francisco winding down just as another is picking up steam. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z. the city of oakland is facing a $130 million budget deficit. yesterday, the city council slashed the budgets of police and fire. >> now the oakland fire department preparing for brownouts of at least two stations. and fire officials are worried about the possibility of even more. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has our details. reporter. >> the october wildfire that forced evacuations as it burned through the oakland hills is a perfect example for the need for a fully staffed fire department, says chief damon covington. >> the city has their stance on from a fiscal perspective, of what needs to happen to the fire department to get the budget to balance. we have a very different perspective from the fire department. >> oakland city council passed massive budget cuts on tuesday in an effort to reduce $130 million deficit. the plan includes big cuts to police and fire for the fire department. it

includes browning out or temporarily closing two fire stations beginning in january. >> we're doing some modeling with with our constituents to make sure that we're choosing wisely. there is no firehouse that we can, you know, comfortably lose and have no impact. >> according to the 2023 annual report, the fire department operates 26 stations, one at the airport. they received close to 78,000 calls last year. the busiest stations can do up to 25 runs a day and get 5000 calls each per year. the stations that will be browned out will be based on call volume. but closing stations with fewer calls also presents a set of challenges. >> the firehouses are less busy, but harder to get to, to cover from the next due district. it would take them longer to get there. >> oakland has 470 firefighters. more than 30 are out on leave. the brownouts won't lead to layoffs, but one goal is to help reduce overtime costs. >> what you're doing is you're

you're taking the people who would normally be working in the firehouses that are browned out, and you're sending them out to overtime spots. >> also on the table, browning out four additional fire stations, which could happen by next summer. but city council voted to use a $10 million payment from the oakland coliseum sale that is expected in early 2025 to be put towards the fire department. >> that money comes in. the first bit of money goes immediately to restoring fire stations. >> we have not been told that the four is definitely going to happen. browning out six of our firehouses would be devastating to our delivery model in oakland, anser hassan, abc7 news on the peninsula today. >> menlo park firefighters showed off a new tool to help them save lives. it's a hands free thermal imaging device that's mounted onto their helmets. now, the menlo park fire protection district will be the first department in the world to actually use this device. it has a camera that helps firefighters see through all that smoke and navigate burning buildings more

efficiently. >> the idea is simplifying the environment, displaying that right into the firefighters eyes so they can rapidly size up the scene. identify where a path to safety is, where a victim might be so they can rapidly make decisions. >> developers say the see through helmet cam, that's what they call it, can help firefighters get in and out of a burning building three times faster. the tool also sends a signal back to the command post, so the captain can watch what's happening in real time. amazing technology. >> turning now to weather and a winter spare. the air day has been called. >> yeah, you can see the haze if you're driving into the city. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel here now with the forecast. hi, sandhya. >> hi, there. yeah, and larry and kristen tomorrow it's a spare the air day. so let's take a look at a live picture from our east bay hills camera. and like you both just mentioned, you can see that haze in the air. the air quality will be declining. right now. we have moderate air quality across many parts of the bay area indicated by those yellow dots. so friday is a spare. the air day, which means wood burning is

banned. poor air quality for the north bay moderate elsewhere. saturday we're expecting moderate air quality. you know what's going to clean out our air is some wet weather headed r way. as you look at live doppler seven, the first system is moving in our direction for saturday and timing this out for you. you will notice that early saturday morning, a few showers move in at around 8 a.m. the showers continue at 11 a.m. that's just the start of a wet pattern. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming up. >> larry. all right, sandhya, see you in a few minutes. all classes, finals and activities at san franco state were canceled today due to an anonymous threat. the campus was locked down. people were told to stay inside. visitors were advised to stay away for now while that threat is being investigated. sf state says the final scheduled for today that were canceled will be rescheduled for next week. >> after three months on the picket line. more than 2000 striking marriott hotel workers in san francisco may be heading back to work again soon, but hundreds of hilton and hyatt hotel workers are still

