i'm dion lim. we're giving you a live look outside right now as christmas week is getting off to a dreary start. but e holiday is expected to be thet e one bright spot out of the next seven days. san francisco was one city that saw rain tonight. cars had their windshield wipers going. we shot this video near the embarcadero and broadway, not far from our abc7 news studios. the entire bay area coast is under a high surf warning. this video is from pacifica beach. dangerous 30ft tall. waves are expected until tuesday afternoon, so let's bring in abc seven news meteorologist frances dinglasan. and frances, you're tracking a series of storms here. >> yeah, we still have several on the way this week. and i want to show you live doppler seven, the satellite radar image, because we had the brunt of this last system moved through earlier this evening, even bringing us some lightning strikes, especially in the north bay, where we did get some areas over half an inch of rain, but south of the golden gate bri

i'm dion lim. henderson's wife, pamela, confirmed in a family statement that the hall of famer died at ucsf. she says rickey lived his life with integrity, and his love for baseball was paramount. now rickey is at peace with the lord, cherishing the extraordinary moments and achievements he leaves behind. he's been a fixture in baseball since he made his debut in the major leagues with the a's in 1979. henderson was one of the greatest all around players ever, but his best known for his ability on the base paths. he is the all time stolen base leader, setting the record for bases stolen in a season, swiping 130in 1982, just his second full season in the majors. then he set the career record a decade later. >> but today, i am the greatest of all time. thank you. >> henderson stayed heavily involved in the world of baseball after his retirement, remaining a presence at spring training and having the a's coliseum field named after him in 2017. henderson was 65 and would have been 66 on christmas day.

hi, chris. >> hi, dion. coming up in sports.s head coach steve kerr explains why it's so good to have dennis schroder on his team now. plus klay thompson taking on his former team and showed up with a season best make the most of your season during the kia season of new traditions sales event. gift yourself some savings and visit your local kia dealer today. look out for these stickers to find great deals on vehicles backed by a 10-year, 100,000-mile limited powertrain warranty so you can start new traditions for years to come. get 1.9% apr for up to 60 months, plus $1,000 retail bonus cash on specially tagged 2025 sportage and sorento vehicles. no. for the second time in just over a month, klay thompson was back at chase center tonight. the splash brother and four time nba champion with the warriors got the last laugh as his mavericks walk away with a win over his former team. tonight's game was a bonus klay game. both the warriors and mavericks lost in the nba cup quarterfinals, setting up tonight's regular season game. klay f

chris. >> hey, dion. coming up in sports, the latest on christian mccaffrey after he left tonight's game with a knee injury. it's not good news in the 40 niners were slipping and sliding in that buffalo snow. a third st ♪ but my heart's of gold ♪ ♪ just one more night ♪ ♪ and i'm coming off this long and winding road ♪ ♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ home sweet home ♪ there's no place like the road home. receive a $5,500 bonus on a new 2024 audi q5 plug-in hybrid during the season of audi sales event. drop everything and get some magic of your own during the xfinity black friday sale. xfinity internet customers, our best deals of the year are back! switch to xfinity mobile and get your choice of a free 5g phone, plus your next unlimited line free for a year. get amazing savings and connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go with xfinity mobile. fly don't walk to get our best deals of the year. connect to the world of wicked this holiday, in theaters now. "the doctor will see you now." but do they

chris. >> hi, dion.l football closes out the regular season while theout sharks light up the scoreboard in seattle. plus, hello, old friend. the warriors look to snap a season high three game losing streak against k.d. zero after jumping out to a 12 and three start, which included becoming the first team to clinch a spot in the nba cup quarterfinals, the warriors have fallen on hard times of late, dropping a season high three games in a row. future splash brother in training stephen curry back in the lineup against the phoenix suns on saturday night. former warrior kevin durant hitting the corner triple over draymond green close out and then the two future hall of famers sharing a smile down the court. but just a little later draymond will get a laugh here. kd drives in. draymond. the rejection he moved into second place on the all time warriors blocks list. our own o'donnell foyle leads the way in that category. dubs down by as many as 17 devin booker scored a game high 27. this triple pushes the suns l

i'm dion lim. the city council is set to vote tomorrow on significant budget cuts to close a $129 million deficit. every city department is impacted, but firefighters will be some of the hardest hit. it's possible up to half a dozen oakland fire departments could be shuttered over the next seven months. abc seven news reporter j.r stone explains the impact. >> my firefighters are just working their tails off. honestly, every single day. and there's just there's not room for more workload. and yet that is what we will be forced to deal with. >> oakland firefighter seth olear is vice president of the local 55 union that represents oakland firefighters. the proposal to cut oakland's $129 million budget deficit includes first closing two fire stations, saving an estimated $5.5 million. whatever decisions are made could it impact response time? >> 100% absolutely. it's just dangerous. it's a dangerous situation because waiting for a fire engine is just. we're talking about seconds mean lives. >> then af

