we talked to experts about our safest course of action at this point to avoid contracting covid or the flu. it all looks so festive and fun time to reconnect with family and friends. but there is this hanging over our heads. if you're going to be out in public right now, you're going to be encountering these viruses. at least you have a high likelihood of getting infected with them. santa clara county is the first to slip back into a high tier for covid level where the cdc wreck commends wearing a mask in public, alameda, contra costa, solano and napa counties moved to medium tier, which triggers universal masking for jails and homeless shelters. i personally won't go into any indoor building with the public without having a maskthout having a mas.

i see no reason to add to my risk of getting covid. >> the cdc says 68% of new infections are the bq one and bq 1.1 variants which can better evade immunity from vaccines and prior infections. immunity is not all or nothing. getting the bivalent booster gets your instep closer to better immunity, but only 13% of people have gotten one. >> i just don't want to get anything. definitely i wash my hands more often. i definitely where a mask when i'm in crowds. airports especially and traveling. absolutely. >> who've it is here again. i work in a medical job, and just a lot of covid patients. >> i'll wear a

else would prefer it that way, if they would feel safer, but for my own health, i feel all right not wearing one. >> if people were not wearing masks a month ago, some are starting to now. 1-2 wintry punch of wet weather and the bay area still feeling the storm impact. saturated soil gave way, causing this rockslide overnight that blocked 101 near sausalito. traffic wasn't detoured and there were traffic delays early this morning as well. snow blanketed several san francisco bay area mountain peaks overnight, including here in the livermore foothills. take a look at this video of snow falling. it was taken on san antonio valley road last night. flakes were coming down as latest 10:00, and there was even more further up the roof.

on mount hamilton in santa clara county near the witt conservatory. storm. the area under several feet. can we expect any more wet weather this month? that's the question. spencer christian is here with the answer. we know it's cold. what about a little rain? spencer: looks like a near zero chance. we did have 1, 2 inches of rainfall generally across the bay area. some locations, a lot of rain. let me give you a look at where we stand in terms of rafall selook at the comparison between where we are now and where we were last year at this time. only san jose has received more rain by an inch and at this time last rainfall season.

behind. santa rosa is more than eight inches behind the total from this point last season. meanwhile, getting back to the snow, locations in the sierra this week and received five to x wht ofnow,ut 's going to be dry and i will have the accuweather forecast in a little bit. >> pretty good stuff, though. we will stay on top of the cold temperatures, rain and snow with the bay area streaming app gives you access to news, weather, and live events. it is free and easy to download on apple tv, google tv, fire tv, and roku. >> not guilty -- that's the plea from mn -- a man investigators say wasn't unprovoked shooting. it is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

>> the santa clara county das office filed its complaint last week. now monday, the suspect, 66-year-old mark henry waters, pleaded not guilty. waters is white and the victim is black. for now, he faces more than 20 years of what he is charged with, assault with a semiautomatic firearm. he is also charged with personal infliction of great bodily injury as well as use of a firearm. >> the da says the shooting happened when the 21-year-old victim left and airbnb rental to walk to a grocery store. they say surveillance video shows that as the victim crossed the street, he saw the suspect leave his house and approached him while holding a gun. the suspect's defense attorney did not deny claims that the suspect knew the victim tried to get away. investigators say waters shot him while his back was turned. >> he copper headed end of the victim was running away and shot him anyway. there was nothing that would cause him to fear.

the victim did not step foot at his front door, his driveway, his front yard. >> car was broken into a couple of nights before the shooting at his -- and his garage door openers were stolen. he said waters initially believed the victim could have been one of the suspects and thought the victim was carrying a gun, which later turned out to be headphones. a judge clarified there's no evidence that the victim was in any way connected to the previous crimes. several family members, friends, and neighbors showed up in support of waters. his attorney telling the judge waters had no prior terminal record and is caretaker for his grandchildren. still, the judge ruled that evidence showed waters was too dangerous to be out in public and he was taken back into custody. dan: the santa transportation authority had no

advanced warning a shooter named samuel cassidy was capable of a may 21 mass shooting. vta headquarters with new developments. amanda: despite the shooter's five document in cases of workplace misconduct and fear from another coworker that the shooter could potentially "go postal," vta said an independent investigation uncovered the agency had no advanced knowledge or early warning of that mass shooting. in a detail report -- detailed report released only two hours ago, 47 witnesses were interviewed about the course of the investigation. the report says lone gunman samuel cassidy had unpleasant interactions with coworkers but nothing to signal a workplace shooting. cassidy killed

