san francisco firefighters who helped save his home from the palisades fire and new at six, the trip he made to the city today to thank the department in person. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. a cold system is coming in this weekend, and it's going to bring more than showers. i'll explain. coming up. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> going to work very hard with the mayor, the governor, the supervisor and everybody. and get the resources behind you. >> promises from president trump in his first visit to california just days after taking office. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the president has spent the last several hours in california seeing the damage done by the wildfires firsthand. donald trump just wrapped up a roundtable a few minutes ago. here's a live picture. it lasted for more than an hour at the table where many southern california politicians,

including the mayor of los angeles. next on trump's agenda and schedule is to fly to las vegas. he's expected to leave los angeles international airport soon, bound for vegas. but again, this is the live picture of president trump greeting people at that roundtable. now, it's been a very busy few hours for president trump. as you can imagine, this whirlwind trip getting to see the wildfire destruction firsthand for the first time. >> abc seven news anchor karina nova is here with a look at the trip so far. karina. >> yeah, dan, the president just wrapped up that roundtable with fire officials and elected representatives from around southern california, and he made some news during that event, which started about an hour ago. in the meeting, the president announced he's signing a new executive order to send more federally controlled water from northern california to central and southern california. prior to that, he did a ground tour meeting with homeowners and thanking firefighters. he also took an aerial tour of the

destruction, saying the visuals helped him better understand the severity of the damage. >> i don't think you can realize how uh, how rough it is, how devastating it is until you see it. i didn't realize, i mean, i saw a lot of bad things on television, but the extent of it, the size of it. we flew over it in a helicopter. we flew to a few of the areas and it is devastation. it's incredible. >> we absolutely need your help. we need the federal help. >> you've got it. i told you you will have no permit problem. there will be zero delay. and as far as i'm concerned, you already have the permits. >> and the permits they're talking about. they're referred to trump's promise to speed up the ability for homeowners to rebuild. trump's visit to california began with what you're seeing here, a greeting at lax tarmac by governor gavin newsom. the two did not discuss the president's proposal to withhold disaster relief funding for california unless two specific conditions were met.

trump wants a voter id requirement and changes to how water is distributed in the state. instead, they discussed working together to help californians impacted by the fires. >> thank you for being here. it means a great deal to all of us and not just the folks in palisades, the folks in altadena that were devastated. we're going to need your support. we're going to need your help. you were there for us during covid. i don't forget that. and i have all the expectations that we'll be able to work together. >> another big headline from today in north carolina this morning, the president said he's looking to eliminate fema. he's been highly critical of the agency, saying it wastes time and money and that he thinks disaster response should be left up to the states. trump does not have unilateral authority to eliminate fema. it would require congressional action. dan. >> okay, karina. thanks a lot. a fire survivor from southern california is in san francisco to thank the local firefighters

who helped save his home. the firefighters from fire station 25, in the bayview, were deployed to los angeles to fight the pacific palisades fire. that was so terrible. eugene kwok says his neighborhood was saved by what they did. they kept 17 of the 24 homes on his block from burning down, and even saved valuables from homes that did burn. >> it's a horrible disaster, but we also experienced a lot of human kindness. that engine and the four crew members, along with the fire department and all the firefighters in the state, are our number one heroes right now. we're star struck just to think of them. >> can you imagine how much that meant to those san francisco firefighters to see eugene like this engine 25 truck and some two dozen other members of the sffd are actually still in southern california protecting lives and property. >> the newest fire to spark in southern california is near the u.s. mexico border. more than 6000 acres of san diego county have burned. the fire is 10%

contained, and new evacuation warnings were added today. mandatory evacuation orders are also in effect. hundreds of firefighters are on the scene. this is called the border two fire and it started yesterday afternoon. there are more than half a dozen fires burning in southern california. you can see them all on this map. cal fire has nearly all of them mostly contained. and of course, the weather conditions are making just a big difference in this. >> just critical. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at what's changing in southern california and sandhya here in the bay area. >> absolutely. and dan and ama, they are going to have higher humidity. rain in southern california and certainly snow in the mountains. but this brings the risk of mudslides and debris flows in the burn scar areas. so let's look at the wind conditions. this is favorable for firefighters. they've really dropped off right now. browns canyon 14 miles an hour all the way down to san diego. really light winds at this hour. and here is what's changing. a low is dropping in from the north as it does. it is going to bring

