abc seven mornings live, one of the world's largest battery storage plants, catches fire in monterey county. >> firefighters say there's no

choice but to let it burn. health experts are warning people to keep their windows shut. >> developing news in the east bay. former oakland mayor shengtao reportedly under indictment. what we expect to learn this morning in the federal corruption investigation. >> president elect donald trump preparing to shake up the white house after his inauguration monday. the latest new position announcement. special ambassadors to hollywood. >> a benefit concert to help fire survivors in los angeles. the major artists agreeing to perform. >> good morning. it's friday, january 17th. >> why don't we get started with a check of that forecast? andrew, the weekend looks like it's going to be nice. >> it will be so this morning. what you'll notice is clouds are back. our marine layer has returned. it's been absent for much of this week. about an hour ago, we showed you this okay camera, and it was pretty foggy. so we're finding some improving conditions here, but visibility is still low at this area, down to less than two miles. we have some foggy spots in the north bay as well, and we'll have that cloud cover for much of the morning. the afternoon is sunny. temperatures right now in the

east bay in the mid 40s, but other areas are a lot colder inland, and in the north bay were well into the 30s. so it's another brisk start to the day. frost advisories are posted once again for the same area as they were posted for yesterday. a big portion of the region with those temperatures once again beginning in the 30s. here's future weather by 1030. we're still dealing with our marine layer cloud cover around the bay shoreline. it pulls back to the coast in the afternoon, and this is all going to lead to just a cooler day on the way, about 5 to 10 degrees cooler today compared to yesterday. coastal clouds, inland sunshine. daytime highs in the mid and upper 50s. let's check in with sue and see how the commute is going. >> good morning drew. good morning everyone friday and we are looking at friday light at least at the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights and traffic is flowing nicely all the way into san francisco. no delays at as of yet. we have a nice drive time from hercules all the way into the city. there you go. just under 30 minutes. here's where we have a problem. it's on the peninsula 101. it is

southbound, near whipple and near seaport. so right in between those two exits, blocking the left lane, as you can see. got fire truck on the scene. ambulance and accident that went into the center divide. so you are slowing southbound 101 through redwood city. here's a look at your map right now. we'll keep following it for you. >> thank you. sue. in monterey county, fire crews have spent all night monitoring a big fire at one of the largest battery storage facilities in the world. it broke out last night at the moss landing power plant. that's right along highway one in moss landing. you might recognize the twin smokestacks. the facility is filled with lithium ion batteries, which are hard to put out when they catch fire. that's why officials decided to let the fire burn. evacuation orders are in place for residents nearby. even the santa cruz county public health officials are advising residents to stay inside and keep their windows and doors closed. we spoke with assemblymember don addis. >> yes, there are toxins that

make this different than your average fire. it's also can be very, very difficult to put these fires out. and the sort of recommended standard right now is to let these batteries burn. >> there are two lithium ion battery energy storage facilities in moss landing, vistra and p-g-and-e's, adding that vistra is the one on fire. the monterey county board of supervisors is having an emergency meeting to discuss the situation at 830 this morning. then, at 10 a.m, authorities are expected to hold a news conference to update the public on the fire. >> developing news former oakland mayor shengtao has reportedly been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury following a federal corruption investigation. that's according to our media partners at the bay area news group. abc seven news reporter lena howland is joining us live in studio this morning. and, lena, we're expecting to learn more about the charges in just a few hours. >> yeah, gloria. that's right. it's still not clear what charges she is facing yet, but we do expect to learn that in a

press conference with federal prosecutors later this morning. now, we have not been able to reach tao's attorney just yet. but the attorney representing her partner, andre jones, says he plans to turn himself in today. tao was elected mayor of oakland in 2022, and was then recalled by voters last fall. it's now been about seven months since the fbi raided her home, along with several other locations, including properties belonging to the huang family. the family holds oakland's curbside recycling contract with california waste solutions. that family has been the focus of a city probe into campaign contributions. the former chief of staff for shengtao says she testified in front of a grand jury last month. >> i was informed that there was pay to play, you know, schemes going on, that there was corruptive behavior going on in that administration in front of cameras. >> days after the raid, former mayor tao denied any wrongdoing

andtedly said she believed she was not the target of the investigation. and we've just learned that a community group that was behind the effort to recall tao will hold their own press conference this morning at 830, just 30 minutes before we're expecting to hear from federal prosecutors about the charges. we will have live coverage of that when it begins around nine this morning. you can watch wherever you stream abc seven news. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> thanks, lena. president joe biden has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in history. this morning, he pardoned nearly 2500 nonviolent drug offenders. biden did not share details on the exact number or the qualifying criteria used to decide on these pardons. he did write. the clemency was for those who received lengthy sentences based on a distinction that was made between crack and cocaine, four years after the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. a san francisco man is now under arrest for allegedly

