. >>> well, someone call alfred hitchcock. a big problem in sunnyvale. called the birds the second most common community complaint. >> now they are starting to infiltrate the downtown area, grabbing food off people's plates and the shoppers they leave a mess. damian trujillo explains how the city is responding. >> reporter: they flock to downtown sunnyvale looking for a morsel or two. not even the resident wooden owl can scare these crows away. >> it's reminiscent of "the birds" the movie. >> reporter: they've been known to swoop on to someone's plate. >> really loud and kind of everywhere. >> reporter: and they make sure you know when they're here. >> the noise is unbearable. we have cal train but it can in terms of the downtown pollution area. >> they are overpopulated right now. there's no denying it. and that's due to their familiarity and their ability to adapt to human habitation. >> reporter: the city it looking at options including perhaps falcon hunters but a more high-tech approach like laser pointers. some say they've had success using the las

. >>> next to the ominous scene in texas that looks like it could be straight out of an alfred hitchcock>> you guys, this is a sign. i don't know what the sign is, but it's a sign. this frightening scene played out at a parking lot in frisco. thousands of grackles overhead and menacingly perched on cars. >> grackles are known for being noisy, aggressive and prone to flying in giant flocks. yikes. needless to say, many of those cars needed to hit the car wash, too, if you get what i'm laying down there. >> i got what you -- i smelled it, too. this is not -- i'm sorry. i don't even know what superstition that is, but that smells like trouble. >> it was stormy, cloudy. >> coming out of the trees. huh uh. >>> from brazen birds to menacing marsupials. >> this video was captured of a mob of kangaroos. i think i prefer this over birds. >> it shows a large group of roos occupying a front lawn and eating up the grass. the thing is, you don't want to confront them about it, because if a kangaroo squares up on you, what do you do? >> run! >>> right now on "america this morning," remembering bob sag

wine country. 49 degrees, 50 in mill valley and 50 degrees at kentfield and in october, 1962, alfred hitchcock was shooting "the birds" in bodega bay. >>> in the extended forecast, there you go. a little bit of rain coming in. monday, tuesday, mostly for the north bay, san francisco, oakland, probably not putting it in for san jose we will put it in there to cover ourselves, then, monday and tuesday, maybe again on friday. numbers all week will be near 50 tk-pgs for a high. and, other than that, happy new year, have a great 2022. that goes for you young man, here is charlie. >>> college football championship is set, the top dogs made up for their other conference makers laying an egg. plus, nearing game time and all signs are pointing to the 49ers knowing who their quarterback is heading into sunday. we will that is. that is next in sports >>> sometimes you give an opinion it is too much. more people laughing at you than agreeing with you. highlights will just explain how unfortunate this fellas tweet aged. >> i immediately regret this decision. >> jim harbaugh looked ready to play in tonight'

. >>> new at 11:00, like a scene out of an alfred hitchcock movie. more than 1,000 crows taking over. the city is desperate to get them out. they are using green lasers and scarecrows to shoo them away. >> reporter: the problem started in the pandemic with fewer people out and about and in office parks, now, outdoor dining here to stay the shunt on to make the skies look a little less like bodega bay in 1963. a collection of crows is called a murder. while in sunny valley consider it a megamurder of crows that has gotten friendly. >> we had lots of crows in our community for years. in the last two years the numbers kept increasing and increasing. >> i call it hitchcock hour and i think it is super calming, personally. >> reporter: but with the flying flock comes the falling drops. lots of them. >> a tree where there is a lot of them you notice. >> reporter: the daily cleanup was getting expensive. the mayor chatted with a friend and came up with a solution that was less hitchcock and more dr. evil. >> a possible solution, the green laser pointer. yes

dan: where's alfred hitchcock (sound of rain) ♪ ♪ ♪ (phone ringing) ♪ ♪ ♪ (phone ringing) ♪ ♪ ♪ everyhaven. ikea. dan: in several minutes, sonoma county implementing new restrictions that could impact businesses. here why some say they shouldn't have to be going through something like this again. reporter: across the state, thousands of students and can -- educators out with communicative diseases. the governor signing in order to keep school going. reporter: city leaders have -- sandhya: more like spring today than winter. elena how long it will last coming up. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dan: in covered restrictions go into affect in sonoma county. they are limiting credit defense and residents are being asked to stay home for 30 days. in effort to stop the rapid spread of omicron. ama: abc 7 news reported was in sonoma tonight and explains even for businesses allowed to stay open, this could impact their bottom line. reporter: it's almost like march 2020 all over again. on wednesday, sonoma co

at the time it was alfred hitchcock, the big names.ed up going to hampshire college, a brand-new experimental school that opened in the fall of 1970. i went into the fall of 1971, and all of my teachers there were all documentary filmmakers who reminded me that there is as much, if not more, in what is and what was that anything the human imagination could dream up. and often the human imagination and dreams of things based on historical fact or the impossibilities of historical stories as you know. i emerged a documentary filmmaker and have the kind of hampshire inspired chutzpah to decide i would not go to new york but start my own company, florentine films. the first film we made took five and a half years to make because i looked 12 years old and i was trying to sell the story of the brooklyn bridge and it was nominated for an academy award. i moved from amherst, massachusetts to new york up to walpole, new hampshire where all of the films have been if not physically made, directed from up here. david: was it easy to raise money fo

