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over these last 13 months is that so many people love this city. it's time for us to start making people feel like the city loves them back. >> daniel lurie declares victory and will become san francisco's first mayor in more than a century. coming in with no political experience. good afternoon, i'm kristen tsay. thanks for joining us. san francisco's future mayor says he is ready to take on his new job this morning. lori thanked his supporters for electing him the city's 46th mayor. the nonprofit founder is beating incumbent london breed by 13% margin in early returns, which prompted breed to concede thursday night. lori says san francisco will rise again under his leadership. >> my number one priority is
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public safety for the citizens and the residents and the taxpayers of our city. uh- that that will be my focus in the mission and in every corner of this city as far as the public schools go. i look forward to working in close partnership with the new superintendent, maria su. we have a lot of work to do there and i'm committed to doing it. i have serious disagreements with president donald trump, but i will never i will never let those disagreements get in the way of addressing the problems facing san francisco. >> lori, who spent about $8.9 million of his own money on his campaign, says he likely won't take a salary when he takes office in january. he also plans to put all of his financial holdings into a blind trust as soon as he becomes mayor. breed says she will work to ensure a smooth transition during her final two months running the city. we'll get more voting results today from san francisc,
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which could give us a better idea if prop k is going to pass. this measure would kick cars off a stretch of the great highway near ocean beach in order to eventually build a new oceanfront park. the yes vote is currently in the lead, with 53% of the vote, but there is still more than 100,000 votes to count. we should also learn more about an extremely close san francisco supervisor's race district one, which covers the richmond district, is tied after four rounds of ranked choice voting. incumbent connie chan and challenger margene flower both have 11,001 votes. exactly. you can find these returns and the results to races across the bay area on our website. go to abc7 news.com. today, president elect donald trump spoke with mexico's newly inaugurated president claudia shibam. shibam says trump praised or raised the issue of the border with her. abc news reporter perry russom has the latest. >> today, president elect trump
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denying reports he plans to sell his social media platform, truth social. trump writing online, he has no intention of selling, calling for anyone who has spread what he calls fake rumors to be investigated. trump has been relatively silent since his win, working on building his cabinet and speaking with world leaders, including ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. multiple sources tell abc news elon musk joined that call with zelenskyy raising questions about how much influence musk will have in trump's administration. >> susie likes to stay sort of in the back. >> let me tell you so far, trump has announced susan wiles as his chief of staff, multiple sources tell abc news congresswoman elise stefanik is the leading candidate for u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she has been one of trump's top defenders in congress. >> the failed leadership of kamala harris and far left democrat policies have put our nation and the american people at risk. >> republicans are projected to have a firm control of the senate, and that will be crucial
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in helping trump approve his administration. in pennsylvania, republican david mccormick, speaking today as he leads the race over the incumbent democrat. >> there's a mandate for change and so that's where my attention starts today. >> today, special counsel jack smith filed a motion tied to trump's election interference case, asking to pause all upcoming deadlines. the judge granting that request. smith and the doj have been in talks to wind down their cases against trump. perry russom abc news, washington. >> in southern california, investigators are trying to determine what sparked the wind driven mountain fire, which has burned more than 20,000 acres since it started wednesday morning. at least 132 structures have been destroyed by the flames in moorpark and camarillo. both communities in ventura county. 88 others are damaged and 11,000 more are threatened. cal fire says at least five civilians and one firefighter have been injured, although it's unclear how they got injured. the flames are now moving toward the communities of
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santa paula and somis. the fire is only 7% contained. for us, beautiful day today, but rain is on the way for your weekend. here's abc seven meteorologist drew tuma with your accuweather forecast. >> here's the accuweather headlines. beautiful today. get out. enjoy the afternoon. this evening is nice as well. we'll have clear skies throughout the next 12 hours over the weekend. you'll notice tomorrow an increase in cloud cover. it's partly sunny on saturday. sunday morning before about 7 a.m. we have the chance of some drizzle as a cold front moves through here, but we're focusing our attention on monday. that's our next best chance of finding widespread rain. the level one a light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale. so looking at our rain chances through the next seven days, a bit of a bump over the weekend, late saturday, early sunday, there's that chance of drizzle. but it's really sunday night and all day monday we find that highest chance of rain moving through and that will likely bring us some light rain throughout the day on monday. we'll talk about those details in one second, but