assaulting law enforcement officers that day. investigators say 36 year old frank gyorgy junior was captured on body worn camera footage, charging a capitol police officer and hitting another in the head with his hands. about two hours later, he was again captured on video, this time resisting officer's attempts to move rioters back. the fbi arrested gyorgy junior in san francisco on wednesday. he's been charged in federal court in washington, d.c. records appear to link gyorgy junior to the molinari salami family, which formerly ran the famed molinari delicatessen in north beach. president elect trump is appointing ambassadors to an unusual place hollywood. he announced mel gibson, jon voight and sylvester stallone will be what he's calling special ambassadors to the film industry. it's not clear exactly what that will entail. gibson and voight's representatives have said they're on board. stallone's reps have not yet responded. >> the official inaugural

portraits of donald trump and jd vance have been revealed, and they're right there. the images were released on social media yesterday by trump's chief photographer with a caption quote, we are entering the golden age of america. the photo of trump bears a striking resemblance to the face that he made in his mugshot back when he was indicted in august of last year. speaker nancy pelosi will not attend monday's inauguration. her spokesperson did not give a reason for the decision. the california congresswoman did attend trump's first inauguration in 2017. governor newsom has decided to raise flags in california for the inauguration. flags nationwide have been at half staff to mourn the passing of former president jimmy carter. other states also plan to raise their flags, and flags will also be raised at the u.s. capitol. we will have live coverage of the inauguration on monday morning, starting at 6 a.m, right here on abc seven. live coverage is expected to run until about 2 p.m. that means you will not see the view midday live gma3 or general hospital.

>> the death toll in the fire is burning in los angeles is now at 27, and this morning dozens of others remain unaccounted for. the palisades fire is now 27% contained. it's burned nearly 24,000 acres. the eaton fire is up to 55% containment, burning more than 14,000 acres. some evacuation orders were lifted yesterday. a pair of massive concerts are being planned to raise money for fire victims. two shows, called fire aid, will happen on january 30th at the kia forum and nearby intuit dome in inglewood. the artists confirmed to perform include billie eilish, the red hot chili peppers, lady gaga, pink, katy perry, jellyroll, lil baby, sting, stephen stills and stevie nicks. dave matthews and john mayer are also performing, and they'll be together for the first time on stage. organizers have promised to announce even more artists soon. the concert will be live streamed on most of the major apps and broadcast on more than 850 iheartradio stations. tickets for the live

shows go on sale wednesday. and this morning, good morning america anchors robin roberts, michael strahan and ginger zee are reporting live from altadena. then on sunday, you can watch a socal strong special at 6:30 p.m. here on abc seven. >> you'll want to stick around for gma this morning. it will be a really powerful show from los angeles this morning. we are finding fog something we haven't seen all week. so our marine layer is back this morning. parts of the north bay the east bay around the bay shoreline. we're now seeing visibility drop hayward down to about a mile and a half even lower in santa rosa and napa. and this morning cloud cover sticks around for several hours. so the cloud cover is slow to break down, but the afternoon is sunny, although cooler than yesterday. here's a look at the coast. we have those clouds right now. underneath that cloud cover we could have some mist and drizzle. be aware of that with your daytime highs. low 50s. that's about it. so not nearly as bright or as warm as we're the past couple of days. looking at the bay shoreline. patchy fog this morning. some frosty temperatures, daytime highs with increasing sunshine.

we're only making it into the mid 50s with about a 5 to 10 degree drop in our daytime highs compared to yesterday. brighter skies inland, but it's quite cold this morning well into the 30s. to begin your day. upper 50s for daytime highs. and we'll repeat that forecast through the weekend. next week though, we're tracking some gusty winds. we'll show you that coming up in a few minutes. >> reggie drew thank you. a major development in the middle east this morning. coming up, israeli leaders decide a deal to bring hostages home. >> and a rally to save starbucks, the bay area location where the community has signed a petition to keep the coffee flowing. >> of course, you know, there's that whole fomo thing, too. when their friends are here and they're like, we got to go. we want to. we don't want to miss out on that holiday. >> a major sporting

