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makes a bombshell announcement. the entire athletics program is getting cut. we'll have more on that in just a moment. good morning everybody. it's sunday, january 26th. let's get right to your forecast. and kind of a mild week. >> yeah. you know we are going to look for some changes as we get through the week. but this morning we are still starting out with some cold numbers in this upper level low that has brought rain to southern california and even a few lightning strikes off the monterey coast. so it is just clipping parts of the bay area. but for the most part we will remain dry and see increasing sunshine. today it's cold, especially the east bay hills and the eastern santa clara hills, where there's a frost advisory until 9:00. 38 los gatos, 46, in fremont. and we've got more mid 40s up in the north bay with the wind is quite elevated here in the north bay. a wind advisory until 10:00 this morning winds over 30 miles an hour in the hills here. and then we'll see an onshore flow today as the low departs and increasing sunshine. so 40s, 50s by two, 3:00 we've got partly

cloudy skies, more sun in the north bay and then mostly sunny. by the end of the day. we'll look for a quiet start to the week but increasing rain chances. we'll talk about that in detail coming up steph. >> all right lisa thank you. back to our top story. now along with its athletic program, sonoma state university is also getting rid of several academic departments and majors, in addition to laying off dozens of faculty members. it's all to address the school's nearly $24 million budget deficit for the upcoming school year. but it has a lot of students and staff feeling blindsided. now, as tara campbell explains, they're preparing to fight back. >> the airport to make our budget. >> it's a pep talk these sonoma state coaches never thought they'd have to give, nor did they think they'd be preparing to file a lawsuit against the university. but that's exactly what they're doing in wake of the school's announcement wednesday, it's shuttering its athletic department. >> there's been a complaint filed with the office of civil rights. >> the complaint, filed on behalf of minority athletes,

calls for an investigation into the university's decision. >> the athletic department is the most diverse group on campus, way more than than the campus at large. so this this decision harms minority students. >> like many coaches here, marcus zimmer's seawolves roots run decades deep student athlete turned coach, just like women's soccer head coach and hall of famer amiria salzman. >> on one hand, we're trying to get them somewhere else, but on the other hand, we're asking them to fight, and that's a lot to put on people. >> it takes a lot of commitment from our family and our friends to even get us to the opportunity to go to college, and taking that away from athletes and non-athletes alike. it just breaks my heart. >> heartbreaking is how these coaches are describing it too. >> when we recruit players, we look at them in their eyes. we talk and meet their families and look at them, and we promise their families that we're going to take care of them. and now the school has stripped us of

that opportunity. so i have to go back on my word to all of our players, and that hurts more than anything else. >> while there is a lot of hurt, there's also a lot of hurt. >> as athletes and coaches were taught to fight like my team goes by a quote played till the last minute, and that's what we're going to do. >> we reached out to the university for a response to the filing and received an email reading. the university is aware of the complaint and it is being reviewed, and certainly conversations like the ones going on behind me right now between these coaches and these athletes will continue. this group says they're not giving up. >> my goal is to be able to come back here in a couple years and still have a legacy left, and for these coaches to still have a place to call home and to come to work to every day. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> turning now to the southern california wildfires, where fire crews have just about full containment on three major fires. the palisades fire is now 84% contained. it has burned more than 23,000 acres.

containment on the eaton fire is 95% contained. it has burned more than 14,000 acres, and crews continue to gain ground on the hughes fire with 90% containment. but the big concern this weekend is rain, which could cause landslides in the burn areas. fire officials in southern california warned residents that the heavy rain could cause toxic ash runoff. the remaining homes in the pacific palisades underwent preparations before getting some much needed rainfall on saturday. several types of sandbags have been set up to prevent potentially toxic debris from flowing into storm drains. other sandbags are protecting the remaining structures from the fires. however, some residents fear the rain could cause extra damage to their homes. >> we're concerned about the runoff, the toxic material with the rain coming in that it's going to, you know, get potentially into our house. >> the national weather service

