l.a. library. i was quite delighted because among other things, i didn't know there was a downtown in los angeles. [laughter] let alone a library. i said yes. i was very eager. i went down without any expectation of what it would look like. the building is a kind of 1920s fantasia. in the midst of all of the skyscrapers in downtown l.a. it is really a stunning building. in a way that's very different from this building. but equally arresting. i was given a tour and we were walking around and i felt like the walls were talking to me. every piece of art, every mention of the architect and the patrons, it just all felt like this place was so alive. just was speaking to me as a story. at one point, we were in the kitchen department, and the man giving me a tour of the book off the shelf and held it up and took a deep with. i thought, i guess it's an l.a. thing. [laughter] he said, you can still smell the smoke and some of them. i was really baffled. i said, you bet people smoke in the library?

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high you're looking back to there is music the power of music is a wonderful thing i'm in downtown l.a. and skid row today where there's a music project going on in the rich and improving the lives of many of the homeless community this project is called the l.a. streets and free and i'm happy to be taking part today. skid row is a fifty four block area of downtown los angeles which has become synonymous with homelessness and poverty but there is beauty and hope to be found there to street symphony reaches out with music to enrich the lives of the residents. on south broadway in the skid row history museum i met tom grody. the fall of a cellar street. tom thank you for letting us come to your space today q tell us about it well we're happy to have you here this is called the skid row history museum as part of a nonprofit called the los angeles poverty department over the oldest arts organization skid row and i share the. first arts organization in the country to focus on people on the street people her homeless just based on the idea that if people are going to move forward in their li

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david: what is more fun, running microsoft or the l.a. clippers? steve: running the l.a. clippers.laughter] steve: running microsoft was a ton of fun. it was kind of inspirational, because we were working on stuff to literally transform the world. i got a lot out of that. the intellectual challenges were strong. i love that. i thought i had unique value to add. but just for fun, fun, fun, it is really no stress running a basketball team, except you really want to win. ♪ [cheering] david: let's talk about your background. you grew up in the detroit area. your parents were immigrants. where were they from? steve: my dad was an immigrant from switzerland. he left switzerland after world war ii, worked as an interpreter at the war trials in nuremberg. because they were looking for german speakers who were not german citizens, because they were afraid of that. he met his sponsor, one of the g.i.'s dads who he had worked with as an interpreter. i don't think he finished high school. he was never precise on that. he certainly didn't go to college, but he worked at ford. my mom is actually

l.a. becomes that. it is relatively small. it has a small black population. but, it is not a place where people can acquire property and get jobs. they cannot live life and create a space for them and their families. >> so as we move into the early 1900s, what advantages did african-americans have in los angeles? what did they see their that they might not have seen elsewhere? prof. campbell: as i mentioned, it is a place that has a lot less racial violence. there is segregation, but it is not the same kind of segregation they would've had in the northeast. by the late 1800s, african-americans are able to attend public schools that they were shut out from initially. they start acquiring property rights by the 1900s. african-americans can vote, and so do women. so they have a lot more freedom than they have in other parts of the country. they can come to california, and where they can work the same i they can work the same sort of where jobs that they would work in the south. her they would get paid a lot more money. it helps them to establish networks, to bri

so he chose not one but two superintendents and also bought control of the l.a. school board by forcing out one of the last true independent school board members and he did this by leading a campaign a multimillion dollar campaign to unseat this school board member and was successful he's now under indictment which is another story but he bought the school board now spending millions on school board races is a model we saw going back to new orleans post- katrina. and now they pour money into school boards and don't imagine those that are investing in los angeles for those investing in new york? know. the rich guys are spreading their wealth all over the place. so just to give another idea how deep the movement is, this summer the foundations that are run by the hedge fund mister arnold and his wife and the foundation of netflix founder announced the city plan which has amassed $200 million with the aim of expanding charter schools and charter like schools and ford are 40 cities around the country and to guide educational policies over some years the efforts to pr