picketing. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn with a look at the tentative deal reached and what is still at stake. reporter. >> outside the hilton union square hotel workers are still going strong, hoping to get their message across. among them is kenny faust. he works at them bell desk and guest services. >> i've been there 27 years. >> even though christmas is around the corner, faust says their fight is not over. >> we are fighting for our health care, our medical coverage and the wage increase. >> about 1000 hilton and hyatt employees remain on strike. this is day 89 of the strike for them. but on this thursday, good news for more than half of the striking workers. a tentative deal has been reached. in a statement, marriott said it was pleased to reach a new labor agreement. carlos santamaria, who's a banquet server at the marriott marquis hotel, is among those relieved about the new deal. >> it's important because it's a cure. the health care for me and my family. it's also a secure wage increases for all of us,

uh- pension for us for the new generation. >> if marriott workers ratify their contract, 1500 employees will return to their jobs on saturday. the new contract means big wins for marriott employees. lizzie tapia, the president of local two, explains we were able to achieve a fantastic contract with big wage increases, securing our medical benefits, which has been one of our biggest issues here, being able to improve our retirement plan and getting real language to address the shortages of, you know, the workload and cross-classification and staffing issues that we've had related to the pandemic. tapia says workers have pushed back against permanent big cuts to staffing and services in the hotel industry. they hope that hilton and hyatt workers will win big, too. >> really important that marriott workers here are setting the standard for san francisco, and we expect hilton and hyatt to do the same thing in san francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> meanwhile, amazon workers in san francisco have joined what is being called the largest

strike against the online shopping giant. this is taking place all over the country. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes with the latest on the battle between amazon and the teamsters union. >> workers at this san francisco amazon facility started those chants dark and early thursday morning. >> we want a living wage. we live in one of the most expensive cities in the country. we want to be able to afford to live here. >> they say they also want better benefits, safety protections, and for amazon to recognize the teamsters union and negotiate contracts. amazon said teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated and attempted to coerce amazon employees and third party drivers to join them, which is illegal. workers we spoke with strongly disagreed, saying that amazon has been intimidating them. >> a lot of the workers in there have found that when they wear uh- buttons or vests or hats or anything showing that they support the union, the management doesn't treat them the same way. >> teamsters says it represents nearly 10,000 amazon workers. but in a statement to abc seven,

amazon says there aren't 10,000 workers striking. the statement said what you see here are almost entirely outsiders, not amazon employees or partners, and the suggestion otherwise is just another lie from the teamsters. the truth is that they were unable to get enough support from our employees and partners, and have brought in outsiders to come and harass and intimidate our team, which is inappropriate and dangerous. we appreciate all our team's great work to serve their customers and communities, and are continuing to focus on getting customers their holiday orders. the amazon employees say there are other supporters here, but maintain that there are amazon workers in full force that will stay out 24 hours a day. >> we're going to be fighting until we get what we deserve. >> teamsters says it represents 10,000 amazon workers. that would be less than 1% of amazon's total u.s. workforce. so right now, amazon is saying it doesn't expect any impact to its operations in san francisco. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> flight attendants at united airlines held an informational

picket at sfo this morning. the flight attendants are upset that united has proposed slashing medical benefits, reducing monthly hours and rest between shifts. united is offering a 22% pay raise and proposing a new scheduling system. negotiations with a federal mediator will resume early next year. >> new developments with p-g-and-e's and another rate hike that could be on the way. the california public utilities commission is meeting right now to discuss the proposed rate increase. there already have been four rate increases this year. if approved, this one would take effect early next year. p-g-and-e's has already raised its rates by 56% over the past three years. this comes just days after we learnedes p-g-and-e's was receiving a $15 million loan from the federal government for infrastructure improvements. >> california is joining other states in support of a biden-harris administration's new goal to reduce pollution. today, president biden announced the nation's pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by the year 2035 as

part of america's commitment to the paris agreement. governor gavin newsom promising the golden state will do its part to cut pollution and clean our air. >> congress passed a pair of bills to honor the late senator dianne feinstein. the bills would rename the san francisco federal building at united nations plaza and the post office at rincon center when she was mayor. feinstein oversaw the development of rincon center near the embarcadero. feinstein passed away in september. she was the country's longest serving female senator. both bills await president biden's signature. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. an urgent call for help from a sonoma county food bank. their need and tonight's deadline. 138 new species discovered how a bay area organization played a major role. and later, could elon musk really bec

