up. >> makes me feel really anxious because i don't know where my future is going to be held. >> all sports at sonoma state university are going away and so are some degrees and apartments. we are live tonight with an explanation why. >> plus my reaction is it's nauseating. it's completely nauseating. >> there's no accountability when you go and try to talk to them about it. there's a cover. >> new at six, the i-team digs into disturbing accusations of child sex abuse by members of a church some call so secretive it's known as the church with no name. >> from abc seven live breaking news. >> and that breaking news is the newest wildfire that has erupted in southern california. theupted hughes fire started around 11 this morning and has already scorched more than 9400 acres, threatening homes in the santa clarita and castaic areas. roughly 31,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. another 23,000 are under a warning. it

came right up to a water treatment plant, but firefighters appeared to have turned back the flames. >> now here is a live look at the hughes fire. again, it's at 9400 acres now, having spread very rapidly from the morning. and as you can see from these live pictures, the flames are still very intense and this fire is still spreading. and the wind there, those santa ana winds fanning these flames once again. >> so far, officials say no structures have been damaged. heavy smoke, though, did force a stretch of i-5 to close through the grapevine, however, it has just reopened. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. let's bring in abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya, there is a red flag warning, right? >> that's right. and dan and ama, that red flag warning has been extended until friday morning. so let me show you a live picture once again from that hughes fire that is burning, you can see that the fire is starting to move uphill. the winds are pushing the flames. let me show you kind of to give you a little more perspective as to where it is.

it is just north of santa clarita, 9400 acres. it is dry and gusty right now, 52 degrees. look at the relative humidity, 7%. and those winds are out of the northeast, gusting to 35 miles an hour, drying out the atmosphere even more so the red flag warning until 10 a.m. friday. gusty winds, very low humidity. you combine that with wind advisories and warnings that are up. and this is just going to be dangerous situation. and it's an advisory until 10 p.m. tonight. it becomes a warning from 10 p.m. tonight going into 2 p.m. thursday, looking at some of the other wind reports from the region, corral canyon park right now, 32 browns canyon. you will notice 44 miles an hour and the winds will remain gusty as we go. hour by hour. they actually start to ramp up tomorrow morning up to 40 and topping that, getting close to 50 there. and looking at thursday morning, i'll be back with a full look at the forecast locally here in the bay area with another frost advisory coming up. >> ama all right sandhya, we will check back. a fire

burned part of an apartment complex in san jose this afternoon. people had to evacuate and a cat was rescued. sky seven was overhead as firefighters appeared to be mopping up at the two story building on los gatos almaden road. eight units are uninhabitable. nobody was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> happening now. the school board in pacifica is discussing a proposal to shut down one school. the plan includes redirecting the sixth, seventh and eighth grades from ocean shores school to lacey middle school. it's about two miles away. some parents are fighting this closure, as you would expect, saying the district's financial problems are not severe enough by state standards to require the closure of this school. and a major shakeup to sonoma state university for the next school year. the university is cutting all of its athletics programs, all of them plus 22 degree programs and six departments. dozens of people will lose their jobs. abc seven news reporter monica madden is here. monica, this is really a

remarkable, remarkable slashing of programs at sonoma state. >> yeah, absolutely. and students today were shocked. sonoma state is facing a nearly $24 million budget deficit for the upcoming school year. the university's interim president said in a statement that the shortfalls are largely due to declining enrollment, which is down 38% from what it was a decade ago. in october, the university reported it had just under 5100 students enrolled, but its peak enrollment was nearly 2500 back in 2015. now, the university says previous cuts were not enough, and that is compounded by potential funding reductions to the entire california state university university system that governor gavin newsom is proposing. nearly two dozen majors, ranging from economics to physics, art, history, theater. they're all on the chopping block. the university has 14 different ncaa division two sports teams, but all of those are going to be gone by fall. the university

says it's going to help athletes who want to transfer, but if any of them want to stay, they'll remain eligible for receiving scholarships if they meet the current terms of their scholarship. now, many students are scrambling to figure out what is next. like one student athlete who tells us neither the coaches nor teams were given any heads up. >> one of the big reasons why i'm here at sonoma state is for athletics and is for baseball. if i wasn't playing baseball, perhaps i may have chosen a different university, but i never really would have known that. but i am planning on looking at the opportunities and options i have to play baseball at another at another university. >> in addition to the programs being cut, 46 faculty members will not get their contracts renewed for next fall. 12 staff and four management positions are also being eliminated. now, the university is having a town hall meeting to discuss these cuts next thursday at 1:30 p.m. that will be held at the student center ballrooms on campus. dan.

