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skirmishes, fights and all out brawls. no love lost between certain schools over college football's rivalry weekend. the news at six starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> the city has gotten so expensive as is. why would we kind of deter people from finding a quick parking spot? >> concerns. tonight, in response to an effort to eliminate free parking spaces in parts of san francisco. good evening, and thanks for joining us. i'm dion lim. city transit officials say the pay to park plan makes parking more available, while critics say it's a way to make more money. the sfmta first implemented this plan in parts of the hayes valley neighborhood back in 2022. people with street parking permits aren't affected, but free parking spaces for others were turned into metered spaces. sfmta now wants to expand the project to that second area, highlighted in blue on that map here. parts of the
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marina and union street districts. abc seven news reporter lena holland says some business owners and neighbors are pushing back. >> michael aldridge grew up in san francisco's lower ha. he owns a business on haight street, but says this is still a primarily residential area. >> we have two hour zones and no meters whatsoever because this is, you know, people live here. >> sfmta is proposing a plan to convert some parking in marina. cow hollow and the union street corridor from two-hour residential parking permit zones to pay or permit parking. that means parking will still be free for residents with permits, but visitors without a permit would now have to pay up. no parking spaces would be removed. in a release meant to clear up confusion about the plan, they say this is intended to make it easier for residents and visitors to park, where visitor demand is very high. >> i don't see how really ts going to kind of increase our
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business here other than you know, people are just either going to get more tickets from from meter maids because they don't have their meters full or, you know, that money is going to stay at the city. >> we don't need more turnover. we have adequate parking. what we need is to not charge people. additionally. >> that's evan mateo. he's lived here for 19 years, but he worries about how this could affect people just trying to do their jobs. like home health workers or cleaners. >> expanding them out into the residential blocks. i mean, i guess it produces incremental revenue for mta, but that's the only benefit. and that money comes from the pockets of people who don't have a lot of money. >> sfmta says this change to pay or permit parking has already been working here in the hayes valley neighborhood for the past two years. >> give them an inch to take a mile. >> xavier daniel works in hayes valley. he says he's forced to leave work every few hours just to go move his car. >> on most days it feels like they're like penny pinching to
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an extent. so it's just like i have to put in that $8. i'm already worried about if it's going to get beeped or not. so now i got to worry about a ticket on top of that too. >> the sfmta is holding an open house meeting on this proposal monday night at five at the moscone recreation center in san francisco. lena howland, abc seven news. >> developing news now from the white house. a full pardon today from president joe biden for his son, hunter. the grant of clemency covering all offenses committed by the younger biden from january 1st of 2014 through today. it all comes months after hunter biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges. biden was scheduled to be sentenced in december, but his attorneys now say the case is moot. the decision marks a reversal for the president, who had said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. he released a statement explaining his decision that reads in part, quote, no reasonable person who looks at the facts of hunter's
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cases can reach any other conclusion than hunter was singled out only because he is my son and that is wrong. it goes on to say there has been an effort to break hunter, and in trying to break hunter, they've tried to break me and there's no reason to believe it will stop here. enough is enough. well, happening now. the holiday travel rush is back. taking a live look now at san francisco international airport where things are going smoothly so far. and in fact, all four bay area airports are showing no major delays or cancellations at sfo. the airport is expecting 6.3 million passengers to pass through between thanksgiving and new year's day. that's a 15% increase over last year. today, this is what the horseshoe looked like. a steady stream of cars flowing in to drop off and pick up fliers. the wait is well worth it for travelers who yearn for precious moments during the holidays. >> first family. second. the dolphins game we went to,
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and third, probably the sweet potato marshmallows. >> nice. those are all three good reasons. >> yeah, i'd say those are good reasons. the crowds and lines were manageable at mineta san jose international airport today. sjc expects today to be one of its busiest days of the season. the same goes for oakland airport, where 340,000 passengers are expected to pass through okay over this holiday weekend. well, check this out. across the u.s, heavy snow has created hazardous driving conditions across the east coast and great lakes region. a lake effect snow warning is in effect from cleveland to buffalo, where driving has become treacherous and downright impossible for many. >> we're using front end loaders, backhoes, skid steers, anything we have to remove snow to at least get one side of the street open. >> despite that heavy snow, there have been no major problems reported at the nation's airports. the faa
