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i'm michael finny reporting live from ghirardelli square.nows how long i'll be here. >> great job out there michael. thanks. >>> here's a live look from our camera. we're waiting for the annual lighting of the center. >> the tops of the building will turn into stripes and polka dot colors. >>> new at 6:00, the world's most pra steejs really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with people first warranty. the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvi is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prr treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before startg harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may fl

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the proposed work is located at the chocolate building and the coagulating room at ghirardelli squarethrough a new penetration on the north public facing wall of the chocolate building, modifications to a vestibule at the polk street facade of the chocolate building to provide a new entrance, illumination of a modified blade sign, and installation of lights along the polk street side of the chocolate building. the proposed work would cause minimal changes to the form of the buildings without removing any character defining features or materials. although the proposed project involves the insertion of a visible duct along coagulating room polk street facade, this cannot be placed any any other location on the site due to a variety of existing conditions. the duct will be painted to match the surrounding brick and will be located at a recessed portion of the coagulating room. the proposed entrance modifications are simple yet contemporary in their design to differentiate from the historic building fabric and conform to the design guidelines. they will not alter any feature or spaces tha

at ghirardelli square in san francisco. bring questions. >> great stuff. >> can you get the dunkin doughnuts for friday free stuff? >> hi there everyone. live doppler 7, we're tracking a system that's pretty light. notice that the rain is right now in the east bay, it's most concentrated there, as i show you street level radar from berkeley to piedmont, heading to orinda and inland, moderate pockets of rain, wet spotty light showers around bay view district of san francisco and north bay, tracking light rain from for the ross across highway 1 in geyserville. turning into snow but above 8,000 to 9,000 feet. it's rain at lake level right now. storm impact scale, light system, level one, scattered light showers, light wind, slick spots for evening commute. speaking of, sfo camera, cool clouds there. runway is wet, dealing with some arrival delays, almost one hour right now. temperatures in 50s and 60s. if it felt mild to you, it was today. low 60s to low 70s this afternoon. abc7 news exploratorium camera showing a fuzzy view o

. >> yes, dozens packed ghirardelli square for the annual tree lighting there. >> 3, 2, 1 [ cheeringnd ev >> tis the season for countdowns too. the event also featured christmas carolers, face painting, and of course jolly old st. nick. and our own betty yu was out there tonight emceeing the event. special hat. [ laughter ] >> love it. >> very festive. >> tis the season for pom poms. >> yes, and you can pick up some hot chocolate. >> so good. >> all right, coming up in sports, cal trying to become bowl eligible in their final game of the season. and it's time for the steph curry show as they roar past the bulls up next. another 2am stroll, huh? i'm worried. i have this medical bill... dave, you have anthem and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help any question you... is, is he okay? real people? living and breathing. hopefully not breathing like that. for all the things that keep you up at night, anthem blue cross has a solution. steph curry put on a show at roaracle. >>> the warriors without green and durant tonight, so curry put on a show tonight. first quarter, the

at ghirardelli square in san francisco. >>> let's talk about what's going on in the big picture. show you there's more rain. a couple hundred miles, i'm going to broading this out. you can see more of the pineapple pipeline coming our way. down in the south bay you're like, this is nothing, but that nothing will last for another five or six hours. here you go. let's go hour by hour, upper right-hand. today at 7:00, you can still see yellows and oranges around the bay, as we head towards the end of the commute all the way to noon, still in the south bay, and then once we get past that, you can see by 4:00, it transitions over to scattered showers. all the way through about 4:00 tomorrow morning, and then during the commute things will start to dry out and we'll clear out. how about this morning, sue? >> it's wet. a lot of solo spinouts, and folks facing the wrong way in the right-hand shoulder. it's very slick, and some folks just aren't used to this kind of weather especially when it's dark out. we have a minor delay with a couple cars waiting to pay that are tolls tess cash toll

