well done. >> a jack-o'-lantern. >> bring us the good weather to match. >> sure, i can do that. you don't want anything scary today? >> no tricks. >> no fun today. no tricks weather wise. it's going to be a pretty nice day. let's take a look at live doppler 7. cloud cover is out there, not quite as extensive nor as juicy as yesterday. i haven't heard of any reports of drizzle. if you see some let me know. in fact, here is a look at tamalpais. temperatures cooler this morning, bless warmer, 48 to 55 degrees, upper 50s at the coast noon to 4:00, 57 to 58, aro id to 69. we will all be back 5n th bmiyd hallow een f00orecast hour by h starting at 6:00. that's next. here is sue. we are taking a look right now at aouem that have just dropped up from the

chp. we had westbound 24 before the aldecn t accident but it's off to theivi slow trafficer we towwill ick they may need to block a lane there. apparently it's a vehicles ssuo. somebody was walking on the freeway, san jose police departments is en route there and we will get an update on the situation there as well. southbound 680 near burr nell aw traffic down nears following th breaking news in san francisco, bbere has been a sin safeway store. it's the one on 7th and cabrillo right near golden gate park. an employee at thero gry ato s stealing something, those two men got into a fight and the suspect's dog bit the employee numerous times. the suspect then stabbed the employee in the back and that employee was rushed to the

hospital. he is in critical condition right now. i've been checking for updates. last we heard he does have life-threatening injuries. the suspect is behind bars. the man accused of starting a fire in the cruz mountains heading to court this morning. >> investigators say he is responsible for the bear fire and they say they have witnesses to saw it happen. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in the santa cruz mountains this morning. good morning, matt jr good morning, natasha and reggie. these are serious charges. the suspect is facing 14 felonies related to arson and burglary. his first hearing is scheduled for 8:15 this morning here in santa cruz county. sheriffs investigators believe 54-year-old marlon coy set the fire in the area below diane's way near boulder creek based on interviews with three people who saw it happen. they say coy was in a relationship with a woman where the fire originated about you there had been some sort of dispute. he was arrested the day after the fire started not for arson

but because he allegedly stole jewelry from an evacuated home. coy bases five felony counts in connection to the fire and nine felonies for the alleged burglaries. the bear fire destroyed two homes, four outbuildings, five rvs and 17 vehicles. several firefighters were also injured battling the bear fire. reporting live no santa cruz, matt keller, abc 7 news. the tubbs and pocket fires in napa and sonoma counties are expected to be fully contained today. the nuns fire is now 100% contained. most road blocks in sonoma county have been lifted. mandatory evacuation zones are clear. the sonoma county sheriff says residents are transitioning to a new type of life. >> we sent all the agencies that came to help us home. we've released the national guard troops that were here to help us and we've gone back to normal staffing. the shir riff estimates approximately 75 to 100 agencies provided aid. meantime santa rosa police are

still looking for 14 homeless people who were reported missing after the fires. jack london historic park will reopen tomorrow after narrowly escaping the nuns wildfire. according to sf gate the park will be free to the public through the end of the year to give the community a place to respect and recover. president trump is trying to distance himself from his former complain leaders after yesterday's double indictment, the biggest break in the investigation was the revelation that george papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his russian contacts. he is the former trump campaign foreign policy adviser. former campaign chairman paul manafort and one time deputy campaign manager rick gates were charged with 12 counts. those charges include conspiracy against the united states and money laundering. both pleaded not guilty to those charges. okay. and natasha, just to follow up on that sorry, abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams appeared on "good morning america" a short time ago and says the focus of the investigation now has to be on the trump campaign officials.

