kristin, a busy one, was it? >> yes, actually, it really was. you couldn't tell from the international media center, which has kind of quieted down. right, because all the leaders have gone. but before they left, before their motorcade drove on out of here, they definitely had a final day of meetings for the leaders and even a field trip for their spouses. it's been a demanding three days for president biden in san francisco. but last night, diplomacy happened over a toast at the legion of honor. tonight it's about breaking bread together for we know one another. >> a little better after tonight. that looser style was reflected in today's events. >> this morning, biden held direct talks with mexico's president, andres manuel lopez obrador and joked about the attention he got from first lady joe biden. >> if you are so captivating, i was worried she liked you more. >> she likes me now. >> they focused on cracking down on fentanyl trafficking and enforcing the borders. lopez obrador thanked biden for creating new rules for asylum

seekers. >> it's a humane way to address the migrant phenomenon. >> meantime, philippines ambassador to the us today indicated their biggest commitment is to collaborate with the us on its efforts to be more sustainable. >> the small modular nuclear power plants that is technology that's going to be made available to us with this one, two, three agreement is certainly going to be a welcome situation for us. >> biden then held the last leaders gathering at the moscone center. he then handed over the apec chair to next year's host, peru's president dina baluarte, in his goodbye address, biden urged for more climate action and freeing up supply chains. he then shifted to artificial intelligence and the work the us is doing with tech companies to regulate ai. >> i would respectfully suggest all of us around this table have a responsibility to work together to seize the opportunities and manage the risk of this technology. >> first lady joe biden was also focused on tech. she led a tour

of apec attendees to apple headquarters in cupertino, where she talked about how the iphone revolutionized how we communicate at our core. >> each of us is searching for connection in and that technology could facilitate that connection. >> smartphones have become a larger part of our lives, both good and bad. ceo tim cook said. apple's also looking for ways to lessen the dependance on smartphone phones. >> my own view is if you're spending more time on your phone than you are looking into somebody's eyes and you're doing the wrong thing very romantic, very romantic. >> one thing missing this year was what's called the family photo wearing traditional outfits of the country that is hosting. that's become a tradition after president bill clinton in 1993 gave all the leaders bomber jackets and had them pose together for the us. didn't do it when it hosted again in 2011 and it was ignored again this year, but expected to happen in peru. all right. and now we're just waiting for that

formal statement, that agreement, the one that comes out at the end of the summer where they can say, hey, look, all 21 of us agree on these things. we really accomplished something here. so we are understanding that one has been hammered out just waiting for its release to look at the specific language. but you can expect, based on all that's been said, this week, that it's going to really emphasize renewable energy, cutting down on carbon emissions and creating economic opportunity while not forgetting the little guys, the small, medium sized businesses and people had traditionally been left out of the picture here. so we will wait for that. but in the meantime, this is a wrap. i mean, i don't know what i'm going to do with myself. i've been here for a whole week. >> you'll be rejoining me for better or worse, every afternoon at 4:00. >> can we you know, i think biden suggested we do this for five more days. i think that's a good idea, larry. >> check in with him. you're closer to him than i am. kristin, thank you. great job all week long. and as kristin just mentioned, president biden

addressed the fentanyl crisis today during his meeting with mexico's president. this comes on the same day as marin county unveiled a new eye catching ad campaign targeting the dangers of the drug. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has a look at the ads and the hope they bring. >> it's a new eye catching ad campaign which asks the question. hammerin wtf where's the fentanyl? the answer is everywhere. >> it happens from mansions. it happens in encampments. it happens everywhere in between. >> anita renzetti from odd free marin says the new campaign appearing online and in person, was launched by nonprofits and marin county. it's designed to be big, bold and provocative to help break the myth that fentanyl isn't a problem here. >> so we're just really strongly trying to reduce the stigma around addiction in and around substance use disorders, because if we don't do that, we really can't tackle this. if parents are like, that would never be my kid. >> and i think that's why it's red, because we want people to stop and we want people to

