this video could contain a clue as to what vandalized a high school theater program in the north bay. good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. you know the old saying the show must go on. no better example of that spirit than at santa rosa high school where vandals struck hard at a production due to open friday night. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joining us live from inside the auditorium. wayne? >> reporter: in the high school right now, santa rosa high school, things are going on and looking as they should. the kids are he hearsing and to a degree that's a miracle after what they have been through and, yes, it does appear that police have a lead.

>> did we notice this before? >> reporter: the last days before opening a high school play are always about putting pieces together, but at santa rosa high school this week those pieces were literal and broken. >> pieces of theater all over the theater. we found our columns had been knocked over. we found broken swords. we found broken lances. >> reporter: drama teacher victoria carpenter on the vandals who trashed this auditorium on halloween night. they almost turned their greek tragedy "trojan women" into a real one. >> this matters to us and it's important to us and the hard work we put into this is real and it just absolutely broke my heart thinking that someone could just look over that. >> a song for troy. >> reporter: the play tells with trojan women banding together after losing their husbands in war. after the vandals smashed their set and parts of the auditorium, this cast banded together to make things right, backed by overwhelming support from the community and across the country. >> i don't think that anybody

here will be beat that easily. >> reporter: this afternoon a lead in the form of a snapchat video obtained by the santa rosa press democrat. it the shows a kid with a sword and apparent damage. >> it's not somebody from here. we don't know who it is. that's why we turned it over to the police. >> reporter: meantime, the show opens friday night as scheduled. this tragedy that nearly became a disaster is now a triumph of will and resolve. in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> federal investigators have joined the effort to find the cause of monday's ferocious apartment fire in oakland. abc 7 news was there as a team from the atf began to survey the site this morning. that fire gutted the under construction building on lester avenue right near lake merritt. the atf would not comment today on a claim that was made the by former tennants of the building calling the fire suspicious nor would they say how long their team may be at the site.

>> b.a.r.t. says debris on the track filled the station with smoke causing a third rail insulator to flash and break right before midnight. passengers were evacuated. a train pulling into the station was damaged and taken out of servicech the third rail was repaired overnight and it was back in service for this morning's commute. b.a.r.t.'s newest rail car arrived in the bay area today. sky 7 was over the hayward yard earlier this afternoon as workers offloaded the car from a flatbed truck. the agency says the cars will have at least ten new cars by thanksgiving and the new cars are being trucked across the country from the factually in plattsburgh, new york. they expect to have the first new train cars in service after next month after they are done testing them. >> former 49ers tight end bruce miller pled not guilty to assault charges. abc 7 news was in san francisco's hall of justice where miller was arraigned. he's facing seven felonies. prosecutors say back in september he attacked a 70-year-old man and his son after miller tried to get into the wrong hotel room. his attorney told aches 7 news

he planned to file a motion that would execution miller from attending future hearings until his trial. >> after a year of sexual harassment scandals at the university of california, a uc regent is now accused of sexually had a rationing someone who forked for him. norman pettitte has apologized for asking the woman if he could, quote, hold her breast as she recorded a bra commercial. he's a radio executive. comedian heather mcdonald went public after hearing about the sexual harassment allegations against donald trump and fox chairman roger ailes saying those claims made her realize how serious the comments were. the executive tells the "l.a. times" he deeply regets what he sa he said to mcdonald. >> reporter: an uber ride home for a couple on saturday night was normal, but when they were dropped off at their palo alto

home they realized they forgot their cell phone. that's when they called the driver back and the woman in her 40s went outside to meet them. >> got the phone back from him and then he suddenly kissed her and groped her breast. she pushed him away and ran back inside her husband and she and her husband filed a complaint with uber right there and then. >> reporter: pedro liborio-an orve called the woman back about an hour later when he said he was outside the home and the couple called police. the man was arrested at his redwood city home on suspicion of sexual felly battery and misdemeanor stalking. the behavior described is disturbing and is not tolerated on the uber platform. uber said the man passed the background screening and had no prior complaints of this nature. >> doesn't matter if it was an uber driver, another ride share driver, a taxi driver, a bus driver, a pilot. the fact is you put your faith and trust in somebody in a position of trust and when they violate that trust, it's a very

