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we need to show jeff bezos and the entire amazon corporation and the rest of the world that our voices matter. >> now, at six, a nationwide strike right before the holidays. and right now, amazon workers walking off the job and joining the picket line. what this could mean for your holiday deliveries. >> president joe biden's final climate push in the paris agreement. his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, from vhs to virtual reality. >> jane fonda is still putting in the work. get ready for the high energy workouts returning in a new, modern way. oh my gosh. >> i used to do the jane fonda workouts with my mom. >> so you're really looking. you're like, bring it back. >> now you could do a vr and that turned out great. >> good morning. on this thursday, december 19th. >> i did not do those. i was not fond of sizing. okay. understood. we're doing much better though this morning when it comes to visibility out there. let's take you to san jose. this is one of our cameras. for much of the week

that has been so foggy. it looks dramatically different this morning. we have great visibility in the south bay right now. san jose coming in at 43 degrees. visibility, that number we are watching very closely the past couple of mornings at ten miles. that's as good as it gets when we come to visibility. that dew point, it's in the upper 30s. he may feel a little chill in the air this morning. we do have some areas of fog. it's just not as widespread as the past couple of mornings. so santa rosa, concord having some patchy dense fog this morning. so be aware that traveling highway 4 or 101 in those areas you may be a little bit slower. we do have a dense fog advisory until noon. i wouldn't be surprised if they start chipping this back around the bay shoreline, because we're doing just fine in many cities. so here's future weather. we have that fog around concord, around santa rosa this morning, but the afternoon features lots of sunshine out there and daytime highs feel really pleasant, just like yesterday. we'll get you into the low and mid 60s for daytime highs. let's check in with gloria two drive times this morning.

>> yeah drew's been mentioning the fog. and you know, it's not as bad as it was yesterday. you can see the traffic here on our oakland 880 camera yesterday. some of those cameras you could barely even see because of that thick fog. but here in oakland, traffic is starting to get busier on the southbound side heading into san leandro, you do get a very clear view of the coliseum. no fog in sight there. and when it comes to mass transit, ace train one is running about 40 minutes late. so if you do take ace train one look on their website so you can figure out how to get to your destination on time. bart it also has a ten minute delay. right now there's an equipment problem on the track. this is for the line between san bruno and south san francisco in the antioch and san francisco directions. caltrain is on time. amanda. all right, gloria, thank you. >> happening now, amazon workers in san francisco are hitting the picket line. they're joining workers at several sites across the country who walked off the job overnight after claiming amazon is refusing to negotiate with them. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes is live at

the warehouse where this picketing is, starting with the demands workers are making. zach. reporter. >> yeah. amanda. they said this picketing here is going to start at 6 a.m. and that is what we are beginning to see right now with workers gathering just outside of this amazon facility. they say that they're upset about wages, benefits and working conditions. the teamsters say that drivers and warehouse workers are going to be the ones walking off the job, not just here in the bay area, but outside of la and also new york, chicago and atlanta. the teamsters claim that amazon is reported is repeatedly refused to recognize the union and negotiate contracts. the union issued a statement that said in part, if your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame amazon's insatiable greed. and one labor attorney says the timing of the strike is definitely not a coincidence. >> one week before christmas and this is the busiest shopping season uh- all year, and this is a strategic time for the amazon workers to flex their muscles

and to say that it is unacceptable that when amazon profits are, you know, making breaking new records, that the workers themselves are not getting a fair shake. >> in a statement, amazon said in part, the teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated and attempted to coerce amazon employees and third party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union. now, the teamsters say it represents nearly 10,000 amazon workers. that accounts for less than 1% of the company's u.s. workforce. so amazon says it does not expect any impact on operations. but again, this picketing here in san francisco is just getting started. this has been happening on the east coast already, so it remains to be seen what the impact will be as the day progresses. but of course, we'll continue to monitor things out here and talk with some of these workers right now. live in san francisco. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> thank you zach. if you thought january's bridge toll

increase to eight bucks would be the last one for a while, think again. the bay area toll authority just approved a new round of toll hikes that will have most drivers paying $10.50 by the year 2030. so here's when and how much you'll be paying. january 1st, 2026 tolls go up to 850 for most drivers, paying with fastrak tolls go up $0.50 every year until 2030, topping out at 1050. the tolls are even higher if you don't use fastrak, so it will be 1150 by 2030 for drivers who pay by mail. and there are also changes for carpoolers starting in 2026, the minimum number of occupants in the carpool lane at bridges goes up to three. that's the same number required at the bay bridge right now. carpool drivers get half off their tolls and use of the diamond lane. the toll authority says revenue will go strictly for maintenance and repair of the seven state, state owned bay area bridges. >> the cost for construction projects have outpaced inflation

