good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc7 mornings." >> good morning and thank you so much for join g ing us on this sunday. it is december 2nd, and lar s larson, and we will beginning of the looking at weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> yes, the effects of the sun are starting to warm us up modestly, but we do have clear sky and because of that, we are recovering from a morning chill which dropped the north bay valley into the 30s and upper 40s in oakland and mountain view, and mild 52 and a live look from the camera where we have 39 in san rafael, and the windchill factors were around 30 degrees in napa and also in concord this morning, but right now, we will enjoy the sun, and you have a lot of deadlines in your business, right? we miss deadlines, we don't get paid. pa what if you lost your network connection? partly cloudy later on, and so it is 10 degrees colder today you gotta be kidding me. than yesterday and due to the chaotic. wind and the rain and so it our gig-speed network lets you download files should feel good for a couple of up to 20 times faster. and we go beyond fast ho with 4g lte backup for complete reliability. hour, and cooler than the mid-50s, and partly sunny skies so, if you lose your network connection... and we will talk about several ♪ ♪ rainy days coming up. >> thank you, lisa. you won't miss the deadlines. having the confidence of something president trump has declared that's never gonna go down would be priceless. this wednesday a national day of right now, get fast reliable internet for a low price. mourning for former president sign up online and get a $300 pre-paid card. george h.w. bush. comcast business. he going to lie in state at the beyond fast. capitol rotunda from monday morn morning to wednesday evening and people will be able to pay their respects and memorial at the national cathedral in washington. then thursday night to friday morning, a bush will lie in repose in houston where he lived a. a second memorial will be h held at a church thursday. natalie brunell is going to join us live now from houston to tell us more. good morning, natalie. >> good morning, kate. it is a beautiful day here in houston, a city where mr. bush was beloved. he passed away here friday night surrounded by family and all right n. friends. and since then, heart felt tributes have been pouring in from around the world. in news we have college playoffs >> reporter: world leaders and set, alabama and clemson and people from around the world are pouring in condolences. german chancellor angela merkel note notre dame is third, and rounding out the top four is oklahoma. the championships will be held january 7th at our very own e remembering him as one of the lee vie's stadium. men who helped to reunify her both the raid ers and the 49ers country. >> he will be known as one of will face division rivals. the fathers of the founding of the are reunification. the raid ers battle will chiefs >> reporter: and this man said and the niners battle the that his a father was a man of seahawks. the warriors face the atlanta hawks, and last night the dubs the highest character and the were in detroit facing the with best son or daughter a man could ask for and his pistons with steph curry returning to the lineup. granddaughter jenna bush haeger mindi bach has the highlights in this morning's sports. >> after missing the last 11 games due to a groin injury also paying tribute. steph is back. grandson jeb bush jr. said that mr. curry returned saturday his leadership taught us to be night in detroit, and golden state went 5-6 in his absence, kinder and gentler and to love each other. and you think that curry is the town which he called home houston and well wishers are excited to be back? i have never seen him do the remembering his ability to unify baby shark before. people. >> whether you were republican he did the behind the back pass or democrat, he brought people to klay thompson, and he had the eighth consecutive 20 or more together. >> reporter: and the flag flying point game. at half-staff at the white and kevin durant finishing with house. two hands with a game high 28. >> he had a temperament that we could follow both here at the fun would not last long though, bruce brown passing it off of the glass to drummond wh capitol hill and the white house. >> reporter: and former wept for 16 points and 19 presidents paying tribute. and president obama saying that america has lost a patriot and boards, and detroit taking the lead. curry drove and laid it in, and humble servant, and president that is the foul, and the first clinton who he joined forces to points of the game over zaza pachulia, and then curry hits raise money for the tsunami and the first three of the night. he was 0 for 4 from beyond the hurricane victims. arc before that, and a scary moment in the fourth as curry >> i wish you well and your family well. your success is our country's drove for the lay-up and went down hard. he was also called for a succe charging foul. success. i am rooting hard for you. so now it is ten-point detroit >> reporter: clinton tweeted that i am grateful for every lead, and blake griffin taking on jonas jerebko stepping back moment i spent with him and i will hold our friendship as one of my life's greatest gifts. with the three, and the team president trump will send air high 26, but the pistons took force one to houston to pick up down the warriors in curry's president bush's casket to bring return, 