christmas in the park decorations here. we're talking about late october. there's a group of people this is actually good for. athletes. track and field team at san jose state likes to practice in the evening. the city reached a record high of 94 degrees. breaking the 1959 record of 90 degrees for october 24. no complaints though compared to the solar ice ring next to the track. president said 250 people showed up for the public skate. >> it's a great place to be when it's super hot out. >> of course it temperatures close to where they were yesterday. make sure you prepare for the heat. let me show you decorations for christmas in the park. set up in downtown san jose. the thing is this morning it's

cool outside. make sure that you layer up. maybe bring a sweater and then you can dress cool for the rest of if day. reporting live in downtown san jose. >> i really like the shirt matt is wearing. >> it's great. thank you. what a contrast to see christmas decorations, but feeling that heat. really does feel like summer, mike. >> it really does. temperatures in the 90s. so medical record highs hit yesterday. close again today. the record today is 89 in san jose. i'm forecasting 90. so quite a warmup down there. let's take a look from the tower. see the clean sky out there. lack of clouds. no marine layer whatsoever to speak of. 12 hour day planner. we are a little bit cooler this morning. 58-61 degrees. notice the coast, not nearly as hot as yesterday. 76 at noon. 71 anotht the bay. little localized sea breeze could develop this afternoon. pushing the temperatures down to

72. the rest are hitting 84-89 degrees. head lg out this evening, won't need a coat. we have issued a sig alert. you can see the off-ramp completely shutdown. this is a nice little 3d map that shows the volume of traffic in that particular area. we go where live video of an accident has been cleared. traffic sensors show everything moving fine in that direction. we do have an accident. we'll check on that and a stalled big rig when we come back. now breaking nudes fr ing n abc 7 desk. tracking breaking news. two people are dead after a campus shooting in louisiana.

it happened at gramabling state university. authorities still looking for shooter. think it started as an argument or fight in a dorm room on campus. overnight and it led up to the shooting that happened actually inside of a courtyard on campus. the university identifies the victim as a student and his friend. both men were 23 years old. the campus is not on lock down, but students are being advised to stay inside and remain individual lent. developing news now, in oakland, police officer is recovering after being hurt in a hit and run. investigators say a suspect driver hit the officers vehicle last night at 96 avenue and sunny side street. police haven't made any arrests as far as we know. one officers did tell abts 7 news he thinks the officer is going to be okay. testimony is set to continue in san francisco this morning in the murder trial for the man accused of killing kate steinly. a police forensic investigator is set to take the stand. a woman at peer 14 when steinly

was shot testified about seeing suspect jose garcia staring at people and laughing minutes before the gun fired. two other women described how they heard the gunshot from their hotel room and saw garcia walking away from the scene. defense attorney are not disputing he handled the gun that shot steinly. they say it went off in his hands when he picked it up. now to north bay wildfires. in nap away county, sheriff has lifted all evacuation orders and road closures. >> in sonoma, all evacuees are expected to be able to return home by the end of the week. took quick action to help homeowners rebuild. abc aimed at cutting through the red tape of rebuilding. saving residents as much money as possible.

the counsel voted unanimously to waive all permit fees for demolition and temporary housing. they also gave the okay for homeowners to temporarily stay on their burnt properties during construction in a trailer or rv. residents can also build a sm l smaller home like an inlaw unit and live there while the house is being built. the goal everyone has is to keep their community together. >> how do we take care of the guy, the cleaning, the establishment who doesn't want to wait around for two years? he's going to move back to new jersey. >> we need to keep or citizens here and we need to give them safety and shelter, especially as the winter months come. the counsel also took up the issue of price gouging in the rental housing market. the city is calling it quote, greedy to rent for more than 10% of the price that was paid 30 days before the fire. it's also the state law.

meanti meantime, othering here ask for a full freeze on any rent increases at least for the next several months. in santa rosa, abc 7 news. tonight, restaurants in san francisco, palo alto, lay fayette will help raise money for the fire relief fund. last night 37 restaurants participated in the dine and donate fundraiser. participating restaurants are donating 20% of proceeds to fire victims. find a list of tonight's restaurants on a link in the websi website. abc 7 news.com. meanwhile this morning, napa county fires association posted this photo on facebook thanking the oakland raiders. team donated a total of $5,000 in gift cards to the firefighters association and napa police officers association. both organizations will be giving the gift cards to people in the community affected by the fires. repairs and maintenance jobs

