at six day of action, flight attendants across the country set to picket today. what we know about their demands. >> the race to replace senator dianne feinstein, the four leading candidates hoping to fill her california senate seat,

took the debate stage here in san francisco, where they stand on key issues like crime and homelessness. >> plus naming new falcon cal's famed falcon, annie. finding a new mate. the suggestions the university is looking for. >> the soccer continues right? thanks for being here. it's tuesday, february the 13th. >> well, first, let's get a check of our forecast. drew, it's not too bad out there today. >> enjoy the dry weather. we've got a partly sunny day on the way. a live look from sutro tower. it is mostly cloudy up above right now across the region. that's keeping temperatures was not too frosty. no frost advisories in effect this morning. we're basically in the 40s and low 50s for the most part. danville the cold spot this morning coming in at 39 degrees. so take a look at your day planner as we head throughout the afternoon. we'll be in and out of the cloud cover. partly sunny conditions, but we're dry throughout the entire day today. temperatures about average in the 50s and low 60s, so 58 in the city today, 60 in oakland, 63 in san jose. rain is back tomorrow. we'll talk about that in six minutes. but

let's say hi to gloria, see how the commute is going. yeah >> good morning. so far. going pretty good. but you know chp is reporting some potholes that are creating a little bit of a delay this morning. this is for those drivers heading from tracy to dublin. so we're going to zoom in and show you where that's going on. you can see right here on westbound 580 before mountain house parkway and then also on westbound 580. this is before corral hollow road. so if you're driving in this area, maybe give yourself a little bit more time. because if you see here the drive times it's always kind of a slow spot. but again, a little bit slower today because of those potholes. right now it'll take you 51 minutes to get from tracy to dublin. amanda. >> all right. thanks gloria. happening today, thousand of flight attendants are joining forces in what's being called a day of action. they plan to picket outside major airports to push for higher wages, pay and better working conditions. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live at sfo. as we take a live look at the tarmac this morning and lena, as today's demonstration, expected to impact flights.

>> amanda, we're told that today's demonstration is not expected to impact flight schedules at all. and that flight attendants participating are actually not scheduled to be working today. unions representing more than 100,000 flight attendants from airlines, including american alaska, frontier, southwest and united are demanding better pay retirement benefits and more flexible schedules. this comes as nearly two thirds of flight attendants are currently in contract negotiations. the unions also want flight attendants to be paid for all their time working. most are not compensated for time spent waiting between flights in the airport, or even time boarding the plane. another concern the danger of unruly passengers. with incidents on the rise since the pandemic, dennis better get in my face and sucker punched me in the eye. >> i was knocked back three feet before i falling to the ground. >> i was hit in the head, knocked to the ground and i sustained very serious injuries

as a result of that, flight attendants scheduled to work have been encouraged to picket virtual. sfo is one of more than 30 airports across the world today expected to have flight attendants joining in on this day of action and today's demonstration here at sfo is expected to start right around 11 and go until 1230. live at sfo lena howland abc seven news. all right. >> thanks for that. lena now to your voice. your vote on this tuesday morning. it's a race to follow in senator dianne feinstein's footsteps for leading candidates hoping to fill her senate seat. took the debate stage last night in san francisco. three democrats and a republican attended frontrunner, congressman adam schiff, gave his view on his top priority housing affordability. we. >> we need to build hundreds of thousands of units. we need to vastly expand the low income housing tax credit. so we can do it. uh- cost effectively and incentivize the development of

housing issues facing the city of oakland were also brought up during the hour long discussion. >> east bay congresswoman barbara lee spoke of her stance on crime and public safety. >> but we have to look at the underlying causes of a lot of the criminal activity that's taking place, especially with guns. we've got to pass a national assault weapon ban. we've got to get these weapons of war off of the street. >> republican candidate steve garvey and congresswoman katie porter also attended last night's event. california's primary election is just three weeks away, but san francisco's department of election has already started scanning the early voting ballots. they won't be counted, though, until election night. keep in mind that you can also vote in person at all of the bay area's county registrar's offices, and each registered voter in california will automatically receive a vote by mail ballot. that's thanks to a law that was passed during the pandemic, signed in 2021. california's primary is on

