what it is saying, director lim, is that it's being held at bay. those trends are completely counter intuitive to the risk and counterintuitive to national and bay area trends. >> maybe i could say this, part of that probably is attributable to our wellness program. >> i cannot say it would be attributable to the wellness program. and i'm happy, we have an opportunity next month to talk about prescription, and you can see all the various stealth prescription programs in play to manage the high cost drugs. >> at risk, have some created for the wellness program. on the page five presentation, early retirees 60, versus 48. how did you arrive at 48? that's too -- for the whole -- you could not have early retirees most employers nationwide or book of business. workers retire at age 48, that early, i could not -- i could see for 60 for the city employees, because of the incentives when you become 60 you have more -- the present age of your retirement is going higher. but 48 for early retirees? >> i asked the same question at the meeting, i think it's dri

in san francisco, deion lim, abc 7 news. >> more than a thousand firefighters and rescuers continue to search for five people still missing after the mudslides in mo mudslid mudslides. tuesday mudslides were in part to blame by the thomas fire that burned 282,000 acres. officials declared it 100% detained. the thomas fire is the largest wildfire in state history. investigators still don't know how it started. >>> residents plan to protest at richmond city hall tomorrow against the relocation of a methadone treatment center. the clinic, run by b.a.r.t. programs, wants to move or programs wants to move from richmond to a larger facility with a bigger waiting room. one person who lives near the proposed near facility says police are called to the current center four times a week. >> majority of the calls were for, you know, theft and assault and disturbance of the peace. oh, yes, are we going to fight it, with every inch of my being. >> richmond officials say the city has no role in the relocation proposal. but they will eventually have to decide whether they issue a land use permit for t

in san francisco, deion lim, abc 7 news. >> more than a thousand firefighters and rescuers continue to search for five people still missing after the mudslides in mo mudslid mudslides. tuesday mudslides were in part to blame by the thomas fire that burned 282,000 acres. officials declared it 100% detained. the thomas fire is the largest wildfire in state history. investigators still don't know how it started. >>> residents plan to protest at richmond city hall tomorrow against the relocation of a methadone treatment center. the clinic, run by b.a.r.t. programs, wants to move or programs wants to move from richmond to a larger facility with a bigger waiting room. one person who lives near the proposed near facility says police are called to the current center four times a week. >> majority of the calls were for, you know, theft and assault and disturbance of the peace. oh, yes, are we going to fight it, with every inch of my being. >> richmond officials say the city has no role in the relocation proposal. but they will eventually have to decide whether they issue a land use permit for t

. >> and i'm dion lim. police were able to apprehend the driver a few blocks from that incident. >> and tonight the cleanup continues. abc 7 news reporter carlos salcedo is live in the castro with more on the terrifying moments. carlos? >> reporter: that's right. some scary moments for the people who were on this sidewalk earlier as a car came crashing through here, actually crashed onto this deli. cleanup under way but definitely a close call for many out here. [ screaming ] video captured on cell phone shows the horrifying moments as people were trying to get out of the path of the moving van. some even running after it. >> it was moving slowly enough where people were trying to open the door and trying to get the driver out because he wasn't responding. he wasn't responding. >> reporter: it was around 3:15 in the afternoon when paul and his friend were walking down the busy castro street. >> we heard a lot of noise, turned around, we were being chased by a minivan. >> reporter: the driver of the van jump

thank you for joining us i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas.with the search for a gunman who opened fire on a road in fairfield. >> waterman boulevard, where the crashes happened reopened just tiffany wilson has our story. >> reporter: police have the overpass shut down. the shooting happened on the far side, i-80 east. and the shooting happened close to the on ramp for i-80 west. >> we didn't know whether it was an he can change of gunfire or not. what i do know is that the victim was in a silver honda accord, that a vehicle pulled up next to him and shots were fired in his direction. >> reporter: the shooting apdaround 3:30 saturday afternoon. the driver this honda accord was hit multiple times. the other driver sped of. >> thinks vehicle collided with other cars. >> reporter: first he crashed into this suv and then this car? he was somewhat coherrin. he is at the hospital right now. >> reporter: the lieutenant says the driver is in critical condition. a total of seven other people were in the other two vehicles. some of them were injured as

