reggie: the deadly earthquake rocks northern california. we are getting a look at some of the aftermath that left thousands of people in the dark. >> annual report about how muc money the state will need to pay to end homelessness. if you are heading east for the holidays, what you need to know about a powerful storm that is impacting some of the busiest airports on the busiest travel days of the week. if you are watching us, we are noting you. highly favored. >> we are happy you are here with us this morning. drew:r.el

wier arrives this afternoon. we have fog dents in spots. nevada is a quarter of a mile visibility. we are doing well. we are dealing with the fog in parts of the bay area. let's talk temperatures. a little cooler compared to this time yesterday. 30's have made a comeback in a lot of spots. buckle up out there. no freeze warnings or frost advisories. visibility today is a much brighter day. compared to yesterday. our air quality is also improving. -- our air quality is also improving. some cities getting veryto 60 ds

afternoon. the first afternoon of winter. we will look at a nationwide weather pattern and of storm that is coming up. reggie: 6.4-magnitude earthquake, today the focus is going to be getting water and supplies to the area. that shake happened 2:30 yesterday morning. it had a city of about 12,000 people. the devastatio more clear. two people died and thousands are hurt. humboldt boil water advisory. here's a look at what people are dealing with. >> across humboldt county cleanup is underway after the

destructive 6.4 earthquake struck off the. the quakations wt it felweur hen shwas lted ake. >> i felt like i was on a tornado. it. completely moved in circles. it is terrifying. it was loud. >> much of the damage in real dale where red tagged. >> derek's balcony of his home on wildwood road. >> at the nearby auto of the windows shattered. the owner spent his morning cleaning up the glass and wood. inside the store he showed us

even more damage. >> my side doors are inaccessible. >> it is a similar scene at the liquor store were bottles shattered everywhere. >> everything is gone. across the country. the entire city has no water after the wake causing the water main to break. the fire department handing out cases of bottled water. the mayor came up to pick up some for her elderly neighbors. >> some have physical issues who cannot get water, i am coming down there to take it to them. reggie: with the chief. he has never experienced a quake like this one. >> i experienced several earthquakes. this one felt a little different. it was scary for anybody that went through this. >> the police chief said he took

time to deliver blankets donated to help people keep warm. here the live look at the outage map. most power was supposed to be back on last night. that is not the case this morning. thousand are still in the dark. they do not expect power to be restored until three this afternoon. we had our fair shares of sizable earthquakes. we seem a four, magnitude 5.0 the past decades. months ago, a 5.1 earthquake hit in san jose. the napa earthquake was a six point 0. the big one we all think about in 1989 registered as a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. reggie: it is never too early to get the earthquake readiness kit together.

go to our page to walk you through what to pack. check it twice a year to make sure nothing expired. kumasi: a winter storm is prompting travel warnings in. time for the holiday. it is spreading record-breaking cold. some parts of the country could see wind chill's near 60 degrees below zero. this is already impacting people. this is really not even the busiest travel time. >> good morning. the timing of the storm really cannot be any worse as all major airlines say tomorrow and friday are the busiest air travel days of the year. that is when the storm is expected to hit. the storm is on track to blow through several major cities with blizzard conditions, dangerous winds and freezing conditions causing ripple effects across the country.

the national weather service is telling people in chicago, parts of indiana and ohio to reconsider any travel tomorrow. airlines are offering waivers for free changes, given folks the opportunity to switch flights ahead of the storm. >> most airlines, especially if it is weather related usually email you are text you the day before and give you the option of changing your flight. >> travel experts warn combination of airlines reducing the number of flights in travel demand growing to pre-pandemic numbers mean, flights are up to 95% full. if your flight gets canceled, be patient but also act fast as this can be difficult to revoke. -- drew: your travel forecast today.

