be focused as far as the heaviness across the santa cruz mountains, san mateo county area and the east bay right now on live doppler seven, this is your opportunity to. >> getrillioneady. we do have some spotty showers. not everywhere as we get you into highway nine around the peninsula south bay, we are seeing a few showers. and as we look towards the east bay, 580 altamont. some spotty light to moderate showers. north bay, same thing around calistoga highway 128. so getting around today, it's going to be okay. it's a level one with just the instant left behind. this system that went through a few days ago. so a spotty showers will remain in the forecast through tonight. you see that there is some showers tomorrow morning. and then here comes the next storm. heavier rain moving in tomorrow night to some strong winds. and sunday morning it is going to be pounding the bay area. this first system is a one, but the next one tomorrow night into sunday is a strong level three heavy rain, flooding expected. strong damaging wind, downed trees and outages. a flood watch for the entire bay

area 4 p.m. tomorrow until 10 p.m. monday. expecting flooding across rivers, streams, creeks, possibly of rivers, i should say wind warnings and wind advisories for sunday. gusts 50 to 60 miles an hour means those downed trees and outages that storm is developing near the hawaiian islands with an atmospheric river. i'll be back with the full timeline coming up. kristen sandhya. thank you. there's been little to no chance of drying out from our series of storms. >> that's prompting concern with yet another atmospheric river on the way, especially in the south bay, which could be hit hard. abc seven news reporter south bay reporter dustin dorsey is live in san jose with a look at how local agencies there are getting ready. dustin chris. >> it's not often that when a storm is hitting the bay area, that the south bay faces the front brunt of it, but that's exactly what's expected to happen here, as heavy rain and high winds come to town. and with the last storm barely in the rearview mirror, officials are gearing up for the next one.

the rays of sunshine peeking through the clouds of rain were a welcome sight in the south bay while it lasted. >> the national weather service issued a flood watch for the entire bay area, which will be in effect from 4 p.m. saturday through 10 a.m. monday. a wind advisory will be in effect for the santa clara valley from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. on sunday, strong wind and heavy rain mean more damage, and you didn't have to drive far in santa clara county to find existing issues from past storms in the santa cruz mountains, reminders of damaging rain and wind from 2023. >> josh felder saw plenty on his bike ride from half moon bay. we ride up here a lot uh- up on these mountain roads in the santa cruz mountains for a long time. >> and um, last winter with all of the rains that we had and it was certainly probably the most rain i've seen since i was a child, growing up here, a lot of the mountain roads have just taken a serious beating, and it's not just the roads.

>> the effects of 2023 storms are still felt across the region. >> we had that series of atmospheric rivers blow through over several months. we lost over a thousand trees in the city of san jose. >> with sunday's storm expected to bring more rain to already saturated soil, more fallen trees are possible. the department of transportation says homeowners should call them if they need assistance. downed trees don't just cause damage, but may lead to flooding as well. valley water crews have been utilizing the break in the atmospheric river events to clear trees and anything else that's still left over. >> people may just think that, oh yeah, creeks, streams, you know, they naturally just flow and there's no concern about, you know, something blocking them. and when you look at those pictures, you see the, you know, leaves and debris and, and sticks and, and trees and all those kinds of things that can that can be obstructions in our local waterways. >> 2023 was a challenge. but even the darkest storms are followed by a bit of light. every event is different. but these agencies have learned how to better prepare and adapt when

the rain hits to keep the community as safe as they can be . now, here's what officials say you need to do to make sure that you're ready for this storm this weekend. know where your local sandbag locations are. know whether or not if you're in a flood zone. and of course, sign up for emergency alerts with your city or county to be ready for whatever the storm may bring . for now, we're live in san jose. dustin dawsey, abc seven news. >> all right, dustin, thank you. sonoma county is dealing with the aftermath of the heavy rain this week. the ceo of one roofing company tells us the schedule is so jam packed they've got between 30 and 60 clients per day. so their staff is split up into two person emergency response teams. they're plugging up leaks and also planning for further repairs. >> our crews are trained and equipped to temporarily stop leaks of any type in any roofing system. they're secondary responsibility is to generate a follow up proposal for a permanent repair and the work

