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job and has remained defiant. but is san mateo county ready to make an offer to its embattled sheriff? can't refuse so that she will step down. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us for this special edition of abc seven news. a san mateo county has made a substantial offer for sheriff christina corpus to walk away from her job. $1 million and four years of medical coverage. >> now, that is what sources close to the negotiation tell the i-team's. dan noyes and dan also learned that when the sheriff and her lawyer rejected the offer, the county indicated they would offer more money. san mateo county attorney john nybelin told the i-team tonight he would not confirm what are supposed to be confidential conversations between counsel and when reached this evening, sheriff corpus would not comment on this report. >> earlier this week, the san mateo county board of supervisors voted to hold a special election in march on a measure that would allow the supervisors to fire sheriff corpus. it comes after an

independent report accused corpus of misconduct and corruption charges. she vehemently denies. >> in the east bay, a coalition that advocates for incarcerated women has reached a historic settlement with the federal bureau of prisons. the case stems from allegations of abuse and retaliation against inmates at the dublin women's prison. several prison officials were accused of sexually abusing female inmates as part of the settlement. a monitor will oversee the treatment of 500 women who joined a class action lawsuit over the abuse. yesterday, federal officials announced they were closing the dublin prison permanently. now, most of the charges were dismissed today for the 26 protesters who shut down the golden gate bridge earlier this year. a san francisco judge has so far dropped 32 of the 44 charges against the pro-palestinian activists. one person was dismissed entirely from the case because of lack of evidence. the judge may decide to reduce or dismiss more counts at the next hearing on january

6th. >> all right. let's move now to that major earthquake that triggered a tsunami warning yesterday in the bay area. roughly 200 aftershocks have hit since that quake struck off the humboldt county coast. the usgs says there is a small chance of a magnitude six aftershock. authorities are still assessing the damage. so far, they have not heard of any major damage. also, thankfully, no injuries have been reported. the earthquake was 7.0 in magnitude. that's a major quake. the strongest to hit the cape mendocino region since 1992. and the cleanup does continue in many stores that had lots of their stuff knocked to the floor and smashed. abc seven news reporter cornell barnard visited businesses in humboldt county that suffered losses. >> reporter well, 24 hours after that 7.0 quake rocked the north coast, a lot of damage is now coming to light like this large crack which opened up here on blue slide road in the community of rio del. crews are working to fix it. lots of other cleanup is

happening around here too. the largest quake to strike northern california in decades, hitting residents with dozens of aftershocks. cabinets jolting, open, pools overflowing and roads cracking. this public works crew in rio del. were trying to fix this crack, which opened on blue slide road. it's about 20ft long, caused by the big shaker. >> and i was stocking these pumpkin pies, and i had a cart right here, and i thought somebody was messing with me. and shaking the cooler. >> april ness says the quake was no joke. she works at toby's market in scotia, where employees were told to evacuate when the rocking started. >> and then my boss came through and she was like, everybody outside. everybody outside. so i'm literally like, tiptoeing, trying to walk this way because the floor is going up and down. i've never. i'm from kentucky. i know tornadoes. i do not know earthquakes. >> april. sharing pictures of the huge mess left behind. she

says about 30% of all grocery stock was destroyed. >> but our main priority was getting the floors cleaned up enough to where we could bring people in so people could eat and get food and get groceries, get whatever they needed. >> a sign at the dollar general store in rio dell says, closed until further notice and for good reason. we saw lots of items scattered on the floor and in the aisles. workers at city hall took cover when the quake hit. city manager kyle knopp was there, too. >> significant shaking. this is definitely like the rolling, you know, unwelcome roller coaster type of earthquake. >> knopp says his staff is still looking for damage, but not finding anything major compared to a quake in 2022, which left homes redtagged. >> well, i think we got tremendously lucky. you know, this this earthquake could have been much more damaging, much more significant. >> officials in humboldt county urge home and business owners who had quake damage to report it. but everyone agrees the area

was spared this time from that quake. no major damage or that injuries. in humboldt county. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> something to be thankful for now. the tsunami warning which resulted from the earthquake came across as an alert on most cell phones. we then saw a long line of cars in pacifica as people rushed to evacuate. people also saw higher ground in san francisco. how far do you have to be from the coast to be safe? abc seven news reporter luz pena went looking for answers. >> it was a warning that tested response time, urgency and evacuation plans across the bay area. the tsunami warning left many wondering, do you know what to do next time? >> all cities around the water line in the bay area may potentially be affected. >> we rounded up san francisco's executive director of the department of emergency management, a first responder and a scientist to explain. >> this is a good kind of trial run for what would happen if we got, let's say, a magnitude eight earthquake up there. then the whole northern california

coast would really be in play, including the bay area, although because of the golden gate, the waves that would come through would be pointed more or less toward emeryville. >> the california geological survey created a map of places across the state that are in the greatest risk of a tsunami impact in the bay area. areas in green are not likely to be impacted. everything in yellow is at higher risk, with multiple places in san francisco along the water. when we zoom in into the bay, almost the entire island of alameda, parts of west oakland and richmond, along with low lying areas in san rafael and larkspur, could see flooding. here's what you should do if you are near water. >> if you live by the coast or you live by the water, you get this alert. you're not sure or you hear it is real. we really recommend people just taking a walk if you can, to just get a little bit to higher ground. not to evacuate your whole house or anything, but to move farther

