>> we begin with breaking news this morning. a minor earthquake rattled the bay area this morning. no serious damage is being reported after the three magnitude quake. good morning. it is saturday, december 17. we will get right to the earthquake. we had callers saying they felt it all the way from vallejo. lisa: hayward, fremont, even sacramento. it was a shallow earthquake. a little over 5.5 kilometers and that is where you feel the shaking at the surface. there it is. you can see the fault line releasing a little bit of stress from the hayward fault. as you know, this is a ripe spot

for earthquakes. certainly woke up a lot of folks. i did not feel it. did you feel it? stephanie: i did not feel it either. lisa: we were both probably in the city at that time. stephanie: no alert either. that is the app that is supposed to notify you moments before the quake hits. lisa: a lot of people did and no damage so that is good news. back home we are waking up to cold temperatures. if you forgot, drop, cover and hold on with your hands on your knees. that will keep you from being knocked down. experts know longer advise running outside or standing in a doorway. once the earthquake reaches a magnitude of 3.0, they are often felt but usually do not cause serious damages. experts classify 3.0 to three earthquakes as minor.

hopefully in bed a little bit longer. there is a look at live doppler 7. clear conditions and early-morning numbers at freezing or below. 30 in dublin. freezing in livermore and concord. 34 in lafayette. 28 santa rosa, 33 in mountain view. in the 40's closer to the bay. zero visibility in livermore. that is why the national weather service has prompted a dense fog advisory until 11:00 from vallejo, to fairfield for some pretty dense fog. those upper-level easterly winds continued to bring that cold chill from the valley into the bay area allowing for a cooler than normal temperature as we get into your saturday. right now we are looking at clear conditions and throughout the morning hours, the and we will talk about when we warm up 70's, mid-50's.

university officials a tentative agreement was reached before the uaw union before we slung strike. they oversee contracts for tens of thousands uems.unenti it would be multipage increases and expanded health care access for dependents. no word yet on when workers will vote on the deal. until at least january 9. that's when classes are supposed to resume. right now, the centers for disease control has san francisco goes community transmission rate at medium. while covid-19 is a concern, new data on the spread of rsp and the flu is raising a big worry for medical workers.

flu hospitalizations are than any year in 2015. data shows the peak of hospitalizations may have been last month with dr. say the risk remains. >> what we see this year is one of the worst rsp seasons that myself and colleagues have ever seen in decades. >> dr. patel says basic hygiene is a major key to avoid getting sick in this triple deming -- tripledemic. it's also not too late to get your flu vaccine are covid booster. hundreds gathered for the funeral of a beloved community leader fatal -- fatally struck by a car. we reported on the record number of traffic deaths on san jose streets this year but more than a statistic, love ones are making sure maria and marcella's legacy is one that last. reporter am an adult to celia has -- amanda del castillo you has the story.

amanda: even in her passing, maria marcello continues to bring people together. at san jose sacred heart of jesus parish friday, standing room only for the community activist and leader. marcella was hit by a car and killed while leading a rare procession last wednesday night. >> it's overwhelming. to find the perfect word it is overwhelming. >> her daughter also named maria describing that the outpouring of support is not only helping the family through the grief but highlighting the impact of her mother's work. >> i know going up you want to be like your mom but it's cool to know that there are other people that really thing that what she was doing was worth the time. >> working on crime, prostitution, drugs, she is worked on helping emily's suffering with mystic violence and addiction and she has served extensively in the homeless camps in our community. >> marcellos outreach

hundreds to friday's mass. >> thanks to the lord for maria as a wonderful gift for her family, her friends, and for our community. amanda: for all she has done, family and friends are advocating to rename the washington united youth center to the maria marcello youth center. >> it also implies a lot of work. we want to make sure there utilizing the centers properly, that it is not changing her name and then forgotten, it is about building a legacy and building something she would be proud of. >> beyond a name change, a communitywide challenge to make a difference, to live like marcella -- >> fighting for something that you know is better is part of who she is but also characteristics we can all build up because if we all try to be like her, this world would be better. amanda: in san jose, i an amanda del castillo, abc7news. >> also sad news out of fairfield this morning.

long time there harry price died. he was four-day shy of completing his fourth term. hughes already said to swear in a new mayor this coming tuesday. the current city councilmember catherine moy will take over. no cause of death has been released. price was 85. a family still in morning sharing their gratitude after the allegheny county district attorney announced three arrests in last year's killing. onldpewas shot and killed during what prosecutors say was a gunfight between two san francisco rival gangs. the two cars were shooting at each other as they were driving down 880 in oakland. after a 13 month long process, family friend susan hsu was relieved to hear about the arrests announced thursday and jasper's mother expressed thanks to the community. >> of course we were super relieved when we found out that they were in custody.

