right now. >> so there are going to be delays in our delivery. but when you call 911, an engine is going to show up for sure. >> the consequences of fire station closures set to begin on monday in oakland. the town's fire chief acknowledges there will be an impact to response times. good evening. thank you

for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm julian glover. the closures are part of oakland's effort to close a $129 million budget deficit. >> money very tight. the brown outs will impact stations 25 and 28 and are expected to last six months. abc seven news reporter luz pena is following the story and has more. >> reporter this is a reality of a city facing a $129 million budget deficit. cuts need to be made and these two firehouses will close on monday. >> there are no firehouses that we can afford to close. we need every firehouse we have and then some. >> oakland's fire chief said data led them to these stations, which are among the least busy, according to the last published fire response report. oakland's firefighters responded to more than 54,000 calls in 2023. fire engine, 28 responded to just 405. of those. fire station 25 responded to 834. >> right now, these two

firehouses will be closed for the next six months through the through the end of the fiscal year. uh- at at the end of the fiscal year. these firehouses will open back up. and if we have a need to continue to brown out firehouses, we'll rotate to different firehouses from there. >> firefighters from engine 28 and 25 will be sent to other stations. the city's administrator said they're aware of the impact. >> this is not a very good place for us to be in at this point in time, but our goal is to come up with a more robust solution. >> fire risk is the main concern for many in this area, with the closest station about ten minutes away. >> we are heartbroken. it's just sad. >> the last fire that we had in this area, they kind of were that first line of defense for at least like our immediate area. >> a lot of trees, a lot of houses, a lot of big houses. and it gets really dry in the summer. so yeah, that's scary. >> the fire chief said closing these firehouses until june will save oakland approximately $5 million, but response times will

be delayed. >> and it's naive to think that. and again, i don't say this lightly, to think that people will not be hurt or killed because of these decisions. >> in oakland, luz pena, abc seven news. >> oakland police are investigating the deadly shooting of a woman at a gas station overnight. the incident happened at the quick serve station at 22nd avenue and east 12th street around midnight. investigators say the woman was shot after getting into a dispute with another person. she died after being taken to a hospital. police say this is now the fourth shooting at the same gas station since 2021. three of those shootings have been fatal. >> a warning now from police in the east bay. they say a robbery crew is deliberately causing minor car crashes to target people. the mercury news reports the tactic was used in robberies in and around oakland in recent weeks, including one at 28th avenue and international boulevard. the victim was forced to give up a rolex watch, a wedding ring and other jewelry

worth more than $15,000. police say the thieves will intentionally rear end another car, then rob the victim when they get out to exchange information. they're also linked, linking the same crew to a purse snatching in hayward. >> as of today, the east bay officially has new representation in washington, d.c. for the first time in 26 years, barbara lee will not be in the halls of congress. she'll now be replaced by lateefah simon. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley talked to the former east bay congresswoman about what's next in her storied public service career. >> no regrets. i don't think there are any regrets that i have. >> yesterday, she was long standing. congresswoman barbara lee, representing northern alameda county in oakland. today, she passed the torch on to her successor as she talked to abc seven news on her cell phone from the speaker's lobby in the house of representatives. >> it feels really good that lateefah simon is not congresswoman elect, but

congresswoman. she is a fantastic warrior woman who i pass the baton to. >> and she reflected on launching her iconic career after attending mills college in uc berkeley. inspired by her idol, congresswoman shirley chisholm. >> you're 26 years in congress, seven and a half years in the california legislature, and 11 years working for a member of congress. when i came in 1998, i hit the ground running because i'd worked for our great warrior statesman, ron dellums. >> after dellums stepped down from congress, he stepped up as oakland's new mayor in 2007. many are wondering if the former congresswoman would follow suit. >> i have not ruled in nor ruled out running for mayor of oakland. right now i'm in dc. you know, my day job is a member of congress just ended, and i actually come back to oakland every weekend. you know, i'm there and here i live in two places. and so i'm in the process of this transition. who