>> it is fair for the administration to say that the manafort and gates indictments don't relate to russia and don't relate to trump meaning they are about money. i shouldn't say they don't relate to russia. this he don't relate to the trump campaign because they are about things that happened before then. >> abrams says if both manafort and gates are cooperating it clearly was not enough to get a plea deal. president trump's personal lawyer says george papadopoulos' guilty plea to lying to the fbi is not condoned by the administration and you can catch more of that interview with dan abrams next on "good morning america." new developments in a san jose murder investigation now, police say border patrol officers caught the suspect they were looking for near the u.s./mexico border. police sass devin vargas is in jail this morning, accused of stabbing lucas gutierrez to death two weeks ago.

we are learning more about the man killed in discovery bay over the weekend. authorities in contra costa county have identified bradley mccow, they said he died from several gunshot wounds. they believe a group of men and women got into a confrontation over speeding and that led up to the shooting. so far deputies have not made arrests. day six in the trial of joée zarate the man accused of killing kate steinle. a ballistics expert testified in court yesterday, he said zarate fired directly at steinle even though the bullet ricocheted off the ground. prosecutors trying to convince jurors this was no accident. the defense plans to bring in its own crime scene expert to testify. new legal action to protect a homeless encampment in berkley. people on the west side filed an injunction. attorneys representing that grun plan to ask a judge today to

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you can see the cloud cover not as extensive this morning just by looking at the change in temperatures and how much cooler it is in the north bay and inland east bay. we will go to the east bay shore hayward, union city, 56 fremont, berkeley 52. temperatures mid to upper 50s along the bay shore peninsula all the way down into the south bay, 49 concord, napa at about 42 degrees. a quick look at your commute san matteo bridge roads trier this morning, cool to mold. going to be calmer here is a look at your halloween planner. temperatures starting in the low to mid 60s around the bay and inland, dropping into the mid 50s by 9:00, starting in the mid 50s at the coast dropping into the low 50s. have fun and dress accordingly. >> i love that dancing frankenstein. we have slower than usual

traffic out of tracy this morning due to an earlier accident. it's out of lanes but it is causing some slow traffic as folks drive by and the looky lous are doing their thing. we have an accident out of lanes westbound 24 orinda before the caldecott tunnel. not a lot of slow traffic there. vehicle versus a pedestrian in san jose, checking with the san jose police department, they are not clear on injuries as of this time so we will check back in just a few minutes that's near story road. what do you think of this story, sue? bay area traffic is bad. there is a new study, though, it is not the worst in the nation. robert happ is based in menlo park, surveyed workers from major cities to determine how long people spend commuting. drivers in san francisco spend about an hour a day in traffic. the city ranks number two in the nation, no you. >> what's number one already? >> it is washington, d.c. >> okay. oh, my gosh. >> it beat us by just about a

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this video of an apparent road rage incident comes from honolulu, the driver of the pickup says he started recording this video after his truck got hit. the video shows that honda hatchback smashing. >> the pickup, at one point it goes in front of the pickup and both vehicles come to a stop. everyone is okay, no one hurt. a witness says this all started when the pickup cut off the honda in the tunnel, no charges have been filed. a tampa florida neighborhood on edge as the search for a serial killer is under way. three people were killed within a ten-day period within a half mile of each other. take a look is he surveillance video of the suspect running away interest one of the crime scenes. police say they are ramping up their presence to try to keep families safe. >> we want those kids to be able to go trick-or-treating safely and we want those families and that neighborhood to know that they are safe and we're there with them. >> officials say the weather

will be cooler than normal tonight so they hope many families will make it an early night. new details on a fundraiser to en about fit north bay fire victims. some will be able to get tickets for free. metal da can a, dave matthews band and g easy will perform november 8th. tree tickets will be handed out through a variety of community foundations, nonprofits and government agencies. they will cover 20% of seats in the stayed um why. officials say they're trying to balance ticket donations with raising as much money as possible. cupertino based apple about to get greener thanks to a solar deal. according to the business journal the gallup project the largest solar power plant in oregon began commercial operation late last week giving apple a giant new source of green energy. it's going to sell the power to the tech giant through a long-term power purchase agreement. >> now a live desk update. hi, everyone. brand-new at this hour we have

