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exchange for political favors and a raging fire at a battery plant, is finally calming down. hear from people who had to evacuate. and the tiktok clock is ticking down. while the social media platform go dark tomorrow, following the supreme court's ruling. we'll have more on that in a bit. good morning everybody. it's saturday, january 18th. we begin with the weather. lisa is here and it's a bit of a bite in the air outside. >> yes, certainly cold out there. the marine layer return yesterday. it was definitely colder after a very mild week. and you can see all up and down the coast the low clouds, the fog, almost like a may june sort of forecast. but we have those chilly numbers from the 40s and 50s, although with those upper 30s it's certainly cold in livermore and danville, as well as concord with 37 calistoga, 46 in mill valley. but our 24 hour temperature change tells a different story that we're milder anywhere from 9 to 13 degrees milder. so we've had frost for the overnight hours, and it's just not that cold. but still, as you wake up this
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morning, bundle up or wait a little while. we have plenty of sunshine as that fog burns back and we'll look for temperatures from the mid and upper 50s noontime around average, but warmer numbers will be found in the south bay from san jose to gilroy, and we'll talk about much similar weather to visit us for the second half of your weekend in a few minutes. steph. >> all right liz. thank you. back to this. former oakland mayor xiang tao was indicted in a federal bribery scheme that allegedly dates back prior to her winning the election in 2022. tao, along with her longtime romantic partner andre jones, are accused of trading political favors for cash. federal prosecutors say the money came from andy and david wong. their family runs california waste solutions and has other business interests. >> the indictment charges a scheme that the defendants entered into knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by tao and jones in exchange for allowing the wong's to exercise illegal influence over the
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levers of city government. >> the charges come nearly seven months after the fbi raided tao's home and properties belonging to the wongs. all four entered not guilty pleas. >> the case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe, when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes, the attorneys for andy wong released this statement. >> quote, we have kept quiet despite the media frenzy of the past months and hope that the government would correctly come to see through objective investigation that the allegations are baseless and being fanned by nothing more than gossip and supposition stitched together by the fabrications and delusions of those who lack all fundamental credibility. and the lawyers for david wong had this response, saying mr. wong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in
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court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the bay area. the indictment details. alleged bribes were spent on a negative mailer that helped xiang tao just before the 2022 oakland mayor's election. it raises an intriguing question could we actually have had a different mayor, had that money not exchanged hands, as authorities allege? abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes spoke to the man who tao edged out, and any comment about what's happening in his white suit and white tennis shoes. >> andy wong would not answer questions as he entered federal court to face bribery, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud charges in connection with former oakland mayor xiang tao. but the indictment says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments, dr. wong and his father, david wong, who own california waste solutions, funded a negative mailer
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campaign costing approximately $75,000 in support of tao's mayoral campaign. >> look, i am, i am angry. this is ridiculous that uh- democracy has been trampled on here in oakland. >> former council member lauren taylor was ahead at one point during the ranked choice voting tally by 3587 votes, but wound up losing the mayor's race by just 677 out of about 125,000 votes cast. the difference, according to taylor and his chief of staff. this mailer slamming taylor sent just days before the election. >> they obviously had darkened his his face and darkened his skin and had outrageous allegations. it just seemed incredibly unfair and disappointing in public. >> real estate agent and political activist mario suarez always said that he paid for the fliers, and this anti-law and taylor website. but last summer, mayor sheng tao's former chief of staff told me she watched
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suarez approach tao and andy duong at this campaign event in october 2022, asking for more money for the fliers. >> and that was the first time i ever saw mario. and i was like, what is he doing here? and he straight up said he needed $25,000 to finish that mail piece. and i walked away because i knew that they shouldn't even be dealing with that or talking about that type of stuff. >> webb said andy duong indicated he would take care of it, and that he had already paid $50,000 for the project. mario suarez is not charged or even named in the indictment released today. he could be listed as coconspirator one. i asked his lawyer, ernie castillo, if warz is a coopera texted. i can't discuss the situation at all at the moment. for the upcoming mayor's race, lauren taylor has filed to be on the ballot once again, hoping for a more level playing field. >> this time. i think it says to all of us, we absolutely have to stay vigilant. we have to make sure that we have the right leaders in place who are going
