of the holiday shopping season. the plan to stop organized retail theft. good evening. i'm amanda. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. that comes just as walnut creek police have managed to already put a big dent in retail theft ring involving lululemon. >> yeah, just in the last five days, they've made arrests and are now sharing their strategy for preventing retail crime. going forward. >> abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has the story. the arrests of eight suspects in a retail theft ring at this lululemon store in walnut creek uncovered a chain of events that started earlier in the month when police say thieves targeted two lululemon stores in napa and santa rosa taking 10,000 in merchandise from. each. >> their network of loss prevention agents will communicate that out to include photographs and general descriptions. >> that's what broadway plaza shopping center officers and store employees had to work with last thursday afternoon. the north bay suspects showed up at the store in walnut creek. police say these retail theft suspects are bold, taking 3 to

$4000 worth of merchandise up to the counter in the hopes of getting a gift card or cash. >> in this case, they were stalled and then our officers moved in and detained them and then subsequently arrested them. >> two were arrested in the store, two more arrested in a waiting car with an additional $13,000 in stolen merchandise. then just two days later, four or more suspects stormed the same lululemon store in walnut creek. >> they go in, they grab as much as they can, and then and then they leave. and the officers that responded responded quickly and were able to detain those individuals and subsequently arrest them. >> the police is doing a great job of saying, yes, a crime occurred, but arrest was made so that the communication out to the world is become to walnut creek. the two commit a crime, you're going to get arrested. >> it was nearly two years ago that a gang of thieves took over the nordstrom store in walnut creek, the street through

broadway plaza was blocked to traffic after that as it reopened this fall, suspects crashed a car into a new louis vuitton store and stole merchandise. so the street is now re barricade added that will be closed throughout the holiday season in in addition to that we are up staffing considerably for the holiday season to include a lot more police officers. police say the da is adamant on pressing charges in cases of organized retail thefts in walnut creek. i'm leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >> oakland police are getting ready to launch a pilot program designed to stop car break ins. but you have to help to make it work. you see, the way to report a car break in isn't by calling 911, but by using social media. abc7 news reporter anser hassan has more. >> the oakland police department has videos to show just how fast it is to break into a car and the city has seen a spike in car break-ins this year alone we've had 11,300 locked auto burglaries in the city.

>> that's a 36% increase from 2022. >> opd says it's been focused on tackling auto break ins since may. >> we've increased our violence suppression units to operate in the areas where the crime data shows that these crimes are being committed. and we've also brought back our foot patrol units in the downtown area and deployed them where the businesses are, you know, mostly affected. >> according to opd's own numbers, it's working. captain casey johnson says the hegenberger road corridor, where foot patrol officers have been working and along 98th avenue are areas in oakland with the highest auto burglaries, in part because of the number of travelers and easy access to the freeways. >> since july, with the focus of our foot patrol officers and our dedicated overtime burglar suppression teams, we've seen a 50% reduction in weekly auto burglaries in these two locations alone. >> but interim chief assistant jones says even more is being done. this weekend, opd is launching a pilot program where people can report an auto burglary on instagram and formerly known as twitter by

using the handle at oakland auto burg. but if you send that information to us immediately, we're going to have staff monitoring the platforms and they'll be able to relay the intelligence or the information to our surveillance teams that we're going to have in the city. jones acknowledges that there are many unknowns as to how effective this program will be, even just announcing it may deter crime this weekend. but he says the department is committed to thinking outside of the box to fight crime with the communities help if they can direct us to where these things are occurring at with the air assets, with the uniforms, with the undercover officers, we'll be able to track the vehicles down and make the arrests rapidly and remove some of the luck out of the situation. >> the pilot program runs this weekend only if effective it could be used again in oakland, anser hassan abc7 news. >> and when it comes to crime and public safety, where you live, we have a resource that will always keep you in the know. >> our interactive abc7 neighborhood safety tracker uses

