>> building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news >> a shift in aggression in the middle east from land to the sea. rebels who've been battling israeli forces fired today on a us navy destroyer. the. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm dionne lim. there are new details tonight out of the middle east about an attack on an american warship. us officials confirm the uss carney shot down two drones today. officials say it was in response to attacks targeting the ship and several commercial vessels. there are no reports of injuries, but the drone attacks mark a major increase in maritime aggression in the israel-hamas war. a rebel group from yemen is taking responsibility, saying the ships were linked to israel and ignored their warnings. that same group has been targeting israel amid its war with hamas. now israel says it's expanding its ground operations to the entire of the gaza strip. they

also told civilians to leave neighborhoods in the south where many fled in search of shelter. the past few weeks. all of this a day after israel said negotiations to free hostages taken by hamas reached a dead end. abc's ines de la cuetara has the very latest. >> the israeli military says its expanded ground operations to every part of the gaza strip. video released by israeli defense forces shows their massive operation underway in northern gaza since the start of the war. >> the idf has located 800 tunnel shafts and destroyed 500 of them. in addition to many miles of tunnel routes under civilian areas. our soldiers are finding large quantities of weapons in those shafts. this renewed effort comes after the week long cease fire between israel and hamas came to an end. >> we're working at this literally by the hour. the national security council and all the way up the high levels of the administration to try to see hour by hour if we can get these discussions back going, going forward to see if we can

get the pause back in place and get the hostages out in gaza. >> the hamas run health ministry says at least 15,000 have been killed since the war began, with more than 700 killed and hundreds more injured in just the past two days. the hospital overwhelm armed with patients as strikes once again ramp up. this man has lost his son, nephew and sister. saying we ask god to help our people stay strong. hamas is also firing at israel. the rockets seen intercepted in central israel. israel confirming hostage negotiations with hamas have reached a dead end. more than 130 of them still being held in gaza, including michael levy's brother, who has a two year old son. >> he lost his mother that was murdered there and his father is kidnaped and is a hostage now. and for us, it's crucial to get him back and to. and to make sure that almog will have a father. >> israeli officials are

predicting a long war. they say once it ends, they plan to put a security envelope around the gaza strip to prevent another terror attack like october 7th. >> we can't have terrorists on our borders as that can just you know, it will cross over into israel and butcher our people again. it must be understood the israeli people will not stand for that any longer. >> ines de la cuetara abc news, tel aviv. >> a protest outside the home of former house speaker nancy pelosi today. members of the group code pink gathered to call for a permanent ceasefire in the escalating war between israel and hamas. the group says the us government is ignoring the suffering of the people in gaza. pelosi did not appear to be home at the time of the protest, but kites were seen high above crissy field today as a nod to the world record set by children in gaza. back in 2011. in an effort to raise attention for the children impacted by the

war. the kites in solidarity initiative held a kite flight over san francisco. kites were also available to purchase, with proceeds going towards the middle east children's alliance. and we will continue to keep you updated on what's happening in israel, gaza and here at home. you can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news.com and download the abc7 bay area news app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. moving on local biologists are concerned about a sudden salmon die off in a creek near downtown san jose. about 50 dead salmon have been discovered over the last 30 days in the lower silver creek that flows underneath the 101 freeway. those numbers come from the salmon and steelhead restoration group. the group blames pollution, but also says the bridge design stops the salmon from migrating. >> the construction is disperses the water only makes it an inch deep and the fish get into under

the bridge and it's 60 yards in a one inch of water. and then they find themselves they can't take the risk and they end up expiring underneath the bridge. >> valley water says it's committed to providing a healthy environment for the fish, but doesn't have control over the water flows in the creek. officials hope that more expected rain in the area will increase those flows naturally. the holiday shopping season is in full swing and small businesses in the bay area are looking for more of your shopping dollars. but in san francisco, two events this weekend are highlighting the challenges some are facing. from crime to economic disparity and tourism. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has a tale of two neighborhoods this holiday. >> a holiday winter wonderland on chinatown's grand avenue. san francisco firefighters distributing toys to kids in need. and this year, organizers say about 2000 families showed up. >> i think one of the issues

that we see here living in san francisco, there's a lot of economic and social disparities that we need to address. but this is just something that we can do as an immediate solution to sprinkle a little bit of magic during the holidays. >> linda fong is giving back to the chinatown neighborhood where she grew up, where small businesses could now use a hand. >> chinatown has suffered. we have seen a downturn in tourism, for sure. >> tane chan owns the walk shop, featuring lots of culinary gifts. chan is hopeful tourist and visitor traffic will bounce back to pre-pandemic levels. >> i think it's picking up and it should. it's the holidays and everybody's going to be in the festive mood. i'm different tools that mr. pause is a very good dog and the castro a holiday block party on noe street. >> castro merchants creating this festive place for families while sharing the love with small businesses. >> now, unfortunately, there's a bunch of small businesses that they didn't make it, you know, during pandemic. i think it's very, very important to do