at gue e ghirardelli square in san francisco. we'll be right back. >>> coming up on abc. 7 news at 4:00, for some one is bad enough. 16? the battle over the plan to bring new cell towers to an exculusive bay area community. >>> how do you spend nearly $1 trillion on housing? santa clara county lays out its plan. the story tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> "american idol" is coming to abc this march but the journey officially begins this sunday here on abc 7. the news was announced this morning on "good morning america." "idol" hopeful the will audition during the american music awards sunday night at 8:00. you'll get to vote for the contestant you think should go to hollywood. the singer who receives the most votes will receive a golden ticket and will be revealed during the season finale of "dancing with the stars," that's next monday night at 8:00 on abc 7. >> we're going to watch the best of the best and those. who want to be the best of the best. >> that's right. >> wow. that's going to be hard up to. >> i know. i know. it w

. >> yes, dozens packed ghirardelli square for the annual tree lighting there. >> 3, 2, 1 [ cheering ] >> merry christmas! . and ev >> tis the season for countdowns too. the event also featured christmas carolers, face painting, and of course jolly old st. nick. and our own betty yu was out there tonight emceeing the event. special hat. [ laughter ] >> love it. >> very festive. >> tis the season for pom poms. >> yes, and you can pick up some hot chocolate. >> so good. >> all right, coming up in sports, cal trying to become bowl eligible in their final game of the season. and it's time for the steph steph curry put on a show at roaracle. >>> the warriors without green and durant tonight, so curry put on a show tonight. first quarter, the steal, and the fast break and bell on the ally oop. second quarter, the warriors up by 6, and curry goes off. he hits the long three pointer, he out scored the bulls by himself in the quarter. later in the second, curry with moves, drives to the bucket. he hit it is circus show at the end getting 26 of his 36 points just in the second. >>> cal head co

friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., ghirardelli square in san francisco. >> amazing how many people have cashe of. >> 2 or 3 out of 8. it's a lot. >> now you've got everybody's attention. >> thanks michael. >>> well, looking at rain on live doppler 7, scattered across much of the bay area, some light to moderate, especially moving across the top of the peninsula and east bay to antioch. this storm ranks one on the impact scale. light intensity, mainly showers but some steady rain. additional .10 to .25 inch on top of what's fallen. tomorrow bright and sunny mostly. dense fog in early morning in north bay valleys. high temperatures into the mid-60s inland. as sun sets tomorrow afternoon at 4:58 see it becoming darker and cooler. accuweather seven-day forecast, stronger storm coming in, ranking two. tapering off. partly cloudy on saturday. showers continue sunday and may continue to monday. unsettled active weather pattern. >> nice way to put it. >> keeps you busy. >> indeed. >>> looking for love, san francisco is the place to be. city ranked best for single people according to personal finance

we're going to be here until 7:00 tonight at ghirardelli square.s always a party. >>> if you can't make it out, you can record your 10-15 second question, share it on social media using the hashtag ask finney. you can also reach michael on his facebook page and through abc 7 news.com. >>> there's a stolen pair of sneakers somewhere worth $6,000 and irvine police hope you can help find them. this is what a $6,000 pair of sneakers look like. they're a limited edition adidas sneakers designed by pharrell williams. police say this man and another stole the sneakers from a person who advertised them on craigs list. >>> police in southern california are also looking for a thief with exquisite taste in wine. this surveillance video of the october heist, the suspect grabs a bottle off the selhelf in a liquor store and works it down the front of his pants. police say he hit another liquor store the same day and took two more bottles. all told, the suspect swiped over $4,000 worth of wine. >>> a special day for two dozen families in the south bay, celebratin

at ghirardelli square. >>> we are back in 90 seconds. >>> first our instagram photo of the day.ay area. don't we live in a beautiful place? >> we do. and let's look at another angle of tahoe right now. sue was just talking about how the runs are going to open this week. is that what you were saying, sue? she's super excited. she loves to sfx: stair creak sfx: clink sfx: deep breath sfx: grunt sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling sfx: slice sfx: gasp sfx: inhale. exhale. sfx: lights scraping on roof sfx: metallic scrape sfx: grunt covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. >>> it's 6:54 on this friday whether you're just joining us or heading out the door, seven things to know before you go. i'm going to pull up the 12-hour day planner. it's full of sunshine after this morning. we have one lone shower around morgan hill right now moving to the south and it will be out of here. grab the sunglasses. you'll need it. you'll be il upper 50s to low 60s. >> and number two, we're following your friday morning commute. not friday light here. metering li