march the 5th, the last day to register to vote is february the 20th, but you can do same day voter registration and your vote will still count after your information is verified. >> breaking overnight, the senate approved a funding bill meant to provide aid for israel, ukraine and taiwan. the 70 to 29 vote happened just hours ago. 22 senate republicans supported the final measure, while two democrats, along with the lone independent, bernie sanders, voted against it. the $95 billion foreign aid package now heads to the house of representatives, where it faces an uncertain future in a statement yesterday, house speaker mike johnson has threatened to kill the measure if it makes it to the house. speaker johnson claims it, quote, fails to meet the mandate of securing america's borders last week, johnson helped dismantle an emergency aid package that he also said lacked sufficient border security. this morning, new information is emerging about the woman who walked into pastor joel osteen's texas megachurch on sunday and

started shooting gloria, we're learning she may have struggled with mental illness. >> good morning, amanda, and a facebook post. jenna say moreno's ex mother in law says she suffered from phrenia. now courtrillionecords show that she also had a turbulent marriage that ended in a bitter custody battle. moreno's ex accusing her of violence and putting her son in danger multiple times. according to authorities, the weapon that moreno used was bought legally in december. despite her history of mental illness. the motive for the shooting is still not clear. >> i want to know the motive, how she got the weapon, why she did this. we're not there yet. now police found anti-semitic writings but did not provide other details. >> they say moreno may have had a dispute with her ex-husband's family. some of whom are jewish now. moreno was shot and killed by an off duty police officer. her seven year old son was also injured. he was listed in critical condition. amanda. all right.

>> thank you so much, gloria. a civil rights organization has announced plans to sue the city of san diego over recent flooding. the people's association of justice claims the city failed to maintain its stormwater infrastructure, which led to devastating floods last month, mostly in lower income neighborhoods. many people are still unable to return to their homes. this latest lawsuit is one of several demanding payments for residents, and changes include establishing a stormwater utility to fund infrastructure projects. eventually, these lawsuits could gain class action status. >> two mudslides in big sur have trapped at least 50 people near paul's slide and let caltrans crew choose to offer daily convoys out of the area. the slides happened last week within days of each other. officials there say business in big sur is down as much as 35. >> we've got a 4.5 hour drive now to go across the convoy, across paul's slide, come back around. and so each of those

residents is having to make some really significant plans about, depending on the duration of that period, how they're going to be able to continue their work, how they can maintain their properties and basically just live their lives. >> the southern section of highway near paul's slide is set to reopen in late spring of this year, weighing in on waymo how san francisco mayor london breed is responding to the incident where a waymo car was set on fire and a snowstorm is slamming cities. the fast moving system that could bring up to a foot of snow to some parts of the country. >> back here at home today is looking like a partly sunny but dry day. things change tomorrow. showers back in the forecast for valentine's day with a level one light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale. we'll go into the timing of

cancellations, and it could have a ripple effect all across the country. depending on where you're headed, you could see anywhere from eight inches to a full foot of snow. in boston, all public schools are canceled today, and the city has 40,000 tons of salt. ready to go. new york city could see 5 to 8in of snow. that's the most they've seen in two years. the snowstorm arrives in the northeast after soaking millions along the gulf coast in the southeast over the weekend, with rain. uh- andrew, we were enjoying the dry weather while it last. yeah, but we got some rain back in our forecast too. >> we got a nice weekend, huh? and then we have the dry weather continuing for one more day today before showers are back in the forecast tomorrow, but at least tomorrow it's a light system. it's a fast mover. here's a look at your day today. it's dry. today we're in and out of the cloud cover so we'll see

some sunshine for the clouds. roll back in in the afternoon temperatures today right where we should be. upper 50s to the lower 60s for our daytime highs under those partly sunny conditions. now tomorrow we'll take out the umbrella once again . but it's a quick moving front. it's a level one, a light system here tomorrow for showers and downpours, a dry morning commute, but the evening commute looks to feature the rain and it will be breezy at times. in fact, future weather confirms that tomorrow morning it's really quiet out there, but as we go throughout the afternoon, here comes that front. that'll bring us some downpours. more rain on the way for the weekend. julien. we'll show you that coming up in eight minutes. >> all right. thank you, drew. now to that disturbing discovery. four people found dead in a san mateo home. two of them are four year old twin boys. how neighbors are reacting to this tragic news and a ban on plastic bags. the bill that's making its way through sacramento right now, it's 613. as you wake up with us on this tuesday morning, we are going to give you a live look outside right here. and you can see the city is lit up. we'll take a sh

