abc 7 was at pier 39 as about 100 sea lions soaked up the sun.hat may seem like a lot but it's really a far cry from the thanksgiving of 2009 when about 1,700 sea lions crowded the docks. experts say sea lions are leaving in search of fish which are saying away from the bay because of warmer sea temperatures. >> this isn't really a permanent home for them. it's a place where they rest. they find food. if there's a lot of food, great. if not they will leave and they will go find it somewhere else. >> there are some promising signs for sea lions. a survey of breeding areas of peps are health they are last year when many were found starving along the coast. >>> a federal judge blocked a new rule that would have made millions of workers eligible for overtime pay. >> that rule was supposed to take effect next week and now it's on hold. >> abc 7's michael finney is here. >> hurting so many people this time of year, absolutely amazing. this rule would have helped 5 million white collar workers collect overtime pay in december. currently workers earning

we were at pier 39 as 100 sea lions were soaking up the sea lion.nksgiving of 2009 when 1,47 sea lions crowd on to our docks. experts say they are leashing in search of fish staying away from the bay because of warmer sea temperatures. >> this is future a permanent home for them. it is a place where they rest. they find food. if there is a last food, great, governor not they leave and go find it el where. >> there are promising scenes for sea lions, a survey of breeding areas found the pups are more healthy than last area when many were starving along the coast. >> ski ares and snow boarders, fresh sunny has fallen on the sierra at heavenly mountain resort from lake tahoe. all major ski resorts or open. and now to you, mike, reggie is sleeping in and not with us and called this fresh pow-pow. >> and more on saturday and sunday. if you are leashing super early saturday morning you need to get this by 8:00 or 9:00 because the snow will start in the sierra on the when sleep at 7:00 and the next storm will by us a wet and wild weekend. we have high clou

when we come back, we have a really cool story about a new sea lion right over there. kicking it with kenny. that is a year ago. and then she was just 14 years old when she perform for us, last year fox 8, so excited to ha ramirez and her blossomingosso tamir. tons of movies, so exciting to see. we said to you please when you get more famous than you were a year ago to come back and cs and god bless her, she did, she did remember so welcome. thanks so much for having me and i'm just really glad to be a home. actually i'm going to play out movie. and you have that coming up with now and it right think that's the first that cama out, the first movie that you dead, middle school, october 7, and i'm super excited. they god it. that's me with the glasses. no one ever really recognized me right away. i can't wait. that will happen because you are getting more and more movies here. it is a year. the hole location thing is weird, really random, but in arizona, detroit, places, so and you were living in cleveland, and school, something you wanted to pursue, go out to la to get

. >>> up close and personal with sea lions. how they train the animals here. >>> here's a look at today's social soundoff question, what are the top cities for home brewing beer? we'll reveal the answer coming >>> the odyssey aquarium is one of the valleys newest attractions that opened in scottsdale a few months ago. >> now they're imsiting us for a look at hundreds of different animals. >> crystal is live right now. hey, crystal. >>reporter: hey, there. guys, we got a little trick here for you. umm-hum, it's ella. weaver live at the training facility. you can check this out when you do a blind the scenes tour. jess, what do you and your team do in here? >> we demonstrate a lot of behaviors and work on those, especially our medical training behaviors so just something normal but really what we do is just spend quality time with our animals developing and nurturing that relationship that's critical between our staff and >> she was rescue. we found her on the beach we think the day of her birth because her umbilical cord was att

what's really cool is one sea lion was overcome with interest when it saw the drone and just decided to be playful. >> that's the way people responded to drones when they first came out. >> i love this moment because that's when it gets really close. >> come on, get me. >> i'm going to play for you. i'm going to give you a show. >> they did put on quite the show. >>> so did this octopus. i think its theme song is can't let go by mariah carey because this guy was in greece. this octopus swims up to him. >> take him out to dinner first, off, but it does take a little bit of effort because he's trying to be gentle. >> i thought that only happened in cartoons. >> yes! >> it's crazy because he was remarkably calm. honestly if i had an octopus on my face, i would have freaked out to a level 11. >> like a clingy girlfriend. >> he gets it off his hand. then it's going to move to other body parts. it makes a beeline -- >> excuse me. >> yes. he makes a beeline toward the nether regions, but he's able to gently get it to float away. >> so was it attacking him, or was it making sweet, sweet love

