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morning, it will be hard to miss all that haze. oh, it is awful. >> our air quality index from moderate to poor for highly sensitive groups. it will improve in the north bay. today we have a cold front that is dragging some high clouds. and then, of course, that inversion, that dome of high pressure still overhead, no wind, allowing for the poor air quality and this morning, a foggy start for you with a dense fog advisory for the next few hours through the delta. look at san francisco sfo a mile or a little bit better visibility. livermore. same deal. napa mile can't see anything at all in novato. so our dense fog advisory is out towards the delta though until noontime for the rest of us, there's sfo, 54, in hayward, 46 redwood city, san rafael. some hazy sunshine there with 48 in concord. so it's not as cold. but look at our sensitive groups. there could be an issue throughout the day, despite the fact that the clouds clear, we're into a hazy, sunny but cooler afternoon mid 60s for most. we'll talk about an

offshore flow. a frosty morning and our storm impact scale in a few minutes. stephanie. >> all right lisa thank you. developing news out of syria. the syrian government collapsed early this morning, falling to a rebel offensive that seized control of the capital of damascus. this is a stunning end to the 50 year rule of the assad family. syrian state television released a video statement saying president bashar assad has been overthrown and all detainees in jails have been set free. the video was released hours after the head of a syrian opposition war monitor said assad left the country to an undisclosed location. celebrations erupted, as you can see here, into the early morning hours, crowds also gathered to pray in mosques and others chanted anti-assad slogans. the syrian community here in the bay area is keeping a close eye on this situation. >> of course, we're wary about what tomorrow brings, but right now it's one step at a time. there's nothing worse for syria

than bashar al assad and the assad regime. there's nothing worse. we're at the bottom. there's only going forward, going up from here. >> president elect donald trump and current president joe biden both expressed they would not engage with the syrian military. back here at home, san mateo county officials are discussing sheriff christina corpuses future this week. they want her to appear at tuesday's board of supervisors meeting and give her story under oath. county supervisor ray mueller told abc7 news. corpus declined their invitation to speak. the sheriff has been under mounting pressure to step down following misconduct allegations she's denied all wrongdoing and continues to refuse to resign. the abc7 news i-team reported the county made $1 million offer for corpus to walk away, but she turned it down. tomorrow, the oakland city council will hold a special budget meeting. it's to vote on proposals aiming to balance a historic $129 million budget deficit. and with it

comes big hits to public safety and job cuts across all departments. here's abc seven news reporter anser hassan. >> oakland mayor shengtao was recalled in part due to concerns over public safety. now there are concerns over the deeper budget cuts to public safety announced on friday. >> there is a cut of overtime, which is 25 million in there, and they're also projecting to cancel two future police academies. >> sergeant timothy dolan is vice president of the police union, with retirement and turnover and no money to hire new officers, he predicts opd could be down to 600 officers by the end of next year. from the 800 officers two years ago. that means cops are forced to work overtime, but opd is millions over budget, mostly because of that overtime. >> a lot of this the department survives on overtime. as far as our mandatory overtime, where we work sideshow operations on the weekend or backfilling open patrol beats or homicide

investigations. >> public safety accounts for almost 70% of the city's general fund, forcing opd to cut overtime. spending by $25 million is equal to about 20% of the entire $120 million budget deficit. oakland will also unrestrict and transfer funds to the genera fund, totaling close to $40 million, but it has to do more. it will reduce homelessness funding cultural arts grants and eliminate the community ambassador program. stewart chen says this program has been a success in chinatown. he says if people don't feel safe, they won't come out. >> at this moment in time, to take them away, it will just it's just two steps forward and one step back. it will send us back to where we were 3 or 4 years ago. >> cybersecurity is also facing cuts. the department that one year ago had to deal with a ransomware attack. julian was vice president of oakland's local 21, a union that represents office jobs. he's an it administrator. his department will lose six i.t. jobs without a sound i.t. department.