the southern half l.a., palm springs. sunshine. 75 the high.ee anywhere from a foot of fresh powder in the sierra. good news there. 7-day forecast. showers and breezy christmas eve. dry christmas day and ushering in chilly mornings. wednesday and thursday. >> bears 49ers match upturned into a defensive show down. san francisco holding its own. the bears pass rush got to nick mullens once. san francisco defense picked up two sacks and three fumbles. the 49ers hurt themselves at critical times. mitch trubisky connected. 49ers took a goals. the only points. 14 had the 9. ouch. nick mullens pass off the fingertips. and pick. on the ensuing drive, the slide. and gets hit by harris. that starts a brawl on the sideline. three players get ejected including richard sherman who threw punches. chicago wins the game. the rookie punching it loose and recovers. the san francisco has a chance. on fourth and four. mullens that has room to run for the first down. instead he heaves it out of bounds. a mistake kp he knows it. 49ers fall. 14-9. >> i should have ru

we felt turbulence on the way, and he said hey, there's rough weatownher dn l.a. just be prepared. >> reporter: all of the passengers and crew members walked off the plane safely with no injuries. a lot of social media postings from flight 278 this morning. this showing the emergency crews heading to the plane after the landing. another showing debris left on the runway. this was supposed to happen, and it slowed the plane down. this one shows how damaged one of the wings was. we'll send it back to you. >>> we've also learned that that same safety feature we talked about in burbank is also in sfo and the oakland airport but not at the san jose airport. and there's a very specific reason y senior investigator stephen stock will explain that part of the story coming up at 6:00. >>> we're also following a developing story at the hayward airport. our skyranger is overhead. take a look down below. that plane made a hard landing offer t off the runway. it's a small aircraft. the cessna 210 blew a tire on landing and rolled off the runway. this is at the hayward airport.

note for l.a. if you're headed toward southern california area, i-5, had weather problems yesterday and a closure for a period of time, i-5 is open over the grapevine but a wind advisory so keep that in mind. no advisories for wind. smooth drive across the bridges. little slowing at the toll plaza. cash lanes for the bay bridge and no problems southbound 101 through san rafael down to the golden gate. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> coming up, the latest on the arrest of the chinese tech executive in canada. u.s. authorities push for it. the impact it's having on wall street and perhaps your 401(k). >>> we've been telling you about the massive dog food recall. up next, one retailer is giving away free dog food to those affected. >>> and still ahead, do your kids spend hours playi inin in t fortnite? they may have a problem. >>> right now at 5:10, it starts out chilly with some mid-40s in the south bay. as we head toward sunnyvale, it will be a nice day to get out and about, spend som

dax plays santa at children's hospital l.a.o got more out after it -- kids or dax. >> i know. take a look. merry christmas, everybody. bye-bye. >> can i say it with you guys? >> sure. >> sure. >> fantastic. >> dax delivered presents to young patients at children's hospital los angeles' center for rehabilitation. he loved giving back but is also a teaching opportunities for his kids, delta and lincoln. >> now that i have kids, you're trying always to set an example for them that you hope they'll emulate. i'm setting other examples that i don't want them to emulate, so i got to counteract. (ken) police in san jose are investigating a deadly officer involved shooting. they say it happened around 2:30 this morning near leigh and fruitdale avenues a few blocks from san jose city college. good evening i'm ken wayne.(vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis. kron4's dan thorn is live in san jose tonight with more on what went down. dan? there are tire marks on the ground and the fence is smashed in where police shot and killed this suspect this

and then to answer your question , we learned from l.a. and l.a. learned from us, we are all in parallel. i think we are going better now with the code and then we improve on it. >> all right. thank you. i appreciate all your hard work on this. >> i know director, when we have these conversations in the past, looking out to other cities as the last question referenced, has always been a key interest that i have held and i know we had some issues of going internationally on the pacific rim to cities like take it -- tokyo. yet we have, beyond l.a., other west coast cities like seattle that are in a tall building boom as well. we had significant outreach to seattle and portland where their building boom with tall buildings is progressing. >> also, i want to mention, i also remember the icc for the major jurisdiction for all the subcommittees. we are not only working locally in california but we are also working nationwide. i don't have the privilege to go to japan or new zealand. if you can send me, i can go there to learn. [laughter] >> we are all si