southern california. the wet weather, the wintry weather, flood watch for the burn scar areas, winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories, air quality alert for the san diego county area. as we go, hour by hour, we get the opportunity for spotty showers starting tomorrow morning and continuing through the afternoon. you will notice it's really spotty in nature going into the nighttime hours and even into part of sunday morning wind advisory for the north bay hills. tonight through sunday morning, gusts up to 50 miles an hour. we have a frost advisory going in tomorrow morning for some of our inland valleys. as temperatures drop down to the low 30s with frost. that's not all. i'll be back with a full look at the weekend forecast coming right up. >> all right. thank you. sandhya. now to breaking news. the u.s. senate is voting on whether to confirm pete hegseth as the secretary of defense. now, this will be the final confirmation vote in a test vote last night. hegseth narrowly survived, but two republicans joined every democrat to vote against him. republican senators lia

murkowski, who did just vote no. of alaska. and susan collins of maine, say hegseth limited experience and personal conduct mean they just can't support him. hegseth, a former fox and friends anchor, has denied allegations of excessive drinking and sexual assault. he paid $50,000 to a woman accusing him of sexual assault at a hotel in monterey in 2017. it happened after he spoke at a republican women's event. hegseth says the interaction was consensual, and that he only agreed to the settlement because he feared the allegations would hurt his career. and we continue to follow this vote. >> rumors of immigration agents working in san francisco do not appear to be true. we have held off on reporting as we work to confirm these stories. today, mayor daniel lurie's, press secretary, posted this statement, quote, we are confident and relieved that there was no federal immigration enforcement action on a muni bus yesterday. again, we've been holding this until we confirm it. mayor lurie said today that

he got some first-hand emergency training when he joined san francisco fire officials with a neighborhood emergency response team for some hands on demonstrations. it's an example of the work this team does with the community, so that they can be ready for anything. >> clearly, the focus of this disaster operation plan is neighborhood involvement. so it also goes along with neighbors becoming closer and taking care of each other in the community. >> the san francisco fire department is trying to assemble a team of 188 108 rather neighborhood coordinators. 35 people have signed up so far. these programs make a real difference in their communities in the north bay, a program, a proposed program by santa rosa police, is raising concerns over equity and privacy and involves drones. as abc seven news reporter cornell bernard explains, somewhat, the idea grounded before it even takes flight. >> and this is what's going to be going forward internationally as far as law enforcement use of

drones. >> it's a new tool which could transform the way santa rosa police respond to some emergency calls by using drones as first responders before officers arrive. >> drones can get there in less than two minutes and give us an aerial view of what's going on in that moment. >> santa rosa police sergeant patricia steffens says the drones could be launched remotely from the roofs of buildings, traveling up to 50mph, hovering 300ft off the ground. it's video feed monitored in real time, allowing the department to decide how police should respond. >> now, this could be a violent, in-progress crime, or it could be a natural disaster. >> the drone asked first responder program is already being used by fremont police and the chula vista pd near san diego. >> think about how important it is to determine whether it's a pencil in someone's hand, a knife, or a cell phone. this is really about de-escalation at its best. >> not everyone is convinced the criminal justice branch of the sonoma county naacp says without

safeguards, it can't support the program due to potential civil rights threats and privacy concerns. >> and this is statistically validated that they do tend to over monitor communities of color. and so the concern is that given that past precedent and the statistics that the drones will be flying over certain communities more than the other communities. >> the drone program could cost as much as $250,000 annually. zollman would like that money to be spent elsewhere. >> the money put into that mental health trauma services would be a lot better than having law enforcement come in and again over police. >> we want the community to know that these will not be used for surveillance or patrol. >> a series of public meetings are being held to get community feedback about the drone idea. the next meeting is tuesday,

