at about 1750 feet elevation. >> [laughter] give me some snow. >> a snow day at mount diablo state park, where some savored the unusual weather that shut down portions of roads in the popular park. [rain falling] and sheets of rain soaked to the south bay area like here in sunnyvale. strong winds pushed the rain across the street with lots of puddling on roadways. good evening, i'm on the dates. >> and i'm dan ashley. if we are starting to forget what a typical day of weather is like. >> it seems we should get used to this unsettled weather. >> we are on stormwatch with live reports from the north to the south bay. >> you see the doppler tracking the next round of winter weather heading to the bay area. >> sandhya patel is tracking the intensity of these upcoming storms. she is here to tell us what we can expect. >> the next system is going to

bring widespread rain tomorrow morning during the commute, but what is left of the current system is still very scattered in nature and we are seeing it on live doppler 7. we will talk about where you are seeing snow showers. right around mount saint helena, you notice highway 29 is covered in some snow. light to moderate showers around send p.r. -- san pablo. we are seeing the snow accumulate. this is a level 1 storm. we have seen thunderstorms, hail. this will remain in the forecast. this area of low pressure is to the north, and the morning commute will be dicey. you see as we head towards tomorrow mornings commute, it is going to

be light to moderate rain with snow in the mountains, but we are talking about a quick moving front. at this point, it is still a level 1, could get bumped to a 2 tomorrow. as we take a look at zephyr cam, the snow has been dumping in the mountains. we do have a blizzard warning. we will take a closer look at that coming up. >> the north bay saw its share of wet weather today. liz kreutz spent the day on rain watch and joins us from santa rosa creek. >> earlier, we were at santa rosa creek, but we have been chasing the rain and pg&e crews, and we have just made our way to marin county. across the north bay, it has been a similar story, on and off rain. heavy rain this morning, even hail, then breaks in the rain.

we saw a beautiful rainbow this afternoon. we are told this pattern is not over yet. more rain is on the way. north of the golden gate bridge, commuters monday morning faced a wet and rainy drive. in sonoma county, this video from santa rosa fire shows the roads in the city's oakmont neighborhood covered in hail. >> we have seen pretty substantial amounts of hail. it presents not only something that is fun to look at, but also safety concerns for us. >> file marshall paul lowenthal says those concerns include downed trees and power lines. firefighters responded to a tree branch that fell onto a power line, causing the branch to become electrified. >> we have seen power lines, cable lines, different lines come down because of the winds and dusty conditions. -- and gusty conditions. >> rafael and his dog lucas took a break when the rain started to pour. >> i think this weather is

really bipolar. then it is raining, then it is superhot. come on, make up your mind. >> despite the confusion, he is thrilled to see it. you are thankful for? >> i am thankful. >> during a break in the afternoon, folks came out to fill up sandbags, getting ready for the next set of storms on the way. >> we are seeing the third set of storms coming through tomorrow and lasting through wednesday. >> pg&e says prepare for the potential power outages. >> we want customers to know we are doing everything we can to get the power back on. we know that it is important. >> back here in marin, you can see there is a pg&e crew working away right now. we are in an area that saw some of the most power outages throughout the day today. thankfully, it does appear that most of the power is back on. we heard about 14,000 customers throughout the north bay right now remain without power. but with another storm system on the way, pg&e is morning folks

to -- is reminding folks to charge up your cell phones while you can and get the flashlights ready. >> sound advice. thank you very much. parts of the south bay looks more like a frosted forest with fresh snow in parts where we normally don't see it. dustin dorsey is live for us tonight. you had one of those i've never seen this before moments today, right? >> absolutely. we have been hearing all week, i can't believe this rain or snow. today, i got to feel it for myself. i used to work right up highway 9 at the mountain winery when i was in high school. i have been up and down this road many, many times. i couldn't believe all the snow i saw today. take a look. >> no, this is not tahoe, and it is not even the santa cruz mountains. snow falling and covering the saratoga hills 15 minutes from town. e easiest drifts of

snow people have ever seen. >> i have been living here all my life. i am 22 years old and i have not seen this much snow. only at the observatory is where i have seen this much snow. >> what did you think? >> amazing. it looks so beautiful. it looks like tahoe. winter wonderland in san jose. >> words i don't think any san jose resident has said before, as temperatures dropped into the mid to lower 30's and the falling precipitation quickly turned from rain to snow. video circulated on social media of snow on mount hamilton and along skyline boulevard. but no one expected to see this much, this quickly along this road. >> i thought i would see a few flakes. then i turn around and i went up about another half mile and it is way worse than this. >> as a result, we watched many cars without snow capabilities like four-wheel-drive quickly learn driving here was a mistake. this tesla's wheels were spinning as it tried to turn around, not exactly snow ready. as beautiful as it was, many had

