accusing bart to promote measure rr. >> with this video featuring draymond green. some say it comes too close to endorsing measure rr. >> lyanne? >> bart said it did not or pay for that video. the question is did bart violate the law by posting on its website? measure rr is the bond plan. >> by law, bart can't produce ads and people on the outside have to do it like the golden

state warriors who have donated to measure rr. the warriors have come up with to this video showing star ford draymond green. >> the warriors started the season and put it out there. we thought it was awesome. >> bart put it on their website and promoting it through social media. it's controversial because of three catch phrases used in both videos. you be the judge. >> bart is the back bone of the bay area. >> bart is the back bone of the bay area. >> but it's 44 years old and needs major repairs. >> bart and the warriors have been connecting people across the bay for 44 years. >> the slogan is keep bart safe and reliable. now, here is draymond again. >> bart needs to stay safe and

reliable so future generations can enjoy games as well. >> the warriors told us that is for bart to comment. >> bart crossed the line in, i believe, >> he says by posting video, the transit agency is seen as promoting measure rr. in san francisco, abc7 news. today is the deadline to request a vote by mail ballot. if your county allows online applications you can have it submitted an hour ago. california law allows voters to take two hours of paid time off to cast your ballots. voters have to give employers

two business days notice in advance. on election day, polls are open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and the election only one week away. >> new at 6:00 a new reward is being offered to track down a man suspected of shooting his pregnant ex-girlfriend in the head. ricardo calindras has not been seen for six months. there is now a $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. the bullet grazed her head. she and her baby survived. san francisco's police commission is meeting and expected to pick three finalists for the open chiefs' job. the commission called a special closed door meeting and community leaders want mayor ed lee to have more choices and believe an asian

agencies. >> now, developing news involving oakland's police department. the city is being sued by a sargent who says he suffered after speaking up about bad behavor by other officers. vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> this is a claim filed against the city of oakland. the mayor, the city administrator, and and the city declined to respond, saying this is a personnel issue as well as a claim which is a precursor to a lawsuit. >> this is a top cop award that i won in 2001. i'm just tired of being made out to be the bad guy. >> sergeant mike gant won all kinds of awards and says he's

been targeted and disciplined for blowing the whistle against fellow cops behaving badly. >> looking at my personnel file, for sending racist text messages and hostile work environment. >> gant was placed on leave for a domestic dispute he had with his wife. he feels this is morning excuse. >> the thin blue line is alive and well. once you step over the line, you become an outcast. >> reporter: he says the abuse started when he was reasigned if the homicide division in 2004. the reason, gant says is that he told superiors he thought officer o'brian murdered his wife when her death was ruled a suicide. the sex scandal involving jasmine abuslin stemmed from the subsequent suicide of o'brian, who had a relationship with a young woman.

lopez' sister has always believed she was murdered by o'brian. she said the sex scandal is more important than murder. city council member rebecca kaplan says they need an overhaul. >> we need to fundamentally change the culture and accountability. a woman walking on the railroad tracks in richmond was hit and killed by an amtrak train this afternoon. it happened before 2:00. officials say a sacramento-bound train hit the woman. none of the 68 people on board was hurt. amtrak cancelled two trains but says one of two tracks is now open there so service has resumed with delays, though.

a woman was walking through an alley around 7:00 p.m. and says two men, walking toward her, pepper sprayed her and ripped off her necklace and earrings and ran away. palo alto police say they don't have informtion on similar robberies. this uber driver faces charges for allegedly groping a passenger. investigators say he kissed the woman and groped her after he'd returned a cell phone she left in his car. and she called police. visa is slashing hundreds of j jobs world wide.

visa says it is allowing the company to cut costs and eliminate rolls. a landmark sporting goods store is closing after efforts to save it failed. mill cottons has been operating at san carlos and ray streets since 1955 but the store is 70 years old. and david louie explains why the business had to make a decision to close. >> reporter: word spread that this 70 year old institution is closing at year's end. long time customers are sad to see it go. >> they stood by their products and they're going to be missed. >> reporter: new customers are in search of goods. >> it's 25% off. so i usually rent skis so it will be a huge savings for me.

