No need to rubber neck. People should go home and watch. We have the best pictures for you. They just transferred this elephant seal and its going to pull out any moment here headed for a safer place. Let me show you that this is the moment that the Marine Mammal center was waiting for. They needed her back on land to tranquilize her. She did make it at the split. Then, veterinarians tranquilized her. It took more than a dozen people to roll her onto a tarp and then get her onto a lift of a lift truck and then safely into the bed of that truck. The last plan was to drive her near point reus which is where she should have been headed anyway. So the elephant seal made her first appearance after she tried to cross the highway. What youre looking at now is whats happening around noon. Workers making another attempt in a kayak. They banged on the side of the kayak and they splashed through this kind of stuff. Its a battle of the whales. The elephant seal kind of won, pushing the researchers back at one point and ultimately swinging in the opposite direction. Workers say they are not surprised because they are notoriously stubborn animals. Its nothing out of the ordinary, i want to see that shes active, alert, that shes upset at me for doing that. I dont want her to get used to that. Based on the mud track, researchers estimate shes been there two days, maybe three. Its been quite the spectacle atop of chp. That is a simple case of rubber necking. They are asking drivers not to slow down and certainly not to stop in rain. But weve seen that out here, as well. Waiting for the latest update and ill have that information new for you at 5 00. In san francisco, a cat died when a fire broke out. The fire started in the third floor unit in the building on lincoln way and fourth avenue. Firefighters were able to quickly put down the blame. The fire displaced seven residents. Fire station 11 was evacuated after a man dropped off a crate of black powder and blasting caps. He found it while cleaning out a storage area. Now, Officials Say the man is not in any trouble, but if you ever find explosives, call 911 for help. Dont try to move them yourself. 19 seconds, thats the time that elapsed from when police first confronted a man running at them with a knife and when they shot him to death. This happened christmas knife. The man was screaming and refused orders to drop the knife. Three officers moved away and took cover behind the patrol cars. And then all of the sudden, with no warning, charged at full sprint directly at our officers. Police say the man called 911 operators to report a phony crime. More work needs to be done to fully restore gas service in discovery bay. Pg e has gone doortodoor to relight pilot lights at about 4800 homes and businesses. Its a big job. The utility says about 2800 people were not home and theyll have to call pg e to have gas service restored. An outage knocked out gas for 6,000 customers. Drivers across the bay area to cold temperatures this morning. How about the cell phone video showing ice. That is the big question. How long is this cold going to last . It will take us into the new year. Its an accuweather forecast. Yeah, it sure will take you into the new year. Were going to be some frosty conditions in the days ahead. Let me show you live doppler 7 hd and well talk about whats ahead as we head towards your holiday. Really, clear across the bay area. Here is a look at how cold this morn ing morning some other areas, mid to upper 20s. Heres a live picture from our east bay hills camera. We do have a few clouds, it will be rolling in by morning. Looking at mostly clear and chilly this evening. Tomorrow morning, cold again. Upper 20s to low 40s with the cloud cover. Temperatures will come up just sliegtly and then tomorrow afternoon, upper 40s to the mid 50s with plenty of sun. I do have some showers in the accuweather forecast. Ill let you know exactly when coming up. Well, sky 7 hd shows you a big mess in san francisco. A garbage truck caught fire along southbound 101 near paul avenue this morning. Drivers dealt with delays when the fire forced the high way patrol to close the two right lanes of the freeway. You can see smoke rising from the truck. And this picture tweeted by the highway patrol. Good news here, no one was hurt. Somebody broke into a gun store on south murray avenue. Public safety officers rushed to the scene after a Burglar Alarm went off at u. S. Firearms company around 4 00 a. M. They found the suspect in another car. He had the phrase hate cops tattooed on his knuckles. Today, a judge issued a restraining order against a woman accused of flouing coffee at a muslim man. Denise has been charged with a hate crime. The violent ins dept happened while some muslim men were praying in regional park. Under orders now to stay 200 yards away from the victim and the park. The largest cargo ship to ever visit the United States is expected today arrive at the port of oakland thursday morning. The Benjamin Franklin is 1300 feet long. Oakland is one of only a handful of american ports large enough to accommodate one of these so called megaships. Putting the finishing touches on a letter to the nfl. The city hopes to keep them hinging on that letter. Abc 7 News