obviously is not going to let up because we are expecting more wet weather this weekend. >> we'll be tracking it with live doppler seven. you can do the same just scan the qr code that you see on the left hand side of your screen there using the camera on your phone. that will take you to our website, abc seven news.com, and you can stream live doppler seven yourself. >> a texas attorney is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the robbery of her 21 year old son near a gas station by oakland international airport. the son and his frnds were getting gas at t 76 gas station on hegenberger road when it happened monday afternoon. attorney maxie sheriff says the robbers wore ski masks and one hit her son with a gun, then took his belongings. she says other robbers broke the rental cars, windows, taking all their luggage, which contained cash, electronics and personal items worth tens of thousands of dollars. sheriff says they had no warning that this is a dangerous area, even though the rental company told them this sort of thing happens to their

customers and cars on a daily basis. >> and it's really just sheer disappointing that the world doesn't have to be this way. and it shouldn't be commonplace. it shouldn't be taken for granted that we should be able to get gas and not have our lives put at risk. they put a gun to my son. >> our team reached out to the city and to the gas station. we have not heard back. police say to call the police department with any information robo taxis may soon be making their way out of san francisco. >> waymo has submitted a new plan with the cpuc that would allow it to operate on the peninsula, as well as los angeles abc7 news reporter ryan curry has the details about the plan and shows us why lawmakers some want to put the brakes on it. >> the driverless white cars going around san francisco could soon be on the streets in dozens of other cities across the golden state, waymo is requesting the state public utilities commission to allow them to expand to los angeles, and the entire upper peninsula.

it's not just like one neighborhood or one particular time of day. >> it's big and massive. >> pete bigelow with automotive news says this is a key milestone for the ev industry. >> waymo has kind of declared its intentions to really launch driverless vehicles at scale. we don't know how many vehicles, but but again, geographically, this is this is very big. >> but some lawmakers are trying to pull the emergency brake. state senator dave cortese introduced a bill that would allow cities and counties to make their own regulations around avs. he was in los angeles friday morning with city leaders discussing this topic. he told me the bill is about safety. >> it will empower local government uh- on any given tuesday uh- in any given city council meeting, whether it's los angeles or somewhere in humboldt, california, they can, you know, adopt a local ordinance to provide safety. and, you know, whatever other basic regulations they need in their town, because otherwise cities have no say in the matter. >> right now, the california dmv and cpuc are in charge of where

avs can operate and collect paying fares. some local cities say there is a rush to get their infrastructure up to date. burlingame is already planning new construction for el camino real, a project they say is necessary for an avs hit the streets, making sure that the streets uh- pavement markings, the signage, the signals, all of that is a properly up graded to be able to be recognized by the computers. senator cortez says he is not aiming to remove avs from the road, but wants to make sure the rollout of this technology is done in a safe manner. >> it will empower them, you know, not to stop the rollout of this technology, but to make sure it happens very safely. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. all right, for more on the subject, we bring in abc seven news insider phil matier. >> obviously, there's been a lot of frustration with the rollout of the driverless vehicles, and now there's another battle brewing. >> there is. and it's not just in the bay area, as we see. it's

down in los angeles as well. we're seeing the evolution of a revolution basically in technology and stuff. in 2012, california became the first state to allow this or to greenlight it. going ahead. now, initially, we made tremendous advances in the area, but also arizona entered the market and they right now waymo, which is the quiet company, the other company that's got all the controversy is cruise. right. and they've pulled back after their disastrous accident in san francisco. but waymo has quietly been going forward. and in in phenix arizona, where it's much more of a grid, they can take you from your downtown to the airport. that's what they want to do here in the bay area. they want to be able to connect from san francisco down to the airport that goes through the entire peninsula, and that's what they need to do in order to do that. there's some and as and then that's where they're going. and gavin newsom, i think is behind it as well. >> all right. i want to talk a little bit about crime in oakland. we just reported on that robbery at the 76 gas station with the tourists, right, that were headed to the airport. and then, of course, we

