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i am gloria rodríguez. thank you for joining us this super bowl sunday. i know meteorologist lisa argen, we've been talking about how nice the weather will be. lisa: if you figure out what's beyond today, that's why i'm here. looking at live doppler 7 w you noticed that area of low pressure that brought the rain and chilly temperatures yesterday off the southern california coastline. a few clouds, breezy upper level wind, and temperatures are cool. 36 in castro valley, fremont at 38. a much cooler start, six to 10 degrees colder, and a sparkling view outside. temperatures will be climbing into the upper 50's by noontime and by 4:00 we are all into the 60's with some locations near 70 degrees. we will talk about the cooler
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air in a few minutes. gloria: we just have to enjoy today. we are learning more about the deadly house explosion and fire that rocked a quiet neighborhood in san francisco's outer sunset. one person was found dead in the home on 20 2nd avenue near noriega street. another is in jail booked for child endangerment and manufacturing drugs. cornell barnard spoke with neighbors. >> quiet neighborhood, people are nice, and in the middle of the street you have this guy doing something illegally. cornell: karen spoke to us from the home next to the building that exploded. a narcotics lab was being operated inside. 50-year-old darren price was arrested. >> that's the right thing to do because he's very destructive, causing the property damages and then disrupt people's lives.
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>> the suspect we arrested, darren price, that was his primary residence. cornell: lived at the house with his family. although two children were not home at the time of the explosion, his wife and caregiver were inside. albert says the frantic injured caregiver past him to call 911. >> she ran across the street right in front of me and said, help. cornell: a body of a woman was later found inside the rubble. first responders were seen removing tanks and canisters filled with unknown substances. the massive explosion rocked a neighborhood, blowing doors off hinges and shattering windows. >> this is part of the window frame that just blew out. tai: jerry with -- cornell: jerry was cleaning up glass from his moms house five doors down.
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>> just amazing it could happen. a neighborhood like this is so quiet. cornell: neighbors never suspected anything unusual was happening inside this house. >> people say, you are right next to it. when everybody closed their door, you are not getting light into anything. they don't speak to you. you just don't know what's inside people's home. cornell: cornell barnard, abc7news. gloria: new developments in the death of jen angel, the owner of oakland's angel cakes. friends and family have discussed their desired that the prisoners not be put in prison and go through restorative justice. the oakland police department is responding and while they respect the wishes, they have a legal obligation to do a thorough investigation and pass on the findings to the alameda county district attorney's office. angel died after being dragged
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chasing after thieves who robbed her. former twitter workers are calling out ceo elon musk. a group of them held a protest outside twitter headquarters saturday in response to his laying off 7500 workers last year. the employees let go made up half of the workforce. prolabor group angry tired teachers band performed and a song selection was "i can't get no contract satisfaction." they also presented a painting of musk on a one-way trip to mars. caltrain service in millbrae and will return tomorrow. service has been shut down all weekend. buses and bridges are running and riders should expect an extra 45 minutes. crews are working to electrify the tracks this weekend.
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caltrain officials say the electric fleet will be faster, safer, reduce emissions, and increase -- improve air quality. in the east bay, a portion of i-680 is shut down. this is a map of the affected area, the northbound lanes of i-680 between koopman road and sonoma boulevard in sonoma. caltrans of the freeway and repaving it. they posted pictures of the work on social media saturday. the southbound lanes remain open. another closure is scheduled for the same area next weekend. on the big sur coast, another portion of highway 1 is reopening following the historic winter storms. the section spans 18 miles from the section to millcreek. a 10 mile stretch between lime
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creek and paul's side has also reopened. since that series of atmospheric rivers swept through the state, crews have been cleaning up landslides, debris, and more. the countdown is on for super bowl lvii. there's a lot of excitement and hype around the matchup. of course, the world is watching as rihanna will make her return to the stage for the halftime show. abc news reporter melissa and don is in glendale with a preview and what we can expect on this super bowl sunday. melissa: the strongest football teams in the nfl entering the final matchup, super bowl lvii, and they are expecting the battle for championship glory to be fierce. >> it will be a great game, a battle. the best of the best playing. melissa: the eagles recorded the most regular-season wins by
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quarterback jalen hurts, the kansas city chiefs returning to the super bowl after a heroic effort by qb patrick mahomes to win playoff games despite a series injury. my homes seeking to become -- mahomes seeking to become the first black quarterback with two rings. >> not trying to get close to brady but it's not a long list. melissa: that head coach or's have their work cut out for them, both teams with strong defenses so they will have to adjust to the style of these qb's. fans anticipating a spectacular halftime performance. rihanna making a comeback on stage seven years and one baby later. she aims to make those 13 minutes count. rihanna: that's what this show is going to be, a celebration of my catalog in the best way we could have put it together. melissa: as music, football, and fans gather for america's greatest sporting event.
