patel. hazy sunshine and above average temperatures. i'll let you know how long this pattern is going to hold. coming up. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> a rush to repair in the east bay. they are trying to fix a sewer line break that's causing a massive overflow of untreated wastewater. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. this is happening near the shore acres pump station in bay point. it's unpleasant, to say the least. officials say as much as 20 million gallons of wastewater has now flowed into a nearby marsh. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne phan has reaction from neighbors and a look at the work underway to fix that leak. >> i have no words. wow. it's 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 lou. like i said, i couldn't sleep last night. >> right down the street frm

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's not any direct evidence of, you know, fish kills. >> the delta 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. >> delta diablo says crews have been working around the clock to repair the sewer line. as for the trucks in front of gallinas home, 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 aboveground. 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 phan abc seven news. >> bit of a hazy day around the bay area today. >> it was, but not enough to warrant a spare. the air alert. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at the conditions. sandhya. >> yeah. and dan. and let's take a look at a live picture. right now from our east bay hills camera. good evening everyone.

look at this. this is priceless. i mean, you can see for miles not so priceless as our air quality. it is moderate uh- indicated by the yellow dots across many parts of the bay area. as we do have a stagnant air mass. the winds are not helping. they're pry light right now, 15 at most for hood mountain. so the air quality will suffer again as high pressure is overhead. moderate the next couple of days for most of you. south central bay will go to good on friday. here's a live view from golden gate bridge camera visibility is good. oakland downtown. another record high day, 70 degrees. it was in the 60s, from santa rosa to san francisco to concord, but above average. 72. redwood city 70. in san jose. looking at those temperatures right now, 62 in san jose, upper 50s san francisco, concord, oakland, 52 degrees. right now in calistoga. it's not going to cool off much. as a matter of fact, look at the hourly temperatures. they're barely dropping into the 40s and 50s at 10 p.m. tomorrow morning starts out cloudier with some patchy fog, and tomorrow afternoon we'll

brighten it up. another mild one is on tap. i do have rain chances in the forecast. i'll be back with that in a few minutes. >> dan, we need that. sandhya. thank you. developing just in the last hour, officials now say two boys, one five. the other six were shot at a small religious school in butte county this afternoon. the shooting happened around 1 p.m. at the feather river adventist school. it's a private school where, with fewer than three dozen students in grades k through eight. deputies arrived to find the gunman dead near the playground after apparently shooting himself. the sheriff says the man had met with the principal earlier in the day to talk about enrolling a student. a few minutes later, screams and shots were heard. >> we have received some information that he may have targeted this school because of its affiliation with the seventh day adventist church. >> the fbi is on the scene, of course, investigating. as for the two boys who were shot, their conditions are unknown. we will continue to follow the story and bring you updates just

as soon as they come in. >> investigators are searching for an attacker who left a woman tied to a tree on a hiking trail in pebble beach. a hiker found the woman tied up on the trail near hall road. that's about a mile and a half north of sun ridge road. it was this morning. the victim told investigators she saw the suspect earlier in the morning and warned another female hiker, telling her te man seemed suspicious. deputies say after the two women parted ways, the suspect approached the victim. >> the female victim noticed that the male, suspicious male got a little close to her. she attempted to let him pass by and as he got close to her, he produced a handgun and basically walked her over to a tree and proceeded to tie her up to that tree. >> and the victim described him as being in his 30s, with a unique tattoo on his neck that began with the letter z. >> the jury now has the case in the bob lee murder trial. deliberations wrapped up this afternoon without a verdict. they will be back at it again

tomorrow. lee was the founder of cash app. he died after being of stabbed last april in san francisco. abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has been in court throughout the trial every day, and has the latest. >> defense attorneys are hoping that video they played for jurors of bob lee allegedly doing drugs off of a knife. hours before his murder, will introduce enough doubt into jurors minds about the origin of the murder weapon for them to find nima momeni not guilty. those 12 jurors must unanimously find momeni guilty or not guilty of first degree murder before they can potentially consider a lesser charge of second degree murder. similarly, they must unanimously find many guilty or not guilty of second degree murder before they can consider the lesser charges of voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. if they can't come to a unanimous decision on a higher charge, they must inform the judge. jurors may not use the internet during deliberations, but they can examine all of the exhibits. in this case. >> i've got nothing but the