Reporter had the scoop live from city hall. Melanie . Well, chris tin, the Mayors Office says that the letter will be made public, but not until after its set. We can tell you it will include a request for more time. A plan to keep the Oakland Raiders in oakland is far from finished. Theres concern by many in our camp that if we dont get something solid to keep the team in oakland, it will be a sign that oakland doesnt care and they can just leave. He says hes been a raiders fan since 1976. Took me to a local watering hole to keep me out. But i remember everybody jumping up and down. Fans are still jumping up and down despite several seasons of losses. The st. Lewis group with much more to l. A. Its down to the wire for oakland to present a new statement to the nfl. On december 30th, well be giving the nfl an update on progress. Oakland is operating in a uniquely complex situation and that we cant what needs to be a transparent public process. Hes hoping he still wont have to share for his last. We need to find creative ways to keep the team. In oakland, abc 7 news. The owners meeting is scheduled for january 12th. Its important to note that while they could decide which team or teams will be given approval to move to l. A. , no teams will get the necessary votes. Delaying the process even further. Authorities are calling a string of fires suspicious. The concern there could be an arsonist on the loose. Another round of Severe Weather pounding parts of the u. S. And impacting travel everywhere. Sonoma county residents are worried about a possible arsonist after a string of fires. One targeted an important local health clinic. Abc 7 News Reporter joins us live. Alyssa, you just spoke with investigators . It was a matter of minutes before it was just gone. Reporter chrissy shot this viz owe early saturday morning. The Health Center across the street from her house went up in sflams. This is one of five fires in the past ten days. The latest this fire that toured through a house sunday. The residents were not home. This happened one day ach the fire at the Health Center which is being called suspicious. It started in a room near an elevator shaft and shot up to the attic. Originally, we thought it might be someone getting out of the cold trying to stay warm. But this fire here was too fast, too quick to be just a warming fire that got away. Fire chief says it could be connected to a fire that burned a vacant building just a block away. It appears someone broke into a former motel under renovation. West county health set up a mobile unit. We can pretty much do anything that we would normally do in a medical clinic. The doctors are diagnosing. Theres exam tables. Neighbors keep a watchful eye for a possible arsonist. A new report is painting a devastating picture of how californias drought could impact trees across the state. Another 888 million are droughtstressed. They say if the drought and warmer weather persists, the trees would likely die and new growth would be suppressed. The tree deaths will also severely impact the states water system. So its bad. And just the opposite problem in parts of the country. Rare winter flooding has shut down two parts of the missouri and illinois. Its so bad, missouri governor has called in the national guard. Blizzard warning. Sleet hitting boston as the region gets its first major snowfall snowfall. Also, leading to suck cessful rescues. This school bus carrying a girls hoot Basketball Team skidded off the road into flood waters. Now, rivers streaming over their banks, rising to historic levels. Volunteers scrambling as the Mississippi River is expected to crest higher than it has in 22 years. The second highest level ever rored. Now, this deadly mid wegs storm is barrelling towards the northeast with sleep, snow and freezing rain. The cleanup of those deadly twisters is giving way to cold and ice. The cleanup still has a long way to go. Crews here are busy at work. Weather across the country, even here in the bay area. This is what it looked like this afternoon at oakland international. You can see just how long and crowded the security lines are. More than 1300 flights have been cancelled nationwide so far today. If youre headed to the airport today or tomorrow, be sure to leave yourself plenty of extra time. And you have a chance to help make history before the year is up by visiting yosemite. The park is 220, 000 visits shy of its 1996 record. But those numbers are only through ok. Theres a chance 2015 could top that. About 300 million people. The best part ant yosemite, you can just drive there. Now, take a look at all of that snow and how calm the water it looks. And nicole brown shared this with us on twitterment share your winter photos with us. We may use them on line and on our air. Youll have another chance to get some winter photos in the next few days. Here is the accuweather forecast. Snow showers may pop up actually in the tahoe area tomorrow morning. And for early next week, theyll be looking at tomorrows snow. Let moe show you doppler 7 hd. It is pretty quiet across the bay area. No rain on the screen there. For our san jose camera, we are seeing sunshine in the south bay. Look at these temperatures, a nice recovery from earlier this morning. Low to mid 50s. San jose, morgan hill from our mt. Tem town, temperatures are in the mid 50s in santa rosa, concord. And a lovely view from our Golden Gate Bridge camera. Nice and bright, cold and frosty. Dry for your new years eve celebration and it is going to be a switchover early next week. So we do have some changes coming. Tomorrow morning, it will be very minor, the change that is. Youre still going to see the cold spots. Youre still going to wake up to some frost. The only difference is were not going to see as many mid 20s as we did because the cloud cover will be increasing in the north bay. 32 santa rosa, low to mid 30s around concord, liver more. Oakland, 38, 42 san francisco. Youll still feel the chill. 