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and parents from a local youth football team. >> details about that crash and how they're all doing this morning. >> plus, it's about that time. holiday travel is kicking into high gear. but don't worry, we have experts to help ease the inevitable uneasiness. okay. >> good morning. on this monday, december 16th. yeah. >> we're first going to check in with lisa. we know it is a busy weekend. you had us covered there and now there's more rain. yes. >> in fact, we're looking at heavy rain in santa rosa right now. sonoma, napa slipping into marin. it's light there, though. it's still a level one because this is a quick mover. but look at this bright banding here from sebastopol. the 116 rain is coming down in rohnert park and it's also over into glen ellen highway 12, in saint helena. this will be on the move and we'll see the moderate rain push into marin county within the next hour. and then from about 7 to 8, it's going to move into san francisco, oakland and concord, anywhere from a 10th to three quarters of an inch. breezy winds, a lingering shower

in the afternoon. but this is a morning event from seven to about 11 will have the most activity as it progresses from north and slides to the east and the south, 40s and 50s with the cloud cover. so a milder start for you along the shoreline. but the winds pick up today, the south winds, we have fog a quarter of a mile visibility in livermore, half a mile in concord. and look how this moves. 8:00 it is raining in oakland, san francisco through the 9:00 hour in fremont. and then as we get towards 11:00, it sort of falls apart. it moves out by about noontime. good morning gloria. >> good morning to you, lisa. good morning to everybody. so we're getting a live look right now from our bay bridge toll plaza camera. the metering lights flipped on about 534 this morning. you can see it's really busy out there right now, especially those middle lanes there. so expect some delays throughout the morning. it is backed up to the end of the parking lot at this time. and let's take a look at your drive times for right now. so we are seeing some slowdowns. highway four to the maze 19 minutes.

emeryville to san francisco 16 minutes. san francisco to sfo nine minutes. and we have a live look at our golden gate bridge camera. and you can see, as usual, traffic. very light here this time of the morning. and today we have no issues with fog. it is very clear out there. so you will have no delays as you head from the north bay into san francisco. amanda. >> all right. gloria. thank you. a heads up for commuters in the north bay. if you use the smart train, you'll need to find a new way to get to work. this morning, the entire system is shut down. abc seven reporter lena howland is live in marin county. with the problem and your options today. lena. >> hey, amanda. we're at the larkspur smart train station now where they are experiencing a system wide closure. because of that, riders who depend on this train will need to find an alternate form of transportation all day long today. now, transit officials say downed trees blocked or damaged the tracks in multiple spots. they have to make repairs and complete

testing to prepare for the opening of the new smart petaluma north station later this year. the testing for that was supposed to happen this weekend with a planned closure, but the weather got in the way for riders who end up taking a taxi, uber or lyft because of this closure today. a reminder to save your receipts. smart says it will reimburse commuters. if you request it on the smart website, they will send money to your clipper card. riders can also take the golden gate transit bus. they are still offering their regularly scheduled rides connecting sonoma and marin counties to san francisco, but they will be bringing in extra busses on route 101 to make room for the anticipated increase in ridership. and once you get up here to larkspur, a reminder that the ferry service is still operating as normal. and if you need help planning an alternate trip today, a reminder that smart officials have opened up their customer service lines much earlier than normal to help people out. today, they open up at 4:00 this morning. for now,

live in larkspur. lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. ski resorts are relishing even more fresh snow from the weekend storm. so you're looking at video from palisades tahoe, which says it got 17in of snow a season total of 102in so far. it wasn't just about hitting the slopes. yesterday was also day two of the outdoor music festival tahoe live, and they had some big names like diplo and lil wayne performing. actually, the snowy weather forced the festival to reschedule. lil wayne it was supposed to be saturday and ended up being yesterday. you can track the rain any time with the abc seven bay area app. it gives you access to the same live doppler seven that our weather team uses. will also send alerts with important updates. >> this morning, players and parents from an east bay youth football league are recovering after a really scary accident in florida. they were there for a football tournament friday. they went on the water for an airboat tour when two of the boats crashed into each other. kids and parents were sent flying

into the water. this was just northwest of miami. abc seven news reporter j.r. stone has details from team leaders. >> this helicopter video shows the scene after two airboats giving tours in the florida everglades on friday collided, injuring more than a dozen people. this is nearly 3000 miles away from california, but we've learned that the group on one of these boats was part of an eight and under youth football and cheer team based out of pittsburgh. they're called mega football and cheer, and they were competing in a national tournament in naples. team leaders tell us the group was on a swamp tour when one of the boats struck. the other parents and kids were thrown into the water. >> looks like there is someone underneath the boat trapped under the boat at this time. >> at least 16 people were hospitalized, according to emergency crews. those from the team tell us that some of the victims are now back in the bay area, but around 3 or 4 people are still in the hospital. in a statement posted to their facebook page, the group writes,

