>> miss robin. >> and finally tonight, josh allen named the nfl's mvp, making his red carpet debut with his fiancee, actor and singer hailee steinfeld. the buffalo bills qb beating out baltimore's lamar jackson for this year's title in one of the most watched rivalries in the game. allen, throwing for 40 touchdowns, actually one less than jackson, but besting the ravens qb in mvp votes 27 to 23 and notching his first ever mvp. big congrats. that's nightline. see you right back here monday. same time. thanks for staying up with us. good night america. enjoy your super bowl weekend.

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a huge blow to the bay area. medical researchers working on everything from cancer to hiv. the funding cuts being made by the trump administration. >> police department. >> police and dramatic new video shows police literally going door to door to try and rescue people as a wildfire erupts in southern california. >> plus, let the countdown to

the nba all-star game begins. see how fans and businesses are getting ready. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> and good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. here's a live look outside tonight. and the rain has moved out. but the cold is moving in. >> yes. let's get over to spencer christian. it is looking rather frosty of a weekend for us. spencer. >> all right. it's beginning to feel frosty already. here's a look at the satellite radar image. cold air mass moving in. it almost looks cold on this image as it's pushing into the bay area. and that's going to drop temperatures down to the freezing level in some places tonight. we have a freeze warning and a frost advisory in effect for the bay area from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow. those areas under the purple color there, the north bay interior valleys and the eastern santa clara hills are under the freeze warning. and those areas, low temperatures may go as low as 28 degrees in the blue areas. all of the bay area basically, except san francisco and the coastline. the frost advisory is in effect, and in those areas,

lows could drop down to about 33 degrees. and as you look at the projected lows for tonight, you can see we're talking about 31 at santa rosa and ukiah, 28 at lakeport. most inland east bay areas will have lows in the mid 30s. parts of the south bay morgan hill in the low in the low to mid 30s. we'll have the complete accuweather seven day forecast and see when it might warm up a little bit later. dan. >> okay. spencer, thanks very much. in the north bay, people living along the russian river in sonoma county can return home. finally, the sheriff's office has downgraded the evacuation order to a warning. residents are advised to keep an eye out in case flooding happens again. sky seven shot footage of at least one home still partially underwater. >> this week's storms are contributing to great ski conditions in the tahoe area for the weekend. much of the area is under a blanket of fresh snow right now. that news had drivers from the bay area hitting the road to get to the resorts. today, officials at boreal ski resort say it is the best conditions they've seen all

season. >> it's just beautiful in the snow up here, you know, looks looks great and peaceful and real nice. i'm happy to get the day off and sneak up to the mountain for a day. >> yeah. nobody knows you snuck up there, right? except for everybody watching. along with all the new snow. sunny skies are in the forecast for saturday and sunday. you can follow along as the forecast changes with the abc seven bay area app. it gives you access to the same live doppler seven our weather team uses to also send alerts with important updates. >> the trump administration has sent an earthquake through the medical research community. the national institutes of health is going to have to cut funding by $4 billion. as abc seven news reporter tara campbell explains, it's going to affect local researchers who are working on everything from cancer to hiv. >> friday night, a blow to the bay area's medical researchers. >> this is going to be a disaster. >> president trump's administration announcing the national institutes of health is slashing critical funding to

universities and medical centers. >> we will not be able to function because we need the infrastructure, we need the staff. we need people to help us put in the grants. >> the nih cutting what's called indirect cost payments down to 15%. the payments are made to universities in conjunction with the grants the nih doles out for research. the money covers everything from administrative staff to facilities such as labs and top research. universities can typically see rates well above 50%. >> so to go down drastically to 15% was shocking. today. >> doctor monica gandhi is the director of the ucsf center for aids research. >> we will go down to an indirect rate that's so drastically cut, we won't be able to do a lot of our work. >> i'm also very worried about the uncertainty of what's going to happen. >> doctor pamela munster is a professor of medicine at ucsf. her cancer treatment, research and clinical trials are often the last line of hope.

