ju t guard, and the chp. >> the focus will be on both violent and property crimes. abc7 news reporter anser hassan spoke to da price about the new partnership. >> starting next week, alameda county district attorney pamela price will be getting help prosecuting suspects in violent crimes, especially in oakland. >> as the governor pointed out, we're experiencing a raise in crime. the crime rates here are excessive, and they need to be dealt with. >> three attorneys from the judge advocate general, or jag, have been assigned to work with the da's office. the goal is to help investigate, analyze and prosecute felonies. governor newsom saying an arrest isn't enough, just demands a suspects are appropriate be prosecuted. >> it is considered with the governor's plan to bring the california highway patrol the surge that is coming to alameda county. >> carl chan is part of the campaign to recall da price. he met with governor newsom along with other community leaders, in january to discuss solutions to

oakland's rising crime. chan claims da price is soft on crime and told newsom there needs to be more prosecutions. he welcomes the governor's action when our police departments, you know, are, you know, doing a good job apprehending, you know, criminals. >> but unfortunately, you know, the da, you know, catch and release would not work. >> well, i think it's a terrible idea. i think it's an absolutely terrible idea. >> brandon woods is the alameda county public defender. he argues that prosecutions are happening in alameda county and that this will just lead to mass incarceration, especially of people of color. >> they've got a concern about people who are going to come in and maybe litigate a try case to try to negotiate cases aren't familiar with our culture, aren't familiar with the history of abuse by the oakland police department, aren't aware of actually what happens in our communities. >> christine soto deberry is executive director of the prosecutor alliance of california. she adds that this should not reflect on da price's ability to do her job. but the governor often steps in to help different counties. >> when we have the opportunity

to get support from the governor or the attorney general or the highway patrol, da price is wise. and opening her arms and welcoming that support and those additional resources in oakland, anser hassan, an abc seven news. >> police are investigating a second robbery in two days at the apple store in berkeley. >> they say two men walked into the store just after noon today and rushed out with more than 20 iphones, ipad and macbooks. three people were arrested for a similar robbery at the same store just yesterday. there have been at least five robbery attempts at the store since the first of the year. >> today, authorities in the east bay identified a suspect in the unsolved murders of two women dating back to the 1970s, 60 year old nellie hicks of newark and 48 year old teresa pica of hayward were attacked in their homes in 1972 and 1979. both died from blunt force trauma. both were sexually assaulted. police say the suspect, identified through dna evidence was fred farnum, a convicted rapist who died in

2007 at the age of 73. they believe he may be linked to other murders in the bay area family members of both victims thanked the fbi today, as well as hayward and newark police for their persistence. >> i cannot express my gratitude enough for the police department and their dedication. all of them worked extremely hard to bring closure to our family. teresa pica's daughters expressed their thanks in a statement, saying, quote, we've accepted the fact that whoever did this would never come to justice. >> nevertheless, we thank god for you and your diligence and for never giving up. >> now to the latest on the power outages hitting california and the bay area so hard this week. you're looking at the p-g-and-e's outage map right now. there are still 11,186 customers without electricity.

you can see the dramatic difference in outages since sunday, though, when there were nearly 400,000 customers in the bay area with no power. by monday, that number dropped to 130,000. by this morning, just 12,000 were without power, so inch by inch, they're making progress. >> now to the north bay and abc's have a news reporter cornell bernard. yeah. >> the highest number of outages that still are in effect are in sonoma county and cornell is that live in santa rosa with that story, cornell. >> yeah. dan and christine, about 5000 customers are still without power up here in sonoma county. p-g-and-e's. using this yard as a base camp to dispatch about 50 of its crews across the region. to help get the lights, get the lights on back to customers who have been in the dark since sunday. >> the storm knocked the part of our redwood tree trunk that had bifurcated. it knocked one of those trunks into our garage, and on the way it hit this power

line. >> patrick morris remembers the exact time the big storm left him powerless in sebastopol. >> 436 on sunday. yep his backyard nest camera capturing the moment part of the redwood tree toppled into power lines, sending patrick's family into backup generator purgatory. >> nothing his neighbors have outages, too, so far, it's been about five days living off the grid. >> it's a hassle. i mean, you come home from work and you want to relax in a normal environment, and that's not quite as possible. but p-g-and-e's says its crews are working to replace power poles and lines in neighborhoods where access is challenging, like this spot in forestville. >> we've restored since the beginning of the storm 1.3 million customers, but we still have many customers without power. several thousand in the sonoma area, the utility now offering impacted customers a credit on future bills. if you've been without power for 48 or more consecutive hours, you

