today's message is simple selling fentanyl in the tenderloin will result in your arrest and prosecution. >> in a show of force and unity across every law enforcement agency in san francisco is operation all hands on deck takes hold on the city streets. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley.

>> and i'm karina nova. today, the us attorney for the northern district of california spelled out what that means. >> yeah, first, federal charges will be brought against street dealers arrested during regular federal and sfpd operations in the tenderloin. since the felony cases will be fast tracked with the goal for the average time from arrest to sentencing being less than three weeks. that fast. third, each week, a random day will be selected for street level arrests and those arrested will face federal charges. federal investigators say the new operation also focuses on tracking the illegal drug money. >> my office has identified patterns of money flow. we are tracking down suppliers and we are holding accountable money services. who turned a blind eye to drug transactions on their networks. my office is using targeted wiretaps, arrest and searches throughout the bay area to stem the flow of drugs and dealers coming into san francisco from nearby counties.

>> the fbi, atf and several other federal agencies are involved in this new operation, this crackdown. the us attorney's office has already brought charges against more than 30 suspected fentanyl dealers in the last four months. >> and we know the drug crisis touches on a lot of issues. and if you're looking for an ally when it comes to things like abuse, mental illness and more, just go to abc7 news.com slash, take action. we've put together a list of local resources to get started. >> and let's move now to breaking news in new york where less than 30 minutes. a sam bankman freed was found guilty on all counts in his fraud trial just half an hour ago. the founder of the cryptocurrency investment company ftx was accused of misleading investors and scamming them during his trial. bankman freed took the risk of testifying and was confronted for some of his public comments. ftx's multi-billion dollar collapse rocked the crypto industry and led for calls of reform. bankman freed could face more than 100 years in prison.

>> happening now, we are tracking smoky conditions rains across parts of the bay area. you might smell it. so for the details, let's get right to abc seven news. meteorology sandhya patel sandhya yeah and karina. it's a controlled burn in marin county. according to the san rafael fire department that is causing some of this smoke to drift into our area. i do want to show it to you from our emeryville camera. so if you're seeing that smoke layer where you are, it is from likely that prescribed burn. but there's also some haze that's trapped because of the fact that the winds are not very strong. the wind direction is transporting some of that smoke into the area. so far, the official reporting agency, which is air now, is showing good to moderate air quality. but the unofficial reporting agency, purple air, is showing some localized impacts. you will see in marin county some red showing up there. what makes it difficult to see from the satellite perspective is we have a lot of high clouds moving through associated with a cold front and a few sprinkles to our

north. so if you are seeing that smoke or you're smelling it and you're sensitive to smoke, you'll want to keep your doors and windows closed if possible and stay inside. dan okay. >> good advice. thank you, sandhya. now to developing news in contra costa county, where health officials are concerned about a cluster of tuberculosis cases among visitors and staff at a popular casino. there are 11 confirmed cases of tb linked to the california grand casino in pacheco and as abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains, there might be more. >> if you visited the california grand casino in pacheco over the last five years, the odds are greater that you may have been exposed to tuberculosis. this through an investigation that started in 2021. contra costa health has identified 11 confirmed tb cases among people who have spent time in the casino from 2018 to 2023. and there's concern there may be more. we are using this opportunity tsay to spread information to those who might have been exposed so that they

are able to access resources for testing and know what to do for the next steps to keep themselves healthy. cch has not identified a current or ongoing source of transmission at the casino and says the casino is not at fault for the at least 300 people who may have been exposed to people with active tb cases. tb can live in the air for two hours and the disease is spread by breathing, talking or coughing while contagious. county testing confirms ten of the 11 cases are genetically linked and the majority of those positive have been associated with staff or customers at the casino. >> overall risk in the community is low, but there are individuals who can can become contagious and in a appropriate setting, such as an indoor setting, it does become easier for them to spread it to others symptoms can include a persistent or bloody cough fever, unexpected weight loss, night sweats and fatigue. >> but it could be months, even years, before someone shows symptoms. the casino is working with the health department on testing for staff and health

