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turned terrorist. he's been on the run since the fbi says he detonated explosions in the east bay back in 2003. now he's in custody. the thousands of miles away. >> good morning. it is wednesday, november 27th. >> how's the forecast looking? >> dry for a change. right. and good timing, because the thanksgiving travel rush is underway. so the rain is moving out of here now, as you look at the satellite radar image, you can see some moisture to our south and it is headed inland. but we have a string of dry days coming our way. chilly mornings though, really chilly this morning. 24 hour temperature change shows in the north bay. it's 12 to 13 or 14 degrees cooler. colder perhaps than at this time yesterday, and eight 910 degrees colder over in the inland east bay. so let's take a look at our current temperature readings. we've got 39 right now in santa rosa. and upper 30s in some other north bay locations, 40 at sonoma, 51 here in san francisco, 52 in oakland. that's not so bad. but as you go out into the inland east bay, it's a bit

chilly as well. but this afternoon we'll have bright sunny skies. yay for that. 60 degrees here will be the high in san francisco and oakland and san mateo. many other locations will just barely reach 60 degrees, but it's going to be bright and dry. that's the big the big change in our weather. these are our forecast headlines the next two nights. cold with areas of frost. thanksgiving will be bright and sunny, and the holiday weekend will start with morning fog, but will give way to milder afternoons. good morning sue. >> good morning spencer. and yeah, today the roads are going to be crowded, especially later this morning and this afternoon. let's take a look at your thanksgiving changes for mass transit. if you are out and about tomorrow, caltrain will be on a weekend modified schedule. no delays right now. golden gate will be on the weekend holiday with no golden gate ferry service for thanksgiving day and bart will be on a sunday schedule right now. we'll look at the golden gate bridge. no fog. it is absolutely crystal clear on the road as well. that is an incorrect drive time. pay no attention to that. it is about 24 minutes from

highway four to san francisn 80, popping to san jose. it is clear with no issues. 280 all the way san jose to cupertino is moving nicely. overall, we're looking great. some early morning commuters out of the central valley, as always, thanks to you. >> now let's take a look at some of the best and worst times to drive ahead of thanksgiving. according to triple a, we're now one day away, of course, from the holiday, leaving before 10 a.m. this morning. should set you up for a pretty nice drive. otherwise it's going to be very crowded between 1 and 5 this afternoon on your way back home friday after one is the best time to hit the road. you want to avoid the drive between 7 and 10 a.m. on saturday. if you leave before one, you should be in the clear. expect a crowded drive from 4 to 8 p.m. triple a expects 80 million people to go at least 50 miles from home for thanksgiving. if you're flying. the tsa expects to screen nearly 3 million people today, and the weather is a potential problem

if you are going east. a snow storm could drop up to three feet in colorado today and bring rain to the east coast tomorrow. >> another thing that we're kind of keeping an eye out for is air traffic control, potentially causing disruptions during this week, just because that is something that the tsa and the faa have warned about. >> that issue happened last night at newark airport in new jersey. the airport experienced delays due to a shortage of air traffic controllers, and it could happen at other airports over the next few days. despite the holiday travel rush, bay area airports will be dealing with other events happening as passengers arrive. >> first. contract workers at the oakland airport will rally today at a time when airports are bracing for record holiday travel. here's a live look from our okay camera. the group is made of employees who clean planes and handle baggage, and help wheelchair passengers atd the airport. they're calling on the port of oakland for higher pay, and affordable health care. workers say they make less than

$20 an hour. oakland city council president nikki fortunato bass will join their rally at noon. >> there will be another rally across the bay. aviation technicians under united airlines teamsters union are picketing at sfo. they're demanding industry leading wage, improved health care benefits and better safety standards. the rally will be a part of a so-called day of action at airports across the country. teamsters and united have been negotiating for five months. the teamsters picket begins at eight this morning at sfo, and if you're flying out of san jose mineta today, you might see some furry friends at the terminal. >> six happy tails therapy animals will be out parading around to help lift people's spirits during a hectic travel period. the airports program is made of more than 50 certified therapy animals, including dogs, cats and even one rabbit. if you don't see the pets today, the animals tend to be around during the weekends and the evenings. developing news now a ceasefire deal between israel and hezbollah seems to be holding

this morning. it went into effect last night after nearly 14 months of fighting. abc news reporter perry russom is tracking the latest developments this morning. >> calm on the israeli-lebanese border. the new ceasefire deal between israel and hezbollah holding in his first few hours dancing and singing inside in lebanon. relief after nearly 14 months of fighting. >> this is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities. what is left of hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed. >> the deal calls for israel to gradually withdraw its troops from lebanon and for hezbollah to end its presence in the southern part of the country. >> if hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to israel, then israel retains the right to self-defense, consistent with international law. just like any country, when facing a terrorist group pledge to that country's destruction. >> the deal, negotiated with the help of the united states and