>> you're never going to have a sound city because all these other systems in the city rely on the it department to actually make them functional. >> he says many unions are frustrated with the lack of revenue collection, millions of dollars that could be used to save jobs. >> be diligent about, you know, all the monies that are due to the city, particularly before any of these funds start to sunset, because, you know, at some point you can't collect on some of these revenues. so it's very important for us to, you know, strike while the iron's hot. >> the report states if these proposed budget cuts don't work, the city will have to declare a fiscal emergency. city council will vote on the proposals at a special meeting on monday. in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> we continue to follow this story. a juvenile driver was arrested for hitting a guard shack right in front of this gated community in discovery bay. one guard died on scene and another was injured. it happened near bixler and balfour roads late friday night. a witness described what happened in the moments before the accident.

>> i think i heard the guards yelling stop, stop, stop! both of them. if not one of them, i don't recall at the time right now, but one of them was hollering stop, stop, stop because they had seen a car coming towards them right? right before the initial impact. >> the chp says the driver was taken to the hospital with major injuries. dui has been ruled out as a factor in this crash. we may be paying more to cross bay area bridges. a decision will be made at a hearing this week on wednesday. the bay area toll authority is considering a toll increase to be phased out over the next five years. it would start at $8.50 and add $0.50 each year. it would also include a change to the carpool lane policy, establishing a uniform three person requirement at all seven bridges. that would be for half price tolls during weekday commute periods. if approved, the changes would take effect january of 2026. as we head to

break, let's check in with lisa. how's it looking out there? >> not so great in fact, the air quality is looking very hazy. once again you can see some blue sky, but boy, we have an inversion. those pollutants down at the surface and throughout the day. today will be a little improvement. parts of the north bay. but we have to wait until we get some wind in here. that's on tap for tomorrow. we'll talk about it coming up also. >> next, look at these 27 dogs, all abandoned. but we'll explain how neighbors came to the rescue with overwhelming support for this north bay animal shelter. plus a record number of gifts. all to make kids smile. an inside look at the toy drive exceeding expectations. >> hey everyone! if you've been injured in an accident, listen up. we have legal professionals standing by. you can find out how much money you can potentially get for your accident. i'm tori shulman here with my cohost al jackson. al, tell the viewers at home who

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who lived through the attack. they also shared their stories. dale bervin is a former navy pilot and he was a fifth grader at the time of the attack. >> i went to see a friend of mine who lived three doors down. i told him his mother overheard. it and started sobbing. oh my sons, because she had three older sons. sure enough, one of them got killed in world war two. >> the attack at the naval base in hawaii claimed the lives of 2400 americans and thrust the u.s. into world war two. now we're seeing an outpouring of support from the community after someone abandoned 27 small dogs right near calistoga. take a look at this. they're all in cages here. the napa county animal shelter and adoption center posted these photos saying they desperately need help and that help arrived. the shelter says they are now

overwhelmed with responses from people looking to foster or adopt, and you might even have a delay in getting a response from them, but they are working on it and they tell us adoption fees are also being waived. the u.s. department of agriculture says it will start testing milk for bird flu beginning december 16th. dairy farms and processors nationwide must provide unpasteurized milk for testing if the feds request it. that testing will begin here in california, also in colorado, michigan, mississippi, oregon and pennsylvania. marin county is currently investigating a possible case of bird flu. the virus was first detected in dairy cows back in march and has since infected 700 herds of cattle across 15 states. at least 58 people have been infected with the virus. san francisco is trying to breathe new life into a troubled mall, and this weekend it sponsored a holiday shop and dine pop up, showcasing small businesses and

bringing holiday shoppers to the downtown san francisco center. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us the event. >> we are selling cannoli, so grandma's recipe. she is 102 years old in sicily. >> it's not every day you can come to the mall during the holiday season to sample handcrafted cannolis, or see dozens of small bay area businesses selling one of a kind gifts. but this is no ordinary mall. >> i've lived in the city 20 plus years. i used to shop at this mall and we all knew it was hurting. >> it's why city economic development leaders moved the shop. dine sf holiday pop-up event to the san francisco center. the former westfield mall, where more shoppers are definitely needed. >> so bringing them here in one location, people explore the makers and then they explore the mall. so it's been a great partnership. >> i think it's important to showcase the small businesses in san francisco, especially people that don't have brick and mortars. >> more than 50 vendors are set up under the now empty iconic