coworkers at the vta railyard in san jose before shooting himself. addressing questions today about cassidy's history of insubordination and conflict with coworkers. >> we cannot act on what someone thinks somebody might do. there have been several cases here at vta when direct threats were made and appropriate action was taken, but the fact that somebody thinks somebody may do something is insufficient to get a restraining order or take any further actions. >> lawson says the families of the victims were notified ahead of this afternoon's press conference. when asked about the timing of the release, lawson said the vta board was concerned about transparency, wanting to get the information out as quickly as possible. moving forward, lawson says

there have mid -- there have been many changes including a study of workplace culture >> one person is in fire at a san jose apartment complex. check out these flames coming from the second floor of the complex not far from good samaritan hospital. fire officials say the flames damaged two units. the causes under investigation. no word yet on the severity of the person's injuries who was taken to the hospital. the president of the san francisco police commission is up for another turn in april, but there's a push to fast-track her reappointment, which has been drawing criticism from moderates. leanne melinda czink in the newsroom with why this appointment is so controversial -- lyanne

newsroom. lyanne: said there's a conflict of interest because her husband, a lawyer, has represented cases against the san francisco police department, but what bothers some most is that her so-called rush reappointment is a classic example of san francisco politics. cindy elias is one of the longest-serving members of the police commission, twice the san francisco board of supervisors has unanimously supported her. except that one supervisor now has pushed ahead with a vote to have her reappointed. four months before her term expires. >> doing an excellent job and deserves to continue and deserves to have this support of this board of supervisors. >> while this has been done before, the optics and timing in this case are not good.

>> this is just bar it is a simple as that. the current board, which is leaning to the progressive side, is afraid that in the coming months, there may be new members that might not share that loss if he, and they want to preempt the idea of somebody else becoming a critical vote on the police commission. >> let's take a closer look. six months ago, the board had seven progressives. the two new elected supervisors are more to the center, which means there will be six moderates and only five progressives. today, the three members on the rules committee voted on the issue to reappoint elias supervisor rafael nadal men, a moderate, in opposition. actually have somebody that knows and has been through this

process of reform to complete this reform process. >> supervisor peskin said there was no "hanky-panky" involved in his decision and said the new board will be allowed to vote after january 9 when the new term begins but made it clear they would not wait until her term expires in april. so the question now is -- by having the support of the rules committee early on, would this discourage other potential candidates from applying? >> clelia shuts down the conversation on alternatives. >> there are some big issues coming before the commission. should police be allowed to pull people over for a minor infraction? many see this as a civil rights issue. also, should police have robots? and number three, what if chief scott retires? this commission would be interviewing and selecting candidates who are then presented to the mayor.

again, this is a powerful committee that will decide the future of the city's public safety policy. >> thank you. it is a hot ticket. taylor swift said some fans who came up empty-handed during her concert pre-ticket sale have another shot. dan: and we got to know the men of the hour. niners rookie put her back brooke turner goes

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last night's 49ers game, you are probably hearing the talk today about rookie quarterback brock purdy. he and the niners spoiled tom brady's homecoming. >> this is br the spring throwing passes at his on the modern -- his alma mater. >> went out there was telling him what routes to run, so it was pretty cool to see that. kids had a blast. >> coach joseph ortiz said he came out to help current players improve their game. he said purdy has been the talk of the school lately. if you ask his old high school coach, he was the model of a school leader. >> he was always going to do more than what was asked of him. it was just an unbelievable pleasure to coach him. >> the rookie from iowa state was the last pick in this year'

draft, a pic known as mr. irrelevant because players chosen in that spot don't often make an immediate impact. brady. how cool is that? it was so neat to see him, level of his game was just off the charts. >> seven rookie quarterbacks made their nfl career start against tom brady. all of them lost except for 1 -- brock purdy. >> watching that guy kill it throughout all these years, and to be able to just even give him a high-five at the end of that i thought was pretty cool. teammates, they believe they are still in it. >> he was the guy calling all the plays through me when i was walking the play by myself, so

it is a testament to him and the work he has put in. >> ortiz believes purdy has the character because -- the character to become a strong force in the nfl. >> a diehard taylor shows us how persistence can pay off. "chronicle" contributor jamie jordan was one of the swift east -- swifties who came up empty during the debacle last month. >> i found the details for her manager, her lawyer, sent a linkedin message to the ceo of live nation entertainment, just putting it out into the void. i really did not expect anything. >> well, it did pay off. she's now on the must accommodate list. the artist announced this morning that some other fans who are also getting another chance. ticketmaster announced at the request of swift's team, some