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim. >>> hollywood's aware season kicked off with the golden globes tonight. many of the celebrities in attendance chose to wear black as a sign of solidarity against sexual harassment. big winners included the film "three billboards outside ebbing missouri," and "big little lies." "coco" won for best animated motion picture. disney, the parent of abc 7, owns pixar. >>> a big storm on its way to the bay area and the rain is already beginning to show up. meteorologist drew tuma will have the forecast for us in about ten minutes. >>> san francisco is just one of the cities in the bay area tonight preparing for potential flooding. abc 7 news saw barriers out at 17th and folsom. that is a notorious spot during any significant storm. department of public works is getting ready tonight having sandbags available at its locations at kansas and marin street. another concern, fallen trees. the city has crews on standby. >>> elsewhere, let the great thaw begin. when people wake up tomorrow back east,

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm dion lim. on jimmy kimmel, david on >>> from hollywood -- it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- david duchovny. from the bachelor, arie luyendyk jr. and comedian dusty slay. and now -- we're back. here's jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: [ cheers and applause ] >> thanks for watching. thanks for coming. we are back to work after a long break. that was very nice. we were off for

. >> and i am dion lim. >> wayne freedman has their story. >> reporter: homecomings of the unanticipated kind. saint rose and just up the road cardinal newman high school. >> it was a lot. but i think that there is much more to gain from it than what we lost. >> reporter: students staffed and parents entered the gym, they saw the victories on the wall. their recovery from the aftermath of north bay fires that burned half the buildings on the campus. >> the people mattered most and we were able to stay in our school. it is great to be together. >> reporter: more than 600 students in the same place for the first time in 15 weeks. >> this is our first natural disaster that we experienced and it hit us in a way we never would have expected. >> reporter: one-sixth of the students lost their home in the fire. today vanessa formerly of fountain grove blended it. >> it was a lot in one day. it was stressful but i have my family that is what i need. >> reporter: those lessons were never on the curriculum. they are now the lasting ones. in santa rosa, wane freedman, abc7 news. >>> a standoff in th

. >> and i am dion lim. talking about possibly appointed an interim mayor. once they are finished speaking city supervisors will begin nominating. >> reporter: finding it unfortunate that the discussion has degenerated on to a debate on racial and gender lines. should london breed remain as acting mayor. should the board select an interim. >> caretaker mayor. mayor london breed is qualified. >> reporter: it is a process the board has only used once before developed when ed lee was selected as mayor in 2011. yes, political pun ddit offers good -- buzzes in first on their touch screen. nominating the first candidate. if that nominee can capture six votes it is all over. if not, the second supervisor who buzzed in gets the next chance to make its nomination and if there aren't six votes, it continues from there. >> there is an old saying, democracy is the worst form of governance in the world except for all the other ones. >> reporter: campos tells me he walked into the chambers expecting one result and got another. >> no one really knows what will happen in th

. >> i'm dion lim. recreational marijuana industry is booming but shortage could lead to rising prices. >> katie utehs with details. >> reporter: a state-licensed marijuana grower, rarity in the new california industry. >> we have more and more dispensaries every week with licenses but very few producers, less than 10% in the state. san francisco, less than 5% in san francisco are locally and state-authorized. >> reporter: shortage of authorized growers is problem. >> if dispensary is licensed can only purchase from licensed distributor and producer. >> reporter: currently not enough to provide the product. high demand, low supply. >> reporter: many retailers anticipated the shortage, much of the stock purchased in advance of the law. >> expected to be fully stocked until march. >> not all planned ahead. >> people who didn't are scrambling. >> reporter: growers association members are reporting three week back log. >> feel like legislators dragged their feet because of the stigma. >> reporter: could tak