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to make the right decisions, who have the right judgment, and are not simply going to continue, you know, business as usual. >> you have to consider lauren taylor, a leading candidate for oakland mayor in the upcoming special election, along with former member of congress barbara lee and more than a dozen others. they include tao's former chief of staff, renea webb, also running for mayor for the i-team. dan noyes, abc seven news. >> now, with oakland's former mayor now indicted on those federal bribery charges, the indictments are another blow for a city already facing a number of major setbacks. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has reaction from community leaders. >> it's just really painful for myself and a lot of people that i've spoken with. >> bishop bob jackson of oakland says he's heartbroken. >> i'm at a loss. i've been here 79 years and this is the first time i've ever seen anything like this in our city, so it's just sad. it's a sad day. >> former oakland mayor shane tao has been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury. the
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indictment is a major blow for oakland, a city already reeling from tao's recall, along with crime, homelessness, budget issues and the recall of the county district attorney. jackson says he and other pastors are praying for the city to recover. >> we're praying for the city and praying that god would give us the kind of leadership that we need to get us out of all of this. >> community leader carl chen says he's not surprised by friday's bombshell announcement. he says the indictment of the former mayor proves that nobody is above the law. >> the public, servants, people elected, they are supposed to be looking out for the best interest, for the people and for the community. >> chen says the indictment of tao and three others is a wake up call for elected officials and voters. >> we're in the verge of bankruptcy, and we're already facing, you know, many, many challenges, especially public safety. however, this city, the people are very strong and we have to come back and working
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together. >> kathy adams is the president and ceo of the oakland african american chamber of commerce. adams says it's time to reboot. >> we feel bad, and now we got to reboot and motivate and work together. >> adams says her own responsibility is making sure that black owned businesses thrive. she believes the city needs to refocus its attention. >> our priority has got to be on making our community safe, making sure that our businesses thrive, making sure that we deal with the homeless crisis. >> adams says the indictments are a setback and oakland has to get through it. >> i love oakland. i'm a transplant. you know, this is our town, and i feel that we are resilient, and i know that we will come back. >> suzanne phan abc seven news. >> now, this case has been months in the making, and abc seven news has been there for each development. you can check out a timeline of the major moments. catch up on some of the
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forgotten details and see what's next. it's all on abc seven news.com and on our abc seven bay area app. developing news out of monterey county and that fire at a battery storage plant. take a look. all the evacuation orders were lifted last night. this is after it was determined that there was no longer a threat to people's health. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez spoke to one woman who had to evacuate. >> a relief for people who live around the plant. residents with an id are allowed to return home through highway one here, but it's still closed off to everyone else. earlier today, we heard from a representative from the battery plant that caught fire. people want answers as to what happened and why. >> those are batteries that continue to burn out. >> flames from vistra energy continue to flare up for a second day in moss landing. the fire first erupted at the battery storage plant on thursday afternoon. on friday afternoon, a vistra
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representative said safety is their priority. >> this system, there was a water based response system. we have to get in there and find out why it didn't operate, perhaps as it was supposed to. >> brad watson addressed how utility scale battery storage has been successful, but no technology is perfect. >> the standards are improved, the regulations are better. we know a lot more about the technology, how it's used. so we'll get in there and find out what happened, like we've done in any other incident in our company. >> on friday evening, the monterey county sheriff's office lifted the evacuation order. >> yeah, we'll be home soon. >> susan fine and her cat, puffy, were glad to head home from the evacuation center in castroville. >> listen, this happened a couple of years ago when we were told, stay indoors and don't go outside. i remember saying to one of my neighbors, well, we don't have to worry about various things, but i guess we have to worry about the batteries. and he said no, because they've got special precautions. we're safe from the