>> all right. monica, thank you so much. we are on to day three of the new trump administration, and we are keeping up with all the latest changes. president trump is fulfilling promises made on the campaign trail. there are no more federal day jobs. president trump signed an executive order monday banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, effective today. the white house says all federal day workers are on paid administrative leave. the house today passed the lake and riley act, named for the 22 year old georgia nursing student who went out for a run and was killed by an undocumented venezuelan immigrant. he is now serving life in prison for murder. the bill would require federal authorities to detain undocumented migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, and give states the power to challenge federal immigration policies. the lake and riley act now goes to the president's desk and is likely to become the first law. he signs flights for refugees preparing to come to the u.s. have been canceled as part of the trump

administration's immigration crackdown. that's according to a memo ■from the state department. the move is expected to affect about 10,000 people who had already scheduled flights. officials say no additional travel bookings will be accepted here in the bay area, there are thousands of immigrants who are here legally but could face deportation if the trump administration fails to help them. they are afghan refugees who are in the u.s. as humanitarian parolees. abc seven news reporter anser hassan went to fremont, where a large number of them live. >> parts of fremont are often referred to as little kabul for a reason. it's home to one of the largest afghan communities in the u.s, a large number of whom are currently in the united states as humanitarian parolees. >> i have family members among the humanitarian parolees, and i'll say that they are terrified right now. >> haris mojaddidi is an afghan community advocate. he says lost in the discussion of daca dreamers in the u.s. mexico border are the millions of afghans who risked their lives to help the u.s. military for more than 20 years because of

the americans hasty withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021, the u.s. resettled more than 100,000 afghans as humanitarian parolees. it was the main mechanism to grant them temporary legal status. with the promise of citizenship. >> we would have thousands of folks in the bay area that that have arrived here under humanitarian parole. >> mojaddidi says congress failed to pass meaningful legislation to create a legal pathway to citizenship. the concern now that under the second trump administration, there will be even less political will to do so, and that may force many back to afghanistan. >> these are folks that supported our u.s. mission. they supported our armed service members throughout the 20 years that the u.s. was in afghanistan. and we've made a promise. and to send these people back to afghanistan isn't just cruel, it's a death sentence. >> the fear in the community is so high that stores that were once open to the media won't even allow us inside, saying

they don't want to expose members of the community or make anyone a target. mojadidi says many afghans end up in the east bay because afghan americans have built up institutions and support services to help new arrivals. but, he adds, in addition to the anti-immigrant rhetoric across the u.s, afghans are also targets because many are muslim. >> for these parolees, there's, you know, an inherent bias, whether it's because of their faith or their culture, the sort of fear that there is sort of inherently whether it's islamophobia, whether it's anti-immigrant rhetoric. >> he ends by saying, even if congress doesn't act, afghan americans will continue to do the work of resettlement. in fremont, anser hassan abc seven news. >> the new trump administration means a lot of changes. we are keeping track of the first 100 days, and you can too, at abc seven news.com and on the abc seven bay area app. >> coming up next, the new lawsuit against bart from the family of a woman killed on a station platform. they want to

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evacuation orders or warnings? orders and warnings are in place in both los angeles and ventura county. people are being told to get out of harm's way here as this fire continues to spread. again, these are live pictures the fire sparked near castaic. it sits right along interstate five, not far from the grapevine section of i-5. northbound lanes on i-5 just reopened a short time ago. so again, this fire is really spreading. it's the last thing. of course, people in the southland need, but with spreading, you can't get a break and the wind is kicking up again. >> yeah. so let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the latest. sandhya. >> yeah. and ama and dan, we're seeing explosive growth in this fire in just a matter of hours. and i want to show you a live picture once again from that, that hughes fire burning near castaic and l.a. county. over 9000 acres now. and this fire is going to continue to have some erratic behavior. so take a look as to why relative humidity is 7%. that's bone dry. you have

