right now, the california highway patrol surge in oakland will extend into the new year, but governor gavin newsom is now pressuring the city's police department to make some big changes to one of its policies. >> good afternoon. i'm kristen

sze. thanks for joining us. this morning, the governor announced that chp officers will remain in the east bay to help local law enforcement fight retail and property theft, sideshows and other crimes. the partnership that began in february was scheduled to expire at the end of this month. the governor's office is touting the chp surge, saying officers have recovered over $13 million in stolen goods and arrested more than 1400 suspects throughout the region this year. but newsom says the extra help from the chp will not be open ended. he says in order for the partnership to continue, oakland pd needs to revise its pursuit policy. >> you could be drunk, you can run a red light, you can come close to sideswiping a school bus during the morning hours, right in front of a police officer, and the pursuit policy in oakland says we can't we cannot pursue that suspect. this

is an outlier in the state of california. it may be an outlier in the united states of america. it's an extreme outlier in the state of california. >> under the current rules, oakland officers can only launch a pursuit if there's reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a violent forceable crime or a crime with a gun, or if there's probable cause that the person has a gun. earlier this year, newsom requested the police commission change the policy, but the commission declined to do so. city officials in santa cruz say a swell unlike anything that's hit the coast in 30 years is what broke off a section of the santa cruz wharf on monday and damaged boats in a nearby harbor. a city worker and two engineers were inspecting the tip of the wharf when the swell hit. they were thrown into the water and had to be rescued. officials say engineers are back checking the integrity of the remaining wharf before reopening to the public. >> the remainder of the wharf, we generally feel very confident that it's strong and stable.

we're working with engineers to do further assessments before we reopen. >> officials may allow those with businesses on the wharf to retrieve materials and merchandise. they hope to reopen the wharf as soon as possible. 400 people make a living working at the wharf. well, we had a rainy start to the day across the bay area, but now you can see sunshine. but more wet weather is expected for the weekend. abc seven meteorologist drew tuma has more on when you'll need that umbrella heading into the evening. >> a bit of an increase. about 20% chance of finding drizzle in your neighborhood. so if you have late night plans tonight, do take the small umbrella with you. you may be underneath some drizzle from time to time, but we're not anticipating any, any, any heavy rain coming our way this evening. so here's future weather. cloudy this afternoon. first thing tomorrow morning will likely find some lighter showers, mainly in the north bay during the day. saturday it's just cloudy. it remains humid out there. and then the final push of rain comes sunday morning. here's 730 sunday.

first in the north bay. the system slides south, so by 10 a.m. we're in and out of some downpours, but it's out of here in the afternoon. so sunday afternoon will actually finish the weekend with some sunshine. not a lot of rainfall coming our way. for most areas you can see less than half of an inch a lot lower in the south bay and parts of the north bay, like lake and mendocino county could see an inch of rain. but some good news early next week for the niners game taking on the lions. we have clear skies, 53 degrees for kickoff. gets cold by the fourth quarter mid 40s. and of course you can watch that game right here on abc. here's the accuweather seven day forecast the next seven days for you. showing you an isolated shower today with high surf morning showers tomorrow, sunshine to finish the weekend on sunday and then we're back into a dry pattern. it's nice and dry for new year's eve and a sunny start to the new year on wednesday, guys. >> all right. thanks, drew. you can follow along as the forecast evolves with the abc seven bay area app. it gives you access to the same live doppler seven that our weather team uses. we'll also send alerts with important

updates. the investigation continues today into an early morning fire that gutted several apartments in san jose. at least 14 people are now looking for a new place to live. it happened near gemelli way and north capitol avenue. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the story. >> the fire started and it started in my room, so that's all i know. >> dimitri hopkins is one of at least ten adults and four kids now displaced after an early morning apartment fire tore through part of his apartment complex around five on friday morning, just two days after christmas. hopkins was dropping someone off at work at the time of the fire. >> i came home and turned the corner and seen all this, seen all the fire trucks, and i worried about my cousins because i seen their windows. my window was his two was burnt out. so first thing i did was start calling for him and he answered. so that was a relief. >> his cousin was okay and no one was hurt, but he's still looking for three out of his four cats. everything else in his apartment was deemed a total

