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gaza, now in effect. the first wave of hostages have been released, and we find out what's next. immigrant rights groups in the bay area are sending a message to the white house. on the eve of donald trump's second inauguration, and a ban ends up being a timeout for tiktok. the site's back up and running, and our incoming president says he plans to make a move to keep it that way. abc seven news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. go go go go go. >> jubilant scenes in israel. families reunited after 470 days of worry and uncertainty. three women held hostage by hamas are now free as a truce begins. with that, we say, good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm dion lim. a ceasefire between israel and hamas went into effect today, and it included freedom for a first wave of hostages. abc news reporter ines de la cuetara has more on the

deal and a look at what's next. with smiles on their faces, the first three hostages released from captivity in gaza as part of the israel-hamas ceasefiret deal are now back on israeli soil after 471 days in captivity. >> three women, 24 year old romi gonin, 28 year old emily de mari and 31 year old darren steinbrecher are now free. >> we cannot imagine the horrors these three young women have endured in 15 months of hamas captivity. >> relatives of romi goren, overcome with emotion after hearing the news. emily damari all smiles in the photo as she was reunited with her mother. this was the scene in gaza just moments before the women were released. hamas men gathered around the red cross convoy. a crowd gathered to watch the exchange. under this first phase of the deal, 33 hostages will be released over the next six weeks, including two americans, keith samuel siegel and sigi cohen. sigi has three daughters,

the youngest born after he was taken captive. >> his wonderful wife was seven months pregnant and for nine horrific hours was able to survive in the safe room of their home on our kibbutz with her two little daughters. while there was murder all around. >> palestinian prisoners in israeli jails will also ben freed, and the cease fire allows aid to begin moving into gaza. trucks loaded with humanitarian aid have been lined up at the egyptian side of the rafah border crossing. those trucks now starting to move into gaza. president biden said this was one of the hardest negotiations of his career. >> today, cease fire in gaza and the release of hostages is a result of a principled and effective policy that we presided over for months. and we got we got here without a wider war in the middle east. >> many predicted, the president says keeping the fragile framework of the cease fire together is now in president elect trump's hands. inés de la cuetara. abc news, london. >> now the hostage release brings relief to the bay area's

jewish community. leaders say they're optimistic the remaining hostages will finally come home, and palestinian americans are hopeful the cease fire holds. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is speaking to those on both sides. >> we've been waiting for 171 days for the hostages to be released. >> joy has been wearing this yellow ribbon pin honoring the israeli hostages. as president and ceo of the bay area jewish community federation, she waited with most of the world to see what would happen sunday. >> we're delighted to see that three of the hostages, including romi, emily and aaron, were released today. >> 24 year old romi golden, seen on the left, was abducted from the nova music festival. says she met with her parents last year. >> my heart is just with them today and i hope that they are just elated with the news and to be able to hug her and bring her home. >> she says nearly 100 hostages are still in captivity. >> so we're really focused on bringing the hostages home, and

we manage here in the bay area for all of northern california. security across northern california, for all of our jewish institutions. so i'm optimistic this will bring a moment of peace for us and hope, hopefully lasting peace in the region. >> we've seen, you know, cease fire deals broken not just in the last year, but for decades. >> palestinian americans in the bay area are hopeful the cease fire between israel and hamas will hold. they've been calling for a cease fire and pushing for humanitarian aid to gaza during months of protest. >> we're cautiously optimistic. we're, of course, elated to see our people, the children in gaza, walking out into the streets and screaming and crying tears of joy, to finally have a glimmer of hope, of life. >> both sides agree the road to lasting peace remains fragile. >> this is a collective sigh of relief, but it's really only for today, because we have to do everything we can to make sure that the cease fire agreement holds. >> in san francisco. cornell,