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minutes ago, the israeli security cabinet approved a cease fire deal with hamas, according to cnn. it's a deal that the u.s. has been working hard to get done. >> we've worked to broker a deal that would bring hostages home, that would stop the fighting, that would surge humanitarian aid to people who so desperately need it. that would create the space to conclude a permanent cease fire. we now have that, and we expect implementation of the agreement to begin on sunday. >> under the deal, hamas will release around 30 hostages, including at least one american. in return, israel will release hundreds of palestinians. last night in san francisco, there

was a rally at the federal building. been demanding an arms embargo on israel after the cease fire is finalized. in san francisco, financial district, residents are banding together to try to save their neighborhood starbucks. the store, on the corner of jackson street and davis court, is slated to close february 9th after 30 years in business. there's a rally planned this afternoon where organizers say hundreds of people could be coming together to urge the chain to keep the store open. yesterday, dozens of neighbors rallied outside the store, urging starbucks to rethink their decision. >> i am asking starbucks, why don't we talk? what can we as a community that really wants you to stay? what can we do for you? >> all over town, especially newly elected district three supervisor danny salter said that he is having meetings with starbucks in the hopes of saving the store. a starbucks spokesperson sent abc seven news a statement confirming the

store's closure, saying in part, after careful consideration, we made the decision to close our store at 99 jackson street at lease end and we are counting down to the 2025 chinese new year parade, sponsored by toyota. >> just under one month to the big event, abc seven is a proud sponsor of the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade. you can watch it live on saturday, february 15th, starting at 6 p.m. right here on abc seven or wherever you stream abc seven news. and the parade will be part of what's shaping up to be one of the busiest weekends of the year in san francisco. during the second weekend of february, the city will host the nba all star game, the famous chinese new year parade. and that friday is also valentine's day. so with so much going on, city leaders say they have been preparing for months. thousands of visitors from other parts of the bay area and from around the country are expected. s.f. travel says while there are still hotel rooms available in the city, they are selling out fast. >> there's that whole fomo thing too, when their friends are here

and they're like, we got to go. we want to. we don't want to miss out on that. so, you know, it absolutely gives us traction. >> sfpd is also ramping up for an influx of visitors to the city. and with so much attention focused on the upcoming parade, new mayor danielle lurie is emphasizing the city stands by the aapi community during one of its most important celebrations. the parade is always so much fun. >> yeah, i mean, i have not made my way to chinatown to see it so far. this year will be my year. >> i cannot wait, it's big and it's one of the biggest outside of china, if not the biggest. >> yes, it's just a fun atmosphere in chinatown at night and you don't even have to leave your house. >> you can watch it right here on abc seven. so that's an option too. >> there you go. >> that will be nice. okay. this morning we are tracking the return of fog. here's a live look at san jose. that's 280, you see. and we're beginning to see some of that fog descending into the south bay. so what we're seeing out there is a mix of morning fog, some frosty temperatures, and this is all

culminating in a cooler afternoon on the way, not only today but through the weekend. that's the pattern. morning cloud cover to afternoon sunshine. now next week we will find periods of gusty winds, especially monday and wednesday that will likely have some gusty offshore winds. we'll show you those details in a second. and now some encouraging news. by the end of the month, rain is looking possible. we'll show you future weather in a second. temperatures right now 30s and 40s. another morning where frost advisories are in effect through 9 a.m. so just like the past couple of mornings, do what you need to do to stay warm. the afternoon, though, is about 5 to 10 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. here's how the day shapes up. frost and fog this morning. sunrise today 723. we'll keep cloud cover along the coast all day today. that keeps coastal temperatures only in the mid 50s. away from the coast. we will have sunny skies this afternoon, but again, you'll feel that cooler air mainly in the upper 50s for daytime highs. remember this map yesterday? we were well into the 60s. today we're mainly in the mid and upper 50s. later on this

afternoon. overnight tonight, another chilly night. likely more frost advisories coming our way and another night where we'll have overcast skies as our marine layer returns heading into saturday morning. now the weekend. calm winds, but monday afternoon they will likely ramp up. here's 1 p.m. monday, winds 20 to 30mph and will likely see that again on wednesday as the pattern turns to a breezy but bright one next week. then by the end of the month. look at this the date wise 2620 7th of january. by the end of the month, we could see rain finally return to northern california. here's the accuweather seven day forecast next seven days for you. morning fog leading to a cooler afternoon today. similar story for saturday and sunday. we'll track those gusty winds on monday, then again on wednesday. the next seven days we stay dry guys. >> thank you drew. now we're going to talk to ginger zee. she is live in pasadena with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger. >> hey reggie amanda great to be with you. of course we are going to be covering the weather

coming to southern california for next week. because the fire weather is so much better. you can feel the onshore flow the moisture in the air here. but we've got a big morning for you called socal strong. this is something we've been doing after disasters lately and it just keeps getting better. meaning that we are bringing light to a place that is still in shock from what has happened this last week. so we'll have the latest on the local heroes that have been doing all the work, the ways that you can help, and some huge announcements financially so that we can build back and build back better and really support the folks in need. i was at a food distribution center. these people came out hard this morning, like early morning filling boxes. they anticipate feeding people with more than 600,000 pounds of food just today. and you know that this need is going to be here for weeks, months. and so michael, robin khanna, matt, the whole team coming together. and i'm telling you, by the end of the show you will be bawling in the best way. taking it home right here in this church. >> oh, good. okay. gloria. reggie. >> yeah. that gives us a lot to

