long and hard day for so many people in humboldt county, specifically here in rio dell. this is the city officials are calling ground zero for the damage. we just got out of a press conference where we learned more about the two people who were sadly killed. they were elderly people who experienced a medical emergency and cmt could not get to them soon enough -- emt cannot get to them soon enough. we heard so many stories from people who are rattled awake in the middle of the night. more than 100 people now potentially displays. about a week until christmas people tell us they will be spending days cleaning up the damage. >> across humboldt count cleanup is underway after the deadly and destructive 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast overnight. two people died and several others were injured after the quake knocked homes off their

foundation and through items off shelves onto the floor. jessica described what it felt like when she was jolted awake. >> it felt like i was in a tornado. it completely moved in circles. it was pretty terrifying. it was loud. >> much of the damage in the small city of rio delaware 15 buildings had been red tagged as too dangerous to enter and at least 18 others yellow tagged with partial damage. this balcony collapsed on his home on wildwood road. >> what did it sound like? >> a big boom. >> in the nearby napa auto shop, all of the windows shattered. the owner spent his morning cleaning up the glass and covering the damage with wood. inside he showed us even mor damage. >> you cannot walk through either i'll. my

a sliding doors inaccessible. >> of bottles were shadowed everywhere at the liquor store. -- shattered everywhere at the liquor store. >> in rio dell, the entire city has no water after the earthquake caused a watcher to break. the fire department in town handing out pieces of bottled water. the mayor came to pick some up for elderly neighbors. >> neighbors who have physical issues, they cannot get down here to get water so i am coming down there to pick up water and give it to them. >> the earthquake also college -- also cause damage to the bridge. >> you can see the practice in the road here. -- see the crack's here. >> people lined up to get gas. >> what happens if you do not have gas? >> fish tanks cannot get heat and the fish freeze and die. >> he says he was shaken awake

overnight. >> it was pretty violent. i had wheels on my bed so i was shaking left and right. it was the biggest one i have ever been in. >> there have been dozens of aftershocks since that quake overnight including one we felt a couple hours ago here at city hall that happened during the press conference. as far as injuries, we know at least 12 people have been injured so far. minor to moderate injuries. one person broke a hip and another had a head injury. it has been a really scary situation for a lot of people. everyone says their house is a mess right now. the one ruin -- the one woman said it reminded her of being in a tornado in the wizard of oz. she said when it was all over, she realized she was not in kansas anymore. live in humble county, abc 7 news. >> thank you. a little more than an hour ago,

civic leaders and first responders provided an update on the earthquakes impact. two of the biggest issues people face now involve housing and water. karina is a live in the newsroom with an update on the impact. >> local officials wrapped up the press conference but as you heard liz mentioned, it started off with an aftershock which was one of 50 felt in the area. take a look at what people experienced today. >> aftershocks als uninvited guests. >> you can see they are making light of it but aftershocks will continue to be an issue for people around humboldt county. the other major problems are housing and water. the city of rio dell was hit the hardest, 15 homes have been red tagged which means they are not safe to be inside. the city is asking for anyone who can take people in to help.

there is no running water into the city of rio dell. >> currently and rio dell the water system is not active so if you turn on your tap, no water will come out. your toilets will not flush. all of those problems, we are working diligently on this but unfortunately, i do not believe we will have water restored to the city by this evening. so we are looking at potentially 24-48 hours with no running water. >> bottled water is being handed out at a distribution center and portable bathrooms have been set up. people are also without power. i checked the weather. it is cold and it will be raining for a couple days. 70,000 people in the county have no electricity, pg&e says they are working to restore power. they do not know at this point when it will be fixed. back to you.

>> thank you. that is rough especially as we approach the holidays. the real-life early warning system was a success. 3 million californians including leslie brinkley got an alert just before the shaking started. >> at 2:34 thousands of bay area residents were jolted out of bed by in earthquake alert on their cell phone. i woke up and saw a drop cover and hold on a message on my cell phone so i jumped out of bed and went into a doorway but i did not feel any shaking, at least not this time. >> california's shake alert system started delivering alerts to the my shake app in 20. >> we sent out alerts to various places in california. this is the biggest alert we sent so far. it went out to 270,000 users of the my shake app last night.

