of rock 'n' roll at the ceremony. ♪ ♪ i grew up loving elvis and wild man jerry lee ♪ ♪ chuck berry and little richard they all cast a spell on me ♪ >> reporter: a final question. how would you complete this sentence? dolly is? >> dolly is dolly. i've said that i'm the workhorse that looks like a showhorse. i make a joke and say that i hope to die on stage in the middle of a song, hopefully one i've written. >> reporter: dolly, i will always love you, thank you. >> well, thank you. >> byron: dolly parton, ladies and gentlemen. our thanks to robin. "dolly parton: from rhinestones to rock 'n' roll" is now streaming on hulu. also, catch dolly live on the cmas tomorrow beginning at 8:00

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ring now busted. an undercover operation running brothels out of local hotel rooms. 18 victims rescued and the investigation is finally being made public. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz abc7 news south bay reporter lauren martinez is following the investigation. but more importantly, see what's being done to protect the victims in these types of cases going forward. >> santa clara county prosecutor

say they dismantled an unprecedent human trafficking ring in the state. prosecutors say a colombian based sex trafficking ring operated out of hotels from san leandro to gilroy. >> they had the women stay at these locations as they had them remain in their room where they were under constant surveill>> they had the women st these locations as they had them remain in their room where they were under constant surveillance. >> the anything, it wasn't withd intentions. >> the da says the 18 victims are from latin american and

southern american countries. one was a minor immigrant communities are so much more vulnerable, especially if they don't have legal status. this community solutions is just one of three nonprofit organizations in the south bay that make sure human trafficker victims can access confidence and free support due to safety reasons they could not disclose whether their organization was helping the 18 victims in this particular case. >> certainly a lot of the survivors are not going to trust us, even though we explain that we're not part of law enforcement or we're a community based organization, that their conversations with us are confidential, flores says. >> every survivor is assigned an advocate, and that person will link them to support resources for 3 to 5 years. and we want to ensure that when we support someone that we don't just address that crisis and then leave them vulnerable again, that we're really addressing all the different vulnerabilities that led to that person being exploited. >> it the da's office says

they're still looking for six more suspects. >> the. nine arrested suspects is in two weeks from now. live in san jose, lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> all right, lauren, thank you. parents of children with special needs who were lost by an east bay school went to the district's board of education meeting tonight asking for change. abc seven news recently covered the story of a five year old who left del rey elementary school without staff. realizing a driver found him in traffic. a third of a mile from the school. after the report ran, another parent came forward saying the school lost her daughter with special needs. last school year. she was later found in a classroom. tonight, the five year old boy's mom told the board she was disappointed no one called her. i i am appalled by the district's lack of concern for my son. >> i call i left messages that same day for you, dr. camp, for kim noble. i left messages. voicemails on with your assistance, dr. camp. nobody from the district called me

back. i'm sure you know anyone here who has a child or knows a five year old. he was running on bachmann road unattended. we do take that seriously. >> and we want to make sure that all of our students are are safe and they're on campus at. and we need to work as a team in order to make sure that happens. so abc7 news, i-team reporter melanie woodrow will have more on the school board meeting tomorrow right here on abc seven. >> and to get in touch with our abc seven news team for a story you want investigated, you can call this number on your screen or go to abc7 news.com i-team, our daily effort to build a better bay area can happen in a variety of ways, and tonight the city of san francisco is spending millions of dollars to upgrade its un plaza. >> the family friendly makeover is the latest hope to revive a troubled section of the city. it's been a hotbed for drug deals and overdoses in recent years. and tonight, abc seven news reporter joe stone shows you what the city is now trying to do about it.