france. >> il y a quelques heures. >> french president emmanuel macron calling the deal a new page for lebanon. secretary of state antony blinken says israel's ceasefire with hezbollah can have a significant impact on getting one done with hamas to end the war in gaza. >> because one of the things that hamas has sought from day one is to get others in on the fight to create multiple fronts, to make sure that israel was having to fight in a whole series of different places. and as long as it's thought that that was possible, that's one of the reasons it's held back from doing what's necessary to end the conflict. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says if hezbollah breaks the ceasefire and tries to rearm, they will attack, saying for every violation they will attack with might. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> we will continue to follow every development of the ceasefire deal here on air and online. just visit abc seven

news.com or download the abc seven bay area app to enable push alerts. >> new developments as the mountain west conference women's volleyball championship tournament kicks off today in vegas. a u.s. court of appeals upheld a lower court rulingals allowing san jose's football volleyball team, i should say, to take part in the tournament. a teammate had sought an emergency injunction to bar a transgender san jose state player from participating. the judge ruled the transgender athlete is playing within the rules set by the ncaa. the spartans play friday. san mateo county sheriff christina corpus is again letting everyone know she has no plans to resign. she posted a letter to her staff and the community yesterday. the letter reads in part, quote, this moment challenges not only my leadership, but the independence and integrity of this office. i will not step down, nor will i allow this institution to be politicized or influenced by special interests. on monday, san carlos became the first city to call on sheriff corpus to resign over misconduct allegations. san

carlos has relied on the sheriff's office for law enforcement service since 2011. the county board of supervisors is also demanding her resignation, as well as members of the sheriff's office. this all comes after a report accusing the sheriff of abuse of power and having an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, who she recently promoted, and sending racist and homophobic text messages. sheriff corpus denies these allegations. she spoke directly with abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes about the report and allegations, and so did her chief of staff. you can see those interviews on our website, abc seven news.com slash i-team. >> well, this morning is off to a chilly start. certainly chillier than yesterday morning. as you can see on the 24 hour temperature change 13 degrees cooler right now in novato than at this time yesterday morning. five degrees cooler in oakland, nine degrees cooler in concord. so on we go to a look at current temperature readings 46 in san rafael, only 39. in santa rosa, 51 san francisco oakland 52 going down into the bay

shoreline, 48 at hayward 53, san mateo 51 degrees right now at san jose. now, we'll warm up a little bit this afternoon. we'll have sunny skies. that's the big change in our pattern from the last several days, certainly. so highs will be in the upper 50s to around 60 in most locations, up to about 62 in the north bay at santa rosa and san rafael, up to about 63 down at san jose. on we go to a look at frost advisory that will be in effect tonight. and tomorrow night, 10:00 tonight to 9 a.m. thursday. and 10:00 tomorrow night to 9 a.m. friday. it includes the interior north bay valleys and mountains. the east bay hills and east bay inland valleys, and the eastern santa clara hills. but as we look ahead, we see bright days going through tomorrow, thanksgiving, sunshine dry for shoppers on friday, combination of fog and sun on saturday, december gets off to a sunny and mild start on sunday, so all the way through the seven day period looks like we're going to have a span of dry days, which we certainly welcome. after all that, we had all the rain we had last week. >> reggie aqui spencer, thank you. one of the

immediate challenges facing san francisco mayor elect dl lowry will be solving the months long hotel strike. coming up, we're going to hear from lowry's senior adviser on labor relations about the plan to resolve that. >> and one of the fbi's most wanted terrorists is now in custody. more than 20 years after this bombing in the bay area, we break down the story that spans decades and continents. >> the long vacant lombardi sports building in san francisco now has a new t

bombings that rattled the east bay. one of the fbi's most wanted is in custody this morning. investigators say animal rights extremist daniel san diego ducked into a bart station and disappeared 20 years ago after setting off multiple bombs at an east bay business with ties to animal testing. >> san diego was arrested in the uk and now faces extradition back to the u.s. abc seven news reporter tim johns breaks down the legacy of his crimes, which had san diego sharing a list with the leaders of al qaeda. >> daniel san diego, who has been on the fbi's most wanted terrorist list for years, has been charged for planting two