generally. so yes, just in the in the last five years, those costs have have increased dramatically. >> commuters we spoke with are not happy, saying it's just another financial burden of living in the bay area. >> some transit agencies are raising their rates in the new year. riding muni will get more expensive. a regular single ride will go up from 250 to 275, and bart is increasing fares 5.5%. that's about $0.25 extra on an average fare. it says that will keep pace with inflation. >> new this morning, in the final days of his administration, president joe biden has announced an ambitious new climate goal to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions, but will not just be undone when president elect donald trump takes office. gloria. >> well, that's a good question, reggie. the white house formally submitted the new goal to the united nations. today is the requirement for all member nations of the paris agreement to update their emission cut targets every five years. so

this new target aims to cut u.s. climate pollution to 61 to 65% below 2005 levels by 2035. the administration says the goal would put the u.s. on the path to net zero carbon by 2050. biden made climate one of the centerpieces of his presidency, and made the announcement well before its february due date in 2021. the president reentered the paris agreement after president donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the international climate accord. trump has said he will pull the u.s. out of the paris agreement again and reduce or eliminate climate and environmental regulations. now, regardless of what trump does when he takes office, senior biden administration officials say local leaders can continue to drive progress. reggie aqui. >> and along the same lines, gloria. california's plan to fight climate change by banning the sales of new gas cars can move forward. but again, president elect trump might have something to say about that. the environmental protection agency has granted the state authority

to set emission standards that are more strict than federal standards. california's plan calls for 35% of vehicle sales to be emission free by 2026. in 2035, no new gas vehicles could be sold in the state. people we spoke with are conflicted by the policy. >> i think maybe even if it's a little bit idealistic, it's a good idea. i moved to california from virginia ten years ago for this reason that california is a leader in a lot of these policies. >> i think it's just like implementing is really hard. and i think there's still like genuine reasons why we need gas powered vehicles and like, they still serve a role. >> a battle over this rule is sure to continue next year. president elect trump has already said he'll move to revoke all epa waivers granted to california and other states when he takes office. he has criticized allowing states to set their own emissions standards and promoted boosting production of fossil fuels. we dove deep into california's

ambitious zero emission vehicle plan to find out what the state has to do to cross the finish line. see what we found? check out california dreaming the road to zero. it's streaming on our website, abc seven news.com and the abc seven bay area app. >> the man accused of killing united health care's ceo could appear in a new york city courtroom to face charges as early as today. 26 year old luigi mangione arrived at a pennsylvania courthouse about 90 minutes ago for a hearing that is now underway. he's expected to waive extradition. he faces an 11 count indictment in new york charged with first degree murder in the death of brian thompson. mangione's lawyer has said his client will plead not guilty to the charges. if convicted, mangione faces a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. tonight, watch manhunt. luigi mangione and the ceo murder a special edition of 2020. it's a deep dive into the crime, the manhunt and the legal process now

playing out. that is tonight at ten here on abc seven. or streaming the next day on hulu. >> 610 this morning in the accuweather forecast. we're taking a live look outside the bright lights of san francisco, not obscured by fog this morning. and that's the big headline. we're not nearly as foggy today as we have been the past couple of days, but we do have some patchy areas of fog around concord around santa rosa this morning. but really, that's about it. lots of sunshine today. it will feel mild this afternoon. temperatures in the 60s. your sunrise coming here at 721 this morning. so looking at daytime highs a little bit above average today 69 in san jose about 63. in oakland we'll go to 61 in the city about 66 in santa rosa, 55 in antioch, 64 the high in half moon bay. now looking at the three day forecast, we do have changes coming our way tomorrow. you'll notice the clouds increase. it's mostly cloudy, but we're dry on friday. it's saturday. rain is back here

in the morning. it's a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale. so here's future weather tomorrow night. friday night plans. you're good to go. just mostly cloudy. it's quiet. it's saturday morning. we'll track that light rain first in the north bay around 6 a.m. closer to 10 a.m. those showers in the city. the east bay approaching the south bay. but it's a fast mover. we start to dry out by saturday afternoon. however, more storms are on the way as we head closer to the holidays next week. reggie, we'll show you that on the seven day coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, drew. still ahead, a couple of bay area businesses made the top list for best bakeries in the country. but first, how the state of california is tackling the bird flu and the threat of more cases. plus, an old south bay neighborhood about to get a facelift. the