forecasts the region is about to get an inch of rain over the next few days, which could cause debris flow. this morning, there are also concerns over mudslides in the eaton fire burn areas. reporter leanne suter, from our sister station in los angeles, shows us the efforts from local crews to prepare in altadena. >> barriers of sandbags are in place and k-rails lined up along the charred hillsides as rain is set to move into the eaton burn zone. >> i'm delighted that the rain is coming. it's been so dusty and the ash has been in the air and the air quality has been low, and now the rain is going to come and it's going to knock down the dust. >> but hopefully not the fire ravaged hillsides. the eaton fire is charred more than 14,000 acres, putting a large area at risk of possible mudslides. >> i had ptsd from the fire. i said, oh no, now the floods are going to wash away our house. >> workers have been clearing area debris basins in hopes of

preventing any potential problems. and crews have been working on cleaning up the massive amounts of debris in pasadena, brought down by the wicked winds that fueled the firestorm. >> i dropped about nearly a year's worth of green waste material that we generally pick up in the city in just one day overnight. >> crews working to collect as much as possible before the rain washes it into the storm drains for residents who luckily escaped the fire. mother nature has them on edge once again with another threat. >> a little rain would be beneficial, but i am obviously nervous to see if it's going to be too much or what's going to happen, but i'm staying hopeful. we'll probably get some sandbags going, see what happens, but hoping for the best because it's been nonstop. >> there certainly is a lot of concern. everyone hoping that mother nature keeps the rain light and steady. no major downpours, but officials are warning that it won't take much

for those fire ravaged hillsides to start to move. in altadena, leanne suter abc seven news. >> well, here in san francisco, thousands of anti-abortion rights advocates were on the move throughout the city for the annual walk for life west coast. and as abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows, us abortion rights activists were also there making their voices heard to. >> glory, glory, hallelujah. >> thousands of anti-abortion rights supporters filling market street with their message. >> abortion is murder. >> this is the 21st annual walk for life west coast. the event bringing individuals and religious groups together from across california. sidney brooks knows why she's here. >> i know many women who have had abortions, and i know the regret that they feel. so i decided to come out here and just hopefully inspire and share the message of hope that there isn't another option. there are alternatives.

>> san francisco catholic archbishop salvatore cordileone, speaking to the crowd at civic center before the walk. >> if you look out at the crowd, you see most of them are young people. i think young people have finally realized what's going on at that. abortion destroys every year. there's no question about that. caitlin kenney a lot of their generation is not here because of that. >> abortion opponents are feeling inspired by the reelection of president donald trump and recent court actions restricting the procedure. >> it's moving the movement in the right direction, but we still have more work to do. >> across the street, abortion rights advocates gathered with their own counter-protest. >> we oppose the other side in terms of what they are trying to put against us and take away our bodily autonomy, which has always been our main message, is everyone has a right to do what they want to do with their bodies. >> traffic definitely impacted by this event. much of market street has been closed much of saturday. detours are in place. those detours causing some gridlock on downtown streets.

traffic returning to normal by late afternoon in san francisco. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> also in san francisco, supporters collected signatures this weekend at mccoppin square in the sunset district in an effort to recall san francisco supervisor joel engardio. one of the reasons they're upset is over the closure of the great highway. engardio says he disagrees. this one issue should cost him his job. >> i think he's made the west side of san francisco less safe by spearheading the closure of the great highway. he snuck it in against the will of the people that he's supposed to be representing. >> the road cannot be a direct connection to daly city anymore. it's literally falling into the ocean. the southern section is falling into the ocean because of extreme coastal erosion. so that raises the question what to do with the middle section. and people are going to disagree. they say it's a bad idea to recall someone based on a disagreement over a single issue.