knows? who knows? it depends on decisions that i have to make in the upcoming days. >> congresswoman lee reflected back on her greatest accomplishments. >> i'm deeply grateful for being the most progressive and the most enlightened congressional district in the country. i've done a lot and a lot left to do, though, you know, we've saved 25 million lives as a result of my work with president bush as it relates to hiv and aids. we've delivered constituent services. we've helped people find shelter. i know that serving people, public service is in my dna, and i know there are more chapters and more journeys that i'm going to mount as to whether that journey ends with a run for oakland mayor. >> she promised she will make up her mind in the coming week. >> i'm really not retiring. i'm just closing one chapter, opening another, and forging ahead. >> i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> forging ahead. the controversy surrounding embattled san mateo county sheriff christina corpus appears

headed now to a courtroom. sheriff corpus has filed a $10 million claim against the county, alleging discrimination and harassment. it comes after a 400 page report alleging acts of intimidation, conflicts of interest and corruption in the sheriff's department. the report also says corpus and her former chief of staff had an improper relationship. they have both denied that. sheriff corpus says the investigation is part of a conspiracy to defame her. legal claims are typically precursors, of course, to lawsuits. >> the department of justice will be monitoring the work of the antioch police department for the next five years as a part of an investigation into racist text messages by police officers. 13 antioch police officers have been fired or resigned as a part of the scandal. the texts used derogatory terms for black people and encouraged the shooting of the now former mayor, who is black. under the agreement with the fbi, antioch police will also hire a consultant to update department

policies and training around the use of force hiring and investigations. >> all right, let's turn now to the weather and a wet start to the day. weekend is upon us. here is video from earlier today when roadways around the bay area were pretty slick. most of the rain has now cleared out, but we are still tracking some showers. >> and let's take you to the sierra now where the road conditions are clearly dangerous. look at the video from the traffic camera from interstate 80. caltrans held traffic there earlier today, as well as on u.s. 50 due to spinouts. all cars are required to have tire chains on both highways, except for four wheel drive vehicles. with snow tires, you can see the big flakes falling there. i-80 eastbound trucks are being screened for chains at applegate, and westbound trucks are being screened for chains west of reno. for more on the conditions in the sierra, let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. a heavy snow falling there, sandhya. >> yeah, it has been heavy, no doubt about it. and, julian, as you mentioned, the chains are required. let me show you a live

picture from our zephyr cove camera, where the snow was just piling up earlier in the day. right now it has lightened up, but you will notice that there is snow on the ground. visibility is low. chain controls are required at this hour, so definitely take the chains if you're going up. but if i were you, i would hold off as it is kind of hazardous to drive up there. looking at those thunderstorms up in northern california. main front has gone through the bay area, so things are quiet now, but we still have a couple more showers that are developing. we had a couple of lightning strikes between point arena area and around sea ranch, so definitely was a little bit unstable earlier. now 8:00 tonight, you see those spotty showers in the north bay into the san francisco east bay locations at 10 p.m. and then one last push of an isolated shower at 1130. by tomorrow morning, all is quiet. a beach hazards statement until 9 p.m. tonight. there is a moderate to high risk of sneaker waves, and that gets replaced with a high surf advisory tonight. going into sunday morning, breakers

will be building 15 to 18ft. so or 18 to 25ft. excuse me. so be careful out there. i'll be back with your weekend weather coming up. >> julian. we'll see you then. thank you so much, sandhya. you can follow along as the forecast changes with the abc seven news bay area app. it gives you access to the same live doppler seven radar that our entire weather team uses. will also send out alerts with important updates. >> a new plea to secure the release of eric and lyle menendez. after 35 years in prison. it was made by 20 family members during a meeting that just wrapped up with the new los angeles district attorney, the menendez brothers were convicted of killing their parents in 1989. prosecutors say they did it for financial gain. the brothers say they shot their parents after years of sexual abuse at the hands of their father, jose menendez. new los angeles da nathan hochman says he's reviewing the evidence before deciding whether to move forward with resentencing supported by his predecessor. part of that process was talking

with family members. >> today, we're inputting that additional information that i received today, which was useful information into the entire decision matrix on what to do with this case. >> eric and lyle's family told the da they were prepared to support the brothers any way possible if they are released from prison. >> coming up, the new health warning from the u.s. surgeon general today, what he is saying about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. >> also ahead, there's some overnight road work to tell you about. we'll tell you what crews will be doing to improve a 12 mile stretch of highway 37 when abc seven news at five re the happiest place on earth you'll find all kinds of happy you can find the my-dream-is-finally-coming-true kind of happy the i-just-found-my- new-favorite-treat kind of happy you can also find that woo-hooooo! (shouting) kind of happy there's the teaming-up-with-my-hero type of happy ... and the we're-never-going-to-forget-this kind of happy