28 degrees in morgan hill. Heres a look at whats going to happen. Tomorrow morning, well see some clouds. A few sprinkles are possible in the morning in the north bay and cant rule out a sprinkle in east bay. I wouldnt change up your plans, really, because this is a weak system thats not going to hold together very well. The next system that comes in early next week, thats a different story. This one will actually bring us some rain. It returns next week, monday night, into tuesday well be talking about some wet weather and our rain chances, as you take a look at santa rosa, a small chance tomorrow. Dry through the holidays and then we go into monday and tuesday and thats when well be talking about pretty good possibility of rain. Stays chilly tomorrow amp noon, upper 40s for napa, valejo, could see a few spripgs. 54 in san jose. Chitly nights and mornings coming up. Wednesday, thursday, saturday, sunday. Get used to it. Looks spectacular going into the new year. Now we fast forward to the weekend. Slight chance of a few showers monday morning. Well be looking at our tuesday on our form impact scale. A 2. So we could be seeing a wet pattern. Lets hope that that switch does occur early next week. Up next, the number there is and a local restaurant with the most requested destination in the entire country. And new after 4 30, its getting crowded up there. Look at this. The fears this afternoon from nasa and why all of this debris could pose a significant threat. And our emoryville camera looking at traffic, its supposed to be holiday lights, dan. Well be right ba when you dont want things to break down, you take care of them. Thats why free Preventive Care comes with all Health Insurance plans offered through covered california. Enroll by january 31st to avoid the irs tax penalty. Covered california offers Quality Health plans, and you can choose from brandname Insurance Companies you know. We help you compare apples. To apples. To find free, local, inperson help visit coveredca. Com lyft has the most dropoffs of the nation, here, its hometown san francisco. Tacolicious. There are three locations in san francisco. The most visited event space was at t park. The cofounders say it has struggled in recent years to compete with its larger rivals like iber and lyft. Last year, it shifted to a mostly businesstobusiness delivery company. As you plan to be in san francisco, muni is reminding you to stay safe but taking a free ride home. If youre out late, the complimentary ride runs until 5 00 a. M. Take a big whiff of a rarely visible watch. And this is a result. The plant has made it to indonesia and quite difficult to cut vat. It will likely be already gone. The beautiful flower lasts only a day or so before it collapses. Abc 7 news at 4 00 continues. Next, new details in the case of americas most wanted teenager. Were learning more about the after flun sa escape. Youll hear from the Good Samaritan rescue. Liquid water has been found on mars. With 2015 almost in the books now, a look back at the triumph and tragedy weve seen over the past years. Stay with us. All right, here are the headlines now at 4 30. About an hour ago, Marine Mammal rescuers tranquilized a 900 pound seal. They spent the afternoon in a kayak. The truck is about to take her to point raise to be released. They suspected she is, in fact, pregnant, which probably explains her blaif i dont recall. Shes going to bring us a live update coming at 5 00. Tiffany wilson has a warning from a 90yearold french tourist who was mugged while taking in the buchl view of twin peeks at san francisco. At 5 00, their plea and the latest from the search on that hitandrun driver. And the so called aft eed aflun, they sent it back to the United States. Action bc 7 News Reporter explains authorities found him and his mother hiding out in mexico. He tried to evade authorities by dying his goatee black and skipping town with his mother. Thats according to investigators who say Good Police Work ultimately foiled their plan. Mexican officials trapped them down monday evening in port that vallarta. American people were prevalent everywhere and they werent sure they would stick out. They are wise to go to that kind of area. Authorities revealing not only did they use tanyas pickup truck, they even threw a party before hitting the road. What we suspected all along, it happened that they would plan to disappear. That they even had something that was almost akin to a going away party. Couch was 16 when he killed four people driving