alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> laurps are vowing to fight for the right of imfwrants here in the.s. new york's mayoral office said we welcome the tired, poor and huddled masses into new york for hundreds of years. we'll never let them be taken from us. san francisco mayor ed lee has let his feelings be known. being a sanctuary city is in our dna. san francisco will never be anything other than a sanctuary city. senator-elect pamela harris tweeted that california has the largest number of immigrants, both documented and undocumented in the u.s. i will fight for them. we are stronger together. download the abc 7 news app to stay atop of president-elect's transition to the white house and enable push alerts right to your mobile device. >>> alcohol is suspected of playing a role in this crash that killed one person and seriously injured three others. the bmw they were in crashed into a tree off highway 101 in san mateo. investigators believe everyone including the driver had been drinking. the off ramp was closed during the investigation. >>> law enforcement officers throughout the s

abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more. >> reporter: the san francisco gay men's chorus seen in this video from their website was planning to take their tour to far-off places like cuba and china. but so >> in response to the election, we have work here to do at home. >> the chorus is now planning to tour the red states instead. places like mississippi, alabama, and tennessee, and visit communities faced with discrimination. >> we want to go to those places that are still strongholds of this kind of discrimination and bigotry and bring our voice and encourage people with our music and also hopefully change some hearts and minds. >> the tour will begin before the summer of 2018, right before the mid-term elections. singing together has helped them heal, and these fears many feel about a trump presidency. >> there was such a change within the energy in the chorus when we started thinking about it. because all of a sudden we were engaged and committed and doing something. >> reporter: meanwhile, rebecca goldman and friends pass out notes of peace, they say we love you and are he

. >> reporter: alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> ama: new tonight, uc berkeley police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a male student. abc7 news was at rob dale daleville -- rosh dale village apartments. the early attack happened at a room in off campus university housing. the victim met the suspect on the internet. abc7 news was there as a father accused of drowning hills 4-year-old daughter in a baptismal pool went before a judge. he was sobbing and shackled to a wheelchair and the judge ordered a psych evaluation. a competency hearing is set for monday. she died on sunday in a church. >> dan: let's move on. the holiday shopping season is here so shoppers and scammers are out in droves. we go now live to where a new safety and public awareness campaign is underway. lisa? [no audio]. >> reporter: it didn't take long for our interview to be interrupted by a powell street station staple. homeless aggressive panhandlers and pick pocketers and scammers under the watchful eye of bart police officers manning the new patrol desk. it is to help tourists feel safer during

abc news reporter alyssa harrington has the story. >> the san francisco gay minutes chorus seen in this video from their website was planning to take their 40th anniversary tour to far-off places like china and cuba. >> in response to the election, we decided we have as much work to do at home as we would do abroad. >> he rehearses with some of the members at their castro street office. ♪ >> the chorus is now planning to tour the red states instead. places like mississippi, alabama and tennessee and visit communities faced with discrimination. >> we want to go to those places that are still strongholds of this style of discrimination and bigotry and bring our voice and encourage the people there with our music and also hopefully change some hearts and minds. >> the tour will begin in the summer of 2018, right before midterm elections. chorus members say their songs are a form of activism. singing together has helped them heel and they say the fierce many in the gay community fear about a trump energy. >> there was such a change in energy in the course when we started thinking about this

. >> reporter: alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >> ama: new tonight, uc berkeley police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a male student. abc7 news was at rob dale daleville -- rosh dale village apartments. the early attack happened at a room in off campus university housing. the victim met the suspect on the internet. abc7 news was there as a father accused of drowning hills 4-year-old daughter in a baptismal pool went before a judge. he was sobbing and shackled to a welchair and the judge ordered a psych evaluation. a competency hearing is set for monday. she died on sunday in a church. >> dan: let's move on. the holiday shopping season is here so shoppers and scammers are out in droves. we go now live to where a new safety and public awareness campaign is underway. lisa? [no audio]. >> reporter: it didn't take long for our interview to be interrupted by a powell street station staple. homeless aggressive panhandlers and pick pocketers and scammers under the watchful eye of bart police officers manning the new patrol desk. it is to help tourists feel safer during th

in san jose, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >>> take one more look here at the escaped inmates. if they're found, we'll send out an alert through the abc7 news app. you can download it now and enable push alerts so you can be the first to know. >>> all right. rain is headed to the bay area. let's take a live look outside now from our roof camera. it doesn't show any precipitation right now. that is about to change. meteorologist drew tuma has more about the coming storm. drew. >> we're tracking at least right now a very quiet picture over the bay area. live doppler 7 showing you we have the clouds that are steadily increasing ahead of our front. the wider picture will show you this cold front still well offshore, but you can already see live doppler 7 picking up on some rain ahead of that front. this is all going to move onshore in the early morning hours on saturday. so first drops, the arrival times, in the north bay between 1:00 and 5:00. very early saturday morning. that front will sink south of the heart of the bay area. likely those first drops anywhere from 4:00 to 7:00 i

alyssa harrington has the story. ♪. >> the san francisco gay minutes chorus seen here from their websiteas planning to take their 40th anniversary tour to far huff off places. >> we have as much work to do at home as we would do abroad. >> the director tim seelig rehearses with the members at their office. ♪ >> the chorus is now planning to tour the red states instead. places like mississippi, alabama and tennessee and visit communities faced with discrimination. >> we want to go to those places that are still strongholds of this kyle of discrimination and bigotry and bring our voice and encourage the people there with our music and also hopefully change some hearts and minds. >> the tour will begin in the summer of 2018, right before midterm elections. chorus members say their songs are a form of activism. singing together has helped them heel and they say the fierce many in the gay community fear about a trump energy. >> there was such a change in energy in the course when we started thinking about this. all of a sudden we were engaged, active, we were doing something. >> meanwhile fri

abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has the story. >> reporter: it's a game day tradition at uc berkleythe football team enters memorial stadium through a sea of fans while the band riles up the crowd but there was no music. a university official told me the band was concerned rain would damage the instruments. the big change in weather came just in time for the big game against stanford, one of college football's greatest rivalries, but it did not dampen swirts. >> a little water ain't going to hurt anyone. >> for me it's more epic, it's football weather. >> reporter: cal and stanford fans supported ponchos. >> i don't think it's affected the party much as all. i'm going out, i'm in my shorts. yeah, it's pretty popping here. >> reporter: victor says there's fewer people than normal at tailgate, but they came prepared with tarps. >> every now and then we poke the thing and the rain falls off. >> reporter: rain fell all over the bay area, showers soaked mill bray, high winds battered the coast, two tree branches toppled, this weather keeping emergency crews busy throughout the weekend. >