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communities hit hardest by the eaton fire. lives and properties are lost, but so is a major piece of history. >> yeah. take a look at this map. altadena is situated northeast of downtown los angeles, right in the eaton fire zone. the city played a pivotal role during the great migration, serving as a sanctuary for african americans escaping the jim crow south, redlining and discriminatory housing practices. >> now, the future of neighborhoods and its rich black history are in danger. reporter anabel munoz, from our sister station in l.a, has the story. >> altadena holds a history of family struggle and beloved community. >> one time we were 30% african american. >> the mountain view cemetery is the resting place of abolitionist and educator ellen garrison jackson clark and renowned author octavia butler. the community is also home to hundreds of black families whose homes were ravaged by the eaton fire. one week ago. >> you've got three generations

of. and we are daniels, franklin, hughes, and we have an element that's not here. freeney. >> between these families, seven homes were destroyed. >> there's generational wealth that is in question now. >> one that is still standing is the home. shelley daniels and her husband paul purchased for about $16,000 in 1960. >> at that time, it was pretty difficult as a black person to get past grant pass woodbury realty. >> shelley and paul were engaged in racial justice efforts with organizations like the naacp and women in action. >> we organized in order to get some a black member on the city council. >> shelley's granddaughter, jamaica hughes, lived in one of the family homes that was destroyed. >> i raised my kids here. their friends are reaching out. i've had friends reach out to me literally from junior high school. >> hughes is determined to

return and rebuild a wish her 93 year old grandmother echoes. >> i would hope for altadena to rebuild. i don't think i'll be here to see altadena rebuild, but i do hope that altadena rebuilds because it's a wonderful place. >> today, altadena is a diverse community. roughly 18% african american and 27% latino. >> give honor and homage to the diversity of our community. there is a large japanese presence in altadena. >> veronica jones, a lifelong resident of altadena and president of the altadena historical society, hopes the voices of these residents are at the center of an equitable rebuilding of the city. she also has a message to the many intergenerational black families who call this home. they don't have to leave. >> it's their home. >> it's their place that people, you know, years ago set down the

stakes and paid the price for them to be here. >> coming up, a grassroots effort in petaluma that's now ballooned across the bay area to collect donations for the fire victims. but first, here's drew hayward. >> you were looking at visibility this morning because we do have areas of fog out there. look at that. novato down to zero miles. fog around the east bay shoreline. hayward down to a quarter of a mile. so we have fog and frost out there this morning. the afternoon. we'll have sunshine, but cooler temperatures, mainly in the 50s.

c7 mornings live. >> gun violence should not, cannot, and will not be normalized in our town. >> a community outrage after a four year old child is shot in vallejo. >> vice president kamala harris leaving her mark in dc. the decades old tradition she carried out to cement the oakland native's legacy on the vice president's office. >> the explosion seen across the caribbean. what caused this show in the sky last night? >> good morning to you. it is friday, january 17th. happy friday to all of you. >> there is a lot going on this morning. we'll get to that in a moment. first, we'll get over to drew to see what the forecast

looks like. yeah. >> so this morning we are tracking some areas of fog right now. that's a big difference compared to much of this past week. we'll take you to santa rosa where it's not only cold right now we're at 33 degrees. we've been cold the past couple of mornings, but visibility is now an issue here. we're down to about a third of a mile when it comes to that fog. other areas around hayward, oakland. we're seeing some low cloud cover as well. and the fog sticks around for a big portion of the morning. if you don't have clouds where you live right now, you certainly have the cold weather. 30s are widespread once again. hayward with some fog at 36 degrees 33. in danville, we're down to 37 in napa. so another frost advisory is in effect, just like the past couple of mornings for those temperatures cold right now, it's pretty brisk out there with those numbers in the 30s. here's future weather. we'll stop this at 1030. and you notice we're still dealing with a lot of low cloud cover around the bay shoreline into the afternoon, though, those clouds pull back to the coast for afternoon sunshine, but it all culminates in a much cooler afternoon today compared to yesterday. daytime highs only in the mid and upper