actually look at that campaign. >> lucia ramirez from marin health and human services helped produce videos targeting young people. >> fentanyl is here in marin. it's up to us to stop it. >> some of the clips challenge young people to spot a real pill from one laced with fentanyl. >> which pill kills? >> i have no idea. >> county officials say accidental fentanyl overdoses kill someone every nine days in marin on average, overdose has become the leading cause of death for people 55 and under. >> we want people really to be aware that there's an issue, but we want people to start carrying narcan owed free. >> marin provides free narcan spray to reverse the effects of fentanyl and to address the opioid epidemic, and including fentanyl, which on friday, president biden and mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador talked about the fentanyl crisis facing both countries. at the apex summit, lucille believes high profile chats like this one will help raise awareness. >> i think the issue is going to persist if we don't start

talking about it, and that's step one. >> calling out a killer is the next cornell, bernard, abc7 news. >> organizers hoped the apec summit would bring more than 20,000 visitors and pump $53 million into the local economy. but many small businesses, especially those south of market, say apec actually hurt them more than it helped. abc7 news reporter suzanne fawn joins us now in the newsroom with details. hey, suzanne. diane moscone center is one of the security zones for apec small businesses. i talked to say that kept their customers away and that hurt their bottom line metal security, fencing, concrete barriers. uniformed officers as small businesses by moscone center say that has kept customers away. at the corner of fifth and mission, there's soma restaurant and bar owner kazim altan says the week long apec summit has been tough for them. >> with this apec, we thought we are maybe going to help us, but to the business from us. >> altan says people didn't come to soma, people didn't come

downtown getting our business down like over like 67 to 80. it's a similar story for executive order barring lounge. the owner believes people stayed away because of the road closures and extra security measures. >> it's cost us tens of thousands compared with this time last year. it's over an loss in revenue. >> executive order, bar and lounge is inside the security perimeter, but there are no security checks needed to access the business at 868 mission. >> you can just come right off of fifth and in mission street, you can walk down from market street, one of the hardest hit businesses is bonchon korean fried chicken. >> it's inside the metreon in the highest security zone. at the end of the day. wednesday, the owner closed his business for the rest of the week. bonchon lost at least $15,000 this week in sales. >> wednesday, the day we closed, we were down 80. we are a

restaurant that normally serves 300 customers per day and you know, we were serving 58 all day. >> business owners are frustrated. they want city leaders to know it in response, supervisor matt dorsey of district six released this statement today. quote, many of the small businesses in soma have been impacted by apec due to the closed off security zone and very low customer traffic. i'm committed to advocate for their long term success and sustainability, and my staff will be out there today to connect with and provide resources to some of these businesses and the board of supervisors recently approved a resolution that set aside $10 million for community members affected by apec. the office of economic workforce development issued vouchers or gift cards for apec staff to use at several impacted businesses inside the metreon business owners tell me they appreciate the support, but they say much more needs to be done. live in the newsroom. suzanne fan, abc seven news. yeah, this may have long lasting

effects. suzanne, thank you. now we do have complete coverage of apec at our website and we are updating it as the events unfold . you'll find it all on the front page of abc7 news.com, the end of the apec summit, coupled with the thanksgiving holiday likely to impact travel starting actually tonight and all through the weekend, the final day of apec along with ongoing protests, led to some early arrivals at san francisco international airport this morning. >> sfo actually expects today to be the busiest day for thanksgiving air travel with more than 140,000 passengers moving through the airport. >> what drives it is a lot of schools give kids the entire week off. so more and more we're seeing people really begin their thanksgiving travel today. so today is going to be our peak day, about 80 million americans are expected to travel by car or plane for the holiday. >> and it'll feel like they're all ahead of you. as always, it's recommended that you allow yourself extra time to get through the airport this weekend , try to arrive as fast as these people are moving. two hours