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i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm dion lim. right now on jimmy kimmel, david duchovny. >> have a good night. >>> tv's number one daily viral video show, "right this minute." >>> road rage in a parking garage escalates quickly. >> he's now threatening this entire family. >> wait until you see what he pulls out of that trunk. >> no, no! >>> mama bear is on high alert. >> something is background. that something is part of a pack of wolves. forester saves the day. >> like liam neeson. >>> she'sening ashsly waiting for someone very special. >> janine, are you ready to meet your brother? >> i am. >> yes, janine was adopted. >> see the touching moment they come face to face for the first time. >>> and it's an all nighty fail at a wedding ceremony. >>> 2018, new year, new lease. we could all be better people. people need to calm down. start in this car park in thailand. people honestly, he's sort of after you. >> you're all going to get there eventually. >> the little honda, black hatchback. white car goes in front and time for the bla

reina lim certainly seemed an unlikely suspect.them she had rented the storage unit for someone else. meanwhile, detectives looked further into chandy's affair with gavin and discovered the two had met in rehab and in december 2010, less than two years before gavin disappeared. lisa found out about it. >> i was heartbroken. >> reporter: so she took an extreme step to save her family. she and two of her sons, then 14 and 20, went to the creech's house to speak to them, family to family. >> and i was really upset when we were driving there. so i stayed in the car, and i let my sons go in the house. >> reporter: but they didn't meet chandy in there. they met her husband. his name was john, john creech. not pleasant. >> when they came out, they were both crying. >> reporter: they told their mom creech threatened to kill gavin if he didn't stay away from chandy. so 17 months later, he vanishes after calling chandy? lisa had a very bad feeling. >> everything changed right then for me. >> reporter: detectives were suspicious too. remember

and then other news nicki allen a subsidiary of german carrier lim has been sold to its founder mickey lauder administrators say it was a transparent bidding process not a straightforward one nicky allowed to have his airline back the formula one legend with a passion for every asian founded austrian holiday carrier nikki back in two thousand and three seven years later he sold it to air berlin but when the airline went bankrupt the tried several times to get nicky back. niki currently has twenty one leased aircraft allowed it has apparently already moved to retain fifteen of those the airline also employs a thousand stuff including two hundred twenty pilots making flights operate from germany austria switzerland and the mediterranean love his move is welcome news to the airlines employees if it was he in far as he felt it was surprising for us. when it's compared to his offer last december which left things unclear. most of the schlock would take is still any good his latest offer is better for the staff. so it was signalling that jobs will be retained under the same working condition

discussions very dita negotiations at the moment we have a preliminary coalition agreement or a for lim in the early agreement which spans twenty eight pages a normal treaty a normal contract as it would be between coalition parties and germany spends about one hundred pages so there's a lot of volume to be covered a lot of details to be fleshed out and in that process i imagine both sides are still going to make some concessions so c.d.u. negotiators are gathering there today in that the headquarters where you are what will their agenda. they're going to be setting up the various working groups that are going to in fact. conduct these negotiations there's a lot of detail to be covered as i've said and they have working groups on basically all separate issues on things like migration on things like. on pensions and so on for each of these areas is a separate working group is going to be set up they're going to be dozens of people involved both on the side of the conservatives and on the side of the social democrats and once these. specific areas have been cleared up they're going to be

sushi lim meanwhile has been waitlisted for super thirty she didn't do quite well enough in the second exam. or depressed person it was if there's a. limit here. he will if. she's taking on classes and still hopes to get in if she fails this may be the end of her education. and. love of god young of the proudest ideas continually. bihar's a deeply conservative society it isn't easy to change people's attitudes. the kumar brothers also want to help those coming from the shed your casts and will even discriminate in their favor. if. you look with. two separate. phone. as a boy anon was a mathematical protege he was accepted for a ph d. at cambridge but couldn't afford to study in england he set up the rama nugent school and then super thirty to give other gifted children a better chance. carrier mathematics me. both he. human region like. my. mom is. that. there is no war to describe the mathematics it is filling. effect of knock you off roofs. he did he did he did they did but about them with. just just. today is republic day a major event in india's national. i'll buy on and it's the s

