now that we have learned that woman's i woman's -- senator jeff frax flake wants to know more about the allegations against kavanagh and hear from the accuser. if flake dos not vote yes, the nomination could fail. abc7 news reporter cornel ber nar bernard is now live with the details and the claim. >> reporter: she is christy blazy ford and she lives in this neighborhood and now making some serious claims against judge kavanagh. >> it's very brave of her. >> reporter: the jenkins family just later than their neighbor is the one accusing supreme court brett kavanagh of sexual assault. >> so we're surprised. >> i think she for some reason felt she couldn't do it for and she is now and i think i'm glad

she did. >> reporter: ford tells the "washington post" the alleged assault 1980s when they were at high school party. she said that he started her and groping her. i thought he might . >> kavanagh said i did not do this back in high school or at any time. ford is a clinical psychology professor at palo alto university. her claims were sent to a high rinking democrat in a letter. senator dianne feinstein's statement, i support mrs. ford's decision to share her story and now that she has, it is in the hands of the fbi to conduct an investigation. >> personally i do believe her. >> reporter: stanford law

professor erin dauber led t-- >> given these allegations it's not even clear to me that judge kavanagh can retain his seat on the d.c. circuit, so elevating him or rushing through a vote in the face of these allegations is nonsense and it would be a slap in the face to all women. >> reporter: and we tried to get a comment from mrs. ford at her home, but no one answered the door. >> cornel, thank you. house democratic leader nancy pelosi issued a statement praising ford for her bravy in coming forward with the allegation. saying there must be an acknowledgement of this lifelong impact of this situation. as word got out this morning at brett kavanagh, kgo pushed the

breaking news to the kgo app. hurricane florence is still wreaking havoc in the carolinas. >> this storm has never been more dangerous than it is right now. >> the governor of north carolina issuing that warning today. as rain subsides in some areas, floodwater is the main threat. rescuers are rushing in to help. >> water keeps coming up, you know, like some titanic stuff, you could see the water coming up. >> hundreds have evacuated already, in north carolina alone more than 15,000 people are in shelter. one bay area nonprofit is rallying to help getthe people . med shares's spokesperson walked

us through the wear highways. they expect gloves, dand diaper will be the most needed items. and the american red cross is organizing relief for those affected by tropical storm florence, you can make a $10 donation by texting the word florence to 90 90999. new information about an oakland child in a hospital said to be fighting for his life. his parents are hoping for a miracle, but they say the hospital is about to pull the plug. now we're hearing from the hospital. 16-month-old kingston holmes, he's been at ucbf hospital on a breathing machine, after suffering brain injury from suffering cardiac arrest more than a month ago. the hospital says they can't

comment on the case because of privacy laws. chase's parents said on friday, doctors gave them a letter saying that kingston's brieing brieing -- breathing machine will be turned off on monday because of his inability to breathe normally. the parents are looking into the legal options they have. santa rosa police are asking for your help in finding the driver suspected of hid and run. thma died at the scene, the driver of the car took off. investigators say they think the car might be a white sedan with a spoiler on the back. they don't have a picture of the driver. sales force co-founder and

san francisco billionaire is buying "time" magazine. he and his wife lynne have agreed to pay $190 million to buy the weekly. and "the wall street journal" reports that time is separate from the company sales force. time has seen its sales plunge as consumers rely on digital sources for their news. a chorus of doctors, nurses and health care providers will be demonstrating on monday. they're calling attention to what they call a public health crisis. the organization behind the event say scrubs against the firearm epidemic. citing a climate emergency, berkeley's city counsel has agreed to serve nothing but vegan food at the cafeteria on monday. the measure called for plant

based foods at city owned and managed facilities to have a vegan day once a week. it will cut back on the consumption of meat and dairy. th state law enforcement officers will no longer buy n e nike. and the new conversations around the bird scootiers. the people putting up the scooters say they know nothing about a cease and desist letter. we are ending on a bright note, the temperature slightly below average for this time of year. but we will find some warmer

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and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. . survivors of clergy sex abuse is going to urge california's attorney general to launch an investigation as to how the church handled allegations against churches. 12 men claim they were abused as

boys in st. martins in the 1970s. current parishioners say they approve of the measures that the archbishop is handling the investigation. >> the names are crucial. because you hear all of these stories about people being relocate frd from parish to par and if that's so, how are we supposed to protect our children. >> the arrest sh dch san francisco is taking similar actions. kaepernick started kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to draw attention to police brutali brutality. he's now the face of nike. the city commissioner said he

will not spend money on somebody who will not support the military. who needs gps when you have nature to guide your course? abc7 news was at san francisco's act ckwa aquatic park. they navigated their way using sun, stars, wind and even birds. new information in the battle over bird scootiers in santa cruz. all the scooters need to go. workers deploying the scooters say they had no idea this was going on. and drew will be up with the accuweather forecast. it's the second chance for the 49ers and raiders to pick up

we're getting new details today about the controversy over bird scooters in santa cruz. the bird brought scooters into