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sort of a home in san mateo. the disturbing discovery was made on alameda de las pulgas, near 42nd avenue yesterday morning. san mateo police say they got a call for a welfare check at the home. they had to break a window to get inside, and that's when they found those four people dead. a man, a woman and two children. sources tell the abc7 news i-team the children were four year old twin boys. they have notrillioneleased how how this family died. >> we can only assume what has happened. whatever has happened is a major tragedy. and you wonder what could have been done to avoid it. >> we're expecting autopsy to be performed today to figure out what happened there. police say

there's no danger to the public. no sign of forced entry. and this appears to be an isolated incident. >> san francisco mayor london breed. now weighing in on attack that left a waymo car burned and destroyed. her statement reads in part, quote, it was an unacceptable act that has no place in our city, and we will work to hold those who committed it accountable. it happened saturday night in chinatown. no one was inside the self-driving car, which ended up surrounded by people who smashed windows, shattered the windshield and set off a firework inside the car. waymo sent us an updated statement about what happened, saying, quote, our vehicle was navigating this area along with other human driven cars. a pop up street show held up all traffic, at which point a crowd of folks rushed the waymo. the sfpd says it's investigated. so far, no suspects. >> new at six a major renovation is planned for san francisco's japantown, the peace plaza will be getting a whole new look. the project has been in plans for

almost seven years since leaking was discovered in the garage under the plaza. now, construction is set to begin this spring, with a completion date of late 2025 or early 2026. the cost of $33 million is being funded by a post pandemic bond, and state and federal grants. >> okay. oh, the drama over annie the falcon at uc berkeley. it continues. for those of you following along, annie has yet again taken a new mate. and now it's time to name him cal. falcons has been posting updates on its instagram account. the deadline for name suggestions is tomorrow. very fitting as it's valentine's day, the idea is to come up with cal related names. so far, suggestions include cal and berk. another person is suggesting annie's name. new fellow be named number three. since this will be her third companion. her longtime mate, grinnell died in 2022. he was quickly replaced by alden, but

then he disappeared, and now annie has a new male suitor. >> ah, well, good for her. annie. live yeah. annie is living. annie? yeah. she's. yeah okay. yeah. >> this could be a reality tv show. >> yeah. this is a golden bachelorette. we could have annie's. you know, bachelorette here. my goodness. i was reading the comments because i was curious about some of the suggestions. one of them was dan. they said, or days are numbered. oh, wow. okay. but her second left her her okay, for the record. oh, you know that you've talked and you've talked with annie. >> that tells me. good for annie on her valentine's day, her third time's a charm. who knows? there we go. yeah. we don't know. >> we'll be true love. this time. maybe not. >> here's looking accuweather headlines. we are dry today. partly sunny skies, but showers return tomorrow. we've had a nice break from the storms, but for valentine's day, rain is back in the forecast and then

we're looking toward the holiday weekend where we have a pair of storms that will give us downpours and some gusty winds. today, though, no issues when it comes to any wet weather will be in and out of the clouds throughout the afternoon. partly sunny skies, temperatures mild and average 50s to low 60s for your daytime highs now. tomorrow that level one light system will bring a showers, mainly in the afternoon and in the evening. tomorrow morning looks pretty quiet. the evening commute tomorrow will have some slick conditions as this rain falls for most of us. a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain is what we're looking at. winds will be breezy from time to time, but we're not looking at any issues when it comes to those wind speeds. now, heading into the weekend, we are tracking a couple of storms. our first one arrives here saturday will likely bring us some rounds of heavy rain, some gusty winds as well, and then a second system. sunday day into monday will move through here and bring us more wet weather. a good estimate for a lot of us with these storms over the holiday weekend, we could see 1 to 3in of rain as that rain could be

heavy at times. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. next seven days for you. partly sunny and dry today. rain returns for valentine's day. it's a level one. we'll get a pair of dry days thursday and friday before that active pattern sets up. coming our way over the holiday weekend, gloria . >> yeah. you know, we're just getting reports of a crash, so we're going to show you where this is happening. this is over in vallejo. we're zooming in there so you could see this is on westbound 37 past mare island. this is a solo car crash. and right now speeds are down to six miles per hour. because of that crash. and then also chp is reporting some potholes there are creating some delays. this is over for those drivers who are going from tracy to dublin. this is on westbound 580 before mountain house parkway, also on westbound 580 before corral hollow road. julian >> all right. thank you, gloria. 621 right now let's turn to ginger zee. she's live in fort lee, new jersey with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> yeah good morning ginger.

amanda julian great to be with you. >> so we're still here in the heart of the snow. we're just now getting our 1 to 2 inch per hour snowfall rates. you can't see manhattan across the george washington bridge because the visibility is down. so certainly impacting morning commute over here or travel if you're trying to come this way. but it is going to be a quick storm. it'll be out of here by this afternoon. and we'll we will have the totals that add up to try to chip away at some of the deficit we've seen after a couple of duds for winter's. all right. also this morning, all eyes are on the new numbers for inflation. what they could mean for prices and for your wallet. and why now might be the best time to book your spring break travel. i know i find this snow quite inspirational, but maybe this is the best time and we can show you how to find the best deals so you don't want to miss all of that and so much more right here on gma, it looks like good snow angel snow ginger. yeah it's wet. it's compact. my kids are going to have a blast today. i can tell you say that with such a smile.