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help. less than a week before christmas and hanukkah, food bank directors say the need for food assistance is far outpacing the donations that are coming in. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is live in santa rosa, where the community is stepping up. hi, cornell. >> hey, larry and kristen. yeah, this weekly food giveaway is just wrapping up outside the veterans memorial hall here in santa rosa. 400 people showing

up three hours early to get a place in line here. the event, hosted by the redwood empire food bank. and directors say this holiday, the need for food and donations has never been greater. and they need help from the community. >> so we have, you know, beans and rice and protein. juice, pasta to stock their shelves and get them through the holidays. >> volunteers are working fast at the redwood empire food bank, packing up food boxes for those in need this season. and that need continues to rise. >> we need food and funds. >> president and ceo allison goodwin says the food bank is seeing a need it's never experienced before. the rising cost of living is hitting clients hard, and food and cash donations are not keeping up with demand. >> and our need is what it's never been before. and so it's not that people aren't giving, it's that the level of need and the cost of food and the cost of fuel is, is so extravagant that

people's gifts are, are not making as big of an impact. >> the food bank serves five north bay counties. it's now helping 142,000 people per year. and since this summer, 5000 new families have requested help. >> it helps tremendously. food is so expensive. >> nancy reynaga, from forestville, says she's been coming early to this weekly food giveaway in santa rosa just to get a place in line. >> the lines are getting longer and so i know to come three hours earlier, even though i'm 15th in line three hours early. >> other bay area food banks are seeing increased demand too. 1 in 6 people in santa clara and san mateo are getting help from second harvest of silicon valley. that agency is feeding a half million people every month. the san francisco marin food bank is serving 50,000 households a week, up from 32,000 before the pandemic and in napa. demand for food assistance has tripled compared to this time last year. back in santa rosa, an anonymous donor is stepping up, willing to match

any cash donation to the food bank of up to $100,000 until midnight thursday. >> we donated 3500. >> mark o'brien hand-delivered his donation check to the food bank after hearing about the holiday match, particularly around now to just the holiday season. >> i mean, as opposed to buying gifts, it's better. i feel better when i'm out doing something for others. >> yeah, we just got word that since yesterday, 300 people have taken advantage of that holiday match offer. it's going to be a very big help to the food bank this season, but they add that the need is all year long. we're live in santa rosa. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> all right. thanks, cornell. difficult situation, but it's not surprising. you go to the supermarket and you buy five things and look at the price and go, what? >> i know. >> and so, you know, it's hard times for a lot of people. >> it really is. but they they really know how to stretch that donation dollar, you know. all right. we want to turn our attention to the weather. the nice day that we get the brief

little respite. >> yeah, but you could see the haze over the bridge right there. that's not not a color. we're looking for sandia. >> no, i know that, and i'm sorry. air quality is suffering. are you guys okay over there? larry and kristen, let's take a look at a live picture right now. good afternoon everyone. look at this beautiful view. this is from sfo camera. the reason why we're seeing all this haze in the air is we don't have strong winds to clean out our air. we don't have any rain coming through just yet. taking a look at live doppler seven, we do have some fog that is sitting right over parts of the delta, the east bay. as the offshore winds have transported that fog from the central valley into our area. now this morning, the fog wasn't quite as widespread as it was yesterday morning, but we did have some dense fog in our north and east bay valleys especially. things are changing. we have a system that is passing across the pacific northwest and to our north. we're just going to see some clouds out of it. here's the system that is coming in on saturday, and it's already kicking up the waves. so a beach hazard statement is in

effect until 6 p.m. tonight. watch out for risk of rip currents and sneaker waves. it becomes a high surf advisory this upcoming weekend as large westerly swell builds. we're looking at breakers 15 to 18ft, possibly higher. so just use caution if you're going to be out there. beautiful view from our golden gate bridge camera. the breeze is starting to pick up. 53 in the city, 58 in oakland, low 60s san jose, redwood city, half moon bay a gorgeous view from our exploratorium camera. it is 48, still chilly in petaluma, 49, in fairfield. clearly you were impacted by the fog. 50s for the rest of you, and a live view from our san jose camera where we're seeing that haze tomorrow. fog, clouds and haze saturday morning. winter starts and showers arrive, and then sunday into next week we have a rainy pattern setting up with gusty winds tomorrow morning when you get going. watch out for the fog once again in the usual spots right around the delta, north and east bay valleys in particular 30s and 40s. on those temperatures tomorrow afternoon, highs