102-111 and it is the it to washington where he he is sixth straight road loss going to lie in state from >> two different halves. monday through wednesday. in the first half going 100 natalie brunell, houston. miles an hour, and just not the james baker and colin powell very good timing and i was not both worked with the former seeing the floor very well or president, and they spoke with the rim for that matter. and obviously, we saw them make george stephanopoulos about his some shots going down. well, the ax is staying on the farm for the ninth straight game as they won the big game on character. >> he served this wonderful their home turf. david shaw is 8-0 in the cross country of ours at a time when state rivalry. his presidency from a foreign the ax made the are trip across policy standpoint, george, it the bay, but a short visit. was a consequential president. >> he did not let the emotions a.j. costello with 327 yards and get on top of him, and frankly, a touchdown. and this one is a dump to a product of his parents who told him, don't show off, george, and always remember that cameron scarlet who picked up you are humble. his first career receiving you work for people. touchdown. cal has a pretty good running you serve people. he was a perfect president. back, too, patrick laird with 19 >> and colin powell says that carries and 116 yards. everything that president bush did was directed at helping t is this is the longest run, 62 yards, and cal only picked up a field goal on the drive. patriot. the bay area is also remembering the former president especially fourth quarter, and the bears trailing by a touchdown. and look at paulson adibo with those who considered george h.w. bush not only a colleague, because friend. the spectacular reception. abc 7 news cornell bernard has scarlet got one more touchdown that story. >> you can see the campanale on to get this out of reach for stanford. cal got into the end zone in the berkeley campus from here. >> former secretary of state garbage time and dropped the stanford 23-13. >> it is a big one especially my george schultz enjoys the view from his san francisco home where he has pictures of his senior year and fourth in a row, time in the rigan presidency and and sending out the seniors and the fifth years on the right his are relationship with george foot. it is a great, great feeling to keep that ax. h.w. bush. >> momentum is not important for >> what did we learn from him? us right now, but it is rest. we learned about patriotism and about the importance of finding we need half of the team to live a a way to solve problems. in the training room for the >> schultz says that he reached next couple of weeks to see who across the party lines to build can be healthy and how many guys are healthy, because it is a long difficult injury-plagued season for us. >> well, the 49ers kick off coalitions with foes in a civil manner. >> we badly miss right now the against the seahawks today in ability to sit down with seattle at 1:25 and the raiders somebody that you don't agree with and try to work a problem out. >> i am deeply moved by this. will be under way at home against the high powered chiefs' i am deeply president bush came offense, and the kickoff is 1:05 at the coliseum, and we will bring you all of the highlights at 5:00, and until then, have a to the bay yaer in 1989 days after thehe great day. and now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> good sunday morning to, you and isn't it beautiful with the earthquake. view from san francisco, and all >> he not only cared, but he of that sun. asked the kind of questions that we had sun yesterday, but that rain, wow, it was coming down showed that he was informed about what we needed to do and what we needed to get from him, pr and he was responsive. pretty good, too, for much of the morning. as we take a look at the afternoon in our inland valleys, it is going to be cool, and in >> san jose state political science professor linda jackson says that his legacy is going to fact, much cooler than average, and about five degrees cooler than average, and upper 40s and be much more than a one-term presidency. >> in fact he is the author of the american ss with disabiliti 50s for high, and you should be act that was passed in his about 58, 59 for this time of the year. presiden presidency. >> he was a happy warrior and played a good game. and from the walnut creek >> schultz remembers when they camera, you see the sun out there, and a nice afternoon though you will need a jacket, played a goodwill tennis match. and another chilly one tonight. so we are looking at a who won that match? temperatures really coming down >> i don't want to say. with the clear sky and the i don't remember. >> cornell bernard, abc 7 news. radiational cool iing, and live doppler 7 confirms the rain, but from mt. tam, you see it is lit here and looking neat with the >> thank you, cornell temperatures in the north bay. coming up close nor the bay, 49 i san francisco, and 46 in san jose, and half moon bay is mild at 54, and the exploratorium report. >> and a train that was honored view where today in the city, it for president bush was given in is going to be a nice afternoon and tomorrow as well. low 40s in livermore and concord 1995, and if you want to read at 45. so many of the locations in the more about the train's honor you 30s once again, and the protected valley s wis will dro can find out if in abc 7.com. into the 30s and check it out, brave ones going