they alerts only get sent to people who we expect to feel shaking intensity of three or greater. where we estimate the magnitude to be greater than 4.5. if you get the alert you should drop, cover and hold on. >> if you are close, maybe you get only one seconds of warning. if you are further away like last night in the bay area, you could have a full minutes before you feel the shaking. plenty of people felt it according to usgs from san jose to medford, oregon. >> people protect themselves they do not fall over or have things fall on them and we can reduce the number of injuries. >> we encourage you to download the my shake app. 6.4 in fernda than a six part foy -- 6.4 in san francisco. people in the bay area being made aware of it, to us this is all positive so they can be

prepared for the next one. i am leslie brinkley abc 7 news. >> still among the biggest earthquake to hit the biggest bay area at 6.9 magnitude, in october 1989. we have had earthqu past few decades. a 5.1 quake hit san jose. that was on most a decade after the napa earthquake of 2014. that one measures 6.0. youngsville was rocked by a 5.0 in 2000. when an earthquake hits you can trust abc 7 to be on top of it and bring you live interviews with experts. if you can find all of our earthquake content on our app available wherever you stream. >> coming up motion denied. a ruling today and a scott peterson's bid for a new trial. this fight might not be over yet. leaving office, oakland mayor

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>> a judge rejecting a new murder trial for scott peterson 20 years after he was charged with dumping the bodies of his pregnant wife and their unvoiced -- their unborn child. there was no evidence that the juror committed misconduct during jury selection. peterson can appeal this decision. he is serving a sentence without the possibility of parole. >> an apparent drunk driver drove off a cliff this morning killing a passenger. the driver missed a turn and fell 200 feet down the cliff. a 42-year-old woman was ejected from the passenger side and died. the driver had been drinking alcohol. he survived and was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. >> the naacp is asking for oakland to pay for a manual recount in the recent mayoral

election. the naacp missed the last friday to pay out $21,000 daily fee for a recount. they claimed the city and county gave short notice to pay the fee. they say officials just messed up. >> we need the city to pay for this manual recount. they need to pay for it. they messed up. >> the naacp says officials failed to educate marginalized voters on the ranked choice voting system for this election and oaklands race. the group file for a recount after mayor elect beat opponent lauren taylor using rank-choice voting. rank-choice in the city since 2010. >> oakland mayor is approaching her last days in office. earlier she appeared on giving answers with me to reflect on her eight years leading oakland.

she said she is most proud of oaklands affordable housing programs. over the last eight years we created nearly 20,000 new homes. so we can welcome the people who were discovering oaklands secret sauce and wanted to live here but not displace longtime oaklanders. we doubled affordable housing production compared to the previous period even though we did not have redevelopment funds. >> the housing policies are being recognized by the state. oakland is among seven california cities to earn the pro-housing designation today. it recognizes communities for enacting policies that remove barriers to building warehousing. it provides funding to speed up housing production. mayor shaft says she has a fan of rank-choice voting which produced two of her wins and also she does not yet know what is next professionally. >> or she knows i won't tell.

>> that could be a. >> spends her and tells. -- spencer knows and tells. >> you can see an impulse moving into northern california that will have enough moisture with it that there could be a sprinkle or two overnight. northernmost part of sonoma county but not a great chance of that. a brutally cold air -- a brutally cold air is pushing in. warmer at this time then it was yesterday. san francisco and oakland are six degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. here is the view looking out over san francisco with mixed sky conditions and areas of clearing and clouds. you can see cloud shadows over the city now. 52 in san francisco, mid to

upper 50's in palo alto, san jose and half moon bay. at the golden gate we see really cloudy skies. low 50's right now at novato, napa, 54 degrees at santa rosa. a dramatic view of the east bay hills camera showing some clouds drifting over the east bank but a lot of blue sky out there as well. we will see clouds increasing in much of the bay area overnight and there is a possibility of some north bay sprinkles but the far northernmost part of our area which begins tomorrow afternoon. warmer weather will then follow and rain chances will increase early next week. tonight this is what we can expect, increasing clouds especially in the north bay. areas of moisture moving through, and there may be a sprinkle of two. overnight and into the morning hours but notice how clear it remains in the east bay, south bay and over the peninsula

tomorrow. so a fairly mild and calm and dry pattern coming our way. parts of the inland east bay will see upper 30's in concord and antioch. low 40's for most other location. highs tomorrow, 52 at half moon bay and san francisco. in the south bay look for low 60's like san jose and morgan hill. here, is the accuweather seven-day forecast. it starts to warm up on friday and then on a saturday and sunday, christmas eve and christmas day, high temperatures move into the mid 60's. 66 degrees around the bay and inland. sunday and monday pretty much the same range. it starts to get cloudier early next week and there is a chance of some rain. showers are likely next tuesday but until then we are talking mild and dry weather and