our first look at the official portraits of the president and vice president and i want to show you here i'm going to zoom in a little bit for you, there they are, smiling, these photos released to abc news a short time ago and they were produced by the u.s. government publishing office. the portraits will now be distributed to federal facilities all across the country and, hey, if you want one you can get one, too, they will soon be available for sale to the public. nat asia, reggie, back to you. >> it kind of looks like one was just taken on the flight and the other one of the vice president was taken of a vice for pratt. >> definitely a difference in lighting. >> maybe just our eye. >> meteorologist mike nicco, a lot of people wondering about the forecast. it often drizzles and rains here on halloween. i remember as a child that happened a lot. not going to happen today. >> we will hold it off until friday. the transition to the rain season will not begin today. we will be a little warmer today. here is a look from sutro tower, mostly sunny, calmer and a little wilder, tonight fewer

clouds and cool and an active pattern friday through monday. here is a look at our temperatures today, 59 at half-moon bay, 62 san francisco. a little below average. 63 to 67 around the rest of the bay and about 67 to 71 in our inland neighborhoods. tonight 42 to about 52. most in the mid to upper 40s with cloud cover a little more pronounced than this morning, maybe a little more fog. friday through monday morning rain, occasional downpours, half inch to an inch for most of us, double in our mountains, breezy from time to time. a lot of leaves are starting to change colors. may come down before they have a chance to beautify our neighborhoods. friday drizzle to scattered light rain, moderate lane will be up around northern sonoma, mendocino and lake counties. once we get to 7:00 in the evening friday you can see steadier light to moderate rain moving through the heart of the bay, rather slowly. by 8:00 in the morning still in

the bay and it doesn't completely leave the south bay until about 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. get a little bit of a break during the overnight hours through most of sunday morning and then at noon you can see another batch of light to moderate steady rain move through and then it's out of here by about 7:00 monday morning. monday morning commute could be a little wet. a quarter to a of a inch with the first round of rain, totals two-thirds of an inch to almost two inches from the south bay to north bay mountains by monday. temperatures in the 60s and 70s through thursday and with that light storm on our storm impact scale rounds of rain and 50s and 60s friday through monday. bay bridge toll plaza toll lane number five somebody is apparently out of their vehicle changing a tire. you can see that tow truck trying to get towards that car to get it out of there so you want to avoid toll lane number 5 if you're approaching or know somebody who is approaching the

bay bridge toll plaza. there goes the tow truck and hopefully they will get that car moved out of there. all right. we have got a couple of problem spots. car in the center divide westbound 24 approaching the caldecott tunnel on the owe rind da side of things, not really slowing anything there. good news southbound 101 near story road, originally they had say a coroner was called to the scene then they canceled the coroner so it looks like whoever -- it was a vehicle versus a pedestrian so apparently no word on the severity if any injury but the coroner has been canceled. san francisco shoppers there is a big change coming to one of the city's most iconic stores. >> you can trick your friends with some of these treats, we are talking about ice cream that has actual bugs in it. a live look outside this morning, a look at the glittering bay bridge the sun not quite up yet.

6:23 now. house of cards is collapsing in the wake of the kevin spacey scandal. netflix says the upcoming season will be the last for the drama and it does stress that the decision to end the show was made before the scandal but says it is deeply troubled by the claims. spacey is accused of making sexual skrans on a minor 30 years ago. he is the star and could you tell testify producer on house of cards. harvey weinstein is banned for life now from the producers

guild of america. the group says that he gave up his membership and board members unanimously voted to impose a lifetime ban against him. dozens have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment. he denies all allegations of nonson sensual sex. part of macy's could be trans forward is a new storefront. the planning department is reviewing an application for macy so end entrances on the beery street side. those new entrances will be leased out to new tenants. the change comes after the retailer sold two of its san francisco properties earlier this year. it's halloween today but apparently some of you are looking ahead to holiday shopping. best black friday.com gets its hand on black friday ads before released by the stores officially. kohl's is the first major leak of the season. the ad says they will open at 5:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day that's one hour earlier than last year. some of the deals being offered,

a samsung 55 inch smart tv for $499 or a samsung 4 k blue ray player for $129. >> hey, guys, look what i brought over. >> trick or trick. >> yes. >> an ice cream shop in san francisco will give money to charity if you buy one of these treats today. customers dressed in their who will wean costume can get a dollar scoop at salt and straw in haze valley. >> this is my favorite ice cream shop. it's benefiting the sf success center which helps young people are education and employment, but here is the really interesting part -- >> what about these flavors? >> the flavors are something else. so there is dracula's blood pudding with actual big's blood in it, that's for you, natasha. jess and i went and tried to trick some of our coworkers. >> not bad. >> it's definitely a bug. >> it's not a bug. this is actually sherbert and it

