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♪ dan: a powerful earthquake strikes in the middle of the night. >> i was sound asleep and all of a sudden i heard my wife yell, earthquake. the whole room was shaking back and forth. dan: humboldt county hit with a magnitude 6.4, the largest quake the state of california has seen in three years. the bay area with the familiar feeling from afar. >> i have got ptsd from earthquakes. i think about it all the time. dan: overnight alerts proving successful before the shaking begins. >> we sent out various alerts to places in california. this is the biggest alert we have sent out so far. dan: tonight, recovery for the rural towns to the north. power only now starting to come back online. >> we are alive.

we have got almost all our animals and it is what it is. >> plans across the roof, trains stopped, piles of glass. it was traveling out and it was incredible. dan: what a day. thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. ama: and i am ama daetz. governor newsom is now declared a state of emergency to help speed up the cleanup response. dan: the epicenter of the quake was in the pacific, about 15 miles from fortuna. but those damaging effects are being felt far beyond that. ama: the quake killed two people, injured a dozen more, and it is likely that number will rise. about 7000 pg&e customers were without power. as of right now there are s large pockets of neighborhoods with no gas, electricity, or

heat. humboldt county has issued a boil water advisory for the county. dan: a reporter has a boots on the ground look at what people are dealing with. >> we are at city hall in rio dell which is the only place in town with power because of a generator keeping the lights on. there is no power and no water in this city right now. earlier tonight, the city council declared a city disaster declaration. for the people who live in the security -- the community, health cannot come soon enough. cleanup is underway after the earthquake struck off the coast overnight. two people died and several others were injuredhe earthquake through items off of shelves onto the floor. jessica bonz described how it felt like. >> it felt like i was in a

tornado. it completely moved in circles. it was pretty terrifying. it was loud. reporter: much of the damage in the small city of rio dell where several buildings have been red tagged as too dangerous to enter. the balcony collapsed off of this resident's home. >> we heard a big boom. reporter: and at 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 the store, he showed us even more damage. >> you couldn't walk through the aisle. my side door is inaccessible. liz: it is a similar scene at the liquor store where bottles were shattered everywhere. >> wine and everything, glass. liz: more than 17,000 people

lost power across the county and rio dell has no water after the quake caused the water main to break. the mayor came to pick some water bottles up for her elderly neighbors. >> we told neighbors who have physical issues that cannot come down here and get water, i can come pick some up. liz: the earthquake also caused damage to the historic ferndale bridge. you can see the railing is bent. this is the main road into the town of ferndale. across the street, people lined up to get gas. nathan byers says he needs gas to power the generators for his fish tanks. >> the fish tanks cannot get heat and all of the fish freeze up and die. liz: nathan had never felt anything like it. >> it was pretty violent. i had wheels on my bed so i was shaking left and right. the biggest one i have ever felt. liz: the police chief tells us

the city has now run out of bottled water that they were giving out at their distribution city. there are working to get more, working with the red cross and hope to restock by tomorrow morning. they did have to turn people away tonight. the police chief has been giving people blankets. it is a cold night and with no power and water, it will be a long night -- and day -- ahead for the people of rio dell. dan: liz talked one-on-one tonight with the chief of the rio dell police department. he has lived in the city for 32 years and has never experienced an earthquake like the one that happened. >> this one felt a little different. it was a hard hit roll and it was scary. dan: even during all of the calls emergency groups groups bonded -- groups responded

the police chief was able to give blankets to those without power. ama: since that original earthquake, we have counted dozens of aftershocks, including one in the middle of a local news conference with officials. take a look. >> aftershocks also. uninvited guests. ama: that look stops. let's bring in abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. dan: still lots of things popping up tonight. sandhya: we have been seeing numerous aftershocks tonight. i want to show you the earthquake that was 6.4, as you mentioned west southwest of ferndale this morning. since then we have seen dozens of aftershocks. this is all in the area known as the mendocino pacific projection. where those three plates meet is what we saw this earthquake.