>> my patients who are in clinical trials that are funded by the national cancer institute, are they continuing with their treatment? and like a lot of patients, as you can imagine, are quite anxious. >> meanwhile, doctor gandhi says the impacts will be far reaching. >> everyone who works at ucsf, which is of course, one of the biggest employers in the city of san francisco. they are largely funded by the infrastructure support from the nih. >> as of friday night, the nih funding cuts are set to go into effect monday. tara campbell, abc seven news. >> san francisco is suing the trump administration over sanctuary city policies. the lawsuit challenges the president's executive executive order mandating federal agencies cut funding to local jurisdictions with sanctuary policies. >> since his first term, donald trump has tried different ways to coerce cities into doing the job of the federal government and carrying out federal

immigration enforcement. >> santa clara county joined san francisco as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. the legal action comes a day after the justice department sued the city of chicago and the state of illinois over their sanctuary policies. >> the federal highway administration is halting funding for states to install tens of thousands of electric vehicle chargers. the money was part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in 2021. now, transportation advocates say that with this uncertainty, cities need to focus more on things like public transit. >> and these changes actually get our our city leaders, our state and regional leaders to focus on true sustainable transportation. >> news of the funding pause is being welcomed by locally. >> san francisco was set to receive $15 million and san jose $12 million. environmental advocates expect california to be less impacted than other states due to california's own aggressive plans to expand electric vehicle infrastructure,

separate from any federal plans. there's a call for change in california following president trump's executive order banning transgender athletes from womens school sports. a group of students, parents and organizations showed their stance in support of the ban at a california interscholastic federation council meeting today. the cif is the governing body for high school sports in the state. >> be brave. stand up for girls. save girls sports. >> i want to strongly exhort each and every one of you to stand up and protect these young girls who have been competing for years in their sport. >> every morning it's something else. so we we're in a lot of pain. i'm open to talking about the regulations to try to make sure there's a level playing field, but this is not what it's being used for. >> cif announced today that it's not wavering from a commitment for inclusion despite trump's order. >> new developments in santa clara county, where a judge has ordered former forty-niner dana stubblefield to be released from prison. this comes after an

appellate court overturned stubblefield's rape conviction late last december. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has reaction from outside the courthouse. >> reporter a victory for former forty-niner dana stubblefield and his attorneys friday in the santa clara county courtroom. a judge ordered stubblefield to be released immediately. >> a significant step for him to be home with his family tonight, where he should be, where he should have been the whole time. >> the order comes after a december ruling by an appellate court overturning his rape conviction. the former forty-niner sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in the case he was found guilty of raping a woman under threat of a gun after inviting her to his home to interview for a babysitting job in 2015. his defense team says the judge blocked key evidence from being admitted, including the accuser's confession that she was a paid sex worker. >> this was the most infected trial i've ever seen. >> stubblefield said. the interaction with the accuser was a paid, consensual transaction. he was convicted in 2020 and a year later, california's racial justice act took effect. the law bars prosecutors from seeking a

conviction on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin. the appellate court ruled that the prosecution violated the act when it said in its closing argument that it didn't search stubblefield's home for a gun over concerns it would open up a, quote, storm of controversy amid civil unrest at the time over the police killing of george floyd. >> when there were references to mr. stubblefield's race that had nothing to do with the case. that set the appellate court on notice that we need to go back and look carefully at this. and they said that was a violation, and they said he did not get a fair trial. >> that move by the appellate court eventually led to friday's order for release. >> he's legally innocent. he had a legally invalid process, and that's where we are today. >> in the bail hearing friday, prosecutors said calling stubblefield innocent is a misstatement. since the appellate court ruled on the racial justice act, not what the jury decided when stubblefield was convicted. they said the attorney general's office is appealing the overturned conviction to the california supreme court. in a statement following the hearing, the da's

office said in part that justice has been interrupted. and although we are disappointed that the judge released mr. stubblefield from custody while we await a decision from the california supreme court, we remain focused on the sexual assault that occurred, the victim and the need for accountability and community safety. the prosecutor did indicate in court that they would be refiling charges against stubblefield. now, stubblefield had to go back to corcoran state prison in kings county to be released. he and his attorney plan to have a press conference speaking out on wednesday of next week in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> the man convicted of second degree murder for the stabbing of cashapp founder bob lee will be sentenced on may 16th. jurors returned the verdict in december. prosecutors argue that he killed lee after lee introduced his sister to a drug dealer who she testified sexually assaulted her. he refused to appear in court today, though three of his attorneys and his mother were present. second degree murder

