luz pena checked it out. >> reporter: let the game begin. in mission 29 businesses are participating in mission loteria. this is one of them. inside fiesta bowls, get a snack of mexican fruit snacks. >> banana, mango, strawberry. >> also with sticker. no stranger to la loteria, grew up playing this. >> with frijoles, beans, that you put on your card. >> reporter: how does this take work? campaign led by san francisco economic work force development office to get more shoppers to the mission. get a sticker with every purchase. >> how you play is connect a line on the game board or fill the game board, submit it for raffle tickets. >> reporter: coowner of the artillery, one of three local artists chosen to create the icons. >> bridge communities and businesses, have people explore the neighborhood. >> reporter: second stop was this patteria. this is the third place, this is jewelry. heard that even though the campaign just started, she's seeing the impact in this community. >> on my own to visit with other businesses. >> reporter: how many do

luz pena, abc7 news. >>> a 40-foot tree toppled and landed on two people in san francisco.alking on the sidewalk when the tree fell. soil around the roots is saturated. both hurt, in pain and taken to hospital. at least one parked car was damaged. for a time fire department urged people to avoid the area. >>> rain caused numerous problems in east bay, especially on hills and freeways. anser hassan joins us from orinda. not one but two freeway accidents today. >> reporter: yeah, light rain on and off all night, winds started picking up a few minutes ago. nothing like earlier this afternoon. dash cam video, westbound 0 of 94 before the tunnel. solo spinout blocking one lane, causing backup on to orinda city streets. >> last bit of freeway before the off-ramp took 20 minutes, so backed up. >> reporter: rain met with heavy winds in the oakland hills. >> i was home with my mom and two kids and we heard one of the loudest noises i've ever heard. >> reporter: several massive pine trees crashing through her roof. no one was hurt, main residence wasn't hit but trying to prevent more

>> abc7 news reporter luz pena joins us live. luz, these homeowners are disgusted, to say the least. understandably. >> reporter: they definitely are. for the last three days they stayed at friends and families' homes. they're hoping to go back to their own home sometime before christmas. this was the moment that the family feared the most. >> dang, look outside. >> first thing i thought of was i've got to go check downstairs because every time it rains heavy, we have sewage that backs up into our house. >> reporter: and saturday was no different. >> i'm not joking, it was an explosion of sewage through the toilet that came up about 8 to 10 inches over the toilet, and i was trying to hold it back with a plunger. it was ridiculous. >> reporter: for 15 minutes, he said sand and rocks came out of the toilet and into his daughter's bedroom. >> how are you, how is your family after all this? >> my wife is -- she cries about it because it's our home. and my son, he's just worried, are we ever going to move back in here. he's 11 years ol

abc 7 news reporter luz pena explains for the time being, though, the ice rink is more like a lake. >> reporter: while the 37th annual brentwood holiday parade is in sful swing once it turns on second street things turn from joyful to -- >> kind of disappointed. >> reporter: supposed to be brentwood on ice's day. 10 to 12 birthday parties were planned. expected to skate. take a look. the ice rink is empty. >> we came in this morning and it was a lake instead of an ice rink. kind of panicked and ran around. >> reporter: once tom gregory got to the bank of the rink he found water running down his parking lot and his equipment tampered with. >> they opened up a couple drain lines that emptied the refrigerant, a lot of the refrigerant out of our ice rink system. unfortunately, it may have damaged the chiller as well. we're having to replace the chiller tonight. >> reporter: getting enough layers of ice will take between three to four days. so the next time this ice rink will be open for the public will potentially be on wednesday. gregory suspects these customers caught on camera he says

>> probably not. >> yeah, probably not. >> probably just some coal. >> reporter: in brentwood, luz penaabc 7 news. >>> in the south bay, santa and his reindeer will get some exercise at the annual santa run silicon valley. the annual 5k walk is for the whole family. participants are encouraged to dress up as their favorite holiday character. the course winds through downtown san jose and ends at christmas in the park where you can enjoy the festivities with cookies and milk. it starts at 3:00 this afternoon. there will be a kids reindeer dash an hour earlier. registration is still open if you want to head down there. lisa, it seems like it will be a pretty dry day, good news for all these activities. >> that's right. certainly starting out cold. ten-degree spread from low 40s in our valleys to low 50s on the coast. there is a beautiful shot from our sutro tower camera. golden gate bridge, mid- to upper 50s today. sunny for everyone. a few clouds over the higher elevations. we'll see increasing clouds throughout the beginning of the workweek leading to, you guessed it, more rain mid-week

