a high so far of people in degrees. so little relief across the region. and misery loves company. look to our south. los angeles right now, 103, palm springs, 101. excessive heat warnings because of the temperatures. a refreshing look from pier 15. a nice day to be on the bay waters. and future trackers show you the heat is just going to slowly ease over the next 24 hours. we're still well into the 70s, if not the 80s. by midnight, it will be a mild to warm night across the region. that fog won't make a comeback tonight or even tomorrow morning. it will be another close start. so no relief from the heat tomorrow and the all important forecast for halloween coming up in a few minutes. get some sun screen there. first in july, then again sunday night.

now twice this year, an air canada jetliner has been involved in what could have been potentially disaster ow. >> vic lee joins us with what happened on sunday. >> the ntsb first of all is still investigating the july incident with air canada. that final report has yet to be completed. now the faa is investigating sunday night's incident here. >> this was the second time air canada was involved in a potentially serious incident. in july, one of the planes came within 59 feet of crash landing into others plane. the pilot mistakenly thought the. at ay, the taxally way was a runway. the plane was on approach to land when air traffic control believed another plane was on the run way. >> go around. >> air traffic control repeated

the instructions to go around six times. the pilot did not respond. the tower operator then activated a flashing red light to alert the crew. >> the light is very bright. hand held by the tower operator. usually brings it down out of the ceiling. aims it directly at the cockpit of the airplane. >> he is a retired pilot who has thrown for three decades. >> the lights are so bright and so effective that they're very difficult to miss. >> fortunately the air canada jet landed safely. but the crew never acknowledged the tower's radio orders or the lights. >> that's pretty evident. >> the question now, what happened? air canada issued a statement which said in part, upon landing the crew was informed tower had attempted unsuccessfully to dookt aircraft. however, the message was not received by the crew. a broken radio maybe?

>> it is almost impossible for me to comprehend a radio failure going on that long in our modern environment with modern radios. >> well, as remote as that may be, the radio could have been broken. but that still doesn't explain why the pilot did not see those very bright flashing red lights which the tower was aiming at the cockpit. so there are some serious questions that need to be answered. abc7 news. >> thank you. turning to the devastating bay area wildfires, we begin with the fire in the santa cruz mountains where full containment is expected by thursday. the fires burned nearly 400 acres. 85% contained. all evacuations have not been lifted. nine firefighters have been injured. all but one are now back on the job. >> we do have some good news about the wildfires in napa county. an hour ago, all evacuation orders and road closures were

lifted. now despite the heat, firefighters are making progress in the north bay. the largest most destructive fire in history, the tubbs fire is now 96% contained. the ninth most december drug i have the fire, the atlas fire, 95%. containment is expected friday. u.s. congressman mike thompson led a motel of silence at the u.s. capitol to only had fire victims. his district covers the hardest hit areas in sonoma and napa counties. others surrounded him on the remember ranls. >> drone view 7 has been given special permission to fly over the burn areas. >> now abc7 news anchor kristen is here to show us some of the before and after videos. >> producers have been flying all over the area in the past

week. let's start in the fountain grove area. this is stagecoach road. this was the shopping center where you have the grove flarkt and sweet teas right there. the restaurant that was so popular. you can see the homes surrounding the shopping center all completely burned down. it is hard to watch but it gets even tougher when you look at how the neighborhood looked before the fire. we go back and forth between the drone video and the google satellite images. now you can really understand the magnitude of the destruction to the businesses and homes. we turn some other drone clips into still photos so you can juxtapose the before and after shots. this is the country club area. this is before. you can see the tennis courts off westgate drive and the gorgeous homes with pools across the street. check this out. this is after. take a look at that. same area. you can see right there.

tennis courts, fine. but look at the homes. completely ashes and republican. we built an entire page of before and after, pictures and videos. i want to show that to you. you can see we have lots of pictures and videos from all these neighborhoods that you can interact with to get a better sense for what they're dealing with. you can go to abc7 news.com. >> such a contrast and so sad. new information from the lake county sheriff's office on yesterday's shooting rampage that left two dead and two others wounded. the shooting spree began in the mid morning before he was captured on surveillance video at a gas station in clear lake oaks. investigators say he first shot a woman inside his hole. then the 61-year-old allegedly confront his 85-year-old father douglas outside the family home,

shooting and killing him. he then pointed the handgun at a neighbor but the gun misfired. they said he went in the house, grabbed a shotgun, jumped into his suv and took off. stopped at a neighbor's house. made shots at that house. a woman was hurt when she jumped out of a window. then he went to the hole of a former employer and opened fire. nobody was home. minutes later he shot and killed his neighbor richard braden who was in his vehicle. he was finally captured at a roadblock and he gave up. investigators say a motive for this spree remains unknown. >> tefrt in the trial of the man who killed kate steinle.