carries a sentence of 15 years to life. >> police department. evacuate immediately. police department. evacuate immediately. >> we have dramatic new video of police trying to evacuate people. as the eaton fire erupted in southern california. >> and the excitement is already building. see what's coming to town as san francisco gears up to host the nba all star game. >> lace up those skates. the pop up that's bringing back memories in the south bay. >> all of that's ahead. but first, here's what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. jimmy. >> thank you. dan and ama. stay up tonight. we have snakes. >> pet birthday.

grocery store. the safeway in san francisco's fillmore district is now closed for good. the store's inventory ran out

days ago, but the pharmacy was still open until today. a private developer wants to turn it into market rate, but a public housing. but a market hearing monday revealed that most people are upset about having nowhere else around to buy their food or pick up medication. >> police department. department. >> what you're watching here is a new look at the intense effort by police to evacuate people, as last month's destructive wildfires spread so quickly across southern california. this new video comes from the pasadena police department. it shows officers going door to door to alert people as the eaton fire rages all around them. >> watch these doors open. >> yes, you have to push it. >> this building's on fire, man. we gotta go, go go go. what's the best way?

>> please don't. under the armpit. >> the video also shows officers inside a nursing home waking up people in and in some cases, placing masks on them and wheeling them to safety. there's also. this also includes dash cam footage showing the tense drive through smoky, burning streets just to get to homes in jeopardy. the eaton fire destroyed thousands of houses and other structures and left at least 17 people dead. altadena residents displaced by the eaton fire are one step closer to some recovery this week. the u.s. army corps of engineers officially began phase two of wildfire debris removal in the city. they have crews working at two pasadena schools ravaged by the fire. los angeles mayor karen bass said at a news conference today that the hazardous cleanup should be finished by the end of the month, followed by residential debris cleanup so the rebuilding can begin in earnest. >> today marks one month since the start of the wildfires that devastated southern california, and we are taking action together for the one california.

so cal fire relief, abc seven and our sister stations in california are coming together for a one day fundraiser to help our neighbors in need. our parent company, disney, has committed $15 million for initial and immediate response and rebuilding efforts for los angeles area fire relief. your donation can help groups including the american red cross provide meals, shelter and hope to these families. go to redcross.org, slash abc or scan the qr code on your screen. your support is critical and it really is appreciated. >> all right, the academy awards are coming up, and the oscars are considering a new requirement that movie producers must disclose the use of artificial intelligence. variety is reporting the award show may add the rule after the best picture nominee, the brutalist and other high profile nominees used a.i. stirred up some controversy. right now, there is only an optional form to disclose ai in oscars submissions. now, if the oscars decide to make the change, it would apply to the 2026 awards.

>> the setup is underway at chase center as it prepares to become the center of the basketball universe. excitement is building with the nba all star game coming to town next week. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has a look at how fans and businesses are gearing up. >> all eyes will be on san francisco. the 2025 nba all star game promises quick action and tons of entertainment. expect to see the brightest stars in the basketball universe. >> i see steph curry and kevin durant. >> brothers dale and matt tolosa are getting ready by gearing up. >> i got this hoodie. i got a reversible all star jacket. >> they're so psyched about the nba all star game coming to san francisco. >> but they have the whole world and all. the nba represented for this whole upcoming weekend to be special. >> chances are you've seen some of the ads for the all star game. crews are working fast,

putting up and positioning critical infrastructure for the big event. banners and special signage are going up all over chase center. places like dumpling time will be increasing staffing and serving up their specialties. splash bar, which just opened on this friday, will be flooded with sports fans at wooly pig restaurant in san francisco's dogpatch neighborhood. they'll be serving up the fan favorite. >> curry udon with fried chicken is probably one of our most popular dishes. it's obviously a fun play on steph curry from way downtown. >> like many other local businesses, wooly pig is eager and excited to welcome big crowds. >> it's going to be crazy. we've staffed up our team to handle the amount of people that we're expecting to be in this neighborhood. >> that's not all. >> we're partnering with the nba. they have an events app, and you can do a mixed reality check in to earn nba prizes. this is one of the stickers that you'll get when you're checking into our business.

