i'm cheryl jennings. you know, communities across the bay area are facing issues of hunger every single day. it affects children, seniors, people with steady jobs, and so many more. according to the five bay area food banks, almost 800,000 people use their services every month. now, overall, these food banks distribute more than 170 million pounds of food to those in need every year. it's interesting to note that more than half of the total pounds of food distributed is actually fresh produce. i am proud to say that abc7's parent company, disney, is committed to fighting hunger. this past year disney donated $1.5 million to the feeding america network of food banks, and this means that each of our local food banks in the network received $15,000 from disney and abc7 to continue their important efforts. right now we have a local story of a young person making a difference. the city of san jose is teaming up with a south bay teenager to fight hunger. kiran sridhar founded waste no food, a website and an app

i'm cheryl jennings.oss the bay area are facing issues of hunger every single day. it affects children, seniors, people with steady jobs, and so many more. according to the five bay area food banks, almost 800,000 people use their services every month. now, overall, these food banks distribute more than 170 million pounds of food to those in need every year. it's interesting to note that more than half of the total pounds of food distributed is

. >> i'm cheryl jennings. we have some breaking news out of pebble beach. the authorities say one person has been taken to the hospital after an apparent shark attack at still water cove. the person's condition is unknown at this time. this picture was posted. a sign telling people to stay out of the water. police officers and other first responders remain at the scene. this area has been the site of several shark attacks in several years. >>> the picks and the police union and it has to do with the use of tasers. >> the union has filed payments to have voters decide a big policy questio. a story you'll see only on 7. >> this has gone on long enough. we want to take this to the voters. >> the police union president says tasers have been debated by the picks for eight long years. four police chiefs have asked for them and the commission finally voted for tasers last

. >>> hello happy think i'm cheryl jennings. >> and christian sze. dan and amma are off today. we couldn't have asked for better weather today but not lasting much longer. >> abc 7 news weather spencer is here with a look at storms. >> first it's black friday. you shoppers can start sending the thank you cards now. here is the forecast. clouds overnight into the early morning hours. but there is virtually no chance of any measurable rain. and then tomorrow morning by 7:00 bright filtered sunshine, mild again in the day time, great overnight and early morning conditions for shopping. now here is the look at our weekend storm. excuse me as i lose my voice. weekend storm gains steam up in the gulf of alaska. rain over the weekend chances of rain about 60% chance saturday, 90% on sunday. before that let's look at overnight conditions. this is our forecast animation starting at 4:00 tomorrow morning np notice the high clouds build up overnight will disappear quickly giving way to mainly sunny skies tomorrow. another mild day. enjoy the post-thanksgiving shopping. i'll give you a clo

i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm here at the beautiful camp arroyo in livermore visiting the taylor family foundation. it is a place where children can feel safe and have fun. they're supported by an amazing group of people. in the next half hour, you'll meet some of these inspiring people who are changing lives and helping kids know they are not alone, all through the power of music. ♪ so, the taylor family foundation has been around now for 28 years. can you believe it? >> no. huh-unh. 'cause if i take it, and i deduct 28 years off my age, i'm like, "oh, my god. i was so young when i started this." it's almost half my life that

cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> the 25-year-old victim is undergoing treatment at a salinas hospital. there have been seven known shark attacks in the area since 1966. only one was fatal. that was an attack on a surfer in 1981 off spanish bay. >>> abc 7 news has learned the san francisco police union has filed papers with the department of elections saying it will circle a petition for a june referendum. that referendum will determine a policy for the use of tasers. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has the story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> we will let the citizens and the voters of this city decide this issue once and for all. >> reporter: police union president marty halloran says tasers have been debated by the police commission for eight long years. four police chiefs have asked for them. the fact that the commission finally voted for the use of tasers last month, halloran said, is not enough. >> what they voted on is the idea of officers carrying tasers. they did not vote on a policy. >> reporter: that's why on tuesday the poa filed notice with the office of elections that they w

cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >>> the 25-year-old victim is undergoing treatment at a salinas hospital. there have been seven known shark attacks in the area since 1966. only one was fatal. that was an attack on a surfer in 1981 off spanish bay. >>> abc 7 news has learned the san francisco police union has filed papers with the department of elections saying it will circle a petition for a june referendum. that referendum will determine a policy for the use of tasers. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has the story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> we will let the citizens and the voters of this city decide this issue once and for all. >> reporter: police union president marty halloran says tasers have been debated by the police commission for eight long years. the fact that they final voted for tasers last month, halloran said, is not enough. >> what they voted on is the idea of officers carrying tasers. they did not vote on a policy. >> reporter: that's why on tuesday they filed notice with the official of elections that they will circulate petitions for a referendum on tasers for next jun

cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> the 25-year-old victim is undergoing treatment at a salinas hospital. there have been seven known shark attacks in the area since 1966. only one was fatal. that was an attack on a surfer in 1981 off spanish bay. >>> abc 7 news has learned the san francisco police union has filed papers with the department of elections saying it will circulate a petition for a june referendum. that referendum will determine a policy for the use of tasers. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has the story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> we will let the citizens and the voters of this city decide this issue once and for all. >> reporter: police union president marty halloran says tasers have been debated by the police commission for eight long years. four police chiefs have asked for them. the fact that the commission finally voted for the use of tasers last month, halloran said, is not enough. >> what they voted on is the concept or the idea of officers carrying tasers. they did not vote on a policy. >> reporter: that's why on tuesday the poa filed notice with the office of ele

i'm cheryl jennings. thanks for joining us. dan and ama have the night off. shark attack happened in still water cove offer pebble beach and that diver mayo his life to two first responders who happened to be in the right place at the right time. >> reporter: the diver was spear fishing with his father 80 yards off pebble beach when the shark bit his leg. >> he swam to the surface to tell his dad what he had seen, and when he was at the surface the shark actually attacked him. >> reporter: officials believe it was a great white based on the bite marks. the diver mangled to get his boat back to shore. >> we have somebody on shore. you see a boat in the water but the subjects inside are yelling and we believe it is some type of shark bite. >> saw this red zodiac boat come in not acting right. >> reporter: statement two off duty monterey county sheriff's deputies happened to be finishing up a day of fishing at still water cove. witness he alerted them. one deputy applied a tourniquet to stop the massive blood loss from the victim's wet thigh. >> the wetsuit was

>> now, from abc7, "beyond the headlines with cheryl jennings." >> thanks so much for joining us. the new trump administration brings hope to many people and frustration and fear to others, so we reached out to three local professional diplomats whose countries are in the headlines right now. we wanted to learn how we can begin building bridges as friends and neighbors. so i sat down with the consuls general from russia, israel, and mexico, all based in san francisco to get their perspective. >> last year, we issued 20,000 visas to americans living in this part of the world, in this part of the united states... >> the honorable sergey petrov is consul general of the russian federation in san francisco. he and the other consuls general are professional diplomats whose duties include overseeing the processing of legal documents, such as passports, here and around the world. but their primary mission is to build good relations between their countries and the united states. >> we should bring together our businesses, our artists, our actors, our scientists, our students. that's import

. >> i'm cheryl jennings. an unusual sight along interstate as you saw with heavy traffic on the holiday. >> lasted for hours because several lanes shut down from a big rig crash. the truck hit a center divide and overpass here berkeley. the driver was thrown from the truck and died. >> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the full story. >> reporter: with the trailer jammed under the university avenue overpass and the tractor stopped some 50 yards away traffic on westbound 80 was backed up all the way from berkeley to martinez on this black friday. >> it's crazy. i was just telling my grandmother i feel like i'm on my way to work on a weekday. >> trying to get shopping in for black friday and not getting there any quick. >> reporter: the highway patrol says the accident happened before 9:00 this morning. a witness who lives in a tent city near the freeway saw and heard it. >> first thing we saw was a tire pop. tire blew, sounded like a gunshot. the next thing we heard and saw was metal folding after he hit the p

i'm cheryl jennings. thanks for joining us. dan and ama have the night off.hark attack happened in still water cove offer pebble beach and that diver mayo his life to two first responders who happened to be in the right place at the right time. >> reporter: the diver was spear fishing with his father 80 yards off pebble beach when the shark bit his leg. >> he swam to the surface to tell his dad what he had seen, and when he was at the surface the shark actually attacked him. >> reporter: officials believe it was a great white based on the bite marks. the diver mangled to get his boat back to shore. >> we have somebody on shore. you see a boat in the water but the subjects inside are yelling and we believe it is some type of shark bite. >> saw this red zodiac boat come in not acting right. >> reporter: statement two off duty monterey county sheriff's deputies happened to be finishing up a day of fishing at still water cove. witness he alerted them. one deputy applied a tourniquet to stop the massive blood loss from the victim's wet thigh. >> the wetsuit was in