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i'm dion lim. this latest round of rain is part of a parade of storms marching into the bay area.ms meteorologist frances dinglasan joining us now with more on the timing. hi, frances. >> hi, diane. yep. the rain is moving towards the north bay right now, and it will stay in the north bay over the next few hours. here's a look at live doppler seven satellite radar. lots of cloud cover all around the bay area. we're also seeing some lightning strikes off the north bay coast. about 14 lightning strikes right now, and some light rain moving in towards the north bay. it's a level one light storm on our exclusive storm impact scale. we'll see rain and showers tonight. then we get a break during the morning and then more showers tomorrow afternoon. this does mean slick roads and there is that high surf warning now. dangerous conditions at the beaches. so even by 8:00 tonight, most of the rainfall generally north of the golden gate bridge. and then as it slides south, it kind of falls apart. and then we'l

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. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dion lim. police officers made that discovery last night inside of what's known as the turing at the fields luxury apartment complex on mccandless drive, just across the street from the great mall of milpitas. >> here's abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey with what police know so far, and the effect it's having on people living in that building. >> a single bouquet of flowers sat outside the door of apartment 102, in the turing at the fields complex in milpitas. a small sign of respect from a grieving neighbor after a family of four was found dead in the household tuesday evening. community members who work and live in this building were shocked and heartbroken. >> i'm very shocked considering it happened in milpitas like nothing really ever happens in milpitas. >> it's scary. you know, i'm we have a children ourselves. and to think that, you know, we're just right above, you know, the unit that it happened in and not knowing any information it you know it's a it's concerning. >> milpitas pol

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dion lim. that countdown is on.rs at several amazon warehouses, including one in san francisco, will be off the job and on the picket line come 6 a.m. tomorrow. >> they're upset about wages, benefits and working conditions. the teamsters union claims amazon has repeatedly refused to the union and negotiate contracts. in a statement tonight, the union warns, quote, if your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame amazon's insatiable greed. end quote one labor attorney says the timing of the strike is not a coincidence. >> one week before christmas and this is the busiest shopping season uh- all year. and this is a strategic time for the amazon workers to flex their muscles and to say that it is unacceptable that when amazon profits are, you know, making breaking new records, that the workers themselves are not getting a fair shake. >> we reached out to amazon and they tell us the company doesn't expect any impact on its operations. they say in a statement, quote, the truth is that the teamsters have acti

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dion lim. that countdown is on.kers at several amazon warehouses, including one in san francisco, will be off the job and on the picket line come 6 a.m. tomorrow. >> they're upset about wages, benefits and working conditions. the teamsters union claims amazon has repeatedly refused to the union and negotiate contracts. in a statement tonight, the union warns, quote, if y is delayed during the holidays, you can blame amazon's insatiable greed. end quote one labor attorney says the timing of the strike is not a coincidence. >> one week before christmas and this is the busiest shopping season uh- all year. and this is a strategic time for the amazon workers to flex their muscles and to say that it is unacceptable that when amazon profits are, you know, making breaking new records, that the workers themselves are not getting a fair shake. >> we reached out to amazon and they tell us the company doesn't expect any impact on its operations. they say in a statement, quote, the truth is that the teamsters have actively thre

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dion lim abc seven news. back to you. >> all right dion, thank you. former tech executive will lead a new city office in san francisco. mayor elect daniel lowry said today he's hiring ned siegel as the first ever chief of housing and economic development. siegel worked for five years as the chief financial officer of twitter. lowry and siegel have known each other since they both attended a private middle school in the city. >> a popular bakery in the east bay is leaving oakland after ten years. firebrand artisan breads will close its broadway location in uptown oakland on friday. in a social media post, the founder said he decided not to renew the lease. firebrand will consolidate into one location at its production facility and cafe, which is in alameda, not too far away. the company makes an effort to hire people who are formerly incarcerated or have other barriers to employment. today, california's attorney general held a meeting in los angeles to talk about the rights of immigrants across the state. the meeting is the first in a series leading up