>> all right. stay warm out there ginger

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means the morning commute. we've got no issues out there. we'll have partly sunny skies throughout the morning. we're starting out in the 40s, climbing into the 50s by about 10 a.m. temperatures later on this afternoon, uh- average for this time of the year. we like that. it's nice to be average sometimes upper 50s to the lower 60s, dry today, but tomorrow is a different story. a level one light storm for wednesday. look at our rain chances. they are up throughout the day. get a break thursday into friday and then more rain coming our way over the holiday weekend. amanda >> all right, thanks so much, jim. now those growing concern about a possible fuel leak in the north bay as a major

operation to free a stuck fishing boat, continues near bodega bay. we first brought you this story yesterday morning. the coast guard says the 50 foot aleutian storm ran aground in rough water friday night. the ship's four crew members all made it out safely. now, rescuers are trying to pull the crab boat off the beach and back into the water. the coast guard says yesterday's attempt was not successful because the tow line broke. >> she does weigh about 57 tons and so everything we. to be a pretty heavy lift. and so it definitely has been challenging. but she is a steel hulled vessel, which is actually beneficial to her because she's not breaking up in the surf. >> the coast guard plans to offload fuel to lighten the vessel, but there are pollution concerns because the 1500 gallons of diesel on board could leak from the tanks. today we're expecting an update on how much longer the pacifica pier will remain closed. massive waves damaged the historic pier in

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630. global day of action. thousands of flight attendants are picketing today. the local airport that will see some action later this morning, and air quality concerns. >> the new study about wildfires , the smoke that could affect the health of bay area residents, plus, ain't no holding. their cards down, down, down, down. >> giddy up. >> beyonce is back. the superstar showing her country music cards with two new tracks. and now all of a sudden, everyone's a country. >> yeehaw! where does what ya. >> where does one find a blinged out cowboy hat like that? >> you can find them everywhere. >> oh, i guess i'm sure etsy is

ready. the taylor swift stuff. okay, yeah, etsy. good morning everyone. it is tuesday, february 13th. yeah. >> thanks for joining us. we want to talk about the weather here. >> it's nice today. it is. then tomorrow you get some news for us. exactly right. let's go outside. here's san jose this morning. that's 87 on your screen. it is mostly cloudy out there. no issues with the wet weather today. it's a day where we'll have an intervals of sun and clouds. we'll find mild conditions this afternoon. temperatures where we should be for the middle of february, 50s and 60s by the afternoon. now, tomorrow is a different story. it's a level one on wednesday with showers and downpours. it's really the afternoon and evening. tomorrow will feature that wet weather in the forecast. we'll take a closer look at it coming up in a few minutes. let's say hi to gloria, see the commutes going. yeah. >> you know, drew, you actually recommend did a spot to find one of those blinged out hats that i went to in the castro when i was covering the concert. so i have one of those. i'm ready to go for the new country album. well let's get started with your drive times right now from tracy

to castro valley, 67 minutes. it is even a little longer than usual because chp is reporting a couple of potholes that are pretty much from tracy to dublin, and so that's causing even more delays in that area this morning. and then a live look outside at our bay bridge toll plaza camera. and you can see it's pretty crowded out there right now. metering lights flipped on at 537. so a lot more people out there on the roads getting ready to go to work today. okay >> thank you gloria. happening today. thousands of flight attendants around the world will be taking part in what's expected to be the largest collective action in the history of the profession. they plan to picket at major airports today, and they have a long list of demands, including higher wages and an end to sexist policies. abc seven news reporter lena howland live for us at sfo this morning with today's day of action. good morning lena. good morning julian. >> sfo is one of more than 30 airports across the world today that's expected to have flight attendants joining in on this day of action. unions representing more than 100,000 flight attendants from airlines,

