thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z. >> they're outline comes as there have been a lot of questions about the process after voters chose to oust mayor chantel. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more on the new developments from oakland city hall. >> i also want to say very clearly that continuity and stability is critical during this time of transition. >> oakland city council president nikki fortunato bass will be oakland's new mayor, but just for three weeks on wednesday, the city outlined the process for who will become oakland's next mayor. based on a legal opinion drafted by the city attorney's office. the alameda county registrar of voters is expected to certify the november election by december 5th. oakland city council will accept the results at its next city council meeting on december 17th. at that moment, mayor shengtao steps down. bass becomes interim mayor. however, bass is also moving on. she won her race for alameda county board ofrace for supervisors for district five. so she will serve until january 6th.

>> i'll have more information to share by december 17th. on the interim plans for our district two council office at the january six meeting, three new city council members will be sworn in. >> the new city council will pick the next city council president and pro tem. that president will become interim mayor. the pro tem will become acting city council president. a special election will be held on april 15th for the new mayor and bass district two seat. >> in other circumstances, we might have a mayor pass away or suddenly become incapacitated, and we would have a vacancy that we're dealing with in real time. right now. we have the advantage of having weeks and months to plan ahead in this scenario, oakland will likely have four mayors between now and april. >> this all unfolds as oakland faces an almost $100 million historic budget deficit. but the way oakland's government is set up, the mayor is not as strong as in other cities. and bass says the current city council has already been doing the hard work. >> we are looking at this as how do we continue to address the

structural imbalance that we have. so we are really working to set up the next council. the new mayor for success, former alameda county superior court judge brenda forte, led the recall campaign against mayor tao. >> she sent a letter to the city claiming there are other options for a cleaner transition, with only one interim mayor. one example is having bass resign as city council president and letting one of the outgoing council members serve instead. oakland city council will have a special budget meeting on december 9th, where they may consider possible budget cuts. president bass hopes to haves. some tough decisions made by the end of the year. in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> 2025 is shaping up to be a very busy year for special elections, not just oakland, san jose and san mateo county are also planning elections in the months to come. people in san mateo county will head to the polls on march 4th to vote on whether to give the board of supervisors the power to fire the sheriff amid misconduct allegations, which the sheriff

denies. in san jose last night, the city council set a special election for april 8th to fill the seat of former city council member omar torres, who resigned after being arrested on child sex abuse charges. and then oakland would likely select its new mayor one week later. five newly elected bay area mayors have been invited to a top american university to get valuable advice lessons, if you will, on how to govern mayors. ron burnell, from antioch, dina ishii from berkeley, daniel lurie from san francisco, andrea soares from vallejo, and raj salwan from fremont are all at harvard university in cambridge right now at their kennedy school. the five were among two dozen new mayors from 11 states chosen to be trained by harvard faculty on delivering results for their residents. the boot camp is called the first 100 days program. >> san francisco supervisor joel engardio is facing the possibility of being recalled, and this comes

after a group of sunset dist residents filed a recall petition letter on tuesday. that group is upset over engardio support of proposition k, and that would shut down a portion of the great highway on the city's west side. abc seven news reporter tim johns spoke with the supervisor, as well as the recall supporters, and he has the story. >> like many residents in san francisco's sunset neighborhood, albert chow is upset after city voters passed proposition k, shutting down a two mile stretch of the great highway. chow worries it will have a negative impact on both his neighborhood and his business. >> you close a vital artery like the great highway that does anywhere between 14 to 20,000 commuters a day, and put them onto the other two north south lanes. or when they get frustrated with those two north south lanes, they end up going through our streets. >> chow, like many residents in this area, places a lot of the blame on his district for supervisor joel engardio, the frustration culminating on tuesday when several residents launched an effort to formally have engardio recalled over his