what you will notice is some snow move to the upper midwest. we will be keeping an eye on the system that will tomorrow create a pretty strong storm through the northeast. we will talk about that in one second. let's show you what is happening all live doppler 7. it is pretty quiet across northern california. we have a couple of joel's spots. what is going to happen as we take a look over the next couple of days, a storm system is coming together in two parts. first the snow moving to the upper midwest. you can see that here. then we have the storm developing off the coast of georgia and south carolina. these are going to merge over the next two for hours and move into the northeast and not only create a wintry mix but drag in a very cold arctic air. back here at home, it is all about partly cloudy skies.

we will get sunshine this afternoon. it is going to be a nice day. you will feel the mild air. the shortest day. we say h today. that is leather, we will take a look at the seven-day forecast. >> overall, look at that, a completely green map except a slowdown out of tracy. we will get to it in a moment from our drive times. we do not have any advisories. for anyone that is still coming into work as we continue to this week, know that you are looking great this morning as far as early commute. the san mateo bridge at the limit. it lets bring in the drive times that i just represented.

tracy and devlin 36 minutes for the ride. it is clearly time for the holidays. reggie: meeting with the president of ukraine. president biden expecting to meet present lonely ze today.

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kumasi: a historic meeting at the white house. ukraine's president is expected to meet with president biden . >> president zelenskyy tweeted the meeting is to strengthen defense capabilities of ukraine. senior officials are calling this a in-depth strategic discussion. he will sit down with key members of president biden's cabinet and the national security team. he will head to capitol hill were he will address congress.

president zel >> we have to discuss things fall for our country and measures of ukraine. >> abc news sources say we could see a nearly $2 billion security assistant package come out of the meeting the. it will include missile batteries that ukraine has requested. kumasi: be coming in concord at the planning commissions meeting. it will be billed at a shopping center. if approved, the restaurant will employ 75 people. reggie: a plan to convert hundreds of parking spots in san

sc e rk hapn earlier than expected. a goal of completing the work in 18 months. they originally said it will take seven years. the mta is converting flak stops, those allow cars to park in front of the stop and people have to enter roadways. kumasi: in the east bay you will have to wear a mask again in oakland. the city voted again everyone six and older inside a facility. that went into effect immediately. alameda county officials brought mask mandate. it is required by the state due to the rise in the number of covid cases. reggie: she is expected to talk about the city's universal access to preschool. it comes as mayor schaaf appeared on our show talking

about the unfinished business of doing the new stadium. >> we were able to bring in $375 million in state and federal competitive grants to make the connections between all of the surrounding neighborhoods and oakland waterfront. cleaner, safer and more protective of the port of oakland operations. oakland has a policy to punish sideshow organizers, participants who watched them. councilmember was concerned the city has not done enough to find a alternative that would not result in criminal or civil penalties. millions of dollars to sideshow proof intersections with things

like speed bumps. reggie: california could end the homeless crisis by 2035 it the state is willing to shell out serious cash. they looked take $8.1 billion each year -- they will take a $.1 billion each year. our media partner published a report which aims to use of the money to build affordable housing and provide emergency shelter. this comes a day after president biden hopes to cut 25%. kumasi: thes treated with medicine. when she is healthy, the

will find her a forever home. reggie: there's a $950 of purifying headphones from dyson. it looks like that. there's also bone headphones which transmit sound through vibrations in your school and open ear earbuds, they do not block the ears. this is supposed to be good for runners. everyone can hear your music. i was just reading reviews. they saying, people can hear it. reggie: i am not listening to the beyoncé, the clean version. i am not for this. karina: already for the one for the air purifying? kumasi: that looks like a lot to me. reggie: i do not want both

things at the same time. from batman. you know that one? i do not want to be. we are good with what we have. jefferson in australia turns to the crowd to ask for -- a person in crowd to ask for dating advice. reggie: this is really. kumasi: this is so funny. no, no. reggie: what is this? kumasi: people are helpful. the concertgoer held the phone up. she found a match. kumasi: she was on twitter

swiping. -- reggie: some of these pixar --. drew: we are at a party. doing a small group and more people started crowding around. she is like, we are done. reggie: you have to watch that. it is not that big of a town. drew: six people. everyone has a different