northeasterly winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. that santa ana wind is a very drying wind as it comes down the mountains and moves towards the valleys, you get heating due to compression and drying out of the air mass even more. unfortunately, our air mass. well, let's just say it was cold and frosty this morning. our coldest locations fairfield napa airport and also basically 20 upper 20, excuse me, 30 degrees in livermore, 37 in san jose. we do have another frost advisory going up from 11 p.m. tonight until 9 a.m. thursday. not quite as cold, but we certainly will have parts of the bay area and the north and east bay seeing some frost in the morning. temperatures as low as 35 degrees. so if you wake up and you see a little bit of ice on the lawn, you'll know what it is or on your windshields. as we take a look at the setup here, this area of low pressure just kind of spinning over the pacific, but high pressure is still the controlling factor. and that's going to keep the dr,

gusty winds going in southern california right on through friday morning. which is why that red flag warning was extended from our santa cruz camera. beautiful view right now. temperatures 56 in san francisco, 63 in san jose, 57 in oakland, 54. half moon bay. by the way, our warmest spots today in the 70s, places like san jose and redwood city. pier 39 cameras showing you a clear view right now. our coolest spots 45 in fairfield and 48 in petaluma. everybody else in the 50s and one other live picture from our okay camera overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. cold again. areas of frost tomorrow afternoon. sunny and mild to warm. and then saturday turns windy and cooler. we're going to keep in a slight chance of a few sprinkles. we go hour by hour. 7:00 tonight. 40s and 50s heading into 9 p.m. more areas will start to notice the 40s under clear skies. the heat is just going to radiate back into the atmosphere. temperatures down to the 30s in the coldest locations, even some thinin the morning

tomorrow afternoon, though, bouncing back nicely with 60s and 70s and then cooling again in the evening, looking at your morning temperatures down to the low 30s in places like fairfield, mid 30s, santa rosa, livermore, 29 degrees in ukiah. so bundle up in the morning tomorrow afternoon. i think you can shed that extra layer. look at the highs in the low 60s to the low 70s with wall to wall sunshine. now we are watching high pressure that is going to control our weather until friday. it starts to weaken and we start to notice an onshore wind flow. a lot more cloud cover, cooler weather. here comes saturday's system from the north. sierra gets snow. southern california gets rain. potential for mudslides down south. for us here in the bay area, we're just looking at the potential for a few sprinkles as we head into saturday night and sunday. but down south, up to a half an inch of rain expected there. here's your accuweather seven day forecast and it is going to be a chilly morning, but a mild day. cooler friday saturday and then the temperatures will come up a few degrees next week.

closer to average. dan and ama. >> nice though. >> yeah, absolutely. >> thanks to the south bay w where san jose police say they have taken down a criminal operation that targeted aapi households. the victims in several south bay cities had their homes burglarized. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with one of the victims and has more on why police called this burglary ring sophisticated. >> dozens of neighbors in west san jose say they're living in fear. >> we don't feel safe. >> that's because this san jose man was one of many in the south bay targeted by what police call a sophisticated burglary ring. >> over the last seven months, beginning in june, an organized burglary crew specifically targeted asian households in west san jose, cupertino, saratoga, campbell and mountain view. >> wednesday, police announced that three suspects connected to nearly 80 south bay burglaries have been arrested, but that based on evidence, the trio is only a small part of a larger burglary crew. a crew, police say case neighborhoods and targeted homes occupied by aapi

families. >> their typical method of entry involved entering through rear yards and glass sliding doors. >> it happened to pirog and his family in november. while they were out to dinner, they came home to find their patio door broken and their master bedroom ransacked. >> took all the valuables mainly, you know, a lot of, you know, important items that were passed on from generation to generation. >> the neighbors started noticing a pattern when more of them began sharing an online community. groups at their homes had been burglarized. >> they have same stories, similar ways the burglary happened. we collected some evidence, shared evidence. we found out this same group of guys, right. and that's why we talk with san jose pd. >> eventually, detectives served search warrants in stockton, hayward and french camp and found 700 pieces of jewelry, large amounts of foreign money, purses, watches and stolen firearms. police say the total loss is estimated to be around $1 million. the suspects face 72 felony counts of burglary. >> it's a thick complaint. it's a heavy complaint, and it

reflects the weight and the seriousness of the crimes that these individuals committed. >> the district attorney says the suspects could face life in prison if convicted. >> it's going to take some time to recover, but at least i think this is a very meaningful first step. >> police believe they'll link other unsolved burglaries to the crew, and ask anyone with more information to come forward. in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> bart is being sued for the death of a woman who was pushed in front of a train last summer. 72 year old corazon dandan was heading home from her night shift as a telephone operator at a union square hotel. she was at the powell street bart station, where she was pushed, hitting an oncoming train and the platform with fatal consequences. a homeless man was arrested and charged with murder. abc seven news reporter tim johns is on the story. >> bart, you're on notice. you have to make riders safer. >> powerful words outside the