>> permanent ping pong tables, cornhole setups, tech ball, foosball and some chess tables. but that's just the small stuff. san francisco's un plaza skate park officials opens wednesday in an event called reopening un plaza, bringing some more energy to the neighborhood, which i felt like it was been missing maybe past years. >> i think all the skateboarders and bmxers and extreme sports people were looking for something like this. >> andrew torralva is a professional skateboarder in the bay. he was one of dozens of skaters in the area that we saw tuesday afternoon. the one with this massive alley lots has been made about un plaza being an open air drug market in the past , when city officials held a special outdoor hearing on the issue last spring, people shouted as mayor london breed spoke. someone was taken down by police after throwing a brick towards officials deals with skateboarding. >> it's going to bring less sketchy activities around a workout area was also installed

at un plaza and xavier hagwood was busy grinding into shape when we spoke with him. >> so hopefully we can have some oversight people here to kind of usher people in and out to make sure, you know, we don't have anybody destroying the property, but not everyone is happy about these renovations here at un plaza. those with the farmers market were relocated here across the street and they're not happy about it. >> i think the fact that it can't accommodate the farmer's market is real detrimental to the tenderloin neighborhood and the south of market neighborhood that really depend on that market. >> john mccormick shops at the farmers market and says there has been a huge drop in the number of people attending. mccormick also believes that this just pushes the homeless and drug dealers elsewhere. our tuesday night homeless individuals were lined up not in un plaza but along a wall outside the nearby asian art museum. un plaza, though certainly picture desk on tuesday night, j.r. stone, abc

seven news work is also being done to enliven chinatown in the city. >> and this conveniently comes just before apec crews just finished painting these clouds on stockton street pieces there at the intersection of washington and stockton right next to the central subway station. and take a look at this. the scaffolding wrap around the ferry building's clock tower is finally off, just in time for apec. you're looking live at it along the embarcadero from our abc7 roof camera a few blocks away. the clock tower has been wrapped up since february, getting a new paint job. the design team says the full restoration is expected by the end of the year, with apec coming to town, starting this weekend. >> countless global leaders, heads of state and ambassadors will all be in one place at one time. but we wanted to find out what that all means for you tonight. police chief bill scott and his deputy, david lazard outlined the department's plans to about 100 people at a virtual public safety meeting starting friday. there will be an

increased police presence across the city. >> we're mobilizing the entire department. we haven't done that in over a couple of decades. what that means is that all the officers days off are canceled. >> sfpd has been working with the secret service since february to prepare for apec. they've mapped out for hard zones to avoid across the city, along with moscone center, the area around the fairmont hotel, or the exploratorium and the legion of honor are the major conference venues. union square will close from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. and abc seven news is your station. when it comes to anything apec 2023, our complete coverage has everything you need to know from the events, the traffic, street closures and security. you'll find it all on the front page of our website abc7 news.com or your abc7 news bay area app. >> a police shooting in oakland shopping safe in san francisco and a rise of hateful incidents on college campuses across america. >> those are just some of the headlines making up tonight's

abc seven news to know oakland police are investigating after an off duty officer was shot and killed. a man not far from city hall. opd says one of its sergeants was on his way to work early this morning when the department says an armed man approached the sergeants vehicle. police say the man died at the scene from a single gunshot wound. what led up to that is now under investigation. the sergeant has been placed on paid leave. >> it's the big question. san francisco is trying to solve. getting holiday shoppers back to the once thriving union square while standing in front of the macy's holiday tree city leaders vowed to make it the safest place in urban america amid a wave of store closures and retail theft. the city says you'll notice more police and there will also be more plain clothes officers in stores. >> dreamforce will return to san francisco next year. there was a bit of uncertainty after salesforce ceo marc benioff threatened to pull the conference out of the city depending on how this year went. it turns out things went just fine. the dreamforce will be

held in september of 2024. jewish members of california state legislature are demanding immediate action from the heads of the uc and csu systems, saying anti-semitism is sweeping campuses. >> the legislators cite reports of attacks at uc berkeley, uc davis and san jose state against people expressing support for israel. the council on american-islamic relations also notes a rise in islamophobic and anti-arab hate incidents across the country. >> the supreme court seems likely to uphold the federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. we'll have to wait and see after the high courts hearing today, a final ruling isn't expected until early next summer. that's the news to know. >> here's another big headline. a rally inside oakland city hall to keep the a's in the town. die hard fans and the mayor perhaps with one final chance here that fight to keep the team in oakland will be coming up just a little later on for you in sports.