away from the area of danger. >> moving to higher ground could simply be going up to a higher floor inside a building. >> in the 2011 tsunami, there was a middle school 3 or 4 stories high. everybody was evacuated to the roof. the bottom two stories were destroyed. everybody came out fine. >> after getting this alert, many people opted to drive out of the city. this scientist doesn't recommend that approach. >> you need to get ten feet up. you're much better off just to do it by walking or running, not getting in your car and running the risk that you'll be trapped in a traffic jam, as occurred in the 2011 tsunami in japan. >> and this is one of those problematic areas in the bay. in case of a tsunami, the sanay. in francisco fire department recommends to go 100ft above sea level to be safe. in emeryville, luz pena, abc7 news. >> and we went on the air yesterday within minutes of that

earthquake, and we stayed on air for hours to cover the tsunami warning and impacts here in the bay area. when breaking news happens, you'll find us on tv on abc7 news.com and on the abc7 bay area app wherever you stream. >> the golden state valkyries, the newest franchise in the wnba that will play at chase center next summer, got their first players today in an expansion draft. they could take one player from each of the other 12 teams in the league. so some interesting choices being made and the valkyries picked 11 players, seven internationally. the valkyries head coach natalie nakase was a guest tonight on after the draft with sports director larry beil. she explained what they're looking for when they select new players. >> specifically. i actually have three non-negotiables that i actually look for in players. number one, they have to be ultra competitive, and i've been saying that like, you have to love to win and you have to hate to lose, and you have to feel that loss. that's important. and then secondly, you have to have you have to have high character. so you got to sacrifice for the greater good of the team at all

times. and then the third is you have to have a never satisfied mindset. so i want players to play like their life depended on it. >> she was great to have with us tonight. the valkyries first game at chase center is may 16th. >> there are growing concerns about the spread of bird flu in the united states. the new testing that's being ordered by the government, and they're lining up the night sky in san francisco for the holidays. >> the spectacular show that's going to be around for a limited time. >> i'm spencer christian. we have a few more mild dry days coming our way, but only a few. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up you should feel that, like, right back here. oh, yeah, i felt that! good, that is so much better than last week. thanks, i've been doing 'em every night while i'm watching tv. - oh, what are you watching? it's a mystery.

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is held today for a man convicted of a mass shooting in sunnyvale during the 1980s. the district attorney is seeking to have richard farley's death sentence changed to life without parole. but abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains the victims families are pushing back. >> emotions ran high in a santa clara county courtroom friday. sadness, anger, deceit. some of the feelings that the victims of a mass workplace shooting in sunnyvale still feel more than 30 years later. this, as a judg, again delayed the resentencing for convicted murderer richard farley. >> we are bleeding out emotionally in court. this is horrific, what we're being put through again after 36 years in my particular case. and we are leaving the courtroom each time feeling as though it just doesn't matter what we say.

>> elizabeth allen lost her husband, buddy, in the mass shooting in 1988, one of the seven killed at the tech firm esl incorporated. allen and other loved ones are fighting against a resentencing that would change farley's death penalty to life without parole. some, like james reid, shared their stories in court. >> how do you explain that this evil, violent act destroyed and decimated my family and other families? words cannot fully articulate any of that. for the victims families, the pain never ends. >> allen's attorney, james mcmanus, says the district attorney's office did not reach out to all victims involved, and he's glad the continuance issued by the judge friday will allow others to speak as well. >> esl you know, had over 300 employees that day. they're all victims, we found. i don't know, 20, 30 victims just by our little efforts and all these resources that the d.a. has, he can't find these people. i don't believe it. >> this is not the only case. d.a. jeff rosen sought to resentence. it's part of his

bend the arc initiative. new social justice centered policies for death row cases in santa clara county. in court filings, rosen said resentencing farley is not about lessening punishment, but paving the way to the finality of his judgment by ending appeal opportunities and expensive post-conviction litigation for those resentenced. rosen said, in part, the man who committed this horrific mass shooting may well deserved his punishment, but we do not deserve to impose it. this community does not deserve an archaic, error strewn and racist system of capital punishment. >> we don't need him to pick apart a case that is finished. we need closure. we need fairness. we need justice. >> the next resentencing hearing will take place in march 2025, in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> tonight, the fbi is involved in a nationwide manhunt for the man suspected of gunning down unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson outside a midtown manhattan hotel. there is now a $50,000 reward. police say the

