thank you. we have a vast amount of evidence to work with. he is facing life in prison. >> he's accused of a crime spree stretching across the bay area, hitting a church goer and chucking explosives at police. and tonight, we have a new update on the case. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. that man is due back in court tomorrow. but today he pleaded not guilty to a dozen different charges in a san francisco courtroom. abc seven news reporter tim johns has more on the potential penalties he's facing and what comes next. >> 42 year old daniel garcia was stoic in court wednesday as he was arraigned on a dozen different charges. >> we do not ordinarily see someone attempt to detonate

explosive devices around our very, very dense city. garcia is accused of assaulting and attempting to rob someone at saints peter and paul church sunday night after police arrived. >> they say garcia fled the area by car car. in the ensuing chase, garcia is alleged to have thrown multiple explosive devices out of his car window at officers. he was finally taken into custody in the east bay city of martinez. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says some of the charges her office has filed include a count of second degree attempted murder as well as six counts of detonating an explosive device with intent to commit murder. >> i believe we have a strong case here. we have a vast amount of evidence to work with. he is facing life in prison. >> garcia pleaded not guilty to all of the charges in court wednesday. >> never have i had a case where the facts didn't turn out differently than we initially. we received. >> garcia is also currently dealing with other pending criminal matters, including a domestic violence case. besides that, garcia was found guilty

back in 2012 for detonating a bomb under the car of one of his then tenants. legal experts say this time around, garcia's pass could weigh on any potential sentencing if the person is found guilty. >> when it comes time for sentencing, then the judge is going to consider a range of factors in there. someone's criminal history can make the punishment more severe. >> garcia is scheduled to appear in court again on thursday to set a preliminary hearing date. district attorney brooke jenkins says she plans on keeping garcia in custody due to the threat he poses to public safety. >> we are absolutely fortunate as a city that the police officers weren't hurt who this very well could have had grave impact to and that it didn't spill over and harm any other innocent civilians in the area. >> in san francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. >> so someone sprayed bear mace inside an east bay hobby lobby and police think he did it on purpose. nearly 70 people were

exposed inside the store in antioch about 3:00 today. at least two people had to go to the hospital to get checked out. police say the man had been asked to leave the store right before he deployed the spray. some people experienced skin irritation, watery eyes and trouble breathing. the store on lone tree way opened back up after being decontaminated. three people had to be rescued from the water just before sunrise. after a major fire engulfed three boats at oyster point marina in south san francisco. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused that fire. witnesses say there was a lot of yelling and one person rescued could not swim boat, residence, had to jump into the water, abandoning their homes in a hurry. a woman who works nearby was out for her morning walk and she says she saw the flames reach 20ft into the air. >> you just hope they were okay. they know the folks that live in these boats. there are several of them, and they're part of the community. they dock their boats and they come out and frequent the establishments.

>> the three of them were more together out there, caught fire and spread apart. >> the fire department put out the flames and says that one man was sent to the hospital with only minor injuries. thank goodness. all right. well, november is here. let's get your head on the weather picture for thursday. abc7 news meteorologist sandyha patel has what you can expect in the 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandy and more. >> nice weather. dan and it's definitely not going to feel like november again tomorrow but not quite as warm. so let's check out your 24 hour planner 7:00 am. temperatures in the 40s and the 50s a mix of sun and high clouds at noontime and it's going to be a mild afternoon with numbers ranging from the upper 60s to the upper 70s 7 p.m. you will notice those temperatures falling as we get closer to the sunset and beyond. time now, let's take a look at live doppler seven. there is a storm that is aimed at the pacific northwest. we have an opportunity for some rain, but exactly when that will we have our best chance? i'll be back with the details coming right up. dan

>> okay, sandhya, thanks very much. let's move now to the war with israel and hamas. us president biden calling for a humanitarian cease fire in the war. a pause. he issued that call while speaking at a fundraiser in minneapolis today. the president, it was interrupted by a protester calling for a cease fire in gaza . the president responded saying he supports a pause to allow for the release of hostages. it comes as hundreds of civilians were allowed to exit through a border with egypt today, including a handful of americans . >> we're in a situation where safe passage for wounded palestinians and foreign nationals to exit gaza has started and israel has confirmed a second strike on a densely populated refugee camp. >> israeli defense forces say one of those strikes killed the hamas member who planned the october 7th attack in israel that killed more than 1400 people and took hundreds hostage . the gaza health ministry says the overall death toll there is

