and that. breaking news. oakland's ousted mayor, shen tao, is now facing a criminal

indictment nearly seven months after an fbi raid at her oakland home. good afternoon, i'm kristen z. according to the san francisco chronicle, former oakland mayor chen tao has been indicted in an fbi corruption probe. abc seven news is still working to confirm the story, but you may recall tao's home was raided by the fbi last summer, along with members of the politically connected family, the duong family. they run california waste solutions and are being investigated by oakland's public ethics commission over campaign contributions. since the raid, tao has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. she called the investigation an overreach and said she wasn't the target. we've reached out to tao and her attorney for comment. we haven't heard back. it's not clear what charges she could face. federal law enforcement officials say they plan to hold a news conference tomorrow to announce the results of a major law enforcement action, but they haven't yet provided details in a bid to replace tao. former oakland city council member and mayoral candidate lauren taylor

officially filed his paperwork to run for mayor again. taylor lost to chen tao in 2022, falling less than 1% short. in the two years since that run, he's been vocal about ways to make oakland safer. he's proposed increasing the number of police academies to boost the size of oakland's police force. he also wants to review police oversight policies before filing the paperwork to run. he spoke with business owners and supporters outside oakland city hall. >> i believe it would be disrespectful for me to stand down and not fight for what i know is necessary for our town. i believe it would be disrespectful for me to ignore the voice of so many oaklanders who are calling for real change, for folks who are ready to stand up against business as usual in city hall. >> former congresswoman barbara lee, who served the east bay for 25 years, is also running for mayor. several others have also declared their intentions, but

it's unclear how many will do so with lee in the race. the face of san francisco's public health response during the early days of the pandemic is stepping down. san francisco department of public health director doctor grant colfax says he's leaving the post. he's been in the position for the last six years. he was an integral part of shutting down the city to slow the spread of the virus. before the vaccines were developed, as much of the country reopened. though colfax and his office were criticized for keeping san francisco closed for too long. he's also well known for his work with hiv research. colfax served as director of the office of national aids policy during the obama administration. he's the highest paid city employee. his last day is february 7th. now to those wildfires burning in los angeles county. the flames fanning weather has eased up. we just checked in with cal fire and learned that there is no new growth on either of the two largest fires, but crews continue to work to contain the flames. the largest fire

palisades is now 22% contained, while the eaton fire is 55% contained. the size of both has remained steady over the last three days. some evacuation zones in the palisades fire burn area reopened to residents, and we learned a short time ago that state farm says it will offer insurance renewals to fire affected homeowners. abc news reporter melissa don has the latest. >> firefighters getting help from calmer winds are making progress fighting the two biggest fires in the los angeles area. but more than a week after the fires began, the thousands of people who evacuated are not yet being allowed back to their neighborhoods. >> we continue to plan for the repopulation of evacuated areas when safe, the repopulation of residents in the evacuation order areas will not occur for at least one more week, officials say the fire zone is still extremely dangerous. >> one man, who was able to

return to his home in altadena. very emotional finding every home around him was destroyed except his. >> why do i deserve? why do i deserve this? i don't know, i don't think i deserve it, but in the pacific palisades, a home that survived the fires was split in two by mud and debris due to water runoff from firefighting efforts. >> more federal aid is headed to the california fire victims who desperately need it. fema says it's received 53,000 applications for its individual assistance program, a one time payment to cover costs for things like water, food and gas. >> we never imagined something like this happening, wiping out our entire community. >> meanwhile, the family of evelyn mcclendon, who died trying to evacuate from the eaton fire, filing a wrongful death lawsuit, her family suing southern california edison, claiming the power company failed to turn off utilities despite the high wind warning. southern california edison not commenting on the lawsuit, but saying our hearts remain with