fans will have a limited opportunity to purchase a maximum two tickets each for the upcoming heroes -- pirus -- tour. spencer: it is going to get quite a bit chillier. let's look at what is happening. you can see we have clear skies, and along with clear skies, we have calm wind, and that combination typically this time of year at night means we will have temperatures plummeting, and that is exactly what will happen later tonight. right now it is three degrees cooler in santa rosa. temperatures will continue dropping. as a mattert,roppfg so much that a freeze warning will be in effect overnight from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.. were talking about low

temperatures dropping into a range of 25 to about 32 degrees. those conditions will kill crops, and it is advisable to protect pets, plants, pipes, and people. here is a nice, clear, live view from central tower. ing fro etills, skies, beautifue this early evening. 43 degrees right now. 42 at fairfield and mid to upper 40's at concord and livermore. these are our forecast pictures. cold mornings and chilly afternoons will follow for most of this week and storms are taking a break for the next seven days. well deserved break after all the stormy weather we had this weekend. 30 degrees wil

even right around the bay shoreline, in the mid to upper 30's, so it's going to be a very chilly not just about everywhere. highs tomorrow will not be very high at all. it will be a bright, mainly sunny day with temperatures a little on the cool side. low 50's at the coast and only low to mid 50's anywhere else. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. we will have chilly mornings as i mentioned tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. more cloudiness will come into the picture, but notice how high temperatures will be on wednesday. that's the range for all of the bay area wednesday and even toward the end of the week, it will not be much milder than that. i mentioned we have a dry spell coming.

the way through next weekend. >> at least we can be grateful for the pattern we have just had. hopefully we will get many low patterns this rainy season. >> we are off to a good start this rainy season,, but we are still behind past seasons. >> we are going to check out the premiere tonight at the highly anticipated "avatar: the way of the water." >> the celebrities who walked the red carpet and why the the red carpet and why the for back pain, i've always been a take two and call in the morning guy. but my new doctor recommended salonpas. without another pill upsetting my stomach, salonpas. it's good medicine.

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>> protect the people. >> the highly anticipated film "avatar: the way of water" is premiering tonight in the u.s. lucky fans and the cast of the big-budget sequel are hitting the red carpet. the movie is earning rave reviews and stars say you're in for some surprises. >> the movie is beautiful. it is beautiful to look at, but james put so much emotion into it. it is about protecting what you love and your family, be at your environment for each other. i think that is what will be unexpected. >> one person not on the red carpet -- director james cameron, who tested positive for covid.

he is experiencing mild symptoms. the original "avatar" debuted more than a decade ago in 2009. >> still to come, an ambitious plan to build more housing in the bay area takes a big step forward. they look at the project, the promise, and the problem is having. >> do you feel safe riding muni a 79-year-old woman is warning others after she was violently attacked on a bus. we analyze the data, how often assaults happened on public transportation. >> 500,000 pg&e customers are worn their power may be turned off. what might be

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dan: southbay leaders say a lawsuit has slowed progress toward solving the area's housing crisis. tonight, an agreement that really is the game changer.

>> dustin dorsey explains there are no plans in place to create homes for thousands of people. dustin: this vacant building in north san jose may not look like much now, but it represents much more. city and santa clara county leaders believe a new agreement could turn this place into a solution for our area's housing crisis. >> we hope to build tens of thousands of housing units in north san jose. this step finally makes possible. >> that step was ending a lengthy legal battle of san jose versus neighboring cities in the county that put a halt on new construction because of concerns about traffic. leaders can now getting people and homes first and transportation agreements after. >> we have to make sure that as leaders, we are working closely together to be responsive.

government is not good at being flexible, but leaders need to change that. >> we need to focus on addressing needs, not on some lengthy lawsuit or legal battle. >> this building will be transformed into a home for hundreds of residents of the area, and this is just the start. the mayor said it may still be expensive to live in san jose, but finding a place will be much easier. this will help to get thousands of people off the street throughout the city as well as providing a lot of great housing for our workforce that has previously been inaccessible. >> the first of these housing projects is expected to begin in late 2023. >> the california at general announced a $5.7 billion multistate settlement today with

walgreens to address its role in the opioid epidemic. the settlement will resolve allegations that walgreens failed to appropriately oversee the dispensing of opioids at its pharmacies. once finalized, california could receive more than 500 million dollars. he says the money will be used in the state's finance deal related to the epidemic. blow today to tobacco companies that are trying to stop california from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products. the supreme court today refused to request a block for the van and did not provide additional comment. voters overwhelmingly approved outlawing flavored tobacco in november. someone randomly attacked a 79-year-old woman on a muni bus. while her attacker is still

