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erupt, engulfing a home in an early morning fire. san jose fire sending six engines to battle the flames. california attorney general rob bonta
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reacts after a federal judge grants a temporary restraining order, blocking elon musk's doge team from accessing sensitive taxpayer data and celebrating the year of the snake with safety and security. san francisco police prepare for upcoming lunar new year festivities. abc seven news at 430 starts right now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> clear blue skies help dry out the bay area, but with that brings some chilly temperatures. good afternoon to you and thanks for joining us. i'm zach fuentes in for diane lim. and we begin now with the weather. another chilly night is ahead. so let's get a check on the latest conditions with abc seven weather anchor spencer christian. >> okay, zach, we do have freeze and frost alerts in effect. again, as you look at the satellite radar composite image, you can see a cold flow of air coming down from the north northwest into the bay area. so the result is we've had these very cold overnight periods and early mornings, so a freeze warning and a frost alert will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. again
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tomorrow for virtually all of the bay area except the city of san francisco and the coastline. those areas under the purple color indicate where the freeze warning is in effect. temperatures may drop as low as 28 degrees. those areas under the blue are the areas under the frost advisory. temperatures in those areas may drop as low as about 32 degrees. this is how it looks right now as we project overnight low temperatures. about 27 at lakeport. 28 ukiah. we'll see low 30s at livermore. low of 31. santa rosa, a low of only 30 degrees. overnight tonight. and right around the bay shoreline we'll see mid to upper 30s. that's about as cold as it gets around the bay shoreline. and san francisco is likely to be the only major location in the bay area that does not have a temperature dropping below 40 degrees overnight. i'll have a look at the complete accuweather seven day forecast, and just how long this cold pattern will last in a few minutes. zach. >> spencer. thank you. in the south bay, investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house fire in san jose. crews responded to tho story home on woodland terrace
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just after 5 a.m. firefighters were able to put out the flames, but not before a cat died in the fire. no people were hurt, but now seven adults are going to have to find a new place to live. now to the latest on the trump administration. a federal judge in new york has granted a temporary restraining order blocking elon musk's doge team from accessing highly sensitive taxpayer data. 19 states, including california, sued the trump administration to block government employees associated with doge from accessing social security numbers and bank account information of millions of americans. here's abc news reporter perry russom with the details. >> a federal judge in new york granting a temporary restraining order to 19 states suing over elon musk's department of government efficiency's access to highly sensitive taxpayer records. the judge ruling the states would face irreparable harm without injunctive relief because of both the possible disclosure of confidential information and the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking. new york's attorney general letitia
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james, posting on x. we want a court order blocking elon musk, the world's richest man, from accessing american's private data. on friday, a different federal judge blocking the trump administration's plan to put thousands of usaid workers on leave and effectively pauses the ability to cut the federal relief agency. usaid provides food to 32 million malnourished children and funds projects to fight epidemics across the country. growing protests over musk's expanding role in the government. president trump says he wants musk to go even further, slashing spending at the department of education and the pentagon. >> i'll tell them to go here. go there. he does it. he's got a very capable group of people. >> it raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest. companies owned by musk have billions of dollars in contracts with the military. meanwhile, trump has announced he has revoked former president biden's ability to have daily intelligence briefings. it's a courtesy given to former presidents. biden did that to trump after the january 6th riot. perry, russom, abc news, washington.