what more can you tell snus. >> that's right, general kelly, in speaking to the "l.a. times," said effectively it was former attorney general jeff sessions who instituted the zero tolerance process surprising, apparently, the trump administration. we should note when he was saying this he was depending his protege kers jen nielsen, quellee deputy during his time leading the agency and is currently shouldering most of the blame. >> errol barnett at the white house, thank you. the u.s. fight against isis has taken a deadly toll on civilians. since august 2014 there have brch more than 31,000 air strikes and the u.s. military says those strikes unintentionally killed more than 1,000 civilians. but several human rights organizations say the number of civilians killed is much higher. >> six people were injured after a jetway partially collapsed at baltimore washington international airport. officials say there was a medical emergency on board a south west airlines flight from the dominican republic and as the paramedics helped the passenger, the jet bridge gave way. the oth

and here in l.a., every year on the local news we have a tradition in l.a.very year we see this. [ laughter ] this is gridlock porn is what this is. thousands of cars bumper to bumper going each way. we like to watch it because it means we're not in it. [ laughter ] it's weirdly kind of festive, looks like a sandy cane. who says l.a. is a godless place? we even decorate the 405 here. [ laughter ] i came up with an idea, bring that in here. i had an idea. remember when you used to get christmas carolers in the neighborhood? doesn't really happen anymore. i have something i think could be a new holiday tradition. we call it the alexa christmas choir. okay? watch this. you have to be quiet at the beginning. alexa, sing "jingle bells." ♪ o jingle bells i don't think angle bellsgenic angle all the way ♪ ♪ oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪ >> alexa, stop. alexa, stop! ♪ oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ♪ >> jimmy: alexa, stop! she won't stop. we have kinks to work out but you get the idea. it's nice. [ cheers and applause ]

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but you could literally build enough tunnels to transport everyone in the united states in l.a. there is no limit. no limit to his bishan at any rate this promotional video shows her musk and visions the future of transport it parked your electric car in a pod and take the elevator down to the tunnel. from there you'd be transported at breakneck speed to your destination the idea of high speed on the ground travel has already attracted the attention of urban planners in the united states. earlier this year musk signed a deal with the city of chicago to build an underground transit system linking the city center with the airport. but progress has been sluggish and the project is still waiting to be granted foreign or regulatory approval. but those kinds of stumbling blocks don't appear to be putting months gone off the entrepreneur describes the transit system of his dreams as more like an underground highway than a subway in car loving america it's a concept that might just catch on. from the future to the past where everything in the croatian coastal region near the city of poo

we welcome you back to l.a. it was just about a year ago here that nick foles' hollywood story began. it looks like we are seeing the beginning of the.nlikely sequ foles steps in and provide as spark. the process he keeps th defending champions playoff hopes alive. on the flip side for theams, a third straight week that jared goff and the offensive struggle and this l.a. team has lost back-to-back games in the stregular season for the f time in this sean mcvay era. doug pederson said the team is embracing the underdogole. they get the win and we get to give out game balls. on the offensive side of things, got to be nick folesre. 24 of 31 for 270 yards. on the defensive side, the man in the middle of everything was fletcher cox. they picked off jared goff two times. here's michele with nick foles and fletcher cox. >> michele: nick, you said you needed to fight the hude of this. put emotions asi and go play. how were you able to? >> i didn't look at the score, the time on the cloc when doug called it out, tell the