january 28th, 9 a.m. at santa rosa city hall in santa rosa. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> just days remain before the statute of limitations expires in the case of alexis gabe, and it appears no charges will be filed. the 23 year old was last seen leaving her ex-boyfriend's antioch home in 2022. her partial remains were found eight months later, 80 miles away. gabe's ex was later killed by u.s. marshals trying to arrest him. and now we've learned that his mother will not face charges of being an accessory to the crime. abc seven news reporter anser hassan is following the story. >> for the past three years, the gabe family has been seeking justice for their daughter alexis, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend marshall jones. jones allegedly cut up her body and disposed of the remains in garbage bags along the foothills of the sierra nevada. >> it took us almost two years to gather all the information that we needed for thermation presentation last month. >> last month, the gabe's were joined by investigators from the oakley and antioch police

departments in meeting with contra costa county district attorney diana becton. they want her to file charges against jones mother, alicia coleman clark, as an accessory after the fact. they say the evidence is overwhelming. >> we confirmed that she is inside the garbage bag and that's drop off in her house. >> the da's office did determine that jones killed gabe. seattle police then killed jones in june of 2022, as officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant. the da's office declined requests for interviews, but announced on thursday that while some of the evidence presented during their meeting did raise suspicions, there's not enough sufficient evidence to charge jones mother. the family attorney believes delays in the investigation led to lapses in this case, including when jones bought a plane ticket to seattle. >> if they followed up on the airline ticket, which, you know, it's been three years now. back then, it would have been a matter of months, less than a year. so i think they went wrong right there. >> the statute of

limitations for this case ends on sunday. that means this is the end of the case for the gabe family, who say there has been no justice for alexis. >> no, we did not. we did not achieve closure. yeah, we did not achieve the justice that we were were looking for. >> i feel like i disappointed my daughter. >> only 70% of alexis remains have been found. the family plans to post all the evidence they have on social media for the public to decide. a celebration of life will be held on sunday in oakley, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> will to come on abc seven news at six. the push to bring all city workers backo the office five days a week. will it build a better bay area? >> and next, from housing to health care. see how the community of half moon bay is helping survivors of the

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in half moon bay, a community vigil is being held to remember the seven people killed in the mass shooting. the two year anniversary was yesterday. abc seven news reporter luz pena revisited the area today and found the community is still healing. >> reporter it's been two years and arcelia hernandez still comes to work, hoping to see the smiling faces of two of here the chinese coworkers who were killed. many here knew them as grandma and grandpa. >> la ultima sonrisa, abuela. >> the last that grandmother gave me. >> arcelia viewed coming back to work after the shootings as a

way to honor them. >> gracias a dios. nosotros estamos bien. pero esta la tristeza. >> we're here, thank god. but at the same time, we're thinking about our friends, our coworkers who we spend so much time with here in this place. in the last two years, arcelia, along with many farm workers who survived the shootings, have been getting mental health help, some through music, others through community support groups. belinda hernandez arriaga, founder of the nonprofit alas, has been spearheading the resources farm workers have received since the shootings. she described this anniversary as one of the hardest. >> our farm workers were sharing just how sad and vulnerable they still felt, and the tears are still here. and now, on the heels of this new presidency, it brings another wave of trauma that continues. and we're still fighting for housing. >> the shootings exposed deplorable housing conditions at the farms, half moon bay city

manager telling us housing has been the priority for farm workers. one of the sites opening in may. >> coming on board in just the next couple of months that will house those families that were directly displaced by these shootings and many, many more of our farm workers here on the coast. >> at the county level. changes to the housing codes after the shootings have helped speed up the process. >> we need to continue to add to our affordable housing stock. we need to improve our existing housing stock. we need to make it easier for farmers and ranchers to build affordable housing. farmworker housing on their sites. >> is honoring the seven farmworkers killed with this memorial, and seven hearts that adorn the tent where many will gather to remember them. we're still here, and we're remembering them, and we're here for them forever. in half moon bay, luz pena, abc seven news. >> and luis continues to follow that story. she does so wonderfully. >> all right. so powerfully. let's talk about the weather forecast. the weekend is upon us. >> that's right. sandhya patel tells us what's coming our way.