officials want anyone who has visited the casino, even if they're not showing symptoms to test as well. >> we're strongly stressing that early detection of tb is very beneficial. a tb infection, a latent tb infection is easier to treat and takes less time compared to active tb disease in contra costa county. >> dustin dawsey, abc seven news in san francisco. >> one man is making it his mission to ensure life saving defibrillators are always available when they're needed. and that's after staff inside the de young museum refused to share theirs while a man was having a medical emergency outside. abc seven news reporter suzanne fein joins us live now from the newsroom with the details of what happened. suzanne so, karina, tim o'brien says this was a case of life and death where seconds count when his friend collapse east at golden gate park. o'brien ran for help and he asked to borrow a life saving device, but was denied. it was a sunday filled

with music and swing dancing at golden gate park. gary hobish was there like he was every sunday for the lindy in the park event. friends say he suddenly collapsed and hit his head. that's when tim o'brien ran for help. >> i ran to the de young museum, which was the closest building nearby, and tried to see if they had an. >> ed o'brien says the museum was just feet away, about 100ft away. >> i closed the distance in about 30s. >> o'brien says. he got to the front counter and asked for an aed. the staff member didn't know what that was, says o'brien asked a security guard and was directed to the basement. he asked a staff member there to borrow the defibrillator there. >> as soon as he hesitated and handed it to me, i said, here's my phone, here's my watch. here's everything from my pockets. you can have it all. >> that employee called a supervisor as o'brien worried about his friend and his medical emergency. >> i was like, he's dying. he's just collapse. we're doing cpr at the moment. we have nurse on staff or we have nurse here ready attending to him. we needed immediately. can you can

you run? and then he's like, i need to check in. and he got the no. >> o'brien said. paramedics arrived. the same time he did and tried to save hobeish, but he died. bonnie levinson was there and is heartbroken. at the turn of events. >> he was very lovable and he was very talented. he was very dear to my heart and i'm still in shock. everybody knew him in the lindy hop scene and everybody knew him in the this the bay area progressive rock fans as well as actually you know the country levinson didn't realize all that o'brien tried to do to secure that aed. it's horrible it's just really unbelievable. i mean it's and i don't know if it would have made a difference, but of course, it might have. and just that is heartbreaking. >> this afternoon, the deyoung museum spokesperson released this statement saying in part, quote, when asked for help after mr. habash collapsed, staff at the de young museum tried to determine the best response they

could make within museum policy, as they understood would it? running out to the park to assess what was happening when they reached the scene within five minutes of the initial request, they found that an ambulance had arrived and was providing immediate care. this unprecedented and tragic incident has prompted us to review our procedures for emergencies that happen in the park outside of the museum and o'brien believes that defibrillator could have saved his friend's life. he says businesses should reevaluate their policies if the devices are not allowed off the premises. and he believes they should train staff better. live in the newsroom, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> okay, suzanne, thank you. in the south bay now a group of business owners came together to install concrete blocks on their street. uh. they say they did it to block unhoused people from parking rvs in front of their buildings. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has the story. >> large concrete blocks line both sides of jury court in san jose. it was the tenants that kind of came together and put

these up, right? >> yeah. the building owners and the owners of the companies around here, they say they installed the blocks to replace lines of rvs that were parked outside of their businesses. >> despite no parking signs, they say some have stayed in the same spots for months or longer. sean cartwright, an advocate for the unhoused, says the businesses are wrong to install the blocks. shame on the people in this city that decided that this was a good way to treat unhoused people. >> like people aren't out here thinking, you know, it'd be cool, it'd be cool to be unhoused. >> but the businesses say their move is not just about esthetics. they attribute a series of growing issues to many of the people living in those rvs. >> we've had like break ins in certain buildings. we've had fights like verbal arguments, though the businesses felt like they found a sort of solution. >> the city said the blocks could be a danger to drivers and have to go. >> we think it's kind of unfair to arbitrarily enforce that, but not enforce the other rules that say, you can't park a trailer that's all dilapidated and leave it for months on end. >> san jose mayor matt mehan

said he doesn't blame the businesses for their frustration on tenants and residents should not have to take matters into their own hands. >> we've put our community in that position through years of neglect and failing to anticipate that this problem has been getting worse, he says the city has focused on new solutions. >> as a south san jose safe parking site opened earlier this year, and another one in the berryessa area is set to open next year. but mehan admits solutions aren't coming fast enough. >> we've got to build out these alternatives to encampments and lived in vehicles and we've got to do it faster. we've got to do it more cost effectively. >> mehan said he's worked on a shelter crisis declaration to get things moving faster. for now, the business is who now have to move their concrete blocks, say they want what's best for everyone. >> well, you know, you want to balance having a heart and trying to help people out. but by also protecting your own business, your own employees in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> after the break, taking legal action against the us government in order to help american citizens safely evacuate from

the gaza strip. we'll hear from the families of two grandmothers when abc seven news at