to make the call to return back to safety. >> i went to turn around and then i got a little stuck so i rolled backwards and got back on the road. got lucky. >> it is a little tricky getting up here. a lot of people g stuck. anyone coming up here should turn back. it would be safer. >> caltrans has a similar message for drivers. they understand many people have never seen snow before, and having it this close makes it seem like it is worth the trip. but the reality is, if your car is not equipped for serious weather, you should stay away. >> not everyone will be as well-prepared as you are, have the right vehicle, windshield wipers, lights. their defroster is not working. we ask for the usual attention from drivers heading out to get these glorious views over the next couple of days. >> my photographer and i are already seeing the dicey conditions. we turn around almost as soon as we got up there. phc closed parts of skyline

boulevard. as the rain starts to fall again , and the cold in the area, i can't imagine that will reopen anytime soon. we have not had any indications as to when those roads will reopen. for now, live in saratoga, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. >> no doubt this wet weather is having a measurable impact on the state drought, but is it enough? we wanted to find out exactly how much all of the rain is alleviating the drought situation. zach fuentes tracked down some experts and got some answers. >> it was a raining morning in santa cruz county. the rain adding to the strong reservoir levels seen not just here but in other main reservoirs throughout the state. >> california statewide is at 131% of average precipitation. but that means is a lot of our reservoirs have had the opportunity to improve significantly compared to last year or the year before. most of our reservoirs are fairly close to fall.

-- fairly close to full. >> the january atmospheric rivers that helped boost at reservoir levels allowed to department of resources to allocate more in santa clara county. this month, they got 35% more, compared to 5% last year. >> we were thankful to for that water we got in our local reservoirs and state reservoirs as well, but we were really hoping that that rain would continue all the way through spring. >> until we know how things pan out, not just this spring but in the years to come, we cannot safely say we are anywhere close to being out of the drought. >> one wet year will not come anywhere near refilling all that groundwater storage that has been lost. it is a similar situation for the big reservoirs in the colorado river system, which is very important for southern california. lake mead and lake powell, those reservoirs are so large that one very wet weather will not fill them up. it takes multiple wet years to regain some of what we lost in the past decade or two decades. >> for now, water agencies say the conservation efforts have to stay in place, including the drought surcharges that many

retailers have imposed. >> drought surcharges have been put in place by some of our retailers to get people to reduce their water use, because there was a lot less water, so we needed people to do that. that is something the retailers can take into consideration, once our board makes a decision on what we are doing moving forward as far as a ground emergency. >> for now, keep up the conservation work. >> doing conservation efforts now, just make that a way of life. >> keep track of weather conditions and access the same doppler that our team uses anytime you wish on demand on the abc 7 bay area news app. find the app on apple tv, android tbtv, and roku as well. >> new developments on barricades put outside saint anthony's church in east oakland . stephanie sierra is live tonight with an update.

>> we are told these new barricades are just the first step. saint anthony's schools as other long-term options are being discussed currently, but for now they will be around the school for the foreseeable future. the barricades are blocking all intersections near the school entrance at east 15th and 16th streets and east 15th and 18th streets. this is where alleged sex workers and trafficking operations appear to be crowding outside the school and parish. here is what they look like. they are filled with water, but a councilman says first responders will be able to quickly move them aside in the event of an emergency. a similar design has been ordered to be put up along cap street in san francisco's mission district. over the weekend, oakland's mayor met with the san antonio neighborhood coalition to discuss a plan to deter activity in this area. police say the women have since moved away from the school near east 12th street.

the city will be considering other long-term options that will have dedicated funding in the upcoming fiscal year budget. we also learned tonight the city is committing to establishing a human trafficking action group that includes both sex trafficking survivors and residents impacted in this area. the group will take part in developing a citywide plan focused on prevention, intervention, and enforcement. we will have more on that coming up tomorrow night. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> thank you. public safety is something we are always monitoring in a fact-based way with our abc 7 neighborhood safety tracker. it is a new tool you can explore yourself to see how these crimes break down by neighborhood, overtime, and compared to other cities. it is all part of our abc 7 neighborhood safety tracker. >> coming up next, offering each other support. coworkers and listeners worry about a missing popular local