50s. let's check in with sue. see how the commute is going on this friday. >> good morning! we have metering lights just turned on at the bay bridge toll plaza, so you will start seeing a bit of a backup. that was at 618 this morning. you get a few brake lights on the span, headed over towards san francisco, but the commute still looks great from hercules all the way into the city. still at 35 minutes. that of course will be changing. just issued a sig alert from the chp. we had an accident. this is 101 southbound in redwood city. i just saw a tow truck take one car away. we still have chp presence there blocking the left lanes at whipple, and hopefully you can see the flare pattern out. hopefully this will be clearing shortly, but again, sig alert just issued south 101 near whipple. >> sue thank you. only a month after oakland mayor shang tao was recalled, she's reportedly been criminally indicted. that's according to our media partners at the bay area news group. this comes after a federal corruption

investigation. abc seven news reporter lena howland joins us now in the studio. and do we know what charges she's actually facing? >> well, reggie, the charges have not been announced yet, but that's what we are expecting to learn from federal prosecutors. in a press conference later this morning, the u.s. attorney's office says they will be announcing a significant law enforcement action. however, they did not provide any further details. we were the first ones on scene when fbi agents raided tao's home back in june. or was she and several other locations were also raided, including properties belonging to the duong family. the family holds oakland's curbside recycling contract with california waste solutions. that family has been the focus of a city probe into campaign contributions. abc seven news insider phil matier says the federal indictment has profound implications. >> for a long time, it was the question was, was she involved or was she just in the room? was did something actually happen or

is it a an associate of hers, is it her live in boyfriend? is it the other people? if this indictment comes out, then what we're basically saying is that, no, that she was directly involved in some way. the feds don't mess around. and if there's federal money involved, they are going to do an investigation. they have zero tolerance for public officials bartering or dealing on the side. >> in the days after her home was raided, tao denied any wrongdoing. the attorney representing her partner, andre jones, says he plans to turn himself in today. we also reached out to tao's attorney but have not heard back yet. we're also expecting to hear from the community group that was behind tao's recall effort this morning. federal prosecutors will hold their press conference at 9:00. we will have live coverage of that as soon as it begins. you can watch wherever you stream abc seven news. live in studio. lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena, thank you so much. voters not only recalled oakland's mayor, but also the

alameda county district attorney. at a special meeting yesterday, the board of supervisors narrowed down the number of candidates to replace pamela price from 15 to 7. the candidates will be interviewed at a special board meeting on tuesday, and then they will be narrowed down to 2 or 3 ahead of a final vote. so the seven candidates to be interviewed are annie esposito, venus johnson, ursula dixon, elgin lowe, also jimmy wilson, latricia lewis and yibin chen. a vallejo intersection is now a crime scene. cars parked there riddled with bullet holes after a shootout that left a young girl critically hurt. the four year old girl had been riding in a car with her mother and was caught in the crossfire. abc seven news reporter louis pena has the latest on how city officials are planning to increase safety there. >> bullet holes on multiple cars, the side of this home and shattered glass tell a story of chaos during gun violence sunday night in vallejo. >> that incident has left myself

and many other residents of the neighborhood rattled. >> police dispatch audio confirms the fear. many residents in this area reported. >> we're getting a lot of phone calls right now on the street. >> a four year old girl caught in the crossfire while in the car with her mom. >> multiple gunshots coming from the east of us. >> police officers speaking for the first time about the young victim's condition. >> the juvenile is in stable condition. the suspect or suspects responsible for this heinous act are still at large. >> getting emotional. solano county supervisor cassandra james described getting her own kids ready for bed when she heard the gunshots. >> i was bathing my four year old when the gunshots erupted outside of my doorstep. >> we went to the area where police have now determined there were two crime scenes. a shootout at the intersection of sawyer street and mark avenue,

where the four year old was injured, and about a block away on sawyer street and gateway drive, an area known by many as dangerous, historically excluded neighborhood, and has been under invested. >> and so i always say the reputation precedes itself where violence has occurred. >> one of the neighbors even warning us gateway drive. >> right. all right. okay. >> community and city leaders now coming together to demand change. vallejo's mayor planning a task force for local, state and federal officials to help this community. >> going to be working with our chief to initiate contact with leaders in neighboring cities. so that we can explore regional approaches. we know this violence isn't limited to vallejo police officers asking for anyone with information to come forward. >> detectives have been working tirelessly to bring the person or persons who committed this act to justice. >> in vallejo, luz pena, abc seven news. >> back to our coverage of the wildfires. the death toll from

the los angeles disaster has climbed once again. 27 people are now confirmed dead, according to the medical examiner's office. progress in the fire fight is being made thanks to a break in the winds. the palisades fire is holding at just under 24,000 acres and is now 31% contained. yesterday, some evacuation zones in that fire burn area reopened to residents. crews have started removing hazardous waste. the other big fire, the eaton fire near pasadena, is just over 14,000 acres. containment there is up to 55%. in the wake of the fires, homeowners are facing a new threat landslides. this home in pacific palisades was spared by the fire, but now split apart and hanging off part of a hill following slides in the area. cal fire authorities are analyzing other parts of the burn area that might be at risk for landslides. >> today, more animals from southern california will arrive here in the bay area. about a dozen animals from the san diego humane society will arrive at