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directly confronting hamas terrorist cells and as the war between israel and hamas continues, coos bay area families are urging the us government to intervene and bring their loved ones back home . >> abc7 news reporter luz pena spoke with the two family members of two grandmothers who are us citizens stuck in gaza after nearly four weeks of airstrikes in gaza. >> bay area families are pleading for the us government to help their loved ones evacuate before it's too late. >> my grandmother is in her 60s. she is in gaza right now. she's stuck. she can't get out. she has a us passport and they're not letting her through the border. the last time asher spoke to his grandmother was october 26th. >> as she hit and ran for cover. she sent him these voice recordings. you can hear bombs threatening her life, as she said goodbye. >> she's just crying. she didn't know what to say. i didn't know what to say. i mean, imagine having your grandmother telling you i don't know if i'm going to

survive this because we might die from a bomb that's nearby us fighting continues this week. >> several bay area families filed a lawsuit against the us government demanding action. >> we are here to demand that the us government immediately and safely evacuate every single american citizen from the gaza strip. i can probably name 1010 people in my family that are americans stuck in gaza. >> zaid bseiso was raised by his grandmother. she's 81 years old, a us citizen visiting family in gaza for almost a month, she's been trying to get out. >> she hasn't slept on a bed. she's 81, frail, like like this tall. not sleeping on cement floors or whatever she has. at the moment, there's 28 people in a room. is what she's telling me, which is like it's inhumane. last time saeed spoke to his grandmother was two days ago. >> every move, putting her life in danger. >> china explaining to me her conditions. she's like, it's my fifth time moving in less than

30 days. gaza's health ministry confirmed more than 9000 palestinians have been killed in the war, mostly women. >> and minors. these families are hoping their lawsuit will expedite evacuations. >> we're hoping it applies sufficient legal pressure on our government to secure her safety, as well as the safety of other us citizens that are stuck in gaza. >> now, the us government has 60 days to respond to this lawsuit after being served. and what's giving these families hope is that today the white house announced 74 us citizens are on their way home and should arrive in egypt soon. but these families we interviewed today don't know if any of their loved ones are a part of that group in the newsroom, lou pena, abc seven news. >> all right, liz, thank you. coming up, the store owners say it's the country's oldest bookstore specializing in african american literature. but now they're dealing with a puzzling burglary. what was

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a well-dressed suspect was caught on camera smashing the window of marcus books near macarthur bart. but what they took is the real mystery. tsay. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story. >> we are nationally known institution in the community 8-80, so we'd like to get a little more respect. >> richardson says her family owned business marcus bookstore in oakland deserves better after a puzzling smash and grab burglary on sunday. the crime was caught on the store's security camera, showing a well-dressed person breaking the window, then helping themselves to some reading material. >> and then when you look at him, how calmly he just takes the books out of the window and then walks away. richardson says

the suspect stole only four books and used this 10 pound piece of asphalt to bust the window. i can't explain that except that the window was $1,200. the books were about 80. i don't know. i don't think he was on drugs. i don't think he was drunk. he was black. so hopefully he's not a hater. >> during the break in, the thief also broke the stained glass panel, created by blanche's brother, billy. >> well, yeah. i take it personally. somebody destroys your artwork. you you'd have to take that person down. but since it's a family business, all our parents are kind of shared. >> billy and blanche's parents opened the store in the 1960s as one of the first bookstores in the bay area to feature works by black authors. she says there have been other break ins at her store in the past. >> you know, it's the wild, wild west out there right now and it would seem that people don't expect any consequences. and so we're just another target.