including american alaska, frontier, southwest and united are demanding better pay retirement benefits and more flexible schedules. this comes as nearly two thirds of flight attendants are currently in contract negotiations. the unions also want flight attendants to be paid for all their time working. most are not compensated for time spent waiting in between flights in the airport, or even time boarding the plane in a joint statement, flight attendants are vowing to fight corporate greed, saying our time on the job must be compensated. we need flexibility. and control of our lives. legacy of sexism that traditionally devalue our jobs must be stamped out and replaced with the true value of our work. ahead of today's demonstration, alaska airlines released a statement saying, we've been offering industry leading, top of scale pay for months with an immediate 15% raise to the entire pay scale. an additional raises every year. we've closed more than 50 tentative agreements represent dozens of

topics where we've found common ground and they added that they do not expect any conflict to their flight schedules today and that any any flight attendants participating in the picket lines. you'll see out here today at sfo were not scheduled to work live at sfo. lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you so much, lena. a new study has found that bay area residents could be at higher risk of developing cancer or dementia because of wildfire smoke. researchers from the first street foundation say. find particle pollution, the type that comes from wildfire smoke is rising in western states at the same time, it's dropping in other parts of the country. these pollutants have been linked to alzheimer's, dementia and cancer, according to the san francisco chronicle. counties like santa clara, alameda, sonoma and napa could see more than a month's worth of bad air per year by 2054. >> in the south bay, a fire that forced a street to close for nearly two months is back open

to cars. flames burned a strip mall on el camino real and los altos on christmas day. the road reopening came ahead of schedule for weeks. drivers had to detour around what's left of that strip mall now, demolition on the building is in its final stages. the city is hoping that bike lanes and sidewalks will soon reopen. >> we understand, and that it did cause some inconveniences, but we're glad that county fire was able to conduct their investigation in a safe manner. we're going to continue working efficiently and safely to be able to get those open for the community. >> it's still unclear what caused that fire. >> new this morning, the cdc is reportedly loosening its covid isolation recommendations for the first time since 2021, according to the washington post. the new guidelines include people who test positive will no longer have to stay home for five days. the agency is also planning to recommend people who use symptoms to determine when to end that isolation. people would not have to stay home if they have been fever free for at

least 24 hours without using medication, or their symptoms are mild and improving. california's attorney general is sponsoring a bill aimed at reducing an alarming rate of pregnancy related deaths among black women. the bill would require health providers to comply with a 2019 law that mandates anti-bias training for health care employees in california. black women make up 5% of pregnancies, but represent 21% of pregnancy related deaths statewide. attorney general rob bonta says the bill will correct the bias. some providers have that influences the way they treat patients. >> it would better enable us to truly take on the insidious implicit bias that's tearing families apart and most importantly, you know, not being overly dramatic here. it'll save lives. the new bill establishes deadlines for health care providers to provide anti-bias training for its employees. >> it also sets penalties for

noncompliance. >> shefs defense secretary lloyd austin has been forced to cancel a trip to brussels as he remains in the hospital, being treated for a bladder issue. glory is at the live desk following this, and gloria, what are we learning about the treatment that he's receiving there? >> well, julian austin is being treated at walter reed medical center in maryland. he was admitted on sunday, and the hospital says he was put under a general anesthesia for a non surgical procedures. now, this is the second time in less than two months that he's been in the hospital. last month, austin was treated for complications related to a recent prostate cancer surgery, and that visit caused some controversy after it was revealed that he spent several days in the hospital, but did not tell the president or other senior officials. he ended up apologizing for not informing people sooner. we did not handle this right and i did not handle this right. >> i should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis. i should have also told my team and the american

public that now, this time, austin made the stay public and transferred his duties to the deputy defense secretary. >> while he is being treated in the critical care unit, officials say they expect him to make a full recovery. julian >> thank you. gloria. this morning there is growing fallout after former president donald trump said he would encourage russia to attack nato allies who fail to meet agreed upon defense spending goals. trump has doubled down on this on social media, posting, quote, nato has to equalize and now nato countries don't pay set, don't pay set dues to the alliance and don't owe the us money. but they do commit to spending a certain amount on national defense and most of them have not reached that goal. the white house, underscoring nato's importance to national and european security, some republicans are pushing back on trump's comments. most are supporting it. >> but if you're not going to defend your own country, why should our taxpayers defend it for them? >> trump's republican rival for

the republican presidential nomination, nikki haley, also blasted his comments, warning the last thing they should do is side with russia's vladimir putin happening today. >> house republicans will try again to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. a simple vote failed last week, but republicans believe they now have the necessary votes to get the effort passed, with majority leader steve scalise expected to return today following cancer treatments. if successful, mayorkas would be the first cabinet member impeached since 1876. house republicans claim he committed high crimes and misdemeanors for his handling of the southern border. he denies the accusations. >> we're seeing new images of israeli forces launching a daring operation to rescue two hostages from hamas. the two men were helicoptered to a hospital sunday night after more than four months in captivity. israel defense forces stormed a heavily armed building in rafah in the middle of the night, finding the