drunk in 20 sp. Prosecutors asked for 20 years, but he got only probation using the affluentevent. Now, 18, he had been on the run after this twitter video showing him surfacing at a booze party surface. We proceed in a juvenile sentence, his maximum sentence that he would receive is four months. That, in my opinion, is not a sufficient punishment for the taking of four lives. Authorities are requesting to move his case to adult park. Abc news, new york. Two young women and a newborn are lucky to be alive thanks to the actions of complete strangers. She lost control of her car and slid into an icy river. Her 16yearold sister and fivemonthold nephew were inside. Thats when three men jumped into action. We heard the mom screaming. Thats when brang it up on shore. He started crying. I would jump in again. The baby was taken to the hospital and is now recovering at home. From tragedy to triumph, believe it or not, 2015 is nearly in the books and there has been so much over the past 365 days. Heres a look back. Kayla has touched the heart and the world. Foiled by quickthinking american passengers. The plane with more than 200 people on board went down. The people are coming quicker. I have been racking my brains about what more could have been done. 11hour hearing about the 2012 attacks on a u. S. Diplomatic post. Marriage the law of the land, but that does not mean everyone is on board. United states has reached historic understanding. What a stunning historic. The u. S. Is extending special Operation Forces to syria. This is a lifeline. It was the interview heard around the world. The longestrunning late night show host ever taking stage one last time. John sturt, signing off for the last time. The forgs has awakened for a highly an tis pated film. Thats a year right there. And the force was strong today. Indeed. I know shes overjoyed. First apeernts in the bowl game. Trying to get a record, the massive tailgate involving bliss coming up next. A beautiful view from our emoryville camera. Ill let you know if this celebrating the first bowl game victory since 22008. The boast a 5536 today in ft. Worth, texas. You can see the 21yearold standout is expected to be clear for the draft. Head coach and 1985 proudly throwing his bears christmas. There you go, cal bears. Meantime, a tailgate tradition is gearing up for another showdown. This kickoff of the cotton bowl. Cheer leaders from both schools were on the blimp. You can watch espn thursday at 1 00, oklahoma takes on clemson in the orange bowl. All leading up to the National Championship game january 11th on espn. Very exciting. I know. Meteorologist sandy is here now. Such a pretty picture. The days ahead, right now, let me show you live doppler 7 hd. It is definitely clear. We are expecting weather for your new years eve fireworks, it will be chilly, though. Clear skies mid 40s. If you are coming down to san francisco, make sure you pack on the layers. Taho, 37 degrees. Tomorrow morning, it will be dry. 42 mid 70s, 64 in los angeles. And, here, in the bay area, were going to keep it on the chilly sides. Certainly a few sprinkles not out of the of the question. Partly to mostly cloudy, upper 40s to the mid 50s. We do have some rain chantss in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Watching the ball drop, but at what price . It could cost you hundreds to attend one olive garden on new years eve. The new study that claims you may help. Robots are not taking over the army, at least not yet. Up next, why officials dont want to use the with just your age, income, zip code,g for Health Insurance and the number of people in your household. Information you probably know off the top of your head. Enroll by january 31st to avoid the irs tax penalty. If you havent checked out covered california in a while, weve got some new options that might interest you. Like adult dental coverage. Great news for you. And your sweet tooth. To find free, local, inperson help, visit coveredca. Com well, another war of words this afternoon in the race with the white house. Donald trump has shifted his attacks and said hes going to start spending big time in the primary states. Abc News Reporter has the story now from washington. Donald trump announces his first major advertising blitz in three early voting stage. And then pounces in a follow up tweet. I have spent almost nothing on my run for president and is in first place. Jeb bush has spent 59th million and is done. First of all, i think donald trump told him he was a democrat during that time. Once settling with the clintons, trump is now going after bo tweeting if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with his terrible record of womens awus whileplaying the womens card on me, shes wrong. Again, his tell fence of the vulgar term. That word, thats a common word in new york. And it means to be beaten badly. Back on the trail today, clinton is shrugging off trumps harsh words. This will be a consequence shl election in so many ways because we have work to do. Campaigning in iowa this week. Bad weather has stalled the planned bus tour. Thats not a problem for donald trump en route to his iowa valley tonight on board his luxury jet. Anyone who wants to ring the new year inside the restaurant and