wanted, she credits witnesses for stepping in and saving her life. >> decked out pretty much had to toe in fan gear, it makes since lisa has worked for nearly 30 years in concessions with the giants, 49ers, and warriors. but around 11:00 a.m. on saturday, december 3, lisa had no idea what was in store when she got on a muni bus heading downtown for her shift. >> i got on the bus, and i saw him standing up, and he kicked me in the stomach. >> as seen in the surveillance video used in the investigation, the 79-year-old, who stands barely over five tall, was knocked to the ground in seconds. we are choosing to show the suspect's face as sfpd tells me there have been no arrests in the case and are asking those

with information to come forward. did he steal anything or was it just a straight up attack? >> he did not steal anything. he just hit me. >> is a pd analyzed muni crime data, which shows the number of assaults has increased 43% since 2020, though those numbers are still significantly less than pre-pandemic levels during a time when ridership was much higher. lisa is already back to work and riding the bus again, albeit with a slightly new routine. >> i just p >> she wishes muni could add officers on every bus, but most importantly, wants to thank the many good samaritans who rushed to her aid. >> i thank them for saving my life. god bless them. >> just glad she is ok. i 78 tells us they are working with sfpd to solve crimes on muni. the agency adds that each bus is equipped with 11 cameras and the

city's street and bested a program patrols muni and bart stations. >> well over 500,000 pg&e customers have received disconnection notices since july of this year. >> michael finney is here and says the situation is likely to be even more bleak in the new year. >> and given how cold it is right this second? wow. protections in place to provide financial assistance for many of these people will be lifted getting in january. that has some fearing the worst. pastor brinkley leads faith community baptist church in antioch each week in sunday prayer. about 150 join brinkley -- join in weekly and up to 10,010 virtually. she says mounting pg&e bills are a growing concern in her congregation. >> by the time they come to us, they are pretty desperate. they know they only have a few days to try to put the money

together or they are facing a shut off. >> 542,000 pg&e customers received 15-day and disconnection notices. the state legislature and governor approved 1.2 billion dollars in emergency assistance to save those people from losing their gas and electricity. that money will be made available at the end of this year. so far, utilities have held off shutting off people's power. >> because they know that if they do, everyone they should off -- everyone they shut off, they will not get the money for. >> he is from one of the groups advocating for emergency money. he says the reprieve is only temporary. >> but after the money has gone into the customer accounts, that's when we are going to see massive shutoffs by pg&e.

customer will be eligible to receive the pastor says most who come to her for help have bills in the $1000 to $2000 range. >> our fears we have seniors in the community and children in the community who are making the choice between keeping the power on in their home and buying the food that is necessary. >> pg&e says out of the 1.2 billion dollars in assistance, pg&e customers will get $219 million of that. the money will go to more than 300,000 qualifying customers in the form of bill credits. pg&e remains committed to providing support for customers financially impacted by the pandemic. we are here to help. i have information about how to contact pg&e for assistance on our website at abc7news.com /7yourside.

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>> building a better bay area includes helping especially during this season of giving and while many are doing what they can, local food banks say they are really struggling. we have a look at the growing need and the effort to try to keep up. >> volunteers flood the warehouse, but for is not just about volunteering. it is also personal. >> growing up, and then you have to deal with not even really knowing what you feed yourself, and you become just not nourished. >> she says there was not always enough to eat while growing up.

even now, some of her family continues to struggle with food insecurity, opening the covered two a can of beans and not anything else. >> a lot of people just don't have to deal with it, and that just blows my mind because to me, people who don't experience that struggle, that's just like, you really lucked out. >> her story is much more common than most may realize. one in five people in the two counties the food bank serves face food insecurity. >> even in the summer months, we were serving an average of 275,000 residents per month. during the holiday season, we have been seeing nearly 300,000, which is even higher than the numbers we saw during the pandemic, which is really concerning. >> she says they are serving 100,000 more people per month compared to last year. 25 percent are children. >> there are kids who rely on school lunches throughout the year to eat. there are seniors on a fixed income who are struggling to

afford food. >> though it may be the season forgiving, for most food banks, it has beeneadifficulty. she says donations are down as they continue to watch demand surge. despite the drop in donations, they are still making progress, such as recently expanding their kids school food program. she says the goal is to distribute 3 million meals through the holidays. she says the community is counting on them. >> we are here to help them up when we can and hopefully as a community we can all get through this together. >> in the north bay christmas has come a little early for families in san rafael thanks to a nonprofit right in their own backyard. the ritter center hosted its annual family to family program, handing out about $40,000 in gift cards to clients. those can be used by gifts for the holidays. cards were handed out to more than 130 families.