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is using special airspace designated for military use off the atlantic and gulf of mexico for commercial flights to alleviate some of the busyness in the skies. online hackers have stolen nearly a million dollars frm the marin county housing authority. that money was supposed to be used to rehab low income housing. according to the marin independent journal, the $950,000 was part of a $3 million loan from the county. cyber criminals likely used a phishing scam to steal that money. it would have been used for housing at the golden gate village property in marin city, and the authority says work will not stop on the project despite this setback. the fbi and state investigators have already been alerted. well, people gathered in san francisco to honor world aids day at the national aids memorial grove. unsung hero awards were given to two people who did important community work. one of them was vince cristobo, who has dedicated
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his adult life to giving voices to the disadvantaged. >> you know, hiv covid those things can be treated, but it's the things like it doesn't bring back the trans person. it doesn't guarantee that people aren't going to go to bed at hungry at night. it doesn't guarantee our human rights. and so i think, well, i, i'm all for ending the epidemic. i think we need to refocus and think about what really matters. you know, it's our story and it's not over yet. >> nearby in the castro, it was the 10th annual sidewalk chalk event called inscribe. bright. artwork and notes were drawn along the rainbow honor walk of castro street to honor the loved ones los. you don't have to wait until tomorrow to get in on some cyber monday deals. the big retailers already offering discounts right now, plus an unsportsman like gesture by the wolverines.
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left five people in need of a new place to live. the fire at shelter bay avenue in hamilton drive ignited just before three yesterday afternoon. no one was hurt, but crews say that fire inside one unit led to smoke and water damage to two other apartments. the red cross is providing fire victims temporary housing. no word yet on what exactly sparked that fire. a big week for the supreme court with two cases that could impact american teens tomorrow. the justices will hear arguments in a dispute over flavored vapesin and whether their sales were illegally blocked by the fda. two companies denied applications to sell the flavored vapes are leading that lawsuit. they argue their products help people quit traditional cigarettes, and that ruling against them could destroy the vaping industry. medical groups arguing against e-cigarettes say the use of them by young people is a public health crisis. then on wednesday, one of the highest profile cases to reach the supreme court this term.
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tennessee's ban on gender affirming care to transgender patients under the age of 18. three trans teens and their parents are challenging the law through federal court. the biden administration joined their cas, arguing a constitutional infringement on equal protection. decisions in both cases are expected by june of next year. well, cyber monday doesn't technically start until tomorrow, hence the name. but you can already get a head start on scoring a deal. amazon and walmart are among the major retailers offering up their cyber monday specials today, and shoppers are looking for those deals. 39% of people questioned in a new national retail federation survey say they plan to shop on cyber monday. that's more than 72 million people. shoppers already clicked their way to an online record for black friday spending, racking up $10.8 billion in purchases, up more than 10% over last year. that's according to adobe analytics. many shoppers are
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choosing the buy now, pay later option, accounting for more than $686 million in online sales. state lawmakers are expected to talk sports tomorrow. they'll be championing a legacy and will learn about a push by legislators to get a raiders legend inducted into the pro football hall of fame. plus, heading live outside where we are enjoying some unseasonably warm weather. we'll find out how long it will all last. ahead in the accuweather forecast. >> so what's the opposite of that picture in buffalo, new york? it is way different out there. warm and cozy here. oh it's frightful. a buffalo blizzard. niners are playing in that. we've got an update on what's going on. some of the sc
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no! leonidas. no, no, no, no! ikea? ikea! shop a more convenient ikea with affordable delivery options and more. they get here thursday. (♪) and the ohio state university, $100,000 each. after players from both teams had a postgame brawl on the field. after yesterday's game. it was one of several college football brawls yesterday after teams planted their flags on the home field of their rivals after winning an unsportsmanlike gesture by the wolverines. >> unnecessary. they've won the
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game. >> now, as you just heard, michigan won in columbus. but when the wolverines tried planting the big m into ohio state stadium turf, the buckeyes players confronted their opponents, pushing, shoving even punches were thrown. police used pepper spray on the field to break up the fight. the conference said the brawl was unsportsmanlike. >> this is our field and certainly, you know, we're embarrassed with the fact that we lost the game. but, you know, there's some prideful guys on this team that weren't just going to let that happen. >> a similar brawl broke out between north carolina state and unc fighting also erupted when arizona state tried planting their sun devils pitchfork in arizona's home turf. then there was another fight between florida and florida state in the sunshine state showdown. there's a push in sacramento this week to get raiders legend and san jose native jim plunkett into the pro football hall of fame.