but what's really cool is one sea lion was overcome with interest when it saw the drone an >> ahh! >> that's the way people responded to drones when they first came out. >> i love this moment right here. that's when it gets really close. i'm going to play for you, give you a show. >> they did put on quite the show. >> so does this octopus. i think it's can't i go by mariah carey? this guy lives in greece, this octopus swims up to him. >> so he goes back under the off, but it does take a bit of effort, because he's trying to be gentle. >> i thought that only happened in cartoons. >> yes. it was crazy. he was remarkably calm. honestly, i would have freaked out. >> like a clingy girlfriend. >> yeah. >> stage five. >> at least you can shake her off. gets it off his hand. then it's going to move to other body parts. >> that was his thigh. >> wow. >> then he final makes a beeline. >> excuse me! >> makes a beeline towards the nether region, but he's able to gently float away. >> was it attacking him or making sweet, sweet love to him? >> i think it was sweet, sweet love, because after all

>> what you're looking at are what's commonly known as sea lions and seeing them at the zoo in vienna. you can see the really cool bioluminescent streaks coming off them. >> closer you thing that special effects were designed for some alien mood. >> this right here is known as the -- it's a destination for very experienced skiers in jackson hole, wyoming. >> you're supposed to ski down that. >> you're essentially just falling down to the start of the line. >> gratefully. >> hopefully. watch this. the guy looking down upon this run is bill. he is celebrating his 63rd birthday. he actually goes by the name of wild bill. for the last 30 years, every single year on his birthday he goes to this location to ski this ru obviously, because he's very challenging, but also an accomplishment for him because he says every year that i come back that i can do this, i stay young. >> okay, watch me. >> oh, i feel good! >> powder just puffs up as he starts skiing right through it. >> happy birthday, mate. >> super awesome. i cannot wait for him to get >>> it's time to give away another ipad mini. >> t

>> what you're looking at are what's commonly known as sea lions and seeing them at the zoo in vienna. you can see the really cool bioluminescent streaks coming off them. >> closer you get, the kind of thing that special effects were designed for some alien mood. >> this right here is known as the -- it's a destination for very experienced skiers in jackson hole, wyoming. >> you mean sky divers? look at that. that. >> you're essentially just falling down to the start of the line. >> gratefully. >> hopefully. watch this. the guy looking down upon this run is bill. he is celebrating his 63rd birthday. he actually goes by the name of wild bill. for the last 30 years, every single year on his birthday he goes to this location to ski this run. obviously, because he's very challenging, but also an he says every year that i come back that i can do this, i stay young. >> okay, watch me. >> oh, i feel good! >> powder just puffs up as he starts skiing right through it. >> happy birthday, mate. >> super awesome. i cannot wait for him to get back next year. >> i feel good. another ipad mini. >> t

it says, washington state, stop killing sea lions. new jersey, speak up for abused pigs. pennsylvania, get tough on puppy mills. etc., etc. as the leader of this national organization, how do you partner with the state and so many different animal groups doing so much important work. together we can do more, you know. if we are just doing our solo action, it's going to be difficult. so we want to partner all the time. >> you know, i want to mention as we close our show, we were going to tape with you in late spring, but your spring and summer were pretty doggone busy. [laughter] so we have done it in the fall and we are happy to have you. you were pretty busy with something. and i have my copy right here, everyone. we have his wonderful book "humane economy." i'm going to let us tell us about it. i understand you may have been on a show a little bigger than this one recently. tell us all about it. >> well, i have been touring about my book "the humane economy" and i was with oprah and we had a great show. >> i'm sorry. who? [laughter] >> the book is really about our duty