>> now from abc7, "beyond the headlines" with cheryl jennings. >> thanks so much for joining us. do you know whether or not you're at risk of getting cancer because of a genetic mutation? it's not something that a lot of us think about until we have a family member or a loved one who is diagnosed with cancer. the brca genetic mutation, also called the "braca" genetic mutation, can lead to breast or ovarian cancer, or perhaps other cancers. it is so dangerous that some people will take drastic surgical measures to prevent it. well, there is a major effort under way to get researchers to focus on brca genetic mutations and encourage people to get tested to find out who has the mutation in the family. and leading that effort is our first guest -- evan goldberg, a silicon valley tech leader, a father, and the founder of the brca foundation, which was recently launched. and it was launched with a whole bunch of money thanks to a successful career, so congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> you have an incredible story about how you even began to think about this, so tell us about th

. >>> hello happy think i'm cheryl jennings. >> and christian sze. dan and amma are off today.sked for better weather today but not lasting much longer. >> abc 7 news weather spencer is here with a look at storms. >> first it's black friday. you shoppers can start sending the thank you cards now. here is the forecast. clouds overnight into the early morning hours. but there is virtually no chance of any measurable rain. and then tomorrow morning by 7:00 bright filtered sunshine, mild again in the day time, great overnight and early morning conditions for shopping. now here is the look at our weekend storm. excuse me as i lose my voice. weekend storm gains steam up in the gulf of alaska. rain over the weekend chances of rain about 60% chance saturday, 90% on sunday. before that let's look at overnight conditions. this is our forecast animation starting at 4:00 tomorrow morning np notice the high clouds build up overnight will disappear quickly giving way to mainly sunny skies tomorrow. another mild day. enjoy the post-thanksgiving shopping. i'll give you a close are look at the

abc 7 cheryl jennings -- admission to the tree lighting ceremony is free. >>> next on abc 7 mornings6:00, a hit and run driver suspected of killing at least four people in the east bay is now in custody. we'll have the latest on the investigation. >>> and a storm is making its way through the bay area. lisa argen is coming up with how much to expect for your sunday. ♪ on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to ultiyour ideal comfortweek your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed do that? it's the final days of ultimate sleep number week. save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed with adjustable comfort on both sides. ends monday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. >> announcer: good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >>> good morning everyone. i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, november 26th. let's start with a quick look at our weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >>> hey carolyn. good morning to you. hi everyone. you can see the cold front in the corner of your screen pushing into the north bay. we're looking at downpours

abc's cheryl jennings is the emcee. admission to the tree lighting ceremony is free.. >>> let's get a final check of your forecast. >> we'll have weather to go with the season today and tonight. this is the north bay. we're looking at rain, cloverdale, clear lake, heavier downpours. as we widen the perspective, you can see it offshore. it's moving in from the west sinking down from the south. accompanying it, gusty winds, the chance of a thunderstorm. we'll have the on off showers. could be heavy at times through the evening. we'll look for the heaviest part of the system, 10:00, 11:00 tonight. when you wake up tomorrow, maybe a few showers. it's behind us with sunny dry conditions. >> all right. if you see something, send it to us: thank you for joining us on abc 7 mornings. i'm carolyn tyler with lisa argen. the news continues online, on twitter, facebook and instagram. abc 7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. "good morning america" is up next. have a great sunday everyone. and a great week ahead. >>> good morning, america. this morning, travel crush. americans cram the ro

. >> i'm cheryl jennings. an unusual sight along interstate as you saw with heavy traffic on the holiday. >> lasted for hours because several lanes shut down from a big rig crash. the truck hit a center divide and overpass here berkeley. the driver was thrown from the truck and died. >> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the full story. >> reporter: with the trailer jammed under the university avenue overpass and the tractor stopped some 50 yards away traffic on westbound 80 was backed up all the way from berkeley to martinez on this black friday. >> it's crazy. i was just telling my grandmother i feel like i'm on my way to work on a weekday. >> trying to get shopping in for black friday and not getting there any quick. >> reporter: the highway patrol says the accident happened before 9:00 this morning. a witness who lives in a tent city near the freeway saw and heard it. >> first thing we saw was a tire pop. tire blew, sounded like a gunshot. the next thing we heard and saw was metal folding after he hit the p