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a new warning on alcohol and it's linked to cancer. >> vivek murthy says consuming any kind of alcohol, including

beer and wine, increases your risk for seven kinds of cancer and that it is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in america. >> abc news reporter zohreen shah has the story. >> the u.s. surgeon general now sounding the alarm about potential cancer causing dangers of even moderate amounts of alcohol consumption. vivek murthy on x stating that drinking is the third leading preventable cause of cancer after tobacco and obesity, and that it contributes to about 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths each year. murthy stated that any kind of alcohol consumption increases risks for at least seven different cancers, including breast cancer for women and cancers in the colorectum esophagus, liver, mouth, throat, and voice box. the surgeon general also called for a reassessment and revision of the guideline limits for alcohol consumption to account for increased cancer risk, and suggests updating the current

warning on alcohol beverages to include cancer risk warnings like those on cigarettes. >> it's not that surprising to see that these these guidelines have. the discussion has been going back and forth for so many years because the research is continuously evolving. >> government warning labels for alcohol have remained the same for nearly 40 years, and only warns of dangers when consuming while pregnant, and that it may inhibit the ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and that it may cause health problems. congress would need to pass legislation for a cancer warning to be updated. many with mixed feelings about how helpful a label would be. >> i don't think it's going to make that big of a difference, but in a warning label, i would hope it would. but my gut feeling is no. >> well, i think even though it might not help, it might make people stop and, you know, take a second thought about it. so in that respect, it may help a little bit. >> u.s. health officials say consuming more alcohol leads to a greater risk of cancers. the surgeon general adds only 45% of

american adults know that alcohol consumption increases their risk, and that is why he is calling on congress to act and urging public officials and community groups to help with educational efforts. zohreen shah, abc news, los angeles. >> as we head to break, here's another live look at the conditions in the sierra from our camera at zephyr cove. we'll be checking back in with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel for more in

work on highway 37. it's a project designed to prevent flooding and combat rising sea levels. the work, which starts on monday night, will affect a 12 mile stretch of eastbound 37in solano county and abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows you preparing the popular route for the effects of climate change is really the long term goal. >> highway 37, a place where

traffic, steel and asphalt meets eco sensitive north bay wetlands. >> there are a number of things going on on state route 37 right now, as we prepare to be more resilient to flooding, to address congestion, and also to prepare for sea level rise. >> a long term plan preparing this roadway for the effects of climate change starts monday night, january 6th. caltrans is closing eastbound lanes of 37 overnight between highway 121 and railroad avenue in vallejo. a detour around the roadwork will be in place. >> that's about a 40 mile long detour. pretty significant. it's allow us to do geotechnical drilling so that we can get information that we need to design the new state route 37. >> flooding has become a routine issue on 37 during the rainy season in marin county, causing lengthy closures of the vital commute route. a plan to widen and elevate the entire 21 mile stretch is the ultimate goal, creating more bicycle, public transit and carpool options for all travelers. >> it's easily going to take over 20 years to do the entire

ultimate project, which is going to be an elevated viaduct. >> environmental advocates hope to create a corridor where wildlife and infrastructure can coexist. in a statement, the sonoma land trust says our role is to ensure we can work successfully with caltrans to enable restoration on both sides of the highway and reconnect the bay with the wetlands, both existing parcels and those yet to be restored. a series of public meetings on the project will be ongoing. monday's construction project will happen weeknights through february 1st in solano county. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> long term project. >> yeah. no kidding. right. looking really nice around here, right? rainy earlier. >> but the sun came out eventually, which is nice when the weekend hits. meteorologist sandhya patel is back with the forecast. sandhya? >> yeah, we got the much needed rain. it was welcome here. dan and julian. and now we'll get a chance for the weekend to dry out. but tonight, we still have a couple more showers in the forecast. let me show you some live views. they're absolutely gorgeous. from our different tower cameras around the bay