utmost respect for our jurors and our camembert. tough decision ahead of them. and ever so grateful for our our legal team on this and the most of all, our judge. and even more s, the san francisco police 20-30 be a little teary eyed about this, but i think that they've all done a phenomenal job. and unfortunately for our family, you'll never stop fighting snakes. >> you do what you can a both sides, the prosecution and the defense. we put on our case, they put on their case. now we wait. that's all you can do. how do we feel? it doesn't matter how we feel. it matters what the jury feels. >> christa lee, bob lee's former wife, was wearing a heart and knife necklace today. that she said was made for her. she said she will always have a dagger in her heart. lee's three stab wounds included one wound to his heart. jurors can set their own schedule for deliberations, though the judge did say that she expects them to put in a full day of deliberations daily. the jurors decided to take a 60 minute lunch break today instead

of a 90 minute lunch break. the judge also telling them she has the utmost faith in them. reporting outside of the hall of justice in san francisco melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> thank you for the latest on that. now to new developments. oakland city leaders are laying out the timeline of replacing recalled mayor sheng tao. she is the first mayor in oakland's history to be recalled by voters. the alameda county registrar of voters should certify election results tomorrow. about two weeks later, the oakland city council will formally accept the results. then current city council president nikki fortunato bass will become interim mayor, but she just won the race for a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. so next month, she's moving on in january. a new city council will be sworn in, and they will pick the next city council president, who will become the new interim mayor. it's a lot to follow. a special election won't be held until mid-april. the interim mayor will serve until the winner of that special election is sworn in. all of this unfolds as oakland faces a historic budget deficit. >> i also want to say very

clearly that continuity and stability is critical during this time of transition. oakland's residents deserve for all of us to come together, for our leadership to be strong and effective,o be focused on our fiscal responsibility, safe communitie, as well as our other ongoing priorities. >> so think about this. oakland could have four mayors in the next six months. all the results of the recall. >> meantime, alameda county voters recalled their district attorney, pamela price, in last month's election. today, she spoke about what the da's office will do to reduce gun violence, especially its effect on communities of color. >> 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. >> reporter the newly released

84 page report finds gun violence is the leading cause of death for kids in the county. according to the findings, an average of three. alameda county residents were killed by guns every week between 2019 and 2023. the county board of supervisors voted to declare gun violence a public health emergency in 2021. >> another politician potentially facing a recall is san francisco supervisor joel engardio. some people living in his district are upset. he supported proposition k. it permanently closes the upper great highway to cars between lincoln way and sloat boulevard. it was a close race. the votes were 55% in favor, 45% against. abc seven news reporter tim johns is following the story. >> like many residents in san francisco's sunset neighborhood, albert chow is upset after city voters passed proposition k,ity 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 four 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 abc7 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 an 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. >> coming up next, it's a battle between federal versus state. see how california plans to handle immigration issues in response to the incoming trump administration's promises of mass arrests, detentions and deportations.

>> plus, drama with the san francisco ballet, which could jeopardize this

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back. president elect donald trump promises mass deportations of undocumented immigrants once his administration is in power. >> there is going to be a mass deportation because we just finished a mass illegal immigration crisis on the border. >> today, california attorney general rob bonta issued a warning for public institutions like schools, libraries and hospitals, saying they do not have to give information about immigrants in their spaces to federal officials. >> abc seven news reporter

monica madden is here with us. and you were there for bonta's announcement today? yes. >> and this is all really setting the stage for a fight between blue states and the federal government. and that isn't necessarily welcomed by everyone in the golden state. historically, the courts do side with the federal government on matters of immigration enforcement. but bonta says california has ways to resist. legally, the incoming trump administration vowing mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. >> i got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that joe biden's released in our country, in violation of federal law. you better start packing now. >> with promises of retaliation against states that don't comply, you will say, gavin, if you don't do it, we're not giving you any of that fire money that we send you all the time for all the fire forest fires that you have. california attorney general rob bonta punching back. >> we're not going to spend our time, our money or resources going backward, pointing to a 2018 sanctuary state law that instructs local officials not to cooperate with ice agents in