suspect boarded a bus out of new york city following wednesday's shooting, law enforcement sources tell abc news. the bus that the man is believed to have boarded out of the city made 6 or 7 stops, and investigators have followed leads in a number of states. it comes as the first unmasked images of the suspect were released. they come from a youth hostel where sources say he used a fake new jersey id. the clerk asked to see his smile to verify the id that photo, which is golden. >> put that out nationally and wait for the phone calls to come in, which i think will happen. >> in another development, police officers recovered a backpack in central park, which they believe was carried by the shooter. the u.s. department of agriculture announced on friday that it will start testing milk throughout the country for bird flu, beginning december 16th. dairy farms and processors nationwide must provide unpasteurized milk for testing if the feds request it. testing will begin in california, colorado, michigan, mississippi, oregon, and pennsylvania. bird

flu was first detected in dairy cows back in march and has since infected 700 herds of cattle in 15 states. >> and we're going to have to keep waiting for locally caught dungeness crab. the season has been delayed for at least another two weeks because the california department of fish and wildlife says the risk of whales getting entangled in nets remains high. the commercial season usually starts in the middle of november. >> let's glow s.f. return to the city tonight. kicking off with a neon block party in front of the ferry building. for the next nine days, you can catch large scale animated light shows created by artists from all around the world. they're projected from 5 to 10 p.m. each night on eight different buildings downtown. people who gathered on market street tonight got in line for free hot cocoa and hung out for the dj and live performances. and as you can see, it was really well attended. >> yeah. and perfect weather. it sounds like maybe it's going to stay dry. >> yeah, let's hope so for a while anyway, through the weekend. spencer christian is

here with the forecast. spencer. >> yeah, it looks like they'll be glowing under dry conditions for at least the next five days after that. we're not so certain. here's a look at the satellite radar composite image. you can see a disturbance moving in, moving onshore rather up to our north in the pacific northwest. some of the clouds extending southwestward from that system may swing through the bay area tomorrow. they won't bring us any rainfall, but it may be partly cloudy for part of the day. right now we're looking at really calm wind. wind speeds under five miles per hour all across the region. under clear skies. it's a 56 here in san francisco and also mid 50s at oakland, hayward and san jose. we have upper 40s right now at redwood city and half moon bay. nice clear view from emeryville looking along the bay bridge, 43 degrees right now. petaluma and fairfield. we have mid 40s at santa rosa, napa and livermore. 48 right now at concord and lester. let's take a look across the embarcadero briefly and then take a loot our forecast headlines. overnight, we'll see a few high clouds. it will be cooler than last night. and this weekend will bring us some patchy morning fog, especially tomorrow. then sunny skies or mostly sunny in the

afternoon hours and late next week we have rain chances increasing. this is our forecast animation for the overnight hours starting at midnight. mainly clear at the moment, but we'll see some of these high clouds increasing going into the overnight hours and then during the early morning hours tomorrow. the first half of the day, we'll see mainly sunny skies south of the golden gate, but lots of cloud cover moving through the north bay in the midday and afternoon hours. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 40s. a little chillier, a lot chillier, in fact, over at fairfield, which will have a low of 37 degrees. so quite chilly there, but a nice mild day coming our way tomorrow. even with the lingering cloud cover up in the north bay, we'll see highs there of 63 at napa, 66 at santa rosa, 65 san rafael over in the inland east bay, a wider range, a high of 62 at antioch, but 67 at livermore. down in the south bay. we'll see some of our mildest weather tomorrow, with a high of 69 at san jose, 70 in morgan hill and right around the bay shoreline, mid 60s. about 65 degrees at virtually every

location there. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. as you can see, 2 to 3 more mild days coming our way. certainly mild tomorrow and sunday. but even on monday, as it gets a little bit cooler, we'll still see some mid 60s. but then tuesday the cooling continues so it will be bright and brisk. partly cloudy on wednesday and then thursday and friday. looks like our next chance of rain. at the moment it doesn't look like this is going to be a major rain producer, but things are still taking shape. taking shape in the atmosphere. so we'll just keep watching. >> the mild is nice for the time being. >> mild is good. >> thanks, spencer. >> okay. >> well, google is pushing back against the federal government and the lawsuit it filed today against the consumer financial protec jen b asks, "how can i get fast download speeds while out and about?"

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the closing bell. this afternoon at the new york stock exchange signaled a bit of a mixed bag to end the trading week. the dow jones closed down 123 points. meanwhile, the nasdaq and the s&p 500 hit record highs, each, closing their third straight week up. gains from tesla, meta and amazon helped drive up the nasdaq. >> an urgent recall for ram truck owners because of an issue with the brakes. stellantis is recalling more than 315,000 trucks over potentially deadly risk of crash. they found some of the hydraulic control units can fail. this applies to 2017 and 2018 model year. ram 25, 35,

45 and 5500. dealers will replace the units for free. letters will be sent out next month to notify the owners. >> google filed a lawsuit today against the consumer financial protection bureau. it's to challenge the agency's decision to place google's payments process under federal supervision. google claims it would be a burdensome regulation based on unfounded user complaints. the agency agency's order for supervision is related to google's peer to peer payment product. it's no longer available in the u.s, so google says it doesn't pose sufficient risk to consumers. >> there is a unique holiday experience going on in san francisco. >> oh, there sure is. how you can catch the s

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