>> reporter: luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> a tree toppled on two people in san francisco.hey were walking on the sidewalk when the tree fell at locust and clay street. for a time the fire department urged people to avoid the area. you can see the soil around the roots is saturated. both people hit by the tree said they were in pain and they were taken to the hospital. at least one parked car was damaged. >>> the rain yesterday afternoon also caused several problems in the east bay, especially on the hills and freeways. abc 7 news reporter anser hassan has more from orinda where there were two highway crashes including one that was deadly.>o shows westbound highway 24 before the caldecott tunnel. a solo spinout blocking one lane of traffic, possibly due to the wet roads, but causing a backup onto orinda city streets. >> that last bit of freeway before the off-ramp took me 20 minutes because everything was so backed up. >> reporter: once past the tunnel, the rain met with heavy winds in the oakland hills. >> i was home here with my mom and two of my kids. and we heard one of

. >> luz pena is live from the area. luz, how are people doing tonight? >> reporter: dan, at least 12 homes were impacted by this flood. we were here saturday and did see many neighbors come out with shovels trying to help each other. the new normal, cleaning crews coming in and out of these homes pulling everything out that has to go. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: it's one of the biggest floods this neighborhood has seen. the fact that they have two others to compare it to they say is too much. >> i have ptsd when it rains. i'm not sleeping well every time it rains, even when it like -- you know, the forecast is like 0.1 inches, i like wake up at the sounding of rain. >> reporter: the heavy downpour over the weekend had nowhere to go once it hit wawona street and 15th avenue. water was gushing out from underneath these homes. sewage spread across this road. >> she's wearing a hazmat suit to suck up the stuff in the intersection. that stuff was a foot deep in my master bedroom. why am i not in a hazmat suit? >> reporter: these residents are dealing with the

in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> all right, luz. before you go, obviously it is an ambitious plan. what exactly is being done to try to accomplish it? are you hearing specifics? >> reporter: honestly, nothing new. to be specific, they're saying that they're going to increase the street cleaning teams and have more pit stops. bathrooms open 24/7, we have three in san francisco and also more big belly trash cans around the city and new beds in navigation centers like the ones we're going to have in the waterfront with 200 beds. back to you. >> all right, luz, thank you. >> abc7 news contributor and chronicle insider phil ma tier is here. now, phil, what's your take on all this? >> interesting. i went to the press conference in union square. this is part announcement what they're going to do and part damage control. the fact that oracle pulled its convention out of san francisco cost the city $64 million in lost tourist and convention business. >> big hit. >> this is a $9 billion industry in san francisco. it's right up there with tech

abc 7 news reporter luz pena is live from one of the businesses that's participated. luz, can you show us how it works? >> reporter: that's right. well, to play you need a board you can find at any of the 29 businesses here in the mission district that are participating. now, i can tell you about this, or i can show you how to play. so let the game begin. in the mission, there are 29 businesses that are participating in the game and this one right here is one of them. inside fiesta bowls which, by the way, just 0opened a month ago, you'll get a taste of all the mexican fruit snacks. >> usually the most popular is banana, papaya, mango, strawberry. >> reporter: a deal that comes with a sticker, by the way, jose mendoza is no stranger to the game. he grew up playing this. >> we play with beans. >> reporter: with beans. >> those are the ones you would put on your card. >> reporter: okay. how does this take on the mention c mexican bingo game work? it's a campaign led by the economic workforce development office to get more shoppers over to the mission. you get a sticker w

luz pena shows you the every day walk that turned stretching. >> it was a regular walk at the park thatost ended in tragedy for this 3-year-old puppy. >> his temperature peaked up to 108 degrees. he was shaking and drooling. and was just out of control. >> jenny says lido began to spin minutes after ingesting the substance at the beach. >> clearly the drugs use has hit epidemic levels if we are concerned about walking dogs. >> the drugs could have killed him in a matter of minutes. >> he had methamphetamine and oxide? his system. >> it's unknown what form the poodle mix ingested the drugs. estes transported to the spca for emergency extremity. the spca said we encourage all pet guardians to remain alert and vigilant walking dogs especially in the city. according to the vet tech at this hospital where cases like this are coming in. >> it's actually happened all over the place. sometimes animals can get into drugs pat any park or any, like, beach areas. >> they advise to keep the dog on a leash and remain on high alert. >> you have to react fast because once the drugs are in the body you

