with all of the places you could walk in st chinese dream only. a coma any city with almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal miners the fed. live to these people a survivor of a world disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happening it's happened. the warhawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles they don't. produce talk to try to tell you to separate gossip and public by file for the most important day. off the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough to buy their products. are the hawks that we along with are on the watch. as one of the biggest police corruption scandals in the us sun rivals will report from the city of baltimore on what triggered the case and some of the mysteries surrounding it the. world anti-doping agency says it's seriously concerned with the deci

of a dog and people also took part in traditional dancing the a st petersburg went to palace in russia but there was silence in the chinese capital beijing after a new ban on fireworks instead people went to the city's temples throwing coins and praying for good luck adrian brown reports from beijing on what they hear the dog could mean for china. it stopped time of year when china becomes a nation in motion few places busier than beijing's railway station during the last lunar new year holiday around four hundred million travel by train that's more than the population of the united states some are migrant workers unsure if they'll return a campaign of demolitions has made life here impossible for them my child is in school here we lived in beijing for many years but now they're trying to kick us out of cause of the bout that much of the world's second largest economy is coming to a halt throughout the country people are on the move in what is the walls largest annual human migration people heading home for celebrations that will last for two weeks. as the chinese are sure in the year of the dog fortuneteller one how sees

attended event, and it really is a kickoff to the chinese new year celebrations throughout the month of february. there is a small procession beginning at st. mary's square and grant to washington. at grant a ribbon-cutting at the flower market fair on washington street and grant avenue. the mayor and dignitaries will attend the ceremonies. that will be from 10:00 until 8:00 p.m. there is a dua saturation patrol. that was this past friday. california highway pa-- california office of traffic safety provided funding. it was a dui checkpoint and proactive saturation to reduce amount of drunk drivers on the streets. results over 30 citations written. one unlicensed driver sited. no dui arrests made from the checkpoint. we released the 9 6:00 a.m. report this -- 96 report this week. the results encouraging. 33% decrease in reportable use of force in compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. year-to-date for the year 2017 our department saw an 18% decrease in use of forces compared to 2016. there were 212 calls for service in the fourth quarter of 2017. force was used in one tenth of 1% of those 212 calls for service. a total of 262 incidents of

gary: my chinese friends weree very quickck to point out that when you see the government, as we did,d, making some very stof friendly noises towards organized religions, it's a bit of a surprise often for people from outside china, like h how is it that this government that used to be all about atheism is now sort of very friendly towards at least a schedule of religions, particularly the traditional cultural religions like buddhism and taoismsm and confucianism? and the fact is that the communist party is observing that tens of millions of people are becocoming more religious, and they're realizing that this might actually be an opportununity for them to kind o encourage these religions to be environmentally conscious and to support that side of the religigions, because that wl help people become maybe a little bit less materialistic, a little less oriented towards consumption. i think the government realizes that the era of kind of, you know, 13% growth every year is coming to an end. pollution is going to be an issue that's going to take 10 or 20 years to sort out. so they rereally need to kind of enco

a dog and people also took part in traditional dancing close to st petersburg's winter palace in russia there was silence in the chinese capital beijing after a new ban on fireworks however people went to the city's temples throwing coins and praying for good luck. well the lunar new year is a time for many in south korea to pay respects to their ancestors both of those families separated since the korean war it can be a painful time they hope a recent thaw in relations with the north will see freedom of movement across the border has more now from pod jewel close to the demilitarized zone. many people here don't know if their loved ones in the north are dead or alive yet they come to pray and offer food and wine to family members during this lunar new year holiday with the mountains of north korea on the horizon the ritual at engine got resort offers them a physical proximity to their homes and the solace of comfort from others they share the pain dulled over the decades but not forgotten. not many of us are alive now and soon we will all be gone all wishes to have people visit their homes the second and third generat

st. george? >> i couldn't see getting on top of a rocket and blasting into space without a couple of good gin martinis in my belly. >> abc7 news. >>> today the chinese new year celebration started with a bang. i love the sound of fire crackers. abc7 news was at san francisco's porths moth port smuth square. this 288 foot golden dragon delighted the kids. this was a small preview of the much larger chinese new year's parade coming up one week from tomorrow. >>> this holiday weekend is expected to be one of the coldest of the year. don't forget about your pets. animal officials in contra costa county say that no matter what, you should bring them in at night. if you're going to keep them outside, they say you should make sure they have good bedding and access to food and water. one more thing, don't let a heavy fur coat fool you. >> just the fact that it has fur doesn't mean that it's completely exempt from the impacts of cold weather. >> good to keep in mind. contra costa animal services also recommends getting a sweater for your pet to keep them warm. >> just how cold is it going to get? >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it all for us. >> h

st. george? >> i couldn't see getting on top of a rocket and blasting into space without a couple of good gin martinis in my belly. >> abc7 news. >>> today the chineseation started with a bang. i love the sound of fire crackers. abc7 news was at san francisco's porths moth port smuth square. this 288 foot golden dragon delighted the kids. this was a small preview of the much larger chinese new year's parade coming up one week from tomorrow. >>> this holiday weekend is expected to be one of the coldest of the year. don't forget about your pets. animal officials in contra costa county say that no matter what, you should bring them in at night. if you're going to keep them outside, they say you should make sure they have good bedding and access to food and water. one more thing, don't let a heavy fur coat fool you. >> just the fact that it has fur doesn't mean that it's completely exempt from the impacts of cold weather. >> good to keep in mind. contra costa animal services also recommends getting a sweater for your pet to keep them warm. >> just how cold is it going to get? >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it all for us. >> hi there. cold en

chinese new year parade on saturday?>>> yes. >>> 5:46 am and the san jose sharks are showing they belong in the nhl. they have trailed dallas and st. louis in the standings by two but they beat the stars. just five minutes later they led to to nothing. they scored their fourth victory in five games. they hope to be the blues in st. louis tomorrow night. >>> the nba all-star game was great with a new format. team lebron at stout the other team. [ crowd noise ] way downtown. terry was a captain with 11 points. however kevin durant played on lebron james team they did have some defense. [ crowd noise ] they won. [ crowd noise ] i don't know if you saw that but they swarmed all over him. they could not get the sawed-off and their team lost. it was a great game. it is okay, we still love you seth. each player of lebron james team will take him $100,000 because they won the game. seth curry's team gets $25,000 each. >>> and the rockets red glare [ music ] the bombs bursting in air. ♪ [ music ] >> don't laugh. and they were gathering a lot of attention trying not to laugh because fergie did not do well singing the national anthem. fergie