>> reporter: 35 part and full time employees will be losing jobs. ironically, the city council turned down a proposal to keep the store as part of a new mixed retail and housing complex. the council argued it doesn't create jobs by a commercial development. times have changed since 1946. it faces competition from big box sporting goods store ootz problem is that they don't really have the variety and the people that can answer your questions. >> reporter: mel cottons always had 100,000 items in stock, meaning every customer was bound to find something they had to have. so it's an end of an era as soon as intren sory can be sold off. >> we thought it would be something that went on forever.

it's just a sign of the times. there are 17 propositions on the california ballot and voters only have a week to decide what gets their yes, or no vote. >> prop 60 would require performers to wear condoms in sex films. >> would i be surprised to see five? or six? >> no. >> this situation is but one example of an issue the entire bay area deals with. i'm spencer christian. the rain is taking a break, sunshine is ready to assert itself. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. how much does it cost to get out of jail? the decision in san francisco that could change a system some are calling unfair, ahead on abc7 news.

he's the drug company big shot who raised the price of a lifesaving pill by five thousand percent. said he wished he'd raised it more. prop sixty-one targets drug company price-gouging to save lives. the drug price relief act will save californians nearly a billion dollars a year. join the california nurses association and aarp and vote yes on sixty-one. the drug giants won't like it. and he'll hate it.

in san rafael an attempt to solve a homeless problem created another. sate problem faced by counties around the area. where do the homeless go?

>> she's an unwanted new neighbor with no expectation of a welcome wagon. >> we're next to trailer trash in everybody's eyes. >> danielle, tonight's personification of kicking a problem down the road. >> would you rather in the bushes or here? you choose. >> daniel and others are here because in september, san rafael passed an ordinance banning overnight parking in rvs in city limits and neighbors are not happy. >> you'll find needles and refuse. you'll find defacation. >> there are no neighbors. do you see neighbors? no. >> one neighbor told us she's moving and others want the county to create an area where homeless can park, and sleep at night. the county has begun posting new

no parking signs. >> the outreach, rvs can only park 72 hours. we'll be enforcing that through the sheriff's department. >> kick, kick, kick. >> they'll go somewhere else and be someone else's problem. >> it is the way of our modern world. >> police have arrested a man in connection with an attempted kidnapping of a girl yesterday. investigators say he grabbed the girl and tried to force him into his car. officers say the girl managed to break free and run away from the suspect. he faces charges of annoying a child and kidnapping someone under 14 years old. >> a short time ago, the owner of a burned out building in oakland denied legal issues are

connected to yesterday's big fire. people who lived in the site are suing him, claiming he used aggressive tactics to evict them. he says he doesn't think the fire had anything to do with his past and wants to move forward with his project. >> it's a tragedy. we've been working here for a year and a half, trying to improve the property. there is a nice, beautiful building and it goes up in flames. >> today is november 1, marking the start of the winter spare the air season. kristin zee is here with changes to the area. >> reporter: new initiatives here, starting today, no new construction in the bay area allowed to have wood burning devices so new fireplaces will have to be you'lled by gas, or

electricity. also, national park service banned recreational beach fires at ocean beach, not just on spare the air days, but the winter season. >> this is going to mean cleaner air. and move to cleaner options. >> reporter: the air quality management district reminds us wood burning is banned from today through february, whenever it calls a spare the air alert that will likely be on calm, clear, and cold days when particulates are tracked close to the ground where we live and breathe. forecast is calling for mild, sunny days ahead.