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batteries. haha, right. >> i asked if she's worried about any more flare ups. >> i'm too tired to worry about it. i just want to go home. >> the inn at moss landing was under the evacuation order. the owner told us he was busy making cancellation calls and rebookings. he said this is a popular time for people who love to visit their coastal community. >> we understand that what happened at our facility has disrupted their lives, and we're sorry for that. >> the plant could remain offline for weeks as officials investigate the cause in moss landing. lauren martinez abc seven news. >> all right, lauren, thank you. well, as we head to break, let's check in with lisa. good morning. >> good morning. our low clouds and fog making for a bit of a blanket and insulation this morning. so over in emeryville, into the east bay. we're in the upper 40s. that's about four degrees milder. we still have averages uh- temperatures today with plenty of sun, so we'll improve on that part of the
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♪ ♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. back to this live look from our golden gate bridge camera. it is 514. new developments in the middle east. we finally have a cease fire after 15 months of war. after some tense last minute talks, the israel government approved a temporary peace deal with hamas. the first phase is set to take effect starting sunday. it will see the withdrawal of israeli troops from populated areas and the return of 33 israeli hostages held in gaza, including two americans. the release will take place over a six week period in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners. six
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israeli hospitals are getting ready to receive those hostages. a new sentencing hearing for the menendez brothers has been delayed because of the los angeles area wildfires, impacts on preparations. lyle and erik menendez were convicted of killing their parents back in 1989, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. now, they asked that the sentence be reconsidered after new evidence of their father's alleged sexual abuse emerged in this case. recently elected l.a. county da nathan hochman says the case will be heard in march. matthew mueller, the man behind the notorious 2015 kidnaping of then vallejo resident denise huskins, pled guilty to two home invasions in santa clara county. both incidents were in 2009, one in palo alto and one in mountain view. mueller admitted to interrogating and threatening to rape the women in each home. the minimum sentence for each of the latest convictions is seven years to life. that's on top of
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his 40 year sentence for the attack on huskins. all right. cooler temperatures and light winds are helping firefighters battle the devastating blazes in southern california. the eaton fire that ripped through altadena and forced evacuations through pasadena is now 65% contained. the palisades fire is 39% contained. some evacuation orders have been lifted, allowing thousands of families to return to their homes. officials say the neighborhoods directly impacted by the fire may be restricted for at least another week, while fire crews have the upper hand on containment for now. there's the threat of another round of those santa ana winds next week. california's insurance crisis was already at a breaking point prior to these fires, devastating la. now the state is bracing for another hit that's expected to impact the housing market. >> these wildfires are going to be far reaching on consumers in the market for many, many years
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to come. >> amy bach with united policyholders explains the california fair plan, the state's insurer of last resort, is only as strong as the number of admitted insurance companies we have doing business in the state. a number california has seen decline, with at least a dozen insurers pulling out or restricting new policies. >> there's no question there's going to be a lot of people who were impacted by this fire whose insurance falls short. >> for example, the california fair plan caps insurance payments for natural disasters at $3 million for residential policyholders. that price tag affects at least 33 bay area cities, where the average home value now exceeds $2 million. that's according to data from zillow. so what impact could this have on the housing market? >> with the cap being at $3 million, you're talking about a high percentage of homes not being able to get coverage up to a certain amount. that's going to drastically change how the market is going to be moving forward. >> neil canales owns a real estate company that tracks market trends across the bay area. >> we're losing a percentage of
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buyers because they can't get a policy or the policies are too high in price. you're already paying the mortgage, you're already paying the property tax. and then on top of that, if you have to pay a $10,000 home insurance policy, that's $850, $900 a month. >> canales says if the $3 million cap is not raised, the market is going to slow down even more so, and we're already seeing the highest interest rates that we've seen in a long time. >> the fed has already said they're only going to drop their rates twice in 2025, and probably only do it by a quarter point. each drop we're looking at still high prices, higher interest rates compared to where we were the last five years and insurance policies being extremely high or not available. >> bottom line if you're lucky enough to get a private insurance policy, premiums are expected to go up. in fact, data from florida, a state that has implemented similar policies, show the spike could be as high as 40%. even if you don't live in a high risk area. and if you do, that figure could double or