had the denny's on hegenberger. that's closing for good, citing crime. so what does this do for that corridor and for business, like for example, the airport? well the first impressions are the last impressions you take away from a place. >> and in this case, it's becoming quite a problem. not only are people being robbed, they've been consistently robbed. and these are the people it's kind of it's ironic. i don't want to make it sound funny, but what it was was tourists coming in. they after their long flight, they'd get their rental car and they were going to in-n-out burger and they were getting robbed. there okay. and to get something to eat before they go on. now we have people that are coming back to top off their gas tanks and they are being robbed. it used to be break ins. now it's gotten more and more increasingly brazen that whole corridor is pretty much shut down, with the exception of a couple of gas stations. it's not a good look for oakland, and it's having a domino effect, because what happens is when incidents like this occur, people stop going to oakland hotels, right? they don't stay in oakland. they don't want to. the hotels are starting to feel a crater. businesses are saying telling

employees not to go outside. and that's in the heart of downtown. they're also saying, let's not have the business meeting here and let's put people up outside of oakland. so it is creating this very toxic atmosphere that then starts to feed on itself. and if i can't, i want to go back to larry. as far as the questions about the individual towns having a say in autonomous vehicles, um, the governor doesn't want that, you know, he wants he has to be unified. otherwise other states are going to get ahead of california. yeah. so you can't have rules change every time you're driving between here and another destination. it has to be sort of uniform. and the other part is this is the first rollout. the next one to watch out for. and governor newsom has already said he's on board with this, and he's resisted efforts to hit the brakes on it, are autonomous trucks on the highways, big rigs. that's the next big one. >> okay, you get stuck behind one of those. it's a little dicey, more than behind a cruise car, but we'll see. we'll see

how it goes. thank you. phil. >> all right. thank you. >> coming up next today, the massive january jobs report. way better than expected. see what this means for the economy and interest rates. also, the last hurrah for the castro theater before the renovations that many people did not want to see happen. and p-g-and-e's is burying power lines all around the state, but not in one bay area city. so where did all the money ratepayer ers have been putting into the project go, go

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to the economy last month. that's almost double the number economists have predicted. gains were seen in health care, retail and professional and business services. wages increased by $0.19 in january and hourly earnings rose 0.6. that was double the monthly estimate. >> and if you look at year over year, wages were up 4.5% more than the estimate of 4.1. we know that higher wages could be inflationary. so far the inflation picture has been pretty good. things have been cooling after last month's gains came despite thousands of layoffs at companies like google, microsoft and amazon. >> and while the fed is expected to cut interest rates sometime this year, the hot economy could delay those cuts for several months. the jobs report and strong gains from big tech

companies like meta, amazon and microsoft sent stocks soaring today. look at this. the dow and s&p 500 closed at record highs while the nasdaq hit a 52 week high. the u.s. has launched retaliatory air strikes in iraq and syria. >> officials say the air assault targets dozens of sites in that region. it responds to sunday's deadly iran backed militant drone strike on a u.s. military outpost in jordan. three u.s. reservists were killed and 41 others were wounded. this as president biden and the first lady were at dover air force base in delaware for the transfer of the bodies of those reservists before the somber ceremony began, the president shared a private moment with the families of the fallen service members. >> now to the war in gaza and reports that hamas is studying a proposed deal to stop the fighting. the urgency to reach a ceasefire is heightened as israel vows to send its forces into rafah. that's where half of the palestinian territories population has fled. the fighting. the un says an assault

on rafah would certainly deepen the humanitarian crisis. this israel is waiting for a response from hamas before starting further negotiations for a ceasefire. it's estimated some 27,000 people have been killed in gaza and 66,000 others hurt since the war began in october. support for the war is diminishing among americans, a new associated press poll shows. half of u.s. adults say israel's attacks on gaza have, quote, gone too far. republicans. and independents are increasingly critical of israel's military offensive among young democrats, 7 in 10 disapprove of president biden's approach to the conflict. similar numbers overall, just a third of americans approve of the biden administration's support of israel's offensive. >> back here in the bay, a small earthquake rattled a section of san francisco. today, the usgs puts the epicenter of the 3.4 quake at about three miles away from the san francisco zoo. that wasn't felt over much of the