today, a witness identified hose zarate as the man she saw sitting at the pier. she testified he made her feel uncomfortable saying he was fidgety. that he grinned at passers by and even laughed to himself. moments later she heard a bang and a screen. the attorney says his client has some mental issues. >> i believe in this case the defensive accident is what happened. >> the jury must now decide whether he intentionally or accidentally shot steinle. leanne is in the courtroom as we speak and she'll join us with a full report at 5:00. an emotional protest over the fate of an undocumented mother. supporters rallied outside federal immigration offices where he a judge was delivering

the case. the kids are u.s. citizens. she her teenage daughter traveled from the central valley for the hearing and was allowed to speak to her mother through a video conferencing system. >> it was very touching. i hadn't seen her almost letter the months. >> the family is asking. the court has scheduled a follow-up hearing next month. and the elections office made numerous errors in the last decade. >> joining us live from san jose to tell us about these findings. >> reporter: the auditor says none of the mistakes made impacted the outcome of any election but the miss twraes

significant and they cost taxpayers. >> as a voter you trust that they're giving you the right information at election time but 26 error were made. in one case voters were sent ballots with missing information. >> due to staff error, corrections that were necessary to be made. and we need to be responsible with the. at a pair dollars. >> it shows numerous cases where mapping for the district boundaries were done incorrectly and that resulted in voters receiving the wrong ballots. over there'd of them included statements and arguments omitted from voter information guides. >> very disappointed by seeing such errors. i am hope. and optimistic with such

highlighting that we have specific guidelines and principles to ensure this doesn't happen in the future. >> as soon as the registrar heard of the mistakes, they said the problem is the registrar's office does not have written procedures to ensure errors won't happen again. >> i think they did a thorough job of looking into the process. and they made ten recommendations for our office. that i think are very thoughtful and will be useful to us. >> now registrar's office will work with the auditor as well as the secretary of state to prevent future mistakes frye happening. abc7 news. another republican taking aim at president trump. >> we'll hear what else he said and why he thinks there may be no place for politicians like

him in washington. plus, stirring up controversy in one east bay community. >> game one of the world series is

a large wildfire is burning in ventura county. the fire has burned over 100 acres near highway 33. northwest of the city of ventura. right now officials say no structures are threatened. we will keep you posted. well, bike share programs are all over the bay area.

in alameda, the program is different than other cities. there are no docking stations and some say that's the problem. >> joining us live at alameda at city hall. >> the way this program works, you download the app on your phone. you download a bike wherever you are, you rent it and take off. that's what makes it easy. what makes it hard is that you can leave them anywhere. that's a good benefit but some say that's a big problem.lem. >> they're all over alameda. green and yellow bikes. the kind you can rental for a few minutes or a few hours. some see it as a problem in the making. >> i think he bike sharing is a good thing. >> she supports bike sharing. without docking stations like these in oakland, she said she's seen alameda's line bikes be

left in places where maybe they shouldn't. >> i almost call them free range bikes being placed on lawns, bike paths, without any bike racks or docking stations. >> we know they're averaging about 300 trims per day. >> the director of planning for the city of alameda launched the trial two weeks ago. we think it is a successful program. and as we suspected, there are some concerns about how the parking is working so we're trying to work to address those issues. >> right now there are 300 bikes total on the island. some people say the program is choose have been cruising along just fine. >> it is a good way for me to go out with my mom, cruising on a bike. i think they're great. >> what is the some people say is the problem. if somebody just dumps their

bikes. well, lime bike has five people going around alameda trying to pick up bikes like the trying to pick up bikes left where they shouldn't be. >> the first baseball player to kneel during national anthem said he was refused service by a waiter at an alabama restaurant. >> he goes, you're that guy, huh? the guy that took a knee? he said i voted for trump and i stand for everything he stands for. and i was like, oh, really? >> bruce maxwell took a knee on september 23rd. he told tmz sports that it took place during lunch with the city doum day he returned home to alaba alabama. they said they returned to management. he will continue to fight against racial injustice.