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as for the weather, the roof is retractable and is expected to stay open, meaning fans can enjoy great weather with highs in the mid 70's. abc news, glendale, arizona. gloria: looks like we will have a nice day in the bay area as well. lisa argent is tracking when we can expect the warmest temperatures today. how is it looking? lisa: it is pretty chilly. we have a few inland valleys in the 30's, and gusty upper level wind today. for most of us it will be pretty enjoyable. we will talk about the cooldown and if we see any rain in the week ahead. gloria: also ahead, a vacancy tax pushback. why landlords and property owners say they are suing the city of san francisco over a voter approved tax. plus, a performance for the people. how a group of un-housed residents wants to humanize us -- homelessness on a stage
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to declare a state of emergency. it led to drivers in nevada pulling into gas stations out of fear over the weekend. the pipeline in southern california provides fuel storage facilities with unleaded and diesel fuel. landlords and property owners in san francisco are not happy with the city's tax on empty homes. several of them are suing the city and argue that proposition m is unconstitutional. the tax kicks in after unit is left vacant 182 days in a year. it applies to buildings with more than three units, excluding duplexes. -- including duplexes. people who support the measure say they should help alleviate the housing crisis, but others argue that it violates the clause in the fifth amendment. one san francisco community is trying to prevent the city from removing some benches in the neighborhood. >> i think people being able to sit down in places like this
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makes the neighborhood, makes the block better, makes it, you know, enjoyable. gloria: the benches need to be spaced apart so that water can better reach the roots, and it is asking for an encroachment fee of $1400. the nonprofit that implement the benches said the prices are too high and not worth fighting for. a similar battle with an encroachment fee is also happening in bernal heights. abc7news is committed to -- to building a better bay area. one of the issues we are focusing on is homelessness. today, a group of unhoused people will put on a play in an effort to humanize people who are struggling with the issue. the play comes amid a court battle over the city of oakland's effort to clean up the wood street camp. at first, the city had the green light to do so but that changed when a federal court judge put the cleanup on pause. when it comes to solving the homelessness crisis, that is not the only big blow that oakland
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had in the last few days. as abc 7 news reporter tara campbell tells us, the timely and unique performance will offer its own solutions. >> wait a minute! that's my stuff! tara: a glimpse of crushing wheelchairs. a play presented by theater of the poor. the entire cast made up of people unhoused or once unhoused. >> we also humanize ourselves that we are not just drug addicts or house list people. -- house-less people. there's actually families, there's children. tara: mcgill joined by a handful of fellow cast members and playwright, poet, and activist lisa gray-garcia, best known as tiny. >> the main reason we did this play and this work that we always do is to lift up poor people solutions. >> i don't have any pictures. tara: the play portrays the struggles of life on the streets and triumph of community, premiering in the san francisco sunday afternoon.