>> reporter: general kelly is speaking to "the l.a. times" and said it was jeff sessions who, quote, instituted the seethe tolerance process surprising apparently the trump administration. we should note when he was saying this, he was defending his protege who is the current head of dhs. she was kelly's deputy during his time at the agency and she's shielding most of the blame. >> all right, thank you. >>> the u.s. fight against isis has taken a deadly toll on civilians. since august 2014 this have been more than 31,000 airstrikes. those strikes killed more than 1,000 civilians. several human rights organizations says the number killed is much high ette. >>> sux people were injured after a jetway collapsed. officials say there was a medical emergency on board a southwest airlines flight from the dominican republic. as the pair deramedics helped t passenger, the jet bridge gave payway. the other passengers got off the plane safely. >>> in california pacific gas & electric could face criminal charges over the deadly campfire. the wildfi

that convention center in downtown los angeles every year it's the site of the l.a. auto show this time around over sixty brands have shown up for the event was the internet the not all industry journalist the money was shaffer says there are many major international automobile trade fairs and that many car makers now say they aren't worth it but l.a. is everyone who's anyone is here to show off their newest creations. certain to be one of the highlights the porsche nine eleven not this one here of course but this one. the nine eleven is such an defining model for porsche that designers always think twice about changes visually they want you to be able to trace the evolution of the eight generation sports car all the. back to its roots much more has changed inside and out interiors packed with technology. lots of other manufacturers have set their sights on electro mobility. audi is focusing on its new g.t. concept the four door super sedan packs a four hundred thirty kilowatt punch and has a four hundred kilometer range under w l t p conditions. push up filthy audi'

. >> i i miss being in l.a. i want to just go -- are you guys? [inaudible] i think i'm probably going to stay for a while. i don't know. it depends because i've like boston, philadelphia, coming back to washington for that thing. i think i may just stay. i like l.a. >> i'll tell you later. >> we have lots of regular media people here. so if we can trap them in one part of the room we can start my children media plan. -- kill the media plan. mingle. very sneaky. >> they blend in. we will probably keep them. [inaudible] okay, are we ready? [inaudible] >> he won't e-mail me on google. he will not accept e-mails from the on google. i love him. [inaudible] >> that was really good. >> if you think about the entire narrative, that event will go down. it's a marker now because we did that. >> hello. i haven't seen you in such a long time. >> i'm so happy for you. >> so glad you're not going on the road. >> i agree. >> no photos. hang on. i'm about to go out. >> i consider ann coulter one of only handful of friends in a business where it's difficult to my

ah you know going back to sarah's music the power of music is a wonderful thing i'm in downtown l.a. skid row today where there's a music project going on in the rich and improving the lives of many of the homeless community this project is called the l.a. streets and free and i'm happy to be taking part today. skid row is a fifty four block area of down.

share of run-ins with the giants in six years in l.a.ut will release him. gigantic salary dump for dodgers. cleared payroll and possible go for bryce harper. >>> hoops. demarcus cousins is showing progress slowly but surely, dunking on kevin durant in game of one-on-one after practice today. doesn't have great scloeexplosi you can see but showing progress. how does cousins look? ask durant. >> ask him how he feels. i didn't make the play. he beat me today, but i live to fight another day. i don't think he's going 100%, i'm not going 100% but whatever that was, it was cool to do. >> fun right? lebron and l.a. lakers hosting anthony davis and pelicans, who lebron wants as future laker. hard to stop him a foot above the rim. lebron triple-double, third of the year. most by player in their 16th nba season, like the benjamin button of the nba, gets younger and younger. lakers win abc7 sports by river rock casino. see the lakers christmas day. in 21 minutes daughter nikki turns 21. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> i need >>> that is yo

general kelly did a two hour interview with the l.a. times where he argued he should be judged on what the president did not do rather than what he did. joining me nbc news correspondent hans nichols and rick tyler. hans, you're standing there in front of the white house. how are these exit interviews playing at the white house? >> reporter: it's clear that president trump doesn't like the message that his departing chief of staff is propagating. the president never really wanted a wall. they just want something closer to border security. the president taking to twitter to try to refute that even though that december 21 tweet where the president pictured a prototype of the wall. it was slats. the slats had spiked tips. it was a slatted wall and not a concrete wall. kelly is giving lie to that myth that the president wanted a concrete wall. >> kelly is being honest about what's happening. the president is going on twitter and claiming no, he wants this cement wall. who do folks believe, rick? the president or his two adults in the room.