before your flight, if you're traveling within the us, three hours, if you're flying internationally now, the weather will likely play a role for anyone heading out this afternoon. >> as you can see, it is starting to rain in some spots. these are two live pictures. let's get a quick look now at the forecast from meteorologist sandhya patel looking really gray out there. yeah, it's becoming active out there, that's for sure. >> and dionne and larry, let's take a look at live doppler seven. i'll show you what it looks like right now. we are seeing some light to moderate rain, but where thunderstorms have develop. but you will notice that there is some heavier rain falling right around penngrove rohnert park into sonoma. we're going to track these cells, move northward into cotati at 414. santa rosa getting another round at 4:44 p.m. watch out for some downpours and urban and small stream flood advisory has been issued for parts of napa sonoma counties as roadway flooding is expected and around san francisco, the sunset district along the embarcadero, we are seeing some wet weather right now as we widen the picture.

it's a light level one storm, the area of low pressure. we're finally starting to move in our direction and it is going to move through. so here's a look at what you can expect. the wet weather will continue through tonight. just scattered in nature. tomorrow morning, we see some widespread rain and then turning more showery tomorrow afternoon. so that light level one storm through tomorrow, rain heavy at times, thunderstorms gusty winds, minor roadway flooding. i'll be back to let you know how the rest of your weekend is looking coming right up, diane. >> all right. sounds good. sandhya thanks. the backlash over elon musk's support of an anti semitic conspiracy theory popular among white supremacists has intensify, tied the number of companies fleeing the social media platform continues to grow. today, abc seven's parent company, disney and entertainment giant lionsgate, said they would suspend all advertising on x. apple will also pause its ads on x, according to the news website axios. ibm made that move thursday after its ads were

found alongside content in a statement friday, the white house called musk's tweet wednesday agreeing with an anti semitic theory an abhorrent promotion of anti semitic and racist hate. >> the company behind the viral chat bot chatgpt has fired its ceo openai said in a statement that founder sam altman was not always truthful in his communication with the board and that hindered the board's ability to exercise its responsibility as the company just held its first developer conference in san francisco last week, where altman served as the emcee. chatgpt currently has 100 million active users. in a tweet following the news of his dismissal, altman said he loved his time at openai. >> still to come, dozens of independent schools across the bay area and the state are on alert after receiving messages threatening the safety of their communities. also the major damage after an out-of-control tesla crashes into a home on the peninsula and a little later, the strong earthquake in the

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and across the state, they had to respond to threats made by email warning of explosive devices planted at the schools. abc7 news reporter anser hassan spoke to a principal of one

local school that was targeted. still students are safe at saint theresa's private school in oakland. >> but principal alicia ortegon says the school day started with the bomb threat earlier this morning, one of our staff members received an email that was threatening in nature towards our school. that email came from someone claiming to be linked to a russian terrorist group which had, quote, planted multiple explosives that were detonate late friday afternoon. those receiving the email were alleged targeted for supporting ukraine. ortega notified oakland police. >> we had three officers come out this morning and walk through the school, make sure that everything was okay and secure. saint teresa's wasn't the only oakland school targeted. >> redwood day school closed for the day due to the threat. the email list shows that dozens of bay area schools, mostly private, got the email as well. in an email to abc7 news, the oakland police department says it's actively investigating the threat. it's also notified other law enforcement partners.

friday's threats come the same week that the oakland unified school district warned parents of a kidnaping phone call scam, telling someone that you've kidnaped their child and that you're not going to give them back unless you unless that person gives them money and so that's a really grotesque thing to do to anybody. principal ortega notified parents to assure them that their students are safe, but told parents they could pick up their children out of an abundance of caution. >> it bothers me when people again target children. they're the most innocent people. they're vulnerable. that's why adults do, why we do what we do as teachers, as educators, is to protect and educate children. and it just breaks my heart when people actually target them for fear or hate or threats. >> in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> san mateo home is in need of a new kitchen after a wild crash early this morning which. just look at that. this is just some of the damage left behind at the home on murphy drive. thankfully, nobody was injured.