bernard abc seven news. >> final preparations are underway for president elect donald trump's second inauguration tomorrow morning. ceremony was moved indoors to the capitol rotunda due to the frigid temperatures expected in washington today. he and the soon to be vice president, jd vance, laid a wreath at arlington national cemetery. then the two later made their way to the capital one arena in dc for trump's make america great again victory rally, bringing together more than 20,000 supporters. >> starting tomorrow, i will act with historic speed and strength and fix every single crisis facing our country. we have to do it on day one. >> trump plans to sign a series of executive actions, moving ahead with several campaign promises, including mass deportations for those who are not in the country legally. sources familiar with the matter tell abc news that trump's team also drafted a list of potential pardons for january 6th defendants as soon as tomorrow. and be sure to join us for live

coverage of the inauguration tomorrow. it all starts at 6 a.m. right here on abc seven. even before president elect trump takes office, protests are happening, including here in san francisco. the people united will never be defeated. >> the people united will never be defeated. >> okay, this was the scene at civic center this afternoon. more than 60 bay area groups mobilized here. they're protesting campaign promises they say are far right and backed by billionaires. >> and there's 140 million people who are poor or close to the poverty line in this country. and we want to make a movement that actually speaks to those needs, instead of the democrats and republicans who, frankly, are sliding farther and farther to the right and embracing a billionaires agenda. >> organizers say it was one of over 70 rallies to take place across the u.s. today. developing news now. tiktok is restoring service to u.s. users after going dark because

of a ban in the nation. today, a message visible to users who reopened the app credited president elect donald trump for its return. it was originally a trump executive order that led to the bipartisan bill banning the app. trump's incoming national security advisor says trump's team is now working to save it. >> we're confident that we can save tiktok, but also protect americans data and protect them from influence, whether that's an outright sale, whether that's some mechanism of firewalls to make sure that the data is protected here on u.s. soil. that's what the president will be evaluating. >> trump still says he'll issue an executive order on monday to temporarily delay that ban. he's also proposing the u.s. take a 50% ownership position in tiktok. progress made on those massive wildfires in southern california. it all comes just as the wildfire worry increases. we'll have an update on the firefight. and we're getting a

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23,700 acres and is now 52% contained. evacuation orders were lifted for dozens of areas this weekend, and so far, the fires are blamed for at least 27 deaths. search and rescue dogs are looking for possible human remains. >> 35 years ago, a husband was cremated and that was we his remains were. the dog was able to detect that. so it's been cremated and through a second fire, the dog was able to pinpoint within about a one foot radius. >> oh that's incredible. while many are eager to return to homes that were largely untouched by the fires, some will likely have to wait months as there is a risk of landslides and contaminated water. now, if you'd like to help in the wildfire recovery effort, we have an easy way that you can donate. you can see this is a qr code on your screen, which will take you to a list of verified and vetted organizations helping survivors. we are following the story of that fire at the lithium battery storage plant in moss landing. fire crews say the facility has a fire suppression

system, but it failed to stop the flames. that fire ignited thursday and led to the closure of nearly three miles of highway one in the area, and it just reopened at 5 p.m. the epa conducted air quality monitoring and determined it was safe. they are now making plans to test water in the area. about 80% of the plant and the lithium batteries it housed were consumed in the fire. happening tomorrow events across the bay area to mark martin luther king day. caltrain's mlk celebration train has free service from san jose to san francisco for the martin luther king jr. day march in the city. the first stop is at 9:20 a.m. at san jose's diridon diridon station. people will begin gathering for the march at 10 a.m. and the fourth at townsend in san francisco. in oakland, a martin luther king junior rally will be held at 99 hegenberger road at 10 a.m. and in san jose, an mlk coyote creek. cleanup starts at 9 a.m. at selma olander

dog park. it's a special day for the most famous visitors at san francisco's pier 39.p next, your invitation to help celebrate the 35th anniversary of the pier's sea lions. >> i'm spencer christian. no fire danger warnings in the bay area right now, but we do have gusty winds coming our way and a wind advisory. i'll give you a closer look at this and the accuweather a victory that is there for the taking. grab it. now that was a great halftime speech. let's go win. [jim valvano] don't give up. don't ever give up®