sandhya. some changes. >> yeah. i mean, you're really going to notice those changes. that's for sure. ama and dan, let me show you. water vapor and radar imagery. live dopplerr and seven. you can see that trough digging from the north. it's moving in our direction, and it is going to bring about some changes that you certainly will not miss this weekend. right now we're already seeing those changes. we have a lot of cloud cover this morning. we started out with 30s and 40s for many areas. the afternoon highs got up into the 50s and 60s. it was a cooler day. live view from our pier 39 camera. still seeing some clear there. clear sky there but that is going to change. 53 in san francisco, mid 50s oakland, hayward, san jose, redwood city 58 and 59. looking at our golden gate bridge camera right now it is dry but that changes. 48 petaluma 52. in santa rosa you're at 47 in fairfield and mid 50s concord and livermore. from our emeryville camera we are looking at the headlines this weekend. spotty showers

the next few mornings, cold with frost and a gusty pattern is setting up. it is going to be windy in our hills, particularly the north bay hills tomorrow morning. out the door. make sure you bundle up because we're going to see those temperatures dropping down to the upper 20s to mid 40s. a chill in the air. there will be some cloud cover around along with some fog tomorrow afternoon. it is going to be a cool day with some spotty showers and certainly windy in the hills. looking at 50s for your highs. so those 60s that we had today, they're going to be gone tomorrow. isolated showers show up in the morning and then for the afternoon, just a couple of pop up showers going into the evening hours. and that continues into sunday morning. so this is not going to be a widespread rain event. spotty showers at best. and we may even see some snow showers over mount hamilton early sunday morning before this system is done. rainfall projections anywhere from nothing measurable to a few hundredths of an inch. here's a look at the sierra winter weather advisory for the weekend. 4 to 6in above 5000ft. you could even see a

dusting down to 3000, but the passes will be impacted with those gusty winds, slippery roads. chain controls plan accordingly. winds are going to come up with that cold low dropping in calistoga 40 miles an hour saturday morning. you will notice it's still gusty saturday afternoon. lower elevations get a little breezy, and then that breezy pattern continues into sunday for many areas. after that, we are expecting a freeze watch sunday from 1 a.m. going into monday morning. tuesday morning temperatures down to the upper 20s, so you will want to protect any pipes, sensitive plants or vegetation. and don't forget about your pets. the accuweather seven day forecast. we are expecting spotty showers for the weekend. it's not a washout by any means. windy in the hills and breezy at the lower elevations. dry start to monday, tuesday, wednesday, but that doesn't last. much needed rain returning to the bay area at least a chance thursday afternoon evening. but it's really friday that's looking

like it's going to be wet. we haven't put a storm impact scale yet. >> to be determined. >> yes. >> we're fingers crossed that we actually see it. >> thanks. coming up, a look at the actions underway by the new trump administration. we are talking hot topics like immigration and

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office with a day of travel visiting three states. he spent the morning in north carolina seeing the recovery efforts from hurricane helene. in and around asheville in the mountains, he visited los angeles, specifically pacific palisades, to tour the recent wildfire destruction firsthand. he's now working his way to las vegas and is excted to speak at circuit casino tomorrow. on the topic of not charging taxes on tips, the trump administration has started deportation flights. press secretary caroline leavitt posted photos on social media. this is a c-17 jet taking undocumented migrants from the u.s. to guatemala. the department of homeland security has conducted deportation flights in the past. a homeland security official tells abc news that the use of military aircraft is a new development. >> thousands of anti-abortion advocates rallied today at the u.s. capitol for the annual march for life. vice president jd vance was there. president trump appeared in a prerecorded