we're relieved to share that as of this morning, everyone is in stable condition. however, a couple of our cherished parents face a road to recovery. we're grateful for the strength and resilience of our mega community during this challenging time. family members of one of the victims tell us their loved one broke their tailbone. other injuries included broken arms and bad cuts, but everyone survived. we reached out to the airboat company to ask how something like this could happen, but as of this broadcast, they haven't gotten back to us. they did post a statement to their website on friday saying wooten's everglades airboat tours regrets that a collision involving two airboats occurred this afternoon. they went on to say, all of us at wooten's offer our sincere sympathies to everyone involved and wish them a speedy recovery. j.r. stone abc seven news. >> investigators say an overheated battery is to blame for a fire at an apartment building in san francisco. that fire started yesterday inside

the building on minna near sixth street. no one got hurt, but you'll see in a second that two dogs had to be rescued from the apartment. firefighters say the battery caught fire while charging back in september. san francisco fire officials told abc seven news the department has seen a significant increase in fires caused by lithium ion batteries. the board of supervisors is pushing to create safety standards for certain devices. >> good monday morning to you. we've got heavy rain in the north bay. you can see a line of showers. this is a level one system. it's progressive. it's going to sink to the south and east within the next hour to two hours in oakland and san francisco. but you're not going to see this kind of rain. you will see some good downpours. but look how it's coming down in penngrove, glen ellen, highway 12, santa rosa, highway one, back westward towards the coast, and you notice the rain gets a little bit lighter. lakeville highway moving to the south. but we will have those downpours throughout the morning. the morning commute will be a soggy one from marin through oakland

and san francisco at about 8:00, and you can see the line of light rain up towards fairfield, vacaville, where we have some fog. it's cloudy, it's milder from san jose to livermore this morning, and we've got fog at quarter mile visibility in livermore, half mile in concord. the breezy winds with the passage of the cold front as we go through the late morning hours. so it's not a big deal, but a big enough deal because you are on the roads this morning or hopefully try to stay off them after the commute. because look at 8:00, we've got these downpours from oakland to concord, back westward to san francisco, and then as it moves to the east and slips to the south, it does begin to fall apart. so by about 11 or 12:00, it's out of the north bay. it's pushing through the south bay and east bay, and then we will lift our storm impact scale for the afternoon because it's just cloudy skies. so a 10th of an inch, perhaps to 2/10 in the south bay. look at the east bay with maybe a third of an inch and upwards of an inch in the

north bay. there's a look at the wet snow temperatures in the 40s right now in truckee and tahoe. so the snow level is quite high. and we're looking at those 50s today with clouds in the afternoon. so this level one system for the morning. then we're dry all week until the weekend. >> thanks, lisa. tis the season for ugly christmas sweaters. and we have a lot to say about the in and out new sweater. it's really one sweater, but we'll talk about it. >> yes we will. >> and you may have seen this barge. it wasn't supposed to be here. we have an

of amazon workers could walk off the job during one of the busiest weeks for holiday shopping. gloria is at the live desk with the potential strike and how it could impact shoppers. gloria. >> well, friday, thousands of workers at the company's first ever unionized warehouses voted to authorize a strike, claiming that the tech giant has refused to negotiate a contract at the new york facilities. yesterday was the deadline that the teamsters union set for amazon to start negotiations. that never happened. the workers voted to unionize in 2022, but have been working without a contract. they're asking for a minimum pay of $30 per hour and also more safety protections. last month, workers in 20 countries, including the u.s, went on strike from black friday to cyber monday as part of the make amazon pay campaign. the annual effort, now in its fifth year, aims to convince the company to increase wages and

allow more workers to unionize. >> amazon squeezes everything that it can get, but it changes its behavior depending on jurisdiction. let's say in sweden, it engages much better in how it operates with trade unions than in the us, where it engages in in union busting. >> in response to the potential strike in new york, amazon says for more than a year now, the teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public, claiming that they represent thousands of amazon employees and drivers. they don't. and this is another attempt to push a false narrative. so could amazon customers be impacted by a strike? well, if your items are already on a truck, you should be okay. but they are. if they're standing at one of these two warehouses and they just haven't moved yet, that is more unclear. so hopefully you got that shopping done early. >> reggie aqui that would be a bummer. okay, gloria. thank you. the cash strapped san francisco contemporary jewish museum has closed its doors, at least for now. yesterday was the final day