serious thing. >> reporter: palo alto police say uber helped in their investigation but they wouldn't get into specifics. in palo alto, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> san jose police have released surveillance video of a robbery at a 7-eleven in late august in hopes of catching the two people responsible. take a look. it shows one of the men barging into the store on east santa clara street on the night of august 29th. he points a gun at the clerk and at one point presses the barrel of it against the victim's throat. a second man stood outside the front of the store as the lookout. after taking cash from the register, both men escaped on mountain bikes. >> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> how about a little breath of spring-like weather in mid-november or early november. we'll get to mid-november quickly enough. live doppler 7 with sunny skies across the bay area and it's lovely and mild. this is the view from emeriville looking back at the western sky. it's 67 degrees here in san francisco right now and oakland is 66 and 70 at mountianview and san jose at 72 and gilroy 74 and

half moon bay 64. check out the sun over the skyline of san francisco from our rooftop camera, 71 is in napa and mid to upper 60s novato, fairfield and concord and livermore and here's the evening and overnight planner. skies clear and that's for sure. in the early evening thundershowers will be mild with temperatures in the low 60s away from the coast and it will cool down to 7 to 10 degrees by midnight and early morning we'll see some inland temperatures dropping into the 40s so a bit chilly in some inland valley locations, but it will start to get milder again by mid-morning tomorrow. i'll have the complete accuweather seven-day forecast including a little touch of rain coming up later. larry and ama. >> thank you, spencer. water customers in the east bay may have noticed it already. a change in the way the water tastes or smells. >> east bay mud is asking for the public's patience while it completes a major upgrade to its facility in on the other handia.

laura anthony is there with the details. laura. >> reporter: they have been gradually taking the plant offline and that's why some customers have already noticed a slight change in their water. the plant is expected to be completely shut down to allow for this work by friday. >> reporter: this is really the -- kind of the heart of the plant where water gets treated. >> it's also the heart of much of east bay mud's entire supply system. the orinda water treatment plant dating back to the great depression and serves 800,000 of its 1.4 million customers. and now it's getting a major upgrade, a $22 million undertaking that's expected to be completed in just six months. >> we're adding a bifurcation vault with a value of that will allow us to split the plant flow in half. what that will do it will allow us to maintain the plant without doing a full shut down of the entire plant. >> the project will also include a new power substation that could keep the plant running in the case of a major power

outage, or an earthquake. while the work is being done, east bay mud customers west of the hills in oakland and other cities will be getting their water from other treatment plants like lafayette and san pablo. >> so they may not notice anything. if they do, they may notice a slight change in the taste of their water only because it's being treated at a different location. >> reporter: customers should notice no changes in water pressure. the renovation of the orinda plant is expected to be completed by next april. in orinda, laura anthony, abc 7 news. and gushing water is causing problems in fremont. you can see the road flooding here this afternoon from sky 7 caused by a broken water main. this is mission boulevard. southbound lanes at nursery avenue in the niles district are now closed because of flooding and police are diverting traffic on nursery avenue and police are asking drivers to avoid the area. >> as the standoff over a proposed pipeline in north

dakota continues, there's more bay area support for those trying to stop it. >> we can not allow corp operations and other people of power to continue this repeated behavior. >> abc 7 news was at uc berkeley today as students showed solidarity with those fighting against the north dakota access pipeline. some see it as a battle over the rights of native americans and others are concerned about possible environmental effects. backers of the pipeline claim they have met federal mandates for the project. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, less than a week to go before we find out who will be our next president, and today new revelations from both sides. >> we're going to have to -- we're going to have to be on our best game. >> reporter: brad-basely and carrie underwood are gearing up for a big night at the cma awards. just ahead, the special guest who could be dropping in. >> and parking at a premium in san francisco but as holiday shopping gets under way, it could get a whole lot worse and there's one new reason why there's even fewer spots than

ever. and taking a live look at 101 through san rafael, it's moving in both directions. your sou

a san francisco man is more than $1 million richer today after an early morning finish in the world series of poker tournament. >> really early. they played forever and he didn't even win. abc 7 news anchor krintsy is here with the exciting details out of las vegas. kristen. >> reporter: larry and ama, let's call him the second place winner. how is that. gordon baio, the 27-year-old poker pro, was all smiles after being edged out in the world series of poker main event, and this is the man who beat him. a 39-year-old immigrant from vietnam. >> baio is dominated. the river card is a 3 and that's going to do it! this epic battle is over. >> the two men went head to head for eight hours, their chips rising and falling. in the end at 3:20 this morning