video. >> in my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life. we will protect the historic gains we have made and stopped the radical democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion on demand. >> this is the 3rd march for life since the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v wade, taking away the constitutional right to an abortion. happening tomorrow, thousands of marchers are expected to take part in san francisco's walk for life. it starts at 1230 at civic center plaza. marchers will walk more thaa mile down market street to the ferry building at the embarcadero. be prepared for traffic closures and detours tomorrow because of the large crowd. there is a counter protest scheduled on the steps of the main library from noon until 2 p.m. >> almost a third of san francisco city workers are not working full time in the office. will the city's new mayor change that? >> we want as many workers as we can to get back five days a week. >> tonight, a look at wants,

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voted no. hegseth can only afford to lose three votes and still be confirmed. vice president jd vance will be the tiebreaker if needed. hegseth has been scrutinized for a number of accusations made against him, including those of sexual assault, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement of two different veterans organizations, and comments that women should not serve in ground combat roles. hegseth has denied all of those allegations. >> as the newly sworn in president, donald trump ordered federal employees to come back to the office five days a week. newly sworn in san francisco mayor daniel lurie wants something similar for city workers. >> in san francisco. a third of city employees are still in hybrid mode. abc7 news building a better bay area reporter, lyanne melendez, is here to tell us if those changes are coming. >> yeah they are. and i don't think excuse me. the new mayor wants to force anybody to come back, but yeah, he wants to convince him. and, you know, changes are coming. you know,

we're not here to talk about the pros and cons of san francisco city workers telecommuting or whether people get the job done or not. now, for mayor lurie, it's about bringing as many people back to the office as part of his vision to jumpstart the city and help small businesses. >> my job is not to demand that the private sector be back in the office every day. my job is to make you want to be downtown again for work with your family and with your friends. >> that was part of mayor daniel lurie's inaugural speech earlier this month. at the time, there was no mention of city workers coming back to the office. according to the city's department of human resources, 30% of san francisco city employees are in hybrid mode, meaning a combination of in-person and remote work. how and why did the city embrace a hybrid work policy? >> be aware that covid is still out there. it has. >> in july 2021, then mayor

london breed signed an amendment to the health care security ordinance expanding its telecommuting policy in response to the covid 19 pandemic. at the time, many private companies were also allowing their employees to work from home. but following a cycle of decline that hit the downtown area especially hard. breed suggested that private companies help downtown's economic recovery by bringing employees back to the office five days a week. yet some of her own city workers were still not back. here's part of that december 2023 interview. will you ask city employees to come back to work five days a week? >> so, to be clear, most of our 34,000 city employees are backr at work. most of them. but i think the you know, you see, city hall is pretty much at capacity in other city buildings. many of the folks who are maybe not at work are a lot of our technical support.

>> despite vowing to change things, it appeared city hall's attitude at the time was to let sleeping dogs lie. supervisors from different city departments have been the ones approving and enforcing the telecommute policy, but changes are on the way. abc7 news obtained an internal memo sent to department heads. mayor lurie is asking that every current telecommute agreement be reviewed immediately, that they evaluate operational needs to make sure the public is well served and any agreemet must be renewed every year or more frequently. lurie hopes workers will come back without hesitation. >> we're going to be in constant communication with the public sector, unions and labor. we will be in constant communication, and what our hope is, is that we get as many people back as many days in the office as possible, many of which are five days a week already. >> last july, unions representing philadelphia city

workers fought to keep things remote, despite mayor cherelle parker demanding that they return. >> i am at war. i'm at war. philadelphia with the status quo. >> a judge eventually sided with the mayor, forcing city workers to return to the office five days a week. meanwhile, several unions representing federal employees are ready to challenge president trump's return to office order. >> but i do think it's time to come back to the office. and i think that's true of local government as well. i wish everybody would come back to the office. >> john goodwin of the metropolitan transportation commission, the mtc, says more people in the office could help address the growing deficit. many transit agencies face. >> a greater return to work. certainly would have a beneficial impact on public transit ridership. >> goodwin points out that when you talk about the overall number of people in san francisco telecommuting, private