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taking the threat seriously. the declaration gives government agencies extra resources and flexibility to respond to the virus. it's been detected in 16 states, including california. it comes as the cdc confirms the first severe case of bird flu in the u.s. officials say a person is hospitalized in louisiana after exposure to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks. it's also the first case linked to a backyard flock in the u.s. the cdc says the immediate risk from bird flu remains low. there are no known cases of person to person spread. police say they've arrested the person

responsible for vandalizing several murals in san francisco's mission district. surveillance video from sunday night appears to show a woman spray painting over a beloved mural by local artist mario gonzalez, who passed away in 2021. business owners began to distribute images of the woman's face, hoping someone would identify her. in the process, they found more victims. >> to see a lot of these artists defaced lately, it's just it's super sad. you know, all these people, they put their heart and soul into these murals for everyone to look at. that's part of the intrigue of the mission. >> the woman is also accused of vandalizing a business in the excelsior neighborhood on tuesday. community members say they hope to restore the damaged murals this weekend. >> one of san jose's oldest neighborhoods is about to get a huge makeover. the corridor along alum rock and santa clara street is getting a $100,000 grant to beautify the historic street. the money will be used to add special lighting to

businesses, install street banners and paint murals to give the street a unique identity. >> it's going to be a symbol of identity and belonging that that we are somewhere here in san jose. we are the east valley. we are the east side, the alum rock santa clara street beautification project will go from capitol avenue, where there are mostly latino businesses, to little portugal, home to one of the largest portuguese communities on the west coast. >> council member peter ortiz helped secure the $100,000 grant. the new york times food team is out with its annual list of the best dishes of the year, and out of the 26 restaurants to make the cut, two bay area bakeries are on that list. >> the first one is grand opening. the pop up bakery operates out of mr. jew's in san francisco's chinatown. the highlight of this year is the one you see on your screen, the burnt honey pie. the other bakery is oakland's bake some. the times recommends this the

crosby. it's a combination of a croissant and musubi. so the pastry has spam right in the middle. >> what can go wrong? >> nothing. >> nothing can go wrong. all you need to do is just work out with jane fonda after. >> yeah. >> from vhs to virtual reality. a wildly popular home fitness program in the 80s is making a comeback. >> transforming cardio at the intersection of tech. >> it. get out your leotards and leg warmers. jane fonda's workout is coming to the supernatural vr fitness app on christmas day. the series includes four high energy workouts coached by jane and her friend and her friend ludacris, all set to hip hop party jams from the 90s and early 2000. >> okay. >> the videos are designed to give you an intense workout while making cardio fun. i never thought that i would be introducing jane fonda as friends with ludacris. >> ludacris, this is really fun. >> i don't know if you all have used the meta quest before. it's amazing. i don't know about doing a workout in it.

>> are you saying it's a little bulky? big? >> and then he starts sweating from your brow? is that just getting into like, yeah, i don't know, a lot of movement wearing that piece. can we just have it like on our tvs? >> right. you would watch i do it regular tv. >> i do love the throwback though. you see how they have like the old style riding and her outfit and everything. that looks really cool. leg warmers and all. >> yeah, good for her. still saunas tapes. this morning. we're tracking a much better commute out there when it comes to any sort of fog. live look from sutro tower. it is a lot clearer this morning compared to the past couple of mornings. you can see that with the good visibility here. we do have some patchy fog around concord and santa rosa this morning. those are two problem spots, but for the most part we're doing a lot better this morning. temperature wise. we're starting out mainly in the 40s, so you definitely want to have several layers. and then we'll warm up nicely this afternoon. we do have a high surf advisory and a beach hazard statement in effect along our coast. this until 6 p.m. later

this evening. waves are a bit elevated this morning. we do have the increased risk of sneaker waves and rip currents. so today we find a lot of sunshine. this afternoon about 65 in fremont, 61 in the city, 66 in santa rosa, 63 in oakland and san mateo, hitting about 69 in san jose overnight. tonight will likely find that patchy fog moving through the carquinez strait. so concord again likely parts of the north bay around santa rosa. some fog, but area wide. we're not expecting widespread fog late tonight will be in the 40s for overnight lows. friday is dry. it's just mostly cloudy. here's friday night showing you we are dry. then saturday morning we are tracking light showers first in the north bay. then this whole thing will start to slide south throughout the morning. it's a fast moving system. we're not expecting a lot of rain out of it. it will dry out later in the afternoon on saturday and first thing sunday morning. but then again, we have another system here sunday night so the storms get pretty progressive one after another. here's sunday night, light rain monday, another storm