powell street bart station in san francisco on wednesday, the family of corazon dandan held a news conference alongside their lawyers to announce a lawsuit against the transit agency. corazon was killed after being pushed into a bart train at the powell street station last july. police charged a homeless man in her death. >> she has no bad bone in her body that i can that i can think of. >> the lawsuit laying out reasons the family believes bart should be held responsible. chief among them, they say bart failed to keep its riders safe and its stations secure. the lawsuit claiming the man who pushed corazon had been known to bart police and previously banned from entering the powell street station. >> he had been in trouble multiple times. he was known to bart. he was told not to ride. he was a gate jumper. there are a lot of people like him around. >> since her passing, corazon's family says the emotional pains they've endured has oftentimes been unbearable. corazon's nephew alvin, saying he was the one who got the call from the hospital staff that night in july to say his aunt had died.

>> that's the first trauma uh- emotional trauma that i've suffered. the second one was delivering the news to the six siblings. >> one of those six siblings is corazon's brother, danilo. after they both immigrated from the philippines. danilo says his sister was his closest friend here in the bay area. now, he and his family want to make sure what they've gone through isn't experienced by anyone else. >> i always remember her, you know, especially, you know, the last, you know, christmas and new year. we always been together. >> the dandan family says while bart has made improvements since corazon's death, there's still more things they would like to see done. as for bart itself, they say they are not commenting on this matter in san francisco. tim jonze, abc seven news. >> it will soon cost you more to log on to netflix. the price increase comes as the streaming service prepares to host more

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are in the mix for outstanding pastry chef, and san francisco's true laurel is nominated for outstanding bar. nine bay area restaurants are up for outstanding california restaurants. good luck to you all. well, while we're talking awards, tomorrow is oscar nominations day. they'lls be announced. you can watch it live on gma and streaming online. the nominations announcement was delayed several weeks because of this month's wildfires in southern california. the oscars award ceremony is sunday, march 2nd. hosted by conan o'brien. it will be live right here on abc seven and for the first time, live streaming on hulu as well. >> coming up next, the abc7 news i-team with an update on the church with no name, a religious sect accused of sexual abuse. >> richard, it's been reported you have 70 victims. is that true? >> there was a number and there's probably two too many to number. many of those didn't even know. it's hard to explain. >> the fbi is now investigating,

but former members want to know why isn't the church itself

more than 9400 acres since it started about 11 a.m. this it morning. evacuations span los angeles and ventura counties, with about 31,000 people ordered to evacuate. >> this fire is burning near the santa clarita and castaic areas as fast as it has spread so far. officials say the flames haven't damaged any structures. it did, though, come right up to a water treatment facility, but it appears firefighters were able to protect that facility. the weather, though, remains a big concern, with a red flag warning extended into friday. >> the weather is what's predominantly driving this fire and its spread right now. the situation remains dynamic and the fire remains a difficult fire to contain. although we are getting the upper hand. >> so some encouraging news. a stretch of interstate five was closed through the grapevine, but officials were working to

open it. >> and southern california is still recovering from its worst wildfires ever. the fires that burned pacific palisades and pasadena to help the recovery efforts. just scan this qr code that you can see on your screen right here. that's going to take you to a list of verified and vetted organizations that are helping the survivors. >> let's move on now. new details are being shared with the abc7 news i-team about a religious sect facing widespread allegations of sexual abuse. they're known as the two by twos or the church with no name. >> and earlier this year, abc seven news uncovered the group's following here in the bay area. >> how would you describe this organization? they use fear and manipulation. this organization. >> literally hurts my stomach. >> uncomfortable topics are swept under the rug. >> all right. i-team reporter stephanie sierra is here now with more on this. >> yes. the fbi has been investigating this church for nearly a year now. in june, we spoke with several of the leaders within the ministry, and