>> you won't understand it. you won't feel it. i am very respectful and it still happens to this day. that's the reason i'm kneeling. >> he said there have been a lot of positives including a new friend swhip exniner colin kaepernick. >> and the one-game suspension for shoving an official last week. he made contact with the official in the raiders' victory over the kansas city chief. it will cost him $131 million. continuing in sports, the little game we're talking about, the dodgers taking on the astros in game one of the world series. it could be one of the hottest on record.

>> thankfully, both teams are warm weather teams. bits more than baseball. tonight we get to see two of the best teams in baseball face off. >> i hope after this week is over, they can talk about 2017 more and 1988 a lot less. >> the last time the dodgers made it to the big stage was almost three decades ago in 1988. i can't tell you who is more excited, the players or the fans. >> i think every year. >> the wait has been less for the astros. they made it to the world series in 2005. they have never won a championship is that this time it would be an emotional victory for a city that has gone through so much with hurricane harvey. >> this is one of the reasons we're here. to win the world series. >> to give them something to cheer for and a reprieve from

otherwise a pretty depressing time. >> the first game will be hot, literally. it is expected to be 98 degrees. 52 warmer than it was lasttttttt >> a bat travels farther in heat than in cold weather. >> i did not know that. you can tell us who you're rooting for in the world series. all you have to do is head to our abc 7 facebook page to cheer on your team. >> i'll bet it could be anybody but the dodgers. >> let's get to drew. i think it is like 90 degrees in san francisco and. it would easily beat the record of 94. that was the warmest world series game in 2001 in phoenix. so toasty is an understatement

across california. live doppler 7. a live look from our it feels almost like we're in the middle of summer. and that warm night last night, we'll do it all again tonight. if you had to use the fan, do it again tonight. it will stay hot. it is really not until the weekend the temperatures feel much more like fall and that's just in time for half moon bay. it is warmer on the coast than inland. 88, the number in the it is not too brois.

the winds are on the light side. most spots less than ten miles per hour. that's good news. as the firefighters continue to up those containment numbers. overnight, a mild to warm night. a lot of 50s and 60s. 54 in vallejo and he the coolest spot, santa rosa dropping 50 degrees. hour by hour we go. the sun gets up here. the numbers will quickly climb. by 9:00 a.m., into the 70 70 we do expect widespread 80s if not nice.. along the peninsula, very warm. well above average. 85, redwood city. even half moon bay, still warm this time of year. downtown san francisco, today we

hit 89. tomorrow we'll hit 80. still above average. a little relief. 76 for daly city. 84 for vallejo. napa will feel warm at 90 degrees. so the east bay, it is bright. 85, berkeley. 88 in fremont. we're hanging in the 90s. people in, brentwood. 91 in livermore. the air quality once again in most spots will be moderate. mo. the accuweather seven-day forecast. warm to hot again tomorrow. by thursday. it is gradual cooling. we'll have fog monday morning and for halloween on tuesday, it is feeling much more like autumn. the temperatures in the 60s and 70s.

a couple more days of heat. >> looking good. >> just ahead, new allegations against the hollywood mega producer. >> plus, they're the odds.

an aids activist has died. he starred in soap and benson. he also appeared in all in the family and the fresh prince of bel air. he won two grammies and an emmy for a spent on word album. he lost his son to aids in 1990. he was 89 years old. >> yet another person has come forward with claims against harvey weinstein. she held a news conference with

gloria allred today. >> it is painful for mimi to have to recall publicly what she alleges was a shocking sexual assault on her by mr. weinstein. she is willing to speak what she says is her truth in order to help other women. >> representatives for weinstein didn't immediately comment today. weinstein who is currently at an arizona rehab center has denied any nonconsensual encounters. and ashley judd is talking about the allegations against weinstein. her first tv interview will be with diane sawyer. you can see it thursday from seven dlok 9:00. a republican senator takes on president trump. >> the scathing speech as the republican announces he will not run for re-election. and candidates for governor of california make an appearance in san

here are the stories makingg headlines. a jetliner has been involved at a potentially disastrous situation at sfo. the controllers told the plane's

pilot to avoid landing six times. controllers were worried that another plane would not be off the runway in time. the air canada pilots never responded. they landed anyway. it worked out safely. back in july, another plane mistook a taxi for a runway. >> world news tweeted about a new report that says climate change will cost the u.s. hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming decades. the office of management and budget says it could drastically affect health, labor, agriculture and other injuries. republican senator bob corker called the president today saying he is debasing the presidency. of course, president trump fired back calling him incompetent and little. live >> reporter: neither president trump nor senator corker seemed like they are interested in backing down there this feud any