>> organizers need to gather 10,000 signatures by may 22nd to trigger a recall in the east bay. now, candidates for the alameda county district attorney took part in a forum saturday to show their stances on key issues. alameda county justice based coalitions hosted this event. audience members asked some questions, and they touched on topics like public safety, police accountability, and substance abuse. all those in the running are in high local legal positions. now to a bizarre robbery attempt at a south bay restaurant, one that had employees struggling with what they call the robot kidnaper. take a look. surveillance video from just before eight last saturday. this is in the morning at pho for 21. it shows a man walking in and he asks to use the restroom, and when he emerges, he grabs one of the shop's three robot servers. you see right there. now he's struggling to get it out of the front door and into his backed

up car parked right outside. you see here employees race after him and eventually get the man to release the robot and call police. the owner tells abc seven the robot cost about $18,000, but says it's useless for a thief because it has to be specially programed in order to work. wow. well, still to come this morning we have much more news. but first we want to check on conditions outside with lisa. good morning. >> okay. good morning. yeah, we saw maybe a sprinkle or two yesterday. but as we look outside here, the skies are cloudy and we have a departing area of low pressure that will bring increasing sunshine today. we still have some wind to talk about and rain chances that increase throughout the workweek. that's all coming up. >> also ahead, the countdown continues for tiktok. and president trump is talking about what plans he has in store for the app. plus, thousands are celebrating the lunar new year across the bay area. we'll show

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that, and thousands came out last night to celebrate the tet lunar new year in san jose. it's a big part of the vietnamese culture. abc seven news reporter anser hassan brings us the highlights from little saigon. reporter. >> as with most east asian cultures, the lion dance is a big part of ushering in the new year. mongtomery vince is wishing everyone a happy new year. he and his family are among the few thousands who joined the lunar new year celebration in san jose's little saigon. >> i like to take my family here to go back to our uh. tradition every year to remind us how we live in the past and carry over to the future. >> that sense of honoring tradition is part of this year's

theme, bridging generations. organizers say the origin story of many of the bay area's vietnamese community is as refugees of the vietnam war. the u.s. military ground war began in 1965, in support of the south, who were fighting the communist north. the communists eventually won in 1975. year marks what organizers call the 50th anniversary of the mass exodus and early resettlement of refugees displaced by the fall of saigon. natalie phan was born and raised in san jose. >> as many people have come over from vietnam, or even just been here in america for a long time, we lose sight of our culture. and it's really amazing to see that everyone's connected with not only the american culture, but with lunar new year in general. >> for the vietnamese, this is the year of the wood snake. saturday night celebration is to remember, recreate and retain their heritage in their adopted

homeland. >> it's extremely important to have visibility, exposure to the language, keep our culture alive within an ever changing, i guess, political climate. and so that's why we bring our kids share the food, the traditions, the dancing, the arts and all of that. >> the event continues on sunday in san jose, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> on the peninsula, millbrae is holding its lunar new year festival this weekend as well. a huge crowd packed the downtown area, the main attraction appearing to be all the delicious food. there was also live entertainment and some vendors selling their goods. if you missed out, don't worry, it will be back again today on broadway starting at 10 a.m. in san francisco. the dharma treasury temple is putting thousands of its buddha relics collection on display to celebrate the lunar new year. it features gem like relics from the historical founder of buddhism and his disciples. it is part of the largest buddha

collection in the u.s. the collection will be on display each day until february 2nd, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. admission is free. well, this weekend, lunar new year celebrations kicked off in san francisco's chinatown. walking puppets, drummers and dancers took part in the annual mini parade yesterday. the procession along grant avenue finished at the main stage of the flower market street fair, which is right on pacific street. mayor daniel lurie helped officially open the festival. >> i'm fired up to be here. lunar new year celebration kick off! what an exciting time to be in san francisco, and i'm honored to be here with all the elected officials and the chinese chamber of commerce. thank you all for kicking it off. and we got a few weeks of celebration, so let's have some fun. >> the flower market street fair

