now abc seven mornings live. >> now at six, a potential major shift for public safety in the east bay. a big decision ahead for oakland's new police chief. >> president trump set to tour the devastation caused by the los angeles wildfires, as he keeps threatening to withhold aid for recovery. >> plus, protecting people in the bay area's biggest county from natural disasters. the plan in place to make sure santa clara county is ready to react. >> good morning. you made it to friday, january 24th. >> yeah. and first, let's get a check of the weather with jeanne. >> so the milder yesterday is going away. cooler air starts to arrive this afternoon, and that cooldown will continue into the weekend. here's a live look from our east bay hills camera, where we do have clear skies. good visibility. we'll look at concord this morning. 35 degrees right now. high humidity. visibility is great, but it is chilly right now. no frost advisories or freeze warnings currently in effect, but you'll notice it does feel cooler compared to yesterday. brisk to

say the least. 30s and 40s right now. 40 in oakland. we're down to 39 in palo alto. 34 in fairfield. good morning. napa coming in with a temperature of 37 degrees. so you'll notice throughout the afternoon we will find clouds streaming in as that cold front moves through northern california. that's bringing in the cooler air later on today. temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. but this afternoon, this is where we pretty much should be for this time of the year. a mix of sun and clouds today 59 and half moon bay. we'll go to 60 in the city, 62 in oakland, 63. in fremont, a high of 61. in napa. now, rain does return to california this weekend. we could see an isolated shower here locally. we'll talk about that in seven minutes. let's check in with gloria. see those drive times this morning? >> good morning to you. drew. good morning to everybody at home. happy friday to you. definitely feeling like friday out there on the roads because you can get a live look here at our bay bridge toll plaza camera. you'll see that it is pretty open out here. we usually see more traffic this time of the morning, but it is friday

light. metering lights are on. they flipped on about 5.40 this morning, and you won't have any backups or delays getting to the city. highway four to san francisco. 35 minutes and looking live at our golden gate bridge camera. also no issues here this morning. road was wide open. you also won't have any issues with fog or high winds today. so good news all around guys. >> thank you gloria. this morning a major shift in public safety is being considered in the east bay as oakland's police chief grapples with one of his first major decisions. last night, he heard from the public about a proposal which would change the rules on when police can chase people suspected of crimes. and he gave his own thoughts on all this. abc seven news reporter lena howland is joining us in the studio. and, lena, people have strong feelings. >> reggie. that's right. oakland's pursuit policy has fueled multiple passionate town halls. and last night, it was the police chief's turn to weigh in at the oakland police commission meeting, police chief floyd mitchell said the current pursuit policy is 11 years old. this comes just weeks after governor newsom said the city is

in danger of losing their partnership with the california highway patrol. if this policy is not changed, he wants officers to be able to pursue in more circumstances. that's why chief mitchell proposed changes that would allow for pursuits to go more than 50mph. officers would also now be allowed to chase suspected burglars and sideshow participants, but not everyone is on board. >> it may feel better to feel like you can chase the bad guys. it's dangerous for people who live in this city. it's dangerous for the city's budget. >> i don't want anyone to believe that what we are proposing, and what we are suggesting is to take the gloves off and we chase anything that moves. that's not what we're trying to do here. >> at least one commissioner pressed the chief if the proposal addresses enough crimes being committed and asked him to consider traffic infractions like running red lights to no vote was taken on the chief's proposed changes at last night's

meeting. the goal, instead, was focused on the discussion, with an opportunity for everyone to talk about what's needed for future approval. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. an end to a three year old murder case. but it didn't go the way the victim's family had hoped. the contra costa district attorney is not charging the mother of the man suspected of killing alexis. gabe. gabe was last seen leaving her ex-boyfriend's antioch home in 2022. gabe's ex was later killed by u.s. marshals trying to arrest him. prosecutors just closed the investigation into his mother, finding there was not enough evidence to charge her with being an accessory after the crime. >> gabe's like the first couple of years of stuff, and then it's gotten it's gotten better. but today. today. what happened today was. >> gabe's remains were found in

the months after her disappearance. her family is holding a day of kindness in her hometown of oakley this weekend. >> in the north bay. a glimmer of hope for athletes at sonoma state. they were left shocked this week when university leaders announced they were cutting the entire athletic department as part of a plan to balance a big budget deficit. but now an alum is working on a solution. o'koyea dickson is a former player for sonoma state's baseball team. he was drafted by the la dodgers in 2011. dickson is working with other alumni and plans to meet with the governor to find a solution to keep sports on campus. >> to find a way to make sure that there's still baseball, there's still basketball and everything else and all the sports we're going to find a way to make sure you guys still have an opportunity. okay. >> sonoma state is also ending several degree programs, which has upset students who will need to transfer or change their majors. the university has. the university president issued a statement supporting the decision, but she has declined several interview requests from