into tuesday. now tuesday morning for christmas eve we could see some heavy rain making travel a little bit tough, but for christmas day and hanukkah on wednesday, it looks dry with mostly sunny skies. just a quick look at the rain and snowfall forecast. a couple of inches coming our way when it comes to rain and snow the next seven days, probably 1 to 2ft in the sierra. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. mostly sunny today. mostly cloudy tomorrow. winter arrives on saturday with morning. rain. evening showers on sunday. wet through christmas eve but dry for the holidays on wednesday guys. >> thank you drew. now we're going to bring in ginger zee with a look at what's happening on gma. >> good morning ginger. >> reggie amanda great to be with you. so here on a thursday we will start with the following of the shutdown or the showdown over a potential government shutdown. congress scrambling for a plan b after president elect trump and elon musk put the pressure on to kill a bipartisan agreement that would have kept the government running. now, paychecks for millions of federal workers are hanging in the balance. also,

your gifts are hanging in the balance. if you ordered them through amazon, potentially because of the strikes that have developed across the country. i know you're covering that too. and our diane sawyer is here. she's going to share her interview with supermodel petra nemcova, 20 years after she survived that devastating tsunami. and nicole kidman will talk to us about her new movie getting oscar buzz. you're going to see all that and more on gma because we need that. >> we need nicole kidman all the time, i love her. yeah, it feels good in a place. heartbreak feels good in a place like this. can i ask you a behind the scenes question that i think our viewers will enjoy? >> yes. >> when i'm watching you last night with david muir at the top of the broadcast. >> yes. >> so you do all of this? you're on good morning america. then you talk to the two of us. your date ends at some point, and then your day starts all over again to be on the evening news. and then you come back and do this all over again in the morning. >> she's like, yes, we call that a solid split shift. >> or sometimes i just go right

on through. >> yeah, that's what was needed. >> i don't know that it's the glamor that everybody expects, but it's that's that's legit. >> well, i was just watching at home last night, and i was rooting for you. i was sitting there going, ginger, you look amazing. >> you're doing a great job. glamorous. and i know that you've been through a lot today. thank you. yes, i really was. >> i put my makeup back on with, like, spackle. spackle. i sometimes take some of it off, put others on. it's a real game. just to make myself look alive at 630 at night? >> yes. >> as long as we look alive, even if we aren't, that's really most of the battle. ginger, we will see you looking alive at 7:00 but then i thought mom's osteoporosis might keep us stuck on the couch. no way. ♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis, and are at high risk for fracture, you can do more than just slow bone loss. you can build new bone in 12 months with evenity®. evenity® is proven to significantly reduce

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but a new study from uc davis shows they are also carnivores. it's the first documented study to show ground squirrels eat small rodents. the squirrels were studied at briones national regional park in contra costa county over the summer. nearly half of the observed interactions involved squirrels hunting down voles, which are small, hamster like rodents. >> the numbers of california voles peaked at about seven times the ten year at the ten year average. and so this over overabundance of voles likely

provided relatively easily accessible prey for the squirrels, and is probably the reasons for the emergence of this predatory behavior. >> experts say climate change has made the food squirrels usually eat harder, harder for them to find. they are also losing their natural habitat to urban development, so we're told that they are adapting. next at 630. budget cut. proposals approved. which departments will be impacted the most? and new video of the terrifying moments. a rare tornado hit santa cruz county

abc7 mornings live now at 630. the teamsters union claiming they've started the largest strike against amazon in u.s. history. this is a live look. it's dark, i know, but you can see some of the san francisco facility workers walking off the job. their demands during the holiday season, and a live look at the new york stock exchange. >> all eyes are on wall street this morning after the dow tumbled more than 1000 points yesterday. investors hoping to turn the page on a losing streak. >> plus, today kicks off the holiday weekend rush. travelers ready to take to the skies. why? you may see some airline

employees rallying outside the airport today. >> all right. good morning everyone. a lot to get to. it is thursday, december 19th. >> let's check in with that forecast i drew. >> yeah. hi. one thing that's better today is a better visibility. we're not tracking widespread dense fog out there. a live look from the tam cam this morning. we're starting to see first, hints of that sun getting up here. look at the visibility map. we showed you this so often over the past couple of mornings and yesterday, especially around the bay shoreline. we had so many cities with zero miles of visibility. so much better this morning where you see the number ten like in oakland, san jose, san carlos. that is as good as it gets. we have clear skies out there, but a few problem spots. concord has been a problem spot all morning long. down to a quarter of a mile visibility there. we do have a dense fog advisory until noon. i would not be surprised if they start cutting back on this, because we're not seeing fog forming around the bay shoreline. so a couple of problem spots this morning with visibility, but future weather showing you we will have a lot of sunshine today. it will be a very nice afternoon with temperatures maxing out in the low and mid