. >> and i'm dion lim.re checking to see if you're awake. >>> a highway patrol officer saved the life of a man who an across highway 101 and tried to jump over the side of the freeway. it would have been a 30-foot drop. officer williams pulled him back. you can see williams and other chp officers, including a flight officer, detained the man and took him to the hospital for evaluation. >>> in san francisco a celebration was held on the eve of dr. martin luther king jr. day to celebrate the civil rights icon. the audience also spoke of reverend king's message in the age of the trump administration. many felt the president's controversial actions stand in the way of the equality king sought. >>> the person who set out the false message about an incoming missile in hawaii has been reassigned. changes have been made to the way the alerts are set. the protocol will now involve two people. >>> tomorrow marks the commercial crabbing season opener for northern california and with it a warning about the danger crab

and look at dion lim. who knew.s and scooter dropped in on the 4:00 news and the globies went upstairs, played us in the abc7 sports department in a game of horse, or we called it globe, on our nerf hoop. [ laughter ] >> take a walk. >> i like to relax, you know. >> i like to relax. my name's larry. [ laughter ] stay classy. >> good try, good try. >> zeus is stealing my bit. he's taking my shots. we've got the whole video, which is hilarious. those guys are fantastic, posted on my facebook page, on the abc7 facebook page. if you want to see dion spinning around doing her thing, she's got it up on her twitter feed as well. abc7 sports, brought to you by toyota. >> good stuff. >> and because i was tardy earlier, i'm not allowed to rejoin you on the main set. the producer told me, i have to stay here and think about what i've done. >> i feel so far away from you, larry. what are we gonna do? [ laughter ] >> he does have good speed, though. you should have seen him. >> very impressive. >>> coming up on abc7 news at 11:0

in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> tuesday's deadly mudslides in monday at the sete seecito w blame by the thomas fire. officials have declared it 100% contained. the thomas fire started back on december 4th and is the largest wildfire in state history. investigators still don't know how that fire started. >>> some residents plan to protest at richmond city hall today against the relocation of a methadone treatment center. the clinic, run by b.a.r.t. programs, wants to move from cutting boulevard in richmond to a larger facility with a bigger waiting room. one person who lives near the proposed facility says richmond police are called to the current center four times a week. >> the majority of the calls were for, you know, theft and assault and disturbance of the peace. oh, yes, are we going to fight it. with every inch of my being. >> richmond officials say the city has no role in the relocation proposal but they will eventualy have to decide whether to issue a land use permit for the new locatio. >>> this year's severe influenza outbreak has claimed the lives of 42 califor

. >> i'm dion lim. the weather and what could be a rainy week ahead, lisa argen this. >> this is the beginning things are going to get progressively wetter and colder. live doppler 7 showing showers along the sonoma t, highway 1, sea ranch in cloverdale. so far a dry holiday for most everyone. but the fog an issue. we're looking at one to two-mile visibility in petaluma. this is our storm impact scale. the system is a 1. it carries over into early tomorrow morning. less than .1 inches for most of you. the message here is that by thursday and friday, not only a colder system, this will help our snowpack, as we get towards the end of the week and the weekend, that next system looking even stronger. we have other forecast models that show beyond that, that the storm door is going to be opening here. so stay tuned. i will track this system coming in tonight hour by hour in a few minutes. >>> a mother and father behind bars accused of child abuse against their 13 children. >> police say they found several ch

in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> tuesday's deadly mudslides in montecito were in part to blame by the thomas fire. that burned 282,000 acres. officials have declared it 100% contained. the thomas fire started back on december 4th and is the largest wildfire in state history. investigators still don't know how that fire started. >>> some residents plan to protest at richmond city hall today against the relocation of a methadone treatment center. the clinic, run by b.a.r.t. programs, wants to move from cutting boulevard in richmond to a larger facility with a bigger waiting room. one person who lives near the proposed facility says richmond police are called to the current center four times a week. >> the majority of the calls were for, you know, theft and assault and disturbance of the peace. oh, yes, are we going to fight it. with every inch of my being. >> richmond officials say the city has no role in the relocation proposal but they will eventually have to decide whether to issue a land use permit for the new location. >>> this year's severe influenza outbreak has claimed th

