>> in san francisco, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> makes me cold just watching.w and the only way they are surviving this winter is with their snow making equipment. heavenly tells us they are making snow every night and has been able to open a couple more lifts and runs every week. there's a slight chance of snow next week but only a few inches are expected. >>> the warm temperatures and lack of rain have farmers in the central valley concerned about their crops. winters in the valley are usually cool and wet, a times for crops to go dormant, but not right now. after dealing with a freeze last month temperatures are in the 60s and the ground is so dry farmers are forced to irrigate their crops one or two months ahead of schedule. >> every morning i k wake up and check the forecast for rain and keep hoping and praying for it. >> farmers are also concerned the warm weather could fuel diseases and things to destroy the crops. it could have a major economic effect on the region. coming up next, the san francisco startup with the unusual goal. how it's using crowd fu

we sent abc news reporter wayne friedman into the deep freeze to experience that firsthand. >> it is hot topic around town among niner fans. the cold about to hit your team in green bay this sunday. >> game time zero degrees. the wind-chill factor is minus 20 to minus 25. >> ever wonder what that is really like? ever hear of growers refrigeration company in san francisco? >> you are my liability. >> okay, we are going to go in here. >> this is a family operation that's been in the same place for half a century. they sort food here before shipping. lots of it. >> how cold is it? >> subzero in the freezer room. with the fan running, maybe 10, 15 below zero. >> without windchill but close enough to the tundra players and fans will endure in green bay this weekend. >> it's hard. >> first reaction from a native californian who was surround by frozen fish but he was beginning to feel like a frozen fish himself. >> did the niners ever quit practice? >> but we didn't come here to play. we had the goal of spending three hours in this environment. turns out we barely lasted three minutes. robe

abc 7 reporter wayne friedman was among them. >> reporter: are these the best of times, the worst or the strangest? how else to explain the summer weather in what should be winter? we could quote you that a station between how weather is short term and climate is long. but -- z >> i'm a little more scared of the radiation from the sun. >> reporter: if the weather seems strange to you, it also must be that way to the fish, according to one man who knows them. >> i always felt you need to base your lifestyle on your worst years. >> reporter: commercial fisherman ken clark told us the verdict remains out for 2014, but he worries about how an absence of rain might keep the salmon from spawning. >> if these fish don't make it up there, we don't have fish in three years. >> reporter: all in consideration on a beautiful june -- excuse us -- january day. from pacifica, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> what a nice day to be on the beach in pacifica or any other place in the bay area. almost 70. >> hatton bay reached 77 degrees today. >> smack dab in the middle of january. who knows where this w

here's wayne friedman with some hard core fans. >> lets talk fever. going right now. the kind you don't want to catch called the flu. and then that other affliction known as forty-niner fever which seems to grow stronger when treated withly pwaition. josh certified niner fan based on i-phone pictures and he's a pwraw master who has commemorated play off run with a new concoction. >> i have made a beer. niner nation i p a. >>reporter: he brew it in mountain view says it in various bar around the bay and needs the 9 investigators win big this weekend because he has 35 kegs. josh is not the only person investing in liquid joy right now exploratorium renowned gold dust lounge where they mix plenty of stiff drink 7 days a week. they have added a new ingredient so rare and it from a safe. r nick bonus you are looking at precious stuff. >> edible gold but real 24 carat gold. that's right. >>reporter: when bartender heard the plan. are you a bartender or meddle your honorist. >> i'm a jairl do you want me to try it out. >>reporter: the creation of drink they

abc7 reporter wayne friedman has the story from marin county. >> honey, can i have a bite of your snicker? [laughter] >> reporter: residents of marin county's driest year on record. a picnic on the bay. can it get any better? >> december and like this? are you kidding me? its great. >> or can it get worse? all depends on who you ask and how they are feeling. >> not despair, but concern. >> reporter: gregory andrew of the marin county water district, yes, they have seen the grass and the water rationing, but his concern here is right here in the creek whereby now the coho salmon should be spawning. >> how many do you think you've got? >> about 100. >> a hundred? >> about a hundred. >> what should you have? >> we've had 500, 600. >> the water you are looking at here might seem to be impressive, but it's just runoff, the same we would see in summertime. by december it should be a raging torrent, whitewater over my head calling the salmon into the bay. >> we are seeing fish trickle in. literally trickle in, a little at a time. >> here's the carcass of one, and downstream, marked by a blue fla