>> burglaries in oakland appear to be on the rise in oakland. police say as of november first, there's been 14,764 burglaries in the city, 11,138. this time last year. and for all of 20, 22, 11,687. blanche says so far, opd has not responded to the police report she filed online. an she says the fbi was helpful several years ago when the bookstore received threatening phone calls from out of state. >> they took immediate action and are collaborating with the opd to see if we can find this guy. >> the fbi's san francisco bureau confirms it is in contact with bookstore owners in oakland, cornell bernard, abc seven news. boy that's a shame. >> all right. well, let's turn our attention now to the weather forecast as we get a little closer to the weekend. beautiful outside. >> yes, we are this close. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here in sandhya still a little smoky in some spots right

now. unfortunately, we're still seeing those impacts and that's from that controlled burn and also stagnant air underneath an area of high pressure. so, dan and karina, let me show you some live pictures, is from our tower cameras. you see that smoke layer from our emeryville camera, but certainly a lot of high clouds out there as well, creating these beautiful views from santa cruz to pier 39. as we look at live doppler seven, pacific northwest, it has been getting the energy and the northern california as well with this first system. there's another storm out in the pacific that is going to head in that direction. so the pacific northwest is looking at several inches of rain and some flooding concerns there, but they've been dealing with the drought. so they definitely need the rain is just not a good thing all at once. they're expecting up to about a half a foot by early next week with atmospheric rivers. so right now, northern california, just some scattered light showers as we get you in closer to the bay area, not out of the question that a couple of sprinkles may be hitting the ground, but most of that is evaporating before it reaches

the ground in the north bay. it has been a mild day, still mild for most of you. in the 60s and the 70s, the high temperatures so far have been in the upper 60s to the low 80s in places like san jose and livermore. look at this glorious view from our pier 39 camera right now. high clouds tonight. fog is back in the morning. we are expecting a cooler weekend as onshore winds coming off the ocean pick up and a chance of showers coming your way as well. daylight saving time ends this weekend. fall back one hour sunday morning. let's go hour by hour, 6:00 tonight. still a few sprinkles up to the north, 60s and 70s, so pretty mild as we head into the latter part of the evening, going into tomorrow morning, temperatures will drop off. but because of the high cloud cover, not a cold night. we're looking at 50s to start the morning. and then by the early afternoon, soon another mild day for most of you. 60s to 80s. i'll show you where the ultimately we end up. fog is going to be back tomorrow morning near the beaches. those numbers in the low to mid 50s with some high clouds as well. tomorrow afternoon, upper 60s to

the low 80s. so short sleeve weather will still do it for your friday as we head into saturday. increasing cloud cover leading up to an opportunity for some rain saturday night in the north bay. you will notice and then sunday pretty much even though it stays in the north bay fair game to see a few showers possibly drift further south. so we'll call it a chance of rain going into sunday for the entire bay area rainfall projections with this model anywhere from nothing measurable to a few hundredths of an inch at best. so it's not a weekend washout, but certainly opportunity for some wet weather. accuweather seven day forecast a mild to warm tomorrow chance of some showers in the north bay saturday night sunday. anybody has the opportunity with a level one system fall back one hour cooler air heading into early next week. it's going to be a reality check. karina and dan, we're going to drop those temperatures down into the 50s and 60s. november will be here. than

closed off for a repaving project, caltrans will shut down the road between the connector of 580 and 682 state route 84. starting tomorrow night, it will run from 9 p.m. friday until 4 a.m. monday, november 6th. as

crews replace a portion of deteriorated road northbound, 680 will remain open. there will be multiple detour routes around that area, so be warned. >> well, don't forget we have much more news ahead at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. >> karina will have that. and if you're watching on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next. we appreciate your time for sandyha patel. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm karina nova.

>> david: tonight, breaking news. the extraordinary images coming in right now from gaza. the massive assault in the air. and now face-to-face battles in gaza city. tonight, some u.s. citizens getting out of gaza. and here in the u.s., in new york the gas explosion. multiple victims, including children. first tonight, missiles and explosions lighting up the sky over northern gaza. on the ground, israeli troops surrounding gaza city now. reports tonight of fierce face-to-face fighting now under way. president biden revealing