. >> it is a far cried from thanksgiving 2009 when 1600 sea lions crowded on the dock. >> they are living from the fish which are staying away from the home. >> is this a place where they rest or find food. >> if they'll not, they'll leave and go find it some where else. >> there is promising sign to serve a breathing area. pups are healthier last year. >> lets turn our attention to the weekend forecast and beyond. >> yeah, we need that timing o f the rain as we post that tar day drill. >> a dry thursday on your way tomorrow and onto the weekend. >> this is been a excite day after morning showers with the clean. >> same lamar showing you a quiet man. >> peer 15 shows you the beautiful life of embarcaderemb. >> here is our next storm coming. leonys night and mid after noon. >> but, we are seeing ahead of those two systems that's turning on our ocean water. >> tomorrow evening, ways anywhere from 12 or 16 feet. >> that means -- the coast is not 100% of watering. >> we were dropping water quickly. >> we quickly radios for the surface. >> are holding 54 down in san francisco. >> san jose down

they are a combination between a california sea lion and maybe a sea otter. >> reporter: this rare guadalupe fur seal is one of the lucky ones being released back into the wild after recovering at the marine mammal center. once hunted nearly to extinction, now listed as threatened under the endangered species act. >> over the last previous 4 years the most we had everest skewed in a year is five. and we're over 50. >> reporter: they eat squid. but warming waters have the squid moving farther north making it hard for the little guys to find food. very little is known about these creatures. so scientists glad you satellite trackers on 'em. >> you can see that they go really far offshore. >> reporter: surprised. the researchers watched the seals no larger than a dog swim hundreds of miles out into the open ocean where they continued north to canada. sometimes, the signals stopped. >> they also could have perished and because they couldn't find enough food or they got eaten by another animal. >> reporter: no one knows for sure, but they have one thing in common with all seals. sharp teeth. while

taking a drone out on the water in new zealand and capturing some anima what's really cool is one sea lion was overcome with interest when it saw the drone and just decided to be playful. >> i think it's like alien! >> that's the way people responded to drones when they first came out. >> i love this moment because that's when it gets really close. >> come on, get me. >> i'm going to play for you. i'm going to give you a show. >> they did put on quite the show. >>> so did this octopus. i think its theme song is can't this guy was in greece. this octopus swims up to him. >> take him out to dinner first, mate. >> he goes back under the water. he's finally able to pull it off, but it does take a little bit of effort because he's trying to be gentle. >> i thought that only happened in cartoons. >> yes! >> it's crazy because he was remarkably calm. honestly if i had an octopus on my face, i would have freaked out to a level 11. >> like a clingy girlfriend. >> he then it's going to move to other body parts. >> wow. >> then he finally pulls it off. it makes a beeline -- >> excuse me. >> yes. he m

we swim with whales and dolphinsns and sea lions and otters. we put all of our training applicants through a rigorous swim test. hmm. can i, uh... let me tell you what's involved. from this slide-out all the way to the other slide-out, turn right back around, swim back to this slide-out. these guys are doing pretty well ououhere, but remember, the adrenaline is flowing. they're nervous. and d e water is 58 degrees. why is the water kept at such a low temperature? beluga whales are used to cold water out in the natural environment. we need to simulate those conditions here. do you have to drain the pool yourself? yes. actually, what do you think i'm drinking right now? mmm, delelious. we don't have to ever drain the pools. we do a lot of freestyle swimming, underwater swimming, and then we'll get out, put a microphone on. chuck: you have to demonstrate an underwater breath-hold swim. you're going to have to dive in here, is your job dangerous? as with anything that's large, be it large vehicleses or heavy machinery, working with large animals do

. >> and why some are asking where have all the sea lions gone. >> the rain has come and gone and there'se storms coming. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll have your thanksgiving day forecast coming up. >> the san jose police union releases a provocative new video and a question is being asked are raising questions of their own. there are no easy answers either. good evening. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the video is titled when did shooting a cop become okay? san jose rolled it out hoping to spark attention to a sharp increase in recent killings of officers. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at police headquarters with more on the story. vic? >> well, the police union president says he and his members will not be quiet as long as officers across this country are being ambushed just because they wear a badge. here's how the video starts. take a close look. the minute long online video asks police union president paul kelly unveiled the web ad next to had a mock thanksgiving table and dressed with the pictures of law enforcement officers who were kil

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