will receive an automatic credit on your bill 30 to 60 days from now, and it's going to be between 25 and $100. >> so now you can actually get here. yay >> bartender chelsea smith is back at work at petaluma's famous wash house, where dollar bills decorate the ceiling. >> they do need to make more bloody mary mix and cut limes and lemons and stuff, because i had to dump all of it. >> a power outage forced the historic watering hole to close sunday, but the lights are back on and staff is getting ready to reopen and welcome customers, as the only day that we were closed is christmas day. >> so for us to be closed for four days, four and a half days, it's been very rough. but the news isn't as good for patrick morris p-g-and-e's telling him it could be monday before his power is restored. >> three more days? yeah, after the super bowl be watching that here. >> yeah. so, patrick tells us he will be going to a friend's house. a friend that has power to watch the super bowl p-g-and-e's also telling us that

it has set up resource centers, community resource centers for those folks who still don't have power. you can charge your cell phones and laptops at these locations in cloverdale and in guerneville. we're live in santa rosa. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> macy got a friend where he can watch the super bowl. cornell, thanks very much. >> all right. now let's turn to the weather. certainly a lot nicer now. the sun was shining today. a bit colder. definitely. >> the temperature dropped. abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with what's on doppler right now. >> sandy and dan and kristen, we are seeing some showers right now, so let's get to live doppler seven. and we're going to talk about where we are seeing the light showers in the north bay right now. we get you into street level radar. sir francis drake boulevard into woodacre. there is some wet pavement out there also in the inland east bay, pittsburg bay, point. if you are heading out. plenty of sun out there along with clouds, but there are still some showers across highway 101, in the south bay by morgan hill. and here's a look at what's coming. a frost advisory 10 p.m.

tonight until 9 a.m. tomorrow covers most of the inland areas temperatures as low as 33 degrees. so protect any sensitive vegetation, plants. that is, if you will, i'll be back with a look at those temperatures coming right up. kristen. >> sandhya, thanks so much. in southern california, a fontana woman was just walking around near her house when the pavement gave way and she plummeted 25ft into an old underground septic tank. the san bernardino fire department says the ground covering the old tank shifted during the recent storms. the woman's children heard her scream and called 911. it took firefighters one hour to pull her to safety, using a rope attached to the back of a fire truck. the woman is expected to be okay. >> thank goodness that is a bad fall. community leaders gathered on the steps of san francisco city hall, calling for a holistic approach to public safety. members of the aapi community joined this rally ahead of a hearing about crime targeting asian american seniors together, they're advocating for more senior services, victim

support and public safety resources. >> they've been really worried about walking on the streets for the last few years. i know that they're concerned, and they just really want to go for dim sums and grocery shop for their families and feel safe at bus stop on the bus and walking around. but we know that has not been the case. fear has been among them. and so it is time for them to feel safe. so i want them to tell us what is it that we can do to keep them safe. >> supervisor chan says the main goal of today's hearing is to determine if the safety services they're funding are working well, and if so, they're making sure that they keep the programs going empty. >> tollbooths on some bay area bridges are staying put, at least for now. the reason behind a delay in the removal project plus, in honor for an nba legend, the lakers are unveiling a new statue of kobe bryant. and you don't need to be in vegas to celebrate the super bowl. the details of the 40 niners official watch party. >> but if you are coming to

vegas, this is the place to be tonight. larry biel live in sin city for the nfl honors award show 240 niners up for big time awards and one former christian mccaffrey teammate has a pretty strong opinion about who should win the mvp. that's coming you must have blown your budget. not exactly. you have great wine, name brand snacks, tons of meat.

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first, middle, last. who's going to come on the stage with me? what i did is i was very mindful of my past, celebrating my present, which is here in las vegas. >> usher teasing ahead to sunday's big super bowl halftime show. but he's not giving anything away. he is not the only star performing country icon reba mcentire will sing the national anthem and post malone will perform america the beautiful. >> but today, all eyes are on the red carpet ahead of tonight's nfl honors. >> abc seven news sports director larry beil is live in las vegas once again, with some stars hitting the red carpet tonight. larry >> dan. kristen i'll tell you what it is pure chaos, but it's the best kind of chaos because you've got all these nfl players. you've got celebrities, you've got dignitaries, and they're all walking the red carpet. there's an outdoor red carpet, there's an indoor red carpet. steve mariucci, the former 40 niners coach, is a few

