now abc seven mornings live right now at five. >> a scary and bizarre incident on the central coast. a hiker held up, then tied to a tree. what the victim is telling investigators about the suspect. >> deny. defend. depose. three short words that could be big clues in the investigation into who killed the ceo of america's biggest health insurance company. police say the suspect pedaled away from the deadly shooting on a bike, and this morning, they have not made an arrest. >> we could have a verdict in the boboli murder trial as soon as today. the jury returning for another day of deliberations. >> plus, the bright side of the holidays. a livermore home with a display. you've got to see to believe. and when you can catch them competing on abc's great christmas light fight. >> good morning. welcome to thursday. it's december 5th. yeah. good morning.

>> we're going to check with drew. it's been warm. beautiful. can't complain. >> really can't. and today is no different. we'll find those warm temperatures continuing today. and even into tomorrow. so here is live look outside from sutro tower this morning looking fantastic. but we do have some high clouds up above in some spots around the city. oakland, half moon bay. you'll notice once the sun gets up here, it's a partly cloudy start to the day as the system passes by well to our north. for us it will just bring morning clouds. but the afternoon those clouds get out of here and we have tons of sunshine once again. but that limited cloud cover is doing some help this morning to keep us a little bit warmer than we were this time yesterday. no 30s on the board right now we're mainly in the mid 40s and the mid 50s as we get you going here on your thursday. so looking at the day planner today along the coast, you'll find a mix of sun and clouds throughout the morning. brighter in the afternoon, but it's still mild for this time of the year. we'll have daytime highs getting you into the

low 60s by about three 4:00 pm around the bay shoreline. partly cloudy this morning. bright sunshine this afternoon. mid and upper 60s for daytime highs and a similar story inland. partly cloudy right now. we'll get lots of sunshine this afternoon. feels very nice with highs in the 60s. let's check on that commute this morning. how are you doing. >> yeah. good morning. we're going to start off with our overall map of the bay area showing overall it's green. that means good news. we do have that typical slowdown along the altamont pass though with a report of a stall on westbound 580. this is right after the 205 split is blocking the left lane and it's adding to that altamont pass commute. you can see speeds down to 16mph there. and i'll leave you here with the drive times. tracy to dublin on the altamont pass, 33 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, 16 minutes and a 14 minute drive from antioch to concord. >> deliberations set to resume this morning in the bob lee murder trial, lee died last year after he was stabbed in san francisco. abc seven news reporter lena howland is in the studio this morning with where things stand. lena. >> reggie. jury deliberations started yesterday, but they

couldn't come to a decision. that means they will be back at court for day two of deliberations this morning. and a verdict could come at any time. nima momeni is accused of stabbing and killing cash app founder bob lee back in april of last year, he testified he acted in self defense. nima mckinney's defense attorneys are hoping that the video they played of lee allegedly doing drugs off a knife hours prior to his murder will introduce enough doubt in jurors minds about the origin of the murder weapon to find momeni not guilty. 12 jurors must now 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 momeni guilty or not guilty of second degree murder before they can consider the lesser charges of voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. >> i've got nothing but the utmost respect for our jurors that are very 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 so the uh- san francisco police to be able cheery about this. >> and yesterday, krista lee, bob lee's former wife, was wearing a heart and knife necklace made for her. she said she will always have a dagger in her heart. lee's three stab wounds, including one to the heart. jurors can set their own schedule for deliberations, though the judge did say she expects them to put in a full day of deliberations daily. she also said she has the utmost faith in them. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. >> and this morning, we're following a really bizarre and frightening story out of monterey county. authorities are looking for a man who held a woman at gunpoint. and then tied her to a tree on a hiking trail. this happened yesterday morning on a trail near hall road, which is on a reserve between pebble beach and monterey. investigators say the suspect

approached the victim shortly after she says she encountered another female hiker. she warned that hiker she thought she was being followed, but the other hiker kept walking. 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. >> the monterey sheriff's office says the suspect did not rob, injure, or assault the woman. the victim described the suspect as a man in his 30s with a unique tattoo on his neck that began with the letter z. >> this morning, there's an urgent search in new york city for the person who murdered the ceo of unitedhealthcare. that was breaking news yesterday on abc seven mornings, brian thompson was shot and killed as he was walking to an investor's conference. abc news reporter christiane cordero is tracking the investigation and the clues that could lead to the killer.