has coconut ash coated pop rock so i think you had a pop rock. >> that's brandon. he got lucky as you can see. he didn't get the blood or the creepy-crawly critters which kimmy got and you, jessica, told her that it was a chocolate chip and what was it really? >> it was actually a bug. it was a grasshopper, is that what it was? >> you can watch this full video. i put it on facebook and twitter and also on our facebook page abc7news.com. >> i showed it on my page also. i also tried this one, essence of ghost. >> did you like it? >> it's a little smoky for my taste. >> it is. >> it's a ghost. it's a real ghost. >> by the way, if you're dressing up for halloween we want to see what that looks like today. >> add the #abc7now when you post your photos online. we love this ones that we're getting. little witches, you could see yours here as well. please remember to use that hashtag so we can find it and

share it. get ready to pay more at the pump. the change starting tomorrow that will make gas prices jump. bart revealing the cost of cracking down on fare cheaters, police chief already voicing concerns. what are we all thinking about? what's going on during the afternoon and evening hours since it's halloween and will we be tricked or treated? let's take a look as far as the forecast goes. at 6:00 still pretty sunny out. 55 at the coast, dropping into the low 50s. inland

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happy halloween. it is 6:30 on this tuesday, october 31st and we are dressed as -- >> goblins. >> orange and black. >> we've got the spirit going. mike definitely has the spirit going with our weather. we do not want any rain on our trick-or-treaters tonight, mike. >> no dementers around to make it cold, either. >> just a little chilly. that's what i wanted to dress up as is a dee meanter. a little fog, about a half mile at the airport, be careful around 37 and 101. a look from moupt damn, you can see as far as the cloud cover goes not nearly as extensive as yesterday. 48 to 51. kel stay in the upper 50s at the

coast from noon to 4:00, around the bay 61 to 66, end land a little warmer 61 to 69 by 4:00, 53 to 59 at 7:00. looks like great weather just a bit of a chill for halloween. let's check out the morning commute. anything scary there, sue. >> always scary at the bay bridge toll plaza once they turn those metering lights on which they did at 5:21 this morning. now we have somebody out changing a fire, avoid lane number 5. just before the toll plaza traffic is already stacked up anyway. if you can carpool obviously that's a great way to go, whiz right on by at the limit. we have better news for highway 24 that earlier accident before the caldecott cleared and at bernell south 680 in pleasanton also cleared as well. >> thank you, sue. if you need to put fuel in your tank you might want to do it today. california's new gas tax kicks in at midnight and prices at the pump will jump by double digits. amy hollyfield live in concord.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have been telling people at this gas station how smart they are to be here filling up today. it turns out most people don't know about this. this he say they are just here because they need gas. but starting tomorrow it's going to cost even more to fill up your tank. 12 cents more a gallon for gas, 20 cents more for diesel. this money will go toward repairing our roads and some drivers say they are willing to pay for better infrastructure. >> i mean, the roads are bad right now all over the bay area, they're really bad, so 12 cents a gallon isn't going to hurt me too much if they actually do something with the money. that's what i think. >> reporter: the tax was approved in april, it is expected to bring in $5.2 billion a year for road and bridge repairs. and improvements to mass transit. electric car owners you are not going to escape this tax, you willen charged $100 a year to go

towards road maintenance. some want to put a measure on next year's ballot to repeal the tax so you haven't heard the end this have one yet but you will start paying it tomorrow. live in concord, amy bart's inspection program to crack down on fare cheaters will cost the agency $740,000 a year. its police chief doesn't think it will be effective at first. the plan to smack cheats with a $75 fine starts on january 1st. six inspectors were fired to go person to person asking for proof of payment but keep in mind there are 46 stations in all and 420,000 passengersry si. carlos rojas says it doesn't add up but changes are likely. the goal is to recover the $25 million bart says it loses every single year to evaders. president trump's legal team is responding to the double indictment of paul manafort and rick gates and a former campaign adviser's guilty plea.

