state's new day lighting law. >> always live. abc7 news starts right now. >> it's not a question of if, but when a natural disaster will strike the bay area. are we prepared? the bay area's biggest county says yes. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the southern california wildfires have really highlighted a plan approved less than a year ago in the south bay, and it could help santa clara county prepare for a similar disaster. >> abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on the plan that aims to protect lives and properties when an emergency strikes. >> the southern california wildfires have brought a daunting reminder to communities across the state that they could face the same. in santa clara county, officials remind that its cities face not just wildfires, but earthquakes, floods and even tsunamis. but the same county plan that highlights and informs of those threats is also a roadmap in navigating them. >> the multi-jurisdictional

hazard mitigation plan is a countywide plan that identifies risks and threats in our county, and it helps us learn what they are and how we can minimize the damage of any natural or human caused disasters. >> that plan brings together 18 cities in the county and also unincorporated areas, ranking the biggest risks each faces. collaboration that's key. in an area as big as santa clara county, with some cities at higher risk of certain threats than others. for example, the city of santa clara is at highest risk for earthquakes, followed by gilroy and morgan hill. palo alto, los gatos milpitas ranked some of the highest among the cities for wildfire risk. >> a overall whole community approach when we're doing this, because if there is an earthquake, for example, loma prieta, it didn't only affect that area of the county, it affected actually the whole bay. correct. but at least our whole county and all our cities and special districts understand that hazard risk levels. >> the most recent plan was approved in february of 2020.

for a hard or more official review is done every 2 to 5 years. still, the county said the plan is consistently monitored and updated in between, something it says is especially critical as officials and the entire community see events unfolding in southern california. >> we're very focused on making sure that we plan, prepare, mitigate so we can respond and recover from disasters. >> but it's not just governments that officials say have to have a plan. they remind everyone to protect themselves by having emergency plans and staying informed by signing up for emergency alerts in santa clara county. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> another busy day for firefighters in southern california in ventura county. the laguna fire started this morning not far from the cal state channel islands campus. it grew to 50 acres, but firefighters got it under control very quickly, pre-positioning their equipment and manpower helped them arrive within minutes. firefighters have stopped forward progress on the sepulveda fire. it broke out

last night by interstate 405 near bel air. the fire is holding right now at 45 acres and is 60% contained. evacuation warnings in bel air and brentwood have now been lifted, and firefighters are making some progress on the hughes fire near santa clarita and castaic. that's the one that broke out yesterday morning and spread so fast. it burned more than 10,000 acres, and containment is now up to 36%. roughly 50,000 people are under evacuation orders, but so far, the flames have not damaged or destroyed any structures. well, the weather is playing a huge role in these fires. and there is a red flag warning in effect until tomorrow morning. >> so let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel with a closer look at the conditions in southern california. sandhya. >> yeah, they're still facing dangerous fire weather conditions. let's take a look at the latest fire. the hughes fire. that is one of the larger ones. over 10,000 acres. but as you just mentioned, containment has increased to 36%. it is still gusty in this area right

now out of the east northeast to 38 miles an hour. single digit humidity, which is part of the concern. the red flag warning is going until 10 a.m. tomorrow. those gusty winds, low humidity, and of course, the drought that they're dealing with is part of the problem now. wind gusts in southern california have been anywhere between 75 and even 84 miles an hour down towards san diego county, even close to 90 miles an hour earlier in the day. as we look at the current winds, browns canyon 55 camp 952 going hour by hour. the winds are going to slowly continue to decrease into the night going into tomorrow. still remaining gusty. and then the fire danger will come down as those winds subside. the drought conditions have worsened, unfortunately, with the lack of rain here in january. southern california is in severe to extreme drought, and here in the bay area we have the abnormally dry, which is that yellow that has expanded from the inland east bay to the south bay and the santa cruz area. i'll be back to tell you