east bay spca, marin humane humane society of sonoma county and the pets in need shelters. this is the latest in a number of animal deliveries this week, 22 dogs and cats landed at moffett field wednesday from los angeles county shelters. the san francisco spca and other local shelters are helping get those animals ready for adoption. this is all part of an effort to reduce crowding at southern california animal shelters, and this is so that they can better support those lost and rescued pets from the l.a. county wildfires. so many cute ones out there i've been seeing. the videos are really, really they're adorable. >> i hope they can all find homes. a fight over the future of tiktok, the popular social media platform scheduled to be discontinued by sunday. a comment by president biden might have some hope for users. >> and let's get a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. another update on how the markets are doing coming up next. >> and we are live in altadena, where our abc news family is coming together to help people who have lost their homes. gma's socal strong effort. how you can help in the recovery. but first,

here's drew. >> hey there, 639 this morning and we are seeing a return of some low cloud cover, some fog this morning. our marine layer has been pretty absent all week, but that's different this morning. areas in the north bay we have low visibility down to zero miles in novato. we're seeing some lower visibility around the east bay shoreline. hayward down to a quarter of a mile. visibility and some clouds along the coast this morning talking about the coast. we will stay pretty cloudy all day long. not as bright as we have been the past couple of days. could even have a little bit of drizzle underneath that fog layer today. daytime highs low 50s. that's about it. that will feel a lot cooler than yesterday around the bay shoreline. we have patchy fog this morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. we'll find increasing sunshine throughout the afternoon, but again today about 5 to 10 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. daytime highs mainly in the mid 50s inland. right now we are seeing some of the coldest temperatures this morning well into the 30s, if not the low 30s in some cities, but it is a bright looking afternoon and daytime highs only

in the upper 50s, so we are below average when it comes to our afternoon highs. let's look at the three day forecast. we have that fog this morning. some frosty temperatures leading to a cooler afternoon today. temperatures below average. we basically repeat that forecast over saturday and sunday. we'll have that morning marine layer leading to sunny skies and temperatures for the most part staying in the 50s. now. winds are calm over the weekend, but they do turn gusty for parts of next week. we are tracking the potential of rain. finally returning to the forecast. we'll show you

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spoken with chinese president xi jinping. the men spoke by phone overnight, according to china's foreign ministry. the conversation, of course, comes ahead of trump's inauguration on monday. she was invited to attend the event. he declined, but he is sending china's vice president. the us-china relationship is expected to be one of the main focuses of trump's second term. he'll face tensions between our countries over trade, tech and taiwan, among other things. >> a convoy of relief supplies from the bay area will soon be on the way to southern california to help those impacted by the fire disaster, and it all started as a small grassroots effort by a petaluma man. chris brown started the

facebook group for the fire victims just last weekend, and since then, friends, family and complete strangers have been dropping off relief items by the carload. among the donors. a little girl from san jose who saw the post. she went shopping with her parents for supplies and even passed out fliers at school asking her classmates for help. >> my name is amari. i'm four years old. i'm donating to the people that lost their home in the fire. >> her parents reached out and. and it really uh. it. s getting a little emotional. it really blew my mind that a four year old girl told her parents that. no, we have to help. >> brown says a response from the bay area has been humbling. volunteers will head to los angeles with all the donations as soon as this weekend. and a nonprofit will give it to those in need. this morning, good

morning america has special coverage from southern california, so cal strong is highlighting the impact of the wildfires on los angeles county and how you can help organizations and families rebuilding their lives. reporter nick garcia, from our sister station, kfsn in fresno, is in altadena this morning where the gma crew is broadcasting. he is live with a look at what we can expect on good morning america. good morning nick. >> and gloria. good morning. that's right. robin, michael and ginger are here on the west coast. we'll give you a behind the scenes look of what you're going to see in just a little while. less than 15 minutes now or when gma starts at 7:00. you can see the set up out here. they're really going to be giving people an up close look at the damage and destruction. showing just how much need for relief there is here now. you've seen those tragic and horrific images of the firestorm that ripped through pacific palisades and the altadena and pasadena areas here of los angeles. that's the eaton fire over here, leaving so much destruction

behind. now, keep in mind, it's not just those thousands of homeowners who no longer have a house in need of help. those unforgiving flames also torched restaurants and grocery stores, schools and banks, other businesses, leaving so many people without jobs. but socal strong is such a fitting mantra right now. all week and last week as well, there's been so much of a feeling of community and togetherness. that's what gma is doing here this morning, helping each other out. listen to what ginger zee had to say last night. >> this is the time when people need a pick me up. they're tired. they are beyond the shock part. and now it's the reality. and we would like to highlight the local heroes, the people who have been doing the work and introduce them to the rest of america. the rest of america wants to help too, so we're going to give them a way to do so. >> she also teased some surprises that you really won't want to miss. coming up at seven. it was a socal native myself, and now i work in fresno, as you mentioned, so i'm familiar with several parts of

