abc 7 news chris wynn has the story from san francisco. >> some call it a budding industry. cannabis tourism is taking shape in california and one local entrepreneur has plans to be part of it. >> the idea is to be an ambassador for this strie around the world. >> victor and his team at emerald farm tours are rtd to role out the cannabis inspired exkurkss in the san francisco and east bay. >> we have informant come down to the consumer level and kind of walk them through the process of understanding things holding hands. >> as a cost of $295 per person, the 4.5 hour trips are geared toward out of state 10:30istist. >> visitors stop at multiple dispensaries including here in sonoma district where business went up more than 50% since the first of the year. >> there is a stigma we wanted to create a place like this that it's safe, clean abcomfortable. >> other stops include areas of cultural significance such as hippy hill and golden gate park as well as the grateful dead hours in the haight ashbury district this visitor from ohio went to a marijuana dependencery and called it

. >> chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> all right let's turn attention to the weather now. temperatures will dip past the freezing mark in many spots around the bay area tonight. meteorologist drew tuma is here with live zper 7. we haven't seen this for a while. >> part of the reason why we have clear skies tonight, a perfect rest pie pay for cool night. out we go. a live look showing crystal clear out there. no visibility issues. but we do have though a bit of a breeze. especially through the delta right now. wind gusts at fairfield at 24-mile-per-hour. 18-mile-per-hour at sfo. 17-mile-per-hour at half moon bay. and this wind will stick with us the next 12 hours. so a bit of a kmil in the atmosphere. temperaturewise in the 40s and in the 50s. 50 right now in san francisco and oakland. about 52 in san jose. in the north bay in the 40s. temperatures drop overnight. get you out the door tomorrow. work and school weather watcher the breeze with us and it will be chilly from the coast to the bay and inland drops to the 30s and some spots could potentially drop into the upper 20

chris wynn has the story from palo alto. >> reporter: in one of the bay area's most affluent cities, it's not uncommon for palo alto residents with six-figure incomes to identify themselves as members of the middle class. >> you have to be dual income. so if you have kids you have to both work full-time, at least as far as i know, unless one of the parents make so much money. >> reporter: the city has its share of beautiful homes, expensive cars and upsteal amenities but all at a high cost. the palo alto weekly recently conduct add short survey asking people to define social class. >> people don't know what to do. and they're getting pushed out. so i thin whether or not the middle class exists in general let alone in palo alto is what people are trying to understand. >> at first glance, someone making upwards of $400,000 calling themselves middle class oh would typically cause eyes to roll. >> to me that's not middle class. but evidently here, because you have to make thatkind of money to live here. >> but this is palo alto. where 3/4s of an acre lot on the market for more than $5 mi

abc 7 news reporter chris wynn has the story. >> reporter: with the flu season upon us, dmeld providers say it will be a while before we're in the clear. > still for at least the next one to three months we'd recommend taking precautions, hand hygiene, cough etiquette. >> for so many in the bay area the battle to stay healthy has been tough. >> chills, i had a fever. i was also having runny nose. my vision was also kind of blurry. >> reporter: according to the centers for disease control. the flu vaccine is only 35% effective. despite the low vig they say the flu shot is essential and helpful among children. >> the flu shot primes the immune system and give it tools to fight the disease if you get it. it might not be perfect in preventing the disease but certainly reduces risk of death if you were to get it. >> this doctor at stanford hospital says there is overall decrease in the number of patients admitwood flu-like symptoms over the past month. the same can be satisfied for santa clara valley medical center which has seen a steady decline week to week since the first of the year. but

abc 7 news riner chris wynn has the story. >> does it seem stable to you. >> some call it inspiring. then there are thoughs who call it anything but. >> it's a reflection of something that faded with time, that has not stood and well. it's not what silicon valley is. >> this 7-foot tall sculpture at lynn plaza has been sparking debate. it speaks to the impact of technology on our pole. made with circuit boards and fiber glass, the so-called seeing nod to recognizing the city as a birth place of silicon valley. >> it's an attraction to people from all over the world. people from many countries and little kids just embrace it. >> after numerous repairs over the years, the piece is slated for removal from the collection after a vote by the public art commission last fall. one of the artists who worked on the project is now threatening to sue the city to keep it up. >> people don't have any background in art. if you see the background of meme that decide to destroy my art they don't have zero background in art. >> this one you can see has broken edges. >> a city staff report said the str