>> [speaking for linkage] >> so much love care from everybody, especially the media. >> a lead investigator gave jasper's dad this pen he used for notes. the family says it is a long road to recovery but this is a milestone and a start to justice. today, a chance to honor lives lost at cemeteries across the u.s.. angry on the graves of nearly free hundred veterans in lafayette. this video shows last year's a■nnual wreaths across america ceremony. it is said to happen at over 3400 cemeteries in all 50 states. locally, volunteers, families, and loved ones will read each veterans day -- veterans name out loud at the historic lafayette cemetery at noon. the event is free and open to the public. the oakland branch of the naacp no longer has a chance for a recount in oakland's mayor race. they say the rank-choice voting

was confusing. they are like zhang's win was certified december 8 after being opponent loren taylor. it was the rank-choice voting. she won by fewer than 700 votes. the naacp forfeited its chance after failing to pay $21,000 for a recount. the organization claims a city officials failed to inform voters on how the ring choice system works. scott and other mayoral candidates as marginalized voters were impacted. >> the budget was not spent properly, there was harm done to the black community, latino community, marginalized voters. >> the alameda county registrar of voters had a recount should have been made within five days of the december 8 certificati the naacp says the fight is not over. there are new concerns about how elon musk is running twitter after several prominent journalists were suspended from the platform. most of the journalists were

reinstated last night after musk today nonscientific poll. muska, who called himself a " free speech absolutist" is being questioned about his true intentions and if he is censoring twitter. thursday night, he jumped on a twitter call to get his view on the suspensions. >> real-time information about surveys location is inappropriate and i think everyone on this board would not like that for them. and there's knocking to be distinctive between journalists and regular people. everyone will be treated the same. >> the journalists who were suspended all reporting on musk which has raised questions about whether this was retaliation. >> he can't normalize this idea that platforms can remove journalists simile because they do not like they're reporting. that is a black -- bad place for democracy to go. >> twitter has not issued a

formal statement as to why the journalists were banned. >> san francisco-based self-driving car cruise is under federal investigation. as reported ryan curry reports, there is concerns its cars will stop unexpectedly or suddenly hit the brakes. >> this is a cruise self-driving taxi stopping at a green light while others drive past it. >> after it stopped at the light for about five minutes, and proceeded to drive around it, it was blocking try the -- traffic at a really busy intersection. >> kelly took his video and said it was an eye-opening moment to see this scar not moving. >> to see it frustrated and eventually going around and they were realizing one after another there's no one in this car, there's no one to honk at. >> pendergrass says the car was stuck in the middle of the road for 15 minutes before a technician arrived. incidents like this are calling the officials to investigate

safety hazards. they say several reports of self-driving cruise vehicles are stopping the road or breaking hard. these cars have no person behind the wheel. a computer solely out -- solely operates them. local tech experts say self-driving technology is still a work in progress. >> ai is nothing fancy, basically like a data-driven system that gets infor date is from experiences. >> in a statement, they say cruises safety record is publicly recorded and has driven 700,000 fully autonomous miles in an extremely come like urban environment with zero life threatening injuries or fatalities. this is against the backdrop of 40,000 deaths each year on american roads. there's always a balance between healthy regulatory scrutiny and the innovation we desperately need to save lives which is why we will continue to fully cooperate with the nhtsa. this comes as the state announced cruise can offer driverless rise anytime a day or

anywhere in san francisco. tech experts say despite the investigation, self driving cars will become more popular in the coming years. >> less than two it will be something very normal. >> ryan curry, abc 7 news. >> another chilly morning, let's check in with lisa. >> it sure is, waking up at or below freezing around dublin, concord, and livermore but we will rebound to the 50's. it will take her out the afternoon. high pressure is in control. we will see the prospects of rain ahead. stephanie: bay area teens under a big mission is creating an opportunity in oakland. plus a snowy debut and an olympic valley. the new gondola over 70 years in the making finally connecting the entire palisades t