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leanne melendez has the latest on the all-out effort to find him. >> it was a somber show as his on-air coworkers weighed and -- weighed in following jeffrey vandergrift's disappearance. >> it is so incredibly difficult. it is difficult for all of us, obviously. >> police say the popular cohost known as jv was considered at risk after posting a message that said "thank you for a wonderful life filled with joy, laughs, pain, and struggle." since then, there has been no communication from him. >> same thing for credit cards, banking statements, there has been nothing. >> police spoke briefly about the case this afternoon. >> our investigation involves trying to see any clues for the usage of electronics, seeing the use of his electronic funds, and we are not disclosing any of the information that we

may or may not have found. lyanne: vandergrift had talked about being openly diagnosed with a severe case of lyme disease, which often gave him brain fog. >> brain fog is his inability to remember things. you just don't feel quite right. lyanne: the bay area lyme foundation told us they feel grateful to jv for speaking out about the disease. >> that made it easier for him to bring to his audience, and easier for it to be real, and it is real. >> his fans tuned in this morning, hoping to get more formation about his whereabouts. >> i'm keeping hope alive. >> jv, if you are out there listening, we love you, buddy. >> police say he was last seen near his apartment on king street. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> new developments. the man accused of the deadly home explosion pleaded not guilty. darron price pleaded not guilty

the judge added new restrictions to price's release on home detention. investigators say price was running a hash oil lab out of the home which caused the explosion that killed price's wife and severely burned her caregiver. >> another treacherous day of driving in the sierra. this is video from our caltrans camera's earlier. conditions were so bad you couldn't see anything from two of them. interstate 80 is still closed between obligate to the nevada state line due to white out conditions. it has been that way for hours. highway 50 into south lake tahoe is open but chains are required on all vehicles except four-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires. those are the conditions up in tahoe. but we have seen similar conditions around the bay area. >> and more thunder and lightning today. a lot going on. >> it has been a very active day. i want to take you to zephyr

cove. it is heavy snow, blowing snow. truckee reporting going snow. tahoe has heavy snow at this hour. this is why you want to hold off on travel. some roads are closed, and chains are required on the sections that are still open. the snow is piling up. we have a blizzard warning for not only tahoe but the west slopes of the sierra until 4:00 a.m. wednesday. heavy snow with gusty winds. one to two feet at lower elevations. four to seven feet at higher elevations. this will be a big snow maker for the mountains. as we check out the doppler, we are tracking this isolated thunderstorm that is up to our north. it is headed towards the hoglund area, so watch out. not only gusty winds, but hail and definitely downpours. seeing the wintry mix to the north, and parts of the santa cruz mountains. saratoga, los gatos, it is light rain. east bay, light to moderate

showers from lafayette towards pleasantville. temperatures reflecting the wintry nature of the storm. it is in the 30's and 40's. the highs today only in the 40's and 50's, well below average by a good 10 to 15 degrees. as you look at a live view from our emeryville camera, you can see the dark sky. a thunder chance remains. widespread rain for the morning commute. dry and milder for late in the workweek. it is a light exclusive storm impact scale for tonight and tomorrow. scattered showers, gusty winds, snow over the higher peaks, and under and hail. tonight at 7:00, still breezy to gusty. the winds pick up tomorrow afternoon briefly behind the system. as we look at the 7:00 hour, scattered in nature. the snow continuing over the peaks. this is when the most widespread activity occurs at 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m., still going.

there could be more thunder as well. in the afternoon, more scattered, not as widespread, but we keep the pattern going late tomorrow night. by early wednesday, it is a lot of your. rainfall estimates, about a third of an inch to a 30 minute of additional rain -- to half an inch of additional rain. some of the wetter spots have picked up close to two inches of rain. in the hills, the north and east bay hills along with the santa clara hills, we have a winter weather advisory :00 p.m. tomorrow. about 3000 feet, expect forwarded 10 inches -- expect for to 10 inches. wintry mix down to feet, which we have seen even at lower elevations. 20's to 40's on those temperatures. scattered showers for the morning, then becoming more widespread between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. tomorrow afternoon, 40's and 50's, a mix of showers and snow,

certainly windy. once again, plan on staying inside or giving yourself that extra time to get out and about. the forecast, it is a chilly morning. wintry mix, level 1. we get a break wednesday through friday. temperatures go up, then another system comes in. the timing looks like saturday afternoon going into sunday. that one doesn't look as intense in terms of the wet weather. monday, more rain, a cold day. we will have to monitor because it is still days out but we could be talking about some more snow over the higher terrain. but for now, the weekend system looks like some rain. >> thanks. >> a bay area county wants to make it easier for people to get rid of unwanted guns. >> the plan that would allow people to turn in firearms at any time.