employees and public servants, 20% were still telecommuting in 2023. that, according to the baylink blog of the mtc, that's the largest percentage of any metro area in the entire state. and that report also points out that while san francisco had the highest percentage of hybrid workers in the state, other metro cities in the country surpassed san francisco, like austin, texas. not surprising. and raleigh, north carolina. i was surprised about that one. yeah, i don't think we're going to see what happened with regard to city workers. i don't think we're going to see here what happened in philadelphia. that was very contentious. yeah. >> thanks, liane. >> sure. >> coming up next, tracking turtles. a stanford experiment uncovered a lot more than researchers expected to find. plus. >> i have to do this out of my driveway. this is what i'm going to do somehow, some way. this is what i'm going to do. >> as you can tell, she's determined. but she could use your help. and helping her

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last year is suddenly yielding a surprise result. scientists believe it could signal significant changes ahead for the pacific ocean and our own bay area coastline. >> that's right. and as abc seven weather anchor spencer christian discovered, understanding those changes could be the key to staying climate ready. >> oh my goodness. >> when stanford researchers began tracking a group of loggerhead sea turtles, they were trying to answer a simple question about their migration pattern. now they've wound up generating far bigger questions about the future of our oceans. professor larry crowder and his team fit the sea turtles with transmitters to follow their movement. >> the turtles are moving northward six times faster than the average for marine animals. so our loggerhead, our sentinel loggerheads are teaching us about this new ocean, this new warming ocean. >> he says the animals typically migrate across the pacific in search of food, following a path called the north pacific convergence zone, a mix of warm and cold water that hosts a kind

of moving buffet line filled with their favorite prey. but for now, that buffet line and the marine creatures the turtles depend on appear to be drifting hundreds of miles north as waters in the pacific warm. fellow researcher dana briscoe tracks temperatures along the feeding route and helped analyze decades of data. >> we expected to see the sea turtles track north, but we didn't expect them to move so far north. and what we're seeing is that the ocean is changing, but it's changing at a rate much faster than anticipated. measurements suggest the nutrient rich band is now 1.6°c warmer than it was several decades ago and, perhaps more importantly, may contain less food than it once did. >> and so not only are temperatures getting warmer, but that access to critical food is decreasing. and as a result, animals have to change and adapt. >> and for the turtles, that means heading farther north. but the study comes at a time when other species appear to be on the move as well, with juvenile

white sharks spotted as far north as the santa cruz monterey coastline, and a squid typically seen off our coast is turning up in alaska, where it's being blamed for decimating local salmon populations. professor crowder believes we humans may ultimately have to adjust to new realities as well. from the seafood we eat to the way we manage our fisheries and marine sanctuaries. >> the animals are on the move and rather than thinking they're lost, we should think maybe they're trying to tell us something because we could just say these white sharks are lost or the turtles are lost, or they're responding to a changing ocean and being there, being our animal oceanographers. and if we choose to, we can learn from them. >> at stanford. spencer christian. abc seven news. >> really remarkable. the stanford team is continuing their research project and plans to release more satellite tracked sea turtles this summer. >> and if you'd like to follow along with the sea turtles

already in the ocean, we have links to the team's turtle tracker map on abc seven news.com. >> well, coming up here, a new exhibition opening tonight is casting trash in a whole new light. >> yes, right it is. and the recology artist in residence exhibit opens at the san francisco recycling center. it features art created from discarded materials. >> 99% of the materials that the artists use have to be found. our goal is to encourage people to recycle more, to reuse more, and to really think about protecting the environment. >> the art program provides artists stipends and studio space. since 1990, more than 160 professional and student artists have participated in the program. >> an update on your weekend weather forecast is next. see what to expect in terms of wind and ra