it was this hand that sealed the deal for nguyen winning with a pair of kings earning him the $8 million grand prize. both competitors are great stories. nguyen is a former nail salon owner in alaska and his previous biggest win was just $9,000 and baio is 27 and an illinois native now living in san francisco who started playing poker at age 16, and he just got engaged to be married. $4.6 million should buy him a pretty nights honeymoon, don't you think? >> that will be had a nice starter home in san francisco. >> definitely. >> now to country music's biggest night in nashville, and it's a milestone this year as the cma awards celebrates its 50th anniversary. >> reporter: abc news reporter elizabeth r beth hur is live in nashville with what to expect to see right here on abc. hi, elizabeth. >> hi, larry and ama, and as you can see we're live on the red carpet where you can see behind me here the party is well under

way and won by one the country stars are making their way through here, and we're told we could catch two of this year's winners announced earlier today on gma and they are chris stapleton for music video of the year and dirks bentley for musical event of the year. ♪ the stage is almost set. and the stars ready to shine. >> the thing i'm really excited about is i get to sing with a lot of folks that i admire, i love. >> reporter: the who's who of country's music greatest all in nashville celebrating the cma awards turning 50. ♪ all my memories >> reporter: many of them featured in a special music video titled "forever country," a tribute to the cma's golden anniversary. ♪ i will always love you >> for us to celebrate 50 years

of this awards show is pretty special. >> they are the awards show we all watched when we were kids. we'd go into the living room and it was like not talk zone. >> reporter: and returning to host for the ninth straight year brad paisley and carrie underwood call the honor surreal. >> just taking it all in, the magnitude of just being in the room with legendary artists. >> so we're going to have to -- we're going have to be on our best game to do this, and we don't take that honor lightly. >> reporter: a privilege they will treasure honoring the best in this year's country music and paying respects to all stars including kenny chess any receiving the pinnacle award and dolly parton, the life time achievement award. and as always the night is promising a few surprises. what they are, the hosts, brady and carrie wouldn't go into, but they did say their opening act is one you do not want to miss, so be sure to tune in right when

it all starts at 8:00 eastern. reporting live from nashville, i'm elizabeth hur for abc 7 news. back for you. >> what do we know about the star-studded lineup and we're hearing word about some performance that might include somebody outside of the country music world. >> reporter: absolutely. that has been the talker of the night here, and we're told that that couple of hours ago, they just confirmed that beyonce is one of the surprise performers that they are confirming. we're told she arrived here last night and she here in the building practicing, and she will be taking the stage with some of the legends of country music later tonight, so for folks who might not be into country, beyonce, they are saying tune in for her. back for you. >> thanks so much, elizabeth. that will be fun. who would expect beyonce at the cmas. >> and you can watch the cma awards right here on abc 7 tonight at 8:00, and can you keep track of the winners on the abc 7 news app. just download it for free and

enable push alerts to get the late updates. >> all right. let's get an update on our weather now, my goodness, just like a perfect day outside today. >> couldn't be nicer, could it? >> and we have two more like this coming our way and maybe even a little warmer, a whole touch of spring in the middle of fall. here's a look at live doppler 7. sunny skies still all across the bay area, and it's really mild out there. just unbelievable for this time of the year, an here's something that's kind of unbelievable. check this out. this october was the second wettest on record in the northern sierra, total rainfall 12.6 inches which is 25% of the average annual rainfall in the northern sierra. the average annual rainfall 50 inches, so october -- the fall is off to a good start in the sierra. a live view of the golden gate bridge where skies are clear and traffic flows clearly. clear and cool again tonight. warmer days lie ahead through fried and a few clouds and a chance of showers sunday

morning. this is not looking like a major rainfall event. overnight no rainfall. chilly conditions prevail in the inland valleys where low temperatures drop into the mid-40s in some spots. upper 40s and low 50s near the bay and tomorrow look for the highs in the upper 60s in some coastal locations and low to mid-70s around the bay and mid-70s inland and the warm weather goes on. from thursday morning to friday morning we have a high surf advisory in effect. wave heights are growing already and wave heights could reach 20 feet during the peak of this building swell. rip currents a possibility, bear that in mind if you have coastline activities planned. looking ahead to friday, it will be quite warm for november with high temperatures in the mid-and maybe even up upper 70s in some inland spots and a cool down on start as we get an increase on clouds and the system coming our way on sunday ranks one on the storm impact scale. storm of light intensity, light