that's at ghirardelli square, san francisco. >>> it's the first and longest running festival. it's right here in san francisco. abc 7 news reporter lisa a mean gulezian explains the talk at the festival last night was not just about the films. >> welcome to the 20th anniversary of the san francisco transgender film festival. >> it was a packed house at the roxie theater. the entire three-day long festival is sold out. but the buzz this night was also about a larger nationwide movement. >> we had this great election a few days ago that, you know, is a watermark maybe for how far we've come in the last few years. we made history tonight. >> in virginia, danica rome became the first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state legislature. >> love the fact that she defeated the chief home foeb in virginia. >> gives hope that maybe some of our struggles, the needs of our community will actually get heard in a bigger way. >> many here admit things have changed since president trump took office but not for the better. >> i wish there was a stronger movement because the tr

it's friday at ghirardelli square. >> so we have finney, cash, and chocolate. >> a great combination.hael. >> i never sounded so good. >>> hip-hop dancers from all over the world plus the woman who is about to play elsa on broadway. you know "frozen." invading san francisco this weekend. >> abc 7 morning's anchor reggie aqui to show us how you can let it go. >>> previews for disney "frozen" don't start until february. we know where you can see the woman playing elsa right now without the cross-country flight. ♪ let it go let it go ♪ ♪ you'll never see me cry >> sing it! that is casey levy, a broadway actress with a lot of big shows on her resume. she'll be singing friday and saturday night at feinstein's at the nikko. 17 hip-hop dance companies from all over the world get their pop and lock on at the palace of fine arts theater. the san francisco international hip-hop dance fest has become extremely competitive. these dancers from barcelona beat out about 100 other hopefuls for stage time. >> the idea at first was just love and respect for the art form. little did i know 19 years ago

unclaimed cash that could really come in handy over the holidays today from 4:00 to 7:00 at ghirardelli square> tesla is out to electrify the trucking world. the electric carmaker unveiled the tesla semi. it can go 0-60 in five seconds unloaded, twice as fast as a standard diesel truck. 500 miles at maximum weight on a single charge. eloss musk also unveiled this new shiny roadster. he says this can go 0-60 in 1.9 second. there's a top speed of more than 250 miles per hour. you'll have to wait, though, to get your hands on it until at least 2020. no word yet on the price. >> i have a feeling it's going to be out of my budget. >>> a new delivery truck hit the streets in san jose and will make getting aid to families in need easier. >> sacred heart unveiled its brand-new truck. it took a year and a half to raise the $125,000 needed for this purchase. for employees and volunteers reliable wheels are priceless. >> it will allow a food pantry distribution at our schools and we can take the food where it's needed the most. >> the old truck is retiring after 15 years and the new truck is bigger and b

michael and the 7 on your side team will be taking your questions at ghirardelli square from 4:00 tore your questions on social media using t the #askfinney. >>> a controversial author scheduled to speak at stanford. two dozen student groups signed a letter in opposition to robert spencer's speech. they consider him an anti-muslim prop gandist and islamaphobe. students are upset that student fees were used to book him. members say they invited spencer to add a solely needed perspective to an important conversation about international security. >>> next at 6:30 a new warning about high blood pressure, the new guidelines that could mean unless more americans have the condition. >>> and a second gun store won't be coming to san carlos after all. the controversial decision made late last night. >>> here at the live desk i'm tracking breaking news in florida, a fourth person found dead after three others were killed last month. is it all the work of a serial killer? i will tell you about the manhunt happening now next. >>> we talked about our first moderate storm, two on our storm impact