they've been talking with wayne friedman and he is live with the story. it really is quite surprising. >> reporter: stunned would be a pretty good word. it's interesting. everybody who lives in marin county would say this is paradise, a great place to live. it's also, by the way, a great place to own a home. median value roughly $900,000, going up by 10% in the last year. so here comes this report on a reputable website saying if you do own a home here, you're taking a risk. in tiburon, residents will have to deal once again with the imminent threat of a perfect day. >> what threat? >> a threat defined by weather.com that defies what they see and feel with what might be. due to the multiple threats of flooding, earthquakes, and wildfires. weather.com ranked marin county as the 17th most dangerous in all the united states to own a home. >> that's in the whole country? >> reporter: the research is based on statistics compiled from fema and other federal agencies. if tree, it would make owning a home in marin county almost as risky as in forest county, missi

in napa, wayne friedman, abc67 in napa, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> lisa, great see the community pull hard situation. >> definitely. we have fog right now starting out at 49 degrees. we look for numbers in the upper 60s today. we are suck in this pattern with mild afternoon highs, chilly mornings, some patchy fog. take you across the country and show you the deep freeze in just a minute. live doppler 7hd shows most of the fog offshore, but some of the valleys looking at the low clouds and the reduced visibility. so here is a look at the inner mountain west. boy, not only do we have the snow, it's cold. how about 1 degrees in boise. 20 chicago, 0 denver. more snow in the upper great lakes. highs today at about freezing in new york city and in the 20s in denver. so while most of the country is locked in that cold, cold pattern, weather systems can't move into the west coast and that's why we are locked into a mild, dry scenario for the weekend. mt. tam looking at a pretty shot. 50 san jose. oakland 47. 54 san francisco, morgan hill 49. clouds around san jose. and today you will be in th

as wayne friedman reports, they come from one man and tell a complex story. >> this was up in the dalyhave visual memories. in san mateo county, here's a man whose photos will be filling in more than a few blanks. >> it's not extraordinary that they were taken, it's extraordinary they were kept. >> norton pearl in 1948, norton pearl now. if anyone has seen and documented changes in san mateo county, it is this man, who spent most of his life here as a commercial photographer. >> i think it's the only way we really get to know who we were. >> his remarkable gift of images to the san mateo county historical association cuts through the essence of that. >> it's a daunting collection. 65 boxes. >> 250,000 individual negatives in the historical association has to go through every single one of them. >> when i saw all the boxes come the first day, i said holy toledo. >> more like holy peninsula or snowy one in this case. his photographs capture every notable event in this county for 60 plus years. here's sfo in the good old days. and new sfo still in the good old days of the early 1960s. >>

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman spent the day talking with bay area science experts about why today'sding is so very important. >> reporter: if you want to experiment with real comet stuff these days, there are two ways to do it. the easy one. go to uc berkeley, go to a dust free room, and spend time with dr. anna butterworth who studies particles from the star dust comet fly by in 2006. or do what the european space agency accomplished today. >> we definitely confirmed that the lander is on the surface. >> we are sitting on the surface. >> reporter: those are the early reactions after a space spectacular will be talking about for generations. after a journey of 10 yrs and multiple earth fly-byes, the european space agencies dropped a lander from an orbiting spacecraft onto the surface of comet 67 b this morning. >> it landed on the comet, and its arrival time was within two minutes of expected. trains don't run that well. >> reporter: the world has been waiting to celebrate this. at the san francisco splor tor yum, they commissioned this, an artist rendition of a comet. >> we're goin

in redwood city, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >> nice story there.ain this the forecast. >> there is. yes, a couple opportunities for rain. boy, very pretty shots this morning around the bay. live doppler 7hd. the reason for that, the low sun angle and the high clouds mixture out there, creating some very, very pretty pictures. we will add in some wind, as well. this afternoon a very nice day today. temperatures still very warm out there. upper 60s to the lower 70s by midday. here's a look at san jose. you have high clouds and 56 in the city. 48 down in san jose, as well as morgan hill. half moon bay 57 degrees. reason for that is the breezy winds. here's a look at mt. tam where the high clouds and the morning sunrise, boy, making for such a beautiful shot. 6:51 it comes up officially and setting at 4:58. 42 santa rosa. good morning novato. 41 for you. it's not as cool as it was yesterday morning with the mixing going on in the atmosphere. so temperatures this afternoon will feel pretty good. livermore and concord, though, you are cooler, as well as

ac news reporter wayne friedman has more. >> ever had a tough time breaking up with someone?you do so? >> you might regard this room as an arena or a pressure cooker. everyone here is an aspiring writer, fixes movie plots to a panel. experts, who might give them a big break. >> story about two brother and travel back in time to current day 2014 to try to stop a nuclear terrorist from destroying los angeles. >> or maybe here's an even better script about a small city that suffered an earthquake just a couple of months ago and how it's now the centerpiece for a film festival across the napa valley. only it's not a movie, it's reality. >> it's still treasure for the locals definitely. anytime a big truck goes by or a car with a tremendous amount of base you have your instant little freeze-up. >> that's the general manager of the beautiful and classically restored uptown theater. restored twice, actually. quake decimated the showpiece. now it's back in time to show philadelphia many for the festival. do you see the writing on this window? this is how the window looked for weeks a