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>> an effort is underway to make it easier for santa clara county residents to dispose of unwanted firearms. the city council will propose a measure that calls for improved messaging and incentives to the program that allows people to return guns at the county sheriff's office. >> the numbers are clear, and just in santa clara county, gun violence is more than one and $1 billion, and these costs reflect nonlethal gun violence that

leave many of our neighbors paralyzed and disabled. >> last year, buyback programs collected 700 firearms, including 26 assault style rifles. and seven ghost guns something the programs are a waste of time. one former sergeant said there is no evidence that it reduces violence. >> metta has ruled out a new tool they say it will prevent the distribution of explicit images of children. little was developed called "take it down." it is a free service for instagram and facebook that allow children and their parents anonymously submit photos or videos they fear might be uploaded or have already been distributed online. a web-based tool converts the images into digital fingerprints that uses technology to find and block any attempts to upload those images. online platforms will be obligated to remove them once reported. >> some people in the east bay say eviction protections are actually forcing them out of their homes.

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> to protect renters from eviction. >> now some homeowners say they are the ones at risk of living on the streets and tenants are hiding behind the rules. there is a call to end the eviction moratorium laws put in place to protect renters during the pandemic. >> anser hassan explains a group of property owners say they have been victimized by tenants who are using this law to cheat them out of rent. >> i am tired of this binary. it is not landlords versus tenants. landlords being homeless isn't good and tenants being homeless isn't good. nobody should be homeless.

>> hannah cook's house may go into foreclosure because she cannot evict the woman who was living there with hannah and her kids, so hannah and her kids moved out and are renting a new place. >> i can't pay for both the mortgage and the rent, so i have to pick one. i would rather be able to live in a stable environment. >> do it for your kids? >> absolutely. 100%. >> for legal reasons, she cannot say much about her tenant or house in oakland. but like many property owners, she claims the tenant is using alameda county's pandemic eviction moratorium to live rent free. >> if you destroy the property, you can't be evicted. if you bring in pets, you can't be evicted. if you need repairs made in the home and you don't what to let -- don't want to let your landlord in, you can't be evicted, but you can still sue your landlord for not making repairs. >> she said she has tried mediation. hannah even offered the tenant a buyout. she said she spoke to six lawyers, all who tell hannah she is stuck. >> alameda county impose an eviction moratorium that allowed

nearly any tenant to not pay rent for any reason. >> joshua howard works with a the california nonprofit advocacy organization. he was joined by several property owners calling for an end to the eviction moratorium at tuesday's board of supervisors meeting. they conducted a survey of how much money property owners are owed. >> about 205 owners in alameda county responded, noting that collectively they are owed over $68 million in unpaid rent just here in alameda county. >> tenant advocates argue the moratorium was needed to keep people housed during the pandemic. but howard points out the state's eviction moratorium expired last year. celine wong says they understand both sides. she shared this message. >> for some tenants, they have lived in fear of being forced out with literally no place to go. this is not an us versus them issue so let's figure it out.

>> empty office space could be fast tracked into homes under a new bill. san francisco assembly member matt haney announced the office to housing conversion act. it requires cities across the state to fast-track office to housing conversions. his office says the measure is in response to the need for housing and the growing crisis of california's rapidly emptying downtowns. one big reason for the office space they can see is the increase of people working from home. >> progress is being made to restore power to pg customers at in the dark right now. just over 53 hundred customers are impacted around the bay area. the majority of those are in the south bay. 3200 customers. in the north bay,customers are without service. >> a consumer watchdog group just finished a study showing a big spike in recalled products

last year. hundreds of items you may have in your home right now. >> michael finney says dozens of them caused injuries, even debts. he joins us. >> the california public interest research group found some incidents were reported to the government long before items were pulled from store shelves. often consumers are unaware of the danger that may be in their own homes. >> if i had known about the dangers of the fisher-price sleeper even moments before she was placed in it, i would still have my daughter today. >> i told you about erica richter, whose baby died months before the bed was recalled and linked just 30 deaths. today, they renewed the recall, saying babies died even after the product was called off -- was pulled off the market. >> there are examples of people using products and continuing to get hurt because they didn't know about the recall. >> a new study