anything we can to keep them alive. many empty storefronts can be seen on market street, a passport encouraged folks to visit local shops for a stamp and prizes. >> we think it's really good for our community. >> natalia at sui generis consignment wants more police patrols during the holidays after several incidents with unhoused people outside her store. >> we would love to have more security in our neighborhood for everybody to do their their holiday shopping safely. >> small businesses hoping shoppers think local this season . and the bad news grinch stays away. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> here at abc seven, we're working to build a better bay area. and coming up tonight on 11 on the news at 11 i should say, we'll have a look at public safety in the city and whether perception aligns with reality. our in-depth coverage culminates tomorrow with take action, san francisco. it's a town hall

event where we'll talk with san francisco's mayor, police chief and district attorney. it's hosted by abc7's reggie aqui lyanne melendez and phil matier. you can watch live tomorrow streaming at 7 p.m. a couple of airlines have struck a deal that could make west. coast travel more convenient. details on that coming up. plus the warning tonight about a series of cyber scams that have the attention of the secret service and the niners were in philadelphia where there was no brotherly love lost between these teams. chris alvarez joins us with all the highlights in sports. >> well, the clouds are going to insulate us tonight, so it won't be so cold. and we're looking for much warmer days before we see a return to the rain. stay tuned. i'll have my actor

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offering 15% over the next three years. alaska airlines is buying one of its biggest rivals. alaska air announced today it's acquiring hawaiian airlines. for $1.9 billion. the deal, which needs government approval, comes after several months of negotiations. hawaiian's ceo says both companies will keep their brands. the merger will also turn honolulu into the company's second largest hub that could enable greater international connectivity for west coast travelers. well, a warning tonight from the us secret service about so-called pig butchering scams. it's a type of crypto fraud and it's on the rise. the secret service says the scam originated in southeast asia and is spreading globally. the abc7 news i-team found out on how hackers are specifically targeting silicon valley tech workers. i-team reporter stephanie sierra spoke with a secret service special agent about the impact here in the bay area and the pig

butchering scam. >> it's a type of romance scam that's a little more sophisticated in which criminals lure victims into a virtual relationship to build trust over time. eventually, the victim is convinced into investing into cryptocurrency tsay online with the expectation that the money's going to double or triple in a matter of days or even weeks. the victims take and monitor what they believe is a legitimate website, but it's actually fraudulent in which the victims believe their money is growing exponentially at at that point, they're kind of convinced, like, hey, at first they've got to pay a capital gains tax on it. so when they're out of money, they've got to go to family members or take additional loans. >> one victim we spoke with last year, a software developer, lost $1.3 million. are you continuing to see more cases like that? >> yeah, unfortunately, i just talked to a victim yesterday that lost $750,000. so we're probably seeing an average of 400 to 500,000 just locally here in our office. >> can you walk us through how

hackers are finding new ways to target victims in silicon valley ? >> yeah, i mean, they're definitely increasing and growing in sophistication. so take like crack cracking .com. it's a good legitimate, you know, exchange operating here in the us, however fictitious website that we just discovered on a friday is cracking .com and we came across was galaxy dot x dot net. if you click actually the download button, it will actually take you to what appears to be like the app store. however, it's not. it's just kind of sending you to another website. >> that was stephanie sierra reporting secret service agent broad street says one way to check the legitimacy of the website is to do an internet search for the name. if a scam advisory already exists, it should come up in your search. now, if you have a story for the i-team, you can call the number that's on your screen right now or head to abc7 news.com slash i-team. just ahead, the bay area

is due for some potentially dangerous conditions at the beach. still ahead, the warning tonight as so-called sneaker waves pose a threat yet again. and as we take a look outside, it is not just the weather change on the way. we have lisa argen standing by with the accuweather forecast ahead. coming up in sports, philadelphia is known as the city of brotherly love. >> but when the niners come to town in change to the brotherly shove, the emotions running high between the niners and eagles. and this was a blowout i

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by large waves on half moon bay. his body was not recovered and really they don't look so bad until you get into too much trouble. >> yeah, very dangerous out there. so throughout the afternoon and then evening, that's probably when we'll see them lighten up. but still, it's going to be a nice day. so maybe some folks headed to the coast. it is monday, so maybe not too

busy out there. but nonetheless, yes, we will have an energetic swell. those northwest facing beaches from sonoma county all the way down to big sur. the sneaker waves really can catch you off guard. so please keep that in mind as we look at live doppler seven, the rain. well we had it overnight up in the north bay and the pacific northwest, really seeing a lot of rain, a lot of cloud cover, some muggy conditions for us. in a live look outside, pretty view cloud cover insulating us for tonight, 58 in san francisco, 57 in oakland. upper 50s mountain view is 61. in san jose and another live look sfo here we have enough cloud cover that we'll see some fog tonight. i'm not anticipating a lot of fog. we had a dense fog advisory towards monterey this morning. 55 in santa rosa, 57 by the delta and livermore and the sacramento valley certainly will be looking at some dense fog, maybe some of that moving into concord and livermore. otherwise with the clouds tonight, some of that fog developing early for your monday