hard data to give you the full picture. it shows you a wide range of public safety statistics for oakland, san jose and san francisco. you'll find it on the front page of abc7 news.com. >> tonight we are learning new details about the pleasant hill off duty pilot accused of trying to crash a flight headed for san francisco. and we're learning what he told the on duty pilots moments before he took action. yeah. >> this comes as 44 year old joe emerson made his first appearance in a portland courtroom today. alaska airline has also said today that it has removed him from service indefinitely and relieved him of all duties with the airline. >> abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes is going through the court documents very closely. he's in the newsroom with the story tonight. dan? >> well, dan and alma, the court documents describe a terrifying 90s that's how long the on duty pilot's struggle with joseph emerson as he tried to cut power to the jet's engines. through his attorney, 44 year old joseph emerson pleaded not guilty to the 83 attempted murder counts for each of the people aboard

that alaska airlines flight operated by horizon air from everett, washington, to sfo sunday, he seemed to catch someone's eye in the gallery and mouth. a message as his lawyer began. good afternoon, your honor. >> for mr. emerson, he is truly named. we've received two copies of the district attorney's information. we would waive further reading and advice of rights reserve all rights, read into the record this morning. if you're not guilty. >> emerson also now faces a federal charge interfere with flight crew members and attendants and an fbi affidavit from that case provides details from interviews with the defendant and others. the pilot's report there was zero indication anything was wrong as the flight began and they made small talk with emerson sitting in a jump seat in the cockpit as the flight was well underway, according to the fbi affidavit, emerson said, i'm not okay and tried to cut the plane's engines by pulling the fire extinguisher . air handles known as the t handles the t handle, which is what this individual tried to pull on each engine actually

turns the engine off and prepares it for a fire extinguisher. >> the problem is at high altitude, you can get the engines restarted at low altitude and that could be a fatal result. >> one pilot struggled with emerson while the other declared an in-flight emergency. it took 90s for them to get emerson under control. he left the cockpit on his own, telling the flight attendants, you need to cuff me right now or it's going to be bad. one passenger took these photos. >> we've got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit. it doesn't sound like he's causing any issue in the back right now. i think he's subdued. >> but then the criminal complaint says that emerson tried to open the exit door while in flight until a flight attendant held his hands down. emerson told police he thought he was having a nervous breakdown on the flight and that he hadn't slept in 40 hours. he denied taking any medication, but stated he became depressed approximately six months ago. he also told investigators he took psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours before that flight and that it

was his first time by the way, faa records show he passed his medical exam just last month. dan, ama. >> well, this is just remarkable and so frightening. dan, obviously that terrifying 90s how close a call was this actually? well the pilots say as emerson pulled the handles to cut the engines, they started to engage, that the lights lit up the fire suppression was starting. >> luckily, they were able to push the handles back into place and the engines never stopped. but it was quite close. >> dan sounds like it. the pilots obviously did a great job responding. they did. thanks, dan, very much. to get in touch with dan and the ai team, you can call this number on your screen. 1888 40 team or go to abc seven news.com slash i-team. >> new at six san francisco police are asking for help finding a four year old girl and the woman accused of kidnaping her. police believe a relative took fatimah abu zahra from her home without her family's knowledge or consent. you see her there. she has brown hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a pink pajama top and tan pants. her father reported

her missing to police early this morning. a bouraoui is the relative accused of taking fatima, her eight year old son was with her. police say it is possible bouraoui is staying at a hotel in the tenderloin district where they were last seen. any one with information should call san francisco police. >> still to come from setback to success, how an on the job training program is helping young adults pave the way to a much brighter future. and this experiment is failed. >> a major roadblock for driverless vehicles. california's dmv suspends cruz's permits to operate robo taxis in san francisco. >> larry beil, a chase center. as we get you set for night, one of a new nba season. the warriors hosting kevin durant and the phenix suns will go one on one with warriors forward moses moody. that's coming up later in sports. nice for the home opener. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. noticeably cooler weather is heading our way and there's even a possibility of showers. i'll be back with the forecast