city, but those who did feel it described it as a short, sharp jolt, certainly enough to get your attention and a constant reminder. this is earthquake country. you should always be ready. go bag all the supplies that you need and how many are really ready. >> it's a good reminder. yeah, yeah, i guess we can't use short to describe the duration of these storms that we're getting constant, i believe might be a more accurate word. >> sandhya patel. look, i'm giving you a little bit of sunshine today. >> i mean, get outside. we still have some showers. don't get me wrong, larry and kristen, let me show you live doppler seven and we'll talk about what is coming. so right now it's just really isolated stuff, not everywhere, but right now around el granada airport street, across half moon bay, montara area, highway one. we are seeing a few showers. as you will notice. also crossing parts of sausalito and heading towards east bay. right now we are seeing a cell with some moderate pockets of rain. heavy snow, by the way, is falling at blue canyon right now and i do

want to tell you that this is just the beginning of what's to come. um, uh, santa barbara county area has already issued evacuation warnings ahead of the next storm that is due in here. this weekend. the national weather service down south is calling it like life threatening conditions expected this weekend. 40s to 60s on your temperatures, right now, as we look at our storm impact scale, today's level one scattered showers, brief downpours, chance of thunder can't be ruled out. we go hour by hour. just really isolated showers at 730. 1030. you see a little more coverage and then tomorrow morning there will be some damp spots with some showers. and then here comes our next system. we'll show you that in just a moment. a beautiful view from our san jose camera. right now you can see the rays of the sun tonight. showers. thunder. chance it's not everywhere. tomorrow morning, showers will give way to afternoon rain. and then tomorrow night into sunday, strong level three storm arrives. so let's talk about

that storm. it is going to really bring us some heavy rain and flooding concerns, especially early sunday. strong damaging winds, downed trees and outages. excessive rain potential were highlighted. the entire bay area. it is going to increase from the big sur coast down towards southern california, where the worst of it is expected on sunday. they are expecting down south 6 to 12in of rain over the hills that is why they're calling it life threatening conditions here locally. we are going to see some heavy rain, especially santa cruz mountains, so be aware of that. the winds pick up saturday night gusting to 43 miles an hour. there on the coast. look at this. i mean 4050 mile an hour winds. not out of the question sunday morning. and then topping that at 11 a.m, 55 mile an hour wind gusts on the coast. these winds expected to be stronger than the last event. so be ready for it. this is your time to prepare for the rainfall intensity picks up saturday night going into sunday morning, you will see some intense rain not just in the santa cruz

mountains and across parts of big sur, but rainfall intensity will pick up across other parts of the bay area as well. can'trillionule out snow showers around lake mendocino county and the hills. this pattern switches over to showers sunday afternoon , evening and more wet weather going into monday. rainfall projections. everyone will be between that 1 to 3 inch category. santa cruz mountains looking at ford is five inches of rain, ice totals of six inches or higher in the hills 30s to 50s. tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon you are looking at some rain developing 50s for most of you, except out towards lakeport and the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a level one for tomorrow. tomorrow night into sunday. it's stormy level three and then a one for monday. scattered showers off and on tuesday, wednesday, thursday we have a one and a few more showers on friday. so kristin and larry, i think this is a situation where we have an atmospheric river. this is our second one of the week. this one could potentially

be stronger than the last one that came through. yeah, but the focus once again of the heaviest rain is expected to be santa cruz mountains, big sur coast. but that doesn't mean we're not going to get it elsewhere, right? >> yeah. all right. we'll watch that closely. yes. thank you. sandhya. all right. coming up, remembering carl weathers. >> most of us knew him as apollo creed in the rocky films. he also had deep ties to the bay area, plus, this issue that prompted tesla to recall nearly all of its vehicles in the us for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine.