abc 7 news reporter luz pena spoke to one family. >> reporter: still shaken, 17-year-old jeanette cruz describes the moments of fear inside the home with her family. >> i was pretty scared for my sisters. >> reporter: according to san jose fire, the calls reporting the blaze came in around 1:53 p.m. cruz says she saw the smoke from her neighbor's home into their apartment. her first thought was to save her family. >> yes, we did have to take my sisters out. i mostly saw the other side. i just took my sisters and got them in the front. >> reporter: neighbors across the area saw a dark cloud of smoke and called 911. >> i couldn't see the fire, just black smoke. >> reporter: san jose fire confirmed the apartment is a single occupancy unit. this neighbor, who decided not to show his face in fear of retaliation, says the person who lived in the unit where the fire began is known to san jose police. >> sometimes i get up 1:00, 2:00 a.m., i drink a cup of coffee and see people just strolling in. >> reporter: the cruz family says their units have seen smoke and water damage. they're now stayin

luz pena live at peier 50 where the producers are gearing up for tomorrow. luz? >> check it out. this is where everything is being set up as we speak. these are the crews who are putting all the fireworks inside the shells you see right there. this is maybe one of the last times we're going see the barge up and close before tomorrow's show. tomorrow that brj barge is going to be maybe a thousand feet in the bay. before the big show, tons of preparation going to make san francisco's skylight up. >> we'll start loading the shells. they'll fill it full of fireworks. then we attach the fireworks to the network which is attached to the computer, and then at midnight, we pull the trigger. >> and when he says trigger, he really means it. this is a dead man's switch. one of these crewmembers will be given the responsibility to keep san francisco's show going. if they let go, the show is over. >> 15 minutes, 25 seconds. it's actually longer than that because there is a preroll. it's actually 16:25. and boy does that thumb get tired. >> he promises this year's show will be different with n

live here in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> all right, luz, thank you. we're right in the middle of this lull where we're not experiencing deluges. but obviously it's going the rain again in the next few days. >> exactly. let's check in with abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma for a look at what's ahead. drew? >> that rain over the weekend in san francisco, it fell so hard in such a short amount of time. that's why it caused localized flooding in many spots around the city. it was wet weekend for a lot. santa rosa more than 2 1/2 inches of rain. san francisco an inch and a half. close to an inch in oakland. san jose half an inch. the rain was not the issue today. it was the dense fog. right now conditions have improved. but tomorrow we're going to do it all again. that fog is coming right on back. early tomorrow morning, visibility is going to be greatly reduced. and for the morning commute on tuesday, we do expect again spots with very low visibility. so tomorrow morning again, use caution like you did this morning. we'll have the areas of dense fog. use

in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> okay, we need to talk about this dead man switch. how long does he have to hold it? >> reporter: okay. isn't that the perfect job of the night? i think so. i wish i could be the one holding that trigger down. it's actually 15 minutes and 25 seconds. a lot of responsibility because if that person decides to take a bre break, guess what, the fireworks show ends. so it's a lot. >> that's not good. you'd have a lot of angry people. thank you, luz. >>> several bay area transit agencies are offering free rides tomorrow. in san francisco you can ride muni for free starting at 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 in the morning on new year's day. it will double service for its late night routes. ac transit is offering free rides from 8:00 to 5:00. caltrain free rides last until 2:00 a.m. the vta is offering free rides through the end of the year to help people adjust to new schedule changes. as for b.a.r.t., it will not be free. trains in and out of san francisco will be on a special schedule, only stopping at certain stations in certain directions. you can

news reporter luz pena spoke with one family member who recalls a terrifying moments before escaping the flames. >> reporter: still shaken 17-year-old janet cruz describes the moments of fear she had inside her home with her family. >> it was really scary. i was scared for my sisters. >> reporter: according to san jose fire the call came in around 1:53 p.m. cruz says she saw the smoke coming in from her neighbor's home into their apartment. her first thought was to save her family. >> i had to take my sisters out and my mom. i mostly saw the other side and i took my sisters out and got them in the front. >> reporter: neighbors across the area saw a dark cloud of smoke and called 911. >> i couldn't see the fire. just smoke. black smoke. >> reporter: san jose fire confirmed the apartment is a single occupancy unit. this neighbor who decided not to show his face in fear of retaliation says the person who lived in the unit where the fire began is known to san jose police. >> sometimes i get up 1:00, 2:00 in the morning and i drink a cup of coffee and i just see people just stroll in. >>