the state. i've seen crews from the bay area out here, firefighters helping out. there have been donations coming in from san jose. i talked to a woman from san jose the other day. so california really sticks together so cal strong, but definitely california strong as well, really helping each other out. good morning america socal strong starts at 7:00. live in altadena i'm nick garcia, abc seven news. >> as i am as well. so it's just so heartbreaking to see our southern california community really impacted. i also was curious, how is this the air quality? is it still pretty smoky out there? is it better now? >> you know, those winds did a good job of pushing things out quite a bit. it looks clear. it's a little cloudy right now, but i'll tell you, you can still smell the remnants of the fire out here. so hit and miss in some of those areas. but that wind has pushed out a lot of that bad air. >> it's good to hear. thank you so much, nick, and thanks for your reporting this morning. if you want to know more about how

you can help people in southern california, you can use your phone to scan the qr code on your screen. you can also find a link at abc7 news.com. and as nick mentioned, a special socal strong edition of gma is coming up at 7 a.m. right after abc seven mornings. >> now it's your morning money report. pokemon trading cards are coming to mcdonald's starting tuesday, mcdonald's is launching a new pokemon happy meal promotion. the new dragon discovery promo will feature a total of 15 cards with seven hollow foils that use a special confetti pattern. so if that means something to you, great. i'm still trying to figure out what pokemon even is. mcdonald's is adding several new prizes in the happy meals, including stickers and double sided posters. the new dragon discovery promotion goes until february 24th. i'm 1000 years old now. we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning, you can see that we're up 346 points. >> all right. i'm glad i'm not the only one. i had to talk with our producer a little bit more about pokemon. of course i've

heard about it, but i'm not something about charmander, and that's all. yeah, well, this morning, the future of the popular social media app tiktok is up in the air. a biden administration official says the president has signaled that he will not enforce the ban for 36 hours if it does go into effect on sunday, and that would put enforcement in the hands of president elect trump once he takes office. abc news reporter nicole d'antonio explains. there is also a possible ruling coming from the supreme court this morning. >> this morning, with the supreme court scheduled to issue one or more rare friday opinions. court watchers are speculating that a ruling on the future of tiktok could come as early as today. >> what am i supposed to do? >> the justices are facing a sunday deadline that congress set last year, when they passed a law requiring tiktok to cut ties with china over national security concerns or be banned in the u.s. they said that they're going to take away tiktok. the justices could issue a last minute temporary injunction that pauses the ban while they weigh the case. or they could let the law stand and do nothing at all. another

possibility president elect trump is now considering an executive order to try and circumvent the law, possibly delaying it for 60 to 90 days. but as abc's elizabeth schulze explains, even that could be difficult. >> at the end of the day, this ban is part of a bipartisan law that was passed through congress. it would take a lot for the president to be able to overrule something. that's already the law. >> trump originally tried to ban tiktok during his first term and even railed against it during the 2024 campaign, but changed course later, vowing to save the app. tiktok ceo is set to attend trump's inauguration on monday alongside other tech ceos. trump's incoming national security adviser shared his plans to keep the app from going dark. >> he's a deal maker. i don't want to get ahead of our executive orders, but we're going to create the space to put that deal in place. >> this week, a group of democrats in the house and senate introduced a bill that would have given tiktok's parent company an additional 270 days to sell or divest. however,

republican senator tom cotton objected to it. the law does say a president can delay the ban. if tiktok is on a path to being sold by its chinese owner, but there's no public evidence yet of that being the case. nicole d'antonio, abc news, washington. >> so much drama. no. >> it's like, will they won't they like that couple? you're like, just do it already, you know? >> who knows? maybe it'll stick around. >> well, i don't know what will happen. >> we'll let you know. we'll let you know when that gray area finally gets clearer this morning. we do have visibility issues. here's a live look from the tam cam this morning. you can see our marine layer has returned. it was absent all week, but now that it's back, it's an indication that we have cooler air moving in here over the next couple of days. so the accuweather headlines call for that morning fog in spots and also frosty temperatures. the afternoon is sunny, but it is cooler. daytime highs today only in the 50s. now next week we are

