the city also contains large pockets of poverty, mostly in the flatlands, where ebony's family lives. taken together, the city's public schools have an alarmingly high dropout rate; only about half those enrolled graduate from high school, according to tony smith, school superintendent for the last two years. >> i think we haven't designed schools and the education system in ways that really meet the needs of all young people, in particular children of color, african american, latino kids are being pushed out faster than anybody else. that plays out in terms of who's employed and who isn't, and that plays out in terms of the crime, in terms of the extraordinary murder rate and violence in oakland. >> reporter: those are issues educators and non profit groups have been trying to figure out for decades. techbridge-- one of those groups was founded in oakland by linda kekelis, who puts a lot of stock in positive role models. >> a lot of the girls that we work with never think about becoming an engineer or being a computer programmer. they haven't met an engineer; they haven't met somebod

when pregnant ebony returned to where she was born a nurse made the connection. >> i said okay guys youre not going to believe this. i have a patient that i took care when she was a preemie, 30 years ago. and their jaws dropped, exciting. >> reporter: abc7 covered the success of the twins in 1981 because being a preme then was a -- preemie was a challenge. >> the first note was -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: fortunately the newest duo to the family reached full term. this reunion celebrated a mother and daughter who have both given birth to twins and the kaiser staff who bridged the years. >> back then it was hard. it was much easier for my daughter than it was for me. >> reporter: we can forget michael who did fall in love with ebony and now a father with twins of his on. >> really blessed. >> reporter: in this circle of life and blessings if there is another chapter we'll let you know. karina rusk, abc7 news. >> yep, at least mom he did any is going to know how to deal with the trials and challenges and fun of twins because she has been through it all herself. >>> how about a look at t

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really fun. >> thanks, ebony.he looks chic and sharp. >> what i love about the rich tones, the deep purple, berries and wines, darker red, it's a great way to dress up denim. sometimes blue jeans don't look dressy for dinner. these are fantastic. >> any body type. >> i love the nude shoe and the leather. this is from macy's. >> probably a good idea with a neutral shoe. >> and you can elongate your frame with a heel. >> moving on we have nancy coming out in a pastel pair. this is a really soft nice look. you can wear this to the office or out. >> i love this look. putting a blouse with it also made it feel sophisticated. again, these are bcbg generation jeans with a little bit of a flare. not all color jeans have to be skinny. >> i like that flare. it's great. >> stick with the same color family. that can work. the traditional color blue just came about because way back when, jeans were sort of developed indigo was the most popular traded dye. it's funny that blue is arbitrary. >> it became denim. >> nancy, you loo

>>reporter: ebony twin were born 3 weeks early in comparison.r says very healthy birth weight. >> all doing fine. what are the odd. great story. >> well we are watching couple storms head thanksgiving way. they are coming. sandy is here with the latest. >> yes. one is already beginning to send moisture our way as we look at live doppler 7 hd. few showers being reported right now between you could i a-santa rosa, heels burg area, very light. this is just the start of what is to come. cold front hasn't even arrived yet. few showers reported at sfo and seeing a few drops in the santa cruz mountains here. so average march rainfall san francisco over three inches. santa rosa just under l 5 inches there at 4 and half inches. we could be seeing these amounts when the week is over. so we could be making up the entire month of march by the time we hit sunday. rainfall total may add up to the category. certainly hope.so temperatures in the 50's. wind is picking up. gusting rate now. sfo south gusting to 32. 26 hath moon bay. 24 mountain view. 26 in concor

>>reporter: ebony twin were born 3 weeks early in comparison.octor says very healthy birth weight. >> all doing fine. what are the odd. great story. >> well we are watching couple storms head thanksgiving way. they are coming. sandy is here with the latest. >> yes. one is already beginning to send moisture our way as we look at live doppler 7 hd. few showers being reported right now between you could i a-santa rosa, heels burg area, very light. this is just the start of what is to come. cold front hasn't even arrived yet. few showers reported at sfo and seeing a few drops in the santa cruz mountains here. so average march rainfall san francisco over three inches. santa rosa just under l 5 inches there at 4 and half inches. we could be seeing these amounts when the week is over. so we could be making up the entire month of march by the time we hit sunday. rainfall total may add up to t category. certainly hope.so temperatures in the 50's. wind is picking up. gusting rate now. sfo south gusting to 32. 26 hath moon bay. 24 mountain view. 26 in conc