will range from the mid 50s around antioch to the upper 60s in san jose. a lot of cloud cover tomorrow as well. now here's a look at the timeline. you'll notice the fog, the clouds kind of a combination of things tomorrow. and then here comes the wet weather saturday morning at 7 a.m. it's scattered in nature through 1030 11:00 1 p.m. just isolated showers and is gone. we get a little bit of a respite and then more rain gets in here. but let's talk about saturday's system. anywhere from a couple hundredths of an inch to about a half an inch of rain is what we're expecting now. as we head into sunday, we have another system coming in, so that will bring us some more rain going into monday night. and tuesday is our main rain event with wet, windy conditions. christmas is dry and then thursday we do have some more rain coming into the picture. so here's your accuweather seven day forecast. it's fog and clouds tomorrow. wet pattern for saturday. winter begins at 120 in the morning and sunday. we do have spotty early morning showers and

then late day showers, so it's not a washout. if you still have holiday shopping to do level one monday. wet and windy for christmas eve. it is dry for christmas, but on hanukkah we do have another level one coming ino the picture and larry, but at least four straight days of some rain. it's we're going into winter. it's expected. >> okay. >> all right, he asked, like it's new every year. simple question. i should just sit here and not talk. you know, i just like to give you a hard time. >> we really do. yes, i noticed, but moving on. the u.s. population grew by nearly 1% in the past year, the largest growth in the past 20 years. california saw its overall population grow by more than 232,000 people. this despite 239,000 residents moving to another state. migration into california from outside the country grew by 361,000 people. california also saw 110,000 more births than deaths. >> all right, coming up. this is exciting. the discovery of a new

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or a complicated as keeping up with the ecosystems around us. >> and today, the california academy of sciences in san francisco is taking us about 138

steps closer, if you can believe that. yes, the number of new species they've discovered over just the course of this past year. right. >> abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma has a look at the creatures, big and small. >> so you're probably thinking. seen one damselfish? seen them all? not this year. >> they're all damselfish. and the one from the maldives. this guy here, it has this very distinctive black mark in his office at the california academy of sciences in san francisco. >> researcher luis rocha is showing off his newly discovered species, being named chromis abada. he says the fish could help unlock secrets of the deep water coral reefs they call home in the northern indian ocean. reefs that are showing signs of damage from pollution and warming ocean temperatures. >> so if in the surface it goes from 29 celsius to 30 celsius and the corals bleach on the deep reef, it goes from 17 to 18 celsius and they bleach the same way. so what we're seeing is much more impacts on those deep

reefs that people expected. >> and for the past year, research teams at the academy have been uncovering the unexpected, compiling a list of 138 new species discovered around the globe in 2024, including dozens of species of fish, insects like the jerusalem cricket and everything from spiders to pygmy pipehorses to exotic flowering plants. chief of science shannon bennett says the discoveries are critical for understanding where our planet's been and where it's going. >> and then once you define that identity, you can start to ask questions about where it came from, how it got here, how it's going to persist into the future, how does it work with other species? what are its main functions in a living ecosystem? >> and both doctors bennett and rocha believe understanding the diverse ecosystems is the first step in learning how to better protect them. a key goal of the academy all together, that whole portfolio of information can unlock secrets to how things

have evolved specifically. >> so we do start to understand habitats a lot better. we start to understand how species survive in their and their habitat, and which species need to be there to interact with each other so that the whole ecosystem can thrive. >> all with the help of bay area researchers in san francisco. drew tuma, abc7 news. >> that's right. more than a dozen scientists from the academy are credited with discovering new species this year, along with collaborators from around the world. definitely a fun place to visit. >> absolutely. meanwhile, scientists at ucsf are one step closer to actually growing organs from scratch. researchers from uc san francisco and cedars-sinai developed a new way to program artificial, what they call organizer cells that would then coax stem cells to form rudimentary, organ like structures. these included one that had a rhythmic beat like a heart, and that also developed a chamber and vessel like appendages. researchers say this is a major advancement for regenerative medicine, a

possible reprieve for that looming government shutdown. plus, the suspect accused of gunning down that insurance ceo returns to new york. and the warriors named the most valuable team in the nba.

milpitas, where four people were found dead inside the burning apartment complex on tuesday, and police are now investigating the deaths as a murder suicide. moments ago, they identified the victims as vin nguyen, becky pham and the couple's two children, a nine year old son and four year old daughter. investigators say each victim was found with a single gunshot wound. a handgun registered to win was found in the apartment.