abc seven news. >> and his first trip since taking office. president trump will travel to la today to tour the areas where the devastating wildfires broke out, but he is threatening to withhold federal relief over the state's water rules. gloria is at the live desk with more on the president's executive order. gloria. >> president trump signed an executive order earlier this week ordering california to redirect water from the northern part of the state to the southern part. in an interview on wednesday, the president said he thought the federal government should withhold federal funds until that happens. now, since the fires broke out more than two weeks ago, president trump has accused the state of sending too much water to the pacific ocean instead of south toward la. during his presidential campaign last year, he criticized the state's water management and environmental rules, saying he would deliver more water to farmers and cities. despite all of this, governor newsom says he will greet president trump at lax when he arrives today. >> i'm grateful, though, that that he took our invitation to heart and that he will be here

tomorrow. it's my understanding and i look forward to being there on the tarmac to thank the president, welcome him. and we're making sure that all the resources he needs for a successful briefing are provided to him. >> yesterday, governor newsom signed a $2.5 billion fire relief package. it will help pay for the cleanup and provide shelter for people who lost their homes. the state expects to get reimbursed for the costs, although some lawmakers in washington have suggested withholding funds or even attaching conditions. amanda. gloria. thank you. >> relief. >> relief is coming to southern california today in terms of the weather. at least those santa ana winds that have caused so much trouble, they are dying down, which is welcome news since a dozen fire started across the region yesterday. there are fires still burning. the laguna fire started yesterday morning near the hills of the csu channel islands campus. this is near camarillo. that fire has burned nearly 100 acres and is 70% contained. the

border two fire is burning in san diego county. that fire started yesterday afternoon in the otay mountain wilderness area, just north of the u.s. mexico border. 600 acres have burned so far, and there is no containment. no evacuations have been ordered. firefighters are gaining ground on the hughes fire near castaic, despite being under a red flag warning with windy conditions, containment is now at 36%. the fire has burned more than 10,000 acres and tens of thousands of people remain under evacuation orders. so far, the flames have not damaged or destroyed any buildings, and containment is growing on the two biggest fires, the eaton and palisades fire. the eaton fire is 95% contained, and the palisades fire is 75% contained. >> the southern california wildfires have 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. that plan brings together 18 cities in the county, identifying the biggest risks

each faces and how residents could be impacted. santa clara is at highest risk for earthquakes, followed by gilroy and morgan hill, palo alto, los gatos and milpitas rank highest among the cities for wildfire risk. >> 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 the hazard risk levels. >> the most recent plan was approved last february, and a more official review is conducted every 2 to 5 years. but the county says the plan is consistently monitored and updated. >> in san francisco's richmond neighborhood, there are several newly painted red curbs, but the city says they didn't do it. it's upsetting for residents in an area with already sparse parking spaces, not to mention the new day lighting law preventing parking 20ft from any crosswalk. but the city says many of these red curbs are fake

and they're too long. >> i really hope they can figure out who's actually doing this and why would they do it? >> it's extremely inappropriate, and i don't think it's acceptable to do such things. i hope it's illegal. it's already extremely hard to park in san francisco. there is no public parking in neighborhoods. >> city crews are repainting the curbs so they are the correct length. >> a new road configuration is annoying drivers in san francisco's sunset district. have you seen these? they're called neck down configurations. it's causing a lot of confusion. so it is a two way street. but then at that choke point here, it goes down to one lane. and then you're supposed to figure out what to do. this is on kirkham street between ninth and 10th avenues. so do you see how the cars have to take turns? but it's not entirely clear to some drivers how you're supposed to navigate this. so the answer is that vehicles traveling east

that is away from the ocean are supposed to yield to those traveling west, but, you know, we've never handled this before, so how would we innately know that? >> yeah. >> the goal here 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. 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. >> from the neck up. it's confusing, i know that. i don't know about neck down. 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. okay. >> that's a no for. a lot of people, it seems. >> i love that i'm glad we tried something. let's try something else. this morning we'll find.