beautiful weather for christmas weekend. >> fantastic. thank you. >> christmas came a few days early for dozens of seniors in the east bay. vonteers fm e pleasanton police department and meals on wheels program delivered gifts to some 60 homebound seniors. the gifts were handpicked from their wish list. some ask for jackets, some asked for pots and pans, >> somewhere like peanut because that's what they got as a child and they wanted something familiar. >> meals on wheels delivers hot meals to seniors four days a week. they are in need of volunteers to drop off meals year-round not just the holidays. >> san francisco style, santa

spending the afternoon on a cable car at fisherman's wharf. he met from families all across if you want to stop by and say hello, santa will be back tomorrow noon until 4:00 p.m. asked the cable car turnaround at beach and high street. >> thieves consider it easy money. the middle class tax return payments that millions of californians receive in the mail. we hear about a change to those debit cards that is intending to keep the cash out of the hands of criminals. >> after a four-year battle after president trump's financial records, that fight could be coming to an end.

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>> 11 million californians are getting debit cards in the mail. many thought they were a scam but they are loaded with money and now a concern, scammers want the money as well. >> they called for putting security chips on the cards but that never happened. putting billions of dollars at risk. michael finney with the story now. >> i was amazed. i couldn't believe it. >> he was happy to get his $700 debit card from the state for inflation relief until a scammer swipes more than half of the money. >> it was disheartening.

>> and happened after he went to his atm in martinez and withdrew re-hundred dollars off the card. all good until the next day when he tried to withdraw the rest. >> and it says no funds available. >> the money was gone. he checked the account and it shows someone went to an atm in san leandro and drained the card. >> that left only $1.50 on the card. >> he filed a claim with a debit card provider, money network which agreed to refund his money and put it on a new card but was that safe? >> california gave a tremendous amount of money so that they could issue those cards and they failed to secure it. >> we learned the franchise tax board's $25 million contract with money network requires security checks on the cards to prevent this type of fraud. it says the state shall require the use of an emv chip enabled

card to offer protection. the marketing materials show the cards with the chip right there. on the back of the card. he shows us his debit card, no chip. >> there is no chip on their. >> on the back it has a bird. >> we ask the franchise tax board, they tell us it is a supply chain issue saying during the bidding process we learned the supply of chips is limited due to a nationwide shortage. the contract allows them to issue cards without chips rather than wait for a supply. chips are only one security measure to protect the billions of dollars flowing to households. californians are still reeling from massive edd fraud during the pandemic. >> gets came in the mail. >> he finally got his refund with no chip so he cash it pronto. >> i feel much better now,

thanks to you. >> all right, seven on has already received several reports of fraud on these cards. a man said his card was drained after he used it once at a supermarket. others said their cards were stolen out of the mail and others cash them in. 7 on your side will be following up. we want to hear from you. you can send in your stories about buying a car or home, anything that has to do with money. we want to hear about your triumphs and frustrations. committee is on the verge of voting to make public some of the former president's trumps income taxes. controlled house committee is expected to vote on whether to make some of former president

trump's tax returns public. trump has fought to keep his tax returns private but last month the u.s. supreme court paved the way for the committee to obtain six years of the tax records. they say they were needed as part of congressional oversight into irs audits practices. >> the only one who cares is the price. even the press -- it is not a big deal. i think people do not care. >> trumps legal team spent years in courts fighting to keep his records secret claiming the committee was seeking taxes under false pretenses. since the 1970's most presidents have voluntarily revealed their taxes. one member claiming the documents are critical for drafting legislation on the presidential tax compliance. >> every year the irs audits the returns of the president and vice president. the former president has called into question the integrity of

the irs and that process. we need to know if it is working or if new legislation needs to be considered and voted on in order to make it work more effectively. >> after the court denied trump's request the committee obtained six years of the returns last month. the same day donald bender accounted for trump and company testified that the president reported nearly $1 billion in operating losses over a two-year period about a decade ago. >> possession of some of the documents. abc news washington. >> coming up a closer look at science behind the quake. we hear from a seismologist about an earthquake last year but the impact was a lot different. >> the touching way and east bay restaurant paid tribute

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> the cleanup is well and humboldt county and there is a lot to clean up following this morning's 6.4 earthquake. people's nerves will take a long time to recover. >> it caused two deaths and nearly one dozen injured. we have the latest. >> widespread destruction on the northern california coast after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck around 2:30 this morning. >> up one reported to be 4.6 magnitude. thousands in hard-hit humboldt county without power.