the second driver has moderate ebony's, nothing life-threatening.>george: we have another hot spot in san francisco, we have installed just before october. this all has been cleared of traffic is still sluggish. it is recovering. it is going to be slow on the inbound central freeway. on highway 13 we have been tracking this freeway closures southbound. there is another problem growing. it is just south of this location. northbound highway 13 near redwood is the next exit south from the sig alert. we're now looking at the commute direction which is northbound. if they didn't get these lands cleared fairly shortly we could be looking at a major problem affecting the rest coming from the macarthur flew wake 580 headed north toward highway 84. here's a quick check on the bridges for you. fourth to the >>james: let's begin with a live look at storm tracker 4. not a lot in terms of what roadways. we are seeing showers to the north near santa rosa. light showers been reported there. we are still tracking some showers near vacaville. if in the santa cruz mo

. >> ebony's twins were born three weeks early and the doctor says at a healthy birth weight. >>> 6:44nvestigators trying to figure out what caused an early morning blaze that forced several parents and children moo the wind and rain this morning in oakland -- children into the wind and rain this morning in oakland. >> reporter: the red cross is here on the scene now trying to help the victim as they deal with the -- what's happened to them as they try to get back on track they had a very scary morning. one resident did take video of the fire once she had gotten out safely this is what they woke up to, raging fire under their homes, a person who lives here took this video. people tell us it was terrifying six cars under the apartment building on fire popping noises and smell of smoke woke some of the people others heard residents and the apartment manager screaming, trying to get people out safely. everyone made it out okay, including all of the children there were children who were living here. the fire is now out. fires want to know why this fire started? why there were cars on fire

. >> ebony's twins were born just three weeks early the doctor says at a healthy birth weight boy and like her and her brother. >> congratulations all. wonder what the next generation will bring. we can worry about that later. >> quadruplets. >> i'll take that bet. >> [ unintelligible ] >>> a lot of rain on the way falling heavily in some parts of the north bay you are probably waking up because of the loud noises going duh! moving out of the north bay and heading to other areas i want you to know before it gets there so you don't have the same reaction. you can see the heavy rain moving through the north bay over the last three hours. yellows, oranges and reds are legitimate strong radar returns. winds coming out of the south southwest bushing moisture in guess where the lifting mechanism is? this cold front so it is sliding into this going to continue to lift that's why we are going to squeeze as much potential rain out of this system as possible the reason why we are going to have healthy rainfall amounts and potential for minor flooding maybe minor sliding up to four to five inche

we have a sportier look, ebony. >> looking gorgeous in her weekend effort. running errands, going to brunch, your kids. it's the color of the season, tangerine tango. this is a men's jacket i put on her because with outer wear, it's women's or men's. it's sporty. you can rock men's. i love the boots there, they have some fun buckle details. the gorgeous bag from tommy is $98. it's clear. you don't want to carry a leather bag in the rain. do plastic. >> i love the lining on that jacket. >> beautiful. >> and the white detail makes it pop. >> yes. >> next, if you're headed to work and want to pick it up a little bit, we have aileen coming out with that look. >> the thing about work is you want to look cute commuting to work, walking in the building. she's wearing a fabulous cape. >> like a poncho. >> we saw gwyneth paltrow rocking a cape. i love the idea of a cape instead of a trench coat. this one's from the limited. so cute. she's got these rain boots. these are light weight because you shouldn't be wearing rain boots in your office. you can store these in yo

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the attack, which was then carried out by hezbollah operatives from abroad who leveraged the local ebony'scommunity, as in many cases, unwilling facilities. these are possibly linked to them. >> this is because the plots really demonstrate that iran and hezbollah are mean deeply committed to striking against western targets and israeli targets. they will employ a variety of methods in order to do the bat. our study of these plots leads us to notable conclusions. first, they give high priority to hitting jewish targets in our country, and second, they want to advance ironic strategic goals in the geopolitical fear spare. >> ironic choose to strike the united states before the reasons already mentioned, new york city may present the ideal target. given the recent alleged ironic in direct plot against a foreign diplomat here, in washington, iran's increasingly bellicose rhetoric as well as a long history of sponsoring terrorist attacks abroad, the nypd must remain vigilant to obstruct the attack. anything less would be advocating our duty to protect new york city and its residents. >> thank y