cooler air arriving today. here's a live look at san jose. so this morning we have clear skies, some chilly temperatures, 30s and 40s. you'll notice throughout the afternoon as a cold front moves through. it will bring some cloud cover. it's a partly cloudy afternoon and temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees cooler today compared to yesterday. right now it is pretty quiet across northern california. what we're watching, though, is some energy coming out of canada near calgary. you can see some snow associated with it. not a lot of moisture, but what it will do. it's going to bring in even cooler air saturday and sunday. so take a look at the temperatures moving into california. that cooler air will eventually develop an area of low pressure tomorrow over the bay area, and this will finally bring some needed rain to southern california. that's where we'll find some of the heaviest showers over the weekend, their first winter storm of the season. believe it or not, across la we could see an inch some higher amounts in the foothills. locally, the best chance of a shower is likely in our hills. i think most of our communities stay dry and where we find those showers, it's

about a few hundredths of an inch at best. looking at snow around tahoe lake level 1 to 2in our highest peaks could pick up about six inches of snow saturday night into sunday. amanda. >> all right, drew, thank you. coming up, it's an elaborate story of fraud and greed. the 25 count federal indictment for a former tech ceo and his lawyer wife. a man choosing to spend his days at sea. his milestone of 1000 cruises and how he's managed to spend only 15 days a year on land. it's been an amazing week for a local baseball legend, cc sabathia. first, an invitation to the baseball hall of

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company is under a federal indictment this morning accused of dozens of charges, including fraud and identity theft. prosecutors say they went to elaborate lengths to hide how unprofitable their company was, and then they used investor money for personal gain. alexander beckman is the founder and former ceo of game on, an ai chatbot company that touted deals with professional sports teams and luxury brands. over six years, game on raised more than $60 million from investors. the indictment says beckman and his wife, valerie, used at least 4 million of that to buy homes in san francisco, pay for private schools and even pay for their wedding venue. beckman is accused of lying to investors

about their revenue and customers, even faking bank statements and emails of real people to carry out the ruse. the story of vallejo native and baseball great cc sabathia is coming to the big screen. vallejo follows the journey of the 1989 north vallejo little league all stars. all told, through the eyes of a teenaged sabathia. no word yet on the release date, but the news comes only days after he was elected to the baseball hall of fame. >> the song was nominated in the best original song category. are not going to be performed live during the oscars show. that move was announced in a letter to the membership on wednesday that said, instead, the show will celebrate the nominated songwriters through personal reflections. so you're not going to see anything like this from last year when they did the ken song from barbie, which was one of the most memorable things from the whole show. >> yeah, absolutely. >> you can watch the oscars sunday, march 2nd right here on abc seven. and for the first

time, it will also be live streamed on hulu. if you love going on a cruise, your passion does not come close to this man we're about to tell you about. mario salcedo, known as super mario. >> okay, okay. >> celebrating his 1,000th south 1,000th. he's been on a thousand cruises with royal caribbean. according to the cruise director, mario started cruising full time in 1999. he typically spends only about 15 days a year on land. he did take a brief hiatus from cruising during the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. i mean, there there were no cruises. yeah, for a certain amount of time. you can find him on the lido deck. >> well, so that's about over 20 years on a cruise. wow. i'm laughing. >> because every time he was pictured in the video, it said like super mario. so he definitely got these shirts made. he's like, pay for my cruises. by this merch. >> i mean, i could see that if you're retired, you've got the time. you know, it's kind of a

cool way to see the world. money. the money you have to have. >> the money 11 months a year. you're on a boat, sorry, a ship. >> people. >> people will come for me. the ship, i got it, i'd be. >> is it like, is it okay to take dramamine for that long? because i would have to. >> i would have to as well. yeah. >> what happens to your body when you take dramamine every day? >> i mean, at that point, is your body used to the sea, and when you go on land, you're like, right? >> yes. what is this? back on the ship. >> what is this? yeah. all right. mario, this morning we are going outside to the exploratorium. camera. we are clear, but get ready for cooler weather. yesterday was so lovely. it was warm. it was sunny. now. a cold front today is going to bring us some cooler temperatures and partly cloudy skies. on saturday. we are tracking rain across california locally. an isolated shower at best in the bay area. i'm not getting excited about this. we're not even giving it a number on the storm impact scale. what it really do is kick up our winds over the weekend and then much of next week. it is still trending dry this

