[ cheers and applause ] ♪ racism as he helped guide the united states through more than 60 years of foreign affairs. for secretary of state henry kissinger. dead tonight at the age of 100. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. kissinger died today at his home in connecticut. he was a jewish refugee who fled germany with his family when he was just 15. >> after gaining citizenship, he went on to win both a nobel peace prize and the presidential medal of freedom. he made many stops here in the bay area as well. >> yeah, kissinger would visit san francisco for different speeches and addresses during

his time. many at the fairmont hotel once meeting bay area philanthropist charlotte shultz. protesters were always there to greet him outside. tonight abc news reporter karen travers has a look back at kissinger's life and legacy. >> henry kissinger will be remembered as one of the most powerful secretaries of state in us history. >> there is no country in the world where it is conceivable that a man of my origins could be standing here next to the president of the united states at president richard nixon's side, he steered american foreign policy through many momentous turns as the vietnam war raged, kissinger advocated the controversial bombing of the north. >> at the same time he secretly negotiated with hanoi and shared a nobel prize. after a ceasefire was signed. when arab states attacked israel in 1973. kissinger made shuttle diplomacy famous as he bustled among the warring parties to broker a peace pact in no area of the

world is it more difficult to promote a just and lasting peace that in the middle east. kissinger also pioneered the start nuclear arms treaties as part of the detente with the soviet union. his most spectacular foreign policy coup was secretly engineering president nixon's trip to china in 1972. the two men stunned the world when nixon, the arch cold warrior, extended diplomatic recognition to the communist government of mao zedong as the nixon presidency was consumed by watergate. kissinger was left to run foreign policy virtually alone. he was controversial, accused by some of brutality in vietnam and cambodia of being soft on apartheid in south africa and of supporting a right wing coup in chile. others called him a devious flatterer of the powerful. kissinger survived and lived to be the nation's foremost elder statesman whose advice was sought by a succession of presidents and other leaders. the image that had become the

ultimate in cider. karen travers, abc news. >> the former secretary of state leaves behind his wife of nearly 50 years. nancy a son and a daughter. >> developing news now out of the middle east where the fragile ceasefire between israel and hamas is going to be extended for another 24 hours. it was supposed to expire two hours ago, but negotiators worked out a last minute deal. there was a disagreement over the hostages to be released. israeli officials say more than 150 are still being held in gaza. the family of berkeley native hirsch goldberg, poland, is unsure for what's going on with their son. he was taken by hamas in october. >> two people have been released so far from the music festival where hirsch was. those two people don't know him. they don't recognize him, don't know his name. but we're also told that's not real cause for concern because they were in two small groups out of 40 people, 40 ish people. so not real cause for concern. but we know nothing. >> a woman who is a dual israeli

american was among those released today. more than 100 have been released. so far. hundreds of people marched tonight in san francisco as part of what was being called international solidarity with palestine day. they plan to protest on howard street, but ended up marching, gathering at speer, then making their way along the embarcadero. organizers say this event was a follow up to some of the many protests we saw in the bay area on black friday. >> moving now to the east bay, people living near a refinery are worried about yet another flaring incident and what it means to their health. our sky seven caught a new flare up tonight at the martinez refining company. it's just days after a similar one at chevron's refinery in richmond, as well as several others over the past year. abc7 news reporter j.r stone is in the newsroom with more on this. j.r, what are you hearing? >> dan those from the martinez refinery said there was an operational incident that happened around 430 this afternoon at the martinez refinery. this is what that

massive flame looked like for much of the evening. the refinery has issued at least two statements saying the appropriate agencies were notified and a community notification was given. those from the refinery say, quote, we have been maintain clean combustion during the flaring and ground level air monitoring has shown normal measurements, end quote. i talked with mitzi crawford earlier. she lives about a mile away and saw the flaring. >> number one, there's a sound. it's a kind of a roaring sound. and it kind of made my attention like, oh, you know, something's happening. so i just turned to look over towards the refinery and there's quite a large fire that's coming out of there. concerning for the whole neighborhood, you know, where if people start to wonder and don't know why you have asthma, you have all these other things and chronic conditions such as that, that they don't investigate it. it's concerning to see something like this, this flaring comes just a day after a proposed

class action lawsuit was filed against the martinez refinery, alleging the location has created a public nuisance, citing thanksgiving of 2022 when 20 to 24 tons of spent catalyst was released into the community, leaving a metallic dust on things. >> is there a belief that it affects anybody's health? >> i think there's definitely concern that's part of what we're asking for in our suit is to make sure that there is a medical monitoring regime that people can go and find that out for sure at scale paid for by the refinery. so there's definitely a concern here. >> mitzi also sent us this cell phone video showing what appears to be particles in the air. she is concerned about what may have been released. the bay area air quality management district says their inspectors are investigating tonight's flaring. in their statement, the martinez refinery went on to say that flares are an essential part of a refinery's integrated engineered safety system