our communities during the devastating fires. the cause of each fire remains under investigation. a state farm insurance announcing it will offer insurance renewals even to some homeowners. it planned to previously drop. la's mayor calling this encouraging news, but hopes that other insurance companies follow suit. melissa o'donnell, abc news, altadena. >> if you'd like to help people affected by the wildfires, you can donate at redcross.org. slash abc to help the red cross respond and help people recover. new information today on a story we've been following since 2021. a bay area native accused of raping a pennsylvania college student is now back in the u-s. ian cleary, of saratoga, was extradited today from france. authorities there detained him last april after a three year international search. investigators say back in 2013, cleary stalked the alleged victim at a party at gettysburg college, then followed her back to her dorm and sexually assaulted her. they reopened the

case in 2020, when the woman received several social media messages that appeared to be from cleary, including one that read so i raped you. speaker emeritus nancy pelosi will not attend president elect trump's inauguration on monday. her spokesperson did not say why the congresswoman won't attend, but she broke her hip late last year while on an international trip. she returned to the capitol for the start of the new congress. pelosi attended trump's first inauguration in 2017, and she's attended 11 other presidential inaugurations. friction between pelosi and trump has created headlines for several years. you may recall this incident from 2020, when pelosi ripped up a copy of trump's state of the union remarks after he was done. in turn, trump labeled pelosi an enemy from within at his 2024 campaign rallies. you can watch the inauguration on monday here on abc seven. carrie underwood is among the performers all living presidents are expected to be in attendance. live

coverage begins at 6 a.m. president biden and his wife, jill, have a trip to california following monday's inauguration. sources say. the couple will reportedly head here and could spend time in santa ynez. the bidens vacation there last summer. after this trip, the bidens are expected to spend most of their time in delaware, where they have two homes. now to the accuweather forecast and we've had some really chilly mornings recently. abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma has the latest on our big chill, and tells us when windy weather will return. >> here are the accuweather headlines. we do have another cold morning on the way tomorrow. a fresh frost advisory was just issued across the region. so tomorrow morning, just like this morning, we'll have those temperatures in the 30s. but again, the afternoon, the payoff is that mild sunshine throughout our friday. the weekend outlook. we'll have a cold front moving through here. what it will do. it won't bring us any rain, unfortunately. it just brings us some cooler weather and a return of our marine layer. you'll notice that

both saturday and sunday. now, the next ten days are dry, but next week we could have some periods of gusty winds, especially monday and wednesday. those are two days we're watching where we could have some gusty offshore winds developing. but the forecast today. winds are light if not calm at times. very nice. this afternoon will be in the 60s no matter where you are today with full sunshine later on tonight after about 10:00 pm, we start to see that marine layer return along the coast and then it spreads everywhere overnight tonight. so today, just like yesterday, we'll have those temperatures above average tons of sunshine out there. it feels really nice. but again we have this dry pattern that just won't let up. and it looks like the month of january will be one of our driest on record. temperatures today back into the 60s. tonight it will get chilly. our marine layer returns to first thing tomorrow morning. you will see some fog in your neighborhood. here's that frost advisory that was just issued for tomorrow morning. all areas in blue. just like this morning. those temperatures in the 30s, if not close to freezing. so you may see some frost on your car

windshield tomorrow morning, even on some of your vegetation. looking at the long term forecast, the rain outlook for next week across the entire west coast, we are going to see below average precipitation. all of california not expected to see a drop of rain any time soon. so look at the next ten days. and there you can see maybe by day ten, day 11. we get a little bit of drizzle out there, but no significant storms are on the horizon. hopefully february that storm door does open back up. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll see a sunny afternoon today. fog returns here tomorrow and through the weekend. the weekend is a little bit cooler. and then we'll track those gusty winds potentially monday and wednesday. >> a concerning first for cancer cases in the u.s. young women are now more at risk for cancer than men. we'll take a look at new information out today from the american cancer society. and then price hike, why people in the bay area may be paying more when booking the a team can help you plan for your dreams.

