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[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel!ni pancakes. >> we turn our attention to to a man who has broken down some of the walls of color. >> architect paul refer williams. >> he had a unshakeable believe of what would happen when people came into the space >> the flow and layout is cool. nice entry. i like the curved moldings and walls >> jeff harwitz owns one of the only one of his homes in san francisco >> what hasn't changed is the element in terms of the railings and windows >> it's been said paul refer williams used architecture to enhance lives, no matter they're socioeconomic status he did help the federal government design first subsidized house proing jekt. he was best known as arc tech to the stars designing mansions for rich and famous, though he, himself was not necessarily awill youed to live in the neighborhoods like many of the homes, this one has been home and host to millionaires and dignitaries. like president oeb yumma who dined at this table paul williams attended university of southern california opening

[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel!one,two,one,two,one [uncle]thistwo,one.cotch,okay? [niece]okay! [uncle]okay? [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight! [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay? [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven! [uncle laughs]there's ten spaces,you want to try again? [uncle]yeah? >> welcome back, everyone. thanks for waking up early to join us here on the abc7 sunday morning news. we he joy the company and for your viewing pleasure a live look at the san mateo bridge. are you aware that punxsutawney phil, the famous groundhog, saw his shadow today? meaning six more weeks of winter. maybe we can squeeze some rain out of it. lisa argen along shortly with a full accuweather forecast. >>> nature lovers in the south by are excited. an ongoing cleanup of los gatos creek in san jose and campbell have brought beavers back to the area and they have the video to prove it. abc7 news reporter david louie has the story. >> steve hall was determined to make a difference. he's the founder of frie

[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel!-n-go mini pancakes. >>> and good morning once again. let's show you the temperatures around the bay area we're waking up to right now. chilly start. clear skies 38 degrees in san jose around the peninsula and east bay, numbers in the upper 40s. 36 into novato and the north bay. a cool start. theems clear skies for now about to be replaced by tomorrow morning. clouds courtesy of this area of low pressure which is offshore today, so the tale of two weekend forecasts and you can see it on the bottom of the screen, your seven-day forecast the first two days, today mostly sunny and clouds coming in towards this evening and tomorrow this is what's going to evolve during the day. clouds coming in for the morning and as this low instead of crossing west to east dives down the coast we're going to see at least an increasing chance of rain for the bay area especially out near the coast. the timing of the system as it comes in during the morning we'll start to see the showers approaching the coa

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[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel!pancakes. ♪ >>> all right, time now for "pop news" over to sara. hey. >> hey. i know you mentioned pharrell's hat. the hat that unofficially won the grammys. he's auctioning his hat on ebay. bids currently sitting at $11, 600. that number is expected to rise, let's hope it does with all of the money going to the music star's charity, from one hand to the other. he's been pushing it on twitter. even calling out arby's. >> was it initially owned by ind ipd jones? >> dudley doright. >> wow, a culture lesson from the '50s. >> thank you. that hat is not sexy. >> no. >> smokey the bear. indiana joness, dan? seriously? >>> now for another item. j-law's oscar dress. the dress that tripped her on the way upstage. she has an advertising deal with dior. while speaking about the brand recently, she reminisced about the dress saying, they need to make it more accessible to stairs. pretty sure this is a shoutout before this year's awards. i thing walk friendly. some of those dresses don't look like

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[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel!announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. >>> good morning, everyone, on monday morning, this is the eastern span of the bay bridge and traffic is moderately heavy if this time of the morning but it is moving. leyla gulen is tracking the trouble spots and is looking out for black ice. >>> we will check with josh and "good morning america" at 7:00. >> good monday morning. much more on the super blowout at metlife, the seahawks rolling the broncos winning their first super bowl title in the franchise history of 38 years. well hear more all about seattle's rout from the champion quarterback, young russell wilson on "good morning america" in 36 minutes. >>> super bowl may have been a dog of a game but an ad featuring a puppy stole the show for many. ♪ you only need the light ♪ when it snows >> budweiser commercial airs with two minutes remaining in the game but it still had the on of best super bowl ad according to the "usa today" that allows online panel of viewers to vote ab

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[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel!announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. >>> welcome back, more and more children will entering the school system without first being vaccinated. in the past ten years, number of children not vaccinated has more than doubledded. parents are able to get away with this by fill ought what's called a pbe, or personal belief exemption. some parents worry that the shots might cause illness or even autism. however, county and state health officials distance agree with that. >> there's been tens of thousands of kids studied, some who have received vaccines, others who haven't and there's no difference between those two who get vaccines and those who don't. it's frustrating to see that still prevailing out there. >> some school nurses say doctors need work harder to educate parents on the risk of their children not being vaccinated. >>> campaign against child sex abuse launched by ten bay area child abuse prevention centers. organizers want to empower communities to speak out agai

that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands!k at the heavenly mountain resort. you see there they are making snow. got a couple of feet with the last storm stempniak that moved through, but it's been so sparse up there they are still using the manmade stuff to keep the lifts running. more in the forecast coming up. >> a young bay area teen is about to leave for the winter olympics in sochi. she's a sophomore in high school and is the youngest member of the u.s. olympics u.s. figure skating team. cornell bernard was there when her high school gave her a big send-off yesterday. >> it was a huge send-off for a certain sophomore at archbishop high school. but paulina edmunds is no ordinary student. >> i've been work so hard on this for so long and now i'm going to the olympics. [cheers and applause] >> she's a u.s. figure skating champion on her way to the olympics in sochi. at 15 years old she's the youngest member of the olympic figure skating team. >> it feels great. it is so exciting to have everybody on my side. it's a huge dea