designed to safely manage excess gases through efficient, effective combustion. reporting in the newsroom, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> all right, j.r. thank you. let's now take a look outside with a live look from our east bay hills camera. tonight. we do have more rain on the horizon, so we want to get you ready to go. abc seven news meteorology sandyha patel is here walking us through the hour by hour accuweather forecast. sandhya yeah and ama. it looks good for now but things are changing as we head towards tomorrow. >> so take a look at a live picture from our emeryville camera and all is calm. winds will be increasing as we head towards tomorrow. a disturbance is going to move in our direction and the northwesterly wind will be picking up. certainly a lot more cloud cover towards morning. you are going to notice that along with some patchy fog as we head towards the afternoon hours, a pop up shower or two. it's not a widespread event, but certainly still the possibility at 4:00 pm, you will notice a few showers going through. that's not our only opportunity for

seeing some wet weather. i'll be back with a preview of what you can expect as we approach the weekend. >> dan okay, sandhya, thanks a lot. bart service is back to normal tonight, but it was a terrible mess for the evening commute. nearly every line was stuck at the embarcadero station in both directions. why by a man walking along inside the transbay tube. apparently everyone was left to find other ways to get to their destination during the peak of the evening commute. authorities say they are still searching for this guy. tonight, there are new developments in the plans for a mystery metropolis in solano county. >> the group behind it is made up of a bunch of ultra wealthy silicon valley investors buying up thousands of acres of farmlandd w abc seven news reporter tim johns has more. as the company's ceo showed up to field, plenty of questions from the public. >> we came from our houses to talk to you personally. >> heated moments during a town hall in vallejo wednesday. the ceo of california forever, the company behind the proposal to build a new city in solano

county. taking questions from the audience. >> yes, and i'm sick of developer coming in and we don't know nothing. and then you say it's not in secret. >> the project has drawn heavy skepticism from many in solano county, as well as at the state and federal levels. it first started several years ago after silicon valley billionaires secretly bought $800 million of land to develop near travis air force base. the company's ceo, john schrameck, says the county stands to benefit from the project. >> but this is by far the best site that we have in solano county in the bay area and probably in the entire state for a project that can really make a difference during a presentation strum. >> it talks about the long term economic boost it could provide. he mentioned everything from the creation of white collar jobs to new infrastructure and a safe city to raise a family, a tough sell to many in the audience. >> yes, i may be more skeptical now than i was walking into it, but the job guarantees the lack of talk about affordable housing . >> despite the heavy pushback that the project received during

wednesday's town hall, the developers tell us they believe that the majority of solano county is actually behind them. >> the people who are kind of creating this this panic about it are the same people who on another project would be talking about some tree on another project. they would be talking about about noise on another project that we're talking about, views certain people just hate development. the vallejo town hall was the first of eight. >> the california forever plans on hosting around solano county in the coming weeks. many locals here, though, say if the company really wants to help, it would be better off investing in communities that are already there and work with what you have and make it better. >> but the idea of just saying, well, i'm going to take my little marbles and play my game over here is unfair. >> in vallejo, tim johns, abc seven news saving san francisco's image. >> tonight we take a close look at what it will take to solve the homelessness across the city. >> plus, does x mark the end? elon musk with a viral outburst on what could quote, kill the

company. >> and chris miss at chase center. see how thrive city just transformed into a winter wonderland. >> all of that's ahead. but first, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc seven news here at 11. jimmy thank you, dan and amy, you can stay up for eddie murphy tonight to tell her, hey, listen, now i know i still look like axel foley, but don't ask me to do nothing. >> you won't ask morgan freeman to do

streets and closed stores are sending a bad message around the country and the globe. so how do

we move beyond these issues and build a better bay area that is what we will address directly in a live town hall style event next monday with mayor london breed district attorney brooke jenkins and the police chief, bill scott. part of that conversation will be around moving past san francisco's homeless crisis as abc7 news reporter lou pena explains the number of people on the streets is stable but the cost to take care of them continues to grow. >> san francisco has one of the nation's highest per capita concentrations of homelessness. high housing costs, drug abuse and covid are some of the factors contributing to this crisis. every two years, the us department of housing and urban development requires communities count. the number of people experiencing homelessness. in february of 2022, the city counted 7754 homeless individuals. hi, i'm luz pena with abc7. nice to meet you. what's your name? johnny

crawford. how long have you been out here? >> i've been out here since 2018. >> johnny crawford is one of over 4000 homeless who live on the streets of san francisco. tell me about being out here. what is it like? it's interesting. >> if you're not cut out for it, you're not going to make it. if you're cut out for it, you can survive. >> san francisco has over 1000 occupied vehicles every night. many are families with kids. over 100 of these rvs are parked along lake merced boulevard. all homeless. >> i'm sleeping here with my dogs, my two kids. >> nelly has been renting this rv for the last year. before living here, they rented a room in the mission district, but her work hours were cut during the pandemic, and they had to move out. >> i said i coronavirus. is. is that working? is down my check is like 200, 300. so i came to pay the rent. where do you work?