showers and less than an inch of rainfall. on we go to the rainfall projecti projection, just a few hundreds of an inch is what the forecast models are calling for right now, in most locations, up to a tenth in santa rosa. this has been changing. we saw up to a quarter inch in santa rosa and this outlook for rainfall totals may be revised in the next couple of days. right now we're looking at the accuweather seven-day forecast bring you a sunny and mild and warm conditions the next few days and the fairly mild over the weekend, even though it cooled down a few degrees with the increase in clouds and we fall back to standard time saturday night and showers on sunday and dry weather goes into next week and don't forget next tuesday is election day, your voice, your vote, 2016. some have voiced their vote already. >> it looks like a bright sunny day so weather is not an excuse. >> weather is not an excuse for staying home. >> thanks, spencer. coming up, get ready for new

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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.

three brick meetings have been scheduled for early next year to discuss a new area code coming to the east bay by 2016. the state public utilities commission expects the 051 area code will be exhausted for the next several years. a new area code will need to be

introduced for new phone lines. they are heating in january to talk about the changes. the new area code will not impact any new customers with a 010 phone number. the council approved a contentious 1.2 acre expansion of the facebook saying the project can't identify solutions for increased traffic and housing problems. facebook says the project would add 6,500 jobs. the company has proposed 1,500 homes on a site along constitutional avenue to help house those workers. what's left of gawker has settled with hulk hogan for $31 million. this ends a year's long fight over a sex tape posted on the now defunct website. the gawk er hogan case when it discovered peter thiele bank rolled the suit. office supply chain staples is helping its employees pay for college.

sameles will give an extra $100 a month to some employees to help cover tuition or pay off student loans. each employee could get as much as 3,600 over a three-year period. for now that offer is being etended to employees considered to be top performers chosen by management. staples says they will offer plans to other employees at a later date. >> coming up at 4:00. >> get out and vote. november 8 is fine. better you vote now. >> on the campaign trail with less than a week to go until election day, the candidates are pushing hard for a win. >> plus a man under arrest after a deadly

and here's what's making headlines at 4:30. b.a.r.t. says the overnight closure of the montgomery street station in san francisco was caused by some sort of debris that was on the tracks. the debris broke equipment on the third rail and filled the station with smoke, passengers on a train were evacuated and riders experienced major delays. everything is now back to normal. abc 7 news reporter vic lee found out that san francisco mayor ed lee has now received the names of the three finalists for the city's next police chief. some will tell us why some are already unhappy with the short list. "world news tonight" tweeted donald trump's campaign is firmly rejecting a newspaper

affiliated with the ku klux klan. today the crusader used trump's make america great again slogan in an editorial brai iaial prai candidate. trump called the newspaper repulsive and hillary clinton is trying to rally support in must-win swing states. >> reporter: as the campaign scrambled to cover ground in as many battleground states as possible, the two candidates find themselves locked in a dead heat. today the national tracking poll shows hillary clinton and donald trump tied, 46-46. trump hoping to tip the scales in his favor. >> we have to close the deal. we have to close it. get out and vote, november 8th is fine, better if you vote now. >> reporter: clinton rallying her supporters by leaning on her powerful friends. five heavy hitters in seven battleground states and 12 events today alone and this

after 17 events yesterday. >> if you've disrespected women before, you were elected, will disrespect women once you're president. >> and headlining plenty of events on her own, three yesterday in the state of florida all with one message. >> it's not okay to insult people. it's not okay, and look at what he does. he calls women ugly, disgusting, nasty, all the time. >> reporter: trying to shift the focus away from the controversy surrounding her e-mails by delivering a blistering assault on donald trump and the many groups he's insulted. >> started with immigrants, moved on to latinos, african-americans, muslims, people with disabilities, prisoners of war. >> reporter: also in our tracking poll we're seeing for the first time people find donald trump more honest and trustworthy than hillary clinton. maggi rulli, abc news, washington. and we have a valuable tool at abc7news.com/politics to help

you prepare for election day. just click the icon, your voice your vote and voters edge election guide and enter your address. you'll get a comprehensive resource showing you the candidates and measures on your local battle. >> gun sales soared in october setting is an all-time monthly record ahead of election day. the fbi processed more than 2.3 bloc ground checks, up from last year. the increase was likely fueled by the political campaigns ahead of the election. >> the man now facing charges for this deadly police ambush in iowa had a history of confrontations with officers. scott greene surrendered to police this morning and they say he has a record of racial provocations and have given into a provocation last month. he's accused of shooting and killing anthony bimini yeo and justin martin of the urban police force killed this morning

