Are racing to make sure security measures in place for the celebrations at the embarcadero. They will have more First Responders on duty than usual. It comes after the fbi stopped a Christmas Day terrorist plot planned for pier 39. We want the public to know that there are no credible threats. Its important that they see officers out there. There will be officers out there that you will not see because we will have a plain clothes presence as well. The San Francisco Fire Department says it will also be cracking down on illegal fireworks. Also, sign up for emergency alerts. You can enroll by texting nyesf17 to 888777. And the chp will also be out in full force today looking for anyone driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Maximum enforcement periods began on friday and runs through monday. During the same period last year, officers made more than 750 researchers arrests. Starting at 8 00 tonight, muni, ac transit and mvta are offering rides at no cost. Bart is still charging
Minimum wage is set to hit the highest rate in two bay area cities. Sunnyvale and Mountain View. Tonight, abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live forness Mountain View where cornel, many people are hailing this move, but there are also many different opinions. Is that right . Yes indeed, deion. Happy new year for you. It should be a happy week for neighbors in Mountain View and sunnyvale. They are about to make 15 an hour. Thats one of the highest minimum wages in the nation. Business owners already figuring out how they will pay for it. Its music to the ears of many workers in Mountain View. It is so expensive to live here. Brother and sister, jordan and naomi, zimmerman, happy to hear minimum wage is jumping from 13. 50 to 15 on new years day. Im looking for a job second semester. So extra money that will help. Yeah, definitely does. Mountain view and neighboring sunnyvale made it a joint effort by raising minimum wage to 15. Servers and cooks just learned they are getting a rais
Chinese new year parade, San Francisco tradition that always draws tens of thousands of people. They fill the streets there in downtown. Yes, we will be there and ktvu will be broadcasting the parade. You can join in on the celebration. While the parade happens rain shine, it looks like well escape the wet stuff tonight. We will need to bundle up though. We will not escape the cold. It is going to be chilly so dress with a with Winter Weather in mind. We will be dry tonight. Partly cloudy but temperatures on the cool side. Lets take a look at what is going on as we begin your saturday morning. And nice shot there with mostly clear skies, temperatures freezing and below freezing in some areas. Take a look at the numbers in just a moment. Lets take a look at the satellite view, we have the northwest flow in place. So for today and futurecast model show you we are expecting partly cloudy skies into the second part of the day, i am going to stop it for you about lunch time, partly sunny to
Berkeley killing six has a history of lawsuits against them. The board that renews contractors licenses had no idea. Now lawmakers are trying to change that. A popular beach is reopened. You may have heard of Martins Beach. I was out there yesterday. A Silicon Valley billionaire closed it off from the public for several summers but this summer is proving to be different so far. We will explain why the public was welcomed back. Its a bit by force. We have lots coming up. Lets check your Weather Forecast starting with a live look at the trans america tower in the city. Clouds are in the sky but temperatures are pretty mild in the low 60s around most of the bay. Our cool spot is santa rosa with 57 degrees. Partly cloudy sun to your sunday with fog, afternoon sun for most of the bay area. We have a cooling trend ahead and the chance of a little bit of rain mid week. We have more in your extended forecast coming up. First here is mark with your headlines. A wildfire forcing evacuations as i
They had to be rescued. The fire is burning on the south side of Lake Berryessa near the boat dock. I believe we have someone on the phone with us who can give us some more information . Yes. Hello. My name is Susie Blankenship with cal fire. Hi. This is the allen martin. What can you tell us . I have it at 700 acres. Yes. I can confirm that the wildland fire is currently at 700 acres with zero percent containment. And this got started about 2 00, it was a vehicle fire that started this . It was a vehicle fire. I dont have information on how the vehicle sparked the wildland fire. But it was a vehicle accident. What can you tell me about evacuations in the area . Evacuations are in the mix canyon area for homeowners. And as you spoke of the campers in the canyon screen campground, they have been evacuated. I would assume here we are in the middle of summer those campgrounds have to be pretty packed. Well, i dont have the number of evacuations but i do know that that campground has been