dome. brian robinson is optimistic about the future of downtown shopping. >> we have some of the best views. this is an amazing structure and we're here to put life into it. our business, our company is here in san francisco, and we pump life into places like this. >> it's no secret this mall is hurting after suffering economic challenges. a lot of stores have left. in fact, this part of the mall is kind of a ghost town. >> i really like the idea of the san francisco center allowing this kind of vending situation to occur. i guess it's a great way to revisit this mall with a fresh take. >> some shoppers discovered the pop up event, but others made it a saturday destination. >> i mean, honestly, it's the reason i came to the mall today, so definitely, yeah, i like to support small businesses. >> the city believes events like this are working. >> we have noticed a tremendous increase in foot traffic, and we've noticed a tremendous increase in people coming

downtown. >> the city says about 400 people attended the two day event. more holiday pop ups are planned this season in san francisco. cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> across the bay now a struggling christmas toy drive in oakland. we first told you about this last week as theou group was in dire need of donations. well, now that has changed. abc seven news reporter tara campbell tells us about the record success. >> the sights and sounds of a community rallying to make sure these families in oakland's chinatown have gifts. this holiday season. the christmas in the park toy drive was started 18 years ago in honor of late oakland police officer stan mok. he organized a drive before passing in 2007 when he when he started, you know, i was so moved by it that i felt like that this tradition should still go on and it's been going strong ever since. that is, until this year, when donations dried up. >> it was so sad and heartbroke.

i was crying at nighttime. >> that was earlier this week when we first brought you this story. at the time, they'd only received ten donations, but since then, support has been piling in from all over the bay area. >> when the community all came together to pitch in. and thanks to dion lim for, you know, for speaking out, the story really touched me so much that i wanted to help out. >> mark taveras making his way here from san jose with more than 200 donations gathered from coworkers and his car club community. >> i was once upon a time, you know, homeless, and my parents were struggling too. so i know how it feels to have nothing. >> and for these families, it means everything. this holiday season bring all the kind people and friendly peoples, bringing all the goodness powers together. >> so this is very helpful for the community. >> and that power perhaps felt most right here between the wife of the late officer and one of his daughters. >> it means a lot that we're doing this for the community,

and that they're keeping my father's legacy alive, and that people still remember him. >> a legacy they didn't know was being carried until just this week. >> i had no idea. >> no idea that they kept it going. >> yeah, that they kept it going. from now on, it promised every single year will be even bigger and better. >> and they're perfectly poised to do exactly that this year, turning out a record setting 2000 donations. thank you. tara campbell, abc seven news. >> pretty incredible. going from ten to more than 2000 donations in that time. certainly gets us in the giving spirit. >> lisa. yeah. it's beautiful to see. not so much outside, though. we've had the haze in our inversion and especially significant in our valleys, where we've got that cool air draining in and we've got the moisture, little wind out there. so the fog with us for the next several hours and the moderate to poor air quality for some of you. again today. but as a weak cold front pushes through, we're going to get on the back side of it, bringing in some drying air, some wind. and

that will help improve the air quality for everyone. on monday and tuesday. but then guess what? it goes back to not so hot until we get our rain arriving at the end of the week. so there's a look at where the rain is in the pacific northwest. here's our dense fog advisory until noon. but you know what? the bay area probably should be under one as well, where we have just a mile and a quarter visibility. san francisco two miles. improved a little bit in our inland valleys from concord to livermore. and you can see up in novato. and napa is just bad out there. so as we look at our view from pier 39, we've got some sun out there and temperatures aren't as cold. we're 51 in san jose, 46 in redwood city with the clouds overnight. they're beginning to clear, but you can see very little wind there. it is 44 santa rosa, 41, in petaluma with upper 40s in concord. so we have somewhat of a milder start. we could see a frost advisory for tuesday morning on the back side of that system. after the winds dial back, it's going to be a cold start for several days.