are completed past due date. more than any other utility in the entire state according to audit by safety experts from the california public utilities mission. according to the conical. found more than 3500 maintenance and repair jobs that had been finished past their scheduled due dates. utility spokesperson said the higher late repair numbers reflect the decision by the company to do more maintenance and repair work, not less. santa cruz county is getting ready for the sale of marijuana in the new year. ayo voted unanimously to approve the sell of weed. sell recreationally on january 1. move comes after voters approved recreational pot sales last year. happening today, lawmakers approve a new law to create parks and open spaces nearly san francisco freeways. city officials considering

several places as potential lease showplace square in the mission district, the hair ball under 101. also an area under interstate 80 and off-ramps from 280 to balboa park and city college. now your weather forecast with mike. we start off with something that may make especially if you were trying to sleep. sleep. napa about 15 degrees cooler. marina castro mission lake her set at 67. 68 in the financial district. 5 santa clara

american canyon, 53. good morning richmond, starting off at 63. look from east bay hills camera. gorgeous sunrise is going to come at us in about three hours. the roads, no worries today. we'll have mass transit. more of the same. say the same for taking the ferry. enjoy the calmness on the bay. if you live inland. it's another day. you may need the air conditioner in the afternoon hours depending if you have the windows open this morning. noon we'll be at 80s. 84 at 6:00. up in the north bay, our ranch high is about 75. 77 at noon. 85 at 2:00. 87 at 4:00. little cooler at 6:00, about 77 degrees. take a look at micro climates for your neighborhood and cooler weather for the weekend coming up. here's sue. we have a fatal accident in santa rosa which is a blocking highway 12, the off-ramp from

101. you cannot get off the freeway to 101 -- pardon me. from 101 to highway 12 in the northbound direction due to fatal accident. issued a sig alert for this area in santa rosa. we have an accident near the marin wood exit. blockie of traffic. sensors are pretty good. we will be following that. stalled big rig. reason for long line of slow traffic over the pass. looking at a 45 minute drive now from tracey up and liv livermore. the feud between president trump and some senate republicans turns into open warfare. we're live in washington with the latest exchange of insults. new fee coming to some uber passengers. we're going to tell you what you need to know before you order your next ride. and if you're getting ready

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dropped out of the senate race is very simple. they had zero chance of being elected. now act so hurt and wounded. refers to bob corker of tennessee. live from the nation's capital. good morning, serena. >> reporter: good morning. name calling like that that senator flake called undignified and also used the word reckless to describe the president. one time he campaigned for the president. now saying that he continuously spells. this is becoming much more than a typical twitter war of words. >> it has all the makings of a war. senator republicans rejecting the behavior of their republican president. >> it is dangerous to a democracy. >> arizona senator jeff flake. announcing who will not seek a second terms because he is disgusted. >> flagrant disregard for truth and decency. the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most

personal reasons. >> the public shaming an hour after president trump visited capitol hill, pushing tax reform. and on the same day, bob corker, the influential head of the relations committee said this. >> i think the worst of it is going to be just the cold basing if you will of our nation. >> the president responding on twitter calling him a lightweight and incompetent. corker tweeting back same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. alert the day care staff. claiming a victory against the establishment. saying another scalp for his movement. >> they were not likely to be re-elected and i think that shows the support is more behind this president than it is those two individuals. >> overnight in a scathing "washington post," senator flake going even further. writing it's time to stop pretending that this is somehow normal. for the next 14 months, he will only be guided by the dictates

of conscious. >> reporter: president trump can only afford to lose two votes in the senate. right know seems like they still have them. corker, flake, mccain, all voted with the white house to repeal a regulation that would have made it easier for consumers to take lawsuits against banks. live in washington, serena marshal, abc 7 news. if you're a flier, you should know tomorrow marks the beginning of new screenings procedures. longer waits. the procedures include stricter passenger screening and also short security interviews. advising passengers to arrive as much as three hours early for their flights. stricter screening avoids incabin ban on laptops. uber is starting to charge riders when it takes a driver a few extra minutes to get to you. san francisco company announced an additional charge if it takes 8 minutes or more to reach your

pickup location. also higher fees if you make your driver wait for more than 2 minutes. now include tolls into fairs. this is a move they say is designed to help drivers who travel longer distances to her honor more money. new survey finds most working adults are surprised, not getting enough sleep. >> glassware survey finds 2-3 workers say they would be a better employee if they got more sleep. 74% of americans get less than 8 hours of sleep on a typical work night. >> experts recommend 7-9 hours of sleep for working adults. the survey also finds that men get more sleep than women and married employees get more sleep than those who are not married. i'm not going to touch that last part with a ten foot pole, but i am going to say i started something last night where i meditated before i went to bed. i'm exhausted today.