sells oranges, tangerines, flowers, and plants, as well as a variety of auspicious foods. there's also traditional chinese entertainment, including chinese opera and lion dancing on stage. the fair is still open today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and of course, abc seven is a proud sponsor of the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade. you can watch the live parade saturday, february 15th, starting at 6 p.m. right here on abc seven and wherever you stream abc seven news. well, a second chance at life for this heron tangled in a fishing line at fisherman's wharf. crews were able to reach the struggling bird in a high tree and free it from the line. it had a hook in its beak, so they transported it to the vet to be removed. animal control expects it to be returned to the wild to live a happy life, and you never know who or what might be lurking under your house, especially in lake tahoe. a black bear got

evicted this week from the area, and apparently all it took was a few taps on the side of the home to get that bear to come out and dart off, as you just saw. this was a young male bear that had taken up a residence there. too funny. certainly a par for the course if you live in south lake tahoe. lisa, we often hear from viewers who describe watching the footage from their ring doorbell cameras of, you know, their trash getting thrown over or their christmas decor getting torn down. it's always something new. >> it always is. yes. hopefully they don't get into the car ripping off the car doors. all right. good morning everybody. we are checking out this area of low pressure that continues to meander out of the bay area. but we've seen a few showers. and the main activity has been in southern california, but it is clipping parts of the bay area around hollister and gilroy. and we have some lightning strikes off of monterey right here. so we're watching this as it continues to sink to the south, bringing that rain to the bay

area in terms of gilroy and hollister, that's about it though, maybe a couple hundredths here. and then as it pulls away we get a wind shift, we get increasing sunshine. and we are looking at a better day today here in terms of brighter. but the rainfall we talked about it yesterday in southern california. more to come over a half inch. so you can expect certainly some problems there. but at least yes get some of the dust out of the air and hopefully the rain doesn't come down on one of those burn scars. so that's the situation in southern california. here we're looking at some cold temperatures, but numbers are up in parts of the bay area. and you'll notice that we're all pretty much in the 40s, mid 40s, oakland, 48, in san francisco. and live look outside the exploratorium camera. we still have that breeze in the upper elevations this morning of the north bay, then partly cloudy throughout the day. more clouds in the east bay, the peninsula, the south bay as that low pulls away, and then cold mornings

with some frost the next several days and by the end of the week, increasing chances of showers. hoping that we see that friday into the weekend and early february. so here's a look at the offshore flow. the gusty winds 20 to 30 miles an hour. upper elevations going through about 11:00 this morning, the winds still elevated out of the east. that low pulls away. and then we get a wind shift by about five 6:00, the winds coming onshore and the winds still kind of breezy anywhere from 15 to 20 miles an hour. but in terms of the cloud cover, notice the north bay is clear. and then we're looking at some partly cloudy conditions into the east bay. the south bay, as we see that wind shift into the sierra nevada. snow levels have been low. we're looking at our winter weather advisory for the greater lake tahoe area right on through 4:00, 4 to 6in above 5000ft, and then a dusting at 3000ft. we'll have certainly some cold mornings for snow making. but in terms of mother nature helping out, we have to get to the end of the week into

early february. and you notice it looks more promising as we get towards, say, friday into early next week, where we could see anywhere from a third of an inch to upwards of three quarters of an inch. so we certainly need the rain. it has been so dry in january. today though. upper 50s for you in oakland. it's another cool day. plenty of sunshine and we'll get back to a little bit of fog throughout the middle of the week. 57 in palo alto, 60 in santa rosa and the accuweather seven day forecast. so slightly warmer temperatures and then looking at a pretty quiet week, cold mornings, sunny afternoons. clouds increase on thursday. chances of rain arrive friday into early febru ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪

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expensive to fix. >> walk down balboa street in san francisco's richmond neighborhood, and you can't help but notice several newly painted red curbs. the only problem the san francisco municipal transportation agency says many of them are fake, painted red by an unknown person or people. >> it's extremely inappropriate, and i don't think it's acceptable to do such things. i hope it's illegal. >> local resident gloria zarkova tells us she was confused when the red curbs popped up seemingly overnight this week. as you can see, sfmta has had to start repainting some of these fake curbs. gray again. that's because whoever did this made some of them much longer than the 20ft that's actually required by the state's daylighting law. and that fact has frustrated a lot of local residents. >> it's already extremely hard to park in san francisco. there is no, like, public parkings in neighborhoods. >> sfmta says many of the fake curbs were originally spray painted red. a spokesperson for