for the museum in the city of soma neighborhood before a year long closure. the museum's executive director says a slow recovery from the pandemic and overall economic struggles downtown are key reasons they decided to pause operations. >> the work that we're doing now by taking a temporary closure and putting together the team work to re-envision the contemporary jewish museum will enable us to have a long term future. >> over the next couple of months, the museum will be cutting staff and closing exhibitions. the space will still be available to rent for events, which is a critical source of income. >> firefighters in san francisco are investigating the cause of a warehouse fire in the dogpatch neighborhood. it burned early yesterday morning at minnesota and mariposa. this is near the children's hospital, but the fire department tells us the hospital was not under any threat. no injuries were reported. >> in the east bay, a barge that appeared to drift into the emeryville crescent is now back

out to sea. our emeryville camera captured this video just before 930 yesterday morning. now, on saturday, the barge showed up along the shoreline right next to interstate 80 between emeryville and berkeley. pretty eye catching sight for drivers on the freeway. the coast guard says that 100 foot barge, identified as the mud scow, ran aground and was resting on sand. pollution teams assessed the situation. then a tugboat had to wait until high tide to tow the vessel out. >> san francisco skyline will be a little less colorful tonight. last night was the final night of let's glow s.f. the holiday projection arts festival had been on display downtown since december 6th. the large scale animated light installations created by artists from all over the world have lit up eight locations across downtown. the downtown s.f. partnership has hosted let's glow s.f. since 2020. >> okay, so if you are in this venn diagram of people who aren't sick of holiday parties yet and for whatever reason still haven't ordered their christmas sweater, then this is

for you. in-n-out just released its ugly christmas sweater. it features a 3d cheeseburger hanging off its front and falling apart. am i to believe? oh, so that is a thing. it's hanging. it's attached to your sweater. >> it's the 3d part of it. yep. >> okay, so the sweater says, just trying to keep it together. this christmas has a green and white pattern that is a lot like the in-n-out drink cup. it's $70, y'all, and christmas is next week. yeah. so order it and get it in time for valentine's day. like, what's going on here? why was the marketing team not on this earlier? i have so many questions. >> well, i feel like so many people also had their holiday parties over this last weekend. >> yeah, it's over baby. >> and so for this, you know, was it just hard to manufacture these. >> and they just got them in or i'm not sure what it looks like they're trying to play off of like oh we're so disorganized trying to keep it together this christmas, you know.

>> but still it is really just too late. >> too late. >> maybe that's the irony. >> okay. >> just trying to keep it together. >> wow. >> that's why we're hearing about it on december 16th. >> yes, exactly. >> and boy, are we talking about it. >> that's true. that is a good depiction of me this weekend, though. just barely hanging on. >> what about me? what about you? myself? what happened yesterday? >> oh, you were here when that alarm went out? >> yeah. >> oh my gosh. yeah, that was that was something else. >> it was. i knew when i walked in the door i was like, this is not good. it really wasn't. yeah. anyway, we got through it and boy, still cleaning up from the damage. even though san francisco had the straight line winds, you had that 83 mile an hour wind gusts at the airport and all of the trees down, all the damage. golden gate park this morning. it's a level one system, and we are looking at that pretty heavy rain in the north bay. but this is progressive. it's going to move to the south, oakland and san francisco. you're going to get in on this but points east and south of that not so much. so as we're seeing the rain rates

really increase here from glen ellen to yountville, we will be looking at this to sink and to lighten up, but still downpours in the forecast for the morning commute in the city and in oakland. bodega bay, heavy rain, lighter rain in marin county here san rafael 580, the richmond san rafael bridge, some mist, some drizzle and some very light rain. but for those of you in fremont and san jose and palo alto, nothing going on. you will get some rain and look at the totals anywhere from a 10th of an inch or less in the south bay to over an inch in the north bay. we've got breezy winds, lingering chances in the afternoon, but overall this is just a morning event, enough to mess up that morning commute. 46 in sonoma. so you should give yourself some extra time because between about eight and 9:00 it's going to be pretty wet from oakland to concord and san francisco, quarter mile visibility in livermore. and this is the timing of it. so 7:00 it's slipping to the south.

and look what happens by the time we get to 8:00. it's taking its time. but we do have the pretty good downpours from about 830 to 930. so maybe the commutes over here, but still the downpours throughout the morning hours. it's slipping south into san mateo by about 10:00 and then by 11:00 look what happens. it falls apart and you will see some lingering showers here throughout the afternoon. it looks like here in livermore and half moon bay, but rainfall amounts focusing in the north bay. look at this. over an inch of rain here and pretty easy to believe as we've got the heavy downpours up here. but the rest of us a quarter to a third of an inch. and we're looking at warm weather. unfortunately, in the mountains. a winter weather advisory with temperatures in the 40s, so only that wet snow with 2 to 4in of precip there, 57 in san francisco, 50 in napa. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. this level one system today we're looking dry tuesday through friday. winter arrives