morning, 30s and 40s, so it is chilly. we don't have any advisories out there or warnings for the cold air, but you will feel the brisk temperatures first thing later on. today it's partly cloudy. temperatures drop about 5 to 10 degrees compared to where we were yesterday afternoon, but this is essentially where we should be this time of year. yesterday was above average for january. overnight. tonight it's not only chilly again, but the winds are going to be an issue, especially in the north bay mountains. in fact, future tracker showing you tomorrow morning in parts of napa county in the hills, we could see winds upwards of 50mph heading into sunday. i think those winds get a little more widespread. they're not as strong as saturday, but by sunday morning we could see those winds anywhere from about 20 to 25mph across the region. so where we have the strongest winds in the north bay, this is where we do have the wind advisory starting tonight through sunday morning. for those areas in tan where we could see those winds upwards of 50mph. i told you, i'm not excited about the rainfall chances. this is why here's future weather showing you

probably the best chance of finding any sort of drizzle or an isolated shower is in the hills of the north bay, maybe even the east bay hills or the santa cruz mountains. for most of us down at the valley floor, we will remain dry, so a lot of us won't even see any of this rainfall. but southern california is going to pick up beneficial rainfall where they desperately need it. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. cooler today. windy in our hills tomorrow with an isolated shower. we keep it breezy here on sunday and then much of next week. it is sunny with even for people with moderate-to-severe eczema. touch can make two feel like one. or simply be a helping hand. dupixent can help you stay ahead of eczema as you welcome the feeling of touch. dupixent helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body that can cause eczema to help heal your skin from within. many adults saw 90% clearer skin. some even achieved long-lasting clearer skin

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this morning, we have a breakthrough to share in our mission to build a better bay area. the south bay is celebrating a new apartment complex dedicated to supporting young people, transferring out of foster care. an open house was held yesterday at roosevelt park apartments in san jose. that's where nine young adults are now living. the nonprofit first place for youth partnered with first community housing to make it possible. >> it takes the stress away for me from trying to find stability. i'm stable here now and i can focus on going to school, going to work, and my long term goals. >> residents will be able to stay at these affordable housing units for as long as they need. organizers say they hope roosevelt park apartments inspire other private and public

collaborations to make more housing just like this. >> now let's turn to ginger zee. she's live with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger. >> amanda reggie great to be with you. so coming up here on a friday we will start with weather in california of course in southern california with the update on the drought monitor and the fire risk for the next couple of hours, but also with the rain coming in, because that's going to change things pretty significantly. matt gutman is on all of the new fires, at least ten that have broken out in the last 24 hours and talking about the mudslide threat, but then we'll talk drought as well and get to the cold release over here. also coming up here on gma, we will be looking at president trump's deployment of those troops down to the southern border. has picked also for the pentagon. pete hegseth will be facing that late night conversation. our team has all the details on it. also, it's a huge weekend for football, so we will be talking to fans from all four teams that are still in the game. can't wait to see all of that and more and we hope you'll join us on

gma. >> you just show a picture there of rebecca jarrell's book, which i know nothing about, but. >> yes, i wanted to connect with you because i was at target earlier this week when i'm assuming it was released because i was like, hey, i'm looking for a book. and the person helping me was like, onyx storm, we're out of it. and i was like, i'm so thankful that you think i'm that cool, but i'm looking for pizza cat five minute bedtime story. so if you can direct me. >> yeah, yeah. well, apparently a billion other people are as well, actually looking for onyx storm. so she's here to discuss that. and it's a it's a hot topic, that's for sure. >> yeah. no kidding. >> well pete the cat is available. so if you can't get onyx storm, go ahead and pick up pete the cat, because i hear that it is fire. >> all right.

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abc seven mornings live. >> now at 630. who will be the next da for alameda county? we're following the story and the process of what happens after voters, recalled pamela price. >> san francisco's presidio targeted by house republicans. the cuts they want to make to fund president trump's agenda. >> plus the president's economic agenda. he's taking his terror threats right to world business

leaders, the reaction pouring in and how it could impact all of us. >> good morning everyone. it is friday, january 24th. >> let's first get to that weather. hi, drew. >> yeah, i do want to address because we are getting some video in that people are seeing what they think is a comet in the morning sky. it was actually a spacex falcon launch to our south. so you saw something streaming through the morning sky. right now, just know that a rocket was launched about 15 minutes ago. so that's what you're seeing in the night sky. it is clear and chilly this morning. 30s and 40s out there, 40 in oakland. we're at 35, in saint helena. good morning fremont. you're coming in at about 38 degrees. so we do have kind of our typical chill, no frost advisories or freeze warnings in effect right now as we go through. future weather. we have a cold front that's going to move through here. we'll find partly cloudy skies this afternoon and what that cold front will do, how it gets its name is that it's going to bring some cooler air this afternoon. will drop about 5 to 10 degrees. and our daytime highs compared to where we were yesterday. so you look at highs