about the possibility of some wet weather here and in southern california. coming up. >> all right, sandhya, thank you so much. in just the last couple of hours, goverr newsom signed legislation providing $2.5 billion in disaster relief for the deadly los angeles wildfires. it will help evacuees immediately with things like shelter and, in the future, getting homes and schools rebuilt. abc seven news political reporter monica madden joins us now with how some fear this funding will actually put an even bigger target on california's back. monica. >> that's right. ama. the wildfire package had bipartisan support and got final passage in the state senate just this morning before the governor signed it later this afternoon. but partizan fighting still made its way onto the senate floor today for governor newsom's other policy, ask the so-called trump legal defense fund, which passed in the senate and now is heading to the assembly as new fires break out in southern california, governor gavin newsom is sending billions of dollars to help los angeles recover from the wildfires that decimated the area. >> this money will be made

available immediately. >> it comes a day before president donald trump is set to tour the wildfire damage in la. >> i hope he comes with the spirit of cooperation and collaboration. that's the spirit to which we welcome him. >> trump has threatened federal wildfire relief should come with conditions. democrats hinting at their disapproval of that earlier today. >> it's going to fast track the 2.5 billion to kick off the cleanup and to be able to start the rebuild. no red tape, no politics, no delays embedded in these dollars. >> hours before the bill became law, california state republicans slammed democrats simultaneous efforts to trump proof the state, which was the genesis for this special legislative session. >> we already have a tenuous relationship with the federal government. what this is doing is sticking them with a we're poking a stick in their eye with one hand and asking him for money with the other. >> it is. >> immigrant families who end up paying the price.

>> one democrat voted against the 25 million legal defense fund for the california doj. >> i feel personally that trump roofing is a missed opportunity to urge the president for meaningful change. >> state senator melissa hurtado was a yes vote on the other 25 million for immigration, legal and support services, but was reluctant. >> i urge us to tone down the rhetoric and collaborate because every word we say, every action we take, carries real consequences for real people. >> now, newsom says he is expecting the federal government to fully reimburse the state for the billions of disaster relief funding for la. the governor also says that he's planning to greet president trump on the tarmac tomorrow in los angeles, to try to speak to him. newsom says that he has reached out to trump since his election in november, but acknowledged that the two have not spoken since trump left left office in 2021. ama and dan. >> all right, monica, thanks very much. a legal setback today

for president trump in the battle over one of his executive orders. a seattle judge signed a temporary restraining order blocking the president's attempt to end birthright citizenship. it prevents trump's executive action from taking effect for two weeks. it was previously set to start in late february. also today, the first of 1500 active duty troops arrived at the southern border to monitor illegal border crossings. the trump administration has shut down processing centers in central and south american countries that allow migrants to apply to come to the u.s. legally. president trump has followed through on another campaign promise. today, he signed an executive order to release files related to the assassinations of former president john f kennedy. former attorney general robert f kennedy and martin luther king, jr. the jfk files are set to be released in 15 days. the rfk and mlk files within 45 days. the new trump administration is bringing a lot of change, of course, and we're keeping track of the first 100 days. and you

can too, at abc seven news.com and on the abc seven bay area app as well. >> new at six. tonight we bring you an elaborate story of fraud and greed, detailed in a newly unsealed 25 count federal indictment. a former tech ceo and his lawyer wife charged with fraud, conspiracy, identity theft and more. alex beckman's linkedin page shows he co-founded game on an ai chatbot in san francisco in 2014. the indictment reads, quote beckman's statements to game on investors often described revenue that never existed, cash balances that were vastly inflated, and customer relationships that were not real and otherwise greatly exaggerated. end quote. now, the scheme allegedly began in april of 2022. beckman and valerie law are accused of using hundreds of thousands of dollars on personal expenses. things like his kids private school, a black tesla model x jewelry, social clubs and multi-million dollar houses in san francisco. the indictment suggests some