we do want to warn you. you might find some of the video you're about to see disturbing. >> this morning, new surveillance video shows what appears to be the man who shot and killed unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson in new york city, appearing to carry an e-bike battery possibly used in the getaway. >> every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack. >> 20 minutes after this surveillance video was taken, around 6:45 a.m. wednesday, the gunman approached thompson as he arrived at an investors conference, firing multiple times until his gun jams. he clears the barrel before firing again at the black gun. >> and i saw him after he shot him. he ran across the street. >> the suspect runs through an alley, police an e-bike, disappearing into central park. police recovered a water device discovered writing on the shell casings found at the scene with the words deny,

defend and depose, sources tell abc news. thompson's wife, paulette, told nbc her husband had received threats, adding she doesn't know the details. unitedhealthcare is the largest private health insurer in the u.s. among companies in the health insurance market. it ranks highest when it comes to the percentage of claims denied, nearly twice the industry average. >> did he have any known enemies or anyone that you've been able to find so far? >> 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. >> thompson worked at unitedhealthcare for 20 years and was promoted to ceo in 2021. the 50 year old minnesota native was also a father of two. his wife tells abc the family is shattered, describing thompson as loving, generous and talente. detectives are now running tests to see if there are any traces of fingerprints or dna on the items. the shooter appears to have left behind. christiane

cordero, abc news, washington. >> now to a really gross issue in the east bay this morning, crews are rushing to repair a sewer line break that's causing a massive overflow of untreated wastewater. this is near the shore acres pump station in bay point. so far, about 20 million gallons of wastewater flowed into a nearby marsh between port chicago and pittsburg. the delta diablo sanitation district found the break on monday, and they say corrosion in the pipeline caused the failure. nearby residents did not know about the break, but say workers have been outside of their homes for days. >> 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 there is no sign of damage to the environment as of right now. they hope to have the pipe repaired by tomorrow. and we are just 20 days from christmas. and if you want to find some of the best and brightest holiday

lights in the country, you are in the right place. >> a livermore home is about to be featured on abc's the great christmas light fight. abc seven news reporter j.r. stone spent the night at that home and shows you what it looks like. >> whether you're into christmas lights, toys or just smooching with your significant other, one thing is clear it just feels like christmas. here at deacon dave's house of the dove christmas display in livermore. do you remember how many lights are? >> nine. oh, shoot. >> 902,270. >> oh, my god! laura. how did i get it? >> sorry, ladies, but this sign says there are 902,120 lights. >> every one of the lights is dedicated as a prayer for world peace. and believe me, we need that. >> that's deacon dave, who started this massive display at his home 42 years ago. but it's actually his 41st christmas display because of the covid pandemic. >> i'm so happy to be here. i'm from livermore. he does this every year and it's just

beautiful. >> welcome to the house of the dove. >> this year, deacon dave's display is going to be featured on abc's hit show the great christmas light fight. but to the deacon, it's about bringing the joy of christmas to those here. hundreds of thousands of lights. and get this. deacon dave has 44 christmas treesn inside of his house. here. i mean, literally everywhere you look, there's a tree. whether it's the drinking tree, the santa tree, the native american tree, or get this, the two story tree, the inside of the deacon's home is not open to the public, but i certainly couldn't go on a private tour without showing you his spectacular trees. amidst the worldwide christmas boost outside, you will be able to see these rare renaissance angels in the window of his home. >> i think it's one of the larger private collections. yes, and the studio was in just outside of rome, and the largest

collection, i'm told, is in washington, d.c. as to which year deacon dave did it best. >> do you have a favorite year? >> no, no, but i hear this year, yes, but maybe this year is better than last year. >> hard to say. they'll have to make that decision themselves. >> j.r. stone abc seven news. >> you can see if deacon dave wins tonight right here on abc seven. the great christmas light fight starts at 8 p.m. >> very cool. all right. 511 this morning we're taking a look at live doppler seven, along with satellite. and we do have a very weak system. skirting by to the north. you can see a couple of returns on radar this morning. we're not seeing any moisture here locally, but we are seeing some additional cloud cover getting added to our sky this morning. and that is making a big difference when it comes to our morning temperatures. a little bit of insulation thanks to the cloud cover, means we're a bit warmer than we were this time yesterday by about 5 to 7 degrees in most areas, so