>> i'm just lobbying for us to start at 7:00 a.m. >> there we go. >> i don't think that's going to happen. >> how about we lobby we stop doing stories about how we dent get sleep. every week we seem to do one. makes it worse. >> yes, quit reminding us. >> good morning, good evening. whatever it is. that meditation, that's a great idea. sunshine and warm temperatures. here's a look from the roof camera. flags on the building. not moving. once again. as the still of the night. total sunshine and temperatures almost as warm today. stars will come out tonight. a little bit cooler than what we dealt with yesterday -- this morning and yesterday morning and we'll have a cooler wind shift that will bring us back to average by sunday. so here's a look at live doppler you can see a cloud or two through the sky.

otherwise it's pretty clear out there. here's a look at south bay. san jose will be record high at 90 second day in a row. record is 89 from 2003. low to mid 90s. morgan hill. let's go up the peninsula. temperatures still kind oftosisty. mid to upper 80s. now as you go to the coast, temperatures in the 70s to near 80 today. that's a big change. from the 90s we had yesterday. we'll have low to mid 80s around downtown. south san francisco and sales lee toe. clover dale at 91. very narrow range from east. berkeley, 88. inland temperatures around 90, 93 degrees. tonight even more clouds. less 60s and 70s. accuweather seven-day forecast.

still have offshore breeze. mainly hit the bay and keep them warm until friday. stay above average saturday. see the sea breeze comes back back in the 60s and 70s sunday. 50s, 60s and 70s for monday, halloween. go back to santa rosa. fatal accident and sig alert issued. highway 12 off-ramp remains shutdown here. take a zoom in look with 3d map to show you highway 12 is completely shutdown. off-ramp from 101. this is overturned and a fatal accident. you can take the baker off-ramp. exit before highway 12. take santa rosa avenue to access highway 12 from the northbound direction. earlier overturned marin wood. two right lanes there. southbound 101. check on the stalled big rig.

fire in oakland coming up. small brush fire comes close to homes in stri san francisco. you've heard of snakes on a plane. here's something that turned a commute into a ride passengers will not forget. the governor wants to make it more expensive to visit yosemite and other national parks. what they want the extra for. tech bites. political ads. site announced it will clearly label ads that promote political candidates. social media sights under pressure to reveal more information. instagram is giving users another way to kill time, but doing it live with your friends. >> the new option lets users invite a person to join in on live video. the video can be saved to instagram stories for up to 24 hours. finally taking a new swing at

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there were concern because the flames were moving towards homes. had to deal with steep cliffs and rocks and shutter in water supplies. shows just below. the flames burned a quarter of an acre. >> take a look at uninvited passenger. turned a morning commute in quite an adventure. a young ball python. somehow slithered into a seat on a bike that went from san jose to >> they are super mellow naturally. other than that, they're spuupe sweet. >> i don't know about that. >> i'm sure they are super sweet. i just let her handle it.

the snake is referred to as rumple snake skin. and no one knows how it got onto the bus. get in trouble for that. >> i don't know, but how do you forget a snake on the bus. >> well, we know when you can >> well, we know when you can find one at the spca. take a look at what's going on from the east bay hills. another clear day full of sunshine. see if there's any records out there. we may erase the records. that 90 will actually tie the record. that 16 degrees warmer than average. even san francisco today 82. about 12 degrees warmer than average. you will have to get in the 90s to set records there. another hot day.

don't expect it to be quite as prolich prolific at setting records as yesterday was. take a look once again. go back to santa rosa. highway 12 off-ramp remains shutdown. fatal accident there involving several cars. the right lanes are blocked. zoom in and take a closer look. you see the highway 12 off-ramp blocked. santa rosa avenue. good alternate to get to highway 12 from northbound 101. we're going to check in on a new accident eastbound 580. totally flipped over. landed back often its wheels, but partially sticking out in the roadway. a homeless encampment apparent apply on fire. disturbing traffic there as well. it could soon coast you mor. the national park service is kr considering increasing the cost by more than 100% for

the money will help restore and renovate the parks. the increases would be in effect during the busiest season which would be may through september. 5:00 a.m., the ncaap issues unusual travel advisories. >> why it's warning travelers against flying american airlines. rumors over