in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> tuesday's deadly mudslides in montecito were in part to blame by the thomas fire. that burned 282,000 acres. officials have declared it 100% contained. the thomas fire started back on december 4th and is the largest wildfire in state history. investigators still don't know how that fire started. >>> some residents plan to protest at richmond city hall today against the relocation of a methadone treatment center. the clinic, run by b.a.r.t. programs, wants to move from cutting boulevard in richmond to a larger facility with a bigger waiting room. one person who lives near the proposed facility says richmond police are called to the current center four times a week. >> the majority of the calls were for, you know, theft and assault and disturbance of the peace. oh, yes, are we going to fight it. with every inch of my being. >> richmond officials say the city has no role in the relocation proposal but they will eventually have to decide whether to issue a land use permit for the new location. >>> this year's severe influenza outbreak has claimed th

abc7 news reporter deon lim explains the group was giving back when it had something prshs taken away. ♪ >> reporter: meet san francisco's grant avenue follies, a most extraordinary dance troupe. these are seniors who dance with passion and a purpose. >> we love to perform for veterans and the seniors. and we started the program as a fund-raiser. >> reporter: friday's show almost didn't go on. >> we had to improvise and scramble around for more jewelry and more costumes. >> reporter: on wednesday, something happened after the follies presented the on lok senior living facility with a $40,000 doetation toward a new dementia care center. >> when we came back to the car we realized that it was broken into and we had lost a lot of our costumes. >> six sets of 12 costumes totaling $20,000 again. >> my costumes are hand made, priceless. >> reporter: this is where it happened in the middle of the day at the corner of bush and larkin. there is surveillance video available but because of a tree blocking the view you can see anything. >> this is a tragedy because people don't know what it's wor

un acuerdo migratorio que es tema de discusiÓn, tiene que lim faro la loterÍa de visas, y pidiÓ especÍficamentee dÓlares para el muro y otros 5.000 millones para mÁs medidas de seguridad fronteriza. algunos podrÍan interpretar eso josÉ como mÁs dinero para agente y centros de detenciÓn. por otro lado, en otro tema relacionado con la trauma rusa ha sido sorprendente que estÁ dispuesto hablar bajo juramento con el fiscal especial robert mÜller y que seguirÍa las recomendaciones de sus abogados. la campaÑa del presidente trump con moscÚ si el propio presidente ha tratado de obstruir esta investigaciÓn. josÉ, regreso contigo. >>> mori montenegro en washington. gracias. nos preocupamos de una de las tantas redadas migratorias que se multiplican en todo el paÍs. >>> el operativo queda registrado frente a cÁmara ocurriÓ en un taller mÉdico en georgia. los arrestos de inmigrantes han aumentado un 80%. angie sandoval tiene las imÁgenes. es un operativo de ice en proceso, que muestra pocas veces hasta donde llegan para buscar a los indocumentados. >>> la voz del periodista que grabÓ las imÁgenes. >>> dic

. >> a's hope to build a new ballpark a short distance from >>> i'm dion lim. coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, team coverage around the bay area with effects of the strong storm. conditions where you live. >>> did you know more than 80 cars are broken into around san francisco? >> cutting up credit cards may not help improve your credit score, michael finney explains >>> tonight, as we come on the air in the west, major concerns amid pounding rain and heavy winds. and, the storm slamming the east, already turning deadly tonight. the dangerous commutes. the ice, snow and rain. the pileup on an icy highway. alerts at this hour from d.c. to philly to new york. while in the west, those evacuations under way right now. ginger zee leads us off on the west tonight. >>> the white house tonight. will the special counsel, robert mueller, soon be questioning president trump? what we've learned tonight. >>> growing concern this evening amid the deadly flu outbreak in this country. tents set up in the west. emergency rooms packed across the country. where it's hitting hardes