we're starting out in the 40s and in the 50s this morning. later on today, it's bright sunshine will keep those mild temperatures. maybe 1 or 2 degrees cooler compared to yesterday afternoon. but still these daytime highs are above average for this time of the year. so here's future weather. you can see that cloud cover overhead first thing this morning. here's 9 a.m. when we're getting into the 50s at that hour. watch as we head into the afternoon. the cloud cover gets out of here. we turn to full sunshine later on today, so it will be a bright end to the day and temperatures really pleasant once again. we'll have those daytime highs about 5 to 8 degrees above average. so 64 in the city, 65 in oakland hit about 69. in san jose, 68 in santa rosa, 66 in concord, 60, in half moon bay. we have another warm day tomorrow before some changes for the weekend. we'll show you that coming up in just a few minutes. >> drew. thank you. products from a raw milk company here in california are being takn off store shelves because of a recall linked to bird flu. now the company's ceo is being asked

to join the trump administration as a health advisor and major political developments in south korea, following their presidents attempt to declare martial law. >> how the unrest is impacting the korean community here in the bay area. >> more wicked success for the novel turn, play, turn movie, the film's latest achievement

the conflict in south korea, the country's parliament has impeached four officials over the president's attempt to declare martial law. theto president himself is still facing calls to resign or be impeached himself, and he's now under investigation for insurrection. the declaration lasted six hours tuesday night. the government quickly rebuked the president's actions, and yesterday the president's defense chief resigned. he was reportedly the mastermind behind the martial law declaration here in the bay area. some within the korean community are protesting the actions of their president. thousands of miles away, dozens rallied outside the federal building in downtown san francisco. abc seven news reporter tara campbell explains why the unrest there is having

an impact here. >> martial law is a crime on the streets of san francisco. a showing of support for south koreans. >> i really wanted to come out today in solidarity with the people in korea. >> this was the scene in south korea tuesday, its embattled president declaring martial law, deploying the country's soldiers on its own people. >> i am concerned, but i'm also really proud of the korean people for standing up and, you know, taking a stand against this really kind of arbitrary action that he's taking. >> widespread protests, forcing the president to lift his order just six hours later. the country still reeling from the chaos. >> are you worried about your family just in respect to what's going on right now? >> absolutely. i mean, i just finished texting them, saying how they're doing. there's been radio silence. >> a lot of family members were actually asleep overnight and woke up to hear of this kind of really alarming news. but by the time they had woken up, you

know, the people were already victorious in many ways. >> the local korean community gathering, raising their own voice. >> diasporic koreans are here to show the koreans back at home that we are with them. and that we're in solidarity with them. >> the south korean people were not only proud, but extremely resilient. we are powerful. and yeah, we're going to get through this. >> and while their loved ones continue the battle in south korea, they have no plans on backing down here. >> we just want to see that we're going to continue to be out here. we're going to continue to show solidarity with koreans back in korea. we're going to continue to show up. this is not going to be the last time you see us here. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> a major step for the a's stadium plan in vegas today. a 30 year lease and otheroday. a documents are expected to be approved by the las vegas stadium authority. this comes after the estimated cost of that new ballpark rose by about a quarter of $1 billion. now, this is seen as the last major

obstacle before construction can start, likely in the spring. the a's will play in sacramento until that new ballpark in vegas is ready. today, bart's board could take the first step toward a name change for what we know as the lake merritt station right now in oakland. a board member plans to propose renaming the stop to the oakland chinatown station. the station sits on land that used to be a part of chinatown. the transit agency will also provide an update on the campaign to combat sexual harassment on trains. >> wiget is expected to be a major academy award contender. the blockbuster musical is being named the best film of the year by the national board of review. the movie, nominated under that category is usually nominated for the best picture oscar. wicked director jon chu was also named as best director, while stars cynthia erivo and ariana grande will receive the spotlight award. npr's awards gala will take place january 7th. >> is it possible that i have seen no movies this year except for wicked? because i can't

think of anything else that i really liked. >> oh yeah. you really liked. i'm trying to think. >> oh, inside out two. i really like that. >> yes. oh, that's was amazing. i did see that demi moore movie, the substance. oh. which was i did enjoy it because it was something i had never seen before. yeah. demi moore does a very good job in that movie. so that was one of the top films of this year. >> okay. academy award winning. >> i mean, she does do a really good job acting. do i think it's going to be wicked for best film of the year? probably not. no. but it has some good actors in it, so maybe that has a chance. yeah. besides those two movies? yeah. kind of a flop. do musicals do? well, i'm trying to remember. >> did chicago did really well. >> okay, yeah, i remember it won best picture. >> right. >> yeah, i think so. i was trying to remember if it did. all right. right. on this morning, we are tracking some partly cloudy skies out there this morning. here's a live look at san jose showing you it's calm out there. the accuweather headlines. we do continue the warm sunshine the dry pattern today and tomorrow. we are highlighting the weekend for a few changes. it turns