>> you look at the manafort please, no mention of anything to do with the campaign there in their charging document, the indictment. with regard to papadopoulos, he was as sarah sanders said yesterday, he was a volunteer with the campaign, served on one of the committees. he was evidently according to the documents that the government has filed he was in contact with individuals that purported to be somehow involved with russia or the russian government, it's not clear from the documents what they actually were. >> the president's attorney appearing on "good morning america," says there is no crime of collusion after george papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his communications with russian nationals. he also says he is not talked to the president about pardons but does say pardons are not on the table. happening today executives from pb, google and twitter will testify before congress on russia's use of social media in the 2016 election. facebook will tell the senate judiciary committee that 126 million of its users may have seen content produced and circulated by russian operatives and that is a lot more than

previously disclosed. these are some images of some of the ads. google will say that russian troll farms bought $4,700 in ads and up loaded over 1,100 videos to youtube. san francisco supervisors will consider a resolution calling for congress to begin impeachment proceedings against president trump. it foints to his firing of james comey the trump's campaign ties to russian interests and the president's financial interests. richland, oakland, alameda have passed similar. in santa cruz it would require officers to file reports in any confrontation where they use physical force. right out they o edge have to do so if someone is hurt or a weapon is used. happening today the family of a ten-year-old boy who was hurt on a water slide in dublin plans to file a lawsuit. we have video from our media partners at the bay area news group. it shows the boy getting thrown

off that slide. fortunately he was not seriously hurt. his parents attorney say that the lawsuit will include the water park, city of dublin and the manufacturer and contractor. san jose police say a suspect is in custody for a spring of strong armed robberies. just look at what we're about to show you. investigators release this had video of a robber caught in the act. police say that is 21-year-old lawrence carter yanking a necklace from a victim's neck. carter faces multiple fill knee counts including robbery, elderly abusing and assault with a deadly weapon. detectives say he may be responsible for other robberies. we are learning more about the man killed in discovery bay over the weekend. authorities have identified bradley mccould youe. they believe a group of men and women got into a confrontation over speeding and that led up to the shooting. deputies have not made any

arrests. voters may have the final say over california's sanctuary state law. supports err of a ballot to overturn it can collect signatures. the law tlimts the ability of state and local police to work with federal authorities. we have just coming in british police widening their investigation of sexual assault claims into disgraced harvey weinstein. the uk's press association and sky news reporting london's metro police are investigating allegations by seven different women. they have regarding incidents that reportedly took place from the 1980s to as recently as 2015 and all this comes just days after the british film institute stripped weinstein of its highest honor a prestigious fellowship. rainy season on our

doorstep. happening today the city of san francisco is trying to make sure people are ready for our wet weather. city leaders will be at the flood prone area of 17th and full some streets at 10:30 this morning. barricades go up every year to try to pretend floogt. rain ready sf encourages people in the city to plan and prepare, it includes creating an emergency plan, picking up sandbags and buying flood insurance. now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. one of the things you can do is clean those leaves out of your gutters and also out of the drains. a lot of them fell yesterday with those breezy conditions. don't want those clogging as the rain gets near. check your tires and wipers and for everybody please slow down as we head into the rainy season starting friday. let's take a look at what's going on outside, 49 in los gatos, most around 53 to 57 degrees down in the south bay, 57 in san jose. we've got 40s, 47 danville,

brentwood, lafayette 56. novato 42 degrees with that half mile visibility. golden gate bridge winds nonexistent this morning. cool to mild if you're exercising today. calmer and more sunshine at our beaches. east bay neighborhood 69, 66, 61 then upper 50s for the rest of your evening if he is hits. how about san jose down in the south bay 67 at 5:00, town to 61 at 7:00, upper 50s by 8:00 and one last look let's go over to oakland where we will have 60 at 5:00 but 58 at 6:00 and then mid 50s for the rest of the evening. you might want to dress a little bit warmer. we will talk more about the rain coming up. spooky in several areas of spooky traffic. the upper deck of the bay bridge that is unusually light. we will check to see if there's an accident holding traffic back towards the tunnel or maybe