i'm dion lim. a big cleanup is happening in the santa cruz mountains. 24 hours after a confirmed tornado touched down in scotts valley, city officials say it's pretty amazing that no one was killed. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard talked to witnesses who saw the funnel cloud on the move. oh my god. >> okay. >> oh my god. it's a scene straight out of the movies. but this was real life for people in scotts valley saturday. a confirmed ef one tornado touching down on mount hermon road. ben hughes was there. >> everything was getting blown that way. cars were suddenly moving. you can see the traffic lights just leave the poles. >> the tornado touching down between two shopping centers, tearing through power lines and flipping cars over. some with people inside. >> i'm like, dad, we need to go help people. so me and my dad sprinted out of target, and then we helped this lady out of her car, and we made sure we put pressure on her head because she was bleeding. >> we started dragging branches off

good evening and thanks for joining us i'm dion lim. this latest round of rain is part of a parade of storms marching into the bay area. and meteorologist frances dinglasan is tracking that timing. frances. >> yeah, it's definitely starting to hit the north bay right now, but most of the bay area, especially south of the golden gate, had a little bit of a break throughout the afternoon and this morning. so here's live doppler seven tracking some thunderstorms off the coast. in fact, there have been some lightning strikes there, about ten lightning strikes. and we're starting to see some more moderate rainfall move into the north bay. now this is a level storm one on our storm impact scale. it's a light storm through tomorrow. we'll have rain and showers, slick roads and a high surf warning has also been issued. so here's a futurecast. you'll notice by 7:00 this evening most of the rain, the brunt of it still hitting the north bay, and there could be some moderate rainfall at times. the areas there with the red and the orange. and then b

i'm dion lim. the brutal assad regime is out and crowds gathered in syria to celebrate as rebels seized control of the capital, damascus, today. russia says president bashar al assad has resigned and left the country. his private residence ransacked. he was granted asylum in russia. abc news reporter patrick revel has a look at how the series of events unfold. >> historic scenes of celebration in syria as dictator bashar al-assad was overthrown. a coalition of rebel groups seizing the capital, damascus, today after sweeping across the country in a lightning offensive, putting an end to the assad family regime, which has been in power since 1971. russian state media reporting that assad and his family have fled to moscow, saying the kremlin will offer its ally asylum people walking freely. the presidential palace also ransacking assad's homes in the streets. jubilant crowds celebrating as regime forces appeared to melt away. emotional scenes as the rebels broke open assad's notorious prisons. such s

i'm dion lim. the brutal assad regime is out and crowds gathered in syria to celebrate as rebels seized control of the capital, damascus. today, russia says president bashar al assad has resigned and left the country. his private residence ransacked. he was granted asylum in russia. abc news reporter patrick reevell has a look at how the series of events unfolded. >> reporter historic scenes of celebration in syria as dictator bashar al-assad was overthrown. a coalition of rebel groups seizing the capital, damascus, today after sweeping across the country in a lightning offensive, putting an end to the assad family regime, which has been in power since 1971. russian state media reporting that assad and his family have fled to moscow, saying the kremlin will offer its ally asylum. people walking freely, the presidential palace also ransacking assad's homes in the streets. jubilant crowds celebrating as regime forces appeared to melt away. emotional scenes as the rebels broke open assad's notorious p

i'm dion lim. we are following developments from scotts valley where a tornado appears to have hit this afternoon. that is according to the national weather service. now, they won't be able to confirm it until they are on the ground investigating, but as you can see, photos and videos from social media show cars flipped over and multiple power lines down. there are also reports of minor injuries, including to a police officer who was in his car when it was flipped over. the scotts valley police department says most of that damage was near a target store in a shopping center off mount herman drive just after 130 today. that is the heart of the scotts valley commercial district. now let's get to frances dinglasan hearing more from the national weather service about exactly what happened. frances. yeah, diane. >> and it looks like the national weather service has recently confirmed that they do think a tornado touched down in scotts valley. i want to take you to live doppler seven right now where it i