cloudier. it gets cooler, but we're still dry both saturday and sunday. the next chance for rain still looks like next weekend. starting on the 14th of december. we may get that storm door opening just a little bit. in fact, we'll show you future weather heading into next weekend. we have a storm system that most of the moisture is pretty much aimed at. the washington oregon border will be on the tail end of that storm, but december 14th could be a return to some cooler than average temperatures, some wetter conditions. and of course, we'll keep you updated as we get closer to that date. live doppler seven along with satellite, we actually have a little bit of activity to our north. there's a weak ripple of energy that's scraping by us. we're not going to see moisture out of it, but we are seeing increased cloud cover this morning. so the day planner shows you that we'll have partly cloudy skies for the first half of your day. then the second half in the afternoon the clouds are out of here. the warm sunshine is back 60s and 70s once again, so the call from accuweather today shows you daytime highs, low 60s, low 70s. very similar to the past couple of days. partly cloudy this morning. full sunshine returns this afternoon and overnight

tonight will keep those skies clear. it will get cooler than we are right now. 30s return late tonight heading into friday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you it's a mild afternoon, warm sunshine tomorrow. there's that cloudier and cooler weekend. sunday is the brighter of the two days and we'll keep it dry through early next week guys. >> all right drew thank you. coming up the seven things o know this morning. >> the battle against airline junk fee is now taking place on capitol hill. senators demanding answers f

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around the clock to fix a big sewage leak in bay point. as much as 20 million gallons of wastewater has spilled into a marsh. officials say there's no environmental damage, but there is a bad smell. >> all right, number five, looking at the accuweather forecast, another mild afternoon out there. we keep it sunny and warm here to finish the week tomorrow. and then cloudier and cooler conditions move in here for the start of the weekend. >> number six we will take a live look from our emeryvile cam. you can see traffic is already filling in on the east shore freeway headlights headed toward the bay bridge drive time from highway four to san francisco. just 33 minutes. >> number seven, pope francis is going electric. mercedes just delivered its first electric popemobile. it's a modified version of the carmaker's g-class suv. the vatican is shifting to using only electric vehicles by 2030. the chief executive of california's largest raw milk producer could take on a role in the trump administration. president elect donald trump's choice to lead the department of health and human services, robert f kennedy jr, has asked roar, roar farm

ceo mark mcafee to apply for a role advising the fda on raw milk. this was first reported by the mercury news. roar farm recently recalled its milk and cream after avian flu virus was detected in some of its products. it was the company's eighth recall in recent years. also, trump has named his pick to lead nasa. tech billionaire jared isaacman was nominated for that role yesterday. isaacman has flown to space twice on commercial space missions and conducted the first private space walk. he has no experience working in the federal government. in washington, pete hegseth is vowing to fight to be confirmed as secretary of defense. he's addressing claims of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse and insisting trump still supports his nomination. here's abc news reporter christiane cordero. >> pete hegseth says he's not going anywhere, insisting he has president-elect trump's support in his fight to be confirmed as secretary of defense. >> he said keep going. keep

fighting behind you. >> all the way. >> so you're in this all the way. >> why would i back down? i've always been a fighter. >> hegseth, facing a barrage of new questions about allegations of sexual misconduct, alcohol abuse and financial mismanagement in his prior jobs. >> what you're seeing right now with me is the art of the smear. >> hegseth says he welcomes an fbi background check. what the media is doing right now is, is a witch hunt. >> it's trial by false accusation and lies. the fbi is going to look through what? and if they do their job properly, which i fully expect they will, they'll talk to everybody and get the full story and a full understanding. that's a report i welcome. >> the former fox news anchor making new appeals to senators to gain support, saying while he does not have an alcohol problem, he promises to give up drinking if he gets the job. >> he offered up to me, and i know he has with other senators too, that he's not drinking and that's not something he's going to do when confirmed here. >> hegseth also leaning on his mother to make the case. penelope hegseth wrote an email

to her son in 2018 calling him an abuser of women, later apologizing, saying it was an emotional time. she says her son is a changed man. >> i would just say that some of those, some of those attachments or descriptions are just not true, especially anymore. >> sources have said trump is considering possibly replacing hegseth with florida governor ron desantis. tennessee senator bill hagerty or iowa senator joni ernst. ernst met with hegseth yesterday saying they had a thorough conversation. hegseth can only afford to lose the support of three senators. he'll be back on capitol hill today and is expected to meet next week with senators susan collins and lisa murkowski, two key votes. christiane cordero, abc news, washington. >> local drag queens are taking their talents to the ice rink, coming up at 530. details on tonight's drag on ice event and other

