abc7 news reporter wayne friedman has been there all day in the rain. wayne?h, just a quick look down the corner there. that's the line. the line. and it's a long line. and these people are wet. how long, sir have you been in this line? >> since 9:00. >> 9:00 this morning? what about this gentleman over here? how long have you been in line? >> 9:00. >> is it gonna be worth it? >> i hope so >> the item they are waiting for costs all of $4.50. the only place you can get it is right in there. they stood in a line that stretched around the block in the rain, no less, a line that took hours to get through and in some cases, even longer to get to. >> i came up from reno. >> santa maria. >> orange county. >> reporter: to santa rosa and for what? >> makes my heart happy. >> euphoric. >> ever seen a line like this before? >> no, not for beer. >> beer? >> yeah. they are waiting for beer. >> reporter: not just any beer, at the russian river brewing company, this is the one for which customers wait all year, a not-so-modest very thick brew called primy the younger, named

in oakland, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> traffic could be an issue in oakland tonight.warriors are scheduled at 7:30 at oracle arena at about the time the monster jam is going under way at the coliseum. as many as 50,000 fans are expected to attend. fans are asked to get there early and if possible take public transportation. >>> the final countdown to rain -- i shouldn't say the final countdown. it's on and coming just four days from now on wednesday. you can track it on your smartphone any time with the abc 7 news weather app. certainly hope it's not the last countdown to rain. we need more. we've had so little this year so this is great news. >> katie, even though we're getting the rain, we cannot catch up this season for rainfall, so we will end the season well below normal, but at least it's coming and it will be significant rain. a look at live doppler 7 hd right now and you see a wisp of dog along t fog there along the coast. san jose sunny this morning with temperatures in the upper 40s. so slowly warming up for you. 42 in redwood city, 46 with the fog in half m

wayne friedman has the story. >> reporter: they stood in a line that stretched around the block in the rain no less, a line that took hours to get through and in some cases longer to get to. >> i came up from reno. >> reporter: and for what? >> it just makes my heart really happy. >> it's simply you forecast. >> reporter: have you ever seen a line like this before? >> yeah, not for beer. >> reporter: beer? >> yeah, they're waiting for beer. >> reporter: not just any beer. this is the one for which customers wait all year. a not so modest very big brew named after an ancient roman magistrate. apparently he was a fan of beer and so was the brew master who never expected that what dpbega as an experiment would become a phenomenon. >> well, it blows me away. i'm still surprised when all these people show up every year. very humbled. >> reporter: there are a lot of secrets that go into making it and vinny isn't going to tell us. firstly he brews it twice as long. more ingredients, the hops. there are three times the normal amount of hops in this beer. and the alcohol content? 10.25%. >> you

wayne friedman of our san francisco station has the story. >> reporter: unbelievable.ted in the 1800s. >> it is clear these were buried over a long period of time. >> and dug up in coffee cans, an unnamed couple walking on their land in northern california's gold country. here is the story as they told rare coin dealer, don kagin, when they walked through the door one day last year. >> found the can, they used a stick to dig it out. they brought it back thinking it was full of paint because it was so heavy. then when they got rid of some of the gunk and dirt they discovered they had gold. the little pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. they went back with a metal detector and found seven other cans. >> that now have a name. the saddle ridge hoard. 1400 coins. street value back then, $28,000. but so much more now because of the lore and the quality. >> the coins that are out there, that have maintained their value the best over the years, the coins that have good stories, that's what people are really buying here. >> what do they plan to do with the cans? >> they want

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>> so gene won't forget. >> wayne friedman, abc news. >> cute couple. >> they are. >> this guy says basically, successful couples stop trying to change each other. i think that's so wise. that's your partner. maybe you can tell them to put the toilet seat down but he will never stop being himself. and vice versa. >> all right. >> coming up, we'll go throwback thursday real soon. >>> and we are celebrating some of the coolest moments in olympic history. you're watching "world news now." >> "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ >>> a live look there at sochi where the winter games are underway this morning, and that brings us to this throwback thursday where we are honoring some of the most memorable moments in olympic history. >> there are so many inspirational moment that is have taken place in decades since modern olympics began. but one of the most stunning has to be what happened in the 1936 summer games in berlin, germany. >> the games were in nazi germany. hitler showing people that the aryan nation were the dominant race. but jesse owe

. >> reporter: wayne friedman from abc 7 in san francisco visited a hay farm that's seen barely a sprout this year. >> what this drought is doing in california is unprecedented in five generations of living memory. >> reporter: he says the it will affect everything from food prices to hydro electric power. >> we could see brownouts from less water. for small agricultural towns, we are seeing the effects. some of them have 50% unemployment. bottom line, in california, a way of living could be ending. >> reporter: but are the extremes of one year related to climate change? stanford's noah has been working through that very thorny link. he says man-made change does exacerbate the extreme weather events, meaning more intense storms, floods, tornados and droughts to come. dr. judith curry of georgia tech says climate models aren't there yet. just not up to the task of distinguishing what has caused an individual extreme weather event. for "this week," ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> let's go now to north carolina governor, pat mccrory, los angeles mayor, eric garcetti, abc's chief importan

from napa, wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> another pedestrians was hit and killed if san francisco today. just as the city transportation agency was holding a meeting about pedestrians safety. man struck and killed by a car as he crossed a busy intersection in the sun set. he was walking west across sunset boulevard near yorba street when it happened. 7 news reporter carolyn tyler has a look at the city effort to prevent these kind of tragedies. >> the deadly collision happened just before 11:00 o'clock this morning. on busy stretch of sunset boulevard. sky 7 hd was above the scene. police say it's unclear if the victim was in the crosswalk when hit by a red toyota. the impact lodged him in the windshield. 3 women in the car were injured. the death came just hours before the municipal transportation agency unanimously approved what is known as vision zero. strategy designed to reduce pedestrians fatality to zero by the year 2 2024. >> right goal to have where we shouldn't accept in a great city like ours that is on the one hand voted often to be one of the most walkable cities in the cou