unmet. >> the fight for survival in such a prosperous city coming as a shock. >> in palo alto, chris wynn>>> one of the reasons cost of living so high here because the bay area is such a beautiful place. >> it's true. >> picturesque and the abc viewers prove it on cloudy days. >> you shared it all with us by using the hashtag abc 7 now. >> spencer is back now to talk about the interesting pictures you captured today. >> it's been an interesting day in weathe. here a look at live doppler 7. things are calmer than earlier process. we still have the possibility of small hail stones or snow flakes in the higher he feels, maybe a passing shower yoernt. one thing for sure, cold and windy overnight. overnight lies in the mid-and upper 20s. low to mid-30s in the east and south bay. and upper 30s tomorrow. certainly calmer though. under sunny skies we will have dry conditions with highs ranging from the low 50s at the 50s and mid-50s elsewhere. chinese new year, the conditions will be fairly mild. mid-to upper 50s in the city here in the afternoon hours. dry conditions going into the evening. grea

. >> abc 7 news reporter chris wynn spoke with earthquake experts to find out if they are a precursor in the big one. >> in sam ramon residents hope to be ready when it hits. that's top of mind after a rattling experience for some overnight. >> i felt lots of shaking. i don't know what time they were at. but i remember weigh o baking up at least three or our times last night feeling them. they seemed strong. >> a total of six small earthquakes have hit the danville area over the past two days. the most recent, a magnitude 2.8 around 4:30 this morning. >> a little baby shakers. born and raised in california, i'm used to them. >> scientists aren't exactly sure what causes the swarm. pu don't worry they say it's not an indication of the big one because of it. >> we live in earthquake country. it's -- there is no time like the present to be prepared. >> brian kill gore sis the seismic activity isn't out of ordinary. they are current dweflgs an early warning system. officials hope to launch it in the next year or two. the but the program is targeted bir elimination by president trump. coun

unmet. >> the fight for survival in such a prosperous city coming as a shock. >> in palo alto, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >>> one of the reasons cost of living so high here because the bay area is such a beautiful place. >> it's true. >> picturesque and the abc viewers prove it on cloudy days. >> you shared it all with us by using the hashtag abc 7 now. >> spencer is back now to talk about the interesting pictures you captured today. >> it's been an interesting day in weathe. here a look at live doppler 7. things are calmer than earlier process. we still have the possibility of small hail stones or snow flakes in the higher he feels, maybe a passing shower yoernt. one thing for sure, cold and windy overnight. overnight lies in the mid-and upper 20s. low to mid-30s in the east and south bay. and upper 30s tomorrow. certainly calmer though. under sunny skies we will have dry conditions with highs ranging from the low 50s at the 50s and mid-50s elsewhere. chinese new year, the conditions will be fairly mild. mid-to upper 50s in the city here in the afternoon hours. dry conditions going into the

. >> in the south bay, chris wynn abc 7 news. >> the phone number foshag the rapid response network hot line is be on the screen 4082901044 we posted that on the website as well. abc7news.com. >> >>> well for the first time we hear from the state employee in hawaii who was fired after sending a false missile alert last month. the exemployee did not want to be identified because he fears for safety. in an interview the man says the on duty call he received on january 13th did not sound like a drill. however, other state workers clearly heard the word exercise repeated several times. >> i was 100% sure it was real. and i did what i was trained to do as far as making the selection to notify the public. >> after realizing the incident was just a drill he says he felt like he was hit hit by a body blow. it sent a lot of people into a panic. he says in the interview he has been having trouble eating and sleeping ever since. if you want to watch the extended cut of the interview head to the website, abc7news.com, or the abc 7 news app. >>> now to to a dramatic and raw moment in court today. a

. >> in fremont, chris wynn. abc 7 news. >>> all right if you have ever wanted to get up close and personal with baby seals and sea lions now is the chance. the maren mammal center in. many have become separated from mother. volunteers help prepare food and feed the hungry sea mammals. despite the young age they're having for airbus appetites. >> sometimes they're separated from mothers naturally with elephant sooels a storm might come in and wash them off the beaches because they're not quite strong enough. and so they might end up on random beaches here and there. >> this is pup season and by next month the center could be caring for over 100 sick and wounded zms pl they are looking for volunteers to help. funwork. want to update the weather forecast with drew. >>> we're starting off tomorrow with temperatures in the 40s but a quick warmup by the afternoon. highs or i should say lows tonight upper 30s to low 40s. 41 san mateo in. 41 vallejo. about 40 in sand arrival. the 12 hour planner on the thursday it's a t