dion lim abc seven news. >> and researchers say occasionally an animal will be too large for them to handle in their current exhibits and will need to go to another facility that includes a live crocodile seized from a car in a parking lot in sacramento. okay. is your air fryer cooking up more than dinner? coming up, air fryers that could recor ♪ home sweet home ♪ there's no place like the road home. receive a $5,500 bonus on a new 2024 audi q5 plug-in hybrid during the season of audi sales event. ♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ home sweet home ♪ there's no place like the road home. receive a $5,500 bonus on a new 2024 audi q5 plug-in hybrid during the season of audi sales event. the problems with an azerbaijan airlines plane right before it crashed yesterday in kazakhstan. abc's perry russom is following new developments, including the recovery of the flight data recorder. >> a day of mourning in kazakhstan and azerbaijan. as investigators search for the cause of this deadly christmas day plane crash. new video from inside the plane shows passengers wearing oxygen masks. there appears to be dam

in the meantime, thanks so much for joining us i'm dion lim. concerns tonight in response to an effort to eliminate fe parking spaces in parts of san francisco. the sfmta first implemented this plan in parts of the hayes valley neighborhood in 2022. people with street parking permits aren't affected, but free parking spaces for others were turned into metered spaces. sfmta now wants to expand the project tohat second highlighted area. you see it in blue parts of the marina and union street. abc7 news reporter lena howland says some business owners and neighbors are pushing back. >> michael aldridge grew upn san francisco's lower haight. he owns a business on haight street, but says this is still a primarily residential area. >> we have two hour zones and no meters whatsoever because this is, you know, people live here. >> sfmta is proposing a plan to convert some parking in marina, cow hollow and the union street corridor from two hour residential parking permit zones to pay or permit parking. that means parking will still be free for residents

abc7 news anchor dion lim sat down with the family, now living in fear. this is a story you'll see only on abc7 news. >> he was always at home here with us. it's hard. we were all happy. we don't understand why. >> ponciano tule bernal, also known as chano to his loved ones, was a cook by trade, passionate about soccer and as a father of six children, was a family man to his core, a role model to his 14 year old son. >> my dad inspired him to finish school for him and get a nice job. >> the day after christmas, at around 3 p.m, his son, who requested we not use his name or show his face, rode his electric scooter to pick up tacos at 11th and foothill. that's when he was confronted by three young people. >> they wanted to steal his scooter. >> after learning about what happened, chano went out in search of the three individuals who robbed his son. when he found them, the juveniles followed him home and tragedy struck in an instant. on his front yard, when he got out of the car to confront them. >> but when they came out, they fired on him. when they pulled

. >> abc seven news anchor dion lem spoke with a former google employee behind the claim and has her story. >> it's supposed to be the most joyous time of your life, and it's just turned into this nightmare. >> paula byrne was on leave after giving birth to her daughter isabella in june of 2023 when she was alerted not by her former employer, google, but by her peers that she was being laid off. >> i was really shocked to hear who else was being laid off as well. >> byrne, who worked for google since 2010, alleges in a lawsuit filed in santa clara county wednesday that five out of seven employees selected for termination from byrne's team and two from an adjacent team were also on, had recently taken or were about to take parental leave. >> and of the six that stage, none had young children. it just seemed very, very unfair. >> byrne's lead attorney, tracy lemon, said her client wanted to stay at google. >> that was never on the cards for them. >> she then sent this letter to the tech giant in april in hopes of a better severance package for byrne, after she was replaced by someone a

dion lim, abc seven news. >> that's fantastic. >> you love to see the community stepping up and showingke that. >> busy while she was there? >> yeah. toy after toy. well, don't forget, we have much more news coming up here at 530 on the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. >> we do. and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us here, we appreciate your time. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm julian glover. we'll see you right back here at six. unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. i needed more from my antidepressant. vraylar helped give it a lift. adding vraylar to an antidepressant is clinically proven to help relieve overall depression symptoms better than an antidepressant alone. vraylar is not approved for elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis due to increased risk of death or stroke. report changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts to your doctor. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, stiff muscles or confusion which may be life-threatening or uncontrolled muscle move

i'm dion lim. a big cleanup is happening in the santa cruz mountains, 24 hours after a confirmed tornado touched down. city officials say it's pretty amazing that no one was killed. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard talked to witnesses who saw the funnel cloud on the move. oh my god. >> okay. >> oh my god. it's a scene straight out of the movies. but this was real life for people in scotts valley. saturday, aple in confirmed ef one tornado touching down on mount hermon road. ben hughes was there. >> everything was getting blown that way. cars were suddenly moving. you can see the traffic lights just leave the poles. >> the tornado touching down between two shopping centers, tearing through power lines and flipping cars over. some with people inside. >> i'm like, dad, we need to go help people. so me and my dad sprinted out of target, and then we helped this lady out of her car, and we made sure we put pressure on her head because she was bleeding. >> we started dragging branches off the stree

