right now, a horrific crash between a car and a fire truck on an east bay freeway is causing a messy friday afternoon

commute on highway 24. good afternoon, i'm karina nova. two people in the car were taken to the hospital with injuries, with the driver sustaining major injuries. officials say two firefighters in the moraga orinda fire district truck sustained minor injuries. it happened in oakland on highway 24 near the highway 13 interchange at about 1245 this afternoon. officials say the car was traveling about 70mph when it hit the fire truck, which was on the scene for an earlier accident. all lanes have since reopened, and they urge drivers to slow down during wet weather, increased stopping distances and watch for emergency workers working on freeways and highways. more rain is on the way as the next storm approaches. here's abc seven meteorologist lisa argen with the weekend forecast. >> we have our high surf advisory, and boy, things are going to get churned up here. up to about 22 foot breakers is what we're expecting with this storm system and an active pacific. so the swell is there.

our coastal flood advisory for the king tides that continues. so not only will we see that flooding, but it's going to be compounded by this heavy rain, this level two system coming in tonight. this is our flood warning for the russian river up at hopland. so we're going to see some very heavy rain up to the north, but enough rain that the national weather service has put us under a flood watch for marin, sonoma and napa through sunday. so hour by hour we continue to sort of get the preps going for today to prepare for this late tonight when we see the heavy rain from about 10:00 through the overnight hours, and then this was going to continue as we get into early morning tomorrow. you can see the reds here from the north bay to the east, bay to the south bay. and then it shuts off quite dramatically. so 8:00 tomorrow morning, we still have heavy rain in the east bay and the south bay, but drier air is moving in behind it. but we're also going to see those strong winds. you can see a few

leftover showers 11:00 and then we're dry for the rest of the day. even a few peeks of sun on saturday. sunday is also a dry day, looking at over two inches in the san ramon valley. 1.47 san jose. that would be good news. you need the rain in the south bay, but the north bay will experience some flooding here with up to about two inches in napa. so our high wind watch goes into effect right on through the evening hours. so the winds gusting later on this evening, but then getting to a warning as we get through the overnight hours. so 20 to 30 miles an hour. 6:00 tonight we're over 40 miles an hour at the coast. and then check out what happens as we get towards early tomorrow. 50 to 60 mile an hour winds here, and then they'll continue right on through the early part of the day. so our winter storm warning in effect from 1:00 the next couple of hours to 10:00 on saturday, about a half a foot to a foot to two feet up by donner. upper 50s a dry day today, unless you're in the far north bay level one system. the accuweather seven day forecast level two system tonight into

tomorrow. gusty winds, heavy downpours. it all ends throughout the mid-afternoon hours. and then we have a weak system on monday. so prepare for that. >> all right lisa thank you. former house speaker nancy pelosi is recovering in a hospital in europe. abc news reports she fractured her hip in a fall after tripping going down stairs at a palace. pelosi will likely require surgery for the hip injury. her office says she was in luxembourg as part of a congressional delegation to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. her spokesperson says pelosi sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation. pelosi, who is 84 years old, was able to continue working and said she regretted not being able to participate in more events. pelosi added that she's looking forward to returning home. it's not clear when or where the surgery will take place. the speaker emeritus stepped down from leadership in 2022. last month, pelosi won reelection to her congressional seat, clinching a landmark 20th

term. now to the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. according to the company, the suspect was not a member of the insurer. while luigi mangione remains in custody in pennsylvania, prosecutors in manhattan are presenting evidence to a grand jury in hopes of an indictment. abc news reporter morgan norwood has the latest, as prosecutors present evidence to a grand jury and prepare for an extradition hearing that could bring united health care ceo murder suspect luigi mangione back to new york city. >> sources say police are working to piece together the suspect's movements. according to sources, investigators now believe the suspected gunman took the subway down to penn station and took a train to philadelphia instead of the bus from the george washington bus terminal, as originally thought. it comes as investigators say they're looking into whether unitedhealthcare was targeted because of its size. the company tells abc news bryant thompson's killer was not a member of unitedhealthcare. the nypd