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look at what effect the decision will have on the autonomous car company. >> cruise cars sit behind the company's gates in san francisco. >> if any of them leave this lot, they need someone behind the wheel. the dmv says their self-driving cars are two dangerous. we have seen several times where cruise cars stall on the street and blocked traffic. earlier this month, a woman was trapped under a cruise. av after being hit by another car. experts think this could have ripple effects for the whole industry. we're still at a point where, you know, one incident reflects on every automated vehicle developer. so in some way, this probably does hinder the whole industry. cruise was the first av company allowed to give rides to people without a driver in the city's transportation committee spoke about avs tuesday. supervisor peskin says cruise needs to be more transparent when sharing data in their cars are doing, you know, charging a pedestrian or going through an intersection with a red light. >> they need to make all of that

data transparent and if they do that, we can actually see whether or not their software is evolving and becoming safer. mayor london breed wants to see cruise operate in san francisco, but she wants to see it done safely. >> they can spend some time working on improving their safety measures because because we want to welcome this technology, but we want to do so responsibly and safely. >> the federal government doesn't really have unified laws when it comes to self-driving cars. therefore it is up to the states. in california, the dmv is the ultimate decision maker right now. in a statement, cruise said, we learned today at 10:30 a.m. pt of the california dmv suspension of our driverless permits. as a result, we will be pausing operations of our driverless avs in san francisco. av experts say if cruise doesn't solve this fast, their future is in doubt. all of their plans kind of suddenly get called into question where and when. maybe they've, you know, tried to run too fast before they could walk in the city where they're

they're really operating, you know, in a major way right now. and the dmv says it will not allow cruise to use their self-driving cars until inspectors deem them safe. in san francisco. ryan curry, abc7 news and abc7 news is doing a deep dive into self-driving vehicles in a new docu series as part of this series we talked with cruises vice president of engineering a few weeks ago after an incident in san francisco about how their cars deal with unexpected events. >> i think that's a common misconception. it's like we have to see everything. we've seen a lot. first of all, 5 million driverless miles and millions of other supervised and so on. so we've seen a lot. and then we've augmented and generated a lot using ai and machine. but it doesn't mean that if we see, let's say, space ships drops in front of the car, it doesn't mean that the car is not going to recognize that. it's going to recognize an object. it doesn't matter if it's seen that object before or not. it's going to recognize that it can proceed. in this case, even if you haven't seen it, the car is smart enough to know if i'm certain about how to navigate out of this situation safely,

which is the core of everything we do. then it's going to proceed. if it's not certain about it, it's going to stop. put the hazards light on and request assistance. if you want to see more reporting on self-driving vehicles, just log on to abc7 news.com. >> all right. let's turn our attention now to the weather forecast. a little cool, a little foggy out there for a while today. >> that's right. let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the latest sandhya. >> yeah, and you have that fog right behind you again, dan and let's take live picture from our santa cruz camera. absolutely beautiful view as the sun is setting, you can see the breeze blowing the flags around. here's a look at what's ahead. there's an area of low pressure that is just off the pacific northwest coast. there it is bringing mixed precipitation to that region. it's going to be a big snow maker for the cascades and the rockies as this system is going to drop southward. and as it does, it will bring rain and snow to northern california and the sierra. and we have a slight possibility of some showers here tomorrow on live doppler seven. we do have the fog around. you

can see it here on the golden gate bridge. so drive carefully. upper 50s, san francisco, oakland, mountain view right now, 64, san jose, 70 degrees. today's high temperatures were in the upper 50s to the upper 70s. it is currently 66 in palo alto and a nice view from our emeryville camera with a combination of the marine layer and some high thin, wispy clouds . 64 degrees in santa rosa right now. 65 napa, low 70s concord and livermore. one other live picture from our kgo roof camera and it's starting to turn gray, so we'll call it turning cloudier and cooler tomorrow. a slight chance of showers tomorrow and colder mornings are expected thursday through saturday. behind this cold front and another front that's coming in. so let's talk about the first front for tomorrow. this one will produce rain at the lower elevation. at the higher elevation excuse me. and snow down to about lake level beginning tomorrow afternoon. and it starts out at around 7000ft and then drops down to about lake level, 6500ft. but you see the possibility of a few