they made it clear they do notnd think the fbi's investigation into alleged child sexual abuse was necessary. denying there were made aware of any of the allegations. now, it's important to note this church often calls themselves the truth. but tonight you'll hear why some former members question who's really being honest. are sick. >> secretive? >> sick. i mean, i'm just broken. like i could just cry right now. >> his type was small framed brunet girls. >> this is where i absolutely blame the truth for all of this. >> oh. >> these are the voices of former members of a religious sect known as the two by twos. or the church with no name. these women described experiences of alleged sexual abuse by ministers or members when they were children. >> how often would this happen? >> on a week to week basis? it would happen about two times a week or more. >> laura lee brown says unlike

other religious institutions, the two by two leadership will live in the homes of their followers for periods of time, giving easy access to young children. in june, we spoke with a veteran minister based in washington state who presided at one of the church meetings in san martin. i've talked with numerous former members who say they have been sexually abused by ministers who were staying in their home at the time. many of them say it went on for years. what's your response after hearing that? >> well, i never saw it. and knowing the quote, church leadership, i find that very difficult to believe. and in the multitude of years that i've been in it, it's never been a problem. >> how do you know it hasn't been a problem? >> it's never been a problem that i'm aware of. obviously it could have been, but i wasn't aware of it. >> i said, you're lying to me, man. >> after watching our story,

former member bart cook says he reported his own alleged assault and attempted rape by another minister to leaders within the ministry, but nothing was done. >> through me on the bed. pinned me down and started grinding into me. he had this rage in his face and i, i had the sense he's about ready to rape me. and i, as a farm boy, 19 year old farm boy, i couldn't even fathom what was happening. >> cook says after he left the church, one of the leaders in the ministry met with him, trying to convince him to come back. cook refused and says instead he wrote a ministry leader a letter raising concerns about other alleged sexual abuse within the ministry. but he says he never got a response. years later, he said he confronted that church minister about it at a conference. >> in that letter i told you about about two rapists that were in the in the church, one of them still in in your fellowship. and he goes, i never got the letter and i don't know

who you are. i've never met you in my life. i said, you're lying to me, man. >> in that letter, cook listed concerns about two members, both brothers, richard and ronald schober, convicted of child sex crimes. court documents show richard was convicted of inappropriately touching a minor in the 1980s, and he says he served time in prison. richard says he's been affiliated with the church ever since. up until two years ago, i spoke with him over the phone. >> i have done my time. i have gone through very extensive eight year program. i've done 15 months in prison. i've done 15 years on a sex offender registry. >> have you received any allegations of sexual abuse since that time? >> absolutely not. >> well, he says he hasn't received any allegations since his conviction. he admits there were more victims than that one child. >> richard, it's been reported you have 70 victims. is that true? >> there was a number, and there's probably two too many to

number. many of those didn't even know. it's hard to explain. it is. some of them wasn't even aware that i had touched them. i'm being real honest here. >> wow. wow. >> cynthia liles, a private investigator working with the fbi, says families have been trying for years to warn church leadership about richard over the course of her two year investigation. she says more than eight of his alleged victims have come forward. she says the ministry was made aware of it, and one of the leaders even visited him in prison. >> he was aware of his conviction. he was fighting with a family that was trying to get him removed from the congregation. >> i'm not surprised that he can't count them. when we initially visited with him, he told us it was one. and then at the end of the conversation, he told us hundreds and my. my reaction is it's nauseating.

it's completely nauseating. >> jen ford is a former two by two member who tried to file a restraining order against richard after she claims he was stalking her youngest children. she says richard lives 12 miles away from her in alaska. >> the most disturbing thing to me, in hindsight, is that the minister knew all about richard. that's so disturbing to me that somebody claiming to be a man of god would do something with such harmful potential with not just my children, but any children, any child. >> richard claims he did nothing wrong and the restraining order was never granted. >> do i have regrets about what's happened? yes. i have lived with it for 40 years now. this is like a shadow over me. every time i see a child, i feel it again. >> richard denied the ministry, tried to hide his prior conviction and put children at risk. but the 79 year old did claim another member abused him when he was young.

