[music] the latest on the release of those who've been held captive by hamas for several weeks, including an american. also so a violent attack that may have ties to the war in the middle east. the search underway for a gunman who targeted three palestinian students here in the us and new details on the beach incident involving a child and a man swept away in halfmoon bay. abc7 news starts right now. >> now building a better bay area moving forward, finding

solutions. this is abc seven news. >> the fragile ceasefire between israel and hamas is holding today. the first american hostage is now headed home. a four year old girl who marked her birthday while being held by hamas. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm diane lim. that little girl's parents were both killed in that october seventh hamas attack inside israel. we have team coverage of the latest hostage release starting with abc news reporter matt gutman. in 17 additional hostages held by hamas in gaza for the past 51 days released on sunday, 14 israelis and three foreign nationals was among those freed. >> abigail adan, who turned four on friday. her parents were murdered on october 7th during that hamas attack. the white house says she is the first american hostage to be released. >> she's now safely in israel. and we continue to press and expect for additional americans will be released as well. also on sunday, hagar bowditch and her three children, ten year old

ofri, eight year old yuval and four year old uriah and 84 year old ama avraham airlift her to a hospital upon her release. >> since the four day cease fire began, 58 hostages have been freed by hamas 24. on friday, 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals. then on saturday, 17 more, including 13 israelis and four thai nationals. several children were among those released saturday, including nine year old irish israeli emily hand finally back in her father's arms. saturday's release was initially delayed. hamas militants accusing israel of violating the terms of the cease fire agreement by not allowing enough aid trucks to enter northern gaza. the idf disputing that claim, saying nearly 200 humanitarian trucks entered gaza on saturday via the rafah crossing, with more than 200 today. president biden says the us will continue to work to extend the pause in fighting. >> that's my goal. that's our goal to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow so that we can continue to see more hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief into into

those and in need in gaza under the terms of the cease fire agreement, israel has released over 100 palestinian prisoners, women and teenage boys from its jails to the west bank. >> matt gutman, abc news, tel aviv. >> here in the bay area, the hostage release by hamas is bringing relief and happiness from jewish leaders. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard continues. our coverage and explains why there is cautious optimism that the ceasefire will last. >> rabbi david bush blew the shofar to start a pre hanukkah fun run in petaluma. the race happening just hours after the release of more hostages held by the militant group hamas, including four year old israeli american abigail meridan. >> we are so thankful and grateful that they are out safely and at the same time, we're certainly not satisfied or content with the release of the hostages up until this point,

until every last one is back home safe and sound. >> i thought, let's come out and give as much support for. yes. hostages being freed and for this conflict to end. the jewish community relations council of the bay area praising diplomatic channels which helped negotiate the release and this time around to see an american citizen returned. >> i mean, it's our deep gratitude to the president and secretary of state for making sure that these round of hostages release happen. >> south bay congressman ro khanna met with little abigail's family members before her release. it was heartbreaking. >> her aunt was in my office and she was not focused on the brutal murder of her family. she was focused on abigail getting her out. >> khanna supports a lasting ceasefire in the region. we need more of the hostages to be released. >> and we've seen now that it's working. second, there's still americans in gaza. >> we all want an end to violence as soon as possible. i think the concern is in the president said, we can't trust

hamas. it's the terrorist organization. what we can trust is that they respond to pressure. >> back in petaluma, rabbi bush sending his wishes for the hanukkah season. >> more than ever, it is important for all of us to come out to be with each other, to light the menorah, to send a message of light over darkness in the north bay. >> cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> the cease fire and the release of hostages still isn't enough for many here in the bay area. they're calling for an end to the violence between israel and hamas. an event is underway right now at city hall in alameda organized by the group alameda families and friends for ceasefire. they're hosting a vigil to remember the thousands of victims of violence since the war began more than a month ago. and we will continue to keep you updated on what's happening in israel and gaza and here at home . you can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news.com . just download the abc7 bay area news app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. moving on to developing