area. and then we will talk about what's happening. so earlier this morning we had a cold front come through. it brought us some widespread rain for the morning commute and even into the early afternoon. but that has moved on. we still have a little bit of energy off the coastline that is going to come through later tonight, bringing the potential for some spotty showers. rainfall today. ben loman picking up a half an inch. you will notice san jose 1100 1800, san francisco 2/10 in oakland, 2200 san rafael and 4000/600 in santa rosa, concord, brentwood. you only picked up a few hundredths of an inch. looking at live doppler seven right now, it is pretty quiet here locally. but as we take a look at what happened up along the northern california coast, we did have some lightning strikes. one strike made it down to the sonoma county coast. we're still watching a little bit of moisture off the coastline that will come through later on tonight. it's certainly snowing in the sierra. a winter storm warning until 10 p.m. tonight. it is hazardous to drive up there, as they do have

low visibility and snow and gusty winds. combining 40s and 50s on your temperatures right now. a live view from o. ak where you're seeing just a few clouds hanging around. if you're going to fly out of okay, it is fiesta friday travel forecast time tomorrow is going to start off with fog 57 for the high in the afternoon. if you are going to cabo 76 degrees. gorgeous weather in guadalajara, 80 degrees and mainly sunny skies. as we look at a live view from exploratorium, it is pretty clear from that vantage point. later tonight, few more showers and fog through sunday. large breaking waves. and this weekend we are talking about dry and partly cloudy conditions. we go hour by hour. later on this evening at 8:00, a few showers show up in the north bay, and then at 1030 over parts of the east bay and san francisco. closer to midnight it becomes really isolated. maybe a sprinkle or two, but tomorrow morning we will begin with some fog and then higher clouds will stream in across our skies, filtering the sunshine. now

additional rain. there is no storm impact scale because this is not going to be additional widespread rain. it's just going to be spotty. so anywhere from nothing measurable to a few hundredths of an inch for parts of the bay area. watch out for that fog tomorrow morning, 30s and 40s. you will need that extra layer and hang on to it for the afternoon, because it's not going to be very warm. highs will be in the 50s. partly cloudy skies. a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. and it's going to start off with that fog in the morning. but it is a dry weekend. sunday is milder. it's brighter. we head into next week. and while temperatures are not going to move much on monday, they start to trend higher. midweek warm sunshine for wednesday. above average. we're talking low to upper 60s. pretty mild for january going right on through friday. but julian and dan no need to panic just yet. we will have rain return. you know we get rain later on in january, february, march, april can be very productive. >> we'll enjoy this while we

can, and you'll let us know when it's time to panic. >> absolutely. exactly. >> in the meantime, we will just be the envy of the country. >> oh, yeah. oh, for sure. >> thanks very much. >> well, it wasn't here in time for the new year, but after months of delays, the commercial dungeness crab season is set to begin this weekend. crabbers can finally begin hauling in their catch starting sunday from the sonoma mendocino county line down to the u.s. mexico border. but even though the season is kicking off, crabbers will still have to reduce the number of traps they use by half in an effort to reduce the risk of humpback whales becoming entangled in crab gear. >> president biden is planning to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling in parts of the atlantic and pacific. he's doing it by invoking a law called the 1953 outer continental shelf lands act that allows the president to pull federal waters from future oil and gas development. however, that law does not give presidents the power to reverse the decision, meaning president elect donald trump would need congress to change it if he wanted to try to

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all of our live newscasts, breaking news, weather and more with our abc seven bay area streaming tv app. all you have to do is go ahead and search abc seven bay area and download it today. >> outgoing san francisco mayor london breed says one of her greatest honors in office has been watching the warriors during their championship runs, and today she wanted to thank one key part of that honor privilege to give you a well-deserved the highest honor of our city. >> that's mayor london breed giving warriors head coach steve kerr the key to the city. breed says kerr has an impact beyond just the court. he speaks out on social justice issues and gun violence. kerr joked that the key to the city will boost his coaching skills. >> i'm going to remind the guys that i've got this so you know that that gives me, you know,

carte blanche to coach him how i want, right? i can do whatever i want now. >> and mayor breed says she grew up cheering for michael jordan and the chicago bulls as a child. a team that included steve kerr as a guard. great shot there. >> he's got championship pedigree through and through. >> steve key opens right. well, that is this edition of abc seven news at five world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us here. we appreciate your time. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm julian glover. we'll see you right back here for abc seven news at six.

>> mary: breaking news as we come on the breaking news as we come on the air. moments ago, authorities revealing disturbing new details behind the explosion of the cybertruck in las vegas. president-elect donald trump ordered to appear in court for sentencing, and the massive winter storm moving east. the fbi and police revealing new details