bombs on the campus of an emeryville biotech company that used to be called chiron corporation. the fbi says security footage shows san diego walking outside just before the explosions, the first bomb going off near the entrance and the second in the parking lot. a month later, a third bomb that the fbi says san diego built exploded at the pleasanton headquarters of a nutritional products company called shaklee corporation following the events, san diego went on the run and wasn't seen for over 20 years until his arrest in the uk on monday, a move that's not totally unexpected, says former fbi agent rick smith. >> there's a case agent in san francisco that is required to update every month. the leads developed in the case and the progress in the case. so there's someone that's conscious of the case at all times. >> san diego is believed to have been a part of an organization called the animal liberation brigade. gerry valasek, who is a press officer for a different animal rights group, says the brigade hasn't been active in over a decade. >> these organizations are not

really card carrying memberships that you can sign up to. they're more like ideologically, people get together and say, we're going to act on behalf of this organization. they're they're basically independent cells. >> valasek says while he never met san diego, he remembers the incident occurring. he tells me he believes these locations were targeted specifically for the work they did with other companies that had labs involved with animal testing. >> this organization felt like, well, we've tried all the peaceful means. we've asked nicely, we've protested, we've even gone to people's homes and protested. in this particular case in that campaign, nothing's working. so we're going to, you know, bump it up a notch. >> in san francisco, tim jonze, abc seven news. >> three weeks after election day, we're getting a better idea of what san francisco mayor elect daniel loooooong agenda will look like. lori is naming advisers to his transition team, and that includes his senior adviser on labor relations, james araby, who's a longtime labor organization organizer. more than 15% of workers in california are in a

union. it's one of the highest shares of unionized workers nationwide. it's why rb says workers rights should be top of mind for city leaders. >> you know, i think he needs to make sure that, you know, the people in the city are taken care of and that employers understand that this is a union town. and i think this mayor elect will be able to really think through not only getting business in the right place, but making sure that workers that are here are protected as well. >> mayor elect lurie has yet to announce permanent positions for advisers in his administration. he could potentially move his transition advisers into those permanent spots. >> unhoused families will soon face new restrictions if they're trying to stay at a homeless shelter here in san francisco. according to the chronicle, the department of homelessness and supportive housing will only allow families to stay in a shelter for 90 days unless they meet strict requirements for a 30 day extension. families can already stay in a shelter for 90 days, but hhs says extensions are granted regularly, so this these new rules will also restrict who will be eligible

for shelter and who can be placed on a waitlist. h.s.h. says the changes will help them focus on the most vulnerable unhoused groups, but critics argue it will push more families onto the street. the rules take effect december 10th. santa clara county water officials have voted in favor of a proposal designed to keep encampments away from waterways. the ordinance from valley water lays out protection zones. enforcement would include a warning first, with 72 hours for the unhoused individual to voluntarily relocate. the next step would be a misdemeanor charge with a fine or jail time as punishment. >> the intention of the ordinance is not to criminalize or punish unsheltered people. it's to result in better behaviors in the waterway and to prevent the kind of staff safety issues and environmental degradation that we're seeing. >> waterways have become makeshift homes for many of the

unhoused community in santa clara county. the ordinance goes into effect on december 26th. >> in the north bay, plenty of people are still cleaning up after several back to back storms. you can see the muddy mess in spring lake regional park in santa rosa. a dozen parks across sonoma county are still closed because of storm damage. county crews are busy inspecting facilities and repairing that damage. >> it's been a snowy thanksgiving week in lake tahoe. take a look at this. all with all the storms dumping snow for days. this is the view from palisades tahoe, which is covered in fresh powder. the ski resort says it's received nine inches of fresh powder yesterday, bringing the total so far. this season to 56in. sierra at tahoe is the next resort set to open scheduled for friday. >> the day is finally here. the much anticipated animated film moana two arrives in theaters now. our parent company, disney, is releasing the sequel eight years after the original came out. moana is now three years older in the new film, and she

has a new canoe crew to help her journey through dangerous, longr lost waters and her old buddies are back with her. co-writer and director dana ledoux miller says this sequel is a personal endeavor as a samoan person, moana was the first heroine that we ever had, and she's just she's strong and she's empathetic. >> she cares so deeply about her people. and so to see moana, so beloved by so many people, it's really empowering. and to now be a part of telling her continued story is really it's really a privilege, but also a responsibility. >> and remember, a live action version of the original 2016 film is in the works with actor dwayne johnson reprising his role as maui. and this time the pig gets to go along. >> yeah, right. the first time the pig was pure, she was left behind. yeah, i know i thought she was going to be a main character and she wasn't. and