loss. >> devastated, actually. i don't have anything. everything's gone. so everything i have is what's on me. my watch collection, my cameras. uh. playstation. >> everything is gone. but before firefighters showed up, neighbors said they were banging on each other's front doors to make sure everyone got out safely. >> the initial call said there were multiple people trapped, so the incident was immediately upgraded to a second alarm. >> san jose fire said luckily, no one needed to be rescued. they believe the fire started on the first floor and then quickly made its way up to the second floor. it was contained to only one eight unit building. >> three units were heavily involved and will be unable to be occupied for the coming weeks. the five other units had some smoke damage and utility controls, so we're evaluating if those residents will be able to repopulate those units and stay the night there today. >> the cause of this fire is still under investigation. in the meantime, several of these neighbors that have been displaced are still looking for an alternate place to stay in

san jose. lena howland, abc seven news. >> members of a mosque in san francisco are raising concerns about anti-muslim incidents. a surveillance camera caught a man tearing pages out of the quran earlier this week. he has a history of harassing members at the islamic center of san francisco. it's not the first time a san francisco mosque in the city has been targeted this year. in april, another man smashed six windows on a mosque on sutter street with a skateboard. >> we are experiencing a 30 year high in anti-muslim and anti-palestinian racism, and our call is specifically to elected officials and to law enforcement to send a very clear message that hate will not be tolerated in san francisco against any community. >> muslim leaders worry that the increase in islamophobia about as the u.s. changes leadership. silicon valley chipmaker nvidia will take center stage at the annual consumer electronics show next month. the company is expected to make several big

announcements at this year's trade show, and it will all begin on january 6th with a keynote from the ceo of nvidia, jen-hsun huang. it's been a monumental year for the company, fueled by big deals with meta and open ai. who wants to be a billionaire? tonight's mega millions jackpot has jumped to $1.2 billion. that's about $550 million in cash. the odds are stacked, and according to the lottery, 2024 has seen the least number the smallest number of jackpot winners, with only three this year. abc's morgan norwood has the story. >> the mega millions jackpot ballooning to a massive $1.2 billion. and with tonight's historic drawing, someone could ring in the new year as a billionaire taking home the fifth largest prize in mega millions history. >> that's a big one. >> they joined the ranks of four big holiday winners on christmas eve. four new millionaires. but each one mega player shy of the grand prize. ray wentworth kudo

also missed the billion dollar powerball jackpot in 2023, but she still won life changing money. >> i scanned our tickets from the previous night on the app, and it had all kinds of confetti and it said, you won $1 million, we won $1 million. that's life changing. >> lisa sarah is hoping she's next for that whopping winning prize. >> well, there's four of us and we've got $160. >> all right. mega millions calling 2024 the most unusual jackpot year in history, with only three grand prizes won, but all of them in top ten territory. that includes the $1.3 billion winner from new jersey, who finally claimed their prize this week after nine months of remaining anonymous. the odds are steep to win this one, about 1 in 302,000,000 for ray, her odds were stacked to about 1 in 12,000,000. she had just lost her job when she scanned the lucky ticket. >> it really felt like somebody was looking out for me on that

one. >> so tickets right now are priced at just two bucks. but mega millions announced the price of luck will be more than doubled to $5 in april 2025. but look, they are promising bigger prizes in return. good luck tonight. i'm morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> the drawing is at 8:00. our time. we'll post the winning numbers on our abc seven news app. download the app now and you'll get an alert sent to your phone. today, we're hearing from a survivor of that deadly plane crash in kazakhstan. plus, more about the investigation into russia's possible involvement in a new year means new laws in california. what you need

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in the last few hours, the airline said. the plane was brought down by external interference. and now we're hearing from a survivor of the crash. abc's perry russom has the latest on the investigation into the deadly passenger plane crash in kazakhstan, intensifying today. >> azerbaijan airlines says a preliminary investigation shows their plane was taken down by physical and technical external interference. the airline now suspending its flights to multiple locations in russia, citing potential risks to flight safety. a u.s. official tells abc news there are early indications the plane was likely hit by a russian anti-aircraft system. sabuncu rahimov was on the plane, he says. he heard a bang and thought the plane was going to fall apart in the sky. masks dropping from the ceiling. he says he saw damage to the outside of the plane. today, the head of russia's federal agency for air transport says the plane was rerouted because of dense fog and an alert of ukrainian drones in the area. flight data