fantastic. >> dion lim, abc seven news. >> a drive thru turkey donation drive in san francisco brought a huge response from the community. the event benefits the san francisco marin food bank. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us the significant need this season. thank you very much. >> thanks so much. >> holiday turkeys and hams are arriving by the minute at this drive through donation site near saint media's church in san francisco. >> it just feels good. that's what we're supposed to do. >> the rainy weather didn't stop anyone from showing up and helping out. >> thank you so much for your support. >> oh, you're very welcome. especially linda papas and i live in the neighborhood and i just like helping people. god has blessed me. why not bless, reach down and bless other people? that's the whole thing about life, especially today. >> it's the 13th year for this turkey drive started by volunteer pierre schmidt. >> i'm here from a different country. i came over here with nothing and i have to build everything up. if i had a little bit of money myself, i was bringing turkey,

abc seven news anchor dion lim talked with volunteers who are building a better bay area. >> we've got wine glasses, we've got food containers, we've got all sorts of marijuana products nestled 1700 feet above sea level. >> grizzly peak is one of the highest points in the berkeley hills, usually offering picturesque views of the bay. but along this stretch of road, john kirkham describes it as a landfill. >> we're standing in the middle of probably one of the worst illegal dumping sites up here on grizzly peak boulevard. it's probably about 100 yards long, maybe 30 yards wide, a couple yards deep and trash the trash, spoiling this three mile stretch between centennial drive and claremont avenue is what inspired kirkham, a former attorney, to start the volunteer group playfully named the east bay trash pandas. we've been doing this work for about 14 months and picked up over 20 tons of trash in that time. >> since the group was formed, upwards of 70 volunteers have attended each cleanup event. >> this is 100% a team effort. we had people, you know, elbow deep, shoulder deep into the poi

dion lim abc seven news. >> really remarkable. yes. all right.ccasionally an animal will be too large for them to handle in their current exhibits, and will need to go to another facility. >> and that includes a live crocodile seized from a car in a parking lot in sacramento. can you imagine opening that car door? whoa! hello. goodbye. >> happy holidays. yes. all right. we're into our next series of wet weather. get a look at the updated seven day forecast so that you can plan ahead through the weekend and beyond. stay with us. >> the abc seven storm impact scale. >> heavy rain right on top of from 1 to 5. >> light to severe. know exactly how every storm will impact you. >> downed trees. road closures. >> be prepared with the storm impact scale hey! watch it! it's from gillettelabs! this green bar releases trapped hairs from my face. game changa! while the flexdisc contours to it, so the five blades can virtually get every hair in one stroke, for the ultimate gillette shaving experience. the best a man can get is gillettelabs. what's up, you seem

. >> since then, support from all over has been pouring in, organizers tell abc seven news anchor diong promised to this caus. >> a few hundred toys are coming in so far. >> tucked away in a back room of oakland's lincoln square rec center, this pile of toys may seem modest, but for karen chun, it's an improvement. >> it was a sad and heartbroken. i was crying at nighttime when i received the call. >> karen has led chinatown's christmas in the park toy drive for the past 18 years, providing hundreds of families in need with a little joy during the holidays. but when only ten toys were donated this year, they praying for a miracle to happen. maybe not a miracle, but when we reported on the lack of donations and they desperately need your help this holiday season, the power of community started trickling in. karen, nice to meet you. one of those people is t tran, owner of monster pho, who had started a toy drive at his restaurant. >> when i heard your story, i was like, oh my god. >> tran's car, packed to the brim with those toys from his customers, now donated to karen's drive. >> when

dion lim abc seven news. >> abc seven. through our parent company, disney, is donating 5000 toys to our local toys for tots chapter. it's for the disney ultimate toy drive. >> you can donate toys in person or online, find drop off locations at toys for tots.org, or go to disney store dot com through christmas eve to help make the holidays happier for kids in need. >> so proud that our company can do that. that's fantast. yes, i'll tell you what. the weather could not be nicer. >> no, it feels warm for this time of year. let's check in with sandhya now for the details on that. >> yeah, karina and dan. it was warm. warm enough for a record in downtown oakland. take a look at the high temperatures. 70 degrees. the previous record was 67, set back in 2014, also with 67 in 1999, 2007, 2011. okay, so you get the drift here. 71 in san jose, 69 in san rafael, 67 santa rosa, concord. 65 in the city, 68 redwood city. pretty nice day. 58 in half moon bay. the only thing is with the pattern we're in, air quality is not terrific. we do

