i don't need to know about it. i prefer not to know about it. he is loving his life in that second. all we have is the present. kumasi: up next, the seven things you need to know today. reggie: you can watch our newscasts live and on-demand with the abc7 bay area tv app for apple tv, amazon roku. kumasi: a live look outside right now. reggie: what if a humpback whale jumped up? i would roll off this desk. kumasi: i wou

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kumasi: here are the seven things to know this morning. abc7 news is projecting raphael warnock has won another term in office, beating herschel walker. his win gives democrats a 51-49 majority in the senate. reggie: the man charged in a revenge killing of a father in the driveway of his home is expected in the alameda courtroom today. to suspect blamed the victim's son for the death of his teenage daughter. kumasi: a proposal to crackdown on sideshows in oakland. city councilmember wants to cite not only drivers but people who are spectators. ion is not the solution. reggie: supervisors have rejected a proposal to authorize

sfpd to use lethal pump is robots. came after the board's voted to approve the plan upset a lot of people. drew: we have a freezing start to our day, freeze warnings and effect in the north bay until 9:00 a.m. we also have dense fog, zero miles visibility in paloma and a quarter of a mile in petaluma. we will go into the 50's today. jobina: we are following a new crash in the pittsburgh area. this is going to be on westbound four before san marco. your speeds are down to 16 miles per hour in the area. kumasi: apple is launching apple music saying this month, a karaoke experience built into the app. you can sing solo, do duets with a friend, and even have background singers. drew: that is what i need. reggie: where are my background singers? jobina: you have not seen patti labelle attempted to sing "this

christmas" from the white house. good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, the final battle of the midterms decided. breaking overnight, senator raphael warnock defeating herschel walker in the crucial georgia senate runoff giving democrats an outright majority in the senate. what it means for president biden and his agenda. breaking overnight, overthrow plot averted. thousands of police officers carrying out raids across germany. 25 people arrested suspected of planning an armed coup to overthrow that government. guilty. former president trump's company convicted of financial crimes. what the verdict means for trump and his company as he runs for president again.