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stephanie: the mars rover is about to embark on its next mission. perseverance will build a depot with some of the dirt samples collected. nasa is going to try to return them to earth. the plan calls for the materials to be put on a look nasa lander with a built-in rocket and launched into orbit above mars. a european space agency spacecraft will snag the container and return it to earth. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. it takes all of us. in the east bay, the boys and girls club of oakland hosted a town ball, the first time it has been held in person since 2019. as abc 7 news reporter tim johns explains, it highlights truly remarkable young people. tim: after a pandemic hiatus, the glitz and glamour were back

friday night for the oakland town ball. the fundraising event, and auction, is one of the largest in the city and benefits the boys and girls. >> when i was younger they took us on trips like with the warriors and shopping with them. >> one of those in attendance was 17-year-old winner of the youth award. she plans on staying active in the organization through her own volunteer work after 10 years of working. the work has provided her with opportunities that she otherwise would not have had >> it's great to show people how the girls and club help me and inspired me to get here today. so it feels good. >> but she is just one example of the type of young people the boys and girls club of oakland work with -- worked with. for decades the organization is been a staple in the east bay community. >> they've consistently been there for our children, during summer time.

remember, kids need us to be there for them at all times. tim: it's a mission the boys and girls club takes to heart and one the groups alumni and president, kal stanley, understands personally. >> a lot of people have been given a place to go and wait to grow for many years dating back to 1938. tim: in total, friday's event raised tens of thousands of dollars, money says stanley -- stanley says go toward nicking sure the youth of today have the same opportunities he did all those years ago. >> we help her family provide a kit with ace north -- a northstar, something they can keep their eyes on the prize. tim: tim johns, abc 7 news. stephanie: he made the list and checked it twice and now it is time to get your giftware needs to be in time for christmas. if you do not know you miss the deadline for fedex already. for the u.s. postal service, today is the last day to send something by first class mail. for usps priority your deadline is monday, december 19 and for the procrastinators, usps says

you can express ship your package on the 23rd and it will still make it in time for christmas. palisades tahoe, the largest ski resort in the state, celebrating the opening of the base to base gondola. this is a project 70 years in the making. the gondola makes it possible to explore all 6000 acres of terrain. there is a lineup of events to celebrate starting this morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony, live music, giveaways, then free tours led by mounting guides. then a fireworks display to end the day. it is certainly chilean tahoe, cold here too. lisa argen is tracking the cold front for us. lisa: it's very chilly, single digits in the sierra, nevada and back home, temperatures below freezing, there's fog, and it's like we had our fun with the rain a couple weeks ago and now we are in drier spell where we are looking at the fog and the renewed chances of that widespread frost in some of our coldest conditions. the fog in the lisa: central

valley, that is why they have the advisory come alive -- in the central valley, that is why they have the advisory. we are focused on the chill, 35 union city, 34 freemont, 39 berkeley with 40 in oakland. 45 alameda, 37 san carlos, mountain view down to freezing, look at the 28 in santa rosa. 30 nevada with 33 napa. so you can see windchill factor 20 degrees in the livermore valley and that is where you cannot see anything at all. fog in the northern san joaquin valley valley, less than quarter mile preview from our sutro tower camera. clear and cold with f this morno the east of us, chilly nice in sunny days over the weekend with milder nights arriving by about monday/tuesday of next week and milder afternoons to follow. here is a look at the fog to the east of us.