from berkeley, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >>> to help the californian radio historical society keep itsabc7news.com. steve cushman is a video editor here at abc7. >>> today new york yankees pitcher cc sabathia will be here for a free baseball camp. it's part of the pitch in foundation baseball pro camp. the camp works with north vallejo little league to provide camp scholarships to 244 girls in the city. today's camp runs from nine to noon. >>> also happening today the san francisco's giants pitcher jeremy affeld will package meals in the name of charity. he, along with five hundred teenagers, will make and pack meals for the homeless. >> coming up, we will take a look from our exploratorium cam. that looks gorgeous in blue. you see the partly cloudy skies there. lisa argen says possibly, maybe, a little bit of rain next week. we8t Ñxtes0p0p [ man ] yo buzz! drop that beat! remix! ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ ♪ you got that medley crunch ♪ go! go! buzz! ♪ go! go! go! buzz! ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ clusters, flakes ♪ that medley crunch, crunch! ♪ clusters, flakes ♪ that medley crun

wayne friedman has the story from marin county. >> can i have a bite of your snicker bar?county's driest year on record. a picnic on the by. can it get any better? >> december and like this? are you kidding me? its great. >> or can it get worse? all depends on who you ask and how they are feeling. >> not despair, but concern. >> reporter: gregarian drew of the marin county water district, yes, they have seen the grass and the water rationing, but his concern here is right here in the creek whereby now the coho salmon should be spawning. >> how many do you think you have? >> about 100. >> a hundred? >> about a hundred. >> when should you have? >> we've had 500, 600. >> the water might seem to be impressive, but it's just runoff, the same we would see in summertime. by december it should be a raging torrent, whitewater over my head calling the salmon into the bay. >> we are seeing fish trickle in. literally trickle in, a little at a time. >> here's the carcass of one, and downstream, marked by a blue flag, the place last week gregory saw a female dig a nest and lay 2,000 egg

from berkeley, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >>> to help the californian radio historical society keep itse a link to its website at abc7news.com. steve cushman is a video editor here at abc7. >>> today new york yankees pitcher cc sabathia will be here to host a baseball camp for youth in vallejo. he will join the areas top coaches for a free camp. it's part of the pitch in camp hosted by the foundation baseball pro camp. the camp works with north vallejo little league to provide camp scholarships to 244 girls in the city. today's camp runs from nine to noon. >>> also happening today the san francisco's giants pitcher jeremy affeld will package meals in the name of charity. he, along with five hundred teenagers, will make and pack meals for the homeless. 250,000 meals through his foundation generation alive. he will en making the shelves at the elementary school in east palo alto. sounds like there's a big job ahead of them. still ahead on the saturday morning news, making wishes come true. the surprise give-aways at a san jose high school. and taking a live look outside at 8:38. in this i

wayne friedman looked into that. >> diesel trucks, 75 decibels. [siren] 89 decibels. human scream? as much as 115 decibels at a distance of three feet. now imagine 60,000 mutually screaming fans at that level and you get a sense of when the -- what the 49ers face at century link field sunday. note the meter, mr. kaepernick. >> it's a little bit louder in seattle. >> hence the loud speakers the 49ers have been blasting at recent practices and ear plugs worn by opposing players at the stadium. to hear the seahawks tell it. they designed their place to deflect sound and distract opponents. century field has roof shapes to deflect the sound and construction to keep it circulating inside n the end zone it has 40 rows of aluminum bleachers, designed for maximum volume. louder than thunder, they claim. a few weeks ago they set a sound record of almost 138 decibels on the scale. in comparison, a rock concert is only 120. the front row. 138 is violating federal osha standards. >> is that literally deafening? >> yes. >> so they must be lying. >> well -- >> he designs buildings