the agency said they had to send crews out to repaint them and make them the proper length. in a statement, sfmta expressed frustration over being forced to do that, saying responding to these incidents is stretching our resources thin and causing confusion among residents. to comply with the state's daylighting law. we need to be focusing our limited resources where they matter most, which is most immediately in school zones to provide safe crossing to kids. those frustrations were also shared by other people in this neighborhood. >> the city is being forced to do something that they shouldn't have to be doing, and of course, that takes time and money. and so that's taking resources away from things that they might decide would be a better use of the money we pay in taxes. >> and amid the confusion, many just hoping whoever is responsible is caught. >> i really hope they can figure out who's actually doing this and why would they do it? is it someone within the neighborhood or is it just here? i don't know if it's throughout the city. >> sfmta says while they would ultimately like to daylight every intersection in the city, they currently don't have the

funding to do that. in san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. >> still to come on abc seven mornings, the newest members of president trump's cabinet now sworn in. we have reaction from department of defense secretary pete hegseth. plus, what it means for the inmates on the front lines fighting fires in

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looking at a few showers. 1/100 at sfo yesterday, the east bay hills and getting in closer to home. you can see that rain uh- far south around san juan bautista and also south of gilroy, so a few sprinkles possible there, low to mid 40s and the temperatures will certainly be cool. not only today, the next several days. the winds are breezy. they're offshore. a wind advisory for the north bay mountains continue, and you can see those gusty winds in the upper elevations. so partly cloudy mid and upper 50s today. steph. >> all right lisa thank you. developing news now. two members of president donald trump's cabinet were sworn in on saturday. pete hegseth was sworn in to lead the department of defense. and kristi noem was sworn in as secretary of homeland security. here's abc news reporter nicole d'antonio with the latest. >> president donald trump's secretary of homeland security, kristi noem, became the fourth member of his new cabinet to be sworn in on saturday. trump's choice to head the department of defense pete hegseth

confirmation vote was tied 50 over 50 after three republicans senators lisa murkowski, susan collins and mitch mcconnell voted against him. vice president jd vance called in to cast the deciding vote. >> mr. vice president, thank you for breaking the tie. >> after being sworn in on saturday. hegseth shared his vision for the department. >> and the three principles i talked about are what we will bring to that pentagon, restore the warrior ethos in everything that we do, rebuild our military and reestablish deterrence. >> noman hegseth joined new cia director john ratcliffe, who was director of national intelligence during trump's first term, as well as former senator marco rubio. the new secretary of state and the first confirmed member of president donald trump's cabinet in his second administration. nicole d'antonio, abc news, new york. >> well, speaking of, president trump stopped in a las vegas casino this weekend to talk economics. he promised the crowd

to expect a bill that will have broad tax cuts, including on chips. >> so if you're a restaurant worker, a server, a valet, a bellhop, a bartender, one of my caddies, i go through caddies like candy. if i play badly, i always blame my caddy or any other worker who relies on tipped income. your tips will be 100% yours, won't that. >> the president arrived in south florida last night. mr. trump will attend a congressional republican conference starting tomorrow. coming up on this week with billionaire elon musk's relationship with president trump in the spotlight, abc news anchor martha raddatz sits down with musk biographer walter isaacson to discuss the bond between two of the world's most powerful men. you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, right here on abc

seven. we're following developing news out of israel this morning. three people were killed and another 44 others were injured by israeli defense forces in southern lebanon. that's according to the lebanese ministry of health. the ministry says that israeli forces opened fire in at least two border towns. idf troops had been expected to withdraw from that area today under the ceasefire agreement. meanwhile, 38 people were hurt on a united airlines flight bound for washington dc. the flight out of nigeria experienced, quote, unusual movement during the flight, causing pilots to turn the plane around on friday. excuse me? according to the federal airports authority of nigeria. four passengers and two crew members were seriously injured. another 27 passengers and five crew members had minor injuries. a united airlines spokesperson tells cnn those admitted to the hospital have since been released. united also says that