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>> and california attorney general rob bonta is pleased with the court's decision. he issued a statement saying in part, quote, the president does not hold the power to give americans bank account and social security numbers to anyone he'd like. and as of friday night, he must stp doing so. yesterday, bonta joined that coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit seeking to block doj's associates from accessing sensitive treasury department material in oakland's fruitvale district. several community groups organized this protest to show support for the immigrant community. participants said they wanted to send a message of humanity, and a rejection of what they said was fascism. they also criticized the trump administration for the ongoing immigration raids. developing news the ntsb is now on the scene of another tragic aviation accident. a small commuter plane with ten people on board disappeared en route to nome, alaska. the coast guard located the wreckage yesterday, finding no survivors. the crash is one of the deadliest in the state in the last 25 years. here's abc
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news reporter jacqueline lee with the latest. >> the coast guard releasing this photo showing the mangled wreckage of a small commuter plane that vanished over open water in alaska. the bering air plane took off from unalakleet shortly after 2:30 p.m. thursday, on its way to the nome airport. unalakleet is a small community about 150 miles southeast of nome on the iditarod trail, where the famous sled dog race takes place. about 40 minutes into the flight, the plane disappeared from radar air traffic control, radioing the plane. >> low altitude alert, burying air 4-45. check your altitude immediately. >> moments later. >> bearing air 445 anchorage center. radar contact lost. >> this aircraft experienced some kind of event which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed. >> rescuers were searching the aircraft's last known location by helicopter when they spotted the wreckage. the pilot and all nine passengers were killed.
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>> sadly, there does not appear to be any survivors. on behalf of my fellow nomeites, i extend our collective condolences and support to the families and loved ones of the passengers and pilot. >> authorities now quickly working to recover their bodies before high winds and heavy snow moves into the area. among the victims, ron baumgartner and cameron hartvigsen. the alaska native tribal health consortium confirms they were employees of the organization and had traveled to unalakleet to service the community's water plan. the ntsb is on the scene investigating this third major aviation incident in just over a week. on january 29th, 67 people were killed when an american airlines flight collided with an army blackhawk helicopter in washington, d.c, and two days later, a medical transport jet crashed into a philadelphia neighborhood, killing six people on the plane and one on the ground. jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> safety and security is the prime focus ahead of a big lunar new year event in san
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francisco's ingleside district. the neighborhood is hoping for a fun, safe event, but some merchants have concerns about crime at their own businesses. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has a look at the security plans for the upcoming chinese new year parade. >> two. three. >> golden. hey. thanks, troy. >> community leaders in san francisco's ingleside district are sending good wishes for the year of the snake. >> this is the year of snake. the year of snake symbolize resilience, transformation, and also refreshment. >> district 11 supervisor cheyenne chen joining san francisco police chief bill scott to promote the upcoming lunar new year celebration on ocean avenue, happening on february 22nd. they want the public to know this event will be safe. >> i think during the covid, as you know, there's a lot of anti-asian hate incidents that happen. people have a lot of fear related to public safety. this is a neighborhood for our youth and families, and it's actually safe. >> and that, i think, is critically important right now after what we've seen in different parts of the country and the world, with attacks here
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and those type of things, i think safety is on everybody's minds. >> how are you doing on tv all the time? >> the chief taking to ocean avenue on foot, meeting small business owners to support them and promote safety. ingleside merchants have concerns about recent break ins and crime at their businesses, and they wanted the chief to know all about it. and he was listening. >> i've been san francisco business for like 40 years. oh, wow. >> go go seven restaurant owner marilyn lee told the f she had three break ins last year. >> it was terrible. it was terrible. and they took the cash register. >> she wants to see more police patrols. >> you know, we've had some overnight burglaries and we've arrested some people that have been involved in those. we've seen that decline a little bit. but, you know, we it's still out there. >> breaking is still happening in my district in district 11. so but i really appreciate that we are working closely with our police station. >> abc seven is the official broadcast partner of next weekend's 2025 chinese new year parade. chief scott says his
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department is ready to keep everyone safe at that event as well. >> you will see a lot of deployment, a lot of officers. the parade is going to be very well secured. >> here in san francisco. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> in san francisco's chinatown, student basketball players came together for the annual lunar new year basketball jamboree. middle school age players played a friendly game of hoops at the rec center. this tradition began in 1995 as a way to pay homage to the days when kids from chinatown would play pickup basketball in the neighborhood. and abc seven is the official home of the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade, and we are just a week away. you can watch the live parade saturday, february 15th starting at 6 p.m. watch it here live on abc seven and wherever you stream abc seven news. we have much more ahead on abc seven news at 430. saying farewell when ayesha curry's uptown oakland boutique