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great to be with you on this monday. and coming up here on gma, we have the latest on those mystery drones. what we found when we went out overnight searching the skies as local officials and residents demand answers. plus we're just nine days away from the holidays and we got you covered. everything from holiday tipping tips to possible amazon workers strike the rise of secondhand gifting to save money, and the top presents trending online. and billy eichner is here to talk about mufasa, the lion king, and a whole lot more that is coming up right here on gma. >> guys, i went to school with billy eichner. >> you did? was he funny back in school? >> yes, he was exactly, exactly as he is now. but i have to say, i was afraid of him. i have told him this since that i was afraid of him in college. why? >> why did he scare you? >> because that face that he has, that kind of resting face is what he has all the time. and it doesn't mean that he is

necessarily unfriendly. it just appears as if he's unfriendly. and so i just always imagined he would be horrible to talk to. and he's not. but just on campus, it was it was a little intimidating to me. >> this is your don't judge a book by its cover lesson with reggie. >> thank you, billy eichner. you taught me so many lessons that i now still haven't learned from. >> and now he's going to be on mufasa, teaching us a lesson of what came first. >> oh, yeah. >> i'm sure you've had people. yeah, everyone's had someone in their life where you found out later, like, oh, they're actually really cool. yeah. >> but yeah, billy is one. >> but billy. yeah. billy's mine. so we look forward to seeing billy eichner and his nice personality when he's on gma this morning. rebecca, always great to see you. >> it is lovely. it is lovely and very funny. bye, guys. >> bye. millions of people getting ready to travel this last few weeks of december and into the new year with expected record high numbers. officials are warning you to get a plan

together. triple a is projecting nearly 120 million americans will be traveling between december 21st and january 1st. many will drive, and gas prices are lower this year. if you're flying, a record number of people are expected at airports, just like what we saw over thanksgiving. triple a says no matter what mode of transportation you use, leaving earlier is better, and the day you choose to travel makes a difference. >> on the holiday itself. the first after you've enjoyed the festivities on new year's eve, that's definitely going to be the best time to go. >> if you haven't already booked your plane tickets, look for flights before 9:00 in the morning. flights after nine are twice as likely to be canceled and to save time. triple a recommends planning your airport arrival in advance, so that means set your parking reservations, and at some locations you can pre-book with the tsa to save time at security checkpoints. who doesn't have their tickets already? if you don't, what's happening with you? >> the same people who don't

have their christmas sweater holiday sweaters. >> yeah, we're really relying on procrastinators this morning. next, at 630, a bay area city could be breaking off from pg and e. an update on that major change and the biggest weather story of the weekend. >> a tornado in santa cruz county this morning. we're taking a look at the damage. first here's lisa. >> all right. good morning everyone. check it out. we're looking at some heavy rain in the north bay. this is a level one. it slips to oakland. san francisco points south by about 9:00. and then we're going to see afternoon rain in the south bay. so we'll talk totals and we'll plot it all out for you with the week ahead. winter arriving

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abc seven mornings live now at 630. >> looking at the damage after the storm, we're following outages, downed trees and transit service trouble this morning. >> plus new details in the shooting death of the unitedhealthcare ceo and the ripple effect impacting another ceo here in the bay area. >> also, san francisco's entertainment zones continue to be a success, where you could be seeing the next one pop up. >> good morning everyone. it is monday, december 16th. >> and guess what? rain is back in your forecast. hi, lisa. hi.

>> yes, i've updated this. it is going to linger into the afternoon and we are getting heavy rain in the north bay. you can see that bright banding of red and orange. this has been going on for the past hour. still a level one because this will be moving out. so even though you're getting very high rainfall rates per hour, it is going to be sinking to the south and east. you don't need any more rain up here, but bodega bay, heavy rain as well as dylan beach, sebastopol more batches of heavy rain from big bend here up in sonoma, up towards yountville. highway 29. it gets lighter as you move down through marin, through mill valley and over into vallejo. some light showers, el sobrante and up towards fairfield where we've got fog. also in san francisco. nothing happening yet that's going to change. it's a level one system, looking at a 10th of an inch to over an inch in the north bay. breezy winds, slippery roads, and we're looking at the second half of the system to push into the peninsula and south bay this afternoon. so anywhere from about 9 to 11, we're looking at