showers in the north bay. this is the drier of the computer models. there's another model that's actually painting a wide spread wet weather picture for the bay area. so if i were you, i would just have the umbrellas handy for your wednesday. as we take a look at wednesday night, there will still be some snow showers up in the mountains and as far as how much we're expecting, a couple of inches of snow. so about three inches at donner, two inches in south lake tahoe. the winds will certainly come up behind that cold front. so tonight we have breezy conditions. tomorrow, we're expecting the winds to ramp up into the 25 to close to 30 mile an hour range. and that trend will continue into tomorrow evening. but one thing that you will notice is that it's going to be a lot cooler tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow morning, i would grab the jacket or a sweater because we're going to be seeing temperatures dropping down into the mid 40s to the mid 50s and a combination of fog and higher clouds. and the clouds will just thicken throughout the day. it is going to be mostly cloudy for your wednesday afternoon. breezy cooler, low

60s to low 70s. there's that chance of a few showers on wednesday. that's not our only opportunity. as you look at the accuweather 70 forecast not only is it cooler days going into the end of the work week, but we have the colder nights below average temperatures is right on through the weekend. we do have that possibility of a few showers on friday, but i have to say the latest computer model that was wet yesterday is now going drier as well. so we're going with just a slight chance. the important thing is halloween. that's true. is looking nice. ama and dan. >> good. thanks andy. >> changing planet, hotter temperatures, record extremes. the dire warnings from scientists about earth and our future

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incidents today. the county's health care services agency unveiled its new transport bus. the bus can hold at least 18 patients and has space for several medical personnel during emergency situations. >> we realized that, you know, disasters happen, you know, in a sense, california sometimes called the disney world of disasters, because anything can happen. we know it could be floods, fire, earthquake and terrorist attacks and whatnot. so we want to have a kind of an all hazards approach to be able to deal with any need that arises and be flexible in order to deploy the right asset to the right need for the right

situation. >> the bus is a retrofitted ac transit vehicle that also has worked stations and a solar powered generator that allows people to work off the grid. >> october is national disability employment awareness month, and today we're highlighting a group of bay area adults with disabilities making a difference in the robotics industry. abc7 news reporter luz pena spoke with the young adults who are hoping their job opens doors for others in their community. >> at 6 a.m, tim zalewski grabs his safety glasses and is ready to build. >> we're making parts of unit and of course this is the unit and you got to like use this like this wrench. >> tim showed us around his new job at omron, an electronics company in pleasanton. what do you think about this place? >> i just think it's kind of awesome. >> tim got hired a month ago after excelling as an intern here. getting that call is still a bit surreal for him. >> realizing that i got hired for a full timer, you never

thought that was a possibility? >> yeah. why well, because. >> because i thought it would be really impossible since omron is a really busy company. >> he comes to work knowing that his role is vital to build robots. he is part of a team. well, it just feels like that i'm starting a new adventure. and what is the adventure bringing you so far? well becoming an adult and also working with others. >> it just sort of feels like i'm making friends as i mean, with adult friends. >> one of his friends sits right next to him, joseph carter i do led lights for the top desk. joseph is an intern now, but he's inspired by tim's story. do you like your job? yes. what do you like about it? >> working with people and friends. >> the one who saw potential both in tim and joseph, is their mentor. jesse >> i gave him a set of tools. he knew what they were. he knew how to handle it. we just kind of