she was not, and people were not happy. may i tell you, the toys at the stores? >> yes. very popular. are they selling out? oh, it's going to be like the hard to find. yeah. okay, just fyi, fyi, disney is the parent company of abc seven. >> pay us. yeah. support us. taking my grandsons to see that movie are you. oh, wonderful. there you go. oh, good. get him the. >> hey, hey, get. get him the pua. give him the maui. get them all. >> oh, they'll want it all okay. they will true. we've got it all in weather right now. well no we've just we've got it better now weather. and we had the last few days because it's drying out and it's going to be dry for thanksgiving. as you can see on satellite radar composite image, there's still some moisture out at sea, but it's moving onshore to our south. so we've got dry conditions now, but chilly. in fact, the next few nights will be chilly. right now you can see on the 24 hour temperature change it's 1213 degrees cooler in many north bay locations than this time yesterday morning, eight to about ten degrees cooler in the inland east bay. more specifically, it's 51 in san francisco and 52 in oakland right now. but

44 in concord and livermore up in the north bay. only 39 in santa rosa, 37 in cloverdale, milder in the south bay, where san jose is 51 degrees. right now, as we go into the afternoon hours under bright sunny skies, look for high temperatures reaching or up to or just above 60 degrees in some locations 62 at santa rosa and san rafael, 60 at san francisco and oakland. san mateo down to the south bay. san jose will see a high of 63 degrees. excuse me. these are the forecast headlines. next two nights it'll be cold with areas of frost. but tomorrow, thanksgiving day, bright sunny skies and the holiday weekend brings us morning fog but milder and brighter afternoon conditions. let's talk about the frost advisory, though it will be in effect tonight from 10:10 p.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow and thursday night. tomorrow night from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. friday morning. that includes the north bay interior mountains and valleys, the east bay hills and the interior east bay valleys and the east santa clara hills. so it's going to be very chilly in those

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things to know this morning. number one, a cease fire between israel and hezbollah seems to be holding this morning. overnight, families began returning to their homes in lebanon. secretary of state antony blinken says he is hopeful the cease fire will lead to another between israel and hamas in gaza. >> number two, extradition proceedings are underway in the uk for one of the fbi's most wanted terrorists. daniel san diego was arrested yesterday. he's an animal rights activist, wanted for two bombings in the east bay in 2003. >> the three get ready for a chill the next couple of nights, and early mornings, as a frost advisory will be in effect for parts of the north bay, the east bay and the santa clara valley. bundle up and protect your sensitive plants. >> and number four, a live look at sfo. if you're headg out today, united workers are planning to picket. it's part of

a nationwide day of action as their union continues negotiating a new contract. a separate rally is also happening at the oakland airport today. contracted workers are demanding better wages and benefits. >> number five, a live look at interstate 80. if your holiday travel plans involve driving today. triple a says you should leave before 10 a.m. the worst time on the road will be between 1 and 5 p.m. and number six, we are following a couple of issues this morning. >> first, a fatality, this one on south 680 near bollinger canyon road. the left lane is the only lane getting by right now. and if you are headed to the oakland airport via bart, the airport line is running about 20 minute delays. so factor that in. excuse me. >> and number seven, it's the day many people in the t bay have been waiting for a new costco is opening in pleasanton this morning, and you can see there's already a huge line outside. these people have been camping overnight a ribbon

cutting takes place at 730. then the shopping can begin. the gym chain fitness sf is taking over a long vacant piece of property here in san francisco. fitness sf will open its ninth location in the old lombardi sports building at polk and jackson. it's a two story, 44,000 square foot building. the new owners plan to create a gym that includes a recovery area, a cryotherapy lounge, and some space for specialized workout classes. >> i'm glad to see something going there. yeah. the nation's first standalone lgbtq plus museum will have a permanent home in san francisco. yesterday, the city finalized the purchase of 2280 market street in the castro district. the property will become the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender historical society museum. the museum has been in temporary locations in the city for two decades. a lease still needs to be finalized and presented to the board of supervisors for approval next year. people living with hiv who need orn transplants could be seeing shorter wait times. for those

potentially life saving organs. this morning, the biden administration announced hiv positive patients who need a kidney or liver transplant will now be able to receive an organ from a donor with hiv. hiv. before the rule, transplants between hiv positive donors and recipients were only done as a part of medical research. the hhs says the decision was based on evidence that these types of transplants are safe and effective. >> coming up, giving thanks by giving food at 530. the organization is making an effort to your next favorite thing about this place is waiting to be discovered. did you know you can do this? ... pretty cool, right? ... and you don't want to miss that.