the heaviest rain and temperatures this morning with fog in the 40s in the east bay. gloria good morning. >> we're going to take a live look right now at richmond bridge camera. and you can see the traffic is pretty much stop and go here at this time. it is still flowing, but it's just moving a little bit slower at this time of the morning. looking live here at our map of the roads in the bay area, you'll see a little bit of red. we do want to point your attention over to san mateo, because we do have an incident there that we're tracking on northbound 101 at third avenue in san mateo. and right now we do have delays. it's going about 13mph, so you can take 280 to avoid this because of a two car crash. guys. all right, gloria. >> thank you. happening now. p-g-and-e's crews are still working to get the lights back on for more than 3500 customers. this is across the bay area. they have made progress. and there are fewer dots on the outage map. as you can see, the north bay saw the worst of the outages over the weekend. p-g-and-e's tells us they restored most people's power

within 12 hours. this is all thanks to crews pre-positioned in hard hit spots. >> we use our meteorology team's machine learning models to pre-stage crews, equipment and resources in those areas that are forecasted to be hardest hit. and the storm came in really as strong and in the locations where it was forecasted. so we were well positioned and prepared. >> p-g-and-e's map shows most of the larger outages won't be fixed until this afternoon. there is still quite a bit of damage in san francisco after saturday's fierce storm. several large trees are still on the side of the road in golden gate park, waiting for crews to clear them out. the fire department responded to more than 100 calls about damage from the strong winds, toppled trees, crushed multiple cars, a rare sight that still causing a mess in scotts valley. >> a tornado that tore through town on saturday. santa cruz county officials say it's amazing no one was killed. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard talked to witnesses who saw the funnel cloud on the

move. oh my god. >> okay. oh my god. >> it's a scene straight out of the movies. but this was real life for people in scotts valle. saturday, a confirmed ef one tornado touching down on mount hermon road. ben hughes was there. >> everything was getting blown that way. cars were suddenly moving. you can see the traffic lights just leave the poles. >> the tornado touching down between two shopping centers, tearing through power lines and flipping cars over, some with people inside like, dad, we need to go help people. >> so me and my dad sprinted out of target, and then we helped this lady out of her car and we made sure we put pressure on her head because she was bleeding. >> we started dragging branches off the street when the emergency vehicles were coming and to kind of create room, and everyone was kind of in a state of like, should i get my car and drive away or should i help out? or what do i do? >> police say five people were injured. one remains in the hospital. >> it was a miracle that no one was killed in this event. >> scotts valley vice mayor derek tim says the city is

cleaning up and still assessing the damage. a classroom at scotts valley middle school was impacted by a fallen tree. >> really lucky that it didn't hit any of the infrastructure here or the buildings directly in this location. the fact that one person was critically injured is still tragic, but we're pulling for that person. >> the tornado cutting a clear path through the shopping center parking lot. tree limbs are everywhere. lots of smashed cars are here to check it out. this suv lost all of its windows. a sign at the local mcdonald's was trashed by strong winds. manager chris joaquin was working the lunch shift. >> i saw some people outside. they ran inside and started holding the door shut and i could see that they were. they were really holding on hard and uh. luckily, everyone was safe. >> customers in the drive thru were not injured. >> i think only one person needed a refund and you know, because we couldn't complete the order. let's go home. >> let's go home. this community now, moving forward from a day they will never forget. >> we feel like we dodged a

bullet on this one in terms of the injuries and no fatalities in scotts valley. >> cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> storm damage in the north bay is going to cause a headache for some commuters today. smart train service has been suspended and they are not offering busses as an alternative. abc seven's lena howland is in marin county this morning. selena, there is an option. what is it? >> well, reggie, riders here in the north bay have a few different alternatives they can take. instead of taking a smart train, they can uber, lyft or hop in a taxi this morning. and once they get here to larkspur, the ferry service is still running as normal. but keep in mind riders can still take a bus through golden gate transit. they're still offering their regularly scheduled bus service connecting sonoma and marin counties to san francisco. the transit agency says they will be bringing in extra busses on route 101 to accommodate the anticipated increase in ridership. smart customers can get on at pioneer and industrial, the copeland transit

mall or at redwood and grant. smart transit officials say today's closure is happening because downed trees blocked or damaged their tracks in multiple spots. they have to make repairs and complete testing to prepare for the opening of the new smart petaluma north station later this year. the testing was supposed to happen this weekend with a planned closure, but the weather got in the way. if you do need help planning an alternate trip today, smart has expanded their customer service hours, opening up this morning at four. and for riders who do end up taking a taxi, an uber or lyft, a reminder to save your receipt. save your receipts. smart says they are reimbursing customers through their website, and they will reload that money right back to your clipper card. live in larkspur. lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. and as the bay area gets ready for another round of rain in southern california, they're preparing for more dangerous winds and wildfire conditions.