. >> and we know where alfred hitchcock got his inspiration. >> man! how are we doing with the weekend? >> some clouds, but unfortunately, it will stay dry. a lot of us would like to get more rainfall in here. we're still dealing with the drought. more rainfall would be some good news. this looks impressive in the pacific but every bit of it will go toward seattle into canada. that's because we have this area of high pressure building in. it looks like on and off, high pressure will be pretty persistent here as we head through the next two weeks. we'll get you more on that long range forecast and the rain outlook in just a minute. i want to take it into tomorrow morning. the mid-week forecast. wednesday is almost here which means closer to that weekend. you can see, you will need the sunglasses. we'll have some sun breaking through the clouds. do watch out for some paxy fog. san francisco, sun at 45, for the east bay, down to 42. daytime highs tomorrow, again, a really nice rebound. it will feel like spring for parts of the south bay. gilroy, 68. east

the alfred hitchcock's walking tour.t to be a lot of fun offered hitchcock fall in love with a san francisco in the 1930's. and yeah, that is going to begin in san francisco at 11:00am. tomorrow. temperatures going to be very nice. mid 60's, mostly sunny and very mild. and yeah, it will still be a bit breezy out there, too. this one should be fun. a single salsa dancing that is going to be taking place in sausalito and that appropriate starting at 2 o'clock on saturday. temperatures are going to be in the mid 60's, mostly sunny skies, mild temperatures this to little bit breezy. there's a cost to that $10. if you'd like to join this one, i just might want to go out and check this out. this is going to be the frozen scooter run. that's going to be some basketball. they could have these old fashioned classic scooters out there. the good news is it's not going to be frozen. number one, the there's going to be perfect. sunny skies, a very mild temperatures going to be beautiful out their numbers up in the mid 60's. and how a

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that meant alfred hitchcock, howard hawks, big names of the 1960's.ed up going to hampshire college, a brand-new experimental school that opened in the fall of 1970. i went in the fall of 1971 and all of my teachers were social documentary still photographers and filmmakers who reminded me quite correctly that there is as much, if not more, drama in what is and what was then anything the human imagination can dream up. and often the human imagination dreams up things based on historical fact or the impossibilities of historical stories, as you know as well. i emerged a documentary filmmaker and had the kind of hampshire-inspired chutzpah to decide i would just not go to new york and apprentice, i would start my own company, florentine films. the first film we made, which took five and a half years to make because i looked like i was 12 years old, and i was trying to sell people on the brooklyn bridge, on the story of the brooklyn bridge, was nominated for an academy award. and it was in that space i moved from amherst, massachusetts to new york and th

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unlike the alfred hitchcock movie, these birds are not acting violently attacking anyone.that's certainly gets some good news. thank you for that live report. a pg and e is set to begin construction next week and a new underground switching station project in san francisco. that project will reroute to existing underground transmission lines connected to a substation in daly city and then reconnect them to the new switching station. it will be on about two acres on egbert avenue near the hunters point neighborhood. the utility says the new underground transmission lines will enhance the reliability of the electric transmission system that powers san francisco. the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. a new view. san jose police are hoping will help catch the person who pulled the trigger in a deadly shooting. they released video that captured a suspect's car leaving the scene. police believe it's a 2000 and 2 to 2000 and 500 accord. silver in color with a missing rare hubcap. this happened last may 31st around one in the morning in the area of light rail

what steven spielberg did he made this the kind of shark movie that alfred hitchcock might have made.the audience with the fear something might happen or it's about to happen, but nothing does happen. and then you catch them off-guard when something does happen. >> the theme from jaws means i'm going to scare the shit out of you and come get you. >> he went to the piano, just took a couple of fingers, and he went da, da, da, da, da. and i thought, oh, my god, he's going to wreck my movie. oh, my god, it's over. i thought the film had almost wrecked my life. it was so impossible to make, and suddenly i'm getting a score with three fingers on the low keys? >> i came to the first day of scoring, and i realized if this film is going to be successful 50% of the success of the film is going to be because of what just heard, and that's exactly what happened. >> the first time you get a sense of how big the shark is you're immediately worried about those guys on the boat. they're going to die. >> we're going to need a bigger boat. >> jaws hit me when i was 15. the electricity in that theater

alfred hitchcock not on the list. i thought it might be spielberg. what is the answer? john ford.elis, ashley webster for filling in my absence. job security required me coming in. look at corner of wall and broad, the dow jones industrials, we have record number of covid cases, better than a mill in the daily count here. obviously this is something that is very, very contagious. this is playing out across the globe. it does not require at