two men held at gunpoint on the second floor. israel launched massive air strikes that took place across rafah to cover the raid, killing at least 67 people in the gaza strip. president biden and other world leaders are warning against the idf pushing further into rafah. >> many people there have been displaced, displaced multiple times, fleeing the violence to the north, and now they're packed into rafah, exposed and vulnerable. they need to be protected. >> the population of rafah is now six times the size it was before the war began. more than a million people now who face the prospect that israel could launch a ground attack. >> hundreds of protesters from across the south bay rallied to call for an end to the war in gaza. demonstrators started yesterday at an event at san jose state and then organized a car caravan over to stanford, which you see right here. late last week, the university said they will evict students who

have been holding a sit in protest on campus for more than 100 days. demonstrators are demanding stanford respond to the ongoing israel hamas, hamas war. excuse me, but the university says the sit in is unsafe still to come here on abc seven mornings, the memorial for coach dickey, the service for the late warriors assistant coach. and we want to get you a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we're down about 420. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> and garlic shop. goodbye. the notice that's forcing an iconic gilroy highway stop to move for good and stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at seven for abc, seven at seven. >> we're live weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m, just download the app now wherever you stream. >> 641 temperature wise, most of us beginning the morning in the 40s. right now under mostly cloudy conditions. here's a live look from our exploratorium camera. these clouds will be in and out of our sky throughout

the day. we'll have a little bit of sunshine right around lunchtime before more clouds roll back in here throughout the afternoon. so it's a partly sunny day on the way, and temperatures pretty close to average, upper 50s to the lower 60s. 58 in the city today, 60 in oakland, 63 in san jose, 59 in napa, about 61 in livermore, dry by today, but rain is back in the forecast tomorrow. so today across california, it's really quiet, pretty average when it comes to our temperatures. 41 in tahoe later on today. a lot of 60s from fresno down through la palm springs. the warmest spot right now, 71 degrees will be your daytime high there. now, tomorrow rain is back. it's a level one system here with showers and downpours. it's the afternoon that the rain will be an issue. here's future weather tomorrow morning. it's quiet and here comes that front. tomorrow afternoon we'll track those showers and downpours. but the this system will track. thata coming up

or travel to serbia. yesterday to attend the memorial for deyan milojevic. the service included a procession through belgrade. other members of the warriors staff joined kerr, including general manager mike dunleavy, coach dickey was an assistant coach for the warriors. he died of a heart attack last month in utah. the warriors still took the court last night against the utah jazz. assistant coach kenny atkinson stepped in to lead the team, while kerr was away. the dubs beat the jazz 129 to 107 to win their fifth straight game. the warriors have a tough valentine's day game tomorrow at home against the l.a. clippers. new at six autonomous car company cruise has appointed its first ever chief safety officer. >> the san francisco based company named formal apple gm and uber executive steve kenner to the position. kenner was the vice president of safety at kodiak, a self-driving truck company in silicon valley. this

move comes as cruise is trying to rehab its image following an october incident with one of its robo taxis. >> it's an iconic shop along highway 101 near gilroy, is moving after nearly 40 years. the owners of the garlic shop say they're being pushed out as the santa clara county transportation agency takes over their property under eminent domain. the property will be used to expand the highway 25 over crossing, over highway 101 from two lanes to four. >> more people are concerned that another small business mom and pops or brothers business is being swallowed up by the government. but your favorite garlic treats aren't going away. >> the shop will temporarily move to a winery up the road. they hope to move to a permanent location next year. >> super bowl 58 was the most watched program in tv history, according to data from nielsen and adobe analytics. the broadcast averaged. 123.4 million viewers across tv and of

course, streaming platforms. two that shatters last year's viewer numbers by about 7. and it's the biggest television audience recorded since the apollo 11 moon landing back in 1960. 900 of faithful watch with thousands , i should say, tens of thousands. we'll say hundreds of thousands of faithful. we're watching with heavy hearts as the chiefs went on to beat the niners in sunday's game. a fans who were in las vegas for the big game say they now have some lifelong memories, though, of the experience in las vegas. >> the town is awesome, the vibes are awesome, there's a lot to do and it's all in one place. you know, vegas, viva las vegas. >> he must have hit big at the slots. he had a smile on his face. super bowl 59 is set to be played in new orleans and then super bowl 60. of course, will be right here in the bay area at levi's stadium. >> all right. and despite the crushing defeat over the weekend , things are looking up for the 49 ers. according to fanduel