here is wayne friedman with the story. >> reporter: it's one those places if you stand in one spot long the world really will pass by. >> it's pretty chill. [laughter] >> a million people a year, actually. >> from ukraine. >> for the feral islands. >> they do come from everywhere. now those who love m. ir woods worry that the place might be too popular. >> i think john muir would be appalled at is happening at muir woods today. >> one reason why this resident, paul, spoke to the marin county board of supervisors as they drafted a letter to the national park service about plans to manage the sometimes teeming masses. a large parking area is off the table. there's now a reservation plan in the works. >> would you have come if you would have needed to make a reservation. >> probably not. >> now the county will ask for a scientific study. >> the study would look scientifically at the study how many people are too many people? when does the benefit of sharing this environment become harmful to it? >> one thing that has to be taken into consideration is what is happening to those trees that t

from muir woods in marin county, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> no rain but you pointed out a little fogbut it's hanging around in the livermore valley. low visibility there. the rest of us are experiencing partly cloudy skies. you can see the cloud cover. it was up in the north and continues to shift southward. that will be the trend throughout the day today, leaving us with plenty of sunshine. mt. tam still looking at some layered high clouds out there with temperatures not as cool as they could be with low 40s from redwood city, upper 40s san francisco. oakland drops into the upper 30s earlier today and half moon bay already at 50 degrees with some really big sur of being generated offshore. here's a look from our east bay hills camera on top of vollmer peak. more high clouds for you with temperatures still in the upper 30s in napa. better visibility. 45 in petaluma. chilly in the east bay with 41 in concord and livermore too with the cloud cover 42 degrees. so with our golden gate bridge in view, you can see the sunshine all around the bay. that's going to stay with us today. the coo

from muir woods in marin county, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> it is magnificent.e the fog, the trees. and they have it this morning getting what little bit of moisture we can muster. as we take a look at live doppler 7hd it looks like the same picture although we have some high clouds around. at 7:25 when the sun comes up, it will be obscured from some of the poor visibility out there. we will wait until we get things clearing out. as a result, that low sun angle for january bringing us cool, but sunny conditions on the way today. from our roof camera this morning the numbers are really chilly out there in some spots with the poor visibility. 48 in san francisco. oakland has dropped to 39, as well as redwoodty city. half moon bay is at 48 degrees. some of the temperatures in the north bay are very chilly. by the delta, you are freezing, 32. 34 in santa rosa. these numbers will continue to drop. upper 30s napa, petaluma and 40 in livermore. you do have fog. concord is sitting at 40, as well. from emeryville this morning not as foggy as it was yesterday but we are l

from berkeley, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >>> to help the californian radio historical society keep its7news.com. steve cushman is a video editor here at abc7. >>> today new york yankees pitcher cc saw bath i don't know will be here for a free baseball camp. it's part of the pitch in foundation baseball pro camp. the camp works with north valy show little league to provide camp scholarships to 244 girls in the city. today's camp runs from nine to noon. >>> also happening to the san francisco's giants pitcher jeremy after felled will package feels in the name of charity. he, along with five hundred teenagers, will make and pack 250 homes for the homeless knew his foundation generation alive. it will be at 10:00 in east palo alto so. still ahead on the saturday morning news, making wishes come through. the surprise give-aways at a san jose high school. and at 5:37, taking a live look outside right now from our sutro tower cam. lisa argen will have your fore [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly baked,

wayne friedman has the story from marin county. >> can i have a bite of your snicker bar?and like this? are you kidding me? its great. >> or can it get worse? all depends on who you ask and how they are feeling. >> not despair, but concern. >> the water district, yes, they have seen the grass and the water rationing but his concern here is right here in the creek whereby now the should be spawning. >> how many do you think you have? >> about 100. >> how many should you have. >> 500, 600. >> the water might seem to be impressive but it's just run off, the similar we would see in summertime. by summer it should be a raging torrent, white water over my head calling the salmon into the bay. >> we are seeing fish trickle in. literally trickle in, a little at a time. >> here's the carcass of one and downstream, marked by a blue flag, the place last year gregory saw a female dig a nest and lay 2,000 eggs. >> it's the clean gravel and the deep spot in the front and mound behind it and the eggs are in the mound underneath. >> but it's not good, not even close, not for a pattern tha