opinions. kumasi: it is too much, but it is fun. she is like, get back on that. reggie: also, bone headphones think people -- it goes think people use them to swim. it is also supposed to be a sound. have. reggie: here looking lovely. drew: winter starts later on.wae

in for the holiday weekend. next week we will see rain return. out there right now we are in the 30's and 40's, cooler than where reword this time yesterday. this is a nice day we have a lot of sunshine, no air quality issues. a bit of a average in some spots for this time of the year. we will add additional cloud cover and temperatures will drop low to mid 40's. tomorrow there will be a weak ripple of energy that will add clouds. some light showers in parts of the bay area. rainfall estimates, we are talking to less than a tin of an inch.

traveling, take a look. some snow showers in the upper midwest. that is about it. here is there is a slight chance of a shower tomorrow. christmas day above average with lots of sunshine. kumasi: this morning.

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works here today. we will see mainly clear skies today that will lead to a sunny mild day today. to which is near 60 degrees this afternoon -- temperatures are near 60 degrees this afternoon. >> traveling in the bay area. kumasi: ukrainian president will be meeting with president biden at the white house today. this is the first time he has left ukraine since russia's invasion started. reggie: elon musk said he will resign as ceo of twitter as soon as he can find a replacement. it comes after he p users over the weekend and users say he should shut down. kumasi: we are getting new images. look at them.

reggie: they are a lot bigger. kumasi: he has grown. that is a problem in. they had 19 months of care before they went home to -- last week. the parents got their chance to introduce five boys and four girls. it is not easy to put them to sleep. i can imagine. reggie: i am glad to see a smile on daddy's face. the last picture he looked frightened. they are adorable. we are a we go in from the new year and we are getting a first look at celebrations in new york. >> happy new year! reggie: really? . oh, no. that was almost a flop.

this is why we rehearsed. they did a test run yesterday. that is all that happened. so. anyway, do you care about that? i never dream. kumasi: i do not really watch. reggie: i care about it the night of. anyway. you can watch it on abc seven new year's eve with ryan seacrest. it starts at 8 p.m. we will go back to ryan seacrest to the countdown to midnight. kumasi: that man is busy. what is your favorite holiday cookie? google is breaking it down by

where you live showing the most popular christmas cookie in every state. according to data, a lot of people took to the internet return december -- internet december 3. let's do it by state. california searched for many christmas 50's. did we? drew: did anyone search for that? kumasi: are those the kinds you are talking about? kumasi: that you share with drew? >> there are some similarities. kumasi: apparently we like these mini peopl about the gingerbread. kumasi: cookies in florida. i do not think i ever made them.

reggie: hawaii is accurate. they are very good. drew: those are delicious. reggie: i did not know it was called in a butter blossom. -- peanut butter blossom. >> you know, did someone make this for us? the popular states -- we were like, these are just the popular states. reggie: helping young patients. a hospital specializing the needs of young people is set to

building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: closer look at the construction after the earthquake that shook northern california and left at least two people dead. kumasi: elon musk claiming he will step aside as ceo of twitter. reggie: a stunning new deal for carlos herrera who is expected to sign a huge contract. good team he is now going to pay play for. kumasi: it was like within 24 hours. we are going to tell you all about this. it is wednesday, december 21. reggie: let's say the dramatic

forecast. drew: nothing is official. live doppler half-mile visibility. we doing ok. -- we are doing ok. temperature wise, we are starting off cooler than we were yesterday morning with 30's on the board. they freeze warnings and frost advisories. -- the freeze warnings and frost advisories. a live look outside. get ready for a really nice afternoon. we have a lot of sunshine on the way. temperatures above average. we will take a closer look at the highs and nationwide forecast if you're traveling later today. kumasi: we are getting a

look at the damage from yesterday's 6.4-magnitude earthquake. some homes were knocked from their foundations, items inside, others tossed on the floor, this is all in humboldt county. two people have died and a dozen people are hurt. there is widespread damage including l rica. this quake is considered the strongest in california in three years. >> i have never seen anything like it. it was like a flash before your eyes. things started to crumble apart. reggie: the earthquake left behind a trail of damage. kumasi: ferndale is closed, that is the main path into ferndale. reggie: a state in emergency in humboldt county. crews are working to restore water, power, gas the power is