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>> this is not a play done by middle-class actors playing poor people. this is actually ourselves being impacted, our lives being shown. tara: the city of oakland in its own struggle, rejecting the -- its own struggle, the state rejecting the affordable housing proposal. councilmember noel gallo says the decision was surprising. >> the reality that oakland does not have all the money necessary to do all the work as fast as we would like to do it. tara: the pressure is on. friday, a federal judge halting the removal of the wood street encampment. the city was supposed to start relocating residents to three other sites, including a cabin community, but the judge reversed course, because the sites are not ready. >> we have several sites in east oakland where we are trying to develop our relocation to house 100 plus rv's, but it takes time. tara: in the meantime, this cast says the show must go on. >> we are more than just numbers
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and trash, because you are always trying to sweep us. we are human beings, we are a community. tara: tara campbell, abc 7 news. gloria: 36 immigrant women are now u.s. citizens after a naturalization ceremony in san francisco. it happened on i girls and women in science day at the museum of modern arts. it was a special moment for the group of women who are all involved in the s.t.e.m. fields, and if you didn't know it stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. former house speaker nancy pelosi shared some thoughtful words at the ceremony. rep. pelosi: you are an inspiration to us, and as your story is told, that an inspiration to our country. gloria: the ceremony was the museum's pan american unity mural, and all the citizens came from 17 different countries. a new monarch in pollinator
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garden is coming to mayor island in vallejo. the project was installed this weekend and will continue next saturday. the garden and the monarch milkweed -- partnered for this project. the garden is a sustainable mission project to preserve monarch butterflies and increase insect population. right now, the population of monarch butterflies and bees is estimated to have decreased 80% -- 85% to 90% in the u.s. fema representatives are meeting with people in alameda county to tell them how to apply for disaster assistance. people who are still trying to recover from the recent winter storms, the money can cover things like temporary housing, home repairs, moving, and storage expenses. alameda is one of four bay area counties where fema disaster assistance is available. in addition to san mateo, contra costa, and santa cruz. the deadline to apply is march 16. some homeowners in oakland had to find a new place to stay after a tree that is about 50
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feet tall fell to the ground. it damaged two homes and a garage yesterday morning at a home on cerrone drive. a large oak tree fell into two homes right next to each other. leanne hoffman, whose home was damaged, said she was sitting in her living room when the tree fell. she describes hearing a cracking sound and then a loud boom. she also said she was already afraid that that tree would fall. >> i moved all of my furniture to the far end of my living room near my deck, and i was sleeping on my couch with my clothes on, because i had a feeling this was going to happen. gloria: according to a conversation she had with pg&e, the house is not livable. we have meteorologist lisa argen tracking the forecast. you are bummed the 49ers are not in the super bowl but the weather will be nice. lisa: you will not
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expect the cool weather in february but we are getting to a return to winter light conditions after today. this is because some offshore wind will allow for that air warming as it descends from upper elevations. the area of low pressure brought .1 or less to the bay area. the king at the higher elevations, picked up some pretty good rain yesterday. right now, we have a b cloud cover across the bay area that thins out. as we get into the later morning, it will be pretty nice. 40 in concord, 35 dublin, and pleasanton, 44 in antioch. mid 40's in santa rosa, 39 san carlos and 36 in mountain view. you can see how clear it is, the sun coming up at 7:02, sets at
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5:45. highlights calling for chilly conditions this morning, a few clouds. warmer and gusty wind in the hills this afternoon, gusting to 50 miles per hour at mount diablo, 25 miles in the north bay. tomorrow, opening the floodgates for some much colder air. the coldest days should be wednesday and thursday. monday afternoon, the wind will ramp up certainly along the coast, up to 50 miles an hour so the wind anywhere from 20 to 30 miles an hour at the surface. along down the peninsula and san francisco, and down along the central coast. this could pose some problems with tree limbs down. a little bit of rain headed our way perhaps. fast forward to tuesday 9:00 where you can see the colder air lake county and a splash as you move through the middle of the day. we will get into themarconditioi
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and frosty readings overnight. the wind will be moving fast, only in the 50's right along the coast. we will see if you 60's. tuesday, 40's and 50's. wednesday and thursday, we moderate a little bit but another system wants to perhaps offer some rain. as we look at the statewide totals for the next 10 days, nothing too impressive but the cold air will keep coming our way except for today. hi 60's on the peninsula, mid-60's inland. we are looking at a cooler day, breezy wind on monday and then valentine's day, certainly need to snuggle with temperatures only in the 50's. freezing mornings wednesday and thursday. potentially more rain on friday. we are stuck in that cool pattern. gloria: thank you.