>> this tragedy is a very difficult reminder of the importance of addressing domestic violence and gun violence. the loss of their lives was preventable. >> police are still investigating the motive in this case. they believe the victims had been dead for several days before they were found. after concerned family members asked police to do a welfare check. officers say this was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public. >> new developments today in the united healthcare ceo murder case. suspect luigi mangione is now back in new york, where he's facing both federal and state charges. >> abc news reporter alexis christoforous has the very latest. >> luigi mangione arriving in new york city thursday afternoon, brought by helicopter and greeted by federal and local officials. the alleged killer then making his first appearance in federal court facing four new federal charges, including murder through the use of a firearm. he did not enter a plea, the federal criminal complaint says. mangione traveled from georgia to new

york, new york, for the purposes of stalking and killing brian thompson. thompson was the ceo of united health care. the complaint contains excerpts from a notebook police say they seized from mangione after his arrest. the handwritten pages express hostility towards the health industry and wealthy executives in particular. according to the complaint, one entry saying the target is insurance because it checks every box. the federal complaint also included a photo of the nine millimeter pistol and silencer. police say mangione had on him when he was arrested, saying it's consistent with the weapon used to kill thompson. the 26 year old also faces an 11 count state indictment in new york, which includes a charge of murder in furtherance of terrorism. >> this act of terrorism and the violence that stems from it is something that would not be tolerated in the city. >> earlier in the day, mangione waived extradition to new york during a court appearance in pennsylvania. outside that

hearing, spectators gathered some holding signs in support of the alleged killer. others noting the attention the case has brought. >> reasons to be frustrated. fed up. angry with our government and our health care system. >> if convicted on the state charges, mangione faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. but the federal murder charge puts a possible death sentence on the table. alexis christoforous, abc news, new york. >> and tonight, abc news takes a closer look into the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson and his accused killer in a 2020 special called manhunt. luigi mangione and the ceo murder. we learn new details about the killing, the hunt for mangione, and a possible motive. >> not only has brian thompson's murder unleashed this torrent of anger at the health care system in general, but you now have people that are are outright calling for additional violence

against corporate executives. the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, has called that abhorrent. the nypd has called it vile, and yet it persists. and so in our in our special edition of 2020, we really try to get at that, at that question, what caused this reaction? how did people come to celebrate a killing? >> that 2020 special airs tonight at 10:00 right here on abc seven. it streams tomorrow on hulu, and we have developing news, lawmakers on capitol hill scrambling today to try to reach a deal on government funding that would avoid a shutdown. >> now, if the government does indeed shut down, we're talking about millions of federal workers furloughed just days before christmas. abc news reporter perry russom has the story, and there is an agreement. >> house republicans on capitol hill say they have an agreement to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. government and avoid >> plan is to put a bill on the floor that we think is a reasonable step forward. >> it's not clear what's in the bill. president elect trump

posting online success in washington. he's calling on lawmakers to vote yes on the bill tonight. >> the musk johnson proposal is not serious. it's laughable. extreme maga republicans are driving us to a government shutdown. >> today, trump taking credit for killing the bipartisan government funding bill. yesterday, trump telling abc news there will be a government shutdown unless congress eliminates or raises the debt ceiling. that's the limit on the amount of money the government can borrow to pay its debts, trump says if the debt ceiling is hit and the government can no longer pay its bills, he's concerned it could lead to an economic depression. the current debt ceiling is expected to be hit in the first few months of trump's second term. trump says he wants to take care of this while president biden is in office. >> the ultimate goal is to get a bill that addresses our immediate needs, but also sets president trump up for success when he comes into office. >> lawmakers scrambling on capitol hill today to reach a

deal before funding expires tomorrow night. >> we're making progress and things are going well. >> the now dead funding bill was supported by both republicans and democrats. trump says it had too much spending. it included $100 billion for disaster relief and billions more for farmers. trump says he doesn't mind the spending for farmers and disaster relief, but that's all. a shutdown would affect millions of federal employees with peak holiday travel. tsa agents and air traffic controllers would have to work without pay. this tipping point of a government shutdown starting with elon musk, one of trump's most influential and vocal allies. musk calling a government shutdown infinitely better than passing a horrible bill, saying any lawmaker who supports the bill deserves to be voted out. >> we had a deal. we negotiated a deal, and then musk decided to change the deal. so do i call to him president musk? >> lawmakers have until tomorrow night to get a deal done before there is a shutdown. funding expires at midnight saturday

morning. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> well, maybe not president musk, but would you believe elon as speaker of the house and the most valuable team in the nba is