kind of grew on that curiosity. we harnessed it. >> pleasanton adult and career education or pace for short is an adult school within the pleasanton school district that prepares adults with disabilities for the workforce paying them to intern at different companies in the last five years, about 56 adults with disabilities have learned key skills to find jobs in this community. and this is one of the 25 sites they work with, and we give them three different work experience pieces. >> we help them get as many transferable work skills as possible so that they can get a job at the end of the nine month program that matches what they want to do. >> for example, cole right now is learning to take technical orders, but his dream is a bit different. >> become an executive chef and own my own restaurant. >> his mentor understands him. >> it feels pretty good. i actually have two stepsons that are both autistic and in their 20s turns out amran is one of the first factories to hire people with disabilities over 50

years ago in japan, that factory has more than 50% of the workforce are people with disabilities. >> and now tim is carrying on that legacy in the us. >> can you believe this? i can't. >> well, believe it. >> it's happening. i'm so proud of you. thanks. this is so cool. >> in pleasanton, luis pena, abc seven news. that well metta mental health and your kids the silicon valley giant slapped with a lawsuit today by some say it was a long time coming. >> plus the things and the innovation that happens in san francisco. other places follow while we lead. we're now less than three weeks away from the apex summit in san francisco. >> but when the conference moves in, where do those living on the streets go? we get answers next. as abc seven news at

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countdown is on. >> we're just two and a half weeks away from the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum, or apec, as san francisco ramps up to put the final touches on the event that will bring dozens of world leaders to town. we're asking what happens to those who live on the city streets? and police in san francisco say there will not be mass sweeps of unhoused individuals in preparation for this. >> still, some people living on the streets near moscone center have started clearing out on their own. abc7 news reporter leah melendez has more on where those people have relocated. lianne well, different parts of the city but i don't know if you've noticed van ness avenue, a lot of homeless people, a lot of encampments there. >> i have actually. so yeah, so really all over the city. but you know, in december of 2022, a federal judge blocked the city from clearing homeless encampments and moving the unhoused. unless the city could come up with some shelter. remember that one? what people don't realize is that just recently, the ninth circuit court of appeals made some clarifications and said, hold on

a minute. if someone is offered shelter and they refuse it, then the city can certainly ask them to move. and that has given the city more leverage. david martin moved to san francisco from castro valley in the east bay for one reason. >> i came here to get fentanyl, so i could cope. i mean know, do i look like a drug addict? not at all. right that's because i only do what i need. >> he told us a little fentanyl helps to manage his pain in his knees and hips after being injured in a motorcycle accident . he's been moving around the city most recently the van ness corridor. until today, when he was offered shelter, which he refused. so you would prefer to live out on the streets than get shelter? >> that's correct, ma'am. is it that bad? yes, it is. yes, it is. it's awful. they treat you like garbage. >> large businesses along van ness avenue complained after seeing the encampments rapidly

expand. >> and then it just kind of grew . you just kind of expanded. and so then then it started with one one tent and then it expanded to two and three. >> but under a revised city guidance, a person will now be asked to move their tent and belongings if they decline an offer for shelter. >> we've had enough and we have clarity of what we can do and we have places for people to go. and so now they need to go. otherwise we can't just continue to walk past and let them stay on the sidewalks where other problems are being created as a result of it. >> the folks handling this kind of outreach are part of the city's healthy street operation center, and they are quick to tell you their focus is not on conducting sweeps, but getting people into shelters. it's a lesson learned in early 2016, when san francisco hosted super bowl 50 state meets that were lined with tents were cleared, followed by protests in support of the unhoused just because

you're poor, it doesn't mean you should not have access to housing. the city also gave out citations for blocking the sidewalk. temporary shelters were erected, but then after super bowl 50, many of the people who were moved just returned to the streets. unhoused today, those who are given shelter can take up to two suitcases with them and they are offered storage for the rest of their belongings. gary thomas has been living on van ness avenue after moving here from sixth and market streets, just one mile from moscone center, where the city is getting ready to host the asia pacific economic cooperation summit. he says he won't move from this new area. >> now, i'm going to be back there. i'm going to be right back where it was because i don't have a choice. i don't have a choice. >> in response, these giant planters filled with cement were placed on one block of van ness. it's not clear who put them there, but already people have written messages addressed to mayor breed stating buying