so haze and fog to get going. this morning. then throughout the afternoon, hazy sunshine, temperatures in the 60s. so cooler than what we've experienced. then the rain arrives at level one system into next weekend. hour by hour. notice that those high clouds really begin to thin out. we're into a sunny afternoon and then into monday. the winds are kicking up even today. a little bit of a breeze in the north bay, but we'll have those gusty winds, particularly north and east bay, on monday. in fact, they could gust to 30 and 40 miles an hour. but since we have done so well with the rain, we're not looking at red flag warning. although the east bay and south bay only looking at 40 and 50% of average. so as we get into tuesday morning, the winds will dial back and it will be frosty out there, perhaps below freezing. then we see an increase in clouds on tuesday into wednesday. then things really begin to change at the end of the week. there's a look at the winds this afternoon. it's more than what we've had.

not much. but as we get into monday morning, then temperatures will be mild with those winds. all that mixing, but that wind will continue through the afternoon. fast forwarding friday night into saturday. this one model wants to bring in over a quarter of an inch of rain along the coastal hills. so it's something right at 10th out there for our inland valleys today in santa clara, upper 60s. it's sunny, it's hazy, the winds are light. and then for the rest of us today, more like low to mid 60s. 63 downtown palo alto, 64. the accuweather seven day forecast. so we've got the haze today, the offshore wind tomorrow, the frost on tuesday, increasing clouds midweek with that air quality once again compromised. and then friday night maybe some showers. level one system. saturday. >> stephanie. lisa. thank you. still ahead, a disturbing discovery in the south bay. the results froma years long investigation intooma hazardous and medical waste improperly dumped by several hospitals.

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is the law and we are enforcing it. >> the investigation started in november 2023 and uncovered tens of thousands of illegally disposed items at saint louise, o'connor and santa clara valley medical center. now, rosen's office is taking civil enforcement action against his own county. >> if you're going to be in the health care field, there's no immunity, no freebie, just because you're the government were the county is not a defense. and in our view, the county should be setting a good example, not a bad one. >> a santa clara valley health care statement read in part. we are committed to adopting industry best practices to prevent future occurrences and upon learning the details. three weeks ago, immediately began implementing corrective actions to address the concerns, including reviewing and updating policies, creating an audit review process, and designating department liaisons to quickly facilitate necessary changes. this is not just happening at county hospitals. a separate

investigation by the da uncovered illegal dumping at regional medical center in san jose. as well. state law provides for fines up to 70,000 per hazardous waste and 10,000 for medical waste illegally disposed of based on the amount of items recovered, rosen said. that amount would be more than $1 billion. but he says the actual fine will be negotiated later and would likely be in the millions in santa clara county. dustin dorsey abc seven news. >> still to come this morning, the first mass in the notre dame cathedral in paris. how one bay area company played a major role in its rebuilding process. >> at seven, get the right rv at the right price. right now, this new winnebago view is newly discounted over $104,000 wreck van the world's largest adventure van dealer. visit redfin.com today. we're host extreme makeover. >> we have 96 hours to build a

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morning how hazy it is out there. but it's pretty bad. >> it is bad. you know we often get this in the winter time where we have spare their spare the air alerts, and we don't have one today. we have fog mixed in with the haze and that aqi for many of you, well into the 150 degree range, which many of you know is quite unhealthy for sensitive groups over a mile, visibility is all we can do at the airport. it is improving in our inland valleys, but our dense fog advisory is confined to the delta, the carquinez strait. there's some blue sky, a little wind there. the golden gate bridge, 53. oakland is in the low 50s. 51 san jose. east bay hills camera atop vollmer peak. the clouds, the haze. low 40s in petaluma. and a look at our air quality. now it's better on the peninsula. the north bay and in the east bay, our inland valleys. it is definitely suffering so low to mid 60s for most of us, partly to mostly sunny s brighter than yesterday. but that air quality still compromised. we'll get the warmest temperatures down around santa clara, where the niners will be today in the upper 60s. we will get that drying trend