crimes were even caught on camera. this photo you see e shows law at a chinatown bank last june allegedly planting a fake account statement. hours later, beckman arrived at the bank with an investor, and that fake statement showed a closing balance of more than $13 million. in reality, the account had $25.93. the scheme fell apart last july, according to this article by gamesbeat. when the game on board discovered the missing money and pushed beckman to resign. a month later, lowe's employer started asking her questions about what happened. the indictment says she lied and tried to cover up their tracks by deleting emails and data from a hard drive on her company laptop. today, the couple was arrested and charged in federal court in san francisco. >> a lot more coming for you. you've heard of traffic bottlenecks? how about neck down? it's a deliberate road design, but it's causing a lot of confusion in san francisco. >> and today is the deadline for rvs to move or be towed in san

jose. it's part of a

after someone painted curbs red along several streets in san francisco's richmond district, and city officials say it wasn't them. the fake red zones are also confusing residents because of the state's new day lighting law. it's a mystery as to who did it, and as abc seven news reporter tim johns explains, it's also an expensive problem to fix. >> walk down balboa street in san francisco's richmond neighborhood, and you can't help but notice several newly painted red curbs. the only problem thed

san francisco municipal transportation agency says many of them are fake, painted red by an unknown person or people. >> it's extremely inappropriate, and i don't think it's acceptable to do such things. i hope it's illegal. >> local resident ray zarkova tells us she was confused when the red curbs popped up seemingly overnight this week. as you can see, sfmta has had to start repainting some of these fake curbs. gray again. that's because whoever did this made some of them much longer than the 20ft that's actually required by the state's day lighting law. and that fact has frustrated a lot of local residents. >> it's already extremely hard to park in san francisco. there is no, like, public parking in neighborhoods. >> sfmta says many of the fake curbs were originally spray painted red. a spokesperson for the agency said they had to send crews out to repaint them and make them the proper length. in a statement, sfmta expressed frustration over being forced to do that, saying responding to these incidents is stretching

our resources thin and causing confusion among residents to comply with the state's day lighting law. we need to be focusing our limited resources where they matter most, which is most immediately in school zones to provide safe crossing to kids. those frustrations were also shared by other people in this neighborhood.er people in >> the city is being forced to do something that they shouldn't have to be doing, and of course, that takes time and money. and so that's taking resources away from things that they might decide to be a better use of the money we pay in taxes. >> and amid the confusion, many just hoping whoever is responsible is caught. >> i really hope they can figure out who's actually doing this and why would they do it? is it someone within the neighborhood or is it just here? i don't know if it's throughout the city. >> sfmta says while they would ultimately like to daylight every intersection in the city, they currently don't have the funding to do that in san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. >> a new road configuration is annoying drivers in san francisco's sunset district. this so-called neck down configuration is causing a lot

of confusion, as a two way street suddenly becomes a single lane on kirkham street between ninth and 10th avenues, cars must take turns, but drivers are never clear on whose turn it is. the answer is that vehicles traveling east away from the ocean are supposed to yield to those traveling west. the goal is to slow down drivers to make the streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians. >> i appreciate that we are attempting to do something to calm the street here. i think this particular iteration of it is confusing. the west side has to yield. east side doesn't know that. and so often there's a standoff and people don't know which way to go. so i think we tried something. i'm glad we tried something. i'd like to try something else. >> nobody wants a standoff. this is a trial as part of sfmta's slow streets program this summer, it will decide whether to keep the neck down in place. you got to really be paying attention. >> you do? that could fool you. >> and if you're not normally in that area, who goes first? >> should be a little confusing. all right, let's talk about the weather forecast. chilly in the

morning. warming up a bit by afternoon. >> are we already looking to the weekend? i'm just checking. >> aren't we always? >> why not? all right. ama and dan. let me show you a live picture right now. well, you may not like the changes that i'm about to tell you, but we definitely need some wet weather. here's a live view from our sky star camera. this is at fisherman's wharf. on top of that skystar wheel that you see moving around, giving you a pretty cool and unique view. today's high temperatures got up into the mid 60s to mid 70s. you know, while it is nice, it's not great that we are not getting the rain. we certainly need it in one of our wettest months of winter. and look at how far behind most areas have fallen. sfo 58% of average. oakland 53. san jose less than half of where you should be by this point. santa rosa is the only area that's still in the excess at 155 and san francisco, 91% of average since october 1st. so we are desperate for rain. it looks like we will start to see some changes in