feet away from me. i'm going to talk with him in just a moment, but he's holding court, as mooch often does as for the 40 niners, a couple of them are up for honors tonight. christian mccaffrey and brock purdy are in the mvp race now. mccaffrey is also a finalist for the offensive player of the year award. neither mccaffrey or purdy is here tonight. uh- because obviously they have bigger fish to fry. they're preparing for super bowl 58. mccaffrey's former stanford teammate solomon thomas believes that mccaffrey should win the mvp award, hands down from a stanford perspective, how loud are you going to scream if christian mccaffrey gets the offensive player of the year or mvp award? >> i think he should be the mvp. i think there's no no one in this league who's been more impactful than him on any team. respect to everyone, but i really do believe christian should be the mvp and i'll be the i'll be screaming loud in there. i'll be going crazy for my guy. i love him. former roommate, best friend. you know, he deserves it all. >> that is awesome. and if you go back a few years, former 40

niner patrick willis is a finalist to make the hall of fame tremendous linebacker back in the day. the math, though, is challenging. there's 15 finalists only five will get the call to get into the hall in canton, ohio. i'm going to try to jump in on steve mariucci in just a moment, but for the for the moment right now, i'm going to throw it back to san francisco. christian and dad, i take it away. uh- mooch might be here for like an hour talking, so i think we'll get him. >> he's good to go away. all right, larry, thanks so much fun there. he's good. >> yeah, i'm feeling good about tonight. one of the 40 niners will get it. yeah. now to abc seven news reporter jared stone. >> live in las vegas. yeah. >> he's there. jerry, i understand you visited a casino with some san francisco ties. >> yeah. we can't get away from that golden gate name and no complaints about it. now, we were on fremont street a little while ago. it started getting pretty loud. we had to come off

of the street a bit. they have a three day festival, a three day party going on, lots of bands playing, all in celebration of the super bowl. it's not situated anywhere near the golden gate bridge, but the golden gate hotel and casino. las vegas does have bay area ties. >> these are the gentlemen that came down from oakland. >> jeff victor, vice president of the hotel and casino, says this group consisted of eight partners and 23 investors. they renamed the casino operations here the golden gate casino. >> they were from the bay area. and so they wanted a market differentiator. >> at the time, the hotel was named the sal segev, which is las vegas backwards, which was eventually changed. it's the golden gate bridge image that can be seen on all of the old artifacts here. the dealers wore these change vests, the old whiskey bottles have the golden gate bridge image ingrained on the side. hotel was actually built in 1905 and is expected over and over again through the

years. but the original ten rooms are still here. >> the old building is on this end of the hallway and the newer building is that way. >> people back then were a lot smaller and that could be seen with my head nearly hitting the top of the doorway. wow, i need coming to the main section of this dresser, the rat pack was said to have had drinks at this bar. visitors say the history of this golden gate is remarkable. >> you know, if you think about vegas and sinatra and sammy davis jr and dean martin. right. you think about that era of vegas and you know, i mean, we're standing here i mean, and look right down the streets where they filmed the movie casino. >> so certainly a historic vegas with a taste of san francisco golden gate style. >> you should come by if you're from san francisco, you should come by and see. you know, your touch point here in las vegas. >> and a fun fact about the golden gate hotel and casino here in vegas. couple fun facts. they had the first phone number in all of las vegas, and that number was number one. so you

dial one, you got the hotel. also, those investors from the bay area, they brought the shrimp cocktail trend to las vegas. as for the band that's playing tonight, we go way back to the 70s and 80s. a band called starship taking the stage tonight. so it should be a lot of fun reporting live in las vegas. j.r. stone abc, seven news, starship. >> that's a san francisco. >> yeah, yeah. is that way back though. what does that say about my age? okay thank you. >> preparations for the super bowl are not happening just in vegas sunday and san francisco. there will be traffic closures in parts of the mission district , and freeway off ramps will be closed, similar to what happened during the nfc championship game. some muni busses will also be rerouted in other areas of the city. >> if you need somewhere to watch the game, the niners are hosting their official super bowl watch party at thrive city in san francisco. yeah it all starts right outside the chase center at 2:00 sunday afternoon. game kickoff is at 330. the

party is free, but fans are encouraged to rsvp on eventbrite and we have some exciting news from football fashionista kristin usec, the wife of 40 niners fullback kyle usec, she signed her very first piece of licensed nfl gear. it's the super bowl themed puffer vest that will be auctioned off for charity. all proceeds will be donated to the national breast cancer foundation. usec made headlines last month for designing taylor swift's kansas city chiefs jacket, which was pretty neat. >> all right, stay with us all week for live super bowl coverage from las vegas with larry, chris and j.r. in the evenings and our zach fuentes in the mornings. stay with