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today is all about sunshine, pleasant temperatures, upper 60s, lower 70s for daytime highs, and overnight tonight we'll find partly cloudy conditions. some of those clouds streaming in after 8 or 9 p.m. similar setup to this morning where we had lows in the 30s and in the 40s. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. it is clear it is quiet across california. you're starting to notice some changes off the coast. we look to the west to see what's coming our way. we do find a little bit of cloud cover tomorrow. a front early sunday will likely bring us some drizzle and behind it, we're tracking this system that will likely bring us that lighter rain on monday. so here's a look at the abc seven storm impact scale. remember, we rank our storms here from one light five to severe. just gives you a good idea of what we're expecting in the days ahead. by monday to level one light storm with light rain, some slick travel out there. that's your biggest impact. the roads getting wet with breezy to gusty winds at times. so here's a look at future weather sunday morning. we'll get you some drizzle out there, but it's really during the day monday. here comes that
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front moving through not only rain here locally, we're also tracking snow in the sierra when it comes to rainfall totals here locally. the reason why it's a level one, not a lot of rain, but enough to cause some issues. likely on the roads in some spots, about a quarter to a half of an inch in most areas. here's the accuweather seven day forecast the next seven days for you. sunny today, partly sunny tomorrow. some morning drizzle on sunday and then the level one here on monday for the holiday. but it's a fast mover. by tuesday and wednesday sunshine is back and some warmer temperatures. >> all right. up next, the state of transportation in the bay area. we'll speak with a public transit advocate and coauthor of a san francisco measure that would have put a new tax on rideshare companies in order to support muni
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a muni prop. l would have put a new tax on rideshare companies and sent that money to support muni. although it got more than 50%, you can see that was not enough because another measure that effectively blocks it got more votes. so joining us live now to talk about what this means for san francisco and bay area transportation, prop l's coauthor and a public transit advocate, chris arvin. chris, thanks for your time today. >> thank you for having me. >> look, i know it got the majority, but why do you believe prop l ultimately fell short? >> yeah, well, i mean, first i'll say i'm really proud of what our campaign did. we started with just a small group and ended up building a coalition of over 100 volunteers who gathered over 17,000 signatures to get us on the ballot because they really care about public transit in the city. and we ended up knocking on over 11,000 doors across the
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city. and i think we're all really proud that we were able to get a majority support from the city on this measure. but in terms of so ultimately, you know, how do you think this will affect muni's operations and passengers now in the coming years? yeah. so unfortunately, the agency next year is looking at a $15 million deficit that would have been offset by prop l had that gone into effect. the agency is already planning some service cuts for next year, but that's going to mean longer waits for busses and trains. and then we're looking at potentially even larger service cuts than next year as that deficit grows. >> do you suppose there was some people reluctant to vote for it because perhaps a tax on waymo, you know, uber, lyft, people think, oh, that means my ride is going to cost more because they're going to pass it on to me. >> yeah, i'm not sure. you know, it's it was a fairly small tax. these companies are taxed less in san francisco than they are
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in some other major cities, like new york city or washington, dc. but really, the affordable transportation in san francisco is muni. muni cost $2.75 to get across the city, and you can compare that to $25 to take an uber across the city. and so what we're looking at really here is how do we protect the affordable method of transportation in san francisco? >> look, how do you think this will affect not just those who ride muni, who obviously, as you said, may be facing less service or have fewer routes, but people who ride bart or maybe drive their cars in and out of san francisco, how about, you know, cyclists or scooter riders? give us the bigger picture. >> yeah, absolutely. so having less transit service affects everyone. having less transit service really impacts those who don't have other options, especially people with disabilities, seniors, but even people who don't take transit because having fewer people taking transit means more traffic, more competition for parking, and the impacts of
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covid on the budgets of these agencies is going to be a real a real weakening of transit service. if we don't do something to prevent that. and bart is going to be looking at even worse problems potentially than muni, because bart was really designed in some ways for a downtown office economy, which is no longer as relevant as it used to be. >> so ultimately, what do you think this means for traffic congestion in the city, which already people are complaining about? i mean, people are happy that more workers are coming back into the city, but you've probably even noticed yourself that since some of the big companies like salesforce started asking people to come back again, there's noticeably more congestion, right? so what to do about this bigger situation? >> yeah, absolutely. so we really need to be looking forward to the next election and having another measure in that next election. and ideally, something that is regional, something that will help bart and also muni as well. there is
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really no recovery for the city without strong public transit. the city cannot function without strong public transit. and so it's really a question of both downtown and neighborhood recovery. and also how do we protect the service that hundreds of thousands of people in the bay area depend on every day? >> is it going to help transit at all with the tolls on state owned bridges? you know, going up? because starting january is going to cost you $8 to cross, right? as a driver and step by step, by 2030, it will be 1050 even for fast track users. so that increase is supposed to help fund transit projects, partly. will that make a difference? >> yeah. so there's, you know, transit project funding and then there's transit operations funding, which is the day to day funding that is needed to just pay the workers who run the transit system. and i, i do not believe that there is going to be extra funding for transit operations with that tool, other than what we currently. >> i see it's two separate pots of money, one to build the