the next week or so, but let's start with the immediate changes. high pressure still in control of our weather. that brought us the warmth today that's going to start to weaken. we are going to see cloudier conditions and cooler weather ahead. and then we'll talk about the rain chances. emeryville showing you a beautiful view right now. oakland 56. you're in the 60s from san francisco to san jose, 50 degrees right now in half moon bay and from our santa cruz camera. pretty quiet there on the coast. 58 in santa rosa, 52 petaluma. chillier spot is fairfield at 48 and you are at 54, in livermore. golden gate bridge camera clear view tomorrow. cloudier temperatures drop this weekend. possibility of showers and a gusty pattern is setting up for the weekend, with the strongest winds in the hills and the cooling continuing. so speaking of cooling tonight those temperatures are going to go from the 50s this evening to the 30s and 40s by tomorrow morning. but with the extra cloud cover not quite as chilly as it has been in days past. the other thing you're going to notice is because of the extra cloud cover and an onshore breeze, this is going to be cooler tomorrow

afternoon across the region, and that cooling will continue. your morning temperatures beginning anywhere from the mid 30s to the mid 40s. partly cloudy skies and then in the afternoon you're looking at partly to mostly cloudy temperatures in the 50s and the 60s. now here comes the changes. the first one is a wind advisory 10 p.m. tomorrow for the north bay hills. until sunday morning. gusts to 50 miles an hour. watch out as those winds ramp up. saturday morning 30 miles. calistoga 30. middletown. even getting stronger at times. and then in the evening, still gusty. you'll notice it becomes breezy sunday morning all the way down to the lower elevations. and this is when a trough drops in from the north and we have the opportunity for some spotty showers saturday morning. saturday afternoon. it's not widespread, but still the possibility. even some snow over mount hamilton. the showers potential continue into sunday morning. the models are going wetter as these newer models are coming in. and here's a look at the rainfall projection. anywhere from nothing measurable to about 15 hundredths of an inch of

rain. stay tuned. it's having a hard time dealing with this low. the accuweather seven day forecast. it's cooler. it's cloudier, windier for the weekend, and possibly some wet weather coming our way. certainly back to dry early middle part of next week, but not long. thursday we have another chance of rain. dan and ama. >> all right. we need it. yes. the chances we can get. absolutely. thanks, andrea. now to san jose and a deadline for some unhoused people living in rvs. today, those rvs must be moved or get towed away. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey looks at the program and why city officials say it's off to a great start. >> if you were to drive down chenoweth avenue in south san jose, you may notice some trees and trash. but you know what? you don't see rvs. this is what it looked like just two weeks ago. lined with some 30 lived in vehicles. but not anymore. >> those neighbors are happy that they're getting a little bit of relief. after months of a persistent vehicle encampment in the area. they're now getting a

break, and people are generally following the rules. >> early successes of the city's olive program addressing oversize lived in vehicles. chenoweth was the first area designated for a temporary no parking tow away zone after the two week warning period. mayor matt mehan says there was perfect compliance. >> we are opening a new safe parking site, the largest in the south bay, that will be open next month. we are opening over 1000 placements for various types of shelter in san jose this year, so we have more and more places coming online for people to go, but that has to be balanced with accountability. >> a hands on approach by the city requiring people to abide by a code of conduct and utilize safe, managed places. but advocate sean cartwright says it's not that simple. >> the people in the rvs had homes in those rvs. they had all their belongings. and now to even enter any program, they're reduced to one trash bag, one suitcase. how do you take everything that was in your rv and reduce it to that, even if

you wanted to enter a program? >> on top of that, cartwright and mehan both agree. many of these rvs are likely to just move to another part of town, with growing concerns over encampments along waterways and railroad tracks. she wants to see permanent solutions. >> people are just trying to move to wherever they think that they can survive. and sure, some people are going to take housing, but they're going to drop out of housing if people aren't graduating into permanent supportive housing, they are not going to stay in interim housing. they just don't. >> boyton avenue is next for enforcement, but mehan says most rvs are already gone. he hopes early compliance can lead to long term successes for the unhoused and the greater community in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> are you paying a fair price for an airline seat? some senators think you might not be, and they're ♪ (slow down) ♪ (♪) cut!!!! i get it! slow motion. slow down geographic atrophy. but we don't need gimmicks.