planters won't solve homelessness. >> it's ridiculous. like they're not even filling it with dirt or putting plants up. >> whenever there's a big event that comes to san francisco, the city is put on high alert to kind of clean it up or move. just move the problem somewhere else until the event so that people don't see what's really going on. so they move them to, you know, they clean it up for a while and then as soon as they leave, it's back to normal. >> now, mayor breed says since she took office in 2018, her administration has helped nearly 10,000 people get off the street permanently. and maybe you've noticed it under the freeways. remember those encampments, those are sort of gone. but you also have to keep in mind that we have had so many people come from out of state here to live on our streets. yeah. and why to reasons the drug's easy access and services, right? >> yeah. no question. and easy solution. no. and it's not just san francisco, it's oakland's other parts of the bad. thanks liane. >> today mayor london breed

addressed concerns from community members, specifically seniors living inside apex secured perimeter or those impacted by street closures. >> we know there's going to be impacts. we know that there are people who are concerned. we're going to do everything we can to address what people's concerns are, but make no mistake, this is going to have a significant impact on our economy. we so we anticipate almost $53 million into the san francisco economy. >> mayor breed says efforts are being made to assist seniors living inside the secured area, especially those who rely on paratransit. the city urges anyone with questions or concerns to call 311 or access the apec website meta on the hot seat today, a show of force against the social media giant for t three attorneys general joined together to file suit, accusing the company of exploiting kids and climate concerns. scientists out with a new warning today. and the news isn't good, but some of the industry's top minds are teaming up right here in the bay area to

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the two sides have spoken since the talks broke off on october 11th with the studios claiming the gap between both sides was too great to continue discussions. the actors union wanted a 2% cut of revenue generated on streaming platforms. the industry has been eager to get back to work and hoping a deal can get done. saturday will be 100 days since the actors union started its strike. >> facebook and instagram's parent company is now in a legal fight with california and dozens of other states. today, attorneys general filed a lawsuit accusing meta of harming the health of young people. abc7 news reporter zach fuentes has more on the claims and why some say the lawsuit has been a long time coming. >> today we draw the line. we must protect our children online and we will not back down. from this fight. >> that fight is in the form of a lawsuit filed in a federal court in california tuesday. 33 attorneys general, including california's, suing facebook and instagram parent company meta.

they accused the menlo park based company of harming young people's mental health. >> there's a mountain of growing evidence that social media has a negative impact on our children, evidence that more time on social media tends to be correlated with depression, with anxiety, body image issues, susceptibility to addiction. >> the attorneys general say meta knows of the harm it's causing young users, but has done nothing to address it. meta has responded to the lawsuit. in a statement, it said in part, we're disappointed that instead of working productively with companies across the industry to create clear age appropriate standards for the many apps teens use. the attorneys general have chosen this path. meta said it has introduced more than 30 tools to support teens and families. but jim steyer, with common sense media, says meta can't be trusted to self-police. >> the idea that facebook and instagram are going to come out and say, don't worry, we have all the tools in place. you just need to use them is almost laughable. >> the lawsuit also accuses meta of routinely collecting data on kids under 13 without their

parents consent, in violation of federal law. experts say concerns surrounding data collection have long been an issue in silicon valley. >> when you go to use a platform, really what you're doing is performing free labor. you're toiling away for eight, ten, 16 hours a day for some young people, unfortunately. and you don't get paid for that and you're giving away your data in the meantime and everything you produce is making profits for a different company and not yourself. >> steyer says it's that business model that's the root of the problem. >> this is an arms race for young people's attention. and this lawsuit has the potential to fundamental alter that landscape and that would be a very big win for kids and families here in the bay area and all across the united states in silicon valley. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> coming up next, fighting fire with timber. how a first of its kind tool works to reduce the wildfire threat. just as we're in the thick of the seas