60s in most areas. let's check in with gloria. see those drive times this morning? >> well, as you said, we're not really seeing the fog forming today like we did the last two days, but we are seeing the traffic forming. so check this out. this is a live look at our bay bridge toll plaza camera right now. there's a backup to west grand avenue. the metering lights are still on at this time. from highway four to san francisco will take you 50 minutes and looking live at our richmond bridge camera. traffic is stop and go there from castro street to the mid span and your drive times. tracy to dublin 48 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard south 18 minutes and 101 to cupertino 16 minutes. >> reggie with less than a week to go before christmas and hanukkah overnight, the teamsters union launched what it's calling the largest strike against amazon in its history. workers in multiple cities walking off the job this morning. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes is live at the amazon warehouse in san francisco, where picketing is already underway. zach. >> reporter yeah, it is well underway right now. reggie. the workers tell me that this is

about benefits, wages, working conditions that they say they're fighting for. and this is happening here in san francisco outside of l.a, new york, atlanta, chicago. so there is a big push out here, really across the country right now. the union claims that amazon has repeatedly refused to recognize the teamsters and negotiate contracts. they said in a statement that if your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame amazon's insatiable greed. now, in a statement, amazon said in part, the truth is that the teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated and attempted to coerce amazon employees and third party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union. now, right now, i do have here an amazon worker. if you come in here, i want to talk to you for a minute. you heard what i said. amazon is saying right now that they're intimidating workers, that coercing workers to come out here. what is your response to that? >> you know, amazon is really the one that's intimidating and coercing and harassing workers

every day. since we began our union campaign here at dc comics. they are scaring trying to scare workers who are participating in the union organizing, and they try really hard to divide us by rewarding workers who don't participate. so, you know, they're the ones that are harassing workers. they're the ones that have been continuously breaking the law, trying to divide and conquer the union. but we're not, we're not we're not backing down any time soon, and we're not afraid of what they're doing. amazon has the ability to stop this right now by coming to the bargaining table. and they're choosing not to. so we're going to be out here until we get our fair share. >> amazon says that this is a small percentage of the workers across its u.s. workforce, and that this will likely have no impact. but what is your response to that? >> you know, this has a tremendous impact because workers across the country are seeing every day that there is there's a fight that's worth joining and that they deserve

better. and there's workers all across the country in northern california, southern california, chicago, atlanta and new york and so many other places that are seeing what's going on. and they're they're ready to join our fight, too. and so this is tremendously impacting this company by demonstrating to its workers that, you know, they deserve better. and they're stepping up and joining us. >> so you guys are going to be out here until when? until you get what? we are out here demanding a fair union contract. >> we're demanding that the company come to the bargaining table, and we're going to be fighting until we get what we deserve. >> thank you so much. we appreciate you talking with us. so you hear them picketing behind me, they say they're going to be out here until they get what they want. we are going to continue to monitor this as the day goes on. right now live in san francisco. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> thank you. zach. the union representing starbucks baristas has authorized a potential

strike. it comes ahead of this year's final round of contract negotiations. this week. workers united represents more than 10,000 starbucks baristas. it says 98% of members voted to authorize a strike. in a statement, starbucks called the union's move to authorize a strike disappointing, saying the coffee giant was committed to reaching a final framework agreement. >> developing news from milpitas. >> police are investigating the cause of death of four people found dead inside of an apartment. officers found them inside the touring apartments on mccandless drive tuesday night. the complex is across the street from the great mall. investigators say the victims include two adults, a man and a woman, along with two young children, who are all related. officers were called to the apartment to do a welfare check after other family members told authorities they had not heard from the victims in some time. now. the incident, of course, has shaken the community. >> it's a very difficult incident for anyone. i mean, especially the family like we mentioned. our deepest

condolences to the family. uh- officers are exposed to these tragic incidents on a daily basis, and we just want to make sure that they're provided with the necessary resources that they need to navigate through those challenges. >> police have also said there is no danger to the public, and officers have not been called to the apartment before. >> oakland city leaders have approved a round of budget cuts to help close a $130 million deficit. the council voted 5 to 1 tuesday night to enact the cuts, slashing the budgets of fire and police, as well as social programs aimed at disrupting violence and helping underserved communities. city leaders also pitched the idea of a ten year sales tax that could be on the april special election ballot to help raise revenue. in the meantime, expect big cuts. >> these cuts for the department of violence prevention, for example, are going to affect organizations who provide direct services that actually protect and serve people in the community that are actually keeping people safe, that are