>> this is earthquake country, we do feel a lot of earthquakes but to get a 6.4 is significant. >> some homes ripped from foundations, others in flames. these windows smashed to pieces. items scattered at a hardware store in eureka. >> a relatively strong earthquake and it was felt widely. >> you can see crack's on the bridge in ferndale, cruise shutting it down for safety inspections. officials say several have been injured but the scope of injuries is unknown. >> we are still doing assessments and still driving around and trying to make sure everyone is ok. we encourage people to check in on their neighbors and friends. >> lucy jones explaining how this likely happened. >> this earthquake was probably not on the san andreas, it is probably on this transform fault, it is a very common

source of magnitude, sixes and sevens but offshore. it is rare that there is much of any damage. >> the sheriffs say this is the most significant earthquake the area has seen and about 11 years. crews working to get power up and running for the thousands who are in the dark. damage assessment will likely take days. abc news los angeles. x ironically, one year ago today, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit this very region. that earthquake was 27 kilometers in depth, much deeper than today's 10 kilometer earthquake. this region is called the mendocino triple junction, where three earthquake plates come together. lucy jones explains how the placements of the plates affected today's quakes. >> the san andreas fault as the boundary between the north american plate and pacific ocean but it ends in mendocino where

another plate now fits i between the pacific and north america. >> jones says this area is a commonplace for magnitude six and seven earthquakes although offshore earthquakes may raise tsunami concerns, no alert was issued today. >> you need to both be offshore and need that thrusting motion so you are raising up the seafloor engineered to be bigger than this, to get a tsunami. >> because more than a dozen aftershocks. good abc7.com to find a creating an earthquake quit -- kit. >> random violence against an elderly woman resonated across the bay area. many people are reaching out to offer help. that includes a couple with a giant heart. a story only on seven. >> what happened to 79-year-old lisa.

on december 3 while boarding to go to work has affected her mentally and physically. >> my head is still -- i still get headaches. my shoulder still has pain also. >> lisa has worked nearly 30 years in concessions for the giants, warriors and 49ers and was on her way to oracle park while she was violently kicked in the stomach. after we visited with her, her story generated a lot of attention. sfpd releasing full surveillance asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect. someone else who paid attention, alexis, wife of retired san francisco giants player hunter pens who expressed on social wanting to help. >> hundred pens with a san francisco giants. -- hunter pence. >> we want to back you up and support you and let you know how

much the bay area appreciates your hard work at the stadiums. >> which includes providing her with taxi rights to help ease her fears. >> the community center also created this gofundme to help with lost wages and other expenses. lisa is now looking forward to going back to work for the warriors game on christmas day and eagerly awaits the start of baseball season. >> i love the giants. >> all of the best to you and i hope you stay strong. >> the s -- the investigation into lisa's case continues. >> of vallejo restaurant hosted a fundraiser today for a longtime customer who died in a heroic act. dozens of people turned out for breakfast with bob. last week they saw someone trying to steal the purse of a waitress so he intervened. he was shot and killed. the owner of the restaurant said

they were heartbroken. they consider him a member of their family. >> that is how i want to remember him. bob as one of my family members. not just a customer. i want to say thank you to all of my loyal customers today for coming out to support the event. it makes my heart full. >> all the proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to bob's emily. >> of next, your next pair of headphones could transmit sound through vibrations on your school. --skull.

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>> time for the four asked for. -- four at four. the earthquake left damage in humboldt. leaving over 70,000 people without power. today's events may raise questions such as are you earthquake ready? what is in your earthquake kit and when is the last time you checked it? do you have a kit? >> we do. are we earthquake ready? i feel like you can only be as best prepared as you possibly can be. i do not know if there is ever 100% but we are ready. a lot of it we bought online. last time it was the last earthquake we had because a

friend does not have her earthquake kit so i center links of what we bought and suggestions to make sure you have things for the pets, and update sizes every time they go up aside to make sure -- go up a size to make sure they have clothes that fit. >> i definitely need to upgrade my preparedness and check batteries and flashlights and stuff like that. first-aid items you might need. bottled water. we always kept those things ready around the house but how do you know if you're really ready for a major earthquake? it is hard to know. >> all i have is a lot of water and the numbers to spencers a bank account. [laughter] >> you are the one making those withdrawals. >> you can have some of my tuna packs. i do need to refresh an update. >> elon musk's antics on twitter

are hurting tesla on wall street. the investment bank downgraded its rating on tesla. the company cited risks posed by the billionaires ownership and management of twitter. elon musk is ceo of both companies. the various problems include musk's banning of multiple journalists. over the weekend, elon musk tweeted out of poll that said should i stay in charge of twitter or not? and lost, 54 or 57%. you think he will really step down? >> yes. i do not think he tweeted that without knowing that is the likely result and he already planned for it. come on. >> except he has already so damage the company. two bailout now? you could've already had your choice handpicked before you wrecks whatever the company was worth. >> that's not how it works.