it is quite expansive and the winds locally allowing for the cooler air to be filtered into the bay area today on the easterly winds. we will get a bit of an onshore flow later on but really need a wind shift to allow for warmer conditions. that will happen as a couple weak systems pass to the north of us next week but so far rainfall today -- to date, oakland up to 97%, this is since october 1. trailing behind as the north bay, santa rosa, san francisco at 69%. any prospects of rain? no through december 27 it stays in the pacific northwest. our snowpack is night -- nice and healthy, 172% of average. the southern sierra, 182%. you can see the south, out-of-control, over 200%. today in the 40's, covering for the overnight low of five. there is dense fog there in the

sierra nevada and sunnier conditions tomorrow with temperatures still in the 40's. mid-50's here for most of us, upper 50's fremont, san jose, shy of average with 60 in our warmest locations, perhaps in santa rosa, morgan hill, and overnight lows not a lot of change. we see temperatures awfully cold, near freezing inland valleys from the north bay to the east bay, 40's closer to the accurate forecast, sunny after the morning chill and cool conditions for the first day of hanukkah tomorrow night at sunset and looking at the clouds increasing, modifying the overnight lows and warming us up with more sunshine by winter wednesday. and so dry for the next seven days. so what are you going to do? this is reminiscent of a year ago but we will see. stephanie: the heat in my building temporarily went out this week and so grateful for my electric like it. lisa: i had a busted pipe. stephanie: no kidding?

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stephanie: happening today, an exhibit promises to take visitors on a spiritual journey, the work of a south african artist who channels the suffering and resilience of indigenous people around the world. news anchor jobina fortson took a personal tour with the artist. >> each panel has between 280 and 290 strains of beads. >> the beads suspended in lola's exhibit facing the future are like the threads that connect the experience is a black and brown people. from the u.s. to her nat

south africa and around the world. >> who have had to cross the ocean unwillingly because of slavery and because of colonial conquest and have made life wherever they landed. >> she refers to the exhibit at san francisco's museum as a constellation rather than installation. the haunting music and vocals that resonate in the background invoke pain, spirituality, and ultimately healing, the human struggle mirrored in poetry. >> and using the poem as part of the work, recognizing and in an interesting way like we can place this poem anywhere in the world and when you read they they live, they love, anywhere in the world that would make sense for black people. >> her constellation is juxtaposed around the museum's permanent collection of african art and is meant to interact

with it. the fine arts museums of san francisco which includes this in the legion of honor have been working to diversify their exit missions. annette sascha was riesling brought on to make that happen, the first african art curator and a native of south africa. >> i think my appointment obviously coincided with this moment of racial reckoning within the united states and within museums as well and really thinking through how museums can open up spaces for people of color. >> visitors are encouraged to find their own connections and perhaps reflect on their own lives and struggles of others. stretching across oceans and centuries. >> to walk away with having sat in your own wound, to ask yourself questions about where is the wound? so we have to listen in order to be able to formulate the

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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. stephanie: at 6:30, hospitals across the holiday's push to capacity. health's -- health officials say rsp cases are starting to go down but covid-19 cases are rising. the counties of most concerning california has -- as 45 states report high levels of flu activity. did you feel it?

a minor earthquake rattled the bay area around 3:30. the usgs reports the earthquake struck north of el cerrito. viewers are calling in from all over the bay area, saying they felt the quake in oakland, twin peaks, martinez, alameda, and even sacramento. this was a minor earthquake so thankfully no serious damage is reported this morning. we did reach out to barks and are waiting to hear back but service is likely not impacted as rise began around 4:40 -- 4:45 this a.m. we start with a look at the weather and getting cold talking about our forecast. lisa: i know. it has not changed, that remained the same, frosty temperatures with temperatures dropping low -- dropping below freezing. let's look on the peninsula, how about 32 redwood city, 32 foster city, and you can see the 40's half moon bay and san francisco but livermore, not only is it freezing, there is fog so

potentially freezing fog there. 27 by the delta, dense fog advisory, and 20 and santa rosa. zero visibility in inland east bay until 11:00, where it gets tricky from fairfield to subsume city. vallejo and venetia where the fog is just thick and creating hazardous driving conditions. upper-level offshore winds keeping the chill with us throughout the afternoon and as we go through the day, you will notice we are cold through 9:00 and noon, 10 talk, low to mid 50's, shy of average but plenty of sunshine today. we will talk about when this changes coming up. stephanie: thank you. rsv, covid, and the flu putting on pressure in hospitals across the country. in los angeles, they face the lowest hospital bed count since the start of the pandemic. report alexis kristof or us tells us more from new york. >> hospitalizations rising as the tripledemic spreads across