this morning, just sitting in their patrol cars. >> des moines is not a big city. we're heartbreaken. i mean, i don't know how else to put it. there's really no words at a time like this. >> the shootings followed the fatal ambushes this summer of officers at dallas and baton rouge, louisiana. >> today bill cosby's attorney says the attorney is blind and can't receive a fair trial. his lawyers say his blindness would prevent him from countering evidence against him. both sides were in a pennsylvania courtroom today. prosecutors say they reopened the case dating back to 2004 after newly released court documents revealed cosby once admitted to using powerful drugs on women to have sex with them. cosby's trial is set for june. >> have a case coming up in alameda county superior court be prepared for delays starting around the holidays. >> budget cuts and furloughs could mean long waits for

lawyers and clients representing themselves. >> more live from the courthouse in hayward. eric? >> reporter: here at the hayward courthouse things were going normal and they will have to shut down over the holidays. one courthouse in downtown oakland because of budget cuts. they have been trying to make due with short staff and now it's come down to service cuts and nobody is going to be happy. people with business at the alameda county superior court in hayward were meant with this sign and says that it will be closed from christmas until a day after new year's because of budget cuts. >> and i need to be here for the community and here i was here to serve of and protect. >> we started this fiscal year with a 5 million deficit in our budget. >> dozens of workers are being asked to take voluntary furloughs over the holiday to save $350,000 and that's just the start. >> you know, starting in

january, the clerk's offices were all closed at 2:30. >> reporter: that means people will have half a day to get their papers filed, tough for lawyers but a nightmare for people handling their own cases. >> those are the folks that need to talk to a clerk. they need to show the clerk the papers, the clerk tells them, no, no, you're missing this page. don't give me, that give me the other thing and then they can go back and fix it. >> even more frustrate, the state judicial council that doles out the budget for courts has decided alameda county's court has more money than it needs. >> reporter: a lot of our money ends up flowing to other courts that are deemed to be more in need than we are. >> the court will also have to use its $1 million rainy day fund just to keep things running n.heyward. eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> the fed announced it will leave interest rates unchanged before next week's election but also signaled it would raise rates at its upcoming december meeting. the federal reserve says the panel decided to wait for further evidence of progress and

the fed also said it didn't want it affect next week's election by implementing an increase now. analysts are expecting a rate hike come december. >> reporter: there's good news after last year's long delayed season. >> and i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. really, i'm here and paying attention. i'm taking your question on twitter and facebook. just post with a #ask finney. i promise, i'll be here and i'll answer in just a moment. >> well, this certainly has my attention, a bright sunny sky in the middle of fall looks like spring is coming back.

today pope francis set a catholic ban on women serving as priests will likely stand forever. while the pontiff is not open to ordaining female priests he indicated there may be a possibility some day. today pope francis clarified his position saying the issue isn't up for debate. pope john paul ii wrote an apostolic letter in 1994 declaring that the catholic church has no authority to ordain women as priests. dung necessary crab fishermen are cautiously optimistic that the season will not be the disaster that we saw last year. the port of san francisco sent out this tweet giving fishermen a bit of a head's up. commercial crab fishing season begins in a couple of week but sport fishermen can begin dropping theropods this weekend. the state department of public

health issued a warning not to eat the internal organs of the dungeness crabs that are caught because of widespread levels of acid. the crab meat is safe to concern. >> and it's safe to go outdoors on this spring-like autumn day. here's live doppler 7 with sunny skies all across the bay area and that's the a earn once more tomorrow with high temperatures ranging from upper 60s in some coastal locations tomorrow to low to mid-70s just about everywhere else. as we look ahead, the temperature trend in san jose this week pretty much tells a story that the entire bay area will see. the average high this time of year is 69 degrees in san jose. there will be a high of 75 on friday with highs even after a little bit of a drop-off over the weekend and still remaining above average through the seven-day period. that's what we can all expect. storm impact scale with which we rank the intensity shows that the approaching system that will bring us light rainfall on sunday ranks 1 on the impact

scale. most locations will see less than a quarter inch of rainfall from the system and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have two more spring-like days coming our way tomorrow and friday and it will be partly cloudy and a little bit cooler on saturday but still temperatures will be generally above average and we'll fall back to standard time overnight saturday into sunday and saturday also marks the arriving of our next chance of showers and a few lingering clouds and lovely weather on election day, tuesday and this is just a lovely spanch weather for this time of yooert year. thank you, spencer. >> but to pull somebody out of a burning car, i would definitely is above and beyond their duety. >> a freeway worker is being called a hero today for saving a driver after a bay area crash. o >> i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. ever buy a lemon. what you can do if

this is violet. she's been waiting for this moment for awhile. a moment other kids wouldn't think twice about. her first bowl of cheerios. because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today.