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gloria: welcome back. there is some speculation in california about the crypto industry and if cryptocurrencies should be protected like investors and stocks and bonds. 7 on your side's michael finney looks at the proposal working its way through sacramento. michael: patrick duffy knows his numbers. the cpa decided to dip his toes into the crypto market. he is glad he moved slowly. patrick: it went down, and it was going further down, so i said, well, it's time to cut my losses. michael: duffy originally invested $500 but withdrew his
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money, but the company kept $40, something he still does not understand. patrick: i figure the ease of going into be the ease of going out. michael: numerous others who contacted 7 on your side complained of fees. since the fourth, i have not been able to withdraw. the company's support personnel are telling me that i have to pay a security deposit of 10% because my account is under review for fraudulent activity. and another wrote, to take out $1000, $10,000, or $100,000 or $300,000, i first have to pay them $30,000 in advance. a new bill from assembly person tim grayson of concord would require cryptocurrency companies to be licensed in california to do business. the bill is being supported by the consumer federation of california. >> this is really an industry where it is sort of buyer beware on steroids.
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michael: that is robert horrell executive director of the , federation. new york in 2015 became the first in the nation to require a -- require crypto companies to get a license they call a bit license. it declined to license the now bankrupt ftx. >> literally when ftx collapsed, because of the protections that people in new york had, new yorkers were better protected when ftx collapsed then california was. michael: last year, the legislature passed a similar licensing bill in california, but governor newsom vetoed it, saying it would be too costly, and the state should see what federal regulators do. patrick disagrees and says more oversight is needed. >> if they are regulated, at least the state can come in and say something to them. they can be audited, they can be looked at. michael: i am michael finney, 7 on your side. gloria: when we come back another object in the sky taken , down, this time over canada. the criticism president joe
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> it's of what it is but because there is this unregulated business on the street. gloria: now at its: 30, 6:30, controversy on capp street in san francisco. what neighbors think of the new barriers meant to combat the issues surrounding sex work in california. i am gloria rodríguez. thank you for joining us on this super bowl sunday. before we get to that story, let's get a look at your forecast with meteorologist lisa argen. lisa: it is shaping up to be quite nice, another 30 minutes until sunrise. a few clouds and temperatures in the 40's, 42 in oakland. 36 in palo alto and santa clara.
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from citro, you can see how sparkling santa rosa -- san francisco is. napa is at 41. gusty upper level wind keeping the 10 degolr. the view outside, getting ready for a lot of sunshine with temperatures climbing to the 40's, and near 60 noontime. inland valleys, mid-60's away from the coast. we should see 60 downtown and perhaps 70 in the north bay. gloria: thank you so much, lisa. now to the controversy on capp street in san francisco. our team of reporters have been covering issues related to sex workers in the area, and on friday, new roadblocks were set up in an effort to curb the amount of activity on those streets. the question is -- is it working? as abc 7 news reporter anser hassan tells us, it depends on who you ask. anser: all day saturday, drivers had to find new ways around the
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new roadblocks on capp street. so you have seen a lot on the street? >> a lot, but not last night. tai: last -- anser: last night was the first night the barriers were in place. why the barriers at all? >> it will certainly stop the car traffic coming through that has been related to the sex workers. so it might help, which we are more than happy for. anser: elaine whitney has lived on capp street for 20 years. many residents fed up that more isn't being done to tackle the issue. >> it is problematic, not because of what it is but because there is like this unregulated business on the street. you get a lot of trash, you get a lot of traffic, you get arguments, you know, sometimes fights, sometimes girls have been hurt. anser: the roadblocks are the idea of san francisco supervisor hillary ronen. one mother, who did not want to be identified, because of
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retaliation, says it east -- at least it's tart. >> things are so out-of-controal that there is something that needs to be done, to give the families that live on the street some relief. anser: she said there could be up to 100 women on the street on any night. she adds, based on her experience, it has gotten worse over just the past six months. >> they are much less dressed than they used to be. they are walking in the middle of the street, which was not the case before, and they appear drugged. there are really young women being subjected to this. that is what people aren't hearing. people think this is like normal sex work. anser: karina also lives on capp street. she said sex work is a complicated issue and she wants the women to have more say. she questions how effective the bill will be at all. >> this feels like a little bit of a band-aid on the problem. here is a stick in the middle of the street. also, cars have been, like,