we'll start with nice, mild conditions here. we have clear skies and the sun is setting and conditions are calm. and rest of the week is going to be rain free and we'll have a warm up coming into the week and weekend. low 60s in oakland and 57 degrees in half moon bay. this is a view from our east bay hills camera. readings in the mid-60s in santa rosa. 61 in novato and fairfield. here is a view at the golden gate bridge of clear skies and free flowing traffic

chance of rain and approaching system ranks one in the storm impact scale and bringing light to moderate showers and breezy conditions and perhaps a quarter to half inch of rain. saturday first sweep of rain. and this ranks only one on the impact scale and end by mid to late afternoon on sunday. and upper 40

tomorrow, near 70s around the bay and inland. and wave heights are rising because of a northwest swell. the risk of rip currents is with us thursday and friday. large breakers and sneaker waves. three lovely days are coming our way, wednesday through friday, high temperatures into mid-70s thursday and friday, and saturday, becoming partly cloudy, don't forget we fall back to standard time saturday night or sunday morning and sunday, will be all over the bay area. >> thank you. >> today the lingo opens to buy health insurance now required under obamacare. >> why i

how much you pay to park in oakland may be changing. the city council may consider pricing the cost on a supply and demand basis. it's called flexible parking. and the hope is that the most sought after spaces will turn over more often. a new legal move by lyft drivers leads bay area business watch. drivers are demanding more changes to a proposed settlement against lyft. the $27 million settlement covers 150,000 drivers that want more settlement money and to no longer be considered independent contractors. uber is offering car sharing

through maven. will allow uber drivers to lease cars from gm's fleet in san francisco. >> today marks the start of open enrollment to buy insurance through covered california. two.# million californians don't have health insurance, it's illegal to be uninsured but with rates increasing 13% average in california paying the fine may be cheaper than purchasing coverage. it's a battle covered california officials know they're fighting. >> the real challenge for people signing up is those that have a small subsidy or no subsidy, is health insurance is expensive. >> open enrollment ends january 31st. a uscf researcher says multi tasking makes us less effective.

tonight how to avoid overload and be happier in the digital age. >> that sounds nice. >> yes. >> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00 a local woman behind a program that could change the country. >> here what she says is the key to creating gender equality in politics across the u.s. >> this is taking

i've never liked marijuana. but i'm voting yes on prop 64 to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and over. it has important safeguards for families, like strict product labeling and child-proof packaging of all marijuana products. and banning edibles that would appeal to a child. raising a teenager, that regulated system makes a lot more sense than what we have now. plus, 64 taxes marijuana to fund priorities like after-school programs. personally, marijuana's not for me. but my mind's made up. i'm voting yes on 64.

. of the 17 propositions on next week's ballot, number 60 would require condoms be used by performers in adult films. >> california and new hampshire are the only states that allow adult films to be made and have regulations. >> abc7 news reporter carolyn tire explains. >> aerial k works for kink.com.

as a producer and performer in adult films and is fighting proposition 60, requiring performers to wear condoms, producers to pay for more medical exams and allow people who watch porn to sue if they don't see kond yomz being used. >> when on set and my performer is asked to use a condom, i'm fine with it. i don't like the forced messaging of the government. >> she and others say the industry has strict measures in place to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. cal osha decided against implementing more guidelines but prop 60 backers claim the industry is defying current law. >> as a result, thousands of young women are exposed to sexually transmitted diseases, including hiv. >> many say proposition 60 is ill conceived. >> this is not a public health

measure this, is a punitive, strange, law. >> those in the industry say it would put them at physical risk, something backers don't buy. >> there are laws for private citizens so-to-sue to enforce the law. >> performers say it will drive their industry underground and there would be fewer worker protections. we have a valuable tool at abc7news.com and we've come down owe just wun week from the presidential election. both candidates on the road today in wisconsin, donald trump spoke out against obamacare and clinton's e-mail investigation.