three bay area men are being called heros for saving a woman on the freeway. she crashed in a freeway sign and a tree. the woman was trapped inside her

car when the engine began to catch fire. luckily two freewayer is visit patrol drivers and an employee for waste management pulled over and pull the woman out of the burning car before the entire vehicle was engulf. the chp is calling the three men heros. >> it was just a natural reaction to -- to, you know, the adrenaline pumping and trying to help somebody. >> from the bott tom of my heart she recovers fill and i want, you know, she can -- she can get back on track on regular life and i'd be happy with that. >> isn't that sweet. the 25-year-old driver was taken to the hospital with major injuries. the highway patrol says she is expected to fully recover. >> all right. time now for ask finney. 7 on your side's michael finney constantly pouring over his notes to answer questions sent in by facebook and twitter and your e-mail, and he takes a few moments right now to answer questions here. brian from sunnyvale asked how long do you have to file a medical claim. >> okay.

this is an interesting one. i'm glad i got this question because most companies give you a year. that's kind. industry standard. you need to check though and make sure your company isn't trying to pull a fast one in giving you 90 days or something like that, but here in california it's pretty much a year, but here's the cool thing you need to know. if your doctor or medical provider doesn't get their bill to the insurance company within their time limit which is generally a year like i said, they will often try to bill you. they can't. by law in california, if they miss the deadline, they miss the deadline. >> oh, wow. bill from los gatos says how do i get a response from my auto dealer who's leased me a car that's a lemon? >> you're talking to the wrong person. the auto dealer sold the product. the lemon deal is with the auto manufacturer themselves. have you to make sure you have what's legally a lemon and the basic rule of thumb and it is a rule of thumb if you brought it the in four times for the same problem and they can't get it solved they have had a lemon. if you took it in two times for

a potentially life, you know, ending problem, two times and you have a limit and if it's been in a shop 30 days and they don't have it repair you probably have a lemon so you contact -- i just sounded like a comedian, you probably have a lemon. no, you've got a lemon. what you do is tell the auto manufacturer you want a car, they say no and then some of them have an arbitration paroled you're and some of them go through an attorney. you sue them. best thing to do get to a lemon law attorney. >> or call. >> you sometimes we can work it out. >> i have a feeling, yeah. >> kenan go from santa clara asked where's the best place to buy video games? >> reddit, online they have a huge gaming community and people tend to go through their games. if you see something it will be sold in no time. tired of it and they will move on. also i really like some of the few mom and pop gaming stores that are still around. you can often find a pretty good deal there as well. y bay as well.

cold shock treatments. they are hot right now in the bay area so what's behind the growing ge nom none of cryotherapy where people subject their bodies to temperatures as low as 180 degrees below zero. i'll tell you as i take a closer look and a special report on "abc 7 news at 11:00." >> i want to think about this. i'm thinking about it. i've go the a lot of injuries. i have a lot of pain, michael. we'll talk about it later. >> all right. >> we've talked about helicopter parents before, you know, moms and dads who are really protective of their kids and now we meet a bay area father who is the exact opposite of that. mime a.g. lanza in snowfally installed a mini skate park, a trampoline, a zip line and a climbing structure for his three kids, right, like at his house. he says children from all over the neighborhood come to play with their parents' consent and he's tired of too many rules and overscheduled lives. >> we like to think of our yard

and the streets around where we live as our playborhood and trying to make a whole human being, not a kid who just knows how to do schoolwork. >> interesting. it did get controversial when he let his kids play on the roof of the house. >> oh, yeah. >> maybe you've got to find your own balance there. kids don't go to the roof. >> yeah. >> in today's wellness report, a new study shows a bias in soft drink studies. >> and energy drinks mixed with alcohol show changes in the brains of mice. here's jane king. >> reporter: of the 60 scientific studies conducted since 2001 to determine whether drinking sugar-sweetened beverages contributes to obesity or diabetes 26 of them found no link. the san francisco chronicle says all 226 have something in comment. they were conducted by people who have financial ties to the industry. of the 34 studies that found a link between.