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abc seven mornings live now at 530. two young children in critical condition this morning after a shooting at a private school in butte county. what we're learning about the minutes before a man opened fire. >> the clock is ticking for the san francisco ballet. a contract dispute could mean no nutcracker performance, how the issue could impact other businesses in the area. >> more big names coming to the bay area, who's now been confirmed for san francisco's golden gate park concert series. >> good morning everyone. it is thursday, december 5th. i can't believe it. >> yeah, we are here and we are ready to be warm again. drew. >> yeah, we are 20 days till christmas and it really feels warm out there again this afternoon. a live look from sutro tower. we actually have partly cloudy skies up above right now and it's not too chilly. it's not as cold as the past couple of mornings. 51 currently in the city. great visibility. winds are light. we actually have just a weak ripple of energy moving along the border of california and oregon this

morning. we're not going to see any rain out of this, but we are seeing the additional cloud cover this morning and that added insulation is keeping temperatures about 4 to 8 degrees warmer right now compared to this time yesterday. so you do not see any 30s on the board to get you going this morning. we're in the 40s and in the low 50s. as you step outside on this thursday. so look at the forecast today. the trend is we'll have those partly cloudy skies early on. then we'll find full sunshine later this afternoon. temperatures will go into the low 60s along the coast again. it's another mild day that pattern continues. morning clouds, afternoon sun shine around the bay shoreline, mid and upper 60s. feels very nice once again this afternoon, and a similar story inland. we'll have partly cloudy skies over the next couple of hours. brighter this afternoon and highs above average in the mid and upper 60s. let's check in with amanda. see those drive times? >> hi, drew. we'll start at the golden gate. our live camera showing really? no on the roads there. things are wide open as you head into or out of the city. then to san jose, if

we can. there we go. looking down in the south bay, headlights are heading north. that's on 101. it's an easy drive as well into sunnyvale and along the peninsula. then mass transit. you can see all trains, everything on time. caltrain, bart and ace trains. doing all right this morning? >> two kindergartners are in critical condition this morg after a shooting at a private school in butte county. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon at feather river adventist near oroville. investigators worked into the night gathering evidence. they say the shooter went to the school yesterday to talk to administrators about enrolling a student. minutes later, screams and gunshots rang out when deputies arrived, they found the gunman's body near the playground. the sheriff says the man took his own life. investigators believe they have clues about the motive. >> we have received some information that leads us to believe that the subject responsible for this shooting targeted this school because of its affiliation with the seventh

day adventist church. >> the two students who were hurt were taken to a local hospital. other students were taken to a nearby church to be reunited with their families. the pastor who opened up his church to the students, spoke to good morning america about the chaos following the shooting. >> i remember several different vehicles were parked straight in parking spots. doors weren't closed. all of that goes out. the window in the moment of an emergency, and the fear of the possibility of losing a child. tears. there was just it was pandemonium. >> abc news reporter melissa arden is live in butte county this morning. she'll have more on gma at seven. that's right after abc seven mornings. >> many of us have paid extra for things like picking a seat, boarding early or checking bags on flights. now airlines are being accused of not being transparent enough about so-called junk fees that the biden administration and a bipartisan group of senators say are turning americans into

walking piggy banks. they're also being accused of running a kind of bounty program and that's where employees are paid extra to deem some carry on bags too large and charge people last minute checked bag fees. executives from several airlines faced lawmakers on capitol hill yesterday. >> we're all captives on your airplanes at a certain point, and you just say up. you want to pick a seat? we're just going to charge you some random amount more optional services, by definition, are not so-called junk fees, as optional services are not required to travel, according to government data. >> airfare has fallen about 30% in recent decades when adjusted for inflation, but that does not include fees. more than 19 months after cash app founder bob lee was killed in san francisco, the trial over his murder is now in the hands of the jury. jurors began deliberating yesterday. abc seven news reporter lena howland is here in studio with the next