schools are reopening in the malibu area today as firefighters make progress to contain the franklin fire. it's now 49% contained. last week, the fire forced thousands of people to leave their homes, including legendary actor dick van dike. he was trying to set up a hose in his backyard when he realized he was in danger. >> i couldn't get up and they had to pick me up and carry me to the car. they saved my house and my life. these guys, otherwise they wouldn't even be here. >> he credits a crew of neighbors and local volunteers who helped get van dijk to safety. >> i'll tell you what. he's much tougher than he says. got him in the car and buckled him in. and just as he did, he grabbed my arm and he said, please don't let my house burn down. >> now crews were able to save van dike's house, which of course is filled with hollywood memorabilia. they also saved his beloved cat, bobo. >> following new details in the murder investigation of unitedhealthcare ceo and how the ceo of a bay area company says

he is now getting death threats in connection to the case. san francisco company peak design made the backpack that investigators say the suspect, luigi mangione, wore during the shooting. peak design ceo peter dearing says he and his staff have received threats due to misinformation on the internet. he says his company has not provided customer information to the police, and would only do so under a subpoena. mangione is accused of killing brian thompson on december 4th in new york city. >> now to the fight to get luigi mangione back to new york to face charges. gloria. he's currently in jail in pennsylvania but could be extradited as soon as tomorrow. >> sources tell abc news that mangione is almost certain to waive extradition from pennsylvania. a grand jury in new york could also hand down an indictment at any moment, speeding up the extradition process. abc news has also learned that mangione's mother spoke with the fbi and new york city detectives the day before his arrest last week, and she indicated that surveillance

photos being circulated at that time could be her son. the task force was still working on the information that she provided. when mangione was spotted at a mcdonald's in pennsylvania and arrested over the weekend, mangione added a high profile defense attorney to his legal team. karen friedman. agnifilo has spent seven years as second in command at the manhattan district attorney's office. now, before she became mengoni's attorney, she offered a preview of a potential defense strategy. >> he was brilliant his whole life. he comes from this great family. i mean, something changed, right? significantly. something changed. and they're going to, i think, potentially have a not guilty by reason of insanity potential defense. >> mangione is facing a second degree murder charge in new york, and he is expected to plead not guilty. >> amanda reggie aqui, thanks so much, gloria. coming up, airbnb taking steps to crack down on parties just in time for the

holidays. >> you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we're down about eight points. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> growing concern in the sky as a number of residents want answers about unidentified drones. but first, here's lisa. >> we have heavy rain in the north bay over a half inch so far from healdsburg, santa rosa. look at the line. it is just stuck up in the north bay. and we're talking about rain rates over a half inch an hour as we head towards west of highway one. look at sebastopol, rohnert park. very heavy rain for the past hour or two. back westward towards the coast. dylan beach, inverness. you're in on it. as well as highway 128 and 121 by yountville and just north of napa, further south, it's light rain for marin in mill valley, but this is going to change. the rain is slipping south towards berkeley and 580 you'll get into some downpours about 9:00 to 10:00. so it's moving slower and it's got heavier rain in the north bay. so look at the totals. anywhere from a 10th of

an inch in the south bay to over an inch in the north bay. and we're going to see rain linger throughout the afternoon on the peninsula and the south bay. so it's fog and 40s in the east bay this morning. it's about 50 in the south bay, so watch out navigating the fog and then watch how the front slips to the south. later at about nine 10:00, we've got those downpours from san francisco to oakland through 11:00. and then look what happens as we get towards the 1:00 hour. still some rain in the south bay. we'll be

zones like front street and thrive city were created to boost local businesses. earlier this month, coal valley began hosting a successful night market, according to neighbors, turning the area into an entertainment zone would help support the community. according to the san francisco chronicle, if approved, coal valley could be added as soon as march. now it's time for our abc seven mornings advancer our way of highlighting some things that are happening soon here in the bay area. >> first, we're heading into the second full week of verdict watch in a major murder case. deliberations in the trial of nemo. many are set to resume this afternoon. he is accused of killing cash app founder bob lee in april of last year. he faces

first-degree murder charges, but jurors can potentially consider lesser charges, including second degree murder or voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. the jury has already deliberated for six days without a verdict. >> the diocese of oakland is back in bankruptcy bankruptcy court wednesday awaiting a judge's approval. the judge could sign off on the plan to reorganize and settle hundreds of sexual abuse claims. the catholic church filed for bankruptcy protection last year, overwhelmed by lawsuits. on friday, some of those victims testified against the proposed settlement. the diocese is offering between 160 to $198 million to settle those abuse claims. now it's your morning money report tomorrow. the san jose city council will discuss plans for the city to potentially break off from p-g-and-e's. earlier this month, our media partner, the mercury news reported pg and e has offered the city of san jose an agreement to build out its grid and provide firm commitments and