support in shutting down the great highway. >> i'm focused on finding traffic solutions, given the situation that we're in today and making sure people can get where they need to go. >> engardio says while he supports residents right to organize a recall, he wants voters to consider his stances on a variety of issues and not just prop k. he also tells me he wants to have conversations with recall supporters and hear their concerns over traffic and other issues. >> city supervisors have to represent our districts, but we also need to represent the city as a whole, and it's impossible for one city supervisor to be in agreement. 100% of the time on every issue. >> just to give you an idea of why so many people in this neighborhood are upset, i want you to take a look at this map. our abc seven news data team created this map, breaking down the results of the proposition k vote. what it clearly shows is that the majority of people who actually live closest to the great highway wanted to keep it open, while those who live further away voted to close it down. but the great highway is only part of the concern. chow

says he worries the city is becoming less and less car friendly overall. >> i don't think cars are the enemy. i think all modes of transportation are valid, but at the same time you also have public transportation. that's not quite adequate. >> and as for engardio, his offer to talk and listen to local residents. chow says he's already heard enough. >> the more i think about it, it's like, what is there to talk about at this point? >> in san francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. >> now let's talk about our weather. look how pretty it is. beautiful, right? did you get outside? yeah. sunny and mild. >> a little bit. a little bit. i was in las vegas for a few days. that was a whole different scenario. but it was sunny ther, too. not that family members really remember it. that much, but we got stuff to talk about. yeah, we do. during the commercial break, we'll get to that. but it's kind of hazy outside for us. meteorologist sandhya patel with a closer look at air quality and what we're looking at for the rest of the week. hi, sandy. >> hi, there. yeah, larry and kristen. it is really nice outside. there's a lot of sun, but the air quality is definitely been declining as we

look from our east bay hills. camera. hard not to notice the haze in the air. we have some high clouds passing through as well. air quality right now. moderate across a good part of the bay area indicated by those yellow dots. now, part of the reason is we have this high pressure that's putting a lid on the atmosphere. and the winds are so light it can't really mix out the pollutants that are in the air. and as we take a look at the air quality, we are looking at moderate air quality again tomorrow. moderate for most areas friday, but good for one small section. the other story is the temperatures. look at how mild it is or warm. in the case of saint helena, we've got 60s and 70s as we go hour by hour. those temperatures will be slow to drop off. 7:00 you're still in the 50s. by 10 p.m, 40s and 50s. a little bit of fog in there and higher clouds as we head into the morning. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming right up, larry. >> all right, sam, we'll see you in a few minutes. a jury is now considering a murder charges in the high profile murder case of cash app founder bob lee. closing

arguments concluded yesterday. prosecutors say nimmo many planned the 2023 attack after hearing lee introduced his sister to a drug dealer who sexually assaulted her. defense attorneys say he acted in self defense after lee attacked him with a knife while on drugs. they also claim that lee was earlier seen on video doing drugs off of some object that appeared to be the murder weapon. now, if convicted, he faces 26 years to life in prison. abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow will have much more in a live report from the courthouse. and that's coming up on abc seven news at five. >> a new report paints a troubling picture about gun violence and how it disproportionately impacts communities of color in alameda county. outgoing alameda county district attorney pamela price released that 84 page report. this morning. it finds gun violence is the leading cause of death in the county for people under 18. according to the findings, an average of three. alameda county residents were killed by guns weekly between 2019 and 2023. a

disproportionate number of the victims were young people of color. price says it's time to use the data to make lasting changes to address the issue. >> the support action that we hope will go forth even after my departure includes addressing the structural inequalities that contribute and promote violence in communities that are most impacted by it. >> the report was authored by the da's office, along with the public health department and law enforcement. the county board of supervisors voted to declare gun violence a public health emergency in 2021. developing news now a shooting at a school in oroville wounded two students and the sheriff says the suspected gunman took his own life. it happened at around 1:00 at the feather river adventist school near palermo. the butte county sheriff says he doesn't believe the gunman has a connection to campus. students were evacuated to the school's church, where y were reunited with their where y parents. the feather river adventist school is a private

school for grades k through eight. >> coming up on abc seven news at four, a murder mystery that rocked new york city. the ceo of a major health care company gunned down today in what police say was a targeted attack. a warning ahead of inauguration day. what california's attorney general told public institutions to prepare for. and christmas with the currys. how the warriors superstar and his wife are doing their your business needs a network it can count on... even during the unexpected. power's out! -power's out! power's out! comcast business has got you covered, with wifi backup to help keep you up and running. wifi's up. let's power on! let's power on! -let's power on! it's from the company with 99.9% network reliability.