news police in burlington, vermont are looking for the person who opened fire on three palestinian students. all three victims remain in the hospital tonight, one with very serious injuries. investigators say the incident happened near the university of vermont campus last night and they say the victims were confronted by a man who fired four shots, then ran away. the motive is still unclear, but burlington's police chief says it may be a hate crime. two of the victims were wearing traditional middle eastern scarves. the chief says two of the victims are us citizens and the third is a legal resident at the five year old swept into the ocean at martins beach yesterday, has died. that is according to the coast guard. the girl was with a man at the beach when a wave swept them into the water. firefighters were able to pull her out and she was airlifted to stanford medical center, where she was later pronounced deceased. the man is still missing, but the search for him

has been suspended by the coast guard, spent 22 hours and searched 100mi■!s, hoping to fid him. a beach hazard warning was in effect for the coast this weekend. well, the holiday weekend is just about over and it is time to head home. how the commute is looking for millions of travelers wrapping up thanksgiving on the road and at the airport. plus, just getting started on your holiday shopping list. the scammers are as well. some tips on the safest ways to make your holiday purchases, whether in store or online. >> i'm spencer christian. there's more cold morning weather coming our way along with a chance of some rain this week. i'll have the accuweather forecast in jus a moment when abc seven news at

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moving. that's the good news. thousands of commuters are making their way home after a long holiday weekend. thanksgiving weekend included a road trip for about 55 million americans. that is according to triple-a. meanwhile at the airports, the tsa says today is the busiest travel day across the country. officials expect nearly 3 million people to fly to end the weekend, but so far, no reports of major delays at any of the bay area's major airports. an estimated 182 million people are shopping in store and online from thanksgiving day through tomorrow for cyber monday. you can score deals, but it's also a time you should be extra vigilant online. according to cyber security firm trend micro, california sees 24% of all black

friday scams nationwide. abc7 stephanie sierra spoke to the company's vice president of threat intelligence. >> your company also has a warning about free shipping on some black friday sites. what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, shipping scams are big, so a lot of times they'll either offer free shipping or what more likely will happen is you'll get a text message from one of the carrier saying your your item needs to be is in the warehouse, but it needs a checking. so they ask you to log in and give your email address and some other personal information and that's how they get your data. and then they can use use that to do, you know, any types of scams against you, your company has also listed a number of examples of sites selling merchandise and even liquor. >> one of them, hard daddy, is unaccredited with the better business bureau and currently has an f rating. what do you know about this site? >> yeah, this is what most consumers are going to have to deal with. stephanie hard daddy is one that looks very real. the

pictures that they pose are all actual pictures from other sites that are selling the actual product. and so when you pick a pick a product, you go through the same all the same processes. you go through the checkout, they try to take all of your information. they'll ask for your name, phone number, your address, credit card information, and then they just scam you. sometimes you might get a product that's a knockoff of what you thought you were buying or it could they just don't even ship anything or they ship something that's not even related to what you bought. and if you try to contact them, there's nowhere to get any information about how to contact them. so it's really a big scam site. and this is the type of sites we see all over the web now. yeah so frustrating. >> and it can certainly be hard to tell. and it's not just those merchandise sites, but with travel tuesday coming up, consumers often rely on companies like booking.com or airbnb to schedule travel and hotel accommodations. what advice do you have for those who are planning ahead?