deadlines to improve service. the utility company is hoping to stop san jose from pursuing its own city utility. san jose leaders are concerned about rising costs, reliability and how to power expected growth downtown and in north san jose. and now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway. and we are slightly down this morning about five points. >> now to the latest on speaker nancy pelosi. her office says she underwent a successful hip replacement surgery and is doing well and is on the mend. the 84 year old fell while walking down a staircase in luxembourg. she was part of a congressional delegation commemorating 80 years since the battle of the bulge. pelosi's spokesperson says she won't be able to attend any of the other ceremonies, but will continue working. >> south korean law enforcement wants to question impeach president yoon suk yeol about his short lived martial law decree. the country's constitutional court is holding its first meeting to determine

whether to remove him from office or reinstate him. saturday's impeachment vote stripped him of his presidential powers. yoon declared martial law december 3rd, but was forced to lift that decree just hours later when parliament unanimously voted to overturn it. a joint investigative team wants yoon to appear for questioning wednesday on charges of rebellion and abuse of power. >> this morning, growing calls for answers as drones continue to be sighted across the northeast, despite having to stop air traffic in two states over the weekend, government leaders are insisting there is no threat. abc news reporter nicole d'antonio explains how the government is responding. >> the federal government is sending additional resources to new jersey and new york to help solve the mystery behind drone sightings reported across at least seven states, from new york to maryland. >> the robin, which used not a linear line of sight but 360 degree technology that has a

much better chance of detecting these drones. >> the reports have prompted authorities to shut down an airport over the weekend. the faa confirming stewart international airport, north of new york city, temporarily closed its runway friday night after multiple reported drone sightings in the area. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas told abc's this week exclusively that there is not a national security threat, and says the federal government is taking action. >> we have not seen any foreign we know of no foreign involvement with respect to the sightings in the northeast, and we are vigilant in investigating this matter. >> further complicating matters. a rule change from the faa in september of 2023 allowing drones to fly at night. the fbi says that it is processing roughly 5000 drone related tips, but found less than 100 have generated credible leads. >> some of those drone sightings are in fact drones. some are manned aircraft that are commonly mistaken for drones.

but there's no question that drones are being sighted. >> the house intelligence committee is expected to receive a classified briefing on the drone sightings this tuesday. nicole d'antonio, abc news, washington. >> if you're thinking about hosting a big new year's eve party at an airbnb. think again. airbnb has rolled out anti-party technology to prevent rowdy celebrations over the holiday. the website will identify and block potentially high risk bookings of entire homes. for example, if you're trying to reserve a house for just 1 to 3 nights, your reservation could be blocked. last year, 74,000 people worldwide got blocked from booking an entire home on the platform. 33,000 of those were in the us. >> and we are just nine days away from christmas and hanukkah. and holiday music is in full swing. new data shows this song is the most streamed holiday song in san francisco so far. rockin around the christmas tree at the christmas party hop.

so the chronicle looked through data from spotify's most popular song streaming in the city. brenda lee's rockin around the christmas tree came out on top. the other most streamed holiday songs are mariah carey's all i want for christmas is you, wham's last christmas, jingle bell rock by bobby helms, and santa tell me by ariana grande. >> i'm laughing so hard over something that gloria sent me. she sent me the worst christmas songs, as compiled by esquire. >> yeah. >> and on here is the song i talked about earlier, the christmas shoes, which none of you has ever heard of, which you know what? you've been blessed to go your whole life without hearing that song. because now i've cursed you. yeah, it's as bad as i said. right. >> i'm reading through the lyrics and i'm just like, this is. >> but it's not real. >> it's not real. and it was ten years ago. so who thought this is. this is the content? i'm going to recall it. >> i'm going to put it out for the masses to hear.

>> i finally listened to it when reggie mentioned it, and it's just so depressing. it's like about a little boy who wants to buy shoes for his mom who's dying. it's just like a depressing christmas song. >> don't do it to yourself. the amount of therapy that you'll need after this, it's not worth it. >> i'm glad i found that out. merry christmas, everybody. good morning everybody. we've got a cold front that is just stuck in the north bay, bringing some really heavy rain. anywhere from a half inch to three quarters of an inch from healdsburg to santa rosa. and you can see the reds and the oranges here. it will slip to the south and east. it will bring rain to about everyone today, but not in this capacity. so here we are, 101 rohnert park and penngrove the heaviest rain. it's been raining for a couple of hours now. we take you back westward towards the coast. highway one, inverness, the downpours, lagunitas, sears point and then as we get further out towards yountville and napa, you've got moderate rain up towards vacaville as well. we do have rain now from mill valley to