luz pena shows you the everyday walk turning terrifying. >> it was a regular walk at the park and almost ended in tragedy for in puppy. >> his temperature peaked up to 108 degrees. he was shaking and drooling, and was just out of control. >> jenny says lido began to spin moments after ingesting the substance. >> clearly the drugs use in san francisco hit epidemic levels. >> according to the primary vets all the drugs in his system could have killed him in a matter of minutes. >> and only got the results back he had methamphetamine and oxy coden in his the system it was shocking. >> it's still unknown what perform the poodle ingested the drugs. he was transported to the spca for emergency treatment. the spca said we encourage all pet guardian to remain alert while walking us dogs. according to this tech at the the animal hospital where the cases are coming in. >> it's happened all over the place. sometimes animals can get into drugs at any park or any, like, beach areas. zbloopment they advise to you keep your dog on a leash and remain on high alert. >> you have to react fast because once

news reporter luz pena spoke with one family member who recalls a terrifying moments before escaping the flames. >> reporter: still shaken 17-year-old janet cruz describes the moments of fear she had inside her home with her family. >> i was scared for my sisters. >> reporter: according to san jose fire the call came in around 1:53 p.m. she saw smoke coming from their neighbor's home into their apartment. her first thought was to save her family. >> i had to take my sisters out and my mom. i mostly saw the other side and i took my sisters out and got them in the front. >> reporter: neighbors across the area saw a dark cloud of smoke and called 911. >> i couldn't see the fire. just smoke. black smoke. >> reporter: san jose fire confirmed the apartment is a single occupancy unit. this neighbor who decided not to show his face in fear of retaliation says the person who lived in the unit where the fire began is known to san jose police. >> sometimes i get up 1:00, 2:00 in the morning and i drink a cup of coffee and i just see people just stroll in. >> reporter: the cruz family says their

luz pena has more has more on how neighbors are now dealing with the aftermath. >> reporter: to put it simply rin fell and there was nowhere for it to go causing major flooding across the city. example number one market street. getting off i-80 another flood. this one blocking traffic, stopping cars on the freeway. >> someone had vaguely mentioned in passing this neighborhood gets flooded, but we didn't know it was going to be this bad. >> reporter: it was worse than what they anticipated. in a matter of minutes, 15th avenue in san francisco's west portal neighborhood flooded, affected at least 12 homes reaching at least six inches high. by the time residents realized how high the water was getting it was too late to react. not even sandbags were going to protect you guys from this water. >> no. i mean not with how fast it came and the city is great about dropping off, you know, pallets to us on the corners. it came on too quickly for us. >> reporter: across the street from the gonzalez family we met this famil they had balloons and tables set up. cleaning was not in their plans. this

luz pena shows you the every day walk that turned terrifying. >> reporter: it was a regular walk at theark that almost ended in tragedy for the 3-year-old dog. >> his temperature peaked foup 108 degrees. he was shaking and drooling and was just out of control. >> jenny says the dog began to spin minutes after ingesting a substance. >> clearly the drug use in san francisco hit epidemic levels if we are concerned about walking dogs. >> according to the primary vets all the drugs could have killed him in a matter of minutes. >> and when we got the results he had methamphetamine and oxycodone in his system it was shocking. >> reporter: it's still unknown in what form the 3-year-old poodle mix ingested the drugs. he was transported to the san francisco spca for emergency treatment. the spca said we encourage all pet guardians to remain alert and vigilant while walking dogs especially in the city. according to the tech at the hospital where cases like this dog's are coming in. >> it's happened all over the place. sometimes animals can get into drugs at any park or any, like, beach areas >> th

the man told luz pena he feared for his life as things escalated. >> why do you picture of the car. >> i took pictures of the bike racks. >> no, no. >> i took pictures of the bike racks. >> no, i see you. >> this was the tense situation between kenyon wheeler and three security guards in a residential building in oakland. >> here i am on a public street. >> minutes prior wheeler was photographing the bike racks he is chair of the oakland bicyclist and commission. he wanted to show bike racks to the colleagues but the guards came out to question him. >> what do you think he was implying. >> well he said he knew what i was doing and that he thought i was casing the cars. >> reporter: according to wheel one of the guards pulled a firearm and refusesed to let him go. >> this is definitely racial proefrlg a racist actin and the only reason i'm treated this way is because i'm black. >> reporter: wheeler says he feared for his lifetime and decided not to move. the second thought was to call police and tell them his story. >> reporter: once oakland police arrived wheeler was free to go home.