out there ca y last night, all of the lanes on the eastbound freeway were carrying the board and surfing and why not, and 47 in santa cruz and they have the wet suits this morning with the cool and forced to close because of a bus cloudy conditions. and showers return tuesday, wednesday and thursday. on fire. we made huge gains by the end of >> reporter: intense flames climb and black smoke billowed the month, and remember, we had the smoke and no rain, and then from the greyhound bus on the rain came, and boy, it did bring our percent of normal up interstate 980. for november to 126%, and napa motorists shot individuvideo, a and oakland and san jose with cameras show how far the fire 114% of normal, and so as we could be seen in the darkness. start a new month we from 53 to chp shutdown all eastbound lanes 103% of normal and two days in the month. of 580 as oakland firefighters so we have a lot of time to catch up, and it looks like we tried to extinguish the flames. we caught one some of the will in the next couple of week, passengers who are still inside and go out 14 days in the weather outlooks, and it is filling out paperwork. promising, and cool and sunshine alex combs rode the bus that today, and get the clouds in tonight, and another nice left shortly after 5:00. afternoon for monday and we >> it was a loud bang and four people hit the roof of the bus bring in the storm impact scale and it is a one for tuesday, and and were like, whoa, what just light showers, and that is just happened? >> reporter: chp is investigating but says that the cause is likely mechanical. the beginning, because this low pressure will stick round. alex thinks a popped tire or into tuesday morning, showers. broken axel. >> we sprung in the air and then the afternoon commute is looking wet. as we go into wednesday, more showers, and wednesday afternoon, still, we have the landed on the side of the freeway in enough time for us to rain with us, and even into thursday looking like we will e v evacuate the bus. clear out later on in the day. >> reporter: they say that seven highs today in a narrow range in passengers and the bus driver got off without injury. the mid-50s with partly cloudy skies, and to night, a few lyft driver pulled up and drove the people to the bus station. clouds around the 30s and 40s in te accuweather seven -day >> the police are calling to me, okay, you want to help the the forecast, and you download the people, so i helped those three accuweather app, and you have people. the popular scale and doppler >> reporter: and alex took a greyhound from new york no the seven to check out much through bay area, and said those buses the middle of the week, and dry out friday and temperatures are had trouble, too. >> planes and trains. up for next weekngor that is all i can say. chm. stay a i the snowy planes and trains. >> or in this case, a ride share to the rescue. abc 7 news. incredible video in that ski hills, because it is looking great skiing from what i have seen online and your great shots. exciting. story. lisa is here with very important thank you, the stylist has, wito news about the weather. is it going to stay chilly or will we warm up? >> it will warm up, but shy of the five degrees of the early december averages. and look at this buteautiful vi ma -- who has made the comeback is in the upper 40s and going for the high in the mid-50s and cool, but we need a a little sun moving up in the world. >> reporter: only a few master and a couple of i days of that before the rain returns and how stylists can master the razor much rain and when and where, i will have the answers coming up. >> thank you, lisa. caught on camera, a nurse shark at a tacks a boy, and the cut. vacation excursion that went the stylest has been only very wrong. very wrong. and the nypd helping to styling for 20 years, and became mega popular when she took a here's to the stair takers, very wrong. and the nypd helping to breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, photo of her clients. faith restorers, and she put them on instagram, and people as far as australia appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. have been on her account, and farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers booking appointments. >> i only open up my books every cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, two months. >> reporter: she continues to and the positive thinkers. perfect the look, the shag. here's to you all that see every day >> it is a soft layery as an opportunity to thrive your way. face-framing razor cut organic kind of look. >> reporter: it is the brigitte bardot look, and you remember, the well known french sex symbol. you sex look. the coif. >> everybody wants it, the haircut that is. >> i am a busy mother of two with young children and i don't have time to do my hair in the morning. >> reporter: with every razor cut comes a photo and another post from the followers and nearly 48,000 and counting. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, san francisco. i love those haircuts. and coming united with a ♪thisi'm gonna let it shine. ♪ it's energy saving time, treasured possession her father ♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align and grand mother's ashes. ♪ to let our great state shine. they were stolen from a storage unit back in september. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ thanks to that exclusive story, the ashes have been returned. jo jobina fortson explains. >> reporter: leonard dumawa made an odd discovery under a tree last week. >> it was a plastic bag. >> there is a plastic bag full of ashes, and the name tag in there. >> reporter: the neighbors called the hayward police, but the investigation went nowhere. >> we were striking out until we kept looking on the internet, and we found a news story from abc 7 that it was a woman who was tal her storage shed. >> reporter: this is where we start to connect the dots. we introduce you to a devastated joyce robertson in september. her father and grandmother's ashes were stolen from her family storage unit. happening today, bikes are >> what channel 7 reported was that there were musical notes rolling into san francisco to spread some holiday cheer. engraved on the box along with 80 harley-davidson riders will the name. and so, those things matched up. >> reporter: the sergeant tracked robertson down saturday deliver toys for kids at the zuckerberg general hospital and morning. >> i told her, please, text me the address of the police station. >> and robertson had to see it have been taking part of the for herself, and she had been calling san leandro police for a tradition for 35 years. the annual event provides gifts for over 500 families each year. week to see if they had anything. >> i have been happy and praying so sweet. all right. lisa is here with the final check of the ood every night. >> reporter: the only thing that she can say now is thank you to skiing. everyone who helped. i like that. >> yes, the conditions are good, >> i would like to thank them so and the temperatures are really much. i really have been stressing over this. >> reporter: robertson says that going to be quite cold in the she plans to bury the ashes mountains which is not always the case these days. for the rain mid-week, and the snow in the mountains and 55 in because of al of the stress that it has put her through, and the police don't know how the oakland and 56 in san jose, and the temperature variation and dry today and tomorrow, and bringing in the showers from tuesday and wednesday and end on ay aup made up there under the thursday and friday and milder, and i said next weekend is wet, and it is looking like a bigger system, and stay tuned for that, the trito the and it looks like week after border to deliver care bags. week where things are going they put the bags together in according to plan, we can be mca allen, texas, yesterday, and happy about it. today they are walking seven >> and it sure feels like it. miles to go to a converted and so thank you for joining us walmart into a migrant for "abc7 mornings." i'm kate larson with lisa argen, most of the boys in this and remind er that abc 7 news facility made the journey on their own. there was a terrifying turn continues on instagram and have when a seemingly docile nurse shark made an attack. a happy start to hanukkah as the family was told that well. swimming with the family was safe simply because of the small size and supposedly nonthreatening be behavior, but that turned out not to be the case when 8-year-old asher walked into the water, one of the sharks sunk its teeth into the boy's back, and his a father immediately reacted. >> i was able to grab on to the shark as it grabbed on his back, and my left-hand fingers went into the gills and my right-hand touched on one of the fins, but as soon as i did that, the shark let him go. >> and very scary moments, but an e.m.t. and pediatrician were nearby and they helped the boy. fortunately the injuries were not serious, and need stitches. uber may have big plans for motorized scooters. they say that uber is going to consider buying be bird or lime. they say that uber has met with both companies and may make a decision by the end of the year. they have already bought the bike company jump who also has scooters. a flight to atlanta is a short flight away as some bay area children got the ultimate experience yesterday. united airlines and you can see them there transformed a gate at the san francisco international airport into a magical wonderland, and the flight was decked out with the elf flight at a ten dants and after they landed the children -- attendants and after they landed they enjoyed treats and games with friends. >> and now, our forecast with lisa argen. >> looking atop mount st. helena, it is chilly and clear afternoon though, and a nice break from the rain. 49 in san francisco and 48 in oakland, and mountain view and san jose and mn b is 52. and 56 and 57 in santa cruz, and lifelock with norton,owing is a paid presentation for sit is going to be five degrees paid for by lifelock. cooler than what we would expect this time of thor years, and - look around, nothing average as of late, and so many of us are on our phones and laptops. 