the country as officials say rsp cases are going down and covid cases has been stable, cases of the flu are soaring as we head into the holidays. 45 states reporting very high or high levels of flu activity. the situation is particularly concerning in los angeles county where the health department says the number of available hospital beds is at its lowest level since the start of the pandemic. >> what are you seeing inside of these hospitals? >> we are slammed. >> the county says with a population of 10 million people, they have just 88 beds for children. at northridge hospital, they reached 90% of capacity. >> this year has been especially hard, all of the mask mandates and things relax. >> near fresno, rsv landed three-month-old talker in the hospital where he was put on oxygen. she and her husband -- his mother and her husband said his breathing did not look right.

>> a reminded me of a baby ice on the news that they showed with rsp. >> st. luke's health was also feeling the strain, forced to make adjustments to handle all of the patients. they are also rationing medication like children's liquid tylenol, ibuprofen, and amoxicillin. >> it blows me away we are struggling with things like this. >> there have been spot shortages of over-the-counter medications on store shelves for weeks but the white house insists there is enough supply in the pipeline. abc news news, new york. stephanie: pg&e has cut back down its workforce, reducing the number of contractors in recent weeks. critics say the decision does not make any sense ahead of wildfire season. the environmental working group says pg&e laid off at least 800 contract employees over the past few weeks. pg&e has not confirmed that number. the utility company says it is not doing layoffs, rather it staffs to meet its work plans.

which ramps up or down based on the amount of work that needs to be done. critics are doubtful. >> they can only add to pg&e's potential liabilities if they are cutting back the workforce they depend on to make sure we are going to be relatively safer from wildfire risk. stephanie: in a statement to abc7news, pg&e says it is looking to do more of its tree work in-house, including hiring 150 vegetation management inspectors this year. the utility company also says under grounding more of its power lines and in high fire risk areas will improve safety, reduce the risk of wildfires, and lessen the need for ongoing vegetation management. closer to home in the north bay, a big celebration is planned for the first night of hanukkah tomorrow. this community event is adding a high-tech twist to an old tradition. cornell barnard spoke to the organizer and shows us how drones and tiny lights are

playing a role. >> two, wine, go. >> favorite hanukkah game, he calls it strike a lie. >> it's like whack a mole but the nora style. >> the game will debut sunday when the about center hosts a one-of-a-kind event for the first night of hanukkah. lots of room needed for this one because the rabbis says this hanukkah celebration will be taken to new heights. >> i was thinking how could we take a bigger and better and higher? how could we drop chocolate from the sky? >> would you believe a nine foot menorah suspended from a mega drone? the holiday spectacular first appeared in 2021 and became a crowd favorite. >> which is just as fantastic, futuristic, sci-fi hike and -- sci-fi-like experience. >> chocolate coins will be

deployed from then menorah tied to parishes. >> essentially chocolate raining down from the sky. we have tons of them. we have over 1000 coins ready to go. >> you may ask why go so big for the festival of lights? the rabbi says why not. >> light and joy go hand in hand. >> rabbi bush says he is getting calls from other rabbis across the country wondering how they can take their holiday to the next level. >> we are thankful that we can be that inspiration to continue to share the light and message of hanukkah and the message of light over darkness. >> the hanukkah celebration begins 4:30 sunday at the sonoma fairgrounds. in petaluma, cornell barnard, abc7news. stephanie: still ahead, tsa checkpoint records, the new data coming from airport security officials which may surprise you this morning. >> and we will take you outside

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>> when we first met brianti peters a week ago, she got the news that the richmond mayor would pay for her -- one year of rent for her and her 14-year-old daughter. >> what you bringing with your new home? >> my close and my daughter and that's about it. >> this rv has been their shelter for almost a year, her christmas wish was a home. that wish came true. this is her signing the lease to her new apartment, hours later showing the use to her daughter. >> i just took out my keys and was like and crazy and went to grab for them and i said look at it. and she is like when every going home? >> bree invited us to her apartment. >> which one is years? >> it's mine now, for a year.