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four segment. we have dan and sandhya joining us. we'll start here with some house republicans are floating the idea of elon musk as the house speaker. georgia representative marjorie taylor greene posted it on x asking the question, would you support elon musk as speaker of the house? she's not alone. kentucky republican rand paul also floated the idea. so elon musk is not an elected member of congress and doesn't have to be. apparently so. i think a lot of people didn't realize that. >> i didn't realize it until i looked it up about a minute ago. and it turns out now there's never been a speaker of the house who wasn't in congress, so this would be precedent setting. but if i'm an investor in tesla or spacex, i'm like, dude, like i got money involved in this. can you please run your companies like we say? >> the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. if you're an investor in those companies, that is something who knew, right? that that that is possible without being a member of the house. it's interesting how he has embraced and been embraced by donald trump and is

suddenly deeply involved in politics. >> yeah, but the thing is, it's a very powerful position. you decide which bills come up. and he was not elected by the people, so how could he possibly have time for that? >> i don't know, i'm serious what he's doing. >> yeah. >> i mean, one of the companies he runs. >> yeah, i know, it's like, i don't know, maybe ai is doing all of it. the golden state warriors have been named the mvp, if not mvp. mvf the nba's most valuable franchise. the team is now valued at just over $9 billion, beating out the knicks and the lakers. that figure includes team related businesses, including real estate like chase center. that's why they built it. the warriors are second only to the dallas cowboys as sports most valuable franchise. i saw somebody posted this on x yesterday when steph started with the warriors. the team was valued around $315 million and now 9 billion. so no steph, no billions. it's a pretty simple equation. >> you know, you mentioned mvf

most valuable franchise. there's another three letters roi return on investment. >> yeah. >> oh my gosh. >> yeah that is remarkable. >> yeah. >> and steph is awesome i mean there's so many people that obviously love him. but he does so much for the community with his wife. absolutely. >> how about is it joe lacob for house speaker. how's that? i'm sure that will grow our economy and bring down our our deficit. >> he doesn't lose a lot, that's for sure. >> yeah. all right. that was a joke, by the way. no elected people in elected positions. okay. a pair of porch pirates in new jersey are going viral for their antics. doorbell camera video shows them swiping an amazon package. then one adds a little twerk. days later, one of the suspects came back, played the viral video on his phone for the camera and returned one of the items broken. he's wearing a sweatshirt with some of the lyrics to tupac's california love and the word oakland on it. >> okay, the twerking just. yeah, just sent me over the edge. i mean, it's bad enough

that you're stealing stuff from a theft and a show that's. is there a two drink minimum for this video or what? that is. i mean, come on. but at least the guy returned one thing, right? right. yeah, but it was broken. >> yeah. what is this? i mean, how low can you go? really? yeah. >> what is it? what's. dan, what is wrong with people? >> i don't know, you know, how have we come to this moment where you see that kind of thing? people are just behaving badly. >> sometimes we may be laughing, but we admonish this behavior. it's not okay. >> we do. wow. >> you're really. >> we condemn it in the strongest possible terms. >> yes, yes, yes, while i'm laughing about it. all right. if you're looking to get into the holiday spirit, san francisco's winter walk is back. winter walk takes over two blocks in union square. so along with the shopping and the ice skating and includes live performances and lots and lots and lots of food and drink options. >> one of those merchants out there participating is the boba guys. joining us live via zoom right now is boba guys founder andrew chow and marissa