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incident, the reason the national weather service issued a beach hazard statement. officials are warning to watch for sneaker waves, which can knock people off their feet and quickly pull them into the ocean. riptide currents are also stronger than normal. the beach hazard statement extends from the coastal north bay, including point reyes national seashore, all the way down to southern monterey bay and big sur. it all runs through 7 p.m. tomorrow. well, pier 39 is celebrating the 35th anniversary of california sea lions on its docks. the pinnipeds began arriving a few months after the loma prieta earthquake hit san francisco back in october of 1989. by january of 1990, a colony of barking sea lions completely took over pier 39 k dock. a record of more than 2100 sea lions visited in may and june of last year. i always take my son. he just loves the sound and the sights, and i think he even likes the somewhat funky smells that are coming from those

docks. >> but don't we all? who doesn't love the sea lions? it's an experience. they're waiting for more sunlight. did you notice that there weren't many of them out there today? >> they want to get warm. that's why they're hanging around. >> we all want to get warm. it's happening though. it will be happening later this week. starting tomorrow, actually. here's a look at what's happening right now. the satellite radar composite image. high pressure. the dominant feature in our weather, which will keep our skies mainly clear over the next few days. and the pressure gradient between high and low pressure. still feeding some strong winds into southern california where there is high fire danger still. right now we have just moderate winds here in the bay area. wind speeds generally from eight to about 15mph, but stronger winds will be blowing overnight, as a matter of fact. a wind advisory will be in effect from 4 a.m. tomorrow to 1 a.m. tuesday for the north bay interior mountains winds. sustained winds will be out of the north at about 20 to 30mph. gusts up to 55mph. there's a possibility of downed tree limbs and a few power outages. wind gusts. animation shows how winds are going to intensify tomorrow afternoon. up to

between 30 and 40mph or higher, in the strongest in the areas most affected by the winds. but by midnight tomorrow night, we'll see the winds calming down once again. moving along, taking a look at current temperature, the 24 hour temperature change i should say. notice how much cooler it is across the board than at this time yesterday. five degrees cooler in concord and san carlos. 13 degrees cooler in morgan hill. and it's going to get even colder overnight. a frost advisory will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow for the north bay interior mountains, the east bay hills and interior valleys, and down in the santa clara valley and the eastern santa clara hills. temperatures down to about 33 degrees. of course, frost will form under those conditions. right now it's 48. in san francisco, low 50s at oakland, hayward, san jose, 50 for redwood city and 48 at half moon bay. and looking at other temperature readings right now, 49 at santa rosa, 45. mid 40s, i should say, at petaluma and napa, 49 at fairfield, 50 degrees each at concord and

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vanderveer encouraging her former squad. but it was all duke from there. the block leads to that transition three. it's a 25 to 7 second quarter as the cardinal lose 7449, their first loss to duke since get this 2008 nfc playoffs. the rams in philly. eagles fans with their snow goggles on and even santa making an appearance. rams up seven six before the snow started and saquon barkley starting the storm with a 62 yard run, 1310 eagles at the half. it's close late. but look at barkley saying i got this before the snap and no lies detected. one cut. he's gone 78 yards in the snow to ice. this one literally literally. the rams just couldn't catch up. eagles win 2822 and will host the commanders in the nfc title game next sunday. the college football national championship between ohio state and notre dame is in atlanta on monday night. on our sister network,

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organizers had it all. the gathering brought together generations of families to celebrate reunion, hope and luck for a bright new year. and hey, speaking of celebrations, 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. right here on abc seven and wherever you happen to stream abc seven news. all right. and you feel. i feel like you have something brewing. >> well, i'm just i always have something brewing. i'm hoping for good weather for the parade. >> i'm. can you forecast that far out? >> yes. it will be good. >> just listen to whatever spencer says. have a have a good one. w hamas as a cease-fire deal goes into effect. the popular social media app tiktok says it's in the process of restoring serve to more than