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infrastructure, the other to actually operate day to day pay the drivers and all that kind of stuff. okay, so let me ask you this. you know, what do you say to those who think muni should focus on improving their efficiency and management? because i think that's some of the reluctance, right. why would i want more money to go to you? look at how you how you've done it so far. you know, instead of seeking additional funding, i mean, especially at a time like this, when really a lot of people see their groceries and gas bills going up and they're wondering why fund muni? >> yeah, absolutely. this is actually something the agency has already been working on for years. they have massively shrunk the size of the agency since the pandemic started, by not refilling positions as there was attrition. and so the agency size is much smaller than it used to be. but they've also been doing a lot of work on the efficiency of muni, doing things like painting red transit lanes where they can operate, then the same amount of service for less money because that line is more
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efficient. and so overall, the agency has actually decreased spending compared to before the pandemic. but they're running out of ways to increase efficiency without just cutting service. and cutting that service is going to mean fewer transit lines. walking further to get to transit, having to wait longer for transit, and that really impacts those who depend on transit the most. and that really impacts affordability of the city. >> all right, chris, i know you had hinted at, you know, hoping for a regional solution. we only have about seconds. what do you think that might look like? >> yeah, ideally it looks like something that is shared across a number of counties in the bay area that are facing down a financial crisis. and it's something that is a shared solution where we can come together in 2026, pass this, and then not just preserve service in these counties, but actually expand service and have better service. >> public transit advocate chris arvin, prop l's coauthor. thank you for joining us today.
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>> thank you so much. >> all right. up next, a grieving wife becomes the main suspect when her firefighter husband is shot and killed in his driveway. abc news is sitting down with a cherished tradition set in 1915 san francisco. delight in a fun-filled holiday experience. ♪ tickets on sale now at sfballet.org
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a man's own wife was eventually arrested and charged with murder. with prosecutors alleging she was having an affair with her sister's husband, and police believe she conspired with him to kill her husband. abc seven news anchor reggie aqui spoke with 2020 correspondent matt gutman about the new special airing on the case, and his interview with the widow now convicted of murder. >> so, matt, this story starts in evansville, indiana. you have a longtime firefighter. he is shot and killed in his driveway. so extremely traumatic event for the community. and it takes a while, but eventually his own
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wife becomes the accused. why is she accused of this crime >> i mean, when you talk about evansville, indiana, you're talking about, like, the most american city you can imagine, right? and robbie daw has been on the fire department for 28 years. he's been decorated for heroism. this is not a guy who's been involved in crime. not the kind of guy you would expect to be gunned down in his own driveway. he'd been married for a year. it seemed like everything was looking up for him. and then police begin to try to unravel this case. and you mentioned it. they start looking at his wife and interestingly enough, you know, they look at her phone and at first glance, nothing there. they go into the phone records and they see that 5 minutes or 7 minutes before her husband was gunned down, she makes a phone call. but then deletes the record of the phone call. they look into who called her and it was a man named larry richmond, senior, who just happened to have been convicted of being involved in killing someone he'd
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gotten out of prison. and how did she know him? because he was dating her sister mandy. and then they start to unravel what ends up being this love triangle or love quadrangle. i don't know what you want to call it, but that ends up taking them down this road of understanding that they believe becky, his wife, was involved along with this man, larry senior, richmond senior, both of them vehemently deny it. and i got a chance to interview becky. just after she was sentenced to 90 years in prison for the murder of her husband. and when you look at someone in the eye, you know, you think, oh, i can tell if that person is lying. i might be able to tell if that person is a murderer. i couldn't tell her story was very, very convincing. >> reggie aqui now, as for the man that she was allegedly having this affair with her sister's fiance. if i'm tracking this all, is he still out? and about? is he? has he been arrested? what's what's the status? >> he was arrested because law enforcement found that he had
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stashed a bag of guns. remember? he's a felon. prohibited from having firearms, but he'd stashed a bag of guns in his girlfriend's backyard. they dug it up, and it wasn't the murder weapon. they have still not managed to find the murder weapon. but because he's a felon off, he goes to prison for having a firearm. and his trial is coming up. now, as you mentioned, becky and larry richmond, senior have vehemently denied that also that they've had an affair. but clearly there was some sort of connection. there were notes passed between them. their children get involved. reggie, and they point an accusing finger. finger at their parents. and so what starts as this sort of love triangle or quadrangle ends up swirling, involving kids and other family members. it's a pretty crazy story, but even to this day, having been on this for almost a year now, i still don't know exactly what happened. and i think it's up to viewers to really make their decision. we don't know at 2020. we just try to lay out the whole story and tell it as best we ca.