>> it is hard to know what is going on in elon musk's mind. all i know is that he has damaged the company, twitter. and perhaps every other company he owns as well. we will see. he loves attention but he is not generating positive attention right now. >> tesla stock has taken a huge dive. >> that is upsetting. >> the shareholders of tesla may be the ones that save twitter. >> maybe. companies are adding some unusual twist to headphones. one example here, a $949 pair air purifying headphones from dyson. phone conduction headphones which transmit sound bite by ration -- sound by vibration. open earbuds that do not block the ears. actually, i see good reason for that.

the evolution of technology and the company's desire to create features to make headphones stand out. i am all for the open earbuds design because my kids asked, am i losing my hearing? they have their earbuds and all the time. -- in all the time. >> but do we hear it? >> other people. those people walking down the street playing music without using their airbus. >> use it in your >> what was the price tag? >> almost a thous $949. >> i guess it is cheaper than an iphone. >> i think your kids are sending you a message. i cannot hear you. what? >> by the way, asking for a friend, if you have an extra thick school --skull still work?

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>> we were talking about this, if you are wondering how much the world cup victory for argentinians. look at the scene today. this is the players got when they arrived this morning, tens of thousands surrounding the bus alone. that was at 4:00 bam in the morning. the official parade som between 2 million and 4 million people. the players had to be airlifted

by helicopter since the bus cannot get through the crowds. this is argentina's third world cup championship. we have seen terrific parades here for the warriors, the giants, way back when the 49ers. this is like the parade on steroids. 4 million people. are you serious? >> they have a lot more people than us and it is a lot more dense and it is the world cup. >> spencer, impressive? >> dunning. amazing video. -- stunning. amazing video. these are our forecast headlines coming up. kraut -- clouds increasing overnight. winter begins tomorrow, warmer weather will follow and we may have some rain here early next week. overnight look for increasing clouds into the north bay. overnight lows upper 30's and inland upper 40's.

it will be relatively mild as we look at the accuweather 7 day forecast, you can see it will get milder and milder going into christmas weekend. saturday, sunday and monday high temperatures in the mid 60's inland and around the bay shoreline up to about 60 on the coast. remarkable for late december but beautiful weekend and a wonderful holiday weekend. so get out and enjoy it. >> and east bay organization is treating hundreds of families to christmas dinner. people lined up early at the bay area rescue mission to bag one of 600 holiday meals. they include ham, beans, potatoes and other food items to cook for christmas. they say the need for food has tripled in the area since the pandemic. >> pre-pandemic we were providing 60,000 meals per month from our warehouse. now, last month in november we provided 170,000 meals.

>> besides mission provides shelter, for more than 300 people per day. >> this christmas eve a new holiday tradition begins. abc and hulu are teaming up to track santa on his journey around the world. our tracking santa technology makes it feel like you are riding along in santa's sleigh. this is as close as you can get without being a reindeer. our news steam is joining stations across the country to report from the scene of santa sightings. we will also get christmas music, trivia and much more. tracking santa, a hulu abc holiday special this christmas eve only on hulu. you can enjoy the glow on our app any time. download the abc streaming app available wherever you stream.

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>> >> coming up on abc7 at 8:00, catch tensor is coming to town followed at 9:00 by disney prep and landing as well as disney prep and landing not tea versus nice. america's funniest home videos after that. >> a veteran actor whose work you know but whose name you might not know is getting oscar buzz for a small-scale film called living about a civil servant who has been dealing with a terminal illness.

on the quiet role of an ordinary man working on mundane routine office job. last week, this performance and got him a critics choice nomination for best actor. >>'s are middleton, your term you don't mind. >> it is only when he learns he is dying that it is time to do some living. ask this movie shows me despair differently. there is inspiration there. there is the message you can have a significant and meaningful life without having to reach for world domination. good morning.

not happy, not unhappy. >> you make the most of the life you have rather than yearning for some life you do not have or will not have in the future. he finds meaning very late in his life. >> that is in part due to a friendship he makes with a young worker in his office for love life. she helps him enjoy what time he has left. ♪ his death for some reason is not the end. there is something about it which is inspirational. >> living will play exclusively on friday. -- beginning on friday. >> that is going to do it for this addition of abc7news at

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