musk and his so-called boring including cbs this morning's gale king on a trip deep below l.a.'s surface streets where a car rides a wallace elevator 30' under ground. >> there's no limit on to how deep you can go. they're weather proof. >> musk's plan of under ground tunnels. >> they have actual rocket scientists working on this so it's quite possible. >> every stop would have a lift. that would avoid construction of large expensive stations. that tunnel is a little more than a mile long. musk's goal to have more built-in functional by 2020 in l.a. . >> the boring company signed a deal with the city of chicago last summer to develop a 17-mile tunnel. coming up on cbs this morning you'll see more of gale king's ride inside the tunnel and her interview with elan musk. >>> the pilot program to set up 4 new tiny homes and another 40 on a caltrans site at the 680 and 101 interchange. part of a temporary solution to house homeless adults who were employed. the homes could accommodate up to 320 people. meanwhile six affordable rental products and low income residents. comes from the $

on three agency next year toronto didn't seem to need him as much as the clippers might l.a. losing one hundred twenty three to ninety nine on home courts at the staples center in their biggest defeat of the season surge of rock has twenty five points leading the raptors to their twenty second when they schooled in state in oakland shortly. even though leonard may not have been playing against the clippers he's been central to the raptors recent success earlier i spoke to garrett he's the n.b.a. editor at the score in toronto he told us how leonard has helped transform the raptors. the trade off of the margaret was in for quite a leonard makes such a significant impact on both ends of the floor and co i wonder just he's on a different level as that play a lot more to be excited about you have essentially the exact same team but you're adding call if you're also adding baby green who is one of the best three d. players in the n.b.a. it's very under-rated movies well they've just been so much better so much more crisp with the basketball this season and you just see such a big

steve lopez is a columnist for the "l.a. times" who recently published a four-part series on child poverty in l.a., focusing on the stories from telfar elementary school, where nearly a quarter of the student body is homeless. many live in motels and garages. they have little to eat and nowhere to do homework. they're victims of rising housing costs. we sat down with steve lopez, continuing our ongoing initiative about poverty, jobs and economic opportunity in america called "chasing the dream." >> steve lopez, you did a four-part series on child y?ol.nt months looking at one >> i was curious about how it could be that california could have the fifth largest economy, in the world, not in the nation, but in the world, yet about 20% of the population living in poverty and when you break those numbers down, it means there are about 2 million children in california living in poverty. and one day i bumped into the superintendent of los angeles unified school district. and he was new on the job and i asked how it was going. and he

>> reporter: at the east l.a.patrons have to pay their dues, but not the way you think. >>> how high have your fines been before? >> $5. >> reporter: $45? >> yeah. >> reporter: card holders 21 and under can literally read away what they owe in late fees. at a rate of $5 per hour. it's a new chapter for los angeles county, a program called the great read away. >> we're not really concentrated on what they're reading so long as they're reading. >> reporter: l.a. county library director sky patrick says the idea came about after the library noticed an unsettling trend. that fines are not fined. many kids who racked up debt on overdue books or movies would stop coming to the library all together. $10, absolutely. for some people that's a huge barrier. >> reporter: those are the kids that you want in the library reading. >> that's exactly it. so this program is really to invite them back into the library to make libraries accessible to them and their families. >> reporter: we found 8-year-old jayleen robe lz working of