he made a pitch for voters to switch to him. >> a lot of stuff has come out since you've voted. if you live here or michigan or pennsylvania or minnesota, you can change your vote to donald trump. we'll make america great again, okay? >> voters in new york, connecticut and mississippi can change votes before election day and california does not allow early voters to change votes. >> hillary clinton welcomed the former miss america to the stage, the same woman trump called miss piggy and miss house keeping. president obama stumped for his former secretary of state. he told a crowd in ohio the choice is actually pretty easy. >> she has conducted herself so much better in public life than the other guy. that this notion that oh, it's hard to choose, it shouldn't be. >> former president bill clinton

rallied a crowd in florida for his wife today. clinton raised $11 million online this weekend, the most in a three-day period since she became a nm knee. hillary clinton made history as the first ever female nominee of a major political party. >> this is really across the board. >> i wake up around 9:00 and have classes all day. >> she talks fast, smart, and is in a fraternity. she's for the most part a pretty typical student at uc berkeley. she has plenty of friends, but her political ambitions make her unique. >> i serve on a commission. >> she was appointed by this elected official. the two got connected through a

program called ignite. >> what i look for is just passion. and you'll learn everything else. >> it is where ignite national comes in. ann moses founded the program for high school and college women in oakland six years ago. >> the reason why we're having a problem is that we weren't reaching them young enough. >> reaching the young women is the goal. >> our goal is to get these young women to train to get there. >> but ignite hopes that is changing with a strong woman movement and possibility the country will elect it's first ever female president. they say equality of women and men in public office won't happen overnight. >> we still have 140,000 offices that need to be filled by women

to get to parity. and if hillary clinton is going to inspire parity at the national level, quickly. >> she believes it will come perfect a cultural shift. >> i want to be president. when i'm 13, i won't anymore. no one will tell me i can do this. >> they launched this social media campaign that has gone viral, encouraging girls to declare your ambitions. >> i want to be a mayor. a governor. a senator. a president. tell me i can. i will. >> we'll see more young women like her. >> i would consider holding public office. >> you can't vote now, but take note. she may be on your local ballot, soon. ignite claims women lawmakers on

both sides create legislation beneficial to women's rights and if you know a young girl that could benefit from our suggestions it's on our website. >> and a real life failing out can cause thousands of dollars. >> why san francisco's own city attorney will no longer defend the way california sets bail. a couple mistakenly overpays they prey on our children, spending billions. addicting 17,000 california kids each year. eventually killing one-third of them. now tobacco companies are spending millions to... defeat prop 56. because in every state that's raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. so who are you going to trust? pediatricians, cancer groups and the califronia pta who all... support prop 56. or the tobacco companies trying to kill it. vote yes on 56.

abc 7 news was at the oakland aviation museum this morning. the airline announced it will begin flights between oakland and gatwick airport next year, operating four times per week beginning in march, meaning british airways has service at all three airports. the airline started service in may in san jose. >> if you get arrested, the amount of time in jail might have a lot to do with mouch money you have. >> yes. abc7 news explains, california's bail system is the target of a

lawsuit and today, san francisco city attorney said he won't defend it. >> the money-based bail system allows wealthy to go free while the poor and working class are forced to remain in jail. >> that is the argument made in a lawsuit file theed against san francisco and it's sheriff. the thing is that both of them agree with the lawsuit. >> that is why today my office filed papers indicating that we'll not defend that law. >> dennis herrera says that law sets bail at a specific amount not accounting for factors like flight risk or ability to pay. a judge can make changes like that at the first court appearance. >> a poor person who possessing marijuana for sale could be locked up, unable to pay bail. someone able to pay $150,000 could be out of bail for rape. >> he says it puts taxpayers on the hook for those who may lose jobs and homes awaiting trial. he'd like to change the system and model it after the feds.

>> the federal system uses a risk-based model. >> in bail bonds, changes would like lie be bad for business, a business that has been helping with some issues. >> because you don't have money, does not neen mean you cannot bail. >> peter santiago says the standard up front has been changing. >> we extend credit to families that would never get loans of $100,000 if walking into a bank. >> it's often based on how likely someone is to skip town. herrera would have a judge review all days cases to set bail. >> we're entitled under the law. it doesn't say we're entitled under the law only if convenient. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. coming up next, an east bay

a major route into yosemite is about to reopen. crews are clearing away what is left after a rock slide.