new yorks time square should be prepared to dig deep. Dinner at the olive garden on new yaers eve eve will set you back 400. That is a relative bargain, but it will cost 799 a person at bubba gump shrimp on broadway. The couples vip package includes bucca di beppo is a thousand dollars. If you cant make it to new york city in person, you can ring in 2016 with abc 7 beginning thursday at 8 00 p. M. Theres a break for abc news at 11. Target is buying unwanted gift cards. The retailer is partnering with a Gift Card Exchange Company Called card pool. Theyll give you the tradein rate on gift cards you dont want and then resell those cards out. Just know that the tradein rate is sliegtly below the face value. Target will Exchange Gift cards for more than 600 different brands. You should think twice about giving up coffee as a new years resolution. Calf fee provides a host of Health Benefits such as reduced risk for liver cancer and protection against parkinsons disease. Caffeine appears to speed up processes that help heal damage in the body. I dont drink much coffee. But i should start. And, improving the thyroid may be as simple as doing yoga. Family getting even bigger. The idea behind this trip is to be a onestop fitness resource. They say it will be available next year. All parts of your body are thyroid and only as healthy as igts blood supply. Making room for a replacement. Watch how yrksz oga influenced her thyroid output. It showed that a measurable change could be seen as quickly as a month after doing yoga. Brock xx and gamble is trying to do more. Recently, it e limb nated a fix of the products, discontinuing items such as an acne wash that didnt fit with the antiageing message. With winter now upon us, soaps can dry the skin and cleaning oils can mimic skins natural composition. From the naz dak, im jane king, heres to your health. Googles robot soldier dogs are getting the boot by the marine corps. It took five years to develop. They were designed to carry up to 400 pounds of equipment. However, Officials Say the machines were simply too loud to help troops in battle. Nasa says orbiting earth is growing and could potentially contain on going plans. Nasa says its tracking about 20,000 pieces bigger than an apple with another half million pieces about the size of a marble. Since they travel so fast, the objects can cause significant damage. Well, coming up, abc 7 news at 4 00 continues. Up next, a 93yearold man becoming an Online Sensation on youtube. And on abc 7 news at 5 00. Weve had five here in the last ten days. From a church to a Health Department center. Out with the old and in with the new year just in time for 20 16. Google blast may be that. Find out what happens when mike tyson takes on the hover board. A 93yearold piano man. Reporter anne emorich shows you how. When hes behind his piano, Something Special happens. I was in my living room and every day i spoent an hour on it. As a teenager, he directed choirs and went onto do the same in the navy. He has a very happy style. His son john had an idea. Why not use technology a way to share his music. He started a Youtube Channel calling it happy piano one. Hes got fans and they just feel his joy. His 300 plus videos have commanded some 1. 7 million views. Did you ever think youd be playing in front of that big of an audience . No, i really am. Its heartening to me. It kind of makes me feel better. A music man with a gift and some advice for those behind him. If you enjoy music, for goodness sakes, follow it. Thank you for joining us. Stay right here, abc 7 news at 5 00 begins right now. We want to make sure people are safe. The effort to find a hit and run driver who left a 65yearold woman to die. What appears to be the end of our wayward elephant seal. A live update straight ahead. Chill and rain in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Ill let you know what you see coming up. Some of the best views in the bay area. But for one family, the trip of a lifetime nearly cost one man his life. This is so outrageous, its hard to believe. San Francisco Police are asking for your help tracking down two suspects who mugged a French Family yesterday. The 81yearold father was knocked unconscious while trying to take pictures from twin peaks. Tiffany wilson is live with the latest on the story. A very popular tourist destination. Take a look. They are all here to appreciate this spectacular view of san francisco. Only yesterday, this view caused one family dearly. Perfect light, perfect view. Absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous, gorgeous weather. Friendly people. We had a great experience. But not every tourist is as lucky. Yesterday morning, an 87yearold man were photographing the citys skyline along twin peaks boulevard. Two men in their 20s approached. They demanded the camera from the victim and he gave them the camera at that time. Kind of behind an intimidation factor and then after he received the camera, the suspect shoved the 81yearold male down to the ground. Police say the man was knocked unconscious and required hospitalization. His wife suffered a bruised rib;. The family lost their highend camera, french pass ports and money. I
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