coming back on slowly. 70,000 people were in the dark. >> they are about without power. the entire town is running water. >> our priority is life. we are concerned about our residents in the county. >> there is chance of a quick stronger than magnitude five hitting them the next week. abc 7 news reporter is humboldt county. reggie: state officials say the earthquake warning system worked right before the quake hit. >> the new system that we was able to push out alerts 10

seconds in advance of the earthquake shaking to 3 million people in northern california. reggie: the events giving people the opportunity to drop, cover, hold on or get to a safe base within the 10 seconds. kumasi: since the original earthquake, there have been aftershocks in the area, including two this morning. thoone of those happen in a middle of a news conference with local officials. take a look. >> aftershocks also. uninvited guests. >> ironically, one year yesterday a macro to 6.2 earthquake hit this very region. that earthquake was about 25 kilometers in depth. the greater depth made it a les intense for people. that is an area where three

earthquake -- come together. now lucy jones explains why the placement of the quakes affected the earthquakes. >> it literally ends another quick the pacific and north america. kumasi: this is the area that is a commonplace for magnitude six and seven earthquakes. although offshore earthquakes may raise some nominal concerns, there were no issues yesterday. you need to be offshore and you need the thrusting motion so you are raising up the seat floor and you need to be bigger than this. when a earthquake hits, you can trust abc 7 to be on top of it. you can find all of the video on our bay area app. reggie: holiday travels picking

up across the country and coming at the same time as a massive powerful winter storm is bearing down on millions of americans. what do travelers need to know? >> the morning. we are seeing -- good morning. we are seeing a steady flow of -- to catch their flights before christmas and that major storm. the timing of the could not be worse. all major airlines stayed coming tomorrow and friday are the biggest travel days, that is exactly when the storm is hitting. freezing conditions are expected across major cities. the national weather service is already telling people in chicago, parts of indiana and ohio to reconsider any travel tomorrow with places like chicago forecasted to get a foot

of snow this week. airport officials say it is business as usual over there. >> 350 pieces of snow removal equipment. five thomps rivers to folks wanted to switch their flights and dodge storm. if your flight gets canceled, act fast, rebooked on the airlines app or head over to the agent's desk calling customer service while you wait. they say kindness is of course, key. that person will be who will help me of the most inventive situation. reggie: elon musk just hit send on another tweet. he is good to find someone new to carry the company. >> elon musk must once

make headlines with twitter. he 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 check majority of them say yes. you started with this kind trouble with almost everybody. >> should reconsider his decision to even by twitter. once he took over, he laid off half of the work worse. he recently b in the accounts of several journalists who had been reporting on takeover. >> the five he has essentially lost his mind from a business point of view and personal -- fact he has lost his mind from a business point of view and personal point of view is a bad

thing. >> tech journalist hosted a live taping of her podcast, where she called the latest move damaging of the public's view of him being a good businessman. >> does not take away from the fact that he is brilliant. >> he is not as smart as you think he is. >> to do not provide a timeline for how long it will take to find a kind of autrity hs ve that person? or is he just going to be micromanaging the person? that person is a puppet and he is making shots from the back. the tesla shareprice and $138, the most in two years. >> he should consider running that as opposed to twitter.

kumasi: a really stunning turn of events. the shortstop who agreed to a 13 year deal with the giants has reportedly agreed to a contract. our sister network is they have a deal for 12 years and --. the giants were scheduled to introduce yesterday. itle e th was from the giants. payroll problems continue. this time san francisco teachers. world's largest ugly christmas sweater. drew: take a lookyou can see wey clear skies.