now nearing 9000 people, all sadly, many of them children. well, in exactly ten days, san francisco will become the epicenter of the asia pacific region. thousands of foreign dignitaries, entrepreneurs and journalists will make their way into town for the apec 2023 summit. it is setting a big expectation as a host city with a shot at being a huge economic boost as well. and tonight, as we take a live look from the tarmac of sfo, we're seeing something happen there that hasn't occurred since before the pandemic started. direct flights began arriving from mainland china today, the first since march of 2020. china hopes to double its us flight schedule by the end of this year to reestablish those close ties with san francisco's chinese community. >> people are not 100% out of the pandemic unless we are able to travel conveniently and freely, just like before the pandemic and what he's referring to is before the pandemic one

third of the visitors to china came from chinatown, rather came from china. >> the air china also promises to drop ticket prices to mainland china. that will help. and as we've reported, president biden will also sit for a high stakes meeting with chinese president xi jinping in san francisco. governor newsom met with him in china last week, the first sit down with an american governor since 2017. all right. now to an interesting idea from the mayor of san jose. a score card to track the city's progress as mayor, matt mehan unveiled the scorecard concept during a city council meeting last night. here's how it's going to work. the city will survey a new group of 800 residents each quarter to add information to the scorecard by the end of the year. city officials hope to have 3000 residents surveyed, much like report cards. the system will focus on several key subjects and the city's progress. this includes community safety, reducing the number of homeless neighborhood cleanups and

attracting jobs and housing. mayor mehan says the plan will be used to track other city programs in the future. >> i just think we need to do our best to make the scorecard level b really easily. digest able for the public. >> mayor mehan says realists san jose is not going to be 100% perfect, of course, but his goal is to get the city in a much better place. so we'll track this idea and see how it works. with halloween over. it's on now to the winter holidays. san francisco's only outdoor ice rink is back open tonight. abc seven news reporter j.r stone laced up his skates to show you what's different this year. the season for a little ice skating in union square. >> even if it is only november 1st. yesterday there was cobwebs in the windows of macy's. >> today there's christmas trees. >> is it christmas time already?

it's after halloween. >> it's starting. yes. play the mariah carey song. yes >> the annual union square holiday ice rink is open and the kids seem pretty serious about showing off their skills. what are you doing out there? >> ice skating? >> yes. walden is all business when it comes to san francisco's only outdoor ice skating rink. >> it's hard. it didn't hurt, but i did fall down. >> organizers say the opening of this rink with figure skater angela wang, those from the san francisco ice theater and these gals signal the start of the holiday shopping season. >> the stores like it because thousands and thousands of people will come here in the next 12 weeks. thousands upon thousands. >> the perfect excuse for claudia and kiana to enjoy. now, before the crowds get larger, it's my first time ice skating. >> really? yeah. >> and you're still standing. hallelujah >> yeah, i'm holding her hand. i recommend the holding onto the

rail. also, we have the little helper skate helpers. >> yeah. she wipe out at all? >> no, luckily, no. and she will not. she will not, you know. >> now if you do want to come out here and ice skate at union square, just remember you have to reserve your spot. there are only a few exceptions to that. those involve certain days near christmas where there will be early ice times, allowing for more ice sessions. >> when we started loading in last week, they stopped by the ring. >> guys are back. the ring guys are back. it's exciting. >> there's really a magic about it. >> yes. the skating is certainly back in san francisco. j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> the fun part, if you're parked somewhere and as you come out in the morning, somebody sit behind you. it freaks them out. oh, i wasn't expecting you to come out of the hearse. >> her attitude is amazing. tonight, the bay area woman taking shelter in a hearse while doing all she can to leave it. plus a mystery. millions an

anonymous donor drops a big gift in one part of oakland. but there's still more work to be done tonight. we'll explain and where to put those pumpkins with a trick or treating over. we have a couple of creative ideas for how to recycle them in some earth friendly ways. so all of that's coming up. we'l

in san francisco, but one of their stories is, one, you're seeing only on seven tonight. one woman now sleeping in a hearse with a casket on top. no kidding. we caught up with her and heard her story. it's really remarkable. you'll see that she's not letting her sleeping situation bring down her spirits.

>> the fun part is if you're parked somewhere and you as you come out in the morning, somebody sitting behind you, it freaks them out. oh, i wasn't expecting you to come out of the hearse. >> julie. sue jones became homeless less than a year ago. she says relying on family has not been possible since she transitioned to female. but she bought the hearse with her savings. and now parks it in daly city outside of the spirit halloween store where she's been working. >> we had the idea of using the hearse to promote the store and it really brought a lot of people in. she's a great salesperson. >> julie parks, a hearse right outside the store. and when they they need someone to work extra hours, boy, she's been ready now with her seasonal job over. julie says she's ready and looking for work full time, promising to be a dependable go to employee and no doubt she will. we're rooting for you, julie. keep us posted on what's happening. well, building a better bay area area is something not done overnight. obviously, it starts going from neighbor to neighbor, one small idea at a time. sometimes and