today under those partly cloudy skies, upper 50s to the lower 60s for a lot of us. but this is typically where we should land this time of the year. rain does return to california this weekend. we'll talk about that in eight minutes. let's check in with gloria. see those drive times. >> happy friday to everybody. you know that traffic is pretty light out there. on this friday morning. you can see a live look from our bay bridge toll plaza camera, and it is much lighter than normal. we are starting to see a little bit of a backup on those middle lanes, but just about the middle of the parking lot or so. really not too bad right now. you won't have any delays at the tolls across the span of highway 101. looking at your drive times for this morning, we're looking at about 19 minutes. if you're going from highway four to the maze about 19 minutes. emeryville to san francisco ten minutes, san francisco to sfo, and looking live at our richmond bridge camera, traffic is flowing slowly, but it's not stop and go the way it usually is this time of the morning, so you won't have any major delays right now. reggie. >> we've been following efforts to improve safety in oakland. the issue has reached the highest levels of state

government, with even the governor calling for changes. one proposal involves making it easier for police to chase suspects, but the community and leaders are divided over. if the idea over the idea, i should say, and make passionate arguments for it. during a meeting just last night, abc seven news reporter lena howland is here to break down the arguments on both sides. >> well, reggie, these proposed changes come just weeks after governor newsom announced he plans to extend the state's law enforcement partnership with oakland police beyond its initial end of year deadline. but that promise came with a catch. newsom said he needs to see the city's police commission change the city's policy that prevents police from pursuing suspects in december, he said there have been instances where drunk and reckless drivers have presumably escaped police because of what he's calling this extreme pursuit policy, which is more than 11 years old. at the oakland police commission meeting last night, chief floyd mitchell announced some proposed changes to the policy. the changes would allow for pursuits

to go above 50mph, something that is still against policy right now. officers would also be allowed to chase suspected burglars and sideshow participants. >> you know, i'm from east oakland. people are blowing through red lights, swerving their cars left and right. if you're also interested in pursuing sideshow activity, have you got have you put in any thought to, you know, potentially looking into those type of traffic infractions as well? >> there's a lot of people over 60 like me, and these police pursuits put us at risk, and we will have no recourse if we're killed. >> supporters of the current policy say police pursuits put the public at risk, a point newsom acknowledged. but he said the danger can be mitigated by putting best practices used across the nation into play to cut down on the risks. no vote was taken at last night's meeting. the police commission now has 120 days to review it.

if they take no action, this will go to the city council for a final decision. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. also in the east bay, the finalists for alameda county da are making their case for the job. there are a total of seven annie esposito, elgin lowe and jimmy wilson all work in bay area district attorney offices right now. latricia lewis and yubin shin both work as counsel for local governments. ursula jones dixon is a judge and venus johnson works for the state attorney general. johnson, lewis and shen appeared at last night's forum put on by the alameda county da accountability table. they were asked what they would do during their first 100 days. >> is to ensure that we have the adequate staffing deployed so that we are reviewing cases so that they do not time out before the statute of limitations. >> so much is driven by budget, the way that the budget is structured in the county. it

determines what positions are available. you know, how many positions that you have available and what classifications. >> so, you know, we have just a few weeks to get a budget together. but what a budget does, it not only sets your priorities, but it also gives the community a directive and an understanding of where your investments will be and what do those relationships and budgetary line items look like? >> the alameda county board of supervisors is expected to make a final decision next week. >> governor newsom has approved legislation providing $2.5 billion in disaster relief for the deadly l.a. fires. it will help evacuees immediately with things like shelter and, in the future, getting homes and schools rebuilt. hours before the bill became law, california state republicans slammed democrats efforts to trump proof the state. that was the original reason for yesterday's special session. bakersfield democratic senator melissa hurtado voted

against the $25 billion legal defense fund for the california doj. she 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. >> governor newsom plans to greet president trump in la when he arrives there today to assess the wildfire damage. house republicans are targeting san francisco's presidio as a place to make cuts to fund president trump's agenda. according to the chronicle, republican lawmakers want to take back $200 million in federal money that was granted to the presidio during the biden administration. the funds are intended to keep the presidio free and open for all. speaker nancy pelosi, who helped secure the money, said in a statement that she's sad to see the presidio being used as a