fog is dense. air quality is improving today. today, we are seeing more levels. conditions have improved this morning. we are starting off cooler in most cities compared to this time yesterday. a lot of 30's on the board this morning. bungle up as you step outside. high clouds giving away to bright sunshine throughout much of your day. lunchtime is looking in the 50's. i do think some areas will get close to 60 degrees. mostly sunny on your wednesday. it will fill today is the shortest day of the year. weloo winter with the winter solstice

this afternoon. winter will arrive at 1:47 in the afternoon. we daylight as we move towards the summer solstice. jobina: we here with a update on -- no changes to the delay you are experiencing. this is going to be between the, and daly city stations. i will let you know when we get a update and when things are moving on time. we have no other problems to report for your commute. everything has been relatively light. at the corner of my eye i can see the toll plaza. i will give that update to you in our 6:00 hour. everything is moving smoothly,

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tractor-trailer. that collision caused the train to derail and the trailer was destroyed. two employees are hurt. reggie: they trump era immigration policy was supposed to end, but the supreme court has put that on hold. according to data customs and border protection, migrants have been expelled from the border over 2 million times. the biden administration is asking the high court to reject the bid by 19 gop red states to keep the policy. kumasi: a judge has rejected a trial for scott peterson 20 years after he was charged with dumping the body of his pregnant wife into san francisco bay. he claimed his trial was tainted who lied about her own history of abuse to get on the panel.

there was no evidence that the juror committed misconduct during jury selection. he can appeal the decision. he is serving a life. reggie:heityust announcede inou nee aan frais general. it will be funded by a state grant to the san francisco department of public health. it includes a 12 bed inpatient program and a 24 slot intensive behavioral outpatient program. new details about san francisc'' s payroll problem. the teachers union tell 750 employees recently got an email from the district saying they had been overpaid in 2022. some of those people got another email saying, the first female was sent in error -- the first

email was sent in error. now there is a audit to find out which people were actually overpaid. the latest problem from the district new payroll system. time of the year. for a lot of people, it is some of the coldest days. reggie: how about a fashionable holiday sweater? kumasi: ok. reggie: i did i do not think this is a sweater. it is just material. it is just a pr stunt. ok. you probably know tipsy they were on shark tank a decade

ago. they his for alof the holays.eyecide toake giant sweater to celebrate their anniversary. it weighs more than 400 pounds. now it is good to go to the san diego craft collective. reggie: do you think that counts as a sweater? kumasi: let me stop hating on people. this brought them joy. reggie: it brought them a lot of p.r.. drew: this is the season of pr emails, the buffoonery, shenanigans. wild things going to and from to get our attention and our money. drew: temperature rise we are waking

up in the 30's and 40's. it is a nice day we are having. wednesday afternoon mostly sunny. temperatures are going to feel mild. mid-50's to low 60's. we will find increased in clouds that will keep temperatures elevated in the mid 40's. increased cloud cover. tomorrow is a mostly cloudy day. there is a chance of a light sprinkle in the north bay. it does not look to be meaningful rainfall. that is something you can track in the next 24 hours to see how it shakes. if you are traveling on thursday, we have the storm bringing snow in the northeast. by friday, it drags in cold air. look at atlanta, a high of 23 degrees. cold weather to our east. winter arrives in the afternoon. a slight chance for a sprinkle in the north bay.

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and looking for two new innkeepers to keep the lighthouse up and running for two years. they will need to assume the role of everything. the maid, boat captain, tour guide, host and chef. two previous innkeepers said they work 80 to 90 week. it pays $140,000 and split between both employees. you get to live there. we are not paying rent. it is not for me. i bet it will be really great for a really specific couple. i do think you need to be a couple. yeah. venice a lot of time to spend together -- that is a lot of time to spend together. kumasi: putting some greenback in your wallet. the tax rate being proposed. reggie: the winter storm

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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions this is , abc7news. kumasi: state of emergency after a big quake rocks northern california. thousands without power. we are talking about the efforts to help the people impacted. reggie: a solution to find on house people homes. how much money the state would need to pay to end homelessness. kumasi: a live look at sfo. if you are flying from -- for the holidays, you might have missed a major window but we will tell you about this powerful storm impacting some of the nation's largest airports ahead of the b