rodriguez, ceo of the union square alliance. and of course, since it's tasty thursday, we got some tasty drink and treats for us. hey, guys. hi, andrew and marissa. do we have your audio? check your audio. >> are you on mute? are you? >> yeah. check to see if you're on mute. >> can't hear you right now. >> can you hear us? >> there we go. yeah. now we got you. yeah. >> got you. >> so we got some tea for you. we're in the blake charles salon, and we have some different products that we're celebrating at winter walk. so for, for us to start off, we actually have a special drink that we made, the winter squall. >> it's got the winter flavor in there. and it's also a little citrusy like an apple pie a la mode. >> it's a hot and cold. i'm going to have mine hot today. and then marissa, who runs the union square alliance, what do you have? we have some other great friends. yeah. >> no, we're at you know, as was already said, we're here at the blake charles salon in union square, and the winter walk is happening two blocks. and what you can do is come down to our

makers village and buy some treats. we've got this lovely yule log. it's delicious. it's from 165, our favorite patisserie. we've got the box here. you recognize that for the holidays you can bring that home and enjoy for the holiday, as well as chocolate figurines like this. santa's some some beautiful parts. marissa, this is such a great hazelnut flavor. oh, it's absolutely delicious. and they are selling like hotcakes. so if you want this, come on down. we have three more days left on the winter walk. >> dan was actually just out there. you saw all the food trucks and the vendors. >> dan i was there today and i saw the tents and some of the vendors and the food trucks as well. i, my band performed some rock n roll,t also some great holiday christmas favorites today as well. so it was so much fun down there. they blocked off that section of the street, people walking by just enjoying themselves. what a fun celebration. so i saw the food trucks and i saw a lot of people

taking advantage of that. it was really a blast. yeah. >> so what are all the food options out there? and andrew, talk about how you came up with this like holiday flavor. >> well, for us, it was actually marissa and her team asked, could we do something special? i mean, we're a little bit less of a, i mean, quite a few stores now, but we want to do something special just for this store in union square to help revitalize, revitalize the area. so this is like an apple pie a la mode that we convert converted back into a drink. so you can't go wrong with the apple pie. so yeah. >> and we're really excited because proceeds from the drink go to support the winter walk. and so that we can continue to have the winter walk for years to come. so we're really excited for the partnership. we appreciate our local businesses here in union square, really bringing our district back. it's the holidays. it's the best time to be in union square, celebrating the spirit of the holidays. >> when does the food deser, ice skating? what else? >> yeah, ice skating, christmas tree, two stages. you can adopt a pet as spca has brought their animals back and santa is coming to

the winter walk this weekend. so three more days come down, enjoy. go shopping, go to dinner, catch a show. there's so much happening and so much magic in union square. and certainly by you, marissa, it was great. >> you've done a great job. thanks for having us out there today. but it was really it's really a fun, festive way to ring in the holidays and spend some time together, get some shopping done and all of that is terrific. >> yeah. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for your contribution. thank you so much. >> thank you. yeah. >> all right winter

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san jose earthquakes announced their 2025 schedule today. plenty of games to get excited about, including one superstar. wednesday, may 14th, is the day the quakes will host lionel messi and his inter miami teammates. of course, he's one of the best players in the world. the international star joined miami in 2023. he's totally dominated, winning the major league soccer mvp award this past season. the quakes season begins saturday, february 22nd and ends in october. let's talk some hoops. women's college basketball heading to the chase center tomorrow. it's the envisalign women's classic. stanford and ohio state tip off this doubleheader at 5:30 p.m. then it's ucla versus creighton right around 8:00, and tickets are still available for that. and on saturday, cal and stanford will be at the shark tank for the san jose tipoff at

5 p.m. the cardinal take on former pac 12 rival oregon. of course, the conference is not really the pac 12 anymore, but you know what i mean. following that game at 730, the bears will tip off against san diego state. so a lot going on. sports on abc seven is sponsored by smart and final. >> all right. now right now let's talk about how lovely it is today. no rain. and finally the fog has cleared out that no rain stuff that's going to change. >> sandy. right? >> true. it sure is. and let's talk about the holiday forecast. all right. uh. kristen. larry, christmas eve 58 to 60 degrees. we're going to have rain and gusty winds on christmas day. it's going to be dry and cool mid 50s to low 60s. if you celebrate hanukkah wednesday at sundown expecting a dry, crisp evening. temperatures in the low to mid 50s. on live doppler seven we have some patchy fog. lingering high clouds will continue to increase. tomorrow is mostly cloudy along with some fog 50s and 60s on those temperatures. the accuweather seven day