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this morning. thanks to all that new snow. just glorious up there. crews are out early grooming the runs. the mountain is operating at 100% with more than five feet of new snow. snow at the summit on 13 foot base. so it's going pretty well in the sierra these days. >> i guess that's the upside after all the rain, right? check in with sandhya now and see if we get, you know, this break for quite a while. we will for days, but we still have some showers right now. so kristen and dan, let's take a look at a live

picture right now from zephyr cove, where we are definitely seeing snow capped mountains. just a beautiful view, right now. and yes, there are some snow showers in the sierra now. statewide, the sierra snowpack is at 75% of average as of today . so we're seeing definite improvement from just last week. if you are heading up to the mountains. chance of snow tomorrow 34 degrees gusty over the ridges but dry saturday and sunday. it is certainly going to be milder in the 40s. so good looking weather for skiing, filtered sunshine on monday and 44 degrees if you want to go and hit the slopes. good time to go on live doppler seven. we are still tracking some showers. i'm going to get you into street level radar in the east bay right now around willapa bay point. highway four. watch out for some slick roadways if you are commuting woodacre lagunitas in the north bay, fairfax. also seeing some of those showers. and as we widen the picture here, the storm that brought us the rain yesterday briefly moderate to heavy at times has moved on and it is now moved

into parts of the southwest. here we take a look at a live picture from our tam cam and temperatures fairly uniform in the low to upper 50s. it is chilled sunshine out there. a beautiful view from our east bay hills camera right now of those clouds building up 58 in santa rosa. everyone else in the low 50s and live view from san jose as we are not too far away from sunset through this evening. spotty showers. tonight we are looking at a frost advisory going up inland later on and tomorrow through the weekend. we have mostly sunny and milder weather. speaking of sunshine, it's going to be bright at kickoff in las vegas outside the stadium. kick off three 3054 degrees. bright sunny skies. fourth quarter 49. mainly clear, but a little breezy out there as we go. hour by hour 5:00 tonight. still a few showers going into 6:00 and then after that just some higher clouds passing through. tomorrow morning is going to be cold. that's why the inland areas are going under that frost advisory coastal flood advisory until 1 p.m. saturday. every day between eight and noon. those high tides

will lead to minor low lying flooding. we've already seen this this week and this is going to continue now. it is going to get cold tomorrow morning down to 34 in santa rosa, 35 in livermore. but dial up tomorrow afternoon. highs will be in the low to upper 50s. should be a nice day, but lots of high clouds filtering the sun. and here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. it does feature some dry days after the cold frosty morning. we are looking at milder mornings and afternoons for the weekend. you will notice the temperatures coming up even more next week. valentine's day is looking lovely and we do have a chance of showers thursday. dan and kristen. right now models are indicating that presidents day weekend late next week. we are talking about possibly some impactful storms. really? oh yeah, and then stretching into the following week. >> wow. thanks, sandy. >> all right. >> a ceremony in san francisco unveiled the commemorative year of the dragon stamp issued by the us postal service. the stamp unveiling has become a lunar new

year tradition in the city since 1993. it's about representation and cultural celebration. often when i was growing up in the 1970s and the 1980s, there weren't stamps that reflected our culture, our aapi heritage. >> when i think about how different it has been over the last 30 years, that generations of kids get to see reflected in something as common as the stamps that we put on our letters, it's entirely different. >> well, you can buy the stamp at any postal office or online. the ceremony. was also an opportunity for the community representatives to share about the lineup of key events for the lunar new year celebrations, formally kicking off all the festivities. >> all right. coming up, the lakers honor the legacy of kobe bryant. >> we're live outside of crypto.com arena, where a new statue of the nba legend was unveiled just moments ago