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public institutions in the state that they should not help the incoming trump administration with mass deportation efforts. rob bonta gave the warning this morning at the bernal heights library in san francisco. he said all state institutions, including libraries, schools, law enforcement, courthouses and shelters need to abide by the state's guidelines when it comes to immigration status. all of this is in response to campaign promises made by trump for mass deportations that he's going to use the military, he says, to execute his plans. >> the national guard. it's inhumane. it's illogical. it's fiscally irresponsible, and it's against what this state and frankly, what the country stands for. >> bonta encouraged californians to report public institutions in the state who might be helping

with deportation. >> president elect trump's nominee for defense secretary, pete hegseth, says he is not backing down. he faces accusations of misconduct that are challenging his chances of winning confirmation in the senate, and sources tell abc news that mr. trump has spoken to somebody else about possibly taking over as the nominee. abc news reporter perry russom at the capitol with the latest. >> today, president elect trump's pick for defense secretary, pete hegseth on capitol hill once again meeting with republican senators as he fights to win over their approval. >> here's what they want to do to make sure that department is properly oriented for the threats of the world, and make sure that we're putting the warfighters first. that's what donald trump asked me to do. >> the likelihood of his confirmation appears to be dwindling, as sources tell abc news, at least six senators have privately indicated they do not intend to support him. hegseth says trump is behind him all the way, even as sources tell abc news. trump and florida governor ron desantis spoke yesterday about desantis becoming the

nominee instead. >> i spoke to the president elect this morning. >> he said, keep going, keep fighting. >> hegseth is facing accusations of financial mismanagement and sexual misconduct allegations. he denies. according to the new yorker magazine, he was forced to step down from leading two conservative veterans groups, in part because of accusations of mismanaging funds and abusing alcohol while on the job. the new york times obtained an email written in 2018 by his mother, where she accused him of being an abuser of women. hegseth? s mother on fox news this morning. >> pete is a new person. he's redeemed, forgiven, changed today. >> hegseth says he's being smeared by what he calls fake and bs stories, saying the left is afraid of disrupters and change agents not withdrawing your name from consideration. >> just to be clear, we're meeting all day with senators. >> hegseth says he is doing this for the war fighters, not thehis war mongers. he says this has become personal and passionate for him. perry russom, abc news, capitol hill. >> all right, let's move on to

the weather now. and unseasonably warm or mild, i guess we could say i really appreciate that. >> although i've been sneezing a little bit. and i think that's because of the haze. the smoke. yeah, yeah. >> quite possible. sandhya, how are we looking in that regard? >> elm trees are to blame. larry and kristen. yeah, i know, and you know, of course, if you have respiratory issues, haze from poor air quality or moderate air quality is not helping. let me show you a live view that might brighten up your view, if you will, because we do have hazy skies around because of the inversion layer, but this view is absolutely beautiful from our south beach camera looking at sunshine, high pressure overhead, providing us with this dry pattern that we're in, it is going to continue heading into next week, but we are going to see some extra high clouds. we're already starting to see a few right now. more so tomorrow morning as we look at live doppler seven. right now it is all quiet. exploratorium camera showing you a lovely view of blue skies. good day to be out sailing. you can see that ship going by mid 60s from