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more. all right. switching gears now to weather, it is chilly out there. let's check in with lisa on what to expect this weekend. i got into my car with one jacket and i was like, all right, i'm going to get a second jacket. when i got in, i was like, why is it so cold? >> had the cold weather. then on top of that, return of the low clouds and fog. so yeah, that damp coldness certainly with us, and low clouds and fog hanging out along the shoreline throughout the mid morning hours and actually over the entire weekend before we mix it up all again for the week ahead. there's a look at the cloud cover, where it is well into british columbia, and as a result, we're seeing dry conditions. and are we going to bring our storm impact scale? that's the million dollar question, right. for the look ahead. it is cold out there. 37 in concord and danville, with 40 in sonoma and looking at temperatures in the upper 40s from palo alto, about 50 around santa clara. and there's a look outside. so areas of fog this morning, we'll get into the holiday weekend with some fog
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and then sunny skies looking at temperatures near average. but after we get into another offshore wind event to start the workweek, temperatures are going to climb. so we'll be looking at calm conditions for the next several days, including martin luther king junior day. but by that afternoon, we're going to see those winds get pretty gusty into tuesday. and the advisory could be for the upper elevations. we also have a beach hazard statement. we're looking at 5 to 6 foot waves right now from 7:00 tonight through 7:00 on monday. so dangerous conditions here right along the coast. so keep that in mind. it will be nice and sunny out there. so if you're headed to the ghost coast, certainly dangerous conditions out there. we do have fog moving in from the central valley. not much of an issue right now, but the clouds continue to clear on out for a sunny saturday. then the low clouds and fog that onshore flow comes back into your sunday. and then once again, sunshine is revealed. i talked about that gusty offshore wind event monday into tuesday, but
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beyond that, look at these 60s returning low 60s for richmond, mid 60s hayward, look at san jose. and then as we get into that thursday time frame, we're even milder out there. and friday, look at those low 70s from the santa clara valley. so you get the idea. we're well above average. the rainfall is absent. area of low pressure setting up to the east of us, allowing for not only those gusty offshore winds for northern california, but also for the southland. so unfortunately, monday into tuesday, we're looking at wind gusts, perhaps as high as 50 miles an hour in the upper elevations of the north bay locally here, also the east bay hills, the santa cruz mountains and into southern california. you can see the flow out of the east there. and then as we get into the middle of the week, that's when we get the warmer temperatures. the best chances of rain come into southern california, really missing the bay area. but as we get into late next weekend, we could see some showers and los angeles, san diego and they have had
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practically nothing. so that would be some great news. highs today under sunny conditions. 60 in oakland. look for 61 in fremont mid 60s san jose. so the warmest numbers. santa clara region upper 50s in richmond 59 in san rafael and the accuweather seven day forecast. so morning fog to afternoon sun and basically the same deal for your sunday. those gusty winds get going monday for the holiday into tuesday. and then we'll be looking at much warmer weather the rest of the week. stephanie. >> all right lisa, thank you. still ahead. she's just two years old. we're going to introduce you to a bay area toddler
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>> that ringing of the bell is music to the ears of two year old lucy nguyen and her family. it marks the long awaited end of her cancer treatment. >> i could finally take a deep breath, sigh of relief. >> job. at just seven weeks old, lucy was diagnosed with leukemia and went through intensive treatments, an unimaginable journey for lucy, along with her parents and older sister. >> it was really hard. we made a lot of sacrifices, especially my wife not missing appointments, living in hospitals for an extended period of time, lots of late emergency visits, especially with feeding tubes and things like that coming in and out. but our daughter lucy has been so resilient, so brave. >> next to lucy and her family was the staff at kaiser permanente santa clara. just as excited for lucy to ring that bell, everyone asks us how we can do pediatric oncology to take care of kids that go through this, and this is the exact reason why we do it. >> when we are here today, and