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owned businesses. curry says she's closing sweet july because of unspecified, quote, safety concerns. she has been safety criticized on social media because of the statement, with some saying she was wrongly blaming the city. a memorial to the stories and lives of those lost to hiv and aids is now on exhibit at sfo. the aids memorial quilt has nearly 50,000 panels dedicated to more than 110,000 people who died of aids related illnesses. it's also the world's largest community art project. the quilt is currently located at pre-security in the international terminal. it's going to be there through the end of january of next year on the peninsula, one of the bay area's powerhouses for prep sports debuted its new baseball field. today, we're going to take a look here at the new and refurbished baseball field at sierra high school in san mateo. this features all weather turf that lets students student players safely play and practice, even when it rains and drizzles. remember some of the greatest players to ever play the game, including barry bonds and gregg jefferies, attended sierra and played on the old
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field. >> the number of great players that we've had here, and we've got such a great baseball tradition and it's just going to continue to grow. >> chris alvarez says we can't forget tom brady either. $38 million was raised to pay for the new field. sara says the funds came from supporters of the school and the baseball program. all right. still ahead on abc seven news at 430. a treat for nature lovers. the annual festival celebrating the return of an important california fish. and here's a beautiful look outside right now. abc seven weather anchor spencer christian is up next with the accuweather forecast. >> thanks for listening to me, zach. all right. coming up in sports, the warriors take on the bulls and the windy city. and it's a dubs debut of jimmy butler. he's in the starting lineup. we got a preview. game is
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celebrating oscar season with the nominees. >> how does it feel? >> the stars of this year's best movies are feeling good from the first time nominees to the history makers, to some of the biggest names in hollywood. >> i just feel such a deep sense of gratitude. >> it was a great feeling. >> this is a big honor. >> it just feels really rewarding. >> plus, how this year's oscars telecast will be different in light of the recent fires across southern california and what new oscar host conan o'brien is revealing. so don't miss on the red carpet. and the nominees are tonight at nine here on abc
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seven. and remember, abc seven is your home for the oscars this year. it's on sunday, march 2nd, and for the first time, the show is going to stream live on hulu as well. disney's, the parent company of hulu and abc. seven in the north bay. the lake sonoma steelhead festival returned today at the warm springs dam that's to celebrate the annual return of steelhead trout to spawn the next generation of fish. this was at milt brant visitor center on clausen fish hatchery. the festival featured nature exhibits, demonstrations and tours for kids and adults. i think they had a pretty nice day to do that. we just had some beautiful weather today. >> we did. we've had sunny skies the last couple of days. it's been a little bit chilly, but i don't think that has stopped anybody from having. >> no rain. >> no rain yet. i want to mention, zach, that we just got a report of a 7.6 earthquake that occurred this afternoon, about 130 miles southwest of the cayman islands, over in the caribbean, and a tsunami advisory has been issued because an earthquake of that intensity can, of course, have far reaching effects. so we'll keep watching that to see if
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there are any warnings issued. but right now, our focus is on our weather here in the bay area. as you can see on the satellite radar composite image, we have a nice steady flow of winds out of the north northwest, brisk and breezy and chilly we might add. so right now we have wind speeds generally between 15 and 20mph in the breeziest locations near the coast and around the bay. that might make you feel a little bit chillier than it actually is. the 24 hour temperature change shows many locations away from the coast, actually a couple degrees warmer than they were at this time yesterday, but temperatures will be dropping sharply tonight under clear skies once again. right now looking out over san francisco, 54 degrees here in the city, 56 in oakland, hayward 5756. san jose, redwood city, 55 and 54 at half moon bay. looking toward the city and along the bay bridge from emeryville. lots of blue sky out there. 59 degrees up north at santa rosa, which is the warmest location right now. petaluma 52, 58 and napa, fairfield and concord 56 at livermore. and as we look across the embarcadero from our rooftop
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camera, these are our forecast headlines overnight tonight into sunday morning, a freeze and frost alerts are in effect. once again. this will be the third or fourth consecutive day of those alerts. tomorrow and monday look for sunny days but cold mornings once again. but we can expect changes midweek as storms will return wednesday through friday. now let's focus on the cold air alerts. freeze warning and frost advisory are in effect tomorrow morning from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. for all of the bay area except the city of san francisco and the immediate coastline under the purple colors. here is where the freeze warning is in effect. so that's the eastern santa clara hills, some of the locations in the east bay hills and east bay valleys and up in the north bay inland valleys. now the frost advisory under the blue covers the remainder of the bay area in the frost advisory locations. low temperatures may drop as low as 32 degrees overnight under the freeze warning, as low as 28 degrees. and here's a look at our projected lows overnight. we're talking about 30 at santa rosa, 31 at livermore.