and then increasing sunshine as high pressure builds in bringing a slightly warmer day. tuesday looks to be the warmest and then we'll see some higher clouds and rain returning by late on tuesday in the north bay. so here's the plan as we get going on monday. notice a nice clear start by by mid-morning after that fog burns back and we'll have plenty of sunshine. the higher clouds into tuesday. and then overnight, as we get early thursday morning, that's when we're going to see the rain up in the north bay. this is a cold front that's going to push on through throughout the day on wednesday. heavy amounts will be in the north bay and we'll see the rainfall amounts add up from about a half inch north bay to perhaps a quarter of an inch in the east bay, lesser amounts in the south bay, a couple of inches of snow in the sierra nevada. much colder air behind this system. but we've got the warm air on tap for the milder air for monday and tuesday, mid 60s in oakland, 66, in fremont overnight tonight upper 40s to

near low 50s in the city. so really not too cold out there. we've got plenty of that coming by next the end of the workweek the accuweather seven day forecast a couple of mild sunnier days level one system on wednesday a chance still early thursday. then really some cold, frosty mornings into friday and next weekend now abc's seven sports with chris alvarez it has been 308 days since the 49 ers lost the nfc championship to the eagles back in january. >> and while there's not a trip to the super bowl on the line this time, today's game huge not only in the standings, but in terms of making a statement. emotions running high pre game they're getting into it. eagles though took a six to nothing lead in the first quarter. they made the first punch but the niners punched back second quarter in the red zone third and goal brock purdy rolling left finds brandon aiyuk diving catch for the score 11 play 85 yard drive shanahan's like i utxo open yes he was seven 649 ers lead after an eagles punt niners go 90 yards in ten plays

christian mccaffrey the score he went over 1000 yards rushing this season in this game 14 to 6 niners at the break the niners scored touchdowns on three straight drives when deebo samuel finds his way on the end around 12 yards and in a 21 to 640 niners are leading and the eagles fans can't believe it ensuing drive dre greenlaw a suplex tackled devante smith right on that eagles sideline and here we go tempers flare that's eagles head of security dom de sandro put his hands on greenlaw. greenlaw puts him back in. both eventually were ejected . it was a little bit of a mess. dom actually got a standing ovation from the eagles faithful . they score a touchdown. 2113 he thought the momentum was on the eagles side but next niners possession purdy back to debo and it's a deebo dash after he breaks the tackle 48 yards in in 28 1340 niners their fourth straight drive with the touchdown. yeah it hurts philly. fourth quarter 3513 is deebo having a day how about purdy he threw for 314 and four scores

the last goes to deebo again career high third touchdown in the game for deebo six straight niner drive to the touchdown as the niners blow out the birds 42 to 19 bye bye nine and three overall just one game back of the top seed in the nfc. we knew what we had coming into this game a lot of talk outside of the building about trying to get revenge from last year, but for us it wasn't really about that man. >> it was about this being the next game. obviously then being in the way of what we're trying to achieve and i'm just so happy, so, so proud of the group as a whole. >> i mean, this is just another game for us, man. was it the revenge game or anything like that? no, this is 2023. hostile environment. big game for us. week 13. that's how we looked at it. >> i think everybody could kind of see how good we are if we have a quarterback. it's kind of win. it's kind of hard to win when you don't have a quarterback. so, you know, and at the end of the day, we weren't trying to prove anything from last year. our whole goal was to come out here and make a statement and show that we're

the best in the world. statement made the cal bears end the regular season on a three game win streak to become bowl eligible. >> today, they found out they're headed to the independence bowl to take on texas tech. that'll be saturday december 16th on our sister network, espn 615 local kickoff here in the pacific. it's the bears first trip to shreveport, louisiana. how about women's college hoops? cameron break an undefeated stanford at gonzaga this afternoon. brink dominant early as she always is double double by the half ten points and 12 rebounds. unforced for her. she didn't play in the second half due to an apparent illness and gonzaga rolled from there 32 points in the third quarter alone. bryn maxwell, a career high, 27. it's the highest ranked opponent the bulldogs have ever beaten. stanford falls 96 to 78 first loss of the season and the most stanford has given up since the year 2000. and congrats to the cal men's water polo team. they beat uc la 13 to 11 third straight national title for them, 17 in program history. >> whoa. that was a lot of sports. do you remember during the pandemic there were no sports? yeah, i don't want to talk about that. >> i'm sorry. i like what we're doing now. let's keep it rolling. >> that's right. it was a little

traumatizing. chris, thank you. well, what was supposed to be a goodbye from one rock music's legendary bands is starting to look more like see you again soon. how the band kiss intends to keep on rocking even after their final concert but his vision dimmed with age.

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york and during their encore, the band would actually leave the stage and digital avatars would appear. then virtual kiss launched into a performance of god gave rock and roll to you. it was all made possible using technology from george lucas company, industrial light and magic. turns out their shows will continue for virtual kiss. the band calls it their shot at digital immortality. 8-80. would you guys want to see a band that in virtual reality? >> i don't know. short answer, no, i know. >> sorry. kiss. if you happen to be watching. all right. have a great evening, everybody. we'll see you right back here tonight for the news a

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