identifying undocumented immigrants. >> it also prevents law enforcement officers from asking about a detained person's immigration status. federal law requires officers to share that information if asked by ice agents how to prohibit the unauthorized collection or disclosure of information that might indicate an individual's or family's citizenship or immigration status, saying non-disclosure of intel about immigrants does not violate federal law and will allow immigrants to keep using california's public spaces like libraries, hospitals, courthouses, and schools should be available for all without fear of civil immigration enforcement. >> not everyone agrees they can come into the country legally. if they're true asylees they go to a port of entry and declare you make a declaration of asylu. but unfortunately, many of them are going to have to go back. >> sf gop chairman john dennis chalking it up to politics. >> immigration. naturalization is completely in the purview of the federal government, and this

is all theater. this is all gavin newsom now has a lane open to run for the white house. >> this coming after california lawmakers began a special session monday in which governor newsom is asking for a $25 million legal defense fund to battle trump in court over issues like immigration. while many sanctuary cities in california are bolstering resources to protect migrants, some are welcoming trump's proposals. riverside sheriff chad bianco saying publicly that he plans to work around the state's sanctuary city law to help ice with deportations. >> we'll see what happens starting in a couple of months. thanks, monica. >> all right. we have hit midweek. it is wednesday, right? it is wednesday. >> yes. >> okay. midweek. and we need to know about our weather because it's spectacular. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here. >> sandhya. yeah, and we're going to keep this going because it is absolutely gorgeous. no doubt about it. ama and dan, let me show you a live picture right now. downtown san francisco sparkling tonight. visibility is terrific. i mean, let's just frame that. so pretty. downtown

oakland set a record today at 70 degrees. it was pretty mild to warm. no matter where you look to the city, 6572 redwood city, 70 livermore, san jose 69, santa rosa 68. in san rafael, these temperatures running above where they should be for this time of year. so let's take a look at the santa rosa almanac. the airport came in at 69 degrees. average is 59. so a good ten degrees above average. same thing with livermore. livermore is average is 59 degrees. you were 11 degrees above where you should be for this day in december. today, coming in at 70 degrees, this dry pattern is going to continue. we've got this blocking high that is sending that storm track up into canada. and that ridge isn't going to budge immediately. in the meantime, we do have some hh clouds that have been streaming in. we'll continue to see those increase as the night goes on. a live view from our okay camera. and it's looking good right now. oakland 59, san francisco 58, san jose 62.

and it is 59. in redwood city. clear skies in san jose right now. 58 in santa rosa. you are in the low 50s from petaluma to napa. 57 right now in livermore. and a live view from golden gate bridge camera. a lovely view there as well. overnight tonight. fog and increasing clouds tomorrow. it's a sunnier afternoon and your weekend weather will be cloudier and cooler on saturday, but sunday things turn around. it will be a brighter day. now overnight tonight you will notice more high cloud cover. there will be some patchy fog, especially in places like santa rosa where you woke up to some patchy dense fog this morning. but it's going to be limited because we have all this cloud cover coming through tomorrow afternoon. it will clear out. we will see plenty of sun now in the morning. watch out for the fog, not just in the valley like santa rosa, but also patches along the coast. high to low temperatures. excuse me, in the 40s and 50s. for most of you. fairfield dropping down to 39 degrees. afternoon highs in the south bay. low 70s. gilroy morgan hill 69. in

san jose on the peninsula 64, san mateo 61. pacifica. downtown san francisco and south city 64. as we look at the north bay 60s coast side, san rafael 6668, in santa rosa 65 napa oakland in the east bay 66, fremont. a lot of sun inland areas 67 in san ramon 66, concord 68 in livermore. these temperatures will remain above average for a few more days, but watch what happens to the storm track. pacific northwest for the weekend. they get rain, they get snow. and then here comes the storm track next week. a week from this friday, december 13th into the 14th. it starts to sag into our area which will mean rain for the bay area. it's a chance right now. still days out, but that's encouraging. accuweather seven day forecast. we will certainly keep it mild to warm next couple of days. cooler start to the weekend and below dropping closer to average early next week. dan and ama. all right.