into your monday. some gusty winds. and then we're going to talk about bringing rain back into the forecast. why not? it's december right stephanie. all right liz thank you. >> developing news now. police have released new photos of the man they believe shot and killed the ceo of unitedhealthcare. take a look. the search continues for this man. investigators have been following leads across multiple states. abc news reporter morgan norwood is following this story from new york. >> the fbi is assisting the nypd in a nationwide manhunt for the suspect believed to have killed unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson on wednesday, not far from rockefeller center in new york city. investigators say the suspect, wearing all black and a ski mask, waited until the 50 year old thompson showed up at the hilton hotel for an investor's conference before fatally shooting him at point blank range. >> at this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack. >> law enforcement sources

telling abc news that investigators believe they were able to find dna samples from several pieces of evidence left behind at the scene. shell casings with the words deny, defend and depose a possible reference to the ways insurance companies avoid paying medical claims also found at the crime scene, along with live rounds from a nine millimeter gun. police say the suspect fled on a bike to central park, where a gray backpack was recovered on friday by police. authorities say the suspected gunman has since left new york city. investigators say the suspect arrived in new york ten days prior to the shooting on a greyhound bus and boarded somewhere between atlanta and washington, d.c. detectives now using facial recognition technology on these images, captured when a clerk checked who they believed to be the suspect into a hostel and asked to see his smile. >> as his picture moves more and more into various states, in particular between atlanta and new york city, you're going to get more and more people calling in, and as long as the local

affiliates, the local newspapers and law enforcement keep that picture up, somebody is going to id him. >> unitedhealthcare is a wing of unitedhealth group, one of the largest health insurers in the country. the company says they're deeply saddened and shocked, and that brian thompson was a highly respected colleague and friend. brian's wife telling abc her husband was a loving father to two teenage sons and that their family is shattered. they're requesting privacy during this difficult time. morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> back here in california, seven on your side investigates a renewed promise from the state's insurance commissioner. for two years now, ricardo lara has said providers will write the vast majority of their business in wildfire distressed areas. but is that plan of action on the side of consumers or insurers? i spoke with the commissioner about what exactly would change. >> well, i got a letter in the mail from my insurer, said they were dropping me. >> we first introduced you to janet mountjoy last month. the

86 year old widow is trying to make ends meet after being dropped by triple a. >> i called repeatedly, begging them for reconsideration because i live right next to the fire station. but she got no help from the insurer or the state. >> just like her portola valley neighbors kind of stuck. >> certainly annoying. there should be some progress if you ask california's insurance commissioner, we have risen to this unprecedented challenge. >> ricardo lara says progress is coming with a plan he calls the sustainable insurance strategy that's supposed to be implemented by the end of the year. in it, he's made this promise insurance companies will write no less than 85% of their statewide market share in wildfire distressed areas. >> insurance companies, fore first time are committing to writing 85% of their business in the wildfire distressed areas. >> notice, he says insurers are committing to writing policies in fire prone areas, specifically, 85% of their sales elsewhere. but we look through his regulation and found why

critics say that's misleading. that 85% figure is only the high end of a range. insurers have the option to cover as little as 5% if they choose. and there's no mandate of compliance. >> he's not doing his job. >> i'm very disappointed. >> he's been lying to the state. you know, this is the commissioner's attempt. >> some of your critics, not just consumer watchdog, but others who have read the fine print of that proposal, have said it's really only giving insurers the option to do 5% with no mandate of compliance. if you could answer yes or no. is that true? >> that's inaccurate. that 5% is for 5% is for our small and medium sized companies. >> but that's not what his own regulation says. i want to show you we went through every page, and nowhere in the fine print does it specify 5% is for small or medium sized companies. in fact, the entire section is pretty vague, indicating any insurer may commit to writing more policies in fire prone areas by at least 5%, but they