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stores first customers. >> final preps underway ahead of tomorrow's annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. which, oh, they have a haribo balloon. >> that's new this year. >> oh, you know, that's my favorite candy. >> oh, i love it, too. >> so good. the two of us are really aligned when it comes to sweets. >> sour patch too. >> i know, i knew i liked you. >> i love it from day one. from day one, from the jump. >> spencer. okay. >> yeah. well, the weather is looking pretty sweet right now because the rain has moved out and a string of dry days will be coming our way. a little chilly right now, though. 51 here in san francisco, 52 in oakland, but up in the north bay. 39 sonoma. 39 at santa rosa. and many inland east bay locations are just in the low to mid 40s. but as we get to the afternoon, we'll see sunny skies and slightly milder weather than we have this morning, so highs will be right around 60 degrees in san francisco, oakland, san mateo most locations near the bay shoreline 63 down in san jose only. upper 50s in the inland east bay and up in the north bay. we'll see 62 at santa rosa and san

rafael. these are our weather headlines. next two nights will be cold with areas of frost, especially in our inland valleys and in the hills and mountains. thanksgiving day tomorrow bright and sunny and the holiday weekend will bring us morning fog, followed by bright skies and milder conditions in the afternoon. and as you can see in the accuweather seven day forecast, we have a string of bright and sunny days coming our way. hi, sue. good morning. >> good morning spencer, we've got a couple of problems to start off this wednesday morning. the bay bridge is not one of them. e are looking at some light traffic coming into the city. no mention of metering lights yet. so right now it's a good time to get across into the city. if you're driving from hercules all the way down the 80 corridor into the city, just under 30 minutes. the problem spot. we go to san ramon. this is, unfortunately, a fatal accident involving a pedestrian on the freeway. they had shut down all lanes south. 680, but now the left lane is getting through. but as you can see, purple on our maps are never very

good. it's stacked up to crow canyon boulevard. you'll want to try to take al costa boulevard at this hour to avoid the backup. that's only going to get worse the longer it's shut down. the coroner has been called and down towards san martin. this is northbound 101. we had an earlier accident near east san martin avenue that's been cleared and traffic is improving. reggie aqui. >> all right. thanks so much, sue. this morning we're tracking the holiday travel situation across the country as many of you are waking up and getting ready to head out the door. the good news is the roads on the west coast are drying out. but if you are flying east, get ready for some not so great weather. so here's a look at the flights in the air right now a big storm is moving through colorado, bringing several feet of snow by this afternoon and rain to the east coast tomorrow, which could definitely be an issue for the macy's day. thanks. the macy's thanksgiving day parade. abc news reporter andrea fujii explains an air traffic controller shortage is causing issues in at least one incident of a passenger behaving badly.

>> this is not what holiday travelers are hoping to see today. a passenger on this recent united airlines flight from austin to los angeles repeatedly kicking a seat and smashing a plastic tray table. passengers, fearing he was under the influence of drugs, eventually restraining him. >> unbeknownst to me, there was two other passengers bystanders that had gotten zip ties from the flight attendants. so as i restrained him, we zip tied his hands and his feet and then seat belted him to the seat. >> that man, now banned from flying united ever again. millions of americans heading to their thanksgiving destinations today can expect winter-like weather on the way. >> traditionally, wednesday is the busiest travel day of the year. >> a major storm moving through colorado is expected to drop three feet of snow in the rockies by this afternoon. that storm then bringing snow and rain to the east coast tomorrow, just in time for the macy's

parade in new york. >> around parade start time, we're getting soaked with some snow off to the north and west. thankfully, the winds won't be. terribly strong. >> the coldest air of the season then heads into the plains. >> wind chills in the dakotas could drop to -40 in the coming days. the national weather service warns the threat for heavy snow is increasing across the great lakes, warning the arctic blast will be an abrupt change from the otherwise record warmth. this fall. >> this is united's busiest thanksgiving ever, both in newark and across our system. >> but it's not the weather causing problems so far. it's a lack of staffing. last night, flights at newark airport in new jersey delayed after the faa issued a ground delay because of an air traffic controller shortage. united airlines, blaming the faa demanding the agency rebuild staffing levels so travelers can depend on safe, efficient air travel. the faa says it's ramped up hiring new controllers, but training takes time. andrea fujii abc news, new

york. >> a fairmont hotel employee was arrested carrying a loaded gun while vice president kamala harris was staying there this week. the secret service does not think the vice president was a target or under any threat. a metal detector set up by the vice president's security detail detected the firearm yesterday morning. a background check of that employee found he had an arrest warrant pending in texas. the man faces felony charges for carrying a concealed firearm in public. harris left the fairmont yesterday afternoon without any incident. >> an alarming report shows retail theft cost stores more than $121 billion last year. nationwide, prosecutors in new york say they've busted one of the largest retail theft schemes. they've ever seen. five suspects were arrested in a multi-state operation targeting stores like ulta beauty, sephora and macy's. they're accused of stealing more than $2 million in merchandise, then reselling it online on the street and abroad.