forecast showing you the level one storm moving in on saturday on the first day of winter, and then we have more ones from sunday through tuesday. the strongest storm is going to be tuesday, which is christmas eve. wet and windy. santa is going to have no problems on christmas day. more rain on thursday. kristen. >> all right. thank you. and sandia santa thanks you as well. if you want to find some of the brightest holiday lights in the bay a, head over to oakland. a home there will be featured on tonight's finale of abc's the great christmas light fight in oakley. that is. mike and rhonda wright have been perfecting holiday displays every year since 1973. this year, they've created a synchronized light show. we can't reveal the final product before tonight's episode, but you can see them here assembling all the props. they use, a process they call colorization. >> we have the smart nodes around the inside, and this is what really gives us our color pop. >> colorizing these props with smart nodes takes your light show to just a different level.

i haven't seen one like ours before. ours is kind of different and kind of special. very unique. >> the right home is up against three others. the families are all vying for the light fight trophy and a $50,000 prize. that's money the wright family is really hoping for as rhonda is battling lymphoma and breast cancer, we're going to be rooting for her. the finale of the great christmas light fight starts right here at 8 p.m, and if you want to get into the holiday spirit, we are streaming the yule log once again. >> you can look for it at abc seven news.com, as well as the abc seven bay area a. we have versions with and without music. we got you covered. >> all right. up next we'll hear from the duo that might be the true stars of the lion king. >> why are you leaving us outside this story when i'm pretty sure we are the ultimate outsiders. >> come on. yeah. we've always been misunderstood. >> the voices behind

the great christmas light fight finale at ten, a special 2020 manhunt luigi mangione and the ceo murder. and then do not miss abc seven news at 11. all right, mufasa. the lion king is in theaters tomorrow. and today, our lion king week continues. timon and pumbaa, they've been stealing scenes in lion king movies since the 1994 original. when you notice, the animation is a lot different than what we have today. the 2019 lion king featured billy eichner and seth rogen as the lovable meerkat and

warthog. they return in mufasa. george pennacchio, with our sister station in l.a, spoke with the actors. hakuna mufasa. >> what a wonderful name. >> i felt like the animators were following you. like you went in and did your thing, and then they drew around you. for some reason, that's what's in my head. >> they do record everything, so they for sure take what we were doing as far as visual cues for. and i did record it all on, on all fours. yeah, i think for this one especially, barry jenkins really encouraged us to riff like crazy and improvise. >> i think 90% of what not the rest of the characters, but the two of us. i think 90% of what we say was improvised. >> there's such a visual storyteller, yet it makes sense that he lives alone. >> when you make a movie like this, is there someone in your life more than anybody else? you make it for my business manager. >> it is cool. i don't have children, but i have a lot of

friends now who have young kids. all, you know, under the age of ten, mostly for them. the 2019 lion king is the first lion king they saw. they obviously didn't see the first one in the movie theater, at least. and so and my friends complain about how much they've heard me sing the lion sleeps tonight, like on the soundtrack. oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee oh wee. it's kind of cool. i don't think anything i've ever been in would be watched by young children probably. >> it was one of the first premieres like my nephews were able to go to the first one, you know, and, and they're coming to this one and it's cool to do something that i actually like and think is good and also is appropriate for children. >> those are always big events, right? do you ever get used to a red carpet? because it's a little crazy, and i'm used to mostly there being a more famous person on either side of me, absorbing a lot of the attention. >> i've been on carpets where like, all the cameras are on you, and then like, j.lo walks

in and you can feel the whoosh, like literally, literally, it's so bright on you. and then all of a sudden you're in, pitch goes away. yeah. hi. we're here to. >> why are you leaving us outside this story when i'm pretty sure we are the ultimate outsiders. >> come on. yeah. we've always been misunderstood in los angeles. >> george pennacchio, abc seven news. >> and you can see the animation looks so good. it's hard to differentiate between what's real and what they created. mufasa. the lion king opens in theaters tomorrow. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil, abc seven news at five is coming up next. jen b asks, "how can i get fast download speeds while out and about?" jen, we've engineered xfinity mobile with wifi speeds

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