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already moving this and driving through. so it seems like we are not really getting to the root of anything, like, they will probably just move over a street. anser: supervisor ronen was not available for comment. in san francisco anser hassan, , abc 7 news. gloria: developing overseas the , death toll of the devastating earthquake in turkiye and syria is rising. 30,000 people are dead. rescue crews are still trying to find even more survivors. there are some successful rescues even though people have , been buried under rubble for days, but that number is declining as days go by. the white helmets volunteer organizations as rescue operations are over in some areas in northwest syria. relief efforts have been complicated by a long-running civil war. u.n. leaders are not giving up. they believe many more bodies could be found. >> i think it is really difficult to estimate, obviously very precisely, because we need
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to get under the rubble, but i am sure it is double or more. gloria: helicopter crews are bringing those wounded from disaster zones into the region's largest hospital. mondays 7.8 earthquake destroyed thousands of buildings. the u.s. says it will send more assistance as other countries also send help. ukraine president zelenskyy visited the turkish embassy in kyiv yesterday. the ukrainian leader commemorated and honored the lives lost in monday's deadly earthquake. he placed flowers on the embassy table and wrote in the book of mourning. zelenskyy says the state emergency assistance from ukraine is in turkey i. -- turkiye. coming up, a race to find survivors in the devastation in turkey i and syria. -- turkiye and syria. abc news anchor george stephanopoulos sits down with international rescue committee president and ceo david miliband to discuss the ongoing recovery efforts in those regions. you can watch the full interview
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on "this week" with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc 7 news. another unidentified flying object shot down by a u.s. fighter jet, this time over northern canada. this comes just one day after the u.s. military shot down a different unknown object over the waters of alaska. abc news reporter tai hernandez tells us why president joe biden is facing scrutiny. tai: for the second time into -- in high-altitude object has been shot down by u.s. military aircraft. the u.s. aerospace defense commander confirms its radar and aircraft tract an unidentified hi altitude object over northern california. >> the unidentified object was flying at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet. had unlawfully entered canadian airspace and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilians. the object was downed approximately 100 miles from the
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canada-united states border, over canadian territory in central yukon. tai: the pentagon saying it was first detected over alaska late friday before crossing into canada. canadian prime minister justin trudeau tweeting, "i ordered the takedown of an unidentified object that violated canadian airspace," saying "canadian and u.s. aircraft were scrambled, and successfully fired at the object." >> we have about the object at this time other than it appears to be a small cylindrical object and , smaller than the one that was downed off the coast of north carolina. tai: saturday's incident comes one day after president biden gave the order for an f-22 fighter jet to shoot down another unidentified object flying in the skies above alaska. that object, about the size of a small car, was flying at about 40,000 feet, posing a threat to civilian aircraft.
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the pentagon confirms the military is working with the fbi to recover what they can of the object, but arctic conditions are making that operation treacherous. president biden has faced some criticism for not acting sooner to shoot down a chinese spy balloon that appeared over the western united states nearly two weeks ago. that alone, eventually shot down off the coast of north carolina february 4, after traveling across the country. the defense department advising was over water to avoid hurting anyone on the ground. tai hernandez, abc news, new york. gloria: a new study by u.c. davis finds a stretch of 280 between san bernardino and cupertino is the deadliest roadway for mountain lions. it is the deadliest for all wildlife collisions in california. according to the chronicle, about 30 mountain lion deaths were reported from 2015 to 2022. the lead researcher says a simple solution will be to build
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fencing, overpasses, or underpasses, and that would allow animals to cross safely. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, restaurant revival. how one daughter was able to bring her family business out of a rut through social media. let's get a live look outside this morning. it is so beautiful as the sun is rising on the super bowl sunday. everyone is making room mom? for the medicine cabinet's new essential. binaxnow -- with the same technology doctors use to test for covid-19.