new york's governor says it not only costs stores, but consumers. >> costs are going up. costs go up in a store when they have to recover the loss that they don't make on the stolen goods. think about that. >> a woman in southern california was charged last year in a cosmetics theft operation. she stole $8 million worth of product. and you may notice increased chp presence at stores on black friday and throughout the busy holiday season. the governor's office announced the organized retail crime task force will patrol shopping centers to crack down on retail theft. teams will work with local law enforcement to make arrests and keep store employees and shoppers safe. newsom's office says the task force has made over 1200 arrests so far this year. >> the santa clara county sheriff's office is working to offer people with certain nonviolent misdemeanor warrants a chance to avoid some jail time. it would be through the operation second chance program. it's a coordinated effort with other law enforcement agencies. in the month of december. people

who are eligible can receive a citation with a new court date. instead of being booked into county jail. certain warrants are not eligible for this program, including felony warrants. >> it's been one year since crews finished installing the suicide deterrent nets below the golden gate bridge. the golden gate district says as of november 28th, suicides have been reported this year. now, the yearly average is 30 suicides. speaker emerita nancy pelosi championed the project. she's thanking the advocates who pushed to make it happen. >> when we had the dedication, i wish everyone could have heard the families of those who had lost their loved ones. they advocated for this protection. they felt ownership of it. >> golden gate bridge officials are reportedly using the suicide deterrent nets as a model for bridges across the country. i want to remind you there is help

available if you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or struggling with mental health issues, the holidays can make things a little harder for some folks. go to abc seven news.com slash. take action to see the resources available where you live. now it's time for our abc seven mornings adventure, our way of highlighting some things that are happening today in the bay area. >> first, a thanksgiving meal distribution event in the south bay sacred heart community service is still handing off boxes full of thanksgiving holiday meals to those in need in san jose. the group gives away thousands of food boxes to people every year, and today is the last day to pick up a food box. it starts at 9:00 and ends at noon at their location on south first street in san jose. >> today, the salvation army is holding its annual turkey carving event in san francisco to prepare for the thanksgiving holiday. the carved turkey will be included in thanksgiving dinners that will be handed out to people in the tenderloin, both sfpd and sf fire will volunteer with police chief bill scott and fire chief sandra ton, participating in a carve off

more than 600 pounds of turkey will be will be delivered to nearly 500 people. >> and it's day two of the san francisco glide foundation's turkey drive donation event. you can still drop off a turkey today from 11:00 to 530 at their ellis street location. glide is also taking donations to help sponsor families and their thanksgiving meal. donations can be made on the glide website and in preparation for christmas, the organization is also taking donations for toys. >> a stanford professor is joining the trump administration. why his nomination is drawing criticism this morning. but first we get to spencer and a look at our forecast. >> okay, reggie, things are shaping up in a dry direction. finally, after a week of steady rain, we have rain moving inland to our south right now. so we're going to have dry. we have dry conditions this morning and it will be bright and sunny this afternoon. and that's nice news going into thanksgiving tomorrow. right now, 51 degrees in san francisco, oakland, 5248 and hayward 51. san jose 44 degrees at redwood city, 52 at half moon bay. looking across the

embarcadero from our rooftop camera. other temperature readings right now only 39 at santa rosa, 37. petaluma, napa 47. you can see it's chilly up in the north bay. 49 at fairfield, concord and livermore, both in the mid 40s. 4445 degrees going into the afternoon hours. we expect bright sunny skies with high temperatures right around 60 degrees in many bay shore locations. only upper 50s in the inland east bay. highs up to about 63 in san jose and up in the north bay. 62 at santa rosa and san rafael. these are our weather headlines. next two nights will be cold with areas of frost in our inland areas and in the hills. thanksgiving day tomorrow, bright and sunny and then the holiday weekend is looking really rather nice as well, with some morning fog giving way to bright skies and mild conditions in the afternoon. let's talk briefly about that frost advisory, which will be in effect tonight until 9 a.m. tomorrow and tomorrow night from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. on friday. that's for the north bay interior, hills and valleys for the east bay hills and east bay valleys. and down in the east, santa clara hills. it will be

rather frosty as well. and looking ahead, the accuweather seven day forecast is looking nice and dry and mild going into the first day of december, which is sunday and into early next week. we'll see high temperatures getting a little bit milder over the weekend. low 60s in our inland areas on sunday and monday, and mid 60s on