>> yeah, i think first and foremost, go to those sites directly. don't use click a link on an email or a or a text message that you receive. in many cases, these these text messages or emails are going to take you to a fraudulent site that looks exactly like airbnb or booking.com. and again, what they're trying to do is take take information from you. have you enter information. sometimes it's to get if you have an account with those companies, they want to get your account so that they can take over your account and do things with that as well. >> we understand your company's data shows california gets the most icloud phishing scams. what are some examples of that and why do you think that is? >> and the scammers want that data. they want to steal that data. so what they end up doing is, again, they they they will send you a text message that says, hey, your icloud is full. so to add more, you know, click here. and again, it takes you to a login page. so it's trying to get your login credentials for your icloud account and then they can use that or they can

get into it and steal a lot of the data that you've been putting into those icloud accounts as that was abc7. >> stephanie sierra reporting. now, another tip is bookmark all of the sites you tend to shop and go to those websites directly. well much more to come tonight. some artists who are proving they know how to adapt the talent behind some very special christmas cards and what makes their work even more impressive. that just more than their art skills is that's a christian looking at the post sunset western sky right now with some nice cognac coloring. >> we are expecting another cold overnight period. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment on abc seven news

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it'll begin with a motorcade with members of mrs. carter's family. that motorcade will then stop at the rosalynn carter institute for caregivers. then travel to the jimmy carter presidential library and museum in atlanta for a private ceremony. mrs. carter's body will lie in repose for public viewing at the library for the remainder of the evening. and moving on to spencer. joining me now, you're actually going to be working with abc news a little bit tomorrow, right? >> well, you know, i've got to know the carter family over the years. and so i'll be making some occasional appearances during the coverage for abc network news tomorrow. from time to time in the late morning to midday hours. so just sharing your memories, sharing memories and fond memories, of course. and yeah, they're very, very special people and she was an amazing woman. >> it'll be quite nice to see. we'll tune in. >> okay? please do. let's take a look at what's going on with our weather right now. diane is getting chilly out there again. that's been the pattern in the last few days. here's a look at

our satellite. read our composite image. high pressure which had been in control of our weather for the last several days, bringing us mainly clear skies, is moving out now and clouds and unsettle weather will be moving in from our west and northwest. the wind is calm right now. the sky is still mainly clear. so temperatures will be dropping rather rapidly during the evening hours. right now, we're looking at 60 degrees in san francisco, but only upper 50s in oakland, mountain view, san jose and half moon bay, palo alto down to 52 degrees right now. here's a view from mount tam looking down into the bay. we still have relatively clear skies with a few high clouds around temperatures are in the upper 50s right now at santa rosa, napa and concord, mid 50 at novato, fairfield and livermore. and then we go to this cognac colored western sky, the post sunset skies. beautiful as we take a look from the east bay hills camera. these are our forecast headlines. frost and freezing inland again overnight mostly sunny and seasonably cool tomorrow with chances of rain developing from time to time from late tuesday into friday. and of course, i mentioned the cold weather frosted advisory is in effect for the north bay

valleys. once again from 10:00 tonight to 9:00 tomorrow morning. temperatures will drop as low as 33 degrees up in the north bay valleys. and over in the fairfield, suisun area, a freeze warning will be in effect where temperatures will likely drop below 30 degrees in some spots. so here in the bay area, look for lows of 31 at santa rosa tonight, 33 at vallejo, fairfield, 31 over in the inland east bay, mid 30s at livermore and concord down in the south bay 40 at morgan hill, mainly low 40s around the bay shoreline and we have a coastal flood advisory or will have in effect again tomorrow morning from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. for the bay shoreline and the north bay shoreline. we're talking about minor localized flooding, but still be aware of that. highs tomorrow mainly in the mid 60s on the coast and near the bay. low 60s inland. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. i mentioned unsettled weather coming our way this week midweek. well, starting late tuesday, there's a chance of rain then going into wednesday, a greater chance of rain. so

we're giving this storm a level one ranking on the exclusive of abc seven storm impact scale and a little bit of a break on thursday with lingering showers, unsettled pattern on friday. and we're likely to get our next round of rain next saturday. so wet weather is on the way and it looks like it's going to hang around for a while. >> yeah, that wasn't even assigned a storm impact scale rating a couple days ago. >> that's right. we've got it there now, though. >> here we are. all right, spencer, thanks. okay all right. getting to sports now. did you do okay with no. 49 ers? no, i didn't. it'll be okay today because the niners are off today. >> and there is a thriller in philly bills and eagles. so if you're a niners fan, you're rooting on buffalo. we'll have the highlights. it's not great. draymond green returns to practice what he said about defending his teammates ahead of tuesday's game in sacramento. draymo