political pawn. >> the economy was a big focus of president trump's campaign, and a reason many americans say they voted for him. one of his big promises was to impose tariffs on imports from other countries. now he's taking those demands directly to world leaders. and is abc news reporter perry russom explains the reaction threatens to drive up prices on many of the things we buy. >> this morning, president trump threatening blanket tariffs on products not made in the u.s. >> if you don't make your product in america, which is your prerogative, then very simply, you will have to pay a tariff. >> trump speaking remotely to business leaders from around the world, gathering at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> my message to every business in the world is very simple. come make your product in america and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth. >> trump is threatening tariffs on america's top trading partners, mexico and canada. >> we're thinking in terms of 25% on mexico and canada because

they're allowing vast numbers of people. canada is a very bad abuser. also, vast numbers of people to come in and fentanyl to come in. >> canadian prime minister justin trudeau says if trump imposes tariffs on canada, two things will happen. >> one, canada will have a strong, robust response because we don't want this, but we will respond if necessary. and two, prices for american consumers on just about everything will go up. >> the premier of oil rich alberta, canada, warning americans in some states could pay $1 per gallon more for gas if trump puts tariffs on canadian oil. trump also demanding the federal reserve drop interest rates immediately. >> and likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. >> one financial expert with a warning. >> i think there's going to be a disconnect between what the president wants, which obviously is lower rates. he thinks that's going to grow the economy. and the flip side of that, if they lower rates too aggressively, inflation is going to come back

really aggressively. >> trump cannot just demand interest rates to drop. and it happens. it's up to the federal reserve to determine when to raise and lower rates. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> president trump is establishing a working group focused on creating regulations for cryptocurrency. the group is also meant to explore the creation of a national crypto stockpile. a new executive order allows protections for banking services for crypto companies, and bans the u.s. central bank from creating digital currencies. crypto ■leaders say they're happy with trump's approach, contrasting biden's policies that more harshly crack down on the industry. it does seem like changes are happening by the hour with the new trump administration. we're keeping track of it all, and you can too, at abc seven news.com and on the abc seven bay area app. >> the city of san jose is touting early success in a pilot program that aims to provide relief to neighborhoods overrun by live in vehicles or rvs along chenoweth avenue have now been cleared out. yesterday was the

deadline for them to move or be towed away after the two week warning period. mayor matt mehan says there was perfect compliance, but advocates for the unhoused say residents are likely to move to other parts of the city and they want to see permanent solutions. >> 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. >> boynton avenue is next for enforcement, but mayor matt mehan says most rvs there are already gone. >> now it's time for our abc seven mornings advancer. it's our way of highlighting some things happening today in the bay area. >> first, the turf war playing out in the south bay will be the center of a news conference this afternoon. we're talking about the actual surfaces. people play sports on natural grass versus artificial turf. santa clara county supervisor otto lee is expected to speak on an

ordinance that would limit the installation of plastic turf on any county owned facility or property. the ordinance will be discussed at next week's board meeting. opponents of artificial turf say natural grass is more environmentally friendly. advocates say it provides accessibility through the winter and is cheaper to maintain. >> today, the nonprofit alejo's will have a community vigil to mark two years since seven farmworkers were shot and killed in half moon bay. it goes from 6 to 8 p.m. at the yellow house. the city is moving forward with a permanent memorial for the victims. there are three potential designs for a garden that the public is able to view and give its feedback. half moon bay has not set a timeline for the memorial because it still needs to get the funding. the project is something that community leaders believe is important to keep the memory of the event and the victims alive. >> it's upsetting, but the members of our community actually forgot what happened two years ago. many, many of us

are still dealing with this. >> they want to see a place that honors the farmworker contribution and legacy on the coast. they want to make sure that the place provides an option for folks to reflect a place that is calm, that is also interactive. >> the designs range in cost from 500,000 to $3 million. >> we'll learn the details of a plan to boost business in san francisco's chinatown and celebrate the lunar new year. supervisor connie chan will announce legislation calling for two hours of free parking at the portsmith square garage through the month of february. the plan also proposes free muni rides during the lunar new year parade weekend. >> next, the latest attempt to crack down on airline fees. congress grilling budget airlines on the charges they make for extras. >> and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we're down about 67 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> oakland schools could run out of cash before the end of the

year. now, city leaders are putting pressure on the district to act before it's too late. here's drew. >> hey there. very pretty picture from our rooftop camera at 643 on this friday. a live look outside showing you another gorgeous sunrise on the way. we have clear skies early on this morning. it is chilly. 30s and 40s. we'll find partly cloudy skies this afternoon as a cold front arrives. that will bring a big drop in our daytime temperatures, about 5 to 10 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. those clear skies allowed us to see the space x rocket launch earlier this morning at 607. it got launched from vandenberg space force base in santa barbara. you may have seen what we thought was a comet kind of look like an orb in the morning sky. that is the rocket that was launched more than a half hour ago. pretty cool sight to see this morning, but we'll find additional cloud cover and cooler weather moving in here. cold air from canada around calgary right now is going to move into california over the weekend. it will develop an area of low pressure and will bring us a return of some showers across the state. finally,

southern california getting its first winter storm of the season, could see upwards of an inch of rain around la here. locally, at best, we're talking about an isolated shower in our hills. most communities are going to stay dry over the weekend, but in our hills we could see a quick moving shower. not a lot of snow coming to tahoe, 1 to 2in around lake level. some of our highest peaks, likely six inches of snow tomorrow night with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires. yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire

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have another budget carrier. frontier airlines are both facing new questions about the skyrocketing cost of airfare. gloria rodriguez is here. and gloria, this concerns customers that are apparently being charged based on where they live. >> that's right. reggie aqui a bipartisan group of senators is demanding to know if these airlines are charging people more for a ticket, depending on what their zip code is. the senators wrote a letter to the ceos of spirit and frontier, asking them to explain their apparent practice of using customers personal information to charge different seat fees to passengers on the same flight. adding your lack of transparency raises concerns that your airlines use customers personal information to manipulate seat pricing. the letter follows a contentious hearing on capitol hill last month on junk fees that customers are being charged for baggage, seat selection and other services.

>> they feel, with more than understandable justification, that they are piggy banks to be shaken down by these skyrocketing fees. >> you just say you want to pick a seat. we're just going to charge you some random amount. >> more optional services, by definition, are not so-called junk fees, as optional services are not required to travel. >> the senators want spirit and frontier to end the practice of collecting personal information before showing fees. they've asked the airlines to respond to their letter by february 25th. amanda. >> all right. gloria. thank you. a dire warning from the superintendent of alameda county schools. she says oakland unified could run out of cash by november. of. if the district doesn't do more to close its budget gap. she said if the school board doesn't take action by june. she alluded to a possible takeover by the county or state. the district is facing a projected $95 million budget deficit this school year.

earlier this week, the superintendent said she is sending a fiscal advisor to help the district implement its three r's process. that's re-envision, redesign and restructure. the plan lays out how the district would be overhauled to become financially sustainable. one of san francisco's biggest conventions, the j.p. morgan healthcare conference, will return in 2026. mayor daniel lurie called it a, quote, huge vote of confidence in our city when he made the announcement on social media yesterday. 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. >> another store in downtown san francisco has closed for good. allbirds has closed its original store in jackson square. it's now listed for lease. last year, the brand's ceo said they plan to close 10 to 15 underperforming stores by the end of 2024. that's about a

third of their total stores. the company has shifted its focus on more profitable locations. allbirds is headquartered in san francisco. they still have a store in hayes valley that opened in 2019. now it's your morning money report. jcpenney has confirmed it will be closing its location at the shops at tanforan in san bruno. the company has faced several financial difficulties over the years, with sales steadily declining. in 2020, jcpenney filed for bankruptcy and merged with another brand. despite those efforts, jcpenney continues to see a drop in sales. the tanforan location will close on may 25th. and now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway, and you can see that we're down about 105 points. >> well, the days of a jade face roller may be over. a beer company is getting in on the action to help make the monday after the super bowl a bit more relaxing. coors light just came out with this chill face roller. >> this is so ridiculous. >> okay, so the company says the

tool quote combines. >> the popular beauty trend of face rolling with the. >> unmistakable chill of a coors light. >> wow. >> coors says the goal is to help you get over having a case of the mondays. the face roller goes on sale on monday. no word on how much it will cost. >> this poor model. >> looks relaxed, fearful of a fridge full of beer. you know what? her face. >> was the face tuning. it's looking great. >> are we still rolling our faces? is that still happening? i never did, i never did. i would like to. >> the jade rollers, right? yeah. >> i got in on it. my husband was like, what is this doing in the fridge? and i'm like, it's supposed to be cold. >> and you know what? we're not doing the jade roller. what we're doing is the one with the spikies on it. >> what? >> oh, yes. microdermabrasion. >> yeah. >> no no no no no. not. micro. yeah. micro something. two words. >> micro. thank you. >> oh, microneedling.