. >>> good morning, thanks for being with us, i'm chris wynn.tarting this half hour with a quick look at the weather. here's is meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi. would you believe temperatures are recovering in some spots. you slept through the coldest part, most of you on saturday morning. 40 in san jose. low 40s in oakland and half moon bay where you were at freezing. 34 in gilroy, beautiful picture. sill upper 30s. looking at 40 by the daelt that. so, certainly a colder morning. when are we going to shake this? well, not anytime soon. in fact, we'll increase the clouds and be another chilly afternoon with numbers anywhere from 4 to 10 degrees below average. low to mid-50s should do it with partly cloudy skies today. another cold night tonight but not as cold. mildest days tuesday and wednesday, and heavier rain thursday and friday, chris. >> lisa, thanks. >>> san francisco supervisor london breed will hold a community meeting today to discuss the apparent drug-related deaths of three men. the meeting starts at 11:00 this morning at the san fra

vonnie: thanks to chris palmeri with that exclusive bloomberg story. suggesting that steve wynn's payment to a former employee was in relation to a paternity claim but no evidence he fathered a child. lawyers are looking into it and this is according to people familiar with the matter. real yield is next. ♪ >> i am mark crumpton with the first word news. the white house has declassified the republican memo on russian election meddling investigation. the move clears the way for the house of representatives to release the memo which alleges that the fbi misconduct. president trump said that the fbi and justice department politicized what he called the sacred investigative process. prime minister theresa may is insisting the u.k. is not have to choose between frictionless trade with the european union and the ability to afford new trade deals around the world. shanghai,o the bbc in theresa may said i do not believe those are the alternatives. her conservative government is split between supporters of a clean break with the eu and those who want to stick close to the terror free singl

bureau chief chris palmeri, chris, was the driving force behind this resignation? what is the business reason for this? steve wynn was becoming a distraction for his company, and i do think that was the case. it has been a steady drip of universitiesith pulling his name off of buildings and having to step down there republican national committee. he thought it was not going to end, so he needed to take some action. >> was there a sense that the distraction is going to jeopardize the license renewal for wynn? >> there is no question given regulators in massachusetts and nevada all said they were investigating this and also that they would take a look at all possible outcomes and do in fact have a broad range of powers. it was endangering his properties and is still endangering. the big news today is that massachusetts and nevada regulator spoke that the investigations will continue, so wynn resorts is not in the clear yet. the hearing in massachusetts also said they are looking at holdings,sonal stock and potentially he could be forced to sell shares. wynn resorts more of a takeover target. >> if it were to become

wynn. what you also saw that from the president is a certain sadness that somebody that he liked had let him down. >> chrislet's go to your day job, let's talk money. on friday the president signed a bipartisan plan passed by congress that will add $400 billion in new spending, deficit spending to the budget over the next two years. here's how our next guest, your former colleague in the house freedom caucus jim jordan reacted. >> this is probably the second-largest spending increased second over to obama's. you know how obnoxious that was. >> chris: is congressman jordan wrong? >> director mulvaney: he's not. he's just not recognizing the realities that we deal with. the reality is that the president wanted to defend the nation. his first priority, he said this during the campaign, he set up during his election and he said at the other night at the state of the union. we really thought we could cut a deal with the democrats to increase defense spending. when the doors closed, what happened was they would not give us a single dollar worth of additional defense funding without giving us additional money for

wynn his job as finance chairman of the republican national committee. his president matt maddox becomes the new ceo. >>> former vice president biden going after president's relationship with the truth. he told chris cuomo if he was the president's lawyer he would advise talking with robert mueller. >> the president has some difficulty with precision. >> that's one of most subtle things i've ever heard you say, joe biden. >> one of the things that i would worry about if i were his lawyer is him saying something that was simply not true without him even planning to be -- to be disingenuo disingenuous. >> you think he has that little control over whether he tells the truth or not? >> i just marvel at some of the things he says and does. like, what, two days ago, anybody didn't stand up and clap for him was un-american, and then maybe even treasonous. >> he said tongue-in-cheek. democrats can't take a joke. >> let me tell you, he's a joke. >> the president's allies say he is still eager to speak with the special counsel's team. even as his lawyers try to delay or stop a potential sit down. >>> to markets now. volatility is back. markets around the world adjusting to a new reality, the era of low inte