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helped pull the market higher, rising 11% after delivering stronger revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, though its profit fell just short. ceo marc benioff credited its increase in ai agents that helped customers. nvidia, the santa clara based company that makes most of the ai chips used by companies, rose 3.5%. it was the strongest force pushing upward on the s&p 500, by far. >> coca-cola is changing its sustainability goals, and that is upsetting many environmental activists. the company has been criticized for being one of the world's top producers of plastic, and now has a goal of using 35 to 40% of recycled material in its packaging by 2035. that's a reduction from its previous goal of 50% by 2030. coca-cola says the change is based on what's been learned through the years of sustainability work and assessing progress and challenges. the company's recycling goal is also being tweaked. back in 2018,

coca-cola announced it would recycle the plastic equivalent of every bottle it put out into the world. now that goal is 70 to 75%. pope francis has upgraded his ride. mercedes benz debuted this all electric popemobile. today, the automaker has long supplied vehicles to the vatican, but this is the first entirely electric ride for the pontiff. the g-class wagon will make its debut during the 2025 jubilee in rome. >> they say the show must go on, but maybe not for san francisco ballet. what's happening that could impact the opening weekend of nutcracker just days away? >> plus, digging into the numbers was turnout from the november election inspiring, or did it leave room for

because of a labor dispute. the guild, representing dancers for the san francisco ballet, is demanding better wages and working conditions. their labor contract is expiring on friday. >> as abc seven news anchor dion lim reports, the community

impact spans beyond the audience that garland needs to come up right where your right hand is a little bit as the exterior of the war memorial opera house in san francisco gets decked out for the holidays. >> thank you guys. that's good. >> there are tensions behind the scenes. putting the opening night performance of the iconic nutcracker at risk. the show, which often draws guests from across the bay area and beyond, opens december 6th. for more than five months, the dancers, part of the american guild of musical artists, have been at odds with the san francisco ballet over wages, use of student labor, and what they say are an increase in injuries without an agreement. before the opening curtain puts the show's 33 performance season in jeopardy. ballet patrons aren't the only ones disappointed at the possibility of canceled shows. >> we rely on the on that business that we get from the jazz center, from the symphony, from the ballet pretty heavily. so it definitely will affect us. >> a model restaurant is along the busy hay street corridor and

just blocks away from the opera house. it and other businesses already facing post pandemic challenges. we're looking forward to a boost in business. >> fingers crossed. definitely, definitely. >> s.f. ballet sent me a statement saying in part. performances are proceeding as planned and we will notify ticket holders of any changes. they continue on to say they'll continue to negotiate with the dancers representatives for as long as it takes. they call the negotiations productive and have reached agreements on a number of requests. the guild has not yet responded to abc seven's request for comment, but shared this graphic on their website last week, saying negotiations were not going well. a number of dancers i spoke with off camera said they were still rehearsing, but were hoping for change in san francisco. dion lim, abc seven news. >> we're following the story of funding for a san francisco group tasked with patrolling some of the most challenging sidewalks in the city. urban alchemy and other groups like it could be on the verge of losing their jobs because of the city's

$800 million budget deficit. late today, we learned san francisco's budget committee agreed to a partial funding increase of $3.7 million. that is less than half of the 7.8 million the mid-market tenderloin community based safety program was hoping to receive to keep programs running through the end of june. the full board of supervisors still has to weigh in on the funding. now to a story that's capturing headlines across 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. so far, no one has been arrested and officers are working feverishly to track down the gunman. abc news reporter reena roy has the latest on this developing story. >> an urgent investigation underway in the heart of midtown manhattan, where police say unitedhealthcare ceo briany thompson was shot and killed wednesday morning. new 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 hard to believe it, but tomorrow is a month since election day. >> california will certify its final results next friday. in the bay area's nine counties, turnout of registered voters averaged almost 77%. statewide, turnout was about 71%. it hasn't actually been that low for a presidential election since the year 2000. that was the year george w bush narrowly beat al gore. nationwide, all 435 races for the u.s. house have now been projected. the final abc news estimate is 220 republicans, 215

democrats. the republicans have the majority. president elect donald trump's nominee for defense secretary. meantime, pete hegseth says he will not back down. he faces accusations of misconduct that are really challenging his chances of winning confirmation in the senate. sources tell abc news trump has spoken to someone else about possibly stepping in to take over as the nominee. abc news reporter perry russom is at the capitol 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 the war mongers. he says this has become personal and passionate