telling nbc new york. mangione did, however, mention it's the fifth largest corporation in america. >> we anticipate that it before very long, he will be brought back to new york, where he needs to be facing the consequences of that horrific, audacious attack on the streets of new york city. >> investigators also working to tame threats to health care companies and other corporate ceos. now the head of unitedhealth care's parent company stating that the health care system is flawed. unitedhealth group ceo andrew witty, writing in a new york times essay, no one would design a system like the one we have and no one did. it's a patchwork built over decades. our mission is to help make it work better. witty, adding no employees should have to fear for their and their loved ones safety. and though luigi mangione currently has an extradition hearing set for december 30th, manhattan da alvin bragg says mangione may waive extradition here to new york city as early as tuesday. morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> we'll continue to follow the

case and mangione's bay area ties. you can find the latest on abc seven news.com and our abc seven bay area app. new developments now. head coach kyle shanahan says the 40 niners linebacker, who walked off the field during last night's loss to the rams has played his last snap for the team. the niners lost 12 to 6 to the rams at levi's. the game basically ended their playoff hopes, but the lowlight was linebacker de'vondre campbell, who refused to enter the game in the third quarter and headed off to the locker room instead. this morning, shanahan said they are still working through what to do with campbell, but when pressed by reporters about whether he expects campbell to be with the team and 16 weeks on week 16 or beyond, shanahan answered no, i don't. a group of holiday elves in the bay area woke up extra early today to bring some christmas magic to families in need. the salvation army angel tree toy shopping spree kicked off at the san rafael target

bright and early this morning. the annual event invites young volunteers to hand select gifts for other kids in their community. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez was there for the festivities. >> these youths starting their christmas toy shopping before dawn friday for children in need. the elf cooperative group raised $80,000 to buy toys at this target in san rafael, to be given out at the salvation army's christmas toy distribution. these volunteer teens filled up multiple shopping carts with gifts. >> a bunch of kids are wanting the polaroid cameras. they really like the scooters. they've been wanting all the plushies like iron man, superman, spider-man, all that kind of stuff. >> i've done this for like three years and it's added just like a personalization to all the donations that you make, and it kind of makes it very personalized and you get to see where you're donating goes to. >> chief elf butch hayes showing us the long receipt. after all the toys were rung up, he

started the elf cooperative because of his own experience growing up. >> i was raised by a single mom and an old business partner of mine. same situation. and you know, she was working all the time and we understand how many single moms out there are struggling or just parents. >> this year, the salvation army has seen a 10% increase in need for its services. so these toys will make a big difference for struggling families this christmas. >> a lot of that's tied to inflation, unfortunately. and we know it's kind of cooling off. but it stays with you. so we're we're doing the best that we can. and as donations kind of become stagnant as people, you know, having to tighten things up, we're trying to be more innovative in ways that we can serve and help. and it's working, but we still need support. >> check out all these toys right here. they are all being loaded up, and they will be given out next week at the salvation toy distribution. and a lot of these volunteers will be there next week to help out as well. in san rafael. gloria

rodriguez, abc seven news. >> up next, bird flu concerns has the san francisco zoo taking action? we're going to talk to ucsf infectious diseases specialist doctor peter chin-hong about growing concerns about the bird flu affecting people and

around the state from the bird flu here in the bay area, the san francisco zoo was forced to close parts of its walk through bird areas. according to kqed, a dead wild hawk found on zoo grounds tested positive for bird flu. the zoo says it closed the bird areas as a precaution, so the flu doesn't spread to the animals in their exhibits. in sacramento county, hazmat crews

have taken over a poultry farm after an outbreak. crews say they all the birds were humanely euthanized. state officials say this is the fourth incident of bird flu in sacramento county this year. and in los angeles county, officials are investigating two possible cases of bird flu in cats that drank raw milk and died. according to the cdc, there have been 34 reported human cases of bird flu in california this year. so let's get some answers about bird flu and the impact on humans. joining us live now is ucsf infectious diseases specialist doctor peter chin-hong. thank you so much for being here today. >> my pleasure karina, thanks for having me on. >> first, can you lay out the situation for us? california isn't the only state with cases. is this being called an outbreak at this point, and how concerned should we be? >> yeah, it's not an outbreak yet because we haven't had confirmed human to human transmission. but it's more than an outbreak in animals. it's a pandemic in birds. and i think