steps in the case. lena. >> well, amanda, good morning to you. today, we can expect to see jurors head back to court for day two of deliberations. nemo mckinney's defense attorneys are hoping that the video they played of bob lee allegedly doing drugs off a knife. hours before his murder, will introduce enough doubt in jurors minds about the origin of the murder weapon to find many not guilty. well, many testified he acted in self-defense last april after being accused of stabbing and killing the cash app founder. 12 jurors must now unanimously find many guilty or not guilty of first-degree murder before they can potentially consider a lesser charge of second degree murder. they must also 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 cannot come to a unanimous decision on a higher charge, they must inform the judge. >> 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. >> we also spoke to crystal lee, bob lee's former wife, outside of the courtroom, yesterday regarding the video played of lee allegedly doing drugs off a knife. hours before his murder. crystal said it wasn't a knife, but rather a metal collar stay that he had used for years. while many defense attorneys told us if that were true, it would have been found on him. remember, jurors may not use the internet during deliberations, but they can go back and examine all of the exhibits. in this case, they do get to set their own schedule during this their process. but the judge did say she expects them to put in a full day of deliberations daily. live in studio. lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. a warning from the santa clara county superior court. scam artists are targeting people through a phony jury service call. the court has seen an increase in cases where county residents are contacted by phone. victims are told

they've missed a court appearance and owe money as a result. county officials say real court personnel will never request sensitive information over the phone. if in doubt. hang up and independently verify the legitimacy of the call by contacting the court directly. >> tomorrow is opening night for san francisco ballet's nutcracker, but a labor dispute could keep the curtain from going up. the preparations are underway at the war memorial opera house, but behind the scenes, it's a much different story. tomorrow, the contract expires with the american guild of musical artists, the union represents the dancers and stage managers. area businesses are worried they could take a significant hit during the holiday season. if shows get canceled. >> 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 at the center of the dispute are wages, the use of student labor, and injuries. 33

performances are scheduled for the season. san francisco ballet says negotiations are ongoing. >> now it's time for our abc seven mornings, advancing our way of giving you a preview of what's happening in the bay area today. and we are focusing on holiday cheer. this morning. yeah. >> first, muni is holding its annual sweater fest, where people can show off their icons of san francisco holiday sweater or other festive outfits. the event will include live performances, haiku and a sweater photo contest. winners will receive prizes. muni's sweater fest is happening at the chinatown rose park station from 3 to 5 today. >> can lace up your ice skates and twirl alongside local drag performers for the drag on ice event in san francisco's union square. the event has been around for 15 years at the safeway holiday ice rink. skating will cost you 30 bucks per person. if you don't want to skate, you can still watch performances on the ice starting at seven. the event goes from 630 to 8 tonight, and i just want to wish my friend jubilee a good skate. >> perfect. >> she always brings it to the.

she always brings it to the ice every year. >> looks like it. and more than 550 multicolored lights will go up on the historic monterey cypress tree in golden gate park today. the san francisco san francisco is holding the 95th annual holiday tree lighting, but some locals call uncle john's tree. the event will include carnival rides, food trucks, holiday activities and entertainment. city leaders, including mayor london breed, will be there. the entire event runs from 4 to 8 tonight, but the tree lighting begins at six at mclaren lodge. now to a traffic alert here at 5.39, metering lights have flipped on. we aren't seeing too much of a backup. you see the middle lanes there. otherwise it's wide open across the span into san francisco. >> getting creative to boost adoption in south san jose. city workers plan to showcase their most eligible pets this holiday season. but first, a check on the weather with drew. >> hey there. 5.39 on our thursday. we're looking in the south bay. live. look at san jose this morning. where skies

are clear from this vantage point. 50 degrees right now in san jose. partly cloudy skies to be found over the city, parts of the east bay. and that's keeping temperatures a little bit warmer than we were this time yesterday. so mainly starting out in the 40s and in the 50s. let's look at san jose for the afternoon, because the past several days we have been warm about 9 to 10 degrees above average the entire month so far. and we'll keep that trend going today and tomorrow. even much of next week will likely find those temperatures above average for this time of the year. here's future weather showing you this morning. we have those partly cloudy skies early on. watch as the cloud deck gets out of here. it exits this afternoon for full sunshine, so we have a really bright afternoon on the way again, 60s and low 70s for daytime highs. and even this evening it's still pretty pleasant out there. by 7 p.m. it's not too chilly with temperatures mainly in the 50s at that hour. so the call from accuweather. today we have partly cloudy skies this morning breaking for afternoon sunshine. it is