with the long line of families waiting to get santa's help, they need has never been greater. >> people come in talking about how even the price of a gallon of milk has doubled. this allows them to celebrate like "the rest of us" can celebrate, you know? it gives them the extra cash. they can buy toys and gifts for their children. >> each card given out today is valued at $100 to $150, so billy can make a great difference. >> president biden and first lady jill biden helped mark the 70th anniversary of toys for tots. today's event is part of jill biden's joining forces initiatives, which offers resources and support to military members as well as their caregivers and survivors. the toys for talk program has delivered 600 70 million toys since 1947 -- the toys for tots program has delivered 670

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>> a curious raccoon was spotted admiring some christmas decor at the riverside home. the raccoon stood on the hood of the car taking a closer look at some of the flashing lights. they are kind of cool, right? he just wanted to see. the woman who posted the video says she expected the raccoon came to her home because of the food she leaves out for cats. yeah, that will do it. she says over the years, she has seen plenty of cats on her security footage but this was the first raccoon she caught on camera. >> that's fascinating, to get to watch them in action like that. "i love christmas."

>> just stand on the season today with rainfall. the rifle season starts october 1 and even with all the rain we had this weekend, only san jose is ahead of where it was at this point last season. san francisco nearly four and a half inches behind and santa rosa, 8.7 inches behind last year's total at this point in the season. tonight, clear skies, calm wind. a freeze warning will be in effect from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. for the interior valleys on the north bay. it will be advisable t pets, plants, pipes, and people. 26 degrees in lake moore, 28 in santa rosa. low 30's in many other locations. highs tomorrow will reach only into the low to mid 50's, so a fairly chilly afternoon is coming our way. here's the accuweather 7-day

forecast. gets even chillier wednesday and thursday. afternoon highs finally bounceback to the mid 50's at the end of the week and, by the way, it's going to be a dry week ahead. there's no rain in sight. >> at least we had the nice several days that we did. thanks. >> hope everybody caught the game. >> i was impressed. this guy was something else. >> an impressive game for the niners. deebo samuel' injury status thursday.

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>> the 49ers don't have much time to celebrate their victory. san francisco quickly turns their attention to thursday night in seattle with a win that could clinch the nfc west and a playoff earth. deebo samuel at some point, in the regular season. brock major setbacks. a game to forget against his hometown niners yesterday. the seven-time super bowl champion was picked up twice yesterday, including one from dre greenlaw, who said earlier in the week i was the only thing he wanted, and

brady to sign the ball, he did. >> worst thing he could tell me is no. i was always told, you don't ask, you get nothing. >> we had our moment at the end, mae and asked him to sign the football. it was a cool moment. tom is a standup guy. he told us how much he respected our game, and that's cool but him. >> class act right there. the stanford cardinal introducing troy taylor as their 30 fit head coach. he was a quarterback at cal in the late 1980's and was the bears' all-time winning passer. he's a stanford man now. takes over for david shah, who resigned two weeks ago and looks forward to the challenge. >> the reality of being able to come to stanford university in the football program is a daunting, humbling -- all those things that people talk about,

but it stirs me. it excites me. i really feel i'm at home, and we have everything we need here. talk is cheap. we gotta get to work. i'm really excited to get to work. >> baseball hot stove news, the a's trading murphy to the brewers. in return, they received three of the braves top 10 minor-league prospects along with a minorly catcher and outfielder. late last night, the giants signed sean manaea to a two-your 25 million dollar deal. it has an opt out after the first year. after six years with oakland, he was traded to the padres last season where he posted a career worst pra in 28 starts. giants hoping that was just a little blip on the radar. did you see this? after the warriors went saturday night, stephen curry's

this absolutely adorable moment. >> hello. >> hello, klay thompson! >> if you watch, that's where we do our after the game interviews. like, my gosh, that was, like the best thing ever and luckily, one of the nba social media people was there to capture it. so great that canon now i think he has three, he's growing up and stuff -- steph take him. those kids are around, draymond green's kids are around, and it's nice to see kanaan. he's walking around, running around. click see them differently -- you see them differently as ballplayers and then as fathers. coming up at 8:00 the great

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last week, we saw the defeat of our very first super champion of season 39. cris pannullo bowed out in his 22nd game after winning almost three-quarters of $1 million. since then we've had a succession of one-day winners. our returning champion, matthew ott, would love to end that trend and defend. but if he can't locked down that second win, i'm sure that sean or kris anne would be more than happy to become one-day champions themselves, right? let's see what happens. here are the categories you'll be facing in the jeopardy! round. first... hi, ben. then... we're... then we have... and finally... matthew, where do we start? a song in your brain, $200. - sean. - what is a theme? - no. - oh. - matthew. - what's a melody? - that's right. - song, $400.