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coming in strong. they made for a day of gains on wall street. the dow jumped 408 points, closing at 44,565. the nasdaq picked up 44, while the s&p 500 reached a new record high, gaining 32 to end the day at 6118. three u.s. senators are asking two airlines, frontier and spir, to disclose whether they use customers personal information to manipulate pricing of seats.

senators maggie hassan, josh hawley and richard blumenthal made the claim in a letter to the airlines. they're calling for spirit and frontier to stop collecting personal information before showing fees. they say it undermines customers confidence, reduces competition, and prevents customers from accurately comparing prices. >> california is one of 15 states that today announced a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company over the opioid crisis. the $7.4 billion agreement is with purdue pharma and family that owns it. the company makes the addictive painkiller oxycontin. >> purdue pharma and the sackler family, under the guise of a mission to develop healthier communities, deceptively marketed opioids and played a major role in contributing to our nationwide opioid epidemic. their marketing and sales practices misled health care providers and patients about the addictive nature of opioids, and has led to overprescribing and serious addiction. >> the settlement will deliver

funding directly to communities across the country that have been affected by the opioid crisis. so many communities that money will go toward addiction treatment, prevention and recovery programs. >> coming up next, the debate over making streets safer in oakland. it's a topic that's under consideration as we speak. plus. >> the question was whether race mattered with regard to birthright citizenship. >> tonight, a history lesson about a san francisco story. for more than a century ago that made a difference to the entire

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to be hospitalized. so, schedule at vaxassist.com. that's the question oakland police are grappling with at a meeting underway right now. >> the police commission is considering changes to a policy that's been criticized by many, from the people who live there, all the way to the governor. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan explains what it is now and how it could change. >> the oakland police department may have a problem catching criminals, and it may be related to city policy. >> with this restrictive policy, we have had actually an increased number of people

fleeing the police. it's the failure to yield rate has gone up about 200%. >> oakland resident randy mandel is part of the north hill community association public safety committee, which has been involved in debates around changing the oakland police departments pursuit policy. >> and then also include burglaries and thefts such as commercial burglary and home burglaries. >> the oakland police department modified its pursuit policy in 2014, after an audit found that pursuits led to frequent crashes and injuries to bystanders and others. in 2022, then police chief leronne armstrong added language to terminate chases over 50 miles an hour unless granted permission from a watch commander. then in 2023, then oakland mayor xiang tao asked governor newsom to send in the chp to help fight crime. newsom says the chp has recovered more than $13 million in stolen goods and arrested more than 1400 suspects since then. but he says if the chp is going to stay, the city needs to loosen restrictions on opd's pursuit

policy. mandel agrees. >> that actually the pursuit policies and the risk assessment for both opd and chp are similar. so if there are risks to the pursuit, they're the same. >> after a series of community forums, the oakland police commission is set to make a decision at thursday night's meeting. in a statement to abc seven news, the chair of the commission states the commission is voting on the oakland police commission's comments and key areas for opd consideration following discussion and review of community input on the impact of proposed changes. community activists are concerned. >> we're not telling the whole truth to the community about what high speed chase. they do not solve crime. they do not prevent crime. >> the police commission will likely send over the decision to opd on friday in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> and you can get detailed information about what crime is like where you live with our abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. you'll find it at abc seven news.com, or on our abc seven bay area app as well.