hayward to san francisco. 63, oakland, san jose, you're at 67 and 59 in half moon bay from our sfo camera. certainly that haze is very evident. santa rosa 68 degrees mid 60s from petaluma to napa to fairfield 66, in concord. a live view from san rafael. camera a lot of sun out there overnight tonight. fod increasing clouds. tomorrow it will be a sunnier afternoon and your weekend weather will be cloudier and cooler to start it off on saturday. we're going to go hour by hour tonight at five 15, 50s and 60s. temperatures will slowly come down at 7:00. you're still looking at numbers in the 50s and then 40s and 50. by 10 p.m. there will be some fog near the coastline, along with higher clouds overhead. so tomorrow morning, not as chilly as this morning, we had some 30s this morning. tomorrow we're going 40s and 50s and then the afternoon. it's going to be another mild to warm day. most areas will be in the 60s and 70s. so first thing tomorrow morning the fog will be around near the coastline and in our valleys

like santa rosa. this morning we did have some dense fog, 30s to 50s on your morning temperatures. as we head into the afternoon. mild december weather continues 70 in morgan hills, 69 in the south bay in san jose on the peninsula, 67, redwood city 60, and half moon bay, downtown san francisco, south city 64 degrees low 60s. daly city in the north bay 66 in san rafael, these temperatures running a good 5 to 10 degrees above average. 65 napa 68. in santa rosa in the east bay. mid 60s oakland, hayward head inland and it's 67. in walnut creek, 66 concord 68 degrees in livermore. we're going to look ahead because i think some of you have been wondering about that rain. it all stays across the pacific northwest this weekend. going into saturday and sunday. they get some snow in the mountains. and then here comes our opportunity for rain a week from this friday. this is about the 13th. we have an opportunity and the 14th december mid-month to see some wet weather. accuweather seven day

forecast. enjoy the dry skies for the time being as we head into the weekend, we're going to start it off cooler than where we are right now, and then temperatures will drop even more early. next week will be closer to where we should be for this time of year. >> kristen and larry all ri. thank you, sandy and doctor patel for diagnosing why i was sneezing all day. >> i wouldn't go that far. >> sounds good though. >> you may want to get a second opinion. >> thanks, larry. i know right? no faith. yeah. >> hulu is officially in the stand up comedy game. i may be going there as well, launching their new brand hilarious comedian jim gaffigan kicked things off last night at the launch in manhattan. his special is called the skinny, and it's streaming now. >> some of it is the lowdown on what is being the parent of teenagers, and some of it's the lowdown of dealing with technology. >> hulu is going to roll out a new special every month over the next year. as you know, disney

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helped make this magic possible as the eat, learn, play foundation continues its mission to transform the lives of oakland students and families. >> when i woke up this morning, i did have joy, but i think that was, you know, amplified for sure when we stepped out of the car and saw everything that's been a culmination of a year of work come together. >> it's a well-oiled machine, and you can see the results and the energy when you come to a day like this, not only the time that people spent to make things happen, but just the appreciation from everybody who's here on just what it means, not just for the community, but for the kids, the teachers, the families. it means the world. >> and keep in mind that steph played last night so he probably didn't get a lot of sleep before this event today. it shows his commitment. now chris alvarez will join karina nova during our 5.30 streaming show. for more on today's christmas with the curry's event, christmas came early today. >> for some south bay kids who

could use a helping hand, they went on a shopping spree with local law enforcement. abc seven news reporter lena howland explains how the annual shop with a cop event helps build a better bay area. >> christmas just got a whole lot brighter for about 200 kids in san jose. >> so it's fun to have a day off. >> this year, the san jose earthquakes have partnered with the shop with the cop foundation of silicon valley to host their annual shopping spree for kids in need with santa closely supervising. how is everybody doing? >> thank you. >> organizers say the program is designed for kids between the ages of 5 to 12. some come from under-resourced neighborhoods, and others have suffered a traumatic crisis in their lives, like the loss of a parent because of violence or domestic violence in the home. san jose police chief paul joseph says it also serves as a method to promote literacy. >> shop with a cop does more than just provide gifts. at christmas time. there's a reading program that gets these