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her is overcapacity and it's leading to an increase in stays for animals as well as poor living conditions. a city audit made 39 recommendations on ways the shelter can make improvements or changes to get animals adopted. and abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey takes us to a new center that will 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 bringing 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 a y 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 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. >> so sweet. we hope they all get home well. some deserving south bay students got to take part in a big holiday shopping spree this morning, all thanks to the san jose earthquakes and the shop with a cop foundation. every year, the program takes kids ages 5 to 12 from under-resourced neighborhoods on a shopping trip to pick out christmas gifts. accompanying them are peace officers from the local community, a way to forge

relationships between young people and guardians of the community. 200 children took part this morning. >> we're happy, like, excited and like grateful for, like the stuff that we buy and like we're happy because we get to shop fo, like, our family and for ourselves to get to get stuff that we really like. >> 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. >> such a great idea, such a powerful effort for many of these kids. they've been waiting for this shopping day all year long. >> well, we are enjoying warm weather for december. sandhya has a look at the temperatures and the week ahead in her seven day

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fires to spark in california this year was the mountain fire. it burned nearly 20,000 acres of ventura county. that was last month. now, homeowners in that area are struggling to get help in the form of federal disaster funds. reporter leo stallworth, from our sister station in los angeles, explains why. >> yeah, it's very scary. it's very real. >> candace strickland fears

after the mountain fire destroyed her home, the meager resources she's been provided to survive will not prevent her from ending up on the street. candace and her partner david, visiting the conference center in camarillo, hoping to get a disaster relief loan from the federal small business administration, or sba, which set up inside of the building to help victims. yet they've learned bad news. the sba has run out of money and needs congress to appropriate more. >> i mean, we're so thankful that we're okay and we know we're going to be okay. you know, and we you know, we make sure his mom knows the three of us are going to be okay. but it's very scary. >> even if we end up in a tent or in the car, we'll be together. we'll be all right. >> sba officials telling eyewitness news with disasters devastating communities throughout america this year alone, from hurricanes to fires, federal money for disasters has been strained, leaving the sba looking to congress to appropriate more funding, hopefully sooner than later. david frustrated, saying when americans need help following a

disaster, it should be there. how does that make you feel? how are you going to survive now? what? >> i'm not surprised. i'm not surprised. what does that mean? it's a funding. it's a place. other places where i think it should be more in house kind of deal. >> you know, where hard working people who just want to know that we're okay and help others, too. you know, we're both people who love, you know, give back. and we always have. and we just are just shell shocked that to realize that we are not okay. >> mary bradfield with the sba encouraging victims to apply for a loan. and if approved, they'll get the funding when congress hopefully appropriates more money. >> sba is continuing to take the applications. we're continuing to process the loans, and we're getting them as far as they can go so that when the funds are available, we want to be ready immediately. but it is first come, first serve. so i encourage everybody to get their applicants

applications in. >> leo stallworth, abc seven news. >> still struggling? >> definitely. all right, let's get to our weather and what's coming for the rest of the week. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya. >> yeah. we're going to keep it on the dry side the next couple of days. let's take a look at live doppler seven. one change you're going to notice is the increase in the high clouds that are just off the coastline. we're seeing some of those right now, but we'll be seeing a lot more during the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning. by tomorrow afternoon, it brightens up. high temperatures, low 60s to low 70s. so another above average day. friday will be very similar as you will notice. but saturday those temperatures come down. the breeze will pick up, it's going to be cooler. and then sunday is going to be closer to average. now, looking at the rain chances, everything is in the pacific northwest initially, but over the next ten days we are going to notice some changes a week from this friday, which is the following week. the 13th and the 14th of december. looks like some rain may be

returning to the bay area. a great start tomorrow morning, followed by sunshine on the accuweather seven day forecast. still another mild to warm one friday and then cooling as we start the weekend. kind of holding on sunday and then temperatures do drop off where they should be for this time of year. and i knw how could you. cheers when we get used to it. >> thanks, andy. >> all right. sports director larry beil is here. hey, larry, you know the warriors got off to this fantastic start. >> we thought they're back. we're wrong. they just can't catch a break right now. yet another injury is going to keep steph curry out. and you can see why steve kerr is getting more and more and more frustrated with every last second loss. th