startling finding that recalls of everyday consumer products suddenly spiked last year. >> there were 33% more recalls in this last year. >> the study found 292 products were pulled from store shelves last year compared to 216 the year before. >> the product was recalled every 30 hours on average last year. >> jen says it is unclear whether products are less safe or oversight is more aggressive. >> often times, it took months or even years for a dangerous product to be recalled. >> some involved ordinary household products consumers might never worry about. >> of course i would have never thought that my cleaning product would have bacteria in it. >> but it happened. 37 million bottles of the popular pine-sol brand cleaner were pulled from shelves because of bacteria. other seemingly harmless items also proved risky, like this birdbath, which can cause a

fire. when sunlight hit the acrylic, it burned wood siding in two homes. this children's squirt gun had a lithium battery that erupted in 30 cases. other cases involve serious injuries and death. the handles of this power generator can crush fingers, and it caused 24 finger amputations. this weighted blanket caused the deaths of two young girls who got caught in the covering. children can get trapped in the gap between the inner and outer doors. four children have been killed. they say it is up to consumers to be aware of danger. >> if you see the recall, you need to get rid of your product. we don't have people who come take your products from you. >> you can sign up for consumer product safety commission to receive recall alerts. i have posted the list of everything that was recalled last year. it is interesting to see if you

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knew would happen for you? >> it is something that came with a lot of perseverance and a lot of tenacity. >> he co-owns it is hard to imagine he did not know too much about wine until college when he got a job in the restaurant where he needed to. >> and he liked it. > i became one of the people at the restaurant who knew about all of the producers, and i would have my coworkers asking me, what does this taste like? can you talk to my table about this wine? what is that? >> he decided to pursue wine as a career, moving from georgia to california for a coveted internship at the french laundry. >> coming to san francisco and becoming part of the wine community in san francisco, i really enjoyed it and haven't looked back. >> chris set his sights on being

a master sommelier, a person who specializes in all aspect of wine service and it wine and food pairing. he passed the exam on the first try and also met the woman who would become his wife. >> we met when we were waiting for results at the advanced exam. which at the time was being held at disneyland. >> the two ended up getting married and becoming parents, all while trying to become master sommeliers. rebecca passed the exam in three tries, but chris kept coming up short. >> it was really difficult. she did most of the work and i am truly grateful for it. but she also motivated me. she said, you know you can do this. >> i think what i said is you have to do this. >> the master sommelier diploma has four stages that culminate in a three-part exam that covers theory, service, and testing. >> you have to taste six wines

blind not knowing what they are, and you have to describe them in no uncertain detail. you have to get most of them correct in terms of what you are calling them, and you have to do that in 25 minutes. on the verge of almost tie. >> while chris has it down now, that part took him seven tries to pass. in 2022, 10 years after starting the process, chris became a master sommelier. >> the first feeling was just relief, finally, i did it, done. >> now, chris is one of only four black master sommeliers in the world, a reflection of his experience in the wine industry. >> i have been either the only or maybe one of a handful of black people at every restaurant i've ever worked at. something in me just wanted to keep going. this is a great

got that one. >> every thursday, chris does blind testings for fun, sharing them online with his followers and inviting others to try in person at the restaurant, a welcome to the world of wine for those who might not always feel it. >> i am hoping that show it can be done and this motivates and encourages other people who look like us to do it. really high-quality, really tasty, and it is perfect. >> overwhelming. >> at least one san francisco neighbor decided to roll up her sleeves and put on her rain boots to help the city dry out.

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>> along with the rain and even snow, some parts of the bay area have reported hail as well. this was the scene this morning. you can see it coming down in the street. it didn't appear to be melting very quickly. >> as stormwatch coverage continues, the rain continues to come down. you can see a neighbor here in san francisco taking on the task of cleaning out a backed out sewer drain. we reported earlier on the

city's adopt a drain program. more than six to 400 of the city's drains are adopted with neighbors helping to maintain the drains. she was working hard. >> she cleared it all out. >> it is amazing. nice job. >> so, what is coming our way? >> is there any more rain? yes. sandhya patel is here. the question is, anymore snow? >> yes, we will see both of those. let's take a look at live doppler 7. we will take you into the north bay around cop mountain, clearlake, upper lake. they are looking at snow. right around highway 175 as we get you to street-level radar. it is turning terrain across parts of the north bay heading into the east bay, right around pinole valley road. but look as we go to mount diablo, at a much higher elevation. we are seeing a mix of rain and snow. summit road seeing the wintry