that's why we're worried, because birds are a way in which it spreads it to domesticated animals, including livestock and poultry. and eventually it's going to get to humans more efficiently. >> yeah. i was going to ask you what animals typically get bird flu and how exactly is it transmitted from animal to animal? can you explain that? >> yeah. so we've seen this kind of bird flu, which is called h5n1 for about 30 years. but something happened in 2020 as we were hunkering down with covid. there was a new mutation of bird flu within birds that caused it to be more transmissible from bird to bird, as well as more deadly. so it is a pandemic in birds right now. and as that march on and birds, we are seeing more domesticated animals and livestock get infected. and of course, in 2022 we saw

chickens and they that increase the price of eggs, which continues. and then we started seeing dairy cows within the last year. uh- so that's kind of how it happens in birds is transmitted in close quarters through saliva, uh- likely through respiratory routes. and the same in birds and dairy cows, chicken and dairy cows. they have 50 mammals now that are infected. but right now the bird flu hasn't figured a way out yet to get efficiently inside human bodies. but in the last four pandemics of flu, including 1918 and 2009 swine flu, all of them contain genes from avian flu. and the reason why we worried about it as humans is that our immune system isn't used to seeing bird flu. and, you know, we can get very sick from it. >> can you talk about how sick we can get? what are some of the symptoms if we do end up getting

it? >> yeah. so right now the cases have been relatively mild in the dairy workers in the united states. but consistently there are about four people who didn't have confirmed exposure to animals. and a teenager in british columbia who was on a breathing machine or ventilator. the ways that we can get sick if it gets really efficiently inside our body, is similar to regular flu, which is a pneumonia. cardiac complications, brain infection or complications, and a high death rate. in the 30 years there's been this avian flu in the world, about the about half the people have died, but it's still not efficiently entering our bodies yet. but as you get more and more transmissions, like you're seeing in the wild birds like you're seeing in the zoo, animals in arizona potentially affecting exposure to san francisco zoo animals. and in seattle, you're going to

see more and more of these cases, and there's a higher chance of it mutating. >> we're looking at video of raw milk next to you. so i want to talk about that. california has announced a broad recall of raw milk. should we be avoiding drinking raw milk or other raw dairy products right now? >> yes we should. and again, risk is a moving target. and one year ago it was a much lower risk. one month ago it was probably still a lower risk. but california kind of came late to the bird flu epidemic or outbreak in cows. but because we're the biggest dairy producer in the country, we're now have about 60% of the human cases in california of, you know, being incidentally exposed in cows. you know, the risk is becoming more and more over time. therefore, the risk in raw milk is becoming more and more over

time, particularly if you think about what's happening to animals like you started off with the story. not all animals have the same susceptibility. cats in particular have a higher chance of not just contracting it, but doing poorly, including pet cats. so yes, not only avoiding raw milk for ourselves, but for our animal and our pets as well. >> would you advise people to take any other specific precautions? just to clarify, i mean, is it safe to go to petting zoos or any zoos? is that okay right now? >> yes, it's still okay right now, but as long as you wash your hands. again, this is a moving target. but right now, it's very hard for the virus to get inside our bodies. and there hasn't been an easy way for a person to transmit it to another person. but all of that may change. so the steps that people can take are, of course, not to

handle dead birds or sick animals get the flu shot. and the reason why is that we want to lower the likelihood that there will be a mutation. and if you get infected with both, they can exchange genes and create a higher chance of a mutation. the third, of course, is, like you mentioned, kind of avoiding raw milk, unpasteurized products as the risk is changing, not giving it to our pets. and, you know, being very vigilant, particularly for those who are older and younger. those are the groups that tend to do the worst with flu. >> okay. and before you go, as we continue to cover stories about this, how concerned should we be? >> i think at this point we shouldn't be too concerned from a day to day basis, you know, of course, today, san francisco reported its first death from regular flu. so we need to be concerned more about the things that are circulating and try to protect ourselves with the tools that we have. and i think