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happen. the warriors forward got mixed up in an altercation with tebow center rudy gobert. this chokehold got him an automatic ejection and eventually a five game suspension, which he served. and now he'll be back in the lineup tuesday night for the in-season tournament game in sacramento. and the warriors went two and three during that span without dre. steve kerr told reporters that green will not have a minutes restriction since he's not coming off an injury. so that's good news. speaking for the first time since the suspension, green says he will always come to the defense of his teammates. >> anytime there's a situation and a teammate need you to come to their defense, i'm going to come to their defense, you know, and that's just that, especially

with someone that i've been playing with for 12 years, that's more than a teammate, that's a brother. i have to be on the court for my teammates. our chances of winning drops dramatically if i'm not out there. so i have to be better as one of the leaders of this group. you just got to find different ways and i think for me, that's the biggest lesson in all of it, is just like, yeah, you got to be there for your teammate, but you have to do it differently. >> i'll be in sacramento on tuesday. it's been a nice rest and relax weekend for the niners after their turkey day win over the seahawks today. the niners are rooting hard for the bills playing in philadelphia. buffalo could win. san francisco would have a chance next sunday to take the number one spot in the nfc from the eagles on their home field. and here we go from philly. it was raining spencer dial up some weather in philly against the bills buffalo led by ten in the fourth eagle respond of course they do. jalen hurts on the run and look at this play oh touchdown philadelphia up 2824 but firebaugh's own just outside of fresno josh allen he answers play action to gabe davis bills have a 31 to 28 lead

with under two minutes to go 35 seconds now eagles need a 59 yard field goal in the rain to tie it and it is good. jake elliott nailed it. we go to overtime tied at 31 in ot bills kicked a field goal gave philly a chance to the football and hurts a little quarterback draw and there's your ball game eagles win 3734 in ot there are ten and one they're going to host the niners an important game next sunday in philly and six wins in a row. >> 12345. i-team's you can hear it. >> the san jose state spartans won their sixth straight game to end the season, finishing in a three way tie for the regular season mountain west title, which required multiple tie breakers and eventually computers, decided the spartans will be left out of the conference title game. it will be unlv and boise state for the crown. a very confusing and frustrating situation for the spartans, who are clearly the hottest team in the league. hey, did you see this play? the day comes from halftime in denver. it's kids riding sheep. and what

is better than this? how about we go to sheep cam, man, the winner got a trophy taller than they were after they got off the sheep. here it comes. you got to have the safety with the helmet. that's a tall trophy. >> it's bigger than the kid is bigger than the kid. >> and that is the best thing i saw today. much better than the game in philly. wow. >> let's just blow out all the newscasts. let's just have sheep riding. >> that's the best thing i've seen. >> that's so cute. let's make it a whole sport, huh? chris, thank you for that. well still ahead, the artist behind some one of a kind christmas cards. what exactly makes their work truly a labor of love? stay with us

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artists products can be found at nfpa's. a.com. look at that skill. unbelievable. they paint better than we probably do with our hands. far better. yeah. far better. >> yeah. >> very impressive. well, that's all the time we have for this edition of abc7 news at five. we'll see you right back here for the news hostage is freed by hamas. both israel and hamas currently abiding by the rules of the ceasefire agreement. president biden hopeful the deal will be extended to free even more hostages. the american released, abigail idan, who just turned four on friday, now an orphan. her father shot to death as he held her october 7th. president biden calls her ordeal "unthinkable." emotional reunions, nine-year-old emily hand rushing into her father's arms. he initially thought she'd been killed in the hamas attack.