the man told luz pena he feared for miss life as things escalated. >> why do you take pictures of the cars. >> no, no. >> i took pictures of the bike racks. >> no, i see you. >> this was the gipg of a tense situation between kenya wheeler and three security guards from a residential building in oakland. >> i felt a built violated here on a public street. >> minutes prior wheeler was taken of the bicycle racks covered in colorful area he was chair of the oakland bicyclist commission and wanted to show the bike racks to colleagues. but instead these guards came out to question him. >> what do you think he was implying. >> well he said that he knew what i was doing and that he thought i was casing the cars. >> reporter: according to wheeler one of the guards pulled a firearm and refused to let him go. >> it was extremely clear especially when the hong was drawn processes a racist act and the only reason like i'm being treated this way is i'm black. >> reporter: wheeler says he feared for his life and decided not to move. the second thought was to call police and tell the story. >> once o

. >> abc 7 news reporter luz pena has the story. >> reporter: instead of planning ahead for the nextrned about the budget. >> it makes me really nervous. i don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. am i going to have a job tomorrow? are my kids going to have books? are they going to have the serves they need? >> reporter: so we went searching for the answers. according to the school district, they're facing a two-year budget deficit of about $47.8 million. >> where did the overspending happen throughout those years? >> over the approximately last five years we've received $35 million in local control revenue increases. $26 million of that goes to state mandated contributions to our retirement systems. >> reporter: the school district has $34 million to carry them over this school year, but layoffs next school year are almost certain. >> a plan of action that our superintendent and chief business officer have laid out, that there will need to be layoffs in order to weather this -- to weather the budget crisis. >> reporter: according to the district, the cause is a drop of enrollment

and abc 7 news reporter luz pena was there. >> reporter: two hours before the warriors faced the suns, 35 high school basketball plaerps walked in ready to take some notes. >> what have you learned so far? >> shooting, definitely. >> okay. >> they are -- >> what are you changing in your game now. >> maybe make more like them. >> while glenn robinson the third warmed up with willie cauley-stein. these boys watched and learned in some of the most expensive seats at the chase center during the warmup. >> can we talk about how we are sitting courtside right now, thoughts. >> it's insane. like seeing the players they look bigger in person. >> to this team nothing phases them. >> they grew as young men exponentially right after the fire. and they are still growing now. but it's amazing the maturity level that i have seen in them throughout a year. >> a year ago the devastating campfire took the lives of 86 people and burned thousands of homes. te warriors organization hosted the aspiring basketball players who were also affected. >> it's cool to see. we had the warriors guys come up to our

and abc 7 news reporter luz pena was there. >> reporter: two hours right before the warriors faced theigh school basketball players walked in ready to take some notes. >> what have you learned so far? >> shooting, definitely. >> okay. >> they're making it dsh. >> what are you changing in your game now. >> maybe try and make more like then. >> while glenn rib robinson warmed with will willie cauley-stein. these boys watched and learn sitting in the most expensive seats at chase center during the warmup. >> can we talk about the fact we are courtside right now, thoughts. >> it's very insane, seeing these players they look bigger in person. >> to this team nothing phases them. >> they grew at young men exponentially after the fire and still growing now. but it's amazing the maturity i've seen in them throughout the year. >> a year ago the devastating campfire took the lives of 86 people and burned thousands of homes. tonight the warriors organization hosted the basketball players who were affected. >> we had the warriors guys come to our gym in paradise about a month ago probably. it's co

abc 7 news reporter luz pena explains for the time being, though, the ice rink is more like a lake. >> reporter: while the 37th annual brentwood holiday parade is in full swing once it turns on second street things turn from joyful to -- >> kind of disappointed. >> reporter: supposed to be brentwood on ice's busiest day. 10 to 12 birthday parties were planned. at least 200 people were expected to skate. but instead, take a look. the ice rink is empty. >> we came in this morning and it was a lake instead of an ice rink. kind of panicked and ran around. >> reporter: once tom gregory got to the back of the rink, he found water running down his parking lot and his equipment tampered with. >> they opened up a couple drain lines that emptied the refrigerant, a lot of the refrigerant out of our ice rink system. unfortunately, it may have damaged the chiller as well. we're having to replace the chiller tonight. >> reporter: getting enough layers of ice will take between three to four days. so the next time this ice rink will be open for the public will potentially be on wednesday. gregory sus