the plane's movement was not severe turbulence, but they are working with authorities to investigate the cause. nearly three weeks after the devastating wildfires began in southern california, there are still hundreds of fire crews working to protect lives and property. reporter anabel munoz shows us how some of them are serving time in prison. as two historic wildfires raged in southern california. joseph mckinney and sal almanza were among the firefighters who rushed to help. >> physically, it's pretty demanding. there's a lot of hiking and it's in a rough terrain. >> we often go where bulldozers and other vehicles cannot go. >> the visalia natives are two of california's more than 1000 incarcerated firefighters responding to this emergency. part of a state program for incarcerated men and women. >> i knew that the firefighting program was going to be the fastest avenue for me to get home to my son. firefighting has always been a passion of mine.

>> most who are eligible and choose to join can qualify for sentence reductions up to two days off their sentences. for every day on a fire crew, they earn up to roughly $10 a day, plus an extra dollar during emergencies. mckinney says he's worked as long as 24 hours. >> it was a lot, but, you know, they keep the water coming, they keep food coming. and, you know, you feed off the energy of the other guys. y'all are doing lifesaving work. we have a responsibility to show our gratitude as a state for that. >> california state assembly member isaac bryant and government officials met with some of these firefighters at their base camp in pasadena. brian just introduced legislation to increase their pay. >> what ab 247 says is that if you are incarcerated and you are actively fighting a wildfire, you are on the front line. you are on the fire line doing that lifesaving work. you should be compensated at the same rate as the lowest paid person who's not incarcerated. >> mckinney and almanza have been moved by the outpouring of support from many in the public. >> it just feels like sometimes

you're tucked away, you know, and no one gets to touch. you don't get to share those experiences with nobody. so when the community comes out and shows the love and the outpouring, it just really feels good. you know, it feels like someone cares and someone knows what you're doing. >> one of the organizations that has advocated with and for these firefighters is the anti-recidivism coalition. they helped write a bill to expunge their records. the organization also helps run a firefighter training and reentry program that creates a pathway for a career upon release. >> i have about two years left on my sentence, so by the time that it's over, i should be pretty dialed in and know what i'm doing, so i'm excited to pursue that. >> anabel munoz, abc seven. >> well, still ahead on abc seven mornings. the question is, are we prepared for the next natural disaster at the bay area's biggest county? plans to protect people and property in the future. and we'll get you outside for this sky high view from our mount tam camera. still very dark out. we're about an

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the wildfires have highlighted a plan approved less than a year ago in the south bay, and it could now help santa clara county prepare for a similar disaster. here's abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes. >> the southern california wildfires have brought a daunting reminder to communities across the state that they could face the same. in santa clara county, officials remind that its cities face not just wildfires, but earthquakes, floods and even tsunamis. but the same county plan that highlights and informs of those threats is also a roadmap in navigating them. >> the multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan is a countywide plan that identifies risks and threats in our county, and it helps us learn what they are and how we can minimize the

damage of any natural or human caused disasters. >> that plan brings together 18 cities in the county and also unincorporated areas, ranking the biggest risks each faces. collaboration that's key. in an area as big as santa clara county, with some cities at higher risk of certain threats than others. for example, the city of santa clara is at highest risk for earthquakes, followed by gilroy and morgan hill. palo alto, los gatos milpitas ranked some of the highest among the cities for wildfire risk. >> a overall whole community approach when we're doing this, because if there is an earthquake, for example, loma prieta, it didn't only affect that area of the county, it affected actually the whole bay. correct. but at least our whole county and all our cities and special districts understand that hazard risk levels. >> the most recent plan was approved in february of 2020. for a hard or more official review is done every 2 to 5 years. still, the county said the plan is consistently monitored and updated in between, something it says is