>> one of the city's biggest conventions, the j.p. morgan healthcare conference, will return to san francisco in 2026. mayor daniel lurie called it a, quote, huge vote of confidence in our city when he made the announcement on social media. it comes one week after the 2025 conference wrapped up at the westin saint francis hotel in union square. city leaders say the event generates more than $90 million for the city's economy. >> birthright citizenship is getting a lot of attention right now. after president trump's executive order to rescind it. that order is currently on hold by a judge. that happened today. not everyone knows the role san francisco's chinatown had in making this a basic right in this country. if you're born in the u.s, you're automatically a citizen. abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez has a look at the history. >> you see the sign cameras zone over there? that is the location of where wong kim ark was born. >> the story of birthright citizenship as we know it today begins here on the corner of

grant avenue and sacramento street. >> wong kim ark was a person of chinese ancestry. born to chinese parents who were immigrants. >> wong kim ark was born in 1873. his parents, like many chinese immigrants, came to california for opportunities after the gold rush, but competition for jobs led to resentment. >> we have asian hate today. nothing like what they were 1870 to 1890. they were murder burned out, hung. massacred. >> the u.s. then passed the chinese exclusion act of 1882, preventing chinese laborers from coming into the country. >> so if you were a chinese in america after 1882, you were totally excluded not only from coming, but if you were here in america, you cannot be a naturalized citizen.

>> even though wong kim ark was born in the u.s, his citizenship was questioned in 1895 as he was coming back from a visit to china. he was detained at the port of san francisco. >> and they say, look, you might have been born in san francisco, but that doesn't make you a us citizen. yes, black people, white people, everybody else who's born in the united states is a us citizen, but not chinese. >> wong kim ark was a cook. he was in his early 20s. he had no money. so the community realized how important birthright citizep is for chinese in america. >> san francisco's chinatown at the time was run by a coalition of community groups. >> this is the chinese six company. this is the city hall for chinatown. >> the chinese six companies raised money from chinatown

residents and hired high powered lawyers. they took the case all the way to the supreme court. >> and the question was whether race mattered with regard to birthright citizenship. are you a birthright citizenship if you're born in the united states to noncitizen parents, even if you're not white? >> the country had been debating the issue throughout the 19th century. in the 1857 dred scott decision, the u.s. supreme court ruled black people born in the united states were not citizens. but then the civil war ended slavery, and the country adopted the 14th amendment. >> 14th amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states. a lot of courts said this is very clear. any person born in the united states is a citizen. it

doesn't say white people, doesn't say black people. it says all persons. and so it applies to chinese. >> the supreme court agreed. but those who want to get rid of birthright citizenship say the words subject to the jurisdiction thereof makes undocumented immigrants ineligible. >> to be subject to the jurisdiction of the united states. if we go and live outside the united states, the government still has some purchase over us. we have to file tax returns. a non-citizen who leaves the united states once they are outside the territory of the united states. the united states government has no authority over them and cannot require anything. here. we're talking about people who are here illegally. the children will be recognized as a citizen of whatever country those parents came from, but that doesn't mean they should be recognized as citizens of the united states. >> the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment doesn't say anything about your parents. it says any person who's born subject to the jurisdiction of the united states, even if the

parents have relationships to some foreign jurisdiction, the child doesn't. the child is born here. the child is subject to draft registration, subject to pay taxes. it doesn't say the parents have to be subject to the jurisdiction of the united states. >> birthright citizenship was later adopted by congress. >> they put it in the u.s. code. that means, regardless of whether it's right or wrong as a constitutional matter, it is the law as a matter of statute, unless congress wants to change it, which they can, it's going to stay. >> this is a picture. >> of my father. >> the debate is personal for norman wong. norman's father was either wong kim ark son or grandson. records of that time leave some doubt. >> i have a fractured. >> family history. >> that fractured history includes his mother. >> she was still.