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hide on pete hegseth. as the secretary of defense, that means vice president j.d. vance will be the tiebreaker. mitch mcconnell voted no, as did lisa murkowski and susan collins. all other republicans voted yes. all democrats voted no. hegseth could only afford to lose three votes. >> the princess project silicon

valley has helped countless teenagers find free dresses for some of their most memorable events. but now the south bay nonprofit is in need of some help itself. >> that's right. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes explains why they're losing their home and what they need to continue the great work they're doing. >> welcome to princess project. >> stepping through the current santa clara home of this nonprofit is like walking through a princess closet. but it's not royalty who gets to step out in one of the treasures found here, it's south bay teens heading to prom. >> student will also walk away with not only a dress, but a wonderful goodie box. >> there's no financial requirement. the organization is run by volunteers like president rebecca flores. >> when we hear comments from the students, things like, thank you for making me feel pretty. it's overwhelming. and it's that's what makes us do what we do. >> for the last three years, the silicon valley chapter of the princess project has been

running out of this donated space in santa clara, a now shuttered real estate office. but the building recently came under new ownership. the nonprofit has been asked to leave under a tight deadline. >> february 15th. it barely gives us enough time to be able to move everything out. >> with prom season just around the corner, plus volunteer and giveaway events scheduled in the coming weeks, the princess project is hoping for someone to step in as a type of fairy godmother. >> we're hoping that somebody out there has a space for us, even you know, all we really need right now is a space to last us until through april at least. >> the nonprofit needs a certain type of space in the south bay to house the donated inventory and accommodate changing areas. >> the ideal spot for us would be a commercial space that is more than 6000ft■!s. >> no matter if and when someone comes through for them, flores said. the nonprofit will somehow do the giveaways that so many bay area teens have come to rely on. >> i have to do this out of my driveway. this is what i'm going

to do. somehow, someway. this is what i'm going to do. i'm i'm going to meet those commitments that we've made to our high schools. >> if you or someone you know would like to help the princess project silicon valley find a new space, head to our website, abc7 news.com in santa clara. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> her determination. >> her passion. >> for. >> this is fantastic. all right, let's talk about the weather forecast. >> weekend, sandhya, it. >> is here. yes. ama and dan. let's take a look at a live picture from our zephyr cove camera. you will notice that it is pretty quiet right now. tahoe valley airport, 37 degrees. that is going to be changing. looking at live doppler seven, we do have a lot of cloud cover moving into that area and our area hour by hour we go a cold system dropping in from the north will bring the sierra snow. southern california, widespread rain and snow with this first winter storm for them. for us, it's just going to be spotty showers. now. the wet weather continues through monday for southern california. next thursday we have an opportunity at night to get

some rain going into friday. this is certainly encouraging, and that pattern could continue into the early days of february early february, three quarters of an inch of rain expected in los angeles. santa barbara 8/10. san diego about a half an inch of rain here in the bay area. temperatures tomorrow in the 50s. it's going to be cool. we're going to see spotty showers, so have a jacket and an umbrella. fine. it'll be just fine. not a washout for the weekend. the accuweather seven day forecast. windy in the hills, breezy at the lower elevations, and then next week you start off dry. may end up wet by the end of the week. >> it would be a welcome change. >> yes. >> yes, absolutely. we need. >> yeah. >> thanks, andy. >> the only washout we want is rain in threes for the warriors. larry. >> showtime. right. >> i was going to say you should try to trademark weekend. >> you gotta do the shimmy two. i was like weekend. >> like lebron does taco tuesday. i said he couldn't trademark that. steph curry and the warriors will host lebron and the lakers tomorrow in prime time. lebron james going to see some new names on the warriors. scouting report he, santos and