reporter luz pena has more on how neighbors are now dealing with the aftermath. >> reporter: to put it simply rain fell and there was nowhere for it to go causing major flooding across the city. example number one market street. getting off i-80 another flood. this one blocking traffic, stopping cars on the freeway. >> someone had vaguely mentioned in passing this neighborhood gets flooded, but we didn't know it was going to be this bad. >> reporter: it was worse than what they anticipated, 15th avenue in san francisco's west portal neighborhood flooded, affected at least 12 homes reaching at least six inches high. >> by the time residents realized how high the water was getting it was too late to react. not even sandbags were going to protect you guys from this water. >> no. i mean n w fast it came and the city is great about dropping off, you know, pallets to us quicklyor us. >> reporter: across the street this family. they had balloons and tables set up. cleaning was not in their plans. this was their son's second birthday. instead they're faced with this. >> with the furniture i se

. >> luz pena, live in san francisco where business leaders are echoing the call for improvements. luz? >> that's right. this is where the majority of shopping takes place in san francisco, and also where the homelessness crisis can be seen almost every corner that crisis is what the mayor of san francisco says will be the focus in the upcoming budget. in almost every corner that it is visible. regardless of who you ask, this is a multifaceted issue. >> why someone is homeless, you know what i'm saying? people are from other locations that are here that are not really residents. >> we have a situation in san francisco where because of the housing crises, we've had a 30% increase in the number of homeless people. and, you know, folks are suffering out here. >> in a press conference about improving street conditions, we asked mayor breed, how would you describe the current state of our streets? >> well, they need improvement. >> improvement that she hopes to achieve by calling on the city department with the board of supervisors to commit every spare dollar towards -- >> homelessness,

abc7 news reporter luz pena is live from one of the businesses that is participating. z, how does this work? >> so you need a loteria board that you can get at any one of the 29 businesses participating here in the mission district. coy just tell you the story, but i chose to play the game. so let the game begin. in the mission, there are 29 businesses that are participating, and this one right here is one of them, with a pinata. inside fiesta bowl, which by the way just opened a month ago, you'll get a taste of all the mexican fruit snacks. >> we top it off with the granola, raisin, shredded coconut and cereal. >> all of that. let's do it. >> so we have gran nola. >> how much is this? >> $7.50 for a bowl. >> that's a good deal. >> a great deal that also comes with a pinata sticker. by the way, he is no stranger to loteria. he grew up playi this. >> we played with >> how does this take work? it's a campaign led by the san francisco economic workforce development office to get more shoppers over to the mission. you get a sticker with every purchase. >> you can connect a

the man told abc 7 news reporter luz pena he feared for his life as things escalated. >> why due take picture of the cars. >> i took pictures of the bike racks. >> no, no wrb no i see. >> you this was the beginning of a tense situation between kenya wheeler and three security guards from a residential building in oakland. >> i felt a bit violated because i was thing here i am on a public streets. >> minutes later he was taking pictures of the bike racks he is chair of the only bicyclist commission and wanted to show bike racks to colleagues. but instead the guards questioned him. >> what do you think he was implying. >> well he said that he knew what i was doing and that he thought i was casing the cars. >> reporter: according to wheeler one of the guards pulled a firearm and refused to let him go. >> it was extremely clear especially with the hong drawn this is a racist act and the only reason i'm being treated this way is because i'm black. >> wheeler says he feared for his life and decided not to move. his second thought was to call police and tell thiem his story. once oakland pol

. >> luz pena is live from the area. luz, how are people doing tonight?er: dan, at least 12 homes were impacted by this flood. we were here saturday and did see many neighbors come out with shovels trying to help each other. the new normal, cleaning crews coming in and out of these homes pulling everything out that has to go. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: it's one of the biggest floods this neighborhood has seen. the fact that they have two others to compare it to they say is too much. >> i have ptsd when it rains. i'm not sleeping well every time it rains, even when it like -- you know, the forecast is like 0.1 inches, i like wake u

luz pena live at peier 50 where the producers are gearing up for tomorrow. luz? >> check it out.where everything is being set up as we speak. these are the crews who are putting all the fireworks inside the shells you see right there. this is maybe one of the last times we're going see the barge up and close before tomorrow's