>> it is election night for dozens of states across the country. we are tracking the biggest races and how california is gearing up for when we head to the polls in 2024. the countdown to the country music awards is on. >> we get a sneak peek of the festivities courtesy of the two star hosts. >> a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc seven news at 11. jimmy >> thanks, dan and ama. tonight, sexy mysteries will be revealed. welcome sexiest man. >> thank you. it's great to be here. >> we will i hope we've his voik we've disguised his voice. just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! ugh. well, i switched to swiffer wetjet, and it's awesome. it's an all-in-one, that absorbs dirt and grime deep inside. and it helps prevent streaks and haze. wetjet is so worth it. love it, or your money back.

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to the state constitution. they approved a ballot measure which codified as the right to an abortion in the state constitution, an outcome many ohio republicans fought to prevent. >> i'm on the side of protecting the sanctity of human life. it's i'm worried that they're going to be less kids who are going to enjoy the, you know, enjoy life and be able to experience the gift of life that that because of this, because of this issue that's now in the constitution. >> today's vote also prevents bans on abortion before a fetus is viable or for the mother's health. it is the latest in a growing string of abortion rights votes around the country in both blue and red states. in the wake of roe v wade being struck down last year. among the

other notable races this election day we're following, democrats have captured the state of virginia's legislature. >> the democrats win nixed any lingering dreams of republican governor glenn youngkin's late entry into the 2024 presidential race. former biden white house aide gabe am amo becomes the first black member of congress from rhode island. he won a special election in the state's first congressional district and philadelphia will have its first female mayor, cheryl parker defeated her gpo opponent, a gop rather opponent, and the overwhelmingly democratic city. >> several bay area counties did have small special elections today, but there weren't nearly as many issues on the ballot as in other states. today's election is a reminder for folks to register to vote if they aren't already. and we're a year away here in california. >> registration trends are changing ahead of 2024. abc seven news reporter tim johns has that story with the 2024 presidential election less than a year away. >> a new report from the

california secretary of state shows the changes happening with the state electorate. the data showing for the first time in years the number of voters registered with no party preference is shrinking. while the numbers of both registered republicans and democrats have grown since 2019, we always have to think about the fact that there are environmental factors like what's happening in our culture, what's on the news, what's on social media. >> and then there's mechanics factors. >> paul mitchell is the vice president of political data inc, a bipartisan voter data firm. mitchell says one of those mechanical aspects is the fact that california does a better job than most states in getting people registered to vote. >> california definitely, especially in 2018, made it much, much easier to register and much easier to stay registered beyond that, mitchell believes increasing polarization in our society as a whole also likely contributes. >> he says. in recent years, both parties have rallied their respective sides around issues like trans rights and abortion to drive voter turnout.

>> it wasn't just a flash in the pan that it happened just in the election. immediately after the dobbs decision. but it has extended to this midterm election. and i would hazard a guess it's going to extend to the 2024 election as california voters aren't alone either. >> across the country, polls have shown americans are becoming increasingly partizan, a trend that mitchell says likely won't reverse anytime soon. >> nationally, i think that the culture has gotten more partizan and especially around around the presidential races. >> in san francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. and we have been following the issue of postpartum depression as part of our building a better bay area focus on maternal health. >> tonight, a new center aimed at bridging the treatment gap opened in the north bay. it's in san rafael on redwood highway, just off of 101. the postpartum center was founded by a mom who suffered from maternal health complications. it will provide peer support services, including counseling support groups and education. it also offers free diapers and other basic