>> this was bre's second time in her new home while showing us around, she discovered the purpose of the random door in her bedroom. >> i did not even know this was back here. >> from the fridge, to the stove, to the carpet, everything was new, including something many take for granted, a bathroom with a warm shower. >> my own actual running water, it has been a long time. i'm grateful for that. that is one of the main things. >> if you look around the apartment, it is empty but debris is not. every room is filled with love. >> i'm so happy for you. >> i'm happy too. i'm still kind of taking it in. i got butterflies right now. >> for the past year, the mayor helped 11 families out of homelessness, paying for one year of rent. this is the last one before his term is up. he has 25 days left but he promises to keep going with his gofundme account. >> i will keep try to collect

money and put people into homes. >> before we left we surprised re-with her first housewarming gift, tomorrow she starts her second job, these flowers reminding her to keep blooming. >> thank you. these are really pretty, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. so happy for you. >> that's cool. >> the mayor for the housing first initiative is still active and bree started her own account to help get furniture and supplies for her new home. a sweet story. the transportation security administration stopped a record number of guns at check once this year. the agency says as of yesterday and saw 6301 guns. 80% of them were loaded guns. to prevent people from bringing weapons through checkpoints, tsa increased the civil penalty to nearly $15,000.

the january 6 committee is getting ready to urge the department of justice to prosecute former president donald trump on criminal charges. the committee has been debating the move for months now. sources familiar with the cal -- the case tell abc news the charges could include obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the united states. those charges would match allegations the committee made against trump and his election's attorney in a previous court proceeding. time to check out side -- outside. let's check in with lisa. lisa: here's a gorgeous look from mount tam where it is kind of cold at 2300 feet, where the camera is, 41 degrees, highs only mid 40's yesterday. the wind out of the north at 22 miles an hour, so we are breezy in some spots around the bay. we talk about how much we warm up, how much sun we get, and if we will see rain in my accuweather 7 a forecast next. stephanie: thank you.

also next, could the warriors went without steph curry? sports director larry beil has that answer for you coming up in sports.

stephanie: in sports, steph curry sat out of the game against the 76ers with a shoulder injury. with steph curry, draymond green, and andrew begins out

friday night's game, it was up to the rest of the warriors to try to get a win. sports director larry beil has the highlights in this morning's sports. larry: good morning. the warriors lifted into philadelphia with the three players i without injuries and did not have the firepower. came sakes, calling up james wiseman from the julie, first quarter, dante d vincenzo doing his staff impersonation, five threes in the first quarter, only two points the rest of the way, finishing 17. pick and roll and wiseman throws it down hard, six points for the big-ticket. they need to score with steph out. warriors a bite to it the break, third quarter sixers get serious, james harden, two-man game, they go for 34 in philly takes their firstly. then pouring it on, touchdown and slam, o-three on this trip

and they fall. the first time since his injury in indiana, steph curry have great talked about how concerned he was he might need shoulder re--- surgery on the shoulder. >> just trying to stay positive and understand i will be back sooner rather than later. hopefully i won't miss a beat in terms of how i feel, the rest of my body and my game. larry: nets and rafters, warriors play toronto sunday, wednesday, final seconds, game tide, khyber irving up for three and the way in, good night, game over, drive home safely. 119-116 nets. college ball, the sparky's are sugared up, watching green bay cardinal, shooting. we show you almost all of their three-pointers, nine in this game, ryan leading the way with 11 points, stanford cruised to victory by 85 to 40. the 49ers locked the nfc west

title 21 to 13 in seattle, their seventh straight victory overall and first w for rookie brock purdy on the road. you have peekaboo george, the defense has been spectacular. they held opponents at 70 points or fewer in seven straight games. let's face it, brock is the start of the show right now. ? purdy, this football game is pretty easy, right? [laughter] >> that's what i thought growing up with manning. now were here. very blessed, man. >> how much fun is it to have this guy is a teammate? >> it solaris because this sky just does not shut up. >> wow, we have kids watching. larry: settle down, rookie, settle down. that's a wrap, have a great weekend. i am larry beil. stephanie: turning to weather, lisa and i are still talking about our electric i could. [laughter] when i walked outside this winning, i wanted to jump back into my lisa: exactly, the space heater,