police say the driver of a tesla lost control of the car while going downhill through the neighborhood. the car then veered into a driveway between two parked cars over an embankment. it then launched over a swimming pool before ultimately crashing into the kitchen of the home. the woman who lives there, thankfully, was not in the home at the time. >> she would absolutely have been drinking her tea at 7 a.m. in the kitchen, and she wasn't there just just very, very thankful, extremely thankful. >> when you look at this, the driver and the passenger inside the car both walked away with no injuries. so very fortunate. >> wow. all right. taking a look at the weather and lots of green on the radar. >> yes. you can see right behind us, sandy. thunderstorms out there as well. >> yes, that's right. larry and dion were tracking those in the north bay right now. let me show you live. doppler seven and we'll talk about what is happening. so strong thunderstorms are moving through the north bay as we speak. so lightning right now going down to street level radar right

around penngrove, highway 101, eucalyptus avenue. as we pan around here, you will notice guerneville road near santa rosa airport boulevard. guerneville also seeing some heavier rain falling as we track these cells. they're moving northward. so another batch moving northward towards saint helena at 449. angwin shortly thereafter, we do have some pockets of moderate to heavy rain. sharpe park road in pacifica, south city watch out, the commute is going to be difficult, especially with those downpour hours and an urban and small stream flood advisory for parts of the north bay as they are expecting some minor roadway flooding, low pressure system is finally beginning to move closer to the state. remember, it's been meandering here off the coast for days now. so it's going to finally move on through. but as it does, the instability is increase going. we do have a threat of thunder remaining in the forecast through tonight and also again tomorrow. live view from our pier 39. camera just looks

cloudy from this view at the ferris wheel. just pretty view there. 62 in the city, 63 in oakland, san jose and palo alto in the 60s. right now, here's a live view from our golden gate bridge camera. raindrops dotting the lens. the breeze is picking up low to mid 60s from santa rosa to napa and livermore from our walnut creek. camera clouds are stacked up and a look at the headlines. scattered downpours and thunder chance through tonight. widespread rain tomorrow morning with showers in the afternoon and a dry pattern sets up warmer days are expected for next week on our exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale. it's a light level one through tomorrow. no rain heavy at times with some thunderstorms and gusty winds. once again, watch out for minor roadway flooding or ponding on the roadways. 5:00 tonight, those winds out of the south gusting over 30 miles an hour. tomorrow morning, though, you will notice 40 mile an hour winds near the coast, breezy to gusty at 9 a.m. those southerly winds will turn more north northwesterly tomorrow night once the system passes through. so here we go, hour by hour,

looking at some heavy downpours at times as we head into tomorrow morning. this is where the widespread rain comes in and really continues going 730. if you have plans early tomorrow morning, watch out. give yourself extra time to get to where you need to go. morning games for kids might be canceled because of this. scattered showers in the afternoon hours. and as we head towards late night now, the system is going to move on out of here. so sunday is looking dry. rainfall totals about a quarter of an inch to just over an inch in the wettest north bay locations. it turns into snow in the mountains . winter weather advisory has been posted from 4 p.m. tomorrow until 4 a.m. sunday. not just the west slope, but the sierra of sierra, but tahoe as well. looking at up to a foot for the peaks. the snow level at 6500ft, your morning temperature is 40s 50, windy, wet afternoon, scattered showers still windy with 60s for most of you. level one tomorrow wet and gusty. we're looking at drying trend for the second half of your weekend. continuing right on

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of all these things for us. and you always say with the gift cards, use them right away. right. right. >> and the problem with these are sometimes they've already been ripped off before you get your hands on them. yeah. san francisco city attorney david chu is making a bold pre-holiday move designed to help consumers with their gift card purchases. he has filed suit against a giant in the gift card business income makers of vanilla brand gift card. these are the cards you find on racks in places like walmart and walgreens, safeway. >> consumers were buying the gift cards known as vanilla gift cards are getting scammed out of hundreds of dollars. the typical scenario, though, is a consumer purchases a vanilla gift card. and as soon as they go to use them, they find out that the balance is zero. >> choose legal complaint says thieves take cards from the rack, steal their codes and put the cards back on the rack for unsuspecting buyers who then load them with cash. >> this is a scam known as card draining. it's a relatively