little extra help with gifts is just a really kind and helpful and a big blessing to our family. >> dionn news. >> well, tonight the annual showdown of lights displays a san francisco fire. stations will all be decked out for their annual holiday decorations their contest. we've got some video right here from last year's event. the tradition started in the late 1940s, with firehouses wrapped like christmas presents. it was revived in 2020 during the pandemic. open houses will be held at city fire stations tonight, with the winners announced on christmas eve. that's tomorrow. the sf fire credit union is putting up $4,000 in prize money. it will all go to the charity of the winning station's choice. really cool tradition here in san francisco they brought back. >> yeah, they take it so seriously. the fire house by your house? sure. oh my gosh. they decked that thing out for halloween. for christmas. it's fantastic. okay, so today we are tracking some light showers and then some heavier rain for christmas eve in the morning. today we are at a level one for showers, mainly light. it's just g

a lawsuit was filed today in santa clara county over this, and abc seven news anchor dion lim spoke withyee behind the claim. >> it's supposed to be the most joyous time of your life, and it's just turned into this nightmare. >> paula byrne was on leave after giving birth to her daughter isabella in june of 2023 when she was alerted not by her former employer, google, but by her peers that she was being laid off. >> i was really shocked to hear who else was being laid off as well. >> byrne, who worked for google since 2010, alleges in a lawsuit filed in santa clara county wednesday that five out of seven employees selected for termination from byrne's team and two from an adjacent team were also on, had recently taken or were about to take parental leave. >> and of the six that said none had young children, it just seemed very, very unfair. >> byrne's lead attorney, tracy lemmon, said her client wanted to stay at google. >> that was never on the cards for them. >> she then sent this letter to the tech giant in april in hopes of a better severance package for byrne, after she was replaced

. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm dion lim. we're talking about the seven state owned bridges in the bay area. that's everything locally except the golden gate, which has its own pricing structure. >> tolls are going up to $8 on january 1st, part of the final step of toll hikes that voters approved back in 2018. the signs have already changed at the bay bridge. >> now let's go live to abc seven news reporter tim johns for a look at the future changes just approved. >> yeah, tim, walk us through this. give us a bit of a breakdown here. >> yeah. dan dion, the bay area toll authority approved those changes unanimously. minus just one abstention at their meeting today. but the increases are not proving popular with local drivers. and i want to break down what this means for you at home. so now in 2026, the bridge tolls will rise by $0.50 each year until they reach $10.50 by the year 2030. however, that is for drivers with a fast track. if you do not have a fast track, those prices will be even higher. bay area drivers get ready to

dion lim, abc seven news. >> we're following the story of funding for a san francisco group tasked withatrolling some of the most challenging sidewalks in the city. urban alchemy and other groups like it could be on the verge of losing their jobs because of the city's $800 million budget deficit. late today, we learned san francisco's budget committee agreed to a partial funding increase of $3.7 million. that is less than half of the 7.8 million the mid-market tenderloin community based safety program was hoping to receive to keep programs running through the end of june. the full board of supervisors still has to weigh in on the funding. now to a story that's capturing headlines across the country today, the ceo of the major insurance group, unitedhealthcare, was killed in what new york city police are calling a brazen, targeted attack. so far, no one has been arrested and officers are working feverishly to track down the gunman. abc news reporter reena roy has the latest on this developing story. >> an urgent investigation underway in the heart of midtown manhattan, where police say u

dion lim abc seven news. >> coming up on abc seven mornings at six.nvestigator the latest in the death of a former open eye researcher who was a whistleblower. >> and we'll also talk about the new smart station, where the sonoma-marin area rail transit will open its 13th station in just a few weeks. >> and a meteorologist, drew tuma. you're looking live at our okay camera this morning. we do see some light rain on the camera. it is warm out there this morning. 60 degrees right now. it's also quite humid. the winds out of the west at 15mph. live doppler seven this morning showing you the heavy rain is out of here. we have some light showers dotting the region. a level one today for that isolated shower, some morning gusty winds, high surf along the coast. looking at your rainfall chances today. not high by any means, but an isolated shower moving through your neighborhood will find upper 50s to lower 60s for daytime highs. the news at six is next seven mornings live now at six. >> the collapse of the santa cruz wharf. boat owners now surveying the dama