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ntsb confirms witness statements that the plane was in distress immediately after takeoff from half moon bay airport. one witness reporting that the engine of the experimental amateur built aircraft cut out, then banked toward the shoreline. the bodies of three of the four people in the plane have been recovered. an emotional day in los angeles as the lakers unveiled a new statue commemorating the life of kobe bryant. a ceremony is underway right now. in fact, at crypto.com arena, otherwise known as the house that kobe built. that's where we find abc seven news reporter kurt sandoval from our sister station in l.a. he was there for today's

really moving events. kurt >> dan and kirsten. it really was moving. there's 11 statues outside what is known as star plaza at what used to be staples center. now crypto.com arena, the 12th. quite an emotional day because it is of the late kobe bryant, who was lost nearly four years ago to the day with gianna, his daughter and seven others in a horrific helicopter crash. that being said, they just unveiled the statue just minutes ago and take a look. he's wearing number eight. he of course wore that for ten years. he also wore number 24. and today is the eighth day of the 24th year of 2000. kobe helped this town win five nba championships. he was an 18 time all star and of the five people who spoke today, including derek fisher, his old teammate, his wife vanessa, probably the most profound was his old coach, phil jackson. i arranged a meeting between michael and kobe to give him a little impression of how

to handle being in a restricted basketball system that relied on passing the ball to available teammates and wanting. to go one on one with his guy in front of you. phil also reminded us that kobe was all business, and when it came to, he went up to him one time and said, you want to be captain of this team? at some point, right? and kobe said, i should be captain now. and it was like his second year. but that's part of the legacy that is kobe bryant. it was quite an emotional day for a lot of people. what should be a brilliant day, but a very tough day as well. reporting for abc seven news i'm curt sandoval, dan and kirsten, back to you. >> all right kurt, thanks so much. yeah, kobe was a competitor all the way. what a legacy. thank you. >> yeah, not that anyone was going to forget, but this really cements the memories and legacy. let's talk to larry about that. yeah. >> larry's back in las vegas live. larry >> uh. dan. thank you. i am

joined by nfl royalty tsay rich eisen from the nfl network. we go back a long ways. we spent a lot of lonely nights in bristol, connecticut. >> you don't remember? maybe, but i do, because you'll never forget your first year. you're my first co-anchor on sportscenter. you broke me in. i was so nervous. oh, my god. and you were awesome. you were so cool, larry. you were just. you are the coolest. >> i used to be awesome. i used to be somebody. what really happened is rich sky rocketed in his career off and i get to interview him now. um, who do you like on sunday? i have no earthly idea. >> the $0.02 are the niners are fully equipped to win this game going away. they're fully equipped to win this game in a squeaker. and mahomes looks invincible. well, like he seems to have that brady esque quality where it's not going to be your

day because it's his. but as we all know, he even got beat three times in, you know, 30% of his super bowls, which is kind of crazy to put it that way. so i honestly don't know. so, um, i think it's all on 23. they got to run them and run them successfully. >> you know, the running game has to be working for the 40 niners. i think, to have a real chance in this game. we saw steve mariucci a few minutes ago . oh and mooch said that you guys have an eight and a half an hour pregame show on sunday. >> yes, it started five minutes ago. larry >> yes. >> you know yeah. yeah rest your voice i know. rest your voice. >> it's all good. yeah. it's crazy. 8.5 hours. we're going to break it down. you know, snap by snap. i have no idea what we're going to do, but it's funny, you know, you hear the phrase many people have in their business when they talk about their big weeks. it's like their super bowl. well, this literally is the super bowl for us. so it's cool. >> have a great week. hey it's fantastic to see you. thanks. love you man. you're the best.

all right. take care enjoy enjoy . all right. it's like old home week. i'm meeting all of my old friends. it's a riot. it's a riot. but it's so much fun at the nfl honors. so we did this. we're talking about, like, 25 years ago. something like that. and, uh, he rich actually did his first basketball highlight impersonating the great marv albert. and after the show i said don't, don't. 2.5 minutes of marv. it's a little it's a little much. but great guy. and, uh, you know, a star at the nfl network and just a pleasure to be able to catch up with him here on the red carpet. yeah that's great kevin fun. >> you guys obviously have a great connection in history. thanks, larry. awesome. >> yeah yeah a weighty issue on airlines coming up. >> would you want to be weighed before a flight and a dumpling for the dumped this valentine's day? t you must have blown your budget. not exactly. you have great wine, name brand snacks, tons of meat.

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way themselves, not just their luggage. before boarding the plane. this is all part of a trial program to help thin air estimate the weight of the plane's cargo before takeoff, which is a critical thing to know. of course, volunteers and their carry on luggage would be weighed as one number. they will receive a reflective baggage tag as compensation. i don't know, this may come here. it's

probably where we need to weigh people the most. i mean, we americans are not small, but what do you think about that? i think a lot of people are going to bristle. >> well, first of all,t get a baggage tag that's what you get. i don't know, laughing about that. but you know me. whatever is going to keep that plane in the sky, i am all for. you're not a comfortable flier. you and i talk about that. comfortable? yeah comfortable is not the word. um, but i like that they. i think they weigh everyone together. and with the luggage as one number. so it's not each person coming. so you're not embarrassed in front of other. but what if some people. i don't know if you can opt out because then, i mean, you have to have everybody in order to get across what i'm going to do. >> sandy, i'm going to put if i'm weighing it together, i'm going to put nothing in my luggage. >> oh, that's smart. >> i can kind of blame the number on what's in my bag. >> you know, an empty carry on. >> even better, if they can have 2 or 3 people at a time and you have a group weight, right. or they could have. >> well, i think they're doing. yeah. i think it's everybody.