>> 16, probably when they had to leave. >> the picture shows his mother's family with their bags packed during world war two. they were forced to leave their san leandro home and sent to a u.s. concentration camp in utah simply for being of japanese descent. >> you deny your own people their citizenship rights and live as a total underclass forever and their children. that's not supposed to be the american way. >> lyanne melendez, abc seven news. >> let's go. are we ready for some nominees? let's go. >> the nominees are and are not. many say, san francisco's jon chu, who directed wicked, was snubbed. next, see who did make the

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>> the road to gold is officially on. >> do you're green? >> i am. >> after delayed voting, we now know who will be competing for film's highest honors. >> hi, i'm annie. >> i'm yvonne. >> leading the pack with 13 nominations. the cartel musical amelia perez setting the record for the most nominations for a non-english language film. >> you're not willing to accept. i don't think it's worth talking next. >> the brutalist and wicked walking or flying away with ten nominees, each. >> defying gravity. >> rounding out the movies up for best picture. honora a complete unknown conclave. dune part two. i'm still here. nickel, boys. and the substance. >> there's been a slight misuse of the substance. >> demi moore and fernanda torres now facing off in the race for best actress. they both took home a globe for their roles in the substance and i'm still here. it's the most competitive category with cynthia erivo, mikey madison, karla sofia gascon mingo, who made history with her noms,

becoming the first openly trans actress to be nominated for an oscar. >> you can do anything. >> ariana grande, proving popular with oscar voters. she's nominated in the best supporting actress category, along with monica barbaro, felicity jones, isabella rossellini and award season favorite zoe saldana to accept in best supporting actor, we have yura borisov, edward norton, guy pearce, jeremy strong and odds on favorite kieran culkin for a real pain. >> i've just been in a real funk, i guess since she died. >> for performance by an actor in a leading role. >> that honor goes to adrien brody, colman domingo, ralph fiennes, sebastian stan and timothee chalamet. >> i crawled on six crooked highways. >> as for the snubs, big names like angelina jolie, nicole kidman, pamela anderson and denzel washington left out of the acting races. and no jon m chu for directing wicked. the question now who will walk away with a shiny gold statue? well, we don't know for sure. speculating is half the fun, and with not too many clear

frontrunners, this year's academy awards are shaping up to be must see tv. i'm joelle gargiulo, abc news. >> some really great movies and performances this year. 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. >> we are looking ahead to e weekend in sandhya's seven-day forecast. see whether you need to prepare for the possibility help with this health insurance stuff.

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half moon bay forever. seven farm workers killed and now a permanent memorial for the victims is being planned. today, the city unveiled three possible designs for a farm worker memorial garden. the community was invited to come see the designs in person and give their feedback. former half moon bay mayor joaquin jimenez says a tribute like this is long overdue. >> you know, it changed the lives of a lot of us. it changed the history of half moon bay. >> we continue to hear from the community that there's a need to honor not just the victims, but again, the farm workers on the coast. >> there isn't a set timeline for the project, because the city is still working to secure

the funding. the designs range in cost between half $1 million and more than $3 million. abc seven news reporter luz pena put together a powerful abc seven special after the shooting about the challenges farm workers face with housing and their living conditions. it's called hidden crisis. tragedy in half moon bay. you can stream it on demand on our abc seven bay area app. >> all right. one last check on our weather. >> yeah. meteorologist sandhya patel is back with that sandhya. >> yeah, dan and i didn't fl like january, that's for sure. take a look at the high temperatures for today. 74 degrees in san jose, 73, redwood city 70, ukiah. cloverdale. 60s elsewhere. i mean, close to 70. in oakland, concord, san francisco. above average for this time of year. looking at those temperatures right now, many of you still mild in the 50s and 60s. and then when we widen the picture, that arctic blast of air making it noticeable that we're standing out like la. much warmer compared to the rest of the country. 32 in atlanta right now. one more

day of the chill down there and then they should be recovering. live doppler seven showing you quiet weather right now. clouds will increase. tomorrow is cooler. upper 50s to the upper 60s. and then here comes the trough from the north that will bring much needed rain to southern california and snow to the mountains. for us, we have a chance of seeing some spotty showers between saturday and early sunday, but the concern down south is mudslides. and then next thursday we have another opportunity for rain. accuweather seven day forecast cooling it off. spotty shower chance this weekend and certainly turning windy. coming up ama and dan. >> all right. >> nice to get the rain tho. >> oh absolutely. we need it so sorely. >> thanks, andy. >> all right. sports director. you know who you are. they know. yeah. anyway, infamous. >> they're well. >> aware it's. >> been a thousand years. looks like patience will pay off for the san francisco 49 ers. with all signs pointing to robert sala returning to the niners as