kids here. and so it helps them focus on school, gives them some of the necessities they need to be a success. and then they're rewarded. they're rewarded with an opportunity to, you know, probably have a christmas that they wouldn't otherwise have. >> before heading inside target armed with a cart. students were treated to breakfast meeting the first responders they're being paired up with for the day. coming from law enforcement agencies across the south bay. >> i feel very safe when, like we walk with the cops because, like, they can protect you. >> for allison alejo, a sixth grader at alpha blanca middle school, it's not her first time getting to shop with a cop. >> i'm very happy. like, excited and, like, grateful for, like, the stuff that we buy and, like, very happy because we get to shop for, like, our family and for ourselves too. and we get to get stuff that we really like. >> and chief joseph hopes events like these can work toward building better bonds with the community they serve every day. >> what better way than helping children have a great christmas and letting them see us? you

know, in a non-threatening manner in a, in a, in a happy time rather than a difficult time. >> this shop with a cop event is powered by the generous donations made by local law enforcement agencies. target individual donors, grants and also local businesses in san jose. lena howland, abc seven news. >> and up next, we go from shop with a cop to a new pet adoption center. >> the mission in the south bay to give hundreds of animals a loving home this holiday. and then a sewage leak spilling millions of gallons into an east bay marsh. >> why this smelly mess may not be over for days. >> and a manhunt underway after a murder in the heart of manhattan today. the video just in showing the moment a ceo was shot outside a hotel. stay with us. a

the country today, the ceo of the major insurance group, unitedhealthcare, was killed in what new york city police are calling a brazen, targeted attack. and so far no one has been arrested. officers working feverishly right now to track down the gunman. abc's reena roy has the latest on this developing story. >> an urgent investigation underway in the heart of midtown manhattan, where police say unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson was shot and killed wednesday morning. newkilled surveillance video shows the moments the violence unfolded. police now reviewing the footage as the search for the suspect intensifies. >> i want to be clear at this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack. >> investigators say the suspect, wearing all black and a ski mask, waited until the 50 year old showed up at the hilton

hotel for an investor's conference. >> the suspect approached from behind and fired several rounds, striking the victim at least once in the back and at least once in the right calf. many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target. >> three shell casings found at the crime scene, along with live rounds from a nine millimeter gun. at one point, police say the gun appeared to jam, and when the shooter cleared it, he began shooting again. the murder happening not far from tonight's tree lighting at rockefeller center. they're also conducting interviews in thompson's home state of minnesota. >> we're reaching out to law enforcement in minnesota, and we're also interviewing his coworkers and family members to see if there have been any specific threats against him in the past. >> unitedhealthcare is the health insurance wing of unitedhealth group, the largest health insurer in the world. the company releasing a statement saying they are deeply saddened and shocked, saying brian was a highly respected colleague and a friend to all who worked with him. there's still no word on a

motive. thompson's wife tells abc her husband was a loving father to two sons and their family is shattered. they're requesting their privacy be respected during this difficult time. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> california state senator scott wiener is reintroducing two bills aimed at lowering the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs. one caps insulin copays at $35 for private insurance. the other takes aim at so-called pharmacy middlemen that drive up the cost of drugs. his last attempt was vetoed by governor newsom in september. >> this is not a controversy. these are not controversial ideas. and so we'll make that case to the governor. >> if the governor vetoes and in that message he wrote, he was not convinced wiener's legislation to require those middlemen be licensed by the state would actually lower prescription drug costs. that's despite nearly unanimous support from the state legislature for the bill. >> in the east bay, there's a rush to repair a sewer line break that's causing a massive