as wayne friedman reports, they come from one man and tell a complex story. >> this was up in the dalye of us have visual memories. in san mateo county, here's a man whose photos will be filling in more than a few blanks. >> it's not extraordinary that they were taken, it's extraordinary they were kept. >> norton pearl in 1948, norton pearl now. if anyone has seen and documented changes in san mateo county, it would be this man, who spent most of his life here as a commercial photographer. >> i think it's the only way we really get to know who we were. >> his remarkable gift of images to the san mateo county historical association cuts to the essence of that. >> it's a daunting collection. 65 boxes. >> 250,000 individual negatives and the historical association has to go through every single one of them. >> well, when i saw all the boxes come the first day, i said, holy toledo. >> more like holy peninsula or snowy one in this case. mr. pearl's photographs capture pretty much every notable event in this county for 60 plus years. here's sfo in the good old days. and new sfo still in the

from the car show, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> this morning, setting up pregame tailgate parties.he menu reflected that but there is also something very unusual being cooked. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live outside levi stadium show to us what it is. >> a blue turkey. yes, blue. in a boiling vat of hot oil. much the way the fans are hoping the niners will handle the seahawks tonight. it may be thanksgiving but there is no place fans would rather be. thanksgiving dinner or niners. these fans decided they could have both. tailgaters prepared with a few dishes normally not stadium food. >> we have two turkeys that my beautiful wife over here cooked yesterday. we have a ham. all of the thanksgiving fixing he and then we're going to cook some appetizers on the barbecue just so we keep the tailgate tradition going. >> that would include hot links anbar be cue ribs. there's a blue turkey, symbolizing what niners fans would like do with the seahawks. >> they're tough birds. >> we got a knife. i'm con iffident we're going to carve them up tonight. >> we brought a special for them.

from the car show, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> this morning, setting up pregame tailgate parties.u reflected that but there is also something very unusual being cooked. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live outside levi stadium show to us what it is. >> a blue turkey. yes, blue. in a boiling vat of hot oil. much the way the fans are hoping the niners will handle the seahawks tonight. it may be thanksgiving but there is no place fans would rather be. thanksgiving dinner or niners. these fans decided they could have both. tailgaters prepared with a few dishes normally not stadium food. >> we have two turkeys that my beautiful wife over here cooked yesterday. we have a ham. all of the thanksgiving fixing he and then we're going to cook some appetizers on the barbecue just so we keep the tailgate tradition going. >> that would include hot links anbar be cue ribs. there's a blue turkey, symbolizing what niners fans would like do with the seahawks. >> they're tough birds. >> we got a knife. i'm con iffident we're going to carve them up tonight. >> we brought a special for them. they w

from santa rosa, wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> we are hearing for the first time from the san francisco zoo after the death of baby gril a.today the zoo director defened her organization against safety concerns raised by visitors and animal advocate groups. he was crushed by closing hydraulic door at this exhibit nearly two week ago. the i-team following the story very closely and dan spoke exclusively with the zoo director about what is being done to fix the problem. >> this investigation is a continuing i have planned to to disciplinary action. we are trying to find a future fix so that this never happens again. >>reporter: tonight on channel 7 you see dan full i-team report on why the zoo keeper involved in the tragic incident feels betrayed by the zoo director. >> san francisco police district attorney office are warning the chinese american community about a new wave of so-called blessing scam. thieves stealing money warding off evil spirit. vick lee has more. fight of the women we spoke with here are already on guard. they have seen the san francisco police video. reenactment show

from santa clara wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> researchers think they figured out what is killing millions of sea star along the pacific coast. cornell university scientist blame the death on type of virus found in invert brat. researchers notice the mystery disease last year that causes the sea star to dissolve and arms to fall off. experts believe the virus has been smoldering in sea stars at low level for decade. it was spotted in museum sample as far become as 1942. >> more to bring you here on this monday nye. coming. big new plans unveiled for what we now know as candlestick park. coming up. you see exactly what kind of shops are about to go in. >> and not a drochlt the drought impact on one california town and how that is all about to change. >> spencer is here with the weather. >> that's right.so far this week also a dry start but it will probably not end that way. accu-weather forecast in just will probably not end that way. accu-weather forecast in just a moment >> also. unique technology used to track great white shark may soon find a new mission by being terrorism and human tra

abc 7's wayne friedman brings us the holiday tradition. >> reporter: it has been said money times that good things come to those who wait. in san rafael it's a year-long wait culminating with this every thanksgiving. >> if you weren't thankful when you walked in, you'll be be thankful when you walk out. >> reporter: these only a few of some 1,000 people who will eat for free tonight at two branches of lotus cuisine of india in marin county. all thanks to the generosity of paul. he and his staff have been doing this for ten years. they don't take money. if someone insists on paying, it goes to the food bank. >> not a lot of work. i think it's just a lot of feeling good because you are giving it back. >> we're happy and proud. we want to do it. we want more people coming every year. >> reporter: paul came to the states in 1984. he was little more than a kid from north india with a big dream and stronger will. >> i came here with nothing, yes. >> reporter: and now? >> now we have three restaurants. and we are very fortunate that we are in marin. we are very fortunate that the community is