towards the toll plaza. i don't see anything on the chp log as of yet but that is not really usual for this time of the morning. we've got slow traffic up and out over the altamonte pass, that's pretty normal. we had an earlier accident near grant line that's been cleared out of lanes. earl earlier accident in pleasanton gone but the damage is done, southbound 680 near nal slow. we do have a slight delay out of the bay fair station ten minutes in all directions. ace trains are running on time as is muni at this time. the community coming together to make sure halloween is fun for some of the north bay's youngest fire victims. black face or a halloween costume gone wrong. you will hear from a store employee after her controversial costume goes viral. a police officer in novato in trouble for his halloween costume.

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hi and welcome back. from our live desk the police chief at the university of nevada reno is apologizing after one of its officers dressed up as former 49er colin kaepernick for halloween. it was first reported by the reno gazette journal. i have their website here up on on my computer and i will zoom into the costume in question. let me show you the photo. this is the social media post that has made headlines. you can see the university police officer's photo next to what appears to be the same man in a wig, a int paed beard, a false nose and a sign that reads will stand for food. that officer is on leave this morning and if kaepernick of

course ignited that whole national anthem controversy in pro sports when he denied to kneel in protest. also should note that kaepernick went to unr. back to you. people need to stick to superman and a spooky ghost. >> halloween hasn't even happened yet and already offensive and really -- >> it's not that hard. >> the man accused of starting a fire in the santa cruz mountains is heading to court this morning. >> investigators say he is responsible for the bear fire and they say they have witnesses who saw the arson happen. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in santa cruz this morning. >> reporter: the bear fire was dangerous and destructive. not only did it destroy homes, buildings and vehicles, but several firefighters were also injured battling the bear fire. that's why the suspect, the arson suspect, is going to be here in santa cruz county court facing very serious charges today. sheriffs investigators believe 54-year-old marlon coy set the

fire in the area below diane's way based on interviews with three people who saw it happen. detectives say coy was in a relationship with the woman where the fierp originated but there had been a dispute. he was arrested on october 17th the day after the fire started not for arson but because he allegedly stole jewelry from an evacuated home. coy faces five felony counts in relation to the fire and nine felony for the alleged burglary. matt keller, abc 7 news. north bay communities are coming together to make this halloween special for young fire victims. students at jack london elementary got to enjoy a carnival yesterday. that was sponsored by the boys and girls clubs of central sonoma. it's not just businesses lending a helping hand, though. >> i heard a six-year-old that told her grandfather that halloween is going to have to be canceled this year and that just broke my heart. >> that's tina. she is stocking up on candy and

putting an invite on social media to welcome all trick-or-treaters to the austin creek community. abc 7 news has obtained exclusive video of this employee at a staples store explaining why she's wearing dark makeup that many people say looks like black face. a customer took a photo friday at the staples in pleasant hill. in video you will see only on abc 7 news you are going to see and hear her explain her motive behind this potentially offensive costume. >> what is your costume supposed to be? >> i'm a beauty shop customer. >> a beauty shop customer. >> yeah, you know. >> why is your face black. >> pardon. >> why is your face black? >> this is a charcoal mask. >> okay. >> have you seen them? >> no, looks like black face to me. >> oh, no. no. no. >> this actually gets worse because just before the video the employee apparently told a customer that she could also be a napa fire spa guest. she wasn't actually a staples employee she was a contractor

fired to promote hp products. both staples and the company that hired her which is called market source have now apologized and the employee has been suspended. the white house chief of staff john kelly is catching heat for comments he made on fox news about the civil war. >> robert e. lee was an honorable man. he was a man that gave up his country to fight for his state which in 150 years ago was more important than country, it was always loyalty to state first back in those days. >> so not only did kelly say lee was an honorable man he said the civil war was caused by a lack of compromise and also says the removal of confederate. >> tuesday and markers is dangerous. president trump has also criticized the radio he >> skroo when searching for the best deals shoppers may find the