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news.com and the abc7 bay area streaming tv app. >> a stanford doctor is president elect trump's choice to head up the national institutes of health. jay bhattacharya is currently a professor of health policy. he gained notoriety during the pandemic for his opposition to covid lockdowns. he'll work closely with health and human services nominee robert f kennedy jr. bhattacharya put out a statement on social media saying, quote, he was humbled by the nomination and promising reform, sayine will deploy the fruits of excellent science to make america healthy again. meanwhile, the president elect's new border czar is laying out plans for the mass deportation of undocumented migrants. yesterday in texas, former ice director tom homan said migrants with criminal charges will be targeted first. homan issued another warning to sanctuary states and cities who oppose deportations. this comes after homan threatened to arrest the mayor of denver if he resists this process. >> let me be clear there is

going to be a mass deportation because we just finished a massive illegal immigration crisis on the border. it's a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal immigration authorities. don't test us. >> the washington post reports trump's advisers are discussing how to strip federal resources and funding from sanctuary cities. it's not clear how the bay area would be impacted. of course, san francisco was the first sanctuary city in the country. >> in today's gma first look, authorities are warning about organized criminal groups targeting fedex deliveries of phones. here's abc news reporter aaron kotecki. >> in this morning's gma first look, an iphone theft warning. >> it was, like, so fast. >> watch as this fedex driver walks up to jacqueline rosales front door in georgia. >> he kept looking over his shoulder, like realizing somebody was there, i guess, following him. >> he drops off the package with five iphones in it for her whole family. takes a picture, and

then exactly one minute later, a suspect grabs the package and takes off. >> the car did make a few rounds in my street throughout the day. >> police are warning attempts like these are targeting at&t customers who order new iphones and have them delivered to their homes. this law enforcement alert obtained by abc news says thieves may be disguised as legitimate delivery personnel using doordash bags and wearing amazon or construction vests. and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll tell you what steps you can take to protect your valuable deliveries with your gma first look. i'm aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >> sos meals on wheels in san leandro delivers nearly 2000 meals to senior citizens every day. but vandals are disrupting its services right now before thanksgiving. the nonprofit says three times in the past week, thieves have drilled into the gas tanks of its refrigerated trucks, draining the gas. they say it's an ongoing problem, costing them 16 to $20,000 this

year alone. >> that's just the monetary cost. the real cost is how many fewer deliveries we might be able to make, and how much less time our staff and our volunteers are able to spend on each visit with the older adults that we're supposed to be visiting with and having meaningful interactions with each day. >> yeah, so sad to see this. meals on wheels, says san leandro police have increasd patrols in this area, but so far no one has been arrested. finishing touches are underway on the iconic floats of the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york city. seven of the 20 gigantic floats are new this year. workers spent 100 hours just to create wednesday addams for the netflix float. float promoting the show. okay, now that makes sense. yeah. the bronx zoo float will have life size replicas of the animals, and there will also be a disney cruise line's float with minnie doing a special performance for the crowd. disney, of course, is the parent company of abc seven. it's fun to see all these new

floats. >> it's fun, but it's going to be really wet and cold. >> yeah, yeah. watch it on tv. yeah, exactly. watch them freeze on tv. that's true. >> it's going to be pretty chilly here, but not wet. finally got wet. here's a look at the satellite radar image. you know, we had, what, a week's worth of rain. well, when i say a week's worth, it rained every single day for about a week. but now, whatever rain is developing out at sea is moving well to our south. so we are going to have a dry spell coming our way. but a chilly one, at least in the overnight and early morning hours. check out this 24 hour temperature change. it's rather dramatic in places like novato, 14 degrees cooler than at this time yesterday morning. santa rosa 12 degrees cooler and over in the inland east bay, eight to about ten degrees cooler. so let's check out specific temperature readings as we look out over san francisco. clear skies tower, 51 degrees here in the city. 52 right now in oakland. 88 san jose. 51. redwood city. 44. and 52 degrees at half moon bay.

from our rooftop camera. the view across the embarcadero, 39 degrees in santa rosa, petaluma, 3747, in napa, 49 fairfield and mid 40s at concord and livermore. and this afternoon we'll we'll have nice sunny skies. it's not going to be very mild, but pleasant and dry with highs up to about 60 degrees around the bay shoreline. and here in san francisco, inland east bay will have highs in the upper 50s. north bay highs 62 at santa rosa and san rafael down to the south bay. san jose will top out at 63 degrees. and these are our forecast headlines. next two nights will be cold with areas of frost. thanksgiving day tomorrow bright and sunny and the holiday weekend will bring us some morning fog with afternoon sunshine and milder conditions in the weekday weekend afternoons. let's take a quick look at this frost advisory. so it's in effect from 10:00 tonight to 9:00 tomorrow morning. and then from 10:00 tomorrow night to 9 a.m. friday. it covers the interior east bay valleys and hills the east of the north bay valleys and hills. i should say. also the east bay hills and the