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everyone is making room hm. *coughs* seriously? for the medicine cabinet's new essential. binaxnow -- with reliable covid-19 results in just 15 minutes. gloria: welcome back, taking a live look outside on this super bowl sunday. it is a beautiful morning. we will have a look at your forecast in just a little bit. in the north bay the pandemic , hit small businesses especially hard, and many restaurants are still feeling the impact. but in santa rosa, one daughter wanted to turn that around for her family's business. abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone shows us how one social media
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post brought customers to show support. j.r.: this looks like another busy restaurant, but last month, things looked different here at lee's noodle house in santa rosa. it was completely empty. 21-year-old jennifer lee posted this seven-second video on tiktok, showing her dad leaning against the counter. she wrote, "it makes me so sad to see my parents just wait for customers to walk through the door to eat at their vietnamese restaurant." she added music, so the clip sounds like this. ♪ >> they are like really slow and i think a lot of people left because of the pandemic and the virus. i felt really sorry for them. j.r.: it was that short video that got quite a response. three weeks later, and the place is packed. >> his daughter was on tiktok, pleading to the public to help her dad, because he had run out of business because of covid.
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i saw it and it broke my heart. >> my dad always talked about how he would stress and how he was tired of waiting around and we have to close early so i kind , of just use the video to, like, help them out a little bit. j.r.: as of late wednesday, the video has racked up more than 980,000 views. digital marketers i spoke with said this just shows that tiktok, instagram, and youtube videos are not just used for entertainment purposes anymore, they are being used to get out -- get information. >> all of this came during the pandemic, discovering the restaurants we used to go to may not be open anymore, a huge percentage of them just disappeared in the last couple of years. finding a restaurant near me is one of the top search terms.
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is grateful. >> in the community, a lot of people support us. j.r.: j.r. stone. gloria: that is wonderful. everyone wants to know how the weather is going to be on this super bowl sunday. a little chilly but lisa says it will warm up. lisa: we are looking at the cloud cover. you can see the pole shaking on the right side of your screen, gusty upper level wind. i will explain and talk about a warm sunday, and a cool week ahead. gloria: the warriors showed up a little late for the poole party last night. a back and forth for the dubs last night. last night. chris alvarez has the highlig
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we are getting a live look outside in glendale, arizona, where the super bowl is happening later today, a big day. we get a check of the forecast coming up, but the big question, who are you betting on? two baby elephant twins make their predictions in syracuse. they are seen kicking around the footballs and tearing apart boxes covered in chiefs and eagles logos. the zoo joked that in typical brother versus brother fashion, they picked different teams. the warriors taking on on the lakers last night. jordan poole made a late game push they gave the dubs a chance to take home the win, but was it enough? abc 7 sports anchor chris alvarez has all the highlights in this morning's sports. chris: good morning. the warriors hosting the lakers saturday night on abc 7. stephen curry is out at least through the all-star break while lebron james sitting out his
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second game after breaking the nba all-time scoring record. this 12-year-old girl got the surprise of the lifetime, sitting next to lebron, are you kidding me? second quarter, are you kidding me with this jordan poole shot? what a play. dubs up by two at the break. third quarter, poole to draymond green, 10 assists, under two in the third, jonathan to michael -- jonathan coming got -- a to michael green, game tied, gabriel with the follow-up, let a six-point lead. third quarter all about jp, three good. poole, fans are getting fired up for chase, a little float game. nice, and the foul. poole scored the warriors first 17 points of the game. lakers up three, and dennis schroeder scored a team-high 26. lakers win 109-103.
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with the trade for gary payton in limbo and with steph not back yet, the warriors need to pick themselves back up. >> no one feels sorry for us. no one cares if we feel down about the situation. i just don't think it matters. the guys that are available, you got to go out there and find a way to win. that is just what we have got to do. >> we have lost so many close games this year. we have not been able to get over the hump and find some momentum, and i think this week has been frustrating, with everything that has happened, and this is how it goes. this is all part of the nba. there's ups and downs, so you've got to just carry on. chris: stanford men hosting number four arizona spencer, all -- jones have to remember, scored all 18 points in the second half. stanford takes the lead in the second half to own the game. michael o'connell had a game-high 22. this makes it a 10-point stanford lead, and stanford, huge upset over number four arizona, 88-79, their first home win over the wildcats since
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2009. randy bennett, number 15, st. mary's in portland, gaels had their 12 game win streak snapped thursday for logan johnson had 20 points in the first half as the gaels led by just one at the break. gaels open on a 19-2 ryan, johnson tough to the hoop, made it a 20 point lead. finishes with a career-high 34, gaels up 81-64, their 12th street win over portland. got to show you this game-winner. portland state down a point with .4 seconds to player -- to play. inbound or heaves it. isaiah johnson, off the window and in, reviewed and upheld, beat the buzzer. portland state beating arizona. what a finish, what a game. that is your look at sports. enjoy super bowl sunday. we will send it back to you. gloria: super bowl sunday, we will have a live report during our live our in arizona.