actually solving conflict, that are actually preventing violence and crime from happening. >> in addition, the city council made an amendment in which the next $10 million payment from the sale of the coliseum, which is due in early 2025, would go to backfill cuts. >> nikki fortunato bass is officially the mayor of oakland. she was sworn in yesterday and replaces xiang tao, who was recalled. however, this is going to be a short stint, probably less than three weeks. bass is going to become an alameda county supervisor at the beginning of january. the city council will then have to appoint a new mayor. a bipartisan spending bill that would keep the government funded through march is on the brink of collapse, after president elect donald trump and billionaire elon musk slammed it as wasteful. gloria. congress has until tomorrow night to reach a deal, or millions of federal workers will go into the holidays without a paycheck. >> yes, the negotiations on capitol hill continued overnight on the bipartisan spending bill. the bill includes more than $100

billion for disaster relief after hurricanes milton and helene. it also includes $250 million to increase childcare access, $25 million to protect the homes of supreme court justices, and a 3.8% pay raise for members of congress. the bill collapsed after trump backer elon musk whipped up outrage online, slamming the deal for wasteful spending. president elect trump then issued a scathing statement ordering republicans to not support the bill. democrats say the blame for any shutdown will fall to republicans who control the house. >> house republicans have now unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they made. >> if congress fails to reach a deal by the deadline, millions of federal workers will either be furloughed or asked to work without pay and including some members of the military and critical government workers like tsa agents. also, air traffic controllers. reggie aqui.

>> thanks, gloria. we're seeing new dash cam video that captures the moment a tornado touched down in scotts valley on saturday. you see the wind blowing the trees, bending all that debris. then all of a sudden you see something pass in front of the camera and a truck flips over. we know at least five people were hurt in this tornado, which was rated an ef one. last night, the city council officially declared a local state of emergency and members talked about how the city has responded. >> i just want to i just want everybody to take a moment to sort of appreciate what happened over the weekend, because we talk about what makes scotts valley a special place and what we saw in the response of that is what makes scotts valley so special. >> the emergency declaration helps kick start the process to get funding to pay for city repairs. now, the abc seven mornings advance, we highlight some things happening today in the bay area. >> first, holiday travel is officially hitting san francisco international airport today, just as flight attendants plan a

rally this morning. united airlines flight attendants will be outside terminal three as they negotiate a new contract with the airline. today and tomorrow are expected to be the busiest days at the airport before christmas, 160,000 people are expected to make their way through sfo each day. >> tonight, governor gavin newsom and first partner jennifer siebel newsom will be inducting the 18th class of the california hall of fame. this is a all posthumous class, and it is all women. that includes julia child and the queen of rock n roll, tina turner, plus civil rights activist and olympic gold medalist and california's first poet laureate. >> today, the salvation army angel tree program will provide toys to nearly 1500 children in san francisco. that's 10% more than last year. the pre-registered angels are from newborns to 12 years old, and they'll receive two large gifts and a $40 grocery outlet gift card. it will happen at the salvation army's community center on turk street.

>> coming up hours after public comment. a south bay school board makes its final decision on which schools will be closed and why. >> and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we're up about 369 points. another update on how the markets are doing next, and why someone suing over the upcoming bay bridge lights display. >> but first, here's drew. >> hey there reggie. 641 this morning. our visibility map showing you were off to such a better start than we were this time yesterday. a lot of us have great visibility, including san francisco, oakland, san jose, some lower visibility in the north bay and in the inland east bay. but it's very patchy in nature. a live look outside. it's beautiful. this is our exploratorium camera, showing you that sun getting up in our sky. a light chop on the bay waters right now. so the forecast does call for some patchy areas of fog first thing this morning, mainly in the north bay, the inland east bay. sunrise here and about a half hour at 721. lots of sunshine coming our way. it's a nice looking afternoon. sunny and mild temperatures, mainly in the

60s. so high of 69. in san jose, 63 in oakland. hit 61. in the city, 66. in santa rosa, a high of 70, in santa cruz. looking at the three day forecast tomorrow, we'll start to bring back a lot more cloud cover. but we're still dry all of friday. saturday though, morning rain is back. it's a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale, so future weather showing you friday night is dry. and here comes some light showers saturday morning. this system departs fast, so it's out of here by saturday afternoon. however, more storms are on the horizon as we head closer to the holidays. next week, we'll show you that

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the lawsuit claims the lights harm the environment and discriminate against people with disabilities who can't tolerate leds. crews have already started installing the 50,000 new custom engineered led lights on the bridge. testing is expected to begin early next year unless the lawsuit stops it. >> seven san jose state women's volleyball players have hit the transfer portal. that's according to the chronicle. so the news comes after a season marked by controversy and national attention. the spartans this season had forfeiting opponents protests and a lawsuit centered on gender identity. several schools forfeited games rather than play the spartans claiming there was a transgender player on sdsu's team who should be blocked from participating. >> we're learning more about the new san jose safe sleeping site opening in march of next year. the location on east taylor street near coyote creek in watson park, will allow up to 56 homeless people to sleep in tents on site. there will be 24 over seven security, three daily meals and shower and laundry.