unsophisticated crime. it's made possible by incomes or inadequate security. >> i reached out to incom but did not immediately hear back from them. if i do, then we'll certainly tell you what they had to say. >> if you're a victim of that, how do you get your money back? >> well, that's the problem david chu has with these guys. a major problem is that when you report it, he says they don't fix it quick enough or often enough. so there's going to be a wild case. all right. thank you, michael. >> sure. all right. just ahead, an emotional day for bay area residents with loved ones in the philippines. >> i try to call them all the time, but i cannot reach them anymore. >> next, the desperate effort to reach family members following today's powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake and the us request granted today by israel that could still help those trapped in gaza

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shoppers scream in fear in the philippines as a powerful 6.7 earthquake rocks the country. >> this video shows ceilings falling at a shopping mall, but no reports of any injuries there. manila's office of civil defense is investigating a report of at least one death. now, that quake took place thousands of miles from the bay area, but the events are being closely watched by san francisco's filipino leaders attending apec. >> abc7 news reporter ryan curry spoke with the philippines ambassador to the us for the very latest information. as filipino residents here wait to hear from loved ones back home.

>> devastating video in southern philippines. people screaming as the roof of a shopping mall collapses. others in mindanao rushing for cover. >> i tried to call them all the time, but i cannot reach them anymore. >> i'm dori pannaseeha in tears. the quake knocked out cell service and internet, making it impossible for her to reach her loved ones. >> it's really sad because they are all my second family. they really think, you know, they're very close to me. >> she works with the filipino bayanihan center in daly city, a community home to many filipino americans. she is scrambling to organize relief aid to those impacted id. with apec going on the president of the philippines and other country leaders are here in san francisco. so the ambassador to the us telling me they are still gathering new information. do you know what the current death toll is? >> that's what we're waiting for . there's our people on the ground are still assessing the situation. that's that's the stuff. >> 9:00 this morning, he says

the country is focused on bringing aid to the areas impacted by the earthquake. the ambassador is not ruling out asking for aid from other countries. >> welcome any kind of assistance coming from anyone, not only domestically but internationally, depending on how much damage we received. >> panizza and her nonprofit are asking anyone in the us to donate to help families who may have lost their homes in the earthquake give support. >> all the filipinos. so let's go unite and help and support, please. we need to help them. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. >> scary. more international news now is israeli troops are scouring through gaza's largest hospital for a third day. now the idf claims it found a tunnel leading to a hamas command post beneath al-shifa hospital. hamas is denying that claim, but us intelligence officials say israel is right. at least two israeli hostages have been found dead near that hospital. idf troops are pushing farther into gaza and they say they've

destroyed a major weapons production post of the palace, an islamic jihad. i think every minute and every hour, the situation becomes far, far worse for the people of gaza. israel agreed to a us request to allow entry of two diesel tankers per day, but it also now says its offensive could go into the southern part of the gaza strip. and that's where many palestinians have sought refuge from the heavy fighting in the north. the stage is set for a vote to expel jorge santos from congress. >> the chairman of the house ethics committee introduced a resolution today, laying the groundwork for that vote. it cites a committee report released yesterday that says santos used campaign donations for his personal well-being. that includes rent trips, even botox and adult content on onlyfans. us lawmakers are expected to take up the resolution after the thanksgiving break, expelling santos would require two thirds majority vote in the house. >> a new poll finds the race to