necessities to families in need. the centers for disease control has identified mental health struggles as the leading cause of maternal mortality in the united states. >> that is good work. they are doing all right. >> some rain may be on the way. yeah. >> let's get to abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya yeah. and dan and i'm a first. >> we're going to see a chance of some wet weather on friday and then it is trending wet for next week. so let's take a look at some live pictures right now from our tower cameras and just beautiful views. clear skies from all of our tower cameras right now. but with those clear skies comes a chill in the air. frost advisory tomorrow morning for lake county, parts of mendocino county, temperatures is dropping down to freezing tomorrow morning for some parts there. so be ready. 40s and 50s on those numbers right now running cooler than where you were just 24 hours ago. so when you get going tomorrow morning, expect those temperatures in places like santa rosa down to

41 degrees, 40 in livermore, 48 in santa, san jose, 50 in oakland and 52 in san francisco. so do want to show you a lovely view from our sierra from the sierra where you can see the snow was coming down this was this afternoon and evening. they did get a few inches of snow since yesterday. and as you check out the radar, they also had some thunder showers, thunderstorms there. so it was active in the mountains. all's clear right now, but there's going to be more snow coming their way for next week. i want to show you what's going on here. high pressure is going to be nudging in just briefly tomorrow as that trough exits. and that will allow those temperatures to rise. here's a lovely view from our emeryville camera and a look at the forecast headlines. clear and chilly overnight, even colder thursday morning. sunny and milder tomorrow with a chance of showers. friday, dry this weekend. active pattern is setting up for next week. tomorrow you don't have to worry about an active pattern, but in the morning it's going to be sweater weather in the

afternoon. short sleeve weather is going to be mild, though, mid 60s to the low 70s for your wednesday. so a warmer than today. we're going to fast forward to friday a couple of showers going through early friday morning in the north bay. this is going to be the best chance for many parts of the bay area. it'll be a lot more cloud cover. so that's why we haven't put a storm impact scale on it just yet. next week. oh, this is looking interesting. both computer models that we typically look at painting a wet picture for tuesday sierra looking at snow. i mean, this pattern continues through thursday as at least two storms come through stronger than what we have experienced in the past couple of months. so just keep that in mind. rainfall estimates right now, these are early estimates, half an inch in places, a little over half an inch in places like palm springs, san francisco, over an inch. and a third by thursday of next week. the accuweather seven day forecast, it's a chilly morning, sunny day, even colder thursday morning. and then we're looking at that possibility of a few showers early friday weekend is dry and warmer slight chance

monday and then tuesday we bring in a level one storm rain and wind is looking likely. ama and dan, we'll be right back after the break. what a luxury hair repair that doesn't cost $50. repair that doesn't cost $50. >> pantene's pro vitamin formula repairs,

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where are your jitters? >> i had some last year for sure . i feel a little less nervous this year, mainly because i have a great co-host and wingman here in luke and robert and the cma team and abc kind of make things easy for you. i think you'll be fine. >> why do you think this is a great team? >> well, i mean, i think i think obviously peyton has spent his time in front of the in front of the camera and in big moments from years of football. and i think being on idol all the time, i'm comfortable in front of the camera. and now we just get to get up there even a minute ago, we were still working on the script, laughing about stuff. we're coming up with. and as long as we can work on it and get and start laughing at ourselves, having fun with it and appreciating that, you got to have some comedy in this stuff. you got to have some fun. >> we're still working through some some kinks, if you will. there's some ideas. luke has

this idea that he thinks i should sing a song or a verse or two. it's a horrible idea. i'm trying to. i still have time. i have time to mix it still. now i want to see you sing. you don't. you don't actually. and you sure don't want to have to hear me sing. but i think luke said it best that we're not afraid to laugh at each other. and i think to show that if we're having a good time up there laughing, the audience and the viewers will hopefully be laughing and have a good time as well. >> besides his hosting duties, luke will be performing a medley of some of his 30 number one hits in nashville. george pennacchio for abc news. all right. right here on abc seven tomorrow, our coverage begins at 730 with on the red carpet at the cma awards. >> the big award show itself kicks off at 8 p.m. then stay tuned right afterward for abc seven news at 11. that's going to be fun. it is. >> all right. this is fun. the sharks were looking to avoid history tonight, pressure sports director larry biel is here. >> larry. >> dan, you know the saying. all