the city. this is new video of them without getting permission or permits. in a statement, they said they want to make a frame work that works for everyone. but the man who dropped his off on the street, he said no one told him. >> last month bird was denied a permit in san francisco after floating the streets with scooters without permission. leonardo dicaprio was at the gal aa to raise money for the environment. one report says the auction alone raised over 7 dicaprio put on the event with others. and accuweather, it's a beautiful weekend the past couple of

you probably noticed it's a little cool out there. we're be in the temperatures we're supposed to. here's an active sweep across the region. this is great visibility from this vantage point. you can see air quality is good, it's really just a nice day to be outside. winds, though, gusting over 20 miles an hour at times, those winds were coming out of the north, bringing that cold air. 17 at 69, san jose 66 in oaklan in napa andw. here's a call from accuweather. over the next 12 hours, we will see that marine layer building back in like lie after midnight tonight, to we'll have closal cloud cover.

mid to low 50s around the bay, some spots in the north bay where we have clear skies will allow for some good radiational cooling, the temperature will be 44 the overnight temperature in santa rosa. tomorrow, a mixture of sun and clouds early on. by the afternoon, sunshine will be the dominant weather factor in our sky. however that breeze will be with us once again, about 10 to 20 miles an hour by 4:00, and it will feel very similar tomorrow as to how the weekend was shaping up today. numbers pretty much where they were today and tomorrow as well. we're about six degrees below where we should be this time of year. 73 in freemont. santa rosa up to about 78 degrees. as you head into tuesday, future tracker temperatures showing you numbers may dip a degree or tuesday, so it may feel like

fall out there on tuesday, but warmth moves in,nd by wednesday afternoon, we're well into the 80s, but by thursday, it's going to be warm and mild across the entire region. you can see 80s to low 90s in the low spots. about average gofor this time o year. a quick update on florence as it continues to weaken. winds down to 35 miles an hour, still a lot of rainfall with this system. so in the coming days it will push off to the north and to the east. through tuesday that rain will move into the mid-atlantic and new england, where parts of new england could pick up anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rainfall. all eyes on wednesday, especially thursday, feels much warmer around here, but friday

as fall officially begins, temperatures are back to average. the 49ers gave away jimmy garofalo bobble heads day. garofalo has a lot to prove after last week's three interception performance. that bobblehead? i think i will go for the real thing instead. in the third quarter, matt breebreed a followed up with a run. the 49ers were cruising, they were 30 to 13 early in the quarter, 15 yards here to michael roberts. detroit just on a field goal. 49ers trying to run out the clock, and garofalo is picked

off. he was saved by a holding call which negated the play. that was a gift. 49ers hang on for their first win of the season. >> a win is a win and i'm excited about that and i'm happy, but i was frustrated there at the end i thought we could finish them and put them away. >> you can't explaicomplain, yo to be a team player. when you're not selfish, great things happen. >> we had to blow them out and take advantage of that stuff, we didn't. it just live thinttle things we like that to cleanup. >> the raiders will go home and derek carr looked to get oakland's offense going after he threw three picks in the first game. a little bit of a black hole founds its way into oakland stadium.

oak lappland 12-0 after the hal. cooper had 116 receiving yards in this one. that set up carr's only set up throw. carr, 275 yards. denver working back, case keenam dove into the end zine. with 18 seconds left, keenam to kirkpatrick, he goes to the raiders 18 yard line, that set up a 36 yard field 20-19 the final. >> he allowed three home runs. c.j. kroen hit it so hard the

ref couldn't see. and davis, that's his 43rd home run. the a's come up one run short, they fall 5-4. so oakland ranges a game and a half behind for that top wild card. the giants playing spoiler in position to sweep the rockies. derek rodriguez with the start. he helped over three runs over six inning. giants got the lead to one, but with two outs in the ninth, nick hundley couldn't check his thumbs. and the final race of the season, but for the foreseeable future. opening lap, alexander rossy, hit his teammate marco andretti and split a tire. that will cost him the championship. and scott dickson, he finishes

as the indy car champion, it is his fifth championship title. he's the first driver to do that in 51 years. so a little special moment for mr. dixon there. >> got to mix sandy cars up there. well, a california teenager finds a purse on the side

with pg&e in the sierras. and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future.

tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, we have much more on the bay area professor accusing brett kavanagh of inappropriate conduct. a santa barbara teen did the right thing when he stumbled across a purse with $10,000 inside. the 16-year-old found the purse in the middle of an intersection while walking home from school. no id inside, no one was looking for the purse, so he did the right thing by turning it into the local sheriff's office. >> to me, this was the right thing to do to take it and find whoever purse it was, because if the rules were reversed and and had lost a wallet with a significant amount of money

inside, i would be hurting. >> he got 100 bucks for his deed and undoubtedly a bat ck from mm and dad for being a good kid. >> i would be strapping that purse to my body with that kind of money in it. >> of course, i'm with you. that's it for abc7 "news at 6:00," we'll see you right back here at 11:00 p.m. have a great evening.

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