>> i was ten years old. it happened in the in the dorm at the church convention. >> are you still affiliated with the religious sect? >> no comment. >> in some areas they seem to be working hard to get perpetrators back in meetings, even though members of the community are pushing back on the ministry. >> according to cook's letter, richard's brother ronald is also a longtime two by two member. court records show. in the late 80s, ronald was convicted of first degree statutory rape and four counts of indecent liberties. he was sentenced to eight years in prison. newspaper reports indicate those crimes involved child patients of his chiropractic practice between the ages of eight and 11 years old. more than three decades later, records show ronald was convicted again, this time third degree criminal sexual assault of a mentally impaired victim in 2021. we tried to reach him but haven't heard back. concerns of the schober brothers convictions

were laid out in detail in cook's letter to a member of church leadership. we reached out to him, but he denied ever receiving the letter or meeting cook. >> that's impossible. who? he didn't know who bart was. that's impossible. he was in his geographical area where all connected. a lot of us are related. it's just impossible to me that he didn't know who he was. and bart had offered for the ministry. the thing that's been most striking to me is the level of deception and denial on the part of the ministry. you would expect more from men of god. >> the two by twos are also known as the truth by its followers, given they believe it's the only true way to find salvation. >> they make it a scary place to leave. >> yet former members say they're struggling to find any honesty and, more importantly,

change. in june, i asked one of the church ministers about that. from your perspective, what do you think it will take to see real change from all this? >> well, i. i don't word change because there's a lot of things about the fellowship that cannot change. >> right now. advocates for the truth is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to support alleged survivors of the two by two ministry. and the organization says 910 perpetrators have been reported across the world to date. now, we worked with our partners at abc news and nightline impact investigating this developing story. you can watch their documentary, the secrets of the two by two church, streaming now on hulu. now, following the release of that documentary, abc news has learned this two by two

member raymond zwiefelhofer, a tech ceo in arizona, was convicted on ten counts of possessing material of child sexual abuse. he was sentenced to 120 years in prison. as for the fbi investigation, it does continue here locally with interviews happening here in the bay area this month. >> all right. i know you'll appreciate this story. >> thank you. >> stephanie. yeah. well. >> you can get in touch with stephanie and the i-team anytime you wish. just go to i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line.

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sponsored by toyota. we are less than a month to the big event. you can watch live right here and everywhere you stream. abc7 san francisco's chinese new year parade is the largest lunar new year parade outside of asia, and abc7 is a proud new broadcast sponsor. >> very proud of that. and abc7 news anchor don lemon went to chinatown today to show you how the parade celebrations are expected to be bigger and better than ever. >> beneath the red lanterns high above grant avenue, the excitement for this year's chinese new year parade is palpable. >> this is what we look for as a chinese american. we're always looking forward to share our

culture with the world. >> reporter more than 200,000 people are expected to attend from around the globe. the largest chinese new year parade outside of asia. we ran into these visitors from minnesota. >> we really relish the chances that we have to experience other cultures. minnesota is has some diversity, but certainly not as much as here in san francisco. and yeah, this is just a great opportunity. >> it's also a time of renewal as symbolized by the year of the snake. donald loo, president of the chinese chamber of commerce, says this is the time of year for small businesses in the neighborhood and nearby, such as eastern bakery, which just celebrated 100 years in business in 2024. >> for some, businesses, generate as much as a third of their annual revenue. >> very excited for that. >> this year, the legendary actress and longtime san francisco resident joan chen kicks things off with the lighting of the ceremonial firecrackers as grand marshal and veteran dancing with the stars judge carrie ann inaba will round out the parade as abc seven grand marshal for closing

ceremonies. daniel lurie, the first san francisco mayor to hold his inauguration celebrations in chinatown, will serve as honorary grand marshal for the chinese chamber. it's a time to show off the city to the world. >> it's an opportunity for san francisco in a certain sense, because the partnership with abc seven is going to bring us to more platforms.to bring us to >> there are chinese new year festival celebrations happening through the beginning of march all across the city, including this snakes on parade, one of them outside of the chase center. organizers also have a few all new events on their calendar. >> we brought in the drone show coming. it's going to be symbolized the dragon and the snake together. >> as we left chinatown, it wasn't hard finding people from all backgrounds who were ready to be part of the chinatown community. >> i think it's a wonderful thing for everybody to come together and celebrate when you need to be with family and enjoy your time together here. >> in chinatown. >> by choice. >> dion lim, abc seven news.