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other potential fire fuel. the dry brush, combined with high winds, can create dangerous fire conditions. the cutting edge project is already underway at anthony chabot regional park. the scale of the project is massive. >> it is the largest project part of eucalyptus reduction in the area and we hope that our successes and the things that we've learned will help embolden our community and really pave the way for other government agencies to follow in our footsteps. >> the district hopes other states will adopt its new strategy to use this to address future wildfire risks. >> a new report by 12 international climate scientists says life on planet earth is under siege. this alarming research paper comes as 2023 has likely seen the hottest temperatures on earth in the last 100,000 years. the scientists warn that 20 of 35 planetary indicators are at record extremes and the planet

is pushing its systems into dangerous instability. those words from the report. the authors are hoping the facts of the report lead to global policy changes quickly. and we're bringing you this story today as part of our focus on building a better bay area. those leaders put it plainly today we need climate change solutions. now as abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains potential answers to the world's problems are on display this week in san jose. >> we can only hope that we might be on the verge of finding a climate crisis solution in silicon valley as the verge in bloom conference returns to san jose for their three day event. verge is really about deploying climate tech solutions at scale. >> so we have 5000 people here from around the world representing large corporations, municipalities and the innovation and innovation ecosystem coming together to really make those solutions happen. >> that includes looking at new ways to clean, feed and power our society. >> this is our battery energy storage solution. it basically eliminates the need for fossil

fuel based temporary power. >> the moxie and battery energy storage system is american made from richmond, california, with american solutions in mind, strong enough to power a single family home for three weeks or even a construction site without the need of environmentally unfriendly fuel. >> we have an opportunity to use 100% clean electric this can change construction from the top to the top to the bottom. it's a industry from a global perspective that that global emissions come from 40% of construction. and we want to make sure that we do a small part to help us reach our climate goals. >> climate goals are important, but climate action is needed because time is ticking. new research from 12 international scientists published tuesday suggests that earth is under siege during this unprecedented record breaking year that we've had with flooding, extreme temperatures, fire and drought. csu east bay professor of public health michael schmelt says these hazards have serious impact on our health. >> we really need to be mindful that these can be extreme events that could be harmful to our health and really understand,

get our information to understand how can they impact us individually or us, our community and family, and how can we take action to protect ourselves? >> the authors of the paper say not enough has been done to take action, which highlights the important work here at verge. >> ultimately, these climate tech solutions mean nothing without a planet that's inhabitable. so you really need to look at those two things working in concert. the weather patterns aren't lying. we need to move faster than we're moving . and that's why people are here in san jose. >> dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> all right, nice weather here, but elsewhere there's some concerns. >> yeah, that is absolutely right. meteorologists sandhya patel is tracking a hurricane. >> that's right. dan and irma. we have hurricane otis. it has rapidly intensified into a category four just south of acapulco, mexico. you can see the eye of the hurricane is kind of getting squeezed. but it is expected to strengthen further, possibly a category five. right now, it is packing winds of 145 miles an hour. it is moving

towards the acapulco area. it could actually intensify to a category five before making landfall, then rapidly weakening, but destroying active winds. flooding rains. they're expecting the potential for mudslides. so this could be catastrophic for that area. quiet here in the bay area. we certainly have the fog and low clouds regrouping tomorrow afternoon. it's a breezy cooler day lows 60s to low 70s and mostly cloudy skies. now i want to take you out towards the end of the workweek. that computer model that was showing the possibility of showers has actually gone drier. but for now, we're going to keep the slight chance in because the models keep flip flopping. so slight chance tomorrow. and again on friday. breezy and cooler with a fall feel in the air for a few days before temperatures bounce back a little bit. the second half of your weekend and halloween is actually looking pleasant. ama and dan. oh that's good. yeah, wonderful. >> and hurricane category five is really. yeah >> could be catastrophic. >> yeah, that makes five. >> yeah. >> okay, let's turn to sports now. the warriors kick off the new season at chase center

tonight, an abc seven news sports director larry beal is there live. >> hi, larry. >> dan ama we are counting down to game one of this nba season for the golden state warriors and it will be a tough test as they welcome in kevin durant and the suns who some believe may be the absolute best in the west coast. sports live from chase center next