48 in santa rosa and napa and we're on public wifi out of the low to mid-30s and it shopping online, filling out forms and applications. is feeling cooler than that in in the connected world we live in, our personal information is everywhere. the east bay valley. so tonight another chilly night we enter our names, birthdays, passwords, as much as two to four feet of additional snow has fallen since social security numbers, the last storm, and looks all online. beautiful there, and we have what happens if that information gets in the hands of identity thieves? more snow in the forecast for the middle of the week. - i started getting phone calls highs the today in the mo from credit collection companies. mountains, and only 34. "you've opened an account here and here and here." it is in the mid- to upper teens they wanted payment, right now at the tahoe valley payment for things that i did not airport. it is partly cloudy and cool do. - [narrator] your information is in a lot of places, conditions this afternoon. showers return tuesday, your protection should be too. wednesday and thursday. so we will enjoy some sun today, that's why lifelock now includes the power of norton and a few clouds and by tonight for even more protection for your identity a few increasing clouds for the and your devices, morning hours, but no problems getting back into the sun for monday afternoon, and then we bring into the storm impact scale, and it is a one which means a light system to bring scattered showers throughout the day tuesday and .10 to .25. and this thing e meanders starting out with a few showers and tuesday afternoon, more rain, rain, and then as we get into wednesday, it is still around and the same system wednesday night where we have showers around, and then into thursday morning a few lingering showers, and so it is cutoff low that is not going to the make up its mind where it is going to go, but it is going to bring some showers, and cold all week long in the mountains, and that means snow. and back home, temperatures cool in the 50s and very little variation, and we will look at another chilly night tonight, and if you head ed over to oakland this afternoon for the raiders' games, partly cloudy and mid-50s throughout the day, and the accuweather forecast is featuring bright and cool days, and you can keep track of live doppler 7 to bring in the storm impact scale tuesday and wednesday and thursday and dry friday with more wet weather next weekend. and we made big gains with rainfall starting out in december, and we certainly needed more, but we will get it. >> and we had a dry start to the fall, but we could make up for that. >> looks liket. >> thank you, lisa. and now, we have a weekly series called localish, and now we will meet a woman who makes the day as a bride's mom refuses to attend the bride's same s-sex wedding. >> so this is our marriage license that we picked up on october 13th. >> your mom, is she coming to the wedding? >> mom is not going to the attend. >> if your mom won't attend, call me and i will be there and bring the bubbles. not being accepted from your family is devastating. for me the day is bittersweet, because i know the journey that i took and the regret i would have had if i had not accepted my son. i was able to see him visible living authentically, and i have seen it in tabitha as she has gone through are you looking for a gift for that person who has everything? michael finney has an idea that you may not have thought about or had the opportunity to buy that is until now. >> you are out shopping and looking for something special, something for that hard to shop for person, well, maybe what you need is not available at the mall. perhaps only wildlands you. >> it is really excite, because we have 12 species, and 12 new to science species a ththat wer discovered in south america, and so we are auctioning off the right to name those species in celebration of the 30th anniversary and it is the the ultimate gift. >> reporter: if you place the winning bid in this rain forest auction you could name this frog or this orchid or this. >> how many people get to do that? very few i am guessing, so i thought that, wow, this could not be any cooler. >> reporter: james muchmore has been donating to the rain forest for year, so he does not need a new reason, but naming a specie is cool. >> i am interested in the orchids and the ecuadorian frog who has blue eyes. >> i would name it michael finnyis equidorus. >> no, it is more special to name it after someone else. >> reporter: what are the rules? as long as it is not rude or inappropriate, you are good the go >> you are not far off of the track to name it after yourself or 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and the temperatures areal cooler than average. as we are looking outside to the sutra camera, you will see it is 45 and look at this picture that i wanted to show you. doesn't that look fake? well, it isn't, two to four feet in the mountains, and cold in the teens, and low 44 in santa rosa, and vacaville, and livermore. we enjoyed the rain, and after the rain, this is a chilly start and 10 degrees colder than yesterday, and we are getting out of the 40s in the next hour, and staying in the mid-50s with partly cloudy skies, and we are below average, and cool and cloudy and then the rain returns. i will time it out for you, kate kate. >> and we love to see the snowy ski hills. alaska is facing a massive cleanup effort from the massive 7.0 earthquake even as hundreds of shock waves continue to cause problems. crews are working to repair the damage. will carr is in anchorage with more. >> reporter: alaskans are working hard to pick up the pieces. >> you are working around the clock? >> yes. >> reporter: after the 7.0 earthquake rocked the area rocking homes and businesses. crumbling major roads. did you realize it was an earthquake when the shaking first started? >> no, i thought that something had gone horribly wrong with my car. >> reporter: he was driving with his son behind this red car when the earthquake struck. i looked at my kid, and started to see the roads sink, and it was feeling like just like an island. >> reporter: and amazingly, they all walked away uninjured. and