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y and the new cybertrucks. regulators say tesla started the software updates last week to increase the font size of visual warnings for the brake park and anti-lock brake system. >> san francisco mayor london breed focused on both progress and opportunity during events today, the second day of black history month. the mayor first stopped at the war memorial veterans building, where she announced the city's new initiative to host summer programs from historically black colleges and universities. this will be at san francisco state, with student housing at usf, breed also hosted a city hall event with the african american historical and cultural society to officially kick off black history month. >> it does not go unnoticed on me that this city is being run by black people. it's not just the work i do as mayor and the shoulders i stand on as a second african american to represent this community in this office. but it doesn't go unnoticed to me that we have a black police chief and a black district

attorney. >> the theme for black history month this year is african americans and the arts. san francisco is honoring that theme with events such as broadway, sf's production of the wiz. >> that's an amazing production. >> absolutely. yeah. >> still to come on abc seven news at four. we examine why the effort to put power lines underground in san francisco has stopped, even though ratepayers poured money into it for years. >> plus going out, at least temporarily, with a bang. we'll show you what's happening at the castro theater this weekend. before the major renovatio

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in california, dating back to 1967. san francisco put roughly half of its utility lines underground, but that effort has come to a dead stop. san francisco isn't underground lines anymore because all the money ratepayers put into the project is gone. >> gone, gone. so where did it go? who spent all the money? abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is looking at who took all the money. all of the money? >> you know, i don't think they're going to build anything any time soon. and i'm going to tell you, you know, san francisco has been at this for years. the last time there was a concerted effort to discuss the matter was in 2019, 2020. now we know that there are no plans by p-g-and-e's or the city to underground anything. san francisco has many scenic views, but not all views are created equal. ask claudia anderson, who wakes up every morning to the sight of a p-g-and-e's transformer located just outside of her bedroom. >> my transformer blew out once.

we've had transformers at the top of the block blow out, and so there is a hazard of having these. besides being unsightly, it is a hazard. >> one of my pet peeves is just looking up one of these streets and seeing all these wires everywhere. >> in 1967, there was a strong demand for undergrounding. in fact, it was encouraged and promoted by the california public utilities commission simply for esthetic reasons. but as san francisco residents know, overhead power lines can be unsafe during big storms and earthquakes. the city has buried about half of its utility lines, but what about the remaining 470 miles of overhead lines that still need to be underground? >> and there was concern instant funds set aside by pg and e for underground spending in san francisco and other areas, and that money is gone now, even though they're raising rates through the roof for years, pg and e customers have paid into a program that's supposed to bury all those lines.

>> the funding rule for those projects was established by the cpuc, which said the upfront under grounding costs for any project is funded by the utility agency and paid back by the ratepayers in the late 90s, anderson had the chance to have the power lines on her street placed underground as long as neighbors agreed to pay for digging up the street. >> we were approached by the planners of the light rail who said, hey, this is your opportunity. if you want to get things underground. and we were like, that's great. but then they said, well, but, you know, it has to be unanimous on your block and every family is going to have to chip in several thousand dollars. >> but not everyone was willing or able to pay. and the project went away. we missed probably the one and only opportunity. here's why pg and e is now telling us our 10,000 mile undergrounding program targets circuits in areas with the highest wildfire risk

characterized as elevated or extreme risk. tiers two and three. there are no locations with the city and county of san francisco in tier two or tier three areas. >> san francisco simply is not as volatile as some of these other areas that have burned recently. >> we can beg and we can grovel, and we can plead, but we cannot force them to do it. they are a utility under the jurisdiction of the california public utilities commission. this is p-g-and-e's world. we just live in it. >> but the city is also to blame for mismanaging the last underground funding project, which took ten years. abc seven obtained the in-depth master work plan study on the utility undergrounding program, which came out in 2020. that study clearly states that a lack of proper planning overruns and schedule delays result in cost overruns in other words, san francisco spent all of its undergrounding funds and more. the study also found that there

was never an understanding of who was leading the project. p-g-and-e's or the city and county of san francisco. so for san francisco residents, this means the funding source will not be available until the money is paid back. it also means san franciscans continue to pay off that debt. with no new projects in sight, the study concluded that the need to find alternate funding sources is imperative in moving forward with a citywide utilities underground program in san francisco. >> the big upside to having things underground and besides the esthetics, is public safety. so we'll see what people have to say after the next big earthquake, like when the big one hits. >> now let's say for a moment that the money was there. what would it cost? now, according to that report, it would cost between 50 and $100 million. but keep in mind that report came out in 2020, so it's probably much higher. and it would take about 50 years to complete the