>> again, 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 stream abc seven news. >> are we in for another cold morning tomorrow? sandhya is tracking the temperatures where you live and giving you a sneak peek at the

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burning near castaic. the fire started around 11 a.m. and has burned more than 9000 acres, but no buildings have been damaged.t >> evacuation orders and warnings are in place in parts of both los angeles and ventura counties, affecting about 50,000 people. this map highlights those areas red for orders. those are mandatory yellow for warnings. voluntary. voluntary evacuations i-5 runs through the evacuation zone and it has been reopened. >> of course, we've been following the weather down there, but we want to focus on our forecast here. >> yes, it's going to be cold again tomorrow morning. sandyha patel is here with that. >> absolutely. ama and dan, we have a frost advisory going up for the north and east bay valleys tonight into tomorrow morning. but let's focus on the rain this month. it has been dismal. san francisco is heading

towards its third driest january on record. 19 hundredths of an inch, 6% of normal. look at oakland. 6%. only 11 hundredths in san jose, 5% of where you should be. on live doppler seven. no rain to speak of. tomorrow morning it's cold. tomorrow afternoon it's sunny and mild to warm. 60s and 70s. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. we're going to go with a dry pattern saturday. there is a possibility of a few sprinkles. it's certainly going to be gusty and much cooler. and then next week we're back to dry again. dan and emma. yeah thanks. >> all right. sports director larry beil is here. hey, larry. >> hey, did you have a big brother? >> no, i was the big brother. >> oh, so you were the one doing jabbing and being a pest, right? it's big brother. maybe it's big brother versus little brother. tonight, with the warriors visiting the kings in sacramento. problem for the dubs is that little brother has a better squad right now, while the warriors just

there down. that is what the sacramento kings are thinking. heading into tonight's norcal rivalry hosting the warriors. the kings have been revitalized since they made the coaching change. while the dubs are just trudging, trudging, trudging along. kings have won eight of their last ten since replacing mike brown with doug christie. now, in their earlier meeting this season, the kings beat the dubs by 30. warriors ravaged by injuries. they play a lot of close games. they lose a lot of close games. the kings know this

is the perfect time to take advantage of a struggling opponent. >> obviously, you don't want to be that team that you know lets a team right their wrongs. so we have to go in and obviously continue to play the way we play them. but like i said, you want to you want to in this league, you got to be able to kick teams while they're down. >> so harsh. jimmy butler has been suspended yet again by the miami heat. this time it's two games for missing a team flight. before that. you know, conduct detrimental to the team. butler came back from the seven game suspension. he demanded a trade. the phoenix suns are the team to look out for here. they're expected to make a strong offer for a deal to acquire butler. the a's they've added a hall of famer to their staff. dave stewart will serve as a special assistant for player development. stu was the ace of the oakland staff back in the late 80s. he's an oakland native. at one point was trying to buy the oakland coliseum site. and maybe stu can teach that infamous death stare. after the season, the jacksonville jaguars fired their head coach, doug peterson. they kept former

niners gm trent baalke. but today, after a top head coaching candidate pulled out of consideration, the jags realized balkey is the problem. that's the reason nobody wants to join the team. so they got rid of him. robert saleh is now rumored to be the top nominee for the position, even though the 49 ers would love to bring him back as defensive coordinator. on monday, the lions lost their offensive coordinator ben johnson. he's going to the bears today. they lost their defensive coordinator aaron glenn to the jets. this is what happens when you're successful glenn played quarterback for the jets from 1994 to 2001. kansas city chiefs one game away from the super bowl, again hosting the buffalo bills sunday in the afc championship game. is there a patrick mahomes bias from the refs? he got a couple of favorable roughing the passer penalties here. two players collide. they didn't hit him, but the two players were called for roughing. and this was against the texans. it sparked the debate that holmes mahomes discussed today. >> i don't feel that way. i mean, i just try to play

football. at the end of the day, the referees are doing their best to call the game as, as fair and as proper as they possibly can. and all you can do is go out there and play the game that you love as hard as you can and live with the results. and so for me, it's to go out there, play hard, try to do whatever i can to win the football game and then live with the results based off my effort. >> so tell me if you've seen this before. hockey game caps oilers in edmonton corey perry scores caps. goalie logan thompson was distracted by. you know what those are no nachos that were thrown on the ice. control your nachos please. the play should have been whistled dead. you know, a foreign object on the ice. the refs let it continue. the goal was scored. caps still won the game and presumably enjoyed a plate of nachos afterwards. >> served hot? yes, absolutely. >> that's a very good point. anyway, better than a squid or whatever. >> oh, yeah. >> that's in detroit. yeah. the octopus? >> yeah. the octopus. yeah.

thanks. all right, all right. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel, larry beil, all of us here. we appreciate your time. have a great night. we'll see you at 11. is it possible to be more capable? and more practical? be able to perform here. and here. make a statement while barely making a sound.

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