tracking periods of gusty winds, especially monday and wednesday afternoon. and then by the end of the month. some encouraging news in the latest forecast. rain is very possible by the end of the month. we'll show you that in one second. the immediate concern this morning is the cold temperatures. the frost advisories are posted until 9 a.m. for most of us. you can see why. clearly, it's just one of those mornings again where it is cold. so whatever you do to stay warm with these chilly temperatures, do it again this morning because we will stay cool through the next couple of hours live. look from our rooftop camera showing you those clouds overhead. frost and fog this morning. sunrise today 723 we'll keep those clouds along the coast all day today, so coastal temperatures only in the low and mid 50s around the bay. shoreline temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees cooler today compared to yesterday. we're staying in the upper 50s, so a high of only 56 in the city today, 55 in richmond, 58 in oakland, the same in palo alto, 56 in napa, 59 in both livermore and antioch. overnight tonight, another cold night on the way. we'll likely have more frost advisories posted, and we'll see

a return of our marine layer once again first thing saturday morning. now saturday and sunday we have calm conditions when it comes to our winds, but they do pick up here monday afternoon. here's 1 p.m. monday. we'll likely see winds gusting 20 to 30mph, possibly higher winds in the north bay mountains. and we'll do that again on wednesday as well. then by the end of the month, this is what we're looking forward to around january 26th, 27th, 28th. we may finally see that pattern. the storm track finally over northern california to bring rain back into the forecast. of course, we'll keep you posted as we get closer to the end of the month, but that's encouraging to see that in the forecast. here's the accuweather seven day showing you morning fog and frost to a cooler afternoon. we'll repeat that over the weekend. then next week we lose the marine layer. we gain some gusty winds monday and more gusty winds on wednesday. >> reggie aqui, thanks to a failure by spacex, made for quite the sight in the skies over the caribbean, the company's starship spacecraft exploded minutes after its seventh test blasted off from

south texas last night. you can see the debris streaking across the sky over turks and caicos. some flights out of florida actually had to be delayed, and the faa says it diverted planes around the area where debris was falling. there were no people on board this test flight. the faa hinted they may open an investigation that could delay future space x launches. >> in one of her last acts as vice president, kamala harris has left her mark on the vice president's desk. literally, the tradition of signing inside the top drawer of the desk dates back to the 1940s. and of course, this is historic because vice president harris is the first woman to ever leave her signature. >> now, i would make my signature big like that because look at dan quayle. see how small that is? >> and the one above, you can barely read it. it's like a really faded. >> i don't know what that is. i did say dick cheney a little bit above hers, but, you know, like, let me be known. >> yeah. >> let me let me make real big swoops. >> yeah. you know, you got to make your mark, right? >> just laughing over dan quayle

tiny signature. >> okay. >> yeah. well, coming up, the seven things that you need to know today, a reminder you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. >> it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. download the app now and you can start streaming. >> and let's get a live look outside this morning. beautiful shot there as the sun rises, a little cloudy out there. we'll check in with drew and see how the weekend weather is shaping up. >> i'm reggie aqui, i'm lyanne melendez, i'm luz pena, i'm tara campbell i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories with real

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eight. if you're just joining us, here are the seven things to know this morning. number one, former oakland mayor shane tao has reportedly been indicted by a federal grand jury following an fbi corruption investigation. we expect to learn more at a

news conference at 9:00 this morning. you can watch that live wherever you stream. >> abc seven news number two. the fire prompting health warnings in monterey and santa cruz counties. it's at a battery storage facility in moss landing. authorities planning to give an update on the effort to put out that fire at 10 a.m. at number three. >> the race is on for crews in southern california to contain the wildfires before santa ana winds return next week. 27 people are now confirmed dead. and today on good morning america special coverage focusing on the recovery efforts and how you can support local organizations and help people rebuild their lives. >> number four, the person who was the face of san francisco's public health response to the pandemic is leaving his job. doctor grant colfax was an integral part of shutting down the city to slow the spread of the virus. his last day is february 7th. >> number five, we have a frost advisory again this morning. those temperatures are brisk. they are chilly. we're starting out in the 30s this morning and a lot of areas. fog is also back. a live look from our east bay hills camera showing you the

marine layer. so it's fog and frost this morning. cooler this afternoon. >> and number six following your friday drive with metering lights on at about 618 at the bay bridge toll plaza. there's your drive times just now going into the yellow, about 40 minutes from hercules into san francisco. and better news on the peninsula. this earlier accident has been cleared. south 101 at whipple. >> all right, listen to this. number seven. progresso just introduced a hard candy they say tastes similar to chicken noodle soup. they come in a candy and a can. excuse me. they're only available this month. apparently, it's like a cough drop or something. >> yeah. supposed to be soothing when you have a cold or the flu. i mean, whatever helps. >> okay. good morning, ameri >> robin: good morning america from southern california. with the massive relief efforts under way. >> michael: and now a new threat emerging, as a community fights for its future.