we're finding one of those breakthroughs tonight in the south bay. abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez has the story. >> those lyrics are amazing. >> college of adaptive arts in saratoga provides a higher education for adults with special needs. >> it's exploding. it's exploding. when we started in 2009, we had 12 adults a car now has 224 students enrolled there located at the west valley community college campus. >> staff at this one of a kind learning center are happy to hear santa clara county is building a new advisory group comprised of those within in the disabled community. >> we have so many people we could refer. many of our staff members are individuals with disabilities, executive director deanna purcell said housing, employment and public transportation are huge issues for her students. >> the bus. zachary crumbine is a student and it takes him an hour to get from campbell to saratoga. >> what is your song about seven years ago, sharon lee started as

a volunteer but is now the director of music. it's okay. you brainstorm an idea, lee said . >> the effort to create a community board that will focus on disability issues and include adults with disabilities is a long time coming. >> i think in society we we're a very visual people. so if somebody looks like they have down's or someone looks, they have tourette's, they have anything different, people go like this. >> the county says individuals who are deaf, blind, physically disabled or intellectually disabled, as well as caregivers, parents and community based organization workers, can sign up to be a part of this new county committee. we as a society need to up our game and take that time. >> listen, because if you take that moment to listen to these students are these these individuals are going to contribute so much to society. >> the county says those interested in serving the panel can sign up at the office of disability affairs website until december fourth.

>> give her a good job. that's excellent. >> in the south bay. lauren martinez, abc seven news. excellent >> our final abc seven building a better bay area breakthrough is a really big one. a large donation brings oakland community leaders one step closer to a collective initiative. an anonymous person donated $10 million to rise east. the money will go toward improving a 40 by 40 block area in east oakland in the hope of keeping and bringing back african american families, many who of whom have been displaced. improvements include black led nonprofits, a black cultural zone and a youth development center. organizers need to raise $50 million by the end of the year to start this project. the 40 blocks make up oakland's largest concentration of black residents. all right. well, halloween is over, but we all want to know what to do with all those leftover pumpkins. vineyard manager shares ways to reuse your pumpkins as we enter the holiday season. john thull

from minnesota suggests taking your pumpkins to a local farm. well, he says he takes his leftover crop to the local zoo, which isn't an option, obviously, for everyone on regular pumpkins can be also good source of food for animals, including squirrels, birds, deer. they love them. any one interested? one interesting way rather to convert your gourds is to make a birdhouse after it's been used. >> decoratively. in the fall, you could take this guy hollow out a little hole in there and let the birds actually make a nest inside. >> that's a really great idea. if none of these options work, you can always leave them to compost in your garden. it's the most effective repurposing of pumpkins. easy to do, and it does work. all right. well, halloween is over. november is here. we're sort of starting to think about thanksgiving. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast as we start a new month. yeah, absolutely. >> and dan, it hasn't been feeling like november for but this weekend and early next week

it will we're going to get a reality check. but before we get to that, let's check out your temperature. is the highs for today got up into the low 80s from santa cruz to san jose to cloverdale, well above average, 75 in oakland, 76 in concord, livermore and napa, you were close to 80 degrees, 74 in santa rosa and half moon bay. so unseasonable warm for the start of a new month. but that is going to change 40s and 50s on your numbers right now. here is what is happening on live doppler seven. an atmospheric river is aimed right at the pacific northwest. they are going to get quite a soaking over the next several days as a series of systems continues to move through. and we here in the bay area will have an opportunity for some rain as we head towards the weekend. right now on live doppler seven, just some passing high clouds as we look at a live view from our emeryville camera. it's a lovely one looking back toward san francisco. high clouds overnight, mild tomorrow afternoon. cooler this weekend with a chance of some rain and

it remains unsettled. going into early next week. so this first system is going to bring us a lot more cloud cover tomorrow. but certainly the opportunity for a few sprinkles right around mendocino county tomorrow night for us here in the bay area, we're going to start to notice those high temperatures backing off a few degrees tomorrow. and then really over the weekend is when you'll really notice the drop in the temperatures as onshore winds pick up tomorrow morning. 40s 50s not terribly cold. some of the wind sheltered valleys may drop down to the upper 30s tomorrow afternoon. it's another mild one, but a lot of high cloudiness will mean filtered sunshine. upper 60s to the upper 70s for most of you for your thursday. now i want to show you what's going to happen tomorrow night. that front doesn't really make it here. saturday night pacific northwest still getting soaked. northern california is getting that heavy rain as well for the bay area saturday night. best chances in the north bay. then sunday, this computer model wants to bring in some energy sunday evening, which would bring us an