another warm day, low 60s to low 70s. so again about 5 to 10 degrees above average. this afternoon. overnight tonight. since those clouds do depart it does allow us to get cooler later on tonight compared to where we are right now. so we do expect our coldest areas to get back into the upper 30s first thing on our friday. so the next three days you will notice we keep it pretty mild here today and tomorrow is sunny skies, warm temperatures over the weekend we see an increase in cloud cover. we do see cooler temperatures arrive, but these numbers in the 60s are still above average for this time. of the year. we do find some rain on the horizon. we'll show you

first brought you yesterday morning about overcrowding at the san jose animal care and services center. a city audit made 39 recommendations on ways

to make that shelter better to get animals adopted. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains, in the meantime, the city is getting creative with ways to encourage adoptions. >> 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 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 audi, 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 dustin's story reminded us one of san francisco's cutest holiday traditions is happening right now. adoptable puppies and kittens from the spca are on display in the windows of macy's at union square. you can check them out wednesdays through sundays from noon to 6 p.m. through december 31st. the spca. oh my goodness. they're waiving adoption fees for all cats and dogs five months and older. this year's goal is finding homes for 600 animals. >> san francisco's house of prime rib facing a lawsuit over alleged labor violations. a former server claims the restaurant denied employees proper breaks and servers were also pressured to skip rest periods. that's according to the chronicle. that server, identified as sean hyatt, worked there from 2022 until july of

this year. the lawsuit seeks more than $25,000 in damages. longtime owner jo jo betz tells abc seven news the claims are totally fabricated. he says the server was fired for being intoxicated on the job in san francisco's chinatown. >> the 116 year old landmark restaurant sam wu is scheduled to close at the end of the month. this comes as a longtime chef and co-owner gets ready to retire, and his business partners scrambled to find a replacement. since first opening in 1906. the restaurant has closed several times, including breaks in 2012 and 2015. the last day to visit sammy jo is december 31st. >> we're already getting constant news for next summer. grammy winner zach bryan and kings of leon will perform at the second installment of the golden gate park concert series. the seven hour concert is scheduled for the weekend right after outside lands on august 15th. next year. promoter another planet entertainment says there will be more performances announced later. 50,000 music lovers attended

this year's kickoff concert. tickets for next year's event go on sale friday, with general admission selling for 200 bucks. all righty. does it not seem early for this? oh, it's very early. okay. >> my goodness. well, a huge congratulations this morning to our abc seven news colleagues. you see reggie right there. our team won multiple awards last night at the greater bay area journalism awards, including overall excellence. this is the 47th year of the event put on by the san francisco press club. oh, the whole group there. abc seven news contributor phil matier and former san francisco mayor willie brown were featured speakers. abc news reporters lyanne melendez, stephanie sierra, luz pena and our own reggie aqui were among the winners. >> come on friend. yeah, you got an award? >> i famously don't want anything, so i'm a little disappointed that i one broke your recording. but i did break a record. this was for the special that we did where we interviewed mayor breed, the police chief, and the da and got

to ask questions at so many members of our community wanted to ask. and phil matier was also part of that. shout out to the producer, kate ebb. she was really responsible for putting all this together and did a terrific job. so congratulations to her and everybody. >> yeah, and you were up late. so another congratulations. >> congratulations. come here. yes. looks fun. i got a shout out from the stage specifically after these awards were mentioned. >> i got a and reggie aqui. you need to go to bed. why are you still here? it was from someone who doesn't even work at the station. i loved it. it was roberta. >> oh my gosh. she understands. she. she understands. she's done the show for many hours. shout out to roberta gonzalez. yeah, totally. i hate when people remind us you got to go to bed. i'm like, no, i know. and i left. yeah. like. thank you. i'll take my word and i'll go home. i really did. congrats. that's awesome. this morning we're looking live outside from our exploratorium camera. it's another warm afternoon. it's a pattern. we're going to repeat for several days ahead. so the accuweather headlines today and

tomorrow. we're keeping that warm sunshine the dry conditions. temperatures remain about 5 to 10 degrees above average over the weekend. it'll look a little bit different. we'll have some increased cloud cover. it will feel cooler, but temperatures are still above average and we still stay dry. saturday and sunday. now down the pipeline, our next chance of any rain, any significant storms probably coming next weekend, starting on the 14th will likely see that storm track dive a little bit to the south over northern california. in fact, we'll show you that here on future weather. we'll get you into the 14th here. there's the date. the center of the low is well to our north around portland. we're kind of on the outer fringes of the system, so we'll likely get some rain that is very light in nature. some new snow in the sierra. it's not a blockbuster storm by any means at this point, but that could change. so here's a look at the rainfall totals over the next ten days. heaviest rain to our north, a couple of inches around seattle and portland for us here locally, probably less than a quarter of an inch with this next storm system. but if the