several boulders and debris blocked highway 40. thank fully, nobody was hurt. >> some people have problems keeping up with bills but one man got just a little bit ahead of himself. >> this isn't a problem we see a lot. and this guy overpaid and getting money back took effort. >> herb tailor and his wife go over bank statements online. they confirm he paid his exterminator every month. >> i just want to make sure they pay. >> herb sent in $90 every 60 days. his wife discovered he was only supposed to pay $90 every 90 days. >> got kind of carried away. >> the couple had built up a credit of $540.

the company agreed to send them a check for overpayment in a few weeks but it arrive. >> i just kept waiting. >> terminix told her it already mailed her a refund and she says she never got it. >> they said we can't send another check because your husband signed it and it was deposited. >> i said no. no. no. i didn't cash the check. >> julie asked terminix to send a copy are the cancelled check. 10 months had gone by. she contacted 7 on your side. both parties agreed the signature did not match. terminix sent out a representative to personally send out a check. and told us they worked to do the right thing and refund

overpayment. we acknowledge, and apologize for the delay. >> thank you. thank you for being there. >> if we can help you, get in touch with me. the 7 on your side hot line is open monday through friday, 10:00-2:00. >> bay area is a beautiful place to live and abc7 nuts viewers prove it every day. >> andrea captured this shot this morning. this helped us find it on television. >> you can do the same on instagram.

>> that is awesome. live doppler 7 shows clear skies now and we've got nice, sunny days coming our and tomorrow is day of the head here in san francisco. celebration starts at about 4:00. and rain chances will materialize over the weekend. 30% chance saturday, and looks like light rain, and here is the accu-weather forecast. friday, increasing clouds and sunday morning we have a light rain storm.

>> thank you. >> let's move on to sports and there is a good deal going on. >> yes. larry? >> kevin durant talking about his exit from okc. admitting he m because shevery year. ow that it kills 40,000 californians... because she doesn't understand what cancer is. because she can't spell emphysema. because she is a butterfly, who fights fires.

because she is my daughter, and the surgeon general says that raising tobacco taxes... is a proven way to make sure she never smokes. that's why i'm voting yes on 56. - i was diagnosed with parin early 2013.lly it took awhile to sink in. we had to think a little more seriously about saving money for the future and for the kids. - the income of airbnb really helped to mitigate the stress.

- but we have that flexibility of knowing that if you know things get worse, we have this to help keep us afloat. - so that's very, very important for us.

warriors are playing the blazers but a lot of people head to thursday night when kevin durant's old team comes to town owe. yes. looking for vengeance. he says he could have handled an exit better instead of just sending west brook a text message. kd added media fuelled this story that he and west brook are feuding saying we were brothers and are brothers and will be there live because that is going to be a scene. the golden state theme, look at these cookies with steph curry

and clay nfl trade deadline came and went today. there was speculation they might be part of the process so niners will host saints on sunday. any win is huge. >> get it feeling good and ready to go for the next game. we have to win. we have to win a lot. we put ourselves behind the eight ball and have to bounce back from that. they have very talented offense.

>> after his epic performance, teric carr can take a big step in advancing that conversation sunday now, one of the best in football. >> we want derek to go and play good football. help our team win. crunch time, we've got to have it. he's been money. >> i think that that is what i'm so fired up about is not just the wins but our character of the team is we love each other.

>> playoff rankings have been released and alabama, clemson, and michigan. texas a and m have a loss. and one last halloween item, check out hunter pence polin dine might. hunter has shaved his beard. so going for a cleaner look. looks like we're going to be headed for game >> didn't his fiancee dress up as another character?

>> i didn't see her. they post fun stuff. >> thank you. >> join us tonight at 9:00 holiday drinks are out, customers want to know why starbucks is serving if green cups instead of red. >> california voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana. the city saying not so fast. >> coming up at and we'll be back at 11:00. >> and don't miss jimmy kimmel live. >> that is this edition of abc7 news. we appreciate your time. >> from all of us here, thanks for joining us. we'll see you a little bit later.

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