on free agency next year toronto didn't seem to need him as much as the clippers might l.a. losing one hundred twenty three to ninety nine on home courts at the staples center and their biggest defeat of the season surge of rock has twenty five points leading the raptors to their twenty second when they schooled in state in oakland shortly. even though leonard may not have been playing against the clippers he's been central to the raptors recent success earlier i spoke to a while said gary he's the n.b.a. editor at the score in toronto he told us how leonard has helped transform the raptors. the trade off of the margaret was in for quite a leonard makes such a significant impact on both ends of the floor and co i wonder just he's on a different level as that play a lot more to be excited about you have essentially the exact same team but you're adding call if you're also adding baby greene who is one of the best three d. players in the n.b.a. and it's very under-rated movies well they've just been so much better so much more crisp with the basketball this season and you just

and then l.a. goes up 1-0 early.d, and then an easy tap-in made it 2-1. with 30 seconds left in the context, there is a shot against jonathan quick. that makes it 2-2. and then the second goal of the game, and the kings skate by the sharks in overtime 3-2. both teams here fighting for the playoffs. and two yards to michael pruitt, and it's 19-16. and then a touchdown, and a hail mary, and he's taking it all the way back to the house making people in vegas very unhappy. 56 yards for the score after once leading their division, washington lost 5 of the last 6 games. titans win it. and let's go bowling. the birmingham bowl, and newman barrels his way into the end zone with a 30-point lead with 34 seconds remaining. memphis needed one goal to get into field goal range. they had two time-outs and plenty of time to go to the end zone, and they try to kick a field goal, and oh, it's just wide on the 43-yarder. wake forest wins the birmingham bowl 37-34. the warriors >>> on abc7 news at 6:00, the latest developments in the h

the "l.a. times" that john kelly, the general was talking about, listen, this is never going to happen, this idea of this solid concrete wall on our southern border. that is something that we gave up early on in the administration. in fact, he said. this. the president still says wall. i'm using quotes here as he did. oftentimes frankly he will say barrier or fencing. now he's tended toward steel slats. we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration when we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. keep in mind, border security folks at border patrol and ice were saying listen, we don't want it to be all solid because we need to be able to see what's going on on the other side. still, kelly's assessment obviously had the president talking on twitter. let me take you back to his favorite social media platform. the president saying this: an all concrete wall was never abandoned as has been reported by the media. some areas will be all concrete but the experts at border

that same storm also flooded some roadways in parts of l.a. county. downtown l.a. received about 2 inches of rain yesterday, breaking its rainfall record for any december 6th day. >>> and that storm led to a lot of snow on the grapevine there. c caltrans had to close both sides of interstate 5 earlier in the day. but everything reopened last night. good news there. >> thank goodness. >>> back here locally, the crackdown on scooters continues here in the silicon valley. san jose mayor sam liccardo wants to keep scooters from operating at heavily populated areas, and wants to keep people from just leaving them on sidewalks where someone else can trip over them. mayor liccardo wants e-scooter companies to start using geo fencing. you may have later it. it's the same technology that locks your shopping cart wheels when you try to go outside a store's designated parking area. the san jose city council plans to debate that idea next week. >>> the executive of a chinese telecom company is due in a vancouver courtroom for a bell hearing today. but it's still not clear what

wanted by early on free agency next year toronto didn't seem to need him as much as the clippers might l.a. losing one hundred twenty three to ninety nine on home courts at the staples center and their biggest defeat of the season serge ibaka is twenty five points leading the raptors to their twenty second when they'll face golden state in oakland shortly. even though leonard may not have been playing against the clippers he's been central to the raptors recent success earlier i spoke to gary he's the n.b.a. editor at the score in toronto he told us how leonard has helped transform the raptors. the trade off of the margaret was in for quite a leonard makes such a significant impact on both ends of the floor oh i wonder just he's on a different level as that play a lot more to be excited about you have essentially the exact same team but you're adding call if you're also adding baby green who is one of the best three d. players in the n.b.a. and it's very underrated movie as well they've just been so much better so much more crisp with the basketball this season and you just see such a big