>> some say the nba all star game will be a win win for businesses and fans alike. not to mention the city of san francisco. the last time the nba all star game was in the bay area was in oakland in 2000. for brothers matt and dale. >> to have it back in the bay area is awesome. >> in san francisco, suzanne phan abc7 news. >> in the south bay, a pop up roller rink open to the public. it's set to run through memorial day weekend. local leaders came out to unveil the unzipped gardens roller rink. it's set up next to a tall new art installation in downtown san jose. >> it's just shows the family friendly aspect of downtown. you don't see a lot of that. this is the first of much to come. >> there's so many other places that they could have chosen, but they came here and saw, you know, what this community is and what it could be. and they believed in us. so we want to say thank you. >> the venue is hosting food trucks, a beer garden and live music on the weekends. local businesses are excited for the foot traffic. certainly in an

area that's been struggling to bounce back from the pandemic. but that's really great to see. they're having fun. >> that looks like so. >> much fun. oh my gosh, the roller. >> skating rink growing up. that was awesome. >> it's fun. >> roller skating. oh my goodness. all right. and i mean great weather to get outside and do stuff this weekend. i mean cold but cold. >> if it wasn't for the cold, it would actually be a five on the weekend. enjoyment weather. spencer. so who's going to take it down? >> that's so true. sunny skies coming our way. so instead of roller skates, you might want ice skates tomorrow. or at least tomorrow morning. here's a look at what's going on on the satellite radar. composite image a big cold air mass is moving into the bay area. that's going to drop temperatures rather sharply. the winds are pretty light at the moment. only one location shows wind speeds over ten miles per hour. that's bodega bay. but look at the 24 hour temperature change 678 degrees cooler in most locations. a colder, i should say, than at this time last night. so looking out over san francisco from sutro tower, it's 47 here in the city right now, 45 in oakland, also mid 40s at hayward and san jose, 48 half

moon bay and redwood city, 42 degrees. looking down onto the bay and to san francisco. from sutro. from sutro tower, from mount tam 41 degrees. now in many places santa rosa, napa, fairfield and livermore 44, in concord. let's take a look at our forecast headlines. deep chill will settle in overnight. we have frost and freeze alerts in effect. weekend outlook sunny days, but very cold mornings and storms will return around the middle of next week. but let's talk about our frost and freeze alerts or freeze warning and frost advisory will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow for virtually all of the bay area except the city of san francisco and the coastline. now in the dark purple areas here, the eastern santa clara hills and the north bay inland valleys. lows will drop under the frost. frost uh- under the freeze warning is what i'm trying to say. low temperatures will drop down to about 28 degrees in the coldest spots. now, the frost advisory in the blue area, low temperatures in those areas will drop down to about 33 degrees. so it's going to be cold everywhere during

those early morning hours. we're talking about lows of 31 in santa rosa and ukiah, 28 at lakeport. many inland east bay locations will have lows around 33 3435 degrees, even right around the bay shoreline. we're talking about lows of 3839 degrees. only san francisco and half moon bay will have low temperatures that do not drop below 40 degrees. then tomorrow, under sunny skies in the afternoon. look. it will be a pleasant day, but a chilly one. look for highs, mainly ranging from about 55 to about 57 degrees. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. as you can see, we're going to have three consecutive sunny days through monday. but they'll be relatively chilly days with highs only in the mid to upper 50s. then it becomes partly cloudy on tuesday and gets even colder as we move into wednesday, with cold, rain and snow on the bay area peaks. a level one storm thursday, a pretty strong storm, rain and gusty wind. that pattern continues into friday, so enjoy the sunny but chilly weather. and then comes the rainy and chilly weather. all right. >> chilly is consistent.