overflow of untreated wastewater. >> yeah, this is happening near the shore acres pump station in bay point. officials say as much as 20 million gallons of wastewater has now flowed into a nearby marsh. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has reaction from neighbors, and a look at the work happening right now to fix the leak. >> i have no words. wow. its crazy. >> catherine galindez of bay point just got home from a two week long vacation. there's a lot of commotion in front of her home. >> how loud is it? very loud. like i said, i couldn't sleep last night. >> right down the street from mendez's home, more work crews are trying to deal with a broken sewage pipe. she had absolutely no idea what was going on. nancy katasha del prado didn't have a clue either. >> oh my gosh. i don't think the people around here know about it. we haven't received any notice. >> the del diablo sanitation district says it found the break on monday. >> we basically identified a local corrosion hotspot in that pipeline. so that caused the

failures. >> the pipe carries wastewater to the treatment plant. about 1 million gallons of raw sewage per day has flowed into the surrounding marshland between port chicago and pittsburgh. >> it's on private property owned by the navy. it is actually not running into streets. it's actually going into the adjacent marshland, which is about a quarter of a mile from the edge of the delta delta. >> diablo says. so far, there isn't any sign of damage to the environment. >> there is not any direct evidence of, you know, fish kills. >> the del diablo sanitation district says the leak isn't impacting the residents around here, but we can definitely smell something in the air. what does it smell like to you? >> it's really strong. it's like decompose or like a lot of waste. it smells really bad now. >> del diablo says crews have been working around the clock to repair the sewer line. as for the trucks in front of galina's home that we've had 8 to 9 trucks sucking wastewater out of our sewers for the last 24 hours

to mitigate the continuing overflow volume. the sanitation district is also installing a pipe above ground. it's a mile long backup line that will give us the opportunity to opportunity to inspect the remainder of the pipeline to see if there are other sections that need to be rehabilitated. in contra costa county. suzanne fawn, abc seven news. >> well, hopefully they get that fixed quickly. up next. batter up. baseball's commissioner considering a new out of the box idea, trying to spice up the game and an end of year tradition with women on top

join us today. so the women's professional golf tour is setting stricter gender policies as it wades into the debate over transgender participation in sports. the lpga is requiring players to be assigned female at birth, or to have transitioned to female before going through male puberty. these new policies take effect next year. this will make at least one player ineligible because she transitioned in her early 20s. larry, in terms of the debate talk about, you know, the going through puberty and what that does if you go through male puberty and why they're setting it for before. >> well, you would have more testosterone in your body. and that's kind of what the olympic standard is, because, you know, we're in this kind of unclear

area on this, and we're seeing it with the san jose state volleyball team kind of the same situation. i feel like you want to be inclusive as much as you can. but by the same token, if my daughters had to play against somebody who was a biological male in whatever the sport was, that wouldn't seem fair to me either. so i just don't know what you do with this one. >> so if you go through like male puberty, does that leave you with like broader, heavier bones or muscles? >> yeah, potentially. yeah, absolutely. >> and do you not lose it if you start on estrogen? >> well that's, that's that's the balancing act. and that's where the testosterone measurements come in that, you know, some organizations are using to try to say if you have lower than, you know, whatever the guideline is, then you can participate. but if your testosterone is too high, then you can't. >> so one thing's for sure is that this debate is touching all sports at all levels, from, you know, pro to high school, no doubt. >> so no doubt there's some buzz among major league baseball owners about a new way to shake

up the game, injecting some unscheduled excitement. it's being called the golden at bat rule. in short, a team could choose one at bat in every game to call up their best hitter, regardless of where that player was in the lineup. the batter would be a one time replacement, not like an official substitution, like a pinch hitter. owners are tossing this idea around during a recent meeting, and that's what the commissioner, rob manfred, had to say. he says there's still a lot of work to do to discuss this thing before it's actually in any kind of a game. i just have to say, this is the stupidest idea. it is so dumb. >> it's trash. like, are we playing baseball or are we not playing baseball? that's right. >> you get yourself nine good batters, including your pitcher in there and play the game. >> there you go. there you go. >> i mean, you know, they put the designated hitter rule in both leagues. so now you know you have more offense. but just go, you know, hey sandy is a great hitter. let's have her just come up in this crucial