sports book. the 49 ers are favorites to be next year's nfl champs as san francisco is the early favorite to win, followed by the chiefs ravens, lions and the bills. >> it is now time for your morning money report here at 647. justrillioneleased data shows inflation was hotter than expected last month. it's sitting at 3.1, which is higher than the 2.9% analysts expected, while inflation has fallen sharply since peaking above 9% in june of 2022. many americans are still feeling the pinch. experts believe the fed might start cutting interest rates in june of this year. we're taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway. stocks have dropped this morning after that, inflation report. you can see we are way down about 428 points. >> well there's a new dating app now for those with excellent credit. neon money club has launched score. and to use the dating app, your credit score

has to be at least 675. there's going to be like three people on that. the goal is to raise awareness about finances and relationships. the app will only be available for about 90 days. if you want to get on the app, you have to apply and neon money club will conduct a soft credit check that won't affect your score. also there's no tiers, so someone with a 700 score can match with a person who has an 800 point score. >> all right, i don't hate this idea. >> no, i don't either. but as someone who didn't have the best score because i was bouncing from state to state for this job and then finally doing it, now i would be dating no one. so thank you to my husband. i was going to say, but you're happily married now, so you don't have to worry about that. >> but at least you know what you're getting yourself into. exactly. >> no, that's absolutely important. but here's another thing beyonce is back after teasing fans during a super bowl ad about new music. she released two new country tracks. she sure

did. >> one is titled 16 carriages and this one you're about to hear is titled texas hold'em. lock up keys to the gold round round round round round. >> second round. nice >> here we go. so texas hold'em is described as uptempo country and western stop okay. beyonce also teased act two is coming march. the 29th, but no title has been released just yet. it is of course, a follow up to renaissance, her seventh studio album. solo studio album the renaissance world tour made nearly $580 million last year. she's going back to her texas roots here. i think it's going to be fantastic. >> i mean, she grew up in texas. you have to know what country music is. i lived there for a little bit in waco and i was like, all right, i'm into it. so i here we go. >> i'm sure she will introduce a whole new fan base to country music, too. i think a lot of people are going to be listening. and i listened to a little bit of texas hold'em and

it's good. it's upbeat, it's like a dance tune. a lot of fun. yeah. >> watch her headline like stagecoach. now i know, like she'll just completely flip. speaking into existence. coachella sweeping the cmas now. oh yeah. it's not unheard of. see? yeah she get album of the year. >> the cmas because she hasn't won at the grammys. >> you heard jay-z. >> oh yeah. >> someone give it to her right? >> oh gosh. yes very. i haven't even heard it. very exciting. yeah. today it is going to be a dry day tomorrow though. get ready for the wet weather to return. here's a look at your accuweather headlines. we're finding partly sunny skies today, but we're dry showers. back in the forecast tomorrow for valentine's day and then the holiday weekend. we're going to be pretty wet with downpour and gusty winds as a pair of storms move into northern california. but today we're dry. we do have a lot of cloud cover out there, partly sunny conditions as we head throughout the afternoon, and temperatures average for this time of the year. it's nice to be average sometimes 50s and low 60s. by 4 p.m, we'll hit a high of about 60 in oakland, 58 in the city, 63. in san jose, 60 in vallejo, 59 in napa, santa

rosa, up to 60 degrees overnight tonight, we'll hang on to those overcast skies and temperatures mid 40s to low 50s heading into wednesday. now, wednesday, rain is back in the forecast. it's a level one system we have here. and most of this rain is going to fall in the afternoon and into the evening for a lot of us, between a quarter and three quarters of an inch of rain is very likely. it'll just create kind of a slick and slower evening commute tomorrow. but as we head into the weekend, we are tracking stronger storms, potentially with heavier rain and some gusty winds. here's future weather showing you saturday afternoon. we track a front moving onshore that will bring rounds of heavy rain at times, as we get a little bit of a break early sunday and then sunday night into monday, here comes another storm system. right now they are all level ones, but as we head towards the weekend, we may have to increase those numbers on the storm impact scale. partly sunny today. rain back here for valentine's day tomorrow. dry thursday and friday before that. wet weekend sets up starting on saturday. gloria. >> yeah, you know, we're continuing to follow a crash. this is over in vallejo and this