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>> finally, since you got a chance to talk to becky and you say that she presents, well, she she seems like she is being truthful to you. do you? why do you think that she decided to talk ultimately to you? >> reggie i think because she's facing 90 years in prison and that is a long time. and i think part of her may actually believe that she is innocent. and maybe she is. her lawyers make a very good case. we interview them, we interview family members. we have never before seen body worn camera from the police of the moment in those minutes after robbie was murdered. and she's got a couple of really good convincing arguments like there is no evidence, no proof whatsoever, that she and larry richmond senior ever had an affair. so why did she do it? police and prosecutors allege that maybe she killed robbie for his pension, but it wasn't very big. and so the why of this all continues to nag everybody involved here? >> well, i'm interested, matt gutman, we appreciate you taking the time and obviously the many
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months to put the story togethe. >> and you can watch 2020 fire and ice tonight on abc seven. it airs at nine and will stream the next day on hulu. an act of kindness for family member has since grown into a massive initiative, helping thousands of children worldwide. how a 14 year old is being reco
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new york city has the story. >> this is a celebration. years in the making for the entire family at disney world. our disney cameras are here to catch it all. >> i'm so excited. >> sisters giuliana and audrina and their cousins giada and brother sal. at nine months old, giada had been diagnosed with brain cancer. >> it's probably the darkest time in our lives and, you know, to be told that your child has cancer is something that i never would have thought would have happened to us. >> during gianna's months long hospital stays, her cousins noticed her drab hospital gowns. giuliana had an idea in honor of giada. >> i inspired them to do good things for people and make hospital gowns for kids with cancer. >> giuliana learned to sew and decided to make one pediatric gown. >> i was just going to keep it as something small just to one girl that had my aunt had known from the cancer community. it
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was so fulfilling. >> she just kept going. three years into it, she now has tons of friends, family, and even strangers helping her sew gowns for kids battling cancer. their work has taken over part of the family's basement with donated machines, fabrics and supplies. >> it feels really good and i feel like i'm doing something really special. helping the kids in the hospital. >> some gowns have gone to canada. england. uganda. ethiopia. >> all this in gratitude for their cousin's fight and cancer survival. >> it's really heartwarming to see how focused they are and dedicated and passionate they are about helping other kids. >> we're so proud of giuliana and audrina and the commitment they've given to this charity and this word that just spread across the world because of their work, disney is honoring them. >> i'm going to disney world. >> the cousins parents all headed to the magic kingdom. a thank you for their dedication to helping others.
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>> they do such a wonderful job setting an example to our children and children. really, all over. >> they're like really special to me. >> they hope their work will encourage more people to join the effort. >> to see more of the family's journey to walt disney world, tune in to the wonderful world of disney holiday spectacular. sunday, december 1st at 8 p.m. here on abc seven. disney is the parent company of abc seven. finally, today is the start of san francisco's restaurant week. it runs today through next sunday. there are plenty of cuisines and dining options available, from comfort food to high end dining. participating restaurants are offering meals with fixed price points. lunch courses are priced at 10 to $45, and for dinner, meals start at $30 and go up to 90. so bon appetit. thank you for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here at four.
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