the goal is to move people within 30 days of placement into another temporary housing site, like tiny home staying in the south bay. >> three san jose elementary schools are shutting down in a meeting that lasted throughout the night. the berryessa union school district board voted to close cherrywood, toyon and lakeview schools. public comment went on for about three hours before the vote was taken. >> for us, majestic way isn't just where we go to school, it's where we've learned what it means to be part of a community. >> i just want you to look around the room and see the damage that's already been done. by just the discussion of consolidation, low enrollment, and decreased federal and state dollars are contributing factors in the closings. >> now it's your morning money report. the justice department is suing cvs over accusations the company unlawfully dispensed opioids to boost its profits. in the complaint unsealed yesterday, the doj accuses the pharmacy of violating both the controlled substances act and

the false claims act. prosecutors allege cvs knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that were not valid or not issued in the usual course of medical practice. >> there are repeated red flags that we allege. these are not subtle red flags. they are overt, they are repeated and they were repeatedly raised by cvs own expert pharmacy staff. >> prosecutors allege this behavior dates back to october of 2013 and is still taking place today. in a statement, cvs says it strongly disagrees with the allegations and has been cooperating with the investigation for more than four years. at&t is the most recent company to mandate their employees come back to the office five days a week. at&t says the move is to foster communication and a more cohesive team. employees say the new policy fails to take into account workers work life balance. and we now take a live look at the new york stock exchange. there was a massive

sell off yesterday, but now we see that we're up 320 points. beyonce bringing a huge christmas present to houston hotels in preparation for her christmas day performance at the texans versus ravens game. >> people are buying out houston hotels. hotel bookings for the area on christmas day have surged 210%. this is compared to the same time last year. beyonce performed at nrg stadium before as part of a renaissance world tour. houston hotels saw a similar spike back then too, so the singer's christmas performance is expected to feature songs and guests from her grammy nominated cowboy carter. >> i'm into it. >> netflix. we're believing in you. >> we're trusting in you. >> let's make sure. no buffering on beyonce, right? >> yes, we have that. and we also have mariah. she's earlier in the day. yeah, it's going to be a great day. >> is she before? i'm confused. is she performing the same game? >> i don't think so. >> i think it's like an introduction. can someone get

zach fuentes on the line? >> the expert on mariah. i think that she has recorded something that will play earlier in the game. >> maybe an introduction. >> what am i supposed to do? just be sitting around all day and just watching 1 million games until divas show up? >> kind of. okay. got it. >> now i have i have christmas to celebrate. >> okay. we can do it in the morning. great. just lay on your couch. yes, i have netflix on. there you go. this morning, let's get to santa cruz. it's lovely right now, along the coast as that sun gets up here. a beautiful sunrise right now. for a lot of us, we are not dealing with widespread fog. we have a couple of problem spots in the north bay around santa rosa. one in the east bay around concord where visibility is a bit lower. but for a lot of us this morning, it's a lot better than yesterday. 40s right now, for the most part, as we get you out the door here on our thursday. so looking at the morning planner, it's all about chilly temperatures for the next several hours. we'll keep it in the 40s through about 9 a.m, and then we'll gradually start to warm into the 50s. after 10 a.m.

it's a nice afternoon with a lot of sunshine coming our way. temperatures really pleasant for this time of the year. daytime highs upper 50s to the upper 60s, a few of us hitting 70 like santa cruz, 71, in morgan hill. overnight tonight, patchy fog again around concord, around santa rosa. for the most part, we're just dealing with a mix of stars and clouds and overnight lows, generally in the 40s. tomorrow is dry, but you'll notice a lot of cloud cover in the sky. friday night we are dry. there's no rain in the forecast. it's saturday morning. we have some light showers moving through first in the north bay around 6 a.m. by 9:10 a.m. just some light scattered showers. this is not a big storm by any means. it's not like last weekend storm that brought wicked winds. we're talking a fast moving system that's out of here early saturday afternoon, and then another one arrives here on sunday. so future weather. the bigger stories that we see several ■storms on the seven day forecast. here's sunday evening. rain is back in the forecast light to moderate in nature. another system monday into tuesday. so christmas eve