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we're able to celebrate this accomplishment and that she's cancer free. it just gives us so much joy in our hearts. so it's a big deal for the staff, because we have to do a lot of hard things with her and to her. and so to be able to celebrate this gives us that peace that, you know, everything we did was, was for a reason. >> pediatric oncologist doctor sheela thampi says she'll continue to see lucy every three months for the next two years, and then space it out when they get to five years. in the meantime, lucy's parents are just excited for her to finally have some normalcy and soon some traveling plans that can now be set in motion following the ringing of that bell, no parent ever dreams that their child would have cancer. >> but every parent who has a child with cancer just can't wait for the day that they ring the bell. and you know, we're just so grateful. >> it feels like the best day ever in santa clara. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> what an incredible story. our hearts go out to lucy and her family. well, still to come this morning, the weather is forcing
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watching abc seven mornings live now at 530. >> we are watching the clock for the end of tiktok. the app will go dark tomorrow. what we know right now about plans to save the app used by hundreds of millions of americans. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but thank you all for joining us this half hour. we begin with your forecast and that return of the marine layer. >> that's right. it's kind of odd, but we're going to have it over the weekend. and that will reveal a sunny and pretty typical afternoon around here where numbers are not too warm, but basically in the 50s a little warmer than yesterday. boy, was there a cool down for friday. 37 in danville. good
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morning. hayward 47 for you. 48 palo alto. you saw that lone 50 in san jose. but we do have those upper 30s inland. but even with that, the blanket of low clouds insulating us. so we're warmer out there by about 4 to 9 degrees for most of us. more dramatic warming up towards santa rosa, where they had frost the past couple of days. here's a look at highs today in the cities mid 50s. plenty of sunshine. upper 50s across the bay in oakland. we'll get into those lower 60s for the south bay. but you know it's tempoorary for the afternoon. the two 3:00 high temperature. and then we cool off significantly. so a typical january day out there. we'll talk about that again for your sunday. but a warm up more offshore winds all coming up in a few minutes stephanie. all right lisa. >> thank you. popular app tiktok could be unavailable for over 170 million americans as soon as tomorrow. the supreme court upheld their decision to ban the video app yesterday. abc's johny fernandez has the latest.
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>> tiktok's final hours could be here in the u.s. after the supreme court unanimously upheld its ban in the states. the chinese owned tiktok had challenged the sale or ban law on grounds it limits free speech, but the justices unanimously upheld the law, saying it did not violate first amendment rights. the bipartisan law passed last year ban tiktok unless its chinese owner, bytedance, sells the company, citing well-supported national security concerns regarding tiktok's data collection practices and relationships with a foreign adversary. this decision leaving users unhappy. >> yeah, i think it's you know, honestly, i think it's kind of crazy that our government would even jump to these extremes. i think, you know, social media is kind of one of those things that's it's just a public platform for people to share their thoughts. >> a presidential executive order could delay the tiktok ban. the biden administration saying it's up to the trump administration to implement the law. on friday, president elect
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trump says his decision on tiktok will be made in the not too distant future. tiktok likely won't disappear from phones, but it's expected to disappear from the app store and updates will be unavailable. johny fernandez, abc news, new york. >> now, president elect trump is. his inauguration ceremony has been moved indoors due to the weather. he will be sworn into office inside the capitol building rotunda because of the freezing temperatures expected in washington, dc on monday, 250,000 people are expected to attend, including several from silicon valley. >> i would expect that some of the other high profile tech folks who've been supporting the president and did big fundraisers for him will be here, here as well. >> preparations are underway, and law enforcement says they're not tracking any credible threats to the event. but agencies have just three days to update security plans for this new venue. the last time a president was sworn in indoors was with ronald reagan back in
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1985. we will, of course, have live team coverage of the inauguration on monday, starting at 6 a.m, right here on abc seven. well, this morning, americans across the country are participating in the people's march. the people's march is bringing groups together to fight for rights like access to abortion, education and health care. marchers will be gathering at different times throughout the day. there are two marches here in the bay, one in alameda starting at 9:30 a.m. and another in san francisco starting at 11. alameda marchers will rally, that is, at city hall, while san francisco marchers will meet at the intersection of 24th street and bryant. the congressional budget office released its latest budget for the year, projecting another sizable increase. the cbo says the u.s. is looking at a $1.9 trillion rise that will bring the total deficits to 22 trillion over this decade. in a press release, the president of the responsible federal budget