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farther north, upper 20s at lakeport and ukiah. even around the bay shoreline, we'll see lows dropping into the mid to upper 30s, which is unusually cold for that area. only san francisco, with a projected low of 40, will not fall into the 30s. highs tomorrow under sunny skies. pretty much a range that we've seen the last day or two, about 55 to 58 degrees for most of the bay area. tomorrow we might see 59 at san jose and possibly 60 at santa rosa. and here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. so for the next couple of days, or perhaps even three days going into tuesday, i'm actually going into wednesday, a possible uh- afternoon or evening drizzle on tuesday as clouds increase, and going into wednesday, cold, rain and snow is likely over. the higher bay area peaks. a level one storm coming in thursday. we're looking carefully at this storm. it's going to be rainy and gusty and this storm shows some signs of possibly moving up to level two on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, but
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right now we're talking about level one storms through the end of next week. chris. >> thank you. spencer. the jimmy butler warriors era bs tonight, coincidentally in his very first nba city, chicago. butler is going to make his highly anticipated dubs debut in the starting lineup at the top of the hour, and the warriors and bulls tip things off there. in chicago, butler will wear the number ten jersey and the six time all star. he's ready to go, steve kerr said. no minutes restrictions for him tonight. he joined the team in l.a. thursday night and he has the ultimate goal on his mind. >> 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 lotot 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.
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>> playoff push begins now. warriors guard brandon pisemsky pisemsky excuse me, is going to play in friday's rising stars challenge. he replaces oklahoma city's cason wallace, who's going to be out with a shoulder injury. pods joins fellow teammates trace, jackson, davis and spencer in the annual showcase 5:00 friday at chase center. all star weekend is coming to the bay. anthony davis making his mavericks debut in dallas this afternoon against the rockets. and this is what gm nico harrison was hoping to see from the perennial all star big man. of course, that trade for luka doncic nearly a triple double, 26 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and throwing it down there. but he would leave the game with a lower body injury. wait and see how long that lasts and how long he could potentially be sidelined. mavs won the game 116 105. college hoops cal hosting wake forest in acc play up in berkeley. jeremiah wilkinson, get him the ball. he'll put the corner three in. the lefty jumper is true. he led cal with 21 down two at the break. but wake forest pulls away in the second half. cameron hildreth a lot of dribbling
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there and works his way in. he led the demon deacons with 23. the bears lose 7666. now 500 overall and five and eight in the sec. so obviously, the chinese new year parade a week from today that will be on abc seven but also all star saturday. so i think i'm just going to park somewhere in the city and just stay because the traffic is going to be nuts next week. >> yeah, find your place and don't move at all. i'm figuring out how i'm going to get in here from the south bay for that. >> so it's going to be rough. >> we'll be here. all right. coming up next, a one of a kind violin goes for more
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for a massive $11.3 million at an auction in new york. this is a stradivarius. and it was made in the 1700s. this particular instrument was built at the height of antonio stradivari career. auction proceeds are going to a good cause. it's going to be used for student scholarships at boston's new england conservatory. so amazing. those things can make incredible music. yeah. yeah. no surprise it sold for that. that's it for us. we're going to see you at 11. nba countdo
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