. >> we're all from l.a., jersey. >> we're here to have a good time. >> it's the holiday season.veryone has a great time. >> this is the place. a lot of people. it's filling up little by little. >> check out the line for the golden gate tap room on powell street. it stretched around the corner. security guard dominique was busy checking ids and searching bags. >> i hope everybody has a good night and don't get too intoxicated today. >> santa tom the bell says the city's rec and parks department denied santa con for safety reasons. but santas still showed up. >> this is going to happen no matter what. you know? i mean, you're going to have 17,000 santas down here whether the city likes it or not. some totally dread santa con saturday. this north beach cafe posted a sign telling santas to stay away because too many problems in past years. >> thank you very much. >> extra police officers on duty keeping santas out of the street. the chief says keeping everybody safe is no easy task. >> we want to make sure that people are safe. you know? a lot of folks go out and they go to the bars

that six days to wrap up their to the churchport in downtown l.a.. it is a common phrase in the japanese community, only what we could carry. that was essentially what they were relegated to. notice the bottom one, no pets. breaks my heart because i am a dog lover. -- exhibitexhibitor and they talk about the heartbreak a lot of the kids had because they had to lose -- leave their pets behind. i spent five years as emergency preparedness coordinator preparing for disasters and are earthquakes and floods, and we would study events in other jurisdictions for the lessons we can learn. if you recollect, there are famous photographs from hurricane katrina showing people on the roofs with nine feet of floodwater sitting on the roof with their dog because the fema authorities would not let them take their pets with them so they declined to be evacuated. fema changed the regulations and they make accommodations, some accommodations for pets. i am a dog lover so this touched my heart when i saw that because i want to take my dog. the historical society of arca

it is situated under the l.a.urb of hawthorne and is expected to whisk vehicles place to place at up to 150 miles an hour. >> nothing boring tonight at the kntv studios. recognize this guy? we were doing some celebrating. that's a much younger raj mathai. this is his 20th anniversary with nbc bay area. >> i have jet black hair. >> you did. but back then. >> going great. you did it with grace and aplomb and we're very proud of you. >> i can't believe i've gotten to 20 years. i'm really grateful. i think i've been here 20 years. i i got a will the better when you came along. >> we're very proud of you. i think i gave him the gray hair. >> let's do that. >> as we move into the next 24 hours, we have a nice forecast. a little speed bump for the morning. this week across the bay area, that storm system is moving to southern california today and it just clobbered so cal. snow in the grapevine that shut that down as well. you can see the storm ranger is showing the system beginning to break up so a much better day for lo

rivers finds mike williams to the score and l.a. was down 28-27. so you're going to go for the extra point and time, right? no. they decided to go for the win. someone forgot to cover mike williams. 39-28 and a stunner. the victory and they're now tied with kc. man, did anybody get license of that mac truck that ran over the warriors two nights ago, 20- point blowout steph curry woke up from that nightmare. >> not really. >> he's doing his hockey version. san jose on the break. a little give and go action. the second goal of the game. it's meyers second straight. then joe thornton. he scores his fifth goal of the season. the sharks hung on to win. san jose has won five. group hug all the way around. if you don't have tickets at the hill top, you're missing a show. nate renfro. good thing he didn't break this backboard. they are 9-1, their best start since the clinton administration. the women's team back. winning in straight sets improving to 3-1. they will face nebraska in the national championship on saturday. if they win that national championsh

so l.a. and oakland, we're talking. how does our proposal or our study or where we are in this conversation compare to the two other jurisdictions? >> i think to our knowledge, it will be the first report to present financial models. east bay report and other jurisdictional reports have done a good job of foundational analysis of potential benefits, but we're trying to put some numbers to the ideas and show what it would take financially. where we could get the funds. how long it would take to break even and we're not aware of any other analysis that includes those models. >> president cohen: that's good. i think that's something to be proud of. that we are living up to our san francisco motto of being a leader and pushing ourselves. sometimes the conversations can be uncomfortable. these are huge numbers, long timelines, but i believe that in order for us to get there, we have to start today, even if the start is incremental. as you know, we've worked for san francisco for 15 years, so we've seen how things have starte