especially critical as officials and the entire community see events unfolding in southern california. >> we're very focused on making sure that we plan, prepare, mitigate so we can respond and recover from disasters. >> but it's not just governments that officials say have to have a plan. they remind everyone to protect themselves by having emergency plans and staying informed by signing up for emergency alerts in santa clara county. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> certainly an important question we should all be asking. all right, let's get you outside. good morning. lisa. >> good morning. you know, it is cold in the upper elevations. just 30s on top of mount tam, mount hamilton, mount diablo, so that precip. as it pulls away, you could see a few flakes of snow on mount hamilton, but you can see it's clear here where more sunshine is on the way for the north bay, and eventually the rest of the bay area as that area of low pressure pulls away. full details just a few minutes away. >> also next, a rivalry renewed at chase center. the dubs faced

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a nice sight as we look at some rain in southern california. of course, that's not the whole picture because there is so much burned landscape there. they could have some problems, but at least they're getting a little bit of rain and a hold on the fires there. and also along the central coast, there are some lightning strikes around monterey, and the bay area saw a few sprinkles still departing gilroy, morgan hill, and you can see the white there. that's how cold this system is. so upper elevations looking at some snow. and as we get in closer to home, you'll notice that 101, maybe some wet pavement there and also down through hollister. so this all will make for a slippery commute or slippery morning. well south of the bay area, the central coast and rainfall amounts still quite impressive for southern california. another half inch to come throughout the day today into tomorrow. and

then that system pulls away. as it pulls away from the bay area. we get a wind shift and skies brighten up around here. it is 43. in danville and vallejo, the east bay hills. the upper elevations here of the santa clara hills. also looking at some frosty conditions. although surface temperatures are elevated there. a look outside. we've got the morning breeze in the north bay, still with a wind advisory until 10:00. so gusty winds there there offshore. and as we get into an onshore component, we'll begin to see the clearing. and as we go through the next several mornings, that cold air still in place. so we're looking at a freeze watch into monday, tuesday and wednesday morning for pretty much the entire bay area except the coast and the coastal north bay. and then looking at that chance of showers, finally, by the end of january, friday is the last day. maybe we'll sneak some rain in here on friday, but here's a look at the winds right on through the next several hours. they're elevated in the north bay mountains. then they begin

to slacken off all out of the north or northeast, and that's an offshore flow. and then as we get into the second half of the day, you'll notice still those clouds wanting to hang on to parts of the east bay and the south bay, mostly sunny skies to the north, but eventually the skies clear. we get the winds from the coastline and building up some fog. the next couple of days there's a look at our winter weather advisory. it's been cold enough to make snow just a couple of inches here at lake level, but upper elevations 4 to 6in. and looking at those gusty winds. so the cold mornings maybe helping out in terms of the snow department. but this is what we really need, right. the help from mother nature as we get into friday saturday this takes us into the middle of next week, where a couple of systems could provide some welcome rain here. highs today. still on the cool side, but much brighter out there. and those winds dialing back certainly in the north bay 59 in san jose. look for upper 50s for you in richmond. so not a big spread. just mid 50s at the

coastline. half moon bay. the accuweather seven day forecast, maybe a sprinkle and breezy winds in the upper elevations. otherwise we'll get into more sun today. cold mornings, dry afternoons, the lunar new year on wednesday included, and then increasing clouds thursday and rain chances increase by friday into the weekend. steph. >> all right lisa thank you. well fans fest is making a comeback in oakland. take a look at this crowd. last year there was a huge turnout that was spearheaded by multiple groups. after the a's decided not to do one. now the a's may be gone, but the sporting spirit is going to live on in oakland. the last dive bar is teaming up with the oakland 68 for an event on march 1st. it will be held at the prescott market and raymond park, which is where the oakland ballers play. this is being billed as a celebration of oakland sports, and in san francisco, a loss for the warriors last night that was tough to watch. our abc seven