situation. >> yeah. yeah. right. >> i mean, like, it totally makes sense, but at least they're thinking. i mean, the pitch clock. thank you. god. like, okay, you know what i mean? like, at least we're reevaluating things. whether or not that's the best idea. i mean, the pitch clock was amazing. >> i'm glad you brought up the pitch clock, because that's the one thing that rob manfred has gotten right. >> everything else disastrous with him. >> let's do it. the old fashioned way. yeah. okay. articles related to either politics or death were among the most visited pages on wikipedia this year. in the number one spot is an article with a list of people who died in 2024. that page had 44 million views. the pages for kamala harris in the 2024 presidential election came in second, and third, followed by a page about the menendez brothers. so is this what people are searching? what they're interested in? >> i get the politics part and the, you know, menendez brothers, because that was huge when it initially happened. and it's been followed by so many. but kristen, i don't get the

death part right. >> is everyone putting together obit packages or something like, let's see who's on the list. >> i don't know, is death in politics kind of like death and taxes? i mean, i am not searching anything related to death, although i am listening to a book that i think is called the best way to bury your husband. but i have not searched. a friend told me about it. i didn't i didn't search it. does he know about this? you know i'm a little concerned. >> just to be clear, you're reading it. >> not writing it. >> no, i'm actually listening to it. >> audiobook. >> audiobook. >> all right. scary for a moment. the wait is finally over. spotify wrapped is here. and this year's wrapped came out a bit later than previous years, leaving people asking all week when spotify would actually drop the list. so for the second year in a row, i know there's going to be a shock. taylor swift was spotify's top global artist. the top album streamed was swift's the tortured poets department, the anthology sabrina carpenter's espresso took ft for the most streamed song.

that's a good song, joe rogan experience. he's just exploded with spotify's top 2024 podcast. he got started in the podcast game very early on, like 15 years, and has built up this list of guests. that's incredible. i'm probably the last person the planet who does not have a spotify account, so i'm going to let you guys talk about this. >> so my youngest daughter, larry, is a huge fan of sabrina carpenter and espresso. she plays it all the time. it's a really good song. it is a good song. it's a good song. yeah. so they give you your own stuff too? i didn't realize that. so i have my own wrapped it says i listened for 25,410 minutes this year, which puts me in the top 14% of listeners worldwide. wow, wow. and my top song was midnight sky by miley cyrus. i think it's the version with stevie nicks. but see, my daughter listens to my spotify too, and i got her onto that song. so it's my top song, top 14%. >> that's. >> so you have a subscription then? i do, yeah yeah yeah.

>> kristen, the way you asked that made me think that you're with me. then you don't have a spotify account. >> i occasionally borrow my kid's student account because it's only $5. >> oh, well. public admission. >> and then they kick me out saying that it's ruining their playlist or whatever. algorithm. yeah, yeah, yeah. so i spotify would be now. >> no, thank you. >> i feel so sad for i know so sad. yeah no! leonidas. no, no, no, no! ikea? ikea! shop a more convenient ikea with affordable delivery options and more. they get here thursday. (♪) jen b asks, "how can i get fast download speeds while out and about?" jen, we've engineered xfinity mobile with wifi speeds up to a gig, so you can download and do much more all at once. it's an idea that's quite attractive. or... another word... -fashionable? i was gonna say- "popular! you're gonna be pop-uuuu-larrr!" can you do defying gravity?! yeah, get my harness. buy one line of unlimited, get one free