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plan to avoid large gatherings in about 25% say they plan to wear a mask in crowded places or just avoid travel altogether. how about you guys go around the horn here? what are you all thinking about? with respect to covid sandy? >> so, larry, here are my thoughts. i'm not giving up the holidays. i'm spending time with family and friends and loved ones, as i always do. but if i go in and i'm shopping somewhere and i see big crowds, i am going

to mask up. and my thinking is, is that most people have either gotten it and have natural immunity or or they've gotten boosted and double boosted and vaccinated and all that. so either way, it's time to move on. >> michael, i think about like sandy. i wear a mask on airplanes all the time now. and i used to get colds all the time on airplanes and i don't anymore. so, i mean, there's something going on there. i think people should be careful, more careful than i think some people are. i think we're all just tired of it. we want to move on. agreed. >> and i think it's nice to see people who are taking preemptive steps if they're feeling a little under the weather and they know they're going to be out and about to wear a mask. so i think from the pandemic, we've developed some good habits. yes. yeah. all right. moving on, a new study out today reveals that florida residents. listen to this. are most likely to engage in adultery. ashley madison, the dating service and social networking site that caters to married people found three florida cities. miami, orlando

and tampa ranked in the top five of the cities where people are more likely to have an affair. atlanta ranks third in las vegas. you can see their ranks fourth, only one california city made the top 20. that is bakersfield at 16. i don't even know where to begin with this one. you guys. i mean, michael, you're in stitches over this. i know you travel to florida on vacation. >> i just ask one thing before you, michael. what state did you grow up in for me? >> only california, mainly. >> was there another state, though? >> there was another state. another state that would be, i will say, after working in tampa, i don't have a necessarily a reason. >> but the weather is warm all the time. people the florida man thing is true. crimes are committed all year round. >> i don't say it is warm because why bakers feel i mean, bakersfield is really hot. >> yeah. so i don't know. but miami and vegas, i could see that people are partying there.

>> yes. >> what do you think, larry? >> what do you think of all i think we should send the i team to bakersfield. >> yeah, he seemed suspicious and quiet for a moment. >> no, i just observing i'm observing florida. man, down there, we're less than two months away from the new year. yelp has already predicting what will be eating and drinking and ordering at restaurants in 2024 for drinks. it appears the new year will be all about the hugo spritz as well as martini variations like green mango, matcha parmesan. oh, okay. pickle and truffle martinis as for food, 2024 will be about caviar and hot and cold ramen. there's a sort of a contrast there in pricing. yelp says its predictions are based on what its users have been searching for. so dion loading up on the caviar? >> well, i'm still caught up on what a hugo spritz is. do you guys know what that is?

>> no. >> clearly i don't drink very often. >> it's with saint germain. that's what we're being told. oh and because it's a spritz, it must have some seltzer in it. i assume. okay. >> the hot and cold ramen thing. i'm still wondering about. how does that work? cold >> hold on. i don't know, sandhya. >> i have no idea. i mean, i don't really drink anyways, but hot and cold ramen. i mean, i'm with diana. how are they going to serve that? >> let's just eat what we like to eat. how about that, guys? >> my take takeaway from this is, is that you two don't drink. and michael and i do. that's. that's right. >> yes. we've always known the subliminal message. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all right. a little bit more food to talk about. an unusual new burger from mcdonald's, the new salad burger includes everything. yes, but the beef, it has tomato, lettuce, onions, cheese, pickles. and the special sauce. the burger appears to be the answer to burger king's salad. burger also offered only in new zealand. i mean, what's

the point? wouldn't you want to just order a salad if you wanted a salad? >> that's. >> but for a vegetarian, dion but then, i mean, i would try it, but obviously the vegetarian . >> patty well, that's the that's the point. there's no patty and that's you need the mouthfeel of a patty for a burger. >> but how much cheese a lot of oh, sorry, michael. i do eat a lot of vegetables. >> so, michael, what were you saying? >> i'm sorry. i'm interrupting everybody. how much cheaper is it than the one with the burger? actually oh, that's that's a good question. >> consumer guy would ask. well, but but, yeah, just just order the salad. there's a reason it's only available in new zealand, guys. i'm just saying at the end of the day, at the end of the day, this has been excellent publicity for them. >> yes. so well, there you have it. >> and everybody in new zealand. for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling,