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way and the warriors season opener. steph curry. klay thompson and new dub chris paul taking on a team that might be the best in the west. kevin durant and the phenix suns. kd of course, helped the warriors to two championships. this will be his first visit back to chase center with fans was here in 2021, but that was during the pandemic. all right, let's focus on the warriors now. had a chance to catch up with moses moody right after he finished up with warmups. a young man who was looking for more minutes and a warriors lineup that is loaded with stars. so moses, this is year three for you. give me a sense of how the vibe is different this year than it was last year. >> you know, every year is a new group of guys, a whole new culture that we cultivate and we build over the preseason and over the summertime. this year, you know, we got a foundation of it early, so just got the

opportunity to get in there and we and i feel like we've been working on a lot that we get to showcase to everybody else now the impact of chris paul having a guy at age 38, a future hall of famer on the court with steph and klay and you. >> what's that been like in practice? >> it's been great. and that's that's just from like obviously communication and listening, the way they interact and communicate with each other. you can just peep a lot of like you can learn a lot of game from just on accident listening to the way that they move and then as well as going to ask questions and just having that, having them in the environment is definitely positive for everybody. >> got to be a little weird though, because the warriors and the fans are used to despising him for the last decade. but what's he like? good, dude. yeah and i feel like he takes it upon himself to make sure that he doesn't rock the boat as he comes into a hostile environment. >> as you could say. but i mean, it's been smooth. it's been like just the communicate between him and dre and steph and klay and all of those, and the guys. it's all just been really smooth. >> so you're all of age 21, along with jonathan kuminga.

both of you are in year three and you should be a senior in college age. but, but here you are in the nba more acclimated now to the whole nba experience. >> definitely. you know, coming in, it's a it's a new experience, especially early on. but the more time you get a little bit more comfortable and this game starts to slow down for you. all right. >> lastly, you were a guest with us on our nba finals post game shows. you were tremendous in studio. did you feel like that experience had a major impact in your life? >> it was a lot of fun, you know, just being able to come and interact, hang out with you guys. i was kind of kind of my first time being on doing doing the news thing in that setting. like actually being on being being there with you guys. so you had a little thing i read off the teleprompter and everything. it was a lot of fun. >> i don't need the teleprompter, moses. i don't need it. i don't need it all. i lib don't give away the secrets. there's no teleprompter out here. let's get to some baseball news. this is big. all signs

point to the giants hiring bob melvin as their new manager. bo mel a bay area native, went to cal, of course, spent 11 years across the bay with the a's. the padres, interestingly, left melvin out of his contract. they let him get away after san diego underachieved, despite a huge payroll. this past season, melvin, a three time manager of the year, will take over for gabe kapler, the official announcement of bob melvin, a new giant expected tomorrow. all right. we'll finish up with a couple more basketball notes here. back live at chase, no draymond green tonight for the warriors. he's out with a sprained ankle, but his back at least practicing working on his conditioning and no bradley beal, superstar scorer for the suns he's got a back injury and they're going to rest him as a precaution so there will only be one beal working tonight right here. and i can tell you both coaches are very happy that i will not be shooting for either side in this game.

>> oh goodness. all right, larry, how are fans reacting to kd real quick? i you know what the fans are going to salute him . >> the warriors have a tribute video planned. so i think it's going to be nothing but love for kd tonight here at chase. >> as it should be. all right. thanks, larry. >> all right. and thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz and i'm being ashley for sandhya patel larry beal out of chase center. >> all of us, we appreciate your time. have a great evening. we'll see you again at 11 hopefully talking about a win. >> we're wearing our blue gold. >> this is abc 724 in san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose in concord, live in oakland. >> yes, you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are. we are. >> we are. >> we are. >> we are. we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app join us and

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