>> okay. wait, what? >> you don't know about this? >> no. wait, what? it's a roller with needles. >> oh, true. getting away with murder. >> oh, no. what do you do? just wear sunblock. yeah. pretty much. 15 spf for now. it all comes falling apart soon. >> you got to have this thing. >> and you also have to have the infrared mask. >> okay. >> my husband knows about all these things. i don't do any of it. i need to desperately. >> i watch influencers. >> and. >> i'm like, oh, that would be great. >> i don't want spikes on my face, though. yeah. okay. all right. but isn't that something. >> you get professionally done? >> talk to me for five years, doctor. thank you for giving me five years. i'm being generous. i know you are. i love that. this morning, we are looking at our rooftop camera at kgo, where we have clear skies again. you may have seen that rocket launch earlier this morning. it looked like an orb. kind of like a comet in our morning sky. that was a rocket. a spacex rocket that was launched at about 607 this morning near santa barbara. you probably saw that in the

morning sky. much cooler air arrives today as a cold front swings through here saturday. a shower isolated at best. i'm not excited about this rain chance. it's mainly confined to our hills. i think most communities stay dry, but it is windy over the weekend and the extended outlook is pretty dry for much of next week. 30s and 40s around the bay shoreline, so it feels brisk out there this morning. no frost advisories or freeze warnings, but you do need to bundle up as you have that chilly start. now, later on this afternoon, you'll start to feel that cooler air moving in here from the north. so not as warm as yesterday. we're about 5 to 10 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. under partly cloudy skies overnight tonight. another cool night. a mix of stars and clouds. the bigger story will be the winds that are picking up in the north bay. so future tracker shows you first thing tomorrow morning, especially in napa county. in our hills, we could see winds 30 to 50mph. by sunday, those winds are more area wide. they're not as strong. but sunday will be a breezy day where we have the highest winds in the north bay. this is where we have the wind

advisory starting tonight through sunday morning. just be aware of that. talking about the chance of rain as low pressure moves in. i mean, you can see a lot of communities have a zero on the board. i think it's the north bay hills, the east bay hills, the santa cruz mountains that have the best chance of any isolated showers. most communities are going to stay dry as those winds move through here. but southern california getting some much needed rain. accuweather. seven day cooler today. windy in our hills with an isolated shower tomorrow. we stay breezy on sunday with temperatures below average. and then you see all that sunshine for much of next week. guys. >> sorry i wasn't listening. i was micro. >> whatever that. >> was needling my face. >> up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. download the app now you can start streaming. >> we head to break here at 655. you are looking out from our tam cam. we'll be right back.

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here are the seven things to know this morning. number one, president trump is expected to make his first visit to california since taking office today to tour the fire disaster zones in southern california. winds will die down today, but rain arrives this weekend, which has the potential to trigger mudslides in the fire zones. >> number two, a dire warning from the superintendent of alameda county schools. she says oakland unified could run out of cash by november if the district doesn't do more to close its budget gap. >> number three in san jose, you may notice changes on some city streets. a new program banning large vehicles like rvs from parking in some areas is now being enforced. >> number four. grocery outlet bargain market is moving into san francisco's north point center near fisherman's wharf. it will take over the space that

used to be a safeway. that store is set to open next year. >> and number five, we find some cooler, breezy days ahead this morning. we do have our chilly temperatures in the 30s and 40s. guys stay warm this morning. later on this afternoon, as that cooler air arrives with a cold front will drop about 5 to 10 degrees compared to the warm temperatures we had yesterday afternoon. but these numbers on the board are pretty close to average for this time of year. rain is back across california this weekend. southern california could pick up anywhere from 1 to 2in of rain here locally. any showers are isolated, mainly confined to our hills. most communities stay dry through the weekend here. >> and number six, we're getting a live look at the bay bridge. toll plaza and metering lights are still on. traffic is backed up to west grand avenue. overall, though, we are seeing lighter traffic on this friday. >> and number seven, we're hearing from a lot of you. this is some video of the lights that everyone is seeing in the sky. this is what it looked like over san jose just after 6 a.m. it was a space x rocket launch from

vandenberg air force base down near santa barbara. >> i can see why people were freaked out. >> yeah. >> i do want to thank lindsey hogan, one of our viewers who sent me a bunch of photos that look like that, too. and she was like, what in the ufo. >> is this? >> so you were the first person that alerted me to this, and drew looked into it and found out what it was. >> so, yeah, at first, you see, you're like, what is that? and then you forget. oh, okay. spacex doing their thing. >> have you. >> ever seen it? i have, yeah. me too. >> it's really cool, but also freaky. >> it is. yes, i saw it, but solvang. and it was really cool because i think it took off right by there. >> that's awesome. >> we stream abc seven at seven next. otherwise it's gma. >> george: good morning america. troops arrive at the southern border. is relief on the way for southern california?