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south bay state senator dave cortese is leading that charge. he plans to introduce a resolution tomorrow urging the selection committee to make plunkett part of next year's hall of fame class. plunkett is now 76, and he graduated from stanford and won a heisman after leading the team to a rose bowl victory in 1970. he also led the raiders to two super bowl victories. we are in for a mild start to the week. we have meteorologist shayla gerardin with your forecast. >> shayla, we have some nice cool conditions ahead. if you're going to be out and about this sunday evening. so temperatures starting off in the 60s. we'll see them cooling down to the 50s pretty quickly with more of that cloud cover building in overnight as we head into early tomorrow morning. some spots even making it to the 40s. so a chilly start to your monday out there. overall though, a nice pattern as we head into the next couple of days. so we have those cool and cloudy conditions tonight. we just spoke of again that spare the air alert going to be in place for the rest of this
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evening and as you head into tomorrow. so we are dealing with poor air quality for many areas. just something to keep in mind if you're going to be out and about tomorrow, try to minimize that time outdoors and then the rest of the week we're talking about a dry pattern ahead is going to be warm. to start off the month of december, we are talking about above average conditions over the next several days. so here's that cloud cover we talked about rolling in tonight. and then by tomorrow morning we'll still see those cloudy and cool conditions with a mix of sun and clouds, especially for inland spots. by the time we get to tomorrow afternoon. and then overall pretty similar pattern as we head into your workweek tuesday, wednesday, thursday. temperatures staying above average. we've of course still got that cloud cover in the mix, but by midweek a little bit more sunshine too, especially along the coast. all right. taking a look at lows this evening. here we go. it's going to be a cool one out there. 40s for most of you richmond coming in 44 degrees. concord at 42 livermore also coming in those low 40s in san jose at 48 degrees tomorrow. a nice start to your workweek. 64 for you in san francisco. definitely have the layers
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handy. san jose though, making it to the 70s at 72 degrees. morgan hill also in those low 70s at 72 as well. and then the rest of the area seeing temperatures tomorrow making it into the 60s. now, you'll notice as we head into your monday and tuesday temperatures not going to change too much for us over the beginning of the week, most of us seeing highs to start the week in the 60s again. san jose, even fremont getting very close to that 70 degree mark. but tuesday, wednesday not too much of a change. we overall have a pretty warm and dry pattern as we head into at least midweek. taking a look at your seven day forecast, i'll step out of the way here monday. we still have that spare the air alert in place. temperatures in the 60s. this is for inland spots. slight cooldown comes our way as we head into midweek, so wednesday, thursday, even into friday, we continue to see that cooling trend. you'll notice temperatures still above average through at least wednesday. then by next weekend we're talking about cooler, cloudier conditions with temperatures starting to warm up again by sunday. bay spots you'll make it to the 70s tomorrow, dipping back into the 60s by
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tuesday, and then continuing to cool through saturday. finally, along the coast, you're 64 degrees tomorrow. still talking about that? spare the air of course, that will expire by tuesday with temperatures in the low 60s by thursday, that's going to be the coolest day of the week along the coast, making it to 62. then we start to see that warm up once again. and then saturday also going to be a very chilly one out there, but overall a nice, comfortable, warm and dry start to december. with that, i'll toss it back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. the 40 niners enter tonight's game in buffalo with their season on the lii mean that is less than ideal conditions. no doubt. this is the scene in the hours leading up to kickoff. it was about 27 degrees. feels like 16. no need for a shirt for that guy. the game is well underway. 14 three bills, two minute warning of the first half. we'll have highlights and postgame reaction tonight at 11. the seahawks in new jersey taking on aaron rodgers and the jets. first quarter rodgers finding east palo alto's own davante adams little fade route to the corner. and the jets have the lead early