probably the other thing that people can do is really advocate with their elected officials to keep all of our infrastructure intact, so that if we get something, we can respond nimbly and with agility and communicate effectively to everyone in the community. >> doctor peter chin-hong, thank you so much for all that information and your insight. >> as always, thanks so much, karina. >> nearly three decades later, jonbenet ramsey s death remains mysterious and fascinating to millions of americans. we get a sneak peek of a 2020 special that looks into evidence that

death. the murder of jonbenet ramsey still mystifies americans, but with new documentaries and interviews, there is renewed hope the case could finally be solved. tonight, 2020 takes a closer look into the case with a new

interview from ramsey's father. abc seven news anchor reggie aqui spoke to 2020 anchor byron pitts about tonight's episode, what we hope to accomplish in this show. >> forever young, who killed jonbenet ramsey is to give to connect the dots over the past 28 years. certainly what happened early on. there's this these excerpts from an interview that barbara walters did back then that that's never been seen before. that gives renewed context. as you mentioned, we talked to john ramsey recently about the ordeal, the pain he still lives with and the commitment he has to finally finding the person responsible for his daughter's murder. >> yeah, he's 81 years old now. his daughter would be 34 years old. has she not been murdered on christmas day all those years ago? and i think one thing that really struck me was he said that he has run into some of her old playmates when she was a little girl and been reminded that would be my daughter had someone not come into my home 30

years ago. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. i mean, how painful is it? i'm a father. i have three daughters. and one of the things he said at the end of our conversation is that i asked him if he could talk to her. now, as you know, as an adult, what would he say to her? and without much pause, he said, oh, i would apologize to her. i said, apologize for what? i said, i would apologize for not protecting her because that's the father's job, to protect his daughter. wow. yeah. it's painful to hear him say that he that he carries that level of guilt for what happened so many years ago. >> what about the police investigation? we know that in i think it was 2008. the ramseys were officially cleared, which was many years after the, you know, the murder of jonbenet ramsey. so where are they now? are they still actively pursuing leads? >> well, there's a new police chief who released a video

statement recently saying that this case is actively open. it's a cold case that they are working on right now. and unlike the original investigation where the boulder police rejected help, like, for instance, the denver police department said, hey, we got some detectives who homicide detectives will make them available to you right now. and the boulder police department at the time said, nope, no thank you. we're good. we're a small department. we can take care of this themselves. and they didn't have an actual homicide unit. fast forward, new chief, new culture. the chief says that they're taking advantage of every resource available to them. that means local, state, federal resources. also, there have been changes in technology. dna technology has advanced. so the hope is that with these advances in technology, with the support of outside departments, that they can reexamine this old evidence that may lead them. down. a

trail that will lead them to the killer. >> finally, in reviewing this prior to talking to you, there are all sorts of pieces of information that i had forgotten in the nearly 30 years. one of them which i found fascinating, that i forgot about, was that there was a ransom note that was left there at the scene of the crime on that christmas day, and the ransom note was asking for an amount of money which exactly matched mister ramsey's christmas bonus that year. and i wonder if he talked to you about that at all, because that would signal to me this is someone who knows me in my life. >> yeah, that's what john ramsey thought. then that's what he thinks today. and a lot of the law enforcement experts he's talked to, that's the theory they're working with. and not only is it someone who knew him, but potentially it was someone who wanted to harm him in a catastrophic way, which certainly that occurred in this

case. that was one of the reasons early on, i think, why police thought that ramsey was somehow connected, if not directly involved, indirectly involved because of the because of that exact number, $118,000 is an odd number unless you have access to that kind of information. and, you know, and nothing ever happened with the ransom note like no one ever contacted them. and they quickly realized it went from being a kidnaping to murder. >> just fascinating. you can catch more with john ramsey on 2020 tonight on abc seven at nine. it's followed by abc seven news at 11. up next, a san francisco holiday tradition. santa will be taking over the streets this

round a little bit longer this year. santacon is now a three day event covering today, saturday and sunday. the normal santacon traditions will stay with pub crawling and toy donations. this year there will be also a performance by the sf burlesque band and carolers. organizers warn people not to get scammed. no event tickets are sold. santacon is free to attend so get out and enjoy. thank you for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts now. i'll see you back here at four. tonight breaking news as we come on the air, what abc news has just learned about the notebook carried by the suspect in the ceo murder case.