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let's get a check of the forecast. i'm hoping to go to a super bowl barbecue. is it a good day? lisa: today is the warmest of the next seven, this area spinning about the coast. that creates a pressure g and with that, a strong down sloping northern wind will aid in our temperatures. we will see the cloud cover clear and the highs slipping away monday. a clear sky and no wind at all over the golden gate ridge. 36 on the peninsula. we are looking at mid 30's santa clara. from our exploratorium camera, a nice view with some cloud cover. it is 35 in livermore. 40 fairfield in concord. if you think it has been cold
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these past few mornings, wait until wednesday and thursday morning. we could see the coldest temperatures we've seen in some time, back to the 20's for our inland valleys. zephyr cove is 20 now. going for a high in the upper 30's today. you can see all that fresh snow from yesterday. they did pretty good with that system. chilly clouds this morning and warmer with wind in the hills. we will get just a little bit of rain here and there for the next 10 days, a wind advisory 10:00 tomorrow for the north bay and the coast down through san francisco and the peninsula. 25 to 35 mile per hour wind could gust up to 60 miles an hour. we are over 50 miles an hour mount diablo. 11:00 tuesday, this system want to bring in a little bit of rain. it holds together as it pushes through the afternoon and that
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opens the floodgates for the much colder air arriving throughout the day tuesday. the breezy wind will stick around. the warmest day of the week today. locally in the north bay, temperatures in and around 70 degrees. coastal wind tomorrow. tuesdays highs in the all week long, reinforcing shots of cold air. the pacific northwest getting most of the rain in the next 10 days, the bay area may a splash here or there. we will keep cooler than average air in place. 60's inland. a little breezy late in the afternoon, that's an onshore flow. upper 50's half moon bay. tons of sun today. the cole -- the cool down starting tomorrow and a breezier chilly afternoon with frosty mornings wednesday thursday and
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another chance of rain into friday. i am a fan of warmer weather. gloria: make the most of today. a reminder, you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through area connected tv app. it is available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. download the app now and start streaming. streaming. stay with us. that's a lot of cereal. prices going up everywhere. it's goodbye steaks. hello, cereal. this is grocery outlet and your family can still have steaks for dinner. follow me. at grocery outlet we have an amazing selection of meats. like beef, pork, chicken, all within your family's budget even today. hello. steak and chicken and pork chops. ♪ grocery outlet batgain market ♪ sorry. got excited.
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gloria: today, the california academy of sciences is holding their annual penguin valentines tradition. penguins will get special hearts to build their nests with. it helps the couples bond. a little bit of history before the warriors game at the chase center. the grand entrance was for the 3 millionth fan to enter the arena. here is the surprise, he also happened to be celebrating his
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60th birthday. he got an introduction from height man franco finn and was presented with a custom jersey to mark the occasion. what a way for a 60th birthday. lisa: let's get out there. we will warm up today with temperatures mainly in the 60's. the coast will be warmest inland valleys. overnight afternoon highs in the 50's the rest of the week. gloria: i will enjoy today. thanks for joining us on abc seven mornings. i am gloria rodríguez along with lisa kreutz -- lisa argent. have a great day.
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good morning, america. mystery in the skies. a u.s. fighter jet shoots down a newly spotted unidentified object over canada. the incident just 24 hours after the u.s. took down a high-altitude object over alaska and a week after that chinese surveillance balloon was shot down off the coast of south carolina. the urgent search for the debris, and answers. race against time. heroic rescuers risking their lives as they search for survivors after that massive earthquake. knowing that chances are slim as the hours tick by with more than 28,000 confirmed dead, and fears that number could double.
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