project. i sort of hear a bond measure, a parcel tax coming on. >> well, because people haven't paid enough. yes, exactly. >> it's so wrong that it has to be that. i mean, they really both dropped the ball on this one. >> so and i feel bad for the people who, who have all these power lines in front of their homes. yeah exactly. >> thank you. >> sure. >> on sunday, the historic castro theater in san francisco will host its last show before closing its doors for a year and a half to be restored, said abc7 news reporter luz pena went inside the theater to show us what you should expect to see in 2025. the legendary castro theater is over 100 years old, and its murals are still holding on to its history. >> if you look on the ceiling and you see these medallions that you can barely see or these murals on the side here that are pretty faded, they're all going to come back to life. >> they're going to be spruced up. >> after sunday. the theater will close its doors to be restored to its 1922 glory. >> finally, we are about to

renovate, restore and rejuvenate the historic lgbtq film and music venue, the castro theater. >> and it's showing its age. the iconic blade sign on the front, the neon on the roof needs work. it's in, it's in bad shape. she needs a facelift, a facelift that will cost $15 million and take a year and a half. >> behind it is another planet entertainment. so how is the stage going to change? >> it's going to be more accommodating for different types of events, live shows, plus movies. there's going to be more room on the stage. i'm not sure exactly how, but there's going to be more room. >> one of the main changes will be under the stage, so you can see the process of how we uncover the organ now, as opposed to how we're going to do it once the remodel happens. this is one of the major changes. >> yes, this is going to be a change. so first we're getting the largest organ in the world. and then on top of that we're going to get something that's more automated. >> the original seats on the

balcony level will remain the same. new adjustable seating will be installed in the orchestra level. something that was a bit controversial. and for the first time in over 100 years, the entire seating area and the stage will be ada compliant, making the entire theater more accessible. now outside the theater, the castro merchants association is supportive of the change, even if it means no shows here for over a year. >> the impact it's going to have when it reopens is going to be incredible, and some regulars are already looking forward to sunday's last show before their remodel. >> i will, even though it's supposed to be a big level three storm, you will be here. yes, yes, i will be in san francisco. >> luz pena, abc seven news. >> up next. there he is. punxsutawney phil making his call. plus the catastrophic amount. somebody is probably going to pay for an old pair of basketball shoes. four at four

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>> an early spring is on the way . >> oh, that prediction won over the crowd of thousands today at gobbler's knob in pennsylvania. phil didn't see his shadow, which means spring is coming early. according to the legend. or at least that's what they claim. how often do you folks think phil has gotten it right? do you guys know? well, i know you, sandy. you know this. you know his percentage. i know it too. and you guys, it's nowhere near sandy. let's just put that out there. >> thanks, kristen. are we sure it's pretty? yeah thanks, larry. i know who's on my side. >> you want to give the number? >> i think if i remember correctly, from last night, was it 37? >> yeah. like under 40? yeah, 39, i believe. and. sandy, what are you at, 95. something like that. well i'm not going to brag, but i have a better. >> she's not gonna brag accuracy rate than punxsutawney phil. i mean, we think he's adorable. well shoot, if he's at 37, i might have a better accuracy rate than punxsutawney phil. >> i don't like this phil slander that i'm hearing from

you people today. well we were joking last night, dan came up with petaluma. >> pete, we should have petaluma. pete and it could be a possum. we were coming up with our own. >> it's funny you mentioned that, because what i really don't like is all these wannabe groundhogs, buckeye chuck, staten island, chuck, jimmy, jimmy the groundhog, jimmy, jimmy. and this got a guy named jimmy. gus. >> they all know it's a sweet gig. >> they're all. they're all wannabes. >> yeah, well, i will say my daffodils are starting to come up, so maybe punxsutawney is on to something. >> all right, well, they're going to get a lot of rain the next few days. >> i was going to say there is no spring coming over the next week, that's for sure. not for us. >> chicken and shrimp could be your super bowl snacks of choice this year. if you're looking to save a little money, a wells fargo super bowl food spending report found that a pound of fresh chicken wings is down 5% compared to last year, averaging $3.26 a pound of frozen wings is down 11% at $3.17, shrimp down 6.4% per pound. i go to the