berkeley. 580 very light. you can see the bay bridge here. slick roadways. this will continue. so the progression of this is slowing down a little bit. nine 10:00 hour for you in concord, oakland and san francisco, but anywhere from a 10th of an inch in the south bay to maybe an inch and a half in the north bay. breezy winds, slippery roadways in a second piece of energy moving through the peninsula and the south bay. this afternoon. 50 in san jose right now with the cloud cover. gorgeous sunrise. santa cruz picking up about 1500. so not a whole lot for you here, but a cold day. highs only in the low 50s. 45 in petaluma, and you've got fog to deal with from concord to livermore all morning long. this is where the cold front will help out that fog as it pushes through. it'll dissipate it. but you've got heavy rain, moderate downpours. nine 10:00 in the east bay. it pushes out towards 11. and then look at this piece of energy for mid afternoon from san mateo to the south bay, still looking

like a dry commute and rainfall amounts widely varying from very little in the south bay, 2/10 to a third in the east bay to over an inch in the north bay. so it's going to be kind of slippery out there today. the temperatures are in the 40s, truckee and tahoe. so it's warm. we have wet snow just a couple of inches through the evening hours. it will be in the upper 50s, mainly dry throughout the afternoon, but those showers south later on in the mid afternoon. level one system today then and we're dry tuesday, wednesday, thursday friday ending autumn. winter solstice arrives on saturday with more rain. >> all right. thank you lisa. and this morning, toys are wrapped and ready for hundreds of kids in need across the bay area. the nonprofit moms against poverty held its 14th annual holiday helping hand gift wrapping event in burlingame. volunteers wrapped new toys, which were donated during the organization's toy drive. there was also music, food and fun activities for children. and you see them there. a santa grinch

even made a special appearance to drop off gifts. >> the annual tunnels of joy christmas fundraiser and lighting event is taking over the deer ridge neighborhood in brentwood. this is all for a good cause. throughout the month, you can join in the festivities, including christmas lights, live performances, food trucks, and photo ops. donations from this fundraiser will help a family with a child struggling with cancer. the event runs every day from 5 to 9 p.m. and a programing note for tonight, you can watch monday night football right here on abc seven. >> the bears taking on the vikings at 5 p.m, then stick around with abc seven for after the game with sports director larry beil at nine. it's world news tonight with david muir. that's followed by jeopardy! and wheel of fortune. and then you can catch a full hour of abc seven news starting at 1030. >> going back to stories, when did we as a nation become obsessed with the grinch, the

santa grinch? >> see, my family does the santa grinch. >> i think i showed you the video. yeah. and so i don't know. i have no idea. >> but when we weren't looking at santa, grinch came in and he. he actually stole christmas. yeah. yeah. okay. >> up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. download the app now. >> you can start streaming as we head to break. we'll take a live look outside. beautiful. the time now is 655. >> i think i see the christmas shoes, not the christmas shoes.

things to know this morning. we've got heavy rain in the north bay. it's a level one, though, because this front is going to sink south and east, spreading rain throughout the bay area throughout mainly the morning hours, but a few showers in the afternoon later on in the south bay and peninsula. >> number two, we're tracking

power outages across the bay area. p-g-and-e's has been working to get the lights back on all weekend. most of the outages you see now will remain until this afternoon. >> number three a heads up for north bay commuters. smart train service suspended today as crews clean up from the weekend storm. no bus bridges available, but you can get reimbursed for taxi or uber and lyft rides. service is expected to resume tomorrow. >> and number four on bart. there is no red line service right now. there's also a major delay at san bruno on the sfo line in the antioch, richmond, sfo and millbrae directions, so check the bart website for more details on alternative routes. >> number five people in scotts valley are still cleaning up. after that, ef one tornado flipped cars and caused damage on saturday. city leaders say one person remains in the hospital but says it's a miracle no one was killed. >> number six today, robert f kennedy jr will meet senators on capitol hill as he tries to secure the votes to become the next u.s. health secretary. he's expected to face questions about past comments he's made about

the u.s. food system and the safety of vaccines, including the polio vaccine. >> number seven, grubhub is out with its 2024 delivery report, where it analyzes ordering trends over the past year. chicken was the number one item ordered from both restaurants and grocery stores. more than one ton of cottage cheese was delivered, and san francisco was one of the top five cities where it was ordered. >> i don't know anything about cottage cheese. >> maybe it was a tiktok trend. i don't know, i have no idea. that's all my guess. >> i remember cottage cheese was popular with the egg bites. remember? people were making them. see? that's why. no. yeah. okay. >> trendy, i don't know. yeah. >> you're so trendy. i don't know about that, but just take it >> robin: good morning america for our viewers in the west. drones spotting, the health of an nfl legend and nine days until christmas. don't worry.