have two years to do it if they choose to at all. so why isn't the regulation more clear? we wanted to ask him these follow up questions in the interview, but it was cut off. >> and stephanie, really quick, this is mike. i know you have questions. we do need to move him along. >> well, i still have quite a bit really important questions. it happened not once can i can i please ask a few more. not twice. >> i, i know you got to go. >> i but three times. stephanie i got to go. >> thank you. got to go. >> just under 30 minutes and our time was up. >> is not available. >> we asked michael soller the following week for around 15 minutes, with the commissioner to ask some follow up questions, but we never got an answer for an on camera interview. so we resorted to back and forth emails where i specifically asked his staff to point out where in this regulation it mentions the 5% option for small or medium sized companies. his office never did because it doesn't exist. instead, we were

told regulations are written broadly to enhance enforcement authority. so if insurers have the option to expand coverage by 5 to 85%, is that holding them accountable? that holding them >> that's a big range. >> and that's the fundamental problem we have, is we have a weak commissioner. the companies know it and they are exploiting it. >> we got an independent perspective from amy bach with united policyholders, a nonprofit insurance advocacy group. >> look, you know, do i think it's a perfect plan? no. you know, do i think that there's a lot of wiggle room here for insurers? yes. i do. do i think this was probably the best deal that he was able to negotiate with insurers in order to try to bring them back? i guess it is. >> but here's how the commissioner describes the plan to think creatively and be critically and critically with consumer protection at the forefront. is it true that there is no mandate of compliance, whether it's between 5 and 85%? there is no mandate of compliance, yes or no? >> we cannot mandate

underwriting. >> he's mistaken. >> lara says he can't legally mandate insurers to comply with this regulation, citing prop 103, which, ironically, is california's law that aims to hold insurers accountable by protecting consumers from arbitrary rates and practices. but the author of prop 103, harvey rosenfield, says the case law his office is using to make that argument has since been ordered by the california supreme court to be published, and is no longer part of the law. >> we sent him two years ago a legal opinion and a legal analysis that show that under proposition 103, he does have the authority to determine whether insurance companies are underwriting properly or not. >> rosenfield, who also happens to be the founder of consumer watchdog, believes lada can still use his emergency authority in these situations. for example, lada could implement a rate freeze on insurers like congressman john garamendi was able to do for more than three years during his

tenure as insurance commissioner. >> insurance commissioner lara has that same power. >> again, you have that legal authority to file suit against some of these insurers. >> of course, this is this is a crisis. >> this is we're all aware. >> commissioner, will you do it? >> of course. we're always in litigation with insurance companies that break our rules. and break our laws. >> how many court cases have you had in litigation against state farm? allstat, usaa? i mean, do you know that? >> i do not know. off the top of my head, but we can get you that information. >> seven on your side investigates. could not find any litigation. the california department of insurance filed against those insurers pertaining to wildfire insurance issues. we asked lara's office to confirm, but his team did not give us a straight answer and forwarded our questions to the public recs office. >> yet we were told, i can send you a list of different, you know, court cases that we've won where we've continue to keep and hold insurance companies accountable. >> his office provided a list of

five cases. they said lara has won against insurers for allegedly overcharging consumers. but we found only two of them resulted in penalties. his office did not clarify about the other cases, and there were no records made available on his website. >> we need competition. competition between insurance companies is a big factor in keeping rates down. >> lara says his plan will do that. but will it come at a cost? >> i feel very confident that we're going to bring down the cost of insurance for consumers. we're going to get this done within one year and that isn't unheard of. we're literally flying and building the plane at the exact same time. >> he's going to he's going to crash that plane and all the rest of us with it. >> homeowners, specifically congressman john garamendi, along with dozens of other lawmakers who signed this lette, still aren't sold. his plan will work. >> i was looking at my insurance policies, and in the last three years, the rates have tripled. why we don't know, because

there's been no transparency. >> putting pressure on these insurance companies. how are you going to make that commitment to your constituents? >> our current enforcement tool, if they don't abide by the agreement, then guess what? i can call i can retract that rate and hold them accountable for their for bring down the rate increase. >> i was really worried. >> meanwhile, millions of people just like janet sort of traumatic experience will be waiting to see if that happens. >> and it would be nice to have a system that provided help. >> if you need help with your insurance policy, you can reach out to me. seven on your side has a team of journalists working to help you by exposing these issues. head to abc seven news.com/7 on your side. well, still ahead this morning a story. five years in the making. the big day that happened in paris as the notre dame cathedral reopens. and we'll take you outside for a very hazy view from our roof camera. lisa,