. >> abc7 news reporter luz pena joins us live. ers are disgusted, to say the least. understandably. >> reporter: they definitely are. for the last three days they stayed at friends and families' homes. they're hoping to go back to their own home sometime before christmas. this was the moment that the family feared the most. >> dang, look outside. >> first thing i thought of was i've got to go check downstairs because every time it rains heavy, we have sewage that backs up into our house. >> reporter: and saturday was no different. >> i'm not joking, it was an explosion of sewage through the toilet that came up about 8 to 10 inches over the toilet, and i was trying to hold it back with a plunger. it was ridiculous. >> reporter: for 15 minutes, he said sand and rocks came out of the toilet and into his daughter's bedroom. >> how are youw

luz pena is live from san francisco with the inside story of the city's fireworks show and why this yearally the end of an era. >> reporter: that's right. the baton was passed on this year and you're about to meet that person in just a minute. before that i want to point your attention to this. here they are, the barricades ready to provide a safe new year fireworks celebration. a new year means a newew

. >> abc7 news reporter luz pena is live in san francisco where business leaders are echoing the callrter: that's right. this is where the majority of shopping takes place in san francisco. and also where you can see homelessness crisis in almost every corner. the mayor of san francisco says that crisis is going to be the focus of the upcoming budget. >>> when speaking about cleaning the streets of san francisco, we had to start here. >> clean up, it's a lot of trash, lot of homeless. >> reporter: this is what he does every day. he's part of the city's tenderloin cleaning team. we interviewed him before noon, and what he said next might surprise you. >> i believe today was almost 22. >> reporter: 22 needles? >> in the morning, yeah. before my lunch. >> reporter: in a press conference about improving from conditions, we asked mayor breed, how would you describe the current state of our streets? >> well,y

. >> luz pena explains for the time being the ice rink is more like a lake. >> reporter: while the 37th annual brentwood holiday parade is in full swing, once it turned on second street, things turned from joyful to -- >> disappointed. >> reporter: 10 to 12 birthday parties were planned. at least 200 people were expected to skate. but instead, take a look, the ice rink is empty. >> we came in this morning. it was a lake instead of an east rink. >> reporter: once tom get to the back of the rink he found water running down his parking lot and his equipment tampered with. >> they opened up a couple of drain lines that emptied the fridge rant out of our ice rink system. unfortunately it may have damaged the chiller as well. we're having to replace the chiller tonight. >> reporter: getting enough layers of ice that will take three to four days. so the next time this east rink will be open for the public will potentially be wednesday. gregory suspects these customers caught on camera stole a pair of skates and got into an argument with an employee, might have come back and vandalized his busi

luz pena, abc 7 news. >> taking a look at the pg&e power outage map right now, thousands of customers are without power this morning throughout the bay area. pg&e have tips for what to do if there are downed lines where you live. never touch downed lines. if you see lines go down call 911. also call pg&e, the number is on your screen. as the storm continues be sure to have a flashlight and backup phone battery in case power does go out. >>> the north bay is seeing a steady flow of rain, the concern is the area burned by the kincade fire in october. county officials are keeping an eye out for possible mudslides. anser hassan shows us who you some people were just happy to see the showers. >> reporter: despite the main, people in healdsburg were trying to make the most of their night. >> in healdsburg there's always good food and good wine. there's plenty of warmth. >> reporter: but warm doesn't describe tonight's weather. a steady flow of rain and light winds kept the streets wet all afternoon and into the night while restaurants in downtown healdsburg kept busy, rubiana who does door

the warriors welcomed the paradise high school basketball team for last night's game luz pena was there. >> two hours before the warriors faced the suns, 35 high school basketball players walked in ready to take notes. >> what have you learned so far? >> shooting, definitely. >> okay. >> what are you changing in your game now. >> maybe try and make more like them. >> while glenn rib insure sitting in the expensive seats at chase center to warm up. >> can we talk about the fact we are sitting courtside right now, thoughts. >> it's very insane, i mean, like seeing the players they are way bigger in person. >> to this team nothing phases them. >> they grew as young men, exponentially right after the fire. and they're still growing now. but it's amazing the maturity that i've seen in them throughout the year. >> a year ago the devastating campfire took the lives of 86 people and burned thousands of homes. tonight the warriors organization hosted these aspiring basketball players who were affected. >> it's cool to see. we had the warriors guys come up to our gym in paradise about a month ago

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