track were to shift a little bit to the south, that would change some things. so we'll keep you updated as we get closer to next weekend. live doppler seven. along with satellite, we do have a weak ripple of energy to our north. it is supplying some light showers around medford. we will remain dry, but you will notice once that sun gets up here this morning. we do have partly cloudy skies overhead that will only last for the first half of our day. so looking at the day planner, not too chilly this morning. we'll have those clouds first thing. giving way to full sunshine this afternoon. it's another warm afternoon. temperatures back into the 60s and low 70s for daytime highs. so the warm december pattern continues this afternoon. overnight tonight though, skies will clear. we do expect colder numbers tonight compared to where we are right now. 30s and 40s on the board accuweather seven day forecast shows you we'll keep it mild today. warm and sunny tomorrow. then there's that cloudier and cooler pattern change over the weekend. sunday. the brighter of the two days and then we'll keep it dry through early parts of next week, guys. >> drew thank you. new at sx holiday express. the free

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sitting down with good morning america to discuss the changes coming to in-store ordering. here's abc news reporter andrew dymburt. >> in this morning's gma first look, one on one with the new ceo of starbucks. >> five years from now, if i walk into a starbucks, how different is it going to look from today? >> our rebecca jarvis sitting down with brian niccol talking about the big changes when you order in store. >> all i'm going to have to do is show up order, and then it's basically handed to me within a few seconds. that's right. >> so my hope is we can get you

a brewed cup of coffee in less than 30s. >> and plans for a better experience using the app. >> today we just kind of give you an estimate. it will be ready in 3 to 5 minutes. in the future, what will happen is we'll be like, rebecca, your drink will be ready at nine. and then what should happen is your drink is ready to go, instead of it just being made, sitting on the counter waiting for people to come and coming up at 7 a.m. what the ceo says the iconic brand is doing right now to innovate and keep customers coming back with your gma first look. >> i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> all right sports fans, it's game time on disney plus. espn now has its own hub inside of disney plus. if you're a bundle subscriber, you'll get access to thousands of live sports events and special espn plus content. and even if you're not a bundle subscriber, you'll have access to a more curated selection of live game broadcasts and shows. hulu is officially in the stand up comedy game as well, launching their new brand hilarious. hilarious.

>> get it? oh, okay. >> comedian jim gaffigan helped to kick off the launch in manhattan last night. his special, the skinny is streaming now. >> some of it is the lowdown on what is someone being the parent of teenagers, and some of it's the lowdown of dealing with technology. >> hulu will roll out a new special every month over the next year. disney is the pat company of hulu and abc seven. >> i'm not sure why, but santa claus has a real idea now and he wants you to get one too. okay, why does he need a real id? >> he doesn't. >> i don't know. this happened in portland, oregon. he stopped by the dmv there to remind people that the federal government is requiring everyone's state issued driver's license to be compliant with real id rules. on may 7th. after that date, domestic airlines and federal facilities won't accept older licenses as valid identification, although you can

still use your passport. >> this is a great time of year to think about traveling next. next christmas, next thanksgiving, next summer. kids going on spring break. you need to be thinking about it now. >> this whole thing is unhinged. >> what? >> after you register for your real id, it takes about two weeks for it to come in the mail, so keep that in mind when you're planning trips for next year. >> this randomly reminds me, you know, when people go to the movies and they're obviously dressed up as like the movie that they're going to watch and they're like, what movie are you watching? >> yeah. >> what do you think? who are you? >> pienta kris kringle. >> do you want to see my real i.d. coming up on abc seven mornings at six. jury deliberations in san francisco. a verdict could come as soon as today in the murder trial of cash app founder bob lee. >> stability and continuity. the president of the oakland city council laying out the responsibilities for the city during the mayoral transition, and salespeople for salesforce, the company planning to hire

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now abc seven mornings live now at six. >> an urgent search. police looking for the man accused of shooting and killing the ceo of unitedhealthcare. the new details we're learning about the midtown manhattan incident. >> smelly situation, the rush to repair a sewer line that's causing a big mess in one east bay city. plus, gott