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takes place sunday before the super bowl. the game features 142 adorable puppies from 80 shelters and rescues across 40 states. the event is designed to raise awareness of pet adoption and the rescue of abandoned animals. >> resist these faces. one pup is from the sacramento spca, deebo samuel, named after 40 niners star deebo samuel, and he's emerged as most popular in this year's bowl. d bone is a poodle mix and will represent team ruff in animal planet's big game on sunday. so enjoy. they're so cute. >> all right. well, we are less than 24 hours away from seeing the newest warrior in action. >> hard to believe this is happening fast. sports director larry beil is here. >> larry tan jimmy butler started his career in chicago, and we're expecting him to make his warriors debut there

tomorrow night. this trade is a huge gamble, but jimmy buckets gives the warriors some talents that they just absol game for the warriors tomorrow night in chicago. this trade, it's a bold, expensive move. it could vault the warriors into the playoffs, but only if everybody stays healthy. and that is really the key. butler is 35. draymond is going to be 35 next month steph turns 37 next month. older players get hurt more easily. takes them

longer to recover. but adding butler helps the dubs in some key areas. this guy brings intensity every single game. loves to win, hates to lose. plus, if teams want to try to double team steph curry at the end of games, butler will just punish them driving to the hoop and drawing fouls. >> i think i'm going to fit right in. uh- it's all about winning, so whatever happens, happens. but at the end of the day, if it's for the right reasons and it's to get a w in that column, what else really matters? i think our personalities are going to be fine. i would like to say that i am a winner. i haven't won it, but i would like to call myself a winner. i do want to win it. it being a championship. and as far as playing with steph, i mean everybody knows he's the greatest shooter in the world, greatest shooter in history. makes my job a lot easier. i probably got a lot more space out there, but more than anything, i think it's always going to be a team effort. we all got a lot more space out there, so we'll see how it goes. >> all star weekend next week in

san francisco will feature several warriors. draymond green and moses moody will be in the skills challenge saturday night. buddy hield will be in the three point shootout. he won that contest in 2020. oakland's own damian lillard also in the contest. in fact he is the defending champion to the nfl. the eagles will try to dethrone the chiefs in super bowl 59 on sunday. philly's off season deal to land saquon barkley. that turned out to be incredible because barkley is a threat to take it to the house every single time he touches the ball. >> every time we go against a team, i am aware that me and the offensive line is a focal point of stopping, so take what they give me and when the opportunities come, make them pay for it. you just have to navigate that and find your way as a team for that year. and so we've been able to play disciplined ball. we've been able to play ball and be on the same page and find ways to win, and we're just looking forward to doing that one more time. >> my favorite video of the week at a siena basketball game. they have a contest for fans. this is joe and he's knocking down shots. if he hits a layup, a

free throw and two threes he wins. beer and lots of it. joe went four for four and his celebration is tremendous. body by joe. he gets a 30 pack of beer every month for the next year. you go joe.

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flatow: nba all-star is truly a global celebration of the game. and we bring in business guests, players, legends, community groups from around the world to celebrate this incredible game that we get to play and really use the sport to bring people together. it's incredible to be back here in the bay area and see that come to life. ♪ this is our city ♪ ♪ we gotta get proud ♪ ♪ this is our city ♪ ♪ ♪ we're bringing all of our stars together in one place to celebrate a game that we all love. and this really becomes a destination, the epicenter of the basketball world for the week. we were last here in the bay area 25 years ago, and we're going to lean into the things that are really unique aspects of san francisco. and so one of the things that we're most excited about is nba crossover, which is gonna to take over

moscone center friday, saturday and sunday the 14th through the 16th. and it will be an incredible celebration of music, fashion, technology. you'll be able to meet legends like chris mullin and gary payton and see players and coaches from the valkyries and see the g league next up game, so see rising talent. and we're gonna be activating across the bay area. so over in oakland, we're gonna have the celebrity game, which is always a fan favorite. we'll then bounce back over to san francisco and at chase center, we'll be hosting the rising stars challenge. so you'll be able to see our rookies and sophomores take to the court. back to oakland on saturday with the nba all-star practice followed by the hbcu classic all-star saturday night... [commentator exclaiming] flatow: then the all-star game on sunday. here at 48, we've got the nba all-star concert series. dj zedd will be there on friday night.

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