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committee demanded that congress commit to no new borrowing in order to keep the deficit from rising. president elect trump promises to start mass deportations when he returns to office. california's attorney general, rob bonta, issued an updated guidance for law enforcement agencies in the state about their role in immigration enforcement. >> california law enforcement agencies are prohibited from investigating, interrogating, detaining, or arresting persons for immigration enforcement purposes. >> bonta's guidance prevents local police from being deputized as immigration agents or from detaining undocumented immigrants without criminal records solely for the purpose of deportation. california became a sanctuary state back in 2017. trump has threatened to withhold funds from states and local governments that do not participate in his deportation campaign. meanwhile, farm
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workers across the bay area are fearful after immigration raids in the central valley last week, border patrol agents showed up in unmarked vehicles and arrested 78 undocumented immigrants in fresno and kern counties. agents said their mission was targeted at criminals and pescadero. one nonprofit is assembling a group of attorneys to hold an immigration workshop tomorrow. >> even if you don't have documents, you do still have rights. and so for people to understand their rights, you should not run. that's really important. but you also have the right to stay quiet. you don't you don't have to answer the questions. >> the nonprofit, called puente, is also using an app that sends a text alert in case of a raid here. walgreens is facing a lawsuit from the doj over dispensing unlawful prescriptions. the doj claims the drug provider issued millions of dangerous opioid and other drugs without confirming they were valid. they also claim that some walgreens patients died of overdoses after getting invalid prescriptions from
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going to talk about a bit of a change for the weekend before we get into a return to offshore winds, not only here, but in southern california as well. 37 in danville and concord. good morning to you with 43 in san rafael. so that's warmer for the north bay and really warmer for much of the bay area. look outside over to the east bay, where we'll have a few areas of fog this morning, but the dense fog is out by the delta, the carquinez strait, looking at fairfield with reduced visibility throughout the morning hours. the holiday weekend including monday, obviously, martin luther king junior day. fog to sun in near average. but as we get into monday, looking at some gusty offshore winds in the upper elevations of the north bay, perhaps the east bay and santa cruz mountains once again. so no rain in the forecast for the weekend, and also no rain for the next five days. beach hazards statement through tonight. actually starting tonight into monday night. waves right now 5 to 6ft. but the
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increasing risk of sneaker waves and rip currents certainly a possibility out there. so keep that in mind. starting out with the gray sky all around the bay. and then we get into our higher relative humidity for southern california, that onshore flow that changes as soon as sunday though for southern california we're sunny in the afternoon. clouds move back tomorrow, then we get back into a sunny day and it looks like the dry weather is going to continue. not only here, but they have a better chance of rain in the extended outlook for southern california. as we look towards wednesday around the bay, mid 60s to upper 60s. so a warming trend underway, perhaps low 70s as we get into thursday and then even friday, temperatures well above average. so in terms of the upper level pattern and the prospects of rain, well, we're first starting out with those gusty winds. you can see a setup here into monday and tuesday as we get more of an offshore flow for the entire state and dry weather that begins to get absorbed to the east of us, and
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then we'll be looking at the chance of showers really missing us. but at least it gets into southern california. it's way too far out to say, but it's likely that we'll see a little bit of rain here, perhaps 8 to 9 days out. that's as best as we can do. highs today will be on the cool side from the upper 50s. downtown san mateo once again milder in the south bay, looking at about 60 in concord and that sea breeze returning throughout the afternoon. the accuweather seven day forecast looking at maybe a few degrees of cooling tomorrow. otherwise we get into the breezy and gusty winds, mainly in the upper elevations. monday subsiding on tuesday. the holiday looks nice though, and for the second half of the upcoming workweek we'll see mid and mid 60s around the bay shore and inland, returning for many locations with the continued dry forecast. stephanie. >> all right, lisa, thank you. on the court now, the dubs will look to string together another win tonight against the wizards. golden state faces washington here in san francisco at chase