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>> george looks so not into it. >> yeah. >> you know, robin can really carry the costume, though. >> she looks great. >> thor with his roots show. >> i'm confused because he has short hair now. >> that's original ombre thor right there. you can watch all of this play out on "good morning america" at 7:00 right after abc 7 mornings. they put a lot of work into it. >> i couldn't fill out who groot was. >> it's hard to tell. >> if you have a picture of a son or daughter or yourself or even a dog dressed up for halloween we'd love to see it. #abc7now, we will be able to find it and post them on air like we are right now. i love the charlie and the chocolate factory family. >> katie utehs with her cute little one doing a hidden figures theme with her and her son. let's get over to mike

nicco. will we have good weather for the trick-or-treating? >> absolutely. star filled skies. temperatures will fall into the 50s so dress accordingly. san rafael south on 101 brighter, calmer and warmer today. almost average through thursday. two storms friday through monday will drop our temperatures below average. today 59 to 62 in san francisco. around the bay about 63 to 67 degrees and inland about 67 to 71. pretty close to average. tonight you can see low clouds hanging around the bay, up into the north bay and along the coast. temperatures almost as cool as this morning, 42 santa rosa to about 49 at san jose. low 50s around antioch and san francisco. storm impact scale 1 right now with both of these storms, rain, occasion nanl downpours, a half inch to inch of rain, double that in our mountains, breezy at times but doesn't look like much damage other than the leaves that have changed may get pulled off the trees by the rain and wind. in the morning you can see friday morning some scattered

light rain and drizzle. that will be the case scattered rains friday with steadier rain in lake and mendocino counties, during the evening starts to become steadier and that will continue through 2:00 saturday evening. we get a little bit of a break, not up in the mountains, and then noon saturday all the way until about 7:00 in the evening that's when that secondary push comes through, 7:00 monday morning. our first push of rain a quarter to a half inch, when we pile on the second amount about two-thirds of an inch to possibly an inch and a half up in the north bay. my accuweather seven-day forecast one to two feet of snow will tall in the sierra so have if u.n. if you're going to be up there. i'm jealous of somebody standing next to he into. mid 50s to about 60 once that rain starts friday through monday. >> i will be up there this weekend enjoying the snowfall. >> and a birthday. >> oh, yes. i have a birthday this he can would end why. thanks for the radio he veal

there, mike. we have problems at the bay bridge. last we spoke the western side looked deceivingly light. motorcycle down inside the tunnel westbound upper deck, several lanes are blocked there, the rider was last seen laying in a lane and we have an ambulance en route. we just watched emergency crews go by on the carpool lanes. avoid the bay bridge if you can. we will see what's happening on the western side it is unusually light. we will be following this when we come back in just a sec. we come back in just a sec. >> at stanford health care, we come back in just a sec. >> we can now repair complex aortic aneurysms without invasive surgery. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. and if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. if we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you.

6:55. here are the seven things to know before you go. number one, a safeway employee is in critical condition this morning after a suspected robber tried to steal from the store. happened at the safeway on 7th and cabrillo in san francisco. that employee was stabbed. police were able to arrest the suspect. number two, it is day six in the trial of josé eye nez garcia zarate the man accused of killing kate steinle. president trump is responding once again to the indictment of former campaign chair paul manafort in a new tweet sent out this morning he said there was no collusion. number four, starting tomorrow you will be paying more at the pump thanks to a gas tax, it's going up 12 cents per gallon. the money will be used to improve roads and public transit. number five, we have nice

weather, no threat of rain, just a little bit of a chill in the air. we start in the 60s at 6:00 for trick-or-treating, end up in the low to mid 50s. number six, we have a motorcycle down inside the tunnel at the bay bridge, two lanes are blocked and we do have chp on scene. fire is en route. major backup trying to get across the span at this point. number seven, check out the view from drone view seven that is a corn maze at the petaluma pumpkin patch. the owner plans the maze to groy just for halloween, after tonight it's over. he plans to mow it all down. >> last year i got exactly one trick or treater. you guys live in neighborhoods that have more kids, right? do you dress up. >> i do not. my wife does. >> what's he she going to dress up as? >> i don't know. >> i have dressed in the past i'm not tonight because i have to be up so early tomorrow. >> we will be sleeping. >> we are going to enjoy the ice cream that h

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