shows the plane taking off from azerbaijan, flying into russian airspace and crossing the caspian sea, before crashing in kazakhstan on christmas day. video from the ground shows the plane in its final moments in the sky, falling and rising erratically, the plane crashing into a field, igniting into a ball of fire. >> it sounds like from the reporting that there was some type of aerial combat going on between russia and ukraine in the grozny area. if that is in fact the case, russia was likely using electronic jamming, which could have impacted the plane's navigation system and would explain its navigational behavior. >> 67 people on board, at least 38 dead, more than two dozen people found alive, at least one seen limping away from the upside down tail section. overnight survivors returning to azerbaijan. the kremlin says it has seen reports accusing russian air defenses of being responsible. a spokesperson for the kremlin says until the investigation is complete, it would be wrong to speculate on the cause. perry russom, abc

news, washington. >> the u.s. saw bigger than 18% increase in the number of unhoused people this year. that's a dramatic rise from the past. federal officials point to a lack of affordable housing, as well as natural disasters and a surge of migrants. more than 770,000 people are classified as unhoused, which is likely an undercount considering how the numbers are tallied. the increase is prevalent in western states and in the bay area, where communities are enforcing bans on encampments. among those, at least 150,000 children spent at least one night without a place to live. family homelessness was up while veteran homelessness was down. black people are overrepresented among the unhoused population. in just a few days, we enter the new year, and that means a slate of new laws and policies. hundreds of new california laws go into effect starting january 1st. abc7 news anchor karina nova takes us through some of them. >> artificial intelligence is

becoming a bigger part of our lives, but not all of it in a positive way. several new laws offer some protection against abuse. it's now a crime to create and post a sexually explicit image or video of a real person that was created using artificial intelligence, but made to look real. social media platforms now have to provide mechanisms to report these deepfake videos, and they have to take them down quickly. if you're a victim of doxing when someone posts personal information about you online, like your address or phone number, you can now sue for up to $30,000 in damages. ever heard of a cannabis cafe? you will in 2025. a new law allows cannabis retailers to prepare and sell food and beverages in newly created lounges. that means customers can buy and use cannabis at a business while they eat a meal or watch a live performance. interested in buying pet insurance? providers now need to tell you whether they base their premiums on the age of your pet or where you live, and if their policies

exclude certain preexisting conditions. having trouble keeping track of your online subscriptions? service providers have to get clear consent for automatic renewals or continuing service, and they have to send you annual reminders of what you signed up for. the law also makes it easier to cancel automatic renewals if you need to take paid family leave to care for a sick family member or a new baby. your employer can no longer require you to take vacation time first. if you're a freelance worker. employers now must provide a contract in writing indicating that work will be performed and how much and when you'll be paid. california is expanding its protections against racial discrimination to include traits such as hairstyles or textures that are associated with certain races, and the minimum wage is going up to 1650 per hour. fast food workers have a higher minimum wage. karina nova abc seven news.

>> workers now have. by the way, we should tell you that workers can have an easier path if they want to take paid leave to care for a new baby or sick family member is just one of hundreds of new california laws taking effect. and we just told you about that. all right. you can watch the niners last home game of the season right here on abc seven. and what does it take to win at the most famous kenne

missed its first pro football game, set records as the most streamed nfl games in u.s. history. 65 million viewers tuned in for at least one minute of one of the two games. beyoncé's halftime performance drove the peak audience at 27 million viewers. the nba also saw its best holiday numbers in five years, with an average of about 5 million viewers per game. the basketball games aired right here on abc seven, and you

can watch the niners last home game of the season right here on abc seven. it's a rematch of last year's nfc championship game at levi's. the lions and the 40 niners play on monday night football. coverage starts at five, followed by after the game. america's biggest dog show is airing right here on abc seven this weekend. abc seven news anchor julian glover talked to the co-hosts about what to expect from the american kennel club championship and what makes a top dog. >> good morning. hi, julian. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you too as well. we'll get into the american kennel club national championship. what's in store for it this year? in just a moment. but tell us about these cuties you have sitting with you right here. >> yeah. >> so we have two whippets. they are friends. they live together. this one. this is dante. he's one year old. i just woke him up from his nap. >> good morning. >> and then this is brooke. friend is brooke, and she's two years old. >> see you later. okay. >> well, we just woke them up