housekeeping in a motel. >> san francisco has about 10,000 units of housing for individuals experiencing homelessness, but just 2300 units of housing for families. but as demand grows, waitlists for housing and emergency shelter get longer. >> our shelter system is about 91% full. >> can you get shelter on the same day that you need it? >> yes. often you can. >> often not always. >> not always. >> what about families? >> most of the time, families can get an emergency placement the day they need one, and it can take a few weeks to get a single room. weeks. and that's why we have the emergency. >> why so long? >> because our our long term family shelters are pretty well occupied. >> and as of november 29th, 2023, there were close to 500 pending shelter waitlist applications. as the city prioritizes who gets into a shelter. so if someone has a

long term chronic illness, they're going to have a higher priority station than someone who is able bodied and healthy. in the last year, san francisco faced another setback in clearing homeless encampments. an injunction that was brought forth after the coalition on homelessness filed a lawsuit against the city. they alleged encampments sweeps violated the rights of the unhoused. this has blocked the city from enforcing certain laws like sleeping on public property. the debate has polarized the city. even leading mayor london breed to rally outside the ninth circuit court of appeals. the fact that the courts have crippled our ability to do our jobs, to help get people into shelter is criminal. the coalition has requested the city offer shelter before removing individuals from the streets. >> we're trying to get them to stop illegally confiscating property and criminalizing them when they have no choice but to be on the streets. >> recently, the court provided clarification allowing for the city to continue cleanup

efforts. we went out with the members of the san francisco department of emergency management and the homeless outreach team to see the process . >> they gave us a warning, you know, instead of during the three hour effort, we saw at least ten people out of more than 50 tents get shelter or housing. >> but jose torres was candid. he said there's not enough space for everyone in need. how do you do this job when there is not enough shelter? as you say, it's difficult. >> it's difficult to talk to people and not have enough to offer. >> in san francisco, luz pena, abc seven news. it's a good look at what's really happening out there. >> and we will continue to explore the many issues affecting san francisco and how we can all move forward together. tomorrow we will be diving into the unprecedented vacancies in downtown san francisco as retail and office workers change their habits. we'll ask mayor london breed district attorney brooke jenkins and police chief bill scott about the issues affecting the city during that special town hall style event i mentioned

exclusively on abc7. take action. san francisco will stream live next monday, december fourth from seven until 9 p.m. and join us as we look re answers for a better bay area. if you have questionsn your screen to submit them or go to abc7. news.com slash take action sf. >> new developments with elon musk during a wide ranging interview today, he said advertisers pulling out of x for an semitic post may spell the end of the social media platform . he also went after them, calling out disney ceo bob iger, among others. musk had a message for those who want to, quote, blackmail him. he then used some expletives in telling them he wanted no part of their business . yes, he did say the post that caused hundreds of advertisers to leave was, quote, literally the worst and dumbest post i've ever done. >> fresh off its gains from detroit's big three automakers, the united auto workers union is being very public tonight about

its effort to organize 13 other automakers in the united states. among the targets for the union are tesla, toyota and bmw. uaw created a website to spearhead its drive, and it could potential mean as many as nearly 150,000 new members. thousands of workers are also launching campaigns to join uaw, including a toyota plant in kentucky that employs 7800 people. well from cars to trains, your ticket to ride bart isn't a ticket at all anymore. tomorrow, bart will no longer accept those magnetic striped paper tickets. from now on, only clipper cards or your phone will get you on a train. bart is also getting ready to switch to new clipper card. only fare gates. refunds are being given out. if you have any paper tickets worth more than a dollar . all right. who wants to be on the news tonight? >> i made the promise. i delivered. i helped kick off the holiday season at tonight's tree

lighting ceremony at san francisco's chase center. thrive city, the outside of the arena has now been transformed into thrive city's winter wonderland. families enjoyed live performances by the warriors dance teams, the hardwood classics and the young dancers as well. the holiday choirs were there. run-dmc's founder darryl mcdaniels. the plaza will feature a holiday festivities throughout the month of december , including ice skating, hanukkah, kwanzaa and new year's eve. celebrate so thanks for everyone who came out. i was just glad it didn't rain. i was looking at the timeline yesterday. please let it be dry fun. >> this is why i'm always smiling all night in the holiday spirit. although the grinch was there. >> oh, that's true. right? right. but we still had a good time. i know you had a great time doing that. all right, let's talk about the weather forecast. >> it was nice tonight. little chilly. >> yes. abc7 news meteorologist andy patel has the latest for us. sandhya. yeah and the weather. >> i'm glad cooperated for that event. ama and dan and i do want to tell you that it's going to start to feel more like winter