hat inside, the beanie, it is awfully cold out where temperatures have bottomed out to below freezing in some areas. you can see how clear we are, live doppler 7, the sun up at 7:00 -- 719, setting at 4:52. there is a look at a shaking camera from mount tam, upper elevation winds over 20 miles an hour, clear, 43 downtown, 40 oakland, palo alto freezing, 37 san jose, santa clara below freezing, san moon bay, 29. novato the delta, 31 livermore with freezing in concord and just above freezing in napa. you get the idea. visibility .25 mile and livermore and they are out to the central valley where you see the more dense fog and that is why we have the dense fog advisory there. half mile visibility, pretty view from sutro, clear and cold

with frost and patchy fog. chilly night and sunny days this weekend, milder nice with warmer weather as we increase the clouds to start the work we. there is a look at the fog that kind of sits there in the central valley. then it evaporates late the day just to come back overnight and bring again the fog, the radiation will cooling with frosted temperatures closer to home. after a couple weak systems moved to the north, we have high pressure building in so the outlook for the week before christmas featuring the coldest air east of the rockies and warmer weather headed our direction. we have been a bit below average with mid and upper 50's but looking at a 60 to 70% -- 60% to 70% chance of above average temperatures that bring some of us to the low 60's for christmas eve and christmas day. headed to the mountains, dense fog with temperatures in single digits and 42 today, about the same tomorrow where numbers will be really unchanged and as we

look at the highs today, just shy of average, 55 concord, 50 seven oakland, upper 50's san jose so i smidge warmer, 60 santa rosa. tomorrow, hanukkah begins at sunset, 4:52, andteheer will beo low0' on a tonight, we will change with the frost in the north bay, freezing temperatures in the east bay, milder around the bay, the seven-day forecast of sunny this afternoon, tomorrow afternoon, then looking at increasing clouds modifying the overnight lows, cooler afternoon highs until we get to winter where we clear out for the most part and bring in more sun with 60's for highs. we will get out of the 20's. stephanie: music to my ears. lisa: it has been a stretch. stephanie:

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taking dovato with dofetilide can cause serious or life-threatening side effects. hepatitis b can become harder to treat while on dovato. don't stop dovato without talking to your doctor, as your hepatitis b may worsen or become life-threatening. serious or life-threatening side effects can occur, including allergic reactions, lactic acid buildup, and liver problems... if you have a rash or other allergic reaction symptoms, stop dovato and get dilp right away. tell youor if you have , or if you are, may be, or plan to be pregnant. dovato may harm your unborn baby. use effective birth control while on dovato. do not breastfeed while taking dovato. most common side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, trouble sleeping, tiredness, and anxiety. detect this: i stay undetectable with fewer medicines. ask your doctor about switching to dovato. stephanie: we have a quick update, bart says there is a 20 minute delay systemwide because

of icy weather conditions and to track inspections. those delays follow the earthquake that happened around 3:30 a.m. according to usgs, the 3.6 magnitude quake showed northeast of el cerrito. viewers have been calling in from all over the bay area they felt the quake in oakland, twin peaks, martinez, alameda, even sacramento. the shallow earthquake is considered minor so think we know serious damage has been reported. holiday tradition is back in san jose. ♪ that music? abc 7 news without tesch was at the california theater as they did a dress rehearsal for the nutcracker, put on by the new ballet. shows are tonight and sunday afternoon and there is a special version for kids called my very

first nutcracker that will be held tomorrow morning. just love the sound of that, beautiful. lisa: definitely gets you in the mood, with winter like temperatures as well as we wake up to numbers in the upper 20's, santa rosa, for the. 31 livermore with fog, 32 concord, recovering to mid to upper 50's with sunny conditions , a little shy of average, the accurate weather seven-day forecast a little change for sunday, clouds for monday and tuesday but overnight lows won't be as cold and then we get into milder afternoon highs as well into a new season, winter arriving wednesday. stephanie: a little way to enjoy temperatures. thanks for joining us. i am stephanie along with lisa argen. abc 7 news continues at 8:00 a.m. have a great tape.

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