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i'm dion lim. city transit officials say the pay to park plan makes parking more available, while critics say it's a way to make more money. the sfmta first implemented this plan in parts of the hayes valley neighborhood back in 2022. people with street parking permits aren't affected, but free parking spaces for others were turned into metered spaces. sfmta now wants to expand the project to that second area, highlighted in blue on that map here. parts of the marina and union street districts. abc seven news reporter lena holland says some business owners and neighbors are pushing back. >> michael aldridge grew up in san francisco's lower ha. he owns a business on haight street, but says this is still a primarily residential area. >> we have two hour zones and no meters whatsoever because this is, you know, people live here. >> sfmta is proposing a plan to convert some parking in marina. cow hollow and the union street corridor from two-hour residential parking permit zones to pay or permit parkin

abc seven news anchor dion lim sat down with the family, now living in fear.s a story you'll see only on abc seven news. >> he was always at home here with us. it's hard. we were all happy. we don't understand why. >> ponciano tule bernal, also known as chano to his loved ones, was a cook by trade, passionate about soccer and as a father of six children, was a family man to his core, a role model to his 14 year old son. >> my dad inspired me to finish school for him and get a nice job. >> the day after christmas, at around 3 p.m, his son, who requested we not use his name or show his face, rode his electric scooter to pick up tacos at 11th and foothill. that's when he was confronted by three young people. >> they wanted to steal his scooter. >> after learning about what happened, chano went out in search of the three individuals who robbed his son. when he found them, the juveniles followed him home and tragedy struck in an instant. on his front yard, when he got out of the car to confront them. >> but when they came out, they fired on him. when they pulled ou

the plane crashing feet away from the home owned by the buffalo bills' dion dawkins.here at the time, she was unhurt. >>> we've learned a second person has died from a horrific collision between a freight train and a tractor-trailer stuck on the tracks in west texas. the video showing the moment the train came barreling through. two people on board the train were killed. multiple cars derailing. >>> when we come back, the new concern over bird flu right here in the u.s. last night, the first severe human case. tonight, a new state reporting its first human case. we'll have the latest in a moment. >>> our "made in america christmas." so many small businesses we featured here and what they now report tonight. what you've done at home. >>> if you love s'mores, you're going to love this new idea tonight. and to start screening for colon cancer. yep. with colon cancer rising in adults under 50, the american cancer society recommends starting to screen earlier, at age 45. i'm cologuard, a noninvasive way to screen at home, on your schedule. and i find 92% of colon cancers.

dion lim, abc seven news. >> let's hope they work it out. it is a tradition. >> it certainly is. okay, let's get a check on our weather. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here. the good times keep rolling on, sandhya. >> they do indeed. and i want to show you something that is absolutely stunning. dan and ama, take a look at this live picture from our pier 39 camera. a post sunset view. the sun went down at 450. those high clouds and the haze giving us that extra color tonight. oakland downtown set a record for the second straight day. 70 degrees this afternoon. while it was mild to warm. other areas did not have records, but 70 in san jose. livermore, 72, redwood city, 68. in san rafael, santa rosa, 66, in napa, 69, in concord. san francisco coming in at 65 degrees. unfortunately, with the stagnant pattern that we're in, the air quality is suffering. many areas are in the yellow, which is moderate air quality. and as we take a look at the forecast for the next two days, tomorrow, all areas are moderate. friday, same thing except the south central bay will go to good air quality.

i left for being a part of a whole dion, great or uh country. um do you think now is a good moment for the church to try to make the political fantasies the reality? most of us have be in the the really taking the back by the open expensive is on top of the tax and the extent to which it is um and has so much of a pretending have you if you liked because he had done so much uh, apparently would work in promoting the colors thing and goals, but the exact polls put it as a in the background all the time. but he was quoting, took his expansion into syria. i don't imagine we will see any formal amex, i some of of sit in lined by turkey. uh, but we will see, i think the continued took these minutes to go to a basement defacto until of hopefully going to get to more of a north by by to ok. i don't think it going away any time soon. when i see all this competition for greater, israel are great. i try to part of me sort of um its frozen because uh, i think it will be recent conflicts have told great powers that they have to be extremely careful about th