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that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands!] make dinner pop! >> good morning, everybody. 6:45. there's a lovely view. folks, it's chilly out there this morning. it's going to be seasonable as far as temperatures are concerned. lisa argen will have your forecast coming up. >> a young bay area teen is about to leave for the winter olympics in sochi. she's a sophomore in high school and is the youngest member of the u.s. olympics u.s. figure skating team. cornell bernard was there when her high school gave her a big send-off yesterday. >> it was a huge send-off for a certain sophomore at archbishop high school. but edmunds is no ordinary student. >> i've been work so hard on this for so long and now i'm going to the olympics. [cheers and applause] >> she's a u.s. figure skating champion on her way to the olympics in sochi. at 15 years old she's the youngest member of the olympic figure skating team. >> it feels great. it is so exciting to have everybody on my side. it's a huge deal, and going through and knowing i have so many pe

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that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! girl ] make dinner pop! ♪ [ male announcer ] don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. ♪ >>> good tuesday morning. an asteroid the sides of three football fields soared beyond earth two million miles away which is considered close in space moving at 27,000 miles per hour coming a year after an asteroid exploded over russia that damaged thousands of buildings and was felt over a very wide area. it was only 65' across. the one last night was 1,000' long. >> an artist is facing charges for intentional hally dropping a face valued at $1 million. >> gasp. >> he destroyed this in protest because only international art is shown at the gallery and he wanted domestic art to be considered, too. he now is charged with criminal mischief. >> there oh ways to communicate that. >> here is mike with the forecast. >> we will talk about what will happen today compared to yesterday. it will be warmer. by 1- to 4-degrees in the low-to-mid 60's this afternoon. the h

[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! female announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. >>> paragliding is a fun sport. one of best thing about it, the bird's-eye view. the scenery, this guy's flying along the coastline, one of best places to fly if you're a paraglideer. a great view of guys down there doing a bit of jet skiing, pulling stunts. but also gets an eyeful of something else. swimmers, surfers, and what's that? >> oh snap, a big old turtle. >> nope. >> shark? is it a shark? >> it is a shark, and not just one. he claims he saw seven sharks in the span of about 30 minutes. he believes one was about 12 feet long. he was judging that because he measured it against a surfboard. >> how close those people are on the beach, they have no idea. >> does he scream there are sharks in the water? >> he did, they did have an idea about the sharks because, yes, he did alert the surfers. he told the lifeguards about the sharks that he saw down there and everybody was able to get out of the water safely. >> makes you

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[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! female announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. ♪ [ male announcer ] don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. >> all right, now to the real reason most people watch the superbowl. the commercials. >> tonight, we are getting a sneak peek at some of the ads already making noise. >> so ... tell me about your relationship. >> well, peanut butter and chocolate. >> don't do that. >> you know how a family has daddy and mommy. >> and me. >> that's right. pretty soon, you are going to have a baby brother. >> and? ♪ [ music ] >> oh, that has to be my very favorite. oh, the puppy and the horses. you watch and you get a little lump in your throat. it is so sweet. >> you did it. 30 second ad at the superbowl will cost more than 4 million this year. worth ever penny. [ laughter ] >> a lot of beer,. >> you got it. >> i just love that commercial. it is so cute. >> you will love this. a final word for us on the upcoming superbowl the game. and wit

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that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands!] make dinner pop! mature coin flip... peyton manning in trouble from the get-go...first snap of the results in a >>> weather in new jersey not a big factor. oh the premature coin flip as he was ready, neither was peyton manning with the first play of the game, snapping over his head. just a mistake for the pick six. all to go, the broncos with six picks. up 22-0 to start the second half. they found the hole and he's gone. a kick return for the touchdown, the number one defense, dominating the number one offense. the seahawks won the first super bowl in franchise history, 43-8. stanford today, they one on the road at cal. two schools are playing for the second time in four days, getting 17 out of the first 20. 29 for the game and the cardinals will win it, 79-64. that is your sports minute. >> all right, have a good day. >> bye. ,,,, [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [

[ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! female announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. ♪ [ male announcer ] don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. ♪ >>> you know the say, what happens in vegas stays in vegas, unless you record it and put on youtube. >> that's what this guy did. he goes by spratt. he's here with his buddy. they're ready to jump off of the stratosphere hotel. >> oh. >> why? >> one of their attractions, isn't it? >> they're going up some 855 feet. >> pretty psyched up in the beginning. >> crazy. >> kind of wild. >> very confident. >> a lot of bravado. >> not going to chicken out at the top. >> we're in vegas, let's go. >> not going to chicken out at the top, are you? watch his demeanor change. >> [ bleep ]. oh my god. what am i doing? >> she's giving him instructions, strapping him in. look at his face now. maybe reconsidering his decision. >> but, he doesn't chicken out, despite the very short countdown he's given. watch this. >> i just go? >> go, yep.