store, i can't find anything. it's down. but anyway, what's more expensive this year? steak, beef, canned soft drinks, plus chips and dip. i mean, i love shrimp cocktail. i don't normally think of shrimp as a super bowl food, but. but what about you guys? >> chicken wings. so that's down. i'm happy. >> yeah. i'ma, uh, i don't do chicken wings. >> i feel like there's not enough chicken, but i actually texted my friend last night saying, what should i bring? and she's like, we're doing mostly appetizers. bring something adalyn will eat. so i guess it's mac and cheese. >> yeah. your classic super bowl food. yes. how about you, sandhya? >> you know, it could be anything from stuffed mushrooms to nachos to little jalapeno poppers. know that? >> stuffed mushrooms? yeah. they're exotic super bowl food. what about chips? >> should try them, larry. exotic to larry. yes. >> larry's like a pigs in a blanket kind of guy. i love it. >> almost got you good. they're >> which. there's nothing wrong with those. they're tasty.

>> yeah, i know, i know where the inference is, is that i'm the pig in the blanket. >> that's like i said, nothing of the sort. >> yeah, i know we're moving it along. >> okay, we're moving it on. okay. consumer news can finally try out apple's new vision pro goggles. the headset is now available at select apple stores. when you wear it, you see what's happening in real life with overlays of images of video. it does that by tracking your eyes, scanning your hands, and mapping the room around you to stitch both worlds together. right? the real one. and then you know, the ar vr that allows the user to view photos in real size or watch a movie that takes up your entire view. the headsets sell for $3,500. whoa. so many uses for it, though, and i like it if you're not. if there's the ability to kind of do, you know, see the real world as well, right? i don't like it when you're just immersed in that artificial world. but i mean, this sounds great. so many learning things you can do, like cooking. larry >> yeah. i don't like wearing

like those things. i mean, it looks like they've shrunk the size a little bit. yeah, but still, what do i want to be wearing that all day long? i don't know, i maybe, you know, they should send us tim cook. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> send us some so we could try them out and we'll see to see what it looks like. >> yeah. my little brain can't just. the words. i can't figure out exactly what it's going to be. >> oh my gosh, you guys like, we have tasty thursday. we could have like a tech tuesday. yes. now send it to us and then we try. yeah i like tuesday. >> let's let's do it. >> let's do it. yeah. uh sneakerheads. >> known to pay a bundle for their shoes. somebody's going to have to dig deep to buy these. michael jordan, the goat mj is auctioning off the shoes that he wore that he won each of his six nba championship with. so sotheby's dubbed the lot of the dynasty collection. and that's the way they say it. and the auction house estimates their value at between seven, seven and $10 million. >> oh my goodness. wow.

>> those are gorgeous. i will say these teenagers these days are obsessed. and the boys especially with the air jordans. uh, i know my son is you know, what's amazing is michael jordan hasn't played in 20 years, but his brand is still so strong. >> and the shoes, i mean, some of them are just spectacular in terms of their design. >> oh, cool. >> okay, larry, why though, why has his brand only grown and why have kids who have never watched him play a game? why are they so into his products? >> i would say great marketing and the legend of michael jordan . you look at the last dance, which was came out in 2020. during the pandemic, everybody was locked in and even kids got a chance to see, oh, that. that's what michael that's that's what my parents were talking about, that guy. and so maybe that fueled another round of interest. so very cool. very cool. best guess by the way. just real quick gary saint jean, former warriors coach, said this is his favorite segment because he loves it when the three ladies gang up on me. oh i mean,

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seven news sports producer casey pratt was on hand, and he joins us live now from santa clara with a look at how things went. casey. >> yeah, nine days to the super bowl, but it's been 10,596 days until they actually won one. who's counting? right, guys. but today it was a loose atmosphere despite the rain. george kittle, the only guy i didn't really see out there on the practice field, but he did come into this press conference room walking just fine. so i'm not too worried about that. despite the rain, despite the earthquake, which we didn't feel out here every body is making sure to take care of everything they need to before they leave for vegas. ticket requests, family requests, all that stuff. get it out of the way now. because once you get on that plane on sunday, it's all business. >> winning and that was really hard. it just is. you know boss, bounce your way. injuries all that stuff. it's difficult sometimes. and, um, you know, football is a very difficult sport and so it's hard to get