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best known as a colorful comedian and broadcaster who earned his nickname during one of his many appearances on johnny carson's late night show. concerning new data released today by the american cancer society reveals young women are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancer as young men. reporter mandy gaither looks at the research and has more on what everyone should know about their own risk. >> first, the good news the american cancer society says fewer people are dying of cancer in the u.s. but now the bad news. new data released today shows an estimated 2 million americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year. that's one person every 15 seconds. >> that demonstrates that the number of diagnoses are going u, and the nature of who's being diagnosed is changing as well. >> doctor arif kamal says for decades, men were more likely than women to get cancer. but now that's changing, especially

for young adults and younger women in particular. the report says women under 50 now have an 82% higher cancer incidence rate than their male counterparts. >> it does sound the alarm that patients, everybody should be paying attention to the look and feel of their body and sharing with their doctors if anything seems off. >> while age is still a leading risk factor for cancer, kamal says it's clear younger people aren't immune to the risks but can do something about it. first, get the hpv vaccine to protect against future cancers. the cdc recommends children receive it between the ages of 11 and 12, but can be given as early as age nine and as late as age 26. next, get annual screenings. cancer is more treatable the earlier it is detected. finally, know your cancer risk and family history and advocate for yourself. i'm mandy gaither. >> nurses rallied outside san francisco city hall today as

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housing gas. but how would you feel if we told you that you may be paying more? than people from other regions when booking the same exact hotel room? a recent investigation by sf gate seems to show that online booking platforms may be showing bay area residents higher prices. joining us live now to discuss this professor specializing in marketing law at santa clara

university school of law, eric goldman. professor goldman, thank you for your time. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> you were quoted in that article. so let me just summarize their findings with our viewers real quick. the reporter basically compare hotel prices for the same exact hotel rooms on the same nights, using different devices or browsers from different geographic regions. and what they found was that people browsing from the bay area were offered higher rates compared with people browsing from, say, phoenix and kansas city. professor goldman, is this price discrimination? >> price discrimination means a lot of different things. and so i always get nervous about that term. but there's no doubt that we as consumers pay differential prices for sometimes identical goods or services, whether we call that price discrimination or not. it's something that i think many of us are troubled by are okay. >> are you saying we encounter it all the time? >> yeah. in fact, personalized pricing is a standard practice

in in the commercial sector. and people deal with this all the time. you know, for example, if you go buy a car, you're probably going to pay a different price than the next person who buys a car, even if it's identical. or when you buy a flight, you know that it's quite likely that the people sitting next to you, to the left or right, have paid a different price. these are standard in our in our economy. and so it's actually the more unusual situation where we're actually paying the same price as everyone else. >> okay. so i guess it happens all the time. it must be legal. is it legal in, you know, this particular scenario? >> well, it's a little hard to know exactly what's causing the price differentials, but in general, the fact that people pay different prices is completely legal. the times when people are paying different prices based on perhaps different personal attributes, sometimes that may be illegal. and there are some other laws that regulate pricing generally

that may set price floors or price ceilings that make it so that there isn't the flexibility on the part of the merchant. >> i mean, i think conceptually we kind of all can comprehend and wrap our heads around, you know, the car salesman sizes you up things, you would pay more. so then they won't go down as much. but when you're, you know, booking online and it's kind of just algorithms. and i guess in this reporter's case, you know they tested kayak, booking.com, trivago, expedia and hotels.com and what they varied. and the one variable that seemed to make the difference in the pricing, sometimes by as much as $500 difference, seem to be the geographic location. and that makes me wonder why. like, what is it about the bay area? >> yeah. well, and we know this, for example, you know that when you go to certain cities, the restaurants are just going to be more expensive than in other cities. and so, you know, price uh- variation based on geography, again, a standard attribute. but i think it's really a reminder to everybody to ask questions, am i getting the best price? and are there

things that i could do to change my behavior that might help me get a better price? and that's just something i think that is part of being a savvy consumer today. >> okay, so i was going to ask you, so how can we beat them? how can we get a better price? >> well, there's no guarantee that you're ever going to get the best price. so you know, i think a lot of times if people set that goal, like i'm going to beat every other consumer in the marketplace, that's a recipe for misery. however, for example, when it comes to something like booking travel, it's absolutely worth trying a couple of different services and maybe even a couple of different devices to see what kind of variation you get. it's possible you'll see no variation, but quite commonly you're going to get different prices. and if you try some different techniques. and so it takes a little bit extra time. but it is, i think, worth that extra investment to get the results right. >> okay. so they tried different devices. they tried different browsers. they tried, you know, clearing the cookies so to