good evening and thanks for joining us i'm dion lim. >> aim eric thomas. many people walk up to a text alert or saw it on tv, the message warned of a missile headed their way. >> they found out 38 minutes later it was not real. cornell bernard has reaction to the error. >> had is where we stayed after we prepared. >> valerie turner shows us where she headed with her family after getting a scary alert on her phone which said ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. >> i was overwhelmed with just the thoughts that were going through my head in that there's a missile coming our way and i don't know what to. >> she quickly got her two kids to a downstairs bathroom. downstairs and just sat there n and prayed to god. >> most of hawaii got the same frightening alert. ron who lives in the east bay was on the last dave his vaon when he got the scary news. >> my wife and daughter and her friend, her girlfriends were in tears. >> i'm here trying to drink a my tie and i'm going to have to be running for my life. >> this

i'm dion lim, eric has the night off.are expected to pack the embarcadero for the fireworks show. lillian kim joins us live. sounds like quite a crowd behind you. >> reporter: dion, there's already a sizable crowd here along the embarcadero which will only grow larger as we grow closer to midnight. to go along with the big crowds is a larger than usual police presence. thousands have come from all over the bay area and beyond to ring in the new year. >> i have big expectations. i heard about the fireworks, and i think it's going to be great. >> reporter: the fireworks will be launched from a barge at pier 14. every available officer in uniform and undercover is working, even more so than in years past. with the foiled isis attack on pier 39 fresh on the mind, they're taking no chances. >> as far as we know there have been no threats to san francisco at this time. we always work around the clock on developing information and keep in touch with our federal and state law enforcement partners to ensure that the city is safe.

i'm dion lim. >> i'm dan ashley. the area of santa barbara county hit by the storm is only just beginning to recover from the thomas fire. mudslides, flash flooding, and debris flows that were waste-high. >> at least 50 people have been rescued using air support. dozens more were rescued on the ground. 7,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. here's abc news reporter danya backes. >> reporter: it's an all-out search for rescuers. >> we have multiple reports of people trapped. >> reporter: plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, using search dogs hoping to find those who are reported missing. >> our worst fear coming to life right now. our people are out there trying to do the best work they can and perform as many rescues as they can. >> reporter: the rain fell hard. officials say 2 to 4 inches fell in less than 30 minutes in some areas. bearing down on the same parts of southern california blackened by those devastating wildfires. >> the only words that describe what it looked like, a

lim. police in the north bay have busted up a family business. >> now a mother and son are in jail accused of running a human trafficking prostitution ring. cornell bernard is live for us in rohnert park. >> investigators say the prostitution ring was being run out an apartment for a year. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, eric. in fact, neighbors tipped off investigators. tey say there was lots of activity at several locations in sonoma county. a mother and son now charged with running that ring. in fact, they were about to open this club in the next several weeks. >> you knew something was up just by the way they handled themselves. >> reporter: dollar and his wife gabby say for the past year the apartment upstairs from them was a very busy place, 24/7. >> it was different men all the time. and old, young, all of it. >> reporter: the couple's young kids subjected to noises late at night. >> 20, 30 times a day you would hear moaning. >> reporter: neighbors complained to managers who called

. >> i'm dion lim. we'll stay on top of that breaking news and bring you other developments as they come in. >>> a legal pot party tonight in san francisco. >> dispensaries in san francisco with the proper permits were allowed to start selling recreational marijuana this morning. >> abc news reporter articles sal saido has more now on the historic day. >> reporter: with the cut of a red ribbon, the california green rush was in full swing in san francisco. >> people in my life have been fighting for day. >> reporter: the apothecary yum in the castro district didn't open until candidate a.m. but dominic rio wanted to be first in line. >>> got here at 4:20 this morning. >> reporter: symbolic? >> i thought it was. >> reporter: before today you needed to have a medicinal marijuana card to make a purchase in the city. not the case anymore. >> we have been around seven years. we have been anticipating it for a long time. >> reporter: only a handful of dispensaries were given the on friday to start selling recr

. >> and i'm dion lim in for ama daetz. thanks for joining us. well, we are looking at a dry night ahead but it will be way more active tomorrow. >> it sure will. for more on the coming storm here's abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma. drew? >> dan and dion, it's been a couple of weeks since we have seen rain across the region, but rain returns to the forecast starting tomorrow. live doppler 7 along with satellite. what we have overhead right now, still that veil of cloud cover. the storm we're tracking, the wider picture, you can see that cyclone very nicely offshore, but you can see it's still more than 500 miles away from us. so it still has some traveling to do. but it is heading in our direction. let's time this out tomorrow morning. future weather showing you 9:00 in the morning, it's not out of the question. there could be an isolated shower popping up. however, i think much of the activity is really going to hold off until the second half of our day. future weather showing you by 4:00 in the afternoon we have rain offshore. and that's goin