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show more fight. and they certainly came out and did that. just a minute. and a half in kevin labanc feeding anthony duclair with savoir faire. he's everywhere. one nothing team teal the crowd. we got to go. we got to go late. second period. sharks on the power play. grip it and rip it. william eklund the kid with a blast to nothing sharks now philly got one back. now it's mackenzie blackwood time in slow mo for you. 38 saves on the night. a tense final few seconds and time. tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. runs out. finally a victory in game 12 to 1 team. teal the oakland mayor city council and port all unified in their effort to keep the a's in oakland and fans made their voices heard. tonight in oakland say oakland say enough oakland mayor shengtao as information packets prepared for every major league baseball owner showing the viability of keeping the a's right here, i

hope that, you know, if we showed anything to the owners who are taking on the relocation vote that it shows that there are questions that should be asked of john fisher. >> there are questions that should be asked of dave kaval and if there are questions as they should be of me, please reach out to me. i am available to talk to any of these owners at any given time. um, there's, there's no hiding of anything. we've been very transparent and we have receipts. >> oracle park transformed into a golfer's paradise this week. the ballpark back nine opens tomorrow, runs through sunday. it's kind of like top golf, but they created a nine hole course with tee shots all over the place. players like logan webb helped pick some of the locations and that allows fans to go to places that are usually off limits to them. >> something we heard last year was from a 20 year season ticket member who was taken to certain parts of the ballpark. they'd never been an experience, so we thought that was really cool and to build on that, we took a few of our players and former players around to try to scout out maybe what would be a unique

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the eventual capture of the wolf dog was fascinated by this. it's a hybrid wolf dog seen running around the north bay. the animal named shadow has a loving owner, as you see there, and pack of fellow dogs. we spoke to that owner about the wild weekend chase and just how common these animals are. and that story is one of the top things people are clicking on right now on our website. it is up for you now at abc7 news.com. >> shadow is something else, right? all right. a reminder you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc7 bay area. connected-tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and

roku. download the app now and you can start streaming. >> all right. that is going to do it for tonight. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel. larry biel. all of us, we appreciate your time. and right now on jimmy kimmel, it's the reveal of people magazine's 2023 sexiest man alive. who is it? we'll see. >> have a great night already damaged or destroyed three homes and another building. it's unclear what started the fire, but it's being maintained by drought in that area and warmer than normal temperatures. there are also wildfires burning in kentucky, tennessee and virginia. >> and here's a look at some of those above normal temperatures. we mentioned record highs are expected today in the states where those fires are burning and more records could be set across the deep south through friday. florida is looking at nearly 90 degrees by the end of the week. >> passengers on a delayed flight in europe got an early, early taste of the saint

patrick's day spirit. and here's what we mean. was on their flight. >> those are members of an irish music group who were trying to fly home from germany. they took out their instruments. they gave an impromptu concert while their flight was delayed due to a security issue. the guy who recorded the video called it definitely one of those moments where you just feel proud to be irish, even if you're not irish. >> i would think i would enjoy this, you know, how boring it is when you're on a flight that's delayed and you're sitting on the tarmac or you know, and you're just there's nothing a free concert on the plane. >> i love it. as long as you're not trying to sleep, i guess. coming up, the dramatic plane rescue off the florida keys. >> plus, just a couple of weeks away from thanksgiving. some timely travel advice before you head out to the airport. what not to bring and the very special passenger soon to be headed