private room where you just go in, weigh and put in a number. >> well it'll take that might take too long but but i will say from an airline perspective, especially with people carrying so much stuff and people gaining weight, that's a crucial number to know. i mean, on a big jet, you know, it can carry a lot of capacity, but they have to know the weight. >> yeah, i'm not opposed to letting people know my weight, but i mean, not everyone's comfortable with that idea. >> they don't want to know your individual weight. it just goes in the system and makes sure that it's all balanced. it's, you know, i'm good with that. safety first. ama. right >> absolutely. keep it flying. >> some people want a dozen red roses for valentine's day, but one special woman received a dozen roses in the form of a iconic actress, betty white, a woman in new york, plays 12 pictures of white's character, rose from the golden girls on her lawn as a valentine's day gift to her wife. she says they both love the show and watch it every night. creative cute. who watched the show and who thinks it's a great idea? >> i did, and so many of my family, my siblings still watch

it and rerun. my mother loved it. it was a great show, i have to say. and betty white was just a national treasure. >> that's cute and that's cute. it's something different. >> yeah. yeah, absolutely. i watched it as well. and i think especially if, you know, the person's really into it. yes. >> if it's important and special to them, then that is the perfect gift to get important. >> yeah, exactly. i used to love betty white in the mary tyler moore show years. all right. p.f. chang's is offering free dumplings for those recovering from heartbreak this valentine's season. the offer for six dumplings is good through the end of the month, minus valentine's day itself. if you had the misfortune of being broken up by a text, just send a screenshot of it to their team. you can also text your breakup story and get free dumplings. a good marketing effort i suppose, sandhya, but will that ease the pain? no, of course not, dan. >> i mean, if it's a breakup, it's a breakup. what? you bury your sadness and food. i mean, but it is temporarily that

sounds like a great idea. >> yeah. >> uh- it is good marketing. i have to admit. it's very p.f. chang's. >> yes. >> yeah, yeah. >> uh. all right. a bay area restaurant is in the national spotlight today after landing on yelp's top 100 restaurants of the year list, masri in san bruno came in at number 23 on that list. very impressive. of the family owned mediterranean eatery began as a grocery store that transformed into a dynamic culinary adventure every year, yelp analyzes user ratings and reviews to finalize their list of top restaurants in the us, and we have some of the food with us now. >> if we come back out and show that. excellent joining us live to talk about the honor is masri, co-owner, safe and jordan maqluba. i hope i pronounced that right, guys. thanks for coming on. let's start with what we're eating here. it absolutely looks and smells delicious. >> yeah. yeah, absolutely. what you seem to have over there is our halloumi cheese rolls. i mean, i see our deluxe kebab pack. our cauliflower seems like

our team definitely took care of you guys. >> oh for sure. yeah, they did this rice is so good. >> it smells so great. >> how did you guys get into this? how long have you been at it and what are the roots of your cooking passion? >> uh, sure. i mean, i feel like we were kind of born into it. um, you know, we always enjoyed this food at home. uh, really began with my father's grocery or our father's grocery store. uh, they had a little deli in there. kind of dishing out some mediterranean food and, um. yeah, we just took it up a notch, you know, really, through our travels and what we've seen around the world, um, we kind of brought some special items back to us, and. yeah, put it on our menu. >> it's unique and it's obviously high quality ingredients. the presentation is beautiful. it tastes delicious. congratulations on making yelp's top 100 restaurant list. how did you find out you made the list and what does that mean to you? >> yeah. yeah, absolutely. so my brother and i were actually in our redwood city location when we got the news. uh, we it was a phone call, and it was kind of

just like, what? what's going on? moment? where do we go from here? we were shocked. we were a bit i mean, there's so many emotions that definitely flooded through, but, um, i mean, we're honored and we hope to continue to definitely be putting it on not only for san bruno, but for the bay area. >> it is delicious. >> can i just ask you, like grilled meat? how do you get the grill meat? so perfect. >> sure. so, you know, one of our specialties, um, is our kabobs. and what we do is we cook all our meat on mesquite charcoal. so you always get that natural flavor from the mesquite. um, it it definitely. you taste it in the rice, you'll taste it in the meat. um, it's very flavorful. >> so it's wood fired. >> i can't talk now, so we're dropping food. >> wait, you mentioned redwood city location. so how many locations are there? >> i hope you're enjoying it. >> yeah. i'm gonna wanted to know how many you locations you guys have.