. >> i'm dion lim. many people woke up to a text alert or saw on tv the message, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. >> they found out 38 minutes later the threat was not real. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live at sfo with reaction to this mistaken alert. >> reporter: just imagine getting that alert from a missile was on its way. folks heading to hawaii reacting to the news, but first let's hear from the folks who lived through that false alarm. >> this is where we stayed after we prepared. >> reporter: valerie turner, who lives on kauai, shows us where she headed with her family after a scary alert on her phone which said, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill. >> i was overwhelmed with the thoughts going through my head, there's a missile coming on our way, i don't know where to go or what to do. >> reporter: valerie got her kids jacob and leah to a downstairs bathroom. >> i felt really sca

. >> and i'm dion lim. it's official, the jon gruden era has begun. he will be announced tuesday. >> the raiders confirmed everyone's suspicions in a tweet about two hours ago. it says welcome back coach gruden, let's get to work. the announcement came about an hour and a half avenue finished broadcasting a playoff game. >> adam schefter reports his contract will be ten years and nearly $10 million gnat announcement was made 20 years ago monday. >> and hork day in san francisco as a hofl dozen pot dispensaries open for business today. >> san francisco has joined other bay area stois start legal sales of recreational cannabis. >> they show us the fan fare. >> for some it was like the grand opening of a new retail store. for others it was more of i holy experience. >> it's almost going to heaven and you're waiting for some saint to come and open it for you. >> a handful of sf dispensaries with permits to sell recreational weeds opened to long lines this morning. >> it's been crazy getting permits. >> unlike other places that started sales on the 1st, sa

so he's using these contraptions to lim tit coming and going of enslaved servients but at the same time there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make that dinner and the engaging conversation taking place possible. the south side of the house is really devoted to private family spaces and private spaces for jefferson and he kind of his own private apartment on the south side of the house and it consisted of three separate rooms. his cabinet or what we would call an office or study. his library and of course his bed chanmber and it bed chamber would have been the most private space. that's where jefferson would wake in the morning with the sun and begin each day with a cold foot bath and begin to read and respond to letters a few hours before breakfast and the space where he would return in the evening for a few hours of reading before bed as well. the other significant thing about jefferson's bed chamber is it's the space where he passed away at the age of 83 which is really one of the more remarkable stories. jefferson died on july 4th, 1826,ing which was the 50th anniversar

i'm dion lim. >> i'm dan ashley. the area of santa barbara county hit by the storm is only just beginning to recover from the thomas fire. mudslides, flash flooding, and debris flows that were waste-high. >> at least 50 people have been rescued using air support. dozens more were rescued on the ground. 7,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. here's abc news reporter danya backes. >> reporter: it's an all-out search for rescuers. >> we have multiple reports of people trapped. >> reporter: plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes, using search dogs hoping to find those who are reported missing. >> our worst fear coming to life right now. our people are out there trying to do the best work they can and perform as many rescues as they can. >> reporter: the rain fell hard. officials say 2 to 4 inches fell in less than 30 minutes in some areas. bearing down on the same parts of southern california blackened by those devastating wildfires. >> the only words that describe what it looked like, a

i'm dion lim. eric has the night off. count them down. we are just about six hours away from 2018. one of the biggest shows around is along the waterfront in san francisco where fireworks will cap off the night. that's where we find abc7 new reporter lilian kim for us live. lilian, have you noticed any extra security yet? >> reporter: we certainly have. a big police presence to go along with the big crowds that will be gathering here tonight. the fireworks will be launched from pier 14 starting at midnight. the fireworks will last 15 minutes. fog or low clouds are not expected to be an issue this year. among the concerns is security, especially in light of the foiled isis-inspired christmas day terror plot that the fbi says was planned for pier 39. new year's eve revelers may find c comfort that every police officer is on duty tonight. >> i heard about the fireworks, and i think it's going to be great. >> are you worried about security and big crowds? >> not at all. actually, i think it's going to be -- it was a bigger crowd than here. i think it's going to be okay. yeah, i'm not w