back to the top. you know we've gotten close a couple times but you know, hey the ball bounces other people's ways. and some plays weren't made. and that's just football. and believe me, the hardest thing is looking at the guys. >> uh- the ronnie lotz, the steve youngs, the joe montana's when we when we haven't done that because those guys have had our backs and we want to have theirs. and so they know we're fighting. but you got to pay that off and we've got that opportunity this week. we understand the challenge at hand and how difficult it is, but if you want to be great, that's what you got to do. you got to bust through. >> we all understand you know, the stage that this game is going to be played on and who we are as a team is good enough. and we just got to continue to do what we've done all year. i think once we get to vegas, we'll start feeling it even more. at the same time, we got to do what we've done all season long. um, because that's good enough. >> kansas city best team in the world. they the champs, you know, they didn't be in the four super bowls in the past. what six years. so it's a great feeling to try to go in there and knock off, you know, the best team in the world now.

>> ward also won a super bowl with the chiefs. now a 40 niner. he said super bowl week is like being in a movie because there celebrities everywhere. you'll run into jay z, beyonce, all those folks, george kittle said. there's distractions abound. all the bright lights in las vegas, all the glitz and glamor. but he said, you know what's really cool? way cooler than all that. you guys winning a super bowl. so that's what they're focused on. >> that would be perfect. and then a parade. thank you casey. >> all right. hopefully by the time we get to that said parade all this rain will have dried up. >> oh that's sandy patel's department. >> yes. >> let's take a look at a live picture right now. larry and kristen. and from homewood right now we are seeing a very snowy scene statewide snowpack, 57% of average. it's snowing right now in the sierra. and there are chain controls on some of the roads. winter storm warning going up 4 a.m. sunday to 4 a.m. tuesday. we're talking big time snow, gusty winds, 2 to 4ft of snow. expected 5 to 6ft over the peaks. it is going to be very difficult to impossible to travel, carry chains or hold

off. if i were you on live doppler seven, we are tracking some showers, light to moderate in intensity around orinda, also around the peninsula. montara street level radar showing you what's happening. this is a one just scattered showers here in the bay area for today. and you will notice as we go hour by hour, not a whole lot happening tonight, but really the next storm gets in here late tomorrow night with wind and rain getting heavier tomorrow night going into sunday morning, it will continue for the rest of the time and we are expecting level three to bring that heavy rain flooding, strong damaging winds, downed trees and outages. i'll be here with the full forecast coming up at five. kristen, larry thank you sandhya. >> up next they gave their all to get to carnegie hall all day long. this is a fun way grow music next. >> the amazing youth choir at the center of a new streaming series and why they weren't chosen just for 100% all-white meat grilled or crispy chicken, with lettuce, cheese and sauces, in a warm tortilla for $3.29.

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youth choir, entertainment reporter sandy kenyon has a preview. land along implicit. >> like so many before, the detroit youth choir found the best way to get to carnegie hall was to practice, practice, practice. >> i just believe that if you give something your all at the end result will be carnegie hall choir director anthony white stands at the center of a new documentary series on disney

plus. you can be anybody and be a part of the detroit youth choir. we're the underdog out to prove what we can do. >> a network tv appearance thrusts the group onto the national stage and led to other opportunities to tell your mom that your dreams are coming true. >> right now, we don't really take in the cream of the crop young person. >> we want the young person that's struggling, so we take them in. we put them through a process which is the nurturing, the vocal instruction, the theatrical instruction that we give them and the choreography. >> i'm pouring my emotions out onto the audience. it all does take work, but if i keep going, i'm going to reach my mark. >> all are welcome because this is a youth development program, but only the most talented and the most committed among them get to perform at the high profile gigs. >> the other ones that stay back, they say they're in

support of the ones that went. so that's how we do. you know, if you didn't go this time, you go next time. >> dedication is demanded of all, which makes a larger point to be successful. >> i'll choose that one thing in your life that that you want to really concentrate. on >> choir is streaming now on disney plus and disney is the parent company of abc seven. that's it for the news at four. abc seven news at five is next.

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