sugary drinks developing diabetes or obesity one was funned by the beverage industry. energy drinks are often combined with alcohol and picked drinks but this may not be good for your brain. in a study mice that were given the mixed drinks had changes in their brain similar to those mice given cocaine. now it isn't clear if the findings applied to humans. kids and whole foods, the launch. new aurora plush animals and plant toys and available at whole foods and online. obesity is tied with cancer and a large number say overweight people should be able to summon the willmother to lose weight on the own despite the evidence that it's genetic. concerns about obesity have risen. a few years ago in a more limited survey cancer was seen as the most serious health

threat. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. >> cookie monster is look good for his age sell operating his 47th birthday today. the cookie monster character was created to represent children with different speech levels. the muppet has been a star on "sesame street" since its debut in 1969. >> you know what made that story worth it for me, just you to say aum-nom-nom. we're closing in on the holidays, as you know. it's november. we've got a lot of people heading to union square and do ice skate and shopping. what about the parking there? the one thing that could make it harder than ever to find a good spot. >> and christian is here with a look at what's coming up on. news at 5:00. >> thanks so much. coming up next, taking on uber. why the bay area's oldest cab company says uber is essentially a predator. california's ban on ballot box selfies. a local judge makes a final

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here's a look at what's coming up at primetime. 8:00, the biggest night in country music. the 18th annual country music awards and then stay with us for "abc 7 news at 11:00". >> beginning to look a lot like crist place already. >> check it out. only november 2nd and the annual christmas tree going up at this macy's in chicago and san francisco the work is under way to put up the tree at union square. it will be lit on friday november the 25th at 6:00 p.m. >> and here eanother sure sign the holidays are around the corner. abc 7 news was live at the ice rink as justin herman plaza where the zamboni was getting the ice ready for all the skaters. the rink opened today. >> yeah, it's opening day there and both at the union square ice rink and both will be open every day through the holidays. >> and the with activities like

ice skating and holiday shopping parking will be at a premium. >> a live look at what the to expect. hi, lyanne. >> reporter: when they open the iskating rink you know people were already thinking about the holidays. there's maybe car sharing and here's why. car sharing is becoming more popular and it's a program that's supported by the city of san francisco. where do you put some of these cars. some life n.garages that the rest of us will try to park in if we come to union square. this isn't new. the city launched a pilot program about two years ago with company likes get around. now, get around allows people to rend out their cars when not in use. the number of spaces assigned to get around throughout the entire city is about 150 spaces.

that includes swasz on the street as well as garages. now the city has assigned up to 450, again, throughout entire city. san francisco likes it because studies have shown that for every shared car you are taking up to ten other vehicles off the road. >> one way that we do that is being able to provide dedicated off street spaces and garages as well as dedicated on street spaces so the car sharing could actually be visible in the neighbors and it could be accessible to citizens all across the neighborhood. >> what's the impact here on parking spaces downtown? well, take the sutter stock don garage not far from here. it has 1,500 parking spaces and only 30 of those have been assigned to get around car share. now the city doesn't know if it will expand the program, but the city is definitely encouraging people to take other means of transportation. i'm live in the city, san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc

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coming up at 5:00, fish are dying in scores and the problem isn't going away any time soon. >> a north bay school gets trashed and does a snapchat video show who did it. >> and down to the final three. what we know about the men on the short list to lead the san francisco police department. >> and mixing politics with halloween isn't going over well in palo alto. >> and warmth and big waves don't quite go. the danger you need to know about coming up. >> step by step along a san mateo county beach, dead silver head troult are found floating in the water and as you can see in large numbers and trying to

stop this problem is not easy. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. in pescadero a battle for who is to blame forever the death of hundreds of steelhead trout. the cause has been debated for year and now neighbors say they have had enough. the pescadero marsh is ground zero for this fight. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen is there live. chris? >> reporter: dan and kristen, those fish kills have been happening for the past 20 years. residents are upset over what they say is a lack of action from the state. for some along the san mateo county coast this has become an all too common seen this fall. >> i've seen them in these big schools, you know, going belly up and looking for a way to be saved. >> reporter: hundreds of endangered stealhead trout at the pescadero marsh natural reserve. >> do we have to run out of fish completely before we do