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rockin eve live december 31st on abc. >> a worship service at the notre dame cathedral in paris happened overnight for the first time since a fire severely damaged it five years ago. the massive reconstruction effort led to this moment. thousands of workers came together and worked around the clock for those five years to restore the cathedral to its original condition. yesterday, president elect trump and first lady jill biden led the american delegation to show support for france. in total, 35 heads of state arrived for the ceremony. the u.s. was by far the biggest foreign donor to this renovation project. in fact, the average donation was $1,300. and this is pretty neat. a san francisco company gets some credit for the reconstruction of the cathedral. autodesk created the 3d modeling, which set the design

for the rebuild. their digital modeling software helped the restoration team understand the extent of the damage to then help guide this project. it took over a year to create an accurate model because of the complexity, detail and large size of this structure. the team used laser scanning and 46,000 images, and we'll be speaking with representatives from autodesk to learn more about their role. that story coming up on abc seven news tonight. liz. >> all right. as we head outside, you can see from our sutro tower camera. that blanket of haze, the poor air quality in the bay area. some sunshine. itn was in the upper 50s. it should be for this time of year. a couple low 60s today where we'll see less high clouds. but still that inversion with us. it's going to change. all change dramatically tomorrow. i'll have the details when we return. like the way you look.

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are looking to break a three game losing streak today in the matchup against the bears here at home. and brock purdy is weighing in on what's needed today. abc seven sports reporter sarah hodges has more on that. plus, buster posey's latest move for the giants. >> morning sports fans buster posey made his first major move as giants president of baseball operations. according to espn. the club has signed shortstop willy adames to the biggest contract in giants history, passing the deal buster himself signed as a player. espn says adames will get $182 million over the next seven seasons, including a $22 million signing bonus. thomas was with the brewers for the last three and a half seasons, where he collected 107 home runs. dingers are nice, but he's also going to fill a huge need at shortstop. last season, we saw the club rotate a few different players into that starting position, but weren't able to find a suitable replacement for brandon crawford moving to the gridiron. the niners are on a three game

losing streak heading into today's game against the bears at levi's stadium. after stumbling in the snow in buffalo, brock purdy knows if they have a chance to make the playoffs. they've got to take care of business today and that means getting back into the victory column. >> of course, for me, it hasn't been a woe is me. it's i'm like, dude, that's the nfl. that's that's life. and that's the challenge in front of us. and what are we going to do about it? you know, so it's more of, you know, as motivation for me and, and you know, how am i going to answer, you know, this kind of stuff and how am i going to be there for my team when things aren't always perfect? you know, this is, i think, really where you see people for who they are now for championship weekend sec title game texas superfan matthew mcconaughey watching his horns battle georgia less than three minutes left in the fourth. >> georgia up three and trying to ice ice it. but with backup qb gunner stockton in the game he's picked off, texas would kick a field goal to force overtime. dog fans concerned mcconaughey of course he's loving it in ot, texas kicked a field goal, so georgia needs a touchdown to

win. trevor etienne says don't worry, that's light work. georgia wins 22 to 19 and punches their ticket to the playoff. texas will likely get into the big ten title game. penn state and number one oregon, their first meeting since the 1995 rose bowl. ducks get the ball first dylan gabriel to kenyon sadiq, who hurdles the defender and gets in from 28 yards out. loving it. penn state keeping it close a lot closer than expected. two minutes to go. penn state with the ball and down eight. jeweler going deep. it's picked off. oregon going to win the big ten title in their first year in the conference. they stay undefeated and will be the top seed in the college football playoff. the san jose barracudas held their annual teddy bear toss on saturday night after the first barracuda goal was scored. fans get the teddy bears to reign by throwing them, of course, on the ice. over 4000 toys were donated. the teddy's are then collected and donated to local