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are donating toys and special frozen themed hospital gowns to a chicago hospital. >> reporter mark rivera from our sister station whls has a look. >> they're battling life threatening and life changing illnesses, but today these kids got the chance to be kids. she loves frozen. >> who's your favorite? >> who's your favorite? >> elsa. elsa. oh my goodness. >> little adeline. enjoying her new starlight children's

foundation frozen themed hospital gown, a collaboration with the walt disney company marking the 10th anniversary of the beloved children's film. >> it's going to improve her mood. so, you know, we're not stuck in the four walls of a hospital room and we get to go out and enjoy. abc's seven chicago president and general manager john adler making an even bigger announcement that while these redesigned gowns and toy donations are starting at lurie children's hospital in chicago, this is only the beginning. >> we wanted to celebrate this anniversary in a big way. so together in collaboration, the walt disney company and the starlight children's foundation will make this all available to children's hospitals nationwide within the gowns, the toys and everything they brought to the table to bring joy to these kids. life it's really pretty awesome. >> disney ceo bob iger telling us it's part of a larger investment for children's hospital patients. >> we launched a $100 million commitment to our children's hospitals initiative to help reimagine the patient experience

for kids helping surround them with their favorite characters and moments from the disney stories they know and love frozen gowns and toys like these will be available at 750 children's hospitals around the world. >> happy kids heal faster because they have a chance to just be a kid and they're not so distracted by the pokes and prods of the hospital. >> and there were two more special guests. >> who else are you going to see here today? mickey? >> mickey and minnie mouse dressed in their holiday best, bringing hugs, high fives and humor. >> patients and families have been so excited. and to see them come here in their gowns, pick out their gifts, it really just makes such a difference in their stay making magic with mickey and minnie mouse at lurie children's in chicago, i'm mark rivera, abc seven news. >> that's a great effort and it's so nice to see the kids happy when i want to see mickey. >> you know, the smile is worth $1 million. yeah. all right.

looking ahead to the forecast and the holiday week. but first, we got to get through all that rain, sandhya. >> that's right. and it is pouring in parts of the bay area. and diane and larry, let me show you live. doppler seven, we are tracking some heavy rain coming down right now around san rafael and san quentin areas north san pedro road, novato, you will notice some heavy rain. we're also seeing isolated thunderstorms right around guerneville. you will notice that lightning strike panning around to other parts of the bay area on the peninsula. woodside portola drive, portola road street level radar showing you the heavier rain. this light level one storm finally is going to move inland and that's what's going to push along some of this precipitation. so tonight at 7:00, still looking at widespread rain. tomorrow morning, it'll be heavy at times and turning more to scattered showers for the afternoon and going into the evening, becoming isolated. so tomorrow you're looking at temperatures primarily in the 50s, 60s, windy coastside chance of thunder, light level one for tomorrow and then we're going to go with a brighter sunday. monday, certainly chillier mornings next

week leading up to thanksgiving and even on thanksgiving. dry and mild weather is expected. so really looking lovely, larry and diane next week looks great. >> thank you, sandhya. up next, building the next generation of homes to survive. wildfires in california. >> there's nowhere for the ember to get cast into. it would touch this resale and cedar material and not ignite it. >> next in our special series weathering tomorrow, a look at the conventional homes in fire country being built on conventional but some can stop you in your tracks. like the tens of thousands of people who were diagnosed with certain hpv-related cancers. for most people, hpv clears on its own. but for those who don't clear the virus, it can cause certain cancers. gardasil 9 is a vaccine given to adults through age 45 that can help protect against certain diseases caused by hpv. including cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, and certain head and neck cancers such as throat and back of mouth cancers, and genital warts. gardasil 9 doesn't protect everyone