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we're waiting and hoping for the expected return of robert saleh as defensive coordinator, but the niners had to sweat it out for a few days. saleh left the niners to become head coach of the jets, but was fired after

three and a half years, and then he was looking for another head coaching gig. almost ended up in jacksonville, but the expectation now is that he will return to the red and gold, likely as the highest paid defensive coordinator in the nfl at more than $4.5 million per season. the greatest shooter of all time will be in the all star game here in san francisco next month. in fact, steph curry, his numbers are down, but he was still voted on to the all star lineup. the starting team for the western conference. this is curry's 11th all star selection overall. voted in as a starter ten times. how is this for history? because steph will be the first warriors player to appear in a bay area held all star game since rick barry and the great nate thurmond back in 1967. steph averaging 23 points, six assists this season. numbers are a bit down, but that's because he's double triple quadruple teamed every game. here are the rest of the west starters shay gilgeous alexander, kevin durant, nikola jokic and lebron james who received the most votes in the

east. the starters are donovan mitchell, jalen brunson, karl-anthony towns, giannis and jayson tatum. the all star game is february 16th at chase center. well, the punch was a defining moment for the warriors three years ago. jordan poole the following summer was traded to the wizards and scored 38 against the dubs on saturday night in a losing effort. now, after the game, poole said i love those guys over there, paused and then said, i love most of those guys over there. an obvious reference to draymond green, who talked about it on his podcast. >> it's been three years. like, let's move on. you know, where's the love? we moved on like we're supposed to move on. man, i really am sorry. like, you know, it was that that statement was kind of like it was kind of like it was looking for some sympathy, you know what i'm saying? like, i kind of keep wanting to make me out to be the bad guy. move on, bro. like it is what it is. i'm sorry. like,

i shouldn't have punched him. >> there it is. where were you ten years ago today? well, hopefully at oracle arena, because klay thompson scored an nba record 37 points in the third quarter against the sacramento kings, 37 and one quarter, a perfect 13 for 13 from the field, nine of nine from beyond the arc. klay finished with 52 in a 126 101 victory. dubs could have used that type of performance from anybody last night against the kings earlier today. spurs and pacers in france. homecoming for victor wembanyama throwing it up to jeremy sohan for the oop. usually it's the other way around. look at wembanyama off the backboard to himself. 30 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, five blocks. freak of nature. spurs in a rout one 4110. all right. go to a game and win a porsche. right. last night in nebraska, a huskers fan hit a 94 foot putt baseline to baseline. dan look at this online. >> look at that. >> boom. >> wow.

>> drills it complete with the tiger woods fist pump. give that man the keys to a porsche. that car is worth about $74,000. and as luck would have it, coincidentally, they had another game where a guy had to make a half court shot. and i think he won money as well. he made it. so again, two guys doing, you know, miraculous things. >> talented people. yeah. >> we learned he can putt. and also they have a very flat even surface. >> yes. yes. you like that. you know, it's like augusta. >> didn't. >> move at all right. >> it's very smooth. >> about as fast as augusta. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> thanks, larry. all right. >> all right. tonight on abc seven at eight. it's extreme makeover home edition at nine. shifting gears, then back to back episodes of only murders in the building. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven, so you can get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that is it for this edition of abc seven news. 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. hope you have a wonderful evening and that we see you again at 11.

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a software engineer originally from buffalo, new york... a journalist from honolulu, hawaii... and a lecturer of history from banquete, texas... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny gilbert. and welcome to the finals of this year's "jeopardy!" champions wildcard. this two-game total point affair welcomes back both our second chance champions from this season-- will yancey and drew goins-- along with mehal shah, a two-game winner from his original run, all three of whom are now just two games away from the final spot in next week's tournament of champions. and that's a goal that must've seemed so far off and so unlikely when they left this stage defeated after their original appearances. but they have proven themselves in this tournament with some excellent game play. and i'm convinced we are going to see a fantastic final.