opportunity for some wet weather. and then this really continues off and on through early next week. that's one computer model. all the computer models are not in agreement. but if we go with this one, here are the rainfall projections for the weekend. it's not a washout. a couple hundredths of an inch to about a quarter of an inch of rain. and for the walk to end alzheimer's in san francisco, it will be dry reggie aqui will be hosting this event here in the city, upper 50s. when the walk begins, it'll be in the low 60s pretty comfortable whether 1:00 we're looking at mid 60s accuweather seven day forecast filtered sunshine tomorrow. it's a mild afternoon for your friday best chance of rain will be saturday night in the north bay. better opportunity sunday for the bay area with a level one. and don't forget sunday daylight saving time ends so you want to fall back one hour. but notice those temperatures going down into the 60s with more opportune 80s for rain early next wk. dan we'll be right back

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chicago tribute band. even the real chicago is a fan of their work dead on versions of those famous songs. 25. she's beautiful. >> oh, how did you get your

hands on this music behind the iron curtain back then? >> dude, you had to make a big efforts to get it since leonid grew up in siberia. >> far east of russia. yes they would go to the border of russia and literally tune in the voice of america radio station, listen to the tracks, transcribe them and play them. the next day. >> that's leonid son, who helps manage the band. the band took off after leonid put out a cover of a chicago song just for fun on his 60th birthday. it went viral and suddenly they were touring. leonid and friends have been to the us and to the bay area. many times, and i wondered how russia's war against ukraine was affecting their trip to the states. this time. has that been an issue for you or something that you were concerned that people would want to talk about?

>> what can we say? we are absolutely. you know, we have been devastated. but all we can do is use music as as some sort of a, um, universal language and means to unite with leonid and friends perform saturday at the heritage theater in campbell and in sacramento on tuesday before several shows in the central valley and in southern california as well. >> they're good. and what a fascinating story. all the way from moscow. all right. we have a world series winner and the bay area played a big part in that. plus the warriors and the kings came down to the final seconds. abc7 sports anchor chris alvarez will be back

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ahead and the warriors coming off a three and zero road trip trying to get their first home win of the season here on warriors ground. de'aaron fox out for the kings as we pick up in the third quarter. golden state trailed by as many as 11 in this game but dario saric hits the three here part of a 13 to 3 run dubs down one he had 15 points off the bench just over four minutes to go in the fourth dubs down two stefan curry gives

them the lead, becoming the first player in nba history to hit a three and 250 straight regular season games under two to go. malik monk gives the kings a three point lead. he had 16 off the bench. under a minute. now kings up one. monk is blocked by draymond green. get that out of here and then here's steph tough bucket in the lane warriors back out in front. he had a team high 21. kings with the ball domantas sabonis the bank is open kings back up one back and forth we go final seconds. klay thompson for the win got it with just over 2/10 of a second to go. warriors win 102 101 first home victory of the year and a four game winning streak. >> any time you hit a great game winner, you're going to feel on cloud nine. and if someone isn't there just lying to you. so i feel amazing. i mean, obviously we could have played better, but at the end of the day, it's a great win and i feel just wonderful to see him get, you know, hit a big shot like that in the clutch for us to take us

home was was big. >> and it was also even better to see his reaction. >> game five of the world series. bruce bochy and the rangers looking to close out the diamondbacks. arizona zac gallen took a no hitter into the seventh, then gave up three straight hits, including this r.b.i. single. world series mvp corey seager scores the rangers first run, and then in the ninth, former a marcus simeon two run shot to left will seal the deal. rangers win five nothing. it's their first title in franchise history and it's the fourth overall for both. >> it's unreal, really. i couldn't be happier for these guys. i'm a byproduct of what these guys did, man. they it's a tougher group as i've ever had. how resilient or what we had to deal with. even in the world series, i couldn't be happier for these guys to write history. yeah. >> congrats to boach. it's officially official. chase young is a 40 niner, the defensive end and former defensive rookie of the year passing a physical in santa clara today. the niners play in jacksonville on sunday, november 12th. they have the bye. this coming sunday sports on abc seven sponsored by river rock casino.

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streaming, but that is all for now for sandhya patel, chris alvarez, all of us. i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time right now on jimmy kimmel, octavia spencer, see you tomorrow. can you believe it's already november? >> can you believe that, already november. >> it's already november, can you believe it? >> can you believe it, already november 1st. >> november 1st, can you believe it's already november 1st? >> november 1st, can you believe it? >> november 1st, can you believe it? >> november 1st, hard to believe. >> november 1st, hard to believe. >> hard to believe that it is already november. >> hard to believe it's already november. >> hard to believe we are in november. >> november, can you believe it already? >> can you believe it's november already? >> can you