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center is overcapacity and it's leading to an increase in strays for animals or stays, as well as poor living conditions. >> a city audit made 39 recommendations on ways that the shelter could make improvements or changes, so they can get more animals adopted. >> and as abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey shows us, a new center is going to help do just that this holiday season as many are finalizing their wish list this holiday season, there's an easy top choice at the san jose animal care and services shelter. >> we're going to get you a home. >> we are bring a gift home this holiday season. i'm telling you, it's not going to just change their life. it's going to change yours. >> and this year, it's never been easier to adopt a furry friend. thanks to this new pop up shop, about a dozen animals will be available here this month. every friday, saturday, and sunday from noon to six with no adoption fees. >> we have a lot of foot traffic here, a lot of people who live in or pass through downtown. and

so being more present, being more accessible and just making it easier for people to consider adopting a pet is really the spirit of this. >> better community access and a path to adoption is one of the 39 recommendations for improvements from a city audit that highlighted poor care for the animals. another is lowering stress levels, which director of public works matt lesh says this center will help with as well get them out into a more open space where less dogs are barking. >> so it's a quieter place and so they can help lower down some of their stress. and that would also then provide the advantage by bringing them here. they're distressed, but then also provides more space and capacity at the shelter for them to decompress. >> there's a lot of stress at the shelter, both for the animals, which are well over capacity, according to the audit, and for the staff having to manage various issues, including an investigation into the death of a dog tuesday night after a neutering surgery. mayor matt mehan says the city has invested money and resources, but the audit shows them what else needs to change. >> we will need to see the

management team at the center step up and deliver on the 39 recommendations that the auditor outlined. we'll be looking at that very closely. and in may of 2025, we'll have an update at our neighborhood services committee. >> there's hope for an improvement in conditions at the shelter and plenty of adoptions at this center. this holiday season. you're getting adopted, i can tell. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> dustin's story reminded us one of san francisco's cutest holiday traditions is back! adoptable puppies and kittens from the spca are on display in the windows of macy's, so you can check them out wednesdays through sundays from noon to 6 p.m. through december 31st. they have a very good union. the spca is waiving adoption fees for all cats and dogs five months and older. this year's goal is finding homes for 600 animals. >> they are so adorable. this is. this is good. pet watching weather right now. if you're

standing outside of the window, the glass and you're looking through. >> yeah, exactly. you don't have to, like, not too much fog right away. >> and you don't have to worry about the rain, right? if you're trying to look at those cute little animals. kristen and larry, let's take a look at live doppler seven. we do need the rain. don't get me wrong. right now, we don't have any. we just have some high clouds off the coastline tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at a bright day. temperatures in the 60s and 70s on friday. we're going to keep that mild to warm weather going as you will notice on saturday, temperatures are coming down and it will get cloudier on saturday. but by sunday it will turn sunny again. now, if you're looking for rain, all of it goes into the pacific northwest over the next week or so. but december 13th 14th looks like we're going to get some measurable precip here in the bay area. although it's not much, it's a start. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. dry skies through the weekend into early next week. certainly cooling closer to average as we hit the weekend and going into next week kristen. >> all right. thank you sandhya abc seven through

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abc seven. i'll be joined by the valkyries head coach natalie nakase. probably around 8:30 p.m. following the rc football championship game. all right, turning now to the holidays. tis the season for everything, including a christmas show only for adults. it stars drag royalty lady camden. it's called naughty nutcracker and it kicks off next monday in san francisco. lady camden joined abc seven news anchor reggie aqui earlier in the day on abc seven at seven to talk all about this show. >> this year, i think we're going to try to search for a place where i feel like i can be myself, where i belong. and so we still go through different parts of the city. we go through the castro, soma, haight-ashbury. we go to the ballet and we go to a cirque party. oh, you know, we things get naughtier as the show goes on. i see. yes. which is why i chose to wear this and not some of the naughtier costumes. okay, we appreciate that for the morning news. >> i love seeing this behind the scenes footage of you in the rehearsal room, dancing, and

then seeing you know, the actual footage. >> foolishness. >> yeah, yeah. >> and i like, like you said, how we reinvent old traditions. we keep it fun and moving forward and elevated. i feel like that's just like the san francisco way. >> you know, you can get tickets at lady camden.com or search naughty nutcracker on eventbrite. a reminder that abc seven is streaming for you 24 over seven. abc seven news get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is up next with dan and ama.

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