time soon. you add to it the comments sfr senator flake and it seems like the harshest criticisms are coming from his own party. a senate leader who was once vetted as a possible running mate for candidate >> i was one of the many people who hoped he would rise to the occasion as president and he aspired to lead our nation instead of dividing it. >> severe words from bob corker who questioned not only the president's efficacy but also his legacy. >> do you think as he role model? >> no. the constant nontruth telling, the name calling, i think the basement of our nation will be

what he'll be most reynold for. >> president trump firing back on twitter unleashing a series of attacks against corker calling him light weight and the incompetent head of the foreign relations committee. also attack his size and tweeting that the two-time senator couldn't get elected dog catcher. the feud comes at a critical time trying to >> what the president says about tax reform has been correctly characterized by senator corker as untruths. and corker was being kind. >> but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell dismissed the fight coming from the gop. there's nothing that unites they

will quite like tax reform. reporting live from washington. abc7 news. >> thank you. another republican senator is taking aim at the president and it came with a scathing state as jeff flake said he will not run for re-election. >> reckless and undid you go any identified behavior has become skewsed and count nanced as telling it like it is when it is actually just reckless, outrageous and undignified. and when such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else. it is dangerous to a democracy. such behavior does not project strength because our strength comes from our values. it instead projects a corruption of the spirit and weakness. it is often said that children are watching. well, they are. and what are we going to do

about that? >> when the next generation asks us, why didn't you do something? why didn't you speak up? what are we going to say? >> mr. president, i rise today to say enough. were the shoe on the other foot, we republicans works we republicans meekly accept such behavior on display from dominant democrats? of course we wouldn't. and we would be wrong if we did. >> he called for a return to civility and stability. >> president trump's four-month ban on refugees expired but he quickly issued a new executive order, enstreel vetting procedures. targeting those trying to enter the u.s. from 11 countries. now, those tougher vetting procedures include collecting biographical data as well as employment history. they will be trained how to

detect fraud. it allows for some refugees to settle in the u.s. the election for a flew california governor is more than a year away. today the leading democratic contenders faced off in san francisco. >> live from the newsroom. >> this is the second face-off in three days for these candidates as they began trying to separate themselves in the minds of the voters. state treasurer john chung, the form he los angeles mayor, antonio antonio, are the four leading democrats hoping the replace governor jerry brown. on most issues debated today, there's not much difference on support for california as a sanctuary state. >> it really should be about what our values are. who we are as americans. >> education as a priority.

>> you need to reinvest. you need to lower the class sizes. >> we'll have to grow economic activity. based on all that, you go to education. >> the housing crisis. . >> frinlt out of 50. we have to get aggressive. >> that shows the political people and the voters are going to start now focusing on what is california's marquis race in 2018. >> and by the way, the filing deadline is not until march so any of the candidates could drop out. others could toss their hats into the ring. in the newsroom. >> mark zuckerberg has so far committed $45 million this year to the organization.

czi is using to it pass ballot measures to improve affordable housing options and help curb mass incarceration. the organization is invest in the engineering, education and scientific research. >> five former president teamed up to reach out with hurricane relief. and they raised more than 2.5 million. it was live streamed on youtube, facebook and twitter. they made appearances. overall, $31 million has been raised. >> a driver given a ticket for singing behind the wheel. what police say the ticket was really for. >> back into the wild. a sea otter was released back into the ocean.

i'll tell you what did he during his first moments of freedom. >> a day of record setting heat. the relief will be very gradual.

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sirens. >> he asked me if i screamed. i said no, i was just singing. he said okay, i need your driver's license. they issued him a $140 ticket for screaming in a public place. >> so roll up the window if the rhythm gets you. >> a lot of people had the a/c on in the car nooflt in concord. it is toasty. >> we're going to hold on to the warmth. here's the call. clear skies, 50s and 60s, the name of the game. we'll drop to 61 in san francisco. 59 in san jose. 60 in oakland. if you needed the fan last night, you'll need it tonight.