it was a strong earthquake. since then we have had at least 24 reports of aftershocks. the largest magnitude was 4.3. the usgs is saying there is a 6% chance of aftershocks larger than eight -- than a the aftershocks were weaker around the bay area but felt all the way down towards the bay. dan: let's check back now on the pg&e live outage map. most power was supposed to be back on, not so much the case tonight. thousands still in the dark. pg&e does not expect power to be restored until 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. in the bay area, we have had our fair share of sizable earthquakes. we have seen four manning to five or greater in the bait -- magnitude five or greater in the

bay area. it was almost a decade after the napa earthquake of 2014 which hit 86.0 magnitude. then a 5.6 quake the big one we all think of, back in 1989, that one hit a 6.9. ama: it is never too late to get that earthquake readiness kit together. we have this video on abc7news.com that walks you through what to pack. if you have one, do not forget to check it twice a year to make her nothing has expired. if you did not get the alert from myshake, you hopefully got this one from the abc seven news app. download the app now and enable push alerts so you will know when we have news that breaks. dan: elon's now claiming to step aside.

is that going to happen? ama: plus the solution to homelessness. the new study that could come and put the crisis to zero. dan: and it will be a hassle if you are traveling e what if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks? now they can. downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh waaaay longer than detergent alone. pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load. and enjoy fresher smelling laundry. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. shop for downy unstopables online, including our lighter scent.

ama: if you missed any of our earlier coverage of the 6.4 earthquake at humboldt county, look on abc7news.com.

when an earthquake hits, you can trust abc 7 news to be on top of it. you can find all of that now on the abc 7 bay area news app. dan: you will need to wear a mask again inside government buildings in oakland. the city council voted unanimously to reinstate masks for everyone ages six and older at government facilities. that decision goes into effect immediately. earlier this month, alameda health county officials mended -- mandated masks inside government buildings and jails. ama: elon musk set on another tweet. he says he will find someone new to head the company. our reporter spoke to trouble with this corner of tech. reporter: elon musk says he will

find a new ceo to run the company. this comes after he posted a poll on the app, asking users if he should step down. the majority said yes. >> this is not the normal way of trying to let this company grow, and it started with this kind of trouble with almost everybody. reporter: professor ahmed been often says musk should reconsider his decision to even by twitter. once he took over, he disbanded half the workforce and let go safety advisors. he recently banned the accounts of several journalists who had been reporting over his takeover of twitter. >> the fact that he has lost his mind from a business and personal point of view is the most surprising thing because he could have been capable of fixing what is a bad business. reporter: tech schwarzer hosted a live taping of her podcast where she called the latest move by musk damaging

of the view of him being a good businessman. >> he has ruined the view that he is brilliant and it does not take the fact that he is brilliant, but that he is out of control. reporter: musk did not provide a timeline for how long it would take to find the new ceo. tech experts say they are skeptical of how much power over the company musk will english -- language. -- relinquish. >> what kind of control will he be giving that person or will he just be micromanaging that person and he is making the shots from the back? reporter: this move also comes as the tesla shareprice dropped towards $138, the lowest in two years. he should consider running that is opposed to also running twitter. dan: a new report says california could end the homeless crisis by 2035 if the

state is willing to shell out serious cash. it would take $8.1 billion each year according to a new study by the corporation for supportive housing and the california housing partnership. our media partner published the report which aims to use the money to build affordable housing, subsidized rent, and provide emergency shelter. this comes one day after president biden pledged to cut homelessness might -- by 25% 2025. ama: tomorrow ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will visit washington, d.c. it will be his first trip outside of ukraine since the invasion from russia. we will visit president biden at the white house in afternoon. >> to have a complete and total hero in the congress of the u.s. , leading people who are fighting for democracy, brings honor. ama: zelenskyy's visit

congress considers another $45 billion in emergency aid for ukraine on the white house is expected to announce the new military aid package. veterinarians at the oakland zoo are working hard to nurse a mountain lion cub back to help. it was rescued after a san andrews resident found the cub on her property. the staff have named her holly after the holidays. holly is being treated with fluids, vitamins, and medicine. once she is halle, the zoo will find her a safe -- healthy, the zoo will find her a safe home. dan: coming up, a winter storm is on track to move through several major cities including chicago and new york, likely to cause trouble ripple effects throughout the country. chicago could get a foot of snow this week but airport officials say it is business as usual. >> 350 pieces of snow removal

equipment, 5000 tons of salt, and i think it is 40,000 gallons of the ice. dan: the number of travel airlines reducing the number of flights addressing travel demand growing to pre-pandemic lovers -- numbers. that means if your flight gets canceled, be patient. it could be very difficult to get rebooked. it could be a tense travel situation for many people. ama: we are coming up on winter. dan: officially winter is about to arrive. sandhya: that is for us in the bay area. let's take a look at the national picture and as you both mentioned, very much like winter. wind chill warnings, winter storm watches posted from washington state all the way toward the midwest. they are number -- they are under a number of warnings. we are looking at dangerous wind

