here's john donvan. >> reporter: you're the driver. and you know you did something wrong. you can hear it. you can see it. and now when it's time for the ticket. the ticket becomes a turkey. >> will that work for you? >> yes, thank you. >> reporter: that's what the police are doing this week in little talking to. and then they pop out the turkey. getting reactions like this. >> thank you all. >> you're very welcome. >> reporter: and the point. it's simple. folks can use the food. and the cops they build some goodwill. >> they're surprised, and they're like, "you're not giving me a ticket, you're giving me a turkey? it's just a great feeling. it really is. >> reporter: and so it went. with turkeys that were donated to the police department by a local church that had some extras. >> well, happy thanksgiving. >> thank you. >> reporter: and this guy in the white pickup spotted not wearing his seatbelt. he's a pastor who's actually been helping give turkeys to the so some nice irony here. >> that's a blessing. we're giving these away so that works. >> reporter: and there it is.

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here's john donvan. >> all right, it's official. >> all right! >> reporter: signed to play college ball and he's just 4? no wonder ari schultz is the kid with the home run smile. because ari loves baseball. really loves it. you've got quite an arm there. whoa! in fact, he's been swinging a bat since he was a toddler, but he was always pretty good in front of a basketball hoop, too. and all this despite the hit to his health he's been living with he's been through open heart surgery multiple times already. >> the toughest part for me is just living a normal life, playing sports, we're waiting for a new heart, and he really needs one. >> reporter: and yet that grin is always there. >> he wakes up and says, i'm going to play every sport today, and he will. >> reporter: that grin was really there when he met the ball players of assumption college who are part of a program called team impact that grants wishes to kids with chronic medical chales him. yeah, it's kind of make-believe right now but not for ari. so how cool was this, huh? >> wow, cool. >>

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john donvan, abc news. >> thank you for watching tonight. "gma" first thing in the morning, and david muir right i'm dan harris in new york. >>> people that do not even go >> reporter: it was pretty cool to see. more than 50 volunteers fill this playground to replace the hate with love. you can see they put these hearts and words of encouragement up. they scrubbed the swastika that someone had painted on the door. this is what the door look like earlier today. it happened on friday night, words and symbols of hate for spray pointed on the slides. by sunday, people that learned what happened came out -- with cleaning materials to move the graffiti. the principal was encouraged. >> my concern about the bus of burke, is that it was targeted because it haa a refugee population. the people here like it that way. >> we are grateful for the people that showed up to help us. they help to push our vision and mission forward why taking

john donvan, abc news. >> i love the stories because it's all about making a dream come true, and why not? if it's possible, why not. >> why not. >> yeah. >> and then sure everyone there was so happy. >> yeah. you get some reward from it because you give the gift of a >>> a grandfather in latvia achieved a dream of becoming an internet superstar. >> digging a pit, filled with 3,200 gallons of coca-cola and drove his aging red audi right into it. >> oh, my gosh. he reportedly wanted to see if those old rumors about coke cleaning rust off of metal was actually true. >> unfortunately, any improvemen outweighed by the damage of the car after using the tractor to drive it out of the pit of coca-cola. and i don't know about you, but i'm thirsty right thou. >> after seeing that? >> i just want a coke. give me a coke. >> with rust? >> lime squeezed in it. do you drink -- like, this is nonsense, i just need a coca-cola. have you squeezed lime or lemon? >> no. >> it's so good. that's the news this half hour. >> follow us on facebook right but it's not the first or even the second time this buil

john donvan, abc news. >> thank you for watching tonight. "gma" first thing in the morning, and david muir right back here tomorrow night. i'm dan harris in new york. plus.. if you've been holding out ...hoping mortgage rates would go even lower! we've got some bad news for you. the impact ....the election ... is having on what you pay! and -- a community -- in mourning -- after a police officer -- is shot and killed -- in the line of duty. the manhunt -- to find his i'm christopher king and i'm mahsa saeidi.. befoe stories ... let's get a check of your 13 first alert forecast. karla.. ad-lib a pacific storm system will bring chances for rain and a little cool-down to the area to start the workweek. chances for rain for the las vegas valley look best starting in the overnight hours and continuing into monday morning. right now -- one man is stabbed to death. it happened overnight -- at a home -- near washington and decatur. police say -- 2 other people living inside the home -- heard an argument -- then saw jacob driscoll -- running away. po

john donvan, abc news. >> thank you for watching tonight.first thing in the morning, and david muir right back here tomorrow night. i'm dan harris in new york. good night. >>> happening now on abc7 news at 6:00. a live look at a wet night in the bay area. life doppler 7 showing a break in the rain. we're tracking more ahead for this busy holiday travel week. >>> also ahead, a rare crime for alameda. a man killed in the parking lot of a bowling alley. >>> plus -- >> got ready to have a field day, press. get ready. get ready. because the show. >> kanye >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >>> good evening. i'm eric thomas. thanks for joining us. we start tonight with storm watch as many people get ready for the busy thanksgiving travel week. if you drove anywhere around the bay earlier today, you know you hado take it slow and put those wipers on. one of our crews shot this video on the 101 approaching the golden gate bridge this morning. in san francisco, the sandbag yard opened up again. the city gives up to ten free sandbag

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here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: signed to play college ball and he's just 4. no wonder ari schultz is the kid with the home run smile. he loves it the. >> you've got quite an arm there. >> reporter: he's been swinging a bat since he was a toddler. he was always good in front basketball hoop, too. all this bede spite the hit to his health his whole life. he's been through open-heart surgery several times. >> we're waiting for a new heart. he really needs one. >> reporter: yet, that grin is always there. >> he'll wake up in the morning and say, mom, i'm going to play every single sport today. and he will. >> reporter: that grin was there when he met the ball players of assumption college, part of team with chronic medical challenges. what they did is sign him. yeah. it's kind of make believe. >> how cool is this? >> very cool. >> reporter: he's waiting for a heart transplant. the next chapter for this future ball star who has so much heart already. >> he's preeshs. >> so little. doing so much. >> and inspiring other people. we see stories like thp it makes you t

john donvan, abc news. >> i love the stories because it's all about making a dream come true, and why not? if it's possible, why not. >> why not. >> yeah. >> and then sure everyone there was so happy. >> yeah. because you give the gift of a dream to a little child. >> the stuff that matters. >>> a grandfather in latvia achieved a dream of becoming an internet superstar. >> digging a pit, filled with 32 gallons of coca-cola and drove his aginging red audi right into it. >> oh, my gosh. he reportedly wanted to see if those old cleaning rust off of metal was actually true. >> unfortunately, any improvement in the rust outweighed by the damage of the car after using the tractor to drive it out of the pit of coca-cola. and i don't know about you, but i'm thirsty right thou. >> after seeing that? >> i just want a coke. give me a coke. >> with rust? >> lime squeezed in it. do you drink -- like, this is nonsense, i just need a coca-cola. have you squeezed lime or lemon? >> no. >> it's so good. that's the news this half hour. >> follow us on facebook right >>> making news in america this morni