>> 7:28 tomorrow morning, nothing but sunshine. the warm to hot, mid to upper 80s around the bay. low 90s in our warmest spots. the accuweather forecast. warm to hot on your wednesday. it's gradual cooling thursday and friday by a degree or two each day. then it is really sunday. the fog rolls back in. the temperatures really plummet for monday and tuesday. much more like fall temperatures. >> raining flags in washington, d.c. president trump takes he on tax reform. reform. >> sears pulls the (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms,

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>> greetd by a mob of reporters, he had lunch with his republican senators. >> trump has some work to do to mend fences after discussing with several senators. republicans are determined to get tax reform into law this year. >> our tax cuts will restore the competitive edge and lower the tax burden. >> the republican tax plan calls for steam cuts for corporations and potentially for individuals. it would double the standard deduction used by most republicans. shrink the number of tax brackets if seven to three or four and repeal inheritance taxes. >> crucial details have yet to be worked out. >> no more tweeting.

no more superficiality. >> senator corker accused president trump of overpromising. the president has said it will not affect 401(k) plans, mortgage deductions or charitable deductions. >> leave it to the attempt writing abilities. >> meanwhile, republican leaders say they're not worried that that will derail the push for tax reform. abc news. capitol hill. >> do you want to get rich? the lottery is in for some mega changes. the game will be more expensive. it will have bigger prizes and longer odds if that's even possible. but tickets will now cost you $2 each. the starting jackpot will increase to $40 million.

the odds will increase but it will be easier to win a smaller $1 million prize. >> that sounds pretty good. just take a million and run. a danger of fire has forced a major baby product manufacturer to recall its motion seat. >> it gets scary. >> so many of these end up at second hand shops and garage sales. the motion seats from fisher-price are meant to soothe babies. the company found the motors in some of the chairs overheat. fisher-price received 36 complaints from customers. one of them about a fight. it sold as the soothing motion eat and the smart connect soothing motion seat.

63,000 of them. you soon won't be able to buy whirl pool appliances at sears. sears could not reach an agreement with whirl pool and it has ended a 100-year relationship. that means may tag, kitchen aid and jen air will not be sold at sears. any remaining inventory will be sold after that. sears will sell its in-house brand. and a huge surge in demand after the north bay fires. they're helping 456 families a day who did not. volunteers are waiting in each stop to load up cars with

protein heavy, nonperishable foods. but donations from other food banks is helping reach the demand. an estimated 50,000 pounds of food a week has been donated in response. >> people in need, one thing happens in their lives and they find themselves in a position seeking assistance. >> you can imagine that food and volunteers all needed. if you would like the help, go to bay area hunger. you can reach me on my facebook page and through abc7 news. >> it is so great to see the community coming out. >> that's a lot of families. >> it will be quite the

halloween for one family. look at this. he built a two-story thousand pound replica of the armored walker featured in the empire strikes back. >> they were working on it every weekend halloween is the favorite holiday. find out what's going on for a look at the events and activity that's are out there. >> i just want to know that there are blue prints for something like that. our favorite little hippo fiona got a marriage proposal at the cincinnati zoo. it looks like she is checking out the ring.

she stole spotlight. they shared this pictures. they say they're so happy that fiona could be there for the special day. and fiona lofrd it. >> a sea otter returns home will and look at it in the the first place. taking public transit and helping the unexpected. this event was enough to make a lot of passengers squirm. what's next for rum mr. snake

a sea otter named doodle is recovering from toxic poisoning. >> he returned to the ocean. >> workers from the marine mammal central made their last sandy steps as the guardians of a sea otter. >> he slowly walked out, took a look around and quickly made his way to the water. he then dipped under, popped up and looked toward the shore.

>> he goes out there and gets to be an otter again. >> yankee doodle was given his nail after he was found around the holiday. he was spotted ruing his belly rather than playing among the kelp. he was diagnosed with a disease. three and a half months later, he was feeling dandy enough for the wild. >> such a relief to see him get back in the wild. when we rescued him, he was just down the road. >> to see him go out and be healthy again, it is so exciting for us. >> he has a radio trags mitter so they can track him and the other a life history tag so they can find out about his adventures once he's gone.

>> thanks for joining us. i think this was an accident waiting to happen. >> a lot of focus the steinle trial. the new pushback against price gouging. mistakes in the south bay elections. >> and a rude welcome for an oakland a's player who took a knee. >> and records are being broken as a lot of people are seeking relief. >> good evening. we begin with day two of the kate steinle murder case. >> today prosecution called on a witness who had something to help crack the case. >> live from the hall of justice

with the latest on the story. >> reporter: she was taking pictures, she was a tourist and right before the shooting and of course unbeknownst to her, she managed to take a few pictures of the shooter. >> michelle lo was taking pictures with her children. with the help of an interpreter she testified that she was sitting in one of the metal swivel chairs on the pier. she was close to the defendant, jose zarate. she said he was going around and around in his chair, looking at people and laughing. she thought it was odd but dismissed him as a homeless man. she then took several beauty shots of the bay while inadvertently taking pictures of garcia while still sitting in the chair and kate steinle walking past him. it was those