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even with that new research by our abc7 news data team shows that movement into those fire prone areas really is not slowing down as part of our ongoing series weathering tomorrow, we examine the costs and possible solutions as to living side by side with wildfires. abc7 news anchor dan ashley with the story. >> so that was the fire coming through and that came in in a matter of minutes. ed messinger can recreate the terrifying moments from recent wildfires in sonoma county in chilling detail , he captured images of fast moving flames from fires with names like glass kincade and tubbs. the tubbs fire. i was

here at home. we noticed there was we could smell a grass fire in the distance. we lost the multiple homes and our family lost some homes and our kids lost home. >> but at the same time, you could say, ed messinger is uniquely resilien it. not only has he lost homes to wildfire in the past, he's also helping to build a new generation of homes designed to survive them in the future. >> our okay. so what i'm about to show you is a conventional style home that is built unconventional only as a consultant and former builder, messinger gave us a tour of a development in windsor near santa rosa. >> it's hilly terrain where luxury homes dot the same ridges that have recently burned, but increasingly, they're constructed with a dizzying array of technologies ranging from steel framing to fire resistant roofs and venting systems designed to keep flaming embers from being sucked into the structure. >> there's nowhere for the ember to get cast into. it would touch this resaw and cedar material and not ignite. >> and he says there is so much

more to see. but before continuing our tour, it might be helpful to take a quick detour here to understand why fire resistant homes are now part of a multi-billion dollar debate over wildfire insurance and continue road construction in areas known as swease wildland urban interface. first, more people are moving into those fire prone areas on the fringe of forests and similar landscapes and abc data team analysis found that home building in wui areas has increased 40% statewide wide over roughly the last 30 years. in that same time period, building even increased in wildfire devastated counties like napa, sonoma and solano. and while areas like lake tahoe and the wine country continue to attract high end development, experts say the pressure to live or build in fire prone areas is often more complicated. kumiko barrett is a wildfire researcher here with headwaters economics.

>> there are other reasons for living in these location options, and that's simply out of necessity. there simply no other place to move into. and we know places like california, for example, do have a significant housing crunch. >> but after increasing destructive cycles of wildfires linked in part to drought, forest management and climate change, the insurance bills are coming due. the abc data team confirms more than 600,000 policies were canceled. between 2015 and 20 21in the state's highest fire risk areas. and a growing list of insurance companies are threatening to leave california, making affordable policies even tougher to find. >> if you ask any agent that's been around, they'll say, i've never seen the market conditions this bad. >> amy bock directs the consumer nonprofit united policyholders. she believes changes currently being considered by state insurance regulators could also result in rising premiums in wildfire prone areas. her group is supporting legislation to

provide coverage guarantees to homeowners who build or retrofit their homes to one of two wildfire resistant standards. >> as any property owner who has met the standards either safer from wildfires or wildfire prepared home standards. that's two different very, very similar standards. both are in effect and the groups behind them are generating compelling evidence for what the standards can achieve at their testing center in south carolina, the institute for business and home safety uses powerful fans to blast burning embers towards a variety of home building materials to judge their effectiveness. >> this demonstration shows how a common wooden fence is helping flames reach the home on the left. while a metal fence gap on the right is preventing it back along the fire scarred hillsides in sonoma county, some of the most advanced technologies are being put to the test in real time. >> and then this is the foil backed osb material. all that's

that's underneath the roofing material. that's where construction consultant editor messinger helped peel back the covering on an ultra modern home, revealing the steel, construction and fire resistant materials used from top to bottom, a home that now qualifies wise as a double survivor. this was in construction during the tubbs fire and then in 2019, when the kincade fire came through, the fire burnt all the way around. it hadn't been landscaped yet, but the fire burnt all the way around and we suffered no smoke damage inside the house and no exterior damage to the outside of the house. now the challenge could be whether similar technologies can be introduced quickly enough to protect fire prone areas in the near future. >> and possibly ease a dangerous insurance crisis in california. what is clear is that our future ability to live side by side with wildfire could ultimately depend not only on where we build, but how. dan ashley, abc

seven news and as part of our ongoing series weathering uh- tomorrow, we have detailed information on the wildfire risks both here in the bay area and all across the country. >> you can find all of that information on our website abc7, news.com, abc7 news is streaming for you 24 over seven. you can get the abc7 bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want wherever you are. all right, that's going to do it for this edition of abc7 news at four. i'm larry biel, abc seven news at five is coming up next

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