speak. right. none of those things made a difference. what they found was geography. which leads me to wonder, is it an ip address thing? is it one of those things where you have to invest in a vpn? you know, one of those virtual network things where like you hide your actual location, right. >> that is another technique that consumers could adopt is that they could use vpns to try prices from different geographies. that's a lot of work, and it might not be worth the extra effort in some cases. and as you know, we pay a premium to live here in the bay area. it might just be this is the bay area premium, and it still needs to be a good deal for you. and i know that people really think about, am i getting a good deal if they're not getting the best deal, that may end up being okay to professor goldman? >> i think there are a lot of different opinions on that. i, for one, think it's cheap to invest in a vpn. so i would check it out, see, see if i can, you know, get the same results or get something different. >> but i'm not going to argue with i'm not going to argue with

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from san francisco, sanders senior political reporter josh king. josh, great to see you. >> great to see how are you? >> i'm good. i'm good. new year, new crisis for newsom, who of course, is, you know, not new to these political situations. but if we look at newsom's feed right now, his x feed, it's a lot of him combating claims or criticisms against him related to the fires. so tell us about some of these accusations right now. >> yeah. governor newsom has been getting hit on all sides since the fire started. the broadsides are coming from president elect donald trump. they're coming from elon musk, the richest man in the world and ceo of x, formerly twitter uh. residents of southern california and los angeles have been hitting him wondering, you know, what was up with the empty reservoir, what was up with fire hydrants that had very low water pressure? how did this catastrophe, you know, spread so quickly with a death toll now over two dozen with burned homes and structures, over 12,000. governor newsom has been getting tons of criticism. and the thing

is, his answers at times have either been a little bit heavy on data and numbers or saying, we'll look into that. and right now, you know, obviously people are enraged because they've lost their homes, they've lost people they know, and they're just worried about what's going to happen as these fires are still burning. so governor newsom has a lot on his plate. and politically, it's not playing out perfectly as it never really does in these disasters. >> but let me ask you about that. right. because he's walking that tightrope of being governor and maybe setting himself up for president and also correcting misinformation while improving his image. >> yeah. well, governor newsom has been really on the offensive now for a few years. he basically has cast himself as the combative champion of democrats and saying that we need to take the fight to republicans as a party rather than sit back and just let misinformation lies and just talking points be spread like wildfire, no pun intended. sorry about that on social media. but what i would say is that, you

know, there comes a time when, like, actually combating the way people feel and the anger with data and heavy stats, as we've seen him do before. when you go for these photo ops with your aviator shades and almost looking a little bit too polished, it's not playing out the way that maybe he hopes it will. and so that's something that's led to conversations about could there be another recall of the governor, or is it just this disaster just bad enough and enraging so many people, particularly in southern california, that it could sink his hopes to be running for president in two years time? >> and sometimes it's i'm not saying in this case or him or anyone, but sometimes it's bad governance, bad governance. sometimes it's just bad luck that sinks a political candidate. right. but let me ask you, even though this situation presents risks for newsom real quickly, are there opportunities here as well? >> well, yeah, absolutely. i mean, he is issued a few different emergency declarations. he is trying to mobilize the state and get

federal relief. he's been talking with the biden administration to make sure that people are going to be able to not only get the funds they need, but help them rebuild and, you know, kind of eschew some of these permits and everything. i think there is a way that he can come out of this, maybe more net neutral than as a hero or a winner. as political consultants and experts told me for the story i wrote. yeah. all right. that's the that's the big question. can he actually at least get back to the middle on this, or is this something that's going to dog him for two years? >> thank you. josh, great talking with you. you can read josh's article and check out the san francisco standard's other original reporting on sf standard.com. and that's going to do it for now. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here at 4:00. tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the race to contain the fires in california, and tonight, our team in a boat, right off the pacific coast highway whacht's been wiped