>> yeah. so, uh, we actually have two locations. uh, one in san bruno and our new one in redwood city that's opening next month. >> our congratulations. is it near courthouse square? exactly >> yes, exactly. downtown uh, redwood city on broadway. >> interesting. you guys honed your culinary skills all the way down in australia. why australia ? and what was that experience like? what did you get out of it ? >> yes. so, um, you know, i had family in australia, my uncle in particular. um, when i went over there, there was a huge lebanese population and i felt like the lebanese, you know, they really did it differently. um, different from what i've seen here in the states. so um, being that they were or i guess, you know, many, many generations of lebanese in australia, yeah, they kind of made the food very digestible to the people in australia that, you know, weren't familiar with the cuisine. um, so i just felt like

you know, it was more digestible and i wanted to kind of bring the same, uh, kind of the same concept here to america. >> well, the food is delicious, but can we talk about the drinks, too? yeah, i'm having. good. i don't know if this is like strawberry with some mint, but it's amazing. >> mine has mint, too. wow >> we. i think everything will have mint. we just love mint. we'll throw it in our tea, we throw it in practically every drink. um but yeah, you got some, uh, cantaloupe. pineapple, some mint lemonade. and the raspberry as well. >> i think it's fantastic. >> yeah. >> you got really good. >> well, this is the restaurant is masa co-owners sayf and jordan maqluba. guys, thank you so much. congratulations on your success. >> really appreciate the opportunity. >> thank you. >> and thanks for sending all this. >> great. i know yeah. thank you. it's a long by come try it in house. >> one of these days. >> we'll do all right opening up

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of 2026 two years from now, saying it wants to upgrade the automatic toll collection system and remove the booths at the same time. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena has a look at the project. reporter a date has been set. >> toll booths are all seven state owned bridges will be removed. >> the toll booths will be

removed. new tolling structures will be installed. we'll have a whole new toll collection system installed. >> the work will start february of 2026 with the richmond-san rafael bridge. the metropolitan transportation commission goal is to have open road tolling. >> you won't need to slow down to squeeze through that that toll booth, you'll be able to uh- continue on to the bridge at 55 or 65 miles an hour. >> this plan has been in the works since 2018. why has this taken so long? it's a great question. >> um, one was the need to come up with this new, uh, toll collection and accounting system, the system that we have now is a little over ten years old. bay area commuters have been waiting for it, but it would be better just go back and forth without hesitating and stopping. >> slowing down. >> in 2017, a bay bridge toll worker was killed after a drunk driver crashed into the booth

during the pandemic. human toll collectors were removed, but the empty booths have also been a hazard. in october of 2023, a semi truck crashed into a toll booth on the westbound lanes of the richmond-san rafael bridge. the driver was killed. >> it's a safer because i'm not stopping and i'm not worried about worried about, uh, a car behind me. according to the bay area toll authority, the process will take 6 to 8 months at each location. >> the bay bridge will be the last one in march of 2027. commute eaters like christian santana, hope the mtc, rethink their priority list in the morning, especially in the bay bridge. >> it will be way better, but for now, a look into the mtc's plan for more open road tolling can be seen on one bay area bridge. >> you can actually see the future right now at the benicia-martinez bridge over the far left hand side in san francisco. luz pena abc seven

news. >> wow. all right, let's turn our attention back to the weather forecast. uh- sparkling out there. although there have been some showers. yeah let's see how much more longer we'll get those showers. >> and then how long is the dry break? >> yes, just a couple more hours. kristen and dan. and then you can put the umbrellas away for quite a stretch through the weekend into early next week. let's talk about el nino. so an advisory was issued today by the climate prediction center. and warmer than average sea surface temperatures are continuing near the equatorial pacific. climate prediction center says there's a 79% chance that we transition to neutral this spring. a la nina watch has been issued. this means that this summer we could be going into a la nina pattern. historically, there is a tendency for la nina to follow strong el nino events. so stay tuned. as we look at live doppler seven, we are still tracking some showers there. very spotty in the north bay right now. mill valley miller avenue, kentfield uh- area in