sports anchor, chris alvarez, has a look at what happened against the lakers. >> good morning. we got to see another steph curry versus lebron james matchup last night at chase center. but it's going to be nearly impossible for the warriors to win many games. when steph is held scoreless in the second half. 25th regular season meeting between steph and lebron tied at 12 wins each entering the ball game early on, buddy hield corner the miss offensive rebound. get it out to steph makes the three. eight points in the first quarter and 13 at the break. lakers by one after one second quarter. here's anthony davis had a big game. and 118 in the first half. finished with a game high 36. and lebron james working on santos. great defense for about 20s. but lebron i mean he can beat anyone working hard off the glass. lakers up by one at the break. game turns in the third quarter. max christie hitting back to back threes in about a 35 second span. there's one from that corner. if one is nice how about twice. another

triple goes for him. lakers jump out to a double digit lead and the warriors never recover. curry went zero for eight in the second half. just couldn't find the bottom of the net. held scoreless. not often. you see 30. held scoreless at any point really in a game. and then lebron up top 25 points 12 assists. lakers win by ten. the warriors fall back under 500 at 22 and 23. >> hospital in akron, ohio. i thought we played a great first half. we had a lot of really good shots, good flow to the offense and then second half not as good. i give credit to the lakers and their defense and i just think that overall wasn't our night. we didn't make enough shots. we know as a as a shooting team. three point shooting team a team that doesn't get to the line a whole lot or get a lot of easy baskets. we've got to knock down our threes. and tonight we didn't knock down enough. >> they guarded us well. they knocked down shots. you know they're a big team. so it's different than a lot of the matchups. but you got to be able

to adapt. and they just came out on top. >> really bothered us. and you know any game where i play like that it's going to be hard for us to win. so at the end of the day you got to make adjustments, find space and, you know, knock down the shots that you're supposed to. and i didn't do that tonight. >> and steph shots. he didn't make a shot in the second half. anything you see is it just couple don't go basketball. >> yeah. basket. even the greatest shooter on earth is going to have nights like that. it happens. >> all right. sharks taking on defending cup champion florida panthers might not want to look at this one. first period mario ferraro shot goes off the end board. will smith eighth of the season two one san jose. but florida would score the next six goals. aaron ekblad back of the net. three two panthers and it's all florida aj greer going to score on the breakaway and the sharks lose seven two. they've dropped six straight. that is your look at sunday sports. it's championship sunday in the nfl. the super bowl will be set later today. send it back to you. >> all right chris thank you.

well, the walt disney company's power of joy has invited four black influencers to experience the sundance film festival. entertainment reporter george pennacchio has their story from park city, utah. >> the sundance film festival 2025 is officially underway in park city, utah. >> i have the privilege of being a part of the disney power of joy collective, which actually what that means is that they brought together some of the most influential black creators to help them spread the gospel of everything that is disney. >> it's nice to come and do something different and experience this because i've never experienced it before. a lot of people that look like me don't either. >> the walt disney company is welcoming festival attendees to the disney house to get out of the cold. >> i am in a disney snow globe right now, feeling like a disney princess. >> and to see a preview of what's ahead. >> welcome to the hulu lounge. thank you. watching a tv show called paradise. >> they're showing you like paradise, a brand new series that's coming out with that sly lives with this incredible

documentary by questlove uh. the delhi boys have had an incredible impact here as well. all these little things, man helped make sundance special. >> the sundance film festival runs through february 2nd. george pennacchio on the red carpet at the sundance film festival. >> coming up next, a music festival makes its way back to san francisco. we'll have all the details on the lineup for noise pop. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez. >> i'm luz pena. >> i'm tara campbell. >> i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories. >> with real answers.

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independent music. saint vincent and ben gibbard will perform at legendary grace cathedral. sweatshirt will take his show to the great american music hall. the festival takes place february 21st through march 2nd. so that's coming up. a reminder that you can watch all 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. you can download the app and start streaming. still to come on abc seven mornings at 6 a.m. rain in the forecast for southern california. expecting to help progress with the fires, but concerns now for the impact on burn scars. plus an impressive rescue here in san francisco. crews worked to free a heron trapped at fisherman's wharf. we'll be right back.

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