. >> and i'm dion lim.on jimmy kimmel, the blackmar develops, black panther. >> dan ashley for sandhya patel. have a good night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- chadwick boseman, dave salmoni and animals, and music from zz ward featuring fitz. and now, with all due respect, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: that's very nice. i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. thanks for everything you've done. [ cheers and applause ] that's very nice. guillermo is away on assignment. guillermo is off

. >> and i'm dion lim.ow on jimmy kimmel, the blackmar develops, black panther. >> dan ashley for sandhya patel. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. >>> tv's number one daily viral video show, "right this minute." >> like this. >> little dude's trying out a little drone. >> of course he's a brand new pilot. >> see whose hair becomes the landing strip. >>> an armed gang gets a lesson in -- >> what we call returning fire with fire. >> why there's no match for a molotov cocktail. >> whoa! >>> a thirsty koala sends a message. >> you keep pouring, i'll keep drinking. >> the video that's h2oh too cute. >>> a guy thinking this is his big movie break. the elaborate fraud that fools him until the bitter end. that's how you prank. >>> this little guy he's so excited. he just got a little drone, it looks like this video was recorded over the holidays. >> like this. >> of course he's a brand new pilot. >> drive it. >> oh! >> oh, the hair. >> wow. >> stop, stop. >> i got this. let me put it in reverse. >> that dr

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i'm eric zbloms and i'm dion lim.y have busted up a family business. >> now a mother and son are in jail accused of running a human trafficking prostitution ring. cornell bernard is live for us in rohnert park. >> investigators say the prostitution ring was being run out an apartment for a year. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, eric. in fact, neighbors tipped off investigators. tey say there was lots of activity at several locations in sonoma county. a mother and son now charged with running that ring. in fact, they were about to open this club in the next several weeks. >> you knew something was up just by the way they handled themselves. >> reporter: dollar and his wife gabby say for the past year the apartment upstairs from them was a very busy place, 24/7. >> it was different men all the time. and old, young, all of it. >> reporter: the couple's young kids subjected to noises late at night. >> 20, 30 times a day you would hear moaning. >> reporter: neighbors complained to manager

. >> and i'm dion lim in for ama daetz. it's been raining all day, making getting around downtown san francisco a complete mess. streets slick. in novato, steady downfall. few pedestrians shopping in commercial corridor this morning. >> drivers in north san jose had to deal with wet morning drive. needed working windshield wipers to get anywhere around the bay area. team coverage of the storm. wayne freedman in santa rosa, bracing for flooding in fire zones. >> laura anthony in east bay. but begin with spencer christian in the newsroom with the forecast. >> live doppler 7, rain is continuing to pour, wind is picking up and will be a treacherous commute. south bay along west heading and san jose, moore park avenue and stevens boulevard is wet, wet, wet everywhere. bouncing back over to the peninsula, pouring along burling a.m. and san mateo. sonoma is wet as well. continuing to pour into

. >> and i am dion lim. >> clock counting down to the deadline. >> if lawmakers fail to reach an agreement by then, government agencies will begin shutting down. this will be the first to happen when the republicans control the government. >> happening one year after president trump inaugurated. >> what has been shoe horned into this discussion is an insist stance that we deal with an illegal immigration issue. >> the issue that are being debated is budgetary numbers, chip, d.r.e.a.m.ers, it is just the decision point. >> the bill needs 60 votes to pass and it appears it does not have the support necessary. >> if there is a shutdown, it couldn't happen at a worse time for the center disease control and prevention. facing one of the worst seasons. >> reporter: during the last shutdown, tom frieden was the head of the cdc he and others insist that it will hurt the cdc's ability to fight the flu. the cdc serves as a surveillance agency about anything related to the flu and other diseases. the cdc assures clients it works 24/7 saving lives and protecting people. if there is a government shutdo