is looking wet. if you have to travel. christmas day and hanukkah looks great. wednesday it's dry with sunny skies. look at the rainfall and snow forecast over the next seven days. probably 1 to 2in here locally in the mountains, we'll find maybe 1 to 2ft of fresh powder through the middle part of next week. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you it's mostly sunny today, mostly cloudy tomorrow. we'll track morning rain on saturday, which marks the arrival of the winter season with the solstice evening showers on sunday, more wet weather monday and christmas eve on tuesday, but looking dry for the holidays on wednesday, guys. >> thank you drew. tonight, san mateo county leaders are hosting a tsunami response seminar in hopes of reassuring the community after that tsunami warning we had earlier this month, many in san mateo county expressed frustration over the way the warning was handled by officials. evacuations cause near standstill. traffic on highway one and 92. others complained about the fact that no tsunami warning sirens were set off. city leaders will be

taking public comments at tonight's meeting. that meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the mavericks house in half moon bay. >> now to an update on a story that we've been following. the mountain lion cub found in el dorado county is doing well in her home at the oakland zoo. brier, the lion cub is not so little anymore. now a 36 pound mountain lion who you see here leaping and climbing around. brier was found back in august of this year, and the countdown begins in new york city. 2025 has arrived in times square. the giant seven foot tall numbers touched down yesterday morning. the four are made up of 620 led bulbs. they'll be part of the display for the iconic ball drop on new year's eve, which of course you can see right here on abc seven. dick clark's new year's rockin eve with ryan seacrest gets the festivities going at 8 p.m. live from times square and of course, around the country. then join us for abc seven news at a special time. that's at 10 p.m. at 1030, we

rejoin ryan seacrest to get to midnight. and it's all right here on abc seven. on tuesday, the 31st. the name still gets me every time. >> it's a long run. >> it is, but it's the same game. there we go. yeah. the ball still drops. >> and we are also getting a new look at the live action lilo and stitch film. >> i'm very excited about this. abc seven's parent company disney shared this new clip for. hahaha! >> oh! >> how? >> ha! >> as you can see, a stitch being lifted into the air like the opening scene of the lion king. who's lifting him? >> has to be lilo. >> you think it is? those are awfully long arms for lilo. >> okay, nani. >> you think it's nani? >> i don't know, but he's in.

>> you know it's nani because she's responsible and he's in floaties. >> oh, you're right, so see? yep. that's probably nani. we love nani. the film's iconic song, hawaiian roller coaster ride can be heard in the background. lilo and stitch hits theaters may 23rd. so yes, we're already looking forward to memorial day, but that's fine. >> it makes me giggle. just like that iconic voice. >> i, i can't, it's so cute. you can do it. that's right. ohana means family. >> what is it? no one means no one gets left behind or forgotten. that's us voice actors. >> all right. >> hire us. up next, the seven things you need to know today as we take a liv

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if you're just joining us, here are the seven things to know this morning. number one, amazon workers across the country, including here in san francisco, are on strike today. the teamsters union says amazon is refusing to bargain with unionized workers. amazon accuses the union of threatening and intimidating employees.

>> number two, if you thought you would beat the holiday travel crowds by leaving today, you and everybody else, the tsa says today and tomorrow will be the busiest days at the airport before christmas. if you're driving sundays expected to be the busiest day on the roads. >> and number three, we have great visibility out there this morning. not nearly as foggy as yesterday. a live look from sutro tower. we do have some patchy fog in the north bay and the inland east bay around concord santa rosa, but it's not thick fog like yesterday, so we do have a nice afternoon on the way. lots of sunshine. temperatures warm back into the 60s for most. >> number four, the man accused of killing the ceo of unitedhealthcare could appear in a new york city courtroom to face charges as soon as today. luigi mangione is in court in pennsylvania right now, where he is expected to waive his right to extradition. >> number five, your commute is about to get more expensive. the bay area toll authority approved more toll hikes that will have most drivers paying more than ten bucks by 2030. some will pay

as much as 1150. >> and number six, we're tracking a crash in mountain view. this is a multi-car crash on northbound 101 before moffitt boulevard. speeds are down to six miles per hour. this is causing some big delays in the area. >> number seven, taco bell is adding a new menu item. chicken nugget. gloria, you mentioned this yesterday. >> yeah. chicken nuggets. >> they'll be marinated in a zesty jalapeno buttermilk and coated in tortilla chips. the nuggets will be offered for a limited time starting today. >> oh, what? i said we'd do it. >> yeah. i'm curious about that. it sounds good. >> bill, unless it goes well and then it'll be permanent. >> watch it. jalapeno. buttermilk. >> good morning everyone. we'll see you tomorrow. >> george: good morning america for our viewers in the west. pay checks for millions of federal workers at risk, strike at amazon and tik tok's last ditch effort to save itself.