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center tonight. tip off is at 530. here's abc seven sports director larry beil. >> good morning everybody. the warriors will face old friend jordan poole and the wizards tonight at chase center. but the focus yesterday was on a difficult loss because it was the one year anniversary of the passing of assistant coach dejan milojevic. coach dickey, as he was known, always brought a smile, brought joy. the team has created the brodie award. brodie means brother in serbian. this will be an annual honor recognizing a basketball operations staff member, embodying the spirit, the dedication and legacy of coach dickey. the 46 year old from serbia passed away at a team dinner in utah, and he is definitely missed. >> it's a tough day. it's obviously toughest on his family and we're thinking about them today especially and of course, thinking about dickey and how much he meant to us and our organization and for what he brought, and just the joy every day and the energy that he
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brought every morning, just getting his guys going. >> i'm glad that we did something for dickey today and one year, so love that and miss dickey so much. >> spring training coming up in a few weeks, the rich get richer. the world champion dodgers signing another star from japan, 23 year old pitcher roki sasaki, actually signed a minor league deal $6.5 million signing bonus. but he has major league stuff can hit 100mph. sasaki joins fellow japanese stars shohei ohtani and yoshinobu yamamoto in la. the 49 ers, they would love to have robert saleh back as their defensive coordinator, reportedly planning to make him the highest paid dc in the nfl. we're talking over 4.5 million bucks a year. despite a rough three seasons with the jets, saleh is a hot head coaching candidate with the jags, raiders and cowboys all interested. the chiefs continue their quest to a super bowl three peat hosting the texans this afternoon here on abc seven. last time they met divisional round. 2020 the texans built a 24 to nothing lead, only to see mahomes answer with four tds in the second quarter, ultimately winning
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5131. later went on to beat the niners in the super bowl. mahomes with five touchdowns total in that game, hoping for a faster start today. >> getting down like that, things kind of went south really fast, but i was proud of the resilience of the guys and that kind of carried us throughout that entire playoff run is that we just had no doubts that we were going to find a way to win, and that was a really good football team, and we were able to come back and beat that team, and it kind of sprung us through that the rest of the playoffs. to get that super bowl win, you can catch the chiefs and texans today at 130 right here on abc seven. >> hockey history pens goalie alex nedeljkovic scored a goal and an assist in the same game. first time that that has ever happened. flip the puck the length of the ice. teammates went nuts. pens beat buffalo five two and a little more hockey. sort of. who has more fun than george kittle? nobody. the niners tight end on the jumbotron during a nashville predators game. he lives in nashville. the preds scored as he finished his beer perfect assist from the niners tight end as nashville beat the blackhawks
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just go. chinese new year parade. now, a look at the opening performers. >> we will have about 100 dancers for this year's opening dance. >> it's really great that we get to share this art form with everyone. we're not really used to such a big like platform or stage, so it will be really cool. >> very proud and excited.
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we need to rehearsal a lot to make sure they synchronize. they have their good expression. they pass on the luck and happiness to everyone. the kids are very excited. so for that we practice hard. many, many kids today are practicing from like 4 to 5 years old. it's just every weekend they dance. >> so it's a really fun experience, i'd say, because usually we only perform within our like class levels and age groups. but it's really fun to be performing this big dance with so many other people. it's great. i love like dancing. sometimes it can be a little tiring because the teacher will always correct us, but i love it and it's always really fun at the end.
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>> de xiao rui in chinese. so team luck, good luck. xiao means everything. peace and nice. rui is everything. as you wish. we have a chinese dance and ballet. so the second half will be the symphony dance. very proud of our students and our members. >> i think i feel really proud that we have this great opportunity to represent all of chinese americans in our dance. it will be great to just spread the culture, give everyone a chance to watch it or experience it themselves. >> abc seven is a proud sponsor of the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade. you can watch the live parade saturday, february 15th starting at 6 p.m.
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abc seven mornings live right now at six. >> former oakland mayor xiang tao, under federal indictment, now accused of taking bribes in exchange for political favors and a raging fire at a battery plant, is finally coming down. hear from people who had to evacuate. and the tick tock clock is ticking down. well, the social media platform go dark tomorrow following the supreme court's ruling. good morning everybody. it's saturday,
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