the east bay, bay point, pittsburgh. still some slippery roadways. we take a look at the afternoon highs tomorrow. it's going to be dry, low to upper 50s. a mix of sun and high clouds and lunar new year festivities begin in san francisco this saturday. it's going to be bright and cool to start the day. lots of sunshine for the afternoon and in the evening it will get crisp. but overall, just a beautiful pattern for lunar new year celebrations. accuweather seven day forecast. cold and frosty tomorrow morning. dry for the weekend. milder including super bowl sunday and early next week. and then valentine's is dry, but we do have a chance of some wet weather thursday and beyond. dan, kristen. >> rain potentially. all right. sandy, thanks. the super bowl, lunar new year, valentine's day there's plenty to celebrate over the next few days. bay area florists are hoping, however, you celebrate it by including a bouquet or two. it's a busy time at san francisco's flower mart. the vendors there say the 40 niners super bowl run has provided a much needed boost in business. >> i think it just lends itself to an opportunity to decorate your house with something fresh

and beautiful and uh- red and gold works. we've got a lot of it. >> sales will get an even bigger boost next week. of course, for valentine's day, that's the biggest day of the year for flower sales. >> mm.hmm a labor of love goes all the way to the oscars before the oscars, before disney plus supported it, before the festival winds. >> it really is a film for me and my family. >> a look at the oscar nominated short film that will soon be on disney plus. stay wi

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with regard to the classified documents that were found at the biden center. so we'll bring you that abc news special report when that happens. all right. a little more than a month away from oscar sunday, the short film nai nai and nepal y por that is has been the darling of the festival circuit. but now it's up for an oscar. reporter george pennacchio sat down with the director to talk about his personal love letter that has hollywood buzzing. >> for sama? >> yeah, it's the heartwarming short that's taken critics by storm. >> um, you know, we almost describe the film as like an elevated home video. at the end

of the day. you know, before we got into south by before the oscars, before disney+ supported it, before the festival winds. it really is a film for my family. >> nine-nine we post stars. wang's grandpa now reporting david muir. >> good evening. >> we're coming back on the air at this hour because we've received late word that president biden will speak at the white house. >> his comments set to come after the special counsel's report today, made public into president biden's handling of classified documents, clearing the president of any charges but questioning the president's memory. special counsel robert her highly critical of president biden's actions, saying he, quote, willfully retained and disclosed classified information after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen. the materials included classified documents concerning military and foreign policy in afghanistan and also handwritten notes about national security and foreign policy issues. the special counsel, who was once a us attorney, appointed by donald

trump, did note what he considers the differences from the trump documents case, saying unlike trump, president biden handed the documents over. now we're awaiting. you can see the live picture from the white house at this hour. the diplomatic reception room. the president expected to come before the cameras this was an unscheduled moment from the president. and again, it comes amid these headlines today that he has been cleared in the classified documents case of any potential charges that could have come in this case, attorney general merrick garland, in the last 24 hours, coming out publicly saying that he'd been made aware of the special counsel's findings that he had no part in this investigation or in these findings. the white house was said to be briefed on this again today. the results of the special counsel's report made public, making it clear that the president will not be charged in this case. let's listen to the preside take your questions. >> as you know, the special counsel released his findings today about their look into my handling of classified documents

. i was pleased to see he reached a firm conclusion on that. no charges should be brought against me in this case. this was an exhaustive investigation. even going back more than 40 years, even into the 1970s, when i was still a new united states senator and the special counsel acknowledged i cooperated completely. i did not throw up any roadblocks. i sought no delays in fact, i was so determined to give the special counsel what he needed. i went forward with a five hour in person, five hour in-person interview over two days on october the eighth and ninth of last year. even though israel had just been attacked by hamas on the seventh. and i was very occupied, it was in the middle of handling an international crisis. i was especially pleased to see special counsel make clear the stark distinction and difference between this case and mr. trump's case, the special counsel wrote. and i quote several material distinctions

between mr. trump's case and mr. biden's are clear. continuing to quote most notably, after given multiple chances to return classified documents to avoid prosecution, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite, according to the indictment. he not only refused to return the documents for many months, he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it. in contrast, he went on to say mr. biden turned in classified documents to the national archives, and the department of justice consented to the search of multiple locations, including his home, sat for voluntary interview and in other ways cooperated with the investigation. end of quote. i've seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents. this. these assertions are not only misleading, they're just plain wrong. on page 215, if you had the chance, i know it's a long it's a thick document. on page 215, the report of the special counsel found the exact opposite