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second quarter now following a seahawks touchdown ensuing kickoff will speed it up for kenny nwangwu. he goes 99 yards to the house and the jets get that lead and extend it 21 seven. rodgers is all jolly there later in the second, though. picked off by former jet leonard williams. he's a big man defensive lineman and he's got all kinds of space 92 yards. get that man some oxygen as he reaches the end zone. 2113 and seattle comes all the way back. get it to zach chardonnay in the fourth quarter. the go ahead score with 5.5 minutes to go. now seconds on fourth down rodgers got to have something he needs at least a first down. he throws it up to the end zone and it is incomplete. seahawks win 2621 three straight wins there 75. so leaders in the nfc west the nfc west rams in the big easy taking on the saints. fourth quarter. we're tied at 14. matthew stafford quick little sling to puka nacua who bangs his way into the endzone. quick strike there 2114 rams
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just over a minute to go. fourth and three saints in the red zone derek carr runs out of time. didn't feel the rush. fumble and that's your ball game. rams win 2114. they're six and six in second place in the west with the cardinals who are trying to keep pace in minnesota. and as they say up there skol i mean that's one of the coolest intros in all of sports. all field goals into the third quarter. kyler murray changes that finds marvin harrison jr in the back of the end zone. 19 six arizona. early fourth. it's a 1913 game. kyler murray scrambling for his life. ill-advised throw throws it up byron murphy playing center field. that's an interception. and minnesota with the momentum just over a minute to go in the game. former niners sam darnold finds aaron jones who finds paydirt. add the extra point and the vikings are in the lead. last chance for the cardinals murray going to be picked off again on fourth down. the vikings erase a 13 point deficit. they win 2322. five straight wins. arizona six and six in second place in the nfc
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west with the rams one game back of seattle. the warriors have dropped four straight games. they're off today. steph curry playing through tendinitis in both of his knees. back in the lineup last night in phoenix after missing wednesday's game against okc. scored a team high 23 and 32 minutes and says there is a plan in place to make sure this doesn't become a bigger issue. >> it has the potential to be like a nagging type thing if you don't take care of it. and thankfully, rick has been great trying to give me a protocol to kind of stick with on a day to day, and knowing that something i can get ahead of and not, you know, chase throughout the year. i'm not worried about it, not concerned about it at all. the deeper you get into your career, more things pop up and you just got to, you know, figure it out. >> warriors in denver tuesday
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caught on camera that led to this chase, involving an excavator. those stories and more tonight at 11. well, finally. now a long serving congress member from california will have a building named in her honor tomorrow. the 18 story san francisco federal building on the corner of mission and seventh streets will be formally dedicated to speaker emeritaally nancy pelosi. the signage will be new with her name and be displayed on the tower. the building opened in 2007 and houses offices for pelosi and other u.s. department services. pelosi has represented california's 11th congressional district for 37 years. in 2007, she was elected the first woman to serve as speaker of the house. all right. getting back to that really cold game, by the way, new york, what if the real joe montana happened to be there? would you then want to go cover the game? no, that's not an incentive. enough. really? i couldn't pay you enough. >> well, you could pay me enough
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