san jose children in need. that's going to do it for morning sports. back to you guys. >> thanks, sarah. happening tomorrow. hollywood's award season is ready to kick off with announcements of the golden globe nominations. abc's zohreen shah has more on the big frontrunners. >> this is joy coming to you live in riley's mind this morning. >> with award season about to take off, predictions about the golden globe nominations mounting ahead of the big announcement. it seems the responsibility for the conclave falls upon you. high anticipation for conclave. the brutalist and gladiator two to clinch a best picture nomination, with possible nods to best actor nominations for ralph fiennes, timothée chalamet and adrien brody. >> welcome to america and excitement for angelina jolie, tilda swinton and nicole kidman for best actress. >> nods and for best comedy musical. >> you agree?

>> i am wicked, honora and amelia perez all leading the pack. some wondering if the glitter craze. >> the odds are against you. >> the odds are always against me. >> could be bigger than last year's barbenheimer, both films that did incredibly well to completely, theoretically different audiences. >> but. but two films that everyone really enjoyed at the movies this year and on the animated feature side, all the buzz for inside out two flow and wallace and gromit. >> what is that? >> it's the sarcasm. sarcasm, darkest hour, wake thy power, and on the tv side, high anticipation for agatha. >> all along. the bear, shogun and baby reindeer for possible nominations. >> so many incredible choices. i don't know where to begin. >> yeah, you know what? i did a little digging. i wanted to tell

you that i remember one year where we had so many winter spare the air alerts 2020. no surprise, it was that year, 40. spare the air alerts. winter. spare the air alerts. so you may remember that year when we just had the really dry winter and it was over and over and over so that was a record. we are nowhere near that. but boy, the air quality worse today than it was yesterday. we will get to some wind in the north bay later on, or dense fog advisory throughout the delta until noon, and we're looking at a combination of haze, very little mixing and that ridge of high pressure that's still in the atmosphere. a mile and a half visibility sfo. so there's fog there also up in novato, it's getting better in concord and livermore. the visibility. but check out here outside from our rf camera. you can't really see much of anything very light breeze 53, san francisco, oakland 54. in hayward with 59. half moon bay. and we're getting into some sunshine in santa cruz. it's not as

bad down along the santa cruz boardwalk, but we have worse air quality in many neighborhoods. over 150 aqi out there, 51 by the delta, 49 in livermore and look at that from mount tam. so haze and fog this morning, this afternoon, hazy sunshine, temperatures a bit cooler. and then for the end of the week, we will see a return to some rain. right now it looks like light rain. so throughout the rest of the morning hours, the high clouds clear. we'll pick up a little wind in the north bay, but no big improvements out there. it's tomorrow when we get more into a drying trend and offshore flow. upper elevations quite gusty. then the winds subside. then we're very cold into tuesday. notice we're clear, but then by tuesday afternoon the clouds increase, maybe some mist and drizzle. here's a look at those winds. how quickly they increase for tomorrow. look at that. we haven't seen winds like that in a while. 20 to 30 miles an hour. this is early monday. they continue into monday afternoon. so that's a very dry atmosphere. then they

will subside. so as we fast forward into the end of the workweek, we're looking at the best chance of rain coming in late friday into saturday. so 11:00 the accumulation here looking to be pretty light. anywhere from a 10th to 2/10 out there. this could change. and it looks like we could see successive systems. but we're still not getting a good agreement with our forecast models. so you should be aware, though, that the atmosphere is going to change, which is good news. so we're going to see the air quality improve. probably not a whole lot of rain, but definitely some changes out there. uh- into the south bay today. santa clara, one of the warmer locations in the upper 60s. it will be hazy, but it will be sunny. the winds are light and we'll look for a cooler conditions around the bay with mid 60s today. fremont. look for 66 in vallejo with low 60s downtown. average highs should be in the upper 60s, so still a few degrees above average. the offshore flow tomorrow. the very cold start on tuesday. temperatures will moderate.

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