from the nap, and now they're off to other parts of the home here. tell us about what's so exciting and what's in store for the 2024 akc national championship. >> well, it's the nation's largest dog show. in fact, it's the largest dog show in north america with over 5600 entries. we have dogs coming from 30 foreign countries to compete. all the top dogs in the world are there fighting for bragging rights. a $50,000 cash prize and being crowned the nation's national champion. so it's the culmination of a year's worth of competition, where dogs compete for points and rankings, and then you get to the national championship and the ones that are at the top want to stay at the top, and the newbies want to get recognized and noticed. and it's just a fun way to celebrate dogs and the sports that we love. >> it's so fun, even for us watching at home too, because you're trying to guess and judge who might reign supreme and get the best in show title. but

there are so many different categories that the dogs are competing in everything from agility to obedience. tell us about some more of them. >> yeah. well, it's such a great event, julie. and because of how vast it is, the orange county convention center in orlando, florida is just incredible. so there are 5600 dogs are just over competing in conformation, which is the dog show that a lot of people know. but outside of that, there are thousands more dogs competing in an agility competition. we've got a diving competition, obedience. like you mentioned, there's so many and so, so over 10,000 dogs in total. >> if you divide them up over all of the events that take place at the convention center, we also have rally junior showmanship for uh- children 18 and under, where they compete for scholarship money. and in all the different sports, there's junior competition as well. so something for everybody. >> it really is an amazing event. and to see all of these dog lovers coming together from not just across the country, but really from across the world,

because it is so global. with more than 34 countries represented, it's just amazing to see all of these people who love dogs in one place, competing in the sports that they love so much, thousands and thousands of dogs. >> that is a whole lot of dog treats to go around for sure. talk to us about what makes a best in show, because i feel like we're always trying to judge at home on the couch, like we know what's going on here. but they're very specific things that the judges are looking for. >> yeah, it's a great question. and one of the things that gina always says is that these dogs are judged according to their written breed standard, and so each breed has a written standard that details quite eloquently and in real detail, exactly how this dog should look as part of this breed. from the shape of the head, the shape of the eyes, the mouth, the body, how tall, how short, how wide. i mean, it's really intricate. and so all of these judges have those written breed standards memorized, you know, right at the ready as they're putting their hands on the dogs and

looking at the dogs and judging, is this particular dog the best example of this breed according to this written breed standard? so you're not going to see a judge go, this great dane is better than this chihuahua, which is better than this whippet. you really have the judges saying, how close does this dog i represent the written breed standard for this particular breed? and is that a better example of this breed than a dog that belongs to another breed that's in that group? so it can be a little bit confusing for people at home and they're wondering, hey, how are these dogs judged? and that was something, candidly, that i was wondering too, when i did my first dog show a number of years ago now. but the judges have such incredible resumes, and they look at all of these dogs and they they really go over the dogs and watch the dogs move. and it's amazing to just see how much knowledge they have so that they can make the right decision in terms of these breeds and, and just how beautiful and, and how much quality each one has. >> you can watch the american

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a legacy hardware store in san francisco. the shelves are mostly bare at poppenhausen warehouse or hardware in west portal. the 88 year old store is going out of business. the owner says the store never fully recovered from the pandemic. >> habits changed as soon as the pandemic began, and we saw a 30% reduction in customer count on the street. and that is not a number that a small store like us can recover from. >> poppenhausen hardware opened

in 1936, changing ownership only twice over those 88 years it's been in business. a local charitable tradition in the east bay got a big upgrade this year. >> i invited the community in lamorinda to give and i was blown away by the response. it's been the best thing i've ever done in my life. >> maya enista smith runs the do gooder garage out of her home every holiday season, taking urine donations and distributing them to local organizations and families in need. this year, she teamed up with a local realtor and began operating out of a storefront in lafayette. and with all the support they've gotten, smith will keep it open as long as she can. by the way, the storefront opened december 7th. a big furniture giveaway is happening in oakland. people lined up early for habitat for humanity's free furniture day. there are sofas, tables, chairs, consoles, lamps, rugs, and many other items available. habitat for humanity is giving hundreds of items away to make room for

new donations. there's even artwork donated by museum. it's happening at habitat for humanity's restore, located at 9235 san leandro street in oakland. the furniture giveaway will continue until 4:00. that's going to do it for now. thank you for joining us today on abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir starts now. so stick around and i'll see you back here at 4:00. bye bye. tonight, tens of millions of americans bracing for a new waiwave of storms and the impact on the travel rush. the tsa considering security changes. late today, news that greg gumbel has