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such a hot start this season, but injuries and poor late game execution has dropped them from first down to seventh in the west. they had an 11 point lead in the fourth quarter last night in denver, when stone cold, and now it gets even worse. we learned just a few minutes ago steph curry's knee and draymond green's calf will keep both of them out tomorrow night against houston. so about last night. the nuggets snatched this game with three time mvp nikola jokic leading the late charge. jokic fakes curry out right there. went for 38 points ten rebounds six assists five steals showing off the soft touch. now tied at 115 steph misses a three.

jonathan kuminga trying to bully his way through jokic. no no no no no. dubs down two with 20s left. andrew wiggins slips falls turns it over. and then with under five seconds left christian brown dives for the loose ball. clearly signals time out denver was out of timeouts so that should have been a technical foul. warriors ball with a chance to tie it with a t and a three. instead, the nuggets win 119 115 leaving steve kerr fuming at the refs. >> everybody saw it except for the three guys we hired to do the games and that makes me angry. you know, this is a like that's a technical foul. they don't have a timeout left. it's a technical foul. we shoot a free throw. we get the ball. we got a chance to win the game. they all told me they didn't see it. he dives on e floor and rolls over and he goes time out. it's up to the referees to see somebody. that's why we have three of them. somebody got to see it. >> it's kind of a microcosm of our season, you know, when things haven't gone our way. just trying to find go to sets and options to put points on the board to capitalize off a great game that we played for 44

minutes. so it's tough to play full 48. >> so instead of hosting a quarterfinal game in this new nba cup, the dubs will have to go to houston next wednesday, december 11th. if they win that game, then it's on to vegas for the semifinals and maybe the finals. all right, so technically the 40 niners could still win the nfc west, but realistically five and seven record injuries and off the field tragedies. the niners don't look or feel anything close to a championship contender right now. this montage is the story of a season lost. christian mccaffrey goes down with a knee injury in the snow in buffalo on sunday. yet young players or well, young and old slipping and sliding and stumbling and bumbling playing against a buffalo team that might be the best in the nfl. so where do we go from here? niners host the bears this sunday. kyle shanahan says the optimistic vibe in the locker room has not changed despite the losses. >> we don't go off vibes as much. i mean, you know, we were pretty disappointed after that

game and stuff. that takes time. but you don't need much more than 48 hours. we're in here on wednesday. guys are ready to go to work. i mean, i think when you compare outside the building, inside the building, i mean, we're a football team that goes to work and tries to get better each day we're here. if you spend your day outside the building just reading and stuff, i'm sure your vibes won't be the same. but our vibes here are all about work and that's what we enjoy doing. >> speaking of good vibes, this is epic. during a timeout at last night's saint mary's basketball game in moraga, alum jake exner drilled a 94 foot putt and you know why he's so happy? his prize. chick fil a for a year. go get it, jake. the golden state valkyries roster will take shape beginning with friday and the wnba expansion draft, and we'll bring you an special version of toyota after the draft right here on abc seven. i'll be joined by valkyries head coach natalie nakase right around 8:30 p.m. following the acc football championship game. sports on abc seven, sponsored by smart and final. so the injuries have

really caught up with golden state. and now we're back to the do they need to trade for a second star alongside steph? because they're lacking whoever that other dude is, it's tough to watch. >> it's hard to watch the niners with all the injuries this year. >> yeah it's just one of those years. >> yeah. thanks larry. yeah. >> all right. tonight on abc seven it's back to back episodes of abbott elementary that starts at eight. then celebrity family feud at nine. and the $100,000 pyramid at ten. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11. that's it for this edition of abc seven news. thanks for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandyha patel, larry beil, all of us here. we appreciate your time. have a great evening. and we'll see you again at 11. >> i'm reggie aqui i'm lyanne melendez i'm luz pena i'm tara

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