. >> from santa clara, wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> all right. we get our cute on now. tiny niners fan who has been a good luck charm. whenever he's dressed in this beanie the 49ers win. so he is going to dress like this on sunday. hope it works again. send us your fan photo. e-mail them to us at this site. also post them on our facebook page or tweet them to us at this site. and our very own sports director larry in charlotte for the game. live post game reaction tonight on the 7 news. be sure to follow him on twitter at larry biel abc 7. the larry is looking forward to covering the game in north carolina on sunday. sound like the weather there is much better than what the 9 hers in green bay. >> quite different. it is going to be fwevshtion 58 grease at kick off. we thought slight chance of rain but now looks like dry. >> let's continue to get our cute on. tive moments of cuteness pumping waited by moments of time lapse view. >> lacking at south beach camera. colorful western sky setting sun back behind sutro tower. it was a is sight to behold and i think you just d.l

>> in san francisco, wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> larry is here with preview of sports and talking aboutn forget the warriors. >> war yoshtion i saw wayne couple hours after. that he was still thawing out. kind of fragile. >> glove and hat you need it. >> now to the warriors. look like they were on empty tonigh tonight. the tank was on e in atlanta but funny thing atlanta but funny thing happened in the fourth quarte to thsuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. or how to find big savings on the things you need. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card helps you keep your resolution to save money. now's a good time to pack your lunches. lean cuisine entrees are just $2.00. chobani yogurt is just a buck. resolutions kept. and charmin is $8.99 for the 20 double roll bonus pack. real big deals this week and every week.

wayne friedman reports now from napa county. >>reporter: here's a new concept for you. when clear skies and good weather become a problem. in napa county the wine industry is viewing it that way. >> beautiful weather. >>reporter: beautiful weather bad weather at this point. >> a little bit concerning. >>reporter: as human seek balance in life so do vips along with amy. in average growing season napa county receives 25 inches of rain. last year just 4. with little more on the horizon. even if we didn't see a drop of rain this season these vines would still produce grapes. it's what they do. larger question is how potential drought would affect quantity and more important quality. >> if we have earlier bud break common to come out of dormant earlier you have longer growing season, they have a longer time mature. >>reporter: she and other growers worry about frost and having little water to protect against it. or heavy rain arriving late in the season causing wrought. so it is not just lack of rain. rain comes at the wrong thyme could hurt as well so that's the reason we l

wayne friedman looked into that [siren] 89 decibels. a human scream?bels at a distance of three feet. now imagine 60,000 mutually screaming fans at that level and you get a sense of when the 49ers face at century link field sunday. note the meter. >> it's a little bit louder in seattle. >> hence the loud speakers the 49ers have been blasting at recent practices and ear plugs worn by opposing players at the stadium. to hear the seahawks tell it. they designed their place to deflect sound and distract opponents. century link has roof shapes to deflect the sound and construction to keep it circulating inside n the end zone it has 40 rows of aluminum bleachers, designed for maximum volume. louder than thunder, they claim. a few weeks ago they set a sound record of almost 138 decibels on the scale. in comparison, a rock concert is only 120. at 138 is violating federal osha standards. >> is that literally deafening? >> yes. >> so they must be lying. >> well -- >> he designs buildings and he said a structure can focus natural sound to a specific point, it can

wayne friedman looked into that. >> diesel trucks, 75 decibels. 89 decibels. a humor scream? as much as 115 decibels at a distance of three feet. now imagine 50,000 mute willie screaming fans at that level and you get a sense of when the 49ers face at century link field sunday. note the meter. >> it's a little bit loudner seattle. >> hence the loud speakers the 49ers have been blasting at recent practices and ear plugs worn by opposing players at the stadium. they designed their place to deflect sound and distract opponents. century field has shapes to deflect the sound and construction to keep it circulating inside n the end zone it has 40 rows of aluminum bleachers, designed for maximum volume. louder than thunder, they claim. a few weeks ago they set a sound record of almost 138 decibels on the scale. in comparison, a rock concert is only 120a peek of 138 is violating federal osha standards. >> is that literally deafening? >> yes. >> so they must be lying. >> well -- >> he designs buildings and he said a structure can focus natural sound to a specific point t can amplify t

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