mix. in the sierra, we not only have the blizzard warning, we have an avalanche warning until 7:00 a.m. that is for the backcountry of the central sierra. because of the intensity of the snow, they are expecting with the gusty winds widespread avalanche activity.that is something that is obviously dangerous. it is a level 1 storm. thunderstorms have been firing up. we will keep that in the forecast along with hail. very scattered in nature tonight. the most widespread activity will be between 7:00 and 9:00 am, which includes your morning commute. snow over the mountains, and as we head to tomorrow afternoon, it becomes scattered like today. like to moderate showers across the region with the snow showers over the higher peaks. afternoon highs tomorrow remaining below average. it will be in the 40's and 50's. windy conditions expected especially near the coast and over the higher terrain. the forecast is a level 1

tuesday. you may need to briefly get bumped tomorrow morning to a level 2. that is when the commute and the most widespread activity occurs. we do get a break with frosty cold mornings late to midweek, milder afternoons, then a level 1 system between saturday afternoon and sunday. monday, we have another system coming in. cooler conditions. i would not discount snow over the peaks again. as of right now, we will monitor because it is still days out. >> thanks. >> chris, you got a story for us tonight? >> this is one of my favorite stories i have ever told. how is that for a tease? we will meet a warriors basketball academy camper experiencing how life changing the program is. you might want to bring up the tissues for i live in flagstaff, arizona. i'm an older student. i'm getting my doctorate in clinical psychology. i do a lot of hiking and kayaking.

i needed something to help me gain clarity. so i was in the pharmacy and i saw a display of prevagen and i asked the pharmacist about it. i started taking prevagen and i noticed that i had more cognitive clarity. memory is better. it's been about two years now and it's working for me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. family is just very important. she's my sister and, we depend on each other a lot. she's the rock of the family.

she's the person who holds everything together. ♪ it's a battle, you know i'm going to be there. keytruda and chemotherapy meant treating my cancer with two different types of medicine. in a clinical trial, keytruda and chemotherapy was proven to help people live longer than chemotherapy alone. keytruda is used to treat more patients with advanced lung cancer than any other immunotherapy. keytruda may be used with certain chemotherapies as your first treatment if you have advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer and you do not have an abnormal “egfr” or “alk” gene. keytruda can cause your immune system to attack healthy parts of your body during or after treatment. this may be severe and lead to death. see your doctor right away if you have cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, diarrhea, severe stomach pain, severe nausea or vomiting, headache, light sensitivity, eye problems, irregular heartbeat, extreme tiredness, constipation, dizziness or fainting, changes in appetite, thirst, or urine, confusion, memory problems, muscle pain or weakness,

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words, his strength and spirit come from playing the game he loves. >> a lot of people with cerebral palsy were born premature. >> at four years old, he had surgery to stop his spasms and. the rehab process began but when his family moved from israel to the united states, basketball became the medicine that worked wonders. >> the attitude is the -- the bad attitude is the only disability and life. what we found here in this amazing camp and this beautiful project of the warriors academy, it is the best attitude. we are not leaving anybody behind. >> to no one's surprise, his favorite player is stephen curry. with the help of the warriors, he and his family were given special access outside the team's locker room, meeting draymond green. >> what was that like? klay thompson. and stephen curry. >> nice to see you.

have a great time tonight, all right? >> you are the. motivation for him to move he could not walk three years ago. he is eight years old now. >> he is a fighter. he is strong. look at that smile. hey! [laughter] let's take a picture. >> it changed his life. i know it for sure. from the moment he opens his eyes, he wants to play basketball. and steph curry encourages him to prove it. that is what he means. >> way to go. a different kind of sport is coming to the bay area this weekend. aew, all of the wrestling. we will have two shows. jericho sat down with casey pratt to talk about the bay area visit. he is clearly a big beatles band and always enjoys playing a venue where they also did. >> when you go in there, you

realize why it is called the cow pals. it is the livestock building, but it is cool because of the great moments. pat patterson and roy scheier. the beatles played. it is also cool to tap it off with the chase center, to show the new venue, which i have never been to before. i am looking forward to that as well. it will be a great week for aew come up our fans, and wrestling in general. >> it should be a fun week. i want to go back to my friend, who just three years ago could not walk. six month ago, he could not get the ball to the rim. now he is splashing like steph and klay. the warriors helped to set that up. you see it with the players and how much that meant. >> his face was lit up. >> what a wonderful experience that was. >> coming up tonight, a lot for you. we are always streaming on abc7news 20 47. [laughter] and the good doctor.

we are always on at 11:00. but download us so you can watch us whenever you want, wherever you are. that will do it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> for sandhya patel and all of us here, we appreciate your time. have a great evening and we will see you again at 11:00.

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