inland east bay valleys and the east santa clara hills. frost will form and could damage sensitive plants. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. as i mentioned, sunshine tomorrow and thanksgiving day. it will be dry on black friday for shoppers going into the weekend. nice dry weather and it starts to get milder on sunday, which is first day of december, and we'll see high temperatures increasing by a couple of degrees going into monday and tuesday. >> reggie aqui thank you spencer. we are tracking some breaking news in the east bay right now. authorities investigating a deadly crash that happened in piedmont. we know a cyber truck crashed at a hampton roadr and king avenue early this morning. it burst into flames. police say moments later, a second car pulled up to the scene and the driver managed to pull one person out of the cyber truck. the person pulled out was sent to the hospital. it's not clear how many people may have been hurt in this crash. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is just arriving. she'll have a live update for us coming up at six. also at six. bart fare increase. how much

more you'll be paying per ride when the new year starts. >> plus, he inspired so many people to come together after the fire of the peacock rising from the flames. >> and a california community remembers a distinctive bird who became a symbol of their

we're hearing a story about a virginia man who loved flying and also loved dogs. the beloved animal rescue pilot would die doing what he loved. abc news reporter lionel moyse shows us how his mission now lives on. >> he had a huge smile and an even bigger heart. >> his legacy is for people to live their lives with joy.

>> during the pandemic, sook kim took up flying and then passionate about animals, he made rescuing dogs his mission. >> he stumbled across a rescue organization in which pilots could fly animals, dogs, cats, bunnies, you name it. >> this past sunday, kim was flying three dogs from maryland to a shelter in upstate new york when he hit turbulence in poor visibility. he requested permission to change altitude, but he crashed near albany. first responders hours later found the wreckage of his plane. kim and one of his dogs had not survived, but 18 month d pluto was found nearby, with only minor injuries. the other dog, whiskey, was also found nearby in a hole he'd managed to dig in the snow despite having two broken leg legs. baby ribs. >> yes. >> a local animal hospital nursing him back to health. pluto and whiskey are just two of the hundreds of dogs kim

helped rescue in recent years. his daughter says there's nothing he loved more. >> over the summer, i actually flew a rescue mission with him. as much attention as he was paying to flying, he was looking back every couple minutes at the dogs and he was smiling. and i don't think i've ever seen him smile that much. >> the father of three's love for dogs, surpassed only by his love for his family. >> i had been saying for months that i wanted pomegranates, and on saturday, while i was at work, he went out and bought one and took out all the seeds and put them in a little container. i was crying while i was eating them, but i wasn't sad at all because it was just a reminder that he's always in our lives. he's always looking out for us. he's still providing even though he's gone. >> kim was just 49. his wife says he got his angel wingse doing what he loved. lionel moise, abc news, new york. >> a santa cruz mountain community is remembering a community member who they really loved. albert the white peacock died in a mountain lion attack

over the weekend. he's lived in boulder creek for decades, becoming the kind of unofficial town mascot. residents are remembering his unique call and how he became a symbol following the devastating, devastating ccu lightning complex fire in 2020. >> we were just stunned. you know, it seemed like he was always going to be here. >> he inspired so many people to come together after the fire of the peacock rising from the flames that he survived. >> a local business association is gathering ideas and funds for a permanent monument for albert in the meantime. a temporary statue is now up. >> tonight, the california highway patrol will be out in force, making sure drivers are staying safe over thanksgiving. starting at 6:00 tonight, chp officers will be checking for impaired driving or speeding. the maximum enforcement period lasts until midnight on sunday, and a two day event to benefit san francisco's tenderloin district continues today. the

holiday festivities kicked off with a turkey donation and a block party yesterday. donors can drop off turkeys for the annual thanksgiving day meal at glide memorial church. organizers say this year's goal is to collect 300 donated turkeys. >> everyone is worthy of a special meal. we're seeing more and more folks who are really in need of a warm holiday meal this season, and so also because of the rising cost of groceries, we are relying on our community to help us provide these meals. >> the giving thanks on golden gate block party continues today, just a few blocks from glide. it's being put on by saint anthony's foundation. organizers say additional donations are welcome. coming up on abc seven mornings at six ceasefire proposal. israel's cabinet approving a us backed deal between israel and hezbollah. we'll have the latest developments. >> san mateo county sheriff saga. the letter the sheriff just posted as communities and leaders on the peninsula continue to call for her to step down.

now abc seven mornings live on abc. >> perry russom in washington. the cease fire starts between israel and hezbollah. what it could mean for the war in gaza. that