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i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise] tomorrow night right here on abc seven in prime time. expect to see more of two guys who've hardly played for the dubs this season, but they were great last night. forward gui santos and center quinton post. now injuries have caused steve kerr to use 25 different starting

lineups. santos, in just his second year with the dubs after being the 55th overall pick in the 2022 draft. he's six eight. santos brings tons of energy. last night, hit five threes on his way to a career high 19 points. meanwhile, seven foot rookie quinton post played in just his sixth nba game. he also had five threes, which, by the way, is as many as steph hit and route to his career high of 20 points. warriors have been searching for big men who can shoot seemingly forever, and they may have found two of them. >> when you move the ball, everybody touches the ball. everybody has a feeling and everybody got to like when you got the feeling, you're feeling good. if you have one shot, you feel good. like, yeah, i'm going to make this shot. >> don't be afraid. you know, to let it fly, you know, kind of feel like last few games have kind of been struggling offensively. so i think that's why i'm getting a chance just to get a new look out there. so it doesn't make sense. if i come in and i and i and i don't play my own game. >> you can catch the warriors

and lakers tomorrow night. tip off is at 5:30 p.m. here on abc seven, followed by after the game to the nfl. the raiders have had five coaches in five years, but this time they may have gotten it right. the silver and black are hiring longtime head coach pete carroll to try to resurrect a wrecked franchise. carroll led the seahawks to the playoffs ten times in 14 years, won a super bowl with seattle. he's 73 years old, so he'll become the oldest head coach in the nfl. but the man. have you ever been around him? has a ton of energy, and we'll see a rivalry renewed in the afc west with jim harbaugh in la. remember what's your deal? what's your deal? this is championship weekend in the nfl. bills visit the chiefs in the afc title game. battle of arguably the two best quarterbacks in football. josh allen trying to end kansas city's playoff dominance. there's the pride of firebaugh right there. while patrick mahomes just keeps being amazing annoyingly amazing actually. as the chiefs try to win their third straight super bowl, the

bills have lost their last three playoff games against kc. and allen wants to see that trend end. >> you always remember the feeling of not pulling through. you know that sticks with you for a while. and it really, really doesn't leave. >> when you win a super bowl you start back at the bottom, you start back level with everybody, and you have to go about your process and put in that work. and so it definitely is a battle every single year. every season is different. and you just appreciate being in this game and you just try to find a way to maximize it and try to get to that next one. >> biggest surprise in these playoffs, the success of the washington commanders knocking off the buccaneers and lions in the first two rounds of the playoffs, led by rookie quarterback jayden daniels, has been amazing. now they face their nfc east rivals in philly. jalen hurts comes in with a bruised knee. hard to know how effective he's going to be. commanders first year coach dan quinn believes his team has not peaked yet. >> while we have found our identity, what i hit with the team is that we still haven't found our ceiling and that fires me up to say that at this time of year, and that's really what

we chase about what we can do to get better and find our space to go for it again this weekend. >> so it's going to be fun. on sunday, i'm going to take the two underdogs. you are the commanders and the bills. i would bet the mortgage on your mortgage, but that's how confident i feel. >> that's kind of interesting. it'll be fun. yeah. good. good games. yeah. thanks, larry. all right, all right. tonight on abc. >> seven, 8:00. shark tank followed by 2020 at nine. stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember that we're streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. >> finally, this friday, a few thoughts about what really matters. if a picture is worth a thousand words, perhaps the one we saw today is worthy of the following few. given the vitriol and animosity that both men seem to share, the image of president trump and governor newsom chatting on the tarmac in los angeles was a bit odd, face to face, talking just inches apart. it felt a little like a title

fight. weigh in, where at any moment someone was going to throw a punch. the president came to see the devastation from the fires for himself, promising help. the governor was there to get that federal support. it's a photo op, both men trying to demonstrate that they're on the job. but for those who lost everything in the fire zones, it's a glimmer of hope across a desperate, desolate landscape. these two political enemies posing for the cameras, offering an illusion of cooperation. it is an illusion, but what really matters is that it lasts long enough and be meaningful enough to help people recover. and los angeles rebuild. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on social media at dan ashley abc seven. >> all right. and that is it for this edition of abc seven news. we thank you 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. >> that's right. and we're going to we're going to go live to washington, d.c, where vice president jd vance just cast the

tie breaker vote in the senate. pete hegseth now confirmed as secretary of defense. >> we'll see you tonight at 11.

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