chills, possibly up to 17 degrees below as the arctic air plunges in. mntns a e and ast ai winter begins at one tomorrow afternoon where the sun's rays will be directl aprico. friday through sunday, it is going to be warming up in the bay area. san francisco will go from 60 to 62 by christmas. san jose from 60 to 66. santa rosa, 62 to 66. while above average, as you look at live doppler 7, we love to see rain. unfortunately, few showers up along the north coast. the thing is coming measurably in the bay area tonight -- nothing is coming measurably in the bay area tonight. already sent 40's on your temperature right now as we look at the live picture from our exploratorium cameras.

enter starts tomorrow afternoon, warming trend ahead for the weekend, and it looks like rain returns early next week. as we look at the hour-by-hour forecast, tomorrow morning a few sprinkles are not out of the question for the north bay. the rest of you looking at a mixture of sun and high clouds. through thursday, the clouds are increasing and another system comes through. the best chance of showers will be in the north bay. we are not looking at much rain accumulation. fog will be a problem across bays -- parts of the bay temperatures ranging from below 30's to the mid-40's as he started out the morning. you don't definitely need the layer for the afternoon -- you will definitely need the extra layer for the afternoon. today's temperatures came to the low to upper 50's. we will bump them up a few more degrees for your wednesday. winter begins at 1:48 p.m. and there is a slight chance of a few showers thursday evening.

less of a chance in the north bay but the temperatures really going up so it is a warming trend that takes us through christmas. low 60's along the coast. the good thing is we have cloudier skies coming with a level 1 storm. it is trending ♪holiday music♪ after a night like this. crest has you covered. crest. as the official toothpaste of santa. we asked for his help in closing america's smile gap this holiday season. when do you spray febreze air? after every flush. in my kitchen, febreze tackles my toughest odors. after vacuuming, because fresh means clean. i spray every chance i get. starts working instantly to freshen any room. febreze air.

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and right here on december the prime time rock and eve with ryan seacrest will be airing on abc seven at 8:00 p.m. ama: the giants were all set to introduce their new star player tonight. dan: sports director larry beil explains. larry: carlos correa was the giants' big prize in free agency. the giants are minding his physical and have put this megadeal on pause. welcome to my digestive system. when your gut and vaginal bacteria are off balance. you may feel it. but just one align women's probiotic daily helps soothe digestive upsets.

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korea. whether this is a pause or something that can blow up the deal remains to be seen. jordan poole playing and comes up with the steel up to jonathan coming back. the doves are half. third quarter, tic-tac-toe, ends up in james wiseman's hands. they won eight straight. football now. brock purdy limited, back on the practice field with the 49ers. they host on saturday. an injured oblique in the win against seattle last saturday. they already clinched nfc west what they want to add onto that winning streak. >> i would understand if you're getting ready for a seven-game series. football is 3.5 hours, one shot. >> we have bigger aspirations for ourselves, so we try to find

a wave this week. >> you cannot dial back anything when you are trying to win. larry: potato or potato. san jose state versus eastern michigan in the famous idaho potato bowl. the extra point block, returned the distance. eastern scored 32 points in the first half. they pass nick nash, but cordero picked late. that is your ballgame. chris craven gets the french fry bath. the eagles win 45-27. calgary with team teal co back. the flames add on three more. it is almost bedtime. seventh -- second rated stanford host creighton. second half, it is jones with the reverse. she has 16 and stanford the

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right now o o o o o o o o it in florida for the next one in alligator. that's maybe a little homesick. falling out of the sky. no i'm just kidding. not alligators. alright this alligator was spotted basically knocking on the front door of a home in southwest florida city of but he just springs. locals say there used to gators being around, but i've never seen one climbing a front door ii. gator experts say it may have been in the process of relocating to a new body of water. by the time a crew arrived to remove it, the gator had already moved itself. so this is something you're used to seeing in florida to a little bit, but i can't say i've ever seen an alligator try to get the ring doorbell app going. they're scary. scary okay, coming up a military homecoming. unlike any other. you've got to see this, plus the new information and new video in the search for an 11 year old girl missing since before thanksgiving. let's hope your day doesn't go like this details on where this happened

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