is causing some delays in that area. so we're zooming in to show you exactly where this is happening. this is over on westbound 37 past mare island. a solo car crash speeds are down to seven miles per hour in this area. so if you drive in vallejo, keep that in mind. and then a live look outside at our san mateo-hayward bridge camera and you can see it's pretty busy out here right now. there are no major incidents, just your kind of everyday traffic, guys. all right. >> thank you. gloria. the oscars is right around the corner and festivities are now underway. this year's nominees gathered for the oscars luncheon yesterday at the beverly hilton in beverly hills. ryan gosling, sterling k brown and emma stone were some of the big names to hit the carpet before entering the banquet hall for the annual class photo. they didn't even give us an invite. the cast of barbie and oppenheimer, they made a stunning appearance, snapped a few photos with other nominees, too. of course, you can watch the 96 academy awards right here on abc seven. it airs sunday, march the 10th. it all

starts at 4 p.m. and something else you can watch right here. >> the golden bachelor. if you loved it. get ready to meet the golden bachelor that the show is announcing a new season to the hit spinoff. an older woman will now choose among a group of male suitors. it will debut right here on abc this fall. the first ever golden bachelor gary turner, tied the knot with teresa nest in a live wedding special. just last month. >> a north carolina aquarium is trying to solve a mystery. one of its stingrays, named charlotte, is pregnant. but the problem here is the aquarium does not have any male stingrays. so how can charlotte be pregnant and could a shark be the father? >> people have written and said, well, they can hold male sperme, you know, for years. and i'm like, she's never been around a male until we put those two little boys in here. >> okay, so that's when she noticed the bite marks on charlotte's body. >> a habit of mating sharks. we'll meet mo and larry. one of them could be the father of charlotte's pups. mo and larry

were thought to be too young to be able to reproduce. will soon find out if that's true. the other explanation, and the more likely scenario, officials say, is that charlotte is going through a very rare process in which eggs develop into an embryo without any fertilization , even if the pups were produced this way, they will be clones of charlotte. i think we got to get more out of retirement. >> charlotte and danny, what is going on with you two? >> wow, i'm excited to see what type of creature comes about. >> i'll be excited. >> nature is marvelous. >> up next, the seven things you need to know today and of course, you can watch all of our newscast live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. >> it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku to download the app and start streaming. >> and as we head to break a beautiful, beautiful view on your screen, here's a live look outside. we'll be right back

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if you're catching a flight out of sfo today, you may notice flight attendants picketing outside the airport. it's part of a global day of action on. they are calling for higher wages and better working conditions. >> number two, we are working to learn some more information about the deaths of a man, a woman and two four year old twin boys. they were found inside of a home in san mateo yesterday morning. investigators have notrillioneleased many details, but say they are not looking for any suspects. >> number three today, san francisco supervisors will vote on new fire codes for storing and charging lithium batteries like the type used in electric scooters and e-bikes. san francisco fire department data shows rechargeable batteries have sparked at least 215 fires in the city since 2017. number four, the stock market is dropping this morning after the latest inflation report showed inflation was hotter than expected last month. >> it's 3.1, analysts expected

2.9. the dow is down about 400 points after that. news >> and number five looking live outside mark sports forum camera. we have partly sunny conditions. we are dry today. we'll keep those clouds throughout the afternoon. temperatures near average will get into the 50s and 60s for daytime highs, which is where we should be for this time of the year 63. in san jose, about 60 in oakland, 58 in the city go to 59 in napa. rain back in the forecast for valentine's day tomorrow. it's a level one light storm. showers and downpours, mainly in the afternoon and the evening. >> and number six, a live look at our bay bridge toll plaza camera. very busy here right now. metering lights flipped on at 537 but no major delays other than your normal everyday traffic. >> number seven it is fat tuesday day. a huge celebration is already underway. of course in new orleans tomorrow is ash wednesday and the beginning of lent. you know it's going to be wild next year. the super bowl and mardi gras all together

here. >> that sounds like a fun time. >> the chiefs got to make it. >> or the chiefs. the chiefs got to make it. no the 40 niners and the chiefs got to make it. either way i'm volunteer ing a tribute to. >> the 40 niners are going to win next year i go there favorite cut you off. >> i went to black. stop talking and no i didn't make a lot of money saving. i'm just throwing that out there. goodbye. >> good morning america. 50 million on alert with a major winter storm on the move. northeast braces for the biggest snowstorm in years, taking aim at the i-95 corridor, bringing up to a foot of snow in some area, millions of kids home from school.