this man was in his office when the shaking started. >> i complain about the elevators because they rattle and bang, but then they really rattled and banged. >> you remember the first day on the job, but the last day on the job, i will remember that as well. >> reporter: the governor says that president trump has pledged to help in any way possible. >> do you have insurance? >> no. >> reporter: she sustained thousands of dollars of damage. you felt the impact not only at your business, but your home as well. >> the house was shocking to walk into. >> reporter: but she says she is not looking at the loss, but looking for a quick recovery. >> reporter: what is it in alaskans' dna to make them tough? >> i don't know. i think that we get an extra strand, because we are tough people. >> reporter: and with that ment mentality they hope to have this highway and other damaged roads up and running by monday morning and the rate they are working, it could be possible. in anchorage, alaska, will carr, abc 7 news. the number of missing people in the camp fire has dropped the 25. they have managed to locate more than 3,000 people originally missing are reported in the aftermath of the disaster, a nd the sheriff says no human remains are located yesterday e despite the ongoing effort to search through the rubble. the death toll stands at 88, and more than a dozen victims have been identified. the tickets for a concert to help the people from the butte fire will be held at noon, and the concert will run from 1:00 to 10:00 tonight. and all of the proceeds to the victims. and dozens of soldiers are back in the bay area after helping out with the cam fire. the san mateo national guard were headed to training when they were turn around and sent to butte county to help. they spent 15 days in the area. >> i would classify it as chaos, but it was organized chaos. i think that butte county did a tremendous job to get the other resources in place, and the when we got there, we had to set up the hospital, and were able to start receiving patients. >> they were missing out thanksgiving with their families, and so the guard members decided to celebrate yesterday. never too late for the turkey. and now, two countries can continue their the trade negotiations between the u.s. and china. president trump has agreed not the hike the tariffs on chinese imports from 10 to 25% january 1st, and he was considering more u.s. tariffs on the chinese goods, and both presidents attended a meeting at the g20 summit in buenos aires, and the white house says if no agreement is reached after january 20th, the president will impose the tariffs. america is planning to put an astronaut back on the moon for the first time in nearly 50 years. but first, unmanned missions will be launched with thelp of commercial partners, and the goal is to put people on mars. david louie reports from valley that the u.s. has the technology advantage. >> reporter: this week, a lockheed martin lander touched ground on mars this week. nasa hopes lit deliver payloads to the moon. and lockheed space systems is one of the nine companies selected to deliver the landers. >> one thing that you absolutely don't need is a big aeroshield like we had when we went through the subterranean areas of mars. so it is what type of payload we will have go g ing on top of th landers. >> reporter: the first payloads will consist of experiments from nasa and academia and private industry. humans will follow destine odd for the moon and mars. james is a researcher with nasa >> you are only three days away from the moon, so if something goes wrong, you can bring folks back, but it is a much different journey to mars where you have to make sure that your systems will operate. >> reporter: it takes seven months to get to mars. japan and the eope m to mars. over 50 in all, and only the u.s. has landed successfully eight times. to put in perspective, the last time we had a human on the moon was 1972, but we may have somebody back on the moon by the late '20s. david lui, abc 7 news. fascinating. new details this morning that we are hearing from kansas city running back kareem hunt. the team had cut him after a video was obtained by tmz shoving and kicking a woman in a confrontation that happened in february. the chiefs said that hunt was not truthful in discussions with the team about what happened leading to their decision to release him from the chiefs. hunt requested an interview with our sister network espn to apologize for the actions. >> it was just a long night, and to be exact, it don't really matter what happened. i was in the wrong. i could have taken responsibility and made the right decision to know, find a way to de-escalate the whole situation. >> hunt did say in the interview that he hope s s to get another chance with a team in the nfl, but unclear if that will happen. still ahead on "abc7 mornings," san francisco women flocking to get the same haircut, and the style that is making one salon social media famous. and here is a live look outside. you can see that it is a beautiful clear morning. li lisa argen is going to have your forecast in a few minutes, and li you know when you're at ross and you find a deal on cookware that makes you say. yes! ...oh, yeah! bring on the holidays! that's yes for less. everything you need to prep, cook and serve up the season. it feels even better when you find it for less-at ross. yes for less. and you realize you are the the 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