now as i show you a timeline of the snow that's coming to the sierra and this is going into tomorrow afternoon, evening. we have some more snow coming to the tahoe area friday, heading into the weekend. so just in time. here is how much snow we're looking at. if you have travel plans to go up to the mountains, make sure you carry those chains. kirkwood by 11 p.m. friday, a foot of snow, five inches at donner kyburz, three inches of snow. so it's certainly starting to feel and look like winter. and guess what? we're going to see the tahoe area picking up the snow. so for tomorrow, the forecast, 18 degrees in the morning, 39 in the afternoon. it's going to be snowy. it's going to be cold on friday. and on saturday, chances of snow. but look at the morning temperatures. i mean, when you're that low, you you know, winter is just around the corner. so really, take a look at this live picture from zephyr cove. we're all is calm. it's not going to look like that come tomorrow night. we have a disturbance headed our way as we look at live doppler seven. and that's what's going to set the

stage for the snowy weather they're expecting for us, it's just going to be a hit or miss shower on live doppler seven. you will notice a couple of clouds around as we check out the rainfall. the past 24 hours. yeah, we picked up close to a half an inch there in san francisco, 6/10 in kentfield, a quarter of an inch there in oakland, san jose, brentwood, livermore area, about a 10th of an inch or less, 13 hundredths in napa and 2000/300 in santa rosa. your temperatures right now in the 40s and the 50s bundle up tonight because it's going to be cold from our sutro tower camera. a beautiful view of downtown san francisco. chilly overnight areas of morning fog spotty showers the next few days and we are looking at milder weather pattern as we head towards next week. we're going to go hour by hour and talk about the winds that northwesterly breeze is really going to kick up tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. you're looking at 25, close to 30 mile an hour winds and the gusty winds will remain with us, even going into the early to mid afternoon and evening hours.

look at that point. ray is 30 miles an hour. so it's going to feel a little colder in case you're out and about. just keep that in mind. tomorrow morning, we see the cloud cover, some fog around tomorrow afternoon, around noontime in the southern part of our viewing area and up to the north, a couple of pop up showers as 4:00 pm. you will notice those spotty showers coming through. and then really friday, there's an opportunity for some isolated drops to come through here in the afternoon as well. rainfall projections over the next 48 hours. we're really looking at nothing measurable to about a 12th of an inch in ukiah. your morning temperatures mid 30s to the low 50s bundle up. it's going to be not only cloudy but some fog around tomorrow afternoon 50s 60s breezy with some isolated showers. the accuweather seven day forecast a few afternoon showers tomorrow. same thing slight chances for friday and saturday. mostly cloudy sunday. but notice the milder weather temperatures in the mid to upper 60s as we head towards next week. wednesday slight chance o showers. dan and ama. we'll be right

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kicked off tonight, a few days after the walkable event opened. abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez went to capture the sights and sounds of the holiday spirit.

>> christmas in the park's drive thru holiday light show is officially open. it's great drivers at history park in san jose can tune their radio to 93.5 and hear songs. sinked with more than 200,000 lights. >> my favorite part is just people being together and creating joy. >> this drive thru experience all started during the pandemic and organizers say it's now their biggest fundraiser of the year in 2020. >> we were the only show in town . we're not a city run event. we are a nonprofit outfit. and the tickets that people buy for our drive thru help us keep our park downtown free. tickets are 30 to $35. >> families we heard from said this holiday adventure was worth it. it was so awesome. christmas in the park set in years past. they averaged 2000 vehicles a night. >> oh, it's super convenient. it's nice to be cozy in your car with the heater on and going through very slowly. the light show runs a mile and a half long. >> it took crews roughly 20 days to put the dazzling displays together every one young, old

and those with varying abilities can enjoy an evening out. i threw my back out a little while ago, so like trying to climb all over this, you know, walk through it would be much harder. >> so it's nice to have something still for us. >> christmas in the park drive thru runs until january 31st in san jose. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> all right. it looks nice. all right. well, this is the last thing the warriors need right now. >> well, ain't tha

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and it was now out indefinitely with a torn right calf could miss 6 to 8 weeks. chris paul, also injured, left last night's game with what's been reported as a nerve injury in his lower left leg. cp three will miss tomorrow night's game against the clippers and we'll see from there. sports on abc seven sponsored by river rock casino.

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